Kia ora RC,

Thank you for your email received 27th October 2024, in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

1) What level of communication you had with the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States and the Secretary of State of the United States. Please details all levels of communication whether it be email, video conference calls, phone calls, texts, written letters or face to face meeting

2) How long each level of communication lasted

3) What was the key agenda items of the communication.

4) Any meeting minutes, transcript of the interaction or copies of letters or communications if available.

Your request is being considered in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by 25th November 2024 (date determined by the OIA calculator).

Ngā mihi nui

Sonya Ford
Correspondence Lead Advisor | Office of Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Prime Minister
Minister for National Security and Intelligence
Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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From: RC <[FYI request #28942 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 27 October 2024 7:15 PM
To: Christopher Luxon (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Communication with the President, Vice President and Secretary of State of the United States.

Dear Prime Minister Christopher Luxon,

I write to you to ask the following information.

1) What level of communication you had with the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States and the Secretary of State of the United States. Please details all levels of communication whether it be email, video conference calls, phone calls, texts, written letters or face to face meeting

2) How long each level of communication lasted

3) What was the key agenda items of the communication.

4) Any meeting minutes, transcript of the interaction or copies of letters or communications if available.

Yours faithfully,

RC

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Tēnā koe R C,

 

I am writing concerning your Official Information Act request transferred
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Office of the Prime
Minister on 8 November 2024, to seek your clarification on your below
request.

 

 1. What level of communication you had with the President of the United
States, the Vice President of the United States and the Secretary of
State of the United States. Please details all levels of communication
whether it be email, video conference calls, phone calls, texts,
written letters or face to face meeting
 2. How long each level of communication lasted
 3. What was the key agenda items of the communication.
 4. Any meeting minutes, transcript of the interaction or copies of
letters or communications if available.

 

I am seeking your agreement to refine your request to be for:

 1. What level of communication, that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade was involved in, has the current Prime Minister of New Zealand
has had with the President of the United States, the Vice President of
the United States and the Secretary of State of the United States
since 27 November 2023. Please details all levels of communication
whether it be email, video conference calls, phone calls, texts,
written letters or face to face meeting
 2. How long each level of communication lasted
 3. Copies of the key agendas prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade for the aforementioned communications
 4. Copies of meeting minutes, transcript of the interaction or copies of
letters or communications held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade.

 

Please note, it is likely that we will need to withhold information from
documents in scope of your request.

 

Please confirm if you are happy to proceed with the refined request above,
by 22 November 2024. If we do not hear from you, we will proceed with your
original request.

Ngā mihi

 

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere

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