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"Cavaco Silva was displeased that he did not get an Oval Office meeting with President George W. Bush during his 2007 visit to Washington to open a Smithsonian exhibition of Portuguese art, and he declined the former President Bush's offer to visit Kennebunkport. Portuguese Embassy officials and some of our interlocutors here have suggested that Portugal's delay in recognizing Kosovo and decision to remove troops from Afghanistan was tied to Cavaco Silva's pique over the perceived slight."
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM AMBASSADOR THOMAS STEPHENSON
08LISBON2300 Source: Embassy Lisbon

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