The cable notes that the accident, which took place in 2004 had negative effects over Romania's relation with the US. The cable reveals that if Teo Peter's family will release the information that the US government answered the family's request for millions of dollars in compensation with an offer of only 80,000 dollars, Romanian opinion leaders will have a virulent and emotional reaction.
This incident, the cable reads, might sustain more support for those who call for Romania's fast withdrawal from Iraq. Teo Peter was one of the most renowned Romanian singers who was involved in a deadly accident on December 4, 2004 in Bucharest caused by an American diplomat, Christopher VanGoethem.