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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09GUATEMALA696	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: ROME STATUTE/ARTICLE 98 [...] (SBU) At the MFA's request, the Ambassador received July 17 Vice Foreign Minister Lars Pira, Director General for Multilateral Affairs Julio Martini, and MFA Legal Advisor Rodrigo Montufar. The MFA visitors said that the GOG is seriously considering renewing an unsuccessful 2005 effort to se [...]	2009-07-20 17:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS GT

09GUATEMALA703	PUTTING OUT FIRES: THE OAS OFFICE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent trip by PolOff to the Organization of American States (OAS) office in the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone (AZ) found an effective team performing difficult tasks under often arduous conditions. By resolving territorial disputes early in the process and at a local level, [...]	2009-07-21 22:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	OAS PBTS PREL PGOV PINR PNAT GT
09GUATEMALA705	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 23:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA732	ATTEMPTED ARREST OF NARCO FAMILY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 21, 2009, DEA agents accompanied Guatemalan military and police units in the execution of search and arrest warrants in Reforma, Zacapa, Guatemala. The warrants were for the arrest of members of the Lorenzana family. No arrests were made. End Summary 2. (U) PRE RAID D [...]	2009-07-30 20:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
09GUATEMALA740	MIXCO RESIDENTS SHARE CONCERNS, DESIRE FOR NAS [...] SUMMARY: On June 26, the Ambassador attended the official kick-off of the NAS-funded Precinct Program in Mixco, a crime-ridden, working class neighborhood of Guatemala City. During the meeting the Ambassador listened to residents' concerns regarding lack of security and their support for the P [...]	2009-08-04 13:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS GT
09GUATEMALA741	GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 17:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA GT
09GUATEMALA778	PUBLISHER RAUL FIGUEROA REQUESTS EMBASSY STAY [...] (U) Pol/Econ Counselor and Pol Assistant met August 12 with Raul Figueroa, a Guatemalan national journalist and publisher whose work has focused on exposing abuses by Guatemala's previous military governments and other human rights topics at Lehman College (New York). Figueroa's wife, AmCit [...]	2009-08-13 00:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL GT
09GUATEMALA782	CURRENT STATUS OF THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 17:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AFIN DCHA PGOV PREL KDEM GT FPC
09GUATEMALA805	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 21:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA806	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 21:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA817	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 22:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA818	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 22:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA819	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 22:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA820	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 22:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA824	GUATEMALAN ADOPTION CONTROVERSY: POLITICS, HUNGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a move that generated front-page coverage in Guatemala, prominent human rights defender Norma Cruz recently completed a 10-day hunger strike to demand that three children adopted by U.S. couples be returned to Guatemala. She is the recipient of the Secretary's Women of Cour [...]	2009-08-28 16:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CASC KOCI CVIS GT
09GUATEMALA825	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 17:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA826	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 17:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA827	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 17:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA840	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 18:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA846	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 18:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA847	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 18:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA848	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS EAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 18:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PINR GT PHUM PINS
09GUATEMALA849	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 18:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA868	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 16:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA869	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 16:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA871	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 21:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA872	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 21:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA873	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 21:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA874	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 21:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA875	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 21:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA876	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 21:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA895	GUATEMALA RESPONSE DEMARCHE FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KV GT
09GUATEMALA898	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [XXX] [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 14:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA904	STAFFDEL JACOBSTEIN STRUCK BY GUATEMALA'S SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights and UN officials told Staffdel Jacobstein September 1-4 that weak institutions, vulnerability to narco-traffickers, and corruption were all serious problems facing the Colom government. These points were reiterated by the Country Team, and driven home during the St [...]	2009-09-18 18:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PREL PGOV PINS ASEC EAID MARR MCAP MOPS GT
09GUATEMALA91	EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S ASSESSMENT OF UN FIELD [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, following is post's assessment of the Guatemala office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR/Guatemala),including a description of the office, its successes and challenges in promoting human rights, its relationship with the GOG, civil society, a [...]	2009-02-02 18:19:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM PREL KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA917	First Lady Prepares Controversial Bid for Presidency [...] (C) Although she has not publicly stated her intentions, it is clear that First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom intends to run for the Guatemalan Presidency in 2011. Torres, who is to the left of her husband, President Alvaro Colom, is a controversial figure. She is the most able manager in the governm [...]	2009-09-28 22:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI GT
09GUATEMALA924	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST-106 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 16:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA930	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST- 107 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 22:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA932	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST-108 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 22:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA937	PROTESTERS MARCH ON CITY; DEMAND DIALOGUE WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Approximately 20,000 rural and indigenous protesters marched on Guatemala City on Monday, October 12. The protesters blocked major thoroughfares to demand the resolution of issues, including agrarian reform, mining restrictions, hydroelectric power, and environmental protections, amongst o [...]	2009-10-16 14:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON GT
09GUATEMALA947	VISITING COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE OFFERS SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe highlighted Colombia's progress on security, social welfare, and economic development during his one day visit to Guatemala, October 13. In doing so, he keyed on the importance of security as a fundamental pre-condition for attracting investment, making soc [...]	2009-10-23 18:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON GT
09GUATEMALA955	President Calderon Bolsters Ties with Guatemala in Oct 26-27 [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 26-27 visit to Guatemala, Mexican President Felipe Calderon discussed a number of initiatives with his Guatemalan counterpart, Alvaro Colom, to better control migration and enhance security along their shared border. The two leaders pledged to reinforce joint eff [...]	2009-10-29 23:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS SNAR SENV ENRG CVIS MX GT
09GUATEMALA972	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 110 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 15:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA974	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 109 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 15:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA977	Guatemalan MFA on Honduran Elections [...] (C) On November 10, Guatemalan Director General for Bilateral Affairs Carlos Raul Morales (protect) told Pol/Econ Counselor that FonMin Rodas was consulting with his Salvadoran counterpart on whether and under what conditions to recognize the outcome of the November 29 election in Honduras. M [...]	2009-11-13 14:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR HO OAS GT
09GUATEMALA985	Iran's Nuclear Program: Guatemalan Response [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 22:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR GT
09GUATEMALA987	Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israel Bias: Guatemalan [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 22:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE GT
09GUATEMALA997	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (U) Emboffs delivered demarche on US candidacy for service on the World Health Organization Executive Board for 2009 (Ref A) to the ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, Dr. Ludwig Ovalle Cabrera on November 24. Both Ministries agreed to consider t [...]	2009-11-25 18:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO GT
09GUATEMLA692	FROM GUATEMALA, ZELAYA CALLS FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 18:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GT
09GUAYAQUIL125	EVANGELICALS CLAIM NEW LAW THREATENS FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's growing evangelical movement is concerned that a 2008 presidential decree requiring churches to register with the government and identify their parishioners is a move to squelch the outspoken movement and could have implications for freedom of religion. The decree gro [...]	2009-05-28 21:02:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EC
09GUAYAQUIL97	ECUADORIAN ELECTORAL OBSERVER ORGANIZATION WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the general elections in Ecuador on April 26, 2009, Participacion Ciudadana (PC) has prepared 8400 youth volunteers to serve as election observers. In Guayas province, 1452 volunteer observers and supervisors have been trained and equipped to assist the organi [...]	2009-04-24 22:58:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM XM EC KDEM
09HALIFAX12	MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK COMMIT TO DEVELOPING NORTHEAST [...] New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham and Maine Governor John Baldacci announced on March 25 that they will work together to explore development of the northeast energy corridor. Irving Oil of Saint John will also be involved in the concept which would see the state and province create an energy [...]	2009-03-25 14:27:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV
09HALIFAX25	ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE [...] Canadian federal government plans to develop an Atlantic energy gateway to the United States ignited a political war of words with the province of New Brunswick, which was already working on a similar concept with the State of Maine. The political wrangling, however, has had no effect on Newf [...]	2009-04-29 19:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV PBTS PREL FR CA
09HALIFAX38	NEW INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AND PORTS OF ENTRY NEARING [...] SUMMARY: Although construction of the new U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) at Calais, Maine is running slightly ahead of schedule, and the new international bridge and Canadian LPOE are nearly complete, USG officials continue to maintain the public position that the opening of the new border cros [...]	2009-06-08 19:54:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS CASC PREL ASEC ECON KHLS WHTI CA
09HALIFAX58	ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE: ENERGY EXPORTS TO THE U.S. [...] The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC),a well-respected regional think tank, focused its latest analytical report on the importance of the energy sector in Atlantic Canada. APEC economists concluded that the sector has grown to become the most important group of industries in Atlanti [...]	2009-09-28 13:20:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PGOV PBTS PREL SENV CA
09HALIFAX61	HMCS FREDERICTON TO JOIN NATO COALITION FLEETS [...] Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton will depart Halifax in late November for a six-month mission to the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean as part of NATO's counter-piracy group. The NATO group is a multinational, integrated maritime force consisting of vessels from various NATO nations t [...]	2009-10-06 17:49:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL PTER PINR CA
09HALIFAX65	ENERGY TOPICS HIGHLIGHT NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS AND EASTERN [...] SUMMARY: Political leaders from New England and Eastern Canada gathered in Saint John New Brunswick September 13-15 to discuss topics such as cross-border energy, the environment, opportunities within the green economy, trade and pandemic preparedness. Despite the geniality among the governor [...]	2009-10-16 17:10:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TBIO
09HAMBURG1190	Bundestag Election, Northern Germany: Regional [...] (C) SUMMARY: Heading into the September 27 national elections, a majority of northern Germans appears to be leaning in favor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),mirroring national opinion. Hamburg's successful CDU/Greens government is viewed as a possible role model for a national level [...]	2009-09-25 08:25:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
09HAMBURG1193	Best Laid Plans: Schleswig-Holstein's CDU and SPD in [...] (SBU): SUMMARY: The July collapse of the Schleswig-Holstein Grand Coalition (reftel) brought on by the CDU may not bring about the desired CDU-FDP coalition result for which the CDU has hoped. Early state elections will take place on September 27, the same day as national elections, which ma [...]	2009-09-25 14:16:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM GM
09HAMBURG1265	Germany Elections: National Winners Not Celebrating in [...] (SBU) Reflecting the national trend, the primary election result in northern Germany was an overall loss in votes and influence for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) rather than strong increases for the other parties. As reported (ref B),senior SPD leaders remain concerned about the move of [...]	2009-10-08 15:22:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM GM
09HAMBURG1287	Maritime Container Security Conference in Bremen [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 05:40:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM
09HAMBURG1289	Maritime Container Security Conference in Bremen [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10 the EU Commission held a "Conference on Maritime Container Security" in Bremen that focused on EU and U.S. research aimed at enhancing container traffic and supply chain security. The event brought together approximately 150 maritime security stakeholders incl [...]	2009-10-16 10:45:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM
09HAMBURG5	INFORMATION ON UN DISPUTE TRIBUNAL GERMAN CANDIDATE THOMAS [...] (U) Per request in reftel, ConGen Hamburg spoke with local legal and government contacts regarding Dr. Thomas Laker's candidacy for the UN Dispute Tribunal. Our responses to the questions in reftel paragraph 6 are provided below. 2. (SBU) Question 1: Please provide views on the candidat [...]	2009-02-26 13:36:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA
09HAMILTON120	BERMUDA: PREMIER GIVES UNITY SPEECH, TOUCHES ON RELATIONS [...] (U) In a wide-ranging televised speech to the people of Bermuda on October 15 - three weeks prior to the November 6 Throne Speech - Premier Ewart Brown used Bermuda's 400th birthday to call for unity. Brown defended his government's performance during the global economic recession. He al [...]	2009-10-16 20:00:00	Consulate Hamilton	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL CVIS BD
09HANOI1006	Request for Leahy Vetting for Vietnam Marine Police to [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnam Marine Police (VMP) officers for the Department of State's clearance to attend the Maritime Law Enforcement Boarding Officer Course conducted by the United State Coast Guard scheduled from October 12 - 16, 2009, and October 19 - 23, 2009. The training [...]	2009-09-24 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL VM
09HANOI101	VIETNAM ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL: MORE CONFIDENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Vietnam enters its second year on the UN Security Council, few here anticipate significant changes in policy or approach. Contacts in the MFA, Party, and think tank community express satisfaction that Vietnam was able to acquit itself professionally in its first year and had [...]	2009-02-10 06:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USUN ECON VM
09HANOI1016	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN IPR [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese security officials for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the IPR enforcement training conferences in Vietnam: Oct. 15-16, 2009 in Hai Phong and Oct. 19-20 in Ho Chi Minh City (septel for third conference Oct. 22-23 in Danang). The [...]	2009-09-25 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL VM
09HANOI1020	FOURTH ANNUAL JAC: STRONG PROGRESS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, LESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
09HANOI1024	Demarche Delivered: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO PREL EWWT PHSA VM
09HANOI104	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH VIETNAM'S MFA [...] (C) Summary: At a February 9 lunch with MFA Americas Director General Nguyen Ba Hung, DCM covered a full range of bilateral issues including senior-level GVN visits to the U.S. for the coming year, the requested visit to Vietnam by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and th [...]	2009-02-10 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ECON KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI1060	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IPR [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese security officials for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the IPR enforcement training conferences in Vietnam: for third conference Oct. 22-23 in Danang. (REF A for first two conferences Oct. 15-16, 2009 in Hai Phong and Oct. 19-20 [...]	2009-10-05 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL VM
09HANOI1070	Request for Leahy Vetting for candidates from the Vietnam [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security nominated to attend a two-week course at ILEA Bangkok. The training will be conducted in Bangkok, Thailand on November 9-20, 2009. Initial vetting done [...]	2009-10-08 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL KTIP VM
09HANOI1072	Vietnam's Inspector General Expresses Interest in [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Inspector General Tran Van Truyen explored anti-corruption cooperation during their September 16 meeting. Truyen requested cooperation in two areas: ethics training for inspectors, and identifying [...]	2009-10-08 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON VM
09HANOI1084	Nine Dissidents Convicted for "Anti-State Propaganda" [...] (SBU) SUMMMARY: In four separate trials October 6-9, nine dissidents affiliated with the banned political movement Bloc 8406 were sentenced to jail terms ranging from two to six years for "conducting propaganda against the State." Seven of the nine had displayed banners in Hanoi, Haiphong and [...]	2009-10-14 10:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI1092	GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNSC UNHRC KPAL IS VM
09HANOI1098	Ambassador Visits Father Ly in Prison [...] (SBU) SUMMMARY: Meeting with the Ambassador October 14, jailed political dissident Father Nguyen Van Ly reported that that he was "95 percent recovered" from his July 12 stroke. Ly said he remains isolated from other inmates but receives daily medical check-ups from prison physicians and main [...]	2009-10-16 07:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI1100	Government of Vietnam Responds to November and December [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) During a working lunch with the DCM on October 15, MFA/Americas Department Director General Ba Hung said that PM Dung was "positively considering" the President's invitation to attend the April summit meeting in Washington. However [...]	2009-10-16 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA PINR KNNP VM
09HANOI111	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE PROGRAM OF WORK [...] (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy PolCouns urged Vietnam to support efforts to develop a more robust Program of Work (POW) for the UNSCR 1540 Committee. Per reftel, he emphasized that the draft POW submit [...]	2009-02-11 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC VM
09HANOI112	VIETNAM'S VIEWS ON THE NPT [...] (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy PolCouns outlined U.S. priorities for the NPT in anticipation of the third Preparatory Committee meeting in May prior to the NPT Review Conference in 2010. He emphasized [...]	2009-02-11 07:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA
09HANOI1182	Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Scenesetter [...] (SBU) U.S. ties and engagement with Vietnam have advanced significantly since the last Human Rights Dialogue meeting in May 2008. Cooperation on trade, health and education, coupled with high-level visits and regular dialogues on defense, security and policy planning, have moved relations to [...]	2009-11-05 07:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI1184	Vietnam - 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2009. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued cooperati [...]	2009-11-05 08:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR VM
09HANOI1196	U.S.-Vietnam Defense Dialogues [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. and Vietnam currently conduct two annual defense-related dialogues with Vietnam: the U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security, and Defense Dialogue (State-led),and the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Defense Dialogue (U.S. Pacific Command-led). Both are relatively new, starting in 20 [...]	2009-11-06 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR VM
09HANOI1198	U.S. Coast Guards Begins Training the Vietnam Marine Police [...] (U) Summary. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) kicked off its partnership program with the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP) under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program by conducting two sessions of the Maritime Law Enforcement Boarding Officer course in Haiphong and Phu [...]	2009-11-06 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KNNP MASS VM
09HANOI1206	IMET: Positive Results, Tiny Impact [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Military Education and Training (IMET) program continues to be an integral component of U.S. engagement with Vietnam, providing opportunities to improve the professionalism of the Vietnamese military, as well as to expose a young generation of officers to the [...]	2009-11-09 07:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI1216	GVN Officials, NGOs Assess TIP issues in Workshop on VN's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 22, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong chaired a workshop to evaluate the GVN's implementation of its "National Plan of Action (NPA) against Trafficking in Women and Children 2004-2010" and to discuss prospects for the future. The workshop's reports will affect [...]	2009-11-12 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM
09HANOI1314	(Vodka) Shots Reported Across the China-Vietnam Border [...] (SBU) On November 18, Vietnam and China signed a series of accords to implement the historic 2008 agreement demarcating Vietnam's 1,400-kilometer land border with China (ref A). According to contacts familiar with the negotiations, the agreement was hastily concluded December 31, 2008 to meet [...]	2009-12-08 04:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PBTS ECIN CH VM
09HANOI1316	Vietnam Likely to Support Defamation of Religion Resolution [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA UN VM
09HANOI1318	Vietnam Postpones Megaports MOU Signing over "Technical [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 11:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KNNP VM
09HANOI134	UNEVENTFUL, UNPUBLICIZED, BUT NOT UNNOTICED: 30TH [...] (SBU) The thirtieth anniversary of Vietnam's short but bloody war with China passed without incident February 17. There were no public protests and only a light police presence in Lenin Park opposite the Chinese Embassy, site of large anti-China demonstrations in December 2007. Vietnam's sta [...]	2009-02-18 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH VM
09HANOI1360	Embassy Monitoring of Montagnard Returnees in Gia Lai [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Poloff visited three recent Montagnard returnees in Gia Lai province. All three affirmed that they traveled to Cambodia for economic reasons with the long-term goal of resettlement in the U.S. None reported harassment by local officials prior to fleeing Cambodi [...]	2009-12-15 12:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF UNHCR CB VM
09HANOI1378	Canadians to offer Father Ly a home in Canada [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 04:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI139	GVN PROTESTS RFA POSTING ON CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF HO CHI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI1398	Government to evict Plum Village monks again by the end of [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese officials in Hanoi and the Central Highlands continue to assert that Plum Village monks and nuns must return to their home provinces and seek residence at local Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha (VBS)-affiliated temples despite our latest round of protests. The head of the [...]	2009-12-18 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI1404	TWO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY OUTBREAKS AND UPDATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Earlier this week, Vietnam reported two poultry outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),confirmed to be with the viral strain A/H5N1, in southernmost Ca Mau province and northern Thai Nguyen province. We have not seen any reports of human infections in these provin [...]	2009-12-21 09:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU VM
09HANOI1406	TPP Country Representatives Looking to Melbourne for Answers [...] (SBU) Summary: At a December 21 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) country representatives inquired about the goals and objectives of the United States at the upcoming Melbourne meeting March 15-19, including the shape and content of the agreement to make it a 21s [...]	2009-12-22 06:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN EINV PREL VM
09HANOI142	Vietnam Shelves Local Elections for Other Local Government [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although a long-stated goal of the Communist Party of Vietnam is to move toward direct election of local officials, the National Assembly and the Politburo have decided to shelve this goal indefinitely in favor of other changes designed to streamline local government. These new [...]	2009-02-23 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI1422	Letter to NSA Jones from DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem [...] After work hours December 24, Post received an electronic copy of a letter to National Security Advisor Jones from Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, which we sent to EAP/MLS to be forwarded to the NSC staff. Text of the letter is as follows: 2. Begin text: [...]	2009-12-28 06:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN VM
09HANOI1426	Setting the scene for CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...]	2009-12-29 08:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
09HANOI1436	National Standing Committee on TIP Reflects on 2009 and [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 10 meeting with the Political Counselor, Colonel Le Van Chuong, the chair of Vietnam's coordinating agency on trafficking, National Committee 130, reviewed his country's efforts over the past year to combat human trafficking. The Ministry of Public Security report [...]	2009-12-30 05:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN SOCI VM

09HANOI1438	Redefining Domestic Violence in VN by Challenging Accepted [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's government has taken significant positive steps in recent years to begin to address domestic violence. The National Assembly passed a Law on Domestic Violence in 2007, domestic violence was highlighted for the first time as an area of concern in Vietnam's most recent [...]	2009-12-30 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN VM
09HANOI158	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM
09HANOI160	Vatican Discuses Normalizing Relations, Raises Papal Visit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Holy See Under-Secretary for Relations with States, travelled to Vietnam February 15-22 at the invitation of the GVN to begin bilateral discussions on normalization of relations under the rubric of a Joint Working Group. During the visit, P [...]	2009-02-24 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI165	JAPAN RESUMES SUSPENDED ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Not unexpectedly, Japan announced the resumption of its suspended assistance to Vietnam when Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc met Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in Tokyo on February 23. Japanese DCM Koichi Abioshi told DCM that the resumptio [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON JA PREL VM
09HANOI172	GVN NOMINATION FOR DRUG ADVISORY PROGRAMME OF THE COLOMBO [...] Post relays below the text of Diplomatic Note 91/NG-DNA dated February 25, 2009 regarding Vietnam's nomination of Mr. Nguyen Cuu Duc for the post of Director, Drug Advisory Program of the Colombo Plan. In presenting the Diplomatic Note on February 26, the GVN also provided a CV for Mr. Duc, wh [...]	2009-02-26 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI181	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON ROLE OF CHINA IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-01 23:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON JA PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI185	Vietnam Supportive but Cautious on GPOI [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ministry of Defense and Foreign Affairs counterparts February 12, U.S. Pacific Command officials encouraged Vietnam to participate more actively in international peacekeeping operations through the GPOI program and reiterated the invitation for Vietnam to participat [...]	2009-03-02 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR MASS VM
09HANOI191	VIETNAM OBJECTS TO BASHIR INDICTMENT, STILL CONSIDERING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PHUM SU XA XW VM
09HANOI192	CHARGE AND MFA DISCUSS BURMA, NORTH KOREA, DARFUR; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging lunch discussion March 2, the CDA and the MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Le Hoai Trung, exchanged views on Burma, North Korea, and Darfur; Vietnam's territorial claims under the Law of the Sea; and nonproliferation. The CDA urged DG T [...]	2009-03-03 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON MNUC PARM UNSC NPT BM CH
09HANOI202	DAS MARCIEL'S HANOI MEETINGS [...] (C) In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi February 25, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel emphasized the continued progress in U.S.-Vietnam relations. His counterparts, including VFM Pham Binh Minh, AFM Bui Thanh Son, and Office of Government DG Buy Hui Hung, voiced enthusiasm [...]	2009-03-06 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD UNSC MNUC BM VM
09HANOI215	WHAT USE ARE LIPS AND TEETH? VIETNAM'S AMBIVALENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's foreign policy, normally pragmatic to a fault, betrays a certain tension when it comes to North Korea. Influential voices in the Party speak of ideological affinity and historical bonds, while others in Vietnam's foreign policy establishment advocate a more sober asses [...]	2009-03-10 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UNSC CH KS KN VM
09HANOI227	AMBASSADOR URGES VIETNAM TO PASS NGO LAW, CARRY OUT LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Home Affairs (MOHA) Tran Van Tuan on March 6, 2009. MOHA oversees all Government of Vietnam (GVN) personnel appointments, public administration reform (PAR),government records and archives, and Vietnam's 2 million civil servants and public s [...]	2009-03-12 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI23	OFFICIALS TOUT VIETNAM-CHINA BORDER DEMARCATION COMPLETION [...] (SBU) Summary: While Vietnam and China continue to dispute sovereignty over the South China Sea, the two sides recently completed the process of demarcation of their land border. On a recent trip to the border province of Lang Son, DCM was informed by local officials that Chinese Prime Ministe [...]	2009-01-09 08:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV ECON VM
09HANOI251	INVITING VIETNAM TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On April 13, PolCouns joined representatives from the Australian, Russian and Japanese Embassies in a rare four-party demarche to urge Vietnam to consider participating in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). As the senior member of the group, Australian DCM Vanessa W [...]	2009-03-18 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ENRG MNUC PREL PGOV IAEA NPT VM
09HANOI252	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SO VM
09HANOI253	NO CHANGE IN VIETNAM'S POLICY TOWARD ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 09:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS VM
09HANOI272	A REVIEW OF SWITZERLAND'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam and Switzerland held the seventh round of their bilateral human rights dialogue March 13-18 in Vietnam. Reviewing the formal discussions, the Swiss Embassy official responsible for the talks said that Vietnam takes the UN Universal Periodic Review process seriously and s [...]	2009-03-25 07:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI273	MFA SAYS THAT VIETNAM WILL APPROACH BURMA ON TCG [...] (SBU) On March 23, Deputy PolCouns met with the MFA's Deputy DG for Southeast Asia, Ta Duy Chinh, to reiterate U.S. support for the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) on Burma and to voice concerns over recent steps by the government of Burma to further restrict the activities of international organi [...]	2009-03-25 07:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM BM VM
09HANOI297	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Your April 6-8 visit to Vietnam comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam has progressed much since your last visit to Hanoi in April 2000 and is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral [...]	2009-03-31 07:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
09HANOI311	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION [...] Embassy Hanoi warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Amy Klobuchar and delegation to travel to Vietnam, April 6-8, 2009 per reftel. 2. Hanoi Control Officer: Brian Aggeler, Political Counselor Tel: (84-4)3850-5000 ext. 5119 Cell: (84)(090 [...]	2009-04-02 11:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT OVIP PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI319	BUDGET TRANSPARENCY REPORT UPDATE FOR VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
09HANOI324	DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: VIETNAM'S UN POSITION REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite early indications that it would simply hew to China and Russia's line, Vietnam's position on a possible UN Security Council resolution in fact remains undecided. In an April 8 conversation, the MFA's International Organizations Official responsible for Security Council m [...]	2009-04-08 10:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UNSC PGOV KN VM
09HANOI330	IDEOLOGY RESURGENT? THE GENERAL SECRETARY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Those with the patience to read General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's recent pronouncements may have noticed something new. Alongside the usual utterances about "peaceful evolution," there is now a further admonition: Cadres must be on guard against the evils of "self-evolution." [...]	2009-04-10 02:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HANOI336	CODEL McCain Visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary: In their April 6-8 visit to Vietnam, CODEL McCain covered a wide range of issues with the Vietnamese leadership, including the recent DPRK missile test, the need for a new bilateral agreement on adoptions, the GVN's desire for market economy status and the need for greater respec [...]	2009-04-13 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ETRD SENV PHUM CASC VM
09HANOI362	ASEAN-CHINA NEGOTIATIONS ON SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN and China have made progress in developing "guidelines" to supplement the 2002 Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC),according to MFA and think tank contacts. The parties remain deadlocked, however, on a key point: whether follow-on discussions, i [...]	2009-04-17 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VM
09HANOI363	UNHCR on Montagnards, Naturalization of Khmer Rouge Era [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR continues to have an extremely active presence in the Central Highlands, conducting regular trips to the region to meet with Montagnard returnees from Cambodia. In the past month, UNHCR traveled to Gia Lai province and met with 78 returnees one-on-one and without accompan [...]	2009-04-20 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI364	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION & UPR [...] (SBU) In a April 17 conversation with Director General of MFA's International Organizations Department, Le Hoai Trung, PolCouns passed on the diplomatic note regarding U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council as well as a copy of the U.S. human rights pledge (Ref A). PolCouns encouraged [...]	2009-04-20 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI367	UPDATE ON BLOC 8406 DETAINEES ARRESTED LAST FALL [...] (C) The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has provided additional information about thirteen political dissidents arrested since September 2008. The update comes in response to a joint letter to VFM Pham Binh Minh from the Ambassador, the Group of Four (Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Switzer [...]	2009-04-21 03:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI368	VIETNAM ON NORTH KOREA'S MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 17 conversation with PolCouns, the MFA's DG for MFA International Organizations Director General, Le Hoai Trung, described Vietnam's efforts to urge the DPRK to "show restraint" and remain engaged in the Six-Party Talks. Prior to the April 5 missile launch, Vietnam's [...]	2009-04-21 05:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI372	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VIETNAM CONSIDERS DPRK [...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with VFM Pham Binh Minh, the Ambassador urged Vietnam to work with the United States at the DPRK Sanctions Committee and to support a U.S.-proposed list of goods/entities connected to the DPRK's ballistic missile program. Per ref A, he emphasized the importance of [...]	2009-04-21 10:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC KNNP ECON KN VM
09HANOI378	BLOGGING AND POLITICAL DISSENT IN VIETNAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The internet continues to revolutionize political communication and dissent in Vietnam. Blogs routinely provide an alternative channel for print journalists to publish information they know would not get past state censors or newspaper self-censorship. The GVN estimates there a [...]	2009-04-22 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
09HANOI38	CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Visiting Congressman Eni Faleomavaega held a January 10 meeting in Hanoi with Vietnamese National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Chairman Ngo Quang Xuan. Accompanied by Ambassador Michalak, Faleomavaega reviewed the increasing exchange of high-level visits and possibilities to t [...]	2009-01-14 07:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON VM
09HANOI408	VIETNAM SUPPORTS CAPITAL INCREASE FOR ADB [...] This is in response to State 41663. 2. Post delivered the points contained in reftel on April 29, 2009 to the General Economics Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA informed us that the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),as the lead agency on this matter, had just delivered [...]	2009-04-29 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
09HANOI413	IN VIETNAM, CHINA AND BAUXITE DON'T MIX [...] (C) Summary: Planned Chinese involvement in bauxite exploitation projects in the Central Highlands, especially the use of Chinese laborers, has triggered an unusually high-profile "open" public policy debate. Prominent Vietnamese, including famed war hero General Vo Nguyen Giap, have called [...]	2009-04-29 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EMIN EINV ESTH SENV CM VM
09HANOI417	VIETNAM'S PLANS FOR BAUXITE EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has spent several years developing plans to exploit Vietnam's massive bauxite reserves, estimated as the world's fourth or fifth largest. Despite environmental and national security concerns, and popular anxiety over Chinese participation, the hi [...]	2009-04-29 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV ECON PREL EINV VM
09HANOI424	Back to Basics: Vietnam Discusses Peacekeeping at APCSS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to further encourage Vietnam to participate in UN peacekeeping operations (PKO),the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS),an academic institute linked with U.S. Pacific Command, joined with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)-affiliated think tank an [...]	2009-05-04 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR MASS VM
09HANOI442	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIRF DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] Embassy Hanoi warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation to travel to Hanoi, May 11-22, 2009. 2. Hanoi Control Officer: Christian Marchant, Political Officer Tel: (84-4)850-5000 ext. 5096 Cell: (090) 484-1023 [...]	2009-05-12 03:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI444	Demarche to Vietnam on Aung San Suu Kyi [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Director General Nguyen Ba Hung on May 12, emphasizing that, while we are reviewing our policy on how best to promote human rights in Burma, the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi casts doubt on the Burmese regime's commitment to meani [...]	2009-05-12 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BM VM
09HANOI446	VIETNAM "CONSIDERING" JOINING HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT [...] (SBU) On May 13, Deputy PolCouns met with the MFA International Organization Department's lead official on non-proliferation issues, Pham Hai Anh, to urge Vietnam to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Per reftel, he noted that 130 countries now subscr [...]	2009-05-13 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM
09HANOI450	DEMARCHE - VIETNAM AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR NEW 1718 DPRK [...] (SBU) On May 13, Deputy PolCouns met with the MFA International Organization Department's lead official on nonproliferation-related UNSC issues, Pham Hai Anh, to provide information, per reftel, on the three DPRK entities designated by the UNSC 1718 Sanctions Committee pursuant to the Security [...]	2009-05-15 01:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN VM
09HANOI451	DEMARCHE DELOVERED - DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 04:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EAID CH VM
09HANOI456	VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Embassy contacts at the MFA and MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will substantially support U.S. priorities for Cuba, [...]	2009-05-15 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC ECON PREL PGOV CU VM
09HANOI459	BURMA: VIETNAM REQUESTS INFORMATION ON NEXT STEPS IN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Vice Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on May 18. Minh responded that Vietnam would take the U.S. request for support for action in the UN Security Council into consideration, but would need more information on what specific steps are being contempla [...]	2009-05-18 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC BM VM
09HANOI46	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT VOICED FOR THE TRIPARTITE CORE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PHUM BM VM
09HANOI466	DCM MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Deputy Director of the General Security Division General To Lam, DCM covered a range of issues including the expanded HCMC consular district and delays in approval for staff expansion, cooperation in the upcoming bilateral [...]	2009-05-19 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI481	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-PHILIPPINES ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TBIO ARF VM
09HANOI486	VIETNAM CONSIDERING KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP IN WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points in reftel on May 22, 2009 to Pham Tien Phong, Director of the World Bank Division at the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV). Phong replied that, following our meeting, his division would prepare a recommendation on the issue for the Governor of the SBV. He was no [...]	2009-05-28 00:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV VM
09HANOI497	WAY FORWARD ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: The United States and Vietnam are moving to a new level of defense cooperation not previously seen in our bilateral relationship. While progress in some areas is slower than we would like, we have now expanded our engagement to the point where setting priorities will be key to ou [...]	2009-06-01 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
09HANOI500	USCIRF Meets Imprisoned Dissidents Father Nguyen Van Ly and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom delegation led by Vice Chairman Cromartie, accompanied by PolOff, met with two of Vietnam's most prominent political prisoners, dissident attorney Nguyen Van Dai and Father Nguyen Van Ly, on May 13 at Nam Ha Prison. Both ap [...]	2009-06-02 02:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI51	Vietnam's Tet Amnesty is Largest Ever [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a well attended press conference on January 16, President Triet's office announced Vietnam's largest Tet amnesty ever for 15,140 convicts currently serving prison sentences. The list includes 36 foreigners, but no American citizens. The only three individuals actually named [...]	2009-01-20 04:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI512	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GUIDELINES ON U.S. SHIPS CONDUCTING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR VM
09HANOI517	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 06:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM
09HANOI52	2008 RECAP OF THE SINO-VIETNAM SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary: Despite final land border demarcation and progress settling the maritime boundary beyond the Gulf of Tonkin, 2008 ended without evident progress in the Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea. In November, BP gave notice that it would seek to terminate its leases [...]	2009-01-20 05:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
09HANOI520	A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT VIETNAM'S UPR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was a lesson in the manipulation of process, according to the Canadian lead for the "troika" that coordinated Vietnam's UPR. The GVN clearly understood that only 60 countries would be ab [...]	2009-06-05 03:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI524	GAZPROM SEEKS TO EXPAND ITS VIETNAM PORTFOLIO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
09HANOI534	VIETNAM SEEKS POSITION ON UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] Post is relaying the unofficial translation text of GVN Diplomatic Note No. 272/NG-VHDN-UNESCO. Originals will be sent via email and pouch. 2. Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam presents its compliments to the Embassy of United States of Amer [...]	2009-06-10 06:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNESCO VM
09HANOI536	VIETNAM'S DEPUTY PM EMBRACES U.S.-VN ECONOMIC AGENDA; [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai encouraged movement on the U.S.-Vietnam economic agenda, particularly on GSP, TPP, and catfish. Hai was optimistic about completing pricing agreements for large AES and Chevron projects in Viet [...]	2009-06-11 03:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EINT ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI537	BAUXITE CONTROVERSY PRODUCES LEADERSHIP DIVISIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The highly charged -- and unusually open -- public debate over plans to develop bauxite in the Central Highlands has led to spirited discussions in the National Assembly (NA),Vietnam's historically quiescent semiannual legislature, with some deputies openly questioning government [...]	2009-06-11 06:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ESTH EMIN EINV SENV CM VM
09HANOI545	DPRK DRAFT RESOLUTION - VIETNAM LIKELY TO SUPPORT, [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung June 12. Vietnam shares our concerns about DPRK actions, Trung said. He complained, however, that the MFA had received the draft resolution only 24 hours before and required approval [...]	2009-06-12 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV UNSC KN VM
09HANOI559	Vietnam TIP Report Delivered to GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, poloff delivered copies of the Vietnam 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report to Mr. Le Van Chuong, Head of the Central Coordination Office of the National Steering Committee Against Trafficking and Mr. Doan The Vinh, Deputy Head of Anti-Women and Children Trafficking Dep [...]	2009-06-18 03:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM
09HANOI570	VIETNAM PROTESTS U.S. STATEMENT ON JAILED LAWYER, [...] (U) Please see action request para 10. 2.(C) Summary: Charge met with Major General To Lam of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on June 18 to discuss the recent arrest of lawyer Le Cong Dinh (reftels). Lam protested at length the State Department statement on Dinh as "U.S. interference [...]	2009-06-19 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI581	MFA PROTESTS U.S. STATEMENT ON JAILED LAWYER [...] (C) Summary: Charge was called in to MFA on June 22 to receive an official protest of the U.S. statement condemning the arrest of prominent lawyer Le Cong Dinh and "evidence" of Dinh's guilt from MFA North Americas Division Director General Ba Hung. Charge pushed back, asserting that Vietnam s [...]	2009-06-23 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI582	BUILDING VIETNAM'S MILITARY DETERRENT WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Increasingly concerned about China's assertive behavior in the South China Sea, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is pressing ahead with its military modernization program. To better defend its territorial claims and economic interests and present a more potent deterrent to Chine [...]	2009-06-23 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINR PINS PREL RS VM
09HANOI595	USCIRF Visits Vietnam Again [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their fourth visit to Vietnam since 2002, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) repeated familiar criticisms of Vietnam's protections of religious freedom. In official meetings with high-ranking GVN officials, including Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign M [...]	2009-06-26 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI60	FEW SURPRISES AT THE NINTH PARTY PLENUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Ninth Central Committee (CC) Plenum concluded without major personnel or policy changes. According to Party insiders, the primary focus of the midterm Plenum remained Vietnam's economic situation and plans for a stimulus package. In what some consider a nod to conserv [...]	2009-01-22 07:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD VM
09HANOI609	USCIRF's Travels in Northwest Vietnam [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three USCIRF staff and PolOff traveled to Son La and Dien Bien provinces from May 18-21 to meet with Catholic and Protestant congregations in two provinces that are well-known for difficulties in implementing the national law on belief and religion. In Son La province, while no [...]	2009-06-30 11:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI614	VIETNAMESE MILITARY REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO VISIT THE [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese military officials for the Department of State's clearance to pay a working visit to the United States Coast Guard scheduled from July 24 to August 1, 2009. The visit is funded by the United States Government through the Export Control and related B [...]	2009-07-01 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL VN
09HANOI619	UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON POL EFIN PARM PREL KNNP
09HANOI623	GVN THREATENS BOYCOTT OF NATIONAL DAY OVER INVITEE [...] (C) Summary: The GVN threatened to boycott Embassy Hanoi's National Day celebration at the last minute over the inclusion on the guest list of prominent dissident Pham Hong Son. The Ambassador strongly protested the incident and has followed up with a letter to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign M [...]	2009-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI633	Vietnam Arrests Two More High Profile Dissidents [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Adding to the five other individuals arrested at the end of May and throughout June, including prominent lawyer Le Cong Dinh, the GVN arrested two additional high profile dissidents on July 7 - Viet Youth for Democracy leader Nguyen Tien Trung and Bloc 8406 leader Tran Anh Kim. [...]	2009-07-07 11:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI634	VIETNAMESE MILITARY/SECURITY REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese military and security officials for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the Weapon of Mass Destruction nonproliferation training course titled "INTERDICT/RADACAD" in Washington from July 27-31, 2009. The visit is funded by the Unite [...]	2009-07-08 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL VN
09HANOI635	Vietnam Objects to Senate Letter on Father Ly [...] (SBU) Summary: A letter from 37 U.S. Senators to President Triet asking for the early release of Father Nguyen Van Ly drew sharply opposing responses from the Vietnamese Communist Party and the opposition Bloc 8406. The Party newspaper Nhan Dan ran a highly critical editorial condemning the S [...]	2009-07-09 00:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI640	EXXON, PETROVIETNAM INK CONTRACT FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) ExxonMobil (EM) and state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) quietly signed a production sharing contract (PSC) on June 30 for two sets of blocks in the South China Sea that lie well within China,s line of demarcation. The deal makes EM the largest offshore acreage holder in Vietnam, with 14 million [...]	2009-07-10 02:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PREL VM
09HANOI646	DPRK DESIGNATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PARM KM VM
09HANOI653	Local Authorities Stand By As Internecine Dispute at Bat [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has received scores of calls from American Buddhists, Congressman Peter Welch and former Ambassador Andrew Young about ongoing mob violence against 400 monks from the Plum Village Lang Mai order. The violence is the culmination of a dispute that surfaced last fall and can [...]	2009-07-14 07:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI67	VIETNAM CELEBRATES - AND EDITS - INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 07:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI672	BEHIND VIETNAM'S LATEST CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of several pro-democracy activists and a prominent lawyer, coupled with a tightening on the press and blogs, clearly represent a serious move against freedom of expression and association. What is less clear is the motivation. Well-placed contacts discount sp [...]	2009-07-21 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI677	AMBASSADOR RAISES DETAINED AMCIT, RECENT POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tense exchange July 20, the Ambassador pressed VFM Pham Binh Minh to grant consular access to detained American Citizen Kevin Huan Vo, arguing that it would be "unacceptable" to announce the opening of a consulate in Houston while a U.S. citizen remains in jail incommunicado [...]	2009-07-22 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON CASC VM
09HANOI683	DG FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMENTS ON VIETNAM'S [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch July 21, MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung commented on the evolving role of the Communist Party in overseeing government operations and said Vietnam's leaders understood that the current crackdown, including arrests of American citizens [...]	2009-07-23 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UNSC VM
09HANOI694	DCM Raises Buddhist and Catholic Disputes, Other Issues, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 22, the DCM met with Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Thanh Xuan to press for a resolution to the ongoing dispute between Buddhist sects at the Bat Nha Pagoda in Lam Dong Province, express concern over the reported beating of Catholic parishione [...]	2009-07-27 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI695	DCM, MPS DISCUSS VIOLENCE IN LAM DONG AND QUANG BINH [...] (SBU) On July 22, the DCM met with the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) General Security Department, Major General To Lam to discuss a range of operational issues and to reiterate U.S. concerns over violence affecting religious devotees in two locations: the Bat [...]	2009-07-27 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI698	Vietnam's Police Discuss TIP and Child Sex Crimes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23, the Deputy Director of the Criminal Police Department in the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),Colonel Ho Sy Tien, discussed trends in human trafficking, including labor exploitation of men and the manipulation of tourist visas and fraudulent marriages for cross-bor [...]	2009-07-28 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM
09HANOI702	VIETNAM WANTS DARFUR PKO EXTENDED BUT SUPPORTS REFERENCE TO [...] (SBU) On July 28, Acting PolCouns met with the MFA International Organizations Division's lead official for UN Security Council affairs, To Anh Tuan, to urge Vietnam not to support Libya's efforts to complicate a resolution extending the mandate of the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) by inclu [...]	2009-07-28 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PHUM KPKO SU VM
09HANOI72	CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO SECRETARY CLINTON [...] Post is relaying the text of a letter of congratulations dated January 22, 2009 to Secretary Clinton from the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Gia Khiem. 2. Begin Text: Dear Madam Secretary, On behalf of the Government of Vi [...]	2009-01-28 02:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI740	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your return to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City comes at an important moment in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. Overall, bilateral ties have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. Th [...]	2009-08-06 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
09HANOI758	REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "COMPLEX [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese banking officials, and two alternates, for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. The visit is funded by the International Law Enforcement [...]	2009-08-11 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL SNAR VN
09HANOI76	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY: VIETNAM CONTACTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09HANOI771	VATICAN RELATIONS IMPROVE AS ARCHBISHOP KIET CONSIDERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With President Nguyen Minh Triet scheduled to visit the Holy See in November, Vatican officials have told the Hanoi Archdiocese that they are bullish about normalizing relations. Local Catholic leaders are less than fully elated at the prospect, however, voicing suspicion over t [...]	2009-08-14 08:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VT VM
09HANOI773	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POLITBURO MEMBER AND PARTY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a warm and cordial meeting August 13, Hanoi Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi and the Ambassador expressed mutual support for strong bilateral relations. Nghi, who sits on the Politburo, assured the Ambassador that whatever personnel changes occur at the next Party Congress in 2 [...]	2009-08-14 09:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV VM
09HANOI779	VIETNAM COOL TO MALAYSIAN PROPOSAL FOR ASEAN FM MEETING ON [...] (SBU) On August 14, Acting PolCouns met with the Director of the MFA ASEAN Department's Political and Security Division, Duong Tri Hien, to reiterate our strong opposition to the August 11 conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi and to urge Vietnam to support a Malaysian proposal to convene an urgent m [...]	2009-08-14 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM
09HANOI784	Khmer Krom Religious Freedom in Mekong Delta [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's leadership continues to pay close attention to the country's Khmer Krom community, and has spent considerable resources to build new Theravada Buddhist pagodas, a Pali-language high school, and a university-level Theravada Buddhist Institute. Contrary to reports from [...]	2009-08-17 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI79	Defrocked Monks and Dissidents Released During Tet Amnesty [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to former Thanh Nien journalist Nguyen Viet Chien, four defrocked Khmer Krom monks, a member of the For the People's Party and a land rights activist were released as part of Vietnam's Tet Amnesty. While we are still awaiting the release of the formal list of those [...]	2009-02-04 00:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI801	RECALL 09 HANOI 801 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV BM VM
09HANOI803	SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST 19-20 MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a short, but substantively very productive set of meetings in Hanoi, August 19-20, Senator Jim Webb emphasized the need to continue building on the remarkable progress that the two countries had made since the Senator first re-engaged with Vietnam as a civilian in 1991. The [...]	2009-08-27 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ECON ETRD BM VM
09HANOI805	Hanoi Blogger Arrested [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent dissident blogger Bui Thanh Hieu -- better known by his pen name "Nguoi Buon Gio" ("Wind Trader") -- was formally arrested August 30 after three days of pretrial detention. Well known for views sharply critical of Vietnam's policies toward China, Hieu's arrest was preci [...]	2009-08-31 10:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV
09HANOI807	Police Detain Journalist Affiliated with Arrested Hanoi [...] (C) A journalist and editor from the popular online news website VietNamNet, Pham Doan Trang, was taken into police custody August 29 for activities connected with Hanoi blogger Bui Thanh Hieu's plot to print T-shirts with anti-China slogans (reftel). VietNamNet's owner, Nguyen Anh Tuan was in [...]	2009-09-01 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI809	2011 LEADERSHIP TRANSITION: LEADING CONTENDERS FOR GENERAL SECRETARY AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparations are already underway for major leadership changes in Vietnam as the Communist Party gears up for its Eleventh Party Congress in January 2011. As many as six of the Politburo's fifteen members are expected to retire, including the General Secretary, State President, and [...]	2009-09-10 07:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD VM
09HANOI819	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN CHORUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 07:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR VM
09HANOI820	MPS NOTCHES UP CRITICISM OF U.S. "THREAT" ON NATIONAL TV [...] (SBU) SUMMMARY: On August 19, as part of its nightly national newscast, Vietnam National Television (VTV) aired a 20-minute segment outlining how local activists, overseas Vietnamese and "external hostile forces" had conspired to overthrow the government. The segment -- the fourth in a broadcast [...]	2009-08-21 07:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI823	INSTITUTIONAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE 2011 PARTY CONGRESS: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Persistent talk among Vietnam's political elite of a China-style "fused executive" notwithstanding, the January 2011 Party Congress could leave power at the apex of Vietnam's Party-state system less centralized. Most political observers believe the Eleventh Party Congress may res [...]	2009-09-23 04:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CH KN VM

09HANOI827	Reformist Public Policy Think Tank is the First/Primary [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/COMMENT: A Prime Ministerial Decree placing severe restrictions on independent scientific research and preventing organizations from criticizing the GVN claimed its first casualty: the Institute for Development Studies (IDS),a public policy think tank formed by reform-minded advi [...]	2009-09-23 10:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HANOI829	North Korean Asylum Seekers Enter Danish Embassy [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF VM KN
09HANOI839	ACTION REQUEST: Lang Mai Monks and Nuns Forcibly Evicted By [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The situation for the Lang Mai monks and nuns turned violent on September 27 and 28, as police and a group of angry locals attempted to forcibly evict the monks and nuns from Bat Nha pagoda in Lam Dong province. Acc [...]	2009-09-29 05:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
09HANOI843	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 3:30 pm; Home of Dr. Pham Hong Son; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy, Hanoi Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian Marchant, Political Officer (Notetaker) VIETNAM ------ [...]	2009-09-29 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KN VM
09HANOI845	Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Conversation [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 10:40 am; The Office of Government; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Jo [...]	2009-09-29 08:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KN CH VM
09HANOI846	SETTING THE SCENE FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS, [...] (SBU) Director Slaughter: Your Policy Planning Talks with the Vietnamese, the second since discussions were inaugurated last October, comes at an important moment in the bilateral relationship. Overall, ties between our two countries have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and [...]	2009-08-26 06:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
09HANOI847	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...]	2009-09-30 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEAN KN BM VM
09HANOI848	President Triet Assures Ambassador that Relations Good, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting August 18, State President Nguyen Minh Triet assured the Ambassador that Vietnam's leadership remained committed to deepening reform and viewed its relationship with the United States as positive and improving. Noting that Vietnam would chair ASEAN in 2010, [...]	2009-08-26 06:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD BM VM
09HANOI851	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...]	2009-09-30 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ASEAN BM KN VM
09HANOI858	Demarche Delivered: Vietnam Positive on September 24 UNSC [...] (SBU) Post delivered the invitation letter addressed to President Nguyen Minh Triet to the September 23 UNSC Summit meeting on August 27. The Deputy Director General of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it was "99 percent" certain that President Triet w [...]	2009-08-27 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC UNSC KSUM KNNP VM
09HANOI859	Vietnam Supports U.S. Burma Policy Review, but Insists ASSK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam strongly supports a more "flexible" U.S. approach to Burma and is willing to facilitate contact with the Burmese regime, according to the Deputy Director General of the MFA's Southeast Asia Division, Ta Duy Chinh. Chinh asserted, however, that U.S policy remained too focu [...]	2009-10-07 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR BM VM
09HANOI861	Vietnam's "Track II" Engagement with Burma - U.S. Urged to [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam sees 2010 as a promising year to engage with Burma but is nervous that election-related unrest there could derail efforts to host a successful ASEAN summit, according to Dang Dinh Quy, Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV). Quy, who recently met with [...]	2009-10-07 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEAN BM VM
09HANOI862	REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN "COMPLEX [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following additional Vietnamese government officials for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" to be held in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. Four other training candidates have already been su [...]	2009-08-27 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL SNAR VM
09HANOI863	Vietnam's Reaction to P5+1 Discussions in Geneva [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR VM
09HANOI873	Bat Nha Pagoda Violence - Lam Dong Officials, Buddhist [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting ConGenOff October 9, Lam Dong provincial officials were at pains to frame tensions at the Bat Nha monastery as an internal struggle between Bat Nha's head monk and the Lang Mai monks and nuns. Echoing comments from officials in Hanoi, provincial authorities denied that [...]	2009-10-15 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VM
09HANOI875	New U.S. Approach toward Southeast Asia Opens Possibilities [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEAN BM VM
09HANOI877	PM DUNG TO ATTEND NUCLEAR SUMMIT MEETING IN APRIL 2010 [...] (SBU) MFA Director General for International Organizations Trung told the DCM October 20 that PM Dung would attend the Summit meeting in Washington in April 2010 because he recognizes the importance of the issue internationally and the potential it holds for future U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation. [...]	2009-10-21 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PGOV VM
09HANOI88	Prime Minister's Edict on Religion-Related Land and [...] (SBU) In the wake of sustained land-use protests involving Catholic parishioners throughout 2008, PM Nguyen Tan Dung recently issued a four-page edict concerning "religion-related land and facilities." (See paragraph four for an unofficial translation.) The edict specifies that government age [...]	2009-02-05 08:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI881	The Contenders: How Elite Cadre Advance, Prospects for 2011 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Decision-making at the top of Vietnam's Communist Party structure is broader based and more consensus driven than in China, and the full Politburo and Central Committee take an active role in policy and personnel matters. While the most fervid speculation about the January 2011 P [...]	2009-10-22 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON VM
09HANOI883	Vietnam's Long Term View on PKO Participation [...] (C) The DCM used a working lunch with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung on October 20 to discuss current GVN thinking on Vietnam participating in global peacekeeping operations. Trung offered that following a two-year review directed by [...]	2009-10-23 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR VM
09HANOI889	Ambassador, VFM Minh Discuss Human Rights, Nuclear MOU, [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to reiterate U.S. concerns about the conviction of political dissidents and the forced expulsion of Lang Mai followers fr [...]	2009-11-03 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KNNP KIRF UNSC ECON CVIS ASEAN BM IR
09HANOI89	ASEAN POINT OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN EAID ASEAN VM
09HANOI895	Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Conversation [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 9:30 a.m.; Ministry of Defense, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy Hanoi Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary, EAP Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant [...]	2009-11-10 04:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS VM
09HANOI897	Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Luncheon [...] (U) September 27, 2009; 12:30 p.m.; The Ambassador's Residence; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Rear Admir [...]	2009-11-10 04:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KPAO KN VM
09HANOI899	Internal CPV directive warns of U.S.-led "peaceful [...] (C) SUMMARY: An internal CPV directive briefly posted online warns that "hostile forces" are infiltrating Vietnamese society and threaten to destroy Vietnam's socialist system. USG-sponsored programs in education and governance, and organizations such as USAID, Peace Corps, and Fulbright, are [...]	2009-11-12 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON AID VM
09HANOI90	VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCE REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING (DATT, [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese Armed Forces members for Department clearance for participation in USSOCOM exercise Sovereign Challenge. Hanoi Post did not find any credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals. The approximate cost for this tr [...]	2009-02-05 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL VN
09HANOI901	Embassy Requests that Dissident Father Ly be released from [...] (C) Summary: Dissident Father Nguyen Van Ly suffered his second stroke in four months in prison on November 14. He is partially paralyzed and has been transferred to a Ministry of Public Security hospital in Hanoi. Prison authorities notified Father Ly's family of the stroke and transfer that [...]	2009-11-18 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI91	SCENESETTER FOR A/S JACOBS VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Post welcomes your visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Coming at a time when the GVN,s overall desire to attract tourism and investment has created a window of opportunity for deepening our relations and improving the ability for U.S. citizens to live and work here, your visit c [...]	2009-02-06 04:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CASC PREL VM
09HANOI919	Father Ly Health Update [...] (C) Dissident priest Father Nguyen Van Ly continues to recuperate in a Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Hospital in Hanoi following his recent stroke on November 14 (reftel). Father Ly's health continues to improve, according to family members who have been visiting him daily since they arri [...]	2009-12-03 11:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI92	AMBASSADOR AND ARCHBISHOP OF HANOI DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador immediately before the week-long Lunar New Year holiday (Tet),the Archbishop of Hanoi, Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet, stressed the need for the GVN to enhance political rights such as freedom of speech and private property rights. He also declared tha [...]	2009-02-06 05:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI921	Controversial Pastor Accused of Rape [...] (C) On December 2, Protestant Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh was detained for police questioning in connection with at least one rape case in Gia Lai Province. According to Pastor Siu Y Kim (strictly protect),an Executive Board member of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam South and the mos [...]	2009-12-04 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI925	Vietnam's 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam considers its turn as ASEAN chair to be the leading foreign policy priority for 2010. Substantively, Vietnam's leadership wants to be seen as a responsible member of the international community -- professional and well-briefed, acting as an "honest broker" when possible - [...]	2009-12-11 07:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECIN ASEAN SENV KFLU BM KN VM
09HANOI926	Blogger and Journalist Released [...] (SBU) Prominent blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (penname "Wind Trader") and VietNamNet journalist Pham Doan Tran were released from police custody September 6. As reported in reftels, the two had been arrested in connection with efforts to print a sizeable quantity of T-shirts with anti-Chinese slogan [...]	2009-09-08 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI927	Preliminary Assessment of Politburo Bad Boy To Huy Rua [...] (C) Following is Post's evaluation of To Huy Rua, Chairman of the CPV Propaganda and Education Commission, whom many identify as a leading hard-line voice within the Politburo. We welcome comment from INR/B and other analysts. 2. (C) The Politburo's newest member, To Huy Rua, is consi [...]	2009-12-15 02:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID MARR VM
09HANOI931	War hero/dissident sentenced to 5.5 years; Le Cong Dinh [...] (SBU) Following a half-day trial December 28, former army Lt. Colonel and democracy activist Tran Anh Kim was sentenced by a court in Thai Binh to five and a half years in prison, followed by three years of probation. Although Kim was convicted under the more serious Article 79 (subversion),[...]	2009-12-29 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI94	VISIT OF JAPAN,S CROWN PRINCE TO VIETNAM - [...] (C) Summary: In considering the resumption of new assistance to Vietnam, which was suspended last August due to a bribery scandal, Japan seems to be lowering its expectations for "meaningful" steps by the GVN from prosecution of the well-connected Vietnamese official who accepted the bribes to [...]	2009-02-06 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI956	FINAL NOMINATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN "COMPLEX FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Post nominates the following Vietnamese government officials to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" to be held in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. The visit is funded by the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, Thailand. Both [...]	2009-09-16 03:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PINR PTER SNAR VM TH
09HANOI966	KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 03:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KNNP
09HANOI97	Vietnam Religious Freedom Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of religious adherents in Vietnam continues to grow, as does the number of religious groups receiving official registration and recognition. At the beginning of 2009, the GVN reported 23 million religious faithful. An additional nine new religious organizations were [...]	2009-02-10 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI972	Vietnam Response on UNSC Summit [...] On September 16, Foreign Ministry Assistant Director General Mai Phan Dzung delivered to PolChief a letter from Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet to POTUS confirming Triet's attendance at the UNSC Summit on nuclear non-proliferation. In his letter (see paragraph two for informal tra [...]	2009-09-18 05:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KNNP
09HANOI978	Setting the Scene for Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign investor [...]	2009-09-18 10:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV MARR KHIV KHDP BM
09HARARE1004	TSVANGIRAI ASKS THE WEST FOR HELP ON CHANGING THE [...] (SBU) This cable includes an ACTION REQUEST, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said that while there was tremendous progress in 2009 as compared to 2008, Zimbabwe and its coalition government still faces challenges. Reforms must be implemented quickly, and th [...]	2009-12-24 08:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE1007	PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] The following is the text of a message as received from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe to President Barack Obama of the United States of America. 2. BEGIN TEXT: REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE The Prime Minister 21 December 2009 His Excellency Barrack Obama President of the [...]	2009-12-29 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV OVIP ZI
09HARARE1009	ZIMBABWE RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) Under Zimbabwean law, sexual acts between same sex individuals are criminalized. Specifically, the Zimbabwean Criminal Code states that sodomy is illegal, while sexual acts between women are unlawful as they constitute "unnatural acts." With strong support from President Robert Mugabe, [...]	2009-12-29 13:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ZI
09HARARE1012	OUTSIDERS, VIEWS OF THE INSIDE OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF hardliners have adopted a 'wait and see' attitude regarding Western sanctions, believing that EU sanctions might be lifted soon, with lifting of U.S. sanctions taking another two to three years. Merely offering immunity from prosecution and one-time payments will not be [...]	2009-12-30 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE105	ZIMBABWE REGIONAL HOSPITAL STRUGGLES TO PROVIDE CARE [...] SUMMARY: As reported reftel, Zimbabwe's public hospitals remain closed in most parts of the country, with the few remaining open without adequate medical supplies and services. Instead of filling the void left by the closed public hospitals, many private hospitals have begun a policy of turn [...]	2009-02-10 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI
09HARARE106	ZIMBABWE - REACHING OUT TO REFORM-MINDED ZANU-PF [...] (C) As part of an effort to engage with moderate members of ZANU-PF, poloff met with Ivene Dzingirayi, a first-time ZANU-PF parliamentarian with good working relationships with his MDC counterparts. Dzingirayi discussed his perspective of reform elements within the ZANU-PF side of Parliament a [...]	2009-02-10 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE115	POLITICAL REPRESSION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Even after Morgan Tsvangirai's inauguration as Prime Minister, political detainees including Jestina Mukoko and approximately 29 others remain in State custody. Encouragingly, on February 13 some were allowed access to a private medical facility and Prime Minister Tsvangirai attempted to [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE117	ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean Parliament passed the Zimbabwe National Security Council (NSC) bill on February 10, creating a new executive entity charged with reviewing the country's national security policies and recommending or directing strategic actions. The NSC legislation is currently awaiting [...]	2009-02-13 07:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE119	ZIM NOTES 02-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai and Deputies Sworn Into Government... - Tsvangirai Picks Fill New Ministerial Posts... - While Mugabe Resorts to the Usual Suspects... - National Security Council Bill Passed... - Little Progress for Detainees... - Cholera on the Dec [...]	2009-02-13 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE129	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) The Ambassador today called on prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai was accompanied by deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara, minister for state in the prime minister's office Gordon Moyo, and advisor Ian Makone. Tsvangirai expressed the utmost confidence in the ability of the n [...]	2009-02-17 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE130	ZANU-PF HARDLINERS USE ARRESTS TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (C) On Friday Feburary 13, MDC Treasurer and nominee for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Roy Bennett, was arrested at an airport outside Harare and taken in a high speed getaway to the eastern city of Mutare. Although lawyers were assured he would be brought to court on Monday February 16, the [...]	2009-02-18 05:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE135	ZIM DONOR MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) representatives on February 16 to discuss the dire economic situation and to discuss necessary steps to resuscitate the economy. Tsvangirai focused on the need to pay civil servan [...]	2009-02-18 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE136	MFA BRIEFING: SAME OLD STORY [...] (SBU) GOZ foreign minister Samuel Mumbengegwi summoned Heads of Mission to the MFA today for a briefing ostensibly to discuss, as he stated in his introductory remarks, "recent, very positive developments." After lauding the new, inclusive government, and paying tribute to the AU, SADC, and [...]	2009-02-19 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE142	ZIM NOTES 02-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - On the Political/Social Front PM, MFA Brief Diplomats and Donors... - New Ministers and Deputies Take Office... - UN Visit... - USAID Employee's Hearing Delayed - Again ... - Political Prisoners Remain in Custody... - More WOZA Arrests... - C [...]	2009-02-23 07:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE144	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ZIM MINISTER OF FINANCE BITI [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call today on new Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Bti outlined his plan for short-term economic recovery, but expressed concern about funding recurrent government expenditures over the next several months while the economy stabilizes. He acknowledged that [...]	2009-02-23 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ECON ZI
09HARARE149	TSVANGIRAI CHALLENGES ZANU-PF ACTIONS [...] (U) Today's "The Herald" announced that Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe had reassigned a number of permanent secretaries and would make additional appointments of permanent secretaries in due course. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai held a noon press conference, accompanied by deputy prim [...]	2009-02-25 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE162	NEW ZIMBABWEAN CABINET ASSEMBLED [...] (SBU) The newly-constituted Zimbabwean Cabinet is comprised of 42 members, consisting of six principals (the president, the prime minister, two vice presidents, and two deputy prime ministers) and 36 Cabinet-level ministers. There are an additional five ministers of state who are not members [...]	2009-02-26 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE163	ZIM NOTES 02-27-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and ZANU-PF Going Head to Head in Government... - SADC Looking to Raise US$2 Billion for Zimbabwe... - Roy Bennett Granted Bail, but Still in Jail... - Tsvangirai to Attend Bob's Birthday Bash? ... - USAID Employee Released... - WOZA Women [...]	2009-03-02 08:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE166	UN A/SG URGES DONORS TO DO MORE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 25 breakfast meeting with U.S. and UK Ambassadors, UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg urged donors to expand their humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe to include recovery activities. While she acknowledged the appropriateness [...]	2009-03-02 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE168	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KHUPE [...] (C) In a cordial courtesy call in her freshly-painted office, Ambassador McGee and Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe discussed the immediate needs of the new government and how the U.S. government can assist. DPM Khupe acknowledged the serious challenges facing government and the forces w [...]	2009-03-02 17:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE18	NEW ARRESTS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO MANUFACTURE [...] (C) An eye witness estimates that 300 security forces, including two helicopters, were used in an extensive search of three white-owned properties about 10 miles east of Harare on January 3. Members of the military, police, presidential guard and intelligence services participated in the sear [...]	2009-01-07 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE180	THE ZIMBABWEAN CABINET: PERSONAL LOYALTY KEY TO [...] (SBU) President Mugabe filled his ministerial selections by primarily rewarding loyalty to himself, and secondarily maintaining ethnic representation amongst Shona tribes, and, in keeping with the 1987 Unity Accords, Ndebeles. Mugabe was challenged in findin sufficient positions for a number o [...]	2009-03-04 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE182	BAIL APPROVALS INDICATE SLIGHT GOZ SHIFT IN RIGHT [...] (C) Of the 32 persons abducted between October and December 2008, 21 have now been released, including human rights activist Jestina Mukoko who was released on bail on March 2. The granting of Deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Roy Bennett's bail was reaffirmed in the high court on March 3 [...]	2009-03-04 16:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE184	GIDEON GONO MUST GO--BUT HOW? [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has become the ZANU-PF poster boy for corruption and financial mismanagement. The MDC realizes that Gono's presence at the RBZ complicates possibilities of assistance to Zimbabwe. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told the Ambassado [...]	2009-03-04 16:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE19	MUGABE SHUFFLES MINISTERS AS HE AWAITS MDC DECISION [...] (U) In early January, President Robert Mugabe dismissed 12 ministers and deputy ministers, and shifted their portfolios to other senior ZANU-PF officials. The dismissals were in keeping with constitutional requirements that stipulate that all ministers and deputies need to be sitting members [...]	2009-01-07 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE192	ZIM NOTES 03-06-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Pressure Rises on Gono... - Tsvangirai Urges West to Move Towards Lifting of Sanctions... - Cabinet Reveals Loyalties and Priorities... - Permanent Secretaries to Go? - NGO Report Exposes Diamond Industry and Abuses... - PM Tsvangirai Skips Par [...]	2009-03-09 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE194	TSVANGIRAI'S CAR ACCIDENT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador spoke with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on March 7, and USAID officials and Zimbabwean lawyers spoke with witnesses on the same day. It is clear that the incident in which Mr. Tsvangirai's car was struck [...]	2009-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE204	DONORS BRIEF IMF TEAM ON EVE OF MEETINGS WITH ZIM [...] (SBU) On March 8, Ambassador McGee and key like-minded ambassadors briefed the IMF Article IV mission team on the lack of political will to make the inclusive government work among top ZANU-PF officials, the dire state of Zimbabwe's public finances, and the incompetence and corruption of Reser [...]	2009-03-10 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE207	ZANU-PF ORCHESTRATES RENEWED LAND GRABS [...] (C) On March 5, poloff met with Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union in Zimbabwe. According to Gifford, a recent upsurge in farm invasions that began in February is being orchestrated by Attorney General Tomana, President Mugabe, and the Zimbabwean High Court. Gifford no [...]	2009-03-11 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ZI
09HARARE217	A TRUCE IN THE WAR OF WORDS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This week has been dominated by a church service and public memorial for Susan Tsvangirai, and a public internment. President Robert Mugabe had conciliatory words for Morgan Tsvangirai at the church service; Tsvangirai's eldest son and MDC secretary general and GOZ finance minister Ten [...]	2009-03-12 13:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE218	MDC'S BENNETT RELEASED ON BAIL; STATE CONSIDERS [...] (C) Jailed Deputy Minister of Agriculture-designate Roy Bennett was released from a Mutare jail on March 12 after the Supreme Court Chief Justice upheld a previous, lower court decision to grant Bennett bail. The magistrate who originally ordered Benntt's release after a High Court order gran [...]	2009-03-12 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE221	BAD OMENS FOR ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURE [...] (C) As orchestrated land grabs by ZANU-PF continue, an informed contact reports that new Lands Minister Herbert Murerwa appears to be a captive of the permanent secretary inherited from Didymus Mutasa, and Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has no use for white commercial farmers. Without chea [...]	2009-03-13 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE222	ZIM NOTES 03-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tragic Car Accident Results in Death of Tsvangirai's Wife... - Roy Bennett Out on Bail... - Surge in Land Invasions Continues... - Retired Army Chief Dies... - New Independent Newspaper Seeks Approval... - Australia Makes Non-Humanitarian Donat [...]	2009-03-16 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE226	THE NEW GOZ: A ONE-MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The newly formed Government of Zimbabwe is not a government of national unity with shared values and goals. It is principally a forced marriage of two opposing parties that seek to strengthen themselves while weakening the other as they look toward elections in two years. 2. (C) The M [...]	2009-03-16 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE233	ANALYSIS OF ZIMBABWE MEDIA COVERAGE OF SANCTIONS AND PM CAR [...] SUMMARY: Extension of U.S. targeted sanctions by President Obama on March 4 and the car crash that killed Susan Tsvangirai both received extensive media coverage in the last two weeks. A significant section of the mainstream media believes that targeted sanctions should ease following the forma [...]	2009-03-17 16:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO PGOV PREL ETTC ZI
09HARARE239	OBSERVATIONS OF MDC MINISTER OF WATER [...] (C) Polecon Chief spoke with Minister of Water Sam Nkomo on March 19. Nkomo is an MDC MP from Matabeleland North and is the brother of John Nkomo, the ZANU-PF party chairman and a Minister of State in the president's office. He offered observations on the current situation. 2. (C) Nkomo [...]	2009-03-19 10:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE24	MILITARY EXPANSION FUELS DIAMOND CHAOS XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX region that contains the diamond-rich Marange fields, to discuss violence in the region as well as recent developments in the turbulent Marange diamond trade. XXXXXXXXXXXX described how the military expansion in XXXXXXXXXXXX in late [...]	2009-01-09 08:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN RS ZI
09HARARE240	ELTON MANGOMA ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma provided Polecon Chief on March 19 his observations on the current political landscape. 2. (C) Mangoma, who was one of the MDC negotiators in arriving at the Inter-Party Agreement and was supportive of the MDC entering into government, ex [...]	2009-03-19 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE246	ZIM EDUCATION STILL IN LIMBO AS TEACHERS THREATEN [...] (SBU) Raymond Majongwe, the outspoken Secretary General of the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ),told us in a meeting on March 18 that teachers' unions are in the difficult position of working with the genuinely interested and committed new Minister of Education (MDC-M's David Co [...]	2009-03-23 12:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE248	ZIM NOTES 03-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - New Government Making Progress, But Still Lacks Unity... - Conspiracy Theorists Continue to Blame U.S. for Accident... - Minister Matinenga Takes The Witness Stand... - MDC Members Remain Behind Bars For Post-Funeral Violence... - Giving Up On O [...]	2009-03-23 12:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE257	MDC ON LAND SEIZURES, POLITICS [...] (C) Gorden Moyo is the Minister of State in Prime Minister Tsvangirai's office. He serves as a chief of staff for Tsvangirai, helping to coordinate MDC policy and serving as a liaison with ZANU-PF. Moyo offered us his observations March 26 on land seizures and the political situation. 2. [...]	2009-03-26 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE258	ZANU-PF INSIDER ON POLITICS [...] (C) Walter Mzembi, ZANU-PF Minister of Tourism, spoke with us on March 20. Mzembi is considered a "young Turk" within the party. He is close to Mugabe, but at the same time is one of the few ZANU-PF officials who has been confident enough to speak openly with us without fear of repercussion [...]	2009-03-26 09:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE264	ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT'S PRIORITIES AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Assembly Lovemore Moyo met with polecon chief and poloff on March 25, 2009 and discussed Parliament's next steps, legislative priorities, and role in promoting reform. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara addressed Parliament for the first time and can [...]	2009-03-27 09:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE266	BANKS STRUGGLE WITH LOGISTICS OF PAYMENTS TO CIVIL [...] (U) Funds have been released to pay government employees the March US$100 foreign exchange allowance that tops up their worthless Zimbabwe dollar salaries. At mid-month, however, when the allowances were due to be paid, many recipients were not able to withdraw the funds due to shortcomings i [...]	2009-03-27 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON ASEC EAID ZI
09HARARE268	ZIM NOTES 03-27-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Parliament Getting its House in Order... - Zimbabwean Teachers Consider Striking... - Government Sponsors Stakeholders Meeting... - Cholera Continues to Decline... - Zimbabwe Hosts Tourism Conference... - Court Update... - Scandinavians Send D [...]	2009-03-30 11:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE275	LABOR ANALYSIS: UNIONS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL (PART 1 [...] (U) This is the first of two cables assessing labor in Zimbabwe. Part one examines the history of the labor movement and the challengs facing unions. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its continued relationship with the MDC leadership. 2. ( [...]	2009-04-02 13:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ELAB KDEM ZI
09HARARE276	LABOR ANALYSIS: ZCTU'S INTERNAL STRUGGLES (PART 2 [...] (SBU) This is the second in a two-part series analyzing the labor movement in Zimbabwe. Part one (Ref A) examined the history of the labor movement and the current struggles unions are facing. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its relationship w [...]	2009-04-02 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ELAB ZI
09HARARE278	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZIM MINISTER OF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Elton Mangoma, MDC Minister of Economic Development, on April 2. Mangoma discussed the overall political situation and made the following salient points: 2. (C) The MDC was pleased with the SADC Summit last weekend in Swaziland. SADC emphasized that the le [...]	2009-04-02 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE28	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #3 [...] As of January 8, the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of more than 36,000 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 1,822 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.0 percent. On January 6, the health cluster coordinator noted that a number of the [...]	2009-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM TBIO ZI
09HARARE281	ZIM PARLIAMENT PUTS IN PLACE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's parliament finalized its committee nomination process this week by announcing appointments to the Parliamentary Legal Committee as well as to the 20 various portfolio committees. These bodies serve as important mechanisms to evaluate the legality of proposed legislation and t [...]	2009-04-03 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE283	ANGLICAN CHURCH FEUD TURNS VIOLENT; POLICE BACK [...] (C) The head of the Anglican Church in Harare, Bishop Sebastian Bakare, met with poloff on March 31 to discuss the escalating feud and resultant violence stemming from the rivalry between the official Anglican Church and a rogue faction headed by Bakare's predecessor, expelled Bishop Nolbert K [...]	2009-04-03 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE284	DELISTING ZIMBABWEAN BANKS WORTH CONSIDERING [...] (C) Post recommends consideration of removing Zimbabwean banks the Agricultural Development Bank of Zimbabwe ("Agribank") and ZB Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries (collectively "ZB Bank") as Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (S [...]	2009-04-03 11:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE285	ZIM NOTES 04-03-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - WhereQs the Money - QTsvangirai Blasts West - New Mercedes for All - Parliament forms Committees - QBlowQ to U.S. Sanctions - Journalist Abducted in Gweru - Anglican Church Feud Boils Over - No QHell HoleQ Here - Exam Council Corruption - L [...]	2009-04-03 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE288	LACK OF FUNDS LEAD TO ZIM PARLIAMENTARY RECESS [...] (SBU) Parliament has announced it will adjourn until May 12. This is due to a lack of funds to pay MPs housing and travel allowances while Parliament is in session. Separately, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono's recent offer to give MPs secondhand central bank vehicles is [...]	2009-04-06 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE289	IMPROVED BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe is a recipient of FY09 foreign assistance, as defined in Ref A, under the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA). Post therefore provides the following response to the questions contained in Ref A. 2. (U) The G [...]	2009-04-06 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE29	TORTURE, TERRORISM, AND THE RED VAN: UPDATE ON [...] (C) Court cases continue for 18 Zimbabweans abducted between late October and mid-December who face various accusations related to terrorism, banditry, and mounting an armed insurgency. Prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others remain in custody until their next appearan [...]	2009-01-09 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE296	BITI ON THE ECONOMY, SANCTIONS, AND MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by visiting Staffdel Smith, met April 8 with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Biti briefly reviewed the current budgetary situation and discussed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, President Robert Mugabe's role in the new government, the Zimb [...]	2009-04-08 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE303	TSVANGIRAI UPDATES U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai acknowledged the problematic nature of recent farm invasions and the continuing presence of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. He noted that his personal situation had removed him from the fray for three weeks. H [...]	2009-04-14 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE310	ZIM NOTES 04-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Government Concludes Retreat... - More Media Space?... - Parliament Adjourns Until May... - First Constitutional Deadline Approaching... - Prison Wardens Arrested, Beaten, Released... - Three Remaining Bombers Denied Bail by Chief Justice... - [...]	2009-04-15 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI

09HARARE321	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM ICT MINISTER NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador McGee met with Zimbabwean Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Nelson Chamisa on April 8 as part of a series of calls on ministers in the new government. They discussed the US$100,000 recently paid by the USG to ZimPost for past delivery of person [...]	2009-04-17 09:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE322	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] (SBU) On April 16, poloffs met with Joe Mhishi Tapera, Head of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Relations to present the U.S. nomination to the UN Human Rights Council (Refs A and B) and to discuss Madagascar (Ref C). 2. (SBU) With respect to the Human Rights Council, we pr [...]	2009-04-17 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
09HARARE323	ZIMBABWEAN CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) The Speaker of the House of Assembly announced on April 12 the formation of a Parliamentary Select Committee charged with directing the process to form a new Zimbabwean constitution. The membership of the committee is divided on a proportional basis between the three political parties. [...]	2009-04-17 09:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE324	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZIM MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD [...] Summary: On April 8 Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr. Henry Madzorera. He was accompanied by USAID Mission Director Karen Freeman and CDC Country Director, Dr. Ruth Walkup. Dr. Madzorera was joined by his Permanent Secretary Dr. Gera [...]	2009-04-17 14:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE326	ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Outstanding Issues Still Outstanding... - Communications Portfolio in Limbo... - Constitutional Process Kicks Off... - Joint Independence Day Celebrations Planned... - MDC MPs Divided Over Cars... - U.S. Lauded for Lifting Travel Warning... - [...]	2009-04-20 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE329	USAID/OFDA FIELD TRIP REPORT: AGRICULTURE/FOOD SECURITY [...] From March 1-5, USAID's Southern Africa Principal Regional Advisor for the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Harlan Hale and USAID/OFDA Zimbabwe Humanitarian Program Specialist Mark Adams conducted field monitoring assessments of agriculture/food security projects in the Matabe [...]	2009-04-20 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE33	ZIM NOTES 01-09-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Negotiations... - Ministers Shuffled, Still Room in the Cabinet for MDC... - Abductees Still in Prison... - GOZ Decides to Fight Cholera, Too? - Skyrocketing Media Fees Likely to Restrict Free Flow of Information... - Uganda Praised [...]	2009-01-12 16:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE331	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART CLOSE OUT [...] In response to the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) activated a USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART). The mission of the USAID/DART was to identify humanitarian needs, target USAID/OFDA funding, evaluate response effe [...]	2009-04-20 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE332	LAST 3 ABDUCTEES RELEASED, AGAINST GOZ WISHES [...] (U) On Friday April 17, journalist Andrisson Shadreck Manyere, Tsvangirai advisor Gandhi Mudzingwa, and Chris (Kisimu) Dhlamini were released on US$1,000 bail. The three men were abducted between October and December 2008 and are charged, along with four others, of bombing several Zimbabwe p [...]	2009-04-21 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE333	COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE SEEK COMPENSATION [...] (C) Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union (CFU),met with the Ambassador on April 15 to discuss a shift in strategy his organization is adopting regarding seized and threatened commercial farms in Zimbabwe. The CFU's new position is to seek compensation of up to US$20 bi [...]	2009-04-21 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE340	TWO FACES OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) A courtesy call by the Ambassador on Co-Ministers of Home Affairs Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T) and Kembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) on April 23 devolved into an anti-U.S. diatribe by Mohadi who walked out of the meeting. This followed remarks by the Ambassador that the U.S. wanted to help Zimbabwe, but n [...]	2009-04-23 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE342	ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Stalemate Continues... - Biti Demands Investigation of Gono, Travels to U.S... - Ministerial Visit Fails to Quell Disruptions at Farms... - Constitutional Committee Still Lacks a Chair... - Political Detainees Rearrested... - Kunonga vs. Baka [...]	2009-04-27 07:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE356	ZIM NOTES 04-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Continuing Stalemate... - Farm Invasions Decreasing... - MDC Targets Gono... - Teachers Pledge to Strike... - The Herald Attacks Eddie Cross... - U.S. Volunteer Surgical Team Arrives... - HIFA Enlightens Harare Again... - Dutch Farmers Win Le [...]	2009-04-30 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE360	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON GOZ PROGRESS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador May 1 that he is reasonably satisfied with the progress of the new transitional government. Outstanding issues in the process of being resolved include: governorships, permanent secretaries and ambassadorships; political detainees; and [...]	2009-05-04 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE367	DRAMATIC SETBACK: ZIM ABDUCTEES SENT BACK TO JAIL [...] (C) On May 5, Magistrate Catherine Chimwanda remanded 15 individuals, including prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, to prison pending their trials, which are currently scheduled for June and July 2009. Mukoko and others were abducted between October and December 2008, tortured, acc [...]	2009-05-05 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE372	MDC FOCUSES ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES; DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a May 6 MDC Standing Committee meeting, party Secretary General Tendai Biti held a press conference to announce that the MDC expected action in the next ten days on outstanding issues under the Global Political Agreement, including the appointments of the Reserve Bank (R [...]	2009-05-06 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE379	FORGIVE AND FORGET? NOT YET -- RECONCILIATION SLOW [...] (C) Progress towards forgiveness is slow in Gutu South, a rural constituency that was hard hit by violence during the 2008 inter-election period. Although some chiefs are leading an effort towards reconciliation between victims and perpetrators of violence, fear and intimidation remain high a [...]	2009-05-07 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE38	MDC SPOKESMAN CHAMISA ON MDC POSITION, U.S. POLICY [...] (C) MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told polecon chief on January 14 that the MDC was resolved to condition entry into government on satisfactory resolution of outstanding issues. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai would meet with Zimbabwean president Mugabe in the next few days to either resolve these [...]	2009-01-14 12:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE39	NO END IN SIGHT TO HARARE'S WATER PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Harare's water and sewer systems are antiquated and can no longer cope with the city's expansion. The problems worsened in 2006 when the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) took over the administration of water and sewer reticulation from the city of Harare. In recent years, int [...]	2009-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ASEC PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE390	ZIM NOTES 05-08-09 [...] MDC Takes on Outstanding Issues...Tendai Biti, in his capacity as MDC Secretary-General, held a press conference on Wednesday to demand that outstanding issues be resolved. Noting that the principals Q Mugabe, Tsvangirai, and Mutambara Q had had a series of meetings on these issues, he said t [...]	2009-05-11 18:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE392	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM MINING MINISTER [...] (SBU) On May 11, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu. The Ambassador pressed the ZANU-PF minister on the importance of boosting electrical supplies to support renewed economic activity and ongoing U.S. concern about viol [...]	2009-05-12 15:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE394	MDC MP CONVICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE; OTHERS STILL FACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The advent of the transitional government has failed to stem political prosecutions of abductees as well as MPs. This week Matthias Mlambo, MDC-T MP for Chipinge East, was jailed for an effective seven months while his colleague Meki Makuyana, MDC-T MP for Chipinge South, also fac [...]	2009-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE395	MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS SPIN OUTCOME OF MEDIA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) After several delays and despite a partial boycott, the All-Stakeholders' Media Conference under the theme "Towards an Open, Tolerant, and Responsible Media Environment" went forward May 8-10 in Kariba, with about half of the expected stakeholders present. The umbrella civil society org [...]	2009-05-13 16:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE40	MDC PARLIAMENTARIAN PUSHED OUT BY JUDGE [...] (SBU) A Zimbabwean judge disqualified an MDC member of parliament after convicting her of forging signatures nominating her to run in the March 2008 parliamentary elections. Lynette Karenyi was convicted by Magistrate Billard Musakwa of forging four signatures nominating her to contest the C [...]	2009-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE401	LAST THREE ABDUCTEES GRANTED BAIL; POLICE ARREST [...] (SBU) The legal drama surrounding the 18 people abducted in late 2008 continues. On May 13, High Court Justice November Mtshiya granted bail to the last three abductees still in custody: Kisimusi (Chris) Dhlamini, Ghandi Mudzingwa, and Andrisson Shadreck Manyere. In his ruling, Justice Mtshi [...]	2009-05-14 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE402	MDC-M SUSPENSIONS REVEAL SPLIT IN PARTY [...] (SBU) The President of the MDC-M and Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara, and other top party officials suspended six senior party members, including three MPs. The suspensions have unearthed growing dissent within the MDC-M about Mutambara's leadership, which some party officials and par [...]	2009-05-14 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE403	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NICHOLAS GOCHE [...] (SBU) As part of a series of courtesy calls on new Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) ministers, the Ambassador met on May 14 with Nicholas Goche, Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development. Goche is a long-time ZANU-PF insider who served as that party's lead negotiator in negotiations [...]	2009-05-14 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE405	THE NEW GOZ: A THREE MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE411	ZIM NOTES 05-15-09 [...] Tsvangirai Launches Next 100 Day Plan... Having just about completed the first 100 days of the unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai hosted a conference in Harare to lay out his plans and goals for the next 100. The plan groups the 32 ministries into five clusters (Economic, Inf [...]	2009-05-18 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE416	TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES NEXT 100-DAY PLAN [...] (SBU) On May 13, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai unveiled his plan to guide the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) activities during the next 100 days of the unity government at a conference attended by government officials, legislators, diplomats, civil society, and business leaders. In essence [...]	2009-05-19 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI ECON XA
09HARARE430	AMCIT INVOLVED IN VIOLENT ZIMBABWEAN FARM INVASION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean President of the Senate, Edna Madzongwe, is carrying out a violent farm invasion of a commercial citrus farm with an annual estimated export crop worth US$4 million. The invasion and ejection of the title holder appear to violate local law, as the Zimbabwean High Court ha [...]	2009-05-21 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR CASC ZI
09HARARE431	ZANU-PF AND MDC-T RESOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Tsvangirai announced on May 21 that the three political parties had reached agreement on the contentious issues of division of governorships, appointment of permanent secretaries and ambassadors, and the delayed swearing in of Roy Bennett as Deputy Minister of Agriculture. [...]	2009-05-21 18:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE444	ZANU-PF GOVERNOR FORCING HIMSELF ON AMCIT-OWNED CONSERVANCY [...] (SBU) After years of successfully avoiding land invasions, Zimbabwe's private conservancies now face the threat of forced "indigenous partnerships" that--if carried out--will likely deter further investment and derail significant conservation gains. Under the Wildlife-Based Land Reform Policy [...]	2009-05-29 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SENV PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CASC ZI
09HARARE447	GORDON MOYO SHARES INSIGHTS INTO CABINET AND TOP [...] (C) Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office, Gordon Moyo, explained President Mugabe's refusal to fire Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana. Firing Gono would be an indictment on Mugabe's presidency and he was still financially useful, while Tomana w [...]	2009-05-29 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE456	TEA WITH MUGABE: CODEL PAYNE'S MARATHON MEETING AT [...] (SBU) On May 30 President Robert Mugabe received Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),Ambassador McGee, and staffers at his State House office for a nearly three-hour-long meeting. Throughout the marathon meeting Mugabe was alert, articulate, in apparent good health, and defiant. Congressman Pay [...]	2009-06-02 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE46	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART HEALTH COORDINATION UPDATE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) has been working closely with the team from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and humanitarian partners to improve coordination, set up the cholera command-and-control center, and implement cholera response activities at the field le [...]	2009-01-16 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE460	ZIMBABWE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming vote on Kosovo's application to join the World Bank (WB) on June 2 to Godfrey Magwenzi, the head of Multi-Lateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Magwenzi explained that while Zimbabwe was supportive of Kosovo's application to j [...]	2009-06-02 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL ZIM
09HARARE461	AG'S OFFICE STILL PURSUING LAWYER, JOURNALISTS, WOZA [...] (SBU) The harassment of human rights lawyers and independent journalists continues as the Attorney General's (AG) office--headed by ZANU-PF stalwart Johannes Tomana--shows no signs of letting up on politically motivated criminal prosecutions. Human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama and Zimbabwe I [...]	2009-06-02 15:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE465	ZIMBABWEAN STATE DINNER HONORING THE KING OF SWAZILAND [...] (U) On June 3, President Robert Mugabe held a State dinner at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare in honor of visiting King Mswati III of Swaziland. The dinner occurred before King Mswati departed to Victoria Falls for the COMESA Summit. Mugabe thanked the King for his support of the inclusive [...]	2009-06-05 12:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE466	ABDUCTEES RE-ABDUCTED, THREATENED BY POLICE AND [...] (C) On June 2, two police officers, including the notorious Superintendent Peter Magwenzi, abducted three MDC leaders--Terry Musona, Lloyd Tarumbwa, and Fanny Tembo--from their homes in Mashonaland West province. The trio was first abducted in October 2008, held incommunicado and tortured by M [...]	2009-06-05 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE467	ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 [...] Some Issues Resolved, SADC Asked to Help... On May 21 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced the three parties had resolved some of the outstanding issues, including governorships, permanent secretaries, and ambassadorships. However, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General [...]	2009-06-05 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE47	ZIM NOTES 01-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai to Return, Meet Mugabe... - Conviction Threatens to Expel MDC MP from Parliament... - Still no Resolution on Court Cases... - SADC Tribunal Wrong Says Zimbabwean Supreme Court Justice... - Schools Opening or Not? - New Report on Zim [...]	2009-01-20 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE471	ZIM NOTES 05-29-09 [...] Post Welcomes CODEL to Zimbabwe: A Congressional delegation led by Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) is arriving in Harare this weekend for several days of meetings with senior government officials, the donor community, and civil society and business leaders. Representative Payne is current [...]	2009-06-08 12:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE472	ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 (Corrected) [...] CODEL Payne Visits Zimbabwe: Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Africa and Global Health, Donald Payne and three professional congressional staffers visited Zimbabwe May 29-31. The delegation met with President Mugabe (Harare 456),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a number of senior gov [...]	2009-06-08 12:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE477	CODEL PAYNE: GOZ AND CIVICS PLEAD FOR HEALTH, [...] (SBU) During his May 29-31 visit to Zimbabwe, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and three congressional staffers met with senior government officials including President Robert Mugabe (ref),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, Health Minister Dr. Henry Madzo [...]	2009-06-09 08:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE478	ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESS LEADERS SEEK CREDIT NOT [...] (SBU) Zimbabwean business leaders briefed Congressional delegation Payne on May 31 on challenges facing their respective industries. Commonalities from the presentations included the need for access to international credit lines, improved local governance, and stable delivery of utilities. In [...]	2009-06-09 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD XA PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE48	ZIMBABWE - STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A 12-hour SADC-sponsored mediation between ZANU-PF and the MDC ended January 19 with a continuing stalemate as the parties failed to narrow their differences on outstanding issues. A SADC Extraordinary Summit is tentatively scheduled for January 26 in either Gaborone or Johannesburg which [...]	2009-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE486	WASH Assessment trip, April 20 - May 1, 2009 [...] From April 20 to May 1, 2009, the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specialist undertook an assessment of the WASH sector response to the present cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. The water and sewer systems serving urban centers in Zimbabwe are in a state of severe disrepair as a result of fi [...]	2009-06-11 12:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE488	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: NOT YET TIME TO REENGAGE [...] (SBU) Ambassadors and aid agency heads attended a briefing by African Development Bank (AFDB) President Donald Kaberuka on June 9. Kaberuka, who we met just after the COMESA summit in Victoria Falls, related his impressions of Zimbabwe and the content of various meetings with political and bus [...]	2009-06-11 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE49	ZIMBABWE COURTING FOREIGN DIAMOND INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Discussions in mid-January with private sector mining executives Ndodana Mguquka and Greg Sebborn revealed further details of a possible diamond deal between the Zimbabwean government and either Russian or Indian diamond investors. The Russian group may only be interested in purchasing sev [...]	2009-01-22 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PHUM PREL ZI RS IN IS ASEC
09HARARE490	ZIMBABWE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on the nomination of Lucretia Myers to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) on June 10 to Godfrey Magwenzi, the head of Multi-Lateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Magwenzi was receptive to Ms. Myers' nomination and experience [...]	2009-06-12 10:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KUNR UNGA
09HARARE491	ZIM NOTES 06-12-09 [...] The Herald Spins TsvangiraiQs Trip... With Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on an official visit to the U.S., Canada, and Europe the ZANU-PF mouthpiece The Herald has been spinning his trip as a solicitation for a lifting of sanctions and re-engagement in the form of aid. This week, the front [...]	2009-06-12 11:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE50	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] As of January 22, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of over 48,600 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 2,755 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.7 percent. According to the WHO epidemiological report covering the week of January 11 to [...]	2009-01-23 08:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE500	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIM VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Vice President Joice Mujuru on June 17, his first meeting with her. Mujuru, who was warm and engaged, expressed her support for the transitional process and bemoaned hardliners in her party who were attempting to sabotage it. She urged incremental a [...]	2009-06-18 10:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE503	ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS ARREST OF SENIOR MDC OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana is continuing his pursuit of attorneys and MDC officials who seek to protect and defend the MDC officials who were abducted late last year. On June 16, at the behest of Tomana, senior MDC-T official Toendepi Shonhe was arrested on charges of perjury. [...]	2009-06-19 09:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE506	ZIM NOTES 06-19-09 [...] Tsvangirai Delegation Heads to Europe... Following last week's visit to the U.S., Prime Minister Tsvangirai turned his attention to contnental Europe, spending this week meeting with senior European officials. Justice Minister Chinamasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Mumbengegwi of ZANU-PF were [...]	2009-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE507	ZIMBABWE: 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of ten (10) claims of United States persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All ten claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, a [...]	2009-06-19 14:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ECON
09HARARE51	MILITARY PLANS TO DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) In mid-January, a local chief in the diamond rich and violence-ridden XXXXXXXXXXXX informed us of the Zimbabwean military's intention to displace as many as 25,000 villagers from their homes XXXXXXXXXXXX. The military operation is intended to establish control over the diamond fields as [...]	2009-01-23 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ASEC PHUM ZI RS ECON PREL
09HARARE510	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL SLAMS ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan wrapped up a six-day visit to Zimbabwe on June 18 with a press conference where she expressed her dismay at "persistent" human rights violations in Zimbabwe. During a diplomatic briefing on June 16 that included numerous African dip [...]	2009-06-23 11:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE521	ZIM NOTES 06-26-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Next Stage in Constitutional Process Begins... - MP for Chiadzwa Convicted... - MDC Director General Still in Jail... - UK Ups Commitment Slightly... - State (Reluctantly) Admits Violating Mukoko's Rights... - South Africa Reconsiders Permit fo [...]	2009-06-29 08:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE522	ANOTHER MDC MP CONVICTED [...] (SBU) In a growing pattern of criminal conviction of MDC Members of Parliament (MPs),Shua Mudiwa MP for Mutare West (which includes the Chiadzwa diamond fields) was convicted on kidnapping charges on June 20. Mudiwa remains in custody awaiting a potential life sentence on June 27. He denies t [...]	2009-06-29 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE524	STATE ADMITS TORTURING MUKOKO [...] (SBU) On June 24, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe heard a landmark case brought by human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, arguing that her abduction, torture, and illegal detention in December 2008 constituted such a grave violation of her constitutional rights that the court should permanently s [...]	2009-06-29 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE525	THE BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Lovemore Moyo, updated Post on the Constitutional drafting process and the formation of vital commissions that are expected to drive reforms within the media, electoral process, human rights, and corruption spheres. Speaker Moyo also clarified that - [...]	2009-06-29 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE526	HOUSE SPEAKER BRIEFS ON ZIM CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) House of Assembly Speaker Lovemore Moyo briefed diplomats June 24 on the constitutional process. According to Moyo, it is on track, as specified in the Global Political Agreement (GPA),to be completed within 18 months from the inception of the inclusive government on February 11. Curr [...]	2009-06-29 13:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE530	ZIMBABWE CROP ASSESSMENT CABLE [...] INTRODUCTION: From April through June numerous crop production and household vulnerability assessments were carried out in Zimbabwe to determine potential food deficits and potential food aid needs. Five surveys have been released, though two still need to be approved by the Ministry of Agric [...]	2009-07-01 10:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE531	DEMAND FOR HIGHER WAGES A BURDEN ON ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A survey of Zimbabwean-based businesses in mid-June revealed that foreign currency-denominated wage demands are becoming a critical challenge to an economic recovery given continued low productivity levels. A hyperinflationary mindset remains amongst workers, despite stabilizing prices, [...]	2009-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL ZI ECON EAGR
09HARARE532	AMBASSADOR PRESSES BITI ON REFORMS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti on June 30 at Biti's request. Biti requested details of the US$73 million pledged by President Obama to Prime Minister Tsvangirai at their recent White House meeting. The meeting evolved into a discussion of Zimbabwe's lack of prog [...]	2009-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE54	ZIM NOTES 01-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Remain Deadlocked... - Zimbabwe Courts Foreign Diamond Investors... - Zimbabweans Turn to Satellite TV to Watch U.S. Inauguration... - (Dis)Grace Punches Photographer... - Cholera Continues... - Budget to Consider Dollarization... - Lawy [...]	2009-01-26 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE544	ZANU-PF MINISTER BRIEFS ON WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi (ZANU-PF) briefed polecon chief on his recent visit to Washington as part of a delegation headed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mzembi took away the clear message that reforms and compliance with the Global Political Agreement (GPA) were n [...]	2009-07-02 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE55	MUGABE-TSVANGIRAI MEET PRIVATELY [...] (C) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai met privately last week as Tsvangirai attempted to salvage a deal by gaining concessions from Mugabe on outstanding issues. Mugabe refused to budge and ZANU-PF and MDC remain deadlocked. It is unlikely the SADC Sum [...]	2009-01-26 12:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE554	ZIM NOTES 07-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Boycotts Cabinet... - Makoni Launches Opposition Party... - Chiadzwa Abuses Exposed... - ...As KP Visit Begins... - Bennett Trial Set for October... - No UZ Grads in 2009? - The End of School Fees? - Senator Offers $30 Child Support... - [...]	2009-07-06 07:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE559	ZIMBABWEAN FIRMS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON [...] (SBU) Discussions with a cross-section of Zimbabwean businesses indicated the sector is eager to contribute positively to economic recovery and feels more optimistic about the country's economic future than it did prior regulatory liberalization (including dollarization) that has led to price [...]	2009-07-07 12:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EMIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE577	ZIM NOTES 07-10-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Kimberley Team Urges Ban on Chiadzwa Diamonds... - Cabinet Presses Ministers on Outstanding Issues... - Constitutional All Stakeholders Conference to Kick-Off Monday... - Another MDC-T MP Convicted... - Swine Flu in Zimbabwe? - MIC Maintaining [...]	2009-07-13 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE585	POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED PROSECUTIONS OF MDC-T [...] (SBU) Three MDC parliamentarians have recently been convicted of criminal charges and sentenced, while two others await trial. The MDC believes this is an orchestrated effort by ZANU-PF to disrupt the MDC party and reduce its strength in Parliament. END SUMMARY. -------------------------- [...]	2009-07-14 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE59	READOUT ON SADC SUMMIT [...] (U) A marathon SADC Extraordinary Summit meeting ended at about 4 am today with SADC declaring that MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in on February 11 as prime minister with cabinet ministers to be sworn in two days later. South African president Kgalema Motlanthe reportedly told [...]	2009-01-27 11:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE596	ZIM NOTES 07-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Constitutional Process Stumbles On... - MDC-T MP Suspended from Parliament... - ZANU-PF Ministers Implicated in Poaching Scandal... - Finance Minister Discusses Chiadzwa in Fiscal Assessment... - Top Security Chiefs Sued Over Abductions... - Bu [...]	2009-07-20 06:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE6	MDC SPOKESPERSON CHAMISA ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa, the MDC's goal is new elections through which it can take over complete control of government. Chamisa told polecon chief December 31 the MDC believes it can best shape the electoral environment, including drafting of a new constitution, thro [...]	2009-01-02 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE602	HARARE: LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM PRIME MINISTER [...] Following is the text of a thank you letter from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Morgan R. Tsvangirai, to President Obama. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 8 July 2009 Mr. Barack Obama President of the United States of America Mr. President, I have the honour to extend to you my [...]	2009-07-22 14:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP ZI
09HARARE613	ZIM NOTES 07-24-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Launch of Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation, and Integration... - Senate Passes Biti's Budget... - MDC Gets Ambassadors... - Zaka North MP Convicted... - Civil Servants Get 50% Raise... - Foul Play in Death of Manicaland MP? - AG Tom [...]	2009-07-27 07:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE618	ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED [...] (U) To date, only two cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been documented in Zimbabwe. Both of these imported cases were contracted and confirmed by laboratories outside of Zimbabwe. 2. (U) In one confirmed case, an Indian man contracted the disease outside Zimbabwe, probably in London, before [...]	2009-07-29 10:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE622	BITI ON CURRENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Tendai Biti told the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) that Zimbabwe was at a cross roads; continued progress depended on successful completion of the constitutional process and resolution of ZANU-PF succession, the land issue, and Global Political Agr [...]	2009-07-30 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE624	MID-YEAR FISCAL REVIEW SETS RIGHT TONE FOR RECOVERY [...] (SBU) The mid-year fiscal review by Finance Minister Tendai Biti upgraded the economic growth forecast from 2.8 percent to 3.7 percent due to a projected 24.3 percent growth in agriculture and an anticipated upturn in business confidence arising from implementation of policies contained in th [...]	2009-07-30 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE630	ZIM NOTES 07-31-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Media Freedoms on the Horizon? - NCA Calls for Halt to Constitutional Process... - Biti Receives Death Threat... - MDC-T MP Arrested for Stealing a Cell Phone... - Anglicans Defy Court Order and Ordain New Bishop... - Tribal Chief Evicted for K [...]	2009-08-03 07:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE632	ZIMBABWE'S UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Post has been advised that the following individuals will attend UNGA: A. Attendance of the Head of State: Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President Exact date/time of arrival/departure not available. Grace Mugabe, First Lady, will accompany the President. No interpretation required. B. At [...]	2009-08-04 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ZI
09HARARE643	MSIKA'S DEATH AND HIS SUCCESSOR [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's long-serving Vice President, Joseph Msika, died of liver and kidney failure the morning of August 5, 2009, according to the State media. (NOTE: The GOZ officially announced August 6 that Msika had died on August 5; we learned from sources that he actually died on August 4. [...]	2009-08-06 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI PINR
09HARARE650	ZIMBABWEAN WORKERS RECOUNT TRAFFICKING TO ANGOLA [...] (SBU) At least seven Zimbabwean men were recently trafficked to Angola to work on a construction project after they answered a job advertisement posted by a Chinese-managed company in Harare. On arrival in Angola, the men discovered that the recipient Chinese-managed company was not prepared t [...]	2009-08-12 08:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ECON ELAB ASEC PGOV PREL ZI AO CH
09HARARE651	ZIM NOTES 08-07-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - VP Msika Dies... - Parliament Recommends 12 for Media Commission... - Protesting Students Arrested... - GOZ Forms Diamond Committee... - ZLHR Wins ABA award... - Magistrate Acquitted... - Women Speak Out on Political Rape... - Hillary Who? - [...]	2009-08-12 08:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE660	ZIM NOTES 08-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Outstanding Issues... - New Doctor's Strike a Blow to Healthcare Efforts... - Tsvangirai Saluted by Defense Chiefs?... - MDC-M Pressures Speaker to Ban MPs... - Secretary Clinton Blames Leadership for Zim Collapse... - ILO Investigation [...]	2009-08-17 08:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE670	BITI PRAISES IMF, LAMENTS LACK OF "FISCAL SPACE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti told Acting Treasury A/S Baukol on August 3 that Zimbabwe showed signs of macroeconomic stabilization but still faced serious problems. Biti said the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) lack of revenue meant Zimbabwe was "still a failed state," but techni [...]	2009-08-19 08:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE671	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE673	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE674	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE677	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEK'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes Representative Meeks and his delegation. Your visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history following the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in February of this year and is an opportunity to express support for dem [...]	2009-08-19 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAID ZI
09HARARE678	ZIMBABWE TIER 3 TIP ASSESSMENT: MOVING IN THE [...] (U) This cable serves as a response to the Department's request for information (Ref B) on Zimbabwe's progress towards improving its performance in addressing anti-trafficking issues. In response to Zimbabwe's recent Tier 3 ranking in the Trafficking in Persons report, Post has encouraged the [...]	2009-08-19 16:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE679	MDC-T ATTEMPTS TO USE DWINDLING PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In the absence of leadership by Cabinet, Parliament is moving forward with attempts to reform two pieces of existing legislation that have been used by the State to restrict civil liberties. The effort comes as the MDC-T's slim parliamentary advantage is under threat by ZANU-PF and polit [...]	2009-08-20 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE699	ZIM NOTES 08-28-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Zuma Visits Zimbabwe, Discusses GPA... - Elections When?... - Mutambara Speaks Out...and is Slammed... - KP Chair's Visit Stir Controversy... - Mugabe Seeks Health Care in Dubai... - Deputy Youth Minister's Trial Begins... - Richard Hove Dies. [...]	2009-08-31 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE70	TSVANGIRAI TELLS AMBASSADOR MDC WILL ENTER [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has decided the MDC should enter government and will so recommend to the MDC National Council on January 30. He expects the Council to support his recommendation. With his inauguration as prime minister scheduled for February 11, ZANU-PF negotiators will mee [...]	2009-01-29 13:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE707	CODEL MEEKS MEETING WITH MUGABE [...] (SBU) In a brief meeting with CODEL Meeks, truncated by the CODEL's departure schedule, President Robert Mugabe lapsed into historical reveries, praised the Global Political Agreement (GPA),saying that only "little issues" remained, and questioned sanctions. Constrained by time, Congressman [...]	2009-09-04 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM OREP ZI
09HARARE710	ZIM CONSTITUTIONAL CHAIR GIVE UPDATE ON PROGRESS [...] (C) Co-chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution, Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC-T, briefed the Embassy on recent developments regarding Zimbabwean efforts to craft a new constitution. Parliament is moving forward on the creation and composition of 17 thematic sub-committees [...]	2009-09-04 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE711	GONO STIRS THE POT ON IMF RESERVES [...] (C) Finance Minister Tendai Biti has told President Mugabe and the Cabinet that Zimbabwe should use its new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to clear arrears with the international financial institutions as part of a debt reduction strategy. Conrad Nyamurova, an adviser to Biti tol [...]	2009-09-04 10:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI

09HARARE714	ZIM NOTES 09-08-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Codel Meets with Mugabe, Tsvangirai and MPs... - Min. of Justice Withdraws Zimbabwe from SADC Tribunal... - Fires Destroy Two White Homesteads... - KP Chair Clarifies Zim Visit... - Teachers Ignore Call to Strike... - Mugabe Grants Amnesty to 1 [...]	2009-09-08 08:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE720	TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES GPA PERFORMANCE WITH CODEL [...] (C) On September 2, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai updated a visiting Congressional delegation on the performance of the inclusive government since his June visit to the U.S. He began by reinforcing some of the more positive messages out of Zimbabwe, such as continued low levels of violence [...]	2009-09-09 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP PREL ZI
09HARARE721	ZIM PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS DISCUSS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) On September 3, a panel of parliamentary leaders updated a visiting Congressional delegation on Zimbabwe's process to draft a new constitution and key issues affecting Parliament. Discussion centered around the need to unite stakeholders to craft a constitution that would gain the support [...]	2009-09-10 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE725	ZIM NOTES 09-11-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Summit... - New Strategy Against White Farmers? - Senior EU Delegation to Visit... - MP Jonathan Moyo Re-joins ZANU-PF... - Activist Killed for a Song... - MFA Apologizes, and The Herald Prints Embassy Letter... - University of Zimbabwe R [...]	2009-09-14 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE726	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH ELTON MANGOMA [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma on September 10 discussed current political and economic events with the Charge. He believes SADC is largely ineffective and that the MDC and Zimbabweans must rely on themselves. The constitutional process and other elements of the Global Po [...]	2009-09-14 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN ZI
09HARARE734	PEACE (BUT NOT PROSPERITY) RETURNS TO MAZOWE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) During election violence that stretched across Zimbabwe in 2008, few areas were hit harder than the Mazowe Central constituency in the heartland of Mashonaland Central province. We recently went to the rural area to visit a site for a proposed project for the Ambassador's Self Help fund. [...]	2009-09-16 10:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE736	TSVANGIRAI SPEAKS OUT, CONFRONTS MUGABE [...] (C) Facing strong crticism from his party for being too conciliatory, Prime Minister and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai delivered a hard-hitting speech, directed at ZANU-PF, at the MDC's 10th anniversary celebration on September 13 in Bulawayo. Two days later, in a short and tense meeting with [...]	2009-09-16 14:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE744	USAID/OFDA FIELD TRIP REPORT: MITIGATING CHOLERA IN [...] SUMMARY: In mid-August, staff from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) met with implementing partners, beneficiaries, city officials, and United Nations (UN) personnel in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, to assess current water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) co [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE745	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: HARARE [...] (U) This cable responds to questions presented in Ref. 2. A. (U) To what extent are diasporans from your host country an identifiable community? Are there existing diaspora networks, organizations or online communities available as platforms for outreach? i) (U) Estimates by NGOs, di [...]	2009-09-18 09:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG
09HARARE75	ZIM NOTES 01-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC-T to Vote Today on Whether to Join Government... - EU Expands Sanctions List... - Cholera Deaths Continue... - Farm Invasions Continue Despite Tribunal Ruling and BIPPAs... - Still No Resolution to Abduction Cases... - Teachers Don't Show... [...]	2009-02-02 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE752	ZANU-PF YOUTH BEAT TEACHER FOR FAILING TO STRIKE [...] (U) On September 11, ZANU-PF youth beat up an elementary school teacher in a rural area in eastern Zimbabwe for not going on strike with the historically ZANU-PF-aligned Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) union. The aggressors had warned the teacher that he should stop teaching "until Tsva [...]	2009-09-18 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ELAB ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE753	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON REFORM EFFORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on September 18 that MDC commitment to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) has been met with nothing on the part of ZANU-PF but provocative actions. He continues to push for reforms, but is focused on constitutional reform which he hopes [...]	2009-09-18 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE754	ZIM NOTES 9-18-09 [...] Donors Pledge USD 70 Million to Education... In a September 14 ceremony attended by the Charge and numerous other heads of mission, the Educational Transition Fund announced it is investing USD 70 million in education. The fund will put textbooks and learning materials back in schools and guar [...]	2009-09-21 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE759	ZIM MINFIN BITI BRIEFS CHARGE [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti told the Charge on September 21 that the MDC will canvass its supporters as to whether the MDC should remain in government; he believes most MDC members favor staying in the inclusive government and confronting Mugabe and ZANU-PF. [...]	2009-09-22 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI
09HARARE760	ZIMBABWEAN FILM DOCUMENTS LAND, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (U) The Research Advocacy Unit (RAU),a local NGO dedicated to documenting various human rights abuses and launching advocacy campaigns, recently completed a film documenting human rights abuses involved in the recent land grabs. Although the land issue has largely revolved around the plight o [...]	2009-09-23 08:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EAID EAGR ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE768	SURVEY SHOWS DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) According to a survey conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) in May 2009, if an election for president was held in Zimbabwe today, support for ZANU-PF would be at an all-time low -- just over 10 percent -- while the MDC would enjoy 57 percent support. Large majorities in [...]	2009-09-24 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI
09HARARE769	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE-PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In a cordial meeting with the Charge, Vice-President Joice Mujuru hewed to the ZANU-PF party line in defending the progress of the inclusive government and in criticizing sanctions. She stated a constitutional process was in place, but that elections might not take place for some time. M [...]	2009-09-24 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ZI
09HARARE771	ZIM NOTES 9-25-09 [...] Political Parties Reconfigure Control of Constitutional Process... The three principals to the power-sharing agreement, President Mugabe, PM Tsvangirai, and DPM Mutambara, met last week and agreed to form three new entities to oversee the constitutional process - a Management Committee that ap [...]	2009-09-26 16:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE772	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on September 24 briefed diplomatic chiefs of mission on the status of the inclusive government (IG). His remarks were essentially a reiteration of what he told the Charge two days earlier about the aims of the Global Political Agreement (GPA),[...]	2009-09-28 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE774	MDC MINISTERS BITI AND MANGOMA BRIEF DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Tendai Biti and Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma met with Western donor chiefs of mission and aid directors September 24 and briefed on political and economic issues. They believe that ZANU-PF intransigence on the Global Political Agreement ( [...]	2009-09-28 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI
09HARARE775	ZIM SUPREME COURT: SECURITY FORCES VIOLATED MUKOKO'S [...] (U) On September 28 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe issued a ruling on behalf of a unanimous court that the constitutional rights of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko had been violated in connection with her abduction, torture, and detention by State agents last year. The [...]	2009-09-28 15:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE79	ZIMBABWE DEALING WITH OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) MDC-M secretary general Welshman Ncube believes the power-sharing agreement is imperfect with questionable chances of success, but failure to form an inclusive government in his opinion could have resulted in an increasingly anarchic situation. With all sides supporting the SADC communiq [...]	2009-02-03 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE8	ZIM NOTES 01-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Civil Society Activists in Court... - Next Steps... - Bob Sent Morgan a Passport for Christmas... - Wedding Bells Unite Zuma and MDC-M... - Unproductive Year for Parliament... - Cholera Response Continues... - No Drought This Year [...]	2009-01-05 06:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE806	TSVANGIRAI ADVISOR ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Gorden Moyo, political advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, briefed the Charge October 7 on current political developments. Moyo believes that Tsvangirai's hard-hitting speech at an MDC rally in Bulawayo on September 13 has led to a conciliatory attitude on the part of President [...]	2009-10-07 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE809	ZIM NOTES 10-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Supreme Court Rules in Human Rights Defender's Favor - Shamu Fills Media Boards with ZANU-PF Sympathizers... - Parliament Completes Electoral Commission Interviews... - Brigadier General Ignores High Court Order... - GOZ to Appeal Ruling on Diam [...]	2009-10-08 11:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE810	ZIM NOTES 10-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Supreme Court Rules in Human Rights Defender's Favor - Shamu Fills Media Boards with ZANU-PF Sympathizers... - Parliament Completes Electoral Commission Interviews... - Brigadier General Ignores High Court Order... - GOZ to Appeal Ruling on Diam [...]	2009-10-08 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE812	ZIM NOTES 10-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe Opens Parliament... - ...And Then Attacks West's "Obnoxious Agenda"... - State Media Calls Off Attack Dogs... - ... And Then Intimidates Independent Paper... - Voter Roll Irregularities... - Striking Mine Workers Shot, Intimidated... - [...]	2009-10-13 11:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE814	ZIMBABWE - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE822	FY10 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR [...] Recent public opinion polling reveals that many Zimbabweans feel more positive about the future than they have during recent years. They credit the transitional government and, more specifically, Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC for the economic improvements they have seen. But while the humanit [...]	2009-10-15 08:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE824	INDEPENDENT NEWS DAILIES PREPARE TO PUBLISH [...] (C) Despite ZANU-PF foot-dragging, the new Media Commission, with the power to license newspapers, is expected to be announced shortly. Trevor Ncube, publisher of weekly papers The Independent and The Standard, plans to begin publishing a daily, NewsDay. The Daily News, shut down by the gov [...]	2009-10-15 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE826	MDC TO DISENGAGE FROM ZANU-PF, BUT REMAIN IN [...] (C) Precipitated by the re-arrest of Roy Bennett, the MDC has taken a decision to disengage from ZANU-PF, while remaining in government. This means it will continue to head ministries and participate in the process to draft a new constitution, but will not attend meetings of the Cabinet and [...]	2009-10-15 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE830	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE831	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE832	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE834	ZIM NOTES 10-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Roy Bennett Locked Up Again and then Ordered Released... - MDC Announces Disengagement from ZANU-PF... - Media Commission Selected, but not Announced... - Journalist Arrested in Chiadzwa... - Trial of Human Rights Lawyer and Court Clerk Begins.. [...]	2009-10-19 07:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE839	UNEASY CALM BLANKETS ZIMBABWE,S RURAL AREAS [...] (SBU) A series of Embassy visits across five Zimbabwean provinces between mid-September and mid-October 2009 confirmed that levels of political violence are currently quite low, with the exception of invasions of several contested white-owned commercial farms. Nevertheless, the potential for [...]	2009-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE843	ENDING THE IMPASSE [...] (C) Next week in Harare will see a flurry of activity aimed at ending the MDC's "disengagement" from ZANU-PF and a resumption of government under the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who will return to Harare on October 23 after meeting with regional leaders [...]	2009-10-22 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE85	TSVANGIRAI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBAWE [...] (C) Morgan Tsvangirai met with South African president Motlanthe on February 5 in South Africa. ZANU-PF and MDC negotiators also met yesterday in South Africa. Upon Tsvangirai's return to Harare today, he briefed the Ambassador. 2. (C) Negotiators agreed that governorships would be divi [...]	2009-02-05 12:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE851	ZIM NOTES 10-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai Lobbies Key SADC Members - As Mugabe Holds Cabinet Meeting in his Absence - Rural Residents Fear Renewed Violence - Cholera Season Begins in Zimbabwe - AG Tomana Takes Over Bennett's Case - Manufacturing Sector Improving but Problems [...]	2009-10-27 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE853	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A somewhat dejected Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on October 27 that a three-hour meeting with President Robert Mugabe the previous day to discuss implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and an end to the MDC's disengagement had ended in deadlock. Commenting on his rec [...]	2009-10-28 05:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE859	NGO DIRECTOR BEMOANS LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE86	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART WASH ASSESSMENT [...] From January 23 to February 7, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specialist undertook an assessment of the WASH sector response to the present cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. The water and sewer systems serving urban centers in Zimbabw [...]	2009-02-05 13:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE862	MDC PUSHES FOR REFORM IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) The MDC-T caucus in Parliament intends to introduce draft legislation over the next several weeks to amend several acts that have been used by the State to suppress individual and press freedoms. The MDC-T will first target the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),before addressing the [...]	2009-10-29 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE864	NGO DIRECTOR BEMOANS LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIM [...] (C) The Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU),a local NGO, is joining with regional civil society organizations to pressure southern African governments to re-focus attention on Zimbabwe and the failures of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). RAU Director Tony Reeler also shared with poloffs his [...]	2009-10-30 07:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE865	MDC FOCUSES ON SECURITY SECTOR, GONO [...] (S) According to Elton Mangoma, MDC-T Minister of Economic Development and member of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's inner circle, the MDC would like the U.S. to contribute to a "trust fund" to buy off securocrats and move them into retirement. The MDC will also try to pressure Reserve Bank of Z [...]	2009-10-30 07:29:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE867	A WEEK OF RAIDS, ARRESTS, AND MAYHEM IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Throughout the past week, Zimbabwe's security forces and likely ZANU-PF supporters have executed a series of operations targeting the MDC and several local NGOs, resulting in the arrest of seven people -- five of whom were subsequently released -- the attempted abduction of an eighth indiv [...]	2009-10-30 09:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE868	ZIM NOTES 11-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Troika Visits Zimbabwe... - NGO Arrests and Abductions Return to Zimbabwe... - UN Envoy Deported... - Teachers Report Mounting Harassment, Militarization... - MDC to Push for Reform in Parliament... - Farm Violence Increases, Targets Black [...]	2009-11-02 08:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE885	SADC TROIKA SUMMIT: MDC TO REENGAGE [...] (U) After a one-day Summit of the Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Maputo on November 5, the MDC agreed to suspend its disengagement from ZANU-PF. The Summit (as set out in a Communique) decided that: --the parties to the GPA (ZANU-PF, MDC-T, and MDC-M) [...]	2009-11-06 10:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE888	ZIM NOTES 11-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: SADC Summit-MDC to Reengage... Warthogs Delay Ambassador's Arrival... ...And May Have Prevented Abduction of Labor Leader... Nkomo Nominated for VP Slot... Zim Can Still Export Diamonds, With Greater Oversight... Another Human Rights Lawyer Arres [...]	2009-11-09 07:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE890	MDC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES LIFE IN CHINAMASA'S [...] (C) Poloff met with Deputy Minister of Justice Jessie Majome (MDC-T) on November 5 to discuss her experiences working in a ministry led by ZANU-PF stalwarts Patrick Chinamasa and Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana. Majome described her position as a constant "fight against marginalization [...]	2009-11-09 16:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE894	BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIM [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti briefed pol/econ chief on last week's SADC Troika meeting in Maputo and the MDC's next steps. 2. (C) According to Biti, South African President Jacob Zuma, who as the SADC process facilitator, joined the SADC Troika leaders (Gue [...]	2009-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE897	UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS-AF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA ZI
09HARARE901	ZIM NOTES 11-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Bennett's Lawyers Challenge Judge's Impartiality... Magistrate Who Jailed Prosecutor Forced Out... Outreach Campaign Focuses on Child Protection... Prison Guards Deny Medical Treatment to Abductee... MDC-T MP Acquitted of Rape Charges... Court Th [...]	2009-11-16 06:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE909	HARARE: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON BULGARIAN [...] (U) Ambassador Ray is in the process of making courtesy calls on Ambassadors to diplomatic missions accredited to Zimbabwe. This is the first report on visits of interest. -------- BULGARIA -------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting on November 17 with Atanas Budev, Charge d' Affaires of t [...]	2009-11-24 06:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE91	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON PLANS, CONCERNS [...] (C) A confident but realistic Morgan Tsvangirai briefed OECD ambassadors in the late afternoon of February 5 immediately after a meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and shortly after the House of Assembly had passed Amendment 19 by a vote of 184-0. He left no doubt that he will b [...]	2009-02-06 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE911	ZIM NOTES 11-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Talks Expected This Weekend... ZANU-PF Fills Out Top Posts... Bennett's Trial Begins... State Continues to Block Release of MDC Official... Striking Lawyers Protest... German Priest Assaulted by Soldiers... Old Cases Against Activists Revived... [...]	2009-11-24 10:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE920	HARARE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SWEDISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Swedish Ambassador to Zimbabwe believes that the two keys to improvement of the situation here are economic stabilization and security sector reform. He is skeptical of improvement in the political situation, but thinks that SADC is taking a stronger position and South A [...]	2009-11-25 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE923	NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO ZW
09HARARE924	ZIM NOTES 11-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Zuma Sending Negotiating Team to Harare... South African Investment Treaty Signing Today... Bennett Trial Limps on as Gwezere Languishes in Prison... Gono Not Formally Joining ZANU-PF... Prosecutor Gets Promotion Instead of Jail Time... Obama Hon [...]	2009-11-30 06:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE928	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian ambassador Gunnar Foreland, an experienced Africa hand, provided Ambassador Ray his insights on Zimbabwe. Foreland discussed the interplay of Shona and Western culture and the role ethnicity plays in the relationship between President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob [...]	2009-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE929	AMBASSADOR MEETS ZIM FOREIGN MINISTER; CREDENTIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2, following a call on Zimbabwe's Chief of Presidential Protocol Munyaradzi Kajese, Ambassador presented copies of letters of credence and recall to Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi. Presentation of credentials to President Mugabe has been postponed to December [...]	2009-12-02 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE930	AMBASSADOR RAYâ€™S VISIT WITH GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a strong need in Zimbabwe for security sector reform, as without it, none of the efforts at political reform can be assured. After Robert Mugabe leaves the scene (either through death or retirement) ZANU-PF as a political force in Zimbabwe will be irrelevant, although some of [...]	2009-12-02 14:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE931	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON REPUBLIC OF KOREA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The South Korean (ROK) community in Zimbabwe, though small, is heavily involved in the economy and works closely with ZANU-PF officials, especially Grace Mugabe, the wife of the president. In addition to small firms (photo shops and wig stores),Koreans are involved in coal and [...]	2009-12-02 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE938	BULAWAYO'S SUPPORT FOR MDC-T GROWING; ECONOMIC [...] (C) During a recent visit to Bulawayo, we met with representatives from a number of civic organizations to take the political and social temperature in this anti-ZANU-PF stronghold. We were pleasantly surprised that civic groups have experienced significantly less harassment since the formati [...]	2009-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB ECON KDEM ASEC ZI
09HARARE944	ZIM NOTES 12-07-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: South Africans Mediate Talks... ZANU-PF Congress Rescheduled for December 8... Disunity in the Unity Government... Ambassador's Vehicle Detained by Police... Threats Escalate in Mudzi... Cholera Epidemic Less Severe... Uncertainty for Chiadzwa Res [...]	2009-12-07 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE946	MUGABE AND ZANU-PF MAINTAIN POWER [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe, in advance of the ZANU-PF Congress set to begin on December 8, has consolidated his position within ZANU-PF and will continue to rule with the support of the military leadership. The Congress will likely confirm decisions already made by the party. ZANU-PF in tur [...]	2009-12-08 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI
09HARARE955	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO MUGABE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ray presented his credentials to President Robert Mugabe today. The Ambassador was the fourth of four ambassadors to do so (after Cuba, Sudan, and Ghana) and we were told there would be a 10-15 minute sit down after the presentation of credentials and photos. Instead, Mugabe, who w [...]	2009-12-09 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE956	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAWI CHARGE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi-Zimbabwe relations are complicated by the presence of over two million Malawians in Zimbabwe, most working in farming and mining. The president of Malawi adopts a hands-off policy in SADC to avoid provoking Harare and causing the expulsion of Malawians which could have [...]	2009-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MI
09HARARE958	FORMER GUERRILLA FIGHTERS DISCUSS SECURITY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reform of the security sector is an absolute prerequisite to solid political reform in Zimbabwe. Former ZAPU and ZANU fighters who are not part of the current government have formed an organization to highlight this need. The reform process must have broad-based Zimbabwean con [...]	2009-12-11 07:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE959	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TSVANGIRAI [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai December 10, a day after presenting his credentials to President Robert Mugabe (Ref). Tsvangirai greeted the Ambassador by stating that he had arrived in Zimbabwe at a defining moment in moving the transition forward. The discu [...]	2009-12-11 07:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE964	ZIMBABWE AT THE EPICENTER OF RHINO POACHING [...] (SBU) Rhino poaching continues unabated in Zimbabwe because of lax law enforcement and what appears to be a growing Asian demand for rhino horn. In the last three years, approximately one-quarter of all Zimbabwe's black rhinos have been killed by poachers. Local conservationists are increasin [...]	2009-12-14 09:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC ZI VM
09HARARE966	ZIM NOTES 12-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Ambassador Presents Credentials... ZANU-PF Congress Begins... Human Rights Day Marches... Report on ZANU-PF Perpetrated Rape Released... Kunonga Renews Attacks on Anglicans... WOZA Cases Continue to Drag On... Court Acquits Human Rights Lawyer... MDC-T Suspends Co [...]	2009-12-14 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE971	AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH DRC AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an uncharacteristic session of candor, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mawampanga Mwana Nanga was critical of ZANU-PF and indirectly President Mugabe. The parties here need to spend more time talking to each other to meet the needs of the people, [...]	2009-12-15 13:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI CG
09HARARE975	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In an informal and introductory meeting which circumvented Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) protocol, the Ambassador and Vice President Joice Mujuru discussed sanctions, the Global Political Agreement (GPA),and ZANU-PF. Mujuru hewed to the party line on sanctions, claiming that sanctio [...]	2009-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE977	AMBASSADOR RAY'S VISIT WITH TANZANIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Tanzanian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF, as a revolutionary party, has failed in its efforts to govern Zimbabwe. Mugabe has committed what could be a grievous error by not focusing on a successor, and this could lead ultimately to chaos in the event of his su [...]	2009-12-16 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI TZ
09HARARE987	BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This message includes an action request. See para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ZANU-PF is a party in disarray, according to Minister of Finance and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. As a consequence, Mugabe will find it more difficult to comply with the Global Political Ag [...]	2009-12-17 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI
09HARARE99	ZIM NOTES 02-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Prepares to Enter Government... - MDC-T's Biti Appears to Face Charges... - ... And Sues The Herald for Defamation... - USAID Driver Denied Bail... - No Progress in Other Court Cases... - Cholera Still Ravaging Zimbabwe... - Anglican Churc [...]	2009-02-09 09:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE996	ZIM NOTES 12-21-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Potential Progress on Negotiations? No Surprises at ZANU-PF Congress... Moyo Rises from the Ashes... Journalists Seek Nullification of ZUJ Election... Mugabe Commandeers Plane to Deliver Climate Rant... Central Bank Law on Hold... Food Markets Still Balkanized... A [...]	2009-12-21 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE997	AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH CHINESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe badly needs FDI, but the government must also implement the "correct" policies to attract investors. Chinese companies currently experience problems doing business with the GOZ, because of lack of coordination among and between ministries. PRC policy is to deal with [...]	2009-12-21 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH ZI
09HARARE998	AMBASSADOR RAY'S VISIT WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The key issues for South Africa in Zimbabwe are political stability and economic stability/recovery. Problems in the way of that stem from ZANU-PF's inability to manage its own internal cohesion. There needs to be more coordination of all donors in Zimbabwe. Engagement with a [...]	2009-12-21 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI SF
09HAVANA100	EU DIPLOMATS DISCUSS CHANGES IN CUBA, THE UNITED [...] (C) Future change agents in Cuba will not come from civil society but from the civil service, argued a group of seasoned European diplomats. During a wide-ranging discussion, eight European colleagues inquired about possible changes to U.S. regulations on travel and remittances, urged the Un [...]	2009-02-12 21:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU EC EU
09HAVANA110	DISSIDENTS: UN MEETING SHOWS CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Several leading dissidents commented that the GOC successfully used its good relations with nations in the developing world to minimize criticism during the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council held on February 5 in Geneva. The official Cuban press reported [...]	2009-02-18 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09HAVANA142	ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM CUBA IN SHARP DECLINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Illegal migration from Cuba to the United States appears to have peaked in FY 2008 and has declined significantly. Illegal migration fell 20 percent in FY 08 and is down by almost 50 percent thus far in FY 2009. The decline has affected migrant flows both through Mexico - the ma [...]	2009-03-03 14:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREL CVIS CMGT SOCI CU MX
09HAVANA145	MYSTERY OF MURDERED PRIEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The murder on February 14, 2009 of Spanish Priest Eduardo de la Fuente remains an unsolved crime. The official Cuban media has said nothing about the incident, even though murder is a rarity in Cuba. Nevertheless, the murder is a frequent topic of conversation among ordinar [...]	2009-03-04 13:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU EC EU
09HAVANA147	CUBA'S JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: RENDERING UNTO CAESAR [...] (C) Summary: A visit to the headquarters of Cuba's Jehovah's Witnesses revealed a sophisticated and growing operation. Leaders of the religion said that there were 90,000 practitioners in Cuba, a number far in excess of previous estimates. Although the religion has neither sought official [...]	2009-03-04 19:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA148	PROSPECTS FOR U.S.-SPANISH COOPERATION ON CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission hosted new Spanish ambassador Manuel Cacho Quesada for a working lunch March 3 to explore potential for closer US-GOS coordination on Cuba issues. Cacho took up his post in December and has maintained a relatively low profile. U.S.-Spanish Relations ------------------- [...]	2009-03-04 20:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM CU SP
09HAVANA153	LAGE AND PEREZ ROQUE ADMIT "ERRORS" AND RESIGN ALL [...] (U) In virtually identical letters published in the official media on March 5, former Vice President Carlos Lage and former Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque admitted that they had committed unspecified "errors" for which they assumed full responsibility, and then resigned from their remaining po [...]	2009-03-06 19:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL CU
09HAVANA154	WHA AREA DIPLOMATS IN HAVANA EXPRESS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) On march 4, DCM hosted a lunch of colleagues from several western hemisphere embassies in Havana including Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. Pol/Econ chief and ConGen also participated. 2. (C) Though the just-announced cabinet chan [...]	2009-03-06 20:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROV ECON CU
09HAVANA16	DR HILDA MOLINA AND THE VISIT OF ARGENTINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though she would dearly like to travel to Argentina to visit her family, Dr Hilda Molina says she has little real hope that anything will come out of the upcoming visit to Cuba of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). End Summary. 2. (C) Dissident neurosu [...]	2009-01-12 12:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AR CU PHUM PREL
09HAVANA164	FRENCH VIEWS ON U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS AND THE EU [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) had lunch with French Ambassador Frederic Dore on March 10 to seek his perspective on recent changes within the Government of Cuba, the pace of the EU-Cuba political dialogue, and U.S.-Cuban relations. France is a key player among EU missions here and held the local [...]	2009-03-12 14:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU EU
09HAVANA168	CUBA WEIGHS IN ON "CAPITALIST" CRISIS [...] (C) Fidel Castro and the Cuban Government took advantage of an annual international conference of economists to congratulate themselves on long predicting the inevitable doom of capitalism. The well attended conference, including Central American presidents and Nobel laureate economists, res [...]	2009-03-13 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA172	CUBAN MININT'S THOUGHTS ON TRAVEL, LAW [...] (S) Summary: On 9 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) stationed at the United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba (USINT) attended a routine working meeting with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officers, including one Cuban Border Guard Colonel [...]	2009-03-17 15:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA187	KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND CUBA EVEN CLOSER [...] (S) Summary: On 18 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of 16 Cuban migrants at Baha de Cabaas. During the repatriation, the DIS spoke at length wit [...]	2009-03-24 16:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA194	MAKING THE MOST OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR NOWAK'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Rapporteur for Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Manfred Nowak, is expected to visit Cuba sometime in 2009. USINT urges that he be approached before the trip with offers of information we have on prisoners and prisons in Cuba. ACTIO [...]	2009-03-30 18:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PHUM PREL UN
09HAVANA195	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEE/KILPATRICK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Codel Lee/Kilpatrick will be arriving in Cuba at a time of slow motion and sometimes contradictory change. Raul Castro has now consolidated his power. The Cuban economy has many serious weaknesses that can only be addressed through bold, innovative, and immediate action. The [...]	2009-03-30 19:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PINR CU
09HAVANA196	SURVEY OF CUBANS ON SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) FROM MARCH 2-18, THE REFUGEE UNIT AT USINT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF 285 APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CUBA. THE SURVEY WAS NOT SCIENTIFIC IN THAT THE RESPONDENTS WERE LIMITED TO CUBANS ACTIVELY SEEKING TO LEAVE THE ISLAND. NONETHELESS, IN [...]	2009-03-30 19:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL CU
09HAVANA197	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEE/KILPATRICK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Codel Lee/Kilpatrick will be arriving in Cuba at a time of slow motion and sometimes contradictory change. Raul Castro has now consolidated his power. The Cuban economy has many serious weaknesses that can only be addressed through bold, innovative, and immediate action. The [...]	2009-03-31 11:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PINR CU
09HAVANA198	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MARCH 16- MARCH 30 [...] (C) Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) Pleased with Results of Six Day Protest: Members of the organization, Ladies in White, a group composed of relatives of political prisoners and their supporters, were pleased that they had achieved wide visibility during six days of street protests to m [...]	2009-03-31 13:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA207	CODEL LEE VISIT TO CUBA [...] SUMMARY: A CODEL led by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) visited Cuba April 3 - 7. The CODEL met with GOC officials including former President Fidel Castro, President Raul Castro, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon, and with the wives of the 5 Cuban agents c [...]	2009-04-07 20:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP PGOV CU
09HAVANA208	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] USINT Havana warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the commissioners and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Control officer for the visit will be Political-Economic Section Chief Jim Benson (e-mail: BensonJ@state.gov, Office phone: 53-7-836-4039, Cell [...]	2009-04-09 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CU

09HAVANA210	CAUGHT IN THE ACT: AMCIT IN CUBA CAUGHT SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: On 30 March 2009 the American Citizens Services (ACS) unit at the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, received notice from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations that on 27 March, the Government of Cuba (GOC) took into custody an American Citizen (AMCIT) su [...]	2009-04-09 19:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	ASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA218	SWEDEN, THE EU, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) met on April 13 with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood at her request to discuss U.S.-Cuban relations and Sweden's perspective on Cuba as Sweden prepares to assume the EU Presidency. Ambassador Fleetwood travels to Washington later this month for a schedule tha [...]	2009-04-14 12:51:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SW EU
09HAVANA221	THE U.S. AND THE ROLE OF THE OPPOSITION IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Raul Castro government of Cuba (GOC) appears to have settled into a position of undisputed authority internally, it is worth asking what the Cuban political opposition is doing and the role it may play in the future. Two recent op-ed pieces in the international press that hav [...]	2009-04-15 13:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA226	REACTION IN CUBA TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Cuba to the April 13 announcement of changes to U.S. policy regarding travel, remittances and telecommunications activity has been generally very positive. The government of Cuba itself has been officially silent, though former President Fidel Castro has published se [...]	2009-04-17 20:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU
09HAVANA244	REACTION IN CUBA TO SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: It is apparent that Fidel Castro is not pleased with the outcome of the Summit of the Americas, though it is far from clear yet what the government of Cuba's view is. Ordinary Cubans we have talked to have high praise for the President's speech, but not much hope that their own [...]	2009-04-24 20:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU
09HAVANA248	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FIGHTS ANEMIA, WANTS SATELLITE [...] (C) The World Food Program (WFP) is working to fight anemia and provide emergency assistance to hurricane victims in Cuba. Although Cuba is food insecure (importing 80 percent of its food),few Cubans suffer from malnutrition, according to the WFP country director. However, anemia caused by [...]	2009-04-28 10:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IO CU
09HAVANA260	19 APRIL REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 43 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island to Cuban authorities on April 19 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and prov [...]	2009-05-06 19:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA277	GOC MOUNTS "PROTEST" IN FRONT OF THE INTERESTS [...] (U) As part of the "II International Youth Encounter for Solidarity with the Five Heroes," at 0800 on May 12, several hundred people appeared in front of the Interests Section in the so-called anti-imperialist amphitheater to protest a variety of alleged crimes committed by the USG. The part [...]	2009-05-14 18:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CU
09HAVANA278	U.S. LEGAL TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS WITNESS [...] (SBU) A team made up of prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office from the Southern District of Florida, public defenders assigned to the defendants in two criminal alien smuggling cases, a court reporter, videographer, two interpreters and two DHS/ICE agents traveled to Cuba May 6 to take cou [...]	2009-05-14 18:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ASEC PGOV CU
09HAVANA283	CUBA HOSTS FINAL NAM MINISTERIAL OF ITS PRESIDENCY [...] (U) April 28-30, Cuba played host for a reported 60 minister-level participants in its last act in the NAM chair before Egypt takes over. As might be expected from this group in this venue, the ministerial was long on rhetoric--including lavish praise for the host government and criticism of [...]	2009-05-18 15:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
09HAVANA308	CUBAN GDP PROJECTIONS FALL; NO STIMULUS PACKAGE IN [...] (C) The Government of Cuba (GOC) has lowered 2009 GDP growth projections from 6 percent to no greater than 2.5 percent. Removing the GOC's historic optimism and unusual accounting methods, it is likely Cuba will experience zero or negative growth this year. A fall in the demand for and pric [...]	2009-05-27 18:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN CU
09HAVANA317	IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A SURVEY BY USINT OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS REVEALS WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT AMONG RESPONDENTS THAT ALL RACES ARE NOT TREATED EQUALLY IN CUBA. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS COULD NOT NAME AN AFRO-DESCENDENT LEADER, A REFLECTION OF THE DEARTH OF AFRO-CUBANS IN POSITIONS [...]	2009-05-29 19:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ECON PREL CU
09HAVANA322	HOW MIGHT CUBA ENTER ANOTHER SPECIAL PERIOD? [...] (C) The combination of new warnings of potential blackouts, serious liquidity issues, and potential (if not already) reduced financial support from Venezuela has sparked rumors on the street and in the international media that Cuba may be headed toward another "Special Period". The reality is [...]	2009-06-04 13:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN CU
09HAVANA329	GOC PROMOTES MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS AND STRONG ARM [...] (C) Summary: For the past several weeks leading opposition groups have been racked with severe personal quarrels coupled with widely disseminated accusations that leading dissident figures are agents of Cuban state security (see reftel). At the same time a broad cross section of our contact [...]	2009-06-05 13:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA33	INTERPRETING CUBA'S 2008 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) On January 7, the Cuban Office of National Statistics published a Panorama of Economic and Social Indicators for 2008 providing some detail behind the data reported to the National Assembly (ref A) by Raul Castro and his economic team December 26-27. While the availability of statistic [...]	2009-01-15 16:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
09HAVANA330	USINT HAS FRONT ROW SEAT FOR RAFTER INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On 4 June 2009, United States Interests Section Havana (USINT) personnel witnessed an apparent Cuban migrant raft floating extremely close to the Malecon seawall directly in front of the USINT building. The raft had seven males onboard who refused, at first, to come off the vess [...]	2009-06-05 18:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA341	FROM THE MOUTH OF MINREX: POSSIBLE INSIGHT INTO [...] (S//NF) Summary: On 5 June, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of sixteen Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to and from the pier, a Cuban Ministry of For [...]	2009-06-09 19:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA344	FIDEL CASTRO IMPRESSED BY POTUS AFTER CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) The Government of Cuba has offered no official reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. Former president Fidel Castro, however, previewed his interest in the Cairo speech in a Reflection article on June 6 that he started with "Yesterday afternoon, while I was carefully analyzing Ob [...]	2009-06-10 18:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA345	CUBA BREAKS UP CONGLOMERATE CUBALSE [...] (C) The Cuban Council of Ministers decided on May 26 to "extinguish" Cubalse, the second largest conglomerate in Cuba, and transfer its assets within 90 days to seven other entities. Cubalse was originally created to serve the diplomatic community with local employees and housing. The entit [...]	2009-06-10 19:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR PBIO CU
09HAVANA35	THE SPECULATION ON FIDEL'S HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fidel Castro's extended absence from public view, especially during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the revolution, combined with the long time since he has written one of his occasional "Reflections" pieces is prompting speculation in the international press that his health [...]	2009-01-15 17:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PINS PGOV PINR SMIG PREL CU
09HAVANA351	CUBAN MINREX SOUNDS OFF - AGAIN [...] (C//NF) Summary: On 11 June 2009, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, attended a repatriation of 14 Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to the migrant receiving pier, DIS enga [...]	2009-06-12 20:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA356	CIVIL SOCIETY PROJECT PROPOSALS AND PRISONERS' [...] (SBU) Cuban Civil Society members frequently present USINT officers with project proposals or requests for humanitarian aid. USINT officers also provide input about civil society conditions and aid requests during quarterly USAID LAC Grantee Coordination Meetings and through regular communicat [...]	2009-06-15 17:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU EAID PHUM PREL
09HAVANA357	DEPARTURE OF DR HILDA MOLINA [...] (C) As has been reported widely in the media, dissident Cuban doctor Hilda Molina departed Cuba late on Saturday, June 13, and traveled to Buenos Aires to be with her seriously ill mother. Demonstrating that it can move very quickly when it wants to, the GOC provided Molina a passport and exi [...]	2009-06-16 14:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AR CU PGOV PHUM PREL
09HAVANA361	CUBANS DISAPPOINTED BY MICROSOFT; INSPIRED BY IRAN [...] (C) The decision by Microsoft and others to block certain internet communication services in Cuba works directly against U.S. goals to advance people-to-people interaction. The growing Cuban virtual community has privately and publicly expressed its disappointment. Bloggers remain undeterred [...]	2009-06-19 18:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PREL ECON CU IR
09HAVANA366	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LESS THAN [...] (C) Summary: Canada's democracy)oriented foreign policy toward Cuba apparently is being implemented more vigorously in Ottawa than in Cuba, although some help may be on the way. End Summary. CANADA'S PRIORITIES IN CUBA --------------------------- 2. (C) USINT read with interest refte [...]	2009-06-23 14:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU CA
09HAVANA394	FAMILY DECRIES POOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OF ARIEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Family members of political prisoner and 75er Ariel Sigler Amaya are concerned that his health is declining rapidly and that the GOC is unable or unwilling or both to provide him with adequate medical care. They are urging that USINT issue him an NIV on humanitarian grounds so [...]	2009-07-02 15:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CVIS CU
09HAVANA424	EUROPEANS RAMPING UP AID TO CUBA [...] (C) The European Union is ramping up its Mission in Cuba to focus on implementing a 40 million euro cooperation (i.e. aid) agreement. Prior to October 2008, Cuba only accepted limited assistance from Belgium and Spain. Although the EU package does not provide any direct budget support, all [...]	2009-07-07 19:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL ECON PGOV CU
09HAVANA437	GOC RESPONDS TO TIP DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: MINREX presented us with a diplomatic note (no. 3335, dated July 8) responding to our note that had informed the GOC of the release of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and Cuba's Tier III designation. While the GOC's 4-page note opens with a typically searing rejec [...]	2009-07-15 17:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA444	FIDEL BLAMES U.S. (BUT NOT PRESIDENT OBAMA) FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: After several months of confusion over how to react to the election of President Obama, Fidel Castro seems to have latched on to the coup in Honduras for a more comfortable explanation: President Obama may be all right, but U.S. policy is being run by Bush Administration holdover [...]	2009-07-21 13:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA462	OBSERVATIONS OF THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) This front channel cable was originally sent as Official/Informal in reftel. The following is a collection of observations by outgoing human rights officer on the state of human rights and civil society in Cuba. 2. (C) CONTINUITY: Repeat visitors to Cuba, whether they have been gone fo [...]	2009-07-28 14:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA473	REVERSING THE CUT-OFF OF U.S. INTERNET MESSAGING [...] (C) Reftel requested Washington action to reverse the moves by Microsoft, Google, and others to block their Internet messaging services in Cuba. The actions by these U.S. companies to stop such services only help the efforts of GOC censors to control the information available to the Cuban pe [...]	2009-08-05 11:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PREL ECON PHUM CU
09HAVANA477	RAUL CASTRO DELAYS PARTY CONGRESS, DEFENDS [...] (C) To no one's surprise, Cuban President Raul Castro and the Communist Party's Central Committee announced on July 29 another delay of the Sixth Communist Party Congress intended for the end of this year. The official excuse is a lack of preparation, even though the Congress is already seven [...]	2009-08-06 11:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA486	HOW THE UK SEES ITS RELATIONS WITH CUBA, AND EU-US [...] (C) Chief of Mission had lunch on August 5 with UK Ambassador Dianna Melrose to discuss her recent trip to Washington, D.C, the status of UK-Cuba relations, and her impressions of last week's Cuban National Assembly session. Some highlights: 2. (C) Washington, D.C: Ambassador Melrose was [...]	2009-08-07 16:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UK CU
09HAVANA490	CUBA'S ECONOMY - WHERE TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS THREE [...] (C) Amidst a flurry of activity starting with Raul Castro's July 26 speech and ending with the August 1 National Assembly, Raul and his ministers painted a desperate picture of the Cuban economy. The Government of Cuba (GOC) lowered its GDP growth projection for the second time in three months and [...]	2009-08-10 18:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA491	GOVERNMENT OF CUBA FRUSTRATION INCREASES OVER LACK [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba has spoken with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officials on multiple occasions, as recently as 4 August 2009, regarding their perceived lack of Government of Jama [...]	2009-08-11 13:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA494	THE EXIT PERMIT: HAMMER, CARROT, AND RALLYING CRY [...] (C) Edgard Lopez Moreno, a well-known Cuban youth opposition leader, departed Havana for Miami on August 6, 2009 as a refugee. He quit the island eight days after GOC immigration authorities gave him his exit permit and passport, and two and a half years after he first applied for permission [...]	2009-08-12 10:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU SMIG
09HAVANA508	BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE USCCB AND CUBAN [...] (C) USINT COM and P/E officers met August 17 with a visiting U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) delegation (Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Orlando Bishop Thomas Wenski, San Antonio Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantu, and USCCB staffer Father Andrew Small) on its first day in Havana. USINT [...]	2009-08-19 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA512	BRITISH EMBASSY SEEKS TO BUILD CUBAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In regard to civil society, the British Embassy in Cuba is focused on building capacity and providing Cubans with greater access to uncensored information. Although they are currently doing very little in this area, their stated goal lines up well with past and future USINT prog [...]	2009-08-21 13:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU UK
09HAVANA515	POLITICAL PRISONERS: A RENEWED GROWTH AREA FOR THE [...] (C) The Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation announced on August 10 a three person increase in the number of Cuban political prisoners, from 205 to 208. This represents the first increase since 2005. The CCHRNR highlighted three recent high-profile incarcerations in ma [...]	2009-08-21 16:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL REF CU
09HAVANA527	QUESTIONS FROM YOANI SANCHEZ TO POTUS [...] (C) Internationally renowned blogger Yoani Sanchez (see profile below) passed us seven questions for POTUS as well as seven questions she would like to ask Cuban president Raul Castro, if given the chance. Post believes a response to these questions would provide significant support to not ju [...]	2009-08-28 11:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA53	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP JANUARY 2009 [...] SBU) POLICE BRUTALLY SUPPRESS PEACEFUL PROTEST: On January 11, police forcefully stopped a protest in the park of Santiago de las Vegas in the municipality of Boyeros, Havana Province. Protesters had gathered to demand the release of political prisoners and to honor the memory of Miguel Vald [...]	2009-01-28 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
09HAVANA551	CUBA AND CHINA: THE BEST OF TIMES [...] (SBU) Bilateral relations between China and Cuba are at their historic best, according to China's top legislator Wu Bangguo. China and Cuba traded high level visitors this week as Wu visited Havana and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez visited Beijing to commemorate the 49th anniversary [...]	2009-09-08 17:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CU CH
09HAVANA559	CHECK PLEASE! GOVERNMENT OF CUBA MAY ACCEPT U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 3 September 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, engaged in a candid conversation with a Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) official who provided insight into the possible Govern [...]	2009-09-14 10:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA591	16 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 6 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard cutter Pea Island to Cuban authorities on September 16 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and prov [...]	2009-09-24 19:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA592	GOC SIGNALS "READINESS TO MOVE FORWARD" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Avowing a "readiness to move forward in our relationship," the Government of Cuba granted us unprecedented access to its state institutions during the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams from September 16 to 22. To underscore the move, the GOC also offered t [...]	2009-09-25 17:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC EAID ETTC ODIP OEXC OFDP PHSA PHUM
09HAVANA594	CUBA CHAMPIONS HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY -- AS [...] (C) Official Cuban voices have come alive with the events taking place in Honduras. After weeks where the news could not find much more to report than a baseball tournament in Europe and a music concert in Havana, the Government of Cuba has finally found a cause worth championing: the return [...]	2009-09-28 11:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA601	26 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the on September 26 without incident. 2. Cutter Pea Island docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provided standard information packets on legal imm [...]	2009-10-02 18:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA602	29 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 3 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island to Cuban authorities on September 29 without incident. 2. The Cutter Kodiak Island docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the r [...]	2009-10-02 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA615	PROGRESS WITH THE GOC ON USINT OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Since the Migration Talks in July, there have been significant improvements in operations for the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, due in large part to more cooperation from the Government of Cuba (GOC). Post has received permission for two major facility-improvement p [...]	2009-10-09 12:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT CU
09HAVANA619	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANFRED [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to an Action Request in Ref A requesting "information on specific detention facilities and/or detainees in Cuba," pertaining to the intended visit to Cuba of United Nations Special Rapporteur (SR) on torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or [...]	2009-10-13 15:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PINS CU
09HAVANA631	THE END OF THE "PAPA" STATE IN CUBA? THE GOC TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Cuba (GOC) appears to be seriously considering removing, or at least restricting, its national ration card system (libreta),one of the main pillars, along with education and healthcare, of Cuba's socialist state. The libreta is also one of the GOC's more effective to [...]	2009-10-19 12:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PINR CU
09HAVANA639	A SPLENDID LITTLE VISIT, FOR CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit by the Spanish Foreign Minster to Cuba highlighted the differences that have emerged among the Europeans, in particular, on how to nudge Cuba most effectively towards political reform. Foreign Minister Moratinos committed Spain to diluting the EU's emphasis on human rig [...]	2009-10-21 20:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA649	CUBA PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON SWITZERLAND AND HUMAN [...] (C) Chief of Mission met October 27 with Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard, at Burkhard,s request, to discuss the November 11-13 visit of a Swiss MFA delegation for their annual bilateral meeting with the GOC focused on bilateral and multilateral issues, including human rights. Last year's mee [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SZ
09HAVANA650	RELEASED CUBAN PRISONER PONDERS HIS OPTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) paroled political prisoner and "75'er" Nelson Aguiar Ramirez on October 20 following the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos. Aguiar was the first 75'er to be released since February, 2008, and is in extremely poor health. In conversation with [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA651	RELEASED CUBAN PRISONER PONDERS HIS OPTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) paroled political prisoner and "75'er" Nelson Aguiar Ramirez on October 20 following the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos. Aguiar was the first 75'er to be released since February, 2008, and is in extremely poor health. In conversation with [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA653	10 OCTOBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 11 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SAWFISH to Cuban authorities on October 10 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provide [...]	2009-10-28 20:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA655	14 OCTOBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 4 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PEA ISLAND to Cuban authorities on October 14 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...]	2009-10-29 12:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA670	2 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 17 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard cutter Kodiak Island to Cuban Authorities on November 2 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and p [...]	2009-11-06 18:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA672	USINT DISCUSSES PEREZ OCONOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA683	SPAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNS OF CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Spanish Mission in Cuba is looking for signs of change that will help them move along EU-Cuba relations, and sway their EU partners. Featuring prominently in their case for normalization is progress on U.S. - Cuba relations. Our Spanish counterparts note that U.S. willin [...]	2009-11-10 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA684	BLOGGERS BEATEN BUT NOT DETERRED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cuba's most famous bloggers were detained and roughed up by GOC agents as they traveled on foot to a public event on November 6. Plainclothes officials intercepted bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Claudia Cadelo, Orlando Luis Pardo and another person on a sidewalk, forced them into cars an [...]	2009-11-10 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA689	CUBA DENOUNCES U.S. INTERFERNCE IN BLOGGER CASE [...] (C) On November 10, 2009, COM Jonathan Farrar delivered a demarche to Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Director of the North American Department of the Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),regarding the November 6 detention and abuse of three prominent Cuban bloggers (Ref A). Pursuant to Reftel B [...]	2009-11-12 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA694	UNHCR HAVANA HEAD OFFERS A LOOK AT THIRD COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] On 4 November, RefCoord called on Alberto Aragon Cao, head of the UNHCR office in Havana. Aragon, a Cuban national, has worked for UNHCR in Havana for 17 years and speaks English well. He previously worked in the Ministry of Education where he dealt frequently with UNHCR on cases of foreign s [...]	2009-11-17 18:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL CU
09HAVANA695	BLOGGER THRILLED WITH POTUS RESPONSE TO HER Q&AS [...] (C) USINT Poloffs delivered on November 18, 2009 President Obama's responses to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez's questions on Cuba - U.S. relations (REF A). Last August, Sanchez had posed seven questions to POTUS and seven for Cuban President Raul Castro (the two sets were different). She was no [...]	2009-11-18 18:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA697	TRADING WITH THE ENEMY - DISAPPOINTING CUBAN TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of U.S. exporters told us they received an unusually cool reception from the Cuban Government at this year's Havana trade fair. While some exporters reported business more or less as usual, we heard more complaints than in previous years regarding everything f [...]	2009-11-19 17:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA698	FAA UPDATES AIR TRAFFIC PROCEDURES WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Miami and Havana air traffic controllers signed a letter of agreement (LOA) on November 12 updating procedures for the coordination of flights between Cuban and U.S. controlled airspace. Both sides stressed the excellent working relationship between the Miami Air Route Traffic [...]	2009-11-19 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA703	FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBA'S RECORD OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA704	CUBA UNLEASHES MOB ON BLOGGERS [...] (SBU) Cuban blogger Reinaldo Escobar was attacked by a pro-government mob on November 20, 2009. Escobar had challenged the state security agents who beat his blogger wife Yoani Sanchez to meet in the same spot where she was picked up and roughed-up on November 6 (Ref A). Escobar was answerin [...]	2009-11-23 18:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA705	16 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter KNIGHT ISLAND to Cuban authorities on November 14 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and [...]	2009-11-23 18:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA706	FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBAâ€™S RECORD OF [...] (C) Summary. The Cuban Government has been able to stonewall its independent civil society from foreign visitors who have, for the large part, been all too ready to give in to Cuban bullying and give up on these encounters. A series of recent visits has shown the different approaches that foreign g [...]	2009-11-24 13:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA709	14 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard cutter Knight Island to Cuban authorities on November 14 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and p [...]	2009-11-27 17:17:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA714	MINREX RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON POSADA CARRILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the request of the Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),Chief of Mission Farrar met with Josefina Vidal Ferreriro, director of Cuba's North America Office on November 30 to recieve word of the approval of two Cuban nationals asked to testify in the federal criminal case of [...]	2009-11-30 21:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG CASC PGOV PREL CU ASEC
09HAVANA721	MILITARY EXERCISES FAIL TO ROUSE CUBANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 11:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PM PREL
09HAVANA722	CUBA: CIVIL SOCIETY FULLY IN FAVOR OF IMPROVING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 11:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA723	CUBA: CIVIL SOCIETY FULLY IN FAVOR OF IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary. There is widespread consensus among Cuban civil society that improving relations between the United States and the GOC will strengthen the cause of freedom in Cuba. While skeptical that the GOC is capable of leading the process, civil society leaders urged U.S. policy makers to [...]	2009-12-04 13:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA726	SPAIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIALOGUE WITH CUBA [...] (C) COM met December 2 with Spanish ambassador to Cuba Manuel Cacho at the latter,s request to discuss Spain,s plans vis--vis Cuba during Spain,s EU Presidency and the upcoming meeting between the Secretary and Spanish FM Moratinos. P/E Counselor separately met December 3 with his Spanish counterpa [...]	2009-12-05 16:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA732	WHY ALL THE FUSS ABOUT THE "CUBAN FIVE"? [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA735	GOC DOES NOT BLAME WASHINGTON FOR DELAY IN [...] (C) On the margins of a December 8 meeting at Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX),Director of the North America Office Josefina Vidal took pains to correct two recent media reports on bilateral relations. Vidal had presented COM Farrar a diplomatic note protesting the U.S. Coast Gua [...]	2009-12-10 18:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG PGOV CU
09HAVANA736	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY TURNS VIOLENT IN HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Human Rights Day turned violent in Havana as State-organized mobs attacked separate marches by the Damas de Blanco and by supporters of Dr. Darsi Ferrer. While the Damas were generally insulated from physical assault by state security agents surrounding them, Ferrer's supporters w [...]	2009-12-10 22:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID SMIG CU
09HAVANA738	WHY ALL THE FUSS ABOUT THE "CUBAN FIVE"? [...] (SBU) Despite mammoth efforts by the GOC in pressing the case of the five Cuban and Cuban-American spies in U.S. jails, most Cubans don't really know or even care about their fate. The spies' value to the GOC is mostly for propaganda and, domestically at least, it has not returned the huge in [...]	2009-12-14 17:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA739	STRIDENT GOC PROTEST OF USINT AND OTHER MISSIONS, OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENTS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry (MINREX) summoned COM on December 12 to protest USINT observation of Human Rights Day activities in Havana. The meeting was the latest of several recent GOC efforts to put the USG on the defensive in our bilateral relationship. COM gave a low-key but firm response to M [...]	2009-12-14 20:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CASC CU
09HAVANA755	CUBAN BORDER GUARD'S FEATHERS RUFFLED BY USCG [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a 10 December 2009 meeting with the Cuban Ministry of Interior's (MININT) International Relations Directorate (DRIC) and Border Guard (CBG). The [...]	2009-12-18 18:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA763	CUBA PASSES UP YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO UNVEIL [...] (C) Summary: Even with expectations already below sea level, the National Assembly session that wrapped up on December 20 was a considerable disappointment. In the absence of a Communist Party Congress, or even a Conference, some had hoped that the GOC would take advantage of the legislative [...]	2009-12-21 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU
09HAVANA768	GOC GRANTS ACCESS TO ALAN PHILIP GROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) called in COM and CG on December 24 to inform the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) that access to arrested Amcit Philip Alan Gross had been granted for Monday, December 28. The Government of Cuba's (GOC) response to other outstanding [...]	2009-12-24 19:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA77	DUELING STATEMENTS BY SENIOR CUBANS: "GOOD COP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A "Reflexiones" piece by Fidel Castro critical of President Obama on January 29 followed by more laudatory statements by National Assembly president Ricardo Alarcon two days later have gotten the local rumor mill spun up again. The now extended travel of Raul Castro to Russia, An [...]	2009-02-05 12:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CU
09HAVANA772	FIRST CONSULAR VISIT TO ALAN PHILIP GROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Consul General Martha Melzow visited arrested Amcit Philip Alan Gross on Monday, December 28 at Villa Marista. Although Gross was arrested on December 3, consular access was not granted by the GOC until December 24. Gross told Congen that he is charged with contraband. He appear [...]	2009-12-28 20:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA78	CUBAN LAND REFORM? [...] (SBU) Cuba's Agriculture Ministry has reportedly approved 45,518 applications to lease idle land to private farmers, cooperatives, and state farms. The announcement, reported on February 2 by the official Communist Party newspaper Granma, is the most significant step to date in what some int [...]	2009-02-05 16:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA80	OPPOSITION GROUPS JOSTLE FOR POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leaders are beginning to stir after months of relative inactivity. As they attempt to organize their supporters, splits among them, and between the opposition on the island and the Cuban exile community are becoming more evident. The issue of the management of Radio [...]	2009-02-06 15:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CU
09HAVANA86	JAPAN SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON CUBA [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador Akira Takamatsu invited the COM to lunch on February 9, COM's first day in Havana following consultations. Takamatsu's main discussion point was to urge the USG to pursue a policy of "engagement" with the GOC, which he said Japan believed would be in the interest of the [...]	2009-02-10 21:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU JA
09HAVANA87	NEW SWISS AMBASSADOR RECEIVES INTRODUCTION TO [...] (C) Newly-arrived Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard requested to meet with Chief of Mission (COM) on February 10 to share impressions from his initial contacts with the GOC. Burkhard said he had been surprised that his meeting with Vice President Almeida during his presentation of credentials c [...]	2009-02-11 20:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SZ
09HAVANA88	REFLECTIONS FROM THE EU ON PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) During a February 10 lunch with six other chiefs of mission, talk of the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Cuba segued into a discussion of the EU's efforts to promote human rights in Cuba. The EU's decision in June 2008 to change its Common Position on Cuba has led [...]	2009-02-11 20:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EC
09HELSINKI115	NATO KFOR MISSION: IN TOGETHER, OUT TOGETHER [...] (U) Charge' raised US concerns over possible European withdrawal from KFOR during a March 19 meeting with MFA DG for Americas/Asia Kalkku (REF). Although Kalkuu does not have direct responsibility for the issue, she is a European Political-Military expert with considerable recent experience [...]	2009-03-20 13:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO KPKO KV
09HELSINKI12	FINLAND: IAEA ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 09:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09HELSINKI122	FINLAND: SEOUL KOREA GICNT WORKSHOP AND EPG [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 13:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MNUC KS FI
09HELSINKI127	FINLAND'S SECURITY POLICY: EU AN END POINT OR [...] (C) Summary. Media attention on the Finnish Government's (GOF) quadrennial defense and security white paper focused more on the "strong case" in favor of Finland's possible NATO membership than the fact that the document places primary importance on the European Union's role in promoting secu [...]	2009-04-02 10:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EU FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI129	FINLAND SEEKS STRONGER LINKS WITH U.S. ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) On March 26, Kari Kahiluoto, MFA Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy, met with Charge to discuss the Alliance fr Civilizations (AOC) meeting in Istanbul (April2009),the UN, the Finnish Holocaust Task Force memership application, the Community of Democraciesmeeting (uly 2009),and t [...]	2009-04-02 13:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM FI
09HELSINKI13	CUBA: FINLAND REVIEW TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) PolOff asked Veikko Soralahti, Counselor, Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Finnish MFA on January 8 if there had been any changes in the Finnish relationship with Cuba since the EU dropped sanctions. He said that there had not. 2. (C) Post provides the following respons [...]	2009-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI
09HELSINKI132	FINLAND: BRIEF ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) On April 3, PolOff met with Sari Makela, Finnish MFA Legal Counselor and Tony Paso, Counselor, Unit for EU Enlargement and Western Balkans (Kosovo & Serbia). Makela said that the Government of Finland (GoF) intends to submit a brief to the ICJ by April 17. She stated that the main legal [...]	2009-04-06 08:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV FI
09HELSINKI135	FINLAND: FOREIGN MINISTER ON UN REFORM, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Finnish Foreign Minister Stubb kicked off Finland's 2013-14 Security Council Seat campaign at a March 17 seminar entitled "The Role of Small States in the United Nations Security Council"(UNSC). Stubb defined Finland as a small state with proven leadership experience that would h [...]	2009-04-06 12:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV FI
09HELSINKI138	FINLAND: AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Polchief met with Johan Schalin, MFA Director for Asia and Oceania, on April 8 to discuss specific contributions to Afghanistan (REF A) and Finland's participation in the April 17 Pakistan donors' conference (REF B). Schalin began by stressing that the Administration's white paper (REF C) [...]	2009-04-08 13:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MARR PGOV PREL

09HELSINKI141	FINLAND: STUBB PRESSES HARD FOR NATO [...] At a well-attended NATO 60th anniversary event on April 2 in Helsinki, Foreign Minister Stubb spoke forcefully about the benefits of NATO membership. Stubb stressed that he supported the Government of Finland's (GOF) policy articulated in the recent defense white paper, according to which whil [...]	2009-04-09 09:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV FI
09HELSINKI144	FINLAND VOTES YES ON KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 12:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN FI KVPR PREL
09HELSINKI148	FINLAND: BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 13:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM FI
09HELSINKI149	FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...]	2009-04-24 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV FI
09HELSINKI150	FINLAND: STUBB PUSHES FOR NEW THINKING IN FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Reflecting the influence of Foreign Minister Stubb, who has called for Finland to move away from "old phobias" and to abandon "empty and ritualistic rhetoric," Finland,s new Russia Action Plan seeks to create a comprehensive, realistic and honest set of guidelines to govern Finla [...]	2009-04-24 15:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS FI
09HELSINKI151	FINLAND: MEDVEDEV'S FIRST VISIT A "PROMISING [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Halonen came away very satisfied from Russian President Medvedev's first visit to Finland on April 20-21. Having forged a good relationship with Putin, Halonen seeks a good rapport with his successor, and Medvedev's self-deprecating and modest demeanor went over well w [...]	2009-04-24 15:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG ETRD FI PREL RS
09HELSINKI160	MSGF01: THREE FINNS TESTED FOR SWINE FLU; TAMIFLU AND [...] (U) Three Finnish citizens who recently returned from travelling in Mexico have been tested for possible swine flu. One test has come back negative; the other two test results should be known within a week. The case garnering intense media attention involves an elderly woman who returned to L [...]	2009-04-30 12:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09HELSINKI162	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER STUBB'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Finnish Foreign Minister Stubb arrives in Washington as the Finns enjoy considerable international acclaim for their efforts in international crisis management, not only as a result of their effective Chairmanship of the OSCE last year, but also for the award of the Nobel Peace Pr [...]	2009-05-05 13:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI17	NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 11:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP GM PREL PARM EFIN FI
09HELSINKI177	FINLAND ON THE MAY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finns doubt stronger language on Iran will issue from the May GAERC, given the lack of consensus regarding tougher sanctions. Though discussion within the EU has been limited, early signs are positive regarding continuation of Operation ATALANTA off the Horn of Africa. Signs [...]	2009-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI182	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Helsinki welcomes you to Finland. Your visit comes as we celebrate ninety years of diplomatic relations with Finland. Those relations are excellent. The Finnish government places high importance on deepening transatlantic ties as it also promotes a stronger role for [...]	2009-05-19 13:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON MARR NATO OREP FI
09HELSINKI186	CUBA: FINLAND REVIEW TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Econoff and Poloff discussed Finland's Cuba relations with Kimmo Pulkkinen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Ambassador for the Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean. Post provides the following responses to reftel A questions: 2. (C) -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, [...]	2009-05-20 15:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL FI
09HELSINKI211	FINLAND: PM PUTIN SETS CHILLY TONE WITH PM VANHANEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Prime Minister Putin set a chillier tone in his June 3 visit to Finland than did President Medvedev last April. Finnish officials found Putin less cordial and less engaged than Medvedev on the bilateral trade matters that dominate high-level Finnish-Russian meetings. In [...]	2009-06-05 15:54:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG FI PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI217	FINLAND: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 13:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA FI
09HELSINKI218	FINLAND: NOTIFICATION DELIVERY EXTRADITION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CJAN KTIA FI
09HELSINKI220	FINLAND: LEFT LOSES, POPULISTS GAIN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. With losses for the political left and wins for fringe parties, the Finnish European Parliament elections echoed results across the EU. The populist and Euro-skeptic True Finns gained their first parliamentary seat, and their leader received the most votes of any candidate. The [...]	2009-06-10 14:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV FI
09HELSINKI221	FINLAND: JUNE GAERC DISCUSSION [...] (C) On June 12 PolOff met with the MFA Deputy European Correspondent for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Markku Lampinen to discuss the June GAERC agenda. Lampinen said that the Middle East discussion would dominate in light of the Lebanese elections and since the last discussion w [...]	2009-06-12 12:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI223	FINLAND WARNS EU ABOUT PROPOSED RUSSIAN TRANSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Finnish officials have raised in EU circles their concerns that container transport restrictions proposed by the Russian Customs Service will adversely impact trade bound for Russia through Finland, Estonia and Latvia. With the vast majority of containers crossing the Finnish-Rus [...]	2009-06-12 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ETRD ETTC FI PREL
09HELSINKI23	FINLAND: DEMARCHE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU SY FI
09HELSINKI231	FINLAND SEEKS TO TAKE INITIATIVE FROM RUSSIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finns agree with the U.S. on how to address Russia's proposed overhaul of European Security arrangements, in particular on the core principles of focusing on existing institutions, examining security comprehensively and working through the OSCE. The challenge for the Finns i [...]	2009-06-17 09:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL EUN NATO PGOV RS FI
09HELSINKI24	FINLAND: DEMARCHE US-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS FI
09HELSINKI278	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: FINLAND INITIAL RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 13:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA FI
09HELSINKI281	FINLAND: RESPONSE AUSTRALIA GROUP PROMOTING [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Finnish MFA First Secretary Marja Rosvall in the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation on July 23. She noted in particular that in her opinion, Russia approaches participation in the Australia Group ambivalently, desiring to participa [...]	2009-07-24 07:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CBW FI
09HELSINKI284	FINLAND: DEMARCHE COMMENTS ON JULY GAERC [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche to Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on July 23. Somalia: The Government of Finland (GoF) would like more concrete political action on Somalia from the EU. The GoF supports the Djibouti Peace Process and the Somali Transitional [...]	2009-07-24 10:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW FI
09HELSINKI289	FINLAND: MIGRATION IN FINLAND IN FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 05:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR ECON ELAB SMIG PREL PGOV FI
09HELSINKI293	FINLAND: Immigration Creates Future Integration [...] (U) Summary: After a slight lull in 2006 and 2007, Finland is experiencing a boom in asylum and refugee immigration. Finland's asylum policies are one of the most "accommodating" in the region - more so than neighboring Nordic countries. Yet even with Government of Finland (GoF) assistance [...]	2009-08-03 13:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR ECON ELAB SMIG PREL PGOV FI
09HELSINKI305	FINLAND: FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the records of the below named one military and four civilian training candidates for military training and found no derogatory information. -(Mr) Juha Silvola, Civilian, Work Shop Engineer, Finnair DOB: June 23, 1967 POB: Jyvaskyla, Finland -(Lt/Mal [...]	2009-08-11 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL FI
09HELSINKI310	FINLAND: DEMARCHE RESPONSE AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Heidi Marttila, Finnish MFA Unit for Asia and Oceania on August 18. Marttila noted that while Government of Finland (GoF) does not comment or issue press releases unilaterally on issues covered through the EU, the Finnish Foreign Minister (Stubb) is well [...]	2009-08-19 07:09:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BM FI
09HELSINKI312	FINLAND: LET'S TALK DETAINEES, JUST NOT UIGHURS [...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with CDA Butler, Prime Minister Vanhanen's Senior Advisor Esko Hamilo expressed the Finnish Government's willingness to discuss the possibility of accepting detainees from Guantanamo. Hamilo welcomed the prospect of a visit from Special Envoy Fried in September. He [...]	2009-08-20 14:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM FI CH
09HELSINKI317	FINLAND: INFORMED THAT UNODC IS GICNT OBSERVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC FI RU
09HELSINKI318	FINLAND: MTCR PLENARY PARTICIPATION REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FI
09HELSINKI319	IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: FINNS SHARE CONSENSUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS FI
09HELSINKI32	FINLAND AND THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polchief met on January 21 with Deputy Director Markku Lampinen of the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the January 26-27 GAERC (REF A). Lampinen stated that the Foreign Ministers' (FMs) agenda contains two broad topics, the Middle East Peace Proces [...]	2009-01-22 14:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
09HELSINKI321	FINLAND: FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the records of the below named five candidates for military training and found no derogatory information. -(Lt/Male) Marko Parantainen, F-18 Systems Engineer, Avionics, Finnish Air Force DOB: February 2, 1973 POB: Aanekoski, Finland -(Sgt/Male) Jari Y [...]	2009-08-25 08:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL FI
09HELSINKI337	FINLAND WELCOMES MORE, BUT NOT ALL, VOICES IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 11:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT PHSA PREL SENV FI
09HELSINKI338	NO DECISION ON ORAL STATEMENT AT ICJ REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 14:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FI ICJ KV PREL
09HELSINKI34	FINNISH MINISTER TO PRESENT NEW TRANSATLANTIC AID [...] At the upcoming Informal Council meeting in Prague January 29-30, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Vayrynen will seek support from EU Development ministers for the creation of a U.S.- EU Transatlantic Partnership for Sustainable Development. The purpose of the partner [...]	2009-01-28 13:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EU FI PREL
09HELSINKI355	FINLAND: HALONEN ASSUMES TRADITIONAL POSTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11 Finnish President Halonen met, dined and relaxed with Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin for five hours in the Black Sea city of Sochi. This was the third presidential meeting this year, and Finnish officials describe each as a warm encounter. Typic [...]	2009-09-28 10:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PGOV PREL RS
09HELSINKI360	FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN WEATHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has been a partner in Afghanistan with boots on the ground since 2002, and its political leaders, with few exceptions, continue to demonstrate their commitment to the mission both publicly and privately. However, having suffered only one fatality so far, Finland's politic [...]	2009-10-01 07:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI361	PM VANHANEN SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1, the Finnish Parliament voted 117 to 27 to reject a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Vanhanen's government. Vanhanen and other Center Party members have been implicated in a campaign funding scandal in which they received large, undisclosed donations fr [...]	2009-10-02 12:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV FI
09HELSINKI378	FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The commitment of Finnish forces to ISAF continues to be a matter of public debate in Helsinki. All political parties (with the exception of the opposition Left Alliance) reiterated their support for Finland's current policy regarding Afghanistan including maintaining its partic [...]	2009-10-15 13:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI39	HSPD - 6 FURTHUR DISCUSSIONS WITH FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: On January 26, 2009, Charge, POL chief and Consul met with Ministry of the Interior State Secretary Antti Peltari, who wanted to follow up on an earlier meeting with the Embassy when he received model language for an HSPD-6 agreement. (REF B) (Peltari has been promoted from Dire [...]	2009-02-03 12:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ASEC PREL KHLS PTER PGOV FI
09HELSINKI392	FINLAND: MISCOMMUNICATION OVER AFGHANISTAN TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finnish Government's (GOF) withdrawal from Afghanistan next week of its Election Support Force (ESF) caught the GOF's top leaders unaware, leaving them embarrassed and scrambling for explanations. The President and Foreign Minister publicly claimed the ESF would stay through [...]	2009-10-23 14:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI402	FINLAND: PUTIN WARMS UP IN LATEST MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a dramatic departure from their meeting last June, on October 25 Russian Prime Minister Putin warmly greeted Finnish Prime Minister Vanhanen in St. Petersburg. Describing Finland as a good partner, a smiling Putin put a positive face on Finnish-Russian relations. Putin pointed [...]	2009-10-29 11:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PREL EPET ETRD WTO RS
09HELSINKI408	FINLAND'S RUSSIAN SPEAKING MINORITY: INVITED BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's Russian-speaking minority is the largest immigrant group in the country. Most Russian-speaking immigrants are ethnically Finnish, and have come since the 1990s as part of a government program to encourage resettlement of ethnic Finns in the Karelia region, lost to Rus [...]	2009-11-03 11:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR ECON ELAB SMIG PREL PGOV FI
09HELSINKI412	FINLAND: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Kirsti Pohjankukka First Secretary for Human Rights Policy at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Pohjankukka responded to USG's concern that the possible resolution may have an adverse impact on the peace process by stating that the peace process is GOF [...]	2009-11-05 05:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	FI PREL
09HELSINKI413	FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: LEHTOMAKI, [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the below named military candidate for military training and found no derogatory information. --(Maj/Male) Petri Kalle Juhani Lehtisalo, Major, Finnish Army DOB: July 2, 1971 POB: Tampere, Finland 2. (SBU) This candidate plans to attend [...]	2009-11-05 16:05:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FI PGOV PHUM PREL
09HELSINKI416	FINLAND: (UN) ACTION REQUEST: 64TH UN GENERAL [...] Pol/Econoff delivered reftel points to Kirsti Pohjankukka and Janne Jokinen, First Secretaries in the Unit for Humans Rights Policy at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Pohjankukka thanked the USG for its help with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Wome [...]	2009-11-06 14:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	FI PREL
09HELSINKI421	FINLAND: TEPID SUPPORT FOR BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Markku Lampinen, The MFA,s Deputy Director for the Unit for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy. With obvious reluctance Lampinen said the Finnish government (GOF) is ready to extend the sanctions but would like to see a mechanis [...]	2009-11-12 05:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	FI PREL
09HELSINKI429	FINLAND: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 14:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM FI
09HELSINKI432	FINLAND: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 14:05:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL FI
09HELSINKI434	FINLAND SUPPORTS USG ON ITU KOSOVO-RELATED ACTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 13:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU
09HELSINKI440	HELSINKI HOSTS SCPAR WHILE PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate but nearly simultaneous events November 18-19 in Helsinki, the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) held a workshop and meeting and the Finnish Parliament held a plenary session to which called for a comprehensive national Arctic Strate [...]	2009-11-24 14:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT FI PHSA PREL SENV
09HELSINKI441	AFGHANISTAN: SIMILAR EXPECTATIONS OF KARZAI, PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with MFA officials responsible for Afghanistan policy, poloff delivered reftel points regarding USG expectations of the new Karzai government and solicited information on the redesign of the Swedish-Finnish PRT. The interlocutors noted a lack of USG emphasis on follow [...]	2009-11-24 15:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PREL
09HELSINKI442	FINLAND RESPONDS: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) On November 25 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Anu Laamanen, MFA Deputy Director General of the Political Affairs Unit. Laamanen was careful to keep the discussion of Iran in an EU context, but did say that Finland welcomes the consideration of all options within a process that s [...]	2009-11-25 15:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PREL
09HELSINKI446	FINLAND: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Anna Salovaara, First Secretary in the Unit for UN and General Global Affairs at the MFA, and Kiikka Eela, Regional Manager for the Midle East Unit in the Bureau of Middle East and North African Affairs at the MFA. Both GOF officials stated that [...]	2009-11-30 13:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09HELSINKI447	FINLAND CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On November 25 Ambassador raised REF A points with MFA State Secretary Pertti Torstila. Torstila said the government would not make any statements regarding possible expanded participation in Afghanistan until after the President formally announces the policy. 2. (C) The same day Pol [...]	2009-11-30 15:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF FI
09HELSINKI45	FINLAND: GOVERNMENT UNVEILS 2 BILLION EURO [...] Summary: The Government of Finland (GOF) agreed on a stimulus package January 30 which is expected to have an overall impact of EUR 2 billion. The package was presented to parliament on February 3 as part of an overall supplementary budget request, the primary objective of which is to promo [...]	2009-02-06 14:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN FI PREL
09HELSINKI454	FINLAND ACTIVELY PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 14:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BM FI
09HELSINKI455	AFGHANISTAN: FINLAND TOPPING UP OMLT, EUPOL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's December 1 speech and the request for more support in Afghanistan from NATO Secretary General Rasmussen have triggered an extensive public discussion in Finland's political and media circles. There is a broad consensus behind the current level of commitment of [...]	2009-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI457	FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: MATTSSON, [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the below named military officer and military unit for military training and found no derogatory information. --(Male) Jouni Ilari Kim Mattsson, Regimental Commander, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Finnish Army DOB: November 29, 1962 POB: Helsinki, [...]	2009-12-04 15:32:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	FI PGOV PHUM PREL
09HELSINKI458	AFGHANISTAN: FINLAND TOPPING UP OMLT, EUPOL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's December 1 speech and the request for more support in Afghanistan from NATO Secretary General Rasmussen have triggered an extensive public discussion in Finland's political and media circles. There is a broad consensus behind the current level of commitment of [...]	2009-12-04 17:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI46	FINLAND TAKES MEASURES TO BOOST FINANCIAL MARKETS [...] Noting that banks have recently had to focus efforts to satisfy the financial needs of large-scale businesses, the Finnish Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy outlined on January 27 measures to boost financial markets in Finland. The committee announced that it will submit to Parliament in e [...]	2009-02-06 14:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN FI PREL
09HELSINKI47	FINLAND TAKES MEASURES TO BOOST FINANCIAL MARKETS [...] Noting that banks have recently had to focus efforts to satisfy the financial needs of large-scale businesses, the Finnish Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy outlined on January 27 measures to boost financial markets in Finland. The committee announced that it will submit to Parliament in e [...]	2009-02-06 14:09:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN FI PREL
09HELSINKI484	FINLAND: PRIME MINISTER HOLDS FIRST RUSSIA FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on the government's "Russia Action Policy" issued earlier this year, on November 26 Prime Minister Vanhanen held the first "Russia Forum." According to the Action Plan, the PM should hold a Forum to connect Finns from government, business and academia in order to i [...]	2009-12-22 09:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PGOV PREL EUR RS
09HELSINKI52	FINLAND: VISIT OF AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's National Security Advisor, Zalmai Rassoul, offered his government's appreciation for Finland's assistance during a visit from February 2-5. In meetings with the Foreign and Defense Ministers and other government officials, Rassoul listed as the top problems in Afgha [...]	2009-02-12 13:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR FI PREL
09HELSINKI62	FINLAND AND THE MAY 2009 NPT PREPCOM [...] (C) PolChief met on February 10 with Outi Holopainen, the MFA's Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, to discuss the Finnish government's (GOF) views on upcoming non-proliferation meetings (REF). Holopainen said that, regarding the NPT review cycle, the GOF had not form [...]	2009-02-19 13:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	AORC CDG ENRG FI KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI63	FINLAND COMMENTS ON FEBRUARY 23-24 GAERC [...] Summary: PolOff met with Markku Lampinen, Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent on February 20 in advance of the GAERC. Lampinen said that the main topics this month will be Afghanistan and the Middle East. This GAERC represents the first discussion of the Eastern Partnership Initiative [...]	2009-02-20 12:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PGOV FI
09HELSINKI74	FINLAND: POSSIBLE RWANDAN GENOCIDE TRIAL [...] (U) Summary: On February 5, local media reported that Finnish police referred their investigation of genocide charges against a Rwandan resident in Finland for prosecution. Finnish officials investigated the charges after the Rwandan applied for asylum in Finland. Officials allege that the s [...]	2009-02-26 11:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI FI
09HELSINKI75	FINLAND: DAS MOON VISITS AS PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the end of 2008 the Finnish Government (GOF) decided to increase its military, civilian and development assistance to Afghanistan. In February the GOF submitted to Parliament its plan to temporarily double its troop contribution to support security arrangements for the Afghan [...]	2009-02-26 12:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI76	FINLAND: POSTURE TOWARDS THE DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject talking points to Charlotta Spolander and Kirsti Pohjankukka in the Finnish MFA Unit for Human Rights Policy on February 27. Spolander said that the Human Rights Council (HRC) will continue planning for the Durban Review Conference. Spolander said GoF welcomes U [...]	2009-02-27 14:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FI
09HELSINKI79	FINLAND: NEW DEFENSE POLICY INCHES TOWARD NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 23 the Finnish Government (GoF) released its quadrennial defense security white paper. It delayed release due to difficulty in arriving at a consensus on how to treat the question of Finland's possible NATO membership. Some in the Cabinet sought stronger language favo [...]	2009-03-02 10:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI9	FINLAND: OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (SBU) PolOff discussed the Iranian candidacy for UNDP President with Marko Laine, Counselor, Unit for Development Issues (UNDP Desk for Finland). He plans to discuss the candidacy further with the political section at the Finnish MFA, but noted that their unofficial position will be to vote i [...]	2009-01-08 11:09:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR UN EAID FI
09HOCHIMINHCITY103	KEY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN PCI CORRUPTION ARRESTED [...] (C) Former HCMC Department of Transportation Director, Huynh Ngoc Si and his deputy, Le Qua, were arrested on February 11 and charged with "abuse of power" for their role in the East-West Highway corruption scandal that led Japan to suspend Vietnamese ODA assistance and prosecute three Japanese [...]	2009-02-13 07:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY130	THREE DISSIDENTS RELEASED AFTER SERVING FULL TERMS; ONE [...] (SBU) Post has confirmed the release of political activists Huyen Nguyen Dao and Phung Quang Quyen, both of whom have served their full prison terms. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Dao's February 15 release from Xuan Loc prison in Dong Nai province during a February 19 press briefin [...]	2009-02-25 02:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY14	VIETNAM SENTENCES FIVE FOR TRAFFICKING WOMEN TO MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent decision by a court in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to hand down stiff sentences ranging from 5 to 17 years to five individuals convicted of trafficking women to Malaysia demonstrates continuing dedication among law enforcement and the courts in the south to comba [...]	2009-01-08 08:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY145	EVALUATING REPORTS FROM THE MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION, INC. [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has followed up on several reports issued from July 2008 through February 2009 by the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. (MFI),the U.S. based advocacy group headed by former FULRO leader Ksor Kok. In the Central Highlands, authorities continue to remain suspicious and watchful o [...]	2009-02-27 10:24:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY153	VETERAN DEMOCRACY DISSIDENTS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Veteran democracy activists Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) leader Tran Khue and monk Thich Quang Do of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) offered divergent views [...]	2009-03-03 08:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY169	POLITICS AT PLAY IN HCMC BAR ASSOCIATION RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: The battle between the Ministry of Justice and the HCMC Bar Association over the establishment of a new National Bar Association (NBA) has ended in a truce, of sorts, with HCMC Bar Association President Nguyen Dang Trung staying in place and Vice President, prominent human rights l [...]	2009-03-09 10:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY170	DISSIDENT DO NAM HAI BARRED FROM MEETING BY SECURITY [...] (C) On February 26, plainclothes public security officers physically prevented democracy activist Do Nam Hai from meeting Poloff for the third time in the past year. Hai, who last met with ConOffs during the 2007 USCIRF visit, is a member of Bloc 8406 and has lived under conditions of house ar [...]	2009-03-09 10:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY181	(C) REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, LE KIEN THANH ON MEDIA AND [...] (C) Summary: Whether high-profile international bribery cases like Pacific Consultants International (PCI) or informal fees for a check up at the local clinic, Vietnam is beset by corruption because special interests have monopolized decision-making and the country lacks an effective media, a [...]	2009-03-12 03:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL JA VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY189	FAMILY MEMBERS OF IMPRISONED DISSIDENTS SHARE THEIR STORIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, family members of several imprisoned democracy activists from Bloc 8406, the People's Democratic Party, United Workers and Farmers Organization and Bach Dang Giang shared news with PolOff about their relatives' recent hunger strike as well as general conditions f [...]	2009-03-13 08:53:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY19	SENATOR WEBB PROMOTES ARVN RECONCILIATION AND CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: During his December 29-31 visit to HCMC, Senator Jim Webb focused on helping to heal Vietnam's war legacy issues as well as engaging with U.S. and Vietnamese business community on the city's economic future. Visits to both a former ARVN cemetery and an NLF-PAVN cemetery fulfille [...]	2009-01-09 08:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PREF VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY213	CAMBODIA BORDER AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES BRUSHING OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: While provinces on the outskirts of Vietnam's Southern Key Economic Zone (SKEZ) feel cushioned from the global economic downturn because their largely agricultural economies can easily absorb unemployed workers, these areas are suffering from declining global commodity prices. [...]	2009-03-24 09:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY232	CHINA'S INFLUENCE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PACE OF REFORM ON [...] (C) Summary: Three significant public figures, each having stood on both sides of the line that separates government from private industry in Ho Chi Minh City, engaged EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake on the foremost issues they see confronting Vietnam: the influence of China, development of ci [...]	2009-03-30 11:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI CH VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY236	POLITICAL TITAN SURVIVES CORRUPTION CHARGES; POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: A former traffic cop, a Cong An (Police) newspaper journalist and even a Major General in the MPS have become the latest collateral damage in a political power play centered around Danang Party Secretary Nguyen Ba Thanh. Like the PMU 18 scandal (reftels),this story highlights th [...]	2009-04-01 02:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY31	ENVIRONMENTAL FEES FIGHT POVERTY, SAVE FORESTS IN VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam has lost a staggering 80 percent of its old-growth forest in the last 20 years, a calamity that the GVN's underfunded and unenforced Forest Protection program '661' has failed to prevent. A USAID-supported Payment for Environmental Services (PES) initiative, however, is [...]	2009-01-13 01:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EIND SENV SOCI PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY339	OPTIMISM IN HO CHI MINH CITY: FROM BUSINESS AND FROM [...] (C) Summary. Ho Chi Minh City's business elites were nothing if not optimistic during the Ambassador's May 6-8 visit; when pressed on the impact of the global economic downturn they pushed back. An American manager assessed Vietnam's situation is "much improved" over last year's sharp inflati [...]	2009-05-08 06:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY359	SECURITY POLICE ACCUSE CONSULATE OF FOMENTING DISSENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the insistence of "security agencies," the External Relations Office (ERO) of Ho Chi Minh City called in CG on May 11 to complain that Consulate staff have been encouraging anti-GVN protestors and promising land rights protestors political support, visas and other benefits if th [...]	2009-05-12 07:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CMGT VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY361	HCMC POLITICAL DISSIDENT LAWYER FACES POLICE HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In the last two weeks, the police have stepped up their questioning and harassment of Mr. Le Tran Luat, a HCMC-based human rights lawyer who has drawn attention for his efforts on behalf of various political dissidents and land-rights activists, including the Thai Hai parishion [...]	2009-05-12 10:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY396	SOUTHERN SHIPBUILDING SLOWLY TRANSITIONS FROM STATE-OWNED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic downturn has hit southern Vietnam's state-owned ship yards hard, reducing order books to a handful of five to 20,000 dead weight ton vessels only suitable for domestic or regional work. Conversely, private sector shipbuilders, both domestic and international [...]	2009-05-26 08:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT ELNT OTRA PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY398	FORMER HCMC MAYOR THANH ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vo Viet Thanh describes his role as a former senior official now working as an advisor to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as that of providing "honest feedback" from someone who is now outside political power struggles. In a recent meeting with CG, Thanh described the changing atti [...]	2009-05-27 03:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY456	GLOBAL DOWNTURN SQUEEZES HCMC EXPATS, BUT MOST STAYING PUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to anecdotal evidence of a mass exodus, interviews with international schools, relocation firms and expat chambers of commerce indicate that the actual effect of the economic downturn on HCMC's expat community is more complex: Koreans are leaving in large numbers, the [...]	2009-06-10 06:51:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ELAB PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY473	LEADING VIETNAMESE LAWYER LE CONG DINH ARRESTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnamese police arrested lawyer Le Cong Dinh at his home in Ho Chi Minh City's (HCMC) District 7 on June 13 then searched his home and office in District 1. Dinh is widely considered to be one of Vietnam's top corporate litigators (with A-list clients including ExxonMobile and [...]	2009-06-15 11:15:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY480	UPDATE ON ARREST OF CORPORATE AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER LE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors and allegations continue to swirl four days after the arrest of leading Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh, one of Vietnam's most successful corporate attorneys as well as staunch defender of human rights who has volunteered to defend many persons accused of political crimes. [...]	2009-06-16 10:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY510	"DONG NAI ROUNDUP" ILLUSTRATES COMPLEXITIES OF CHINESE LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One aspect of the recent bauxite debate sure to raise the blood pressure of any Vietnamese walking down the streets of Ho Chi Minh City is the reported strong presence of foreign -- read Chinese -- laborers, in the projects. Ever since that debate prompted Prime Minister Nguyen [...]	2009-06-26 04:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND PREL CM VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY533	BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME, OR MAYBE NOT: THE LAOS-VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the bridges, the state-of-the-art tunnel, and the all-weather road that knit Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam together via the "East-West Economic Corridor" (EWEC) have been built, initial hopes for a surge in investment and trade along the route remain unfulfilled. For a n [...]	2009-07-02 08:32:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ELTN EWWT PREL PGOV LA VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY575	DEEPER DIGGING INTO VIETNAM'S BAUXITE DEBATE UNCOVERS AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of bauxite development in the Central Highlands has fueled strong passions among diverse sectors of the Vietnamese public, has most likely played a role in the arrest of some "dissidents" who emerged as leaders of the anti-mining crusade, and continues to generate livel [...]	2009-08-10 10:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV ECON PREL EINV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY589	TWO NEWLY-APPOINTED CATHOLIC BISHOPS DISCUSS GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Two of the three new Vietnamese bishops named by the Vatican earlier in the summer recently met with the Consulate to share their positive experiences in overseeing Catholic communities in the southern part of the country. One of the two, Bishop Joseph Nguyen Nang, will be headi [...]	2009-08-27 10:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY596	BLOGGER "MAMA MUSHROOM" RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY [...] (SBU) Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, penname "Mama Mushroom" (Me Nam) and member of a group called the Vietnamese Patriots, confirmed to ConGen staff that she was released from police custody on September 12. Quynh was questioned by police on July 20 after printing and distributing T-shirts w [...]	2009-09-14 10:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM

09HOCHIMINHCITY608	CROSS-COUNTRY COORDINATION ON RESCUE OF 8 TIP VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The dramatic rescue of eight Vietnamese women from a brothel in Thailand's southern Yala province in August highlighted Vietnamese authorities' improving investigation techniques and cooperation with regional law enforcement officials, as well as their effective collaboration wit [...]	2009-09-28 09:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY614	ROUTINE RECEPTION BECOMES "GREEN ZONE" FOR SENSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent reception to introduce newly-arrived staff and to kick off the busy fall season provided a welcome opportunity for a wide range of contacts, both those working inside the GVN/CPV and those on the outside, to renew acquaintances and share ideas on a wide range of topics. W [...]	2009-10-06 03:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY616	AMNESTIED DISSIDENT PHUONG QUANG QUYEN ARRESTED AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 09:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY619	TALK OF MONEY POLITICS AND DISTRUST OF CHINA TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The driving force behind CPV politics is the personal greed of its members, according to a prominent HCMC businessman with both a long track record of success and good political connections. He explained that while the CPV includes large numbers of both conservative ideologues and [...]	2009-10-09 03:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY622	NGO AND GVN PARTNERS TALK ABOUT TIP IN MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to the Mekong Delta provinces bordering Cambodia highlighted the efforts of The An Giang/Dong Thap Alliance to Prevent Trafficking (ADAPT) against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). GVN partners reported an increasing number of victims from An Giang being trafficked d [...]	2009-10-13 07:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY649	PRESS CRACKDOWN TARGETS SAIGON MARKETING NEWSPAPER [...] (C) Summary: Reliable media contacts believe Saigon Marketing (Saigon Tiep Thi) chief editor Tam Chanh will be the next victim of Vietnam's ongoing press crackdown, following popular journalist Huy Duc's forced resignation in August. The economically-focused paper has grown in popularity over [...]	2009-10-28 07:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY65	THE TRIAL OF PASTOR NGUYEN THI HONG [...] (SBU) Summary: The HCMC People's Court sentenced Mennonite pastor Nguyen Thi Hong to three years in jail on charges related to outstanding debts owed by her deceased first husband on January 15, 2009. Pastor Hong, a long time political dissident married to democracy activist Pastor Nguyen Hon [...]	2009-01-23 08:05:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY650	UNREGISTERED PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS REPORT HALTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of several unregistered house churches told ConGenOff recently that religious freedom continues to improve, but some congregations continue to experience problems with slow localized registrations and harassment by local authorities. Some individual pastors have been s [...]	2009-10-29 09:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY651	PARENTS OF DETAINED ACTIVIST NGUYEN TIEN TRUNG RAISE ACCESS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a visit with ConGenOff on October 28, the parents of detained democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung said they have not been able to visit their son or find him legal counsel due to MPS intimidation of potential lawyers. Trung's father, a decorated war veteran, has been forced [...]	2009-11-04 10:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY657	EXPANDED HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT WORKING WELL, BUT MPS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of September, when the GVN expanded the number of provinces that they recognize as belonging to the HCMC consular district from one (HCMC only) to 22, travel within the newly expanded consular district has generally been straight forward with only a few small [...]	2009-11-06 07:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL CMGT ASEC VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY663	INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS SPEED BUMPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Holding the 2009 LawAsia Society conference, the LawAsia Moot Competition for law students and the meeting of Asian/Pacific Chief Justices concurrently in HCMC represented both a significant step forward for Vietnam's legal profession as well as a reminder of how far they still hav [...]	2009-11-23 09:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VM XB
09HOCHIMINHCITY669	AS LANG MAI FOLLOWERS HUNKER DOWN IN LAM DONG, ANOTHER GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 200 Lang Mai monks and nuns remain at the Phuoc Hue pagoda in Lam Dong province. Reliable contacts report that police continue to monitor their activities and attempt to mobilize members of the community to sign a petition to evict them. Twenty-one Lang Mai monks and [...]	2009-12-03 10:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY672	ANGRY MOB DISRUPTS EU VISIT WITH LANG MAI FOLLOWERS; CRA [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation for the Lang Mai followers currently housed at the Phuoc Hue pagoda deteriorated further on December 9 after angry locals gathered and threatened the group, calling on Phuoc Hue's leaders to evict them -- the same tactics that were used to force them to leave Bat Nh [...]	2009-12-10 09:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY673	DISSIDENTS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Post has learned that jailed lawyer Le Cong Dinh and democracy activists Nguyen Tien Trung and Tran Anh Kim have been charged with attempting to overthrow the GVN under Article 79, a national security provision that carries the most severe penalties under the law -- twelve and twenty year [...]	2009-12-14 10:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY674	LOWER MEKONG INITIATIVE: FORECAST MEKONG IN THE DELTA [...] (U) Summary: One practical byproduct of the Secretary's Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) effort to help the Mekong countries assess how climate change and human activities impact the Mekong basin. USGS held a Forecast Mekong workshop in Can Tho city Decemb [...]	2009-12-16 11:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV EAID TH VN
09HOCHIMINHCITY676	(SBU) HCMC'S SURPRISING GOLD MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Not far from HCMC, a huge, 24-karat gold plated effigy of the late Ho Chi Minh on display in Vietnam's largest Buddhist temple is an interesting metaphor for two somewhat incongruous realities: the Vietnamese people's reverence for the founder of Communist Vietnam and their abid [...]	2009-12-18 09:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY678	IRREVERENT REVERENDS ILLUSTRATE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM'S [...] (SBU) Summary: While remaining dedicated to their individual faiths, some religious leaders in HCMC are becoming increasingly more daring in their religious sermons, even in front of mixed congregations of expatriates and locals. Vietnamese and foreigners are worshiping together both in formal [...]	2009-12-18 11:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY7	FORMER CATHOLIC MONASTERY IN VINH LONG SLATED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A former Catholic monastery slated for re-development in the Delta province of Vinh Long has become the latest Church property to spur protests from the Catholic community. Despite repeated petitions by the Provincial Superior of Sisters of Saint Paul de Chartres and the Bishop [...]	2009-01-07 08:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY93	CAN "SPECIAL ACADEMIC ZONES" RESCUE VIETNAM'S UNIVERSITIES? [...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's universities are among the worst in the Asia-Pacific region, and without dramatic improvement Vietnam will not achieve its development goals. While numerous innovators -- including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Nguyen Thien Nhan -- have stepped forth w [...]	2009-02-06 05:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TBIO SCUL KPAO SOCI PGOV PREL VM
09HONGKONG1065	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - FIRST LOCAL H1N1 [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Government (HKG) announced the first confirmed local transmission of H1N1 in Hong Kong on June 10, followed by confirmation on June 11 that 12 students were infected in a cluster of cases at the same school. The HKG announced a series of additional steps as required by [...]	2009-06-12 00:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC KFLO PREL PINR HK CH
09HONGKONG1066	HONG KONG: H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED [...] Summary. The recent and ongoing H1N1 outbreak has loomed large on the consciousness of the Hong Kong Government (HKG) and its citizens. This issue was especially sensitive in Hong Kong, given the collective memory of the SARS outbreak in 2003. Our task became more difficult when public and [...]	2009-06-12 00:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09HONGKONG1140	C-AL9-00948: HONG KONG-TAIWAN ELEVATE TIES TO NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong and Taiwan exchanged groundbreaking visits the first week of June, elevating ties to a new level. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam became the first principal Hong Kong official to make an official visit to Taiwan since 1 [...]	2009-06-23 07:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG1178	HONG KONG: EXPORT CONTROLS -- A REVIEW OF CASE DATA [...] (C) Summary. Twelve years after Hong Kong's return to China, the United States and Hong Kong maintain a close and productive relationship on export control matters. Under the U.S. - Hong Kong Policy Act, as long as the United States Government is satisfied that sensitive technologies are pro [...]	2009-06-26 09:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC HK PARM PREL
09HONGKONG1204	UNSCR 1874: HONG KONG AWAITS BEIJING'S GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) On June 30, EconOffs conveyed reftel A and B points to Wendy Chung, Principal Assistant Secretary, and Anna Chor, Assistant Secretary, at the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB). Chung confirmed that CEDB will take the lead in drafting the HKG's [...]	2009-06-30 10:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ECON EFIN MNUC KNNP KN HK MC
09HONGKONG1266	UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: At a July 9 working lunch, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey presented Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam with specific examples of North Korean efforts to use HK-based banks, trading companies and individuals to circumv [...]	2009-07-10 08:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1267	HK BANKS PROMISE COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed with Hong Kong banks the risks posed by North Korean deceptive financial conduct and the financial provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1718 and 1874 in meetings [...]	2009-07-10 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1281	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MACAU SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 08:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK MC
09HONGKONG1282	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MACAU SECRETARY [...] (C) In his farewell call on Macau Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan on July 13, the Consul General expressed appreciation for Secretary Chan's hard work in strengthening U.S.-Macau ties in areas such as trafficking in persons and law enforcement. The CG congratulated the [...]	2009-07-14 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK MC
09HONGKONG1296	U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG [...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...]	2009-07-16 04:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1297	UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH HONG [...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Undersecretary Julia Leung told Treasury U/S Levey on July 10 that the Hong Kong government (HKG) values its cooperative relationship with the USG on North Korea-related issues. She said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) h [...]	2009-07-16 04:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1303	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call on former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan on July 15, Chan said ethnic and religious conflicts in China are "likely to worsen," and Beijing must rethink its positions on China's religious and ethnic minorities. She said PRC officials [...]	2009-07-16 06:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK
09HONGKONG1304	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call July 15, Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang said Hong Kong's low tax rate doesn't mean it is a tax haven. The government's decision to submit legislation to conform with the latest tax information standards is meant to simplify neg [...]	2009-07-16 06:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN HK CH
09HONGKONG1313	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) During the Consul General's July 15 farewell call on Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang, the CG reiterated that the USG attached importance to Chief Executive Donald Tsang's July 2009 statements that he would proceed with political consultations to prepare a constitutional [...]	2009-07-17 08:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK
09HONGKONG1314	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON EXCO CONVENER [...] (C) Summary. In his farewell call on Executive Council (ExCo) Convener C.Y. Leung on July 15, the Consul General and Leung discussed Hong Kong's electoral reform consultations. Leung noted that Beijing plays a major role, but that there has been a lack of progress and Hong Kong is not close to [...]	2009-07-17 09:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1315	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. During the Consul General's farewell call on July 16, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang expressed appreciation for our close cooperation and highlighted the importance of continued high-level contact between Hong Kong and Washington. Tsang extended an invitation to President Oba [...]	2009-07-17 09:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR PHUM MARR CH HK
09HONGKONG1318	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON CHIEF SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's Farewell call July 16, Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang thanked the United States for our cooperation on a variety of issues and noted that Hong Kong's close relationship with the United States is based on our shared respect f [...]	2009-07-17 10:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR HK
09HONGKONG1319	Norman Chan Announced as New HKMA Chief [...] SUMMARY: As long expected, the Hong Kong government announced today that Norman Chan will take over as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority when Joseph Yam steps down October 1. Chan, currently serving as Chief Executive Donald Tsang's Chief of Staff, is well qualified having p [...]	2009-07-17 10:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1341	MARTIN LEE WORRIES ABOUT THE BASIC LAW, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call on July 17, former-Democratic party chief Martin Lee linked his work on behalf of Stanley Ho's sister to the recently revealed 2008 attempt on his life and dismissed speculation that the Chinese government might have had a role in the plo [...]	2009-07-21 07:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HK CH MC
09HONGKONG1372	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MFA ACTING [...] (C) Summary: In his July 23 farewell call with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Hong Kong office, the Consul General regretted the Central Government Liaison Office's (CGLO) unwillingness to engage the Consulate General. MFA Acting Commissioner Zhan Yongxin assured the CG the United Stat [...]	2009-07-24 10:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH HK
09HONGKONG1380	SECRETARY FOR SECURITY DISMAYED ABOUT HONG KONG [...] (C) In the Consul General's July 27 farewell call, Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee told the CG the Hong Kong government was "deeply puzzled and disappointed" that this year's Trafficking In Persons report downgraded Hong Kong from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Lee said his government did not think the [...]	2009-07-27 09:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1423	HKMA WORRIED ABOUT FSB SEAT, ASIAN CENTRAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Hong Kong Consulate General Economic and Political Chief July 29, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive Peter Pang raised his concerns about Hong Kong,s future participation in the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Hong [...]	2009-08-03 08:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HK CH KS
09HONGKONG1460	HONG KONG COMMITTED TO COOPERATION POST-SFI PILOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HK TID) Deputy Director General Vivian Lau told Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secure Freight Initiative Director Rich DiNucci on July 23 that Hong Kong [...]	2009-08-07 08:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL HK GB OM EWWT
09HONGKONG1521	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FAST ATTACK PATROL CRAFT [...] (S) On August 13, Econ/Pol Chief and EconOff verbally conveyed reftel points to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au. Au commented that the evidence provided appeared "flimsy," but said TID will refer our request to the Hong [...]	2009-08-13 10:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC MASS IR HK
09HONGKONG1523	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MALAYSIAN-BASED IRANIAN [...] (S) On August 13, Econ/Pol Chief and EconOff delivered reftel points to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au. Au pointed out that, although the items were not controlled by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR),TID wo [...]	2009-08-14 01:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA HK IR
09HONGKONG1587	CODEL BERMAN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging courtesy call with CoDel Berman August 22, Chief Executive (CE) Tsang expressed concern about legislation under consideration in the United States which would list Hong Kong as a tax haven and plans to restore the Hong Kong Policy Act (HKPA) reporting requireme [...]	2009-08-22 11:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP HK
09HONGKONG1595	EXPORT CONTROL CASES: HONG KONG UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) On August 20, Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au informed Consulate General that the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department (HKCED) had started reviewing trading do [...]	2009-08-24 07:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC MASS MNUC KSCA IR HK
09HONGKONG1596	CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH HONG KONG PAN-DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 coffee hosted by the Acting Consul General, Hong Kong pan-democratic leaders warned CoDel Berman that Beijing would seek a form of "managed democracy" in Hong Kong which would leave them in control of candidates for Chief Executive. Beijing employs two strategies [...]	2009-08-24 07:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OREP HK CH
09HONGKONG1601	CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH MACAU SECRETARY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their August 23 courtesy call with Macau Secretary for Justice and Administration Florinda Chan, CoDel Berman discussed international financial crimes and implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on the DPRK. The delegation also discussed Macau's political developm [...]	2009-08-24 09:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP MC
09HONGKONG1636	HONG KONG TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 08:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG HK
09HONGKONG1637	HK BANKS DELIVER ON COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Economic Unit Chief and Economic Officer met August 27 with representatives of three Hong Kong banks briefed by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey in July 2009; HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and Wing Hang Bank (reftel). The representatives [...]	2009-08-28 09:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC KS CH JA KN HK
09HONGKONG1792	HONG KONG MEDIA REPORTS UNITED STATES "BLACK HAND" [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong media coverage of a series of articles by Shanghai Fudan University scholars is but the latest in a long-running history of accusing the U.S. government, through the Consulate General, of interfering in Hong Kong's affairs. The usual allegations are that the USG, in le [...]	2009-09-22 07:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL SOCI HK CH
09HONGKONG1819	MACAU GAMING REVENUES RISE SHARPLY AS LAS VEGAS [...] (C) Summary: Gaming revenues in Macau rose sharply in August, as the PRC reportedly loosened visa restrictions on Mainlanders wishing to visit the Special Administrative Region. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has restarted its outreach efforts directed at senior PRC officials in Beijing, while its pri [...]	2009-09-24 09:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MO HK CH
09HONGKONG189	HONG KONG/MACAU: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite their common colonial past, shared dialect and geographic proximity, Hong Kong and Macau until recently have had minimal high-level official interaction. With Macau's until-recent dynamic economic expansion now putting it on a more equal (and competitive) footing with Hong [...]	2009-01-30 07:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK MC
09HONGKONG194	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REACTION TO SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) Threat Reduction, met with Hong Kong aviation officials on January 6 to explain his mission and brief them on U.S. anti-MANPADS efforts. Ambassador Bloomfield met with the leadership of the [...]	2009-01-30 09:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV HK CH
09HONGKONG1943	HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS RECEIVE "AMVER" AWARDS; [...] (U) Per reftel request, on October 13, Consulate General E/P Chief presented the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) awards to participating Hong Kong-based ship companies. The event, which was covered by shipping trade press, publicly recognized AMVER partici [...]	2009-10-20 05:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL HK
09HONGKONG1968	REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE: ZHOU YONGJUN [...] (C) Action Request: Post requests Department concurrence to approach Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Wong Yan-lung to request formal clarification of the departure from Hong Kong to Mainland China of U.S. LPR Zhou Yongjun. This case has drawn increased media attention in recent weeks, as an N [...]	2009-10-22 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG1985	CDC FINDS HONG KONG'S INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 00:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO
09HONGKONG2023	MACAU HEALTH CARE: ABLE TO HANDLE CURRENT H1N1, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Macau's health care system has thus far coped well with the relatively few H1N1 cases confirmed there. However, a more severe wave of infections would quickly overwhelm local capacity. Macau officials have adopted internationally recognized surveillance standards but lack the [...]	2009-11-03 03:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO
09HONGKONG2051	HONG KONG SECURES H1N1 VACCINE, BUT CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hong Kong health officials announced on November 5 that French manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur S.A. won the tender to provide Hong Kong with three million doses of H1N1 vaccine. The first 500,000 doses are scheduled to arrive in mid-December and the remaining 2.5 million doses in Jan [...]	2009-11-06 10:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO
09HONGKONG211	PERMISSION REQUESTED FOR BOARDING OF M/V DIPLOMAT [...] (C) On February 4, Econoff and OLA Chief (Defense Attache equivalent) conveyed reftel talking points to Hong Kong Maritime Department Director Roger Tupper and Assistant Director K.L. Lee. Tupper cited the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigati [...]	2009-02-04 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG212	FY2008 SUMMARY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING BY [...] (SBU) Law enforcement cooperation and capacity building are top priorities in Post's Mission Strategic Plan. To this end, during FY 2008, USG security officials stationed at AmConGen Hong Kong organized and/or funded training programs for 69 police officers, 79 customs officials, and five othe [...]	2009-02-04 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PINS ASEC TW CH HK
09HONGKONG2136	CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...]	2009-11-20 09:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK
09HONGKONG2148	USG-SPONSORED LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Law enforcement cooperation and capacity building in Hong Kong and Macau are top priorities in Post's Mission Strategic Plan. This cable highlights the active efforts by Post's eight resident law enforcement agencies during Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. Post coordinated and/or funded [...]	2009-11-23 07:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SNAR PINS OEXC KCRM PREL TW CH MC HK
09HONGKONG2204	HONG KONG PREVIEWS OBJECTIVES FOR DC EXPORT [...] (C) The Hong Kong Government's Billy Au (Head of Strategic Trade Controls, Trade and Industry Department) told us December 3 that Hong Kong had two principal objectives for the December 7-8 Interagency Meeting on Strategic Trade Controls in Washington: (1) to discuss the problem of illicit tra [...]	2009-12-03 10:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC MASS MNUC KSCA IR HK
09HONGKONG2262	MACAU SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AT 10: DESPITE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ten years after reversion, Macau remains politically conservative and largely under the sway of the same entrenched, "patriotic" business and political elite that has essentially run Macau since the late 1960s. While Beijing has shown a low tolerance for public corrupt [...]	2009-12-11 10:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MC CH
09HONGKONG2321	HU JINTAO SWEARS IN MACAU'S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] On December 20, Macau celebrated the 10th anniversary of its return to mainland China and saw the transfer of power to a new Chief Executive (CE). Chinese President Hu Jintao presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Fernando Chui Sai-on, the former Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, a [...]	2009-12-21 10:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HK MC
09HONGKONG2337	U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 06:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG2339	U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] (C) This is an action request. Post requests Department concurrence with a set of core points and initial outreach strategy to express key U.S. interests in Hong Kong's successful transition to elections by universal suffrage in accordance with the Basic Law. Our diplomacy, both government-t [...]	2009-12-23 08:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG280	SCENESETTER FOR FEB 17-19 VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) We warmly welcome your February 17-19 visit to Hong Kong. Despite the People,s Republic of China's (PRC) sharp protest in October 2008 against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued to approve U.S. Navy ship and aircraft requests to Hong Kong -- most [...]	2009-02-13 08:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP HK
09HONGKONG283	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE DOWNPLAYS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: The Consul General met on February 13 with Macau's Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho to deliver reftel talking points and non-paper. The CE confirmed his government's commitment to a level playing field for all investors in Macau, regardless of nationality. He said anti-foreign sen [...]	2009-02-13 11:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK MC
09HONGKONG295	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE ON ARTICLE 23, TRAFFICKING [...] (C) During his February 13 meeting with Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho (reftel),the CG expressed hope that the final form of the Article 23 security bill would ensure protection of Macau residents' constitutional rights and freedoms. The CE said his government is considering incorporat [...]	2009-02-18 07:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KFRD MC CH
09HONGKONG331	MACAU OFFICIALS NOT WORRIED BY SLOWING ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy shrank in the last three months of 2008 as casino receipts fell for the first time since 2002. Despite poor prospects for early 2009, Macau's massive official reserves will allow the government to increase spending and keep Macau's official unemployment rate arou [...]	2009-02-23 10:50:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL MC HK CH EINV
09HONGKONG333	CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS HEAR FROM HKG ON SFI [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department Deputy Director General Vivian Lau told a visiting U.S. Senate Staff Delegation (StaffDel) on February 19, that unless the Hong Kong Government (HKG) receives notification about the Secure Freight Initi [...]	2009-02-24 06:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG336	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BRIEFS CONSUL GENERAL ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam told the Consul General February 20 that Hong Kong hopes to expand relations with Taiwan through its Inter-City Forum and at the same time cultivate the next generation of Taiwan leaders. Lam dismissed the [...]	2009-02-24 09:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HK CH TW
09HONGKONG393	SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE STAFFERS VISIT HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Eleven U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members, led by International Trade Counsel Amber Cottle, visited Hong Kong February 18-20. Their visit focused on trade facilitation, trade security, and customs enforcement with Hong Kong Government (HKG) and private sector represent [...]	2009-03-04 08:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OREP PREL EINV HK
09HONGKONG394	SHARING 2007 REGIME DENIAL INFORMATION WITH HONG [...] (C) Econoffs conveyed to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HKTID) Principal Trade Officer Billy Au reftel information drawn from denial notifications submitted by the United States to the four major multilateral non-proliferation regimes. Econoffs emphasized to Au that this information [...]	2009-03-04 08:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL HK
09HONGKONG438	HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...]	2009-03-10 11:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG483	MACAU (MOSTLY) LIFTS TRAVEL BAN ON PAN-DEMOCRATS; [...] (C) Summary and comment: Weeks of mounting pressure from Hong Kong's pan-democrats, the media, the Hong Kong government (reluctantly),and perhaps even Beijing have led Macau to lift what appeared to be a blanket ban on Hong Kong democratic activists' visiting Macau. Twenty eight pan-democra [...]	2009-03-16 10:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MC HK CH
09HONGKONG499	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE: THREE NON-CANDIDATES IN A [...] (C) Summary and comment: In the end, Beijing will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) of Macau, due to take office December 20 this year at the end of Edmund Ho's second term. The only question is which of the three distinct options it prefers. Offering continuity, connections, social standin [...]	2009-03-18 08:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MC
09HONGKONG501	FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDERCUTS SUPPORT FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic and political observers have differing views of the Hong Kong budget Financial Secretary John Tsang presented February 25. Economic analysts applauded the government's probity and willingness to "focus on the little things" as the forces buffeting the global e [...]	2009-03-18 08:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG530	HONG KONG TO LOSE FINANCIAL FORUM SEAT IN 2011? [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Action Request para 5. 2. (C) Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told the Consul General March 20 that in the recent Financial Stability Forum (FSF) meeting in London, participants agreed to expand FSF membership to include all G [...]	2009-03-20 11:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG615	SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Post appreciates Ref A instructions and seeks additional guidance. See paragraphs 2-3 for action request. 2. (SBU) Action Request. Post requests Washington guidance on the following questions: --Ref A instructs Post to provide the information in the non-paper to the Hong Kong SAR [...]	2009-04-02 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC EWWT PARM PREL PTER HK
09HONGKONG635	CODEL MCCAIN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE TSANG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's system, having restructured during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, is "resilient", Chief Executive Donald Tsang told CoDel McCain April 5, but the worst may be yet to come. He hoped the United States would not turn to protectionism. Regarding China's proposal fo [...]	2009-04-06 08:33:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD OREP HK
09HONGKONG688	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCC VISIT TO HONG KONG, [...] Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes the visit of Chairman Bartholomew and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation to Hong Kong May 9-12 2009. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Benjamin Weber, office telephone:(852)2841-2110; mobile t [...]	2009-04-15 10:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OREP HK
09HONGKONG742	HONG KONG OBSERVERS SEE CHINA'S SOCIAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong-based China watchers assess that China's vast cash reserves will prove its most powerful tool to "buy time" and stave off large-scale discontent by the nearly 27 million unemployed migrant workers and college graduates. Beijing has aggressively adopted measu [...]	2009-04-23 07:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG746	HONG KONG/TAIWAN: HIGH-LEVEL VISITS TO SPUR TIES [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-Taiwan relations have experienced a recent surge of activity, with Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing becoming the first senior Hong Kong official since 1997 to visit Taiwan, when he led the Hong Kong and Macau delegation to the second World Buddhist Fo [...]	2009-04-23 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG755	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCC DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 02:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG800	MONGOLIA MINING FOR MONEY IN HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A private conference in Hong Kong March 31 brought together top level Mongolian government officials, world class economists, some of the biggest investors in Mongolia and multinational companies to help participants identify the best investment opportunities in Mongolia and how t [...]	2009-04-30 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK MG
09HONGKONG801	Hang Seng Recovers from Flu but Trade Volumes Still In ICU [...] SUMMARY: Flu fears pushed down the Hang Seng early in the week, but the Index had fully recovered by April 30. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will include flu-inspired scenarios in its next round of bank stress testing. Hong Kong's ExCo approved plans to issue up to HKD 100 billion in gove [...]	2009-04-30 11:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV PREL HK MG
09HONGKONG919	HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (U) We warmly welcome your delegation's May 29-30 visit to Hong Kong. Your meetings with Chief Executive Tsang, the Legislative Council and democratic politicians will help to underscore our message that the United States, particularly the Congress, maintains a key interest in Hong Kong's aut [...]	2009-05-19 10:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD OREP HK
09HONGKONG92	XI JINPING VISIT TO MACAU: NO PRESENTS OR HOT TIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Xi Jinping, visiting Macau January 9-10 for the first time as PRC Vice President, expressed confidence Macau can weather the current economic downturn with the support of the central government and continued diligence of the Macau people. His encouraging words, however, were not [...]	2009-01-14 10:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK MC CH
09HONGKONG976	CODEL PELOSI, ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHINA'S LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Hong Kong-based human rights and labor activists Han Dongfang and Robin Munro told CODEL Pelosi May 29 that a maturing grassroots rights movement in China gives them hope, though pervasive corruption remains a major obstacle to protecting Chinese citizens' rights and wel [...]	2009-05-29 13:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ELAB ETRD OREP PELOSI
09HONGKONG977	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Pelosi May 29, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang stressed the close economic links and shared values between the United States and Hong Kong. He also touted Hong Kong's efforts to address climate and energy issues, including government-to-government cooperat [...]	2009-05-29 13:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG
09HONGKONG984	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A far-ranging meeting May 29 between CODEL Pelosi and seventeen of Hong Kong's most active (and vocal) legislators covered a range of issues, with pan-democratic legislators calling for U.S. support on human rights in China and Hong Kong's democratic development. Pro-establishment [...]	2009-06-01 03:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG
09HONGKONG986	HONG KONG POLICE FOIL 2008 PLOT TO KILL MARTIN LEE [...] (C) Post expected press interest in pan-democratic leader Martin Lee's May 30 meeting with CODEL Pelosi (reftel). However, questions to Lee that morning from waiting press focused more on a front-page South China Morning Post (SCMP) story reporting police having foiled a planned attempt on Lee [...]	2009-06-01 03:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH HK
09HYDERABAD121	TELANGANA - A HUNGER STRIKE RESUSCITATES A SEPARATIST [...] SUMMARY: The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh (AP) experienced civil unrest following the arrest of K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the leader of a local political party focused on winning statehood for the region. After 11 days of an indefinite hunger strike and the threat of a significant escalati [...]	2009-12-10 16:53:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09HYDERABAD124	TELANGANA - THE REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram's announcement on Telangana statehood resulted in a revolt in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) state legislature, with an en masse "resignation" of state legislators. The resignations cut across party lines as political parties backtracked from established [...]	2009-12-12 18:52:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09HYDERABAD137	TELANGANA - THE STATEHOOD TRAP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The escalating tensions in Andhra Pradesh (AP) over the future status of Telangana led to acts of violence overnight as buses were torched and rail transport halted. Authorities imposed a ban on public meetings until New Year's Day. The December 11 announcement of the center's sup [...]	2009-12-24 11:43:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IN
09HYDERABAD138	TELANGANA - ALL CALM IN A STATE OF ANARCHY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Longtime Congress party stalwart and underperforming Governor of Andhra Pradesh (AP) Narayan Dutt Tiwari resigned following a sex scandal involving allegedly trafficked women. Two days later, Chhattisgarh Governor ELS Narasimhan, a former Intelligence Bureau (IB) Chief and fluent [...]	2009-12-28 15:36:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IN
09ISLAMABAD10	PRESERVING INFORMATION SHARING [...] (S) Post notes with some concern the report (Ref A) that the GOI Ministry of External Affairs plans to release information from its investigation into the Mumbai attacks next week to all countries that lost citizens and "that therefore any information sharing will be overtaken by events." Ref A say [...]	2009-01-03 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PK IN

09ISLAMABAD1001	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 09:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1007	PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of the evening of May 10, the total number of registered new caseload IDPs stood at approximately 360,000 (of whom 15 percent are in camps). According to UNHCR, outgoing Pakistan National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Chief General Farooq Khan continues to challenge huma [...]	2009-05-11 16:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON
09ISLAMABAD1014	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1024	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: PAKISTAN LACKS EVIDENCE TO CONVICT TOP SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, the Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) granted an extension for filing the final charge sheet until May 23. While the FIA and prosecutors have been able to use the repeated extensions to gather more evidence, time is running out, and the prosecution does not/not have eno [...]	2009-05-12 15:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1025	SITUATION IN SWAT: MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Gilani called a special session of the National Assembly to discuss the situation in Swat and surrounding areas in Malakand District as well as the humanitarian situation of the growing number of IDPs. While most of the members agreed to support the government,s [...]	2009-05-12 15:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1026	PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees will be in Pakistan May 14-17. The overall IDP number is now well above 1 million, and the new caseload is above 485,000. UNHCR has a plane arriving today from Dubai with non-food items which cannot be procured locally. Embassy Islamabad' [...]	2009-05-12 15:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID CASC PREL PINR PTER ECON
09ISLAMABAD1029	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1030	PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: UPDATE ON EMBASSY EFFORTS - GETTING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 12:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PK EAID PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1031	DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: This is an action request. In response to the large magnitude of populations displaced due to security operations by the Government of Pakistan (GOP)against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),I, the Ambassador, have [...]	2009-05-13 12:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1033	PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: On May 12 newly appointed Pakistan IDP emergency assistance coordinator Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Hina Rabbani Khar provided donors an overview of the GOP's new institutional arrangements and approach for dealing with the ID [...]	2009-05-13 15:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREF PK EAID PREL PINR PTER
09ISLAMABAD1035	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1042	GENERAL NADEEM ON IDP CRISIS, PLANS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting with the Ambassador, General Nadeem, Pakistan,s newly appointed IDP coordinator, estimated that the GOP will need approximately USD 500 million for up to 1.5 million IDPs through December. Nadeem put the total IDP number at 1.27 million (of which roughly 20 p [...]	2009-05-14 17:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PK EAID PTER
09ISLAMABAD1043	IRI POLL: NAWAZ CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND [...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, which was taken at the height of the lawyers' long march, unsurprisingly showed Nawaz Sharif continuing his lead over President Asif Zardari; Nawaz's approval rating stood at 75 percent compared to Zardari's [...]	2009-05-15 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1045	GOP'S POLITICAL OFFENSIVE ON SWAT [...] (C) Summary: Addressing the National Assembly May 14, PM Gilani briefed parliamentarians on the government's strategy in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province, particularly efforts to assist the displaced (IDPs) (reftels). He announced he would convene an all parties, conference on May 18; Chief o [...]	2009-05-15 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1046	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 11:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1058	ANNOUNCEMENT PLANS FOR PAKISTAN IDP ASSISTANCE APPEALS [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 meeting with the GOP and donors, the UN announced it will delay official announcement of its appeal to May 22. This is to permit the GOP to launch its appeal first; donors will nonetheless receive timely information concerning the UN appeal. The GOP will ask for ful [...]	2009-05-15 18:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD106	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan has now acknowledged the Mumbai attacker in Indian custody is a Pakistani and has begun a formal investigation designed to lead to prosecution of detained Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa members here. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani need to be encouraged [...]	2009-01-17 12:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1063	UPDATE ON RESPONSE TO GOP MILITARY REQUESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-17 11:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1064	UNHCR GUTERRES IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate May 15 briefings for Ambassador and the donor community, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said he was satisfied the GOP now understood the severity and complexity of the IDP challenge and believed the UN response was proceeding better than expect [...]	2009-05-17 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1065	THE ALL PARTIES CONFERENCE GAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Ahead of the All Parties Conference (APC) on May 18, Ambassador called both PM Gilani and Nawaz Sharif to encourage their support for a strong political statement endorsing military action. Gilani assured the Ambassador the APC would yield a broad political consensus for action [...]	2009-05-17 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1070	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1074	MODERATE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE [...] (C) Summary: Bolstered by the government's new determination to combat terrorism, usually quiet moderate Pakistani religious leaders have begun publicly to condemn the Taliban. The most vocal are the Barelvi leaders who have formed a new alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council, to counter the Ta [...]	2009-05-18 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL PK
09ISLAMABAD1075	FRANCE OFFERS CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani newspapers reported on May 16 that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had offered a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during their meetings in Paris on May 15. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi quoted President Sarkozy as saying [...]	2009-05-18 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD1077	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1078	MILITARY OPERATIONS UPDATE: MAY 18 [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army and Special Services Group (SSG-special forces) continue to prepare for an assault on Swat's main town of Mingora as militants reinforce and resupply their positions. The Army/SSG have lifted the curfew on Mingora several times in an attempt to empty the town [...]	2009-05-18 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1079	IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...]	2009-05-18 15:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1080	IDP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary and action request: The GOP,s strategic communications plan for combating extremism remains nascent, under-resourced, and uncoordinated among civilian and military players. While the government realizes the importance to its military campaign of winning the hearts and minds battle [...]	2009-05-18 15:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1088	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 10:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD109	PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi and Interior Minister Malik briefed the diplomatic corps on Pakistan's ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Malik was annoyed the MFA declined to invite the Indians to the briefing, and he followed up with a separate brief [...]	2009-01-19 14:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1090	UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bessl [...]	2009-05-19 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1091	UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bes [...]	2009-05-19 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1093	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1098	NADEEM: IDP'S HOLDING AT 1.5 MILLION; [...] (C) Summary: IDP Special Support Group leader Lt General Nadeem told Ambassador and PO Peshawar May 29 that the number of IDPs was holding at 1.5 million but could grow to two million when military operations begin in the Waziristans. IDPs were returning to Bajaur in FATA; Buner was now safe fo [...]	2009-05-20 09:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1099	RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE LOOKS INWARD, AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: In the past two months since Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench, he has dealt with crucial national issues through court verdicts and policy pronouncements. He has ordered the quick disposal of cases, announced the intent to withdraw judges fro [...]	2009-05-20 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1100	UNOCHA DISCUSSES IDPS AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Ambassador met with Rashid Khalikov, the New York Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and Manuel Bessler, the Pakistan OCHA Director, to discuss the current internally displaced persons (IDP) situation. With the May 2009 revis [...]	2009-05-20 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PREF PHUM PINR PK PTER PREL PGOV
09ISLAMABAD1107	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-21 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1111	GOP PLEDGES REHABILITATION PACKAGE AND SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 21 conference with international relief organizations, diplomatic missions and donor agencies, Prime Minister Gilani announced Pakistan's three-pronged strategy for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) crisis: Relief, Return/Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. Gilani [...]	2009-05-21 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1115	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1118	TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...]	2009-05-24 06:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU
09ISLAMABAD1119	KAYANI IS â€œDESPERATEâ€ FOR HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...]	2009-05-25 03:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1122	PAKISTAN MILITARY CLAIM MINGORA; PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan military operations continued on May 25, as the troops continued efforts to recapture the main Swat city of Mingora and secure major intersections and surrounding areas. Major General Athar Abbas, the Director General's Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) spokesm [...]	2009-05-25 12:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1123	CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...]	2009-05-26 01:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1138	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 11:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1140	PAKMIL CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS IN SWAT; UN PUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Pakistan military tightened control around Mingora on May 25 and 26. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazullah announced that his men would no longer fight in Mingora and pleaded for those displaced to return to the city. However, Pakistan military officials saw this announcemen [...]	2009-05-26 13:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1141	SUPREME COURT DECLARES THE SHARIFS ELIGIBLE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Supreme Court reversed its February 25 decision and declared both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif eligible to run for and serve in public office. This seals the final reinstatement of Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab and clears the way for Nawaz to run (and win [...]	2009-05-26 15:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1142	CJCS MAJID BRIEFS CODEL CARPER ON LATEST IN SWAT; [...] (C) Summary: Codel Carper, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 26 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Majid. Majid described his wish list for U.S. assistance -- precision-targeting weapons, more helicopters, and night vision equipment. The land push was going well, but the [...]	2009-05-26 15:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1143	UNHCR ON THE PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Islamabad staff said on May 25 that UNHCR is not providing transport for returning IDPs nor is it being notified, by individual, of their return. UNHCR believes that IDPs are returning only temporarily to harvest their crops and will not return permanently until after they [...]	2009-05-26 17:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PK EAID PREL PINR PTER
09ISLAMABAD1145	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 10:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1151	UN IDP CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR WAZIRISTAN; MINGORA [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 27, Ambassador met with representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss OCHA's IDP contingency plan for the Waziristans, which will cost an additional USD 150 million over the recently launched revised UN appeal. OCHA exp [...]	2009-05-27 15:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1152	U.S. REMOVAL OF PAKISTAN RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL ON [...] (S) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Poloff on May 26 that the recent spate of media attention on Pakistan's nuclear security has led the GOP to delay an important nonproliferation effort, the removal of U.S.-origin highly-enriched uranium spent fuel from a Pakistani nuclear research reactor. The GOP agreed [...]	2009-05-27 16:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD1158	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 10:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1165	PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES SWAT, IDPS AND [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Codel Carper on May 26, Prime Minister Gilani provided an update on the military's progress fighting militants in Swat and on GOP efforts to care for the approximately 2 million internally-displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the fighting. He requested the U. [...]	2009-05-28 14:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1166	KARACHI MAYOR PROMOTES AND PLEADS FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Karachi Mayor Mustafa Kamal met May 26 with the Ambassador and Codel Carper in Islamabad. The energetic 37-year old mayor of one of the world's largest cities jumped at the chance to showcase Karachi, Pakistan's "revenue engine," he said. The five senators were particularly inte [...]	2009-05-28 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1167	GILANI: "WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR TARGETS." [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani met May 25 with the Ambassador and Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA). Gilani was uncharacteristically assertive, confident of the Pakistan military's success against the Swat [...]	2009-05-28 14:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD1168	CODEL LEAHY FIRST TO MEET RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) -- and the Ambassador, paid a courtesy call on Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. This was the first meeting by an official U.S. delegation with C [...]	2009-05-28 14:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS EAID PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1173	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: HEARING POSTPONED TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) gave Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) another extension to file its final charge sheet. The FIA and GOP prosecutors appeared before new ATC judge Khadim Hussain to request additional time to organize the case against the arre [...]	2009-05-29 11:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1177	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 13:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1179	ADB WILL CONDUCT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; NO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 29 meeting with Ambassador, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) committed to doing a joint damage/reconstruction assessment with the World Bank of the conflict-affected areas. In order to properly conduct such a survey, ADB has requested assistance through satellite image [...]	2009-05-29 14:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1180	OCHA MEETS WITH IDP DONORS IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal meeting with donors, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) officials Rashid Khalkov and Manuel Bessler, expressed concern that Bajaur and Buner are not yet ready to support IDP return. UN contingency planning for a Waziristan displacement may be mi [...]	2009-05-29 14:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1184	LOOKING AHEAD: SUPPORT FOR MILITARY/HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. Bolstered by ongoing popular and political support, the Pakistani security forces appear determined to win against militants. We expect a Waziristan campaign as early as late June. Meanwhile, Pakistan's military faces an entrenched enemy in Mingora, Swat, and the security situ [...]	2009-05-30 14:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MARR MOPS PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD1189	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1194	PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, JUNE 1, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan government is moving to restore security and services to Swat, but the situation remains dangerous for humanitarian assistance provision. ICRC entered Swat on May 31 but cannot yet access Mingora. ICRC hopes to provide some health and food relief in the coming wee [...]	2009-06-01 18:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1198	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 11:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1199	PM FINANCE ADVISOR ON ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting May 28 with the Ambassador, Shaukat Tarin, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Finance, said that, while he welcomed money coming through the budget, donors should direct their funding to the most effective and cost-efficient platforms for maximum impact. Tarin said th [...]	2009-06-02 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1200	PAKISTAN RECOMMENDS WORKING WITH AFRICANS ON SUDAN [...] (C) PolOff deliver June 2 ref demarche to Pakistan MFA Director for Human Rights Imran Ahmed Siddiqui. Siddiqui remarked that as a "Coordinator" for the Organization Islamic Conference (OIC),Pakistan was likely to defer to the wishes of fellow OIC member Sudan regarding any extension of the [...]	2009-06-02 13:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD1210	ICRC TO LAUNCH PRELIMINARY APPEAL TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to issue at least a preliminary appeal by June 5 for not less than an additional USD 40 million to almost double its program in Pakistan. The expanded program, intended to be massive in scale but limited in time, wou [...]	2009-06-03 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1213	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD122	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 17-20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 11:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1222	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1225	JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...]	2009-06-04 16:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1226	JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...]	2009-06-05 03:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1227	JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 03:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD123	DCM MEETING WITH FORMER PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with DCM, Rustam Shah Mohman, former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan and former Chief Secretary for the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),expressed his long-held view that most of Pakistan's problems in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) [...]	2009-01-21 04:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1236	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1243	Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Moves Closer to Reality as the Two [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran and Pakistan intend to sign a Gas Sales Purchase Agreement in Istanbul on June 5, bringing the long-debated pipeline a step closer to reality. Although India has apparently dropped out of the equation, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to a 25-year proposal for the supply of [...]	2009-06-05 14:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETTC ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IR PK
09ISLAMABAD1244	JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...]	2009-06-05 15:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1245	U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS GOP INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program delegation visited Islamabad, Karachi and Port Qasim April 19-23. They evaluated Pakistan's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code of the International Maritime Organization and discuss [...]	2009-06-05 16:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS IMO PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1246	JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...]	2009-06-06 05:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1247	HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE TO BE APPEALED [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was ordered released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC). With no charges pending against him, the Court found no grounds for continuing Saeed's detention, which began November 26, 2008, stated the 20-page detailed ju [...]	2009-06-07 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PK IN
09ISLAMABAD1249	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 09:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1253	JUNE 8 MILITARY/SECURITY AND DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of June 6 a suicide bomber and accomplices attacked a police post in Islamabad. The blast killed three police and injured several others. Police claimed taking three accomplices of the bomber into custody. Also that evening, two detained top aides to militant [...]	2009-06-08 15:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1254	NWFP OFFICIALS PLANNING FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF SWAT [...] (SBU) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal and Chief Economist Shakeel Qadir told DCM and AID Mission Director that they are already planning for the reconstruction of Swat and the greater Malakand division, once hostilities end. Their concept includes an early r [...]	2009-06-08 15:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1256	PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...]	2009-06-08 16:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK
09ISLAMABAD1258	ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 06/06/09 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 06 June 2009 to discuss the steady rise in terrorist threat reporting in the aftermath of the PAKMIL operations in Swat and review the personnel security measures currently in place to lessen vulnerability in our heightened threat climate. All sections [...]	2009-06-09 05:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PREL AMGT CACS PK
09ISLAMABAD1261	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1266	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 09:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1267	FUNDING FOR SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST FOR PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) The establishment of a Trilateral Board to support collaborative and applied agricultural research was agreed to at the agricultural breakout session of the May 7-8 trilateral meetings with the U.S., Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In response, the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC [...]	2009-06-10 09:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1269	Central Bank's Third Quarter Report - Growth Fragile, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, the State Bank of Pakistan released its third quarterly report (through March 30),which projected GDP growth for the fiscal year at 2-3 percent, a prediction unchanged from the previous quarter. Large-scale manufacturing, the engine that funds tax collection, fell b [...]	2009-06-10 09:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1270	CONCERN GROWS OVER TAX POLICY/ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with GOP officials and the IMF ResRep indicate little progress in both tax policy and tax administration reforms, cornerstones of the Fund's Standby Arrangement, in spite of high-level GOP commitments to make improving tax policy and collection a top priority (reftel) [...]	2009-06-10 10:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1279	SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH ZARDARI AND SENIOR GOP [...] (C) Summa... [...]	2009-06-11 08:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1282	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 10:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1292	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1297	GILANI UPBEAT; ASKS FOR HELP ON MANY FRONTS [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and the Ambassador met June 5 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and several of his key Ministers. Gilani noted how much had changed politically since Holbrooke's last visit to Pakistan in Apri [...]	2009-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PINR PHUM ETRD EAID MOPS KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1299	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FM QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke met with Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Bashir and other Foreign Office officials on January 5. Qureshi said Pakistan was united under Zardari's civilian government, as the ongoing Pakistan military campaign to defeat the Taliban in Swat valley and n [...]	2009-06-13 09:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IN UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1311	ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON GOP PRIORITIES FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Economy Hina Rabbani Khar told USAID Director June 11 that the GOP has started making $312 payments to what it believes is a well-vetted list of some 1.8 million IDPs. Assistance for IDP sustainment and economic recovery in the area of conflict is estimate [...]	2009-06-15 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1312	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1319	PAKISTAN SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR FUEL BANK, [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting support for international fuel bank proposals to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 15. Akhtar stated that Pakistan can support the idea of a fuel bank operated by the IAEA, but has r [...]	2009-06-15 14:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC IAEA ENRG TRGY PK
09ISLAMABAD1320	JUNE 15 SECURITY AND IDP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement by the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) that the government would begin an offensive into South Waziristan Agency dominated headlines. In Malakand, military operations slowed as active resistance dwindled to pockets in Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir [...]	2009-06-15 15:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1321	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 10:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1330	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 09:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK

09ISLAMABAD1340	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 17 VISIT TO SWABI IDP SITE [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador, on June 17, visited Swabi school where community volunteers support displaced families from Swat and Buner. The GOP continues registration verification of families displaced by the conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Front [...]	2009-06-17 14:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1353	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1355	Budget 2009-10: Depending on Foreign Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 13, the GOP presented a consolidated budget of $36.21 billion with a fiscal deficit of 4.9 percent, slightly higher than the 4.6 percent target previously agreed to with the International Monetary Fund. The budget is fairly expansive, with development expenditures incr [...]	2009-06-19 04:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1357	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 12:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1360	IDPS RETURNING TO BUNER BUT INFRASTRUCTURE STILL [...] (U) Summary: Embassy representatives who traveled to Buner district in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on June 16 reported that residents are returning, with about half the shops and markets open. The representatives assessed infrastructure and reported that, while roadways were in good s [...]	2009-06-19 16:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1364	SCENESETTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your visit. Your arrival comes at a moment when Pakistan's political leaders, and its people, are united in support of the military campaign to confront extremist militants in Malakand (including the Swat valley) and South Waziristan, where the offensi [...]	2009-06-20 16:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1371	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1374	IDP UPDATE: MINGORA ELECTRIFIED; UNHCR GAINS [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) celebrated Pakistan's historic World Cup cricket victory: Pakistan's cricket captain dedicated the victory in London to the plight of the IDPs, and camp residents danced to and cheered the win which was televised. Services, includin [...]	2009-06-22 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1380	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1385	PESHAWAR: KILLING OF ANTI-BAITULLAH MILITANT [...] (C) Summary: The June 23 assassination of Mehsud militant commander Qari Zainuddin, presumably sponsored by rival Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),removes a key element of the Pakistani government's planned campaign in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). Qari Zainuddin, who oppos [...]	2009-06-24 09:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1386	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...]	2009-06-24 09:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1387	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The Pakistani government signaled that the long-awaited offensive in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan was imminent, but limited its action in the area to aerial and artillery bombardment. Meanwhile, its ongoing precursor action in Frontier Region Bannu drew to a close with an agree [...]	2009-06-24 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1389	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD139	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD140	GOP CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR BIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister Saleem Mandviwalla, Chairman of the GOP Board of Investment, insists the GOP has the political will to finalize the U.S.-Pakistan Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and that President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani had recently agreed the BIT should go forward as soo [...]	2009-01-22 12:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PG PK
09ISLAMABAD1402	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1408	PAKISTAN COMMITS TO GETTING OFF TIP WATCH LIST [...] (C) Summary: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa called in A/PolCouns and PolOff June 17 -- the day after the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report placed Pakistan on the Tier 2 Watch List (WL) -- to commit Pakistan to those measures which would result in a better [...]	2009-06-26 08:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG PK
09ISLAMABAD1409	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 10:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD141	CONSEQUENCES OF A ZARDARI-NAWAZ SHOWDOWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 14:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1411	IDP UPDATE: MOI DECLARES SWAT SECURE, DEBIT CARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, Minister of Interior Rehman Malik announced that Swat and Malakand division were now secure from terrorists and IDPs could return home once the infrastructure was restored. Many displaced families living in IDP camps, particularly those from Buner, are beginning to [...]	2009-06-26 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1413	TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PAK PROSECUTORS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's prosecutors, under-resourced and poorly trained, are routinely characterized as the weakest link in a criminal justice system that sees up to 70 percent of its prosecutions end in acquittal. Prosecutors seldom work with police, do little to prepare their cases for trial [...]	2009-06-27 07:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1421	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1426	BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1427	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES FY09-10 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP presented its budget to Parliament on June 13 (reftel). After a week of debate, on June 22 the GOP presented a revised budget which reflected revisions desired by members. This budget was passed unanimously by Parliament with no changes on June 25. While the overall p [...]	2009-06-29 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD143	USCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting January 20 with USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador, President Asif Zardari welcomed the "new beginning" of the Obama Administration, urging both countries' military commanders to "revisit the map" on how to jointly fight regional extremi [...]	2009-01-23 08:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1435	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 10:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1437	PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...]	2009-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1438	NSA JONES' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In their June 25 meeting in Islamabad, National Security Advisor General James Jones and President Zardari discussed: Pakistan's military offensive against extremists; GOP capacity to fight terrorism; the nature of extremism in Pakistan; drones; Iran; Afghanistan; Zardari's conver [...]	2009-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1440	PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...]	2009-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD1445	IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Registration has begun for internally displaced people from South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in two districts and a frontier region east of the agency; only those whose sole residence is in SWA will be eligible. The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government has forbidden n [...]	2009-06-30 15:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL
09ISLAMABAD1446	IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 15:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL
09ISLAMABAD1465	PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS ON DPRK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarches supporting implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions on the DPRK, Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff on June 30 that Pakistan has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order to appl [...]	2009-07-01 16:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PARM EFIN PK
09ISLAMABAD1469	BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary: Several assessment missions to the Buner district of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) by U.S. mission personnel and contractors and by United Nations (UN) personnel over the past two weeks have revealed that life there is gradually returning to normal, two months after the begi [...]	2009-07-02 09:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1470	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 09:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1473	ZARDARI, TARIN ASK NSC LIPTON FOR LEEWAY ON ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 30 meeting, President Zardari asked National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton to help convince the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to allow Pakistan to delay an increase in electricity tariffs until December and for a subsidized oil facility. [...]	2009-07-02 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1493	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 10:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1507	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ANTI-TERRORISM COURT [...] (C) Summary: There has been no movement in Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on the Mumbai prosecution case since May 23. The ATC in Rawalpindi has not had a judge on its bench to hear the case and thus no formal indictment has been filed against the five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspects in [...]	2009-07-06 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1520	COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT MINISTRIES REQUEST UNDERSTANDING AND ACCESS TO U.S. MARKETS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1521	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1528	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 08:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD153	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1543	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD155	CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PAKISTAN COAS [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador, J5 Major General Robert Allardice and POLAD Michael Gfoeller, met with Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on January 20. Kayani was accompanied by his Director General Military Operations, M [...]	2009-01-24 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MAR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1552	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD156	CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met January 20 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. The Prime Minister complained about the rolling electricity blackouts throughout the country, blaming the Musharraf administration for the lack of capacity. Businesses [...]	2009-01-24 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1562	PAKISTAN'S OPTIONS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] (C) Summary: In late June, Embassy Energy Attach was given a pre-publication draft of a paper (ref) written by Kurshid Khan, an officer formerly with the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Section of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division (SPD). The paper details Pakistan's views and options [...]	2009-07-13 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD1567	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: July 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1568	MEETING WITH UN U/SG JOHN HOLMES: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 10 meeting with UN Under Secretary John Holmes, Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Mogwanja and UN staff, the Ambassador stressed the importance of getting UN humanitarian assistance into Buner and Swat as soon as possible, the need for the UN to undertake donor coordinatio [...]	2009-07-13 16:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1574	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1585	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1586	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: LATEST TIME LINE [...] (C) The next hearing date for the Mumbai attacks prosecution is July 18. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) and Pakistani prosecutors expect to file their formal charge sheet on July 18. The five suspects in custody, Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Hammad Ameen Sadiq, Mazhar Iqbal (aka al Qama),[...]	2009-07-15 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1589	PUNJAB WITHDRAWS ITS APPEAL AGAINST HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, to the surprise of the federal government, the Punjab Advocate General withdrew his province's appeal to the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. Punjab provincial officials cite a lack of evidence and cooperation from the federal gov [...]	2009-07-15 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1592	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 10:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1607	AQ KHAN DEFENDS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: In his periodic column in the July 15 edition of Pakistan daily "The News," A.Q. Khan further tested the boundaries of his "gag order" with an expansive defense of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. This article, like previous ones, seeks to burnish his credentials as the "fath [...]	2009-07-17 09:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD161	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1613	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1625	SUPREME COURT AND GOP CLASH OVER FUEL TAX; GOP WINS FOR NOW [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-18 05:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD164	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1642	SECRETARY NAPOLITANO DISCUSSES BORDER [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Minister of Interior Rehman Malik July 3, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano offered DHS assistance to enhance Pakistan's border security and sought GOP view [...]	2009-07-20 10:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EAIR PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1652	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1654	INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN PAKISTAN: TRANSITION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: With the exception of expected further displacement from Waziristan, the current internal displacement from conflict-affected areas in Pakistan appears close to an end. The government has signed on to principles of safe, voluntary, informed and dignified return and began on J [...]	2009-07-20 16:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1658	ZARDARI AND NAWAZ MEET IN RAIWIND [...] (C) Summary: On July 17, President Zardari and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met outside of Lahore at Sharif's Raiwind estate and discussed ongoing military operations in Pakistan and potential constitutional changes in their first meeting since the Long March crisis. The relationship b [...]	2009-07-21 08:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1660	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1662	JAPANESE SRAP FOLLOWS UP ON FODP AND IDPS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japan's Special Representative for Assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan Yoshikawa revealed that Spain and Kuwait have allegedly withdrawn their pledges from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) conference in Tokyo. He also commen [...]	2009-07-21 15:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD1670	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 08:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1674	PAKISTAN WAITING FOR INDIA TO RESTART DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP urged the GOI to restart Composite Dialogue talks during July 14 and 16 meetings between Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers in Egypt. India refused, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Afrasiab. The talks were detailed, however; and of merit o [...]	2009-07-22 10:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK
09ISLAMABAD1680	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1684	SUPREME COURT SUMMONS MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan,s Supreme Court is hearing a case, which actually combines two separate petitions, that may be the first of several legal challenges to the constitutionality of former President Musharraf,s actions on November 3, 2007, when he suspended the constitution, declared a state [...]	2009-07-23 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1688	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD169	PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1718	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 11:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1726	TRANSIT TRADE ISLAMABAD ROUND: SMUGGLING STILL THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK
09ISLAMABAD1732	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 10:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1737	A/S SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH LT. GEN. NADEEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Migration and Refugees Eric Schwartz, Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad outlined the planned assumption by the Provincial Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) of programmatic responsibility for the GOP's co [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1739	ICRC ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 23 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, International Committee of the Red Cross Head of Delegation Pascal Cuttat expressed concern over the speed of government-facilitated IDP return from the camps and the coerci [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1740	UNHCR ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Guenet Guebre Christos and staff requested that the United States Government make clear to the Government of [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1748	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD177	THE WAY FORWARD FOR PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy requests that a small interagency team of decision makers visit Islamabad to chart a financial and technical way forward on the F-16 program. Ambassador confirmed January 28 with Finance Minister Tareen that the GOP would make the pending overdue payment on the purchase of n [...]	2009-01-28 08:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1770	MOTIVATIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING EXPEDITED [...] (C) Summary: Below is an e-mail account providing a timeline of events for the expedited return of displaced persons from Yar Hussain camp, Swabi, in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is followed by a review, from an NGO perspective, of some of the likely considerations and mot [...]	2009-07-31 08:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD178	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 10:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1782	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO TAKE UP TREASON APPEAL [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Court Justice Iftikar Chaudhry said July 30 the Court would not take up an appeal to charge former President Musharraf with treason. The appeal had emerged during an ongoing case being heard by the Court which challenges the constitutionality of Musharraf's actions in [...]	2009-07-31 16:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1786	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 10:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD180	ANOTHER CABINET EXPANSION; MQM JOINS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari swore in four more federal ministers on January 26, two from the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (JUI-F, including Fazlur Rehman's brother) and two from the Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). With this move, Zardari formally brings MQM and i [...]	2009-01-28 14:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1803	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 11:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1808	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1809	HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FOR PAKISTAN: [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting between Ambassador Holbrooke and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir indicated unequivocally that his government would support the appointment of a high-level UN humanitarian assistance coordinator for Pakistan. His agreement c [...]	2009-08-05 11:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PREF EAID PGOV UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1816	HAFIZ SAEED CASE ADJOURNED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (C) On August 3, the Pakistani Supreme Court once again adjourned the appeal hearing concerning Hafiz Saeed. This follows the July 14 Punjab Advocate General's withdrawal of his province's appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) leader Hafiz Saeed (See Reft [...]	2009-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1817	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 29 JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD182	A PRIMER: PAKISTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On or about March 9, Pakistan will hold indirect elections to replace 50 (of 100) members, whose terms expire this year. The process, controlled by the Election Commission, is governed by a complicated proportional system in which members of the National and the four Provincial [...]	2009-01-28 14:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD1823	DUBAI PROCESS CONFERENCE: AF/PAK CONVERSATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Canadian Embassy hosted the most recent round of Dubai Process talks between Afghan and Pakistani officials from July 23-24 in Pakistan. Two of the five Dubai Process issues were covered: Movement of People and Counternarcotics. The next session, currently slated for October in Ka [...]	2009-08-06 05:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD183	UPDATE ON PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. As of January 23, the population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the conflict-afflicted areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) continued to rise, with approximately 10,000 families living in the twelve establi [...]	2009-01-28 14:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER MOPS
09ISLAMABAD1830	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 10:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1840	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1845	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ABSCONDER ARRESTED [...] (C) On August 5, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) arrested a sixth suspect, Jamil Ahmed, allegedly linked with the Mumbai terror attacks. Ahmed was arrested after the Government of Saudi Arabia passed information they had from an Interpol lead. Ahmed had allegedly sent money from Saudi Ara [...]	2009-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1846	PAKISTAN'S FIA ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with the Treasury Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa said counter-terrorist financing efforts had limited external sources of funds available to Al-Qaida and Tar [...]	2009-08-07 14:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KJUS AF PK
09ISLAMABAD1848	NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)--once one of the country's preeminent law enforcement institutions--has in the past two years become increasingly marginalized. In a 14 July meeting with NAB Chairman, Nawid Ahsan, Treasury Attach and Re [...]	2009-08-10 03:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1850	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1859	FITFUL PROGRESS: ROUND THREE OF THE AF-PAK TRANSIT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The third round of negotiations for the Afghan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) yielded progress on some outstanding issues such as arbitration, but the atmosphere frayed over interim arrangements to expedite [...]	2009-08-10 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK
09ISLAMABAD1873	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 11:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1877	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK

09ISLAMABAD1884	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK

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