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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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04ANKARA1324 | QIZ FOLLOWUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA AND [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points urging the GOT to provide a unified and official response to our Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) proposal to Mehmet Gucuk, MFA Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Affairs, and to Osman Bekaroglu, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the F [...] | 2004-03-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
04ANKARA1350 | TURKISH COMPETITION POLICY - EU ACCESSION REQUIRES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to officials of the Representation of the European Commission to Turkey (EC Representation),over the past six years the Turkish Competition Authority (CA) has made good progress in those few sectors where it has chosen to focus. However, many sectors remain concentr [...] | 2004-03-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TU ECIN |
04ANKARA137 | GOT to Announce Data Exclusivity Policy Soon: Need [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Prompted by the need to respond to the European Commission's decision last month to examine pharmaceuticals trade policies, the GOT is likely to announce its plans to implement data exclusivity protection for p [...] | 2004-01-09 08:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA1386 | Civair Safety/Security Update [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 10. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) In March 5 discussions on air safety and security issues, GOT officials told us that transport and security officials had not yet taken a policy decision on Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') emergenc [...] | 2004-03-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR TU |
04ANKARA1422 | Southeast Turkish Sunni religious leader on [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent southeast Turkey Kurdish Sunni religious leader, or sheikh, from the Nakshibendi tarikat made a call on AMCONSUL Adana PO on March 1 and generally reflected a state of malaise in the region. He said that people in the region are wary of AKP and see the party as mo [...] | 2004-03-10 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TU |
04ANKARA1423 | Prime Minister leads AK Party press to win two [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-10 07:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TU |
04ANKARA1437 | BANK REGULATORS GRAPPLE WITH FAILED BANK OWNERS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The recently-appointed management of the now-separate bank regulatory agencies are struggling to deal with a range of issues relating to the failed banks. Having moved decisively to seize Uzan group companies, the new Deposit Guarantee Fund Chairman told Econcouns he will try to [...] | 2004-03-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1487 | DEMARCHE ON UNCTAD XI TRADE ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TU |
04ANKARA1502 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON OECD DECISION-MAKING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD TU |
04ANKARA1510 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: [...] (Sbu) At a meeting March 9 with Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of strengthening Turkey's regime for combatting the financing of terrorism. In this context, the Ambassador raised the Global Relief Foundation/Marwan Haddad case, about which the Departmen [...] | 2004-03-15 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PTER TU |
04ANKARA1511 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE: [...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...] | 2004-03-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1578 | MIXED SIGNALS--OR WORSE--ON STATE BANK [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to World Bank and IMF officials, GOT officials up through Economy Minister Babacan have agreed on a strategy to privatize the state-owned Banks. The government will withdraw some state bank capital and gradually shrink the deposit base and government securities portfo [...] | 2004-03-16 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1605 | Danistay Rules Against Cargill Zoning Amendment [...] (U) Last week, the Turkish Danistay (Council of State) upheld a lower Danistay ruling, which struck down the amendments to the Iznik Lake Environmental Development Plan which enabled Cargill to build its USD 90 million corn syrup plant. The Ministry of Public Works, the Prime Ministry, and Ca [...] | 2004-03-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAGR TU |
04ANKARA1607 | AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON DRAFT LETTER OF INTENT, [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy ResRep confirmed to Econoffs that the IMF and GOT have reached agreement on a draft letter of intent (LOI),with only minor follow-up steps needed for the GOT to sign the actual LOI. Not coincidentally, on March 17 the Central Bank cut overnight interest rates by 2 percen [...] | 2004-03-17 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1624 | CLASHES IN NORTHERN SYRIA CAUSE CONCERN IN SE [...] (SBU) In response to the March 12 violence in Kamisli, Syria and neighboring area, Turkish officials temporarily closed the nearby Nusaybin border gate to both entry and exit, fearing the violence would spread to the Turkish side. On March 16, consulate personnel spoke with the Nusaybin subg [...] | 2004-03-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU SY IZ |
04ANKARA1644 | Adana Governor, Jandarma and Air Force leadership [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the 39th Air Base Wing March 12 change of command, Adana governor Kemal Onal, as well as area Jandarma and Air Force generals, approached PO to urge the U.S. to take near-term action against KHK/Kongra Gel in northern Iraq. Adana Jandarma Major General Abdulk [...] | 2004-03-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC TU |
04ANKARA1649 | IRAQI TURKMEN CULTURAL AND SOLIDARITY ASSOC. [...] (SBU) On March 17, two representatives of the Iraqi Turkmen Cultural and Solidarity Association, Abbas Turkmen and Tahsin Saaci, called on PolMilOff to deliver a letter to President Bush (text at para 3) complaining about Iraq's Transitional Administrative Law (TAL),and said their main concer [...] | 2004-03-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU IZ |
04ANKARA1700 | Persistence of Aviation-Related Gap in Border [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paras 10 and 11. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) GOT and Turkish Airlines officials told us that, despite a recent decision to institute border and customs controls at the first airport of entry, the current gap in border security may persist int [...] | 2004-03-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR TU |
04ANKARA1709 | IRAQI/CPA-TURKEY TRADE TALKS HELD IN ANKARA, MARCH [...] (SBU) Iraqi/CPA-Turkey trade talks in Ankara, March 10-11 laid out positions of both sides on a range of bilateral trade issues, including energy, water, bilateral trade agreements and the possibility of opening a second border gate. While talks on most issues were characterized by active par [...] | 2004-03-23 06:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD MOPS MARR TU IZ |
04ANKARA1717 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, Batman, Mardin, Nusaybin and Sanliurfa. The primary issues that emerged in meetings with academicians, medical and legal professionals, politicians, local ad [...] | 2004-03-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ |
04ANKARA1766 | TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT'S NON-PRO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-24 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY TU |
04ANKARA1861 | ANOTHER INVESTMENT PROBLEM: THE CASE OF THE OIL [...] (SBU) Lawyers representing U.S.-based Toreador Resources Corporation called on the Ambassador March 22 to seek the Mission's assistance in resolving a problem that is preventing Toreador from repatriating the proceeds of its $53 million capital investment in Turkey. They explained that the [...] | 2004-03-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET PREL TU |
04ANKARA1917 | Background for USTR Zoellick's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Turkish trade officials tell us that, in the April 5 meeting with USTR Robert Zoellick, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen plans to focus on multilateral trade issues. The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat told us it believes that USTR's January 2004 letter to counterparts has revitalized the WT [...] | 2004-04-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX KIPR TU |
04ANKARA1926 | STRONGER THAN EXPECTED 2003 GDP GROWTH; MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: Final numbers released March 31 show Turkey's GNP grew 5.9 percent in 2003, well above the market consensus forecast of 5.2 percent. For 2004, there is a significant divergence of views among Turkish economists -- both inside and outside the GOT -- with some forecasting growth a [...] | 2004-04-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1929 | TURK TELEKOM PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Privatization Authority (PA) official, the PA is trying to apply lessons learned from the aborted privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations (Ref) to the Turk Telekom (TT) privatization: Managing the expectations of potential investors, public officials and o [...] | 2004-04-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1988 | ILSA DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points April 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil, pointing out that development of a pipeline to carry Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey would raise serious issues related to both U.S. law (ILSA) and U.S. policy. Per reftel, A/DCM stresse [...] | 2004-04-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG AU TU IR |
04ANKARA1989 | Update on Civair Safety Security; Civair [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Acting DCM pressed the Acting Transport Ministry Undersecretary for GOT action on air safety and security deficiencies in an April 1 meeting. The Undersecretary told us that the GOT was working on remedies for these probl [...] | 2004-04-06 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR BEXP TU |
04ANKARA2007 | MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...] | 2004-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
04ANKARA2031 | New Intellectual Property Legislation Enters [...] (U) Legislation enacted in March contains several strong anti-piracy provisions, including a ban on street sales of all copyright products and authorization for law enforcement authorities to take action without a complaint by the rightholder. However, some in the intellectual property indust [...] | 2004-04-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA2071 | Pharmaceuticals Update: GOT's Unsatisfactory [...] (SBU) The Health Ministry has proposed a data exclusivity strategy predicated on implementation at the end of 2007, and with an effective term of less than three years. The research-based pharmaceutical industry is reacting very negatively, and the Embassy has again weighed in on this issue. [...] | 2004-04-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA2075 | PRESENTING DEPARTMENT REACTION TO MFA VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU |
04ANKARA2077 | MARKET CORRECTION DESPITE CONTINUED POSITIVE MACRO [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 8, Turkish financial markets experienced one of the few significant corrections in recent months, with interest rates blipping back up over 22 percent, the lira falling to TL 1.334 million to the dollar and the stock market falling 3.10 percent. A confluence of negative [...] | 2004-04-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA21 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...] | 2004-01-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA2107 | Iraq: Turkish Foreign Trade's Questions on [...] (U) This cable contains action requests for the Dept/CPA. See para 12. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) Foreign Trade officials formally requested additional information on the implementation of the Iraq reconstruction levy on April 15, and suggested that it be collected at final destina [...] | 2004-04-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN PREL TU IZ |
04ANKARA2152 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...] | 2004-04-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
04ANKARA2181 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL BK BU GR HR KSEI MD MK PREL RO SR TU EUN |
04ANKARA2192 | INFORMATION ON BIFA BISCUITS [...] (U) This is a response to Reftel. 2. (SBU) Econ/Ankara made discreet inquiries through relevant Turkish authorities on BIFA Biscuits and obtained the following information. 3. (SBU) BIFA Biscuits is located in Karaman/Konya, but has an exporting office based in Istanbul. Adress in K [...] | 2004-04-16 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU |
04ANKARA2195 | SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMY MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (Sbu) Summary: Economy Minister Ali Babacan comes to Washington after the IMF's Seventh Review and several months of better-than-expected macroeconomic performance. Senior USG interlocutors could usefully use the meetings to praise GOT accomplishments while warning against complacency, reiter [...] | 2004-04-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV BEXP PREL TU |
04ANKARA2210 | TURKEY: NAMES, TITLE, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Below is Mission's response to reftel regarding updated contact information for senior Turkish officials (April 16, 2004). Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister Comment: Erdogan does not speak English. To reach the P.M., contact one of the officials listed below: (a) Chief Foreign Po [...] | 2004-04-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA2324 | TURKISH MARKET SWINGS OVER CYPRUS REFERENDUM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat today in the final day of trading before Saturday's referendum in Cyprus. The relative calm came after a week in which the IMKB-100 bounced up and down as sentiment shifted on prospects for a favorable outcome to the vote. A strong rally lat [...] | 2004-04-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA2334 | INDUSTRY MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CARGILL [...] (SBU) On April 21, the Ambassador met with Industry and Commerce Minister Ali Coskun to press for resolution of U.S. company disputes, particularly Cargill,s zoning issue. Highlighting the importance of foreign direct investment for raising living standards and the opportunities to showcase th [...] | 2004-04-26 10:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV TU |
04ANKARA2336 | INFORMATION ON TURKISH FOREIGN FREE TRADE [...] (U) THE TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON TURKISH FREE ZONES (FZS) RULES AND APPLICATIONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN TRADE'S WRITTEN RESPONSE: 2. (U) BEGIN INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION: A. WITH TH [...] | 2004-04-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TU |
04ANKARA2345 | EXBS: DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TRAINING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EXPERTS FROM DOE/NNSA AND DOE LABS HELD NUCLEAR EXPORT-RELATED CONSULTATIONS AND TRAINING IN TURKEY THE WEEK OF MARCH 15, 2004. THE USG TEAM PRESENTED A 2-DAY NUCLEAR-RELATED COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION TRAINING (CIT) SEMINAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKISH GOVERN [...] | 2004-04-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL TU |
04ANKARA2346 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with Minister of Health Recep Akdag, the Ambassador reiterated U.S. pharmaceutical companies' concerns about data exclusivity and the pricing decree under consideration by the GOT. The Minister pushed back, claiming that there were differences of interpretation o [...] | 2004-04-26 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON SENV |
04ANKARA2359 | SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu)Last week's Turkish market correction picked up steam this week with a strong sell-off in equity and currency markets and an uptick in Government securities' interest rates. Despite the Central Bank halting its foreign exchange purchase auctions, the TL hit 1.43 million to the USD Tuesday [...] | 2004-04-27 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
04ANKARA2407 | ESTABLISHING A US MISSION IN BAGHDAD: TURKEY [...] (SBU) On April 26, PolMilOff briefed Turkish MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erarslan on plans for establishing a US Mission in Baghdad. Erarslan's only comment was to ask whether the US Mission would retain control over elements of Iraqi sovereignty, and referred to recent public statements b [...] | 2004-04-29 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT TU IZ |
04ANKARA2490 | BANKING REGULATORY UPDATE: COURT RULING [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 29 the Turkish Court of Accounts reaffirmed its earlier decision overturning the bank regulatory agency's 2001 takeover of Demir Bank and Kent Bank. While the decision provides yet another example of a questionable ruling by a Turkish court and damages the credibility [...] | 2004-05-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA2505 | Interior Ministry U/S on Aviation Security, [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting with Interior Ministry Undersecretary Harput, DCM raised the continuing gap in border controls for international passengers transferring to domestic flights, police protection for the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, and the Bedoian investment case. Mustafa Bal, h [...] | 2004-05-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC EINV TU |
04ANKARA2506 | Special 301 Demarche Delivered; New Legislation [...] (SBU) Embassy informed MFA and Foreign Trade officials of reftel decision to elevate Turkey to the Special 301 Priority Watch List on May 3. DCM made reftel points on the decision in a conversation with MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Kilic, but Kilic had no immediate response [...] | 2004-05-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA2590 | IRAQ: TURKISH PRESS REACTION TO ABU GHRAIB ABUSE [...] (SBU) Abuse of prisoners by US forces at Abu Ghraib has dominated the Turkish press since the photos were published last weekend. Drawing from reports in US publications, all major papers and broadcast news channels have reported on the abuses in detail. They have also reported fairly and ac [...] | 2004-05-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC KMDR PHUM MARR TU IZ |
04ANKARA2594 | IRAQ: TURKISH OFFICIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND NGO [...] (SBU) While Turkish officials have not complained to us about the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the Turkish press, Parliament and NGO community are vocally expressing their disgust with the news. Several groups have peacefully demonstrated in front of the US and UK Embassies in Ankara. [...] | 2004-05-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MOPS MARR TU IZ |
04ANKARA2599 | CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...] | 2004-05-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA262 | Police Working on DHS Emergency Aviation [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 8. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) Turkish police officials told us that they are working on a system to ensure that the GOT can deploy an armed law enforcement officer to civilian flights if requested by the U.S. Transportation Security Admi [...] | 2004-01-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR TU |
04ANKARA2686 | NEW QUOTA SYSTEM NOT SOLUTION FOR RICE BAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 27, TMO announced the creation of a quota system intended to liquidate their stocks and allow limited rice imports. Rice importers who purchase TMO stocks will be allowed to import an equivalent (paddy equivalent) quantity. Since August of 2003, the Turkish Ministry [...] | 2004-05-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
04ANKARA2699 | MEETINGS WITH BANK REGULATORY BODY CHAIRMAN,IMF [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank regulatory board Chairman Bilgin and IMF Deputy ResRep Klingen expressed concerns about a recent court ruling over the failure of Demir and Kent Banks, which could open the door to failed banks owners getting new banking licenses. Bilgin and Central Bank Vice-Governor Basc [...] | 2004-05-12 17:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA2758 | Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...] | 2004-05-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU |
04ANKARA2798 | TURKEY CANNOT RAISE REPRESENTATION AT MAY 27 NSG [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENRG TRGY TU |
04ANKARA2884 | Land mine attacks, hostile contact in Southeast [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA2914 | CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...] | 2004-05-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU |
04ANKARA2915 | TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ON IMF, U.S. MONEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs May 24 that the GOT would decide soon about both the U.S. Financial Agreement and the future IMF role. Econoffs delivered ref a financial points. Despite the recnt market downturn, Canakci was confident about Treasury's financing position for [...] | 2004-05-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL TU |
04ANKARA3060 | TURKEY REVIEWING CFE HCA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KCFE TU |
04ANKARA3079 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: TURKEY WAITS FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Rifat Okcun, the GOT's coordinator for assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, told Econoff that he was disappointed with the Iraqi Government presentation to the May 25-26 Doha meeting and the apparent lack of donor coordination. He added that Turkey will wait until s [...] | 2004-06-03 16:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU |
04ANKARA3137 | DEFINING A "HIGH TECH" QIZ [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turks have sent mixed messages on what they would like to see in U.S. legislation on Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ). In an April 13 diplomatic note (ref C),the GOT gave an official and positive response to our proposal to move forward with legislation including [...] | 2004-06-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
04ANKARA315 | TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO IRAQ -- ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Energy Ministry Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us January 16 that Turkey continues to look for ways to help Iraq meet its electricity deficit, but needs more information about the amount and duration of Iraq's electricity shortfall. He said that Turkey will have a surplus of elec [...] | 2004-01-16 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU |
04ANKARA3240 | Turkey's New Importers Associations [...] (SBU) Summary: A variety of private businesspersons suggest that the GOT's imminent creation of mandatory associations of Turkish importers could impede trade and might be inconsistent with Turkey's WTO obligations. The Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FT) dismisses these allegations, [...] | 2004-06-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
04ANKARA3251 | Turkey Agr Policy - Two Steps Back [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past two years, Turkey has implemented regulations that have increasingly restricted imports of agricultural products. Turkey's recent imposition of a new quota system for corn is the latest in a series of moves that have restricted trade. Moreover, Turkish officials [...] | 2004-06-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
04ANKARA3257 | UPDATE ON THE (STALLED) PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EIND ECON TU |
04ANKARA3419 | BOSPHORUS BYPASS PIPELINES -- THE SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Government supports construction of a bypass pipeline to reduce the rising volume of oil tanker traffic through the Turkish Straits. Two consortia are promoting bypass projects in Turkey -- one via Thrace and the other from Samsun to Ceyhan -- and have applied for [...] | 2004-06-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD SENV TU |
04ANKARA342 | AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...] | 2004-01-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA3429 | MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank Regulatory Board (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin told econcouns June 14 that his priority is preparation for the lifting of the blanket guarantee on deposits July 5, specifically monitoring to ensure there is no flight of deposits from private to state-owned banks. Bilgin rev [...] | 2004-06-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA3437 | GOT SUPPORTS IMO NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-17 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL TU |
04ANKARA3484 | SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...] | 2004-06-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU |
04ANKARA3503 | GOT MOVES SLOWLY TO COMPLETE 8TH REVIEW, NOT READY [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Odd Per Brekk told us June 21 that the IMF mission working on the 8th review expected to leave June 22 (later than expected),but he still was not sure whether they would resolve all issues before their departure. The main outstanding issue concerns the GOT's insistence on c [...] | 2004-06-21 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA3585 | UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...] | 2004-06-24 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
04ANKARA3662 | IMF, TURKEY EXPECT TO SIGN LOI FOR 8TH REVIEW NEXT [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep told us June 28 that the recently-completed Mission had resolved most outstanding issues, although the work was harder and took longer than expected. He predicted they would sign the Letter of Intent for the 8th Review next week, enabling the IMF Board to complete the review [...] | 2004-06-29 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA3676 | EXPLOSION ON THY PLANE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: A bomb detonated on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 today in Istanbul following its arrival from Izmir as it was being cleaned. There are conflicting reports as to the number of injuries to cleaning crew and the explosive used. End Summary. 2. (SBU) News agencies reported an [...] | 2004-06-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER TU |
04ANKARA3677 | "THE LAST COMMUNIST TOWN IN TURKEY" [...] (Sbu) Summary: A trip to two Black Sea towns dominated by steel and coal parastatals, provided a glimpse of two very different state-owned companies. The coal company is a perennial money-loser with backward technology, a politically powerful, highly-paid, unionized labor force, with nary a [...] | 2004-06-29 17:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EIND PGOV TU |
04ANKARA3736 | GOT REACTION TO TSA EMERGENCY AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and TSA personnel briefed GOT agencies, airport authorities, carriers and the airport security contractor on the June 29 Emergency Amendment and Security Directive. GOT officials said they would cooperate in implementing the new requirements, but maintained that screen [...] | 2004-07-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER TU |
04ANKARA377 | Update on Investment Issues Facing U.S. Companies [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's recent meetings with economy ministers, the Embassy has pressed GOT authorities hard to resolve the numerous disputes involving U.S. companies. We have stressed that progress in these cases will help make the Prime Minister's visit to Washington a succes [...] | 2004-01-21 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAGR KIPR TU |
04ANKARA380 | RFG: TURKEY IMPOUNDS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) This is an urgent action request; see para 2. In response to reftel email indicating the IAEA had received reports from Turkish officials that five trucks containing presumably orphaned radioactive material had been intercepted attempting to cross [...] | 2004-01-22 09:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM TU |
04ANKARA3827 | RESTRUCTURING TURKEY'S INDUSTRY--A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told participants in a defense technology conference on June 24 that the Turkish defense industry should be restructured. He encouraged Turkish firms to collaborate on both design and production and to develop connectio [...] | 2004-07-09 17:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL TU |
04ANKARA386 | QIZ NONPAPER DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
04ANKARA4009 | TURKEY: MFA SEEKS CONSENSUS OF OIL COMPANIES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA continues to oppose issuing licenses now to the companies that have applied for Turkish Straits bypass pipeline routes through Turkey. Instead, the Ministry wants to forge a consensus among the oil companies on "Voluntary Principles" to reduce their traffic in the [...] | 2004-07-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU |
04ANKARA402 | GOT STICKS TO HARD LINE ON BOT ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Energy Minister Guler's recent public comment that he had a "secret plan" to resolve the BOT energy disputes by the end of the month, we see no sign of progress. In fact, the companies and the government are not even seriously discussing possible compromises. Instead, [...] | 2004-01-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PREL US |
04ANKARA4095 | TURKEY READY FOR FOR 8TH IMF REVIEW, 2005 STILL UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF Executive Board has scheduled its eighth review of Turkey's performance under its stand-by program for July 30. The Board will also discuss an IMF staff "Article IV" report on Turkey's economic developments and policies over the last three years. Turkish officials a [...] | 2004-07-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA4110 | AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY ISSUES AT [...] (U) Summary: Caspian Basin Energy Development Ambassador Steven Mann met with energy officials on the margins of the June 16-17 Tale of Three Seas Energy Conference in Istanbul. (Septel reports on Mann,s meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Guler.) Mann was joined by Turkish MFA Deputy U/S A [...] | 2004-07-23 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU |
04ANKARA4179 | TURKEY: MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- PCC REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Ref (B) details the context in which the Mission pursues outreach to Muslim audiences in Turkey. That information is excerpted, with minor updates, in para 2 and 3, while the rest of this message examines audiences and strategies for outreach. 2. (SBU) While Turkey's 20th century [...] | 2004-07-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL |
04ANKARA433 | TUPRAS AND OTHER PRIVATIZATION NEWS [...] (SBU) On 16 January EconCounselor and EconOff met with Privatization Authority (PA) President Meltin Kilci to review recent events in the Tupras sale (Ref A) and discuss upcoming events. Kilci was clearly relieved finally to have an (apparently) successful tender in a major privatization, and [...] | 2004-01-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TU |
04ANKARA4332 | TURKEY INVESTMENT ISSUES: GOOD NEWS FOR CARGILL, [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turkish Government has taken several steps to resolve outstanding disputes with U.S. companies and to open its economy to foreign investment. The most notable recent step was the passage of industrial zones legislation that Cargill believes will solve the zoning pr [...] | 2004-08-03 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EMIN ECPS BEXP TU |
04ANKARA4440 | TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...] | 2004-08-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK |
04ANKARA4454 | CONDEMNING TERRORISM IN IRAQ: FURTHER TURKISH [...] (SBU) PolMilOff followed up on ref a demarche Aug. 6 with MFA Iraq Department Chief Mehmet Kemal Bozay, who called our attention to the OIC Secretary General's Aug. 2 statement condemning the recent church bombings in Iraq (ref c). Bozay had made it clear in our initial discussion on this issu [...] | 2004-08-09 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM TU IZ |
04ANKARA4455 | GOT PREPARING THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (Sbu) Summary: Earlier this summer, the Turkish Government began work on a 3-year economic program. An outgrowth of previous and existing policy planning vehicles, the 3-year program is a GOT economic policy program being developed with input from--but independently of --the IMF. According t [...] | 2004-08-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN TU |
04ANKARA4490 | US TREASURY OFFICIAL'S VISIT: LOCAL ECONOMISTS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a round of meetings with visiting US Treasury official Marshall Mills at the end of July, GOT economic officials, IFI representatives, and private sector analysts painted a picture of Turkey being at an important juncture in defining its policy direction over the next 1-3 [...] | 2004-08-10 17:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA45 | MFA's Accepts Almost All of EPC Action Items [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel's updated version of the Economic Partnership Commission's (EPC's) Agreed Action Items with Mehmet Gucuk, MFA's Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Affairs, on December 30. Gucuk, who said he was transmitting the Ministry's official views on this after [...] | 2004-01-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EINV TU |
04ANKARA4574 | GOT Objects to Inclusion in Port Security [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 8. 2. (U) Prior to receiving ref C email putting ref A demarche on hold, Econoff delivered demarche to MFA and the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance w [...] | 2004-08-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU |
04ANKARA4601 | TURKISH ENERGY OFFICIALS ON LIBERALIZATION, IRAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) Director Mehmet Bilgic expressed confidence in Turkey and BOTAS' growing role as an energy transit country for oil and gas, citing that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan oil pipeline and Shah Deniz gas pipeline (tendering process) were on sc [...] | 2004-08-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD IR TU |
04ANKARA4623 | BOSPHORUS BYPASS AND THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recognizing growing oil tanker congestion in the Bosphorus and associated environmental and safety risks, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has expressed support for construction of a bypass pipeline to avoid the Turkish straits, aiming to transport oil overland from the Black Sea [...] | 2004-08-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD TU |
04ANKARA4811 | GOT Confirms Completion of Most ISPS Port [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (U) Econoff delivered revised demarche (ref A) to the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at [...] | 2004-08-25 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU |
04ANKARA4892 | BOSPHORUS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND THRACE BYPASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Econ Counselor delivered ref a and b demarches to GOT MFA Energy Deputy Director Hakki Akil. Akil expressed strong disappointment at USG objections to "Voluntary Principles on straits oil tankers and bypass pipelines." He denied press reports that the GOT was supporting [...] | 2004-08-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV SENV TU |
04ANKARA4893 | TURKISH BUSINESSMEN DESCRIBE THREAT TO WORK IN [...] (Sbu) Summary: In recent days the head of the Turkish Chamber of Commerce, as well as executives of two leading Turkish USG contractors in Iraq (Tepe and Yuksel) have all met with the Ambassador to press for US consideration of additional security measures to enhance security for Turkish truc [...] | 2004-08-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ETRD ECON IZ TU |
04ANKARA5051 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...] | 2004-09-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK |
04ANKARA507 | New Import Surveillance Measures [...] (U) On December 31, 2003, the GOT published a series of import surveillance and protection measures in the State Gazette. The measures set import reference prices for consumer goods ranging from kitchenware to toothbrushes (see para 3 for summary). The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat is now [...] | 2004-01-27 07:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
04ANKARA5081 | BMENAI DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE CO-SPONSORS [...] (SBU) Summary: BMENAI Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsor Turkey met separately with representatives from fellow co-sponors Italy and Yemen in Ankara September 7 and 8 and agreed on a broad outline for the DAD's efforts. They envision annual plenary meetings and separate periodic [...] | 2004-09-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IT PREL TU YM |
04ANKARA509 | TURKISH REFUGEES IN IRAQ: BROAD CONSENSUS ON [...] (SBU) After three days of intense, hard-fought negotiations in Ankara January 20-22 between Turkish, Iraqi/CPA, US and UNHCR reps on a draft agreement for the repatriation of Turkish refugees from Iraq, the parties reached broad consensus on the content of an agreement. A text reflecting that [...] | 2004-01-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM PTER TU IZ |
04ANKARA5118 | TURKS TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS TRUCKER SECURITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to their request for U.S. assistance (ref a),Turkish officials -- recognizing that USG resources for trucker security are limited and that the USG cannot solve the problem -- have been exploring a number of ideas Turkey could implement on its own to improve the se [...] | 2004-09-10 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA5187 | CENTRAL BANK RATE CUT REINFORCES MARKET'S [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON TU |
04ANKARA5196 | GOT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL CHANGE TO DRAFT CFE HOST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On Sept. 13, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Haluk Ilicak sent PolMilCouns a proposed change to the draft CFE Host Country Agreement text. The GOT seeks to add a new Article V at the end of the agreem [...] | 2004-09-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KCFE TU |
04ANKARA5233 | TURKISH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONVOY FOR TAL AFAR [...] (SBU) Levent Sahinkaya, MFA Head of Department for International Organizations, called in Pol-Mil Counselor on September 15 to request USG cooperation in delivering Turkish humanitarian assistance to Tal Afar on September 17. Econoff, Task Force Olympia LNO and Alp Ay, of the MFA International [...] | 2004-09-16 04:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IZ PREL TU |
04ANKARA5238 | BMENAI FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATED PLANS: TURKEY [...] We delivered ref a schedule and participant lists to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar on September 16. We also informed Akcapar of the number of representatives invited per country to the meetings. 2. Akcapar confirmed that FM Gul will attend the September 24 session. [...] | 2004-09-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON TU YM IT |
04ANKARA5263 | USG VIEWS ON ESTABLISHING THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolMil counselor delivered non-paper and talking points in reftel to DDG for Disarmament Haluk Ilicak on August 26. Post was informed on September 16, that GOT, following a detailed review of the recommended protocols by [...] | 2004-09-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PM TU |
04ANKARA5301 | CIVAIR OFFICIALS ON SAFETY, SECURITY ISSUES [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in paras 12 and 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkish Civil Aviation officials told us that stringent security measures required by DHS/TSA continue to impose a burden on passengers and security staff. Screening with explosive trace detection (ETD) equipme [...] | 2004-09-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER TU CY |
04ANKARA5306 | SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...] | 2004-09-17 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU |
04ANKARA5309 | PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF INTENT BETWEEN DOE AND [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, Post passed proposed Statement Of Intent to the Government of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs by both fax and diplomatic note. Post confirmed that MFA forwarded copies to both the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission. 2. (SBU) Basak Tug, [...] | 2004-09-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PTER TRGY ENRG TU |
04ANKARA5350 | TURKISH MARKETS FALL SHARPLY ON EU CONCERNS [...] (Sbu) Summary: No sooner had markets shown signs of beginning an autumn rally, than the GOT, ss handling of the adultery issue -- resulting in the postponement of the penal code reform and negative implications for Turkey,s EU accession prospects -- caused markets to fall sharply Friday, Sept [...] | 2004-09-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
04ANKARA5351 | TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ DONORS' MEETING IN [...] (U) Turkey's coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Ambassador Rifat Okcun will lead the Turkish delegation to the Tokyo Donors' meeting, where Turkey will serve on the Donors' committee as a representative of the small donors. 2. (U) Okcun said that Turkey has not made any disbursements fro [...] | 2004-09-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU |
04ANKARA5376 | Ambassador Raises Rice Demarche and AgTrade Issues [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings, the Ambassador delivered a demarche on the Turkish rice import regime (reftel) to the Ministers of Foreign Trade and Agriculture. Both Ministers noted that the decision to impose quotas and seasonal bans was an effort to protect a politically sensitive sec [...] | 2004-09-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL CY GR TU |
04ANKARA5385 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES TRADE MINISTER ON IPR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 9. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a September 17 meeting with State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, the Ambassador raised intellectual property rights, barriers to importing distilled spirits and rice (septel),scheduling a Trade and Investmen [...] | 2004-09-22 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KIPR PREL TU |
04ANKARA5518 | KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ: ONE TRUCKER'S TALE [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA's Middle East Department called in PolMilOff Sept. 10 to recount the ordeal of a Turkish trucker who had been taken hostage and released in Iraq. We do not vouch for the accuracy of his story, but hope it may be of use to analysts and others. End summary. 2. (SBU) On Se [...] | 2004-09-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA5553 | TURKEY TO LAUNCH NEW CURRENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE TURKISH CENTRAL BANK (CBRT) AND GOVERNMENT HAVE LAUNCHED A MAJOR PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN TO SMOOTH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "NEW TURKISH LIRA" (YTL) ON JANUARY 1, 2005. TURKISH OFFICIALS EXPECT QUICK ADOPTION OF THE NEW CURRENCY, ONE UNIT OF WHICH WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO [...] | 2004-09-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA5661 | TURKISH TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION AND [...] (U) Ref A requested data on Turkish textile and apparel employment and production data for country beneficiaries of U.S. trade preference programs. The GOT and Turkey's leading business association in these sectors provided conflicting statistics, in part due to the large share of the inform [...] | 2004-10-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX TU |
04ANKARA5668 | CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CONCERNS: MITIGATING [...] (Sbu) Summary: As Turkey's current account deficit continues to grow, several analysts have recently outlined some mitigating factors that could reduce the danger of a disruptive correction. These factors include: Durables import growth is unlikely to continue to surge; short-term portfolio i [...] | 2004-10-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA5695 | Turkey: European Commission Pushing on Data [...] (SBU) On September 29, Arslan Umut Ergezer, Economic and Trade Officer with the EC Representation in Turkey, discussed with Econoff the EC's newly-issued report on practices in the Turkish pharmaceuticals industry, particularly lack of data exclusivity protection. The Trade Barrier Report uns [...] | 2004-10-04 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA5698 | SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting in Istanbul on September 21. Areas identified for continued and deepened cooperation were Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline completion in mid 2005; promotion [...] | 2004-10-04 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU |
04ANKARA5719 | TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...] | 2004-10-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT TU GA |
04ANKARA5765 | MFA REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF ISTANBUL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) On October 7, Ahmet Bigali, Director of Aviation Affairs at the Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry, called Econoff to raise TSA security requirements on direct flights to the U.S. departing from Istanbul Ataturk Airport (ref A). B [...] | 2004-10-07 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER PREL TU |
04ANKARA5791 | Turkish Business: EU Accession Talks Not Enough [...] (SBU) Summary. Strong advocates of EU membership, leaders of Turkey's business community see accession negotiations as another step in a long, arduous process of economic and political change that will eventually make Turkey a more "normal" country. In contrast to their political counterpa [...] | 2004-10-13 06:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TU |
04ANKARA5835 | TURKEY/IMF: PROGRESS ON BUDGET, OTHER ISSUES REMAIN [...] (Sbu) Summary: In an important sign of progress in discussions of a new Standby program, the GOT has publicly agreed to a 6.5% primary surplus target for 2005. Local IMF staff privately confirm that the GOT's primary surplus target accords with the IMF definition and that the GOT can now move [...] | 2004-10-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA5902 | RAMADAN 2004 PD STRATEGY -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OIIP KPAO IS KIRF TU |
04ANKARA5979 | CAPITAL MARKETS BOARD CHAIRMAN'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (Sbu) Summary. Turkey's securities markets regulator has an ambitious agenda for 2005-6: opening a futures and options exchange in Izmir, EU harmonization of capital market regulations, founding a NASDAQ-like stock exchange for SME's, and launching a secondary mortgage market. The coming cha [...] | 2004-10-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA5996 | TURKEY: MFA NON-PAPER ON SECURITY CONCERNS OF [...] (SBU) During an October 20 meeting (reported Septel) to discuss steps the GOT is taking to address security concerns of Turkish truck drivers, Turkish MFA DDG for Economic Affairs presented EconCouns with a non-paper listing a number of concerns and suggestions for operational improvements in [...] | 2004-10-21 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ECON PREL PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA5999 | SLOW MOVEMENT ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to the IMF Resrep, negotiations with the GOT on a new Standby are moving forward slowly. Though a major step was achieved with agreement on headline 2005 budget numbers, the details of tax reforms and the absence of progress on a banking law remain to be sorted out. [...] | 2004-10-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6009 | Turkey FDI: Investment Climate Efforts Stall [...] (SBU) Summary. Government and private sector sources agree there was little significant improvement in Turkey's investment climate in 2004. Foreigners' real estate purchases amounted for a large portion of an increase in FDI recorded in Central Bank figures. Creation of a semi- government [...] | 2004-10-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV TU |
04ANKARA6026 | Problems with Banking Law Negotiations [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite months of extensive consultation with bankers, and an explicit-but now postponed-IMF deadline, a new banking law drafted by Turkish regulators is considered far too restrictive by both bankers and the IMF. Bank regulators and the GOT are working to revise the text, but t [...] | 2004-10-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6075 | TWO VIEWS ON STATE BANKS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In separate meetings, a World Bank expert and a state-owned bank executive provided contrasting views on state bank privatization issues. The World Bank expert is taking a fresh, somewhat skeptical look at the Bank's privatization strategy, and seemed to share some of the USG c [...] | 2004-10-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA608 | Deputy Treasury Undersecretary on U.S. Company [...] (SBU) Cavit Dagdas, a Deputy Undersecretary at the Turkish Treasury, told us the GOT is working toward a useful Investor Advisory Council meeting in March, in which foreign companies give frank advice on how to improve the investment climate. He also asked for USG help in ensuring that the U. [...] | 2004-01-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIPR TU |
04ANKARA6100 | MAJOR TURKISH TRUCKING COMPANY BOSS THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of a large Turkish trucking company, Emin Deger, warned emboffs Oct. 22 that U.S. and Turkish officials have been too slow to address the security concerns of Turkish truckers in Iraq, threatening that he could close the Habur Gate if he wished. Deger said that many of [...] | 2004-10-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS ETRD PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA6114 | SPONSORING RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS [...] (U) We presented reftel demarche October 27 to Turkish MFA Human Rights officer Serhat Aksen. Aksen personally concurred with the statements in the demarche and said he would consult his colleagues regarding appropriate action before the Turkish holiday weekend begins the afternoon of Thursda [...] | 2004-10-28 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM BO TU |
04ANKARA6167 | IRAN REQUEST FOR BOEING PARTICIPATION IN KISH [...] (SBU) Following, for the record, are the texts of three documents given to DCM by the Swiss defense attache in Ankara, who is also accredited to Tehran. The documents relate an Iranian desire to encourage the participation of the Boeing Company in the Kish Air Show, which will be held Novem [...] | 2004-11-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC TU IR |
04ANKARA6170 | TURKEY/IRAQ JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO MEET [...] Summary: (SBU) The first post-war meeting of the Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Committee will take place November 4 in Ankara, co-chaired by Turkish Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen and Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir Ghadban. Turkey has a long list of objectives, including security for Turkish truckers [...] | 2004-11-02 05:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IZ PREL SY TU |
04ANKARA6195 | KARADENIZ STOPS DELIVERY OF ELECTRICITY FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Turkish company Karadeniz (KARTET),it informed the Iraq Ministry of Electricity that as of October 26 it was no longer able to deliver electricity from Turkey to Northern Iraq because of non-delivery of contractual heavy fuel oil (HFO) from Iraq. According to [...] | 2004-11-02 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU |
04ANKARA6206 | AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S OCTOBER 25 VISIT TO IZMIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Izmir provincial and municipal, business and academic officials warmly welcomed Ambassador Edelman during his first official visit to Izmir, October 25. Focusing on commercial issues, Ambassador encouraged both the business community and municipal officials to create an atmos [...] | 2004-11-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA6213 | A GLIMPSE OF URBAN POVERTY IN TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: With the USG about to disburse $9 million to supplement a social welfare project providing cash payments to poor mothers who keep their children in school, and with $6 million in the pipeline from the Department of Labor with similar objectives to combat child labor, econoffs me [...] | 2004-11-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI TU |
04ANKARA6262 | KURDISH BASED PARTY'S REFOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Various Pro- Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) contacts signaled strongly to PO in late October regional visits that many DEHAP political leaders over the next three to six weeks will declare their support for the new Democratic Society (Demokratik Toplum Hareketi) poli [...] | 2004-11-05 05:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF TU |
04ANKARA6279 | Update and Next Steps on Pharmaceuticals Issues [...] (SBU) The research-based pharmaceuticals industry continues to grapple with a difficult set of challenges in the areas of intellectual property protection (lack of data exclusivity and potential patent infringement) and reimbursement reform (including non-transparent development of restrictive [...] | 2004-11-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA6286 | DEMARCHE: ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on November 4 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Head Murat Ates, who noted that Turkey had supported Israel's inclusion in the Western Europe and Others Group in New York in 2000, as well as during the 2004 membership renewal. Ates wanted [...] | 2004-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KIPR IS TU |
04ANKARA6293 | BMENAI: DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE PLANNING [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Summary: Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsors Italy, Turkey and Yemen continue planning for a November 25 meeting in Rome of the three FMs, and possibly the U.S., at which they will release a DAD work plan. After the Rome meetin [...] | 2004-11-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU IT YM KMPI KDEM |
04ANKARA6312 | TURKEY AND IRAQ AGREE TO FIRST MEETING ON TRUCKER [...] (SBU) Sedef Yavuzalp of the Foreign Ministry Deputy Directorate General for Bilateral Economic Affairs informed us that Turkey and Iraq have agreed to the U.S. proposal (Ref a) to hold regular meetings on trucker and contractor security issues, including sharing of current intelligence and op [...] | 2004-11-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA6371 | Health Ministry Views on Data Exclusivity; [...] (SBU) Health Ministry officials hinted that they could support immediate implementation of data exclusivity protection for confidential pharmaceutical test data if research-based industry were to make concessions in other areas. They said they had established a good dialog with industry on he [...] | 2004-11-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA6373 | Turkish Patent Institute on Modernization, Ties [...] (SBU) In a November 5 meeting with Econ Couns, Econoff and Econ Specialist, Turkish Patent Institute (Turkish acronym TPE) President Yusuf Balci said he would like to reach out to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in the context of his institution's modernization and development, much [...] | 2004-11-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA6388 | Turkish Iraqi Economic Cooperation Talks [...] (SBU) Following is the text of "agreed minutes" signed on November 5 at the conclusion of Turkish-Iraqi Joint Economic Committee meetings in Ankara (REFTEL). The document, which was given to us by the Turkish MFA, is encouraging in that it demonstrates that Turks and Iraqis are working toget [...] | 2004-11-10 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ENRG ECON IZ TU |
04ANKARA6426 | GOT TECHNOCRATS ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS: SLOW BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish economic technocrats describe slow but steady progress on the many issues outstanding when the IMF mission left Ankara late last month, including social security reform, VAT tax rates, and a new banking law. Difficult political decisions remain to be made -- particular [...] | 2004-11-17 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6427 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON MACRO SITUATION, MONETARY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Turkey's Central Bank Governor is optimistic about disinflation and downplays the risk inherent in the current account deficit. He favors a cautious approach to moving monetary policy to explicit inflation-targeting. Serdengecti is opposed to forgiving Turkish claims on Iraq. [...] | 2004-11-17 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU IZ |
04ANKARA6480 | TURKEY TELECOM SECTOR: LIBERALIZATION IS HARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A combination of poor service and high costs for telecom and information technology users impedes foreign investment and hampers Turkey's global competitiveness. While many Turkish officials express commitment and optimism, telecom sector liberalization is proceeding slowly, [...] | 2004-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV TU |
04ANKARA6491 | A SNAPSHOT OF PRIVATIZATION IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a long period of inaction on major privatizations, the GOT is attempting to move forward with its largest ticket items--including Turkey's telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom; petroleum refining company, Tupras; Tekel's tobacco arm; Petkim and Turkish Airlines (THY); and steel [...] | 2004-11-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
04ANKARA655 | Foreign Trade Undersecretary on WTO [...] (SBU) Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar and Department Head Hasan Yalcin told us on January 30 that they found USTR Zoellick's letter on the WTO negotiations to be very encouraging, particularly on ending export subsidies in agriculture. Kayalar reviewed GOT efforts to conclude a se [...] | 2004-02-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
04ANKARA6558 | AMBASSADOR EDELMAN DISCUSSES EU ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Edelman met November 18 with Turkish Minister of Environment and Forestry Osman Pepe to discuss Turkey's environmental challenges and to advocate that the Ministry purchase Sikorsky helicopters to fill its need for firefighting helicopters. Minister Pepe noted the [...] | 2004-11-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV BEXP RS TU |
04ANKARA6644 | TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING - TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Military spending in Turkey is under civilian control though the military has a significant voice in budgetary decisions. The spending is transparent, though line commanders have some authority to reallocate between uses. Military spending is subject to internal and externa [...] | 2004-11-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MASS TU |
04ANKARA6649 | GOT Concerns on Some Aspects of CSI [...] (SBU) At briefings on the Container Security Initiative by visiting Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Attache, Turkish officials reaffirmed their interest in the program, but expressed sensitivities about stationing U.S. personnel in Turkish customs areas and said a bilateral agreement woul [...] | 2004-12-01 07:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA TU |
04ANKARA6670 | TURKEY SUPPORTS OSCE ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) PolMilCouns discussed reftel demarche Nov. 29 with Avni Botsali, MFA Head of Iraq Desk. PolMilOff followed up Dec. 1 with Korkut Gungen, Head of the OSCE Section. Gungen responded that Turkey supports an OSCE election observer mission for Iraq. Gungen said that the GOT believes OSCE ha [...] | 2004-12-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
04ANKARA6673 | TURK TELECOM FINALLY TO BE PRIVATIZED? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The long-awaited opening of the tender process for the privatization of Turkey's fixed line telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom (TT),was announced on November 25, with the Privatization Administration (PA) seeking bids through the end of next May for a 55 percent block sale to a "s [...] | 2004-12-01 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECPS PGOV TU |
04ANKARA6676 | COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On November 22, DCM and Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO),Robert S. Deutsch, chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, RAO, DEA, FBI, CONS, and OSI. 2. (SBU) ECON gave an update [...] | 2004-12-02 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC TU KTFN |
04ANKARA6678 | TURKEY STEAM ENERGY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A well-attended energy conference in Turkey provided expressions of commitment on the part of the government to move forward on energy liberalization, but failure to articulate next policy, legislative, and regulatory steps. The private sector is eager to move ahead and take a [...] | 2004-12-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV EWWT TU |
04ANKARA6700 | Turkish Markets Uneasy Over EU News Flow [...] (SBU) Summary: As analysts had long expected, the approach of the December 17 EU decision is generating increased volatility in Turkish financial markets. A market-worrying flow of news on the EU front was the leading factor in a sell-off during the last few days in November. Though markets [...] | 2004-12-03 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6764 | KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) Per ref email, Embassy understands that the Coast Guard is calling an inter-agency meeting for Monday, December 8 to consider imposing a moratorium preventing Kaptanoglu Shipping Group (KSG) vessels from entering U.S. waters/ports, as well as other measures, due to the company's record o [...] | 2004-12-03 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU |
04ANKARA6789 | RESPONSE FROM KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (U) In two faxes sent December 3, Tansel Karademir, Operations Manager of H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading company, responded to Embassy's demarche to MFA warning of Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the shipping company. Karademir wrote that the company [...] | 2004-12-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU |
04ANKARA6797 | TURKEY: IMPORTANT, BUT TENTATIVE, STEP ON NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a possible step forward on long-delayed gas sector liberalization, the Turkish State Pipeline Company BOTAS announced a tender for six of its natural gas import contracts in November. Although legal obstacles may eventually require that the tender be switched to gas volumes, [...] | 2004-12-07 05:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EPET TU |
04ANKARA6801 | TIP IN TURKEY: JANDARMA REQUESTS TECH ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 23-27 International Office on Migration (IOM) TIP workshop in Adana, Turkey highlighted the Jandarma's struggling but developing ground-level ability to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. According to IOM trainers (para 4) and TIP-NGO victim counselors (re [...] | 2004-12-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
04ANKARA6810 | TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE THREATENS SUPPLIES FOR [...] (SBU) Turkish truck drivers delivering sustainment supplies and refined products into Iraq called a wild cat strike December 7. It is not clear how widespread is the support for the strike among truckers. Officials from the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) and one of its largest contract [...] | 2004-12-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA6816 | Scenesetter for Codel Hastert [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession prospects and the state of t [...] | 2004-12-08 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON IZ TU |
04ANKARA6835 | Scenesetter for Treasury DAS Loevinger [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. It is also a delicate moment in relations with both the IMF and EU. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, coo [...] | 2004-12-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
04ANKARA6848 | TURKISH BOYCOTTS OF U.S. GOODS [...] (U) A barrage of media disinformation about Falluja and U.S. actions in general in Iraq has added to negative public opinion in Turkey, and has led to calls for boycott of American products in recent weeks. The following is a summary of these boycott calls based on press sources. -- Bulent [...] | 2004-12-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL BEXP IZ TU |
04ANKARA6867 | NEW ERA IN TURKISH RUSSIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS? -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 5-6 visit of Russian President Putin to Turkey was portrayed by Turkish politicians and the press as a turning point in Russian-Turkish relations. Putin and Turkish President Sezer asserted that the rapid growth of bilateral trade is leading to an emerging "Multi [...] | 2004-12-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD PREL RS TU |
04ANKARA6940 | NO PROGRESS ON TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The wild cat strike by Turkish truck drivers that began on December 7 continues to halt nearly all fuel deliveries to Iraq -- the only exception being JP-8 coalition sustainment fuel and three trucks of gasoline. The largest Turkish contractor, Petrol Ofisi, said the five com [...] | 2004-12-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA6947 | TURKEY AND IMF ANNOUNCE BROAD AGREEMENT ON A NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and the Turkish Government have announced agreement on the broad outlines of a new three-year program. Though final details will need to be wrapped up before a Letter of Intent can be signed, and an IMF board vote will not take place until January, the GOT and IMF succe [...] | 2004-12-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA6948 | TURKEY NUCLEAR ENERGY - ANNOUNCE IT AND THEY WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is pursuing the ambitious goal of adding nuclear energy to its power mix over the next decade, and is seeking U.S. or French know-how as its technology of choice. Raised earlier this year when PM Erdogan visited France, nuclear energy cooperation was also hastily added to [...] | 2004-12-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV TRGY TU |
04ANKARA6963 | TURKEY: US STEEL INTERESTED IN PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Three Pittsburgh based US Steel executives called on Ambassador Edelman December 14 to discuss United States Steel's interest in purchasing the Turkish government's 46% stake in Erdemir, Turkey's largest steel company. Led by Senior VP John Connelly, the group noted that the pending s [...] | 2004-12-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP EIND TU |
04ANKARA6981 | TURKEY - IEA AND ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Energy Officer raised ref A energy diplomacy issues with Sami Demirbilek, Energy Ministry UnderSecretary and Turkey's International Energy Agency (IEA) Governing Board representative. Demirbilek emphasized the importance Turkey gave to meeting its 90-day strategic stocks obligation to th [...] | 2004-12-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET TU |
04ANKARA6982 | FAA PRESSES GOT ON AIR SAFETY OVERSIGHT [...] (SBU) In December 7 meetings with Transport and Communications Ministry officials, John Barbagallo, FAA Technical Branch Manager, and Kurt Edwards, Senior Representative, urged the Turks to take steps to cut turnover of air safety inspectors, a key U.S. concern with respect to Turkish civil av [...] | 2004-12-16 08:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR TU |
04ANKARA7000 | JUST IN CASE: NO NEED FOR TURKISH TREASURY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Treasury officials tell us they have prepared for the possibility of a worse-than-expected EU scenario by obviating the need to borrow for the coming month. More broadly, in 2005 Treasury is targeting an increase in the average maturity of its domestic market Turkish li [...] | 2004-12-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
04ANKARA7002 | GOT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT POST-2005 TEXTILE AND [...] (SBU) A Turkish Foreign Trade official expressed considerable pessimism about the likely losses of Turkey's textile industry post-2005, and urged the USG to impose safeguards on Chinese apparel imports. Turkey will retain some competitive advantages, especially proximity and short delivery tim [...] | 2004-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX EFIN TU |
04ANKARA7016 | Ambassador Discusses IPR Protection with [...] (SBU) Summary: In his meeting with the Health Minister, the Ambassador raised the USG's concerns regarding lack of data protection and patent linkage in Turkey, and urged the GOT to take immediate action to resolve these problems. The Ambassador pointed out the specific problem Eli Lilly was [...] | 2004-12-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA7040 | DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ - FOLLOW UP WITH TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Treasury DAS Loevinger pressed both the Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the Central Bank Governor on the Iraq debt issue. The Governor resisted and the Undersecretary asked for more information. Separately, the DCM delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Ministr [...] | 2004-12-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU IZ |
04ANKARA7073 | COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On December 22, DCM and Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO),Robert S. Deutsch, chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, FBI, CONS, and OSI. 2. (U) ECON gave a brief overview [...] | 2004-12-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC TU KTFN |
04ANKARA7105 | EU DECISION PROMPTS MARKET RALLY AND INTEREST RATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU decision to give Turkey a date for accession negotiations, underpinned by the news earlier in the week of a new IMF program, sparked a rally in Turkish financial markets. Though the markets ended up on Friday, confusion over what was really happening in Brussels created [...] | 2004-12-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA7119 | CONVERSATION WITH MFA ON TRUCKERS' STRIKE, FUEL [...] (SBU) The Charge called senior Turkish MFA Special Envoy on Iraq, Ambassador Ahmed Koruturk, regarding the fuel shortages in Iraq and the Turkish truckers' strike. Charge informed Koruturk that the severity of fuel shortages in Iraq was growing, pointing out that the truckers' strike was a co [...] | 2004-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG MOPS PREL IZ TU |
04ANKARA7141 | DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON FUEL SUPPLIES TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Post passed on ref a message to foreign ministry officials on December 24. Turkish MFA says it is seized with the issue and is doing what it can to encourage transporters, fuel contractors and truckers to resolve the strike. MFA officials believe the single biggest problem is [...] | 2004-12-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET MOPS PREL IZ TU |
04ANKARA7151 | TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMING TURKEY RE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN EFIN TU |
04ANKARA7154 | Turkey FDI: GOT Expectations Tied to EU Accession [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV TU |
04ANKARA796 | MEETINGS WITH BUDGET AND TAX OFFICIALS [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy General Manager for Budget Ahmet Kesik described to econoffs the state of play on the 2004 budget, saying there is a TL 7 Quadrillion gap, of which TL 3.7 Quad stems from recent populist measures and 3.3 Quad from lower-than-expected revenues in 2003. Kesik echoed senior [...] | 2004-02-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA808 | MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary. In his first meeting with Econcouns, Bank Regulatory Board Chairman Tevfik Bilgin claimed he was fully independent and laid out his vision of a strong bank regulator, working closely with the newly-separate deposit guarantee agency. Bilgin commented on lessons learned from the [...] | 2004-02-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA813 | GOT WELCOMES UKRAINIAN DECISION ON ODESA-BRODY FLOW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL SENV ENRG TU UP |
04ANKARA851 | GLIMMERS OF TURKISH RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD [...] (Sbu) Summary: Country Director Andrew Vorkink painted a mixed picture on Turkish re-engagement with the World Bank. In two sectors, energy and banking, the GOT has shifted to meaningful engagement in recent weeks, in both cases working with the Bank to develop a new interagency-coordinated st [...] | 2004-02-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ENRG EINV PGOV TU |
04ANKARA854 | IRAQI DEBT TO TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: In meetings with Central Bank and MFA officials, econoffs gathered preliminary information on Iraqi debt to Turkey. These officials put the debt at USD 1.3 billion, almost entirely owed by the Central Bank of Iraq to its Turkish counterpart. Based on these meetings, Turkey doe [...] | 2004-02-13 06:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU IZ |
04ANKARA865 | Tracker Demonstration for GOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, a US team presented a demonstration of the Tracker system to about fifteen Turkish export control officials. The officials expressed interest in evaluating Tracker for possible use, but said they would need to discuss the matter internally before replying forma [...] | 2004-02-13 10:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM TU |
04ANKARA866 | Strengthened IPR Law On The Way [...] (SBU) Culture Ministry Copyrights Deputy Director General Gunay Gormez told us the GOT was moving ahead with new anti- piracy legislation, which the Ministry submitted to the Council of Ministers last week. Gormez expected the Parliament to pass the legislation soon and without changes. Gorme [...] | 2004-02-13 10:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA879 | TURKISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEASED WITH BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB) advisor Guven Sak told us February 13 that TOBB was very pleased with its February 9 visit to Baghdad, and was considering possible follow-up visits to Kirkuk and perhaps other cities. Sak expressed appreciation for CPA's and CJTF-7's efforts t [...] | 2004-02-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL TU IZ |
04ANKARA881 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON HOPES FOR A CYPRUS [...] (U) Summary: Turkish markets, especially the stock exchange, have soared this week on the encouraging news out of New York regarding Cyprus. Turkish markets attach particular importance to the Cyprus issue because it is linked to Turkey's EU accession prospects. As of mid-day Friday, Turkish [...] | 2004-02-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA953 | DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND SEIZES CONTROL OF UZAN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Congen Istanbul cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) moved on Saturday, February 14 to seize control of 219 companies owned by the controversial Uzan family in the latest episode of the protracted conflict between the fa [...] | 2004-02-19 05:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA955 | TURKEY WAITING FOR IMPROVED DONOR COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun said Turkey is ready to start disbursing its USD 50 million pledge for Iraq Reconstruction, but is waiting for better coordination among donors. Okcun will participate in the preparatory meeting for the Inte [...] | 2004-02-19 05:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU |
04ANKARA977 | Special 301 - Raise Turkey to Priority Watch [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in para 10. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although there are signs that the GOT is preparing to improve enforcement through a ban on street sales, copyright and trademark piracy has remained persistently high in Turkey. Turkey has also failed to p [...] | 2004-02-20 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
04ANKARA979 | THE GOT TAKES STEPS TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE' (TNP'S) AIRPORT SECURITY DIRECTOR TOLD US THE NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY COUNCIL RECENTLY DISCUSSED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S (DHS') AMENDMENTS ON POSTING ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON PLANES AND A GAP IN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTO [...] | 2004-02-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER TU |
04BANGKOK7216 | THAILAND: PM THAKSIN KICKS OFF HIS RE-ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. In a live nationally-televised Bangkok rally on October 17, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra officially opened his run for re-election with a flurry of "populist" promises to the Thai voters. From job training programs and new housing projects to expanded transportation syste [...] | 2004-10-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TH TRT |
04BANGKOK8485 | U.S.-THAILAND FTA: STATUS AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) The November 22 announcement by the Thai lead negotiator that the RTG was seeking a postponement of the December 2004 FTA round was the culmination of several complex crosscurrents within the RTG and Thai society. The ostensible reason for the postponement, the upcoming (February 6) e [...] | 2004-12-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL TH US FTA |
04BOGOTA11571 | COLOMBIA WOULD BE FURTHER IN THE RED IF NOT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. With oil trading at around USD 50 a barrel, Ecopetrol's windfall profits continue to rise. GOC officials have stated privately that were it not for the record revenues of the state oil company, the GOC would not make its 2004 deficit target of 2.5 percent of GDP. End Summary [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET CO |
04BOGOTA12290 | REELECTION PASSES HOUSE [...] (U) On November 30, the House of Representatives approved legislation to reform the Constitution to permit Presidential reelection (two terms maximum). Each article of the legislation was voted and passed in the range of 100-115 (of 166 total members) in favor. The only remaining legislativ [...] | 2004-12-01 19:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA12512 | GOC REACTS STRONGLY TO U.S. ATTORNEY PRESS [...] (SBU) Late on December 6, Camilo Ospina, President Uribe's Legal Advisor, contacted the Ambassador to voice the President's strong concerns over the press conference by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida on the extradition of Gilberto Rodriguez-Orejuela to the effect that [...] | 2004-12-07 21:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS SNAR CO |
04BOGOTA12575 | NAS Monthly Report November 2004: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November we sprayed 13,062 hectares of coca and completed the fourth poppy campaign of the year. Plan Colombia helicopters supported a request for a medical evacuation by the 9th Brigade. During November the CNP destroyed 20 Cocaine HCL labs. CNP also captured over 1.5 metr [...] | 2004-12-09 20:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO |
04BOGOTA12734 | MILITARY AND THE MEDIA CONFERENCE AIMS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) Summary: On December 2, Embassy Bogota and the Ministry of Defense co-sponsored the third annual Public Forces and Journalism Seminar to improve military-media communication. Almost one hundred media and Armed Forces members (including the police) attended the meeting in Paipa, Boyaca Dep [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PHUM CO |
04BOGOTA12769 | COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE SHUTS DOWN TWO HCL LABS IN [...] (SBU) On November 26 and 27, elements of the Plan Colombia-supported Counter Drug (CD) Brigade captured two FARC cocaine hydrochloride (HCL) labs during Operation Hurricane in Guaviare department. 2. (SBU) The first lab, in the Vaupes river/Miraflores area, had two chemical recycling vats ( [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PTER MOPS CO |
04BOGOTA1280 | COLOMBIAN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During A/S Wayne's January 28-29 trip to Bogota, Colombian government and business leaders expressed strong support for an FTA. They recognized, however, that they have a great deal of homework to do before they are ready to negotiate. Moreover, they expressed concern that na [...] | 2004-02-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR CO FTA |
04BOGOTA12860 | NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON REELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Congress has reformed the Constitution to permit presidential reelection. Implementing legislation is pending for the upcoming session. Legal challenges are likely. A showdown between two high courts is also a possibility. End Summary. 2. (U) On December 14, the Senate [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA13000 | HAGUE COMPLIANCE REPORT PREPARATION - COLOMBIA [...] (U) Although Post concurs with the Department's assessment of Colombia as "non-compliant" with the Hague Abduction Convention, Post notes legislation to implement the Convention is moving through the Colombian Congress. There are also positive developments in judicial training and cooperatio [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KOCI CO |
04BOGOTA13087 | GOC PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS STATUS REPORT TO G-24 [...] (SBU) On December 15, President Uribe, Vice President Santos and several other GOC officials presented a human rights status report to the G-24 Ambassadors and NGO representatives in preparation for the London Declaration follow-up conference in Cartagena on February 3-4, 2005. The proceeding [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER EAID CO |
04BOGOTA13217 | OVERVIEW OF CONGRESSIONAL SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Passage of presidential reelection reform and implementing legislation for a new criminal procedure code were the principal accomplishments of the last session of Congress. Political wrangling prevented the Congress from dealing effectively with key pension and tax reform bills [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS CO |
04BOGOTA1558 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JANUARY 2004 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the January Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were over 4800 tracks sorted, of which 42 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase I and one Phase III event during the month. ABD program issues of concern [...] | 2004-02-13 22:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA1764 | THE LAST COLOMBIAN MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT A PUBLIC [...] (SBU) On February 12, the GOC reinstalled police forces in Murindo, Antioquia department, a region in Uraba that has long lacked a public security presence. Murindo was the last of Colombia's 1,098 municipalities (equivalent to a U.S. county) to receive a public security force -- completing a [...] | 2004-02-20 20:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SNAR CO |
04BOGOTA2020 | TRADE MINISTER STATES COLOMBIA'S NEW MARKET BASED [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 16, 2004, the Colombian government implemented a new import system that provides tariff reductions for importers that purchase domestic production of corn (both white and yellow),grain sorghum, rice, soybeans and cotton. The new system replaces the restrictive i [...] | 2004-02-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON CO FTA |
04BOGOTA2115 | ACADEMIA TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect. 2. (SBU) Three researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of London, working in conjunction with an Economics Professor at Augusta State University in Georgia with whom post had already been in contact, recently provided us [...] | 2004-03-01 21:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PROP ELAB CO |
04BOGOTA2187 | COLOMBIA MEETS IMF FISCAL DEFICIT TARGETS [...] (U) The GOC announced February 25 that it met the IMF target of 2.8 percent of GDP for its 2003 fiscal deficit. The GOC cut current expenditures and froze some investment projects, especially in the energy sector, in order to achieve this result. The announcement was greeted positively by ma [...] | 2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA2199 | COLOMBIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Approximate amount of time spent to prepare this report: 30 hours. -------- Overview -------- 2. Colombia is a significant source of tr [...] | 2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO |
04BOGOTA2692 | GOC ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT LABOR RIGHTS [...] (U) To address the international community's concerns about human rights violations against trade union members, Vice-President Santos briefed ambassadors of member states of the ILO's Governing Body on GOC advances in promoting workers' human rights and tripartite dialogue. In addition to ci [...] | 2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL CO |
04BOGOTA2912 | COLOMBIA GOES BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON PENSION [...] (SBU) Faced with the impending default of the Public Pension Fund (managed by the Institute for Social Security),the GOC is once again attempting to overhaul its public pension system. This marks the Uribe administration's third attempt to fix the problem, after the 2002 pension reform was [...] | 2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA3373 | UPDATE ON VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN [...] (SBU) British Petroleum (BP) and the Colombian Association of Petroleum Producers (ACP) hosted a briefing for British and U.S. emboffs on ACP's draft work plan regarding the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) for the extractive industry. ACP and BP requested USG and UK as [...] | 2004-04-01 18:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET PHUM PREL CO |
04BOGOTA3479 | DC-3 Accident March 28, No Injuries [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Colombian National Police (PNC) DC-3 aircraft (tail number PNC 0214) crashed upon landing in Caruru, Vaupes Department, on March 28. No injuries or fatalities resulted, but an initial inspection has concluded that it is not economically feasible to repair the aircraft. PNC a [...] | 2004-04-02 21:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CO |
04BOGOTA3618 | ANTI-NARCOTICS UNIT MEMBERS OBJECT TO POLYGRAPHS [...] (SBU) On April 4, Bogota's El Espectador newspaper published an article about complaints by members of the Fiscalia's Anti-Narcotics and Maritime Interdiction Unit (UNAIM) about polygraph exams recently administered by the FBI. The exams were mandated by Prosecutor General ("Fiscal General") [...] | 2004-04-07 00:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR KJUS CO |
04BOGOTA3676 | COLOMBIAN AVIATION: THE ONLY WAY IS UP [...] (U) Summary: 2003 was a tough year for Colombian airlines due to a drop in passenger traffic and high operational and fuel costs. Avianca, the nation's largest carrier, entered Chapter 11 reorganization in New York, and is up for sale. A Brazilian consortium has offered to take over Avianc [...] | 2004-04-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAIR CO |
04BOGOTA3703 | COOPERATION WITH CANADIAN EMBASSY IN BOGOTA ON VISA [...] (U) Summary: Reftel recommended that posts share information with Canadian colleagues regarding visa processing, and offered a "template" for cooperation. The Consular Section in Bogota has long enjoyed a close relationship with the Canadian Embassy in Colombia. Using the ideas provided i [...] | 2004-04-12 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA CMGT CVIS CA CO |
04BOGOTA3943 | PRM'S A/S DEWEY'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (U) PRM Bureau's Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey visited Colombia March 7-10. Most interlocutors agreed that there has been a significant reduction in the number of internally displaced persons since the Uribe Administration took office 18 months ago. Many cautioned, however, that this positiv [...] | 2004-04-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI CO |
04BOGOTA3944 | PRM'S A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES DISPLACEMENT, PEACE [...] (SBU) As part of his March 7-10 visit to Colombia, PRM Bureau's Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey met with PRM partner organizations that provide short- and medium-term assistance to displaced persons. Most interlocutors agreed that there has been a significant reduction in the number of internal [...] | 2004-04-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI CO |
04BOGOTA4318 | USG PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST ROUND OF US-ANDEAN [...] (U) To addressees from Ambassador William B. Wood. 2. (SBU) Colombia,s Minister of Commerce and the GOC,s lead FTA negotiator have approached post to request that the USG send as complete a delegation as possible to the upcoming FTA talks in Bogota, May 18-19. Both officials stressed the p [...] | 2004-04-28 21:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV ECON CO KLAB FTA |
04BOGOTA4483 | COLOMBIA TAX REFORMS OF LIMITED BENEFIT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-03 19:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA4511 | IMF VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Commending the Government of Colombia (GOC) on its impressive growth over the last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found that the short term outlook for Colombia is positive and expects the Colombian economy to meet revised macroeconomic targets. The positive macr [...] | 2004-05-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA4820 | COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE CAPTURES TWO HCL LABS IN [...] (SBU) ON APRIL 25 AND 28, THE 2ND BATTALION OF THE PLAN COLOMBIA SUPPORTED COUNTER DRUG (CD) BRIGADE SHUT DOWN TWO FARC COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HCL) LABS DURING OPERATION ZEUS IN SOUTHERN NARINO DEPARTMENT. 2. THE FIRST LAB, NEAR THE MIRA RIVER AND LLORENTE, HAD FOUR CHEMICAL RECYCLING VATS [...] | 2004-05-11 20:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PTER MOPS CO |
04BOGOTA4888 | COLOMBIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY TO VISIT FAA [...] (U) Summary. Sub-Director from Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) plans to visit FAA in Miami and Washington to discuss recent FAA inspection. The GOC was not pleased with the results of the inspection, and is taking steps to comply with FAA recommendations. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In [...] | 2004-05-13 16:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CO |
04BOGOTA66 | 2003 REVIEW OF THE COLOMBIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Colombian economy performed well during President Alvaro Uribe's first year in office and will end 2003 on a positive note. A significant increase in exports to the United States helped stabilize an economy constrained by the internal armed conflict and challenged by a sign [...] | 2004-01-05 20:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CO |
04BOGOTA8906 | CONCERNS FROM THE U.S. FLAG CARRIERS [...] (SBU) Summary. At the midyear point, the three U.S. flag airlines, American, Continental, and Delta, all report higher earnings in 2004 than in 2003. All three managers voiced concerns over the civil aviation authority, Aeronautica Civil (CAA),the association of Colombian travel agencies (A [...] | 2004-09-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CO |
04BOGOTA9117 | 13 THOUSAND HECTARES SPRAYED IN COLOMBIA: NAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication aircraft sprayed a total of 12,959 hectares of coca and 658 hectares of poppy in August. Anti-Narcotics Police units captured and/or destroyed over 67 metric tons of cocaine, 1.2 metric tons of cocaine base, 10 tons of pressed marijuana, and 24 kilograms of heroin t [...] | 2004-09-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PTER CO |
04BOGOTA9325 | PRESIDENT SIGNS REVISED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (U) On August 31, President Uribe signed into law a new criminal procedure code consistent with Colombia's transition to an accusatory criminal justice system. Approval of the code by the Colombian Congress was a somewhat novel example of cooperative relations between the GOC and both houses o [...] | 2004-09-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS CO |
04BOGOTA9358 | AUGUST AIR BRIDGE DENIAL UPDATE: ABD COMPLETES [...] (U) Summary: This is the August 2004 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. This message also includes an overview of the program's achievements in its first year. During August, there were two Phase III events and two Phase I events, including one arrested pilot. There [...] | 2004-09-15 22:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA9661 | GOC DELIVERS BLOWS TO PARAMILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: GOC security forces dealt two major blows to paramilitary forces this month. In early September, elements of an Antinarcotics Police Airmobile Company ("Junglas") seized a large cocaine HCl laboratory believed to belong to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) in Val [...] | 2004-09-22 22:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PTER CO AUC |
04BRASILIA1000 | BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART III: LAND DISPUTES AND [...] (U) This is Part III of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable discusses current land disputes. Part I (ref B) provided an overview and Part II (ref C) discussed concerns of indigenous leaders. 2. (U) Summary. The government of Brazil is facing unhappiness among indigeno [...] | 2004-04-27 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP |
04BRASILIA1005 | ENERGY SECRETARY ABRAHAM MEETS BRAZILIAN MINISTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham traveled to Brasilia April 19 to meet with Brazil's Science and Technology Minister Campos, Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff, and Foreign Relations Minister Amorim, as a follow- up to the June 2004 Presidential Summit between President Bush and [...] | 2004-04-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OVIP EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
04BRASILIA1074 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN |
04BRASILIA1087 | SLOW PROGRESS ON BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: In recent meetings with emboffs and Treasury desk officer, GoB officials expressed cautious optimism on the progress of legislation governing public-private partnerships (PPPs) and its initial application to infrastructure bottlenecks that threaten Brazilian exports and GDP growt [...] | 2004-05-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR |
04BRASILIA1098 | BRAZIL'S 2004 BUDGET BLUES [...] (U) A high debt-service burden and extensive earmarking leave Brazil's federal government with little room for maneuver in its Reals 413 billion (USD 137 billion) 2004 budget as it tries to pursue its social-policy goals while addressing public concerns over security, unemployment and growth. [...] | 2004-05-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1160 | SECOND MEETING OF TREASURY-FINMIN "GROUP FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury U/S for International Affairs John Taylor, Ministry of Finance Treasury Secretary Joaquim Levy, and Economic Policy Secretary Marcos Lisboa presided on April 19 in Rio de Janeiro over the second meeting of the Treasury/Ministry of Finance Group for Growth (GfG),an o [...] | 2004-05-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL EINV BR |
04BRASILIA1185 | SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...] | 2004-05-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO |
04BRASILIA1218 | DEATH BY A THOUSAND BITES: MUNICIPAL LEVEL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: In recent months, Brazil's press has focused intently on municipal-level graft and corruption. Many of the horror stories are being planted by the Federal Comptroller General's (CGU) office that is conducting random audits and inspections of many of Brazil's 5 [...] | 2004-05-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1307 | GRAB BAG OF GOB INDUSTRIAL POLICY MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: As promised, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Luis Furlan unveiled a huge composite of measures under the umbrella of Industrial, Technology and Foreign Trade Policy (PITCE in the Portuguese acronym) on March 31. A grab bag of recycled programs, financing and [...] | 2004-05-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA1484 | IRAQI ASSETS: BRAZIL DEMARCHED [...] (SBU) Emboff made reftel points on Iraqi assets to Ricardo Liao, head of the Central Bank Office for the Combat of Illicit Financial Activities, and to Marcos Pinta Gama, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities, in meetings June 9 and 16 [...] | 2004-06-16 18:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ BR |
04BRASILIA1512 | ECONOMIC GROWTH RETURNS; PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Latest official figures show the Brazilian economy grew a solid 1.6% in the first quarter of 2004, the second consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%. This still-preliminary growth data has been recently reinforced by, among other positive data points, new [...] | 2004-06-18 19:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR |
04BRASILIA1560 | LULA FINALLY GETS A BREAK - CONGRESS SUPPORTS HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula da Silva broke his losing streak on June 23 when the Chamber of Deputies voted to ratify his Presidential Decree raising the minimum wage from R$240 to R$260 (about US$ 87) per month. This vote follows a series of defeats Lula has suffered in Congress, [...] | 2004-06-23 20:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1564 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES - LIST 59 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN |
04BRASILIA1640 | 2004 GSP REVIEW DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) Taking advantage of a previously scheduled courtesy call, Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 29 to the new head of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Intellectual Property Division, Otavio Brandelli. Brandelli had no immediate reaction to news of the 90-day extension or formatio [...] | 2004-07-01 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON BR IPR |
04BRASILIA1670 | BRAZILIAN JUDGE OPENS NEW EXCEPTION TO ABORTION BAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 1, a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court issued a temporary ruling allowing pregnant women whose fetuses suffer from anencephaly (not having a brain) to undergo an abortion. This ruling is now in force, but to become permanent it must be approved by the full C [...] | 2004-07-07 13:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1685 | IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-07 20:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ BR UNSC |
04BRASILIA1750 | REVIEW OF A TOUGH SEMESTER AS THE BRAZILIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1756 | LULA'S INTERNATIONAL HUNGER INITIATIVE BANKS ON [...] (U) Summary: Brazil, in coordination with France, Chile and Spain, is preparing for circulation this month a set of proposals for new mechanisms to finance international development, health and anti-hunger efforts, primarily through the UN agencies. These proposals would be presented for dis [...] | 2004-07-14 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID SOCI PREL BR UN |
04BRASILIA1832 | MERCOSUL/EU TALKS BREAK-OFF: NOT JUST A BRAZILIAN [...] (U) Top GoB negotiators on Wednesday July 21 abruptly broke off EU/Mercosul trade talks in Brussels and returned to Brazil leaving only lower-level staff to continue eventual exchanges on technical parameters or detail. The GoB move was a reaction to the EU's latest agricultural market access [...] | 2004-07-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1835 | U/S LARSON LAYS DOWN A MARKER ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings across Brasilia September 21, U/S Larson made clear to GoB interlocutors that while the USG shares Brazil's deep commitment to fighting hunger on a global scale, elements of President Lula's anti-hunger initiative that call for international taxation were non-starte [...] | 2004-07-26 10:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID SOCI PREL BR UN |
04BRASILIA1864 | U/S LARSON DISCUSSES IPR AND TRADE WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with senior GoB officials and representatives of U.S. industry, U/S Larson emphasized that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection was in the interests of both countries; he highlighted the losses that Brazilian artists and companies suffer from piracy. Lars [...] | 2004-07-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EAGR PREL BR WTO |
04BRASILIA1906 | BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR QUITS AMID [...] (U) Deputy Central Bank Governor for Monetary Policy Luiz Candiota resigned July 28 after press allegations the previous weekend of improprieties in both Candiota's and Central Bank (CB) President Henrique Meirelles' pre-2003 Brazilian income-tax returns. In Meirelles' case, the chief accusat [...] | 2004-07-29 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA1917 | U/S LARSON ARGUES FOR STRUCTURAL REFORM, IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Larson congratulated Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles and senior Finance Ministry officials on the success of Brazil's macroeconomic stabilization after the 2002 financial crisis. Larson noted investor concerns about the electrical sector, the judicial system an [...] | 2004-07-30 19:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EAGR PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1923 | BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE KEY CASES THIS [...] (SBU) Judge Nelson Jobim, who in May rotated into a two-year stint as Chief Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF),is already putting his stamp on the court's way of doing business (ref A). On July 30, Jobim marked the end of the July recess by doing something no other Chief J [...] | 2004-08-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS ECON SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1954 | LOCKHEED-MARTIN/EMBRAER CONTRACT [...] (U) Brazilian newspapers, including a banner August 3 front page, above-the-fold headline in widely read O Estado de Sao Paulo, highlighted the Pentagon's selection of Lockheed-Martin -- teamed with Embraer and the Harris Corporation -- to develop and build the U.S. military's next generatio [...] | 2004-08-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP MCAP MARR BR POL MIL |
04BRASILIA1975 | LULA IN AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula da Silva visited the African countries of Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, and Cape Verde, July 26-29. The principal rationale for the trip was to attend a summit meeting of Portuguese speaking countries (Communidades dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa -- CPLP [...] | 2004-08-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON BR |
04BRASILIA2004 | ONE LESS ROGUE IN THE GALLERY: POLITICIAN CHARGED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Carlos Xavier on August 10 became the first legislator ever expelled from the District Assembly (equivalent to a state senate) of the Federal District of Brasilia. No mean feat, given the Assembly's notoriety as a haven for scoundrels. Xavier, who emerged from humble origins, [...] | 2004-08-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM BR |
04BRASILIA2069 | CRITICISM CAUSES BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT TO RETHINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Lula administration last week proposed a journalism law that created a stir in the Brazilian press. The Journalism Council bill would create a national oversight body with authorities to regulate and discipline the press. It created such controversy --including charges of " [...] | 2004-08-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON BR |
04BRASILIA2129 | AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV'S BRASILIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials assured Ambassador Siv that Brazil will wholeheartedly back the USG TIP agenda item at the 59th UNGA, but sounded more ambivalent on the four other U.S. UNGA initiatives (Ref C). To Ambassador Siv's suggestion that UNHCR has become a group mingling " [...] | 2004-08-24 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC SOCI BR UNGA UN |
04BRASILIA222 | BRAZILIAN FEDERAL DEPUTIES DISCUSS PIRACY WITH GAO [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of Brazil's Federal Chamber's Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy briefed visitors from the U.S. General Accounting Office and Emboffs on January 20. Describing the work of the CPI and the extent of the piracy probl [...] | 2004-02-02 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND ECON KCRM PGOV BR IPR |
04BRASILIA2221 | BRAZIL'S ECONOMY GROWS SOLIDLY FOR THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian economy grew another 1.5% in the second quarter of 2004, marking the third consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%, according to official figures released August 31. While still preliminary, the growth data confirm what all other recent econo [...] | 2004-09-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR |
04BRASILIA2245 | ZERO SATISFACTION FROM GOB ON SODA-ASH TAX ISSUE [...] (SBU) On August 18, Itamaraty officials presented us their official finding that the Rio state tax policy with regard to soda ash produced by local enterprise ALCALIS does not illegally discriminate against U.S. soda ash producers/exporters. Our own scrutiny of the text of the 2001 Rio State [...] | 2004-09-03 20:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA2253 | GSP/IPR: BRAZIL'S EMERGING INITIATIVES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) The announcement on June 30, 2004 to extend review of the possible withdrawal of trade benefits from Brazil under the Generalized System of Preferences, and the closing of the Congressional Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy [...] | 2004-09-03 22:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
04BRASILIA2358 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 10 courtesy call by the Ambassador on Luiz Furlan, Minister of Development, Commerce and Foreign Trade (MDIC),the latter pressed for greater progress on bilateral issues and a sharper focus on finding ways to increase Brazilian exports to the U.S. In particular [...] | 2004-09-16 21:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL BR |
04BRASILIA2447 | BRAZIL'S ECONOMIC HIGH POINT REINFORCES LULA'S HAND [...] (U) Summary: Brazil is living one of its best economic moments in recent memory. GDP growth has averaged above 6% on an annualized basis for the last three quarters. The external accounts remain healthy as exports continue to boom; Brazil should run a 1.5% of GDP current account surplus t [...] | 2004-09-27 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA2453 | BRASILIA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Per Reftel, Brasilia's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Phil Chicola. The TFCO Deputy is Econ Officer J. Andrew Plowman. The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel paragraph 5. a) Contact Information: DCM Chicola: (55-61) 312-7445; ChicolaPT@state.go [...] | 2004-09-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BR EFIN KTFN KVPR PTER |
04BRASILIA2468 | SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO BRAZIL, 4-6 [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Sao Paulo and Brasilia. You are the senior USG official to travel to Brazil during the administration of President Lula da Silva. Your visit has been much sought after by the GOB, and the President and Foreign Minister A [...] | 2004-09-29 20:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL SOCI BR US |
04BRASILIA2506 | RESULTS OF BRAZILIAN OCTOBER 3 ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA2526 | U.S.-BRAZIL BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE MECHANISM [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary and Introduction. Deputy United States Trade Representative Peter F. Allgeier led an interagency delegation to Brasilia, Brazil for the September 22 meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM). Ambassador [...] | 2004-10-07 16:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EAGR BR |
04BRASILIA2557 | GSP/IPR: GOB MOVES IN RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT HAS NOT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Post offers the following thoughts as interagency deliberations proceed on review of Brazil's trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) resulting from a petition filed by the Int [...] | 2004-10-14 14:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR BR |
04BRASILIA2605 | GOB Focuses on Key Projects to Help Close [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. With exports rapidly increasing, Brazil's transportation infrastructure is bursting at the seams. The country's inefficient (and insufficient) ports, its deficient roads, and its decrepit rail network serve as bottlenecks to the timely dispatch of commercial [...] | 2004-10-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EWWT ETRD BR |
04BRASILIA2684 | HERZOG CASE REOPENS WOUNDS FROM BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 1975, during Brazil's military dictatorship, leftist journalist Vladimir Herzog died under suspicious circumstances in a government facility in Sao Paulo. The regime classified his death as a suicide, but most believed he had been murdered, and Herzog became a case study fo [...] | 2004-10-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR BR |
04BRASILIA2698 | BRAZIL ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT [...] (U) Econoffs delivered reftel points on reopening export agency credits to support Iraqi reconstruction to Piragibe Tarrago, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Department, in an October 27 meeting. Tarrago said that Brazil would like to reestablish normal trade relations with Iraq, incl [...] | 2004-10-27 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR IZ |
04BRASILIA2730 | BRAZIL URGES GUINEA BISSAU BE PLACED ON UNSC FRONT [...] (SBU) According to Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Africa Division Chief Joao Inacio Oswaldo Padilha, an extraordinary meeting of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) will be held 2 November in Lisbon to discuss the deteriorating political and economic situation in Guine [...] | 2004-10-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MOPS BR GB UNSC |
04BRASILIA2745 | FEAR AND INTIMIDATION EVIDENT IN MURDER CASE OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In an October 15, 2004 meeting with poloff, a Brazilian Ministry of Labor (MOL) Inspection Counselor agreed with recent press reports that finger local agricultural magnates in the January 28, 2004 assassination of three MOL labor inspectors and their driver ne [...] | 2004-11-01 15:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KCRM KJUS CASC SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA2762 | BRAZIL AND THE IAEA: AGREEMENT PENDING ON RESENDE [...] (SBU) Reacting to press reports concerning preliminary IAEA approval to Brazil's proposed inspection regime at the Resende nuclear enrichment facility, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Division Chief Santiago Mourao acknowledged that the report [...] | 2004-11-04 17:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM MNUC BR IAEA |
04BRASILIA2802 | PMDB PARTY AGAIN THREATENS TO LEAVE BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's PMDB party, a large but unreliable member of President Lula's ruling coalition, is going through another bout of angst about whether to leave the coalition. A November 10 meeting of the party's leadership left such a threat --made by the party's "oppositionist wing"-- ha [...] | 2004-11-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA2803 | MIXED CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO HAITI [...] (SBU) On November 9, Brazilian Federal Deputy Maninha paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Danilovich. Maninha is the current president of COPA (Confederation of the Parliaments of the Americas),and this week she is leading a seven-member delegation (from three countries) on a fact-finding trip [...] | 2004-11-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BR HA POL MIL |
04BRASILIA2834 | AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 8, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL UPON MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY DILMA ROUSSEFF. THE MINISTER EXPLAINED TO THE AMBASSADOR THE THINKING BEHIND THE GOB'S NEW ENERGY MODEL, WHICH MINISTRY OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZE AS A "HYBRID" AIMED AT PROMOTING COM [...] | 2004-11-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR |
04BRASILIA2890 | BRAZIL: PUTIN PAYS A CALL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: During his November 22 visit to Brazil, Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed Brazil's bid for a permanent UNSC seat and received from Brazilian President Lula reciprocal support for Russia's accession to the WTO. However, neither side achieved its princi [...] | 2004-11-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TSPL ETRD EAGR BR UNSC RU |
04BRASILIA2905 | AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 4, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS EUNICIO OLIVEIRA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S PITCH FOR THE GOB TO CONSIDER FAVORABLY THE US STANDARD FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION, THE MINISTER REPLIED THAT BRAZIL WAS KEEPING ITS OPTI [...] | 2004-11-24 16:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR |
04BRASILIA2921 | NEXT STEPS ON OPIC-RELATED INVESTMENT PROBLEM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The case of Parana State sanitation utility SANEPAR, in which the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) holds an indirect $18 million stake, remains a potential problem in the bilateral relationship. The Brazilian Federal Government (GoB) repeatedly has said that [...] | 2004-11-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA2938 | CUBA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) THE TEXT BELOW IS BEING SENT IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL TASKING. 2. (SBU) BRAZIL ENJOYS CLOSE RELATIONS WITH CUBA AND IS RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE PUBLICLY THE HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES OF THE CASTRO REGIME, ALTHOUGH BEHIND THE SCENES THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT IS OFTEN CRITICAL OF BOTH CUBA'S LACK [...] | 2004-12-01 18:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BR |
04BRASILIA2939 | UPCOMING SHAKEOUT IN BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY ECON AND FCS SECTIONS AT AMEMBASSY BRASILIA, AMCONSULATE SAO PAULO, AND AMCONSULATE RIO DE JANEIRO. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE RISING PASSENGER LOADS IN THE BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION MARKET, TWO CARRIERS - VARIG AND VASP, WHICH TOGETHER ACCOUNT [...] | 2004-12-01 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR |
04BRASILIA3031 | TWO PARTIES BOLT FROM LULA'S COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the past few days, two political parties --the large PMDB and medium-sized PPS-- have decided to depart the governing coalition of President Lula da Silva. In both cases, the decisions were taken at hotly-disputed party meetings, and in both cases it appears that the parties [...] | 2004-12-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA3047 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTAA AND OTHER ISSUES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION, ON DECEMBER 9 AMBASSADOR MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN THE USG-GOB BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. ALTHOUGH THE MEETING AGENDA INCLUDED POTENTIAL TOPICS SPANNING A VARIETY OF D [...] | 2004-12-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ETTC MNUC SENV BR FTAA |
04BRASILIA3048 | LULA REACHES HALFWAY POINT WITH RISING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a two-year roller coaster ride, Brazilian President Lula da Silva has reached the halfway point of his term with his approval rating back up to 63%. His first year was marked by high approval numbers and unrealistic expectations, both by his administration and the public [...] | 2004-12-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA3063 | PARANA STATE GOVERNOR REQUIAO AND FINANCE [...] (U) To highlight the differences between the GOB and Parana Governor Requiao on investment issues, notably in the SANEPAR case (reftel A),Post is transmitting a December 11 article from the second largest circulation Sao Paulo Daily "O Estado de Sao Paulo", which reports on a recent public co [...] | 2004-12-15 12:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA3075 | LULA MAY END UP WINNER IN PMDB PARTY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The large PMDB party decided at a December 12 convention to defect from the governing coalition of Brazilian President Lula da Silva. The decision exacerbated the rift between the party's pro- and anti-government wings, but as the dust settles it appears that Lula could benefit [...] | 2004-12-16 15:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA3089 | DEMARCHE ON BRAZIL GSP/IPR REVIEW [...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 9, AMBASSADOR AND SPECASST MET WITH AMBASSADOR ANTONIO DE AGUIAR PATRIOTA (THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CHIEF OF STAFF) TO DELIVER REFTEL DEMARCHE AND TALKING POINTS. THE AMBASSADOR THANKED PATRIOTA FOR RECEIVING HIM FOR THE MEETING ON SHORT NOTICE. HE THEN TOLD PATRIOTA THAT HE [...] | 2004-12-17 16:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD BR IPR |
04BRASILIA3115 | FEW ECONOMIC RISKS AS STRONG GROWTH CONTINUES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economic growth continues at scorching rates. According to third quarter statistics, growth in the 12 months through September 2004 was 5.3%, putting 5% growth for 2004 as a whole well within reach. Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles confirmed the rosy economic [...] | 2004-12-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BR |
04BRASILIA3136 | DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ - FOLLOW-UP WITH NON-PARIS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (U) PER INSTRUCTIONS, ECONOFFS PRESENTED REFTEL A DEMARCHE (ALONG WITH FACT SHEET) TO BOTH THE BRAZILIAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTRIES. 3. (SBU) FINANCE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY LUIS PEREIRA TOLD ECONOFF DECEMBER 17 THAT BRAZIL WAS FOLLOWING [...] | 2004-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL BR IZ |
04BRASILIA3151 | BRAZIL'S BANESTADO INVESTIGATION ENDS IN A FIASCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A year and a half after its promising start, the Brazilian Congress's "Banestado" inquiry --an investigation into a vast money-laundering scheme involving hundreds of Brazilian politicians, criminals, and businesspersons-- has come to an inglorious end. The investigative commi [...] | 2004-12-22 17:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PREL BR |
04BRASILIA437 | AFGHAN PRESENTATION FOR BRAZILIAN MILITARY [...] (U) During a DATT-hosted 18 February dinner for key military contacts, poloff, recently returned from an Afghanistan TDY, delivered a graphic powerpoint presentation on Coalition nation building efforts in that country. The presentation focused on four themes: the overall security and reconst [...] | 2004-02-27 18:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF AF BR |
04BRASILIA445 | BRAZIL - 2004 SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2004 Special 301 Review. Despite several positive developments, including tougher penalties for copyright infractions and increased (but isolated) police action against copyright theft, the Lula administratio [...] | 2004-02-27 19:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD KCRM PGOV BR IPR |
04BRASILIA450 | BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-DEBT VULNERABILITY LESSENS, FOR NOW [...] (U) Brazil's nominal net public debt and debt/GDP ratio both continued to rise in 2003, but there are grounds for guarded hope that the debt burden is not now the imminent threat it has been in recent years. The debt/GDP ratio (58.2% end-December) is far down from its brief late- 2002 spik [...] | 2004-02-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA458 | SCANDAL CONTINUES TO RATTLE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Waldomiro Diniz scandal that broke in Brazil on February 13 (reftel) continues to reverberate, and the end is not in sight. Diniz, a deputy to Lula's Chief of Staff, Jose Dirceu, was fired when it was revealed that, as head of the Rio de Janeiro lottery authority in 2002, h [...] | 2004-03-01 19:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM ECON BR |
04BRASILIA463 | BRAZIL: 2003 GDP GROWTH EVEN WORSE THAN EXPECTED [...] (U) The GoB has revised its 2003 growth number downward from its already twice-downscaled estimate of positive 0.3%, to negative 0.2%, Brazil's worst since 1992. In addition to being half a percentage point below its own most recent forecast, the growth figure was below those of even the most [...] | 2004-03-01 23:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA531 | BRAZIL: EXTERNAL DEBT NOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB hopes to use current relatively positive market sentiment and stronger foreign exchange rates to quietly rebuild reserves. In contrast to very active reshaping of its domestic debt profile, the GoB has been fairly passive on external debt management. While the recent [...] | 2004-03-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA581 | BRAZIL ON TRADE ELEMENTS OF UNCTAD DECLARATION [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points on March 10 to Piragibe Tarrago, Chief of the Economics Department within Brazil's Foreign Ministry, Itamaraty. Tarrago's Department has the lead on trade-related aspects of the UNCTAD declaration; he also reports directly to Ambassador Hugueney, B [...] | 2004-03-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BR UNCTAD WTO |
04BRASILIA644 | BRAZIL'S ONGOING DEBATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: The American Chamber of Commerce and "Valor Economico" newspaper sponsored a seminar in Brasilia March 10 to stimulate the national debate on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs),the method by which the GoB seeks private sector investment to help fund essential public services and [...] | 2004-03-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR |
04BRASILIA727 | BRAZIL: EXPANDING TIES WITH CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The directors of Brazil's foreign policy have traditionally placed Central America on their periphery. Brazil has a history of peacekeeping in that region and runs a trade surplus, but the GoB has generally not expended a great deal of resources to expand its influence there. [...] | 2004-03-25 19:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR PREL BR UNSC |
04BRASILIA784 | BRAZIL: FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF MILITARY COUP [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. Unlike the civil-military contretemps surrounding the 28th anniversary of Argentina's military coup (reftel),Brazil has marked the 40th anniversary (March 31) of its coup in a more circumspect fashion. The monumental transition to full democracy during the l [...] | 2004-04-01 13:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA790 | BRAZIL'S STATE OF GOIAS: RIDING THE AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The central Brazilian state of Goias, from which the Federal District of Brasilia was carved 47 years ago, has grown above the average for Brazil over the last several years. The state's economy, fueled primarily by agriculture and an emerging agribusiness, has a growing awarene [...] | 2004-04-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD TBIO PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA795 | AFRICAN DIPLOMATS DESCRIBE BRAZIL'S AFRICA FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2003 the incoming Lula administration asserted it would refocus its foreign policy to place greater emphasis on Africa. Some African diplomats here, however, believe that Brazilian interest in their countries has remained unchanged, despite the rhetoric. While they admit t [...] | 2004-04-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON AF BR UNSC |
04BRASILIA808 | CENTRAL BANK SEES NO FEDERAL LEVERAGE ON PARANA [...] (SBU) Econoff raised with Central Bank Deputy Governor for International Affairs Alexandre Schwartsman on February 19 the difficulties that an OPIC-financed investment fund, the Global Environmental Emerging Markets Fund II (GEEMF) is experiencing with its $18 million investment in the state of [...] | 2004-04-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA873 | BRAZIL'S LANDLESS MOVEMENT - BACK ON THE MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After months of relative quiet, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) has initiated a wave of land occupations timed to coincide with the anniversary of a 1996 massacre. Many occupations are in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, where other groups besides MST are active. In Bah [...] | 2004-04-12 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAGR SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA928 | MEIRELLES: BRAZIL'S ECONOMY HAS FUNDAMENTALLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank President Meirelles, target of sustained political attacks over Brazil's continued high interest rates and unemployment plus popular perceptions that the economy is worsening, has unrepentantly asserted that Brazil's economy not only is growing, but has undergone a [...] | 2004-04-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
04BRATISLAVA1011 | WIDE SUPPORT FOR EU ACCESSION TALKS WITH TURKEY [...] (U) Summary. The vast majority of Slovak political parties have expressed support for beginning EU-accession talks with Turkey. However, they caution that beginning talks is not a guarantee of support for joining the EU; Turkey must fully meet all the political and economic requirements for [...] | 2004-11-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU UP LO |
04BRATISLAVA1044 | TRADE UNIONS REFUSE "EXCLUSIVE" AGREEMENT WITH SMER [...] (U) Summary. Delegates to the Fifth KOZ Congress on November 12 and 13 rejected a proposed agreement with the opposition party Smer for closer cooperation on common goals. The tone of the program was extremely critical of the government and a high- ranking GOS official's address received boos [...] | 2004-11-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB LO |
04BRATISLAVA1087 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 03, 2004 [...] (SBU) Parliament November 30 approved the MFA's draft resolution instructing the GOS to adopt an EU common position in favor of opening accession talks with Turkey. MFA representatives and PM Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor clarified to us that the caveat requiring "political conditions" mea [...] | 2004-12-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL LO |
04BRATISLAVA1110 | GIL-ROBLES ON ILLEGAL STERILIZATION: CASE CLOSED [...] (U) Summary. Slovak Deputy PM Pal Csaky and the Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights discussed past investigations into alleged coerced sterilizations of Roma women and the newly approved health care reform package. The Commissioner stressed the need for diligence in strength [...] | 2004-12-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM LO |
04BRATISLAVA1147 | FLATTENED FOREST FACES REDEVELOPMENT DEBATE [...] (U) Summary. On November 19, 2004 hurricane force winds devastated the forests of Slovakia's mountainous High Tatras region. As a result, nearly all the trees were uprooted in a forested area over 240 square kilometers in size. Slovaks were deeply affected by the disaster as the Tatras are [...] | 2004-12-23 06:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID KSCA LO SENV |
04BRATISLAVA1151 | SLOVAK REPURCHASE OF TRANSPETROL FROM YUKOS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA133 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 1-6, 2004 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. OUTCRY OVER LINKING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUM --------------------------------------------- ------------- 2. (U) PRESIDENT SCHUSTER'S DECISION TO SCHEDULE THE REFERENDUM ON EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS THE SAME DAY AS [...] | 2004-02-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA135 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, [...] (SBU) During your visit as SACEUR to Slovakia on February 12-13, you may wish to emphasize the following priorities that the U.S. and NATO share: -- encourage the GOS to maintain their commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense; -- thank the GOS for their contributions to Operatio [...] | 2004-02-10 06:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA144 | AMBASSADOR URGES HEALTH MINISTER TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, Ambassador Weiser met with Health Minister Zajac to discuss the new draft regulation on sterilization and overarching reforms in health care, particularly pertaining to the Roma minority. The Ambassador pressed Zajac to incorporate recommendations from internation [...] | 2004-02-12 05:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG EIND ETRD LO |
04BRATISLAVA175 | SLOVAK MOD INTERESTED IN C-130 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) THE AMBASSADOR CONSULTED WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE LISKA AND CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF CEROVSKY ON 5 FEBRUARY AND 10 FEBRUARY, RESPECTIVELY, TO DISCUSS SLOVAK INTEREST IN ACQUIRING A NUMBER OF C-130 MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. BOTH LISKA AND CEROVSKY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] | 2004-02-23 06:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV ECON LO MILITARY |
04BRATISLAVA191 | SUPERMARKET RAIDS SPUR GOS TO FOCUS ON ROMA NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Throughout February, Roma activists raised the alarm about coming changes in the welfare system and have called for national strikes. Beginning February 18, organized groups of Roma have raided grocery stores, primarily in South-Eastern Slovakia to steal alcohol, cigarettes, an [...] | 2004-02-26 06:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI LO ECONOMIC REFORM |
04BRATISLAVA205 | Slovakia Political Roundup February 7-27, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Same Date, Separate Elections ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The referendum on early parliamentary elections, though scheduled for the same day as the presidential election, will not be on the same ballot because the refere [...] | 2004-03-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO POLITICAL REFORM |
04BRATISLAVA206 | ARCHITECT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS TO BE SACKED? [...] (U) SLOVAK MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS, THE ARCHITECT OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC REBIRTH OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, FACES A NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHICH HE MAY NOT SURVIVE. ALL OPPOSITION GROUPS HAVE REPORTEDLY CLOSED RANKS ON THIS ISSUE AND ARE [...] | 2004-03-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA222 | Next President: Kukan, Schuster, or Meciar? [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. As the April 3 first round of presidential elections draw near, three candidates have emerged as the strongest: Foreign Minister and SDKU candidate Eduard Kukan; President Rudolf Schuster; and HZDS Chairman and former [...] | 2004-03-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA228 | INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] (SBU) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO HENRIETA BALOGHOVA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AT THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT (MOE). BALOGHOVA RECENTLY ASSUMED HER PORTFOLIO AND COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENT ON SLOVAKIA'S POSSIBLE MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] | 2004-03-08 05:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV LO IWC |
04BRATISLAVA257 | REFORMER MIKLOS SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (U) ON MARCH 17, SLOVAK FINANCE MINISTER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS SURVIVED HIS SECOND NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE SINCE THE GOS' RE-ELECTION IN 2002. THE VOTE WAS 62-43, WITH 23 MPS ABSTAINING AMONG THOSE PRESENT IN THE 150-MEMBER HOUSE. MIKLOS' VICTORY WAS MORE A RESULT OF THE OPPOS [...] | 2004-03-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA258 | NEW LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 11, THE SLOVAK PARLIAMENT APPROVED A NEW 48-PAGE LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 132 OUT OF 136 PRESENT DEPUTIES VOTED FOR THE BILL. WHILE THE NEW LAW REDUCES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXEMPTED FROM SECURITY CLEARANCES, THE EXEMPTION OF ALL 150 MEMBERS OF PARLI [...] | 2004-03-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA300 | ARCHIVES CHIEF ASSAULTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 23, THREE UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS ATTACKED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED JAN LANGOS, THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE MEMORY OF THE NATION (IMN),WHILE HE WAS WALKING HOME AT MIDNIGHT. THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRIME AS A ROBBERY. NONETHELESS, THE INCIDENT CLOSELY [...] | 2004-03-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA311 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP MARCH 20, 2004 [...] (SBU) THERE HAS BEEN SLIGHT PROGRESS IN THE CASE OF FORMER SLOVAK NATIONALIST PARTY DEPUTY VITAZOSLAV MORIC AND A COLLEAGUE, WHO ATTEMPTED TO SELL A SOPHISTICATED RADAR SYSTEM TO NORTH KOREA IN 1998. INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN BORIS AZALTOVIC TOLD MEDIA THE INVESTIGATION IS FINISHED AND THE [...] | 2004-03-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA312 | NEWS AND VIEWS ON RECENT GOVERNANCE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. BESIDES THE ECONOMIC REFORMS THAT SLOVAKIA HAS INSTITUTED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER REFORMS STILL TAKING PLACE. WE OFFER THESE VIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WHO COMMENT ON DECENTRALIZATION AND JUSTICE REFORM, AS WELL AS DETAILS OF A NEW ELECTION LAW THAT WAS PASSED BY PARLI [...] | 2004-03-31 06:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA317 | SIMKO LOSES LEADERSHIP OF FREE FORUM [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 26, THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF FREE FORUM (FF, A BREAK-AWAY PARTY FROM PM DZURINDA'S SDKU) TURNED INTO DRAMA WHEN IVAN SIMKO FAILED TO WIN THE CHAIRMANSHIP IN HIS NEW PARTY. INSTEAD, ZUZANA MARTINAKOVA WON BY A SINGLE VOTE (131 VS. SIMKO'S 130). THE VISIBLY SHAKEN SIMKO RELUCTANT [...] | 2004-04-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA328 | MOD UNAWARE OF FORCE GENERATION CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR PREL LO |
04BRATISLAVA330 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN ROBERT H. FOGLESONG, [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I regret that I will not be able to join you in Sliac. I expect that you will have a productive visit on April 5 and learn first-hand how Slovakia will contribute to the Alliamce. I hope you will have the opportunity to return to Slovakia s [...] | 2004-04-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA34 | Presidential Election Preview [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Presidential elections will be held April 3, with a runoff on April 17 between the two leading candidates if needed. Although the official campaign is the two-week period before elections, several candidates are al [...] | 2004-01-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA414 | ROBERT FICO TO VISIT DC IN MAY [...] (SBU) ROBERT FICO, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY SMER, THE MOST POPULAR PARTY IN SLOVAKIA, WOULD LIKE TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS IN THE PERIOD OF MAY 15- 24. POST STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT FICO MEET WITH STATE DAS HEATHER CONLEY AND NSC DIRECTOR DAN FRIED. AS THE MOST P [...] | 2004-04-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA438 | SLOVAKIA OPPOSES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-30 11:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL LO UNGA |
04BRATISLAVA524 | PARLIAMENT ADOPTS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 20, the Slovak Parliament adopted the Law on Equal Treatment. The Director of the GOS Human Rights Section of the Government Office, Jana Kviecinska, told POL Specialist that this is one of the most important laws adopted in the post-communist parliament and brings Slovak [...] | 2004-05-28 04:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI LO OSCE |
04BRATISLAVA569 | SLOVAKS SUPPORT IRAQ RESOLUTION [...] (U) THE SLOVAK MFA JUNE 9 ISSUED A PUBLIC STATEMENT WELCOMING THE RESOLUTION ON IRAQ APPROVED BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. THE STATEMENT CALLED THE RESOLUTION A DECISIVE STEP TOWARDS NORMALIZING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND RENEWING STABILITY AND DEMOCRACY. "STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF THE UN [...] | 2004-06-10 07:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LO IZ UN |
04BRATISLAVA602 | EU RICE IMPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-18 15:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU LO |
04BRATISLAVA615 | MINORITY GOVERNMENT: WIN SOME, LOSE SOME [...] (U) Summary. Over the past two months, the GOS got some groundbreaking legislation through Parliament, but also suffered setbacks in its reform program. Victories included the anti-discrimination law (reftel) and important anti- corruption laws. The minority government currently controls onl [...] | 2004-06-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCOR LO |
04BRATISLAVA626 | SLOVAKIA SEEKS UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SLOVAKIA IS SEEKING AN OCTOBER 1 REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR A NON-PERMANENT UNSC SEAT IN 2006- 2007. SLOVAKIA WILL INTENSIFY A GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IF ENDORSED REGIONALLY. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) POLOFF MET WITH OKSANA TOMOVA, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT OF T [...] | 2004-06-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO AA UN |
04BRATISLAVA631 | INITIAL SLOVAK SUPPORT FOR CWC TECHNICAL CHANGE [...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED DEMARCHE (REFTEL) ON 29 JUNE WITH ITALIAN CHARGE BARBARA BREGATO, LIBYAN CHARGE ABDULLA HALA, AND BRITISH POLOFF IAN FOX TO KAROL MISTRIK, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE OSCE AND DISARMAMENT, MFA. 2. (SBU) MISTRIK OPINED THAT SLOVAKIA WOULD MOST LIKELY CONTRIBUTE T [...] | 2004-06-30 11:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KACT LY LO |
04BRATISLAVA663 | SLOVAKIA'S RESPONSE TO DARFUR DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PER REFTEL, POLOFFS MET WITH OLDRICH HLAVACEK, DIRECTOR OF THE FOURTH TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA ON JULY 9. HLAVACEK INDICATED THE GOS SUPPORTS THE EU POSITION ON DARFUR. THE SLOVAK PORTION OF THE UNUSED WORLD FOOD PROGRAM IN IRAQ WILL BE GIVEN TO DARFUR. THE SLOVAK PORTION [...] | 2004-07-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM LO |
04BRATISLAVA675 | FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW GENERAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary. In January Parliament approved General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka's appointment to a five-year term. The Office of the General Prosecutor (GP),an entity completely independent from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),is leading several investigations with high political interest and f [...] | 2004-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA684 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 19, 2004 [...] (SBU) The Slovak military police have prepared a two to three month training plan for about twenty Iraqi policemen at the military academy in Liptovsky Mikulas. MOD Desk Officer for the United States, Jan Hradisky, said the military academy is ready now; they are just awaiting a request from th [...] | 2004-07-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR LO SW IZ |
04BRATISLAVA688 | Unreconstructed Communists [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU)Poloffs met with Jozef Sevc (Phonetic: sheffts),the head of the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS),on 15 July at their party headquarters. After a 20 minute opening monologue, Sevc finally yielded the floor for questions. H [...] | 2004-07-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
04BRATISLAVA700 | Slovakia's Priorities for the UNGA [...] SUMMARY. Slovakia will follow the EU position at the UNGA on all US priorities except cloning. Slovakia expects to win the region's 2006/2007 non-permanent Security Council seat as no other state in the region has voiced its candidacy. END SUMMARY. Slovakia on U.S. Priorities ----------- [...] | 2004-07-23 05:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AORC LO UNGA UN |
04BRATISLAVA734 | SLOVAKIA WILL ISSUE MNF STATEMENT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-03 10:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ LO |
04BRATISLAVA736 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Miroslava Lihanova of the European Affairs and Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of the Interior told poloff that Slovakia has responded positively to the Greek bilateral request for security assistance for the Olympics. Throughout August, the Ministry of Interior Civil Defens [...] | 2004-08-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KOLY GR LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA793 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY LO IAEA |
04BRATISLAVA802 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 24, 2004 [...] (U) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has prepared a draft bill to return confiscated church property. Under its terms, churches and religious communities would be able to reclaim property that was confiscated or transferred to the state between May 8, 1945 and 1990. The Jewish community cou [...] | 2004-08-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LO |
04BRATISLAVA823 | STRENGTHENING TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Promoting transatlantic economic ties has been a dominant theme at Embassy Bratislava for several years. As a result of the GOS's sweeping economic reforms and improving investment climate, trade and investment between our two countries are up markedly. Post has hosted large business c [...] | 2004-09-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT BEXP KPAO LO |
04BRATISLAVA857 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD LA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I expect that you will have a productive visit on September 21 and learn first-hand how US security assistance programs have enabled Slovakia to significantly contribute to greater regional security and enhanced NATO interoperability. I look [...] | 2004-09-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA86 | Slovakia Political Roundup January 11-22, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Anti-corruption Laws Watered Down, Then Withdrawn --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Parliament returned January 20 to an ambitious agenda. The Conflict-of-Interest law, an important part of the Ministry of J [...] | 2004-01-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO TERRORISM PARLIAMENT |
04BRATISLAVA909 | SLOVAK PARTIES AGAINST TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Two parties from Slovakia's four-party ruling coalition have voiced strong reservations about setting a firm date for Turkey to begin EU accession talks. On September 30, Speaker of the Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky of the Christian-Democratic Movement (KDH) said he saw "many reas [...] | 2004-10-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU LO |
04BRATISLAVA965 | SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON VENEZUELA HUMAN [...] (U) On October 20, Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department Peter Bircak. Bircak stated that the EU will discuss the issue of human rights in Venezuela next week at the Human Rights and Democracy Committee under the European Commission. He offered to re [...] | 2004-10-22 05:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM VE LO |
04BRATISLAVA991 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP OCTOBER 28, 2004 [...] (U) The Pontis Foundation will bring an Iraqi delegation consisting of politicians, NGO workers, and diplomats to Slovakia for a brief introduction to the Slovak government and press. The Bratislava-based International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Pontis Foundation presented their exper [...] | 2004-10-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL SMIG LO IZ |
04BRUSSELS1122 | USEU LABOR/SOCIAL AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS FIRST QUARTER [...] (SBU) Summary: This quarterly report provides readers with analysis, priorities, and outreach/meetings related to EU labor and social affairs January-March 2004. We examine EU efforts to recast its employment goals debate and EU concerns on the impact on enlargement on EU labor and social obj [...] | 2004-03-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB SOCI PHUM SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1655 | JOINT U.S.-EC MONITORING TRIP IMPROVES DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In order to improve donor coordination and to bring international attention to the humanitarian needs in Burundi, the U.S. and the European Commission (EC) undertook a joint monitoring mission from March 29-April 2 to assess post-conflict needs and to monitor the work of impleme [...] | 2004-04-16 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PHUM PGOV BU TZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1749 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 26 INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE [...] Summary and introduction. The inaugural meeting of the high level dialogue on transportation, border and infrastructure security (TBIS) on April 26 is an important opportunity to break through the bureaucratic logjams between various EU components that have severely complicated efforts to ad [...] | 2004-04-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAIR ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1997 | EU/COUNTERTERRORISM: VITORINO AND DE VRIES: TIME [...] (SBU) For the past two years, we have struggled with the EU bureaucracy on a range of counter-terrorism measures aimed at tightening border security, enhancing control of container traffic, improving travel document security, and strengthening law enforcement cooperation. After the Madrid bom [...] | 2004-05-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR ECON ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2181 | EU FM TALKS RAISE DOUBTS ABOUT JUNE TARGET [...] (SBU) EU Foreign Ministers in the May 17-18 session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) - the first since the collapse of the December 2003 Summit - made little progress on the draft EU Constitutional Treaty. Irish FM/IGC chair Cowen nevertheless remained confident the Treaty will be a [...] | 2004-05-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2262 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...] | 2004-05-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2354 | EU-FUNDED AFRICA PEACE FACILITY TO STRENGTHEN AU, [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Union (EU) formally announced the establishment of the Africa Peace Facility (APF),and funds are now available to support peacekeeping and peace-enforcing operations in Africa. The EU aims to strengthen the role of the African Union (AU),particularly the Peace [...] | 2004-06-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PREF UX USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2586 | U.S.-EU JOINT MISSION TO INTERPOL ON LOST/STOLEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During consultations in Brussels on 6/9 and a subsequent joint mission to Interpol headquarters in Lyon on 6/10, the U.S. and EU ironed out some of the remaining wrinkles in plans to share information on lost and stolen passports through Interpol. An EU Common Position, expect [...] | 2004-06-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS KFRD KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2589 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25 VISIT OF DHS DEPUTY [...] Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the European Union as it absorbs 10 new member states and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and possibly a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU is in the waning days of the Irish Presidency, an [...] | 2004-06-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2605 | EC RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (SBU) USEU Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to European Commission (EC) Desk Officer for Haiti Lut Fabert-Goossens, in the Directorate-General for Development. Fabert-Goossens said the EC appreciates concerns expressed by the US and concurs with our assessment of needs and prio [...] | 2004-06-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN HA XL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2971 | EU FMS' LUNCH DISCUSSION WITH IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (U) Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari had a lunch discussion with EU FMs during their July 12 General Affairs and External Council Relations meeting in Brussels. As described by Dutch FM and GAERC Chair Bernard Bot, EU support for Iraq is "demand driven" and therefore today's lunch was an opportu [...] | 2004-07-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2972 | JULY 12 GAERC DISCUSSIONS: ISRAEL, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (U) EU FMs at their July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting discussed several issues, but took few concrete decisions other than a non-controversial approval of a Joint Action to agree on Operation "ALTHEA" as an EU Military Operation following on NATO's SFOR in [...] | 2004-07-13 05:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MARR IS BM AF USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2983 | A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH COMMISSION ON HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Commission Development Director Sipke Brouwer explained the Commission would pledge approximately 160 million Euros for Haiti over the next two years including up to 77 million Euros as non-project (more rapidly available) funds, [...] | 2004-07-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN HA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3230 | JOSEP BORRELL ELECTED EP PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) on July 20 elected as its new president Spanish Socialist Josep Borrell. Although a former Fullbright scholar and active supporter of the Fullbright program, Borrell has been one of the Spanish Socialist party's most outspoken critics of U.S. policy [...] | 2004-07-30 09:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3234 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS NEW VICE- [...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) elected 14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors (in charge of EP financial and administrative matters) on July 20 and 21 in Strasbourg. These elections -- which follow Josep Borrell's victory in the EP presidential election (septel) -- complete the elected [...] | 2004-07-30 10:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3741 | NEW COMMISSION STEPS ON HOMELAND SECURITY [...] This is an action message, see paragraphs 2 and 19. Introduction, Summary and Action Request ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) This message provides a snapshot of the state of play of homeland security initiatives and organizations within the Commission. It is organized [...] | 2004-09-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3897 | EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...] | 2004-09-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3979 | DEMARCHE TO EU: OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM AND TOLERANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4013 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONCERNED ABOUT ROHINGYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is concerned about the plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, including the lack of adequate educational opportunities for refugee children. Those living outside official refugee camps without official status are at greater risk. The EC would [...] | 2004-09-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BG BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4016 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: DARFUR "TANTAMOUNT TO [...] (U) Summary. In a resolution dated September 16, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed the U.S. view that events currently happening in Darfur are "tantamount to genocide." A multi-party fact-finding mission undertaken September 2 - 7 provided the impetus for the strong statement. The Dutch [...] | 2004-09-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4055 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Development Committee in the European Parliament (EP) is responsible for EU development assistance policy (over which the EP and the Council share legislative power). Its new chairperson is Italian Communist EP Deputy (MEP) Luisa Morgantini. We do not expect its customary [...] | 2004-09-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EAID SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4151 | MIGRANT CAMPS IN LIBYA/UKRAINE: EU DEBATES [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU faces a delicate balancing act between controlling the illegal follow of migrants crossing its external frontiers while maintaining the asylum channel open for those in need of international protection (reftel a). Increasingly, EU Member States are willing to consider [...] | 2004-09-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4161 | SEPTEMBER 3 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and the Dutch EU presidency on September 3 conducted semi-annual CODUN consultations in Brussels on UN disarmament issues. Subjects covered included U.S./EU priorities, UNFC, UNDC, CD, FMCT, landmines, CWB, BWC, CCW, CTBT, Libya, Luxembourg,s upcoming EU presidency, a [...] | 2004-09-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL UNGA CDG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4181 | THE STABILITY PACT: PRESSING REFORM THROUGH [...] (SBU) With South Eastern Europe facing a decisive year in 2005, the Stability Pact (SP) continues to generate pressure for further political and economic reforms in the region and to draw the region closer to European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The Pact is complementing its ongoing efforts [...] | 2004-09-30 08:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4332 | DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu October 1 in Brussels. Hutchinson told Landaburu that the EU and U.S. need to stand shoulder to shoulder even when we do not agree to show we are working tog [...] | 2004-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4334 | DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met with Director General for Transport and Energy Francois Lamoureux October 1. Lamoureux briefed Hutchinson on the growing Commission program of airport inspection. Hutchinson committed to Lamoureux that DHS wo [...] | 2004-10-08 08:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4536 | EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent to Europol's reconstituted task force on counter terrorism and a Secret Service agent for counterfeiting. This strengthened U.S. law enforcement liaison sugge [...] | 2004-10-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4677 | DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...] | 2004-10-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4702 | EU FMS AT NOV. 2 GAERC AGREE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) EU FMs on November 2 agreed a package of measures to support Iraq ahead of a November 5 visit by PM Allawi. They confirmed EU financial support for the electoral process and decided to send an expert team by the end of November "to start planning" with the Iraqi authorities "for a possi [...] | 2004-11-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID IR IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4739 | BARROSO ANNOUNCES NEW LINE-UP FOR [...] (U) EU Commission President-designate Barroso on November 4 announced a new line-up for his Commission. Speaking on the fringes of the Brussels European Council, Barroso said he hoped the European Parliament would approve his new team during its November 15-18 plenary session after conducting [...] | 2004-11-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4817 | EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATION TIMELINES: THE [...] (SBU) The EU is now preparing for its sixth wave of enlargement with the expected accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007. Croatia and Turkey, and perhaps Macedonia and other Balkan states, are waiting in the queue. The only consistent lesson that can be drawn from looking at the [...] | 2004-11-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5212 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, the European Parliament (EP) will present its non-binding but influential "opinion" whether or not the EU should open accession negotiations with Turkey. The EP views will not have much influence on the European Council decision of the heads of states and gove [...] | 2004-12-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU CY AM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5221 | ENGAGING THE EU ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 25 EU member states have a GDP roughly equal to the United States, but spend twice as much on development assistance. One fifth of EU assistance is funneled through the European Commission (EC),making the Commission the third largest single donor in the world and an import [...] | 2004-12-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREF PREL EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5255 | MEETING WITH THE PORTUGUESE ON THE EXTRADITION AND [...] On December 10, USEU Senior Counsel Mark Richard, Embassy Paris Justice Attache Ken Harris and USEU/NAS Frank Kerber attended a meeting arranged by Embassy Lisbon in an attempt to explore the possible options for resolving outstanding issues with respect to the conclusion of the Portuguese pr [...] | 2004-12-13 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KCRM KJUS PO PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5392 | CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING SCANDAL: EU RESPONSE [...] (SBU) We reviewed ref (A) points with Commission Cambodia desk officers Joao Ferreira and Tom Yorkie and urged the EU to continue pressing the RGC to take immediate action to locate and protect the missing women and girls. We thanked them for the December 10 EU statement but said that more wo [...] | 2004-12-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS631 | THE NEXT EU COMMISSION: A BRUSSELS PREVIEW [...] (SBU) The EU rumor mill is already full of possible candidates for the succession of Romano Prodi as Commission President in November 2004. EU leaders are expected to pick a President-designate at their June 17-18 Summit (European Council) meeting in Brussels, shortly after the June 10-13 el [...] | 2004-02-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS666 | US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 1: CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the Central Asia portion of the [...] | 2004-02-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS854 | JANUARY 16 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 16 in Brussels, Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders and AC/ISN Director Robert Luaces led productive discussions on arms control and disarmament with the EU's global disarmament troika (CODUN). USEU Poloff Van Reidhead participated as Control Officer. Issues discus [...] | 2004-02-27 11:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP UNGA EUN CDG USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS87 | OUTLOOK FOR THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY: KEEPING [...] (U) As our engagement with the Irish Presidency picks up momentum with next week's Task Force and Political Directors' meetings in Dublin, it is important to keep in mind the political and institutional changes that will buffet the EU during the next several months. The Irish have a fuller pl [...] | 2004-01-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR EFIN ETRD EAID EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS898 | BELGIUM TO ATTEND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL RS BE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BUCHAREST3414 | ROMANIA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES 2005 BUDGET [...] (U) In anticipation of the November 28 general elections, Romania's Parliament rushed to pass the budget this year, bypassing substantive debate. Both the 2005 state budget and social assistance budget laws, passed by both legislative chambers on November 10, and ratified by President Iliesc [...] | 2004-12-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
04BUCHAREST3446 | The Lion in Winter: Romania's Foreign Exchange [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bank of Romania (BNR),the country's central bank, has recently shifted from its long- standing policy of closely managing the Romanian Leu (ROL) foreign exchange (forex) rate to an infrequently managed free float. The BNR now limits its interventions on the forex [...] | 2004-12-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
04BUCHAREST3447 | ROMANIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAIAN BASESCU SETS OUT [...] (U) Summary. In his first speech after acknowledging his win in presidential run-off elections, Romanian President- elect Traian Basescu emphasized EU integration, poverty, political influence on state institutions and corruption, all key Basescu themes in his presidential campaign. He highl [...] | 2004-12-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
04BUENOSAIRES2900 | MEETING WITH TUCUMAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28-29, Pasoffs and Poloff met with Tucuman Governor Jose Jorge Alperovich and leading journalists in the province. The meeting with the Governor was positive and covered key issues facing the province, such as economic reform, relations with the national governmen [...] | 2004-10-13 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
04BUENOSAIRES3081 | COURT RELEASES DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. On October 29, the Third Federal Oral Court finally released the documentation supporting the three-judge panel's September 2 acquittal of all 22 Argentine defendants (including the 5 principle defendants - 4 Buenos Aires policemen and the chop-shop owner who [...] | 2004-11-01 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
04CALCUTTA449 | MANIPUR: INDIAN ARMY PRESSURE NEAR BURMA BORDER [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Indian Army launched a counter-insurgency exercise in the Chandel and Churachandpur districts of Manipur, a Northeast Indian state bordering Burma. Remaining initially tightlipped, an Army spokesman finally announced on November 6 that more than 100 rebel bases had been [...] | 2004-11-19 03:58:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PINS PGOV BM IN GOI |
04CARACAS163 | EXXONMOBIL PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT LOOKS LIKELY [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified because it contains corporate information. Please handle accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador met January 13 with Dan Sanders, President of the ExxonMobil Chemical Company, to discuss the status of a possi [...] | 2004-01-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET VE |
04CARACAS198 | DENGUE AND THE POLITICS OF HEALTH CARE IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) A significant increase in the number of dengue cases in Caracas in December sparked concern about an epidemic among city residents (including the Embassy community). The upsurge in dengue, following shortly after an October 2003 outbreak of yellow fever, triggered questions about the G [...] | 2004-01-20 21:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PGOV VE |
04CARACAS337 | PRIVATE SECTOR OIL PRODUCTION [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------ SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A document prepared following a December luncheon in which private sector company representatives shared average monthly production numbers for both oil and gas production from their fields has g [...] | 2004-01-29 22:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON VE |
04CHENNAI1306 | DUMPING DUTIES ARE LEAST OF SHRIMP FARMERS' [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Early fears that USDOC anti-dumping duties on warm water shrimp from India could become a hot- button political issue appear to be groundless. Shrimp farmers do not blame the duties for their problems, but rather four years of slumping international demand. While politicians in [...] | 2004-11-01 08:27:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIS SENV IN CE BR EC US |
04CHENNAI1394 | VEERAPPAN'S DEATH PUTS DHARMAPURI'S FUTURE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A seventeen-year manhunt ended with the shooting death of K.M. Veerappan, the famed forest brigand of Dharmapuri. The shootout was the culmination of months of planning by the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and the police Special Task Force (STF). The operation showcased the [...] | 2004-11-09 08:50:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR PHUM IN |
04CHENNAI1395 | NAXALITE CONSOLIDATION A CAUSE FOR WORRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The merger of India's two largest and best organized Maoist groups, the Peoples' War (PW) and Maoist Communist Center (MCC),into the Communist Party of India (Maoist) is likely to expand the horizon of their ambitions. It will help these "Naxalites" knit together their areas [...] | 2004-11-09 10:04:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER IN |
04CHENNAI1470 | BJP'S BID TO EXPLOIT PONTIFF'S ARREST A FLOP IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the BJP and Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) shouted themselves hoarse about the arrest of Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, their protests have fallen on deaf ears in Tamil Nadu. A call for a bundh (strike) failed, no non-Brahmin parties joined the protests, and even Tam [...] | 2004-11-23 09:23:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI IN |
04COLOMBO1121 | COLOMBO EAC CONVENED ON 07/07/04 TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) A Colombo core EAC meeting was convened on 07/07/04 at 1400 after a suicide bomber detonated at 1215 at the Colpetty Police Station (located north of the Embassy on Galle Road.) The EAC reviewed post's security posture in light of the bombing and determined that a warden message would b [...] | 2004-07-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC CE |
04COLOMBO1128 | SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES US TO BECOME [...] Foreign Minister Kadirgamar has asked Ambassador to consider possibility of US becoming a "Dialogue Partner" in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). IOR-ARC members include Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, [...] | 2004-07-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON CE |
04COLOMBO1172 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 093 (07/14/04) [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
04COLOMBO1235 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 098 (07/26/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. A Buddhist monk MP presented a draft anti- conversion bill to Parliament on July 21 as a private member's bill. The Buddhist Affairs Ministry is pursuing its own version of an anti-conversion bill. In a July 26 conversation with poloff, the Legal Draftsperson discussed the legis [...] | 2004-07-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
04COLOMBO126 | TRYING TIMES FOR JOURNALISTS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. The media scenes in Jaffna and Trincomalee are dramatically different from each other and from the scene in Colombo. Local newspapers are king in the Jaffna media world, with consistently pro-LTTE reporting and editorials. Coverage of local Muslim issues in Jaffna is nonexist [...] | 2004-01-23 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1272 | Gasoline Hike a First, Tiny Step Forward [...] (U) Summary: The Government took a tiny step to cut subsidies by increasing the price of gasoline last week. Gasoline accounts for just 10% of oil consumption in Sri Lanka, and the hike is unlikely to have a big impact on the cost of living. This is the first price increase announced by the [...] | 2004-07-30 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1414 | COLOMBO EAC REPORTS LESSONS LEARNED FROM WHITE [...] (SBU) Colombo EAC convened on 08/17/04 to discuss lessons learned from an anthrax letter hoax that led to the closure of the Mission 08/10-13. EAC members in attendance included the Charge', RSO, ARSO, DATT, POL, ECON, PD, ADMIN, AID, and RMO New Delhi. The EAC, chaired by the Charge', conduct [...] | 2004-08-25 01:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED ASEC CE PTER |
04COLOMBO1421 | USG FUNDED SRI LANKA ARMY HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (U) SUMMARY. PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and Deputy Office Director Col. Stuart Harris visited Sri Lanka August 5 - 9 to review USG-funded Sri Lanka Army (SLA) humanitarian demining efforts. The USG-funded humanitarian demining program in Sri Lanka illuminates how mine action can be [...] | 2004-08-26 03:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EAID KHDP LTTE |
04COLOMBO1422 | COLOMBO PLAN: DRAFT AMENDMENT FOR DRUG ADVISORY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Mission verifies that it is prepared to amend the existing Colombo Plan Letter of Agreement (LOA) to accept funding of 330,000 USD for the two projects: The Third Asian Youth Congr [...] | 2004-08-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT PREL SNAR CE |
04COLOMBO1503 | HOLLYWOOD BUDDHA PROTEST AT EMBASSY COLOMBO [...] (SBU) Summary - On Saturday, September 11, at approximately 1235 hours local time, a group of approximately 70 Sri Lankan nationals, five of whom were Buddhist monks, staged a peaceful demonstration outside the North Gate of U.S. Embassy Colombo to protest the release of the American film "Hol [...] | 2004-09-11 08:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CE |
04COLOMBO1596 | COLOMBO PLAN: DRAFT WORDING FOR THE 175,000 USD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to Reftel, Mission is prepared to amend the existing Colombo Plan Agreement to accept funding (USD 175,000) for two drug prevention projects to be implemented by the Colombo Plan's Drug Aware [...] | 2004-09-27 05:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN AMGT PREL CE |
04COLOMBO1616 | REQUEST FOR FUNDING OF COUNTERDRUG (CD) DETECTION [...] (SBU) The U.S. Embassy Sri Lanka request approval of $121,000 CD funds to be used in the acquisition of counterdrug detection and monitoring equipment for front-line Maldives Customs officers inspecting maritime conveyances. CD funds for equipment acquisition will enhance detection and monito [...] | 2004-09-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MV SNAR |
04COLOMBO1624 | MALDIVES CONSIDERS MAJOR LABOR REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: After years of inaction, the Maldives government is set to embrace far-reaching labor reforms which appear to be linked to President Gayoom's overall political reform program. The Minister of Employment and Labor seeks US assistance. End Summary. 2. (U) In a September 21 meet [...] | 2004-09-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB MV PREL |
04COLOMBO163 | SRI LANKAN COMMERCE MINISTER RESPONSE TO USTR [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan Commerce Minister Karunanayake's response to Ambassador Zoellick's letter on Doha next steps can be summed up as: "I agree...with certain considerations for Sri Lanka." With plans underway for a meeting between USTR Zoellick and Karunanayake in Singapore next month, P [...] | 2004-01-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1649 | SRI LANKA: NORTHERN MUSLIMS ATTACK LTTE OFFICES, [...] (U) Muslims in the northern district of Mannar attacked three offices of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) late October 1 after a Muslim was killed in a drive-by shooting three kilometers outside of Mannar town. (Note: Mannar is approximately 175 km southwest of Jaffna Peninsula. [...] | 2004-10-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1703 | SRI LANKA: KARUNA FACTION FORMS PAPER TIGER PARTY [...] (U) On October 12 the Tamil vernacular media received a press release announcing the formation of a new political party by Karuna, the former Eastern military commander for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who split with LTTE headquarters in March. (Note: Karuna fled the East af [...] | 2004-10-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1717 | THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN SRI LANKA - [...] (U) The agenda for the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) meeting includes an opportunity for the USG to discuss the current investment climate with the GSL. This message describes Post's experiences over the past year. 2. (U) Sri Lanka continues to offer both promise and pe [...] | 2004-10-15 07:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO175 | Sri Lanka: Ambassador's Fund for Refugees [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission requests USD 20,000 from the 2004 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees to support the activities of CHF, a U.S.-based NGO, that provides shelter for IDPs in northern Sri Lanka. In addition t [...] | 2004-01-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1777 | SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Ambassador Pamela Deen, the Director General of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contacted the Ambassador on October 29 to request U.S. assistance in obtaining information on a Sri Lankan reportedly abducted in Iraq on October 28. The Ministry learned of the re [...] | 2004-10-29 08:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CE |
04COLOMBO1791 | IRAN/IAEA: OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, Ambassador delivered reftel points and non-paper to FM Kadirgamar. Poloff had spoken separately with GSL Assistant Director for UN Affairs Ekanayake. Kadirgamar expressed interest in US views, but acknowledged he was not well briefed on the subject. Ekanayake sa [...] | 2004-11-01 10:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM CE IR UNSC |
04COLOMBO1858 | NEW TAX SQUEEZE PRIOR TO UNVEILING SRI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka has introduced a series of politically motivated taxes just prior to its presentation of the 2005 budget. Most of the taxes attempt to satisfy the Marxist elements in the current government, who want to be seen as protectors of the national heritage, [...] | 2004-11-17 06:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO186 | MALDIVIAN DEPUTY FM ASKS US TO RECONSIDER LDC [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-03 01:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MV |
04COLOMBO1905 | GSL BUDGET "NOT AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT;" BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Amunugama presented the GSL's 2005 budget proposal to Parliament on November 18. The budget included a number of provisions to expand revenue collection, widen the tax base and numerous new spending initiatives aimed primarily at the public sector, the rural se [...] | 2004-11-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1934 | AID/OTI OFFICIALS VISIT KILINOCHCHI TO RESOLVE [...] (SBU) Per State guidance approving operational/working level discussions with counterpart LTTE representatives and based on approval from the Embassy's Front Office, on November 24 two USAID staff held a meeting in Kilinochchi with the Coordinator of the LTTE's Coordinating Office for INGOs a [...] | 2004-12-02 01:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1951 | NEW GSL TARIFF FEES' NEGATIVE BUT MINIMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As recently reported (Reftels),the GSL has imposed new tariff surcharges on non- essential items, though many agricultural, food, household and other consumer products are affected. The new levy ranges from 10-20 percent and does not affect the bulk of US exports to Sri Lanka. [...] | 2004-12-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1958 | MCA POTENTIAL THREATENS ESF AND DA FUNDING/US [...] (SBU) RICH, I FEEL COMPELLED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A POTENTIALLY MAJOR PROBLEM WITH US ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA, AND, I ASSUME, SOME OTHER MCA ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. FOLLOWING THE OMB PASSBACK EXERCISE, WE HAVE HEARD THAT ESF AND DA FUNDS FOR SRI LANKA WERE SLASHED BY 50 PERCENT, USING THE RA [...] | 2004-12-08 05:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON AMGT KMCA CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1973 | Batticaloa Generally Calm Despite Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent trip to the Eastern Sri Lankan cities of Batticaloa and Oluvil by PAO and CAO revealed them to be generally calm, despite previous shootings not far from Batticaloa and skirmishes in the more northern city of Trincomalee after the November 27 Heroes' Day speech. Student [...] | 2004-12-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER OIIP EAID KPAO CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO2000 | AID/OTI OFFICIALS AGAIN VISIT KILINOCHCHI TO [...] (SBU) Per State guidance approving operational/working level discussions with LTTE representatives and based on approval from the Embassy's Front Office, on December 9 a USAID Sri Lanka staff member had a meeting in Kilinochchi with the Officer-in-Charge of the LTTE's Revenue Unit and the Coo [...] | 2004-12-15 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO2046 | SRI LANKA, MALDIVES REPORT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, [...] (U) At least 2000 people were reported killed in Sri Lanka, including 4 in Colombo, and an unknown number in Maldives as a result of flooding caused by tidal waves unleashed by an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on December 26. Beach resorts in both countries, packed with holiday touris [...] | 2004-12-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAID CE MV |
04COLOMBO2062 | SRI LANKA: ASSISTANCE EFFORTS BEGIN [...] (U) As of COB on December 28, unconfirmed estimates put the number killed in the December 26 tsunami at over 12,000 (some tallies were as high as 18,000),of which, according to the Sri Lankan Tourist Board, 70 were foreign tourists. The Embassy has confirmed that seven American citizens wer [...] | 2004-12-28 13:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AEMR PREL EAID CE |
04COLOMBO2078 | TFX001: SITREP NO. 4 ON SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES, [...] (U) American Citizens: A total of 7 Americans are confirmed dead; 68 remain unaccounted for; 233 welfare/whereabouts cases have been resolved. One American consular officer and one Consular FSN traveled to Matara District on December 31 to visit hospitals. 2. (SBU) Government Actions: [...] | 2004-12-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC EAID PGOV PREL CE MV |
04COLOMBO210 | Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission hosted a local-level CTAG meeting on February 5. Mission representatives briefed the group on USG efforts, and representatives of the other G-8 embassies and Australia and Switzerland [...] | 2004-02-06 06:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR ASEC CE MV |
04COLOMBO25 | COLOMBO THREAT LETTER CLAIMS LTTE TERRORIST PLOT [...] (SBU) On January 7, 2004, AmEmbassy Colombo received a letter from an unknown source of unknown reliability who identified himself as Anton Moses, of No. 119/16 Kleiyamana Road, Gurugewatta, Hendala, Wattala (Sri Lanka). Source reports that a member of the LTTE is currently in the United St [...] | 2004-01-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CE |
04COLOMBO29 | WITH NEW LAW, SRI LANKA MOVES AHEAD ON IPR [...] (U) Summary: All members of a public/private IPR Working Group are moving forward to implement Sri Lanka's new strong IPR Law, with help from outside parties, including the USG. There is a window of opportunity now, with the GSL's desire to develop an effective implementation regime, but trai [...] | 2004-01-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO43 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 003 (01/09/04) [...] (U) FYI. On January 8, Parliament passed a motion to appoint a parliamentary select committee to examine the differences between the findings of two reports on the 2002 police raid of a Sri Lanka Army safehouse. As reported in 03 Colombo 2121, a retired judge commissioned by President Kumar [...] | 2004-01-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
04COLOMBO432 | ATOLL TRIP UNDERSCORES VULNERABILITY AND PROMISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador traveled with UNDP reps to Felidhoo Island in the Felidhe Atoll (the atoll just south of the South Male Atoll) on February 26. During a two-hour visit to the island, Ambassador was greeted by Maldives' only female Atoll Chief and saw local handicraft production, the [...] | 2004-03-10 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL MV ECOSOC |
04COLOMBO441 | Humanitarian demining: USG program continues [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training initiative has been making major strides in Sri Lanka. Run by the RONCO Corporation, the program has trained over two hundred [...] | 2004-03-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO45 | RESULTS OF COLOMBO LTTE THREAT LETTER INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary - REFTEL reported the text of a letter sent to Embassy Colombo claiming a LTTE terrorist plot in the U.S. RSO investigation indicates the threat information contained in the letter is most likely false. The letter appears to be the work of a jealous lover. End Summary. 2. ( [...] | 2004-01-09 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CE PTER |
04COLOMBO453 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 041 (03/15/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. In a pre-recorded campaign speech televised on the evening of March 14, President Chandrika Kumaratunga addressed the nation in Sinhala, railing against the United National Party (UNP) government and promoting the election manifesto of her United Party Freedom Alliance (UPFA). In [...] | 2004-03-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
04COLOMBO486 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 044 (03/19/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. On March 17, President Kumaratunga abolished 13 non-Cabinet ministries by gazette notification and amalgamated their functions into Cabinet-level ministries. Two other ministries were also merged with Cabinet-level ministries. The 13 ministries that were abolished -- (Irrigatio [...] | 2004-03-19 04:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
04COLOMBO501 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 045 (03/22/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. President Kumaratunga's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) party alleged over the weekend that foreign governments -- including the U.S. -- were trying to influence the outcome of the April 2 parliamentary elections by providing financial assistance to monitoring organization [...] | 2004-03-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
04COLOMBO546 | AMERICAN NGO RECEIVES THREATS AFTER ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary - On 03/26/04, RSO Colombo was advised by a local USAID-funded NGO that its office had received a series of anonymous phone and fax threats concerning a local newspaper article that publicized the results of an election survey funded by the NGO that was favorable to President Ku [...] | 2004-03-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER |
04COLOMBO563 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 050 (03/30/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Here are the latest nuggets of news: -- As noted in Colombo 557, campaigning for the April 2 election is set to end at midnight tonight (March 30). The PM is speaking at a number of rallies before attending the UNP's final rally of the campaign in Colombo tonight. President Kum [...] | 2004-03-30 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
04COLOMBO620 | LTTE FACTIONS SQUARE OFF IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo received information today that rival factions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),located in eastern Sri Lanka, became engaged in two gun battles beginning early this morning April 9. Three cadres, most likely from the northern faction, were reported killed [...] | 2004-04-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CE MOPS PGOV PINS PTER LTTE |
04COLOMBO676 | USAID/SRI LANKA SECURITY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR FY 05 AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-21 03:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NONE |
04COLOMBO697 | Access to International Law Enforcement Academy [...] (SBU) We have heard from your staff in INL that you might visit Sri Lanka late next month, perhaps after inaugurating the new campus of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok. I would be delighted to see you here. We could put together a program for you highlighting ho [...] | 2004-04-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL CE XD |
04COLOMBO742 | Maldives: Draft International Religious [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits below the draft Maldives International Religious Freedom report for 2004. A Word document with tracked changes in the final 2003 version of the Maldives report has been sent to [...] | 2004-05-07 05:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF KSEP MV |
04COLOMBO856 | Maldives: Proposals for Human Rights and [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits two small-grant project proposals for DRL Human Rights and Democracy funding for the Maldives. Detailed below, the first project involves the Maldivian Human Rights Commission [...] | 2004-05-21 06:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM SOCI EAID ELAB MV |
04COLOMBO888 | Sri Lanka Exceeds 2003 GDP Expectations; Serious [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan economy responded remarkably well to continued peace and economic reforms in 2003, and stymied naysayers who thought political instability during the final quarter would hurt overall growth. GDP grew by 5.9%. Per capita GDP rose to $947. There were commendable [...] | 2004-05-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO894 | Sri Lanka: Draft International Religious [...] (U) This is Senstive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits below the draft Sri Lanka International Religious Freedom report for 2004. A Word document with tracked changes in the final 2003 version of the Sri Lanka report has been sent to the D [...] | 2004-05-28 04:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF KSEP CE |
04COLOMBO927 | Still No GSL Economic Policy Framework, but Some [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent visits by the IMF, ADB and Millennium Challenge Corporation have inspired a flurry of economic policy activity on the part of the Sri Lankan Government. It did not pull an economic plan together prior to the visits, although a Senior Advisor to the President has indicat [...] | 2004-06-07 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO933 | MALDIVES: MAJOR ECONOMIC CHANGES ON THE HORIZON? [...] (U) Econoff traveled to Male, and Gan May 17-20 and learned about the following economic activities: -- New Legislation -- Major Construction Opportunities -- Garment Factories Closing -- New International Airport -- Customs Cooperation and Agreement -- Terrorist Financing -- GLOBE New [...] | 2004-06-08 02:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD MV PREL SNAR ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO937 | NEW MINISTERS DISCUSS CONTINUITY, BUT NO DETAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: In introductory meetings with Ambassador in April and May, the Ministers of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Power and Energy, Investment and Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources and Ports and Aviation stated that many existing programs would continue, reforms would be mode [...] | 2004-06-08 10:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV SENV CE ENRG ETRD ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO960 | GSL TRADE MINISTER TO REQUEST FTA DURING DC VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-09 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CE ERTD USTR ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO962 | AG AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS TOP GSL LIST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During its June 1-4 visit to Sri Lanka, the Millennium Challenge Corporation team met with a broad cross-section of government and society. Poor agricultural policies and slow rural development topped the list of perceived obstacles to economic growth, with poor infrastructur [...] | 2004-06-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS LTTE |
04DJIBOUTI1034 | MARKED PROGRESS AT DORALEH PORT; U.S. NAVY SIGNS FURTHER CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Progress continues on schedule at the Doraleh port with the completion of the causeway and 70 percent completion of the medians. THE U.S. Navy recently contracted two additional storage tanks, two outbuildings for storage of drums and diving equipment and a facility for security [...] | 2004-07-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BA DJ ECON EFIN ET ETRD PGOV PREL TC |
04DJIBOUTI1140 | POST SEALS AGREEMENT WITH DJIBOUTI AIRLINES TO DISTRIBUTE HI! MAGAZINE IN FLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post today made an agreement with Djibouti Airlines to distribute HI! Magazine as free, in flight reading material. The airline will receive 150 copies monthly to offer to passengers. Negotiations with Daallo, another local carrier, are still pending. END SUMM [...] | 2004-08-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OIIP YM ET SO DJ TC |
04DJIBOUTI1156 | DJBOUTIANS' REGIONAL TRAVEL [...] (U) Summary. September marks the beginning of the school year in Djibouti and with it, the return of thousands of Djiboutians who have spent the last few months in cooler neighboring climes. While historically part of the pattern of life, expanded travel indicates growing middle class wealth. [...] | 2004-08-31 07:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL DJ PTER |
04DJIBOUTI1164 | POSSIBLE IED AT U.S CAMP LEMONIER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 31, 2004 at approximately 1200 hours a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was discovered on the outer perimeter fence of U.S. Military Camp Lemonier in Djibouti. Preliminary investigations suggests the device is innocuous. End Summary 2. (SBU) On Augus [...] | 2004-09-02 08:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC |
04DJIBOUTI1223 | IGAD TO HOST WORKSHOP ON COMBATTING TERRORISM: [...] (U) During Ambassador's September 20 call on Dr. Attalla Hamad Bashir, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD),to present an invitation to him to attend a meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum (septel),Dr. Attalla indicated to her that he had extended t [...] | 2004-09-20 14:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PTER DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1288 | DJIBOUTI AND SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Djibouti does not yet have a program under Safe Skies for Africa, Post endeavors to describe what the civil aviation officials on the ground hope a SSFA program could provide. Djibouti's airport is not up to international standards as written by the ICAO, however, according to [...] | 2004-10-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID ECON ETRD MOPS PTER DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1313 | DJIBOUTI: 3RD QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - JUL, AUG, [...] Summary of Significant Events -------------------------------- A. Narrative Overview of Significant Events  [...] | 2004-10-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
04DJIBOUTI1589 | DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO TRIPWIRES SUBMISSIONS IN [...] (U) Per REFTEL (a),Post submitted its TRIP WIRES via the new TRIPS system on 20 July, 2004. The primary POC for the TRIPS system, DCM Timothy F. Smith, is no longer at Post. The alternate POC, RSO Marc Ramos, will assume the primary duties with the Ambassador acting as alternate until a new [...] | 2004-12-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR KSEP DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1624 | NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Djibouti's contact numbers for leading government and political figures are: A. Post: Djibouti Date of submission: December 27, 2004 B. Head of Government: Ismail Omar Guelleh Title: President of the Republic of Djibouti Office Telephone Number: (Secreta [...] | 2004-12-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL DJ |
04DJIBOUTI18 | DJIBOUTI: 4TH QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - OCT, NOV, [...] Summary of Significant Events -------------------------------- A. Narrative Overview of Significant Events  [...] | 2004-01-06 05:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSEO DJ |
04DJIBOUTI23 | SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT U.S. [...] (U) A review of items of interest in Djibouti for the month of December follows. DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA RELATIONS -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary for Bilateral Relations Miriam Goumaneh updated visiting AF/E Deputy Director Phil Carter and Political Of [...] | 2004-01-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN KPAO DJ |
04DJIBOUTI489 | AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM - DJIBOUTI [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-04 13:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG AMGT DJ |
04DJIBOUTI531 | TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING LAND PURCHASE [...] (SBU) Following is text of the diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the Ministry's approval to purchase land for Embassy Djibouti's NEC. The text was delivered in French to the Ministry April 12. (See reftel.) 2. (SBU) Begin text: Note Number 041 The Embassy of [...] | 2004-04-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ABLD AMGT DJ |
04DJIBOUTI576 | NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] Per reftel, we are submitting the following information in the requested format: A. Post: U.S. Embassy Djibouti Date of submission: April 18, 2004 B. Head of Government: President Ismail Omar Guelleh Title: President of the Republic of Djibouti Office telephone number: (Secretar [...] | 2004-04-18 11:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL DJ |
04DJIBOUTI587 | DCHA/OFDA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE ON DJIBOUTI FLOODS [...] (U) This is a USAID/DCHA/OFDA reporting cable, which provides analysis on the humanitarian situation in Djibouti, following OFDA Regional Advisor's April 15-18 assessment on the impact of last week's flash floods. 2. (U) In light of unusually heavy rains, resulting flooding and the inabilit [...] | 2004-04-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV SENV DJ |
04DJIBOUTI597 | DORALEH PORT: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The prospective mega-project at Doraleh port in Djibouti offers significant opportunities for U.S. companies. Dubai Ports International has hired an American company, Han-Padron Associates of New York, to do the feasibility study and full market forecast for all aspects of the [...] | 2004-04-22 06:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON DJ TC |
04DJIBOUTI731 | EXXON-MOBIL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON NEXT STEPS [...] This cable contains proprietary corporate information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Alain Adam, Director General of Exxon-Mobil operations in Djibouti (Mobil),briefed the Ambassador and DCM on May 23 about his meeting with Exxon-Mobil's East and Southern Africa Cluster [...] | 2004-05-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL PGOV ECON DJ |
04DJIBOUTI793 | TRIP REPORT: SELF-HELP SITE VISITS TO OUTER [...] (U) Summary: Pol/Econ officer and Self-Help Clerk (SHC) traveled to the Southern districts of Dikhil and Ali Sabieh, May 16 and 17 and to the Northern districts of Tadjourah and Obock, June 1,2 and 3 to visit FY02 and FY03 projects for follow-up and close-out visits, as well as initial visits [...] | 2004-06-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SCUL SENV SOCI PREL DJ |
04DJIBOUTI794 | DJIBOUTI: WALK IN 06/09/2004 [...] (SBU) On 06/09/2004 at about 0930 hours an individual walked into the American Embassy in Djibouti requesting to speak with an American official. After careful screening, RSO and Embassy Force Protection Officer (FPO) conducted a preliminary interview with the individual. The individual stat [...] | 2004-06-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC DJ |
04DJIBOUTI796 | DJIBOUTI INAUGURATES FREE ZONE WITH SUPPORT FROM [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti and its United Arab Emirates investor, Dubai International (DI),inaugurated June 5 the new Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ) with the participation of President Guelleh, cabinet officials, heads of diplomatic missions, and potential DFZ investors. The project, billed "the first o [...] | 2004-06-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV AA DJ TC |
04DJIBOUTI88 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ABO GHAITH (LIST 50) DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff Erinn Reed delivered List 50 to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Badri Ali Bogoreh, on Tuesday, January 20, 2004. Bogoreh thanked us for the update and said the new name would be forwarded to the Committee for Counter Terrorism for distribution. SMITH [...] | 2004-01-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ETTC EFIN KSEP KVPR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI977 | DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO GLOBAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, RSO submits the following responses for American Embassy Djibouti. Narratives are keyed to paragraph four. Criteria ratings are denoted in parentheses. A. Physical Security Upgrades (1) ) Post has recently increased its physical security posture by using concrete barrier [...] | 2004-07-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
04DUBLIN1057 | IRISH RESPOND POSITIVELY TO REQUEST FOR CONTINUED [...] Summary. Irish officials Don Sexton and Pat Kelly responded positively to the request for European support for deployment of an African Union (AU) protection force. Both stressed Ireland's interest in African affairs, especially regarding humanitarian aid. Ireland has given nearly three mi [...] | 2004-07-15 14:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID |
04DUBLIN1199 | IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA DEMARCHE [...] On August 11, Post delivered ref A's requested demarche to Jane Connelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for Eastern Europe (who noted that more senior SIPDIS officers were on leave). Connelly said that Ireland shared EU concerns about rising tensions in Moldova/Transn [...] | 2004-08-11 17:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS |
04DUBLIN1260 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNHELPFUL ODA [...] Summary: Ireland is skeptical of innovative financing mechanisms for Official Development Assistance (ODA),such as the International Financing Facility and global taxation schemes. The Irish Government, however, has not been public about its skepticism, due to diverse opinions among EU Membe [...] | 2004-08-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL |
04DUBLIN1477 | IRISH PRESIDENT MCALEESE DECLARED ELECTED FOR 2ND [...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, October 1, incumbent Irish President Mary McAleese was constitutionally elected to office unopposed for a second term of seven years. Her inauguration is scheduled to take place on November 11, 2004. President McAleese told Ambassador Kenny that her primary motivat [...] | 2004-10-05 07:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL SENV |
04DUBLIN1606 | IRELAND EXPANDS LINKS THROUGH PM AHERN'S ASIA TRIP [...] (SBU) Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern's October 7-16 visit to Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Bahrain was an opportunity to pursue new diplomatic, commercial, and humanitarian links for Ireland in the region, according to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials who spoke [...] | 2004-10-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV PHUM |
04DUBLIN1672 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Irish Government and Embassy Dublin warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Dublin. Past and present Irish policy-makers look forward to substantive discussion with you on the dramatic transformation of Ireland's economy. I am planning a dinner in your honor that will inclu [...] | 2004-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU |
04DUBLIN1700 | CHINESE VICE-PREMIER'S VISIT SPARKS MINOR [...] (U) Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju's November 16-18 visit to Dublin was a minor source of controversy in Ireland, with media complaints about a press blackout as well as calls by Falun Gong practitioners for Huang's arrest. During his stay, Huang met with President McAleese, Prime Minister Ah [...] | 2004-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC EUN |
04DUBLIN1704 | GOVERNMENT SPENDING PROJECIONS FOR 2005 RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual Book of Estimates released by Finance Minister Brian Cowen on November 18 projects a 6 percent increase in public spending over 2004 as part of its forecast for the 2005 government budget, to be published December 1. Minister Cowen characterized the expenditure plan [...] | 2004-11-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON |
04DUBLIN1721 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATORS MCCAIN AND GRAHAM'S [...] (SBU) A background paper follows, describing key political concerns. We would also note that the Northern Ireland peace process is at a critical juncture, and the final results of the process begun at Leeds Castle might be announced during your visit. -------------------- Political Backgr [...] | 2004-11-24 17:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS EAIR ETRD MARR OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EUN |
04DUBLIN1753 | IRELAND'S 2005 GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax relief and social welfare spending increases are the marquis features of the 2005 Irish Government Budget, a reflection of the Government's newly embraced "caring" image. The Budget provides for a 9 percent increase in government spending over 2004, slightly above the incr [...] | 2004-12-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI |
04DUBLIN811 | Despite the Rumors, Irish PM Ahern Not [...] (SBU) Summary: European and Irish media have labeled Irish PM Ahern a front runner for the EU Commission president. Ahern, one of the EU's longest serving PMs, has won wide approval for his management thus far of the EU Presidency, and his profile in Europe has never been higher. However, [...] | 2004-05-28 16:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN |
04DUBLIN868 | Local and European Elections in Ireland: [...] (SBU) Summary: Local and European Parliament elections on June 11 will be a referendum on Irish PM Ahern's Fianna Fail-led coalition government, as voters have their first say since returning the government to office in 2002. Ahern's FF party is expected to take sizeable hits for failure to [...] | 2004-06-08 16:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN |
04DUBLIN885 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel points, names, and background paper on June 9 to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs EU Correspondent Kevin Conmy and DFA EU External Relations Director Kevin Dowling. The DFA officials undertook to circulate U.S. designation requests/papers to other appropriate [...] | 2004-06-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER |
04DUBLIN911 | Local and European Elections in Ireland: A [...] (SBU) Summary: Irish PM Bertie Ahern will be recovering from a major political setback when he meets President Bush on June 26. His Fianna Fail party turned in its worst performance since the 1920s in local and European Parliament (EP) elections June 11. The big winners were opposition pa [...] | 2004-06-16 10:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL POGV EUN |
04DUBLIN945 | NO IMMIGRANTS NEED APPLY? IRISH OVERWHELMINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 11th, 2004, the Irish electorate overwhelmingly approved a referendum that eliminated the automatic right of Irish citizenship to all children born on the island of Ireland. While many referendum opponents claimed the voters were motivated by xenophobia, a more balance [...] | 2004-06-24 08:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN |
04DUBLIN974 | IRISH DO NOT FAVOR EXPANDING UNEP MANDATE [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel message to Irish DFA officials covering international organizations. The GOI agrees with our position and does not favor expanding the UNEP's mandate to allow it to direct the work of other UN agencies. While the GOI feels that UNEP should work in close concer [...] | 2004-07-01 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL SENV |
04FRANKFURT10393 | Accounting - Bumpy Ride to The Big Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Having all 7,000 EU firms listed on EU stock exchanges use the same accounting standards will be a very big deal for European financial markets. Investors will be able to compare investment opportunities, capital will be allocated more efficiently, and supervisors will more c [...] | 2004-12-10 13:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT10394 | Council Agrees on Cross-Border Merger Directive: [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Council's agreement on the proposed directive on cross-border mergers concludes a nearly 20-year process. The directive is to facilitate cross-border mergers of companies with share capital, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises that opt not to establis [...] | 2004-12-10 13:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT10621 | Show of Unity in Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU as [...] (SBU) At a special party convention on December 11 in Schwaebisch-Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU delegates elected Guenther Oettinger as standard-bearer for the 2006 state elections (following Oettinger's victory in a referendum among the 80,000 state party members). Oettinger's referendum wi [...] | 2004-12-20 15:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT10640 | "King Maker" Deal For Europe's Stock Exchanges: [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Stock Exchange's (Deutsche Brse (DB)) informal approach to purchase the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has unleashed the next and biggest round of consolidation in Europe's capital market infrastructure. Euronext, DB's continental rival, reportedly has made its [...] | 2004-12-21 13:45:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT10842 | ALLEGED MOROCCAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER STOPPED BY [...] (SBU) THE GERMAN BORDER POLICE REPORTED TO FRANKFURT DHS/ICE DECEMBER 28, 2004 THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL WAS STOPPED DURING ROUTINE CHECKS AT THE FRANKFURT AIRPORT: LAST NAME: EL IDRISSI FIRST NAME: ABOUZAID ELMOKRIE DOB: 09/19/1960 POB: MARRAKECH, MOROCCO MOROCCAN PPT: "OFFICIAL", A [...] | 2004-12-29 18:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER |
04FRANKFURT1390 | GERMAN STATE FIRST TO BAN HEADSCARVES ON PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 1, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) will become the first German state to ban the use of headscarves by teachers in public schools. The new law does not apply to students (unlike in France) and specifically permits Christian and Jewish symbols. A wide majority of legislators h [...] | 2004-02-20 08:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GM |
04FRANKFURT1495 | Rheinland-Pfalz Lobbies for U.S. Troops to Stay [...] (SBU) Concerned over the USG Global Posture Review (ref A),the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) is fighting hard to hang on to the approximately 24,000 active-duty U.S. soldiers stationed within the state. Home to US Air Force Europe (USAFE) headquarters at Ramstein Airbase as well as the airba [...] | 2004-02-25 09:26:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT2367 | Pro-U.S. Rheinland-Pfalz Leader Kurt Beck Remains [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President since 1994, Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democratic) is one of the most popular leaders in the traditionally conservative state's 60-year history. Economic indices in R-P remain relatively strong at a time of national stagnation, and Beck's coalition [...] | 2004-03-23 09:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT2778 | Hesse Leader Koch Will not Actively Seek [...] (SBU) At the Hesse CDU (Christian Democratic) convention March 20, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch announced that he would not actively seek nomination as the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2006 national elections. Koch acknowledged Angela Merkel's "undisputed" leadership of the [...] | 2004-04-05 07:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT2923 | Leading Frankfurt Prosecutor says Germany has a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutor Wolfgang Schaupensteiner -- Germany's leading expert on corruption -- says Germany needs stricter anti-corruption laws and a public awareness campaign to help overcome complacency. Authorities in Germany have fewer and less effective tools to fight corruptio [...] | 2004-04-07 05:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT3169 | Commission proposes directive on auditor regulation [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission has proposed a directive to clarify the duties of statutory auditors in the European Union and to set out clear principles to ensure their objectivity and independence. The proposal mirrors much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and reflects close consultation [...] | 2004-04-16 08:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT3351 | The Lisbon Agenda: targets missed [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 25/26 European Council confirmed that there is little news regarding the so-called Lisbon Agenda, which aims at making the EU the world's most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010. Lack of progress in meeting the Lisbon targets has been highlighted in structural i [...] | 2004-04-20 10:27:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT39 | Protests Target Koch, Poor University Conditions [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: University strikes and protests in Hesse during recent weeks continue to target Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU). University leaders and students say funding cuts and fee hikes violate prior agreements and will endanger Hesse's leading position in science and research. Pr [...] | 2004-01-05 13:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT4611 | Frankfurt Airport Expansion Delayed At Least Two [...] (U) SUMMARY: Frankfurt Airport's expansion now faces at least a two-year delay, meaning a fourth runway will not open until at least 2009. The Hesse government announced the delay on May 25, blaming the airport authority (Fraport) and refusing to set a new target date. The political opposit [...] | 2004-05-28 12:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV SENV GM |
04FRANKFURT4964 | Local Election Preview / SW Germany [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 13, three states in SW Germany -- Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W),Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) and Saarland -- will hold local elections concurrently with EU-wide European Parliament elections in an effort to increase voter participation. Local elections will serve as a bellwether [...] | 2004-06-09 14:59:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
04FRANKFURT5551 | Baden-Wuerttemberg FDP Head / Minister Doering [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 18, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Economics Minister and Deputy Minister President Walter Doering (FDP - Free Democrats) resigned from his positions as economic minister, FDP state chairman and deputy chairman of the national FDP, keeping only his elected mandate in the B-W S [...] | 2004-06-28 09:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
04FRANKFURT6002 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Cabinet Shuffle Raises Eyebrows [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Erwin Teufel (Christian Democrat/CDU) has restructured the state cabinet following the retirement of Interior Minister Thomas Schaeuble (CDU) and State Minister of Economics Walter Doering's (FDP) resignation amid scandal. Teufel took a [...] | 2004-07-13 15:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
04FRANKFURT6697 | TIP: Rheinland-Pfalz Pioneers Innovative Concept to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) has developed a victim-oriented approach to combating human trafficking that offers police protection, NGO (non- governmental organization) counseling, and immigration advice for trafficked women. The initiative supports women willing to [...] | 2004-08-05 08:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI SMIG GM |
04FRANKFURT8020 | German Real Estate Corruption Scandal Implicates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutors will soon issue corruption indictments against fund managers, architects, and builders in a series of large real estate deals across Germany. The alleged corruption includes bribes and a number of transactions in which participants pocketed bogus commissi [...] | 2004-09-15 13:07:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT8717 | Forecast for Germany: Moderate Growth, High [...] (SBU) Summary: Our forecast for Germany shows moderate real GDP growth of 1.7% in 2005 after 1.8% in 2004. The government deficit should top 4% of GDP this year, then decline to 3.5% in 2005, based on current policies. Persistent joblessness in western Germany, and even more so in the East, [...] | 2004-10-08 10:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT8977 | GM/OPEL JOB CUTS, LABOR UNREST, AND PLANT CLOSURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Motors has announced plans for massive job cuts and future plant closures at European subsidiary Opel, sparking labor unrest, including a wildcat strike at the Opel plant in Bochum beginning October 14, and reactions from federal and state ministers. The Hesse state gov [...] | 2004-10-18 16:13:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND GM |
04FRANKFURT9139 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President Teufel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent speculation by Baden- Wuerttemberg Christian Democrat (CDU) Minister-President Erwin Teufel on a possible bid for re-election has added fuel to the state's smoldering leadership debate. Several party organizations, including the Junge Union (the CDU's youth organizatio [...] | 2004-10-22 15:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT9252 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President To Step Down [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Erwin Teufel announced October 25 that he will relinquish the offices of Minister-President and CDU state chairman as of April 2005. Strife over designating a successor will complicate local politics and life for the national CDU. Bade [...] | 2004-10-28 13:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
04GUATEMALA1007 | PRESS CRITICISM OF FM BRIZ COULD HURT [...] (SBU) Summary: Signaling the end of the honeymoon for at least one member of the Berger Administration, a major national daily has attacked the performance of Jorge Briz Abularach's Foreign Ministry. While the motives for the attack are still unclear, Briz confided to the Ambassador he is se [...] | 2004-04-26 21:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA1081 | BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...] | 2004-05-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA1117 | CICIACS SETBACK IN CONGRESS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 4, the Congressional Human Rights and Government Commissions issued a joint recommendation to the plenary of Congress against CICIACS, on constitutional grounds. On May 5, President Berger and Vice President Stein bot [...] | 2004-05-06 19:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA1124 | GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...] | 2004-05-07 00:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA1213 | EXECUTIVE RALLIES BEHIND CICIACS [...] This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Berger has taken the first step to salvage the GOG-UN agreement to create a UN Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups (CICIACS) by convincing the Congressional leadership to withdraw the agreement to the Executive [...] | 2004-05-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA1278 | BERGER RECOVERS AFTER STUMBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism lingers of Berger's handling of his private talks with the FRG, but the political storm has apparently passed and media criticism has decreased considerably. Berger shored up the GANA coalition after the departure of Security Commissioner Otto Perez Molina and his [...] | 2004-05-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA1442 | ANTI-GOG PROTESTS END PEACEFULLY, EARLY [...] (U) Summary: Nationwide protests organized by labor and popular groups scheduled for June 8-9 were suspended late on June 8 after protest leaders reached agreement with President Berger on a range of measures to address demands. The demonstrations were smaller than expected and remained pea [...] | 2004-06-10 16:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA1447 | GUATEMALA: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Executive Send CICIACS to Court (paras 2-3) -- Progress on Southcom Human Rights Initiative (4) -- Human Rights NGOs Speak Out on National Police (5) -- New Trial in Rio Negro Massacre [...] | 2004-06-10 19:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN AORC GT |
04GUATEMALA1519 | GOG RESPONSE ON ECLAC MEETING IN PUERTO RICO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-17 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID PHUM XL XM GT UN ECLAC |
04GUATEMALA1555 | PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The Constitutional Court (CC) ruled on June 21 that payments to the ex-civil self defense patrollers (ex-PACs),authorized by the government of former President Alfonso Portillo, were unconstitutional. After a week of public threats against the Court, the reaction to the ruling [...] | 2004-06-23 20:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA1573 | TIP BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Embassy anti-TIP team met with the Government of Guatemala inter-institutional group to combat TIP on June 22 to formally present the 2004 TIP report and urge continued progress combating TIP. The GOG's reaction to the release of the 2004 Trafficking in Per [...] | 2004-06-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA1641 | FISCAL PACKAGE PASSED: LESS THAN IDEAL, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Guatemalan Congress passed on June 21 and 23 the Temporary and Extraordinary Tax to Support the Peace Agreements (IETAP),reforms to the Corporate Income Tax, and reforms to the Tax on the Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages. Reform of the value added and personal income tax [...] | 2004-07-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GT |
04GUATEMALA1643 | UPCOMING TESTIMONY IN CARPIO CASE [...] (SBU) On July 1, EconCouns discussed with former anti-corruption prosecutor Karen Fischer her upcoming testimony in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) hearing on the 1993 murder of Jorge Carpio Nicolle. Carpio Nicolle was killed while traveling to a campaign rally (gearing up f [...] | 2004-07-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA1696 | GOG GIVES NEW REPARATIONS COMMISSION 3.7 MILLION [...] (U) Summary. President Oscar Berger formally installed Rosalina Tuyuc, head of CONAVIGUA (an organization representing widows and orphans from the civil conflict),as President of the National Reparations Commission (CNR) on July 6. Berger also confirmed seven Commission representatives fro [...] | 2004-07-09 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA1718 | SECSTATE 150754 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-12 22:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA1765 | TAX COLLECTIONS EXCEED TARGETS THANKS TO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax collections are above target through June, despite delays in the fiscal reform. The good news comes as a result of much better collections by Customs of duties and value added tax in the ports, the result of a shifting focus from physical inspection of containers to ensu [...] | 2004-07-16 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD GT UNCTAD WTRO |
04GUATEMALA206 | BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS ROLANDO [...] (U) Dr. Rolando Morales Chavez (47) of the Union Nacional para la Esperanza (UNE) party was elected President of Congress on January 14, 2004, as part of a governability pact negotiated between the ruling GANA party and the center-left UNE and center-right PAN blocks in Congress. Morales is a [...] | 2004-01-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA2114 | STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...] | 2004-08-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR |
04GUATEMALA2126 | GUATEMALAN PETROLEUM IMPORTS FROM VENEZUELA -- ALL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-20 18:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG XK GT |
04GUATEMALA2191 | HARBURY ASKS FOR EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Amcit Jennifer Harbury on August 17 to discus... [...] | 2004-08-27 17:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA2192 | STAFFDEL SIMON [...] (U) Summary: Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Guatemala from August 21-25. During her visit, Simon met with a broad range of GOG and NGO contacts, including Vice President Eduardo Stein, MFA Vice-Minister Marta Altolaguirre, Human Rights [...] | 2004-08-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR MARR KJUS ASEC GT |
04GUATEMALA2248 | GUATEMALA: ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE SQUATTERS LEAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: At least ten persons, including four police, were killed in an August 31 police attempt to remove several hundred squatters from a farm in southwestern Guatemala. The squatters had occupied the farm to protest GOG inaction following the apparent disappearance last year of the [...] | 2004-09-02 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC SNAR KCRM GT |
04GUATEMALA2365 | GUATEMALAN MILITARY COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATION [...] On September 10, the Guatemalan Defense Ministry complied with a civilian court order and released to government investigators the military financial records from the 2001-2003 calendar years. The investigation is focused on allegations of mishandling approximately $115 million in military f [...] | 2004-09-14 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PHUM EFIN KCOR SNAR GT |
04GUATEMALA2406 | GUATEMALA: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-20 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KHDP GT |
04GUATEMALA2563 | 59TH UNGA: GUATEMALA AND U.S. DRAFT REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 22:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL GT CDG UNGA |
04GUATEMALA2578 | GUATEMALA: NEXT STEPS ON PSI [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Following up on U/S Bolton's discussion with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Briz (ref A),the Ambassador raised the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Briz on September 29. Briz expressed support for the PSI in principle. He said th [...] | 2004-10-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA2637 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 18:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
04GUATEMALA2840 | GUATEMALA: UN OPEN TO PROPOSALS FOR AN ALTERED [...] (U) Summary: Attorney General Juan Luis Florido met with UN/DPA representative Martha Doggett on October 28 to discuss his proposal for a new Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime and Clandestine Groups, designed to complement an eventual CICIACS. According to Doggett, who spoke to PolOff Nov [...] | 2004-11-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA2868 | GUATEMALA: MINUGUA CLOSES ITS DOORS [...] (U) Summary: On November 15, MINUGUA will hold a closing ceremony in the National Palace to commemorate the end of its ten years in Guatemala. Over the last two months, the organization has released a final report and held a closing conference to evaluate the progress made in implementation [...] | 2004-11-12 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA2869 | GUATEMALA OFFERS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On November 12, the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry informed us that Guatemala is willing to support the candidacy of Judge Theodor Meron for reelection to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia provided that the USG support [...] | 2004-11-12 19:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
04GUATEMALA2945 | GUATEMALA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-22 17:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS GT UNGA |
04GUATEMALA3241 | GUATEMALA: MILITARY CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan Ministry of Defense and the U.S Southern Command co-sponsored a December 7-10 conference in Antigua, Guatemala, to develop an action plan for the regional Human Rights Initiative (HRI) Consensus Document. Civilians worked alongside military officers to design a pla [...] | 2004-12-21 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MASS SNAR ASEC GT |
04GUATEMALA3246 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with Guatemala's Human Rights Coalition Against Clandestine Structures (CDHCEC, formerly known as "Coalition for CICIACS") to discuss the general human rights situation. The CDHCEC harshly criticized what they viewed as the low priority the Ber [...] | 2004-12-21 23:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC MASS SNAR GT UN |
04GUATEMALA3262 | SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-23 18:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA449 | ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO, GUATEMALA'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-24 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR GT |
04GUATEMALA479 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- GOG to Re-dedicate Peace Accords (para 2) -- President Supports Gang Rehabilitation (3-4) -- Bruce Harris Acquitted on Slander Charges (5) -- Escape of convicted Mack murd [...] | 2004-02-26 23:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA508 | GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...] | 2004-03-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA526 | RESUMPTION OF FTAA TNC AND NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) EconCouns discussed resumption of FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee activities (reftel) with Vice Minister of Economy for Trade and Integration Eduardo Sperisen on March 1. Sperisen fully agreed on the importance of moving ahead quickly and across the board on a high-quality plurilater [...] | 2004-03-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV SNAR GT |
04GUATEMALA529 | GSP DELEGATION PROMOTES LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation visited Guatemala on February 23-24 to review GOG compliance with GSP labor conditions and encourage the new government to take steps to protect fundamental worker rights. The group met with GOG officials, union, and business leaders to discuss th [...] | 2004-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD GT |
04GUATEMALA691 | LABOR/TIP UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Stepping Up Enforcement Efforts (para 2) -- TIP: ILO Introduces Reforms to Congress (3-4) -- Labor: Successful USDOL Project Design Visit [...] | 2004-03-19 17:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA717 | ENGAGING TRADE MINISTERS IN UNCTAD XI [...] (SBU) Summary: UNCTAD is a traditional preserve of the MFA, which is prone to G-77 views and rhetoric. The new Vice Minister of Trade understands our concerns and plans to work with the pro-trade Minister of Foreign Affairs to align Guatemala's positions in UNCTAD with its Cairns Group agen [...] | 2004-03-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD GT UNCTAD WTRO |
04GUATEMALA798 | GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...] | 2004-03-31 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA821 | BERGER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES DEEP MILITARY CUTS [...] (U) In a public ceremony at the National Palace on April 1, President Berger formally announced a reduction in troop levels, to be implemented by June 30, from 27,214 to 15,500 (about 43%) and a 30% reduction in the military's budget for 2004 (the budget cut for 2004 was even deeper if intra-bu [...] | 2004-04-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA89 | VISIT OF GOV. BUSH FOR BERGER INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Jeb Bush headed the White House Delegation to the inauguration of Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, January 13-14, 2004, and met privately with both outgoing President Portillo and incoming President Berger. In the meeting with Berger, Governor Bush pledged continued U [...] | 2004-01-15 22:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EAID GT |
04GUAYAQUIL1120 | NO SURPRISES IN GUAYAS AND GUAYAQUIL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A pre-electoral assessment of Ecuador's largest city of Guayaquil and the surrounding province of Guayas suggests that the incumbent Social Christian Party (PSC) mayor and provincial prefect are likely to be re- elected in local elections on October 17. Any result short of a PS [...] | 2004-10-07 17:29:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EC |
04GUAYAQUIL1231 | PSC SUPPORTS PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, the Social Christian Party (PSC) leadership decided to follow through on party leader Leon Febres-Cordero's post-electoral threat to pursue impeachment proceedings for misuse of funds against President Lucio Gutierrez. PSC leaders tell us there are divisions wi [...] | 2004-10-26 20:42:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EC |
04GUAYAQUIL1323 | BUCARAM BROTHER DENIES ANY DEAL ON RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, former Presidential candidate Jacobo Bucaram shared his views with Guayaquil CG on the situation within the Roldosista Party (PRE) headed by his brother, ex-President Abdala Bucaram. Jacobo offered no predictions about the return of his exiled brother from Pan [...] | 2004-11-19 17:23:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ETRD EC |
04HALIFAX101 | ATLANTIC CANADA: PRE-ELECTION SOUNDINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The consensus of opinion among political observers in Atlantic Canada is that Prime Minister Martin will call an early summer election. While the region's 32 seats in Parliament are a relatively small bloc, they could make the difference in a close election between a minorit [...] | 2004-04-05 14:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CA |
04HALIFAX115 | ATLANTIC CANADA: ENERGY TOPICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been working to streamline their regulatory regimes for offshore energy exploration, but industry calls for combining the two federal-provincial offshore boards will not be acted upon any time soon. The Premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundlan [...] | 2004-04-21 13:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX210 | ATLANTIC CANADA: THE FUTURE OF 5 WING GOOSE BAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with civic leaders and military officers at 5 Wing Goose Bay and the adjoining community of Happy Valley during a trip to Labrador. Community leaders and the Premier of the province are concerned that declining use of the military base at Goose Bay b [...] | 2004-09-14 15:29:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MARR MASS PREL ECON CA NATO |
04HALIFAX256 | HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...] | 2004-11-15 20:32:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA |
04HALIFAX258 | HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...] | 2004-11-16 18:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA |
04HALIFAX39 | SOFTWOOD LUMBER: ATLANTIC PRODUCERS' VIEWPOINT [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Reftel outlined Canadian reactions, which were mostly negative, to the proposed agreement on softwood lumber which was floated in early December. At that time, it ap [...] | 2004-02-10 14:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD CA |
04HALIFAX97 | ATLANTIC CANADA: TOUGH BUDGETS PROVOKE LABOR UNREST [...] (SBU) Two Atlantic provinces took very different approaches to the issue of public sector wages in their just-announced budgets. The Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick both said they needed civil service wage freezes to help achieve fiscal soundness. The results -- a [...] | 2004-03-31 20:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV CA |
04HANOI1007 | GVN "CLOSES" CENTRAL HIGHLANDS TO FOREIGNERS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen officers, who had been told the Central Highlands were "closed" to foreigners after demonstrations there turned violent, were stopped by police from traveling to the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot, in the province of Dak Lak, on April 10. Police sto [...] | 2004-04-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI1016 | VIETNAM AND THE IMF ENTER A NEW PHASE [...] (U) IMF Resident Rep confirmed to Econ/C April 13 that the GVN and IMF had agreed to allow their three-year loan arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) to expire on April 12. Agreed in 2001, the loan had made available up to SDR 290 million to support the GVN's de [...] | 2004-04-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM |
04HANOI1056 | MCA Trade Indicator For Vietnam [...] (SBU) In clearing the two-page Millenium Challenge Account Summary on Vietnam, we noted a problem with the data on Vietnam. On the Economic Freedom Indicator on Trade Policy, we note that Vietnam's indicator has not changed since 1999 despite significant changes in trade policy, e.g. signing, [...] | 2004-04-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON VM |
04HANOI1076 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: BLAME UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN officially blames UNHCR for having caused the April 10-11 demonstrations in the Central Highlands by "organizing" illegal crossings of Montagnards and granting them asylum. Ambassador sharply criticized this "farfetched" notion, stressing the local conditions in the [...] | 2004-04-15 00:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI1081 | LATEST FROM COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) has sent its own officials to investigate recent unrest in the Central Highlands, which it believes stemmed mostly from land issues. UNHCR was also blamed for encouraging Montagnards to flee into Cambodia. "Most" Protestant congregat [...] | 2004-04-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI1094 | Ha Giang remains sore spot for Protestants [...] (U) A leader of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam-North has provided additional details about three Protestant figures in Ha Giang province in the Northwest Highlands who had been arrested (reftel) as well as information about an additional arrest, as follow: -- Ly Sin Quang, 28 years old, [...] | 2004-04-16 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI1116 | 2004 LOCAL ELECTIONS: AN EXERCISE IN . . .? [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's April 25 elections for People's Councils will be - on paper - more open and representational than in previous years. The elections are the first since the passage of revisions to the Law on Election of Deputies to People's Councils in November 2003, and will be marked by [...] | 2004-04-20 04:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VM DPOL |
04HANOI1224 | VIETNAM AND UNHCR -- STORM CLOUDS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN continues to blame UNHCR for a role at least in encouraging flights by Montagnards from the Central Highland and insists that the UNHCR staff in Cambodia is "anti-Vietnam." The MFA has yet to agree to an expected visit next week by senior UNHCR officials. While the [...] | 2004-04-28 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR |
04HANOI1239 | GVN APPRECIATES RECENT POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 29, Nguyen Ba Hung, Deputy Director of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with DCM to convey messages on six issues relating to the bilateral relationship. These issues included the political dialogue in May, the extradition of suspected t [...] | 2004-04-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID PTER VM HUMANR CTERR |
04HANOI1268 | MISSION TEAM VISITS GIA LAI IN WAKE OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in Gia Lai province April 27-29 downplayed reports of violence connected to the April 10 events in the province, telling Mission poloffs that protests had taken place in nine locations, had involved a total of no more 1000-3000 demonstrators, and were quickly contained [...] | 2004-05-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI155 | CODEL BROWNBACK: FOCUS ON RELIGION [...] (U) Summary: In a series of official meetings in Hanoi on January 8, Senator Samuel Brownback expressed concerns about continuing, and perhaps increasingly severe, measures to restrict religious freedom in Vietnam. He urged the Government of Vietnam to act quickly to end these restrictions, s [...] | 2004-01-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI1604 | REVIEWING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3, Ambassador urged Vietnam to take steps on human rights and religious freedom, inter alia, that would create a good environment for high level visits from Vietnam. Dung acknowledged problems in implementation of "clear" [...] | 2004-06-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM IZ VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI1617 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...] | 2004-06-04 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI1618 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: REFTEL (A) and (B) reported that on the evening of June 1, two visiting AMCITS observed an individual in a Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) night club who they believed to be Fahid Mohammed Ally MSALAM (SUBJECT 1). SUBJECT 1 is listed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist Web site. Despit [...] | 2004-06-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI1677 | GVN FRUSTRATED WITH BURMA, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam shares U.S. concerns about the Constitutional Convention in Burma, and is further worried about the impact of continuing political problems on the Hanoi-hosted ASEM 5 summit. At the same time, Vietnam feels that too much pressure on the Burmese will drive them into Chin [...] | 2004-06-10 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN |
04HANOI1699 | EARLY RELEASE OF LE CHI QUANG [...] (SBU) A reliable activist source has confirmed the early release on June 12 of Le Chi Quang, who had been sentenced by the Hanoi People's Court on November 8, 2002 to a four year sentence (refs b and c) for alleged "acts of propaganda" against the State. According to Vietnamese media accoun [...] | 2004-06-15 06:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
04HANOI1727 | FURTHER REDUCTION IN FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry on July 17 confirmed media reports that the Nam Ha Provincial Court had further reduced by five years the sentence of Father Thadaeus Nguyen Van Ly in tribute to his satisfactory compliance with the regulations of the Nam Ha prison. Father Ly had originally been sen [...] | 2004-06-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI178 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #1 [...] (U) There are currently 48 human cases including 18 deaths under investigation in Vietnam's avian influenza outbreak. The work of the WHO/CDC team was delayed due to the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays, but preliminary exploration of the extent of the outbreak has begun, and support for their [...] | 2004-01-26 11:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI1793 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -- FLEXING ITS MUSCLES [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) ended its summer session on June 15 after approving a record number of laws and resolutions, thanks in large part to the implementation of a new legislative procedure. Several Cabinet members faced strong and well-publicized criticisms of their pe [...] | 2004-06-24 08:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VM DPOL |
04HANOI199 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #2 [...] (U) According to WHO, there are currently 53 possible cases of avian influenza in humans in Vietnam; of these, eight have been confirmed (of which 7 have died),nine are possible cases, and 36 are under investigation. A total of 18 cases under investigation have resulted in death as of Janua [...] | 2004-01-27 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI2107 | ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...] | 2004-07-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
04HANOI2116 | VIETNAM: DUSTR SHINER UNDESCORES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings July 25 with DPM Vu Khoan, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and other senior GVN officials, DUSTR Josette Shiner conveyed strong USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession; agreed to begin another round of bilateral market access negotiations in October; urged the G [...] | 2004-07-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO IPROP |
04HANOI2208 | GVN PROVIDES AUSTRALIA UPDATES ON DETAINEES [...] (SBU) During its annual human rights dialogue with the Government of Australia (Ref. A),the GVN provided information and case details about every individual on a list of prisoners of concern previously delivered by the Australian Embassy in Hanoi. An Australian diplomat recently provided a c [...] | 2004-08-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV AS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI222 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #3 [...] (U) There are currently 58 cases of suspected avian influenza in humans in Vietnam under investigation. Of these 10 have been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory. Of the 58 cases under investigation, 20 deaths have occurred. The WHO met with senior GVN officials on January 27th and made the f [...] | 2004-01-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI2398 | PRISONER AMNESTY DISAPPOINTING [...] (U) This is a retransmission and update of Hanoi 2397. First transmission duplicated and reinserted deleted text due to track-changes function of Microsoft Word. 2. (U) No U.S. citizens and no high-profile political prisoners were among the 8623 individuals receiving amnesties to mark Vietn [...] | 2004-08-31 03:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI2404 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADER REACTS TO TIP REPORT [...] Summary. On July 28, Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Vice Chairwoman of the External Relations Committee of the National Assembly (NA),made an unannounced appearance at the USAID-funded Development Alternative Initiative (DAI) meeting in Hanoi. Madame Ninh expressed the GVN's support for anti-traff [...] | 2004-08-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP ASEAN |
04HANOI2406 | Ambassador's August 26 Farewell Call on President [...] (SBU) Summary: During a farewell call on President Tran Duc Luong, Ambassador Burghardt noted the great progress in bilateral relations in the past 10 years, in particular the expansion of normal relations in a number of new areas during the past three years. Nevertheless, many tasks remaine [...] | 2004-08-31 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM WTO APEC ASEAN BTA HUMANR |
04HANOI2435 | Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...] | 2004-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC |
04HANOI2438 | FINAL THOUGHTS FROM HANOI [...] An American who knows Vietnam very well related to me soon after my arrival in Hanoi how he had briefed President Clinton just before Clinton's November 2000 visit to Vietnam: He had explained that the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) makes its most important decisions in re [...] | 2004-09-04 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD VM DPOL |
04HANOI2440 | Ambassador's September 1 Farewell Call on [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 1 farewell call on Politburo member Phan Dien, the Ambassador underlined the importance of 2005 in U.S.-Vietnam relations and, although there had been good progress over the past three years, stressed that much work remained in bilateral relations, such as [...] | 2004-09-06 23:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
04HANOI2449 | Ambassador's September 3 Farewell Call on General [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 3 farewell call on General Vo Nguyen Giap, the Ambassador said that, although much progress had been made over the past three years, much still remained to be done to normalize fully bilateral ties. General Giap urged the United States and Vietnam to avoid [...] | 2004-09-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VM |
04HANOI2487 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON MPI MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3 the Ambassador, accompanied by Econ/C, paid a farewell call on Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Minister expressed his appreciation for the Ambassador's contributions to US-Vietnam relations. The Ambassador raised a number of concerns. Phu [...] | 2004-09-10 08:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM ASEAN |
04HANOI2499 | TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...] | 2004-09-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
04HANOI2506 | MFA: DON'T DESIGNATE VIETNAM CPC [...] (U) Summary: The GVN characterizes the release of nine prisoners of concern under the National Day amnesty, the recognition of 25 evangelical protestant churches in the Central Highlands, the pending recognition of five more by the end of the year, and the accommodating treatment of SFRC staff [...] | 2004-09-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI2518 | VIETNAM'S JUSTICE SECTOR: CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE [...] (U) This message incorporates the report of the ICITAP/OPDAT team that visited Hanoi July 19-23 2004 in advance of planned DOJ counternarcotics training activities. 2. (U) Summary: DOJ is ready to implement the training programs supported with INCLE funds and listed in the U.S.- Vietnam Cou [...] | 2004-09-15 00:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
04HANOI252 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4 [...] (U) There are currently 58 cases of suspected avian influenza in humans in Vietnam under investigation. Of these, eight have been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory, of which six have died. 21 possible cases have tested positive for Influenza A on a rapid test, but have not yet been confir [...] | 2004-01-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI2594 | CPV ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with visiting SFRC staffer Frank Jannuzi, CPV officials said human rights and democracy were secondary priorities for Vietnam behind meeting the population's basic material needs; that freedom to operate in the Central Highlands would be especially slow in coming fo [...] | 2004-09-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF OTRA KN KS VM ETMIN HUMANR DPRK |
04HANOI2595 | Ambassador's September 16 Meeting with Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met for the first time September 16 with Assistant Foreign Minister (and Americas Department Director General) Nguyen Duc Hung. Following a brief discussion of VFM Phung's upcoming U.S. visit and Vietnam's efforts to reach out to members of Congress, the issue o [...] | 2004-09-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI2602 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOF VM TAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 07:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO |
04HANOI2603 | GVN: TERRORISTS HERE ARE VIETNAMESE EXILES [...] (SBU) Summary: MPS counterterrorism officials are keeping a close watch on Vietnamese Muslims. They do not perceive a threat yet, but note that contacts between Vietnamese Muslims and international Muslim groups have developed. The GVN highly appreciates U.S. assistance in counterterrorism, [...] | 2004-09-17 07:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC VM CTERR |
04HANOI2608 | "BANDIT" GROUPS RAID NEAR LAOS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: We have confirmed reports of clashes between Vietnamese Border Army troops and small groups of armed Hmong in western Nghe An province that have left two dead since late July. The GVN published the story in the newspaper but has declined to discuss it with us. End Summary. [...] | 2004-09-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC LA VM ETMIN |
04HANOI2609 | Ambassador's September 17 Meeting with Vice [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ABLD AMGT VM |
04HANOI2620 | Vietnam: Trade Officials Arrested for Taking [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 15, a key Ministry of Trade (MOT) official responsible for allocation of Vietnam's textile quota for the U.S. market was arrested by the Economic Police for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for quota. MOT officials have stated publicly that the case will not delay [...] | 2004-09-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON VM |
04HANOI2649 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOT VM TU [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-23 02:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA |
04HANOI2660 | GVN DECLARES LISTS OF STATE SECRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has for the first time publicly issued a list of Office of the Government documents requiring classification. Included in this list are documents related to security issues, national reserves, budget figures and "important internal and external policies." Official sour [...] | 2004-09-24 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR VM |
04HANOI2665 | VIETNAM: CHANEL CONCERNED ABOUT EXPORT OF FAKE [...] (U) This cable includes sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) In a meeting September 22 with Econ/C and Econoff, three representatives of Chanel voiced concerns that a Vietnamese company may be producing and exporting counterfeit cosmetics and fragrances to th [...] | 2004-09-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP |
04HANOI2708 | Vietnam Adoptions: Meeting With Deputy Director of [...] (U) Summary: During two recent meetings with Post's Consular Section Chief, Nguyen Cong Khanh, Deputy Director of Vietnam's Department of International Adoptions, repeated the GVN position that under Vietnamese law any adoption agreement must meet the definition of a "treaty." He went on to n [...] | 2004-09-30 08:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
04HANOI2711 | REPORT ON DPMO DISCUSSIONS IN GIA LAI PROVINCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Defense, POW/MIA Affairs Office, Senior Director for Policy, led a team of five Americans to Pleiku city on 23-24 September 2004, in order for U.S. and Vietnamese technical experts to review cases involving unaccounted- for Americans in Gia Lai Province, inte [...] | 2004-10-01 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS |
04HANOI2745 | VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...] | 2004-10-06 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR |
04HANOI2757 | MFA CONCERNED ABOUT VNHRA, LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (U) Summary: During an hour-long discussion October 6, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that the GVN, while concerned about the possible passage of the Human Rights Act in the Senate, was still looking forward to a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai [...] | 2004-10-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF CASC CVIS KPOW OTRA OVIP VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS |
04HANOI2758 | MPT DISCUSSES WTO TELECOM OFFER WITH USTR TEL DIR [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 USTR Telecommunications Director Jonathan McHale consulted with the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) on Vietnam's fourth WTO offer. They also reviewed the current situation of Vietnam's telecom market (see septel) and MPT's progress in meeting their BTA re [...] | 2004-10-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EINT EINV VM WTO |
04HANOI2782 | POLITICAL PRISONERS DR. QUE AND DR. SON TRANSFERRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Political prisoners Dr. Nguyen Dan Que and Dr. Pham Hong Son have both been transferred to a prison in Thanh Hoa Province in northern Vietnam. Son is reportedly in poor health and may require surgery for a hernia. Family members have not been able to visit Que or Son, and one [...] | 2004-10-12 23:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR |
04HANOI2795 | BURMA ADDRESSED IN LOW-SUBSTANCE ASEM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Predictions that ASEM-5 would be a talk shop lacking in substance proved for the most part accurate, but the Europeans successfully insisted on raising the Burma issue and including a reference to the political situation there in the Chairman's Statement. The event [...] | 2004-10-13 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU PHUM BM VM ARF |
04HANOI2797 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting October 12, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen told the Ambassador the GVN will be well-prepared for bilateral market access negotiations with the United States in October; that he hoped the United States and Vietnam could close WTO negotiations in early 2005; and [...] | 2004-10-13 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX KIPR VM WTRO WTO BTA IPROP |
04HANOI2798 | PASCAL LAMY BLINKS IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary: In Hanoi for the Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-5),EU Trade Commissioner Lamy closed out the EU's bilateral negotiations with Vietnam by accepting low levels of commitments not seen in recent accessions, especially on services. In a speech to the European Chamber of Commerce, [...] | 2004-10-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM WTO BTA |
04HANOI2809 | Ambassador's October 13 Dinner with Vice Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner October 13 for Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh, who, in his capacity as head of the MFA's Committee on Overseas Vietnamese, will soon travel to the United States to discuss Viet Kieu issues. Binh said Vietnam desired improved relations with [...] | 2004-10-15 03:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CH VM CVR HUMANR ASEAN WTO |
04HANOI2816 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF PLANNING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-15 08:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EINV VM HIV AIDS |
04HANOI2855 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN RELATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Summary: National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao told the Ambassador that he wants improved relations between the National Assembly (NA) and U.S. Congress and hopes to arrange an official visit to Washington by NA Chairman Nguyen Van An. The Foreign Relations Commit [...] | 2004-10-21 04:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR |
04HANOI2857 | PRC PM WEN'S VISIT TO HANOI: TRADE TAKES THE FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official visit to Vietnam yielded a number of agreements in the trade and development areas and a renewed commitment to make progress in demarcating the two countries' land border. Considerable daylight still remains between the two sides on t [...] | 2004-10-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH VM CVR WTO |
04HANOI2863 | VIETNAM SECURITY MINISTER PROMISES COORDINATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh told the Ambassador October 20 that he is pleased with the developing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and is "absolutely committed" to ensuring the safety and security not only of USG facilities and personnel, but also of Americans traveling to [...] | 2004-10-21 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC CVIS CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN CTERR |
04HANOI2864 | 13 Montagnards Return to Vietnam [...] (SBU) UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son reported to us October 18 that the 13 Montagnards who had originally sought resettlement from Cambodia but ultimately decided to return to Vietnam -- with or without UNHCR's assistance -- had indeed returned to Vietnam. According to Son, t [...] | 2004-10-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
04HANOI2870 | EAP DAS Huhtala's October 21 Meeting with Senior [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 21 meeting with Senior Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Marie Huhtala underlined the need for Vietnam to SIPDIS take concrete steps to improve its religious freedom situation, particularly in the run-up to next year's event [...] | 2004-10-22 04:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR BTA WTRO APEC CTERR |
04HANOI2878 | AMBASSADOR, CA A/S HARTY DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Uong Chu Luu identified for the Ambassador and Consular Affairs A/S Harty a number of areas where he thought the Vietnamese legal system needs reform, most notably in commercial law. Minister Luu also spoke very highly of [...] | 2004-10-25 01:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS VM |
04HANOI2879 | EAP DAS Marie Huhtala's October 22 Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 22 meeting with Communist Party External Affairs Commission (Western Europe and North America) Director Pham Tien Nhien, EAP DAS Marie Huhtala expressed U.S. support for Vietnam's WTO accession, urged Vietnam to engage in greater operational law enforcement co [...] | 2004-10-25 02:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE BTA |
04HANOI2886 | Bulldozed Mennonite Church [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Multiple contacts in the official and non-recognized Protestant communities confirmed that local authorities tore down an "unofficial" Mennonite church in Kontum Province September 24, as reported October 22 by Human Rights Watch. However, it appears that the actio [...] | 2004-10-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI2888 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOLISA MINISTER HANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Madame Nguyen Thi Hang expressed hope that the Department of Labor would continue and expand its projects in Vietnam and gratitude for the selection of Vietnam as a President [...] | 2004-10-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON VM HIV AIDS LABOR TIP |
04HANOI2901 | AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS POW/MIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnam Defense Minister confirmed in his introductory meeting with the Ambassador October 26 that underwater POW/MIA recovery operations can be conducted on a Vietnamese Navy vessel, a civilian vessel or not at all. English language training for military officers remains a [...] | 2004-10-27 06:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS KPOW VM |
04HANOI2908 | VIETNAM: PRIME MINISTER KHAI'S SPEECH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On October 25, the Ambassador attended Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's address at the opening of the Sixth Session of the National Assembly's Eleventh Legislature. The PM's lengthy speech focused largely on economic issues, outlining socio-economic targets for the u [...] | 2004-10-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV VM WTO DPOL |
04HANOI2946 | The Ambassador's October 28 Call on Prime Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time October 28, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai spent over an hour discussing the overall bilateral relationship, trade and commercial matters, health cooperation, religious freedom and human rights issues, Montagnards in the Ce [...] | 2004-11-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE ETMIN HIV AIDS WTO |
04HANOI2960 | HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR VISITS U.S. GOVERNMENT- [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 trip to Haiphong, the Ambassador visited three HIV/AIDS projects supported by the President's Emergency Plan (EP) and met with city officials. Haiphong is Vietnam's fourth most-populous city and suffers from the country's second highest HIV incidence rat [...] | 2004-11-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
04HANOI2998 | VIETNAM: PROBABLY NOT VOTING FOR THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and draft resolutions November 5 to Tran Viet Hoang, Desk Officer in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Hoang pledged to pass the documents to senior MFA leaders for review and said that the Vietnamese delegation in New York would re [...] | 2004-11-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VM UNGA HUMANR |
04HANOI3021 | UPDATE ON LABOR EXPORT IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) officials and Vietnamese press reports, increasing labor exports from Vietnam have created new demands for services and protections for overseas workers. While not yet complete, the process of turn [...] | 2004-11-09 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR |
04HANOI3047 | DCM MEETS WITH COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) On November 8, the DCM met with Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Ngo Yen Thi to deliver Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's response to Thi's letter complaining about Vietnam's designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (ref A). [...] | 2004-11-10 04:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI3069 | GVN EAGER TO CONCLUDE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that a visit by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was possible at the end of the first half of 2005, and discussed possible steps to "create the proper atmosphere" for the visit. As one step, the GVN would like to see a conclusion [...] | 2004-11-12 11:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF OTRA OVIP MASS ETRD EAID EINV VM KICC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI3071 | VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...] | 2004-11-15 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
04HANOI3083 | GVN MISSES DEADLINE FOR RELIGION DECREES [...] (SBU) Vietnam's new Ordinance on Religion came into effect on November 15, but the GVN has yet to issue the necessary decrees detailing how the ordinance is to be implemented (Ref A). Sources within the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) indicated to us that the implementing decrees are pe [...] | 2004-11-15 23:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3092 | VIETNAM'S AVIATION INDUSTRY TAKES OFF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnam's aviation industry is seeking to catch up with those of other countries in the region. The government has dramatically changed its approach to the industry by allowing foreign carriers to increase their share of the market, but the change is unlikely to harm its domestic [...] | 2004-11-17 03:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL VM |
04HANOI3215 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...] | 2004-11-29 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI3246 | AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the south-central coast of Vietnam and found economic development plans in their infancy. Senior officials called for U.S. investment and humanitarian assistance. The Ambassador raised religious freedom, HIV/AIDS, and educational and cultural exchanges an [...] | 2004-12-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS |
04HANOI3257 | NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH HOLDS LONG AWAITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) held its first National Congress in 20 years December 1-2. The meeting allowed the Church to name a new leadership board, appoint two new pastors and make progress on rewriting the ECVN's charter. The new leadership indicated tha [...] | 2004-12-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3286 | VIETNAM: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Vietnam's low-threat terrorist situation did not change in 2004. There is a tiny Muslim population with no known affiliations with international terrorist organizations. There is no evidence that terrorists operate in or transit Vietnam, or that they use Vietnam for other support serv [...] | 2004-12-10 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI3301 | Congressman Chabot Meets with Foreign Ministry, [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblyman Vu Xuan Hong. Representative Chabot thanked Vietnam for its efforts in the fullest possible accounting of MIA's and urged the GVN to take further steps to advanc [...] | 2004-12-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV OTRA VM HUMANR IPROP RELFREE |
04HANOI3313 | Congressman Chabot Meets with Ministries of Trade, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi, Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 and 14 with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DCM accompanied the Congressman to the Ministry [...] | 2004-12-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV OTRA PREL VM WTO IPROP |
04HANOI3331 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...] | 2004-12-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO |
04HANOI3341 | Charge Meets with UNHCR Regional Representative [...] (SBU) The Charge met December 17 with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son. According to Utkan, he had had a productive meeting earlier in the day with MFA Director General for Consular Affairs Bui Dinh Dinh and had focused on three iss [...] | 2004-12-20 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
04HANOI335 | VIETNAM'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's banking sector is presently characterized by a few dominant state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs),a number of comparatively small joint stock banks (JSBs),and some foreign banks. In recent years, the GVN has undertaken a number of reforms, with the goals of ensuring [...] | 2004-02-09 01:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM BTA FINREF SOE |
04HANOI3352 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SECURITY LAW, BLASTS PM ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) ended its autumn session on December 4 after passing six new laws, including two on publishing and national security. The contents of the National Security law have not been released, but they reportedly seek to rein in the military's intelligence se [...] | 2004-12-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MARR VM DPOL |
04HANOI3356 | 2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
04HANOI3392 | GVN Warns of Christmas Unrest in the Central [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Foreign Minister and Americas Department Director General Nguyen Duc Hung called in the Charge December 24 to warn of a "plot" to cause unrest in the Central Highlands -- specifically the provinces of Dak Lak, Kon Tum and Gia Lai -- and encourage ethnic minorities to [...] | 2004-12-24 04:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF VM CB CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3417 | VIETNAM ENGAGES THIRD COUNTRIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has been actively engaging third countries in formal exchanges on human rights issues, including hosting the annual Canada-China-Norway human rights forum, carrying out a bilateral discussion on the death penalty with EU countries and conducting the bi-annual EU-Vietnam [...] | 2004-12-29 04:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EU VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3424 | MINISTRY OF SECURITY NEWSPAPER ACCUSES UNHCR OF [...] (SBU) An Ninh The Gioi (World Security),a newspaper published by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),printed a long article (excerpted below) on December 29 accusing two UNHCR employees - Westerner Katy Grant and ethnic Vietnamese Y Xuan - of having links with separatist groups and attemp [...] | 2004-12-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI377 | MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...] | 2004-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN |
04HANOI383 | MORE ALLEGATIONS OF HARRASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Protestant community in northern Vietnam continue to provide the Embassy with cases of alleged abuse by local authorities. The claims range from petty harassment of believers to two accusations of rape in the Northern Highlands province of Lai Chau. While the [...] | 2004-02-12 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI405 | ADMIRAL FARGO DISCUSSES AREAS OF FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on February 9, Admiral Thomas Fargo, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted the recent improvement of bilateral relations, and discussed establishment of an IMET p [...] | 2004-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM CNARC CTERR |
04HANOI447 | ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...] | 2004-02-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP |
04HANOI513 | VIETNAM: EMBASSY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2004 as enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- Vietnam continued to make some [...] | 2004-02-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP BTA |
04HANOI517 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CPV ECONOMIC CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, CPV economic czar Truong Tan Sang underscored the importance of the private sector and SOE reform in maintaining high growth rates and employment generation. He promised to privatize parts of Vietnam Airlines and to strengthen IPR enforcement. T [...] | 2004-02-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EFIN PREL PINR VM IPROP FINREF SOE WTO BTA |
04HANOI535 | YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...] | 2004-02-25 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC |
04HANOI548 | RAPE -- OR CORRUPTION? -- TAKES DOWN SENIOR OFFICIAL [...] (U) According to media reports, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on February 25 suspended Vice Chairman of the National Committee for Sports Luong Quoc Dung following his arrest February 19 on charges of child abuse. Dung reportedly has already confessed to having sex with a 13 year old girl in [...] | 2004-02-26 05:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM VM DPOL |
04HANOI555 | OPEN 2003 LETTER FROM FATHER LY TO US CONGRESS [...] (U) In a January 8 meeting in Hanoi, Vice Minister of Public Security Le Van Huong gave Senator Samuel Brownback a copy of an open letter in Vietnamese to the US Congress dated June 27, 2003 by imprisoned Catholic Priest Nguyen Van Ly (Ref A). The letter, the text of which follows in para 3, [...] | 2004-02-26 07:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL OREP VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI634 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE - DEMONSTRATIONS 1A. NO 1B. YES 1C. YES 1D. :Following the initiation of hostilities in the Gulf, there were small street demonstrations across from mission facilities in both Hanoi and HCMC of about 100. In addition there were also some large rallies (5,000 [...] | 2004-03-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI652 | INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...] | 2004-03-04 03:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP |
04HANOI671 | Vietnam Auto Taxes take their Toll on Manufacturers [...] (SBU) Summary: Increases in the Special Consumption Tax (SCT),VAT and import duties applied to cars manufactured from kits (CKDs) that went into effect January 1 are already negatively impacting the auto industry in Vietnam. Sales across the industry fell dramatically in January. Also, acc [...] | 2004-03-05 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON VM |
04HANOI696 | Vietnam denies U.S. MFN Duty Reductions [...] (U) Summary: In February, in connection with a recently amended bilateral agreement with the EU, Vietnam reduced import duties on wines and motorcycles from the European Union. In contravention of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement, these lower duties have not been extended to U.S. p [...] | 2004-03-09 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM BTA |
04HANOI700 | CODEL COLLINS' FRANK AND FINAL MEETINGS ON POW/MIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On his last day of meetings in Hanoi February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R-GA) met senior GVN leaders and reviewed progress on POW/MIA issues during his trip. Conversations focused on the GVN's current efforts and what the USG and the GVN agree that the GVN should do in the f [...] | 2004-03-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL KPOW VM |
04HANOI738 | A/S TAYLOR DISCUSSES SECURITY AND COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting March 10 with visiting Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Frank Taylor, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong said he wanted to see closer cooperation between MPS and the Embassy, including formal communication channels for CT and [...] | 2004-03-12 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER SNAR KCRM VM CTERR |
04HANOI752 | CONVICTION OF PHAM VAN TUONG AKA THICH TRI LUC [...] (U) In a brief trial on March 12, former Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Pham Van Tuong (better known by his earlier religious name of Thich Tri Luc) was sentenced by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court to twenty months' imprisonment for "fleeing abroad with a view to opposing [...] | 2004-03-15 07:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL CB VM |
04HANOI821 | Vietnam: MOT Affirms No MFN for U.S. Wines [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 16, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen asserted that textile agreements are outside the "WTO track" and exempt from MFN. He confirmed that the GVN believes it is not obligated to extend tariff reductions given to EU wines in the context [...] | 2004-03-22 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM BTA WTO |
04HANOI888 | Vietnam: Textile Consultations in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner and Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary James Leonard led textile consultations with the GVN March 17-18. The discussions focused on whether Vietnam's textile quotas should be reduced, given a U.S. C [...] | 2004-03-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTEX VM |
04HANOI889 | Vietnam Working on U.S. MFN Duty Issue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econcouns met MOT DG for Multilateral Affairs Khanh to discuss the MFN duty issue on March 26. Khanh said he was working to solve this issue, but that some in the GVN believed that since textiles were excluded from the BTA, anything in a textile deal with the EU was not subject [...] | 2004-03-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM WTO |
04HANOI898 | VIETNAM: STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reform of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector is one of the primary pillars of Vietnam's reform efforts and ongoing transition to a market economy. Relying on a four-pronged strategy that includes increasing competition, hardening budget constraints, divesting "non- strateg [...] | 2004-03-30 08:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID VM SOE |
04HANOI90 | 9TH PARTY PLENUM ENDS WITHOUT A BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. With no real surprises, the 9th CPV plenum concluded with predictable calls for faster economic growth and integration as well as tougher campaigns against corruption. No major personnel shifts were announced (or apparently made),but four Central Committee members were cens [...] | 2004-01-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL |
04HANOI916 | HUE POLICE RUN INTERFERENCE IN MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A political reporting trip to Hue by Embassy poloff and congenoff was marred by police obstruction of attempted meetings with non-recognized religious figures. These unfortunately successful attempts at blocking access are more damaging to GVN credibility on religious freedom [...] | 2004-04-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI923 | JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Embassy recommends that the USG Agent Orange/Dioxin Interagency Working Group meet to review and discuss the contents of this cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: More than two years after the March 2002 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address joint r [...] | 2004-04-02 01:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL TBIO VM |
04HANOI962 | VFM BANG ON UPCOMING VISITS, HUMAN RIGHTS, SHIPS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP PHUM MARR VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI966 | VIETNAM: MICROSOFT FOCUSED ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. While disappointed in the lack of progress in improving IPR protection in Vietnam, Microsoft remains committed to engaging the GVN on this critical issue. Microsoft and Business Software Alliance (BSA) representatives are looking at ways to encourage the GVN to adopt a legitim [...] | 2004-04-07 04:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
04HANOI980 | Vietnam: Implementation of BTA Customs Obligation [...] (U) Summary: The GVN has taken significant steps toward implementing the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) obligation to adopt a system of customs valuation based on the transaction value of the imported merchandise, according to GATT standards. At this time, the GVN is applying t [...] | 2004-04-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM BTA |
04HANOI982 | Yerxa Says To Push Vietnam on WTO Offer [...] (SBU) Visiting WTO DG Rufus Yerxa described his discussions with GVN officials on WTO accession at an April 7 luncheon attended by Ambassador. Also present were the Ambassadors of Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the EC, the Representative from Taiwan and reps from the Worl [...] | 2004-04-08 07:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM WTO |
04HARARE1021 | NATIONALIZATION FALLOUT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The public debate over GOZ plans to nationalize most productive farmland has begun. The initial policy announcement was only the first salvo. There appears to be a growing fissure within ZANU-PF over nationalization. End summary. 2. (SBU) Ostensibly correcting Land Minister J [...] | 2004-06-21 06:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1083 | A CONVERSATION WITH WELLINGTON CHIBEBE [...] (SBU) Summary: After attending the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva, Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union's (ZCTU),talks about the ILO Conference, land nationalization, and wage negotiations. End summary. ILO CONFERENCE - [...] | 2004-07-01 05:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE1110 | GA-GA FOR GONO [...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Harare, the Staff Delegation lunched with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. The conversation touched upon the local economy and the international community, land nationalization, food security and recent food deals, electoral reform, and [...] | 2004-07-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1157 | STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...] | 2004-07-15 05:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP |
04HARARE1197 | ANOTHER OPPOSITION MP ARRESTED [...] (U) GOZ police arrested MDC MP for Glen Norah, Priscilla Misihairambwi - Mushonga on July 15. Misihairambwi was asked to present herself to the Law and Order section at Harare Central Police station at 9:30 am. Charged under the Miscellaneous Offences Act, she is accused of having breached the [...] | 2004-07-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ZI MDC |
04HARARE1206 | LITTLE NEW IN MUGABE'S OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] (U) In his remarks opening the fifth and final session of the country's fifth parliament, President Mugabe projected familiar GOZ refrains: good harvests assured adequate food supplies into the next season; the nation's economy was recovering; ongoing land acquisitions would meet the populati [...] | 2004-07-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ZI |
04HARARE1210 | WORKING WITH WILDLIFE [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, perspectives of the World Wildlife Fund differ from GOZ's National Parks and Wildlife Authority on the state of wildlife, conservancies, land nationalization, and the proposed Trans-Frontier Park. Despite National Parks' positive picture, the once exemplary wildlif [...] | 2004-07-22 08:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1217 | EMPLOYERS' VIEW OF WAGES AND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: On 22 July 2004, EconOff discussed wage negotiations and economic recovery with Mr. J. Mufukare of the Employers' Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ). Mufukare also related some interesting information about price controls and the Zimbabweans' character. Business is poor with no [...] | 2004-07-23 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE124 | TREASON TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's treason trial resumed in the High Court on January 19. The defense concluded its direct examination of Tsvangirai on January 22 and the case now moves to Tsvangirai's cross- examination by the prosecution. The trial will likely conclude [...] | 2004-01-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC |
04HARARE1293 | More fluff than focus from central bank [...] (U) Summary: In a speech more like a sermon than monetary review, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono delivered his quarterly remarks yesterday. Unfortunately for most Zimbabweans suffering from the country's rapid economic decline, Gono failed to address underlying economic problems, suc [...] | 2004-07-28 11:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1308 | ASIAN INDIANS WEIGH PROSPECTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: Can Indian-Zimbabweans escape the wrath that the Mugabe government has showered upon whites? EconOff spoke with Zimbabweans of Indian descent ("Asians" in local vernacular) and an Indian Embassy representative about conditions in Zimbabwe. Some are hopeful while others are le [...] | 2004-07-30 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1329 | THE UNBEARABLE STRANGENESS OF LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Just when you thought the debate over land reform could get no stranger it does. Amid the clamor about ZANU-PF and GOZ bigwigs receiving more than one farm, inter-factional fighting within Zanu-PF has resulted in the GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper inadvertently praising former [...] | 2004-08-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID BTIO EINV EAGR ECON ZI |
04HARARE1364 | NATIONAL PARKS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR- A REAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrest of Vitalis Chadenga, the National Parks and Wildlife Authority's Operations Director, yet again reveals GOZ officials' predilection for private gain over public welfare and provides an insight into the fate of wildlife land if nationalized. End Summary 2. (U) Acco [...] | 2004-08-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1386 | 2004 ZIMBABWE CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The continuing political, economic, and social crises in Zimbabwe overwhelm any attempt to eliminate child labor. With 1.1 to 2 million HIV/AIDS orphans, many children must work to survive. As in Ref B, increased enforcement of existing child labor laws awaits resources from GO [...] | 2004-08-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ZI |
04HARARE1490 | Where's inflation heading? [...] Summary: After studying the latest Reserve Bank (RBZ)/Central Statistical Office (CSO) figures and comparing notes with local economists, we believe year-to- year inflation will continue to fall to 250-320 percent through the end of 2004. In early/mid-2005, it will again head upwards to at le [...] | 2004-08-31 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1498 | Tobacco Output Off 72 Percent [...] Zimbabwe's three auction floors have concluded the 2004 tobacco season. Once the world's number one exporter of tobacco, shrinking harvests have translated into less export revenue and less foreign exchange for the central bank's official currency auctions. Cotton is currently rapidly overta [...] | 2004-09-03 07:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1519 | Possible Financial Sanctions Violation [...] (SBU) Various news reports over the past several months have alleged that a possible grain deal between a GOZ parastatal and U.S. firm Sentry Financial, aspects of which may have violated Executive Order 13288 of March 7, 2003, which restricts financial transactions between U.S. entities and 7 [...] | 2004-09-09 06:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1585 | Tobacco Merchant Adjusts to Post-Land Reform [...] (SBU) Executives of U.S. tobacco merchant Dimon forecast Zimbabwe will experience another frustrating harvest in 2005, as the firm's buying continues to shift away from the auction floors and toward contract growing. Dimon does not believe it can revive the interest of Philip Morris and JT Int [...] | 2004-09-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1594 | Police Burn Out Farmers [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, 237 homesteads on 8 farms were burned down by riot police in Mashonaland West province. The government announced that it was removing the A1 (communal) farmers settled there to make way for A2 (individual land holders) farmers. Local attorney Alec Muchad [...] | 2004-09-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1620 | MANAGING A BUSINESS IN MUGABE'S SHADOW [...] (SBU) Seven prominent business leaders we recently assembled want the international community to provide Zimbabwe with balance-of-payments support. However, they differ in assessments of the country's progress at reforming its economy and attracting foreign investment. 2. (SBU) The Ambassa [...] | 2004-09-28 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1660 | New Sources Drive Parallel Market [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe-bound remittances through Western Union have dropped by as much as 90 percent, since July 28 when the Reserve Bank (RBZ) decreed that transfer agencies must convert incoming foreign exchange into zimdollars at the official rate and may not disburse foreign exchange. Acc [...] | 2004-10-06 05:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1664 | 600 White Farms Still Hanging On [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: The GOZ has been issuing an increasing number of acquisition notices to the small number of remaining white farmers, but has not taken over many new farms, according to Doug Taylor-Freeme, president of the mostly-white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). He believes around 600 [...] | 2004-10-06 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1681 | Business Seeks to Rebuild Govt Ties [...] (SBU) Summary: The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries' (CZI) top female official berated the GOZ's trade-unfriendly policies and general economic mismanagement. However, she expressed hope that President Mugabe would send the business community a positive signal either by meeting face-to- [...] | 2004-10-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1693 | Tough Going for New Farmers [...] (SBU) Summary: In an initial call on the Ambassador, five Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) officials spelled out the hurdles they confront merging 12,000 land reform beneficiaries with their smaller pre-land reform membership. They also showed a willingness to work with a broader ran [...] | 2004-10-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1703 | ZIMBABWE LABOR: IF YOU PRICK US, DO WE NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In wide-ranging discussions with EconOff, Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions (ZCTU) affiliates described the toil required to fight for members' living wages. While workers and employers agree on the macro problem (the GOZ),disputes remain over wages and working conditions. [...] | 2004-10-13 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE1729 | TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR ZIMBABWE'S LARGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Clive Stockil, director of Save Valley Conservancy (Zimbabwe's largest private wildlife reserve),told EconOff on October 8 that he has GOZ assurances of no action on the conservancy until after parliamentary elections and a subsequent cabinet reshuffle. End Summary 2. (SBU) [...] | 2004-10-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1734 | Squeeze on Humanitarian Efforts Increasing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOZ obstruction of international organizations, especially in the area of assistance to internally displaced persons, continues. The GOZ has requested that the UN close its Relief and Recovery Unit and is blocking access to newly displaced farmers resettled on former commercia [...] | 2004-10-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ZI |
04HARARE174 | COURT CONSOLIDATES GOZ APPEAL AND DAILY NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: After two days of hearings, Supreme Court Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on January 28 consolidated the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe's (ANZ, parent company of The Daily News) and the Media and Information Commission's (MIC) appeal of lower court decisions permitting publi [...] | 2004-01-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1758 | Heinz's Burdensome Subsidiary [...] (SBU) Olivine, Heinz's Zimbabwe subsidiary, is barely staying afloat, according to its top official. Unable to freely convert its zimdollar earnings into foreign exchange for needed imports, the firm is operating at 40 percent capacity. Meanwhile, South African manufacturers of cooking oil, [...] | 2004-10-22 07:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1770 | GOZ Deports COSATU Delegates [...] (SBU) Local Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) officials have confirmed press reports that the GOZ deported thirteen visiting delegates from the Congress of South African Trade Unions this afternoon. ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga said Zimbabwean immigration officials broke up a mee [...] | 2004-10-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1771 | Mutare Exporters Feel Pinch [...] (SBU) Once-thriving exporters in the eastern Zimbabwean city of Mutare say the country's overvalued exchange rate has rendered them uncompetitive. From company-to-company, sector-to-sector, their stories have a similar ring of despair. Annualized zimdollar expenses such as labor and energy h [...] | 2004-10-27 05:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1783 | ZCTU Weighs Options After COSATU's Expulsion [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) officials have not decided whether or how to protest the GOZ's deportation of a Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) delegation from Zimbabwe. ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga told us her labor body is waiting to see whether COSATU in [...] | 2004-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE18 | Battle for Final 500 "White" Farms [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ is attempting to seize the final 500 white-owned commercial farms by attacking black business partners. End Summary. 2. (U) During Zimbabwe's tumultuous land redistribution over the past two years, the Government has dispossessed approximately 4,000 of 4,5000 white com [...] | 2004-01-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1818 | Gono Forecasts Economic Growth in 2005 [...] (U) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono was upbeat about the economy's recovery prospects in his quarterly monetary review on October 28, forecasting a 150 percent increase in tobacco production and 3.5-to-5 percent overall economic growth in 2005, as well as single-digit inflation by mid- [...] | 2004-11-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1819 | Despite Obstacles, ExxonMobil Stays Profitable [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's local managing director says his firm is currently eking out a modest profit in Zimbabwe, thanks to guaranteed supplies of foreign exchange at the official rate. Still, the MD told us he tussles regularly with corrupt ministers and micro-fuel operators. End summar [...] | 2004-11-04 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1860 | GOZ Seizes 4 White Farms this Week [...] (SBU) Summary: Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) officials tell us the GOZ recently accelerated its acquisition of mostly-white commercial farms under fast- track land reform, causing four CFU members to lose their farms per week at present. However, the CFU officials note in that in the last th [...] | 2004-11-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1862 | GOZ Steps Up Arrests of Forex Externalizers [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ has again been arresting prominent Zimbabwean businesspersons for sending foreign exchange offshore. The GOZ appears to believe that these high profile arrests will deter others from exchanging forex on the ever-resilient parallel market. End summary. 2. (SBU) Over [...] | 2004-11-12 08:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE187 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Since its disputed victory in Zimbabwe's 2002 parliamentary and presidential elections, the ruling ZANU-PF party has pursued a concerted campaign to shrink individual liberties and democratic space in this constitutional republic. The government's human rights record remained poor, altho [...] | 2004-02-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP ZI |
04HARARE1878 | INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL WATCHLIST [...] (SBU) The GOZ is collaborating with Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa on a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings scheduled to take place in Harare November 29-30. Sources at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) indicated that they would share with us material o [...] | 2004-11-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL ZI TIP |
04HARARE1890 | TEACHER UNION TRAVAILS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 9, Raymond Majongwe, of the Progressive Teacher's Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) briefed the Ambassador on his recent visit to South Africa to participate in a workshop sponsored by the Center for Civic Education's CIVITAS program. Majongwe, a civil society activist who h [...] | 2004-11-17 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1898 | Nickel Exporter Using Just 2 of 4 Mines [...] (SBU) On a recent site visit to Bindura Nickel Corp (BNC) in Mashonaland Central, General Manager R. Chinamatira complained to us of Zimbabwe's worsening export climate. Even though nickel reached a 20-year high on world markets this year, BNC is operating only two of four mines. By increasi [...] | 2004-11-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1900 | GOZ Promises Floating Exchange Rate to IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Africa Director Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane said Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono indicated he has set September 2005 as the target month for introducing market- determined exchange and interest rates. End summary. 2. (SBU) Accom [...] | 2004-11-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1943 | COURT CASES UPDATE -- ZIMBABWE'S STRESSED JUDICIARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several noteworthy cases over the last few months suggest the continuing vitality of elements within Zimbabwe's beleaguered judiciary despite political and professional pressures. Courts dismissed charges in the Cain Nkala murder trial, for example, and ordered Information Mini [...] | 2004-11-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI |
04HARARE1966 | A Rose-Tinted 2005 Budget [...] (U) Summary: Echoing the line laid out in Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon's Oct 28 address (ref a),acting GOZ Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa forecast robust 3.5- 5 percent GDP growth and 30-50 percent inflation for 2005. In his long annual budget presentation to Parliament on Nov 25, M [...] | 2004-12-06 06:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1969 | Vic Falls Tourism Up - Slightly [...] (SBU) Summary: After striking rock bottom in 2003, Victoria Falls tourism activity has picked up marginally this year. Still, hospitality sector business at Zimbabwe's leading tourist destination is probably off two-thirds from 1997, forcing operators to find innovative ways to break even. I [...] | 2004-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1970 | HARARE UPDATE ON INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOZ and Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa jointly held a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings in Harare on November 29-30. The Embassy sent observers to the meeting, at which officials articulated GOZ interest in developing anti-TIP legislat [...] | 2004-12-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ZI TIP |
04HARARE199 | PARLIAMENT PASSES LAND ACQUISITION ACT AMENDMENTS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considerable debate, Parliament on January 28 passed a controversial Land Acquisition Amendment (LAA) Bill. The bill scales back due process protections for property owners and expands the categories of properties that may be confiscated under the government's land reform [...] | 2004-02-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC ECON EAGR ZI |
04HARARE2053 | SECOND ELECTORAL BILL PASSES ZIM PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, Parliament passed the Electoral Bill, the second of the electoral reform bills (reftel). The bill incorporated amendments proposed by both parties, (though not all the MDC's proposals) and was not rejected by the MDC-dominated Parliamentary Legal Committee. If [...] | 2004-12-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE2058 | Monthly Inflation Still in 5-10 Percent Band [...] Summary: Despite claims in the Dec 14 Herald that inflation is "on a downward spiral," the rate has held within an approximate 5-10 percent monthly band since the Reserve Bank (RBZ) reasserted control over the exchange rate in January. End summary. 2. While the annual inflation rate has fa [...] | 2004-12-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE223 | SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS AIPPA'S CONSTITUTIONALITY, [...] (U) The Supreme Court on February 5 upheld the constitutionality of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). In a long-running case brought by the Independent Journalists Association of Zimbabwe (IJAZ) filed soon after AIPPA was enacted, the ruled that AIPPA sections [...] | 2004-02-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL ZI |
04HARARE256 | Forex Controls Hamper Trade [...] (U) Summary: Vexingly, the GOZ continues its policy of punishing exports and subsidizing imports. Local firms tell us the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) new foreign exchange auctions and other controls make it increasingly difficult to do business. Auctions have yet to deliver on their pro [...] | 2004-02-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE351 | MUGABE CLOSES THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a long, rambling birthday interview with a slavish Zimbabwe Broadcast Corporation Newsnet interviewer, President Mugabe all but ruled out dialogue with the MDC and clumsily sought to divide the MDC from its President, Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe criticized many African leaders, including [...] | 2004-02-27 04:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ZI |
04HARARE456 | Export Slump Reaches Crisis Proportions [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-16 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE460 | The GOZ's Anti-Corruption Show [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE501 | CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On March 22, Poloff met with Shaohua Duan, Third Secretary (Economic and Commercial) of the Embassy of the SIPDIS People's Republic of China to discuss Chinese humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. Duan, who arrived in July 2002, told Poloff that Chinese assistance was limited by China's [...] | 2004-03-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CH EAID PHUM PREF PREL ZI |
04HARARE535 | Getting AGOA on Zimbabwe's Radar [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent attempts to arouse local interest in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have met with mixed, but mostly positive, results. Post- sponsored AGOA workshops in Harare and Bulawayo drew seventy local firms, five Industry/Trade Ministry officials and the Managing Di [...] | 2004-03-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
04HARARE561 | INFLUENCE ANALYSIS -- ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's media operating environment is restrictive and becoming increasingly harsh. The GOZ's Media and Information Commission (MIC) closed the only independent daily newspaper, the Daily News, and has threatened other independent newspapers and journalists with legal action. Secu [...] | 2004-04-01 05:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OIIP ZI |
04HARARE578 | New Charges of Labor Harassment [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) alleges pro-Government groups are stepping up repression of labor leaders. End summary. 2. (SBU) ZCTU cited two recent cases in press statements: - On March 25, an unnamed caller invited Progressive Teachers Union Secretary Gene [...] | 2004-04-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE600 | Finance Minister Wants Slow Exchange Adjustment [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Chris Kuruneri expressed satisfaction with recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV consultations. However, he said the GOZ prefers a more gradual approach for rationalizing its overvalued currency and phasing out its hefty tax on exporters than the [...] | 2004-04-07 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE638 | HIV/AIDS, ECONOMY EXACTING TOLL ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Almost one-tenth of Zimbabwe,s population consists of AIDS orphans-having lost one or both parents to the disease. Most try to carry on living as they had before, although some do take to the streets of the major cities to hustle for a living and/or turn to commercial sex work to make e [...] | 2004-04-14 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KHIV ZI HIV AIDS |
04HARARE655 | Land Reform Threatens Wildlife [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save (pronounced SA-vay) Valley now weighs its own extinction. Robert Mugabe's land redistribution has gradually spilled into this conservancy, Africa's largest private wildlife reserve. The conservancy would be an important compo [...] | 2004-04-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE683 | CONSERVING CONSERVANCIES IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 06:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE691 | TIP AND OUR AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) As the TIP process progresses to conclusion, I wanted to register my serious concern over Zimbabwe's proposed inclusion on Tier 3. As you know, the GOZ's comprehensive maladministration has precipitated ongoing political and economic crises that are exacting a tragic toll on the popula [...] | 2004-04-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREL SMIG KPAO ZI TIP |
04HARARE702 | GOZ Forex Crusade Snags Finance Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: With the detention of Finance Minister Chris Kuruneri over the weekend, the GOZ's witch hunt against foreign exchange externalizers reached a new level. Kuruneri is the GOZ's latest pretext for blaming the country's economic demise on parallel market trading and foreign account [...] | 2004-04-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE703 | Goodbye, Exporters: Colgate-Palmolive's Case [...] (SBU) Summary: Colgate-Palmolive's relocation of productive facilities from Zimbabwe to South Africa bears witness to this Government's export-unfriendly policies. End Summary. Zimbabwe's Loss - South Africa's Gain ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) We have reported frequently [...] | 2004-04-26 11:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE718 | Laboring for Worker's Rights [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) informed EconOff that stayaways and demonstrations remain their primary campaign weapon. Meanwhile, ruling party supporters continue to harass labor leaders in attempts to disrupt May Day festivities. End summary. 2. (S [...] | 2004-04-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE720 | ELECTORAL ACT AMENDMENT TO DEGRADE ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) The electoral environment in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate. The reintroduced Electoral Amendment Bill would make the electoral environment more restrictive and less transparent in the run up to the March 2005 parliamentary elections and move Zimbabwe further away from the norms and [...] | 2004-04-29 05:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE743 | LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT WORSENING [...] (SBU) The legislative environment in Zimbabwe continues to decline as Parliament,s role in the law-making process is increasingly marginalized. To compound Parliament,s ineffectiveness, it is likely to reduce its sittings during the next session as MPs hit the campaign trails, allowing contin [...] | 2004-05-04 05:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE748 | May Day- An Urgent Call for Help [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and government-backed Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) held rival May Day celebrations. While ZCTU focused on tax policy and wages, ZFTU focused on health and safety in the workplace. ZCTU attracted crowds throughout Zimba [...] | 2004-05-04 12:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE767 | RBZ Governor Addresses U.S. Firms [...] (U) Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono met May 6 with 30 representatives from U.S. multinationals. He offered few insights beyond his April 21 policy statement, but underscored RBZ vigilance in policing commercial activity. End Summary. 2. (U) In this session organized by th [...] | 2004-05-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV PTER ZI |
04HARARE80 | ECONET IN CLEAR FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Econet's local chief executive Douglas Mboweni told poloff on January 12 that the telecommunications firm had yet to hear a word from the GOZ about government media press reports suggesting it was in danger of losing its cellular phone system operating license (reftel). Company represe [...] | 2004-01-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE831 | RBZ laughs at GOZ crop forecasts [...] (SBU) Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono says he has confronted Agriculture Minister Joseph Made over his optimistic forecast of a 2.4 million m/t maize harvest. The Governor alleges other cabinet officials, such as Security Minister Nicolas Goche and acting Finance Minister Her [...] | 2004-05-18 05:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV PTER ZI |
04HARARE849 | Can Black and White Farmers Join Forces? [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's mostly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and mostly black Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) have been holding informal discussions that could - one day - lead to a merger. Although there is much on both sides that might sidetrack this process, it could pr [...] | 2004-05-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE858 | ZANU-PF STAGES DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MDC MP ROY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 20, ZANU-PF staged a demonstration in downtown Harare against MDC MP Roy Bennett. The demonstration came two days after Bennett assaulted Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa in Parliament when the latter commented on the government seizure of Bennett's farm. END SUMMARY [...] | 2004-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC |
04HARARE862 | More GOZ Infighting on Land Issue [...] (SBU) Summary: GOZ bickering over land reform has intensified over the past week, pitting hardliners against moderates. End summary. The Daily Herald Barrage ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Publicly, this wrangle has taken the form of attacks from the GOZ's daily Herald on Lands, Land R [...] | 2004-05-24 05:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE864 | ZFTU- There's no there, there [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) is a ZANU-PF shell union seeking to undermine Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). End Summary. 2. (SBU) ZCTU is a strong civil society voice for workers rights. Its advocacy and support for the opposition Movement for Dem [...] | 2004-05-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZANU PF ZCTU |
04HARARE865 | Tripartite National Forum Falters [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) refuses to restart Tripartite National Forum (TNF) talks due to GOZ's prior bad faith negotiation. ZCTU also refuses to join Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's advisory panel for the same reasons. End Summary ------------------------ [...] | 2004-05-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE909 | Zim economy keeps tumbling [...] (SBU) Summary: Six months on the job, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has transformed the GOZ's style of economic management. Still, Gono has not substantially tempered the GOZ's two most damaging economic obsessions: a) an overvalued local currency and b) excessive government taxati [...] | 2004-06-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE912 | Black farmer group reacts to white overtures [...] (SBU) Summary: With pressures from Zimbabwe's next parliamentary elections mounting, the mostly black Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) told us it would have to reach a break-though in talks with the mostly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in the next month or so, or wait until af [...] | 2004-06-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE984 | GOZ FANTASY STATS [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 10 edition of the GOZ-controlled Herald reports that exports increased in 2003 over 2002 despite all signs to the contrary. End summary. 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe Central Statistics Office (CSO) reports that Zimbabwe exports rose in 2003 to hit $2.3 trillion, or ov [...] | 2004-06-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE988 | GOZ SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER NEWSPAPER, COMMENCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Media and Information Commission (MIC) on June 10 cancelled the registration of The Tribune newspaper (owned by a ruling party MP),purportedly over violations of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The GOZ on June 9 commenced its prosecution of [...] | 2004-06-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM EINV ZI |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1002 | ACTIVIST NGUYEN DAN QUE SENTENCED [...] (U) On July 29, a HCMC criminal court sentenced prominent activist Nguyen Dan Que to 30 months imprisonment for "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State." Que was originally charged with the much more serious charge of "espionage" after calling for political and [...] | 2004-07-30 00:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1024 | (SBU) DPRK REFUGEE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" RUNS THROUGH [...] (SBU) We met August 3 with a counterpart at the ROK Consulate in HCMC to follow up on press reports that the four hundred and fifty North Korean refugees that defected recently to South Korea did so via HCMC. (On July 27 and July 28, 450 North Koreans refugees arrived in Seoul, the single lar [...] | 2004-08-05 01:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KS KN CH VM DPRK |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1060 | POLITBURO MEMBER WELCOMES CG: GOVERNMENT WORKINGS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an initial courtesy call Consul General Winnick asked Secretary Triet about the relationship between the Communist Party and the legislative assemblies; the role of the Politburo in Vietnamese government, and preparations and expectations for the Tenth Party Congress. On the [...] | 2004-08-17 11:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP SOCI VM DPOL |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1074 | VIETNAM DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently-released dissident, Tran Van Khue, and Ms. Tam Van, the wife of jailed activist Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, told us that Vietnam remains far from meeting international human rights standards, particularly in areas such as freedom of association and expression. Despite the inju [...] | 2004-08-19 11:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1077 | GVN LAUNCHES MASSIVE AGENT ORANGE MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BUT FEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam has launched a vigorous media campaign to whip up support for the Agent Orange lawsuit in a New York Federal Court, but our contacts and (wo)man on the street in Ho Chi Minh City remain largely unmoved, tending to be more preoccupied with quality of li [...] | 2004-08-20 00:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL SENV OPRC VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1108 | Detentions/Mistreatment of Amcits Strongly [...] (SBU) On August 17, DPO and consular chief called on Le Hung Quoc, First Vice Director of HCMC's External Relations Office (ERO),to deliver a diplomatic note protesting the recent detention and abuse of five Amcits (refs A-C),the GVN's failure to notify the USG of the detentions, and the att [...] | 2004-08-30 11:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1123 | PASTOR REPORTED DETAINED ON CAMBODIAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Embassy and Congen have received reports over the last few days that Pastor Tran Mai was detained on August 29 while attempting to enter Vietnam from Cambodia in the border town of Chau Doc, An Giang province. Pastor Mai is a leader of the Inter-Evangelistic Movement in Ho Chi Minh City [...] | 2004-09-01 12:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1128 | MEKONG DELTA CAPITAL SEEKS NATIONAL ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Can Tho, the commercial center of Vietnam's fertile Mekong Delta, wants to break out of its role as a provincial capital and establish itself on the national and international stage. While participating in a trade fair opening led by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Econoff saw [...] | 2004-09-06 23:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL ETRD EFIS EAGR VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1129 | VIETNAMESE PASTOR TRAN MAI RELEASED FROM DETENTION [...] (SBU) We spoke with Pastor Tran Mai, at home and in good health on September 7, and confirmed his release on September 6 after eight days detention. The pastor said he was unclear as to why he was detained at the Cambodia/Vietnam border on August 29 (ref a). He stated that, as on previous occa [...] | 2004-09-07 11:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1140 | STAFFDEL JANNUZI FOCUSES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Central Highland Province of Pleiku September 2 to 4, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffer Jannuzi focused on religious freedom issues, particularly among the region's ethnic minorities. The response of local GVN officials to Jannuzi's call for great [...] | 2004-09-09 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1173 | SFRC STAFFER FOCUSES ON PLIGHT OF VIETNAM'S CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Paternalism, racism, bureaucratic ineptitude, communist orthodoxy, economic and educational marginalization, and war legacy issues were all on display when SFRC staffer Frank Jannuzi assessed the status of ethnic minorities -- Montagnards -- in the Central Highlands province of [...] | 2004-09-17 07:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1204 | SUBDUED REACTION TO IRF REPORT IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and official reaction in Southern Vietnam to the decision to designate Vietnam a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) has been muted. While the HCMC press faithfully carried Hanoi-issued editorials on CPC, there was no "piling on," i.e., no effort to supplement wi [...] | 2004-09-24 12:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PROP OPRC VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1238 | VIETNAM ADOPTIONS BASELINE STUDY -- Danang [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen HCMC extended its baseline study of Vietnamese orphanages to Danang during a recent visit by CG and Consulate team. We found that one Danang orphanage has continued to receive funding from an American adoption agency, despite the suspension of adoptions and in return is [...] | 2004-10-05 11:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS KFRD KOCI VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1240 | RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN DANANG [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Danang September 30 and October 1, religious leaders from GVN-recognized Catholic and Protestant denominations painted a picture of provincial leadership that is tolerant of organized religion. While bemoaning their lack of "complete religious freedom," they t [...] | 2004-10-05 12:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1246 | EB PDAS DONNELLY MEETS WITH HCMC TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 29 visit to Ho Chi Minh City, EB Bureau PDAS Donnelly met representatives of Vietnam's textile and apparel industry to discuss Vietnam's competitiveness following expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and Vietnam's bid for WTO acces [...] | 2004-10-07 04:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV KTEX VM WTO |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1258 | RECURRENCE OF AVIAN FLU IN VIETNAM - WHERE'S THE CHICKEN? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both price and availability of poultry in southern Vietnam declined sharply during a five-month period following the March outbreak of avian flu, despite government efforts to reassure the public that avian flu is "under control." Vietnam has not replenished stocks of poultry a [...] | 2004-10-08 03:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV PGOV SOCI VM AFLU |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1270 | DANANG - WAITING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO PAY OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Consulate visit to Danang led by the CG highlighted the city's eagerness to serve as a gateway to Central Vietnam and mainland Southeast Asia. City leaders have boosted infrastructure investment, developing roads and a deep-sea port; now they are hoping their efforts will pay [...] | 2004-10-08 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI VM ASEAN LABOR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1302 | VIETNAM: WAITING FOR A BIOTECH POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam may be close to adopting a policy that would allow it to use biotechnology to increase agricultural output and to improve the health of its citizens. Vietnam's position at a biotech crossroads was highlighted during the recent visit of plant biotechnology expert Dr. C.S [...] | 2004-10-18 10:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1308 | AMCIT PASTOR AND 17 HMONG DETAINED IN RELIGIOUS TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: HCMC authorities on October 11 detained two Protestant pastors, one of whom was an American citizen, and 17 ethnic Hmong Protestant deacons from Northern Vietnam attending a Bible training class at a private house in HCMC. Police told the participants their meeting was illegal. [...] | 2004-10-19 12:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CASC SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1321 | (SBU) PESONNEL CHANGES IN VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Personnel shifts within the Communist Party in Southern Vietnam indicate that jockeying for position ahead of the party's 10th Congress in 2006 is underway. A contact close to the Party told us that the Party's Central Committee had begun to consider who might succeed Prime M [...] | 2004-10-21 11:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI VM DPOL |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1359 | KHANH HOA PROVINCE: DELAYED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Khanh Hoa Province on Vietnam's central coast is attempting a development strategy based on tourism, seafood and maritime transport. Geography, natural resources, and workforce give the province excellent development potential and some infrastructure investment is underway. However, a [...] | 2004-10-27 11:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO VM SOE HIV AIDS RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1383 | FORMER PM VO VAN KIET ON U.S. TIES, WTO, ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform policy and an informal advisor to the GVN and the Party, stressed to the Consul General October 30 that Vietnam is on the verge of eliminating the last vestiges of its central planning system, div [...] | 2004-11-04 07:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAID EFIN ETRD VM WTO SOE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1386 | CONTROVERSIAL KONTUM PASTOR FANS RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY [...] (U) On November 4 post received from EAP/BCLTV an electronic copy of letter from Kon Tum Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh dated October 26 containing two highly inflammatory allegations: -- in late September, Kon Tum provincial police detained and tortured seven new converts for three days [...] | 2004-11-04 13:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1388 | GVN AND HCMC RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSULT ON NEW LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: GVN officials in Ho Chi Minh City are in the process of consulting with the religious community in southern Vietnam on new draft implementation guidelines for Vietnam's new religious ordinance. These officials are also making overtures to Vietnam's evangelical Protes [...] | 2004-11-05 00:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1400 | MONTAGNARDS, RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for the South Vo Viet Thanh told the Consul General that the GVN wants U.S. support to solve the problem of ethnic Montagnards in the Central Highlands fleeing to Cambodia. He suggested that Vietnam could establish an "in-country" program s [...] | 2004-11-09 11:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1403 | SAIGONTOURIST: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE SYNDROME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the largest tourism companies in Vietnam, HCMC-based Saigontourist is struggling to develop its tourism business to attract foreign visitors in particular. Saigontourist owns or has an interest in 70 hotels all over Vietnam and employs 15,000 people, but its General Direc [...] | 2004-11-09 11:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV VM SOE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1404 | NGUYEN CAO KY VISITS HCMC AGAIN - ADVISING THE GVN? [...] (SBU) Summary: We met November 9 in HCMC with former Vice President of the Republic of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky, who made headlines with a well-publicized reconciliation visit to Vietnam in January 2004. Ky told us he was back on a "quiet working visit" to engage the GVN on Viet Kieu reco [...] | 2004-11-09 12:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL ECON VM HUMANR ETMIN CVR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1422 | CONTROVERSIAL VIETNAMESE MENNONITE PASTOR CONVICTED IN [...] (SBU) According to Pham Dinh Nhan (strictly protect),a leader of the Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship (VEF),an association of house church groups, in a trial the morning of November 12, the HCMC Criminal Court sentenced controversial Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang to three years imprisonme [...] | 2004-11-12 10:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1464 | RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF DAK LAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are keeping a tight lid on religious activities, particularly in the Protestant community. According to GVN- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam, only 4,300 of 125,000 believers worship in "official" churches; [...] | 2004-11-23 12:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF PHUM VM KREF HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1468 | DAS DUGAN VISITS UBCV BUDDHIST LEADER IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Thich Quang Do, Secretary General of the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) told DRL DAS Elizabeth Dugan that he strongly opposes the GVN communist government. In his first meeting with USG officials since he was placed under de facto "pagoda arrest" in October [...] | 2004-11-24 09:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY147 | GVN DECREE ON NORMALIZATION OF PROTESTANTISM IN THE [...] (SBU) A December decree from the GVN National Committee on Religious Affairs, provided to ConGen by the Dak Lak province Representative Board of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),promised new steps to "normalize" the operation of Protestant churches in the Central Highlands. [...] | 2004-02-13 09:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1482 | AMBASSADOR VISITS UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),at Quy Nhon General Hospital November 21. Thich Huyen Quang confirmed that he remains under unofficial pagoda arrest, although local officials arranged [...] | 2004-11-26 08:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1491 | ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLAND DAK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak appears to be following Hanoi's directives to improve the economic and educational status of ethnic minorities. Discrimination and a plantation economy have left the ethnic minorities poor and disenfranchised. Provincial officials clai [...] | 2004-11-30 10:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV PREF KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1493 | DAK LAK PROVINCE - CONTROL INHIBITS GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local leaders in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak loathe to relinquish economic control are missing the chance for growth in tourism, industry and agriculture. Agriculture, the mainstay of Dak Lak's economy, has been hit by falling world coffee prices and drought. State [...] | 2004-12-01 01:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM VM SOE ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1494 | DRL DAS DUGAN IN HCMC: HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION, WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious leaders and human rights dissidents told DRL DAS Dugan that despite strict GVN controls, they have seen improvement in human rights and religious freedom. They welcomed continued pressure on Vietnam but cautioned against sanctions. Recognized religious groups planned [...] | 2004-12-01 04:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PREF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1528 | VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN ECONOMIC TRIANGLE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and ConGen team traveled to Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to examine the two provinces' economic performance that is double the national average. Local officials credit their economic success to 1990's policy decisions creating the southern economic zones. I [...] | 2004-12-13 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM PHUM KIRF SOE RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY153 | CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGION IN VIETNAM: MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Local religious leaders offered up fewer specific complaints of violent or coercive acts of religious oppression and called for greater activism during meetings with a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in January. While some government offici [...] | 2004-02-13 11:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1554 | SHRIMP, DEVELOPMENT AND MINORITY RIGHTS IN SOC [...] (SBU) Shrimp farming in the coastal Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is driving economic growth and poverty eradication. Beneficiaries include the large ethnic Khmer minority. Reports from exile groups of disenfranchisement and oppression of the Khmer appear out of date. The GVN began a l [...] | 2004-12-17 03:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREL SOCI PHUM PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR HIV AIDS |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1575 | SHRIMP AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern Mekong Delta is one of the fastest growing regions in Vietnam, driven by its expanding aquaculture industry. With USDOC's recent announcement of lowered U.S. dumping duties on shrimp, a barrier to growth has been lowered. However, increased resources are needed t [...] | 2004-12-21 09:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1581 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OPEN TO U.S. AID [...] (U) This is a Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi joint reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An ECON HCMC-Hanoi and USAID visit to the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum revealed the area's economic and development situation is particularly desperate, even compared with its impoverished Central Highl [...] | 2004-12-22 11:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM SOE ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1582 | HCMC ECONOMIC LEADERS REPORT 2004 PROGRESS, LISTEN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) government leaders for the third straight year reported to the foreign business community on the city's annual progress in achieving economic and development goals. The leaders then listened as their audience articulated difficulties foreign businesses e [...] | 2004-12-22 11:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND ELTN PINR VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1590 | CHRISTMAS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to contacts in the Catholic and Protestant communities, Christmas services in the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kontum were numerous and peaceful, although under heavy police and military scrutiny. In contrast, Protestant services in Dak Lak province were [...] | 2004-12-28 10:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV PREF KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY196 | TRAFFICKING RETURNEES IN AN GIANG UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Giang province's program to help trafficking returnees resettle has met with mixed success, according to provincial officials. The NGO-supported project, working in conjunction with the provincial Women's Union and the Ho Chi Minh City-based Little Rose Shelter, has so far [...] | 2004-02-26 13:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SOCI PGOV SMIG VM TIP |
04HOCHIMINHCITY210 | MORE FRIEND THAN FOE? THE CHAM MUSLIMS OF AN GIANG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Giang Province's small ethnic minority Cham Muslims expressed delight at U.S. interest in them and a willingness to meet again. Poloff informally visited three Cham Muslim mosques on February 20, 2004, meeting with lay followers and one Imam. The Cham shared current inform [...] | 2004-03-02 09:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM KIRF RELFREE ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY226 | AMERICAN BUSINESS REPS IN HO CHI MINH CITY LOVE BTA, HATE [...] (SBU) During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City on February 17-18, Staff Director for the Senate Appropriations Committee James Morhard met a group of American businesspeople resident in Ho Chi Minh City. They reviewed their challenges and successes here in Vietnam and raised concerns about the fu [...] | 2004-03-04 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ECON EPET ETRD KTEX OREP BTA |
04HOCHIMINHCITY232 | LATEST CLAIMS OF "RELIGIOUS OPPRESSION" DON'T WASH [...] (SBU) On March 4, ConGen received information from U.S.-based sources that Vietnamese public security officers had surrounded the home of Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang in District 2 of HCMC, at 16:15 local time on March 2. The security officials were alleged to have ordered everyone who w [...] | 2004-03-05 10:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY252 | HOW NOW HOA HAO? RELIGION IN AN GIANG PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leadership of the government-recognized Hoa Hao Administrative Council (HHAC) provided a predictably positive report on the condition of the indigenous Hoa Hao faith in Vietnam, during PolOff's recent visit to An Giang Province. The HHAC, recognized by the GVN in 1999, was [...] | 2004-03-09 09:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY255 | HO CHI MINH CITY OPENS THE DOOR TO CATHOLIC CHARITABLE [...] (SBU) In a small dinner on March 1 at his 100-year-old residence, Cardinal Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of HCMC, told the Consul General that he had just received a letter from Ho Chi Minh City authorities seeking assistance in dealing with the growing HIV/AIDS problem. The letter, signed by the [...] | 2004-03-09 13:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HIV AIDS RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY303 | CLAIMS OF CHURCH CLOSURES AND BEATINGS IN CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: Protestant sources reported that while the overall religious situation in the Central Highlands was still showing signs of improvement, as evidenced by six new ordinations, additional cases of house church closures, destruction of church properties, and arrests and beatings of tho [...] | 2004-03-18 09:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY315 | LETTERS FROM HOA HAO DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Leading HCMC-based Hoa Hao "dissident" Tran Huu Duyen recently provided Post with two letters detailing his views on the status of religious freedom and the Hoa Hao. One letter was addressed to the Consulate General and one to Congress. While few of his points are new, they pro [...] | 2004-03-22 13:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY336 | FORMER UBCV MONK THICH TRI LUC: RELIEVED AT HIS RELEASE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Pham Van Tuong (protect),formerly known as Thich Tri Luc, met with CG and ConGenoffs for two hours on March 30, 2004, four days after his release from prison. The former monk from the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) appeared to be in good physical and mental c [...] | 2004-03-31 00:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY343 | REPORTS OF HOUSE CHURCH CLOSINGS, BEATINGS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Three new Protestant contacts, introduced by a trusted HCMC-based source, shared information on several recent incidents in Kon Tum and Quang Ngai provinces with Poloff in two meetings in HCMC on March 31. At the first meeting, two lay pastors provided firsthand accounts of hou [...] | 2004-04-01 12:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY367 | IN VIETNAM, THE GOVERNMENT IS MICROSOFT'S FIRST TARGET [...] (U) With a software piracy rate estimated at 95 percent by the Business Software Alliance, there is no shortage of targets in Vietnam for IPR protection efforts. Microsoft executives tell ConGen that it will focus on getting the GVN and multi-national corporations to use licensed software. M [...] | 2004-04-05 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM KIPR ECON ETRD |
04HOCHIMINHCITY374 | A KINDERGARTEN FOR CAN GIO: THE U.S. NAVY CONNECTS WITH [...] (SBU) On March 14, 2004, Consul General participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a kindergarten built with the assistance of the U.S. Navy and funding from a U.S. NGO. Ground was first broken on this project back in November 2003, during a port call to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) by the U [...] | 2004-04-07 03:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV SOCI PREL VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY391 | REPORTS OF ETHNIC UNREST IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) The Consulate General has received credible reports of ethnic unrest in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak. According to several reliable second-hand sources, groups of ethnic Ede began moving into the provincial capital of Buon Me Thuot early on the morning of Saturday, April 10. [...] | 2004-04-10 07:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY401 | MONTAGNARDS PROTEST IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OVER EASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen HCMC has spoken with numerous sources in Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands regarding reports of violence during demonstrations by ethnic minority residents ("Montagnards") of Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces. The demonstrations began early on the morning of Saturda [...] | 2004-04-12 12:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY406 | MFA IN HCMC ASSURES CONGEN SITUATION IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Le Hung Quoc, Senior Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO),downplayed reports of widespread protests and high casualty numbers in the Central Highlands (refs A and B) during a meeting with Acting Consul General on April 13, assuring her tha [...] | 2004-04-13 14:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY45 | PASTOR BUI VAN BA TO STAND TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ho Chi Minh City District 11 People's Court will try Pastor Bui Van Ba on the morning of January 13, 2004. Pastor Ba, of the Full Gospel Assembly, is charged with assaulting a police officer in the course of his duties. The charge stems from an August 18, 2003, altercati [...] | 2004-01-09 11:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY505 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM: HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held technical talks in Hanoi with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) program, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting certain category eligibility under the orderly departure [...] | 2004-04-22 12:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY507 | HCMC ERO BRIEFS FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ON THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a briefing for the Consular Corps on April 20, Director Le Quoc Hung of the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO -- the southern branch office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) blamed "extremist elements" inside and outside of Vietnam for demonstrations that turn [...] | 2004-04-23 03:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV PREF SOCI SCUL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY510 | PROTESTANTS CRITICIZE MFI ROLE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite continued assertions from Human Rights Watch, the Transnational Radical Party, Montagnard Foundation, Inc. (MFI) and various other groups that police and military units brutally beat, raped, killed and arrested ethnic minority demonstrators in the Central Highlands durin [...] | 2004-04-23 18:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY572 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UBCV LEADER THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-30 00:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY573 | EMBASSY/CONGEN TEAM VISITS DAK LAK, ASSESSES EXTENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen poloffs discovered more questions than answers concerning reports of recent ethnic unrest (refs A and B),during an April 26-27 trip through the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. While everyone from government officials to some of the protesters themselv [...] | 2004-04-30 00:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY673 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MAKES SLOW PROGRESS IN HUE [...] (SBU) Both religious leaders and government officials in Thua Thien-Hue Province expressed a generally positive outlook on religious freedom during recent official meetings. However, Embassy and Consulate General officers were prevented from making unannounced visits to dissident Buddhist and [...] | 2004-05-18 00:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY750 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...] | 2004-06-02 13:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY751 | HO CHI MINH CITY BUDDHISTS (OFFICIAL AND UN-) MARK [...] (U) Several thousand Buddhist believers joined hundreds of Buddhist monks and nuns at a June 1 dawn celebration of the 2548th anniversary of the Buddha's birth. The event featured speeches by various leaders of the government recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and local government offici [...] | 2004-06-03 01:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY752 | PROTESTANT S0URCE DISCUSSES CENTRAL HIGHLANDS UNREST AND [...] (SBU) In a May 28 meeting with the Consul General, a reliable Protestant source reported that the April 10-11 Easter weekend unrest in the Central Highlands had resulted in the deaths of 10 ethnic minority persons in Gia Lai Province and another 190 in Dak Lak Province -- contrary to GVN claims [...] | 2004-06-03 01:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY758 | LEGAL PROTESTANTS SEE MOVEMENT ON SEMINARY, NEW CHURCHES [...] (SBU) Several members of the Executive Board of the government- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) told the Ambassador they were moving ahead with plans for construction of a new seminary campus during a meeting last month at their offices in HCMC. The Protestant leaders [...] | 2004-06-04 13:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY76 | CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM: CATHOLICS [...] (U) Dr. Scott Flipse, senior policy analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) traveled through Hanoi, Hue, the Central Highlands, and Ho Chi Minh City on an official fact-finding mission from January 7-16. He was joined by Mr. George Phillips, from the office o [...] | 2004-01-28 00:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY767 | RSO HO CHI MINH CITY MEETS WITH LOCAL MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 6, 2004 AT 18:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY (MPS) TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POSSIBLE TERRORIST SUSPECT SIGHTING(S) OF FAHID MOHAMMED ALLY MSALAM IN HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC). THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AT A COFFEE SHOP NEAR THE CONSULATE GENERAL (CONGEN) [...] | 2004-06-05 08:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY789 | WELL KNOWN MENNONITE PASTOR DETAINED IN HCMC [...] (SBU) On the evening of June 8, ConGen HCMC received information from several reliable Protestant contacts that police in HCMC had "arrested" Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang at his home in District 2. This followed earlier reports that police were searching the home, which doubles as an un [...] | 2004-06-09 13:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV SCUL PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY796 | LOCAL PROTESTANTS TAKE CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO MENNONITE [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen followed up with several local Protestant leaders on June 10, to obtain additional details on the June 8 detention of Mennonite pastor Nguyen Hong Quang (ref A) in HCMC. ConGen also obtained a copy of an official "announcement" of the arrest, which the District 2 police [...] | 2004-06-12 10:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY824 | FORMER UBCV MONK TO PURSUE IMMIGRANT VISA AFTER [...] (SBU) Mr. Pham Van Tuong, formerly known as Thich Tri Luc while still a monk with the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, has confirmed that he is now scheduled to depart Vietnam on June 22 under UNHCR auspices for resettlement in Sweden. He will travel with his wife and child. Mr. Tuo [...] | 2004-06-18 13:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CVIS PREF SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY84 | CIRFDEL/STAFFDEL GROVE SURVEY RELIGION IN VIETNAM: [...] (SBU) The religious situation for Protestants in Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces has seen some real improvements in the last three months, according to both government officials and Protestant leaders who met with two USG delegations in early January. Official registrations for new Protestant ch [...] | 2004-01-28 12:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY870 | HCMC RELIGION COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DETAINED MENNONITE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, ranking officials from the HCMC Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) met with Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship (VEF) leader Pham Dinh Nhan (please protect) to admonish him over his activities on behalf of detained Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and, more general [...] | 2004-07-01 01:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV SCUL PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY873 | RECENT NGO STATEMENTS ON DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST KHUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has spoken separately with the wife and two of the adult children (strictly protect) of detained democracy activist Tran Khue over the past two weeks, to follow up on a recent report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) concerning the status of his case. While t [...] | 2004-07-01 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY917 | DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST TRAN KHUE SENTENCED TO TWENTY MONTHS [...] (SBU) The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court convicted detained democracy activist Tran Khue of violating administrative detention and abusing democracy and freedom to undermine national interests on July 9th. Khue was sentenced to 19 months, with credit for 18 months and nine days time served. [...] | 2004-07-12 04:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL SCUL VM HUMANR |
04ISTANBUL1249 | TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATION URGES HALT TO WORK [...] (sbu) Immediately following the August 2 murder of Murat Yuce, a former Turkish trucker who had been held hostage in Iraq, Turkey's largest transporters' association released a statement calling on its members to halt work on all U.S. military contracts in Iraq. The non-binding statement may [...] | 2004-08-09 07:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU |
04ISTANBUL1346 | ISTANBUL'S JULY VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES MEETING: [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry participants in the July 23 Istanbul voluntary principles meeting tell us that while they are "interested in and supportive in principle" of the initiative, it is unworkable unless Russian oil companies also participate. They also stressed that while consideration of [...] | 2004-08-27 03:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL EINV SENV TU |
04ISTANBUL136 | ISTANBUL ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met January 14 with Human Resource Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural in Istanbul to get an update on TIP programs and efforts to put together a shelter for trafficked women. To date, the GoT has offered no funding for a separate shelter for tr [...] | 2004-01-22 10:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM TU |
04ISTANBUL1371 | ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite positive international and domestic developments, including the Turkish government's recognition of the need for a new stand-by agreement for the 2005-2007 period, Turkish markets have remained range-bound in recent weeks. Many analysts attribute the markets' failure t [...] | 2004-09-01 11:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL1484 | A MARINER'S VIEW OF THE TURKISH STRAITS [...] (U) In meetings with Consulate and Embassy officers last week, British Petroleum maritime consultant Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan provided a mariner's view of the issues the Turkish straits pose for transiting oil tankers. Morgan, who accompanied a BP Suezmax tanker through the straits [...] | 2004-09-29 10:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ENRG ECON SENV TU |
04ISTANBUL1488 | TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS OUTLINE CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Turkey's two leading transporters associations told us in meetings this week that their members perceive a deteriorating security situation in Iraq, with problems now reaching as far as Mosul in the north. They also continue to see serious problems with the [...] | 2004-10-04 03:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU |
04ISTANBUL1558 | CUKUROVA FAILS TO COME THROUGH AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's stock market was shaken Tuesday as it absorbed news that the Cukurova Group had again missed the deadline for completion of the first payment under its early payment plan with the Turkish Savings Deposit Fund (SDIF). The ISE-100 dropped 2.15 percent Tuesday as a resul [...] | 2004-10-15 06:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL1575 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE FOCUSES ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the October 7 hand grenade attack on the compound of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Fener, Consulate security personnel have worked closely with officials there to provide security advice. The Patriarchate's chief administrative officer, Chancellor Theoliptos, express [...] | 2004-10-19 07:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
04ISTANBUL1624 | TURKEY AND THE EU: HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sessions at last week's Istanbul conference of Europe's Green Party highlighted Turkey's hopes and aspirations to gain a date for the beginning of accession negotiations, but also lingering sensitivities about perceived EU discrimination against Turkey and local discomfort abou [...] | 2004-10-28 08:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
04ISTANBUL1716 | SECURITY AND PAYMENT HEAD LIST OF TURKISH BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A range of Turkish companies active in Iraq outlined their main concerns in a November 5 meeting with Turkey Caucus co-chair Representative Ed Whitfield. Security and payment issues headed the list, with companies reporting not just serious problems in ensuring the safe delivery [...] | 2004-11-18 08:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG MOPS PREL PTER TU |
04ISTANBUL1728 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS FOCUS ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings the week of November 8, Istanbul business leaders told visiting State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel that they are optimistic both about Turkey's [...] | 2004-11-19 07:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TU |
04ISTANBUL1751 | VIEWS FROM IZMIR ON IRAQ, EU MEMBERSHIP, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Izmir business and religious leaders, NGOs and a journalist shared their views on human rights, Iraq, Turkey's EU membership and religious issues November 12 with Izmir liaison officer. The Izmir branches of the Human Rights Foundation and the Bar Association, both involved with [...] | 2004-11-24 03:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL1804 | CRITICISM OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ PERVADES BMNEAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Linkage of the BMENAI with U.S. policy in Iraq was a common theme of speakers at a Cultural Initiative Symposium on the Greater Middle East and North Africa Project (BMENAI) in Istanbul in November. A wide range of Turkish academics, former GOT officials, and European diplomats [...] | 2004-12-06 08:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU IZ PREL KPAO KMPI |
04ISTANBUL1807 | TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...] | 2004-12-06 11:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TU |
04ISTANBUL1819 | ISTANBUL PROTESTANTS CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: While acknowledging that the environment for religious minorities in Turkey has significantly improved over the past several years, leaders of several Istanbul Protestant churches claim that they continue to face legal hurdles and cultural prejudice in their activities. Because [...] | 2004-12-08 02:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1821 | MEETING WITH KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) P/E Chief and Consular Section Chief met on December 7 with H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading Company Managing Director Sadan Kaptanoglu and other company executives to review Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the company. While reiterating that th [...] | 2004-12-08 04:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL KFRD TU |
04ISTANBUL190 | ISTANBUL EMPLOYERS' MUTED REACTION TO TURKEY'S [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent decision of the Turkish government to increase Turkey's minimum wage by 38 percent, while also raising pensions by 21 percent, has sparked strong criticism in financial circles, but only a muted reac [...] | 2004-01-30 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1953 | ISTANBUL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS STREET CHILDREN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Pickpocketing incidents, particularly those involving cellular telephones, have risen sharply throughout Turkey in 2004, with the highest jump in Istanbul. National attention following an incident leading to the death of a student in Istanbul in November prompted the formation [...] | 2004-12-30 06:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC TU |
04ISTANBUL262 | BOSPHORUS DELAYS EASE BUT ISSUES REMAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shipping delays on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits have eased in recent days but the war of words surrounding the issue continues. Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft strongly criticized Turkish [...] | 2004-02-20 11:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV EWWT TU |
04ISTANBUL266 | CHALDEANS LEAVING IRAQ THROUGH ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A significant number of Chaldean-Iraqis have left Iraq, and are currently taking refuge in Istanbul. Estimates vary on the size of the group, with Turkey's de facto Chaldean leader estimating 4,600, while Catholic relief Charity Caritas thinks around 1,500 refugees may currently [...] | 2004-02-20 12:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL276 | ZORLU CFO OUTLINES THE GROUP'S TUPRAS PLANS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with Econoff, Zorlu Group Chief Financial Officer Cem Koksal outlined the group's strategy for completion of the purchase of the Turkish refiner Tupras, predicting agreement with Turke [...] | 2004-02-24 12:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL356 | EXECUTIVES HIGHLIGHT BUOYANT STOCK MARKET BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Edelman on February 26, executives at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) focused on two extremes of Turkey's current economic performance: the buoyant stock market, which has risen 80 percent over the last ye [...] | 2004-03-08 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL374 | FUROR OVER ATATURK'S DAUGHTER'S ARMENIAN ANCESTRY [...] (sbu) Summary: Recent claims reported in two Turkish newspapers that the late Sabiha Gokcen -- Ataturk's adopted daughter and Turkey's first female pilot -- was Armenian have exposed an ugly streak of racism in Turkish society. The reports led a number of prominent figures to make racist rema [...] | 2004-03-10 12:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL381 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH APPOINTS NON-TURKS TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to ensure the viability of his institution in the face of the declining Orthodox community in Turkey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, first among equals in the Orthodox world, appointed six non-Turkish citizen metropolitans to the church's Holy Synod. The twel [...] | 2004-03-11 12:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL402 | ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...] | 2004-03-17 13:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL403 | "HONOR KILLING" SHOCKS ISTANBUL, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (u) Summary: The tragic murder of 22-year old Guldunya Toren on February 26 by two of her brothers at a Bakirkoy district hospital shocked Istanbul, captured several days of media coverage, and highlighted the fact that the tradition of "honor killings" remains deep-set, even in Turkey's most [...] | 2004-03-17 13:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL432 | TERROR STRIKES ISTANBUL MASONIC LODGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, a botched suicide attack against an Istanbul Masonic lodge left 2 dead and 7 wounded (reftel). Investigations continue, but police statements and assorted press reports suggest that there may have been a network of planners and accomplices, as well as connections to [...] | 2004-03-22 07:29:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL530 | GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE: YOUNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH A GROUP OF ISTANBUL ACADEMICS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAUGE REACTIONS OF INFORMED INTERLOCUTORS TO THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE. SEVERAL WARNED OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND OTHERS WONDERED IF THE PROPOSED COMMITMENT COULD BE SUSTAI [...] | 2004-04-06 11:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM KMPI XF TU |
04ISTANBUL789 | TRUCKING INTO THE EU...VIA CYPRUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of Turkish truckers were stopped for days at several EU border crossings on May 1 when European customs officials insisted that they present insurance cards valid in Cyprus. Although the crisis was resolved by issuing replacement insurance cards, Turkish truckers and [...] | 2004-05-17 04:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD GR PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL868 | RELIGIOUS MINORITIES STILL FACE DIFFICULTIES IN [...] (U) Summary: Prime Ministry human rights Director Vahit Bicak offered an upbeat assessment of Turkey's progress in addressing religious minority foundations' legal issues at a May 15 NGO-organized symposium. Nonetheless, religious minority foundations stressed that they still face serious [...] | 2004-06-03 08:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU PHUM |
04ISTANBUL891 | TURKEY RAISES NORTHERN CYPRUS AVIATION LINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation reviewed the bilateral transportation relationship with Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim in a full day of meetings in Istanbul on Monday, May 24. Yildirim took the opportunity to press for t [...] | 2004-06-08 09:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL TU CY |
04ISTANBUL90 | LATE OFFER MUDDIES TUPRAS PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish analysts are reacting positively today to yesterday's announcement that the highest bid for privatization of two-thirds of the state refinery Tupras came in at 1.3 billion USD. While the press has been critical of the offer, the bid values the overall company at 2 billi [...] | 2004-01-14 15:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TU |
04KATHMANDU1030 | NEPALI MAOIST COMMANDER IMPLICATED IN MURDERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Nepali press reports, Indian police in Patna, Bihar have arrested 12 Nepali Maoists, including several Central Committee members. Among those reportedly arrested is Kumar Dahal (a.k.a. "Bijay"),the head of the Maoists' Kathmandu Valley Special Regional Bureau. [...] | 2004-06-04 02:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KCRM CJAN NP IN |
04KATHMANDU105 | NEPAL'S NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO INDIA [...] His Majesty's Government of Nepal (GON) announced the appointment of Karna Dhoj Adhikari as its Ambassador to India on December 12, 2003. Ambassador-designate Adhikari will replace acting Nepali CDA Pradeep Khatiwata, who has been GON's representative since Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa retur [...] | 2004-01-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU121 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY BICKERING CONTINUES DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's political parties, like the King, continue to talk about how best to restore democracy in the kingdom, but persistently resist working together. On January 14, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) party published a political "roadmap" that c [...] | 2004-01-16 08:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1260 | NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL 12 POLICE, 1 CIVILIAN NEAR [...] According to Nepal Police sources, at about 3:30 am local time on July 5, Maoist insurgents detonated a landmine along Padam Road, 10 km west of Birgunj in Parsa district. The explosion was timed to damage a pick-up truck carrying 12 Nepal police personnel and a civilian. All 13 were killed [...] | 2004-07-07 03:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1406 | NEPAL: CORRUPTION CONVICTION AGAINST FORMER [...] (U) On July 22, the Special Court convicted Chiranjivi Wagle, former deputy prime minister and Central Committee member of Prime Minister Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) party, on corruption charges. The court sentenced him to two and a half years in jail, a fine of NRs. 27.2 million (ap [...] | 2004-07-23 08:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KCRM NP |
04KATHMANDU1551 | NEPAL: SMALL CLASH BETWEEN BHUTANESE REFUGEES AND [...] (SBU) According to press reports, UNHCR staff and refugees, a fight between two Bhutanese refugees and three locals has led to the reimplementation of camp procedures requiring all refugees to request passes before leaving the refugee camps. On 29 July, two Bhutanese refugees from the Beldang [...] | 2004-08-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU1553 | MAOISTS WARN COMPANIES, INCLUDING COCA COLA, TO [...] (U) According to reports August 5 in both English and Nepali-language newspapers, the Maoist affiliated All Nepal Trade Union Federation has issued a warning to more than a dozen companies to shut down operations for an indefinite period. Included in the warning was the American company, Co [...] | 2004-08-07 02:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1632 | MAOIST BOMBS CLOSE SOALTEE HOTEL, COCA COLA CLOSES [...] (U) Four bombs exploded in the backyard of Soaltee Hotel, a leading five star hotel in Kathmandu, Monday evening, August 16. Nobody was injured and there was only minor damage, according to published newspaper reports. The explosions preceded by one day the expiration of the demand by the [...] | 2004-08-17 21:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KTFN ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU191 | DEMONSTRATORS JUMP FENCE AT KATHMANDU EMR TO AVOID [...] (SBU) At approximately 4:30 PM local time US Embassy Kathmandu local guards reported three local males sighted jumping over the Embassy Main Residence (EMR) fence on the south side. The trespassers were apprehended immediately and ordered to come along quietly by the local guards at the resid [...] | 2004-01-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC NP PTER |
04KATHMANDU278 | NEPAL: MAOIST INCIDENTS LEADING UP TO 12 FEB STRIKE [...] (SBU) On February 9 at approximately 1500 hours, suspected Maoists ambushed a joint security force patrol team in Lalitpur (located next to Kathmandu). During this incident a police head constable and an army officer were killed. In addition, on February 10 at approximately 0900 hours susp [...] | 2004-02-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CASC ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU279 | NEPAL: KING'S PUBLIC APPEARANCE FAILS TO APPEAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. King Gyanendra's civic reception in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on February 8 did not attract the numbers expected despite government-provided buses and a heavy security presence. The low attendance can be attributed in part to the forced closure, or bandh, declared by [...] | 2004-02-10 08:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU312 | NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE CLOSES CENTRAL NEPAL; [...] (U) The Maoist-enforced "bandh," or general strike, called for central Nepal, including Kathmandu, on February 17 was well observed in the capital. Slightly more shops were observed open and vehicles operating in Kathmandu than during the February 12 closure (Reftel). There were few reports [...] | 2004-02-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU313 | NEPALI MAOISTS KILL TERROR VICTIMS' LEADER [...] (U) On February 15 suspected Maoists shot and killed Ganesh Chiluwal, President of the Maoist Victims' Association (MVA),a local NGO representing survivors of Maoist terror. Chiluwal was gunned down at about 5:00 p.m. local time as he left his office in downtown Kathmandu. A witness said he [...] | 2004-02-17 09:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU379 | NEPAL: FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political Officer Crystal Kaplan (tel: 977-1-441-1179, fax: 977-1-441-0723, e-mail: kaplanct2@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country o [...] | 2004-03-01 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP |
04KATHMANDU398 | OVERVIEW OF NEPAL POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS CELL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nepal Police Human Rights Cell was established in January 2003 and is staffed with only three investigators. However, organizational restructuring is underway to expand the number of investigators to 19. The cell is authorized to mete out minor punishments, such as verbal [...] | 2004-03-04 00:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM NP |
04KATHMANDU408 | NEPAL: KING APPOINTS BHEKH THAPA AS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 3, NEPAL'S KING, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF PRIME MINISTER SURYA BAHADUR THAPA, APPOINTED DR. BHEKH BAHADUR THAPA AS FOREIGN MINISTER AND HEALTH MINISTER. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HOME MINISTRY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INF [...] | 2004-03-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP GON |
04KATHMANDU437 | NEPAL: MAOIST BLOCKADE UNEVENLY IMPLEMENTED, MOST [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 8, Maoist-affiliated organizations initiated a 15-day road blockade in western and mid-western Nepal. The Maoists had declared the closure in 13 Districts, although implementation appears to be haphazard and has extended to districts outside the declared zone. On Mar [...] | 2004-03-10 08:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC EAID NP |
04KATHMANDU45 | NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE POSTS CONTENTS OF ARMY [...] (SBU) ON JANUARY 5, NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENTS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) A TRANSCRIPT OF THE ROYAL NEPAL ARMY BRIEFING PROVIDED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIA, CHRISTINA ROCCA, DURING HER VISIT IN DECEMBER 2003 AND REPORTED REFTEL. ACCORDING TO MAJOR INDRA BAHADUR [...] | 2004-01-06 08:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU463 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (U) Summary: On March 11 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) announced that an RNA major will face a court-martial in an infamous case in which 19 suspected Maoists were allegedly extra-judicially killed in Doramba, Ramechhap District on August 17 (Ref A). In addition, a warrant officer and a corpo [...] | 2004-03-16 06:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU591 | NEPALI PRIME MINISTER VOWS BETTER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26 Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa issued a reaffirmation of the Government of Nepal's (GON) commitment to constitutional and international human rights standards. Among the numerous obligations the Prime Minister says the GON commits to fulfil are the right to h [...] | 2004-03-31 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU612 | NEPAL: ROCK THROWING, TEAR GAS MARK SECOND DAY OF [...] (SBU) The second consecutive day of protests against the Government of Nepal (GON) out by five political parties in the capital turned violent on April 2. At least seven politicians were reported hospitalized after participants began throwing rocks and bricks at policemen in the center of t [...] | 2004-04-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU620 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PROTESTS CONTINUE, MARRED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 5, Nepal's political parties continued to demonstrate against the government for the fifth consecutive day. In response to violence on April 2 (reftel),the protesters declared a closure, or "bandh," in the capital for April 3. The closure was rigorously enforced by [...] | 2004-04-05 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU638 | NEPAL: MAOISTS TURN OVER 37 HOSTAGES TO ICRC [...] (SBU) Pascal Mauchle, Head Delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),confirmed that Maoist insurgents handed over 37 hostages, abducted during the March 20 attack on Myagdi District headquarters (Reftel),to ICRC on April 6. The hostages included the Chief District O [...] | 2004-04-06 09:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU654 | THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary. Existing legislation governing human trafficking in Nepal provides severe punishments for traffickers and their associates and shifts the burden of proof, in many cases, to the accused rather than the victim. Draft legislation that would address victim rights and protections expired [...] | 2004-04-09 02:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREF ELAB NP |
04KATHMANDU682 | NEPAL: CODEL DREIER MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER THAPA [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Dr. Bekh Bahadur Thapa on April 9, Codel Dreier discussed the ongoing Maoist insurgency, the need for political reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties, human rights and efforts to improve the socio-economic status of women. Thapa [...] | 2004-04-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN NP |
04KATHMANDU789 | NEPAL: MAOIST LEADERS URGE PARTIES TO JOIN COMMON [...] (SBU) As political party protests continue for the third week in Kathmandu, Maoist leaders Baburam Bhattarai and Pushpa Kumar Dahal (alias Prachanda) issued a public statement on April 21 encouraging the parties to persevere and to join in common cause against Nepal's monarchy. They write, "i [...] | 2004-04-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU817 | NEPAL: ARMY HUMAN RIGHTS CELL AGREES TO REOPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 letter signed by the Chief of Army Staff, the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) initial response to Embassy inquiries on the alleged extrajudicial killings of two teenaged girls and the alleged abduction of a third girl (Ref A) asserted that all three were shot while tryi [...] | 2004-04-29 07:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
04KATHMANDU880 | NEPALI PRIME MINISTER THAPA RESIGNS [...] (U) At 3:00 p.m. local time Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa announced his resignation in a national radio broadcast. No immediate announcement of a successor has been made. 2. (SBU) Comment: A coalition of five democratic parties have held near-daily rallies against Thapa's governm [...] | 2004-05-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
04KATHMANDU97 | NEPAL: DETENTIONS AND "DISAPPEARANCES" SINCE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the end of the ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents on August 27, it has grown increasingly difficult to obtain information on detainees held as suspected Maoists under special anti-terrorism legislation. Many of these suspects are held [...] | 2004-01-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MOPS NP |
04KIGALI1163 | DARFUR: PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAN TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Charge spoke with Dutch Charge the morning of 13 August regarding the movement of a company of Rwandan soldiers to Darfur to provide protection to AU observers. According to Dutch Charge, one commercial aircraft will transport RDF troops and equipment in two or three sorties from Kigal [...] | 2004-08-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS RW SU NL |
04KINSHASA1316 | IMO GRANTS MATADI SIX MONTH GRACE PERIOD [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the Port of Matadi had not met the July 1 deadline set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for port security improvements. The National Transportation and Port Authority (ONATRA) reports that the IMO has granted a six month grace period to the Port of M [...] | 2004-07-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT CG |
04KINSHASA1474 | CIVIL SERVANTS REMAIN AT WORK DESPITE CONTINUING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary. Despite the failure of negotiations between the GDRC and various unions earlier this year, most civil servants have returned to work. Isolated strikes have since occured in several public enterprises and service [...] | 2004-08-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS ELAB EWWT PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1506 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the two applications for political risk insurance that No.1 Contracting Corporation of Ashley, PA has submitted to OPIC. Post opines that there are no curre [...] | 2004-08-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELTN CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA1591 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON IRC OPIC APPLICATION [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application for political risk insurance that International Rescue Committee (IRC) has submitted to OPIC. IRC has operated in the DRC for almost the ent [...] | 2004-08-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA1724 | AIR KASAI ENCOUNTERS TURBULENCE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Air Kasai, a private aviation firm, built numerous airstrips in Kasai Occidental province to provide air transportation to otherwise isolated diamond mining areas. Soon after launching its operations, Air Kasai encountered [...] | 2004-09-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1730 | KINSHASA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) Our responses to the questionnaire have not changed dramatically since our last submission in reftel (B). However, there is more narrative explanation due to the events of June 3-6. 2. (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE a. Yes. b. There were city-wide demonstrations from June [...] | 2004-09-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER |
04KINSHASA1763 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ALEXANDER'S GROUP OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged Business Information. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed Alexander's Group Telecom's (ASG - of NY, New York) applications for OPIC political risk insurance. ASG has been present in the DRC since 1999. It was previous [...] | 2004-09-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA1814 | ITURI'S DISARMAMENT PLAN LAUNCHED BUT MILITIAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN and the GDRC launched Ituri's disarmament plan September 1st. Very few people have visited the transit sites since they opened, however, and only a handful of those have turned in their weapons. Militia leaders such as Jerome Kakawave are demanding full integration of the [...] | 2004-09-28 22:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PKO |
04KINSHASA1836 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CONGO (LIST 61) [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KSEP KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CVIS CG |
04KINSHASA1845 | MOBUTU'S HOMETOWN OF GBADOLITE "THE MOST FORGOTTEN [...] (U) Summary. A visit to Gbadolite in northern Equateur Province showed a region suffering substantial decay, massive poverty and serious neglect by the national government. Although security had improved with the departure of large numbers of MLC soldiers for the east, abuses by remaining sold [...] | 2004-10-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
04KINSHASA1850 | UPDATE ON DRC SUIT AGAINST UGANDA AND RWANDA IN [...] (SBU) The GDROC filed suit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1998 against both Rwanda and Uganda, demanding compensation for those two countries' military and economic interference in the eastern part of the Congo (North and South Kivu Provinces and Oriental Province, respectivel [...] | 2004-10-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL CG RW UG |
04KINSHASA1870 | NEW WAVE OF BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO [...] (U) Summary. A group of 1200 Banyamulenge refugees has gathered at the Burundi-DRC border in an attempt to cross into Uvira. The GDRC has kept the border closed, but an inter ministerial delegation plans to travel to Uvira October 8 to reopen the border, welcome the refugees, and coordinate as [...] | 2004-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM |
04KINSHASA1875 | CUSTOMS BUREAU LEADS NEW LABOR UNREST [...] (U) Summary. Office des Douanes et Accises (Ofida - Customs Agency) re-initiated a nationwide strike on Monday, Oct 4. This strike is the third in 2004 by Ofida, whose employees are demanding increased salaries before returning to work. Ofida is attempting to bring other agencies under the con [...] | 2004-10-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1975 | EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS PROMPT CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese Franc (FC) has suffered from mild instability for the past two months, declining in value by 12 percent. The Congolese Central Bank has directly intervened to the tune of USD 37 million and has raised interest rates over the past month. The impact on the formal secto [...] | 2004-10-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1980 | ELECTION FUNDING RELEASED [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that CIAT members had agreed to request a meeting with Vice President Bemba to discuss the Finance Ministry's refusal to release $3.6 million provided by the French to support election preparations. A letter was subsequently sent to Bemba, outlining the reason that a mee [...] | 2004-10-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA2007 | SUDAN/DARFOUR DEMARCHE ON OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINS CG |
04KINSHASA2020 | PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) Summary: Amnesty International's October report, 'DRC: Mass Rape- Time for Remedies' provides a generally accurate picture of the nature of sexual violence in eastern DRC. Its suggestion that the international community has ignored this crisis, however, is untrue. The USG, for example, alre [...] | 2004-11-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KPKO KWMN KCRM CG |
04KINSHASA2021 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged business information. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application that No.1 Contracting and Franoza Trucking have submitted to OPIC for political risk investment insurance on a performance bond. Post believes that there are no current po [...] | 2004-11-01 15:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ELTN CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA2087 | UN TEAM TO SHINKOLOBWE: MINE NOT A PROLIFERATION [...] (U) A UN team, composed of officials from IAEA, UNEP and WHO, visited Shinkolobwe mine in Katanga Province from Oct 25 to Nov 04 and concluded that the mine should remain closed due to risks of mine collapse and potential chronic exposure to ionising radiation. The objective of the trip was to [...] | 2004-11-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EMIN PREL PGOV CG |
04KUWAIT4552 | KUWAITIS CONFLICTED OVER CHRISTMAS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: While some of Kuwait's western educated elite dabble in decorating Christmas trees and exchanging presents, and Christians openly celebrate the holiday, some Islamists have called for banning the [...] | 2004-12-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL SCUL ECON KU |
04KUWAIT598 | (SBU) FEMALE LAWYERS BREAK TABOO AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-23 07:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CASC KU |
04LAGOS110 | NIGERIA: UNHCR COUNTRY REP GIVES OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Country Representative to Nigeria, on January 7 and discussed concerns about potential violent uprising of Nigerians living on the Bakassi Peninsula, the possible repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to their homes in Taraba St [...] | 2004-01-18 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM |
04LAGOS1203 | AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the first of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. After one year under new administrations, all f [...] | 2004-06-10 07:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1527 | POTENTIAL HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to preliminary but credible reports, a Pan African Airlines helicopter with an American citizen and three other people on board lost radio contact at 2:30 a.m. local time after leaving a deepwater oil rig. Air and surface searches are being conducted but thus far there [...] | 2004-07-26 17:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1535 | UPDATE ON HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...] (SBU) Pan African Airways has notified us that last night one body was retrieved from the helicopter that apparently went down yesterday. The contact believes the person was a Nigerian employee of Transocean, Inc. While retrieving the body, the search team thought they spotted two other bodies [...] | 2004-07-28 05:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1639 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC TIDBITS, AUGUST 11 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Maritime Stakeholders Support Cabotage Law -- WAGP Environmental Impact Assessment and Resettlement Plan Released -- Nigerian Economic Summit Group Leaders Support Economic Reform -- Local Professor/Journalist Confirms Obasanjo's Economic Dream Team Lacks Poten [...] | 2004-08-11 13:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT SENV EINV EFIN ECON NI |
04LAGOS2274 | MISSION FEEDBACK ON WAGP PROJECT [...] (U) Mission was contacted by OPIC this week to provide comments regarding environmental, worker health, and safety implications for the proposed West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project in Nigeria. Mission is pleased to have the opportunity to provide these comments. However, Mission does [...] | 2004-11-10 17:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2363 | ASARI WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE PROCESS UNCLEAR; SHELL [...] (SBU) Press accounts state Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari has pulled out the peace talks with the Government of Nigeria. However, Shell's External Relations Director told us that his sources in the area indicate Asari has not withdrawn from the peace accord. Shel [...] | 2004-11-23 17:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2470 | Brass LNG Project Overview [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of a major new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Nigeria. ..Brass LNG is planned as a world class, greenfield facility to be located in Brass, Bayelsa State. Brass LNG will be a two- train facility for liquefaction and shipping, with an initial pr [...] | 2004-12-09 15:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
04LAGOS2576 | SEABULK HOSTAGE RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION [...] (SBU) Seabulk Managing Director Robert Clemmons reported to Energy Off that Bayelsa State officials have secured the release of Seabulk employee Ivan Roso. Roso was kidnapped by an armed vessel on 25 December while carrying out subcontracting duties for Shell. Clemmons confirmed that Roso [...] | 2004-12-28 16:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2595 | NEAR CRASH OF CHANCHANGI AIRLINER RESURFACES [...] (U) Forward landing gear failed to deploy on a Chanchangi Airlines (Nigeria) flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday. According to report, the pilot of the Boeing 272 detected problems as as it prepared for landing at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA). Federal Airports Autho [...] | 2004-12-30 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER NI |
04LAGOS424 | NIGERIA: SMALL ENTREPRENEURS THINK BIG [...] (U) Summary: Small entrepreneurs face many constraints, but they think big. Increasing interest in microfinance may expand access to credit and alleviate a particularly pressing problem. If it does, Nigerian entrepreneurs may think even bigger. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Nigerian busines [...] | 2004-02-26 05:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON NI |
04LAGOS598 | NIGERIA: PRISONS CONDITIONS AT KIRI KIRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, POLOFF and LEGATT met with prison officials of the Lagos State Command and interviewed detainees awaiting trial at Kiri Kiri Medium Security Prison. Officials and prisoners alike highlighted problems with overcrowding, healthcare, and poor record keeping. They [...] | 2004-03-18 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KOCI CASC NI |
04LAGOS634 | OIL INDUSTRY CAUTIOUSLY EMBRACES NIGERIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GON requires oil companies to use indigenous contractors in joint venture projects, with a current target goal for "local content" set at 40 percent of a company's aggregate spending on a project. Defining what constitutes local content and enforcing the target fairly and [...] | 2004-03-24 05:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
04LILONGWE1 | VP RESIGNS FOUR MONTHS BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) On January 1, First Vice President Justin Malewezi announced that December 31, 2003 was his last day in office and that he has resigned as First Deputy National Chairman of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF). In his press release, Malewezi said he made the decision for personal reas [...] | 2004-01-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE1013 | MALAWI HIKES FUEL PRICES, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) The Government of Malawi has recently raised retail fuel prices for the first time since March 2004. The increase amounts to 8.9 percent on gasoline and diesel, reflecting only about half of the increase in world petroleum prices during the past six months. The increase, which is expec [...] | 2004-10-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE1016 | MALAWI'S FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was arrested on October 27 as he attempted to leave Malawi for South Africa. Though the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Jumbe's lawyer have not publicly said what charges Jumbe faces, his arrest is widely thought to [...] | 2004-10-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1018 | MALAWI'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] (SBU) The new director of the Anti Corruption Bureau recently discussed his pending prosecutions and strategic vision for the agency. He is focusing on five grand corruption cases, all against senior public figures. He intends to forego longer-range public outreach and prevention plans for w [...] | 2004-10-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE1067 | IMF REVIEW TEAM IN MALAWI [...] (U) The International Monetary Fund's Staff Monitoring Program assessment team has briefed donor mission representatives twice since its arrival in Malawi. The team leader has characterized the GOM's performance as good through the end of September and outlined a scenario under which the Fund [...] | 2004-11-22 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MI |
04LILONGWE1072 | BUNGLED WAGE REFORMS CAUSE LABOR PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Government wage reforms that took effect in October have produced some unrest among civil servants. Hospital workers briefly struck in Lilongwe early this month, and teachers are threatening to strike in Blantyre. The problems center on miscalculations in a consolidated pay packaged de [...] | 2004-11-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINV KMCA MI |
04LILONGWE1086 | RULING PARTY REBELS RATCHET UP RHETORIC, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) have become more outspoken in their criticism of President Bingu wa Mutharika, widening the split in the party. The UDF executive committee has punished ministers close to Mutharika, taking away party positions and perks. Despite this [...] | 2004-11-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1089 | SHIFTING HANDOUTS FOR MALAWI'S FARMERS [...] (SBU) The GOM has changed its approach to providing subsidized inputs to subsistence farmers. The new plan will provide seed and fertilizer packages to 2 million families--twice the amount planned earlier--and free fertilizer to another 500,000, at a total cost of MK3.68 billion ($34.4 millio [...] | 2004-11-26 11:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE1108 | GARMENT MAKERS NOT PANICKING ABOUT QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Despite the impending demise of quotas, Malawi's garment makers expect to see few changes in the U.S. market in the near future. They are banking on the prospect of protective measures against China becoming a reality in the next few months. Malawi-based companies also have lower capit [...] | 2004-12-02 09:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX MI |
04LILONGWE1110 | BLANTYRE MAYOR ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (U) The mayor of Malawi's largest city, Blantyre, has been arrested for corruption, according to unconfirmed newspaper reports. John Chikakwiya, a senior member of the nominally ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and one of the leading loyalists of former President Bakili Muluzi, is reported [...] | 2004-12-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KCOR KMCA MI |
04LILONGWE1114 | MUTHARIKA TOUTS RURAL GROWTH, ESTABLISHES DONOR [...] Summary: President Mutharika summoned heads of mission to thank them for their support and to air his views on key policies. He discussed his plans for rural poverty alleviation, the GOM's move to Lilongwe, and promised to have regular meetings with donors to establish a policy dialogue. End [...] | 2004-12-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1126 | MALAWI'S PARLIAMENT SEEKS BIGGER ROLE [...] (U) Malawi's Parliament appears to be in the process of defining a new, more active role for itself in economic policy. Leading members of several relevant committees have told us they intend to hold public hearings on policy direction, to gain earlier access to draft legislation, and to head [...] | 2004-12-10 07:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV KMCA KDEM MI POL |
04LILONGWE1164 | MALAWI'S FERTILIZER SHORTAGE THREATENS 2005 HARVEST [...] (U) Malawi's farmers are unable to find enough fertilizer as they near the end of their yearly planting season. The shortage results largely from Government delays in ordering stocks for its subsidy programs and confused signalling to private sector suppliers. While the shortages are expected [...] | 2004-12-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KMCA EFIN EAID MI |
04LILONGWE123 | HOPES FADE FOR OPPOSITION'S "GRAND COALITION" [...] (SBU) Republican Party (RP) President Gwanda Chakuamba and People's Progressive Movement (PPM) President Aleke Banda were elected presidential candidate and running mate of the 7-party opposition alliance known as the "Mgwirizano Coalition" on February 13. Political activists had hoped to cre [...] | 2004-02-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE124 | GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Although the Malawi Electoral Commission's (MEC) inadequate preparations led to logistical difficulties during voter registration, we judge the exercise to have been generally acceptable, despite shortages of materials at many registration centers. The MEC has reported that 900,000 new [...] | 2004-02-17 15:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE147 | POLICE OPEN FIRE AT OPPOSITION POLITICAL RALLY; [...] (SBU) At a February 22 political rally of the opposition Mgwirizano Coalition, police fired on the crowd, injuring two people. The rally, which the police claimed could not take place because the President was holding his own rally in the vicinity, resumed later after Coalition leaders obtaine [...] | 2004-02-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CASC PINR MI |
04LILONGWE149 | CABINET DISSOLVED HOURS BEFORE ALLIANCE MOU [...] (U) Hours before signing a ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) MOU to jointly contest May's elections, President Muluzi dissolved the Cabinet on February 23. No reason was given for the dissolution, and the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) has requeste [...] | 2004-02-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE154 | MALAWI UPDATE FOR PRESIDENT'S AGOA REPORT [...] (SBU) Malawi's AGOA exports (excluding GSP) continued to grow in 2003, and now exceed $58 million. More than $20 million of those exports are clothing, and a fifth garment company began operations. Privatization and reorganization of Malawi's primary textile manufacturer may extend the AGOA [...] | 2004-02-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE155 | MULUZI TWEAKS CABINET BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) After dissolving his 45-member Cabinet two days earlier, President Muluzi appointed a largely unchanged Cabinet on February 24. Amid the re-shuffle, what changes were made reflect the ruling United Democratic Front's (UDF) tweakings to position the party for May's elections. COMMENT -- [...] | 2004-02-25 10:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE166 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DECLARED; OPPOSITION BADLY [...] (U) Six presidential contenders declared their candidacy to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on February 25 and 26. Among them were the United Democratic Front (UDF)/Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) coalition's Bingu wa Mutharika, four from opposition parties, and one independent. COMME [...] | 2004-02-27 07:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE179 | MALAWI: DONORS SPLIT OVER BANK AND FUND PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Minster of Finance Jumbe made a pitch on March 1 for donors to support Malawi's IMF and World Bank programs. Stating that statistical discrepancies in its submission to the Fund have been largely resolved, Jumbe claimed that Malawi has made progress on its macroeconomic stabilization p [...] | 2004-03-02 21:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE214 | FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) A March 2 autopsy report revealed that Kalonga Stambuli, Chief Executive Officer of President Muluzi's Trade and Investment Company, was poisoned and strangled on December 29, 2003. In the weeks following Stambuli's death, "The Dispatch" weekly newspaper printed a series of excerpts fro [...] | 2004-03-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PINR KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE240 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET AND [...] (SBU/NF) Before Parliament's March 20 dissolution, the House passed the controversial "compromise" version of the Corrupt Practices amendment, a supplementary budget, and other minor pieces of legislation. At present, the "compromise amendment" appears sufficient to fulfill the IMF's relaxed [...] | 2004-03-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID MI BUD FIN |
04LILONGWE244 | INDEPENDENTS STAND OUT AS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES [...] (U) On the official roster of candidates contesting in the May 18 parliamentary elections, each parliamentary district generally has between 4 and 13 candidates, with a notable number of contestants registered as independents. The ruling United Democratic Front (UDF)/Alliance for Democracy (AF [...] | 2004-03-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE261 | INFLUENCE ANALYSIS - MALAWI [...] (SBU) The information environment in Malawi has changed drastically in the ten years since multi-party democracy was instituted. During the previous 30-year regime of President for Life Hastings Banda, the information environment was completely closed. All news was censored and freedom of [...] | 2004-03-29 11:55:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OIIP MI |
04LILONGWE270 | CABINET GROWS YET AGAIN IN PATRONAGE PAY-OFF [...] (U) New Congress for Democracy (NCD) president Hetherwick Ntaba has been appointed Minister of the new Ministry of Energy and Mining, the Office of President and Cabinet announced on March 29. Ntaba, who formed NCD after being dismissed from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) National Executive [...] | 2004-03-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE28 | FURTHER PRE-ELECTION FRAGMENTATION IN THE [...] (SBU) Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president Gwanda Chakuamba resigned from the leading opposition party and formed the Republican Party on January 8. After a shaky seven-month marriage of convenience with MCP president and personal nemesis John Tembo (ref B),Chakuamba announced his depa [...] | 2004-01-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE381 | OPPOSITION UNHAPPY DESPITE MODEST MEC IMPROVEMENTS [...] (SBU) The Malawian Electoral Commission (MEC) announced the newly "cleaned-up" voters' roll has been reduced by nearly one million names, and publicly acknowledged the state-owned media houses' clear bias for the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF). Unsatisfied with the progress on the voter [...] | 2004-05-10 09:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE382 | GOM AGAIN CO-OPTS LABOR UNION; "APPOINTS" ILO [...] (U) At Labor Day festivities on May 1, President Muluzi appointed Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) President Sunduzwayo Madise, who was recently convicted of corruption, as Malawi's "representative" to the International Labor Organization (ILO). Muluzi also donated MK 10 million (USD 95 [...] | 2004-05-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV EFIN KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE392 | ELECTIONS: CLERGY COME OUT AGAINST FRONTRUNNER [...] (SBU) Presbyterian Church Synod Moderator Reverend Felix Chingota, speaking on behalf of the Presbyterian clergy in Malawi, told poloff that the Presbyterian Church has begun telling its approximately 3.5 million members that "it has difficulties with the United Democratic Front (UDF),and it [...] | 2004-05-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE398 | COMPLAINTS ABOUT VOTERS' ROLL AND EXTRA BALLOTS [...] (U) As the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) began distributing ballots on May 12, opposition parties expressed grave concerns about the MEC's distribution of all 7.3 million ballots, rather than a reduced number based on the updated voters' roll of 5.7 million (reftel C). According to MEC Ch [...] | 2004-05-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE400 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION ADMITS BIAS BY STATE MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. At a bruising meeting convened by donor chiefs of mission on May 11 with representatives of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and the directors-general of state-controlled radio and television, the Commission itself acknowledged that election coverage has been heavily biase [...] | 2004-05-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE403 | STATE-OWNED RADIO HALTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Opposition presidential candidate and First Vice President Justin Malawezi's interview on state-owned Malawi Broadcast Corporation (MBC) was halted after only 15 minutes of an hour-long program. Malawezi, formerly of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) but running as an independen [...] | 2004-05-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE404 | FREER, BUT POORER: MALAWI AFTER TEN YEARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This month's presidential and parliamentary elections will mark ten years since Malawi's first democratic elections and the transition away from Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's thirty-year dictatorship. Much has changed, for better and for worse, since the advent o [...] | 2004-05-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI |
04LILONGWE405 | COURTS POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (U) The High Court ruled on May 14 in favor of the Mgwirizano Coalition's request to postpone May 18 presidential and parliamentary elections. It decided on the grounds that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had not fulfilled the legal requirement to open the voters' roll for public scrut [...] | 2004-05-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE407 | ELECTIONS RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 20 [...] (SBU) The Malawi Electoral Commission announced on May 16 that the presidential and parliamentary elections will be held May 20, the earliest date in accordance with the High Court's postponement of the polls (reftel C). COMMENT ------- 2. (SBU) A fresh round of criticism of the ruling Uni [...] | 2004-05-17 07:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE411 | MORE ATTACKS ON MUTHARIKA'S CREDIBILITY [...] (U) "The Nation" daily newspaper published a front-page story on May 17 questioning the authenticity of United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Bingu wa Mutharika's doctoral degree. In a carefully constructed article, the newspaper points out that Mutharika's CV does not list the [...] | 2004-05-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE413 | UPDATE ON THE COURTS' POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a three-fold ruling on May 16, the High Court ordered that the presidential and parliamentary elections be postponed, that the 1.6 million ballots in excess of the new voters' roll total be given to the High Court, and that President Muluzi stop using state resources to campaign. Sinc [...] | 2004-05-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE434 | POLLING DAY PROGRESSES PEACEFULLY [...] (SBU) In a calm and orderly fashion, Malawians turned out to vote in Malawi's third democratic presidential and parliamentary elections on May 20. A morning rush to the polls led to an afternoon lull, with only a few reports of minor violence. Persistent problems with the voters' roll and vo [...] | 2004-05-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE438 | MUTHARIKA WINS ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION CONTESTS [...] (U) After 69 hours of counting, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announced on May 23 the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections. Of the 5.7 million registered voters, MEC reports that 3.1 million voted (54.3%). The inauguration is scheduled for the morning of May 24. P [...] | 2004-05-24 06:29:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |