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1. Korrespondenca mes perfaqesuesve me te larte te USAID ne Kosove:From: Grazhdani, Argjentina (KOSOVO/DEM)Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:44 AMTo: Yamashita, Ken (KOSOVO/DIR); Leong, David (KOSOVO/DIR); Ferrara,Antoinette (Kosovo/PPO); Kusari, Albana (KOSOVO/DEM); Orlowitz, Patricia(KOSOVO/PPO); Cernobregu, Xheraldina (KOSOVO/PPO)Subject: RE:Ken,Thank you. I do not know why, but the more I read the article, more upset I get. At one pointtoday, I was more inclined to the idea of USAID preparing a public response, both for clarifyingto the public that RTV 21 and KTV are not completely subsidized by USAID, that USAID has todate, since the inception of this stations, in the last 4 years provided equipment grants worth of$1,200.000 per station - which in fact are $300.000 per year per station. There are hundreds ofNGOs in Kosova that have had budgets far bigger that what private stations have received fromus. And these NGOs have not always delivered. Java is one example. Not to mention RTK whichwas build with international assistance at least 10 times bigger.The other reason for responding would be to educate the public that private investment in TVstations does not necessarily mean failure of our assistance. USAID has assisted these TVstations to become growing businesses, which they currently are, and prepare them for privateinvestors. It will be up to the station owners that while allowing private investment to preservetheir editorial independence and mission of their stations. When we chose Veton and Aferdita aspartners, we trusted that they can not easily compromise their beliefs. This is the only guaranteewe have. The trust.Tina-----Original Message-----From: Yamashita, Ken (KOSOVO/DIR)Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:58 AM15