Gambia-L: The e-mail below is a response (to my letter) from the Office of the US Secretary of State. Ebrima Ceesay, Birmingham, UK. ____________________________________________________________________ >From: >Office.of.Public.and.Intergovernmental.Liaison[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Subject: Thanks for your email. >Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 09:40:47 -0600 > >Thanks for writing to Secretary Powell via email. The Secretary receives >so much mail that he cannot personally review each message. On behalf of >the Secretary, the State Department's public information officers in the >Public Communication Division, Office of Public and Intergovernmental >Liaison, read each email received. Emails solely expressing foreign >policy opinions or congratulating the Secretary are carefully recorded. >The public information staff will respond to foreign policy questions on >behalf of the Secretary. Members of the press should work through the >State Department's Press Office in Washington, D.C., or through U.S. >embassies overseas to contact the Secretary. For specific requests, such >as for passport information, members of the public should contact the >appropriate bureaus within the Department. For general reference >questions on U.S. foreign policy and the State Department, please email >federal documents librarians at [log in to unmask] > >The Secretary is committed to keeping in touch with people throughout >the United States and the world. Please see the Secretary's web pages >at: http://state.gov/secretary/ and the main State Department homepage at >http://state.gov, which provides a one-stop web site for a wide variety >of information from the U.S. State Department. Your continued interest >and participation in foreign affairs is very important to the Secretary. > >For more information, please contact the Bureau of Public Affairs at: > >Public Communication Division >PA/PIL/PC, U.S. State Department >Washington, D.C. 20520 >Tel: 202-647-6575 >[log in to unmask] > >PS: >-- This is the only electronic message you will receive from >[log in to unmask] No other message claiming to be from this address >is authentic. You will receive an autoresponder message for each email >sent to [log in to unmask] > -- The postal address for the Secretary is: > >The Secretary of State >U.S. Department of State >Washington, D.C. 20520 > >-- The public fax number for the Secretary is: >202-261-8577 > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------