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COMMISSION SENSITIVE MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

Event: Bill Lamb, former RSO, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Diplomatic Security Type of event: Brief Phone Interview from Manila, Philippines Date: January 20, 2004 Special Access Issues: Brief, two party phone conversation over unclassified line Prepared by: Tom Eldridge Team Number: 5 Location: From Susan Ginsburg's line at GSA, 301 7th Street, S.W., Room 5125 Participants - Non-Commission: Name

Agency/Title

Phone

Bill Lamb

Former RSO Riyadh

Unknown

Participants - Commission: Tom Eldridge

Counsel Team 5

202-401-1686

Documents/handouts received by the Commission: None Other contacts referred to: Kevin O'Neill, subsequent RSO in Riyadh, Tom Furey, Consul General Riyadh. TEXT:

The purpose of this call was to establish whether Mr. Lamb was the best witness with whom to explore the interaction between security concerns at Embassy Riyadh in the Summer of 2001 and the implementation of the Visa Express Program. Lamb indicated that, while he was involved in the creation of Visa Express, he felt that his successor, Kevin O'Neill, was perhaps a better person to speak with since Lamb departed Riyadh in May of 2001. I briefly inquired of Lamb whether he recalled any discussions about security with Consul General Furey. Lamb answered that the issue of security related to crowds of individuals outside the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh "definitely was mentioned in several country team meetings" during his tenure there. Lamb further stated that because of these concerns, he (as RSO) supported the creation of the Visa Express Program.

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Joanne Accolla From: Sent: To: Subject:

Tom Eldridge Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:50 AM Joanne Accolla FW: RSOs

Joanne -Please put in their files.

-- Tom Original Message From: Borek, Jamison S (SBU) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 5:25 PM To: Tom Eldridge Subject: RSOs Bill (William) Lamb appears to be in Manilla. (No good deed goes unpunished.) Kevin O'Neil appears to be here. ICASS stands for International Cooperative Administrative Support Services, Cheers.