(5 Oct 2001)
QUALITY AS INCOMING
1. Wide of Rumsfeld car arriving at presidential palace
2. Rumsfeld getting out of car
3. Various shots of Rumsfeld being greeted by Uzbek President Islam Karimov
4. Various shots at round-table photo-op of Rumsfeld and President Karimov
5. Cutaway of hand holding dictaphone
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian, with English translation) Islam Karimov, Uzbek President:
"First of all, Uzbekistan grants its airspace for the American aircraft and helicopters. (English translation) The second point is that Uzbekistan is ready to upgrade an step up the co-operation of special services and intelligence information. (English translation) Uzbekistan gives its permission and gives the use of one of its airfields and facilities to the United States for transport aircraft and helicopters as well as for service personnel employed in search and rescue operations."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Defense Secretary:
"The threat that the terrorists pose to the world is a real one, it's an immediate one and it's one that can be dealt with only by taking the effort to the terrorist and to the countries that harbour them. That being the case, it's going to take the co-operation of nations across the world and certainly the support that has been provided has been deeply appreciated."
8. Rumsfeld and Karimov shaking hands
STORYLINE:
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Uzbek President Islam Karimov at the presidential palace in Tashkent on Friday.
Their meeting came as the U-S Army dispatched about one-thousand infantry soldiers to the former Soviet state and the Uzbek leader announced he had granted permission for U-S forces to use an air base there.
A senior U-S official traveling with Rumsfeld said some one-thousand members of the 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, New York, were enroute to Uzbekistan from the United States on Friday to provide security for other U-S forces in the region.
Karimov said a legal document spelling out the specifics of the arrangement, including what he calls "guarantees for his country's security" was being completed and would eventually be made public.
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