EFTA00986128.txt

"It was indeed a great pleasure and privilege for me and the whole team to host you in Almaty. ... I greatly enjoyed all our conversations yesterday."

"also a conference call tomorw with terje would be helpful re the talking points for the state visit"

"I will summarize some key parts of our conversation for mutual friends in Washington, carefully consider the advice you received from the Harvard team"

"I greatly appreciate your kindly offering help in set up meetings. We shall be in touch closer to the dates of the meetings to firm up the details."

"also a conference call tomorw with terje would be helpful re the talking points for the state visit"