UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 087776 SENSITIVE , SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR, ASEC, CASC, KFLO, MARR, PREL, PINR, AMGT, GG
SUBJECT: TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 15
GEORGIA REPORTS MORE RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS
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1. (SBU) The 
Ministry of the Interior reports 100 Russian tanks and trucks moving 
towards Poti and Abasha in an attempt to control the East-West corridor 
and terrorize the Georgian population. (TF/Embassy of Georgia telcon, 
TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon)

FRENCH VISIT VLADIVOSTOK; GENOCIDE CASE OPENED
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2. (SBU) A 
Russian Navy honor guard greeted a French navy vessel at the port of 
Vladivostok. Consulate General Vladivostok reports the French and 
Russians will conduct limited joint naval exercises despite the United 
States and the UK pulling out of the annual FRUCKUS military training. 
The United States will not send representation to the August 17 
reception on the French vessel. (TF/Consulate Vladivostok telcon and 
e-mail) 

3. (U) Russian officials stated the Investigative Committee of 
the Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case of genocide on the deaths
of Russian citizens in the South Ossetia region. (Kommersant.com)
 
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
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4. (SBU) Embassy Moscow 
delivered the humanitarian assistance demarche to the Russian MFA. The 
MFA raised no objections and said it would notify the Ministry of 
Defense. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 

5. (SBU) The Government of Armenia 
agreed to the EU request to use the airport in Yerevan for humanitarian 
aid flights. Embassy Yerevan notes this could serve as a humanitarian 
access corridor. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon, State 087762) 

6. (SBU) Gori
is generally calm despite Russian troops nearby. Limited humanitarian 
relief is entering from Tbilisi. Embassy Tbilisi reports five carloads 
of assistance arrived in Gori. Distribution remains problematic outside 
Tbilisi because of the security situation and damage to the 
infrastructure. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 

7. (SBU) The Georgian 
government claims to have registered 49,000 internally displaced persons
(IDP). An estimated 15,000-20,000 IDPs remain unregistered. Many of the
28,000 IDPs registered

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from Gori plan to return to the city if security and living conditions
improve. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 

8. (SBU) Embassy Ankara reports ten trucks with humanitarian 
assistance are at the Georgia-Turkey border waiting to gain entry. 
(TF/Embassy Ankara telcon)

RESCUE OF AMCIT GIRLS PLANNED 
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9. (U) Fox News plans to fly the father of
two AmCit minors to Turkey. The father will reportedly work with a 
private rescue organization on next steps to extract the girls from 
Georgia. Embassy Tbilisi and CA advised the father against this action. 
Post is in contact with the family and notes it is safer for the 
children to remain where they are rather than risk travel at this time. 
Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) is following this case. (TF/Embassy 
Tbilisi telcon) 

10. (U) Minimize considered.

RICE