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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05QUITO900 | ECUADOR TO REVERSE ECONOMIC POLICY? [...] (U) Summary: Public pronouncements by and reports from private meetings with the new Ecuadorian Minister of Finance and Economy suggest that the GOE's economic policy will be making a U-turn. Fiscal responsibility is to be replaced with increased social spending. The intent to pay off debt [...] | 2005-04-25 16:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
05QUITO911 | BIO INFO FOR NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: PART 2 [...] (U) Summary: On April 25, President Palacio named Minister of Education Consuelo Yanez Cossio, Minister of Tourism Maria Isabel Crespo, Minister of Sports Omar Cevallos, Minister of Health Wellington Sandoval and Presidential Communication Secretary Carlos Cortez. Elsa de Mena will return t [...] | 2005-04-25 22:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
05QUITO932 | ECUADOR: FM PARRA OPENS BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial one-on-one encounter on April 26, FM Antonio Parra Gil told the Ambassador that, by natural inclination and necessity, Ecuador seeks good relations with the United States. He offered open and honest dialogue with the USG, and pledged to address specific issues in su [...] | 2005-04-26 20:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PINR EC |
05QUITO934 | ECUADOR: TENSIONS LOWER, GOE REGROUPS [...] (U) Summary: With the situation in Quito approaching normalcy, the Ambassador met with FM Antonio Parra on April 26. Convening for the first time since swearing in President Palacio on April 20, Congress met in Quito to vote in a new Congress president, and debate purging its ranks of ethic [...] | 2005-04-26 21:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC EC |
05QUITO947 | ECUADOR: OAS ON THE GROUND, QUITO CALM [...] (SBU) Summary: Quito is relatively calm, with a very small protest reported on April 27. The OAS mission arrived late on April 26 and began meetings with the government and others the following day. The Ambassador met with the new Defense Minister on April 27. For the first time in recent [...] | 2005-04-27 22:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC EC |
05QUITO976 | ECUADOR: EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH, OAS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with Minister of Government Mauricio Gandara and First Lady Maria Paret de Palacio on April 28. The OAS delegation continued its round of meetings with political parties, indigenous, civil society groups, jurists, and ex-presidents, and will meet wi [...] | 2005-04-28 22:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PINR EC |
05QUITO983 | BIO INFO FOR NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: PART 3 [...] (U) Summary: Pablo Rizzo was named Minister of Agriculture on April 29. President Palacio has yet to name Ministers of Labor and Energy. Below is biographical information for the following new Cabinet members and government officials: First Lady Maria Beatriz Paret de Palacio, Vice FM Mar [...] | 2005-04-29 22:02:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
05RABAT1052 | WESTERN SAHARA: ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The economy of Western Sahara is based almost entirely on fishing for export, which employs two-thirds of the local workforce, along with small bits of mining, agriculture and tourism. Existing infrastructure is good and cash flow is buoyed by a large military presence, tax brea [...] | 2005-05-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIS ETRD MO PGOV PINR PREL WS EINV PBTS |
05RABAT2218 | WESTERN SAHARA: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The evening of October 25, emboffs met with 10 Sahrawi dissidents in Laayoune, Western Sahara, as part of our regular reporting and fact-finding visits to the territory (details of the discussion to follow septel [...] | 2005-10-27 16:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHUM PINR MO |
05RABAT2227 | EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: AN UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Dr. Abdelhay Moudden, a member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER),on October 19 to discuss developments within the IER. Moudden was forthcoming and pleased with the progress of the IER. He believes the IER to be pivotal in Morocco's reform proce [...] | 2005-10-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PBTS MO |
05RABAT563 | MOROCCO: PORT SECURITY IN OUR TIME? [...] (U) Summary: Morocco is taking its port security obligations seriously, and efforts are underway at ports nationwide to bring security infrastructure up to the level required by the International Maritime Organization's ISPS port security code. Observation at several Atlantic ports confirm th [...] | 2005-03-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON PTER PREL PINS PINR MO |
05RANGOON1036 | BURMA: HOST COUNTRY AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable contains responses to questions sent to post (ref A) on the level of preparedness of the Government of Burma (GOB) for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza. Official GOB data is difficult to obtain and is often not reliable. Our responses are based on the best inf [...] | 2005-09-08 11:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SOCI PGOV PHUM EAID EAGR BM |
05RANGOON11 | BURMA: TALKING DRUGS WITH THE NEW HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The new Home Affairs Minister, Maj Gen Maung Oo, Burma's top counterdrug official, took our recent drug certification demarche in stride, blaming ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt for not sharing counterdrug intelligence. He said the GOB now must "start from zero" in combating mo [...] | 2005-01-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PINR EFIN BM |
05RANGOON1108 | A CHINESE FLY-ON-THE-WALL VIEW OF THE BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: A courtesy call on the departing Chinese Ambassador to Burma, who has the greatest access among the diplomatic corps to senior GOB officials, gave us unique insight into the mind set of the regime's top generals. Although his views reveal little common ground between China and th [...] | 2005-09-30 04:42:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM CM BM |
05RANGOON1121 | ENERGY MINISTER: EXPORT RECEIPTS TRUMP POWER NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: A courtesy call on Burma's Minister of Energy, Brig Gen Lun Thi, revealed GOB confidence that it can generate increased revenues through natural gas exports while meeting domestic energy needs with new hydropower projects. Lun Thi, one of the GOB cabinet's longest-serving members, [...] | 2005-10-04 10:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PINR ECON BM |
05RANGOON1157 | BURMA ILL-PREPARED FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...] (C) Summary: Representatives in Burma of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assess that the GOB is aware of a potential Avian Influenza threat in Burma and has some sort of a national preparedness plan. The WHO and FAO representatives note, ho [...] | 2005-10-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SOCI PGOV PHUM EAID EAGR BM |
05RANGOON121 | IS THE BURMESE REGIME COMING UNGLUED? [...] (C) Summary: At the end of a week of wild rumors and speculation involving the fate of the SPDC's top three leaders, there are no signs of unusual activity and by all appearances the Burmese regime is conducting business as usual. We don't rule out that something could be amiss. Former PM Kh [...] | 2005-01-28 06:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR BM |
05RANGOON122 | BIOGRAPHY: U WUNNA MAUNG LWIN (PROPOSED AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has compiled newly available biographical information on U Wunna Maung Lwin, who has been proposed by the GOB to be the next ambassador from Burma to Washington. Reftel forwarded the GOB's request for agrement and an official CV. U Wunna Maung Lwin, Burma's current amba [...] | 2005-01-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BM |
05RANGOON22 | TFXO01: (1/5) UN REPORTS BURMA WAS "SPARED" [...] (SBU) Summary: Contravening recent press reports questioning the low number of reported dead and missing in Burma, the UN issued a report on January 5th stressing that it appears Burma was largely "spared." According to the report UN, Red Cross, and NGO missions in the affected areas have not [...] | 2005-01-05 09:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT KFLO BM |
05RANGOON31 | TFXO01: (1/6) UN BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS, ASKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN briefed diplomats on January 6th on the results of recently completed assessment missions to affected parts of Burma. These surveys were conducted without any GOB interference and did not discover any areas of massive damage or death -- though the teams have not yet visi [...] | 2005-01-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT KFLO BM |
05RANGOON32 | TFXO01: UN AGENCIES WANT U.S. SATELLITE PHOTOS OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director asked on behalf of the UN Country Team (UNCT) for access to the satellite imagery of the Burma coastline referred to by Secretary Powell in his January 4th press briefing on Phuke [...] | 2005-01-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR PINR PREL BM |
05RANGOON407 | ALLEGED NORTH KOREAN CONSTRUCTION SITE IN CENTRAL [...] (S) The construction of high-tension power lines running to a secretive building site in Magwe Division has been halted, according to second-hand information from a Burmese military engineer working in the area. The sensitive project (19.55 N, 94.25 E),purportedly under construction by North [...] | 2005-04-05 11:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PARM PINR KNNP PREL BM KN |
05RANGOON57 | LEADING GOVERNMENT FIGURES: BURMA [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, included are the names, titles, and best available phone numbers for top leaders in the Burmese ruling junta -- the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) -- and the Foreign Ministry. Name of Country: Union of Burma Date: 1/13/2005 A) Head of Government Name [...] | 2005-01-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BM |
05RANGOON590 | BOMBINGS: GOB BLAMES "SUPERPOWER NATION" (UNITED [...] (C) Summary: The GOB, in a bizarre May 15 press conference that attempted to connect an array of alleged anti-Government conspiracy plots, concluded "it is crystal clear" that "a world famous organization" (read: the CIA) trained and supported the perpetrators behind the May 7 triple bombing. [...] | 2005-05-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC BM |
05RANGOON682 | BURMA: REAL POLITICAL REFORM NEEDS A STRONG, [...] (C) Summary: Burma's lack of a strong independent civil society and progressive middle class are fundamental obstacles to the ultimate success of any democracy movement. The SPDC's patronage system and a lack of good education opportunities make it difficult for the business community to devel [...] | 2005-06-07 04:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM BM |
05RANGOON714 | BURMA: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALONG THAI [...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, we are providing this Embassy Rangoon interagency response to questions regarding the alleged use of chemical weapons by Burmese army forces in a battle near the Thai border in February 2005. Answers are keyed to numbered reftel questions. CG Chiang Mai has cleared [...] | 2005-06-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR MOPS PHUM BM |
05RANGOON825 | BURMA HOLDS IT CARDS ON ASEAN CHAIR ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: According to senior GOB officials, Burma will not announce a decision on the 2006 ASEAN chair issue in Vientiane and will approach the annual ASEAN meetings with an "ambiguous" position, apparently intent to keep open its options and kick the can further down the road until at lea [...] | 2005-07-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BM |
05RANGOON9 | TFXO01: (1/3) RED CROSS IN BURMA REPORTS HIGHER [...] (SBU) Summary: A preliminary Red Cross report on the extent of the damage in Burma gives figures higher than the GOB's official tally, but still quite low compared to Thailand. UN agencies and NGOs are continuing their assessments and small-scale relief operations, however the GOB is not like [...] | 2005-01-03 10:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC KFLO PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM NGO |
05RANGOON927 | BURMA: EDUCATION MINISTER OUSTED, MORE CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime announced on August 11 changes in leadership at two ministries and within the Prime Minister's office, including the firing of the Minister of Education. The mini-shuffle may be a further rooting out of former-PM Khin Nyunt loyalists and sources indicate more [...] | 2005-08-11 07:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BM |
05RIODEJANEIRO30 | MAYOR-ELECT ACCUSED OF LEADING SMUGGLING RING [...] (SBU) The respected Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo reports that the mayor-elect of a small city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is leading a family- run smuggling operation that sends Brazilian nationals to the United States via Mexico. According to Folha, [...] | 2005-01-06 10:02:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC PINR MX BR |
05RIYADH9116 | A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRATEGY FOR SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The events of 9/11 profoundly affected the U.S.-Saudi relationship, forcing a rethinking of diplomacy as well as public diplomacy on both sides. This rethinking found positive expression in the joint statements issued in Crawford following the April 2005 visit o [...] | 2005-12-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PINR ECON SA |
05RIYADH9145 | SAUDI ROYAL ADVISOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (S) Royal Advisor Adel al-Jubeir contacted the Ambassador by telephone December 12 and relayed his impressions of Iranian President Ahmadinajad, whom he had briefly met at the recently concluded OIC Extraordinary Summit in Jeddah. Al-Jubeir said that Ahmadinajad had struck him "as a very, ver [...] | 2005-12-13 10:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PINR SA |
05RIYADH9146 | SAUDI ROYAL ADVISOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (S) Royal Advisor Adel al-Jubeir contacted the Ambassador by telephone December 12 and relayed his impressions of Iranian President Ahmadinajad, whom he had briefly met at the recently concluded OIC Extraordinary Summit in Jeddah. Al-Jubeir said that Ahmadinajad had struck him "as a very, [...] | 2005-12-13 10:32:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PINR SA |
05RIYADH9342 | CODEL HAGEL MEETINGS IN KSA FOCUS ON IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) On November 30 and December 1, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) led a delegation including Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) to the first Senate-level visit to Saudi Arabia in over two years. The delegation received a warm welcome in meetings with King Abdullah [...] | 2005-12-18 09:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PINR PREL PTER SA IZ IR |
05RIYADH9469 | HEAD OF TOP SAUDI UNIVERSITY LEADS THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: CG John Kincannon and consulate staff met with Dr. Khaled S. Al Sultan, Rector and CEO of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) on December 17th 2005. Al Sultan discussed current challenges facing the university, the importance of educational exchange, and KFUPM' [...] | 2005-12-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KMPI PINR SA |
05ROME1409 | ITALY: BERLUSCONI III SWORN IN; LIKELY TO BE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A new Berlusconi Cabinet was sworn in by President of the Republic Ciampi on April 23. If confirmed as expected by both chambers of Parliament, this will be Berlusconi's third governmen [...] | 2005-04-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME1442 | ITALY: BERLUSCONI ANNOUNCES MAY 2006 ELECTIONS, [...] PM Berlusconi told journalists April 26 that Italy's next national elections would be held in May 2006. Berlusconi said he had already discussed the date with President Ciampi. In fact, if the current Parliament completes its full term, Italy in 2006 will face an unprecedented situation, wit [...] | 2005-04-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME1446 | ITALY: NEW BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Italian Government led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received its final confidence vote from the Senate on April 28. The Chamber of Deputies gave the new Government its confidence on April 2 [...] | 2005-04-28 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3187 | LEHAY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING GUIDANCE/ACES [...] The Italian military screens the criminal and security background of all persons who join the armed forces. Service members selected as candidates to U.S. sponsored training programs undergo a rigorous selection process. There is no credible evidence that the Italian military establishment ha [...] | 2005-09-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KSEP HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME3729 | SERBIA/MONTENEGRO AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Poloff met with Amb. Darko Uskokovic, Serbia/Montenegro Ambassador to Italy to discuss his views on the bilateral relationship between SaM and Italy and a possible Montenegrin referendum for independence. Uskokovic, a politically-appointed Ambassador who is close to [...] | 2005-11-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IT MW SR NATO |
05ROME3957 | ITALY WANTS BROADER ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Asia Claudio Pacifico told the DCM on November 29 that Italy wants to play a larger role in Afghanistan and made an appeal for closer cooperation on policy with the U.S. He noted that the GOI was reassessing its participation in Afghanistan with an eye t [...] | 2005-12-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME857 | DEPARTING IRANIAN AMBASSADOR MAY SEEK SENIOR FAO [...] (SBU) Mohammad Saeid Noori-Naeni, who has served as Iran's Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome since 1994, returns to his academic roots in Iran this month to become Rector of the University of Tehran. Indications are that the Iranian diplomat, who is popular in Rome, may be contemplati [...] | 2005-03-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAGR KUNR PINR PREL IR FAO |
05SANAA1037 | AL-HOUTHI LEADERS FLEE YEMEN, REBELLION NEAR END [...] (C) Summary. The level of conflict between government and rebel forces in the Sa'ada region seems to be decreasing, but clashes continue in isolated areas. The leaders of the uprising are rumored to have fled the country, perhaps under a negotiated agreement. There is considerable risk that [...] | 2005-04-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA1325 | ROYG AL-HOUTHI CELL ROUND UP REVEALS PLANS TO [...] (S) Summary. On May 15 Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi informed Ambassador of the round up of al-Houthi cells responsible for the recent series of deadly grenade attacks on ROYG Military officials in Sanaa. Alimi shared alarming information garnered from MOI and PSO investigations that one [...] | 2005-05-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1331 | NOTIFICATION OF RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANT [...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) notification to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi regarding the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A). Ambassador asked Qirbi to confirm the ROYG's willingness to accept this individual, as well as other Yemen [...] | 2005-05-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PINR KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1352 | ROYG INSIDERS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH SALEH CLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KMCA KMPI DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA1723 | SAADA REBELLION FOCUSES ATTENTION ON YEMEN'S ZAYDI [...] (C) Summary. The on-going Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth) rebellion against the Yemeni regime has brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi Shia population. The line between Sunni and Shia is blurred in Yemen; Sunnis and Shiites pray in the same mosques, and identity is derived f [...] | 2005-06-21 14:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM |
05SANAA175 | ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RULE ON PROSECUTION OF [...] (C) In a meeting between Legatt, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf ad-Din Mahbashi and Prosecutor Sa'id al-Aqel, AAG announced that his office had a list of 25 suspects handed to the Attorney General,s (AG) office by the Political Security Office (PSO) for possible criminal prosecution. [...] | 2005-01-31 08:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1790 | PRIORITIES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT: SALEH NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION [...] (S) Summary: Significant progress has been made in our relationship with Yemen in the past four years. The ROYG has arrested and tried perpetrators of the USS Cole and VM Limburg attacks, shared GWOT-related information, collaborated in the capture of AQ suspects and helped uncover plots agains [...] | 2005-06-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PARMS MARR KDEM KMCA KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1817 | ZAYDIS PERCEIVE PERSECUTION AS ROYG CRACKS DOWN ON [...] (C) Summary. With the second Saada conflict in a year between the ROYG and the "Shabab al-Moumineen" (Believing Youth),continuing to simmer in its third month, President Saleh is reportedly increasing efforts to silence prominent opposition parties and critics. Recently these actions targete [...] | 2005-07-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA185 | GTMO NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED TO ROYG [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 06:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1868 | PRESIDENT SALEH REQUESTS MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PINR PREL YE |
05SANAA1976 | REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDIES SPARKS RAPID INFLATION, [...] (C) Summary. On July 23, Rioting and unrest had abated, following a weekend of explosive demonstrations against the lifting of fuel subsidies. On July 23, the ROYG confirmed 22 people killed, but the number is reportedly closer to 40. Demonstrators lashed out against the ruling elite across [...] | 2005-07-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EINV ENRG KMPI YM COM ENERGY |
05SANAA2022 | MAREB ROAD TEMPORARILY CLEARED FOR FUEL DELIVERIES [...] (C) Summary. July 24 at 19:30, armed members of the Al-Jaden tribe clashed with ROYG security forces approximately 30 miles west of Mareb City. According to Hunt Oil Security Chief Ralph Gonzales there were several casualties. The show of military force convinced the tribesmen to lift their [...] | 2005-07-25 13:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR ECON ENRG EINV ASEC YM COM ENERGY DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA2365 | DFM ADMITS ROYG VIOLATED SOMALI ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 10, DFM Noman briefed Ambassador on a UNSC investigation into allegations of ROYG infractions against the Somali arms embargo. MOI Alimi followed up on August 14, underlining ROYG concerns that Somalia will be over-run by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups unless Yus [...] | 2005-08-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER KAWC PINR SO YM |
05SANAA2766 | WILL SALEH'S SUCCESSOR PLEASE STAND UP? [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM KMCA KMPI PGOV PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA2848 | SALEH PARDONS AL-HOUTHI SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary. On the anniversary of Yemen's revolution against the Imam, President Saleh announced a surprise amnesty for supporters of the slain radical cleric Hussein al-Houthi. Saleh also promised compensation to the family of the royal family, deposed in 1962. The decisions were linked b [...] | 2005-09-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR YM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA3364 | PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...] | 2005-11-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA3534 | GPC CONVENTION: POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, SIGNIFYING [...] (C) To fluttering banners, flying doves, sound effects reminiscent of Space Odyssey 2000 (with added neighing horses to symbolize the GPC mascot),President Saleh marched into the Aden football stadium on December 15 to officially launch the proceedings of the ruling party's seventh annual con [...] | 2005-12-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL DOMESTIC POLITICS |
05SANAA460 | U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on February 24 for Yemen's partnership in the GWOT. Praising Yemen's strong CT cooperation, U/S called on the ROYG to be more forthcoming on intelligence sharing. Discussions [...] | 2005-03-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI PTER PINR EAID ECON YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM |
05SANAA462 | U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On February 24 Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi for Yemen's partnership in the Global War on Terrorism and encouraged the ROYG to expand intelligence sharing cooperation with the USG. In response to the FM's complaint [...] | 2005-03-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON KMPI KDEM PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM |
05SANAA580 | SALEH WISHES TO CONVEY HIS COMMITMENT ON SA/LW [...] (S) Following up on his 3/10 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, during which he made a pledge to ban once and for all the importation of weapons by independent arms dealers, President Saleh has requested a phone conversation with President Bush in order to personally convey to him his commitment [...] | 2005-03-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA602 | TURNING SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES: YEMEN'S CHIEF OF [...] (S) During a 3/15 meeting with General Gassemi, Chief of Staff of the armed forces of Yemen, DCM, DATT and OMC presented Gassemi with recently released photos and serial numbers of the weapons found on two of the Jedda Consulate attackers in December. DCM briefed Gassemi on the conversations t [...] | 2005-03-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA697 | SHORT OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IS SAADA [...] (U) Fighting broke out between ROYG security forces and members of the "Believing Youth" (Shabab al-Moumin) in the northern city of Saada March 19. Four supporters of the late anti-American Shi'ite Cleric al-Houthi were reportedly killed while attempting to flee police after a shoot out at the [...] | 2005-03-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA726 | FIGHTING ESCALATES IN SAADA: AL-HOUTHI LIVES ON [...] (U) Renewed fighting between government forces and followers of the slain anti-American rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi occurred on March 28. Reports from official media and Post contacts indicate over 20 casualties from both sides. The ROYG blamed the current uprising on the dead cleric's fa [...] | 2005-03-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA892 | EB ECT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S YEMENI TELECOM [...] (C) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross's March 24-26 visit to Yemen came at a crucial juncture for the development of information and communications technology (ICT). With the introduction of GSM technology four years ago, the ROYG opened the wireless sector to private investment. M [...] | 2005-04-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT |
05SANAA893 | EB ICT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S MEETINGS WITH ROYG [...] (U) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross raised the prospect of an independent telecom regulator and advanced AID proposals for rural internet development with ROYG officials on March 26. His discussions with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MOTIT) and the [...] | 2005-04-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PGOV PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT |
05SANAA906 | GRENADE ATTACKS IN SANAA PERSIST AMID SAADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Amidst reports of escalating fighting in Saada, six grenade attacks against military personnel were reported in downtown Sanaa in the past ten days. Accounts of the attacks, which are sporadic and sometimes conflicting, indicate that this violence is Saada related, perpetrated [...] | 2005-04-12 04:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA923 | SALEH ON KANAAN: WE'VE GOT HIM!! [...] (S) In a conference call with Ambassador and DCM, President Ali Abdallah Saleh informed us last night, Tuesday, April 12, that suspected terrorist Kanaan has been caught. Saleh began with, "You know this man Kanaan who has been threatening you and for whose sake you closed down your embassy? W [...] | 2005-04-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA935 | SAADA-RELATED MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT SALIH URGENTLY REQUESTS MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIS SECURITY FORCES CURRENTLY ENGAGED WITH AL-HOUTHI INSURGENTS. THE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED BY MINISTER OF INTERIOR, MAJOR GENERAL ALIMI (SEPTEL) ON 9 APRIL 05 SHOULD BECOME THE STARTING POINT FOR YEMEN ASSISTAN [...] | 2005-04-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA949 | ROYG DECLARES END TO AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: SAADA [...] (U) Summary. The ROYG claimed that it has ended the al-Houthi uprising in Saada, but isolated clashes continue. Initial casualty estimates show 280 killed from both sides in less than two weeks of clashes, but such figures may rise as more facts come to light. The main rebel leaders escaped [...] | 2005-04-16 10:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANJOSE1746 | BORDER DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA THREATENS TO FLARE [...] (C) In an August 1 meeting with Charge and acting DCM, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar said that the dispute over the navigational rights of Costa Rican police on the San Juan River threatens again to disrupt relations between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Tovar noted that the three-year "truce" o [...] | 2005-08-04 14:46:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU |
05SANJOSE1772 | NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN ELECTED [...] Summary: The Legislative Assembly elected Lisbeth Quesada Tristan to the 4-year independent post of human rights ombudsman (Defensor de los Habitantes) on August 4, 2005. Quesada, 53, is a medical doctor unaffiliated with any political party. The Ombudsman's position had been vacant since Jun [...] | 2005-08-05 22:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR CS |
05SANJOSE2131 | COSTA RICA TO ATTEMPT TWO-YEAR STOPGAP ACCORD ON [...] (C) As the clock ticks down on a three-year "truce" on the San Juan River dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar on September 8 told Charge that he will propose a new two-year stopgap agreement. He said Costa Rica, however, will demand in the new agreement so [...] | 2005-09-12 23:11:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU |
05SANJOSE2249 | COSTA RICA'S POSITION PAPER ON THE BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) While Costa Rican Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera met in San Jose September 27 to discuss the San Juan River border dispute, the Costa Rican MFA sent the following position paper to the U.S. and British (as current EU president) embassies. The [...] | 2005-09-28 10:13:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU |
05SANJOSE2265 | FOREIGN MINISTER TOVAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minsiter Tovar told diplomats in San Jose that Costa Rica had no alternative to filing a case in the ICJ to vindicate its rights to free navigation on the San Juan River. He said that going to the court was not a hostile or unfriendly act and that retaliation on the part o [...] | 2005-09-29 23:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU |
05SANJOSE2930 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OTTON SOLIS RUNNING AGAINST [...] (C) Presidential candidate Otton Solis told Ambassador that CAFTA-DR "would place Costa Rica in the hands of the multinationals." He said the treaty was one-sided, opening the Costa Rican market to U.S. industrial power, against which Costa Rica cannot hope to compete, and in return providing [...] | 2005-12-27 19:38:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON CS |
05SANJOSE2931 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OTTO GUEVARA WILL [...] (C) Presidential candidate Otto Guevara, though rising in the polls, does not expect to be elected. He does expect, however, that his Libertarian Movement Party will be a major force in the next Legislative Assembly. He told Ambassador that he has already discussed with the frontrunner Oscar [...] | 2005-12-27 19:39:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON CS |
05SANJOSE2932 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANTONIO ALVAREZ DESANTI [...] (C) Presidential candidate Antonio Alvarez Desanti promised, if elected, to bring strong leadership to Costa Rica, focused first on education, health, infrastructure, security, and housing (areas of broad agreement),and then on the more controversial issue of dismantling state monopolies "by [...] | 2005-12-27 19:40:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON CS |
05SANSALVADOR2661 | EL SALVADOR DECLINES REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) After repeated Embassy attempts at various MFA levels, El Salvador replied on September 23 regarding the resettlement of the Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. The MFA officially replied that "at this time, it will not be possible to help with the referenced request". Butler [...] | 2005-09-23 22:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PTER KAWC PINR |
05SANSALVADOR3013 | EL SALVADOR: RESULTS OF MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING [...] (U) On November 4, 2005, Post convened a meeting of the Salvadoran Mini-Dublin Group (MDG). In attendance were representatives from the Embassies of Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. The following provides information requested in Reftel and a summary of MDG bilateral, counte [...] | 2005-11-07 22:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES PINR PINS PREL KCRM INL |
05SANSALVADOR3396 | EXPEDITED DEPORTATIONS MAY NOT INITIALLY DISSUADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expedited deportations may not initially dissuade illegal immigration from El Salvador. Approximately half of all illegal entry attempts are successful, which provides sufficient incentive for Salvadorans to make attempts and reattempts. In addition, many Salvadorans must secur [...] | 2005-12-02 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KCRM PINS SOCI ES ACCELERATED DEPORTATION |
05SANSALVADOR3491 | EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART I [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part I. Year-end statistics for CY-2005 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador I. Summary El Salvador is a transit count [...] | 2005-12-15 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PINR PINS PREL KCRM KJUS ES |
05SANSALVADOR3537 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates: Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX Date of Birth: 11 February 1959 Place of Birth: San Salvador 3. Post has reviewed avail [...] | 2005-12-21 17:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
05SANSALVADOR3539 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...] | 2005-12-21 18:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
05SANTIAGO1107 | FORMER DICTATOR PINOCHET SUFFERS STROKE, REGAINS [...] (C) The Chilean press reported that former dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a stroke and was transported by helicoptor to the intensive care unit at Santiago Military Hospital shortly before 1:00 a.m. EST on May 19. News outlets report that Pinochet was transported unconcious from his home [...] | 2005-05-19 21:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CI PINOCHET |
05SANTIAGO1586 | CHILEAN SENATOR EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF [...] Summary: Senator Juan Antonio Coloma, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke about the future of Chilean international relations at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) on July 20. Coloma, who met with WHA A/S Noriega in Washington on July 11, emphasized the i [...] | 2005-07-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR HA CI |
05SANTIAGO1592 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE [...] Summary: Economic advisors for the three leading presidential candidates outlined their respective candidates' positions on June 22 before 200-plus members of the Chilean and foreign business communities. The three agreed the Lagos Administration had made significant achievements in the macro [...] | 2005-07-27 22:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PREL PINR CI |
05SANTIAGO1885 | IN COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT, A/S OF VERIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the ongoing Compliance Diplomacy initiative, A/S of Verification and Compliance (VC) Paula A. DeSutter emphasized the importance of Chile as a strategic partner with the capacity to influence key organizations and countries on current topics in arms control and nonpr [...] | 2005-09-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PINR PINS PREL KNNP CI |
05SANTIAGO2271 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HARRY PONTING AND [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance to Harry Ponting, RM/IRP, and Robert Sutter, Net-Centric Project, Embassy Asuncion, to travel to Chile from November 13-23, 2005 to assist in implementing Post's Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) biographic files project. Contact point for you [...] | 2005-11-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF PGOV PINR OTRA CI |
05SANTODOMINGO2209 | THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HUGO CHAVEZ OF VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have close historical ties; during Trujillo's dictatorship, many Dominicans got help from Venezuela or lived there in political exile. Hugo Chavez has been in active contact with the Dominican Republic, agreeing to concessional financing for [...] | 2005-04-20 17:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINR PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO287 | SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 20:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR PGOV PINR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4671 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: DOMINICAN [...] (S) Drawing on reftel talking points, DCM on October 4 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano our request that the Dominican Republic consider assisting in resettlement of the 15 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who have been approved for release from detention at Guantanam [...] | 2005-10-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | MOPS PREL DR PTER PHUM PREF PINR |
05SANTODOMINGO4891 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER DICUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 17, 2005, FBI Director Mueller made a series of courtesy calls on senior Dominican justice and intelligence officials, several of whom participated in a same-day working lunch hosted by President Fernandez (SEPTEL). Attorney General Dominguez Brito, Chief of the Natio [...] | 2005-11-03 11:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KPAO PINR PREL SNAR DR CU |
05SANTODOMINGO4944 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #7: PRD EXPELS A MAVERICK [...] This is the seventh cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. PRD Expels a Maverick and a Deserter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Months after Senator Ramiro Espino of Samana Province and Senator Tonty Rutinel Doming [...] | 2005-11-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV PINR |
05SANTODOMINGO5038 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...] | 2005-11-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO |
05SANTODOMINGO560 | UPDATED SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 20:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV PINR PREL |
05SAOPAULO1076 | WORKERS PARTY ELECTIONS GO TO SECOND ROUND; LULA [...] (U) Summary: Party leaders are claiming a large turnout in Sunday's internal election of the ruling Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),while the press is reporting widespread irregularities. Leaders of moderate and leftist factions are trading accusations of fraud. President Lu [...] | 2005-09-20 18:15:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO1110 | WORKERS PARTY ELECTIONS FIRST ROUND RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: On September 27, the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) released the final results of its September 18 internal election. In the race for national party president, Ricardo Berzoini, candidate of President Lula's moderate majority faction (Campo Majoritario - CM) gar [...] | 2005-09-29 14:50:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO1158 | CONVERSATION WITH JOSE DIRCEU, OCTOBER 9, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: While transiting through Sao Paulo, Brasilia TDY poloff attended an October 9 lunch with friends at which Federal Deputy and former Lula Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu was present. During their 30-minute conversation, Dirceu shared his views on the political crisis, the future of the [...] | 2005-10-13 19:58:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV BR |
05SAOPAULO1372 | ELDER STATESMAN DELFIM NETTO DISCUSSES PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: PMDB Congressman and elder statesman Antonio Delfim Netto told CG that while President Lula remains personally popular, he needs to start courting the PMDB and the smaller &left light8 parties if he hopes to get re-elected in next October,s elections. Netto said the PSDB/PFL elec [...] | 2005-12-15 13:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR BR |
05SAOPAULO1376 | PT Criticism Creates Dilemma for President Lula [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A senior PT advisor told CG that the party leadership made a mistake in issuing a recent resolution publicly criticizing President Lula's economic policies. The advisor attributed this political blunder to long- standing int [...] | 2005-12-16 13:09:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO624 | AMBASSADOR VISIT TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by officers from Consulate General Sao Paulo, visited Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, May 1- 3. During the visit, Ambassador met with the governor and the mayor; toured the modern General Motors and Dell Compute [...] | 2005-05-23 20:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD KIPR EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINR BR |
05SINGAPORE2023 | AMBASSADOR BOYCE'S JUNE 27 MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce and Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, exchanged perspectives on Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's leadership style, prospects for a peaceful resolution to Thailand's problems in the South, Thaila [...] | 2005-07-01 02:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR TH ID BM SN |
05SINGAPORE2524 | FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS -- SINGAPORE INPUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is satisfied that the Government of Singapore (GOS) would rapidly respond to halt the spread of an influenza pandemic within Singapore. The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed an "Influenza Pandemic Readiness and Response Plan" that is available for public view [...] | 2005-08-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SOCI TBIO ECON KHIV EAGR ETRD SN |
05SINGAPORE3118 | SINGAPORE INPUT -- OIL SUPPLY VULNERABILITY [...] (S/NF) Post believes that the Government of Singapore (GOS) is taking reasonable measures to ensure the physical security of its oil refining complex on Jurong Island. GOS officials consider terrorist threats the most likely source of disruption to the supply of crude oil reaching Singapore a [...] | 2005-10-24 23:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS SN |
05SINGAPORE312 | MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 1 OF 2 [...] (C) Summary: Concerned about preventing racial and religious conflict in Singapore, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) actively co-opts talented Muslims, especially potential critics. In addition to holding a modest number of senior positions in the government, representatives from Singap [...] | 2005-02-03 01:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SN SOCI |
05SINGAPORE343 | MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 2 OF 2 [...] (U) This cable completes the biographic reporting on Singapore's 12 Muslim MPs. Reftel covered five of them and reviewed the role they play in Singapore and how they are perceived by the Muslim community. The biographies are designed to be stand-alone documents, so acronyms and organizations [...] | 2005-02-07 06:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SN SOCI |
05SOFIA1207 | (U) BULGARIAN ORGANIZED CRIME (C-CN5-00054) [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref A request for information about organized crime in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Where direct sources are not cited, connections are largely based on information from operational contacts and open-source publications. ----------------------- OVERVIEW AND ACTIVITIES [...] | 2005-07-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KCRM PGOV EINV ECON KCOR BU |
05SOFIA1239 | BULGARIA: EXTREME NATIONALIST PARTY ENTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extreme nationalist political group Ataka (Attack) won 8.7 percent of the vote in June's general election and became the fourth largest political party in the new parliament which commenced in Sofia July 11. If, as expected, the first three parties form a coalition governme [...] | 2005-07-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA1373 | ANOTHER BULGARIAN CRIME BOSS SHOT DEAD IN DOWNTOWN [...] Three organized crime figures were shot dead at a popular ice cream shop in downtown Sofia - close to the former chancery - on Saturday evening, bringing to over two-dozen the number of OC-related killings in the last 24 months. Anton Miltenov (&The Beak8),Ivan Todorov (&The Ghost8),and Nik [...] | 2005-08-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA1598 | BULGARIA: CHARISMATIC INTERIOR MINISTRY CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Interior Ministry Chief Secretary General Boiko Borisov, one of Bulgaria's most popular officials, submitted his resignation September 14, citing planned legislative amendments that significantly curbed his position's powers. In a letter to the President and the PM, Borisov sai [...] | 2005-09-15 15:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ASEC PINR BU |
05SOFIA1618 | BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS CONTROVERSIAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Interior Minister Rumen Petkov argued in his first meeting with Ambassador Beyrle for both deeper and more formal cooperation on intelligence and law enforcement matters. He called for the signing of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) or a memorandum of understanding on law [...] | 2005-09-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM PINR BG |
05SOFIA1729 | ISLAM AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN BULGARIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's large Muslim community is predominantly moderate and traditional, though both foreign and indigenous Islamic extremists are active in the country. Bulgaria's government is officially tolerant, but Muslim minorities and their problems are often ignored by central authori [...] | 2005-10-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR BU |
05SOFIA1882 | BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: IS IT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the high-profile killing of banker Emil Kyulev, Bulgarian authorities have begun a crackdown on organized crime, including the arrest of two notorious crime figures. It is not yet clear whether this is a genuine effort to deal with the problem of organized crime or [...] | 2005-11-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EINV ECON KCOR KCRM BU |
05SOFIA1942 | PRESS REACTION: DELAY IN LIBYAN CASE EVOKES MIXED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The November 15 decision by the Libyan Supreme Court to postpone judgment on the case of five Bulgarian medics until January 31st 2006, has provoked a mixed reaction in Bulgaria. Government leaders, while relieved at having averted confirmation of the death sentences, have voice [...] | 2005-11-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV LY BU |
05SOFIA1945 | BULGARIA SEEKS BALANCED APPROACH TO KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria supports a balanced approached to negotiations over Kosovo's future status and believes that all options should be considered. Sofia sees the prospect of EU integration for Kosovo, and other West Balkan countries, as the key factor in bringing stability and development to [...] | 2005-11-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA2025 | BULGARIA'S "ATAKA" PARTY BECOMING INCREASINGLY ANTI- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rhetoric of the extreme nationalist party Ataka has become increasingly anti-American in recent weeks, with much of the party's wrath focused on proposed joint military facilities and Bulgaria's participation in the Iraq coalition. Neither high-profile infighting in Ataka' [...] | 2005-12-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PINR SOCI BU RU |
05SOFIA2054 | BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: The Bulgarian government has little to show for its effort to crack down on organized crime six weeks after the killing of controversial banker Emil Kyulev. The police and Interior Ministry have yet to conduct a thorough investigation of the murder, possibly out of concern about r [...] | 2005-12-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON KCOR KCRM BU |
05SOFIA2056 | BULGARIA SEEKS TO PLAY POSITIVE ROLE IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Kosovo talks about to begin, Bulgaria is actively working to build confidence among the participants and create a positive environment for negotiations. The Bulgarian Minister of Culture last week hosted a meeting with his Serbian and Kosovar counterparts to discuss pr [...] | 2005-12-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA422 | BULGARIA: FOLLOW-UP LETTER REQUESTING DUELFER [...] This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. Post received the letter in paragraph 3 on 1 March from the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission investigating the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal. 3. Begin text of letter: Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly 1 March 2005 To [...] | 2005-03-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR IZ BU |
05SOFIA72 | NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BU |
05STATE131486 | LEAHY VETTING GUIDANCE/ACES UP AND RUNNING [...] Summary: The Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES),which is the Department's new software application to compile and track human rights abuses worldwide, is now operational. ACES is a clearinghouse of human rights- related reporting, which will facilitate the management of human rights abuse a [...] | 2005-07-14 23:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP MASS PINR PREL AADP |
05STATE183800 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 5 - 6. 2. (C) Background. There are 22 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity under USG control at Guantanamo. DoD has determined that 15 of the 22 are no longer of intelligence/law enforcement value, and have been approved for release. [...] | 2005-10-04 00:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05STATE225765 | POSTING OF LEAHY VETTING GUIDE [...] The Deparment is pleased to announce that a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Leahy Vetting is now posted on the Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES) website at http://aces.state.sgov.gov/. This document serves as a practical user's guide for implementation of the Leahy Law at posts an [...] | 2005-12-15 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS KCRM SNAR |
05STATE226504 | GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF NEW SIPRNET DISTRIBUTION [...] The Department has established a new distribution caption, SIPDIS (5FAH-2 H-440),to facilitate inter-agency information sharing via post classified homepages on the US Government Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet). At present 180 posts and bureaus have classified homepages on [...] | 2005-12-16 20:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ACOA AOMS PINR KCCP SIPDIS GUIDANCE |
05TAIPEI1029 | Taiwan Markets Calm After China's Anti-secession [...] (SBU) Taiwan's financial markets shrugged off China's "Anti-Secession Law" on March 8. The NT Dollar (NTD) appreciated against the U.S. dollar (USD),while the stock market index declined slightly. Foreign portfolio investors increased net stock purchases. Local economic observers believe [...] | 2005-03-09 23:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1085 | TAIWAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan issued a strong formal reaction to the PRC National People's Congress (NPC) March 14 passage of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu, speaking for the government, condemned the PRC move as "provocative" and in violation of the will of th [...] | 2005-03-14 10:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1125 | NEW KAOHSIUNG MAYOR ON CROSS-STRAIT AND OTHER [...] (C) In an initial call by AIT/K Branch Chief on newly appointed Kaohsiung Acting Mayor Chen Chi-Mai, Chen described himself as a DPP moderate who sees expanded cross-Strait economic ties as the best way to build confidence across the Strait. Widely seen as a protege of President Chen, Mayor [...] | 2005-03-16 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1145 | TAIWAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT INFORMATION OFFICE DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The appointment of Yao Wen-chi (aka Pasuya Yao) to be Taiwan,s new Government Information Office (GIO) Director represents another move by Premier Frank Hsieh to position his long-time aides in key EY positions. Yao is a long-time AIT/K contact and previously served as Kaohsiung [...] | 2005-03-16 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1153 | PRESIDENT CHEN COMMENTS ON ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used a March 16 speech to an overseas Taiwanese group to make his first public comments on the Anti-Secession Law since its passage on March 14. Declaring the PRC legislation an "invasion law," Chen provided a six point position that highlighted Taiwan ob [...] | 2005-03-16 11:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1229 | MARCH 19 RALLY ATTACKS CHEN, SOONG, AND MA [...] (C) Summary: The KMT's March 19 rally was more significant for the drama behind the scenes than what unfolded on stage. Although originally organized to protest the DPP government's handling of last year's election eve shooting of President Chen and VP Lu, the rally deteriorated into a pair [...] | 2005-03-22 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1343 | TAIWAN POLITICS AND EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) The State NP EXBS (Export Control and Border Security) training on Export Control Laws and Regulations began on March 22 with 38 participants representing 16 different Taiwan Executive Branch agencies, one Legislative Yuan (LY) Member, and one LY staffer. After official opening remarks [...] | 2005-03-23 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1437 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WARNS OF DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang told AIT on March 28 that Taipei will need some time before returning to the path of engagement with the PRC. Huang said that the government has concluded that Beijing timed the release of the Hsu Wen-lung letter (Septel) an [...] | 2005-03-28 12:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1438 | BEIJING PRESSURES PRO-DPP BUSINESS LEADER TO [...] (S) Summary: Long-time pro-DPP business leader Hsu Wen-lung penned a letter to a Taiwan newspaper on March 26 endorsing the PRC's position on "one China." Hsu's move was widely interpreted by the media and political world as a sign of mounting PRC pressure on Taiwan business leaders. Presiden [...] | 2005-03-28 12:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1525 | SOONG'S WEAKENING GRIP OVER THE PFP [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong's attempts to carve out an independent political niche for himself in Taiwan may be under threat from growing disunity within his party. The February 24 meeting between Soong and President Chen Shui-bian may have prolonged Soong's political survival but t [...] | 2005-03-30 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1560 | Taiwan's Growth Continues Slowing [...] The slowing trend of Taiwan's economic growth has continued from the second half of 2004 into the first two months of 2005. Export growth has declined steadily. Industrial production has gone from growth to decline, while unemployment has edged-up for the first time in the past seven months. [...] | 2005-03-31 01:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1571 | TAIWAN'S NEW COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICE [...] (C) AIT/T Deputy Director Keegan hosted officials from Taiwan's new Counterterrorism Office (CTO) to lunch on March 29 in order to learn the function of the office and how AIT might interface with it. Taiwan participants included National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General (Ste [...] | 2005-03-31 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1572 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION DENOUNCES KMT-CCP AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials denounced a 10-point joint statement worked out in Beijing March 30 between KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang and PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin. Pan-Blue officials hailed the KMT-CCP meeting as the start of a new offensive to wrest [...] | 2005-03-31 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1582 | Economic Briefing for March 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in March 2005: --Taiwan's economic performance in Q1 of 2005 --Privatization of two large state-owned enterprises --Legal-regulatory workshop for export control --High-Speed Rail Continues Efforts to Raise Capital --Ta [...] | 2005-04-01 08:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1625 | POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES OVER KMT-CCP ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration has heightened its criticism over the KMT's recent rapprochement with Beijing, accusing the opposition party of undermining national sovereignty and warning of legal sanctions. KMT officials tell AIT they will not be deterred in their effort to overturn wh [...] | 2005-04-04 11:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1706 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: AIT/T Acting Director Keegan delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen and to Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh in separate meetings on April 7. Both Ministers expressed Taiwan's strong commitment to strengthen Taiwan's export controls. Minister M [...] | 2005-04-08 08:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1750 | KMT VICE CHAIR CHIANG PROVIDES READOUT OF BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang provided the AIT Director a readout April 11 of his late March visit to the Mainland. Chiang said that he was not involved in the planning for the visit and only learned about arrangements for senior level meetings with PRC officials in Beijing just [...] | 2005-04-12 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1752 | PRC MEDIA BAN: MAC ADMITS MISTAKE BUT POLICY STANDS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are trying to contain negative political and media fallout from an April 10 announcement that Taipei would ban journalists from PRC-owned Xinhua and the People's Daily in retaliation for Beijing's enactment of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC [...] | 2005-04-12 10:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH TW TIP |
05TAIPEI1780 | TAIWAN'S INADEQUATE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: On April 8 Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) gave AIT a report on its investigations into the She Hong Company and Eumatech Company machine tool shipments to Syria, as we had requested in refs C and D. The results of the BOFT investigations, while welcome, suggest that the [...] | 2005-04-14 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1827 | MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS CONTINUE AHEAD OF LIEN [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian and KMT Chairman Lien Chan used public fora in Taipei and Singapore to trade another round of public accusations. During an April 16 speech, President Chen asked mockingly if the KMT's upcoming talks with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were aimed at lo [...] | 2005-04-18 10:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1853 | TAIWAN'S REVISED TECH PROTECTION BILL [...] (C) Summary and comment: At a Cabinet meeting on April 13, Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) passed a "Sensitive Technology Protection" bill that is a more comprehensive, tougher version of the "Technology Protection Bill" that has been stalled in the Legislative Yuan (LY) for over two years. Whi [...] | 2005-04-20 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1871 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO PFP TO STEAL KMT [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisors assert that Beijing's April 18 invitation to People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong was a vindication of the government's hard-line stance towards the KMT's attempts to open a separate dialogue with the PRC. Presidential Office Deputy Secretary Genera [...] | 2005-04-21 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1878 | BABY STEPS TOWARD TAIWAN BANK CONSOLIDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The announcement on April 19 of a merger plan approved by the boards of both Shinkong Financial Holding Corporation and Macoto Bank is a small step toward much needed bank consolidation in Taiwan, and one that government and investment bankers alike hope will serve as a catalys [...] | 2005-04-22 06:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1892 | KMT MAINLAND AFFAIRS CHIEF ON LIEN'S PRC TRIP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Mainland Affairs Director Chang Jung-kung told AIT on April 21 that the primary purpose of KMT Chairman Lien Chan's upcoming PRC visit was to reach a cross-Strait peace consensus rather than to talk about trade liberalization. Chang pointed out that economic issues had alrea [...] | 2005-04-22 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1893 | CHEN ENDORSES KMT VISIT, LIEN TO CALL CHEN BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Office Spokesman announced on April 21 that President Chen Shui-bian endorses KMT Chairman Lien Chan's upcoming visit to Mainland China. The statement came hours after Presidential Office Secretary General Yu Shyi-kun and his KMT counterpart, Lin Fong-cheng, agre [...] | 2005-04-22 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1925 | LIEN DEPARTS AFTER FRIENDLY CALL WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan departed Taipei for the Mainland April 26, a day after he spoke by phone with President Chen Shui-bian about his controversial trip. Lien told the President that he would not do anything to infringe on the government's authority and promised to convey any s [...] | 2005-04-26 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1968 | LIEN IN BEIJING: CHEN TO OFFER LOW-KEY RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration plans a low-key reaction to KMT Chairman Lien Chan's Friday meeting with PRC President Hu Jintao in order to keep open options for a inter-party summit after Lien's return. Officials are generally relieved that Lien received no substantive "deliverables" d [...] | 2005-04-29 12:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1969 | DPP FACTION EMBARKS ON CROSS-STRAIT INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Away from the media glare given to the recent Pan-Blue cross-Strait initiatives, the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) moderate New Tide faction has opened talks with PRC authorities about establishing a cross-Strait cooperation mechanism to tackle financial crimes. New Tide el [...] | 2005-04-29 13:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1977 | PRESIDENT MOVES TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian moved on May 1 to regain control over the cross-Strait agenda in the wake of the Lien Chan visit to Beijing. Chen announced that he will use the upcoming visit of People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong to convey a message to PRC President Hu Jintao, [...] | 2005-05-02 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2001 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET: MOVEMENT IN MID-MAY? [...] (C) Summary: Ruling and opposition party officials express cautious optimism that the Legislative Yuan (LY) will take action on Special Defense Procurement Budget shortly after the May 14 National Assembly election. President Chen Shui-bian will try to meet with the two Pan-Blue leaders, eit [...] | 2005-05-03 07:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2011 | (U) TAIWAN BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE MAINLAND [...] (C) AIT/Taipei offers the following information in response to ref C regarding PRC pressure on Taiwan businesses operating in the Mainland. We have highlighted four examples of such pressure -- Chi Mei, Acer, Quanta, and Evergreen. We also note that many firms report the same kind of difficu [...] | 2005-05-03 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR EINV PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2025 | TAIWAN PROPOSAL ON EXPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with AIT on April 29, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) presented an outline proposal for parameters of the new export control procedures and the "rapid evaluation mechanism" for end-user checks (ref A). BOFT said it would greatly increase the scope of its export [...] | 2005-05-04 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2026 | Economic Briefing for April 2005 [...] (U) This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in April 2005: --Taiwan Stock Market Up on KMT Trip to China --New Insurance Director General --Changhwa Bank Privatization on Hold --More Funds for High Speed Rail -- Taiwan Flat Panel Production --A Flurry of [...] | 2005-05-05 01:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2061 | NSC WARNS OF ENHANCED PRC INTEL COLLECTION IN THE [...] (S) National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General Henry Ko told AIT that Philippine intelligence officials recently warned their Taiwan counterparts that Beijing has formally requested the establishment of two new consulates, one in Davao, Mindanao and the other in Loag, on the nort [...] | 2005-05-06 07:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PINR RP CH TW |
05TAIPEI2076 | PRESIDENT CHEN TRIES TO BALANCE CONFLICTING [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend, President Chen Shui-bian moved dramatically to address discontent within his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) base over his stance on recent Pan-Blue contacts with Beijing. DPP anger is not limited to Chen's endorsement of Lien Chan's recent visit, but is also [...] | 2005-05-09 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2114 | CHEN CAMPAIGN OFFENSIVE DRAWS CRITICISM FROM ALL [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian has continued to lash out at his political opponents in an effort to retake the agenda in the lead-up to the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election. On May 9, Chen singled out former President Lee Teng-hui for criticism, accusing Lee of hypocrisy for dema [...] | 2005-05-10 10:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2126 | CHEN ENDORSES SOONG QINGHUA SPEECH, PREPARES FOR [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian welcomed People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong's references to Taiwan in Soong's May 11 speech to Beijing's Qinghua University. Chen used a significantly milder tone than other ruling party officials, who criticized Soong's assertion that independen [...] | 2005-05-11 10:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2127 | TAIWAN CONCERNED OVER PRC-JAPAN FRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Taipei remains optimistic over current trends in Japan-Taiwan relations, but officials express concern that Beijing may demand concessions over Taiwan as a condition to reducing short-term frictions between Tokyo and Beijing. Taiwan officials note that Beijing has shifted the focus [...] | 2005-05-11 10:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2133 | BAD NEWS FOR TAIWAN FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On May 6 Taiwan,s Chang Hwa Commercial Bank announced it had failed to bridge differences with foreign bidders for a controlling stake in the bank, and would indefinitely postpone attempts to sell equity through issuing Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). This failure represents a [...] | 2005-05-12 00:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2135 | MA YING-JEOU FORESEES CROSS-PARTY RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 10 meeting with the AIT Director, Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou said he was confident that President Chen Shui-bian's recent attacks on Pan-Blue leaders were merely pre-National Assembly (NA) election rhetoric and that Chen would tack back to the center afterward. Ma al [...] | 2005-05-12 03:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2144 | COMING WEEKS OFFER KEY OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS [...] (C) Summary: The period following the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election is expected to offer a critical window for movement on both domestic and cross-Strait policy. President Chen Shui-bian plans to renew his push to create a cross-party consensus behind greater cross-Strait economic, an [...] | 2005-05-12 11:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2163 | ENSURING TAIWAN INSURANCE [...] (C) Summary: The challenges facing Taiwan's insurance sector include high guaranteed benefits, low earnings on investments, and intense competition. Downward pressure on the Taiwan insurance sector's overall capital position is made more worrisome by the lack of a market exit mechanism and i [...] | 2005-05-13 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2164 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION DISAPPOINTED BY SOONG-HU [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian publicly rejected People First Party (PFP) James Soong's "two sides, one China" formulation, announced following Soong's May 12 meeting with PRC leader Hu Jintao. National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen told the AIT Director on May 13 [...] | 2005-05-13 10:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2183 | DPP PREVAILS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) surpassed expectations, securing 127 seats (43 percent) in the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election. The KMT failed to achieve its goal of emerging as the largest party, winning 117 seats (39 percent). The DPP-KMT's combined 83 perc [...] | 2005-05-14 12:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2213 | TAIWAN SCHOLARS URGE CAUTION OVER EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan cross-Strait specialists warn that there could be a domestic backlash in both the PRC and Taiwan if the two sides do not manage expectations for a cross-Strait political breakthrough in the wake of recent opposition visits to the Mainland. During a May 16 closed door meeti [...] | 2005-05-17 11:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2214 | PFP HARDLINERS RESIST COOPERATION WITH DPP [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the People First Party's (PFP) devastating showing in the May 14 National Assembly election, party hardliners tell AIT they intend to challenge Chairman James Soong over the PFP's recent alliance with President Chen Shui-bian. Several PFP legislators, including Ch [...] | 2005-05-17 11:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2421 | DPP CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HIS OWN FUTURE [...] (C) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang plans to start distancing himself from President SIPDIS Chen Shui-bian, according to a senior aide. DPP Deputy Secretary General Yen Wan-ching said that Su, who plans to SIPDIS depart for first visit to the U.S. as party chai [...] | 2005-06-03 02:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2433 | COAST GUARD ASKS FOR USG INTERVENTION OVER SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: TAIWAN COAST GUARD MINISTER SYU HUEI-YOU MET WITH AIT DIRECTOR JUNE 3 TO REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE OVER RECENT SUSPECTED PRC INCURSIONS AROUND THE DISPUTED PRATAS ISLAND, CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY TAIWAN. SYU PROVIDED BACKGROUND ON THE RECENT INCIDENT INVOLVING TAIWAN COAST GUARD VESSEL [...] | 2005-06-03 13:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2434 | Economic Briefing for May 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Lowest Growth since 2003 -- FRF Funds Increased, But Not Enough -- Plans to Relax Cross-Strait Investment Restrictions -- ICPI Discusses Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reform -- HIV/AIDS Infections Skyrocke [...] | 2005-06-06 00:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2475 | TAIWAN TO REQUIRE EXPORT LICENSES FOR MACHINE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Taiwan plans to impose a positive requirement that Taiwan firms obtain an export license before shipping machine tools, including reexports, to North Korea. Board of Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Wu provided a [...] | 2005-06-06 10:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL PTER PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2476 | MA TAKES EARLY LEAD IN KMT RACE [...] (C) Summary: Despite attempts by KMT elders to draft Lien Chan for a third term, the two candidates for the KMT chairmanship, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng, have begun their official campaigns in earnest. While Lien is not expected to formally ann [...] | 2005-06-06 10:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2509 | SCHEDULING EXPORT CONTROL VISITS WITH TAIWAN [...] (U) Action request in para. 11. 2. (S) Summary. AIT/T Deputy Director met June 8 with Wang Hsi-tien, Deputy Director General of Taiwan's National Security Council (NSC),to discuss ongoing cooperation on export controls. Taiwan is feeling pressure to send a high-level nonproliferation [...] | 2005-06-08 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2596 | TAIWAN POLICY ELITES DIVIDED OVER FUTURE CONTACTS [...] (S) Summary: Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor for cross-Strait affairs Chen Chung-hsin asserted that senior policymakers remain deeply skeptical over Beijing's willingness to engage in official discussions with the Taiwan government. Chen told former U.S. NSC Asia Directo [...] | 2005-06-13 10:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2655 | PRATAS ISLAND: TAIWAN'S STRATEGIC WEAKEST LINK? [...] (C) Summary: The May 27 confrontation between Taiwan Coast Guard vessels and a suspected PRC research ship off the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island has focused minds in the Taiwan government on the strategic risks associated with the disputed South China Sea island. Given its location between [...] | 2005-06-16 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2675 | RMB Appreciation No Help for Taiwan [...] (U) Because of Taiwan's massive investment in the PRC, the two economies cooperate more than compete in world export markets. Thus export orders to Taiwan firms will not benefit from a revaluation of the Renminbi (RMB). Although a revaluation could affect some investment decisions by Taiwan [...] | 2005-06-20 08:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2682 | TAIWAN WANTS TO DO EXPORT CONTROLS RIGHT [...] (C) AIT/T believes that Taiwan wishes to move forward in implementing an effective export control regime, largely due to sustained US interest in this topic. On April 7, when AIT/T Deputy Director demarched the Ministers of Foreign and Economic Affairs regarding export controls, both Minister [...] | 2005-06-20 08:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2704 | TAIPEI SEEKS TO DEFUSE FISHING DISPUTE WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is seeking to quickly settle a recent row with Japan over a disputed fishing zone in waters between Taiwan and Japan. Taipei says that the two sides are likely to hold a round of talks in late June/early July to agree on an expanded joint fisheries area that should mitigate [...] | 2005-06-21 22:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2719 | TAIWAN MAY TIGHTEN EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (S) As reported in ref A, AIT/T Econ Officer delivered the demarche requesting Taiwan assistance to investigate possible cases of sensitive technology being sold to Pakistan and Syrian entities. On the margins of the demarche, Wally Su, the head of the Board of Foreign Trade Export Control W [...] | 2005-06-22 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2741 | TAIWAN DISCOURAGES EXCHANGE RATE SPECULATION [...] (U) Summary. Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) is trying to discourage exchange rate speculation on the new Taiwan dollar (NTD) by administrative measures and a campaign suggesting that, based on economic fundamentals, the NTD should not appreciate against the US Dollar (USD). Some US$8 b [...] | 2005-06-23 10:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2745 | PRESIDENT PLANS TO ISSUE NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen announced on June 17 that President Chen Shui-bian would release the first annual National Security Report later in the summer. Chiou told AIT that the report would be prepared by the NSC and cover foreign policy, defe [...] | 2005-06-24 06:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2786 | PREMIER HSIEH FRUSTRATED OVER FAILURE OF [...] (C) Summary: A longtime aide to Premier Frank Hsieh told AIT that Hsieh is increasingly frustrated by the partisan gridlock in Taiwan politics. Corey Chen, a close political advisor to the Premier, told AIT that Hsieh is now convinced that opposition leaders will not cease their obstructionism [...] | 2005-06-27 22:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2835 | Soft Business Performance Spills to Q2 of 2005 [...] Taiwan's soft economic performance from the first quarter of 2005 spilled over into the second quarter. Weak world demand for Taiwan products has driven y-o-y export growth in May 2005 to a new low and manufacturing posted its most significant contraction since SARS attacked Taiwan in early [...] | 2005-06-29 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2868 | Oil and Interest Rates Weaken Taiwan Dollar [...] Summary. The New Taiwan dollar (NTD),along with other East Asian currencies, depreciated significantly against the US dollar (USD) June 29. Analysts blame high oil prices and the market's expectation of higher US benchmark interest rates. There are probably also seasonal factors affecting [...] | 2005-07-01 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2875 | TAIWAN BANK M&A MAY PICK UP STEAM [...] Summary: Following the failure to privatize Changhwa bank, Taiwan authorities are making measured moves to encourage bank consolidation and proceed with the second-stage of financial reform. While it appears unlikely that the reform plan will achieve its stated benchmarks established in Oct [...] | 2005-07-01 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2881 | PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS ON CROSS-STRAIT POLICY, [...] (C) Summary: Two close confidantes of President Chen Shui-bian told AIT that the President is comfortable with the current state of cross-Strait relations. In separate conversations, Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General Ma Yung-cheng and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor [...] | 2005-07-04 23:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2936 | Economic Briefing for June 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Soft Economy Continues in Q2 -- BenQ Acquires Siemens Cell Phone Unit -- EVA Air-Boeing Business Ties Remain Strong -- Taiwan Holds Energy Conference with Mixed Results -- EZPeer Not Guilty in P2P IPR C [...] | 2005-07-07 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW IPR ESTH |
05TAIPEI2974 | TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND P2S5 [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel U.S. comments on Taiwan export license applications to Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on July 7. BOFT will do further investigation of the proposed sale to Pakistan before deciding whether or not to grant a license. Su [...] | 2005-07-11 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IT |
05TAIPEI2983 | TAIWAN SEEKS COMMENT ON EXPORT APPLICATION [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On July 8, AIT/T received a request from Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) for U.S. comment on an export license application for 36,000 kg of sodium cyanide ordered by a manufacturer in Iran. We will forward by cl [...] | 2005-07-11 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR |
05TAIPEI2984 | TRADING SCANDAL DAMAGES TAIWAN'S FSC [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Taiwan High Court Prosecutors' Office is currently probing Lee Chin-cheng, Director of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Examination Bureau (EB),on his possible connection to an illegal insider trading operation involving other government officials, and [...] | 2005-07-11 22:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3058 | NEW KMT CHAIR MA YING-JEOU FACES CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou won a landslide election as the next Kuomintang Chair, winning 72 percent of the vote to Speaker Wang Jin-pyng's 28 percent. Though Ma publicly agreed with Wang's statement that the Chair race and the 2008 presidential race are separate issues, most o [...] | 2005-07-19 23:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AA |
05TAIPEI3117 | MIXED RESULTS FOR TAIWAN FSC'S FIRST YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The first anniversary of the establishment of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in July coincided with the removal of Lee Chin-chen as head of its investigative unit because of his suspected involvement in an insider trading scheme (ref a). During a lunch with AIT o [...] | 2005-07-22 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3118 | Effects of RMB Appreciation on Taiwan [...] SUMMARY. The renminbi's (RMB) appreciation of 2% against the US dollar (USD) on July 21 has caused the NTD and other Asian currencies to strengthen against the US dollar. However, market intervention by Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) has reduced the NTD appreciation to less than other [...] | 2005-07-22 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3201 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN DEMARCHE [...] (S) Summary: AIT delivered ref A demarche on July 28 to National Security Council Deputy Secretary General Wang Hsi-tien and on July 29 to Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Yiin Chii-ming. Both officials welcomed a U.S. export control delegation to come for discussions on August 10 [...] | 2005-08-02 00:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI3287 | RENEWED HOPE FOR TAIWAN BANK CONSOLIDATION [...] (C) Summary: On July 22 Taishin Financial Holding Company (Taishin) won a 22.5% of equity in the state-owned Changhwa Commercial Bank (CCB) with a bid price 46% higher than the floor price set by CCB and twice the value foreign investors had assigned to CCB shares in May of this year (ref A). [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3288 | INSIGHT INTO EAST ASIA MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (S) Summary. A Hong Kong private investigator discussed with AIT Econ on July 14 his ongoing investigation into three unlicensed Taiwan money brokers that have been sending U.S. dollar bank and travelers' checks to his client, a Hong Kong bank. The investigator had come to Taiwan to determin [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN RP TW |
05TAIPEI3289 | TAIWAN ECONOMIC BRIEF JULY 2005 [...] (U) This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Economic Growth -- Tax Reform -- China's Lenovo Breaks Taiwan Barrier -- High-speed Rail -- Boeing Delivers New Aircraft to EVA Think Tanks Lower Economic Growth Estimated for 2005 ------------- [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3309 | Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tries to [...] Summary: Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (Mark) Chen Tan-sun led a delegation to Chad and Burkina Faso July 8-14 to reinforce Taiwan's interest in further developing diplomatic relations with Africa. Taiwanese businessmen have established small operations in the two African countr [...] | 2005-08-09 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3573 | TAIWAN AGREES TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN IN NP [...] (S) Summary: The U.S. team led by NP/CBM Director Vann Van Diepen August 10-11 obtained Taiwan's agreement to cooperate to improve Taiwan's export controls over the long term, and all six points in the near term portion of the U.S. "gameplan" concerning Iran and North Korea (ref A). Point o [...] | 2005-08-26 23:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI3574 | Taiwan's Q2 Balance of Payments [...] Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) in Q2 of 2005 posted a surplus of US$6.45 billion, pushing foreign exchange (FX) reserves to US$253.62 billion. The BOP would have run a deficit if Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) had not increased its short-term liabilities through repurchase agreemen [...] | 2005-08-28 23:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3600 | TAIWAN WILL FURTHER INVESTIGATE SUSPECT EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on August 26. AIT also delivered and explained the AIT-developed license template. BOFT said it will further investigate the cases mentioned in the talking points. BOFT praised the template's "s [...] | 2005-08-30 03:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR |
05TAIPEI3606 | U.S. ORGANIC EXPORTERS HAVE A GROWING MARKET IN [...] (U) Summary: U.S. exporters of organic products will see a growing market in Taiwan. In the past, inadequate labeling rules have made it difficult for consumers to determine whether a product was truly organic. Three new changes could increase consumer confidence in organic products. First [...] | 2005-08-30 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PINR EINV TW |
05TAIPEI3623 | TAIWAN MINIMUM TAX: FICTION TRUER THAN FACT [...] (C) Summary: Corning, the largest U.S. investor in Taiwan, privately denied press reports that it would shift planned investment to South Korea over pending tax changes. Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) and Legislative Yuan (LY) DPP caucus held on August 29 reached a compromise on the tax bill t [...] | 2005-08-31 07:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3667 | Economic Briefing for August 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in August 2005: --Poor economic performance 1H, mixed expectations 2H --The CBC's ensures BOP surplus in Q2 --Chunghwa Telecom privatized amid opposition --Taiwan attempts to cut budget deficit --GE first foreign compa [...] | 2005-09-06 02:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3714 | TAIWAN EXPORTS TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on September 6. BOFT provided results of its preliminary investigation in Eumatech and a copy of its SHTC exporter watch list (para 5). AIT received information in a letter from BOFT on its furt [...] | 2005-09-09 01:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR |
05TAIPEI3766 | TAIWAN MONEY BROKER BLUES [...] (SBU) Hong Kong professional money laundering investigator Peter Gallo (reftel) has written a letter to warn AIT about possible negative consequences of USG efforts to crack-down on unlicensed money brokers. AIT/Econ thought the letter contained some interesting points and that it might also [...] | 2005-09-12 06:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK |
05TAIPEI3772 | Taiwan FSC Road Shows in October 2005 [...] Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) will conduct road shows in New York and London in October 2005 to attract foreign investors to Taiwan. Foreign investors will be encouraged to participate in merge & acquisition (M&A),and securities trading. The major theme of the road shows [...] | 2005-09-12 07:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3776 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL QUICK RESPONSE TIMES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI3799 | EVOLVING TAIWAN ROLE IN GREATER CHINA ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: A number of forward-looking Taiwan business people see that Taiwan's economy is in the midst of another major shift in its evolution from manufacturing toward a service and knowledge-based economy. While other Pacific Rim economies are becoming big players in venture capital in [...] | 2005-09-13 22:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR PREL TW CN |
05TAIPEI385 | US-CHINA TRADE IMBALANCE (C-AL5-00044) [...] (U) Taiwan export manufacturing firms have made massive investments in the PRC, with especially strong 50 percent growth in investment during 2004. In the key industries of electronics and information technology products manufacturing, a pattern of triangular trade has emerged. Taiwan firms e [...] | 2005-01-31 08:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON ETRD EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI3867 | TAIWAN MONEY BROKERS USE BANCO DELTA ASIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-19 07:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK |
05TAIPEI3880 | PFP LEGISLATOR LIU YI-JU PUSHES CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: People's First Party (PFP) Legislator Christina Liu (Yi-ju) is a harsh critic of the Chen Administration's economic policies and believes that better cross-Strait relations are an urgent economic priority for Taiwan. At the same time, although she belongs to the same party as p [...] | 2005-09-20 22:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR PREL TW CN |
05TAIPEI3891 | THE 2006 KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL RACE -- LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SEPTEMBER 15TH ARRIVAL OF KAOHSIUNG'S NEW ACTING MAYOR YEH CHU-LAN, SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR AND FORMER VICE-PREMIER, HAS FUELED LOCAL SPECULATION ON THE 2006 KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL RACE. LOCAL KAOHSIUNG POLITICIANS REACTED TO YEH'S APPOINTMENT WITH EVERYTHING FROM SURPRISE TO [...] | 2005-09-21 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3957 | MONEYCHANGERS IN TEMPLES AND JEWELRY STORES [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In what is being billed as an attempt to promote tourism, Taiwan's Central Bank of China (Central Bank) plans to revise regulations to permit jewelry stores and handicraft shops to offer currency exchange services. The Central Bank has assured AIT it will limit tr [...] | 2005-09-26 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK |
05TAIPEI4029 | Economic Briefing for September 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in September 2005: --Overview: Oil prices dampen growth --Strikes stymie Taiwan's financial reform --Avian flu alert --Cross-Strait exchanges increase --Taiwan attempts WTO consultations with China --RMB appreciation affects [...] | 2005-09-30 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI4068 | MTAG: TAIWAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON XTRA AND SHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW SY PK |
05TAIPEI4091 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL NON-PRO FOLLOW-UP [...] (S) Action Request para 4. Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su told AIT via phone on October 5 that he expected the list of Harmonized Tariff System (HS) items requiring export/re-export/transit/transshipment licenses would be ready by October 20 (re [...] | 2005-10-05 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4092 | TAIWAN MOFA AGREES TO CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT [...] (S) AIT Deputy Director met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Victor Chin October 5 to request assistance in resettling the Chinese Uighurs who have been approved for release. Using the talking points provided reftel, DDIR summarized the situation; he [...] | 2005-10-05 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4144 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: PINGTUNG COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. PINGTUNG, IN TAIWAN'S SOUTHEAST CORNER, IS SET FOR A THREE-WAY BATTLE DOMINATED BY AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ON A SPENDING SPREE AND BY THE INVISIBLE FORCE OF KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU. IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE THAT SPURRED AN EARLY BEGINNING TO THE RACE, PRO-KMT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE [...] | 2005-10-11 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4145 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: TAINAN CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH A TWO-TIME KMT LOSER HEADING THE MAYORAL TICKET, THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE BELEAGUERED CANDIDATE IS THE RECENT ENTRY OF A TSU CANDIDATE WHO COULD SPLIT THE PAN-GREEN CAMP. HOWEVER, THE DPP INCUMBENT IS SWEATING LESS OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF THE KMT COMING FROM BEHIND TO GRAB A [...] | 2005-10-11 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4147 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: KAOHSIUNG COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH AN AIR OF EXUBERANT CONFIDENCE POURING FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS IN KAOHSIUNG COUNTY, THE DPP BELIEVES THE COUNTY MAGISTRATE ELECTION IS ALREADY SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED. THE INCUMBENT HAS A NEAR 70% APPROVAL RATING AND AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT. AT THE SA [...] | 2005-10-12 01:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4176 | CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN OECD EXPORT CREDIT TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR TW CH EXIM |
05TAIPEI4178 | Taiwan's Cash Cards [...] Cash card debt write-offs by Taiwan banks have increased sharply since June of this year mainly due to card-issuing banks trying hard to live up to a new, stricter non- performing loan (NPL) definition. Some observers worry that the sharp increase in cash card cancellations could create a cr [...] | 2005-10-14 00:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4187 | TAIWAN FINANCIAL REFORM BECOMES POLITICAL CONTEST [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's second stage financial reforms have become the subject of a heated political contest and media debate. Opposition parties have been able to capitalize on misgivings raised by labor union opposition to privatization and an opaque bidding process as an effective way to cas [...] | 2005-10-14 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4247 | TAIWAN WANTS TO EXPLAIN EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-19 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI429 | NEW TAIWAN PREMIER BRINGS STAFF FROM KAOHSIUNG [...] (C) Aides to newly-appointed Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh told AIT/K Hsieh will move slowly and with caution in making cabinet changes as well as in assembling personal staff. Hsieh has, however, already named several aides from the Kaohsiung City Government to new positions on his personal staf [...] | 2005-02-02 23:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4331 | TAIWAN DPP LEGISLATORS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: At an AIT-hosted lunch on October 20, two DPP Legislators criticized the "arbitrary" deadlines and cuts in the number of financial institutions the Chen Administration has called for in Taiwan's second stage of financial reform, but they strongly supported the overall goals of en [...] | 2005-10-25 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL KCRM TW |
05TAIPEI4332 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length the [...] | 2005-10-25 09:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4335 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length the [...] | 2005-10-26 01:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4336 | TAIWAN DPP LEGISLATORS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: At an AIT-hosted lunch on October 20, two DPP Legislators criticized the "arbitrary" deadlines and cuts in the number of financial institutions the Chen Administration has called for in Taiwan's second stage of financial reform, but they strongly supported the overall goals of en [...] | 2005-10-26 01:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL KCRM TW |
05TAIPEI4341 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: PENGHU COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE PENGHU'S LONG-STANDING REPUTATION AS SOLIDLY BLUE, OBSERVERS CALL THIS A NECK-AND-NECK RACE. THE GREGARIOUS DPP CANDIDATE CHEN KUANG-FU STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THIS ELECTION RIGHT AFTER LOSING THE LAST MAGISTERIAL ELECTION AND BY BUILDING UP HIS GRASSROOTS BASE IN PENGHU [...] | 2005-10-26 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4356 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: CHIAYI COUNTY [...] (U) IN CHIAYI COUNTY FACTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN STRONGER THAN PARTIES. SINCE THE LAST MAGISTERIAL ELECTION IN 2001, HOWEVER, THE DPP HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL INROADS IN THE COUNTY. INCUMBENT MAGISTRATE CHEN MING-WEN, FORMER KMT -- NOW DPP MEMBER, SUCCEEDED IN THE 2001 ELECTION THROUGH THE PERSONA [...] | 2005-10-27 01:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4357 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: CHIAYI CITY [...] SUMMARY. (C) CHIAYI CITY IS MORE THAN JUST ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED THESE DAYS. A FUNEREAL GLOOM LOOMS OVER THE DPP'S TINY CITY OFFICE, AND THE MERE SUGGESTION THAT PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MIGHT BE BROUGHT INTO TO ROUSE THE PARTY FAITHFUL ON BEHALF OF MAYORAL CANDIDATE CHEN LI-CHEN SENDS GHOST [...] | 2005-10-27 01:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4418 | Economic Briefing for October 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in October 2005: --Economic performance in Q3 --Office Space --Capital outflow weakens NT Dollar --Renminbi exchange liberalization --PRC Tourists in Taiwan --Semiconductor facility utilization --Taiwan students consider Chi [...] | 2005-11-01 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4439 | THE KAOHSIUNG METRO SCANDAL: HOW HIGH WILL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SCANDAL OVER THE KAOHSIUNG METRO THAT BEGAN WITH A RIOT BY THAI LABORERS HAS LASTED FAR LONGER THAN THE NORMAL TAIWAN MEDIA CYCLE OF 72 HOURS. SOME ARE BEGINNING TO SPECULATE IT MAY EVEN FORCE THE RESIGNATION OF TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT. CHARGES OF CORRUPTION AND DAILY REVELATION [...] | 2005-11-02 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4461 | Taiwan Stock Market Doomed? [...] On October 17, a prominent China Times article by a local political science professor described the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) as having no future. The article claimed that the growing number of de-listings and worsening performance indicated that TSE would cease to exist as a functioning m [...] | 2005-11-03 23:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4477 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: TAITUNG COUNTY/THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. TAITUNG COUNTY IS HAVING THE ULTIMATE LOCAL TAIWAN ELECTION (REFTEL). NEITHER CANDIDATE IS ENDORSED BY A MAJOR PARTY. BOTH ARE BEDEVILED BY ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTION. NOTHING COULD HAVE SEEMED MORE NATURAL TO LOCALS. WHILE THE KMT HAS A STRONG HOLD IN TAITUNG, PARTY-AFFILIAT [...] | 2005-11-04 08:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4508 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: ILAN COUNTY [...] (C) Summary. The race for Ilan County Magistrate is one of the tightest of the December 3 city/county elections and is being closely watched as an indicator of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) staying power in northern Taiwan vs. the opposition Kuomintang's (KMT) growing momentum. D [...] | 2005-11-08 08:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4602 | IS IT VOTE-BUYING OR VOTE-SELLING IN CHIAYI COUNTY? [...] (C) EVEN KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE ON NOVEMBER 12, WHEN 10,000 KMT SUPPORTERS ARRIVED TO HELP HIM INAUGURATE THE CHIAYI COUNTY KMT MAGISTERIAL CANDIDATE'S OFFICE. TO DATE, THIS IS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT FOR ANY KMT ELECTION RALLY DURING THE 3 IN 1 ELECTIO [...] | 2005-11-16 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4604 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: POSITIVE REACTION [...] (S) AIT delivered ref a talking points to Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on November 15. Su gave a very positive response to the news that we have requested our representatives in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Kingdom to d [...] | 2005-11-17 03:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4627 | Taiwan Pension Reform [...] Summary: Taiwan's Examination Yuan on November 10 cut monthly government pensions to a maximum of 85-95% of pre- retirement pay. The change cost the ruling Party little in terms of political support because most retired civil servants belong to the opposition, but they will further polarize [...] | 2005-11-20 23:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4632 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAINAN COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S HOME COUNTY IS VIEWED BY BOTH THE KMT AND THE DPP IN THE SOUTH AS AN "INDEX" ELECTION. IF DPP CANDIDATES CANNOT WIN EASILY WHERE THE DEEPEST GREENS FLOURISH, SOME BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO HOPE OF WINNING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. RECENT [...] | 2005-11-20 23:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4647 | Taiwan Economy: Swamp of Negativism [...] (SBU) Summary: As AIT/T has reported in recent cables (refs),public trust in Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been seriously undermined by news of scandal, corruption, and mismanagement over the past several weeks. The erosion of trust in Taiwan institutions and of con [...] | 2005-11-21 08:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4739 | Taiwan Insurance Firm Ordered Closed [...] Summary: Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has ordered Kuo Hua Insurance to cease operations due to insolvency and has requested the state-owned Taiwan Insurance Institute (TII) to liquidate Kuo Hua. Outstanding claims against Kuo Hua may exhaust Taiwan's Insurance Stabilizati [...] | 2005-11-29 03:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4747 | PFP SPOKESMAN SAYS PARTY'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: This is our third cable looking at media strategies and public platforms of Taiwan's main political parties in the run-up to the December 3 elections. The opposition People First Party (PFP) is competing in 4 out of 23 races in the upcoming elections, but their inability to co [...] | 2005-11-29 08:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4779 | Economic Briefing for November 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected economic events in Taiwan in November 2005: --New accounting system for national income statistics --Alternate Minimum Tax Bill --Foreign investor acquires local bank --Compulsory licensing for Tamiflu --National Communication Commission --Hong Kon [...] | 2005-12-02 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW IPR ESTH |
05TAIPEI4873 | Taiwan Legislature meddles with interest rates [...] On December 6 Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) reached agreement to set a 10% cap on credit and cash card spreads, and increase monthly minimum payments to 20% of the balance from the current 3%. According to the agreement, the proposed cap was to have a "second" reading December 9 (without ev [...] | 2005-12-13 22:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4880 | TAIWAN: 2005 REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The American Institute in Taiwan's (AIT) submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) is as follows: TAIWAN ------ 2. (U) There were no acts of international or domestic terrorism in Taiwan in 2005. Even though Taiwan is frequently prevented from participating in inte [...] | 2005-12-14 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM TW |
05TAIPEI4886 | Bios of Newly Elected Mayors and Magistrates - [...] In the "3 in 1 elections" (REF A),the ruling DPP won city mayor/county magistrate seats in five cities/counties in southern Taiwan - Chiayi County, Tainan County (REF C),Tainan City (REF D),Kaohsiung County, Pingtung County. The KMT won in Chiayi City (REF B) for the first time in 23 years [...] | 2005-12-15 05:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ECON TW |
05TAIPEI4898 | Taiwan Begins Tax Overhaul with an AMT System [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Taiwan passed a tax reform bill establishing an alternative minimum tax mechanism (AMT). The AMT will affect only about 0.9% of individual taxpayers and 0.3% of business firms, but will have a disproportionate impact on high-tech industries because of the tax in [...] | 2005-12-16 03:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4920 | TAIWAN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AFTER THE KMT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the landslide KMT victory in local elections on December 3, tentative efforts have emerged to move forward Taiwan's long-stalled Defense Special Budget. Some KMT legislators have indicated a willingness to reconsider the Special Budget weapons systems (P-3C s [...] | 2005-12-20 03:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4954 | DOES KMT CHAIRMAN MA HAVE AN INNER CIRCLE? [...] (C) Summary. Only five months after being overwhelmingly elected KMT Chairman, Ma Ying-jeou, also Mayor of Taipei, has emerged as the presumptive KMT nominee for president in 2008. As the KMT's prospective presidential candidate, Ma will need to take positions on cross-Strait policy, defense [...] | 2005-12-22 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4986 | Bios of Newly Elected Mayors and Magistrates - [...] In the "3-in-1 local elections" on December 3 (REF A),the ruling DPP won city mayor/county magistrate seats in five cities/counties in southern Taiwan - Chiayi County, Tainan County (REF C),Tainan City (REF D),Kaohsiung County, and Pingtung County. The KMT won in Chiayi City (REF B) for th [...] | 2005-12-28 06:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON TW |
05TAIPEI519 | Taiwan Economic Briefing for January 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in January 2005: - Taiwan-China cross-Strait charter flights - Taiwan's banking sector performance - Taiwan's 2005 central budget - New Free Trade Zones - Domestic investment slows - TSMC Chairman on Taiwan's econom [...] | 2005-02-04 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI687 | NEW DPP CHAIR ASKS FOR USG SUPPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang urged the USG to press Beijing not to proceed with an Anti-Secession Law during a February 17 meeting with the Director. Su warned that the new law could change the cross-Strait status quo by giving Beijing the right to l [...] | 2005-02-18 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI865 | CHEN OFFERS NEW "1992" FORMULATION [...] (C) President Chen Shui-bian used a March 1 teleconference with European parliamentarians to offer a new formulation aimed at finessing the Taiwan-PRC deadlock over "one China." Chen stated that Taiwan "hopes to advance cross-Strait dialogue and consultations based on the results of the 1992 H [...] | 2005-03-02 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI875 | RAPID TAIWAN DOLLAR APPRECIATION [...] (SBU) The Taiwan dollar (NTD) in heavy trading on March 2 broke the NTD 31/USD 1 barrier for the first time since 2000, having appreciated by about 10 percent against the US Dollar (USD) since mid-2004. The NTD will face even more appreciation pressure as fund managers bring in capital in expe [...] | 2005-03-03 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI962 | Economic Briefing for February 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in February 2005: --Cross-Strait charter flights for cargo --WTO and anti-dumping measures --Key economic indicators for January 2005 --NT dollar appreciation -- High-tech firms post huge sales growth --Boeing contr [...] | 2005-03-08 05:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI997 | KMT LEADERSHIP RACE TAKES SHAPE [...] (C) Summary: The KMT will announce the rules for its chairman race and set May 28 as the election day at the March 16 Central Standing Committee meeting. While most observers expect KMT Chairman Lien Chan to resign from his position to allow for generational change in the party leadership, Lie [...] | 2005-03-09 07:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TASHKENT2473 | GULNORA KARIMOVA LOOKS TO IMPROVE HER IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: In the last month, several Uzbek publications have carried articles about the good works of First Daughter Gulnora Karimova. The articles focus on her selfless giving, charity work, and business acumen. One, an interview with Russian scholar Aleksi Malashenko, discusses Gulnora's [...] | 2005-09-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PINR UZ |
05TASHKENT284 | GULNORA INC. STRIKES AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: According to various reports from industry insiders, Gulnora Karimova, the President's daughter, is interested in taking over a new cellular company with U.S. investment, as well as Uzbektelekom, the monopoly state- owned telecommunications company. She also reportedly has agreed with [...] | 2005-01-28 13:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PINR UZ |
05TASHKENT3019 | GULNORA KARIMOVA PROVIDES GRANTS IN HOPE OF [...] (C) Summary: Eager to improve her less than stellar image, First Daughter Gulnora Karimova is pursuing an intensive grant disbursement program with both domestic and international dimensions. She is using three associations to provide grants: FundForum.Uz promotes Uzbek foreign cultural relat [...] | 2005-11-03 04:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR UZ |
05TASHKENT572 | SKYTEL SCANDAL: FIASCO IN THE MAKING [...] (C) Summary: NCI Projects International, a U.S. firm that invested in Uzbek cellular company Skytel, claims that President Karimov's daughter, Gulnora Karimova, is attempting to take over Skytel. The GOU officially stated that the "primary operator" of Skytel's frequency is causing interferenc [...] | 2005-02-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PINR UZ |
05TEGUCIGALPA1317 | HONDURAN STEEL: A FRONT FOR CUBAN MONEY TRANSFERS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 5, 2005, Mr. Antonio Kattn, owner of Honduran steel company Aceros Alfa, told ECONOFFS that he is facing unfair competition from Cuban government-owned competitor, Aceros Centro Caribe. According to Mr. Kattan, Aceros Centro Caribe is importing production inputs (steel bi [...] | 2005-06-21 16:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS PINR ETRD CU CO HO MONY NT |
05TEGUCIGALPA1349 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: HONDURAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: It is possible that the National Congress may remove the Attorney General (AG) Ovidio Navarro and Deputy AG Yuri Melara in the next 2-4 weeks. Last week's indictment of the outgoing Government and Justice Minister and the revelation of U.S. revocation of the Deputy AG's visa are [...] | 2005-06-24 14:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1376 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-28 20:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL PINR HO KPOA |
05TEGUCIGALPA1592 | HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON VENEZUELA; MFA SEES GOV AS [...] (S) Acting PolChief delivered ref A talking points on Venezuela to MFA Acting Director General (A/DG) of Foreign Relations Alan Javier Oviedo Garcia during a meeting July 19. After A/PolChief gave the demarche, Oviedo stated that the Government of Honduras (GOH) isn't quite sure how to respond [...] | 2005-08-01 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SOCI EPET PINR HO VZ |
05TEGUCIGALPA1593 | DEMOCRACY AND DYNASTIES: THE SAGA OF HONDURAN [...] SUMMARY: The politics of Honduras have been dominated by a group of dynasties that have controlled the politics in the country for decades. Local press coverage has recently focused on the younger potential politicians in those dynasties. There are no laws prohibiting children of current or [...] | 2005-08-01 22:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR ECON HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1594 | KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY: RASH OF POLICE [...] According to the Honduran Government, 39 Honduran police officers have been murdered this year, five in the last week of July, some in spectacularly gruesome fashion. In some of the murder cases, captured suspects have been linked to gangs, and speculation is rampant that the vast majority of [...] | 2005-08-01 22:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PINR PGOV SNAR SOCI PHUM SMIG ASEC HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1598 | Dayana Martinez: Disabled Garifuna Advocate Seeks [...] Summary: Blind, black, and female, Dayana Martinez, a Garifuna, hopes to be given an opportunity to represent the marginalized groups of Honduras. Campaigning for a seat in the November 27 congressional elections, Ms. Martinez promises to fight for children's rights and to bring forth legisl [...] | 2005-08-02 22:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1614 | MUSICAL CHAIRS: WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT IN HONDURAN [...] (SBU) Summary: With Honduran national elections approaching on November 27, the Maduro administration has been shaken up in recent months by a number of high-level cabinet changes. Turn-around in cabinet positions, whether due to scandal or less scintillating circumstances, will affect the [...] | 2005-08-03 22:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD KCRM PHUM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1692 | Honduran Public Ministry and the Fight Against [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption is a pervasive problem in Honduras, one that severely compromises the effective administration of justice (AOJ) and rule of law. Corruption involving police, prosecutors, and judges is common and extremely damaging. The U.S. AOJ strategy in Honduras, which includes [...] | 2005-08-12 23:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1790 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO MEETS WITH CHARGE ON [...] (C) Summary: On August 27, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro invited the Charge (CDA) to lunch to discuss various issues, including the president's personal reputation amid corruption charges within the Honduran government. Maduro lamented what he called a needless distancing in the bilate [...] | 2005-08-30 20:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PINS KCRM KJUS SNAR PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2207 | COUNTERNARCOTICS BATTLE IN HONDURAS: GOH POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent maritime interdictions, air radar tracks, and drug seizures, along with corroborated source information, indicate that Honduras has become a significant transit point for narcotics destined for the United States. There is evidence of the existence of an illicit trade in [...] | 2005-10-28 18:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KCRM PTER EFIN MOPS PGOV PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2338 | MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA [...] (U) Summary - The long standing maritime territorial dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua has gained prominence recently, with a decision in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague not expected until 2006. This territory has been sharply disputed since the 1980s with intention [...] | 2005-11-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS EPET PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2347 | 10 DAYS TO HONDURAN ELECTIONS A FAIRLY CONFIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Ten days before the November 27 general elections, National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo has a slight lead over Liberal Party presidential candidate Mel Zelaya in all non-Liberal Party polls, leading by 3 percent in probably the most accurate poll. Ambassador [...] | 2005-11-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2355 | HONDURAN ELECTIONS: SAN PEDRO SULA MAYORAL RACE A [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with the two leading mayoral candidates in San Pedro Sula, the second largest city and economic center of Honduras, the candidates gave PolOff an overview of their background, political goals, and perspective on the upcoming November 27 election. The race is [...] | 2005-11-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2372 | FEMINISM, CRONYISM, AND HONDURAN ELECTIONS: THE [...] SUMMARY: With Honduran national elections taking place November 27, polls are beginning to flesh out what shape the 128-seat Honduran legislature will likely take. While it is uncertain if the 2004 Electoral Law mandating a quota at least 30 percent female participation will prove to be the [...] | 2005-11-23 00:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2380 | HONDURAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE 2: ALLEGATIONS OF NARCOS [...] (C) Summary In one of Latin America's poorest countries, a country where the ideals and mechanics of democracy are still being realized, financing a general election campaign is a difficult undertaking for both individual candidates and political parties as a whole. This reality, coupled wit [...] | 2005-11-23 19:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV EFIN PREL KDEM ETTC KCRM SNAR PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2391 | FIST STRONGER THAN AN OPEN HAND - 2 DAYS TO [...] (C) Summary. Three days before the November 27 general elections and National Party Presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo still holds a slight lead over Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya - leading by nearly 3 percent in all major cities, according to most recent p [...] | 2005-11-25 23:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2393 | ELECTION SURPRISE IN HONDURAS WITH ZELAYA BEATING [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately an hour after the polls officially closed in Honduras on November 27, Ingenieria Gerencial announced the results of their national exit polls: Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has decisively beaten National Party presidential candidate Porf [...] | 2005-11-28 05:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2411 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL HORSERACE OVER: SOMEONE [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya continues to wait to claim victory in spite of several independent sources that show that he won by over 5 percent over National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. Formal, public recognition of a Zelaya victo [...] | 2005-11-29 21:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2414 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TROT TO THE FINISH [...] (C) Summary. Progress remains slow with the Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal's (TSE) official tabulation of the November 27 national elections. Honduras remains quiet, though anxious, about the ongoing political stalemate. In the hopes of generating further progress, and as discussed with [...] | 2005-11-30 00:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2421 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DAY 4 - STILL NOT [...] (C) Summary: While progress with the Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal's (TSE) official tabulation of the November 27 national elections remains slower than all observers would like, all reports show that counting continues around the clock and without incident. Honduras remains calm. The [...] | 2005-11-30 19:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2425 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DAY 4 - AFTERNOON [...] (C) Summary: Tabulations from the Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal's (TSE) official count of the November 27 national elections continue to trickle in. The votes that have been tabulated are concurrent with the TSE's Quick Count, showing a likely Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel [...] | 2005-11-30 23:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2429 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DAY 5 - LOBO [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal's (TSE) official count of the November 27 national elections continues with significant progress having been made in the last 12 hours with the gap between Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and National Party presidenti [...] | 2005-12-01 20:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2432 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY 5 - AFTERNOON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) continues to enter in the vote counts and update its web site so that Honduras can monitor the tabulation process itself. The process is still slow, but at this stage, nearly three-quarters of the way done and Liberal Party presidential candi [...] | 2005-12-01 23:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2438 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY 6 - CIRCLING [...] (C) National Party candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo called Ambassador the late afternoon of December 2 to inform the Ambassador that he will not concede today, and explain that he did not concede December 1 at the request of his party who allege widespread irregularities in the electoral table vo [...] | 2005-12-03 02:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2442 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WEEKEND UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary: While no official statements were made over the weekend declaring a President-elect, conversations did take place that initially led Post to believe that a concession by National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo would be forthcoming later today, December 5. Furthe [...] | 2005-12-05 23:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2445 | BIO OF MEL ZELAYA, APPARENT WINNER OF HONDURAN [...] (C) Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales was born September 9, 1952 in Juticalpa, Olancho. His home is now outside of Catacamas, Olancho. Olancho has long been known as the "Wild West" of Honduras. He studied (but apparently did not earn a degree in) civil engineering at the Autonomous Universit [...] | 2005-12-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2453 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AT DAY 9 LIKE THE [...] (C) Summary: Although it has been nine days since the Honduran National Elections ended November 27, it feels like it is day 90. The vote count tabulation is stalling at approximately 90 percent completion and National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo still has not officially [...] | 2005-12-06 20:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2461 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FINALLY OVER: LOBO [...] (C) Summary: National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo conceded the presidential election to Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya at noon on December 7 in public comments. Zelaya graciously accepted Lobo's concession moments later in public comments. Lobo' [...] | 2005-12-07 19:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2480 | WASHINGTON COMES TO HONDURAS: U/S HUGHES AND WHA [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first official meeting with a senior foreign official since winning the Honduran presidency, President-elect Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales met with U/S Karen Hughes on December 7 in San Pedro Sula. The cordial half-hour meeting included WHA A/S Tom Shannon and the Amb [...] | 2005-12-08 22:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KCRM ETRD SMIG PINR KDEM HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2492 | A ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: In somewhat surprising election results, Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya is now the President-elect. While Zelaya is viewed as a friend of the USG, his personality, administration, and likely "government plans" could make working with him an interesting c [...] | 2005-12-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2519 | EMBASSY AND ZELAYA TRANSITION TEAM PREPARE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, PolChief and EconChief met December 14 with key members of the transition team/new cabinet of President-elect Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, led by Hugo Noe Pino, the head of the transition and future Minister of Finance. Noe Pino confirmed that Zelaya had postponed [...] | 2005-12-16 20:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KJUS PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2576 | HONDURAS SENT C-130 ENGINES ABROAD FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Post has received confirmation from the Honduran Air Force that Honduras has shipped at least three C-130 engines to an unnamed facility and country for repair/maintenance without prior Department of State approval. Although in [...] | 2005-12-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | KOMC ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS PINR HO CI |
05TEGUCIGALPA261 | GANGS IN HONDURAS - MARA 18, MARA SALVATRUCHA, THE [...] (U) The following cable builds on previous Post reporting on gangs with an eye on the differences and similarities between the two major gangs (Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha),the "war tax" gangs impose, and the challenges Honduras faces in confronting gangs. War on Gangs ------------ 2. [...] | 2005-02-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PINR PGOV SNAR SOCI PHUM SMIG ASEC HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA263 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES: LOBO IN DEAD HEAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Less than three weeks before the February 20 national primary elections, President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe Lobo, who has long trailed Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor, drew close or even with Pastor in three recent national polls. Lobo and Pastor's battle has become increasi [...] | 2005-02-04 20:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA366 | HONDURAS: POST SUPPORTS CUSTOMS SERVICE REQUEST [...] This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. On February 10, Post received a written request, dated January 31, 2005, from Customs Director Arquimedez Jimenez for technical assistance to improve various facets of the Honduran Customs Service. Jimenez specifically cites CAFTA implementa [...] | 2005-02-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA393 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES: LOBO SET TO BEAT [...] (SBU) Summary: With only days remaining before the February 20 national primary elections, and the official campaigns closed, President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo leads Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor by eight to 18 percent in four February national polls, the most recent taken during t [...] | 2005-02-17 17:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA410 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES UPDATE 1: , EXIT [...] (C) Early private exit polling shows Nationalist Party candidate President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo with a solid lead over Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor. As noted in reftel, Lobo's extremely successful campaign strategy and "Work and Public Security" slogan appears to have enabled hi [...] | 2005-02-20 21:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA411 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES UPDATE 2: [...] (U) Sitting President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo Sosa is on his way to a decisive landslide victory in the February 20 Nationalist Party primary leading his chief opponent, Miguel Pastor, Mayor of Tegucigalpa, with almost two-thirds of the vote. With 18.5 percent of the precincts repor [...] | 2005-02-21 02:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA586 | GANGS IN HONDURAS (C-CN5-00136) - RESPONSES TO [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions raised in ref A: A. (SBU) The Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board, released March 2, specifically states that "In countries in Central America, many youth gangs have become involved in violent crime and drug trafficking." See ht [...] | 2005-03-16 20:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PINR PGOV SNAR SOCI PHUM SMIG ASEC HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA752 | HONDURAN PRIMARIES: LOBO AND ZELAYA'S TICKETS [...] (U) With vote counting (and re-counting) over, the official results are now final: President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo Sosa won the February 20 Nationalist Party primary, beating his chief opponent, Mayor of Tegucigalpa Miguel Pastor 62.3 to 34.9 percent. Liberal Party candidate Mel Ze [...] | 2005-04-07 22:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
05TELAVIV1549 | ISRAEL'S CONSTRUCTIVE NO-CONFIDENCE MECHANISM: [...] (C) Summary: The 2003 revision of Israel's no-confidence vote mechanism to require that all Knesset members voting no-confidence pre-designate a single candidate to form a new government was designed to keep government opponents from resorting too frequently to time-consuming no-confidence mo [...] | 2005-03-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1588 | LABOR MK SNEH TELLS SENATOR CORZINE ISRAEL CANNOT [...] (C) Summary: Labor MK Ephraim Sneh told visiting Senator Jon Corzine and the Ambassador March 14 that he sees military action against Iran's nuclear program as only a last resort. Sneh advocated external support for popular efforts for regime change in Iran, but stressed that the change has to [...] | 2005-03-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PINR PREL KPAL MNUC IS IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2125 | (S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN: [...] (S) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence estimates of Iraqi WMD were nearly as wrong as those of the USG. GOI analysts, prior to the war, "knew" that Saddam's regime would never support al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organi [...] | 2005-04-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV5137 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that Egypt and Israel had reached a general agreement on the deployment of 750 Egyptian Border Guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Israeli DefMin Mofaz is e [...] | 2005-08-19 11:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5261 | DETAILS OF CANCER LAWSUITS RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) confirmed to emboffs on August 24 that four former employees have filed lawsuits charging that they developed cancer as a result of exposure to radiation in the Dimona and Soreq nuclear facilities. The IAEC provided to embof [...] | 2005-08-26 06:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MNUC TRGY IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5364 | SHARON'S POST-DISENGAGEMENT DILEMMA: POLLS SHOW [...] A welter of political polling prompted by the eve-of- disengagement resignation of cabinet minister Binyamin Netanyahu indicates that while Prime Minister Sharon is capable of "taking the country" in national elections, some factions within his Likud party would like to deny him the chance. [...] | 2005-09-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5794 | NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...] | 2005-09-21 03:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5848 | ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: THE OCTOBER 2000 RIOTS AND [...] The mid-September decision by the Department of Police Investigation in the Ministry of Justice to pursue no indictments in the police killings of 12 Israeli Arabs and one Palestinian during the October 2000 riots has given rise to embarrassment in official circles, and little public expressi [...] | 2005-09-27 07:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV6397 | MOD'S AMOS GILAD SAYS HE WILL PUSH TO GET GAZAN [...] (C) Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Director Amos Gilad told the Ambassador November 8 that (a) he will work vigorously to ensure that this year's harvest from Gaza is allowed to pass through the Qarni crossing between Gaza and Israel so that it can be distributed to markets beyond; and (b) he will [...] | 2005-11-08 16:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KPAL KWBG MARR MASS EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV6550 | (C) LABOR MINISTER SAYS LABOR WILL LOSE TO SHARON; [...] (C) Labor MK and Science Minister Matan Vilnai told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 16 that "thousands" of Labor Party members will vote for Prime Minister Sharon in 2006 elections rather than support new Labor Chair Amir Peretz. Vilnai said the "Peretz revolution" was "too much from the left" a [...] | 2005-11-18 08:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV6606 | UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER [...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...] | 2005-11-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV6751 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 [...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...] | 2005-12-02 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV7002 | ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...] | 2005-12-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV7030 | NNSA ADMINISTRATOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 VISIT TO [...] (U) Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Linton Brooks visited Israel December 6-9 for a series of discussions of ongoing cooperation between NNSA and the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). IAEC Director Gene [...] | 2005-12-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM PINR PGOV PTER EAID TRGY TSPL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV7113 | A PRE-ELECTIONS PRIMER: PARTY PRIMARIES, POLLS AND [...] Summary: Less than ninety days ahead of Israel's general elections, the political landscape the three major parties will maneuver through is clear. December 29 marks the passage of the statutory 21 days since publication of the presidential order to dissolve the 16th Knesset, a formality th [...] | 2005-12-30 16:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL |
05THEHAGUE1536 | DUTCH REFERENDUM YIELDS HUGE NO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2175 | NETHERLANDS/EU: FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES AND TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Dutch MFA official, the Dutch hope to see the debate on EU finances concluded during the British EU presidency, but will hold out for a system that lowers the Netherlands' high per capita contribution. On Turkey, the Dutch continue to support starting acces [...] | 2005-08-05 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2444 | NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...] | 2005-09-08 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL |
05THEHAGUE2599 | THE DUTCH MUSLIM COMMUNITY: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands is the second largest in Europe as a percentage of total population (5.8 percent). It is also one of the least-well integrated and most alienated, and according to polls looks less favorably on the United States than Muslim communities elsewher [...] | 2005-09-27 08:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO |
05THEHAGUE2648 | DUTCH COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY: Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Dutch have steadily constructed a solid framework of counter-terrorism (CT) laws. The Netherlands has ratified and implemented all UN conventions and protocols on terrorism as well as all legal instruments in the Eu [...] | 2005-09-30 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL KPRP |
05THEHAGUE2793 | DUTCH ARREST SEVEN IN COUNTER-TERRORISM RAI... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the largest single counter-terrorism action in the Netherlands since the 9/11 attacks, a newly formed rapid intervention team arrested six men and one woman in The Hague, Amsterdam and Almere on October 14. Among those arrested were Jermaine Walters, the brother of (American) H [...] | 2005-10-14 18:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
05THEHAGUE2802 | NETHERLANDS/PKK: DUTCH DEMARCHED ON COMBATTING [...] (S) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche on reducing European support to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Pim Dumore, Director of the Dutch MFA's Political Affairs Department, on October 13. On October 14, POLCOUNS followed up with Fred Olthof, Director of the Dutch MFA's Office of New Thr [...] | 2005-10-17 15:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR EFIN KCRM TU NL |
05THEHAGUE2850 | PROSECUTORS ON DUTCH TERROR ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary. Dutch prosecutors responsible for terrorist cases confirmed during an October 17 lunch that the timing of the arrests of seven terror suspects on October 14 was driven by intelligence information indicating the threat of an imminent attack; they did not provide details on the s [...] | 2005-10-20 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PTER NL KPRP |
05THEHAGUE2912 | ROTTERDAM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary. The sprawling port of Rotterdam and its substantial petroleum refining and storage facilities is critical to the European economy. The Dutch government considers the port one of seven "critical infrastructure" sectors in the Netherlands, and considerable public and private secto [...] | 2005-10-26 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS |
05THEHAGUE2948 | NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: ONE YEAR AFTER VAN GOGH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly one year after the murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamic extremist Mohammed Bouyeri, the GONL is still struggling to craft a strategy to address rising radicalization of its large and disenfranchised Muslim population. An October 26 conference i [...] | 2005-10-28 17:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
05THEHAGUE3008 | NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: MOHAMMAD B'S NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 10:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO |
05THEHAGUE3037 | DUTCH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge on November 8, Dutch POLDIR Hugo Siblesz confirmed that Defense Minister Kamp is driving the review of Dutch commitments to ISAF Stage III and stressed that additional support from partners -- including the U.S. -- will be critical to a successful Dutch dep [...] | 2005-11-08 17:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF NL |
05THEHAGUE3054 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: WHAT THE DUTCH WANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch officials have compiled a list of conditions for deploying to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan under ISAF Stage III which they shared with SACEUR on November 8. A key Dutch request is that U.S. forces remain at current levels in Zabol and two northern firebases in Uruzghan [...] | 2005-11-09 17:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3064 | NETHERLANDS/PARIS RIOTS: COULD IT HAPPEN HERE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are concerned that riots similar to those in France are unlikely, but could erupt in the Netherlands given a dramatic trigger event, especially between police and Muslim youth. Embassy contacts emphasized that differences between the French and Dutch immigrant communities and [...] | 2005-11-10 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL NL PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL SOCI KPAO |
05THEHAGUE3069 | ONE YEAR AFTER MURDER OF THEO VAN GOGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the murder of Theo van Gogh passed with lightly attended memorial events, but the most durable memorial is a heated and constant discussion in the government, the press and on the streets about integration, Islam, immigrants, and terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. [...] | 2005-11-10 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO |
05THEHAGUE3100 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONTINUING DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch military and diplomatic contacts say that Defense Minister Kamp feels he has not yet received sufficient assurances from the U.S. to proceed with a proposed Dutch troop deployment to Oruzgan under ISAF Stage III. Kamp hopes to talk directly to SecDef Rumsfeld to res [...] | 2005-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3164 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STAGE III PLANS STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government has not yet made a decision on participation in ISAF Stage III in Uruzghan province. Prime Minister Balkenende, Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp decided November 23 to postpone a decision on Dutch participation until Balkenende returns the follo [...] | 2005-11-23 17:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3213 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER DRAFT [...] (C) The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding the draft NGO law under consideration by the Russian Duma and have raised the issue bilaterally and through European fora, according to MFA officials. On November 28, EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo raised reftel points with MFA Director for Southeast and [...] | 2005-12-01 13:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL NL RS |
05THEHAGUE3340 | KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands boasts an array of organizations claiming to represent Muslim interests. The Dutch media and government frequently look to spokesmen from these groups to express "Muslim" views on integration initiatives and other matters. Some post con [...] | 2005-12-16 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO |
05THEHAGUE829 | RECONFIGURED DUTCH CABINET EXPECTED TO SURVIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Balkenende coalition government remains intact despite a cabinet crisis prompted by the March 23 resignation of Deputy PM De Graaf. Although De Graaf's party (D66) moved quickly to replace him and to conclude an accord with the two other coalition parties to avoid a govern [...] | 2005-03-30 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
05THEHAGUE883 | DUTCH CABINET SURVIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated (reftel,) the rank and file of the Democrats-66 (D66) party, the junior member of Prime Minister Balkenende's coalition government, voted overwhelmingly at an April 2 extraordinary party congress to remain in the coalition despite the resignation of D66 Deputy PM [...] | 2005-04-05 06:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
05TOKYO1349 | U.S.-JAPAN INFORMAL POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL: [...] (C) Summary: During informal policy planning talks with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister Tsuneo Nishida on March 2, Director of Policy Planning Stephen D. Krasner discussed East Asian architecture, China, North Korea and the President's democratization agenda. Nishida said Ja [...] | 2005-03-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ECIN PREL PARM PINR KDEM CH TW KN JA ASEAN |
05TORONTO2601 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER [...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 28 SEPTEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: CG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, ATF, FBI, DHS/ICE, DHS/Pearson. 3. Terror [...] | 2005-10-03 12:08:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC |
05TORONTO2838 | Bringing Order to the Border: The Niagara [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a ConGen Toronto-hosted October 13, 2005, dinner meeting in Toronto, border and law enforcement officials from the Buffalo/Niagara region expressed pride in the continued effectiveness of cross- border cooperation in combating transnational crime. The guests, which also incl [...] | 2005-10-31 08:46:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PTER PINR KPAO PREL CA |
05TORONTO2907 | Monthly Visas VIPER report OCTOBER 2005, [...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 02 NOVEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: ACG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, FBI, DHS/ICE, Secret Service. 3. Terroris [...] | 2005-11-04 10:00:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC |
05TORONTO2968 | Dominion Institute Project on American Myths [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. On November 12, under an $80,000 grant from the Canadian Donner Foundation, the Dominion Institute, the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute and the National Post jointly launched the first of a five-part series multi-media projec [...] | 2005-11-17 16:15:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PINR KMDR OIIP PREL CA |
05TUNIS1442 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2005 [...] Post's Visa Viper Committee met on Friday, July 1, 2005. The Ambassador chaired the meeting, which was attended by Consular, Pol/Econ, ODC, DAO, ORA, Public Affairs, Management, FSI Arabic language field school, and MEPI representatives. We reviewed the recently disseminated revised procedures [...] | 2005-07-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT TS |
05VATICAN194 | IRAQ: RELEASED ARCHBISHOP CALLS FOR U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR IZ VT VTPREL |
05VATICAN2323 | POPE BENEDICT XVI PONTIFICATE PREVIEW PART THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VT |
05VATICAN37 | IRF AMBASSADOR HANFORD REVIEWS THREATS AND NEXT [...] (SBU) During his December 1 - 4 visit to the Vatican, Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford reviewed U.S. religious freedom concerns and priorities with Holy See Foreign Minister Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo and other senior officials. Vatican officials highlighted [...] | 2005-01-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT |
05VATICAN450 | VATICAN GRAPPLES WITH UNCERTAINTIES OF AN INCAPACITATED [...] (SBU) Pope John Paul II's February 24 tracheotomy will leave the already frail Pope further debilitated and unable to speak for some period of time. His deteriorating condition has already generated extensive media speculation about the possibility of a Papal resignation and the impact of seve [...] | 2005-02-25 16:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI VT |
05VATICAN466 | TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART III: THE CANDIDATES [...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, there will be no clear favorite. Despite intensive media speculation and a series of media bubbles for various candidates, heading into the conclave no candidate appears to have an i [...] | 2005-04-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR VT |
05VATICAN467 | POPE BENEDICT XVI SUCCEEDS JOHN PAUL II [...] (SBU) The Roman Catholic College of Cardinals elected German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Supreme Pontiff April 19. Ratzinger, 78, has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI. Despite media speculation that Ratzinger had the support of many cardinals, his election was a surprise to many, given indications th [...] | 2005-04-19 19:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR VT |
05VATICAN475 | BENEDICT XVI: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW PONTIFICATE - PART [...] (U) This cable is the first of a series previewing the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. It examines the factors behind Benedict XVI's election and the implications of this choice for the Holy See. Subsequent cables will examine the approach the new Pope is likely to take on international iss [...] | 2005-05-12 16:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VT |
05VATICAN479 | BENEDICT XVI: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW PONTIFICATE - PART [...] (U) This cable is the second of a series previewing the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. The first part (ref b) examined the reasons for the election of Pope Benedict and initial signals on directions for his papacy. This second cable examines the approach he is likely to take on major issu [...] | 2005-05-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VT |
05VATICAN480 | POPE NAMES AMERICAN TO KEY POST [...] (SBU) In the first new appointment of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI named San Francisco's Archbishop William Levada as his successor as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF),the Holy See's primary doctrinal guardian. Levada becomes the highest placed American Cu [...] | 2005-05-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PGOV VT |
05VATICAN512 | OPTIMISM ON CHINA FROM DEPUTY FM PAROLIN (C-ALS-00716) [...] (C) Vatican Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin told the Charge August 9 that there were signs that Beijing might eventually be open to some official Vatican presence in China as a first step towards diplomatic relations. According to Parolin, an initial Holy See representative would have some o [...] | 2005-08-16 13:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT CH |
05VATICAN557 | EAST TIMOR: VATICAN EXAMINES ROLE OF CHURCH, BISHOPS [...] (C) This is the first of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May protests incited by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. This first message will focus on the Holy See's official position, as laid out by Holy See East Timor [...] | 2005-12-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT |
05VATICAN561 | EAST TIMOR: JESUIT VIEWS CHURCH, BISHOPS [...] (C) This is the second of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May anti-government protests led by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. Ref (D) presented the perspective of the Holy See's Country director for East Timor. In [...] | 2005-12-20 09:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT |
05VIENNA1103 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU |
05VIENNA1298 | HAIDER'S NEW MOVEMENT PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its founding convention on April 17, the Freedom Party (FPO) spin-off, the "Alliance Future Austria" (BZO),elected Carinthian governor Joerg Haider as chairman. Haider underscored the commitment of BZO ministers and legislators to the governing coalition with Chancellor Sch [...] | 2005-04-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
05VIENNA1401 | FREEDOM PARTY: NEW LEADER, TRIED-AND-TRUE THEMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Freedom Party (FPO) delegates elected Vienna state chairman Heinz Christian Strache as new FPO national chair at a special convention in Salzburg April 23. Strache, blasting the founder of the FPO spinoff party BZO (Alliance Future Austria),Joerg Haider, as a betrayer, pledge [...] | 2005-04-29 07:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
05VIENNA1425 | AUSTRIAN WEAPONS DELIVERY TO IRAN - MFA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Green Party foreign policy spokeswoman Ulrike Lunacek submitted a parliamentary inquiry to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on February 24, 2005 asking for an explanation of the GOA's approval of the shipment of 800 Steyr 50 caliber high-powered rifles to Iran. Lunacek quotes A [...] | 2005-05-02 07:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
05VIENNA1439 | EXTENSION OF TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 28 to the Bilateral Affairs Director at the Interior Ministry (MoI),Brigadier General Kurt Hager. Hager noted that any foreign deployment, including to the Amman police academy, required a Counci [...] | 2005-05-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS PTER SNAR SOCI AU |
05VIENNA1447 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU |
05VIENNA1715 | FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 09:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU |
05VIENNA215 | AUSTRIA: NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER: HAUBNER IN, [...] (C) Summary: Ursula Haubner has replaced Herbert Haupt as Austria's Minister for Social Affairs. Haubner, who had served as State Secretary (junior minister) in the same ministry, had replaced Haupt as Freedom Party (FPO) leader in October 2003. The move was largely a decision of the Freedo [...] | 2005-01-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR AU |
05VIENNA2244 | VISAS VIPER MAY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
05VIENNA2604 | VISAS VIPER JULY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 11:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
05VIENNA2608 | C-CN5-00226: ALBANIAN CRIMINAL GROUPS IN AUSTRIA [...] (C) Below is Post's response to C-CN5-00226 on Albanian organized crime. 2. (C) What is the nature and extent of Albanian organized criminal activity in Austria? -- Post's information on ethnic Albanian organized crime elements operating in Austria derives largely from its Au [...] | 2005-08-03 12:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SNAR AU |
05VIENNA2893 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU |
05VIENNA2970 | VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
05VIENNA3304 | VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 07:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
05VIENNA3310 | VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
05VIENNA3576 | VISAS VIPER OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
05VIENNA37 | AUSTRIAN EXPORT OF SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN -- [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador raised the transfer of Steyr-Mannlicher sniper rifles to Iran with Foreign Minstry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes SIPDIS Kyrle on January 7. Kyrle stressed that the Foreign Ministry had verified the end-user as an Iranian government en [...] | 2005-01-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL PINR IR AU |
05VIENNA3793 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN DRAFT NGO LAW: AUSTRIA SHARES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS AU EUN |
05VIENNA3823 | VISAS VIPER NOVEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
05VIENNA389 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU |
05VIENNA728 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-08 10:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU |
05VIENNA738 | FPO SACKS RIGHT WINGERS AFTER ELECTION LOSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Freedom Party (FPO) executive board decided on March 7 to strip prominent right-wingers of party offices. In a reaction to severe losses last weekend in local elections in the state of Lower Austria, the leadership also tasked a six-person reform committee with "renewing" [...] | 2005-03-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
05VIENNA739 | NEW STRAINS IN FEDERAL COALITION - BOTH SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Friction between Chancellor Schuessel's People's Party (OVP) and the junior coalition partner, the Freedom Party (FPO),is generating a new wave of media speculation about the stability of the federal coalition. Carinthian governor Joerg Haider, in an apparent attempt to distra [...] | 2005-03-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
05VIENNA8 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU |
05VIENNA945 | FREEDOM PARTY CRISIS HEADING FOR APRIL SHOWDOWN [...] (SBU) The Freedom Party's leadership crisis continues unabated. On March 9, in an apparent damage-containment exercise, the party leadership announced a move to "re- brand" the Freedom Party (FPO) at a special convention on April 23. Meanwhile, Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider has alternatel [...] | 2005-03-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU |
05VILNIUS104 | LITHUANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER HINTS AT RUSSIAN HAND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Valionis told Ambassador Mull January 27 he suspects Russian special services are behind recent public charges that he and State Security Department (VSD) chief Pocius had obscured past KGB links. Valionis, citing reports of Russian unhappiness over his recent role in th [...] | 2005-01-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS LH |
05VILNIUS1093 | CODEL KOLBE AND BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The congressional delegation led by Congressman Jim Kolbe expressed unwavering commitment to a diverse group of Belarusian opposition leaders and pledged its continued support for democratic change in Belarus. Two U.S. NGOs, the International Republican Institute and the Nation [...] | 2005-10-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BO LH |
05VILNIUS1243 | LITHUANIA WILLING TO RAISE NGO LAW WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Russia's proposed new NGO law to Arunas Vinciunas, head of the MFA's Russia Division, on November 25. Vinciunas told us that the GOL shares our concerns regarding potential constraints on NGO activities. He noted that the GOL Ambassador in Moscow rece [...] | 2005-11-25 13:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS LH |
05VILNIUS252 | SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER OF DEFENSE GEDIMINAS [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Lithuanian Defense Minister Kirkilas comes to Washington March 14 eager to demonstrate that, despite inexperience in defense policy, he is a capable and committed friend to the U.S. His performance in less than three months on the job has been impressively favorable to our [...] | 2005-03-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR LH |
05VILNIUS530 | LITHUANIA'S MFA WARY OF PROPOSED ARMS SALE TO NEPAL [...] This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington and Katmandu by OOB May 24. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA'a Security Policy Department, notified us on May 18 of an application of a Lithuanian company for a license to export ammuni [...] | 2005-05-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP KSTC PARM PGOV PTER PINR LH NP |
05VILNIUS596 | GERMAN AND LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES SCRUTINIZE MONEY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY RSO BRENT A. BARKER. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) Summary. The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigative Service recently disclosed to us that in 2004 it received an informal request from a German government agency regarding a financial transaction used to "purchase equipment in [...] | 2005-06-10 05:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP KSTC PARM PTER PINR EFIN KNNP ASEC IR LH |
05VILNIUS674 | SUBJECT: LITHUANIA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's new Finance Minister Zigmantas Balcytis told the Ambassador that his principal challenge will be to keep the fiscal deficit and inflation in check so that Lithuania can enter the euro zone as planned in 2007. During the Ambassador's June 23 call on Balcytis, the FinMin [...] | 2005-06-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL PINR AFIN ECON MARR LH |
05VILNIUS947 | ORGANIZED CRIME IN LITHUANIA (C-CN5-00417) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SOCI LH |
05WARSAW1126 | POLISH PREMIER WEIGHS JOINING NEW PARTY, PREDICTS [...] (SBU) In an interview published March 2, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka signaled that he is considering an offer to join a new, centrist political party (the "Democratic Party," or PD) being formed by the liberal Freedom Union (UW),disaffected politicians from the governing SLD, and other [...] | 2005-03-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PL |
05WARSAW1204 | POLISH PM PRESSES FOR JUNE ELECTIONS, DEFERS [...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated address March 3, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka underscored his determination to seek the dissolution of parliament May 5, clearing the way for new elections June 19, but said that he would not decide on his own political future (i.e., whether to abandon the gover [...] | 2005-03-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PL |
05WARSAW3650 | POTENTIAL ASYLUM REQUEST FROM IRAQI DIPLOMAT IN [...] CONOFF was visited on October 19, 2005 by Mohammed N. Muthanna, Third Secretary and Consul for the Iraqi Embassy in Warsaw, in connection with a potential asylum request by Mr. Muthanna. Muthanna told CONOFF that he believes that he has been targeted for assasination by either "Baathists" or " [...] | 2005-10-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PHUM PINR PL PREL IZ |
05WARSAW3694 | DEFMIN CANDIDATES TELL EUR DAS PEKALA NEW GOP WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a brief October 20 visit to Warsaw, EUR DAS Mark Pekala met separately with the three leading candidates for Defense Minister in the expected coalition government of Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO). Although perspectives and tones differed, Bronislaw Komorowski ( [...] | 2005-10-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR PL |
05WELLINGTON270 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTHONY WHITE, [...] (S) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) representatives Lt. Col. Anthony J. White, Sandrea Hwang, and Lori Lewis to travel to Wellington, New Zealand April 9-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand counterparts at [...] | 2005-03-31 04:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | OTRA PINR PTER NZ |
05WELLINGTON535 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRY PONTING [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Alex Yates and Harry Ponting to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from August 7 - 10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to assist post in implementing the classified web publishing initiative known as Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 2. [...] | 2005-07-11 02:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AINF PINR NZ |
05WELLINGTON666 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain will make the final decision of whether to admit the Uighe [...] | 2005-08-31 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ |
05WELLINGTON739 | NZ FOLLOW-UP: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT INFORMATION [...] (S) Post IWG agencies met to discuss Ref A and B. We also discussed the possibility of the terrorist lookout information sharing pilot with Conoff in Auckland. Agencies all agree that GNZ would be a good candidate for the proposed pilot project, and would likely be receptive should we make [...] | 2005-09-23 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ |
05WELLINGTON758 | NEW ZEALAND ASKS ABOUT ACCESS TO TSA'S NO FLY LIST [...] (S) Summary: New Zealand Immigration is interested in possible access to the Transportation Security Administration's "no fly" list as a way to improve the country's border security. New Zealand law enforcement agencies already work closely with U.S. counterparts, and New Zealand Immigration [...] | 2005-09-30 02:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PTER ASEC CVIS PGOV PINR PREL NZ |
05WELLINGTON880 | NEW ZEALAND WANTS TO MOVE AHEAD ON HSPD-6 [...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand government remains eager to move quickly toward bilateral sharing of terrorist lookout information. To move forward, however, the government needs to know more about how the information it supplies to the United States would be used, details on how such an informa [...] | 2005-11-10 03:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC CVIS PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
05YEREVAN131 | CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH BORDER [...] (C) At a January 23 meeting, Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) told us that on 16 December, a source of Cesium 137 was seized by Turkish Authorities at the Turkish-Georgian border. Martirosyan stated that he received a fax from the Turkish Atomic Energy [...] | 2005-01-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP |
05YEREVAN154 | UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH [...] (C) On January 31, we met with Armen Israelian, head of the MFA's Department for Arms Control and International Security to follow up on the reported (ref) seizure on the Georgia-Turkey border of cesium-137 reportedly originating in Armenia. Israelian said that the Armenian National Security [...] | 2005-01-31 13:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM |
05YEREVAN1829 | ARMENIA'S JUDGES STEP FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: At their autumn general meeting, Armenia's judges collectively stole a march on the country's ruling political parties and came out strongly and forthrightly in favor of the Council-of-Europe-approved Constitutional amendments, while also approving a Code of Ethics that USAID-sup [...] | 2005-10-13 06:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR AM |
05YEREVAN1931 | IN LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE, PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Armenian President Kocharian summoned the Ambassador to complain, as he has done before, about activities of the National Democratic Institute, in particular those of its current director, who is scheduled to depart next week. This time he put his complaint into a letter to Secr [...] | 2005-11-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PHUM EAID PINR AM |
05YEREVAN1991 | ARMENIA STILL UNDECIDED ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-10 13:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR AM UNHRC |
05YEREVAN2006 | ARMENIA UNLIKELY TO CHANGE ITS POSITION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR AM IR UNHRC |
05YEREVAN2226 | NEW AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NEW [...] (SBU) President Kocharian recently announced two new ambassadorial appointments, naming Ashot Hovakimian Ambassador to Austria (replacing Jivan Tabibian) and Ashot Galoyan as Ambassador to Poland (replacing Ashot Hovakimian). (Note: While the presidential proclamation does not explicitly ide [...] | 2005-12-28 04:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR AM |
05YEREVAN634 | UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH [...] (C) We recently met with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) to follow-up on any details concerning the December 2004 Cesium-137 seizure at the Georgian/Turkish border per ref A. Martirosyan stated that ANRA had still not received any official notification [...] | 2005-04-12 02:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM |
05YEREVAN714 | SARGSIAN: KING-MAKER OR WOULD-BE KING? [...] (C) Minister of Defense Serzh Sargsian, frequently cited as a potential presidential candidate in 2008, has been increasing his public visibility in recent months. President Kocharian has refrained from annointing any particular ally as his chosen successor, but his close relationship with Sa [...] | 2005-04-22 09:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR AM |
06ABUDHABI1471 | UAE SHI'A AND THEIR LOYALTIES [...] (C) Summary: With rising international tension over Iran's quest for nuclear power, and persistent reports of Iranian influence in Iraq's internal affairs, the UAE's Shi'a minority have been doing a lot of soul-searching, according to sect members and their acquaintances. While we have heard [...] | 2006-04-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KISL PREL PINR IR AE |
06ABUDHABI2445 | UAE ESTABLISHES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) On June 13, the UAE passed a long-anticipated federal law establishing a National Security Council (NSC). According to the public announcement of the council's formation (which was the front-page headline story on all Arabic and English papers),the NSC will be responsible for formulating [...] | 2006-06-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EPET PINR ASEC KHLS AE |
06ABUDHABI2928 | TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...] | 2006-07-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE |
06ABUDHABI3026 | ADNOC'S SOUR GAS DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Exxon Al-Khalij president Frank Kemnetz (protect) briefed Ambassador and Econchief on developments in Abu Dhabi's oil and gas sector including its proposal to develop its onshore non-associated gas fields near the Shah and Bab fields. Exxon and Occidental Petroleum are two of the [...] | 2006-07-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PINR AE |
06ABUDHABI3102 | TFLE01: RESPONSE IN UAE TO ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON [...] (C) Summary: The UAE public is outraged by innocent deaths in Qana, as reflected in a statement by the UAE Foreign Minister, in press reporting, and in conversations with Embassy contacts. In some conversations, the U.S. is as much a target of this anger as is Israel; widely reported U.S. p [...] | 2006-07-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KPAL LEIS AE |
06ABUDHABI3166 | FAREWELL CALL BY NEPAL CHARGE, NESA ALUMNUS, [...] (C) Nepal Charge d,Affaires Madhuban Prasad Paudel paid a farewell call on CDA August 1 and said he would be assuming his new position as MFA Director of South Asian Affairs in Kathmandu later this month, having turned down the Director of Protocol job. Mr. Paudel said he had served formerly [...] | 2006-08-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL NP AE |
06ABUDHABI335 | EX-BAGHDAD MAYOR EYEING FUTURE ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Abu Dhabi, former Baghdad Mayor Alaa al-Tamimi told Polchief that Iraq "desperately" needs secular personalities and technocrats )- like him -- to run the government's ministries. Al-Tamimi, in Abu Dhabi in search of employment, recounted how he was [...] | 2006-02-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO IZ AE |
06ABUDHABI3370 | UAE CRISIS MANAGEMENT: MOVING FORWARD INCH BY INCH [...] (C) Summary. Recognizing that the UAE lacks unified crisis response capabilities, the UAE leadership initiated a plan to develop a national crisis management system over a year ago. However implementation of the plan is moving forward at a glacial pace, and UAE authorities continue to develo [...] | 2006-08-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER ASEC EPET ENRG PINR KHLS AE |
06ABUDHABI430 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement of a new UAE federal cabinet is likely to be made soon after the 40-day mourning period for the late UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum has passed. Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) appears [...] | 2006-02-08 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV ETRD AE |
06ABUDHABI453 | NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late February 9. The reshuffle preserves key U.S. Mission interlocutors, especially Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),who becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. The UAE's new Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al [...] | 2006-02-10 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV ETRD KISL KDEM AE |
06ABUDHABI49 | DEATH OF UAE VP/PM MAKTOUM BIN RASHID [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, died January 3 in Australia at the age of 65 due to heart failure. Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (MbR) automatically succeeded his olde [...] | 2006-01-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AE |
06ABUDHABI948 | NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) On March 11, DCM delivered to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan reftel message that OARDEC is in process of scheduling a UAE national, currently under USG control at GTMO, for ARB proceedings. Asst U/S maintained that person named, Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal, ISN [...] | 2006-03-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL AE |
06ABUJA1265 | AVIATION SECURITY OFFICIALS SACKED OVER DRUG [...] UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. The Nigerian press reported May 26 that two top aviation security officials were sacked "over drug trafficking." According to the reports, Captain Alhaji Balarabe Usman, Director of Aviation Security at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Be [...] | 2006-05-30 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM EAIR PREL PINR NI |
06ABUJA1366 | RENOVATION AND UPGRADE OF NDLEA FACILITIES AT [...] UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: Renovations to NDLEA facilities at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA),Abuja, recommended by INL LEA, have been completed. NDLEA Airport Commander and other officers now have adequate, air conditioned offices. New holding cells for both m [...] | 2006-06-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM EAIR PREL PINR ABUD NI |
06ABUJA1390 | INL LEA MEETING WITH AG AND NDLEA CHAIRMAN [...] (U) INL LEA Downey met separately May 31 with GON Attorney General (AG) Bayo Ojo and NDLEA Chairman Giade to discuss the AG,s proposed visit to the U.S. The Nigerian delegation requested meetings with INL A/S Patterson and the DEA Administrator to discuss certification issues. LEA advised [...] | 2006-06-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM NI NARCOTICS |
06ABUJA2129 | BENUE STATE GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO INTENDS TO STAY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Benue State Governor George Akume paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador August 16. Also present were two of Akume's advisors, House of Representatives member Tengu Tsegba, and PolOff. Akume's central message was that President Obasanjo intends to stay in office but could be pe [...] | 2006-08-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PINR NI ELECTIONS THIRDTERM |
06ABUJA2135 | VIEWS FROM KANO ON SHARIA, HISBAH, AND THE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28, PolOff met with members of the Kano Sharia Implementation Council, including Barrister Muzzamil Sani Hanga, to discuss the hisbah, Sharia impact and popularity, inter-faith relations, and America's image in Kano. Among the Council's primary concerns at present are hin [...] | 2006-08-17 16:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR NI |
06ABUJA2181 | GOVERNOR HARUNA PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and PolOff met with Governor Boni Haruna of Adamawa State on August 21. Haruna is supporting Atiku's presidential bid and says he is confident Atiku will win if there is "a level playing field." Haruna complained that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF [...] | 2006-08-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PINR NI THIRDTERM ELECTIONS |
06ABUJA225 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE CRISIS HIDES POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent hostage incident in Delta State was a political conflict masquerading as a criminal incident. Its resolution, although fortunate, does not address the underlying political issues. Consequently, more such events are likely in the future. The government response demons [...] | 2006-01-31 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06ABUJA2397 | THE SECOND IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI [...] Summary: On September 7, 2006, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) review team debriefed the international community on the second review of Nigeria's Policy Support Instrument (PSI). They said the GON's commitment to the PSI was still very strong, but passage of key legislative and civil se [...] | 2006-09-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PINR NI |
06ABUJA2465 | ATIKU NOT CONCERNED BY IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 19. He was relaxed, confident, and betrayed no particular anxiety about the impeachment proceedings which have been brought against him. While he studiously avoided comment on the veracity of the charges, he [...] | 2006-09-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PINR ELECTIONS |
06ABUJA2524 | NIGERIA'S EFCC ) THE TEMPLE OF JANUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite initial skepticism due to little action at its inception with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act of 2002, under the leadership of Assistant Police Commissioner Nuhu Ribadu, the EFCC established itself as a potent actor in President Obasanjo's war on [...] | 2006-09-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM SNAR PHUM PINR NI |
06ABUJA2551 | REPORTING ON HEALTH OF AFRICAN LEADERS - OLUSEGUN [...] BACKGROUND a. Age: Although officially reported to be in his late 60s, sources close to him strongly contend that he is in his mid- 70s. b. How old does he look: As much as 5 years older than reported age c. Height/Weight: Average; 5'10"/170 lbs. d. Left or right-handed: Right 2. HEALTH [...] | 2006-09-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR NI |
06ABUJA260 | LEA TRIP TO LAGOS CONFIRMS FAILURES, REVEALS [...] SBU - Entire Text 2. SUMMARY: LEA Downey's Jan 20-28 trip to Lagos confirmed the failures of several INL-sponsored law enforcement projects but also revealed possibilities and opportunities for future programs. Joint and integrated projects, incorporating NGOs and private sector elemen [...] | 2006-02-03 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV EFIN PINR NI |
06ABUJA2684 | ATIKU STILL UPBEAT, BUT MORE SUBDUED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 29, 2006. While his general mood remains upbeat, he was more subdued than in his last two meetings with the ambassador (reftels). He continues to use the courts to fight the corruption charges agai [...] | 2006-10-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ELECTIONS NI |
06ABUJA2816 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTES ON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a surprise move, both chambers of the National Assembly voted October 26 to approve the state of emergency declared by the President in Ekiti State. While the press reports that the Senate vote was unanimous, Embassy contacts indicate that the results were questionable and p [...] | 2006-10-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR ELECTIONS THIRDTERM NI |
06ABUJA2889 | SENATOR SARAKI ON TERRORISM, DELTA, 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and visiting SFRC staff member paid an October 31 courtesy call on Senator Gbemi Saraki-Fowora at her Abuja residence. Saraki insisted that the threat of terrorism in Northern Nigeria loomed ominously, particularly given Nigeria's porous borders and the extreme poverty in [...] | 2006-11-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER PBTS NI |
06ABUJA2891 | RAMADAN OUTREACH REVEALS CRITICISM, COMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the month of Ramadan (September 24-October 23),Embassy Abuja organized several public-speaking engagements, media outreach, and Iftar events to discuss U.S. policy toward the Muslim world and Muslim life in America. Local media outlets reported favorably and widely the [...] | 2006-11-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KISL KPAO KIRF NI KWMN KDEM |
06ABUJA3277 | SOKOTO: POLITICS, RELIGION, AND PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 12-15 outreach trip to Sokoto, Country PAO, IRO, and PolOffs paid courtesy visits to Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, Senator Umaru Dahiru, Usman Danfodiyo University Department Heads and Lecturers, and State and privately-funded media. Although most our interlocutor [...] | 2006-12-22 11:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KISL KDEM SCUL NI |
06ACCRA2269 | GHANA AND THE 2008 ELECTION: THE OPPOSITION NDC [...] (C) Summary: Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party plans to choose its presidential candidate for the 2008 election by January 2007, probably in the scheduled December party congress. The front-runner is two-time candidate John Atta Mills. Four others are also i [...] | 2006-09-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PINR |
06ACCRA2270 | GHANA AND THE 2008 ELECTION: PROSPECTS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Ghana,s 2008 presidential election is still far away and the ruling New Patriotic Party will not choose its presidential candidate until its scheduled December 2007 convention. Nonetheless, there are already at least twelve contenders for the NPP flag-bearer position, includin [...] | 2006-09-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PINR |
06ACCRA2630 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DUTCH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Newly arriving Dutch Ambassador Alida ("Lidi") Remmelzwaal paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater on October 30; the DCM and Poloff also attended. Remmelzwaal shared her government's concerns over transparency and economic development in Ghana. Ambassador Bridgewater pro [...] | 2006-11-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR GH |
06ACCRA3031 | GHANA'S OPPOSITION NDC CHOOSES MILLS AS [...] (U) Summary: Former Vice President and two-time presidential candidate John Evans Atta Mills was chosen to be the National Democratic Congress' presidential candidate in 2008 during a December 21 NDC party Congress. Unlike the 2005 NDC Convention, this Congress was peaceful and largely conc [...] | 2006-12-26 10:31:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PINR |
06ADDISABABA100 | ETHIOPIA: MELES ON INTERNAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: In a discussion with Prime Minister Meles on January 9, principally on ways to deal with border demarcation and Dr. Frazer's visit, Meles made the following points regarding the internal situation: -- The bulk of the youth charged with violent acts will be released rather than [...] | 2006-01-11 13:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR |
06ADDISABABA143 | COMMISSION INVESTIGATING ETHIOPIAN ELECTORAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. The 11-member commission of inquiry established by Parliament to investigate anti-government demonstrations that occurred in June and November 2005 has yet to formally meet, but is scheduled to deliver its report in March. According to its chairman, Frehiwot Samuel, a career jud [...] | 2006-01-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS KDEM ET |
06ADDISABABA1784 | A/S FRAZER AND PM MELES TALK ERITREAN/ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, Prime Minister Meles and Dr. Frazer along with Charge and Admiral Hunt reviewed the Eritrean/Ethiopian talks and the road ahead. Frazer argued that progress had been made and that Ethiopia had been more flexible than Eritrea. Although the initial proposal to involv [...] | 2006-06-29 16:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL |
06ADDISABABA2093 | SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...] | 2006-07-31 16:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET |
06ADDISABABA2256 | ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...] | 2006-08-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET |
06ADDISABABA2257 | ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...] | 2006-08-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET |
06ADDISABABA2914 | THE ISLAMISTS BATTLE FOR BAIDOA AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles met with Admiral Rick Hunt, DATT Don Zedler and Charge at our request October 30. We were particularly concerned by reports of the Council of Islamic Courts' (CIC) military preparations for an attack on Baidoa, and the possibility that even with Ethiopian mili [...] | 2006-11-02 05:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER SO ET |
06AITTAIPEI1154 | Economic Briefing for March 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in March 2006: --Economy clouded by card debt, fuel costs --Capital outflows continue --Credit/cash card debt hurts banks profits --Tightened control of cross-Strait trade --Corning locates largest R&D center in Taiwan --DuPo [...] | 2006-04-03 08:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI2780 | ACER'S STAN SHIH LOOKS BEYOND POLITICAL CHAOS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AIT DIRECTOR MET WITH ACER GROUP FOUNDER STAN SHIH ON AUGUST 9. SHIH COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CHAOTIC POLITICAL SITUATION IN TAIWAN, BUT DID NOT EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR A PARTICULAR PARTY OR CANDIDATE. HE CRITICIZED TECHNOLOGY-BASED RESTRICTIONS ON INVESTMENT IN THE PRC. IN ADDITIO [...] | 2006-08-16 05:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI3199 | Taiwan 2007 Budget Proposal [...] Taiwan's executive branch has proposed a 2007 central government budget with expenditure growth at an eight-year high, but with increased tax revenues reducing the deficit. While education, science and culture continue to occupy the largest share of the proposed budget, defense spending will [...] | 2006-09-15 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI3550 | New Taiwan Foreign Currency Bond Market [...] (SBU) Taiwan has established a foreign currency bond market and expects the first bond listings in October. The move is another in a series of measures designed to better utilize Taiwan's surplus capital. However, restrictions such as limits on PRC investment and the lack of incentives will [...] | 2006-10-17 08:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI3595 | M&A by Foreign Financial Institutions [...] London-based Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) recently announced it will totally acquire Taiwan's Hsinchu International Bank (HIB) in October 2006 by purchasing equity shares in Taiwan's stock market. A dozen foreign investors have acquired significant equity in six Taiwan banking institutions th [...] | 2006-10-20 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI3742 | TAIWAN INSIDE STORY ON PRC NATIONAL JIA JIA [...] (C) Summary: PRC national Jia Jia entered Taiwan from Thailand on October 22, as part of a 26-member Chinese tour group. Jia separated from the group after passing through Customs, and afterward, met with two Taiwanese professors, both outspoken advocates of Falun Gong. Jia surrendered hi [...] | 2006-11-02 10:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL HK CH NZ TW |
06AITTAIPEI3989 | NT Dollar Loans to Foreign Borrowers [...] (U) Taiwan's monetary authorities in November started permitting banking institutions to lend NT Dollars (NTD) to foreign borrowers in Taiwan which may be used to finance direct investment, securities trading, and real estate purchases. The new measure relaxes the conditions for using NTD loa [...] | 2006-11-29 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI3990 | WEF Ranks Taiwan 100th in Banking Soundness [...] The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently gave Taiwan's banking system a ranking of 100th out of 125 rated economies. Taiwan's banking regulators have expressed dismay, disagreement, and have pointed out flaws in evaluation method. End summary. Poor Ranking ------------ 2. In its 2006 [...] | 2006-11-29 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI647 | Economic Briefing for February 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in February 2006: --Economic growth and expansion; --Cross-Strait links are expanding; --Listed companies repatriate earnings; --Foreign investors acquire financial institutions; --Duties assigned to ministers without portfoli [...] | 2006-03-01 22:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI711 | Freeing Taiwan's "Card Slaves" [...] (SBU) Summary: Overdue credit card debt and the absence of a personal bankruptcy law has led to a few high-profile cases where Taiwan "card slaves" chose suicide or crime as their only options to escape aggressive harassment from debt collection agencies. While the overall amount of delinquen [...] | 2006-03-07 23:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI852 | Central Bank Short-term Liabilities Prevented BOP Deficit [...] Taiwan in 2005 had a trade surplus of US$18 billion, which more than offset its services trade deficit and net capital outflow, and which pushed up Taiwan's foreign exchange (FX) reserves by 4.8% to US$253 billion. However, Taiwan would have had a negative Balance of Payments (BOP) in 2005 if [...] | 2006-03-15 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06AITTAIPEI863 | Central Bank Short-term Liabilities Prevented BOP Deficit [...] Taiwan in 2005 had a trade surplus of US$18 billion, which more than offset its services trade deficit and net capital outflow, and which pushed up Taiwan's foreign exchange (FX) reserves by 4.8% to US$253 billion. However, Taiwan would have had a negative Balance of Payments (BOP) in 2005 if [...] | 2006-03-16 03:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06ALGIERS1278 | ALGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs Chergui briefed Ambassador July 9 on the recent agreement Algeria brokered between Malian authorities and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali (reftels) and asked for a U.S. pledge of financial assistance for the "Forum on Development" created by the agr [...] | 2006-07-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MARR ML AG LY SU |
06ALGIERS2108 | MFA AFRICAN AFFAIRS DG ON ALGIERS ACCORD [...] (C) In a December 10 discussion prompted by ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Smail Chergui told Charge that implementation of the Algiers Accord was moving forward and had not been adversely affected by recent fighting between the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) and the Sal [...] | 2006-12-11 17:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML SU AG |
06ALGIERS622 | ALGERIA REPORTEDLY RE-ARRESTS THREE TERRORISTS [...] (U) The leading Arabic-language daily newspaper El Khabar reported April 4 on its front page the re-arrest of Abdelmadjid Dahoumen, Mourad Yakhlaf, and Adel Boumazber. According to El Khabar, the three individuals were released from prison last month in accordance with the Charter on Peace an [...] | 2006-04-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER PGOV AG |
06ALMATY1042 | KAZAKHSTAN: GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV SHARES HIS VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 17 meeting with the DCM, Galymzhan Zhakiyanov alleged that Kazakhstani authorities had purposely infected him with hepatitis during his imprisonment. He also claimed that the former head of the penitentiary system had been fired because he refused to carry out an ord [...] | 2006-03-24 09:24:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KZ |
06ALMATY1703 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan insists on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the U.S. in order to accept the return of Guantanamo detainees. The MFA is willing to meet with U.S. experts in Astana to discuss the issue. See request for guidance, para. 4. End summary. 2. (SBU) On May 2, Poloff [...] | 2006-05-15 02:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1946 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov to stress that it is not appropriate to link the return of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo to the conclusion of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),as the two matters are not [...] | 2006-06-01 16:58:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2399 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 29 meeting regarding the possible transfer of Kazakhstani citizens detained at Guantanamo, an MFA Consular Services representative stated that the GOK could give no guarantees that the transferred detainees would never again engage in terrorism, asked for the backgrou [...] | 2006-07-07 01:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2549 | KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...] | 2006-07-13 15:21:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY256 | KAZAKHSTAN: COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE BYELKAMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kazakhstani court has refused to enforce the London Court of International Arbitration's award of legal fees to U.S. firm Byelocorp Scientific Inc. (BSI). BSI will contest the ruling, which asserted that enforcement of the LCIA award would be "detrimental to public order in [...] | 2006-01-24 07:50:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV PREL PINR KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY2889 | KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...] | 2006-08-12 03:09:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3086 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...] | 2006-08-31 11:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3245 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AGREES TO THE TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. The Government of Kazakhstan has agreed to receive the transfer of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov. Post requests Department guidance on the mechanism [...] | 2006-09-15 01:15:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY335 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS [...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...] | 2006-01-30 12:12:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY336 | KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES [...] (SBU) This cable contains a request for guidance, para. 5. 2. (C) EBO principal officer delivered Ref A demarche to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department on January 26 (re: proposed transfer of GTMO detainee Abdullah Tohtasinovich Makrubov). Konurbayev confirmed that his [...] | 2006-01-30 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3394 | KAZAKHSTAN: FEEDBACK ON GICNT DOCUMENTS PROMISED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglyazov and Third Secretary Dmitriy Tretyakov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed Ref A points and documents to Olzhas Togyzbayev of the MFA's international security section on September 21. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev indicated that despite the f [...] | 2006-09-25 06:29:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ |
06AMMAN1177 | PRAGMATISTS LEAD MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S LEADERSHIP [...] ( C ) Summary and introduction: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political auxiliary, the Islamic Action Front, have traditionally been pragmatic and established participants in Jordan's political order. Rank and file zealots -- mostly Palestinian-Jordanians and now energized by Hamas' e [...] | 2006-02-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL KDEM PINR JO |
06AMMAN1289 | SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...] | 2006-02-22 07:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ |
06AMMAN1692 | EAST BANK MODERATE ELECTED LEADER OF MUSLIM [...] ( U ) The newly-elected Shura Council of Jordan,s Muslim Brotherhood chose a new executive board March 3, to be led by Salem al-Falahat as Controller General (&al-Muraqib al-Aam.8) Falahat succeeds 12-year incumbent Abdul Majeed Al-Thuneibat, who surprised Amman,s political pundits by withdr [...] | 2006-03-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL JO |
06AMMAN2114 | NEW ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADER LINKED TO HAMAS? [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) has elected as its new secretary general a Palestinian-Jordanian, apparently over the objections of some elements of the East Bank establishment in the Islamic Movement and in the GOJ. However, real control over the movement rests with the newl [...] | 2006-03-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL PINR JO |
06AMMAN239 | FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...] | 2006-01-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO |
06AMMAN2541 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch and Jordanian intelligence chief Dhahabi discussed Iran's ambitions in the region, and how to deal with Hamas. End summary. 2. (S/NF) Assistant Secretary for NEA David Welch met with Muhammad Dhahabi, the chief of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID),in [...] | 2006-04-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN4063 | JORDAN ANNOUNCES CANDIDATE FOR WCO CHAIRMANSHIP; [...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry informed Embassy via diplomatic note June 4 that Jordan is nominating Customs Director General Ala'a Batayneh for the World Customs Organization chairmanship in the WCO election being held in Brussels at the end of the month. The GoJ seeks U.S. support for the nomi [...] | 2006-06-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AORC EFIN PINR JO |
06AMMAN4768 | NEW JORDANIAN AMBASSADORS TO ISRAEL AND LEBANON [...] (U) Jordan's new Ambassador to Israel is career diplomat Ali Al-Ayed, most recently the chief political advisor to Prime Minister Bakhit. A charge d,affaires has run the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv since August 2005. Al-Ayed is to arrive in Israel June 27. 2. (U) PM Bakhit (himself, a f [...] | 2006-06-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IS JO LE |
06AMMAN5953 | JORDAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: RESPONSES TO JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's senior Prosecutor General told emboffs that the GoJ will assist in all judicial cooperation cases requested by the U.S. related to terrorism and narcotics because of Jordan's commitments to international agreements. One case was complete, and will be relayed to the Mini [...] | 2006-08-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PGOV SNAR PINR PREL JO |
06AMMAN6932 | JORDAN NOMINATES PRINCE ZEID TO SUCCEED KOFI ANNAN [...] (U) The GOJ announced that on September 5 its UN mission nominated Prince Zeid Bin Raad Al-Hussein, Jordan's Permanent Representative to the UN since 2000, for the post of UN Secretary General. Jordan also formally asked the Arab SIPDIS League to support Prince Zeid's candidacy. 2. (U) [...] | 2006-09-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR UN IZ JO |
06AMMAN8269 | PROSECUTOR DISMISSES COMPLAINT AGAINST ADNAN ABU [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecutor for Jordan's State Security Court announced November 5 that he had determined there were no grounds to take action on a complaint that several private citizens had lodged against Palestinian-Jordanian elder statesman and author Adnan Abu Odeh. End summary. [...] | 2006-11-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PINR KPAL KDEM JO |
06AMMAN8749 | Jordanian Cabinet Following the November 22 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON JO |
06AMMAN8754 | JORDANIAN CABINET FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 22 RESHUFFLE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 07:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON JO |
06AMSTERDAM160 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: AMSTERDAM MOSQUE HOSTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Nearly 300 Dutch-Moroccan women crowded a hall at Amsterdam's Al Kabir Mosque on February 19 to hear spokeswomen from four political parties in advance of March 7 local elections. The meeting was indicative of growing minority interest in the upcoming polls. Long-term residen [...] | 2006-02-28 12:35:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06ANKARA1114 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AI is present only along Iran's eastern and northern borders according to Iranian visa applicants in Ankara. Iranians in the medical field believe that the GOI does not have the plans, the resources, or vaccine stock to handle an AI outbreak. Iranians outside the medical profes [...] | 2006-03-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TU TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU |
06ANKARA1115 | TURKISH PM TAKES CRITICS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan has opened numerous legal cases against writers, politicians, cartoonists, and others whose criticism he found personally offensive. Contacts say Erdogan's aggressive response to criticism reflects a combative nature honed during his childhood in an impoverished distri [...] | 2006-03-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU |
06ANKARA1344 | TURKEY: IRANIAN OBSERVATIONS ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: A recent survey of Iranian visa applicants suggests that most are distrustful of news from official Iranian sources and prefer to get their news from western media. Applicants relied heavily on satellite television and the internet to keep informed on world events. At least in Te [...] | 2006-03-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANKARA2805 | TURKEY NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GE |
06ANKARA287 | ERDOGAN GIVES SHAKY PERFORMANCE BEFORE EU [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan, recovering from the flu, gave what contacts described to us as a "rambling" and "nearly incomprehensible" performance at a January 20 lunch meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. After a positive though unremarkable opening speech, he made a weak statement on Iran, de [...] | 2006-01-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU EU |
06ANKARA3109 | GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON PKK MEMBER ERSIN SEFIL [...] (S/NF) MFA Head of Department for Security Affairs (MFA's S/CT-equivalent) Nevzat Uyanik called us in May 25 to request USG assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of a PKK terrorist who may have been killed in an Iranian attack on PKK forces in northern Iraq o/a April 23. According to Uya [...] | 2006-05-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA317 | TURKEY/JORDAN: JORDANIAN PM BAKHIT FINDS BROAD [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Bakhit, accompanied by Foreign Minister Khatib, came to Ankara January 16 to review regional issues prior to King Abdullah's planned visit to Washington, according to Foreign Ministry and Jordanian embassy sources. Bilateral trade issues were discussed as well. [...] | 2006-01-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TU JO IZ IR SY XF |
06ANKARA3434 | GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE [...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...] | 2006-06-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM |
06ANKARA4145 | POSITIVE TURKISH RESPONSE TO US-RUSSIAN GLOBAL [...] The Turkish Foreign Ministry made the following public announcement on July 17 in reaction to the joint U.S. - Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism announced on July 15 (reftels). The MFA provided this to us in the form of a diplomatic note as well. Informal Embassy translati [...] | 2006-07-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA RU TU |
06ANKARA4688 | TURKEY'S FOREIGN POLICY SPLIT - THE PM'S CIRCLE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANKARA5568 | TURKEY RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE KEY DOCUMENTS [...] (U) Accompanied by a Russian emboff, PolMilCouns provided reftel key documents to Foreign Ministry International Security Affairs Director General Ambassador Tomur Bayer on September 22. Bayer promised to examine the documents, circulate them among relevant offices, and provide initial commen [...] | 2006-09-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU |
06ANKARA56 | VISAS VIPER: TURKEY JANUARY 2006 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] (U) This cable constitutes the monthly Visas Viper report for Embassy Ankara and Consulates Istanbul and Adana. Consulates submit Visas Viper reports to Ankara for inclusion in the Embassy's Visa Viper working group report. 2. (U) Visas Viper meetings were held by Embassy Ankara on 03 Janua [...] | 2006-01-05 10:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC TU |
06ANKARA5699 | TURKS NEED MORE CONVINCING ON SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) Summary. As we work to convince Turkish officials to connect with Azerbaijani counterparts to develop a framework for the transit agreement needed to create a natural gas "southern corridor," to Europe, Post continues to hear skepticism and reservations about some of the fundamental pre [...] | 2006-09-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PINR AJ TU |
06ANKARA5849 | TURKISH PRESIDENT'S STATISM SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In addition to venting inflammatory rhetoric on social and political issues (refs),Turkish President Sezer used his October 1 opening speech to Parliament to reiterate the statist economic philosophy he shares with Turkey's opposition parties and other elements of the "deep sta [...] | 2006-10-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PINR TU |
06ANKARA6036 | TURKS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has enthusiastically endorsed plans for the first meeting of partners of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) and will send a high-level delegation to Rabat on October 29-31. The MFA is coordinating an interagency review of the of Statement of Principles, [...] | 2006-10-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU |
06ANKARA6065 | AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...] | 2006-10-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV TU |
06ANKARA6075 | TURKS OFFER MORE COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey provided additional comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) Statement of Principles and other documents on October 19. The Turkish delegation will fully participate in the Rabat conference, but does not plan to present an expert-level briefing o [...] | 2006-10-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU |
06ANKARA6435 | TURKEY: IRANIAN FINANCIAL FLOWS AND NETWORKS [...] (C) There is a very small Iranian bank presence in Turkey. Bank Mellat Turkey has a main branch in Istanbul and two small branches in Ankara with a total of 50 employees according to reports published by the Banks Association of Turkey. The bank's website (www.mellatbank.com) reports that [...] | 2006-11-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EFIN IR TU |
06ANKARA6558 | IRAN'S UNEVEN HANDLING OF REFUGEE CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: The Iranian government's approach in dealing with Afghan refugees is markedly different from the way it handles Iraqi refugees, according to our consular contacts. Refugees from Afghanistan face greater official and societal obstacles than those from Iraq. The Iranian government h [...] | 2006-12-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANKARA6697 | TURKISH COMPANIES AND SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has a lopsided trade relationship with Iran, with two-way trade consisting mostly of Turkish oil and gas imports. This situation leads Turkish officials to continue to push for more exports to Iran. Turkish Government officials show no signs of linking the issue of the Iran [...] | 2006-12-19 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ETTC ETRD EINV TU IR |
06ANKARA701 | IRANIANS VIEWS ON DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Iranian visa applicants shared their views on demonstrations in Tehran related to the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. While most suggested that the Iranian government is sponsoring the demonstrations, they also revealed a belief in a conspiracy theory involving c [...] | 2006-02-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANTANANARIVO1186 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SET IN MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, Madagascar's High Constitutional Court (HCC) officially approved 14 out of 18 candidates for the upcoming December 3 presidential election. The HCC rejected controversial candidate Pierrot Rajaonarivelo because his application did not comply with Malagasy law reg [...] | 2006-10-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1269 | PRE-CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP IN MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With three days to go before the official presidential campaign season kicks off November 12, Ambassador McGee has individually met 11 of the 14 candidates. The pre-election rhetoric is heating up among the presidential hopefuls but, with a few notable exceptions, most have fai [...] | 2006-11-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1289 | President Ravalomanana Launches Madagascar Action Plan [...] (SBU) In a cleverly-timed publicity event November 10 -- two days before other candidates could officially campaign -- President Ravalomanana unveiled his Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) to media, GOM officials, donors, and others at Antananarivo's main sports stadium (ref A). The "MAP" is the G [...] | 2006-11-17 05:37:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ECON SENV PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1297 | FORMER GENERAL ATTEMPTS "COUP" ACTION [...] (SBU) Former Army General Andrianafidisoa, also known as General Fidy, and 12 to 20 supporters made an unsuccessful attempt at a military coup from November 17 to 18 in Madagascar's capital of Antananarivo. Early November 17, General Fidy and supporters -- officers, enlisted, and militia known [...] | 2006-11-18 10:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1301 | GENERAL FIDY STILL AT LARGE AFTER COUP ATTEMPT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1304 | GENERAL FIDY STILL AT LARGE AFTER COUP ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Antananarivo is calm and quiet in the wake of the failed weekend coup attempt although the "coup" leader, General Fidy, remains in hiding and in occasional contact with the press. Fidy appears to have grossly over-reached as few military officers rallied to his cause. During hi [...] | 2006-11-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1307 | INTER-ISLAND TENSION THREATENS COMOROS' UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) expressed anxiety to the Ambassador, during his November 2006 visit, that the tension between the Union and Anjouan Island Governments could split the fragile union. Efforts by the forward-looking Sambi government to pr [...] | 2006-11-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KISL CN |
06ANTANANARIVO1309 | AMBASSADOR MCGEE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SAMBI OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | CN EAID KISL MA OPDC PGOV PINR PREL |
06ANTANANARIVO1334 | Ravalomanana Leads in the Home Stretch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last stretch of the campaign season, only a handful of the 14 presidential candidates have any real hopes of making a showing in the December 3 polls. The five main contenders are waging all-out campaigns around the country, with incumbent President Ravalomanana in the l [...] | 2006-11-29 12:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1348 | MADAGASCAR CALM ON THE EVE OF ELECTION WEEKEND [...] (U) In early afternoon the last day of the campaign, except for 30,000 supporters who filled the stadium in Antananarivo to see President/candidate Marc Ravalomanana, the rest of Madagascar appears to be calm and quiet. Campaign rallies in different cities are expected to continue into tonight [...] | 2006-12-01 10:51:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1351 | ELECTION DAY CALM, PRESIDENT IN THE LEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: A calm and relatively orderly presidential election December 3 was marred by just one incident of ballot tampering in the south. Turnout appears to have been strong and very preliminary results have President Marc Ravalomanana in the lead, with over 50 percent of the vote, despi [...] | 2006-12-05 05:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1364 | HALF OF RESULTS IN, RAVALOMANANA HAS 61 PERCENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ravalomanana has a comfortable lead of 61 percent with just over half of the polling stations reporting, but results to date are skewed toward his highland plateau base. While prospects for a first round victory appear strong, it will be several days before we can say [...] | 2006-12-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1369 | ELECTION DAY ATMOSPHERE IN TAMATAVE [...] (U) BACKGROUND: Madagascar is an island, but it is also a large and diverse country, home to 18 major tribal groups. There is considerable variation in the practice of democracy from region to region and between urban and rural voters; a fact quite apparent in the December 3 presidential elec [...] | 2006-12-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1372 | UNOFFICIAL RESULTS ALL BUT SEAL FIRST ROUND WIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With 82 percent of polling stations unofficially reporting results to the Ministry of Interior, President-candidate Ravalomanana is very likely to have the absolute majority of votes needed to prevail in the first round. It will be several days before the High Constitutional Co [...] | 2006-12-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1380 | HIGH COURT MUST CERTIFY RAVALOMANANA VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The unofficial Ministry of Interior vote count concluded December 10 with candidate and President Marc Ravalomanana winning 54.8 percent. On cue his nearest challenger, Jean Lahiniriko, publicly denounced the legitimacy of the election and made numerous claims of fraud. Police [...] | 2006-12-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1389 | RENEGADE GENERAL FIDY CAPTURED [...] (SBU) Mixed Police and Gendarmes forces arrested "coup" leader and renegade General Andrianafidisoa (Fidy) in Antananarivo the evening of December 12 (reftel). Media reports indicate General Fidy was surprised and did not resist. As a military suspect, Fidy is held by the Gendarmes Brigade i [...] | 2006-12-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1398 | OPPOSITION COMPLAINS; PRESIDENT FETES 57 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With election documents received from all but two out of 116 regional offices, the High Constitutional Court (HCC) is steadily certifying the results from the December 3 presidential election. The High Court office in central Antananarivo remains open to candidates, journalists [...] | 2006-12-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1432 | OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS COMING DECEMBER 23 [...] (U) Madagascar's High Constitutional Court (HCC) has invited the diplomatic community, journalists and opposition candidates to the strategically-timed announcement of the official presidential election results December 23. Opposition candidates have filed nearly 25 procedural complaints at th [...] | 2006-12-22 05:08:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ANTANANARIVO1440 | HIGH COURT OFFICIALLY DECLARES RAVALOMANANA VICTORY [...] (U) As expected reftel, on December 23 the High Constitutional Court (HCC) declared Marc Ravalomanana the first round winner of the presidential election with 54.79 percent of the vote. In its decree the HCC also confirmed that in addition to Ravalomanana, Jean Lahiniriko (second place with 1 [...] | 2006-12-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
06ASHGABAT1022 | Turkmenistan Publishes 2006-2010 Counternarcotics Plan [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan's new national counternarcotics plan is a matrix of 48 measures with assigned implementers (government ministries and agencies) and program durations. It is short on detail, but will prove helpful for initiating new INL programs and other U.S. government-sponsored counternar [...] | 2006-10-03 05:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX |
06ASHGABAT1055 | COTTON, LIES AND COPIERS IN DASHOGUZ [...] (C) President Niyazov's complete control over the minds and means of Turkmenistan is in full view in Dashoguz Welayat (province). The man widely rumored to be Niyazov's heir apparent, the charming and utterly devoid of democratic sensibilities Aganiyaz Akiyev, firmly enforces the president's [...] | 2006-10-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR CVIS PINR SENV TX |
06ASHGABAT1097 | Turkmenistan's President Niyazov Amnesties 10,000 Prisoners [...] (U) President Niyazov announced on October 16 that he would amnesty 10,056 prisoners, including 8 people convicted of crimes related to the alleged November 2002 presidential assassination attempt. A lengthy list, published only in Turkmen, was released on October 18. Niyazov said that the e [...] | 2006-10-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT1142 | NIYAZOV'S GRIM FAIRY TALE - TURKMENISTAN AFTER 15 [...] (C) Amidst the fake joy and practiced pageantry that constituted Turkmenistan's celebration of its 15th year of independence, there was palpable fear and resignation throughout Ashgabat. Teachers took children out of school for two months preceding the events to rehearse for the stadium even [...] | 2006-11-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TX EPET |
06ASHGABAT1150 | Turkmenistan's Ambitious 2007-2030 Oil and Gas Development [...] (SBU) For the first time, the Government of Turkmenistan has approved an independent oil and gas development plan that is not part of an overall economic development plan. The new plan, which President Niyazov called for in July after several months of severe criticism by the West of Turkmenis [...] | 2006-11-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX |
06ASHGABAT1167 | GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER MEETS NIYAZOV [...] (C) German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's November 2 visit to Turkmenistan provided him a telescoped confirmation of the challenges to developing democracy in Turkmenistan, according to an outbrief provided by German Ambassador to Turkmenistan Hans Mondorf. Not only were Steinmeier and his dele [...] | 2006-11-08 13:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EPET PHUM GE TX |
06ASHGABAT1192 | TURKMENISTAN: A COMPETENT BUREAUCRAT REMAINS [...] (C) Newly appointed hakim (governor) of the oil-rich province Balkan Welayat, Orazmyrat Niyazlyev, impressed Charge with his competence, experience and confidence two weeks into his tenure. Although he has a background in the oil and gas industry, his foci for the future of Balkan is an exte [...] | 2006-11-17 07:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TX |
06ASHGABAT1254 | Turkmenistan's Sporting Tragedy - Glory to the State, Money [...] (SBU) Political machinations, corruption and greed are literally and figuratively bankrupting Turkmenistan's sports. Since independence, the Soviet athleticism legacy has been eroding and hit the proverbial new low when Turkmenistan's soccer team withdrew from the 2006 Asian Games, one week p [...] | 2006-12-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT1323 | TURKMENISTAN SURVIVES A WEEK WITHOUT NIYAZOV [...] (C) Turkmenistan's first week of independence without Niyazov was eerily calm. After saying farewell to their first president with pomp and respect, the remaining powers in Turkmenistan's government rallied around Interim President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, even providing a well-intentione [...] | 2006-12-29 14:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US |
06ASHGABAT138 | NIYAZOV ESTABLISHES NEW RESHUFFLE RECORD [...] (SBU) President Niyazov announced 23 new appointments and 18 dismissals in the course of three meetings on January 25. Former presidential favorite Aganiyaz Akyev was relieved as Chief of the Presidential Apparatus and appointed the new hakim (governor) of Dashoguz Welayat (province). Chie [...] | 2006-01-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX |
06ASHGABAT178 | TURKMENISTAN: CTAG MEETING MORE STYLE THAN [...] (SBU) Representatives of six of the G-8 countries met at the Russian Embassy on February 7 to discuss counter-terrorism assistance with the GOTX during the first local CTAG meeting of the Russian G-8 presidency. Although invited and encouraged by the Russian Embassy to attend, the GOTX fai [...] | 2006-02-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER RS TX |
06ASHGABAT272 | RFE/RL REPORTERS' DETENTION IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) Two RFE/RL Turkmen Service stringers were detained in Mary City on March 7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Serdar Bashimov responded relatively quickly to the embassy's March 10 dipnote request for details on the arrests, calling the DCM to a Monday morning meet [...] | 2006-03-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT273 | 1,033 KG. OF NARCOTICS SEIZED ON TURKMENISTAN- [...] The national newspapers of Turkmenistan "Neytralnyi [Neutral] Turkmenistan" and "Turkmenistan" reported on March 13 that Turkmenistani border guards seized 830 kilograms of opium and 203 kilograms of hashish at the Sarakhs border crossing checkpoint on the Turkmenistan- Iranian border. The [...] | 2006-03-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX |
06ASHGABAT284 | RFE/RL REPORTER IN BALKAN PROVINCE SAFE [...] (SBU) Balkan Welayat RFE/RL stringer Shamyrat Akoyliyev visited the embassy on March 15. He stopped by in response to PolAsst's March 10 call to his family, following up on reports that RFE/RL correspondents were being detained (reftel). Akoyliyev told PolOff that he was safe and had not b [...] | 2006-03-16 03:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT308 | "BULLDOZER" HAKIM USES TEACHERS TO BEAUTIFY [...] (SBU) Appointed on July 8, 2005, Ashgabat Hakim (mayor) Orazmyrat Esenov has been conducting a series of city beautification projects, including the elimination of residential garages and private vegetable gardens. From March 4 until the Nowruz National Spring Holiday, March 20-22, teachers [...] | 2006-03-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX |
06ASHGABAT359 | OSCE CiO STANDS FIRM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA [...] (SBU) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht, visited Turkmenistan on March 29. Ashgabat OSCE Center Human Dimensions Officer Benjamin Moreau told Pol/Econ Off on March 31 that De Gucht emphasized to both Pre [...] | 2006-04-06 12:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT368 | NIYAZOV RELEASES PSYCHIATRIC "PATIENT" [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER RASHIT MEREDOV TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AT 1715 ON APRIL 10, THAT HE HAD SHOWN OUR CONGRESSIONAL LETTER REQUESTING THE RELEASE OF GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV FROM A MENTAL HOSPITAL TO PRESIDENT NIYAZOV, AND THAT NIYAZOV HAD AGREED TO FREE HIM. DURDYKULIYEV WAS TAKEN INTO CUST [...] | 2006-04-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT369 | MARY, BALKANABAT RFE/RL REPORTERS ALIVE AND DEFIANT [...] (SBU) PDOff visited Mary Radio Free Europe/Liberty (RFE/RL) stringers Ovezmuhammet Hommadov and Jumadurdy Ovezov April 6. Both are in good condition but continue to deal with cut-off telephones and harassment by local authorities. Balkanabat stringer Shamurat Akolyev visited the embassy on Ap [...] | 2006-04-11 03:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT382 | DURDYKULIYEV AT HOME AND "IN A GOOD MOOD" [...] (SBU) GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV ARRIVED HOME VIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH ESCORTS AND TRANSPORTATION AROUND 0300 ON APRIL 12. DURDYKULIYEV'S WIFE ANNAGUL ANNAYEVA CONFIRMED THAT "HE IS FINE AND IN A GOOD MOOD," AND WELCOMES A POTENTIAL POL OFF VISIT AT HIS HOME EARLY NEXT WEEK. 2. (SBU) HAVI [...] | 2006-04-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT386 | WRITER ESENOV DENIED PERMISSION TO EXIT [...] (SBU) PEN Club award winner, writer Rahym Esenov, was told by the State Service for the Registration of Foreign Citizens on April 14 that he was on the list of citizens prohibited from traveling abroad. Subsequently, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov confirmed to Organization for C [...] | 2006-04-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT394 | TURKMENISTAN'S FORMER PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Former Prosecutor General Gurbanbibi Atajanova was arrested on April 11, according to the Gundogar opposition website and several embassy contacts. While unconfirmed, all reports, including from a GOTX security officer, say that Atajanova was detained at home the day after President Niy [...] | 2006-04-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT410 | DURDYKULIYEV - GRATEFUL AND EMBOLDENED [...] (SBU) FORMER PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV MET WITH POL OFF IN HIS BALKANABAT CITY HOME ON APRIL 17 AFTER SPENDING THREE HOURS IN THE LOCAL POLICE STATION AND HAKIMLIK. DURDYKULIEV WAS ADMONISHED BY LOCAL POLICE, MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES, AND LOCAL ELDERS NOT TO CONTINUE HIS CAM [...] | 2006-04-19 12:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT412 | GOTX ALLOWS WRITER ESENOV TO DEPART TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite FM Meredov's confirmation to OSCE Ashgabat Ambassador Ibrahim Djikic on April 14 that PEN Club award winner, writer Rahim Esenov, would not be permitted to travel due to two convictions (reftel),Esenov and his daughter Maya departed the morning of April 17 for New Yor [...] | 2006-04-20 03:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PGOV TX |
06ASHGABAT517 | GOTX RAIDS UNREGISTERED CHRISTIAN MEETING [...] (SBU) POLOFF WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM REPORTS ABOUT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES BREAKING UP A NON-REGISTERED CHRISTIAN GROUP MEETING AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN ASHGABAT ON MAY 3 DURING A MAY 16 MEETING WITH U.S. CITIZEN AND DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL EXPORT/IMPORT COMPANY ENGEDI PAUL KIM. ACCORDING TO KIM, [...] | 2006-05-16 13:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
06ASHGABAT545 | TURKMENISTANI LABOR MIGRATION TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) DRIVEN BY LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY, THOUSANDS OF TURKMENISTAN'S CITIZENS TRAVEL TO TURKEY TO WORK ILLEGALLY AS UNSKILLED LABORERS. ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM LABOR MIGRANTS SUGGESTS THAT, HAVING ARRIVED IN TURKEY, MOST MIGRANTS OVERSTAY THEIR TOURIST VISAS TO EARN INCOMES [...] | 2006-05-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR TU TX |
06ASHGABAT550 | Islam in America Speaker Ahmed Younis [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan was the first destination in the three-country Central Asian speaking tour of Ahmed Younis, National Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, a tour which included Kyrgyztan and Tajikistan. Embassy Ashgabat welcomed Younis, its first Islam in America speaker, and organ [...] | 2006-05-24 03:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PGOV TX KY |
06ASHGABAT561 | Ukrainian Ambassador to Ashgabat Viktor Mayko to [...] (SBU) Ukrainian Ambassador to Ashgabat Viktor Mayko will travel to Kabul in mid-June to present his credentials to President Karzai. Ukraine previously had been represented by its ambassador in Tashkent. Mayko will be a valuable interlocutor on energy issues and also on the trials and tribu [...] | 2006-05-25 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PINR AF UP TX |
06ASHGABAT580 | ARMENIAN CONSUL CLAIMS "IRAN PREPARING FOR WAR" [...] (C) Ashgabat-based Armenian consular officer Artek Kalachayan somberly told Emboffs attending the May 26 Georgian national day celebration about his recent two-week trip to Iran, during which he traveled from the Iranian-Turkmenistani border (Ashgabat is 30km north of the border) to the Armen [...] | 2006-05-31 18:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IR TX |
06ASHGABAT608 | TURKMENISTAN BURNS 1.7 TONS OF NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) On May 28, for the third time in a year, Turkmenistan invited personnel from diplomatic missions to observe the destruction of seized narcotics. For the first time, ambassadors and local and foreign media were also invited to attend the destruction. While claiming that it is not a tran [...] | 2006-06-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX |
06ASHGABAT621 | TURKMEN POLITICAL COMMISSAR ON THE RAPTURE OF [...] (C) On June 8 Emboffs interviewed Hojanazar Annanazarov, a "Higher Societal Specialist" in the Ministry of Education, whose sole job is to propagandize the Ruhnama, President Niyazov's so-called "spiritual guide." In a private meeting after his unsuccessful non-immigrant visa interview, Anna [...] | 2006-06-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX |
06ASHGABAT652 | TURKMENISTAN IMPLICATES FRENCH EMBASSY, OSCE [...] (C) On June 19, Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov told Ambassador that French Charge Henri Tomasini was implicated in a scheme to foment political unrest in Turkmenistan. Meredov unveiled a complicated story involving a Turkmenistani dissident, foreign journalists, spy gear, &color8 revolutio [...] | 2006-06-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TX FR UK |
06ASHGABAT764 | NIYAZOV APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR OIL AND [...] (SBU) President Niyazov, accompanied by two deputy chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, held an expanded Cabinet of Ministers meeting on July 10. The president encouraged brevity with the numerous briefings he heard during the edited televised meeting th [...] | 2006-07-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX |
06ASHGABAT901 | TURKMENISTAN REPORTS 2006 NARCOTICS SEIZURE STATISTICS [...] (U) Government of Turkmenistan narcotics seizure statistics report 1,551 kilograms of narcotics seized during the first six months of 2006. Associated government information mainly focuses on Turkmenistan being a transit, and not a destination, country. End Summary. NARCOTICS STATISTICS [...] | 2006-08-24 08:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX |
06ASMARA1051 | ERITREA AND IRAN DISCUSS DIPLOMATIC TIES [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) recently announced that it had sent an envoy to Iran to establish formal diplomatic relations and economic ties with Iran. In a December 15 Reuters report, Andeab Meskel, head of the Afro-Asia-Pacific desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2006-12-19 14:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IR ER |
06ASMARA1066 | ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA SKIRMISH AS THE RUMOR MILL [...] (S) Reports of two separate attacks by Eritrean Defense Forces(EDF) on Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) (Reftel A and B) in the region of the central sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) and the rumors and rumblings in Asmara of an impending war, have increased the level of inte [...] | 2006-12-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PGOV KPKO MARR PINR UNSC ER |
06ASMARA1087 | DEMARCHE TO MFA ON UNSC 1737 [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Andeab Ghebremeskel, on December 28, 2006. Andeab stated that "nuclear issues were not an issue" for Eritrea and that Eritrean-Iranian relations had "little or nothing to do with nuclear issues." A [...] | 2006-12-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PINR ER IR |
06ASMARA176 | SRSG LEGWAILA DOWNPLAYS GSE DETENTION OF UNMEE [...] (SBU) SRSG Leqwaila and UNMEE staff members provided an update on detained staff on February 15. They report that 22 staff members (of a total local staff of approximately 200) had been detained but that 11 of those have already been released. Status of another 17 staff members continue to b [...] | 2006-02-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KPKO MARR EFIN ET ER |
06ASMARA323 | CAMEL AIRWAYS: IS THERE HUMAN SMUGGLING IN [...] (C) As the situation in Eritrea further deteriorates and GSE restrictions tighten, increasingly Eritreans desperately search for a way out. To avoid national service and conscription into the army, many Eritreans are trying to leave. A recent report from the western region of Eritrea regardin [...] | 2006-04-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PREL CVIS ER |
06ASMARA327 | ERITREAN OPPOSITION GROUP CLAIMS ATTACKS ON [...] (C) During the month of March, individuals claiming to be members of the Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama(DMLEK)reportedly carried out several attacks against the Eritrean Defense Forces in the Gash Barka area of western Eritrea. A third country diplomat initially [...] | 2006-04-10 12:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ER |
06ASMARA347 | ERITREA'S ECONOMY ON THE ROPES; DOES THE GSE HAVE [...] (C) Summary: With telephone outages the norm, electricity essentially rationed, and imports cut to next to nil, Eritrea faces an economic crisis. Since the end of the war with Ethiopia in 2000, Eritrea has maintained a heightened state of national security. For the Government of Eritrea (GSE) [...] | 2006-04-18 10:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID EFIN ET ER |
06ASMARA489 | DEMARCATION AND NORMALIZATION: A KERNAL OF HOPE [...] (C) On June 6, MFA Director General for the Americas and UN Ghirmai Ghebremariam requested a meeting with the Ambassador to express GSE concerns about the June 2nd VOA interview of DAS Yamamoto. Ghirmai claimed to be troubled by DAS YamamotoQs statement that the failure of the parties to reso [...] | 2006-06-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ET ER |
06ASMARA491 | VILLAGERS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM THE GSE ABOUT [...] (C) Echoing the tactics of the "Madres de Plaza de Mayo" in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s, an estimated 30 to 50 wives and elders from the Debub region came to Asmara last week to inquire of the Office of the President about their missing husbands. The women and elders sought information abo [...] | 2006-06-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ER |
06ASMARA492 | CHINESE COMMERICIAL ACTIVITIES IN ERITREA: GSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PINR CH ER |
06ASMARA534 | President Isaias Excoriates US and "Terrorism [...] (C) In his annual Martyrs' Day speech, President Isaias continued sounding the GSE's public anti-American position. His attacks on the US initiative to resolve the border dispute with Ethiopia have become increasingly public and strident since an early April cabinet meeting. Both indirect and [...] | 2006-06-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR ER |
06ASMARA553 | CONTROLLING THE MARKET, CONTROLLING THE PEOPLE: [...] (C) Summary: Taking its ideological cue from the centralized economies it so admires, the GSE, acting through the Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice, established the Hidri Trust in 1994 with the intent of helping society. Hidri, meaning a promise or pact, is, however, an entity shrouded [...] | 2006-06-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EIND PINR ER |
06ASMARA652 | ERITREANS JUBILANT AFTER ETHIOPIAN BRIGADIER [...] (C) Celebrations continue in Asmara with military and government officials following the defection of Ethiopian Brigadier General Kemal Geltu with a number of troops on August 9. Previously commander of Ethiopia's 18th Army Division, Geltu is an ethnic Oromo who reportedly was denied a recent [...] | 2006-08-11 10:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS ET ER |
06ASMARA690 | PRESIDENT ISAIAS SPEAKS ON BORDER AND ON REGION [...] Summary: In a speech given August 24 to students in the northern Eritrean town of Nakfa, President Isaias continued to blame the US for lack of progress on border demarcation and insisted that Eritrea will find its own solution to the impasse. In his standard diatribe against the Ethiopian TP [...] | 2006-08-25 08:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ER |
06ASMARA691 | DIASPORA MEMBERS HARASSED DURING SUMMER VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Every summer the return of the beles, or prickly pears, to streets and villages of Eritrea also mark the return of the other beles, the Eritrean diaspora. While the GSE welcomes the return of the diaspora, and their foreign currency, by sponsoring festivals and events and having [...] | 2006-08-25 09:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR CASC ER |
06ASMARA694 | ONE REPORTED KILLED DURING WEEKEND ROUNDUPS [...] (C) Throughout the weekend, the Eritrean army conducted sweeping round-ups in Asmara. Witnesses to the round-ups reported as many as 200 soldiers in the central market during prime shopping hours on August 26. Soldiers reportedly went in and out of stores and around the open air market aggre [...] | 2006-08-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ER |
06ASMARA698 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHEBREMESKEL DISCUSSES U.S.- [...] (U) Cable includes an action request for AF/E. See para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Charg d,Affaires met with the Director in the Office of the President Yemane Ghebremeskel on August 28, at his request, to discuss the status of the proposed phone call from Secretary Rice and to reiterate a pro [...] | 2006-08-29 13:29:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ER |
06ASMARA708 | AMERICAN BABY DETAINED FOR FOUR NIGHTS IN ERITREAN [...] (C) On August 31, Poloff received an inquiry from an American citizen father informing post that his two-month old son and the child,s mother, Senait Solomon, an Eritrean citizen were being detained in Dekemhare, about 40km from Asmara. Upon learning of the detention, Poloff contacted the mot [...] | 2006-09-01 15:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR CASC ER |
06ASMARA751 | NIGHTCLUB GOERS ARRESTED DURING ROUNDUPS IN ASMARA [...] (C) Summary: While few would describe Asmara as the dance hotspot of the Horn of Africa, many club goers may have wished they stayed home during the weekend of September 16. Eritrean authorities conducted simultaneous late-night raids in the nightclubs throughout town as part of what appears t [...] | 2006-09-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR ER |
06ASMARA755 | ERITREA PUBLICLY COMMENTS ON ARRESTED UNMEE STAFF [...] (U) On September 23, Eritrean television news (Eri-TV) publicly commented (The GSE did issue public statements in response to the UN public statement.) on the August arrest of an UNMEE volunteer (UNV) staff member under charges of smuggling. The Eri-TV report claims the UNV admitted to smuggli [...] | 2006-09-25 11:13:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PHUM PINR UNSC ER |
06ASMARA757 | EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...] | 2006-09-25 12:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SU ER |
06ASMARA787 | CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EASTERN FRONT: SEEKING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On September 22, Poloff met with the three Eastern Front leaders, Dr. Amna Dirar, Musa Muhammed Ahmed and Salim Al-Mabrouk, to discuss the progress of their GSE-mediated negotiations with the GNU. A final agreement is reportedly close. Concerns about implementation are now becom [...] | 2006-09-29 09:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PINR ER SU |
06ASMARA814 | GSE RELEASES DETAINED UN STAFF TO UNMEE CUSTODY [...] (C) On October 4, the GSE released the UN Volunteer(UNV),held since August 28, to United Missions in Eritrea and Ethiopia(UNMEE) security officers. At this time, UNMEE is conducting its own investigation into the allegations of human smuggling. At an UNMEE briefing for diplomatic heads of m [...] | 2006-10-06 08:48:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM PINR UNSC ER |
06ASMARA829 | EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDING [...] (C) Summary: The Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU) initialed the power sharing agreement on October 9. Only the implementation modalities need to be finalized and these are expected to be resolved by October 13. The Eastern Front successfully secured a significant number o [...] | 2006-10-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
06ASMARA830 | UN SRSG GIVES VIEWS ON ERITREA AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative for the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia Francois Lonseny SIPDIS Fall briefed Emboffs October 5 on his meeting with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki and provided his views on the fluid situation in Somalia. Fall ex [...] | 2006-10-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UNSC PINR KPKO ER SO |
06ASMARA838 | ERITREA'S SUDANESE VENTURE CONTINUES WITH DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Since the visits of Sudanese VP Salva Kiir and a National Congress Party (NCP) delegation in late August, rumors have been circulating about an Eritrean-hosted DPA non-signatories conference. With the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) initiative to host a Darfur meeti [...] | 2006-10-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
06ASMARA856 | EASTERN SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT (ESPA) SIGNED [...] (C) Summary: On October 14, 2006, the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) was signed in Asmara, Eritrea. Senior level officials from the region attended the signing ceremony which was presided over by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir and Suda [...] | 2006-10-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
06ASMARA858 | PRESIDENT ISAIAS SPEAKS AT SIGNING OF ESPA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO PINR SU ER |
06ASMARA861 | ERITREA MOVES TROOPS AND ARMOR INTO THE TSZ [...] (C) On the morning of October 16, the GSE moved troops, tanks and heavy equipment transporters into the Western Sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). UNMEE reported at a meeting of the P5 representatives that approximately 1000 troops with 10 tanks had crossed the TSZ checkpoint at Mael [...] | 2006-10-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPKO UNSC MOPS ER |
06ASMARA866 | ISAIAS: WE COULD WAIT NO LONGER; ERITREA,S TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS PINR UNSC ER |
06ASMARA877 | ERITREA: DETERMINED TO PLAY ON DARFUR MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Only one day after the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA),Eritrea turned its attention to Darfur, meeting a National Congress Party (NCP) delegation led by Presidential Assistant Nafie ali Nafie and NCP Director of Intelligence and Security Saleh Gosh. Reports i [...] | 2006-10-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
06ASMARA885 | ONE KILLED AS ERITREAN INTRUDERS ATTACK UNMEE [...] (C) On October 21 between 20:00 and 21:00, an UNMEE Jordanian soldier shot and killed an Eritrean intruder in the Giega UNMEE camp near Barentu in UN West Sector. The Eritrean, accompanied by two others who managed to escape during the melee, illegally entered the camp by cutting through the [...] | 2006-10-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PGOV KPKO UNSC PINR ER |
06ASMARA888 | ETHNIC AFAR OPPOSITION GROUP CLAIMS ATTACK ON GSE [...] (U) On September 30, individuals claiming to be members of the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization(RSADO) reportedly carried out an attack against an Eritrean naval facility on the island of Haleb a few kilometers offshore from the Eritrean Port of Assab. Post obtained from www.mesel-biherat [...] | 2006-10-26 17:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ER |
06ASMARA933 | ABDULWAHID PLANS DEPARTURE FROM ASMARA AND ASKS [...] (C) Summary: AbdulWahid al-Nur recently has told Emboff he plans to depart Asmara on November 8 for Europe and then Darfur, to meet with his supporters. He proposed tacking on travel to the U.S., requesting USG visa and financial assistance for the trip. AbdulWahid expressed support for the [...] | 2006-11-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
06ASMARA940 | ABDUL SHAFI ALSO CLAIMS HE WILL RETURN TO DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Abdul Shafi plans to depart Asmara on November 12, to arrive in Darfur early next week in order to take part in the SLM military commanders meeting scheduled for November 15. He claims to be in close contact with his commanders as well as Sharif Harir and Khamis Abdalia A [...] | 2006-11-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
06ASMARA956 | GSE SUDAN MEDIATOR OFFERS VIEWS ON POSSIBLE DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Yemane Ghebreab, PFDJ head of Political Affairs and GSE mediator for Sudan, on November 14 to discuss his recent visit to Khartoum, plans for a potential Eritrean mediation on Darfur and the outcome of the Eastern Front consultative conference in Rubda. Ghebr [...] | 2006-11-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
06ASMARA994 | MFA PROTESTS HARSH RECIPROCAL MEASURES AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for the Americas and International Affairs Girma Asmerom called in the Ambassador on November 24 to lodge two official protests. The first complaint concerned the recent notification to the Eritrean Embassy in Washington extending tra [...] | 2006-11-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KREC CVIS ER |
06ASMARA995 | SAWA: A SCHOOL, A TRAINING CAMP AND A DETENTION [...] (C) Summary: On the dusty hot plains of western Gash Barka, in the small village of Sawa, the GSE operates two facilities, the youth campus of Sawa and Forto Sawa. The youth campus of Sawa, commonly called Sawa, provides military training and political indoctrination and academic classes to [...] | 2006-11-27 13:02:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI ER |
06ASTANA27 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIZATION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 30, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on State Secretary Oralbay Abdykarimov, who was recently named to run the new Democratization Commission ("the Commission") as deputy to President Nazarbayev. Abdykarimov, who will undertake the day-to-day operations of the commis [...] | 2006-04-11 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR KZ |
06ASTANA29 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV OUTLINES PLAN TO MAKE KAZAKHSTAN ONE [...] (U) Summary: In his annual state of the nation address delivered on March 1, President Nazarbayev presented his "Strategy for Kazakhstan's being among - the world's 50 most competitive countries." In his introductory statement, he spoke of the key components of his vision: the market economy, [...] | 2006-04-13 07:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EINV ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR |
06ASTANA353 | NEW HEALTH MINISTER CALLS FOR CONTINUED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In his introductory meeting with newly appointed Minister of Health Anatoliy Dernovoy, the Ambassador reaffirmed that close cooperation in the health sector remains an important Embassy priority. Dernovoy reacted positively, stating that he hopes for continued collaboration. De [...] | 2006-10-31 03:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHIV PINR CASC TSPL KZ |
06ASTANA502 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASSURANCES FOR RETURN OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has agreed to the return of three citizens held at Guantanamo, and has provided written assurances regarding human rights and security issues. End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Poloff met with Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov, Head of the MFA's Division of Europe and A [...] | 2006-11-08 02:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ASTANA55 | DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Astana Econoff, together with Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Sergey Kopeyko, delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on July 7. Econoff and Kopeyko jointly expressed hope that Astana will support the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. [...] | 2006-07-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PINR PINS PTER KZ |
06ASTANA795 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION ON RETURN OF DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 5, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the proposed return of three Kazakhstani detainees to Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department. Saginkhanov appeared surprised at the proposed mid-December time frame. Saginkhanov said that he would send the information up t [...] | 2006-12-08 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ASTANA885 | KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF GICNT INFORMATION [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglazov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed reftel information to Kairat Sarzhanov of the MFA's international security section on December 14. 2. (SBU) Sarzhanov indicated that the GOK would carefully consider the proposed plan of work and o [...] | 2006-12-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KGIC MCAP PINS PTER KNNP KZ |
06ASTANA924 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 16, three Kazakhstani detainees were transfered to the custody of Kazakhstan. Poloff and Embassy Astana DAO officer met with Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department at the Almaty international airport to facilitate the transfer. Five individuals who declined to [...] | 2006-12-26 01:37:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ASUNCION1020 | PARAGUAY REJECTS IMMUNITIES FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Ruben Ramirez confirmed October 2 press reports that Paraguay had decided to reject A&T status for U.S. participants in military exercises proposed for 2007. He told the Ambassador that the decision had been made on the basis of legal and political considerations. The Ambass [...] | 2006-10-05 21:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL MASS KICCPUR PTER PINR BR VZ AR PA |
06ASUNCION1023 | PARAGUAY SEEKS TO CLARIFY POSTURE ON IMMUNITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Ramirez told the Ambassador October 6 President Duarte had decided to terminate the extension of immunities to U.S. participants in military exercises after 2006 but conveyed openness to finding a way to continue extending immunities for participants in Medical Readiness Exer [...] | 2006-10-06 19:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KICC PTER PINR VZ BR AR PA |
06ASUNCION1053 | PARAGUAY'S ANTI-DRUG UNIT SEIZES MORE WEAPONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Paraguay's Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) struck again, landing its third major weapons seizure in two months when it raided the Asuncion home and store of a registered arms dealer October 13. SENAD confiscated 195 firearms, C-4 explosives and approximately 8,000 rounds of amm [...] | 2006-10-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1066 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 14 [...] SUMMARY: -- Hunger on the Rise -- Cubas' Mother Appeals for President Bush Support -- Human Rights Court Says GOP Should Pay Victims -- Bank Profits Surge -- Capital Goods Imports Increase -- Defense Spending lowest in Region, Bolivian Concern HUNGER ON THE RISE 2. (U) The Food and A [...] | 2006-10-20 16:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MCAP MARR PINR |
06ASUNCION1087 | PARAGUAY: DRUG LAWYER/COLORADO LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Faustino Villalta, President of the Colorado Party's precinct in Pedro Juan Caballero, was shot and killed October 22 immediately outside his house. Villalta was the defense lawyer of several renowned drug traffickers in the region, bordering Brazil, including Brazilian trafficker Luis C [...] | 2006-10-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PA PGOV PINR SNAR |
06ASUNCION1089 | PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG UNIT SUCCESS NO ACCIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) has taken serious steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs by disrupting important cocaine and marijuana trafficking networks in close cooperation with international law enforcement agencies. The arrests of important d [...] | 2006-10-30 18:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | ASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1092 | PARAGUAY: ARCHBISHOP CUQUEJO OFFERS GLOOMY FORECAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Cuquejo, Asuncion's Archbishop, told the Ambassador that President Duarte no longer enjoys wide support because of his inability to deliver on social issues. Cuquejo predicts a post-2008 Presidency by VP Castiglioni would undertake needed reforms, regardless of opposition from wi [...] | 2006-10-31 13:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1158 | PARAGUAY PERHAPS RETHINKS MILITARY IMMUNITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since officially informing the Embassy in early October that that the Paraguayan government does not intend to renew immunities for US military exercises, domestic criticism of that decision has mounted, spurred by proximity to local elections and concerns re Venezuelan and Boliv [...] | 2006-11-16 18:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KICC PTER PINR BR VZ AR PA |
06ASUNCION1177 | PARAGUAY: THE COLORADO PARTY SCORES MAJOR VICTORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Colorado Party pulled off a major victory over the opposition in Paraguay's November 19 municipal elections, winning over 70 percent of positions up for vote and embarrassing the oft-divided opposition in the process. This victory boosts President Nicanor Duarte's standing w [...] | 2006-11-22 20:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PA |
06ASUNCION119 | (C) PARAGUAY: FM PUBLICLY REJECTS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) On January 31, local press reported that FM Rachid publicly reiterated the GOP's opposition to an Article 98 agreement. In the context of explaining the limited immunity granted to U.S. military personnel entering Paraguayan territory to participate in training and medical exercises, Rach [...] | 2006-02-03 07:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KICC PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1208 | PARAGUAY: 12 CONVICTED FOR CECILIA CUBAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twelve of the 15 individuals charged with the 2004-5 kidnapping and murdering Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former President Raul Cubas, were convicted November 28. Their sentences,released December 1, range from between 10 and 35 years. Several of the defendants have ties to the le [...] | 2006-12-04 21:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KCRM PA CO VE CU |
06ASUNCION1265 | GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 21, 2006, CONSUL MET WITH PARAGUAYAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR, ARSENIO ORUE, WHO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A. (SBU) IMMIGRATION DATABASES: 1) (SBU) WHAT COMPUTERIZED IMMIGRATION DATABASES ARE USED TO TRACK ENTRIES AND EXITS? IS THE IMMIGR [...] | 2006-12-27 20:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PA |
06ASUNCION127 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Duarte and Dominguez Dibb in Tight Race for ANR Presidency -- Ambassador Presents Credentials to President Duarte -- Who Owns the Plane? -- Thousands March to Commemorate the Anniversary of End of Stroessner's Rule ------------------------------------------- [...] | 2006-02-04 16:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1275 | PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENTS' CORRUPTION CASES HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seventeen years into its transition to democracy, respect for the rule of law remains an elusive ideal for the Paraguayan justice system. All three of Paraguay's former Presidents in the post-Stroessner era are in various stages of the legal process for multiple financial crime [...] | 2006-12-29 16:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR PREL PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1279 | PRIEST'S PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSITION PERTURBS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Christmas Day official annoucement by Fernando Lugo, a Catholic priest, that he will run for President of Paraguay in the 2008 elections set off a firestorm of debate within -- and without -- the political establishment over his eligibility, potential support, and prospects. [...] | 2006-12-29 19:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1280 | PRIEST'S PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSITION PERTURBS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Christmas Day official annoucement by Fernando Lugo, a Catholic priest, that he will run for President of Paraguay in the 2008 elections set off a firestorm of debate within -- and without -- the political establishment over his eligibility, potential support, and prospects. [...] | 2006-12-29 19:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM PINR PA |
06ASUNCION148 | PARAGUAY: INFORMATION ON LATIN AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (U) The information that follows responds to INR/I Request for Information C-AL5-01594. Answers are keyed to ref A questions. A. (C) The principal impediment to making the Defense Minister more responsible for oversight of the military is the fact that the Defense Minister is not in the op [...] | 2006-02-09 20:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PA |
06ASUNCION149 | PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ACCUSED OF KILLING [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, an undercover Paraguayan National Police officer was shot and killed by automatic gunfire in an ambush in the Department of Concepcion. The leftist Patria Libre Party (PPL) is accused of the killing in retaliation for the February 5 arrests of several relatives and [...] | 2006-02-09 22:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PGOV ASEC KCRM PA CO CU VE |
06ASUNCION162 | PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH VP CASTIGLIONI [...] (C) During the Ambassador,s February 6 introductory call on Vice President Castiglioni, the VP was eager to establish a productive relationship. Castiglioni raised the election of Evo Morales in Bolivia and said that Bolivia,s future is a source of concern given its proximity and the possibili [...] | 2006-02-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CVIS KCRM PINR BL PA |
06ASUNCION166 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- New President of the Supreme Court Selected -- Surge in Domestic Violence Reported -- Anti-Semitic Graffiti on Rise ------------------------------------------- New President of the Supreme Court Selected ------------------------------------------- 2. On 2 [...] | 2006-02-14 17:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KWMN PA |
06ASUNCION182 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ARRESTS [...] SUMMARY: (S//NF) Police officials transferred the six members of the leftist Patria Libre Party, who were arrested on February 5 in connection to the recent seizure of a truck containing weapons and explosives, to Emboscada High Security Prison. Separately, they discovered letters declaring t [...] | 2006-02-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM |
06ASUNCION183 | PARAGUAY'S INTERNAL ELECTIONS DISPLAY ITS [...] (SBU) Summary: The campaign for the Colorado Party Presidency and membership on its Executive Board has put on prominent display the dysfuncionality of Paraguay's political process. President Duarte is running for the office of Party President despite his original announcement he had no inten [...] | 2006-02-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PA |
06ASUNCION200 | PARAGUAY: DUARTE SCORES HUGE VICTORY IN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Duarte registered a landslide victory over his chief rival, Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb (ODD) in the 2/19 Colorado Party internal elections. This bolsters Duarte's standing within the Colorado Party and reaffirms his stature as the most important political player in the [...] | 2006-02-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PA |
06ASUNCION201 | PARAGUAY: MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS ON ANR [...] (C) In the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of Public Works Jose Alderete, who was also President Duarte's campaign manager for the just concluded ANR internal elections, Alderete said the President's decisive win (with a margin of 31 points) was better than expected and provides Du [...] | 2006-02-22 16:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM ENGR ECON PINR PA |
06ASUNCION209 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: -- Prosecutors Open Investigations on President and Tax Minister -- President Duarte Seeks Proposes Reelection Referendum -- Duarte to Meet with Foreign Leaders --------------------------------------------- ------- Prosecutors Open Investigations on President and Tax Minister [...] | 2006-02-24 14:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
06ASUNCION210 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST ACTIVITY IN CONCEPCION [...] (U) Summary: Patria Libre Party (PPL) militants blamed for the February 6 murder of a policeman in the Department of Concepcion (ref A) reportedly siphoned off funds transferred from bank accounts in Europe to legitimate campesino organizations. Brazilian authorities provided Paraguayan autho [...] | 2006-02-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER PINR PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM |
06ASUNCION218 | PARAGUAY'S INTERIOR MINISTER ON ELECTION, [...] (C) Summary: On 2/27 Interior Minister Rogelio Benitez told Ambassador President Duarte's recent election victory was an historic opportunity to cleanse the Colorado Party (ANR) and pursue Duarte's reform agenda. He highlighted differences between perceptions of insecurity and the reality. H [...] | 2006-02-28 20:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC MARR SNAR CVIS KCRM |
06ASUNCION245 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: -- Agriculture Minister Discusses Priorities -- Police Corruption Alive and Well -- Ambassador Visits Itapua -- Ambassador and Attorney General Discuss Priorities -- Prosecutor Accused of Taking Bribes -- Ambassador and Mayor Seeking U.S. Scholarships ------------------------- [...] | 2006-03-07 19:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION258 | PARAGUAY: CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TESTING PRESIDENT [...] (C) In the Ambassador's introductory call on March 3, Central Bank (BCP) President Monica Perez said that little had changed with respect to the dispute between Perez and the four other BCP Board members (reftels). She said she had accomplished all she could in the current hostile environmen [...] | 2006-03-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN PINR PA |
06ASUNCION264 | COLOMBIAN VP ON FARC AND VENEZUELA IN PARAGUAY [...] (C) Summary: Colombian Vice President Santos visited Paraguay March 2-3 to advance ongoing security cooperation and assistance initiatives with the GOP. The GOC delegation found President Duarte more open to constructive dialogue than in the past, which they attribute to a recent discovery th [...] | 2006-03-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR ENRG PINR PA CO VE EC CH AR |
06ASUNCION266 | PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR AND FM RACHID DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary. On 3/7, the Ambassador stressed to FM Rachid the importance the U.S. places on rapid adoption of anti-money laundering legislation. He reminded her that naming corrupt police officer Aristides Cabral Paraguay's police chief would cause serious damage to our relations, particul [...] | 2006-03-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION270 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- MEDRETE: Providing Care for the Poor -- Paraguay First to Ratify Environmental Accord -- Protesters Block Bridge -- Ex-Multibanco Directors Convicted -- GOP Ends Cuban Doctor Program ------------------------------------ MEDRETE: Providing Care for the Poor ---------------- [...] | 2006-03-13 14:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION295 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- 500 Kilograms of Ephedrine Transited Through Paraguay -- Peasant Protest Against Government -- CDE Blockade Raises Tensions, Part 2 --------------------------------------------- -------- 500 Kilograms of Ephedrine Transited Through Paraguay ---------------------------------- [...] | 2006-03-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION296 | PARAGUAY: COLORADO INTERNAL ELECTIONS CAUSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Duarte's huge victory in the 2/19 Colorado Party elections bolstered his standing within the Party but also engendered resentment among supporters of Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb (ODD) as well as the opposition parties. ODD's supporters insist the election was decided by mas [...] | 2006-03-17 17:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PA |
06ASUNCION325 | PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE SHOPPING FOR [...] (C) On 3/21, Spanish DCM Marta de Blas Mayordomo told PolOff and Colombian PolCouns Raul Sanchez that a lawyer representing the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL),whose military wing has ties to the FARC and was responsible for the 2003 kidnapping and murder of a for [...] | 2006-03-22 21:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PA CO VZ SP |
06ASUNCION330 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- NDF Sidesteps Constitutional Ruling -- Castiglioni View on American Airlines Case -- Congressman Implicated in Disappearance -- Paraguayan Company Linked with Arms-Trafficking ----------------------------------- NDF Sidesteps Constitutional Ruling -------------------------- [...] | 2006-03-24 17:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION348 | PARAGUAY: LARGE, PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION MARKS [...] SUMMARY: March 29, 30,000-40,000 members of the opposition parties, university students, labor unions, and other organizations united to march in opposition to President Duarte. The protesters objected to a Supreme Court ruling, Duarte's brief assumption of the Colorado presidency, and his [...] | 2006-03-30 22:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
06ASUNCION357 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- Russians Arrested in Paraguay -- Partial Oil and Gas Exploration Setback -- New IMF Program Agreed -- Yby Yau Police Officers Put on Leave -- ICE Conducts Course on Bulk Cash Smuggling ------------------------------------- Russian-Israelis Arrested in Paraguay ------------ [...] | 2006-04-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION358 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- Russians Arrested in Paraguay -- Partial Oil and Gas Exploration Setback -- New IMF Program Agreed -- Yby Yau Police Officers Put on Leave -- ICE Conducts Course on Bulk Cash Smuggling ----------------------------- Russians Arrested in Paraguay ---------------------------- [...] | 2006-04-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION371 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 1-7, [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- USTDA Explores Paraguay Projects -- Carlos Slim Sees Opportunity in Paraguay -- Press Alleges Minister Walde Influenced -- MEDRETE Concepcion Ends -- Asuncion Opens Abuse Shelter -- Supreme Court Avoids Ruling Against Duarte -------------------------------- USTDA Explo [...] | 2006-04-10 11:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION392 | PARAGUAY: HATTEM BARAKAT SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, a Paraguayan court sentenced Hattem Barakat to six years in prison on charges of aggravated production and use of documents containing false information. Barakat is the brother of Assad Ahmad Barakat, who was convicted in 2003 of tax evasion and is currently s [...] | 2006-04-12 18:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER KCRM PINR PREL PGOV PA |
06ASUNCION404 | PARAGUAY: LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE SUSPECTED IN [...] (U) Summary: On April 18, a group of 12 heavily armed men and women assaulted a police station in the Department of Concepcion, critically wounding a policeman posted there and burning the police station to the ground. A second policeman identified one of the assailants as the brother of a mem [...] | 2006-04-20 21:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PA |
06ASUNCION432 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Paraguayan ID Duplication Being Purged -- Paraguay Confronts Child Pornography -- Prosecutor Sentenced to Six Years -------------------------------------- Paraguayan ID Duplication Being Purged -------------------------------------- 2. (U) On 4/18, the Superior Electi [...] | 2006-04-26 20:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SNAR PA |
06ASUNCION445 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT REPLACES MILITARY LEADERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23, President Duarte replaced the commanders of the three military services and several other senior military leaders, including Colonel Heriberto Galeano, the controversial Commander of the Presidential Escort Regiment. He did not replace Military Forces Commander Gen [...] | 2006-04-28 12:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM PA |
06ASUNCION446 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: --AMB Meets with Colorado Leadership --UTE Seizes Pirated Goods --Ten Generals Retired, Galeano Delayed --TIP Traffickers Arrested in CDE --OTA Meets with Minister Bergen --President Replaces Agriculture Minister ---------------------------------- AMB Meets with Colorado Lead [...] | 2006-04-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCRM SNAR KWMN SMIG PA SP |
06ASUNCION479 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 30- [...] (U) SUMMARY: --Demonstration on May Day --Patria Libre Members Captured --19 Rescued from Brothel in Spain --Exploiting Children --Taiwanese President Visits Paraguay ------------------------ Demonstration on May Day ------------------------ 2. (U) On 5/1, approximately 5,000 member [...] | 2006-05-08 20:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG TW PA |
06ASUNCION495 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT DUARTE SUPPORTS CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) President Duarte has demonstrated with action his rhetoric supporting economic reform by forcing the resignation of three members of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank (BCP),handing a major victory to Monica Perez, BCP President, in what had been a bitter struggle between her and [...] | 2006-05-10 18:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN PINR PA |
06ASUNCION503 | PARAGUAY'S INCIPIENT INSURGENCY: A KEY MOMENT FOR [...] (C) The involvement of militant members of the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in two high-profile kidnappings (refs D and E),the murders of two policemen (refs C and F),and an assault on a rural police station (ref A) are evidence of a small militant leftist mov [...] | 2006-05-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MASS PA CO VE CU |
06ASUNCION507 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 7-13, [...] SUMMARY: -- Paraguay Signs $35 Million Threshold Program -- VP Hosts Conference on Nuclear Security -- Another Patria Libre Member Captured -- Ambassador Attends Book Fair -------------------------------------------- Paraguay Signs $35 Million Threshold Program ---------------------------- [...] | 2006-05-12 18:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PARM ENRG MCAP MNUC PA |
06ASUNCION536 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 13-19, [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Duarte Visits Vienna, Brussels, and Paris -- Defense Commission Supports US Military Exercises -- Cubas Suspects Seek Refuge in Bolivia ----------------------------------------- Duarte Visits Vienna, Brussels, and Paris ---------------------------------------- [...] | 2006-05-23 18:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
06ASUNCION558 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 20-26, [...] SUMMARY: -- Ex-Prosecutor Convicted of Theft -- Military Holds Human Rights Leadership Meeting -- Congress is Perceived as Most Corrupt in Government -------------------------------- Ex-Prosecutor Convicted of Theft -------------------------------- 2. (U) On 4/20, former prosecutor and [...] | 2006-05-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KWMN KCRM SMIG PA |
06ASUNCION743 | PARAGUAY: BCP PRESIDENT BLOCKING HSBC PURCHASE OF [...] (C) On July 13, Central Bank President Monica Perez sought a meeting with the Ambassador to explain why she was holding up the ongoing attempt by HSBC Group to purchase the local branch of Lloyds TSB. Perez is insisting that HSBC provide a home office guarantee of the local bank,s operations, [...] | 2006-07-18 20:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PA PINR PREL |
06ASUNCION748 | PARAGUAY: HOSTILITIES IN MIDDLE EAST RAISE JEWISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The confrontation of hostilities in the Middle East has raised concerns among the Jewish population and heightened security awareness. On 7/17, the A/POL met with Jack Fleischman, Dr. Enrique Cegla and Ricardo Abraham, member of the B'nai B'rith Paraguay executive committee, to d [...] | 2006-07-21 12:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PTER |
06ASUNCION757 | PARAGUAY: PEACEKEEPING FORCE MAY GET BRAZILIAN [...] (C) On 6/28, Pol Couns learned of the possibility that Brazil would be supporting a team of Paraguayan Peacekeepers for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in Haiti. Post has confirmed that Brazil approved USD 1.7 million for the Paraguayan Military forces. The funds are designated to be used to r [...] | 2006-07-24 18:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PINR MCAP MOPS MARR PA BR |
06ASUNCION766 | PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In a July 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Rachid, the Ambassador expressed concern over Mercosur,s apparent ideological shift. Rachid agreed, and placed great hope that Mexico will join as an associate member to bring needed &responsibility8 to the bloc, although she credited Lula with b [...] | 2006-07-27 16:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PINR MARR PGOV XR VE PA |
06ASUNCION77 | PARAGUAY: THE OPPOSITION'S DEBILITATING [...] (C) Summary: Paraguay's ruling Colorado Party has dominated the country's political system for several decades by means of a political machine that it sustains through patronage and effective control of the Executive, the judiciary, and numerous state-run enterprises. Pervasive corruption, we [...] | 2006-01-23 12:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PA |
06ASUNCION862 | PARAGUAY: DUARTE SHIFTS CABINET AGAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Duarte's Secretary, Carlos Liseras, announced August 21 a Presidential reorganization of the cabinet. Three of Duarte's cabinet ministers are out: Foreign Minister Leila Rachid is replaced by Ruben Ramirez Lezcano; Minister of Industry and Commerce Raul Vera Bogado is r [...] | 2006-08-23 01:21:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR PA |
06ASUNCION872 | (U) WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS [...] (U) ON AUGUST 17, 2006, CONSUL MET WITH PARAGUAYAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR, ARSENIO ORUE, WHO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A. (U) NATIONAL IMMIGRATION DATABASE: 1) (SBU) WHAT COMPUTERIZED IMMIGRATION DATABASES ARE USED TO TRACK ENTRIES AND EXITS? IS THE IMMI [...] | 2006-08-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR CVIS KFRD PINS PTER PA |
06ASUNCION903 | NEW PARAGUAYAN FOREIGN MINISTER GETS DOWN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cason met August 25 with Paraguay,s new Foreign Minister, Ruben Ramirez Lezcano Among the topics were discussed access to U.S. markets, visa reciprocity, Cuban refugees, U.S. military exercises and the upcoming UNGA meeting. President Duarte and FM Ramirez will bot [...] | 2006-09-06 14:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS ECON UNGA ETRD PINR PGOV MARR PY |
06ASUNCION910 | PARAGUAY: CABINET MEMBERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PA |
06ASUNCION931 | PARAGUAY "VALE LA PENA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met August 31 with Paraguay's new Minster of Tourism, Liz Rosanna Cramer Campos. They discussed marketing strategies to attract tourists to Paraguay, American Airlines and the Tourism Law, the problematic airline situation in Paraguay and visas for American citizens. [...] | 2006-09-12 18:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD CVIS PINR PA |
06ASUNCION95 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- GOP and Morocco Sign Agreement to Facilitate Bilateral Investment and Relations -- Preparations for Election Not Easy -- Child Pornography Bill Becomes Law --------------------------------------------- ----------- GOP and Morocco Sign Agreement to Facilitate [...] | 2006-01-30 15:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
06ASUNCION983 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT'S REELECTION OBSESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Duarte's obsession with reelection served as backdrop for the opposition's rejection of several of his significant initiatives before Congress. Neither side is keen on reaching a reconciliation with municipal elections only two months away. Our agenda hangs in the ba [...] | 2006-09-25 20:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON ETRD MARR KCRM SNAR PA |
06ATHENS1582 | GREEK JUSTICE MINISTER REQUESTS TRANSFER OF [...] (U) On June 19, Ambassador received a letter from Greek Justice Minister Anastasis Papaligouras with a copy of a letter to Attorney General Gonzalez (see para 5) requesting that former Embassy Athens communicator and convicted spy Steven Lalas be allowed to serve the remainder of his "supervi [...] | 2006-06-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR GR |
06ATHENS1652 | PAKISTANI EMBASSY CLAIMS GOG COMPLICITY IN HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 16 meeting with Poloffs, Pakistani XXXXXXXXXXXX relayed his concerns that human smuggling could be funding destabilizing separatist, Muslim-extremist, and even terrorist movements in Pakistan, notably in the Balochistan province. His concern is heightened by what he [...] | 2006-06-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PINR PINS PK SMIG SOCI PTER |
06ATHENS1780 | GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR [...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel),Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...] | 2006-07-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
06ATHENS1781 | GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR [...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel),Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...] | 2006-07-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
06ATHENS1804 | IRANIAN FM AND SOCIALIST PARTY LEADERS CONFIRM [...] (C) Poloff contacted Dimitri Droutsas, advisor to George Papandreou (head of opposition PASOK party and President of Socialist International) to follow-up reftel telcon concerning the attendance of Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki at the July 15 Socialist International meeting. Droutsas reporte [...] | 2006-07-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
06ATHENS1821 | GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO [...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...] | 2006-07-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
06ATHENS1852 | IRANIAN FM HEARS UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM GOG AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 14 meeting between Greek PM Karamalis and Iranian FM Motaki, the PM delivered the international community's common position, imploring Iran to accept the P5 plus one nuclear package delivered to Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in early June. Deputy FM Valy [...] | 2006-07-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM IR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR GR |
06ATHENS2031 | ARMS PROCUREMENT PLAN 2006-2010 APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: On July 25, the GoG announced plans to spend an estimated EUR 27 billion for arms procurement over the next decade. The first five-year leg of the program does not include appropriations for a new fighter in an apparent effort by the Karamanlis administration to relieve political [...] | 2006-08-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR |
06AUCKLAND9 | VISAS VIPER: JANUARY MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 18:39:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ |
06BAGHDAD1014 | PRT BAGHDAD: CORRUPTION AND BLACK MARKETEERING [...] (C) During a meeting with PRT representative, Karada District Council (DC) Chairman Mohammed Al- Rubiey commented with concern the high degree of corruption in the fuel distribution sector, notably that of heating oil, cooking oil, and benzene (gasoline),in his district. 2. (C) According [...] | 2006-03-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EPET IZ |
06BAGHDAD1059 | MINISTRY OF OIL "PURGE" ON HOLD FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, ECON Minister Counselor expressed concern to Minister of Oil Heshem al-Hashimi (Fadhila party) that his Ministry was being purged of experienced top-level technocrats on sectarian grounds (i.e. being Sunnis). We were unhappy when Hashimi responded that he would not bl [...] | 2006-04-02 09:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD1137 | SHIA INDEPENDENT MEMBERS DISCUSS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Shia Independents and Council of Representatives (CoR) members Dr. Haider Karim al-Suweidi (no. 8 on List 555 in Babil),Muhammad Izz al-Din al-Khateeb (no. 1 ) Wasit),and Taha De'ra al-Saadi (no. 1 ) Diyala) met with PolOff and PolFSN March 27. In the first part of the meeting, they cri [...] | 2006-04-06 08:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD13 | BAYJI REFINERY FUEL DISTRIBUTION RESTARTED [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of Oil, informed us the Bayji blockade has been broken and trucks loaded and dispatched to Baghdad. He also reported pipeline repairs had been expedited on the energy corridors between Baghdad and Bayji [...] | 2006-01-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1316 | BAGHDAD PC CHAIRMAN PUSHES FOR PROJECTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Chairman Mueen expressed his desire on April 19 to move toward a normalized relationship with the Embassy. He insists, however, on more coordination of local projects and greater respect for the authority of the BPC. He reiterated the continuin [...] | 2006-04-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1368 | YOUNG PUK COR MEMBER CRITICIZES SPEAKER; WARNS OF [...] (C) In an April 24 meeting with PolOffs, Kurdish Alliance and new Council of Representatives (CoR) member Tania Tal'at Muhammad Gilly expressed great disappointment with new CoR Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani's April 22 acceptance speech and his recent comments in the press. Gilly charged that M [...] | 2006-04-26 18:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KWMN IZ |
06BAGHDAD1370 | FADHILA MEMBER ON PARTY'S ASPIRATIONS, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: Fadhila Party parliamentarian Basim Sherif Nsaif al-Hechaimi told PolOff in an April 24 meeting that Abd al-Raheem al-Hasuna will be the next Fadhila Party Secretary General. Al-Hechaimi predicted that al-Hasuna's appointment, along with the addition of former UIA 169 independen [...] | 2006-04-26 20:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT ENRG ECON KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1387 | PRT BAGHDAD: CHINESE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTNG TO [...] (C) During a recent meeting with PRT members, Baghdad Business Center (BBC) Chairwoman Tamather Al-Janabi disclosed that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (CMOC) is interested in opening a branch of the BBC in Shanghai. 2. (C) Tamather said the CMOC will identify and fund office space for th [...] | 2006-04-27 17:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID ENIV IZ CH |
06BAGHDAD1388 | PRT BAGHDAD: COMMENTS BY BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Baghdad Provincial Council(PC) Deputy Chairman Mohan Al-Saidi recently told PRT member that the PC will not begin preparations for provincial and district elections until well after the formation of the Iraqi National Government. Mohan added that the PC does not have an election timeline. [...] | 2006-04-27 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1390 | PRT BAGHDAD: PC DEPUTY CHAIRMAN MOHAN AL-SAIDI ON [...] (C) During a recent conversation with a Baghdad PRT member, Provincial Council (PC) Deputy Chairman Mohan Hashem Al-Saidi said he believes that the Government of Iraq does not have the authority to dictate or choose who can be mayor of Baghdad. Mohan advised that the recent selection of Attiy [...] | 2006-04-27 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1422 | MINDEF DULIME CONVEYS SECURITY CONCERNS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulime called on Ambassador to discuss his concerns with the "terrorist-controlled" highway between Baghdad and Amman and the 8,750 Iraqi security detail personnel currently being paid out of MoD's budget. Dulime also took this opportunity to cauti [...] | 2006-04-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1438 | AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...] | 2006-05-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1441 | CABINET FORMATION AND PM OFFICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In an April 30 meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition independent Sami al-Askari reported that PM-designate Nuri Kamil al-Maliki has named Ahmad al-Saadawi as his private office director. Al-Maliki's inner circle is moving forward with re-organization and expansion plans for the PM [...] | 2006-05-01 22:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1485 | SADR CITY LOCAL LEADERS SAY SISTANI STATEMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 meeting with PolOff, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Ahmed Hassan said the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) would not disband simply because of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's April 27 statement that weapons should only be carried by government for [...] | 2006-05-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1492 | BADR CORPS LEADER AL-AMIRI: DON'T CALL US A MILITIA [...] (C/REL UK) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amiri and Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi said in an April 24 meeting with DCG LTG Robert Fry, MG Rick Lynch, RDML Scott Van Buskirk and PolOffs that the Badr Organization should not be labeled a militia " [...] | 2006-05-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1498 | PRT BAGHDAD: OFFICE OF MARTYR SADR ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) During a conversation with PRT representative, Karada District Council (DC) Chairman Mohammed Al-Rubiey commented that the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) is attempting to take over the distribution of benzene and cooking gas (LPG) at petrol stations in Karada, as well as house-to-house distri [...] | 2006-05-07 04:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER ENRG ECON KCOR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1538 | PORTRAIT OF AN OIL MINISTER-IN-WAITING: DUJAYLI [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 4, the former head of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Dr. Musab al-Dujayli critiqued the slate of candidates for Minister of Oil under the new government. Dujayli said that former Minister of Oil and parliamentarian Thamir Ghadban was "unappointable" [...] | 2006-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1552 | SHAHRISTANI: PORTRAIT OF AN OIL MINISTER-IN-WAITING [...] (S) Summary: Dr. Husayn Shahristani, under consideration by some in the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) to become Oil Minister, shared his ideas for the oil sector with EmbOffs on May 1. Key themes included the needs to attract foreign investment, combat oil smuggling/corruption and increase tr [...] | 2006-05-10 03:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG KCOR PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1570 | ANTI-IRANIAN SHIA CLERICS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad Shia imams Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Mahdi al-Shawki told PolOff in a May 7 meeting that some Iraqi Sunnis accuse Iraqi Shia of being pro-Iranian because of their opposition to the previous regime. According to the imams, many Sunni Arabs equate opposition to Saddam Hussei [...] | 2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1645 | BAGHDAD REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ALLEGES FATWA BY [...] (C) Baghdad Regional Council (BRC) Chairman Khadem Al-Shamary told PRT Baghdad PolOff this afternoon that Abdulhadi Al-Haraji, allegedly a spokesman for Moqtada Al-Sadr, issued a fatwa on 16 May ordering the deaths of Mr. Al-Shamary and the remaining Sunni members of the BRC. According to Mr. [...] | 2006-05-18 03:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1779 | DANISH PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade called on the Ambassador and GEN Casey. Rasmussen reported that the Danish Parliament is expected to vote next week to extend and adjust its military presence in Iraq through July 7, 2007 [...] | 2006-05-29 04:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ DA |
06BAGHDAD1781 | SENIOR IRAQI ATTORNEY DISCUSSES LEGAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mr. Tariq Hareb, a prominent attorney in Baghdad, described to PRT staff his concerns about constitutional and legislative reforms in Iraq on May 20. He also painted a somewhat dismal picture of legal education in Iraq, advocating for more elements of US law to be injected into t [...] | 2006-05-29 04:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1824 | SECTARIAN TENSIONS RUNNING HIGH IN MADA'IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In several meetings with PRT staff over the last three weeks, residents of Mada'in, a predominantly Sunni district in southeast Baghdad, have expressed fears that rising tensions over Shia militia control of fuel stations and an important mosque in the area could provoke a violent [...] | 2006-05-31 03:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1837 | PRT VISITS JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT staff visited a large Iraqi juvenile detention facility in central Baghdad on 22 May. The site visit revealed overcrowding, poor health and environmental conditions, as well as signs of possible abuse. Conversation with the deputy warden indicates that the site is also having [...] | 2006-06-01 00:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1852 | FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN ANTICIPATION OF KARADAH [...] (C) Summary: Over the last three weeks, the Karadah District Advisory Council (DAC) has faced a surge in threats, and targeted killings, which has resulted in the deaths of two council members and has forced the long-standing Karadah DAC chairman to flee the country. Council members have told [...] | 2006-06-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1854 | BIOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND ON BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] The following is a biographic outline of the leadership of the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC),with background information on each of the committee chairs as well as the senior members. Included as available with each entry is biographic information, perceived views of the United States an [...] | 2006-06-02 02:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1971 | AMBASSADOR MEETS PROACTIVE NEW MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his initial meeting with the Ambassador on May 25, newly-appointed Minister of Electricity (MoE) Karim Wahid al-Hasan impressed us as technically very competent and eager to work with the U.S. Wahid doubted whether initiatives on fuel import liberalization (which could improve [...] | 2006-06-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1979 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF OIL, HUSAYN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28, in his first meeting with the Ambassador as Minister of Oil, Husayn al-Shahristani outlined priorities for the oil sector and expressed the need for continued U.S. support. The new Minister also acknowledged the importance of inter-ministerial cooperation -- flagging t [...] | 2006-06-12 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2044 | FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM AND WTO ACCESSION GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Adnan J. Shareefi, Ministry of Trade Chief of Staff, told us June 14 that Trade Minister Al-Sudani would like to reform Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS) by distributing only the most critical food ration items and gradually monetizing the PDS, hopefully starting later this [...] | 2006-06-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2059 | XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY [...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...] | 2006-06-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2065 | MODERATE ISLAMIST CABINET CONTENDER URGES USG TO [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Emboffs, moderate Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) said that the present Sadrist Minister of Transportation, Karim Mahdi Salih, may be forced to resign and that he is a possible candidate to replace him. Dabbagh claimed to be undecided as [...] | 2006-06-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PNAT ECON EAIR ELTN ETRD KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2114 | MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...] | 2006-06-21 02:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL |
06BAGHDAD2115 | SHAHRISTANI PUSHING FOR REFORM IN THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a positive meeting June 16 with Econ staff members, Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani focused on four areas of reform for his Ministry: hydrocarbon legislation, liberalization of fuel imports, improved contracting procedures, and rooting out corruption. His goals, especial [...] | 2006-06-21 04:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON TCOR ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2135 | MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...] | 2006-06-22 02:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL |
06BAGHDAD2169 | SHAHRISTANI PUSHING FOR REFORM IN THE MINISTRY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-24 18:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2204 | MALIKI TAKING SMALL, UNCERTAIN STEPS ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Speckhard and EconCouns, Prime Minister Maliki requested USG expertise and assistance to help combat corruption in Iraq. The new GOI has declared anti-corruption a top priority, but the PM has yet to focus seriously on the issue. Neverth [...] | 2006-06-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2231 | JAPANESE PROPOSES MOVING SLOWLY ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22 with, in a meeting with Charge, Japanese Ambassador Yamaguchi expressed concern about "significant gaps" in the U.S. and U.K approach to the International Compact. Yamaguchi acknowledged that the U.S. sees the fall conference as a major event in "sealing" the compact, [...] | 2006-06-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINR IZ JA UK |
06BAGHDAD2238 | EU TROIKA QUESTIONS URGENCY OF IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and A/DCM Speckhard met June 24 with an EU Troika delegation (participants listed para 10) to discuss EU policy toward Iraq, particularly with regard to the Compact process. The EU delegation expressed the EU's desire that the Compact be more than "just a pledging exer [...] | 2006-06-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PREL PINR IZ EUN IR GCC |
06BAGHDAD225 | NSA RUBAI'E TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT SISTANI HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffuk Rubai'e told the Ambassador that it is not clear who will be Iraq's next Prime Minister. Negotiations on this could last for weeks. Deputy President Adel Abd al-Mehdi and Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari are the cu [...] | 2006-01-27 19:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD2263 | TWO SISTANI STUDENTS COMMENT ON MARJAIYA VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting, Sheikh Ahmed al-Dhahabi and Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi, students of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, told PolOff the political and economic situation in Iraq is steadily improving but more needs to be done to rebuild the country. Al-Dhahabi relayed to PolOff the Marjaiya [...] | 2006-06-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2278 | FUEL PRICE PUBLIC AWARENESS: A STRUGGLE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Embassy efforts beginning in January to help the Iraqis produce public service messages on economic themes have exposed the irregularities inherent in routine commercial dealings here. Over five months, the public awareness campaign has encountered obstacles including a lack of [...] | 2006-06-29 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PINR PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2380 | TRADE MINISTER FIGHTING FOOD SUBSIDY CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Al-Sudani told us on July 3 that he is ready to install electronic tracking systems in the Ministry of Trade's (MoT) trucks and warehouses to fight corruption in the Public Distribution System (PDS). He said he would like Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Econo [...] | 2006-07-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2400 | PRT-BAGHDAD: PROVINCE'S SECURITY COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: PRT Representatives attended the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Security Committee meeting July 2. Discussions centered on the presence of foreign elements and other Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). The committee also discussed concerns about corruption and collusion within Baghdad-base [...] | 2006-07-09 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ |
06BAGHDAD2569 | PRT BAGHDAD: DISPLACED PERSONS STILL A CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with PolOffs July 9, representatives of the 9 Nissan's District Advisory Council (DAC) described the difficulties facing the IDPs in the area, notably lack of assistance by the Iraqi government and the international community. The representatives commented on insecu [...] | 2006-07-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ |
06BAGHDAD262 | SADR CITY WOMEN COMPLAIN OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolOff, three Sadr City women complained about the challenges women face living in Sadr City, including a serious erosion in their legal rights. The women said that that it is difficult for women to be politically active in Sadr City because they can [...] | 2006-01-30 16:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KISL KWMN |
06BAGHDAD2652 | NINAWA: PROVINCIAL IIP DIRECTOR MULLS RUN FOR [...] (C) Ninawa,s Sunni Arab population comprises a majority of the province,s population, but is a distinct minority in the provincial government. Provincial Islamic Party Director Dr. Mohammed Shakir wants to change that by possibly running at the top of his party,s ticket in upcoming provincial [...] | 2006-07-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR PGOV PHUM MARR ECON IZ |
06BAGHDAD274 | BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: THE HEAVY HAND OF [...] (C) Summary: In the year since the January 2005 elections, the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) has fired officials, dissolved councils, seized offices by force, and ignored entire sectors of the province. Sunnis are not represented on the BPC, which is dominated by Sadr City and/or SCIRI r [...] | 2006-01-31 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD2968 | NINEWA: KIU CALLS FOR PLURALISM AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Kurdish Islamic Union (KIU) Director for Mosul Sabah Ali Shareef and KIU/Mosul spokesman Shawkak Al- Sharafani at PRT offices on FOB Marez (Mosul) 10 August 2006. Shareef stressed KIU's commitment to a multiparty political system based on democrac [...] | 2006-08-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ECON PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD300 | (U) QUSHTEPE OFFICIALS COMMENT ON AL TASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation of Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. Ref A covered assistance work at the camp. En route to the [...] | 2006-02-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PINR PINS PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM |
06BAGHDAD315 | FADHILA MEMBERS DISCUSS SOLUTION TO INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 meeting with PolCouns, Fadhila Party members Hassan al-Shamiri and Mohammed Ismael al-Khuzai argued that rebuilding Iraq's economy is key to ending the insurgency. Many insurgents join armed groups because they have no jobs and feel they have no future in the new [...] | 2006-02-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD3287 | PROVINCIAL LEADERS AGREE TO SUPPORT BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: As the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) begins to achieve results in the focus areas, the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) has begun to regain infrastructure reconstruction and economic recovery momentum. At a dinner hosted by the CDA, BPC Chairman Mu,eem al-Khademi, Baghdad Governor [...] | 2006-09-06 06:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ |
06BAGHDAD330 | ABD AL-MAHDI CLAIMS HE IS HIS OWN MAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 3 dinner hosted by Minister of Planning (and senior Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) official) Barham Saleh, Deputy President Adel Abd al-Mahdi told the Ambassador that, if chosen to be Prime Minister, he would not be beholden either to SCIRI head Abd al-Aziz al-H [...] | 2006-02-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM |
06BAGHDAD3300 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN: MOVING FROM CLEAR TO HOLD [...] (C) On September 4, Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) initiatives began in the Yarmouk/Mansour areas of the Al Mansour District. As this new focus area begins the initial cordon and clear phase of the initiative, other focus areas are progressing well in the hold (maintenance of security) and build [...] | 2006-09-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD3332 | BAGHDAD'S DISTRICTS: A PRIMER [...] (U) Baghdad is home to nearly one-fourth of Iraq's 27 million residents, and the city is bisected north-to-south by the Tigris river. Administratively, it has nine urban districts. The following is a primer on those districts. Karadah: Beverly Hills of Baghdad ----------------------------- [...] | 2006-09-08 06:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD3345 | SALAH AD DIN PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BAATH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Salah ad Din Province Vice Governor Abdullah H. M. Ejbarah claims the Baath Party is planning to hold a national convention in Salah ad Din province before the end of the year to begin the party's reintegration into Iraq's political process. The party will expel Saddam to demons [...] | 2006-09-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3399 | BADR CORPS SECGEN VIEWS ON MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT PREL KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3406 | STATUS OF BAGHDAD'S DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCILS [...] (U) Both a city and a province, Baghdad has three principal management entities that administer services and govern the city. The Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) is the major policy creation body, and its responsibilities include planning and financial management. The Amanat operates the ci [...] | 2006-09-13 03:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3424 | BAGHDAD RESIDENTS SUPPORT BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. With Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) initiatives underway in several focus areas throughout the city (reftels),our conversations with both Sunni and Shia local contacts reveal that Baghdad residents are highly supportive of BSP operations and hope to see their expansion. However, th [...] | 2006-09-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD3505 | PRT BAGHDAD: IRAQI POLICE PERCEPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In furtherance of Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) operations, PRT officers visited seven police stations in BSP focus areas in September. Our conversations with senior police officials revealed that police officers believe or want us to believe that BSP focus area residents lack co [...] | 2006-09-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD351 | CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THE SUNNIS: DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up meeting on January 30, 2006, the Ambassador met with Sheikh Khamis Hawaz al-Sidiq, a former Iraqi Army Major General from Hillah and senior Shammar tribal figure. Sidiq criticized the US for depending on expatriate Iraqis when it launched the war, and he defended [...] | 2006-02-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3666 | BAGHDAD'S AL BAYAA POLICE STATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 19 Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officials revisited the Al Bayaa Police Station in Baghdad. Overall conditions at the police station have improved compared to two months ago, but major problems with trash buildup and vehicle maintenance remain. Rec [...] | 2006-10-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER |
06BAGHDAD3792 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN PROGRESS IN MANSOUR DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Civil affairs construction teams and the Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC) have reported signs of success in the two Baghdad Security Plan Special Focus Areas located in the Mansour District. Trash pick up in the Ameriya Focus Area is 65% complete and the neighborhood's res [...] | 2006-10-12 09:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER |
06BAGHDAD3812 | PRIME MINISTER SEEKS ADVISOR'S HELP IN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Mehdi Hafedh, Member of the Council of Representatives (CoR),has been asked by Prime Minister al Maliki to work on accelerating the pace of economic reform. Dr. Hafedh also discussed the investment law and the international compact, considering both good steps forward. End Su [...] | 2006-10-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD383 | NEW SCIRI PARLIAMENTARIANS TALK ABOUT MOI, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 introductory meeting, two newly-elected SCIRI parliamentarians rejected Sunni complaints about MOI abuses and stated that Minister of Interior (SCIRI) Bayan Jabr is doing an excellent job. They added that the Shia Coalition will insist on retaining the MOI in g [...] | 2006-02-08 08:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3946 | PRT TIKRIT: SCENE SETTER FOR SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) INTRODUCTION. Salah ad Din province, best known as Saddam's homeland and the Sunni heartland of Iraq, is struggling to find a new political identity and economic vigor in a free Iraq. Believing themselves to suffer unfairly from assum [...] | 2006-10-21 06:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR EAID IZ |
06BAGHDAD3947 | PRT TIKRIT: WHERE IS THE RECONCILIATION? [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the province's first major episode of sectarian violence, provincial leaders held on October 19 a reconciliation meeting for Sunni and Shia tribal sheikhs, where sectarian violence was strongly denounced by [...] | 2006-10-21 06:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3958 | NINEWA: ASSYRIAN PATRIARCH VISIT AND PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and his primary non-clerical interlocutor in Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Finance and leading Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member Sarkis Aghajan Mamando 'Sarkesi', concur that Assyrian Christians enjoy unprecede [...] | 2006-10-22 08:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL PHUM PREF PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD397 | BADR CORPS TELLS GEN. CASEY IT SUPPORTS HUMAN [...] (C) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amari, Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi, and SCIRI parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al- Fayyad told MNF-I Commanding General Casey and PolCouns in a February 7 meeting that the Badr Organization fully supports human r [...] | 2006-02-09 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ IR |
06BAGHDAD3975 | BAGHDAD,S RASHID DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT Baghdad Iraq Provincial Action Officer (IPAO) met with Rashid District Advisory Council (DAC) Chairman Sabeeh Radhy Kaaby and attended the weekly DAC meeting there on 18 October. Both the Chairman and the broader membership expressed deep frustration over the deteriorating s [...] | 2006-10-23 09:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4023 | BAGHDAD'S KARADA DISTRICT SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 12 PolOff met with Abdulla Amir, Deputy Council Chairman and District Douncil Security Chairman in Karada, a relatively prosperous, predominantly Shia but mixed Baghdad district near the International Zone (IZ). Abdulla told PolOff that Jaish al Mahdi (JAM) militia me [...] | 2006-10-29 05:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER |
06BAGHDAD4042 | PRT TIKRIT INAUGURATION LEADS TO SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. After the Salah ad Din (SaD) PRT's October 12 inauguration ceremony, the Ambassador and MND-North CG Major General Mixon discussed security issues and reconciliation with SaD Governor Hamad Hamood al Shakti, Deputy Governor General Abdullah Al Jbarah, and Provincial Council Chair [...] | 2006-10-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD407 | RAIDS AND RANSOMS: UNIFORMED MEN SPREAD FEAR IN [...] (C) Summary: Residents of Al-Adhamiyah District in Baghdad told Poloff, February 8, that several organized raids had taken place over the past few months in which uniformed men had taken family members from their homes at night. Many of their family members, they said, were ransomed for releas [...] | 2006-02-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4150 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has [...] | 2006-11-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PINS PINR PREL |
06BAGHDAD4218 | NINEWA: SHAMAR CHIEF ON KURD EXPANSIONISM, [...] (C) The predominant Shamar Tribe chief in Ninewa, Ahmad Abdullah al-Yawer, urgently met PRT Team Leader Knight and Multilateral Division North Deputy Commander BG Wiercinski's representative, COL Lull, to express Shamar alarm at Kurd territorial ambitions in Ninewa. A group of subordinate S [...] | 2006-11-13 07:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4256 | MOI BOLANI - MAIN THREAT IS SECTARIANISM; MOI [...] (C/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte stressed the need to quell sectarian violence. Minister Bolani agreed, emphasizing that the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) is reducing abductions and kill [...] | 2006-11-16 03:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS PNAT PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4318 | BAGHDAD INDEPENDENT LOCAL POLITICIANS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent members from eight of Baghdad's nine District Advisory Councils (DACs) told Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) members they are considering establishing a new liberal political party during a roundtable discussion hosted by PRT Baghdad on November 16. The P [...] | 2006-11-22 09:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4323 | STATE MINISTER WAILI TO MEET WITH TURKEY'S PKK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Kamil Sibti al-Waili wants help outfitting his ministry, which focuses on domestic intelligence. He said he was looking forward to meeting Turkey's PKK Envoy during his November 16-17 trip to Ankara with PM Maliki (septel). Waili s [...] | 2006-11-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD4364 | PRT NINEWA: SHIKHAN AND MAKHMUR DISTRICTS ALMOST [...] (C) The Mayor of Shikhan District of Ninewa Province indicates the district would vote to join Dahuk Province and thus the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in a referendum to resolve its status as a 'disputed territory' if given the opportunity. The Shikhan Mayor notes that the District is [...] | 2006-11-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4387 | PM DISCUSSES INTEL CHIEF'S RETURN TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to take steps that would allow Iraqi intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani to return to Iraq without fear of arrest because of an indictment based on debunked charges. MNF-I CG Casey expressed concern with the PM about accelerating the trans [...] | 2006-11-28 21:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4401 | PRT TIKRIT: PERCEPTIONS AND ELECTION PROSPECTS OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Recent Coalition Forces (CF) polling in Salah ad Din's (SAD) major cities revealed that the SaD Governor is seen as incapable and indecisive; the Deputy Governor, effective but dictatorial; and Provincial Council (PC) members, c [...] | 2006-11-29 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4407 | PRT TIKRIT: POWER, CORRUPTION, AND AQIZ IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The disintegration of the social fabric of Salah ad Din (SaD),which started during the Saddam regime, was exacerbated by its fall and the subsequent aftermath, has caused political disarray in the province. With the diminuti [...] | 2006-11-30 05:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PTER KCOR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4408 | PRT TIKRIT: PRO-BAATHIST SHEIKHS FIND ROLE IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. At a joint PRT-SaD Sheikhs Council meeting, provincial tribal sheikhs expressed their frustration with the political process, saying "they could not support a government that does not support them." They blamed the curren [...] | 2006-11-30 05:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4425 | IRAQI PRESIDENT'S LIST OF STEPS FOR IRANIANS TO [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided the Ambassador December 1 with a document that included steps for Iran to take to help restore security and support the government in Iraq. Talabani delivered the list to Iranian leaders during his November 27-29 trip to Teheran. Recommended measu [...] | 2006-12-03 03:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4426 | IRAQI PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS U.S. DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani informed the Ambassador December 1 that Iranian leaders were eager to re-establish a direct dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, during his November 27-29 trip to Iran. Talabani recommended that the U.S. talk to Iran if Iran follows through on a commitment to [...] | 2006-12-03 03:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4502 | ANBAR: LOCAL GOVERMENT PLAYERS WATCH WARILY AS [...] (C) Summary: After a negotiation session brokered at the request of the PM, the Anbar Provincial Council voted in early November to include eight members of the Anbar Salvation Council (ASC) tribal sheikhs organization in the Provincial Council (PC). In this early phase, PC members are wary [...] | 2006-12-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4516 | PRT TIKRIT: POSSIBLE KURDISH MANEUVERING AROUND AL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Recently PRT Tikrit has received several reports of Kurdish attempts to populate with Kurds and garner political support in the area around al Tuz. Separated from the rest of Salah ad Din (SaD) province by the Hamrin mountains, [...] | 2006-12-11 08:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4517 | PRT TIKRIT: THE EFFECT OF DEBAATHIFICATION IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In the Baathist heartland of Salah ad Din (SaD),the effects of de-Baathification and dismantling of the former Iraqi Army are causing SaD Sunnis to resist engagement in the political process. While many SaD residents object to [...] | 2006-12-11 08:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4526 | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON WOMEN ACTIVISTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women activists in Sulaymaniyah provided RRT Off with the following biographical data in meetings on November 11 and 14. Information on the organizations to which the women belong follows and is based on public sources and a meeting with the director of Hataw advocacy group o [...] | 2006-12-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KWMN PGOV PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4604 | PRT TIKRIT: THE POST-SADDAM BA'ATH PARTY: [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Support for the Ba'ath Party remains strong in Salah ad Din (SaD); however, the party's supporters are not a monolith. At the extremes are those actively promoting the insurgency and those willing to engage in the democratic [...] | 2006-12-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4650 | DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART I: THE GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the first in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in reftel. This cable focuses on the Dhi Qar governor. 2. (SBU) Summary: The formal political institutions of Dhi Qar Provinc [...] | 2006-12-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4654 | THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ANBAR: A YEAR-END REVIEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary. The security situation in Anbar is typically described as "deteriorating," and there is little doubt that the enemy is deeply rooted here and ruthlessly pursues its goals. However, AQI is on the defensive. The organization may hav [...] | 2006-12-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4706 | IRAQI DEPUTY NSA,S VIEWS ON SECURITY, ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor Safa expressed his views on a variety of issues to Anbar PRT Poloff. Safa commented on the positive impact of increased U.S. troop presence, his interpretation of the evolving securit [...] | 2006-12-26 07:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4734 | ACTIVITIES OF NORWEGIAN OIL COMPANY SUBSIDIARY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The General Manager of the oil company "DNO Iraq AS" told RRT Off that DNO Iraq AS completed a number of seismic studies in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region between May and October 2006. He forecast a robust first quarter of oil production and an ambitious plan to build 18 wells in 20 [...] | 2006-12-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EFIN IZ PINR |
06BAGHDAD476 | FORMER OIL MINISTER GHADBAN ON OIL SECTOR'S FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member and former Minister of Oil Thamar Ghadban said on February 12 that he and others in the GOI have concerns over potential corruption and improper activities at the Ministry of Oil by Fadhila party members since they took over the Ministry [...] | 2006-02-15 18:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4776 | IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4777 | IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...] | 2006-12-30 01:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4791 | DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART II: FADILA PARTY; [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the second in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in ref B. This cable focuses on the Fadila party. 2. (C) Summary: Fadhila was founded and is led today by Ayatollah Mohamme [...] | 2006-12-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD48 | OIL SECTOR IN CENTER OF CONFLICT [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of both Oil and Finance, hosted a status review January 4 of energy infrastructure protection. Fuel convoys were reported to be delivering fuel to Baghdad. The convoys had been attacked multiple times [...] | 2006-01-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR EFIN IZ PO TU |
06BAGHDAD480 | RE-ELECTED INDEPENDENT SHIA ISLAMIST [...] (C) At a February 14 introductory meeting, Hassan Radi Khadim al-Sari, leader of the Hezbollah Movement of Iraq Party, repeatedly railed against the Embassy for reaching out to Sunni "terrorists" and for ignoring the Shia. He said the U.S.-Shia relationship used to be a partnership, but that [...] | 2006-02-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD510 | DECLARED SHIA INDEPENDENT WORRIES ABOUT FRACTIOUS [...] (C) At a February 16 introductory meeting, independent Shia Coalition member Shatha Mosa Sadiq al-Mousawi expressed her strong resentment toward the Embassy for reaching out to Ayad Allawi and Sunni "Ba'thists" and for "ignoring" the Shia. She warned that public perception about Americans is [...] | 2006-02-17 20:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINR KWMN IZ |
06BAGHDAD551 | MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS LOSING ITS DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Minister of Human Rights Aida Ossairan told PolOff February 16 that she will leave the Ministry within the next two weeks to focus on her new role as a Council of Representatives member. In that capacity, she said, she will seek to head up the Human Rights Committee. Ossair [...] | 2006-02-21 19:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD573 | PATRIARCH DELLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly told PolOff that conditions for his community were getting worse. He expressed concern about human rights, religious freedom and political representation for Chaldean Catholics in Iraq. He noted that Christians elected to the [...] | 2006-02-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD584 | SISTANI RELATIVE COMMENTS ON SAMARRA ATTACK [...] (S) Summary: Sayed Emad Kelanter (strictly protect),who is related by marriage to both Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr, told PolOff in a February 23 meeting that Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim successfully pressured Grand Ayatollah Sistani into inserting tougher langu [...] | 2006-02-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD597 | FEBRUARY 23 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 21:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
06BAGHDAD628 | NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES 24-POINT [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari called a Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting on February 26 with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Patey, senior MNF-I officers, and top Iraqi national security staff to continue addressing the February 22 bombing of the Go [...] | 2006-02-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS KJUS PINR PREL PGOV UK |
06BAGHDAD643 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Turkey's Iraq Coordinator, Amb. Oguz Celikkol, visited Baghdad February 24-25 where he met separately with Pres. Talabani, PM Jaafari and the Ambassador. Topics discussed were the Golden Mosque bombing, Sadrists, Iranian influence, formation of the Iraqi government, Kur [...] | 2006-02-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
06BAGHDAD646 | IRAQ,S EFFECTIVE SECURITY RESPONSE TO THE GOLDEN [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: The GOI's national security apparatus and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),supported by the U.S. and UK embassies and MNF-I, performed well in most areas of Iraq that experienced sectarian violence following the February 22 bombing in Samarra. The GOI's tactics were mos [...] | 2006-02-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
06BAGHDAD648 | FADHILA PARTY MEMBER WARNS SHIA ANGER MAY NOT BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 27 phone conversation with PolFSN, Fadhila Parliamentarian Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that Ayatollah Mohammed al-Yaqubi thinks Shia anger will be difficult to contain if another attack of the magnitude of the Samarra February 22 bombing occurs. Al-Kusai said rece [...] | 2006-02-28 20:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PTER IZ KISL |
06BAGHDAD649 | BIO OF NEW IRAQI MINISTRY OF INTERIOR INSPECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 2, 2006, Aqil Said was appointed as the new Inspector General (IG) for the Ministry of Interior (MOI). He told us that he had lived in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Denmark . Members of the IG staff claim that Said is likely to be a puppet of the Minister of Interior, b [...] | 2006-03-01 08:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD662 | COLLABORATION AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN MOI AND [...] (C/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Recent high-profile encounters between the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlight the friction that exists between the two security ministries. Although there also has been cooperation in some areas, there have been several incidents in wh [...] | 2006-03-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
06BAGHDAD71 | SUNNI OUTREACH: AMB CONVEYS U.S. VISION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, Ambassador Khalilzad outlined suggested principles for the new Iraqi government during meetings with two Sunni sheikhs recommended to the Ambassador by Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Ambassador underlined the SIPDIS [...] | 2006-01-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD725 | UPDATE ON CONVENING OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) President Talabani convened a meeting of political party leaders March 7 to break the standoff over when to hold the first session of the Council of Representatives. That meeting was still in session at 1530 hrs local time. 2. (C) TNA Speaker Dr. Hajim al-Hasani (as he was heading for t [...] | 2006-03-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD736 | LONE YEZIDI PARLIAMENTARIAN CRITICIZES KURDISH [...] (C) New Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Yezidi Movement for Progress and Movement President Amin Farhan al-Marwani told PolOffs that the Kurds "stand against" the Yezidis because the Yezidis refuse to adopt Kurdish identity and insist on keeping their own. He claimed most of the Y [...] | 2006-03-07 19:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD745 | MINISTRY OF OIL OFFICIAL -- LACK OF SECURITY IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr Radwan Al-Sa'adi (Please protect),a Director General at the Ministry of Oil, confirmed that lack of security reduced both oil exports and investment. Lack of constitutional clarity also inhibited upstream investment. Nevertheless, he said Iraq has 12 draft contracts with f [...] | 2006-03-08 14:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET IZ KCOR PINR |
06BAGHDAD759 | PM JAFARI APPROVES AMBASSADORIAL ASSIGNMENTS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD767 | PST BAGHDAD: COUNCIL VOTES TO REPLACE [...] Sadr City District Council Chairman Hassan Husain Shama was replaced by Vice Chairman Jawad Kadhim Mansi at a regular session of the Council on March 9. The vote tally favoring Jawad was 22 to 15. Hassan served as chairman for the past two years, which called for personal courage: his prede [...] | 2006-03-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD778 | SHIA INDEPENDENT STILL FEARS SUNNI PERSECUTION [...] (C) In a March 5 introductory meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition Independent and re-elected Council of Representatives member Shaikh Khalid Abathar Atiyyah said that security for Iraq can only be attained through "inclusion" of the Shia. Atiyyah expressed his concern about the fear among th [...] | 2006-03-10 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD789 | PST BAGHDAD: KARADA DISTRICT COUNCIL CHAIRMAN [...] Karada District Council Chairman Mohammed Jassim Al-Rubiey told a PST team member on March 11 that on that day and for the first time a Baghdad District Council chairman, namely himself, conducted a radio "town hall meeting" with the public to discuss local issues. 2. Al-Rubiey said he r [...] | 2006-03-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SCUL IZ |
06BAGHDAD812 | MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ - [...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...] | 2006-03-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD823 | FEMALE SHIA COALITION SAY THEY DEFER TO 555 [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with PolOffs, two female Shia Coalition parliamentarians declined to engage in discussion about Ibrahim Jafari's struggle to hang on to the PM nomination. Re-elected Council of Representatives member Iman Khalil Sha'lan al-Assadi said that the decision about the PM no [...] | 2006-03-14 19:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KWMN IZ |
06BAGHDAD840 | PST BAGHDAD: SUPREME COUNCIL FOR THE ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Over the past several months the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and its subsidiary, the Badr Organization, have consolidated power at the Baghdad provincial level by acquiring the Provincial Council (PC) chairmanship and other key governorate position [...] | 2006-03-15 18:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD851 | PST BAGHDAD: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) On March 14 Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Mueen Hameed and the Chairman of the PC's Security Committee and its committee members met at the office of Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Mowaffuk Al-Rubaie in the International Zone to seek greater cooperation between the PC and [...] | 2006-03-16 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD888 | PST BAGHDAD: SADR CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL [...] The Sadr City District Council (DC) in the last 3 months has established a Finance and Accounting Committee. The committee is modeled after guidelines given to it by the U.S. Military. The committee has three staff members. 2. This DC subcommittee is using a computer accounting system al [...] | 2006-03-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD891 | PST BAGHDAD: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTION OF A NEW [...] (SBU) During a 15 March meeting of the Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) at Amanat (city hall) Baghdad, the PC voted Iraqi Army Colonel Jassim al-Jizany the new Baghdad Chief of Police. The Governor of Baghdad, Hussein Al-Tahan, attended the meeting, which was open to Iraqi media outlets. 2. [...] | 2006-03-19 17:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD892 | PRT BAGHDAD: QADA COUNCIL LEADERSHIP BELIEVES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-19 18:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD893 | PRT BAGHDAD: BIOGRAPHIC NOTE ON BAGHDAD [...] (U) In late December 2005, the Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) elected Mohan Hashem Al-Saidi to replace Mueen Hameed as the Deputy Chairman of the PC. Mueen replaced Mazin Makiya as the council's chairman. 2. (C) Mohan is a member of the National Independent Cadre of Elites, a Sadrist, and [...] | 2006-03-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD896 | SADR CITY OFFICIAL WANTS JAYSH AL-MAHDI TO SECURE [...] (C) In a March 14 conversation with PolOff, the supervisor of the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) General Information Center (GIC),Nsaif Jassim, told PolOff that Coalition Forces (CF) need to "take care" of Iraq's militia problem. This will demonstrate that CF are serious about bui [...] | 2006-03-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD911 | DAWA HARDLINER INSISTS DEEP-SEATED FEAR OF FORMER [...] (C) Summary. In a March 15 meeting with PolOffs, re- elected Dawa Council of Representative (CoR) member Kamal Abdullah Khallawi al-Saidi expressed only guarded support for Prime Minister Jafari to remain as PM, admitting that Jafari is not the most competent politician. He doubted anyone els [...] | 2006-03-20 11:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD93 | BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL (BPC) CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 08 PolOff discussed the new Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) initiative with Mu'een Hameed, the new Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Chairman. Mu'een supports the initiative and is eager to work with the PRT. The Chairman also commented on the termination of Baghda [...] | 2006-01-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD984 | IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY [...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...] | 2006-03-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
06BAKU1001 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's July 7 introductory call, Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev stressed that the U.S.-Azerbaijani relationship is both strategic and special and that U.S. assistance has allowed Azerbaijan to integrate closer with the West. The Minister was p [...] | 2006-07-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PINR AM AJ |
06BAKU1163 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 31 roundtable meeting, nine of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan's elections in 2003 and 2005 were not free and fair, citing bias in the composition of the election commissions as part of the problem. The NGO leaders stressed [...] | 2006-08-08 10:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1182 | AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION EDITOR DETAINED, REPORTEDLY [...] (SBU) On August 9, Shahin Agabayli, the editor of a small opposition newspaper, was detained, apparently to compel his appearance in court. Agabayli had failed to appear in court to defend libel charges brought against his paper, Milli Yol, by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Embassy sou [...] | 2006-08-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU1189 | PARLIAMENT'S INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MPS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals for changes to the number required for a faction in Azerbaijan's Parliament are on the horizon. Under the Azerbaijani Parliament's internal regulations, a party or faction must have 25 Members of Parliament (MPs) in order to originate draft legislation. A faction is [...] | 2006-08-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
06BAKU1193 | BP AND STATOIL UPDATE EUR DAS BRYZA ON CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) In an August 1 meeting, executives from BP and Statoil briefed EUR DAS Bryza on current prospects for increasing Caspian gas exports to European markets. BP and Statoil reported that delays in completion of the Turkish segment of the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) will force diversion of [...] | 2006-08-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL PINR RU GG AJ |
06BAKU1215 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) In recent statements - notably on widely watched independent ANS Television - outspoken Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani repeatedly accused Israel of using excessive force and criticized the United States for its support of this "injustice" in the conflict between Israel a [...] | 2006-08-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ PREL IS LE KPAO |
06BAKU1266 | AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION POLITICIAN TAKES ON ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Leader of the opposition Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) Etibar Mammadov plans to raise awareness of the plight of Iran's ethnic Azeri community. With hopes of raising the issue on both the national and international levels, Mammadov will hold an international confe [...] | 2006-08-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
06BAKU1270 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV RALLIES HIS [...] (SBU): Summary: The GOAJ hosted its second Chiefs of Mission conference with more than 40 Ambassadors meeting in Baku the week of August 14. President Aliyev encouraged the diplomats to remain flexible and reactive to processes and events taking place in and around Azerbaijan. Aliyev also ca [...] | 2006-08-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AJ AM |
06BAKU1272 | FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA PLANS U.S. VISIT THIS [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (SBU) During an August 28 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva said that neither she nor President Aliyev will travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. She said that President Aliyev has other commi [...] | 2006-08-29 03:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO SCUL AJ |
06BAKU1274 | BP QUIETLY LAUNCHES MACROECONOMIC MODELING UNIT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP has quietly launched an intensive effort to help the Government of Azerbaijan better manage its anticipated billions of dollars in energy revenue. After years of discussions, the GOAJ agreed to place a BP-funded macroeconomic modeling unit at the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ). BP hop [...] | 2006-08-29 04:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU1315 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REQUESTS ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadayarov told the Ambassador on September 7 that it would be an "honor and a privilege" for Azerbaijan to participate in the roundtable with President Bush on Natural Resources and Social Developm [...] | 2006-09-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SENV UNGA AJ |
06BAKU1327 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's August 28 courtesy call on Minister of Emergency Situations Kammaladdin Heydarov, Heydarov explained the difficulty of coordinating the various formerly independent agencies that were brought together to form the MES eight months ago. He requested help with [...] | 2006-09-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR KFLU PGOV PREL TBIO PINR AJ |
06BAKU1343 | AZERBAIJAN: FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister (and former Azerbaijan Ambassador to the U.S.) Hafiz Pashayev, who is assisting First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva in planning her trip to the U.S. this fall/winter, told the Ambassador that the trip will have [...] | 2006-09-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO SCUL AJ |
06BAKU1372 | NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SOUTH AZERBAIJAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The National Movement of South Azerbaijan held its first-ever forum in Baku on 12 September to draw international attention to the plight of Iran's ethnic Azeris. Under the leadership of Etibar Mammadov, an Azerbaijani opposition politician (reftel),the movement is made up of r [...] | 2006-09-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
06BAKU1405 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14 Ambassador Derse hosted the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group, a group consisting of representatives from the diplomatic community and international financial institutions. The group discussed the current macroeconomic environment, the challenges faci [...] | 2006-09-26 09:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU1471 | NAKHCHIVAN - UNDERGROUND IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conventional wisdom, especially as articulated by GOAJ officials, is that Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is completely isolated and dependent upon Iran for its economic livelihood (reftel). A recent visit to Nakhchivan revealed less official rhetoric about Nakhchiva [...] | 2006-10-11 04:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ |
06BAKU1473 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...] | 2006-10-11 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ |
06BAKU1475 | AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: During her September 28 introductory call on Customs Committee Chairman Aydin Aliyev, the Ambassador reviewed Customs' critical role in Azerbaijan's economic development and its important role in WTO, emphasizing that WTO membership sends a strong positive signal to U.S. business [...] | 2006-10-11 05:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC ECON PGOV PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU1530 | NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: In a 12 October call on Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran and sought support for a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. DFM Khalafov, responsible for Azerbaijan's Iran policy and ser [...] | 2006-10-20 05:49:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM PINR KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM IR AJ |
06BAKU1533 | NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: During his 12 October call on President Aliyev, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged Azerbaijan to support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Reviewing recent U.S. efforts to counter the Iranian nuclear threat, PDAS Je [...] | 2006-10-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU154 | AZERBAIJAN: MINISTRIES OF CULTURE AND SPORTS, YOUTH, [...] (U) On January 30, President Aliyev issued a decree to establish two new ministries out of two established ministries. The Ministry of Sports, Youth, and Tourism has now become simply the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The Ministry of Culture is now the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT). [...] | 2006-02-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SCUL KPAO RU AJ |
06BAKU157 | RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IVANOV'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a January 24-26 visit to Azerbaijan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov made a highly publicized offer to sell arms to Azerbaijan, a move President Aliyev interpreted as indicative of a sea-change in Russia's relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia. Recounting his discu [...] | 2006-02-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR RU AR AJ |
06BAKU1677 | LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST GOAJ FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE [...] (C) Political analyst (as well as former Parliamentary candidate and former Embassy Baku FSN) Ilgar Mammadov, through his lawyer, filed a lawsuit November 15 against the GOAJ for failure to disclose information on roll-call votes in Parliament. Mammadov's lawsuit is based on Article 25 of the [...] | 2006-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
06BAKU1700 | AZERBAIJANI "ANTI-ISLAM" ARTICLE PROVOKES REACTION [...] (C) Summary: On November 9, a little known Azerbaijani newspaper, Sanat, published an article described as "anti-Islamic" in conservative religious quarters. The article provoked a shrill if short-lived reaction in both Azerbaijan and Iran. In Nardaran, a village near Baku known for its reli [...] | 2006-11-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KISL IR AJ |
06BAKU1810 | AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a lively December 6 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, six of Azerbaijan's most respected foreign policy analysts argued that Azerbaijan's difficult geographical position forces it to have a cautious foreign policy to balance the divergent foreign influences. They also noted th [...] | 2006-12-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR KDEM PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1835 | GOAJ INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT USG POLICY [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev stated to the Ambassador that the USG and international community's policy towards Iran has "failed," that Iran is "confident, comfortable, and unconstrained," that he "does not understand USG policy on Iran" and, consequently, Azerbaijan's policy must be to "mi [...] | 2006-12-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PBTS PREL MARR AJ IR |
06BAKU1857 | TREASURY VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN - THE IRANIAN THREAT [...] (C) Summary: During a 16-18 November visit by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes, GOAJ officials from the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Presidential Apparat reviewed Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism finance inf [...] | 2006-12-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ |
06BAKU196 | PRESIDENT FIRES ONE MORE MINISTER, APPOINTS TWO [...] (U) On February 7 President Ilham Aliyev dismissed Minister of Labor and Social Protection Ali Naghiyev and replaced him with Fizuli Alakbarov, former head of Improtex travel agency. Additionally, the President assigned Azad Rahimov, former head of a furniture import firm, as the new Minister [...] | 2006-02-10 04:11:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU217 | NEW MINISTER OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary: During a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaleddin Heydarov outlined broad functions for his new ministry, ranging from civil defense to pipeline security and some counterterrorism functions. Heydarov said the new minis [...] | 2006-02-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EPET PTER PINR KFLU AJ |
06BAKU256 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT, SHEIKH UL ISLAM MEET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his private session with the leadership of the visiting Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on February 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed disappointment with the outcome of his talks in Paris with President Kocharian over the [...] | 2006-02-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KISL IS IR AJ |
06BAKU317 | AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS PLANS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate mid-February meetings with Ambassador, three prominent opposition leaders discussed their plans for party development and election strategies this year. While Ali Kerimli's Popular Front has reconstituted the Azadliq Bloc as a political bloc (without Musavat) an [...] | 2006-02-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM ASEC PGOV PREL PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU323 | SIGNS OF LIFE IN AZERBAIJAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On February 27, Ambassador called on new Deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alasgarov (reftel). Alasgarov is a new MP who has been elected by the 41 independents in Parliament to serve as their focal point. Alasgarov appeared overwhelmed at the numerous balls he has been assigned to ju [...] | 2006-03-01 07:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV EAID PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU362 | PRESIDENT'S DECREE GIVES GREATER POWERS TO NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 27, President Aliyev issued a decree detailing the activities the new Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) will undertake. In addition to the broad responsibilities outlined by the decree establishing the Ministry (ref b),the new decree called for: creation of a mi [...] | 2006-03-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ASEC KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
06BAKU383 | NEW AZERBAIJANI YOUTH MINISTER A RARE BREATH OF [...] (SBU) Recently appointed Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov told the Ambassador March 6 that he was eager to engage on youth development issues. An affluent entrepreneur in his early forties, Rahimov said he worked closely with several of Azerbaijan's current leaders, including President [...] | 2006-03-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV AJ |
06BAKU411 | ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING AZERBAIJANI STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ilham Aliyev is the lead economic and political decision-maker in Azeraijan. Aliyev, however, makes most economic polcy decisions relying upon a small close group ofbusiness contacts and trusted government ministers. High-level economic decision-making in Azerbaijan re [...] | 2006-03-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU433 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, IRAN, ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Azerbaijan's civil society leaders, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed democratization, Iran, and Islamic extremism. Many civil society leaders noted a disengagement from politics by the population after the November elections failed to meet their high expectations. W [...] | 2006-03-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR KISL AJ IR |
06BAKU529 | AZERBAIJAN'S DEPUTY SPEAKER INTRANSIGENT ON [...] (C) On March 30 PolEcon Counselor called on First Deputy Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov to discuss plans for parliamentary reform and his legislative priorities. However, Asgarov chose to devote the meeting to a lengthy soliloquy on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and why the international community h [...] | 2006-04-06 06:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR MARR AJ |
06BAKU538 | AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION REMAINS FOCUSED ON 2005 [...] (SBU) On April 3, EUR DAS Matt Bryza held a roundtable meeting with Azadliq Bloc leaders Ali Kerimli, Lala Shovket, and Sardar Jalaloglu along with Musavat chairman Isa Gambar. Almost to the exclusion of any other topic, the Azadliq bloc leaders clearly remained focused on the November 2005 pa [...] | 2006-04-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PINR PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU585 | AZERBAIJAN'S POPULAR FRONT PARTY CHAIRMAN URGES [...] (SBU) During an April 10 farewell call on Popular Front Party (PFP) Chairman Ali Kerimli, Ambassador reiterated USG plans for encouraging further democratic development in Azerbaijan and urged Kerimli (whose party is not participating in the May rerun elections) to remain engaged in the proces [...] | 2006-04-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU602 | AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev dismissed April 18 Finance Minister Avaz Alakbarov and appointed Oil Fund Executive Director Samir Sharifov as the new Finance Minister. A successor for Sharifov at the critically important Oil Fund was not announced, leaving a key institution w [...] | 2006-04-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU624 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging discussion on the eve of Ambassador's departure from post, Azerbaijan Energy Minister Natik Aliyev argued for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline bringing natural gas from both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through Azerbaijan to European markets. Aliyev also expressed mi [...] | 2006-04-24 04:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ PGOV EPET KZ PINR PREL TX |
06BAKU641 | IRANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS BAKU [...] (U) Iranian Defense Minister Mustafa Najjar visited Azerbaijan April 19-20 and met with President Ilham Aliyev, Defense Minister Safar Abiyev, Chairman of the Parliament Oktay Asadov and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov The local press reported that Najjar's meeting with President Aliyev f [...] | 2006-04-27 02:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET AJ IR |
06BAKU661 | THE IRANIANS ARE COMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to rumors, press reports and Azerbaijani government officials, an increasing number of Iranians are moving to Azerbaijan and buying property here. Most -- but not all -- of these Iranians are ethnic Azeris. Although some portray this as nothing more than Iranians tryin [...] | 2006-05-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET AJ IR |
06BAKU684 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV "VERY SATISFIED" WITH VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, President Aliyev said he was "very satisfied" with his U.S. visit, especially his meeting with President Bush. The comprehensive agenda reflected the "real partnership" between the U.S and Azerbaijan, and laid the groundwork for an expanded relationship. He [...] | 2006-05-05 17:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD EPET KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU685 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV "VERY SATISFIED" WITH VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, President Aliyev said he was "very satisfied" with his U.S. visit, especially his meeting with President Bush. The comprehensive agenda reflected the "real partnership" between the U.S and Azerbaijan, and laid the groundwork for an expanded relationship. He [...] | 2006-05-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU715 | MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS MORE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and Charge met May 4 with Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev. Babayev expressed a strong interest in purchasing U.S. products and having more U.S. products, [...] | 2006-05-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU724 | AZERBAIJAN: NATIONAL BANK DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan announced May 15 the appointment of Shahmar Movsumov as Executive Director of the critically important State Oil Fund. Movsumov succeeds Samir Sharifov, who was named Minister of Finance on April 18. Movsumov, a close Embassy contact, speaks excellen [...] | 2006-05-18 03:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU725 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD FULL OF BRAVADO AT [...] (C) Azerbaijan's Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov told A/DCM that Iranian President Ahmadinejad was full of bravado at the May 5 Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Baku (ref). In informal conversations with other regional leaders before the ECO meeting, Ahma [...] | 2006-05-18 06:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU731 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting DCM paid a courtesy call on Presidential Economic Counselor Vahid Akhundov May 15 to discuss economic and financial developments in Azerbaijan. Akhundov, in his current position since the early 1990s, discussed the Government of Azerbaijan's efforts to manage its oil revenu [...] | 2006-05-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU734 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO ATTEND KIEV GUAM SUMMIT; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev will attend the GUAM Summit in Kiev, according to his foreign policy advisor, Novruz Mammadov. Mammadov believes Ukraine will use the summit to stake out a leadership role in the region. Russia, he believes, sees GUAM as a rival to the CIS and will try to lever [...] | 2006-05-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS ECIN AJ GG UP MD |
06BAKU762 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON ETHNIC AZERI [...] (U) The ongoing demonstrations by ethnic Azeris in Iran and reports of more police violence, deaths, and arrests continue to generate headlines and intense interest in Azerbaijan (ref a). Iranian Ambassador Afshar Suleymani (an ethnic Azeri himself) held a press conference on May 24 in which [...] | 2006-05-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU782 | PROTESTS IN IRAN CONTINUE TO MAKE NEWS IN [...] (U) The protests by Azeri-Iranians in northern Iran continue to supply a steady diet of news stories to an interested readership in Azerbaijan. The TURAN news agency cites unnamed Iranian sources to the effect that "tens of thousands" participated in a major protest in the Iranian city of Par [...] | 2006-05-30 12:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR ASEC IR AJ |
06BAKU803 | TURKS, OPPOSITION PARTIES ON AZERI-IRANIAN [...] (C) Emboff met with Turkish DCM Erhan Ozoral on May 31 to discuss the Azeri-Iranian demonstrations in Iran. Ambassador Morali was Turkey's Ambassador to Iran before coming to Azerbaijan, and Turkey has consulates in Tabriz and Urmiya. Morali had told Charge May 26 that the Turkish consulates in [...] | 2006-06-01 13:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU811 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S REPUBLIC DAY ADDRESS NOTES [...] (U) Summary: In his May 26 Republic Day address President Aliyev underscored that the booming economy would positively impact the life of ordinary citizens as the GOAJ forcefully addressed the country's socio-economic problems. Aliyev made similar remarks to the nation May 29 when oil from the [...] | 2006-06-02 06:54:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU828 | EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD ATTENDS FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from McDermott Caspian Construction, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Statoil and BP participated in the Charge's Energy Forum with Frank Mermoud on May 4. Many pointed out that while they want to do further projects in Azerbaijan, working levels of the GOAJ and SOCAR [...] | 2006-06-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ KZ |
06BAKU829 | EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4, EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud and Charge met with Natik Aliyev, Minister of Energy and Industry. Aliyev discussed the importance of BTC expansion and progress on the BTC and SCP energy export projects. On the domestic side, he said that Turkish energy di [...] | 2006-06-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU858 | EUR DAS BRYZA AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 6 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as energy supplier, its regional relations and Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev expressed strong and unambiguous support for the U.S. "Southern Corridor" Strategy to help Europe di [...] | 2006-06-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM |
06BAKU996 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's introductory calls, executives from BP and other international energy companies operating in Azerbaijan painted a complex picture of fragmented leadership within Azerbaijan's energy sector, indecision within the GOAJ over whether to move forward on new energy p [...] | 2006-07-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PINR RU AJ |
06BAMAKO1154 | EXCLUDED FROM ELECTORAL COMMISSION, IBK'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PARM ML |
06BAMAKO1237 | MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1243 | SECOND TUAREG - GSPC BATTLE PLACES ALGIERS ACCORDS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 07:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1244 | TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 08:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1348 | MINISTER KONE REVISES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1359 | MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1361 | CALCULATIONS SHIFT AS FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1373 | RPM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1433 | WHEN POLITICS AND COINCIDENCE COLLIDE: MALI'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO401 | LEGISLATIVE BY-ELECTIONS LEAVE OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, March 26, Mali celebrated a "Day of Democracy" to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 uprising that overthrew former dictator Moussa Traore. In Mopti and Bamako's fifth district, Democracy Day coincided with legislative by-elections to fill two vacat Nation [...] | 2006-04-04 19:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML |
06BAMAKO421 | ELECTORAL LOSSES AND LOW TURNOUT TRIGGER ANGRY [...] (U) Summary. One week after a poor showing by the Rally for Mali (RPM) in legislative by-elections, RPM leader and National Assembly President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) opened the April session of the National Assembly with an extremely critical speech decrying the state of Malian democra [...] | 2006-04-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML |
06BAMAKO443 | THE "FRERE GUIDE" QADHAFI CAUSES A STIR IN MALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Libyan leader Mouammar Qadhafi arrived to great fanfare in Mali on April 6 to celebrate the April 11 prophet Mohammed,s birthday (Mawloud). After a two-day stay in Bamako, Qadhafi and Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) headed on a 2-day road trip to Timbuktu. In a contr [...] | 2006-04-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV EINV LY ML |
06BAMAKO521 | FALLOUT FROM QADHAFI'S VISIT CONTINUES AS TUAREGS [...] (C) Summary. The fallout from Qadhafi's tumultuous mid-April visit to Timbuktu (ref A) continued to spread as members of the National Assembly expressed concern over Libya's intentions and some Tuareg leaders requested autonomy for Kidal. On April 19 a group of National Assembly Deputies sug [...] | 2006-05-08 16:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV EINV ASEC ML |
06BAMAKO577 | ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL - [...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...] | 2006-05-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML |
06BAMAKO578 | EAC DECISIONS REGARDING ATTACKS IN KIDAL AND [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting at 1400 following reports of apparently coordinated attacks on Malian military bases in Kidal and Menaka. The results of the EAC meeting are noted below. 2. (C) The Embassy's RSO confirmed that no tier one tripwires have been re [...] | 2006-05-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML |
06BAMAKO914 | AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN555 | OCTOBER MEETING OF CTAG CHIEFS OF MISSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Missions from G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) member countries resident in Brunei plus Australia discussed following topics at their October meeting: -- CTAG members continue to rate the threat of domestic terrorism in Brunei as low, but remain concerned ab [...] | 2006-11-01 06:31:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | SECRET | PINR PTER BX |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN629 | BRUNEI MONITORS JAMA'AT AL-TABLIGH [...] (S) French Ambassador to Brunei told Ambassador that the Government of Brunei's Internal Security Division (ISD) informed the French external intelligence service that it is actively monitoring approximately 400 Bruneian residents who are members of the Islamic missionary organization Jama'at [...] | 2006-12-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC BX PINR PTER |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN636 | PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFO EXCHANGE WITH BRUNEI [...] (C) Reftel requested reporting on Government of Brunei (GOB) activities to collect identifying personal information on terrorists or suspected terrorists. Following post assessment is keyed to questions posed reftel. The majority of this information has not/not been publicly released by the [...] | 2006-12-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | SECRET | ASEC BX CVIS KHLS KVPR PINR PREL PTER |
06BANGKOK1134 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS [...] (C) Summary. In 2005, the Thai body politic finally came to the consensus that separatist violence in Southern Thailand is a real and growing problem. That said, government officials and their critics rarely move beyond well-worn generalizations when speaking about the problem. Hard numbers [...] | 2006-02-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PHUM PGOV TH |
06BANGKOK1372 | CHINESE INVESTMENT IN THAILAND (C-AL5-01054) [...] (SBU) Summary: Well known as a destination of foreign investment, China is becoming a foreign investor in its own right and is seeking out investment opportunities in Thailand. Encouraged by a friendly business atmosphere and a stable environment for investment, Chinese investors see Thai [...] | 2006-03-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PINR CH TH |
06BANGKOK1970 | UNHCR DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Visiting UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin briefed Ambassador on her March 31 meeting with Thai National Security Council chief General Winai Phattiyakul and MFA Permsec Krit Ganjana-Goonchorn regarding the missing Hmong minors. Following up on her March 29 meetings with Lao [...] | 2006-04-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF KCRM TH LA |
06BANGKOK2338 | THE WAY AHEAD IN SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. Post requests inter-agency approval for the proposals in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. The violence in the South of Thailand remains a serious problem for the RTG and a threat to U.S. interests. As outlined in ref, in the last two years we have shifted a significant por [...] | 2006-04-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS PINR TH |
06BANGKOK258 | CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND [...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...] | 2006-01-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH |
06BANGKOK323 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SEPARATIST'S ARREST REVEALS [...] (C) Ref detailed the arrest of suspected separatist Mareepeng Maha on January 5 by Thai police. Hailed as one of Thailand's "most wanted," Mareepeng had reportedly fled to Malaysia to escape arrest, only to return to Thailand in recent weeks. Thai officials trumpeted his arrest, itself based [...] | 2006-01-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER TH |
06BANGKOK351 | BGEN ALLEN'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) In his meeting with visiting OSD/ISA Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs BGen John Allen, Thai National Security Council Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul outlined the RTG's strategic threat outlook, Thailand and ASEAN's frustration with the suprise move of the Burmese capit [...] | 2006-01-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINR PTER PGOV TH BURMA GPOI DPRK |
06BANGKOK352 | BGEN ALLEN'S MEETING WITH MFA DPS PISAN MANAWAPAT [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with BGen John Allen, MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Pisan Manapawat stressed the importance of the long history of US-Thai cooperation to promote stability and democracy within and beyond Southeast Asia. He noted that the high degree of trust and confidence betw [...] | 2006-01-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER TH POL MIL |
06BANGKOK3883 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE ARMY TAKES THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin has charged Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin with overall command of the security situation in the restive South, formally returning the Army to preeminence in that region. Many observers have hailed the appointment of Sonthi--h [...] | 2006-06-30 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM TH |
06BANGKOK3913 | RTG LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (S/NOFORN) On July 3, Poloff spoke by telephone with Minister-Counselor Kallayana Vipattipumiprates of MFA's East Asia Affairs Department regarding the RTG's position on the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Burma. Kallayana stated that the RTG is working with ASEAN member states "and [...] | 2006-07-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL TH BM |
06BANGKOK4802 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: INR/B OFFICER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia Gibson from September 10 - October 14, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 250-1000 Fax: (66-2) 253-9195 Confirmation number: 487623 Hotel offers [...] | 2006-08-08 03:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA PINR TH |
06BANGKOK5133 | UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BANGKOK 005133 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 00:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT IN OTRA PINR PREL |
06BANGKOK5230 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UPDATED VIOLENCE STATISTICS [...] (C) Summary. Our analysis of newly available statistics suggests that the violence in the first half of 2006 continued to ebb and spike at levels consistent with 2004 and 2005, possibly with a slight downward trend. The frequency of bomb attacks may be increasing by a small amount, but shoot [...] | 2006-08-26 03:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR TH |
06BANGKOK5349 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: BANKS BOMBED IN YALA [...] (C) At least 23 bombs exploded at banking facilities in the southern province of Yala shortly before noon on August 31. Preliminary reports indicate at least one person was killed and 26 wounded. According to our police contacts in the South, the bombs targeted dozens of banks and ATMs in Y [...] | 2006-08-31 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR TH |
06BANGKOK5565 | THAKSIN LOYALIST SEES LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) Former House of Representatives Speaker Bhokin Bhalakula claimed the upcoming legislative election would reaffirm majority support for Thai Rak Thai (TRT),although Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra likely would not seek to remain as Prime Minister. In a September 8 lunch with the Ambassa [...] | 2006-09-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK5610 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: ANALYZING THE BOMBS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, instructors from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) met with senior Thai police officials responsible for southern Thailand to discuss ATF analysis of bomb evi [...] | 2006-09-13 04:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR TH |
06BANGKOK5747 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FIRST WESTERNER KILLED IN [...] (C) Summary. Six bombs exploded in the southern city of Hat Yai on the night of September 16, wounding at least sixty people and killing four--including a Canadian-American. This is the first Western-fatality linked to the ongoing separatist violence in Thailand's southern provinces. Althoug [...] | 2006-09-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PINR PTER ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK6080 | Thailand's Expected Economic Cabinet-Bios [...] While Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud today told the press that he does not expect to finalize his cabinet until October 11, our sources and many press reports indicate the following probably will be appointed as ministers with economic portfolios. We note that many of these persons, includ [...] | 2006-10-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR TH |
06BANGKOK6087 | THAI INTERIM PM SURAYUD CHULANONT [...] (C) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has a record of advocating military reform including -- ironically -- keeping the military out of politics, policies he strongly supported as Army Chief from 1998 to 2002. He was relegated by then Prime Minister Thaksin to the less important Su [...] | 2006-10-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS KDEM TH |
06BANGKOK6203 | NEW INTERIM CABINET AND SELECT BIOS [...] (U) Interim PM Surayud Chulanont announced his cabinet over the weekend and received the King's royal endorsement on October 9. Dubbed the "cabinet of old men," the 26-member interim cabinet have been tasked to improve Thailand's image abroad. They are as follows: Deputy PM and Finance Mi [...] | 2006-10-10 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TH |
06BANGKOK6399 | GETTING TO A NEW THAI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The new Thai constitution will only be the fourth (of 18) that involves broader participation in its production and the first to be approved by public referendum. Estimates for how long this will take vary widely--the last two constitutions each took 10 months from start to finis [...] | 2006-10-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH |
06BANGKOK6522 | EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH FM NITYA [...] (C) Summary. Thai Foreign Minister Nitya Phibulsongram told visiting EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador on October 24 that the interim government is resolutely moving toward the restoration of parliamentary democracy. In response to DAS John's strong expression of concern over the continued [...] | 2006-10-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR TH |
06BANGKOK6523 | DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH MOD PERMSEC WINAI [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting on October 24, EAP DAS Eric John told Ministry of Defense Permanent Secretary GEN Winai Phattiyakul that there is strong concern SIPDIS in Washington over the continued imposition of martial law and restrictions on civil liberties. Winai, who is also [...] | 2006-10-26 11:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR TH |
06BANGKOK6702 | THAILAND'S TRADE WITH NORTH KOREA: DOING BUSINESS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. economic sanctions against North Korea have met with high-level acceptance from Thai authorities who are moving toward implementing the Security Council resolution. Thailand's unusual position as a top trading partner of North Korea gives it a potentially large role in he [...] | 2006-11-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PINR MARR MASS KN TH |
06BANGKOK7331 | THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW INTERIOR [...] (C) Interior Minister Ari Wong-Araya outlined to the Ambassador on December 7 the Surayud government's approach to the conflict in the South, which focuses on building understanding through peaceful means, including the restoration of the old Southern Border Provinces Administration Center. A [...] | 2006-12-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR TH |
06BANGKOK7501 | THE NEW PUSH FOR THAI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Plans to reform Thailand's notoriously venal and abusive police may be gaining steam, in part due to strong interest from the Prime Minister's office. While many people agree on the need for change--and the legislature is already drawing up plans--the exact prescription for refor [...] | 2006-12-20 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KHUM KDEM ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK7549 | POLITICAL MANEUVERING IN NORTHEAST THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. In a recent trip to the rural northeast, our contacts downplayed and in most cases outright denied the existence of political "undercurrents" (ref A),but pointed to energetic efforts by former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) members of parliament to reorganize and choose new party affiliatio [...] | 2006-12-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR TH |
06BANGUI157 | CAR: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individual nominated for IMET English Language Course (WCN 1210@, MASL B177009, 11/1/2006) and Infantry basic officer training (WCN 1210A, MASL B [...] | 2006-10-19 13:58:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CD |
06BANJUL124 | CURRENT LIST OF CABINET MEMBERS IN THE GAMBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 12:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR GA |
06BANJUL191 | GAMBIAN CIVAIR: AIRLINE NEGOTIATIONS AND A NEW DIRECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Gambian government continues its efforts to attract a commercial air carrier that will provide direct flights to the United States. Negotiations with North American Airlines (NAA),acquired by World Air Holdings in 2005, have progressed quickly and there is a possibility for a [...] | 2006-03-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA OPIC PINR ETRD EINV GA |
06BANJUL21 | THE GAMBIA: VOTING RECORD IN THE 60TH UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador raised the GOTG's voting record in the 60th UNGA in separate meetings with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ebou Taal (deputy formin equivalent) and visiting SIPDIS Gambian PermRep Crispin Grey-Johnson. Reviewing the respective U.S. and Gambian voting records on the nine k [...] | 2006-01-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL GA |
06BANJUL680 | THE GAMBIA: COOPERATION WITH SPAIN ON ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos visited Banjul for several hours October 9 to sign a bilateral "framework agreement" aimed at combatting the increasing illegal migration by Gambians to Spain's Canary Islands. In discussion with Ambassador, Spanish diplomat posted TDY in Banjul (Spa [...] | 2006-11-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON PREL GA SP |
06BANJUL765 | GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR- GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] RSO met with host country officials, the Inspector General of Police and Director of Immigration. In those meetings both conveyed that the Gambia does not have a means of tracking suspected terrorists in the country. They do not have a digital tracking system at the border crossings to moni [...] | 2006-12-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS KHLS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
06BASRAH110 | PROVINCIAL ELECTION IN BASRAH LIKELY TO BE WAR BETWEEN THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on June 15 and June 19, Hazim Joda, the branch manager for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),and Osama Khalil, the Basrah IECI media manager, gave Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Poloff an overview of issues in the pre-provincial election seaso [...] | 2006-06-21 06:49:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM KISL IZ |
06BASRAH132 | BASRAH'S NEW SECURITY CHIEF - FIRST IMPRESSION [...] (C) Summary. On August 16, Major General Ali Hammadi al-Musawi, the newly appointed chairman of the Basrah Security Committee, met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) and requested military equipment that he claimed was vital for him to stabilize Basrah. He said the key for him to succeed in [...] | 2006-08-17 14:26:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BASRAH135 | BASRAH GOVERNOR ON NEW "ILLEGAL" SECURITY COMMITTEE AND [...] (C) Summary. Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli told the Regional Coordinator (RC) on August 21 that the Basrah security committee recently created by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and headed by Major General Ali Hammadi al-Musawi (ref A) is illegal and that he planned to visit the PM later [...] | 2006-08-23 06:10:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
06BASRAH139 | BASRAH SUNNI IMAM ATTENDS CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheik Khalid al-Mullah, a close REO contact and prominent Basrah Sunni imam, at the latter's request on August 24. Sheik Khalid recently returned from four days in Tehran attending the 19th International Islamic Unity Conference that focused on the r [...] | 2006-08-27 14:01:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL IR IZ |
06BASRAH142 | PRINCE OF THE MARSHES ON MAYSAN'S NOBLE COUNCIL AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, the Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and poloff met with Abu Hatem and discussed Maysan's Noble Council and the current security situation. Abu Hatem said he established the Maysan Noble Council (MNC) in April to ensure that all segments of the community were r [...] | 2006-09-01 15:09:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
06BASRAH143 | BASRAH'S ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE URGES TRAINING TO REFORM THE [...] (U) Summary. On September 4, the Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and poloff met with Brigadier General Mohammed Hammadi al-Musawi, Basrah's acting Chief of Police and the brother of the chairman of the Basrah Security Committee. Although Hammadi made it clear that he believes he is quit [...] | 2006-09-05 16:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BASRAH148 | BANI ASAD SHEIKH ON AUGUST 16 ATTACK AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy RC met with Bani Asad tribal leader Sheikh Hassan al-Asad on September 12. Sheikh Hassan expressed concern over Basrah's dismal security situation and provided background on his tribe's August 16 attack on the Basrah government building. [...] | 2006-09-14 13:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BASRAH150 | MEETING WITH THAR ALLAH CHIEF SAYID YUSIF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging September 14 discussion between the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy RC and Sayed Yusif al-Batat, leader of Thar Allah, Sayed Yusif said Basrah's security situation continues to erode. He said a majority of the population holds Coalition Forces responsible [...] | 2006-09-15 17:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BASRAH151 | THE BASRAH ASHURA COUNCIL - AN AL-MUSAWI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sayed Abdul Ali al-Musawi to discuss the Ashura Council he recently formed to advise and support the local government. The Ashura Council is inclusive of all religious, political and tribal groups as well as women, academ [...] | 2006-09-18 06:18:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
06BASRAH157 | PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES SECURITY IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representative member and former Basrah governor Wae'il Abdul Latief told the Regional Coordinator (RC) on October 4 that militias are the true sources of authority in Basrah city. The security situation is still dismal, he said, and the UK military operation to exorc [...] | 2006-10-05 04:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
06BASRAH30 | MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR ON BASRAH'S "PROPHYLACTIC" [...] (C) Summary: On February 28, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Majed al Sari, Advisor to the Minister of Defense for Southern Iraq. Blatant in his dislike for Basrah Governor Mohamed Waeli (Fadillah),Majed said the Basrah Provincial Council [...] | 2006-03-01 06:05:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BASRAH34 | SNAPSHOT OF MUTHANNA: POOR, PEACEFUL, AND TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Located in the far southeast of Iraq, the province of Muthanna is the second largest in Iraq in terms of size, but the poorest and least populated of all of Iraq's provinces. A fairly quiet region with few security concerns, Muthanna's residents call it the "peaceful province." [...] | 2006-03-14 14:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
06BASRAH36 | SOUTHERN SHIA PERCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Dr. Wathib Salman Al Gamud, a senior political figure in the Da'awa party in Basrah and member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC). Dr. Wathib said that the Shia population in the [...] | 2006-03-18 12:30:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
06BASRAH43 | GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS ON THE BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The current structure of Basrah politics allows religious extremism to flourish. In order to survive in the Basrah political scene today, political figures must portray themselves as devout Shia to the public. A small number of extremists on the Basrah Provincial Council have b [...] | 2006-03-31 11:01:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KISL IZ |
06BASRAH44 | MODERATE PARLIAMENTARIANS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On March 30, four newly elected members of parliament from Basrah met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO),British Consul General (CG) Tansley and British Brigadier Marriott to discuss current issues of concern. The members of parliament -- all [...] | 2006-04-03 10:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ |
06BASRAH47 | SNAPSHOT OF MAYSAN - THE INDEPENDENT PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Maysan province, which shares the longest border with Iran, is regarded as the independent province, and the population has a reputation as a self-reliant people who look to their tribal leaders for leadership and guidance. Politically and socially the province is conservative [...] | 2006-04-06 12:20:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ ECON |
06BASRAH49 | MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE BASRAH COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Wielders of power and influence in Basrah outside of the local government can be classified into three general categories: highly respected sheikhs and imams, thugs and militia leaders, and a nebulous third category of individuals in positions of power but whose influence on the [...] | 2006-04-07 11:45:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KISL IZ |
06BASRAH52 | BADR IN BASRAH: A CHANGE IS IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: The General Secretary of the Badr Organization in Basrah, Hassan Al Rashid, and three colleagues attended a luncheon hosted by Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah on April 10. During the lunch Al Rashid discussed the inability of the provincial council to deliver basic service [...] | 2006-04-11 08:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
06BASRAH53 | BASRAH GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah met with local Iraqi National Accord (INA) chairman and Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayid Ghali Najim on April 11. Sayid Ghali told the RC that he wanted to "consult" with him on the continuing stagnation [...] | 2006-04-11 15:42:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BASRAH55 | MILITIAS IN BASRAH -- DIRTY POLITICS PERSONIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Most of the militias in Basrah are controlled by political parties or, in some instances, are now political parties in their own right. The insidious nature of militias acting as political parties - or vice versa - makes politics in Basrah particularly perverse. The Fadillah pa [...] | 2006-04-15 06:17:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
06BASRAH70 | SNAPSHOT OF DHI QAR: PROVINCE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The province of Dhi Qar is located about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad and has an estimated population of 1.85 million. More politically moderate and secular than the other Shia-dominated southern provinces, the influence of Shia religious political parties has grown in past mo [...] | 2006-05-07 14:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PINR ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
06BASRAH77 | BLEAK BUT IMPROVING - PRISON CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Prison conditions in southern Iraq are comparable to those of a poor third world country -- bleak and dismal. However, real progress has been made, and despite political pressure the Regional Director of Prisons for southern Iraq is committed to improving prison and related huma [...] | 2006-05-16 09:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS IZ |
06BEIJING10900 | NEW RULES FOR RIGHTS DEFENSE LAWYERS [...] (C) Summary: The All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA) has issued a "Guiding Opinion on Lawyers Handling Mass Cases" that calls for lawyers in "collective" and "major sensitive" cases to "accept the monitoring and guidance" of judicial agencies. The Opinion discourages lawyers from participatin [...] | 2006-06-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS PINR CH |
06BEIJING11754 | KHOTAN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVED SECURITY [...] (C) The vast improvement in the security situation in southwest Xinjiang's Khotan Prefecture is due to both heightened government counterterrorism activities and the public's strong support in combating the "Three Forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, Khotan officials told poloffs d [...] | 2006-06-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KISL CH |
06BEIJING1427 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMEN KIRK, LARSEN AND FEENEY TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney visited the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as the Shuangchengzi Missile and Space Test Center, the site of China's manned space launches, on January 13. In this rare visi [...] | 2006-01-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH PINR PGOV PREL |
06BEIJING14345 | BEIJING WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) China attaches great importance to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and will study the presidential announcement carefully, stated Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. In response to the joint presentation of reftel points on July 7 by the DCM and the Russian Charge [...] | 2006-07-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP CH RS IAEA |
06BEIJING20223 | DDG LUO ON CHINA-SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China remains concerned about instability in Nepal, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui told Polmincouns in a September 22 discussion of China-South Asia issues. China continues to avoid contact with the Maoists in Nepal and wonders what role the UN could play [...] | 2006-09-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR XD AF NP IN PK CH |
06BEIJING21079 | VISIT OF OSHA A/S EDWIN G. FOULKE, JR. TO CHINA [...] SUMMARY: DOL Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., led an OSHA delegation to China September 17-24 to attend the Third China International Forum on Work Safety and meet with officials of the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS). Chinese Governme [...] | 2006-10-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EMIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR CH |
06BEIJING21227 | REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: REACTION OF BEIJING [...] (C) Officials from the Japanese, ROK, Russian, French and British Embassies in Beijing were in contact with Chinese officials October 9 about the reported DPRK nuclear test and said their capitals had made or would make statements condemning the DPRK action. The Japanese geological service re [...] | 2006-10-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC MNUC PINR KN CH JN KS RU |
06BEIJING21796 | BEIJING SCHOLARS ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) China's issuance of a tough statement in reaction to the DPRK claimed nuclear test reflected President Hu Jintao's anger over Pyongyang's defiance, according to Beijing think tanker An Hongquan (protect). The Chinese leadership was particularly "shocked and angered" by the timing of the DP [...] | 2006-10-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR CH KS KN |
06BEIJING23354 | PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN MEETS BUSINESS CRONIES AND [...] (C) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has met with business partners and the Thai Ambassador to China since he arrived in Beijing on November 1. MFA officials said Thaksin's visit was a private one and a Thai Embassy official in Beijing confirmed that Thaksin has not met Chinese G [...] | 2006-11-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR XC TH CH |
06BEIJING23571 | PRC CLAIMS HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY ON GOOGLE EARTH [...] (C) China wants the United States Government to take action to get Google to reduce the resolution of the Google Earth images of China's military, nuclear, space, energy and other sensitive government agency installations in order to deprive terrorists of potentially dangerous information, XXXXXXX [...] | 2006-11-07 06:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TSPA CH |
06BEIJING23702 | PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN STILL IN CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TH CH |
06BEIJING23789 | NOVEMBER 15 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: ARRESTS ON [...] Key points made at the November 15 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Two Taiwan businesspeople have been detained in Hunan Province for spying. -- The spokesman deflected questions about China's view of the indictment of Chen Shui-bian's wife, Wu Shu-chen, and the quest [...] | 2006-11-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD CH TW |
06BEIJING7112 | A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES CHINA-LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) China's objectives in Latin America are to establish a political partnership based on equality and trust, to develop a cooperative economic relationship and to deepen cultural exchanges, Communist Party Central Committee International Department (CCID) Director General for Latin America [...] | 2006-04-14 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM |
06BEIJING7116 | A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH VFM YANG JIECHI ON LATIN [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told A/S Shannon and the Ambassador that A/S Shannon's visit and the launching of the U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S. China Senior/Strategic Dialogue have a special significance in the lead-up to President Hu Jintao's visit to the Un [...] | 2006-04-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM |
06BEIJING7119 | A/S SHANNON LUNCH MEETING WITH DG ZENG ON [...] (C) Chinese companies have not been spared from the political and economic turmoil in Venezuela, MFA Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Director General Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon during their April 14 working lunch. Despite the "severe protectionism" that has hurt the bottom line of PRC i [...] | 2006-04-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM |
06BEIJING8787 | PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON U.S.-JAPAN 2-PLUS-2 [...] (C) China appreciates the fact that the USG provided information in a transparent manner regarding the U.S.-Japan 2-plus-2 meeting held in Washington on May 1, MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong said in response to Polmincouns? delivery May 10 of reftel talking points on th [...] | 2006-05-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ENRG PINR JA CH |
06BEIRUT1239 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION MEMBER [...] (C) Electoral commission member Abdel Salam Cheaib told Embassy officers that Lebanon has a rare chance to enact real, lasting reform, but warned that reform efforts will only succeed with long-term, stalwart support from the United States and the European Union. He acknowledged that Lebanese [...] | 2006-04-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI PINR LE SY |
06BEIRUT1496 | MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS [...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...] | 2006-05-11 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG |
06BEIRUT1530 | MGLE01: UNIIIC SAYS USG ASSISTANCE IS [...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department -- please see paras 9-10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a May 12 meeting with emboffs, senior investigators from the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) said that the USG's responsiveness on the UNII [...] | 2006-05-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PINR KCRM LE SY UN |
06BEIRUT1915 | MGLE01: INFORMATION ON SA'AD HARIRI [...] (C/NF) Reftel requested information on Member of Parliament Sa'ad Hariri. Embassy Beirut's answers are keyed to the questions as set forth in reftel. HARIRI'S PERSONALITY -------------------- 2. (C/NF) Hariri is open, engaged, generally warm and friendly, and easily accessible (when [...] | 2006-06-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV FR LE SA |
06BEIRUT2034 | MGLE01: UNIIIC AND THE DEFENSE'S CASE FOR JAILED [...] (S) Reftel reports that UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is deeply worried that the evidence against the four jailed Lebanese generals, suspected of complicity in the Hariri assassination, may not be strong enough to justify their continued detention. Release of the generals would have a [...] | 2006-06-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR KISL ASEC LE SY UN |
06BEIRUT2291 | MGLE01: A STRATEGY SESSION WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) The current weakness of the "March 14" parliamentary majority -- and the deleterious effect this has on Prime Minister Siniora's ability to govern -- has become a matter of great concern for supporters of Siniora, such as former Central Bank Governor Michel el Khoury. At a 7/3 dinner [...] | 2006-07-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PTER ECON KISL PINR SY LE |
06BEIRUT2293 | MGLE01: BRAMMERTZ SLOGS ON WITH UNIIIC BOUND BY [...] (S/NF) According to United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner Serge Brammertz, administrative delays with the UN's bureaucracy have taken up 50 to 70 percent of his time in the last month and have significantly hindered the UNIIIC's efficacy and p [...] | 2006-07-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE |
06BEIRUT2609 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DRAFT TRIBUNAL [...] (C) During an August 13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the United Nations had provided him with a draft framework for a "special tribunal of international character" to try suspects in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and that the draft is [...] | 2006-08-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PTER PINR MOPS LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2802 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE |
06BEIRUT2803 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] (C/NF) During an August 28 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, an alternately cagy and revealing Commissioner Serge Brammertz, head of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),indicated that "Lebanon's next-door neighbor" is still the chief suspect i [...] | 2006-08-29 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE |
06BELGRADE1153 | SERBIA - SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SERBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The highest levels of the GOS continue to assure us that solving the 1999 murders of the three Amcit Bytyqi brothers remains one of their foremost law enforcement priorities. Nonetheless, five years after the discovery of the bodies, no indictments have been handed down. Int [...] | 2006-07-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PINR PGOV KJUS PREL SR |
06BELGRADE1172 | INFO ON MLADIC'S PAST WHEREABOUTS PUBLICLY [...] SUMMARY: Influential, pro-government Belgrade daily Politika has for the past two days published front-page articles related to the locations where Ratko Mladic was hiding from June 2002 until January 2006. These articles are basically extracts from the indictment brought against ten individu [...] | 2006-07-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ICTY PGOV PINR PREL SR |
06BELGRADE1502 | Serbia: New Poll Indicates Softening Support for Radical [...] SUMMARY: The latest poll (conducted in early September) by a well-respected electoral/political NGO in Serbia, records a significant softening in the popularity of the Radical Party and an improvement for PM Kostunica's DSS party. The results continue to show sky-high rates of abstention and [...] | 2006-09-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KPAO SR |
06BELGRADE1554 | BELGRADE'S RESPONSE TO STATE 138362 (C-RE6-01248) [...] (U) The following is Embassy Belgrade's response to INR's questions in reftel. 2. (C) Response follows (reftel's questions in caps): A. (C) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF KOSTUNICA AND TADIC'S RELATIONSHIP? (C) The President and Prime Minister continue to balance their dislike for each othe [...] | 2006-09-26 10:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL MW YI SR |
06BELGRADE1626 | MONTENEGRO'S PM EXITS THE CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Summary: President Vujanovic announced October 3 that Milo Djukanovic has declined to accept a mandate to continue as Prime Minister. The announcement ends Djukanovic's 16 years at the center of the Montenegrin stage, as either Prime Minister or President. Djukanovic will remain as the h [...] | 2006-10-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MW |
06BELGRADE1646 | MONTENEGRO'S PM DESIGNATE: ZELJKO STURANOVIC [...] (U) Summary: Zeljko Sturanovic was confirmed on October 5 by the Main Board of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) as the nominee for Prime Minister, succeeding Milo Djukanovic. Sturanovic's nomination quickly attracted favorable comment from opposition parties, who lauded his per [...] | 2006-10-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MW |
06BELGRADE341 | SERBIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON CEKU NOMINATION [...] (C) Summary: While the Serbian government declared publicly that Agim Ceku's nomination as Kosovo's prime minister is "unacceptable," in private conversations with poloffs, government officials have been much more practical and indicated a "wait-and-see" approach to gauge how the new premier w [...] | 2006-03-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SR YI |
06BELGRADE515 | SERBIA: DEL PONTE NOT SATISFIED W ICTY COOPERATION [...] (c) SUMMARY: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte,s March 29 visit to Belgrade reinforced previous trends ) she will continue to push the EU to maintain a hard line on Mladic conditionality for SAA talks, and she continues to be unimpressed by Belgrade,s lack of effort to bring the PIFWC i [...] | 2006-03-31 15:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SR YI ICTY |
06BELGRADE861 | RESPONSE TO STATE 80071: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 06:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PINR PBTS PGOV PNAT PREL YI SR |
06BELIZE117 | BELIZE: THREE AMCITS ACQUITTED OF TRAFFICKING [...] (U) In October 2003, in the remote southern Belize town of Punta Gorda, three American citizens were charged with unlawful carnal knowledge and trafficking-in-persons. After over three years of postponed trials the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropped the cases against all three. On [...] | 2006-02-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SOCI PGOV PREL PINR BH |
06BELIZE198 | BELIZE: RUN-UP TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The ruling Peoples United Party (PUP) recently had manifesto launches in nine municipalities. The Belize City event focused on lower taxes, more jobs and good governance. Some observers have contrasted the PUP's event with the more subdued UDP Plan of Action launch (REF A). Leader of [...] | 2006-03-01 17:10:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWMN ECON PINR BH |
06BELIZE211 | OPPOSITION DOMINATES BELIZE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) dominated Belize's March 1 municipal elections. The UDP won eight of nine mayoral races, and garnered 56 of 58 councilor seats. Prior to the elections, the PUP controlled six of nine municipalities. Many races were close, and voter turnout ra [...] | 2006-03-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWMN PINR BH |
06BELIZE230 | BELIZE: RELATIONS ESTABLISHED WITH OMAN [...] (U) Belize established diplomatic relations with the Sultanate of Oman on March 3, in New York. Charge d' Affairs, Janine Coye-Felson, of the Belize Mission to the United Nations signed on behalf of Belize. The Government of Belize (GoB) stated that establishment of relations with Oman is a [...] | 2006-03-13 21:19:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BH |
06BELIZE237 | BELIZE: FIRST WOMAN MAYOR FOR BELIZE CITY SEEMS TO [...] (U) Zenaida Moya, the second woman mayor in Belizean history (after current United Democratic Party (UDP) Mayor Elsa Paz of San Pedro),was inaugurated on Thursday March 9. She is the first woman to become mayor of Belize City -- the largest urban area in the nation -- and also its first UDP [...] | 2006-03-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWMN PINR BH |
06BELIZE282 | BELIZE: ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST FORMER BELIZE CITY [...] (U) The recently replaced mayor of Belize City faces allegations of financial improprieties during his final days in office. Separately, the new mayor of Orange Walk Town has announced a financial audit to clean house. The allegations of corruption come as no surprise in the wake of recent [...] | 2006-03-27 20:49:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI EFIN BH |
06BELIZE289 | BELIZE: SOLICITOR GENERAL ACCUSED OF VIOLATING CODE [...] (SBU) In December 2005, the watchdog group the Association of Concerned Belizeans (ACB) called for an investigation of the privatization of the Belize Companies Registry (BELIPO) alleging possible unethical actions by Solicitor General Elston Kaseke, Minister of Foreign Affairs Godfrey Smith a [...] | 2006-03-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
06BELIZE331 | BELIZE: AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CITED AS SUCCESSFUL IN [...] (U) Local media outlets have reported the arrest and charging of a 69 year old German-born naturalized Belizean on rape and two counts of trafficking-in-persons charges. On April 10, Henry Stein was charged for having sexual relations and taking nude photographs of a 12 year old girl on two [...] | 2006-04-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SOCI PGOV PREL PINR BH |
06BELIZE341 | BELIZE: CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) In an effort to shore up his Government's diminished popularity, Prime Minister Said Musa has re-shuffled his Cabinet, reintegrating popular members of the ruling People's United Party (PUP). Whether Musa can restore the PUP's fortunes in time for the next national elections, which must [...] | 2006-04-20 20:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ECON EFIN EIND EPET BH |
06BELIZE369 | BELIZE: UPDATED BIO OF NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Eamon Harrison Courtenay, DOB: 11 June 1960, married to Denise Courtenay (nee Mitchell) with two children: Gavin Harrison and Alyson Giselle, was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 11 APR 2006 and re-appointed Senator on 18 APR 2006. From 2003 to August 2004 Courtenay [...] | 2006-04-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
06BELIZE379 | BELIZE BECOMES EARLY MEMBER TO THE LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY. On April 26, Prime Minister the Right Honorable Said Musa and Regional Representative of Save the Children - Sweden Per Tamm signed an agreement to implement Belizean cooperation in the Latin American Network for Missing persons (aka Red Latinoamericanos Desaparecidos). The signing [...] | 2006-04-28 17:57:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL PINR KWMN BH |
06BELIZE434 | BELIZE: SOLICITOR GENERAL KASEKE ON THE WAY OUT [...] (U) The contract of Solicitor General Elson Kaseke will not be renewed; Attorney General Francis Fonseca made the announcement at a press conference on May 11. Fonseca cited Kaseke's legal successes for Belize and competence as an attorney, but said that it had been a mutual decision, and "Mr [...] | 2006-05-15 20:10:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR CJAN SOCI KJUS KCRM BH |
06BELIZE96 | BELIZE: BIO OF NEW TAIWAN AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy of Taiwan announced the appointment Joseph Ting Shih as the new Ambassador to Belize. Shih comes from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New Zealand, and is expected to arrive within the next week. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Shih's curriculum vitae is: Educ [...] | 2006-01-31 21:14:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON NZ AIT BH |
06BERLIN1109 | GERMANY/PKK: ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH [...] (SBU) Further to reftel, Global Affairs Acting Counselor discussed the recent possibly PKK-linked demonstrations and the recent German arrest of an alleged PKK leader with Turkish Embassy Counselor Kemal Tuzun April 25. Turkish Embassy on Demonstrations --------------------------------- [...] | 2006-04-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM GM TU |
06BERLIN1376 | GERMANY NOTIFIED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) EMIN delivered ref demarche and information concerning MURAT KARNAZ (aka KURNAZ) to Lothar Freischlader, Diplomatic Advisor to the Federal Interior Minister, May 19. Freischlader had no immediate reaction, but noted he was familiar with detailed discussions that had taken place in Washingt [...] | 2006-05-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PINR PREL GM IZ |
06BERLIN1389 | GERMAN MINISTRIES ON SCHENGEN SUSPENSION FOR WORLD [...] (C) While Germany has announced it would suspend Schengen provisions and re-establish border controls if necessary during the World Cup June 9 - July 9, the reality seems to be the move is little beyond a legal step needed in case Germany decides it needs some additional specific measures again [...] | 2006-05-22 17:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ASEC GM EU |