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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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07BAKU50 | IMPLICATIONS OF UNSC SANCTIONS ON IRAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Summary - While growing, trade between Azerbaijan and Iran is relatively insignificant and is unlikely to be affected by current UNSC sanctions. According to official GOAJ trade statistics, trade between the two countries totaled USD 256.7 million (imports from Iran amounting to USD 63 m [...] | 2007-01-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET IR AJ |
07BAKU504 | AZERBAIJANI BACKLASH AGAINST US WORDING ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12-14. 2. (C) Summary: Post-publication revisions to Nagorno-Karabakh language in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report continue to ignite strong, negative reaction from the Azerbaijani Government and public. We are beginning to see a broader-bas [...] | 2007-04-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ |
07BAKU608 | IRANIAN ACADEMIC CALLS FOR EXPANDED BROADCASTING [...] (C) Summary: In a 16 May meeting with Embassy Iran Watcher, Professor Gholam-Reza Sabri-Tabrizi (please protect),an ethnic Azeri academic teaching at Edinburgh University and head of the Baku-based Coordinating Committee of World Azerbaijanis, called for the U.S. to support broadcasting effo [...] | 2007-05-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PROP IR AJ |
07BAKU632 | SCENESETTER FOR JOSEPH WOOD'S VISIT [...] (C) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku. Since President Aliyev,s successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral relationship. US interests in Azerbaijan center around three key areas: regional secu [...] | 2007-05-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS PTER PINR ENRG KDEM ECON IR AJ |
07BAKU66 | AZERBAIJAN'S YOUTH MOVEMENTS: A BREAKDOWN OF KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's youth movements are often overlooked when examining the overall political situation - both by the GOAJ and by the international community. However, youth can play a quite critical role in democratic development, and with 65 percent of the population under the age of 3 [...] | 2007-01-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI AJ |
07BAKU712 | INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE YENI AZERBAIJAN PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yeni Azerbaijan Party leadership's decision to dismiss former Deputy Chair Sirus Tabrizli, coupled with former Minister of Health Ali Insanov's public criticism of the party, has triggered rampant speculation that the ruling party is in crisis. Rather than splintering, the r [...] | 2007-06-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU761 | A CLOSER LOOK AT IRANIAN STUDENTS IN BAKU [...] (S) Summary: On June 13, Iran Watcher met with five Iranian students (all ethnic Azeris) studying in Baku. The students estimated that approximately 3,000 Iranian students were pursuing an education in Azerbaijan, most concentrated at Baku State University and the Medical University. (This [...] | 2007-06-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IR AJ |
07BAKU766 | PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C/NF) Summary: According to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian diaspora community in Iran numbers approximately 300,000 and is centered in and around the cities of Tehran and Esfahan. An officially recognized re [...] | 2007-06-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL IR GG AM AJ |
07BAKU786 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT BAKU LATER [...] (SBU) At a press conference on June 22, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov confirmed that Azerbaijan is preparing for a visit of Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Baku. While not providing any details on the timing of the visit, Khalafov hinted that agreements pertaining to " [...] | 2007-06-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU791 | AZERBAIJAN: DRUG SEIZURES UP IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 [...] (SBU) According to official Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) and UNDP statistics, for the first five months of 2007 the GOAJ interdicted 330 kilograms of illegal drugs. The breakdown of the seizures by drug type is heroin 23 kg, opium/opiates 67 kg, marijuana 50 kg and hashish 190 kg. In 2006 [...] | 2007-06-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KCOR AJ IR |
07BAKU804 | GOAJ SHARES DOCUMENT ALLEGING IRANIAN PLOT IN [...] (C) During a June 14 meeting with the "Friends of Azerbaijan" on media freedom, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev gave the Ambassador a Farsi-language document that he said indicated that Iranian security forces had instructed Iranian religious groups to use the media to foment disse [...] | 2007-06-26 10:42:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
07BAKU820 | FOLLOW-UP ON THE IRANIAN DIASPORA IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) estimates put the size of the Iranian diaspora community in Azerbaijan at 10,000, non-official estimates range from 10,000 to 25,000. The majority of Iranians living in Azerbaijan appear to do so for economic or political reasons; mos [...] | 2007-06-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SCUL IR AJ |
07BAKU852 | CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: In a friendly and relaxed July 3 meeting, Representative John Tierney and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev exchanged views on Azerbaijan's development, regional role and strong relationship with the U.S. and the West. On the Gabala radar station, Aliyev stated that if Russia and th [...] | 2007-07-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ IR PBTS |
07BAKU880 | WORLD AZERBAIJANIS CONGRESS ELECTS A NEW LEADER [...] (C) Summary: The World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) held its ninth international conference in Cologne, Germany July 6-8. With over two hundred participants representing Azeri communities in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia in attendance, members exchanged ideas and discussed new strat [...] | 2007-07-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ |
07BAKU886 | EMERGENCY SITUATIONS MINISTER HEYDAROV'S RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through his Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES),Minister Kamalladdin Heydarov over the past year has increased his already significant economic and political clout. Through its civil defense forces, paramilitary troops, zoning, construction and licensing authority, and new f [...] | 2007-07-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PGOV KCOR PREL AJ |
07BAKU905 | THE IRANIANS ARE COMING - NOT REALLY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani media reports claiming that thousands of Iranians are moving to Azerbaijan and are fueling Baku's building boom appear to be overblown. With headlines ranging from "Thousands of Iranians Coming to Azerbaijan" to "Iranians Driving Up Property Prices," Azerbaijani med [...] | 2007-07-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU906 | NATO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF AZERBAIJAN HELD JULY [...] (U) On July 9-14 2007, the biannual "NATO International School of Azerbaijan" (NISA) was held in Baku, sponsored by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The topic was "Security Challenges and Euro-Atlantic Partnership: Energy security, conflicts, terrorism, and asymmetrical thre [...] | 2007-07-18 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PINR AM AJ |
07BAKU93 | FURTHER DETAILS ON JANUARY 14 ARRESTS -- ALLEGED [...] (S/NF) Presidential Legal Advisor Fuad Alasgarov (responsible, among other things, for oversight of law enforcement issues in the Presidential Apparat) told us today that the January 14 arrests (ref) were a "very serious" development that disrupted a ring of "Iranian spies" who were plotting [...] | 2007-01-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KISL PINR ASEC IR AJ |
07BAKU945 | AZERBAIJAN ON ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 24. Mammadyarov assured Ambassador that he would investigate the matter of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) further, and said he thought the convention afforded another opportunity for bi [...] | 2007-07-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PTER IR AJ |
07BAKU986 | FURTHER INFORMATION ON AZERBAIJAN AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 07:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PTER |
07BAMAKO1222 | TUAREG LEADERS STILL WAITING FOR BAHANGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PINS PREL ML |
07BAMAKO1223 | "WAHHABIS" AND ISLAM IN MALI [...] Summary: Some external observers have become increasingly concerned over a segment of Malian Muslims frequently described as "Wahhabi" (ref A),fearing that those so labeled are likely to advance a radical agenda. This concern stems from confusion, rooted in expedient if inaccurate labels d [...] | 2007-10-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL EAID SOCI PHUM IFR PTER PINR PGOV ML |
07BAMAKO1336 | MUSLIM LEADERS CHALLENGE ATT OVER DEATH PENALTY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PHUM KWMN PINR ML |
07BAMAKO1356 | POLICE IN GAO FOIL ALLEGED ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 16:22:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR ML |
07BAMAKO1357 | POLICE TEAR GAS ISLAMIC GROUP IN BAMAKO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI PHUM PINR PGOV ML |
07BAMAKO1364 | ATT: HOSTAGES WILL BE RELEASED IN TWO, THREE OR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 09:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PREL ML AG |
07BAMAKO1365 | READOUT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS TOURE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PREL PINS AL |
07BAMAKO1366 | TUAREG REBEL LEADER AG GHALI ASSIGNED TO SAUDI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PREL PINS ML |
07BAMAKO1389 | HOSTAGE RELEASE RUMORED FOR DECEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PINS PREL ML |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN113 | DEMARCHE TO BRUNEI ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel points on March 29 to Datin Maimunah, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bilateral and Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). (We were unable to arrange for a joint demarche with Russian Federation; it has no resident diplomatic represe [...] | 2007-03-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN203 | BRUNEI (ALMOST) READY TO SIGN TERRORIST SCREENING [...] (C) The GoB is ready to sign an HSPD-6 Memorandum of Understanding to share terrorist screening information with the USG. The Foreign Ministry is looking to a high level meeting as a hook to push the Brunei bureaucracy to give approval to the text as it currently stands. The GoB says it is s [...] | 2007-07-17 02:17:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT CPAS KFRD PREL PINR BX |
07BANGKOK1385 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MARCH 8 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. A closer look at three cases of violence in the restive southern provinces during the week of February 25-March 3 highlights several key dynamics in the conflict. The most prominent incident--the deaths of five suspected separatists in a clash with an Army unit on March 2--may als [...] | 2007-03-08 09:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR TH |
07BANGKOK1390 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UPDATED VIOLENCE STATISTICS FOR [...] (C) Summary. The number of separatist-related incidents in southern Thailand did not dramatically increase in 2006, as some press accounts have suggested, but the attacks appear to have been more brutal and lethal. According to newly available statistics, there were slightly fewer attacks in [...] | 2007-03-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK1572 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SECTARIAN PASSIONS RISING [...] (C) Summary. A series of high-profile incidents in southern Thailand since March 11 is inspiring growing concern among South-watchers that the prospect for violent, sectarian clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in that troubled region is increasing. These incidents are provoking public outr [...] | 2007-03-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR ASEC KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK1675 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE RISING USE OF PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Summary. With the potential for sectarian strife in the deep South increasing, both RTG leaders and private citizens in the South are working to boost security through the expansion of non-traditional security units ranging from irregular paramilitaries to private militias. While increa [...] | 2007-03-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PINR ASEC KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK1754 | THAILAND'S NEW SECURITY STRUCTURE: BETTER LIVING [...] (C) Summary. Since taking power in September 2006, the Army-dominated interim government has publicly moved to re-engineer the old, communist-era Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) into the key internal security coordinating mechanism for the Thai government. While the exact nature [...] | 2007-03-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK2006 | BANGKOK BOMB SUSPECTS RELEASED, INVESTIGATION BACK [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Police (RTP) have released the only two suspects charged in the New Year's Eve Bangkok bomb attacks, with a senior police official publicly stating that the investigation would have to "start over." The story behind the misidentification of these two suspects and p [...] | 2007-04-05 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK235 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DEATH OF TEACHER FOCUSES PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. The death of a public school teacher working in the South on January 8 has prompted emotional press coverage and may be focusing wider national attention on the violence in the southern provinces. Along with substantial press reporting, the death of Juling Pangamoon has also draw [...] | 2007-01-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KHUM TH |
07BANGKOK3378 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW VIOLENCE STATISTICS; MORE [...] (C) Summary. While the number of violent attacks and deaths in Thailand's southernmost provinces have not dramatically risen in 2007, the casualty rate through April has increased, suggesting a qualitative shift in the violence. Indeed, the insurgents appear to be more confident in their att [...] | 2007-06-18 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR KHUM TH |
07BANGKOK3978 | THAI COUP LEADER CONSIDERING MOVE TO POLITICAL [...] (C) The leader of the September 19 coup d'etat is considering whether to run for elected office after his retirement from the Army this fall. Many Thais believe that General Sonthi Boonyaratglin hopes to become Prime Minister, although he currently appears to be a long shot candidate for this [...] | 2007-07-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK4168 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LEADING ACADEMIC EXPERT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Noted southern scholar Dr. Srisomphop Chiphiromsi believes that Army-led arrests of suspected insurgents has led to fewer attacks in the troubled southern provinces and that the overall situation is "more stable." Srisomphop is not yet sure whether this is a short term developmen [...] | 2007-08-01 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR PHUM ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK4217 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: GOOD POLICY POORLY IMPLEMENTED [...] (C) Summary. A range of government and NGO contacts in Pattani and Yala expressed guarded optimism during late July poloff travel to the South that the recent arrest of suspected insurgents in that region had led to decreased violence. Several interlocutors criticized the sweeping nature of [...] | 2007-08-03 09:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC PHUM TH |
07BANGKOK4235 | THAILAND REVIEWING NEXT STEPS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-06 07:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK4653 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary. A better understanding of the insurgency behind the nearly three year spate of violence in southern Thailand is emerging, but this village-based, horizontal network of cells defies neat characterization. There is no single label, or hierarchy behind the violence, and divisions b [...] | 2007-08-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK5435 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE ARMY'S RAID [...] (C) Summary. During October 1-2 poloff travel to the deep South, a range of contacts provided a mixed picture of the situation in this troubled region, with security officials offering new details on their tactics and hailing arrest operations as resulting in lower levels of violence. Several [...] | 2007-10-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK5437 | THAI KING HOSPITALIZED AFTER STROKE; CONDITION [...] (C) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej was hospitalized on October 13 after what the Palace described publicly as inadequate blood flow to his left cerebral cortex, resulting in weakness on the right side of his body. Privately, Arsa Sarasin, the King's Principal Private Secretary, told the Ambassa [...] | 2007-10-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TH |
07BANGKOK5570 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE CLIMATE [...] Summary: Discussions with public administrators and civil society leaders in the deep south revealed recurring themes of continued fear, ambivalence about the effectiveness of the security forces aggressive arrest tactics, and the need for political space to resolve the conflict. Several conta [...] | 2007-10-28 23:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK5593 | THAI ARMY BARS SOUTHERN DETAINEES FROM RETURNING [...] (C) Thai NGOs are concerned about a July 22 military order, based on martial law, that prohibits 384 named detainees from traveling to their homes in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern provinces. Most of these detainees appear to be ethnic-Malay Muslims who have been compelled to particip [...] | 2007-10-30 09:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK5647 | COURTS FREE SOUTHERN THAILAND DETAINEES, BUT HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: A mixed October 30 ruling by Thai provincial courts, observed by Embassy political officers, compels the military to release 97 detainees from southern Thailand participating in an army-run "reeducation" training program. The ruling appears to allow the program to continue, althou [...] | 2007-11-01 10:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK5738 | PALACE INSIDER PROVIDES UPDATE ON ROYAL HEALTH [...] (S/NF) Tej Bunnag, Deputy Principal Private Secretary of the King (strictly protect),told the Ambassador in a November 8 meeting at the Privy Council chambers that the King's health appeared reasonably good. The King wanted to remain active, although his health constraints complicated the du [...] | 2007-11-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK5827 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: In early November, poloff attended a dinner with senior Thai military and police officials involved in security operations in Thailand's deep south. The officials were remarkably candid about some of their shortcomings for dealing with the South, including real coordination betw [...] | 2007-11-16 02:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
07BANGKOK5839 | CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES MONARCHY, POLITICS IN [...] (C) I paid a farewell call on Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn on November 13. He appeared pleased with the news that his father had been able to jam two days earlier for two hours with the visiting Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He said in general terms that the institution of the monarchy had help [...] | 2007-11-16 06:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK5882 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: SOUTHERN DETAINEES RETURN HOME [...] (C) Summary: On 15 November the Thai 4th Army lifted its ban on 384 suspected militants detained in the army's "vocational training camps" from returning to their homes in Thailand's deep south. This is a clear victory for human rights advocates and the rule of law, and is an example of the [...] | 2007-11-20 23:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
07BANGKOK59 | JANUARY 4 DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON THE BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. In a January 4 briefing for the diplomatic corps, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjarna-Goonchorn reiterated Prime Minister Surayud's public comments laying blame for the December 31 bomb attacks in Bangkok on "people who lost their political benefit [...] | 2007-01-04 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PTER PINR ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK5991 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: A TRIP TO THE QUEEN'S PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to southern Thailand Poloff and Army Attache saw two villages in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces the Queen's project is building in an attempt to provide family members of victims of the southern violence and teachers in the South with safe places to live. [...] | 2007-11-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC PINR PREL PTER TH |
07BANGKOK6161 | (S/NF) SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SURAYUD TALKS TO THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: During my December 13 farewell call on Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, Surayud described a recent meeting he had with leaders of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate, in Bahrain. According to Surayud, the separatist leaders expressed their willingness to discuss dropping [...] | 2007-12-16 23:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
07BANGKOK6281 | SOUTHERN DIALOGUE FACILITATOR GIVES OPTIMISTIC [...] (S/NF) Summary: On December 26 a representative from the Henri Dunant Center (HDC) -- the organization facilitating talks between the Thai government and southern Thai separatist groups, briefed the Ambassador on the status of the on-going dialogue. According to the representative, the mid-De [...] | 2007-12-27 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
07BANGKOK6294 | SOUTHERN THAILAND AND THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: The Thai government's effort to quell the insurgency in the south through the administration of justice is abysmal. Since 2004, it has successfully prosecuted only a handful of cases while the security forces maintain they are aware of thousands of suspects. Corrupt police and a [...] | 2007-12-29 08:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
07BANGKOK653 | THAI UPDATE: KING'S HEALTH, SINGAPORE SPAT [...] (C) The King appeared mentally alert if only moderately energetic and able to engage in a sustained discussion when the Ambassador observed him in a discussion with visiting Mahidol Prize Award winners. A Singaporean diplomat told us her Embassy was consumed with efforts to minimize recent da [...] | 2007-02-01 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV TH |
07BANJUL105 | THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche February 26 to Foreign Affairs Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) Bala Garba Jahumpa, briefing on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and providing a copy of the Global Initiative Statement of Principles. Ambassador urged the GOTG to endo [...] | 2007-02-28 11:52:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GA |
07BANJUL285 | THE GAMBIA: INFLUENCE OF SENEGALESE ENERGY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 16:20:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL SG GA |
07BANJUL589 | ETHNICITY IN THE GAMBIA: THE RISE OF THE JOLAS [...] (SBU) The Gambia is lauded by its government, people, and visitors for its ethnic diversity and the apparent harmony among its many tribes. The lack of civil conflict along ethnic lines in an often-troubled region is prized by Gambians. Freedom from tribalism is also touted at the political [...] | 2007-11-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI GA |
07BARCELONA76 | BARCELONA'S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A spate of infrastructure failures over the summer angered Catalans even as they prepared for their summer holidays, and calls for greater autonomy or outright independence by current and former political leaders only added fuel to the fire. The signing of an agreement between th [...] | 2007-09-21 17:08:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SP |
07BASRAH100 | GENERAL MOHAN'S SECURITY PLAN FOR BASRAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Basrah's Security Chief, Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith Fahad, has laid out his security plan for Basrah, which relies heavily on the Iraqi Army (IA) rather than the Iraqi Police (IP),which remains compromised by militia infiltration. The ambitious plan calls for the central g [...] | 2007-10-26 18:33:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
07BASRAH103 | PROMINENT SUNNI DEVELOPS NEW BLOC, WARNS OF VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Abdul Karim al-Dosari, a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),told Regional Embassy Officers on October 31 that tribal sheikhs and nationalists were forming a new political bloc to be called the National Tribal Confederation. The Confederation seeks to unite nat [...] | 2007-11-04 16:49:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM IR KU SA TC BA IZ |
07BASRAH104 | IRANIAN FRONT GROUP COMES OUT OF THE SHADOWS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Leaders of Sayyid al-Shuhada (translated as `Lord of the Martyrs'),an Iraqi Shia party with close ties to Iranian intelligence, met with Regional Embassy Officers (REO) on November 3. They told us this was an introductory meeting to dispel rumors of their Iranian ties, nefario [...] | 2007-11-05 14:03:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
07BASRAH107 | SOUTHERN TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT REQUIRES MORE COORDINATION AND [...] (S/NF) Summary & Comment: Southern Iraq's security situation remains fragile: Iranian lethal aid is pouring in, militias continue to act outside the law, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remain incapable of establishing law and order. Inspired by the successes of Anbar, southern tribal leaders [...] | 2007-11-15 18:55:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
07BASRAH112 | PRINCE OF THE MARSHES GIVES TOUR DE HORIZON [...] (S) SUMMARY: The famed Abu Hatem, (aka "Prince of the Marshes") visited the Regional Embassy Office on November 16. Having closely dealt with USG agencies in Iraq for several years, he observed the need to improve interagency coordination and expand our contacts in the rural areas. He opined [...] | 2007-11-20 17:23:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PINR EAID IR IZ |
07BASRAH120 | BASRAH'S SHEIKHS TO OFFER POLICE RECRUITS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Basrah's leading tribal sheikhs and Police Chief met December 17 with Regional Embassy Officers to discuss how the tribes could contribute to improving the province's security situation. The Police Chief, MG Jalil Khalaf Sh [...] | 2007-12-20 14:20:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ |
07BASRAH35 | IRAQI ARMY OPENS TALKS ON FUTURE OF BASRAH PALACE [...] (C) Summary. The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th division in charge of southern Iraq, Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on April 25. The two discussed efforts to stabilize the province and prospects for the IA taking con [...] | 2007-04-30 11:39:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS IZ IR |
07BASRAH69 | BANI MALIK TRIBE STRIKES MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bani Malik tribe demonstrated they were a force to be reckoned with August 10, following the murder of the tribal leader's son. The Bani Malik assumed Badr Corps was responsible and attacked a Badr office, killing one Badr member. The tribe also attacked the offices of severa [...] | 2007-08-13 12:20:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR IZ |
07BASRAH83 | FADHILA NOT TAKING CHANCES ON BASRAH GOVERNOR'S COURT CASE [...] (S/NF) Fadhila member Aqueel Talib provided the REO director on September 8, a letter from Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani to Prime Minister Maliki. The letter supports Basrah Governor Muhammed Wa'eli (Fadhila) in his court case against the Provincial Council's (PC) no-con [...] | 2007-09-09 18:58:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ |
07BASRAH84 | FADHILA NOT TAKING CHANCES ON BASRAH GOVERNOR'S COURT CASE [...] (S/NF) Fadhila member Aqueel Talib provided the REO director on September 8, a letter from Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani to Prime Minister Maliki. The letter supports Basrah Governor Muhammed Wa'eli (Fadhila) in his court case against the Provincial Council's (PC) no-con [...] | 2007-09-11 10:16:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
07BASRAH86 | BASRAH POLICE CHIEF ON IRAN & SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Basrah Police Chief, Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil, told Regional Embassy Officers September 18 that Iran is training a Hezbollah-like force in reaction to rumors of a U.S. deployment to Basrah following a British withdrawal. Jalil expressed concern that Iraqi Prime Minister [...] | 2007-09-23 05:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07BASRAH89 | BASRAH MOD ADVISOR SAYS IRAN TRAINING JAM FOR PROXY WAR [...] (S) Summary: MOD Advisor Majid al-Sari told REO September 23 that Iran was now hosting training for 3,000 Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members on collecting intelligence, radio intercepts, and employing EFPs and snipers for operations in Basrah. According to al-Sari, Tehran was secretly behind a Septe [...] | 2007-09-26 16:07:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PROP PTER IR IZ |
07BASRAH91 | TENSIONS RISE AND ABATE BETWEEN BASRAH'S PC AND ISF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Basrah's Provincial Council (PC),led by the Fadhila Party, attempted to "vote out" Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) commander LTG Mohan Hafith Fahad and Provincial Director of Police (PDOP) MG Jalil Khalaf Shueil at a September 22 "emergency session." Both officers left bef [...] | 2007-10-03 07:26:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BASRAH92 | BADR LEADER EXPRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS IN BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Basrah Governor and Provincial Council (PC) member Hasan al-Rashid (Badr) told REO Director October 4 that Basrah's security has worsened. Unfortunately, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have done little to respond, and he accused Security Chief Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith F [...] | 2007-10-08 15:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BASRAH99 | IRAQI SECURITY FORCES AND JAM CLASH IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: The tentative truce between the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) in Basrah was broken October 23 when fighting broke out throughout the city. Following a shooting of an alleged Organization of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) member at a police checkpoint, JAM forces laun [...] | 2007-10-23 22:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR IZ |
07BEIJING2857 | MOST MINISTER XU GUANHUA TO RETIRE; TONGJI UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, has retired and will be replaced by fifty-five year old automotive engineer and returnee Wan Gang, currently president of Tongji University in Shanghai. His appointment was approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congres [...] | 2007-04-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA PINR TSPL CH |
07BEIJING2903 | CICIR, PARTY SCHOOL SCHOLARS ASSESS TOP LEADERS [...] (C) China's top leadership approved in general terms the testing of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) technology, but they most likely were unaware in advance of the details of the January test, including the precise date, scholars from the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes of Contemp [...] | 2007-04-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR CH |
07BEIJING3107 | ANALYST DISCUSSES ANTI-JAPANESE SENTIMENT, [...] (C) A visiting American analyst of Asian regional affairs discussed Sino-Japanese relations with four scholars from three different Chinese government think-tanks during his mid-April visit to Beijing, soon after Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan. Scholars felt that key points in the often [...] | 2007-05-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ASEAN CH JA |
07BEIJING3169 | VFM ZHANG YESUI TAKES U.S. AFFAIRS ROLE, WILL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has been made the VFM-level supervisor of the North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, though MFA contacts say that Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei will continue to supervise the Department on a day-to-day basis. Zhang, not Foreign Minister Yan [...] | 2007-05-11 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH |
07BEIJING3260 | PRC/AFRICA: PRC NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Representative for Sudan/Africa Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan from May 18-24 to meet with Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and other senior leaders, Liu told Polmincouns. A stop in Darfur is not currently scheduled. Liu looks forward to working [...] | 2007-05-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH SU UN |
07BEIJING3322 | COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE LEADER HU CHUNHUA [...] (C) Communist Youth League First Secretary Hu Chunhua told the Ambassador that 70-80 percent of China's rural youth seek work in urban areas and this sort of social change, plus the unprecedented number of university graduates seeking jobs, presents serious challenges. Scrutiny of new appli [...] | 2007-05-17 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3503 | CORRUPTION TALES: WHEN THE DOG BARKS, BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Former head of China's General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) Long Xinmin, recently replaced by Liu Binjie, was sidelined over corruption charges, according to an American academic who knows Long well. Beijing real estate developer Liu Jun, charged with bribery and implic [...] | 2007-05-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
07BEIJING4107 | TAIWAN SCHOLARS CITE DANGERS OF DETERRENT [...] (C) In a series of recent meetings, Beijing-based Taiwan experts acknowledged that the Chinese Government believes the next year is a "period of high danger" in cross-Strait relations and warned that Chen Shui-bian may resort to extreme measures to assure a DPP electoral victory. They express [...] | 2007-06-19 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI CH TW |
07BEIJING5705 | BEIJING MAYOR WANG QISHAN DISCUSSES OLYMPICS, CITY [...] (C) As Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in August 2008, the city is taking a number of measures to lessen air pollution, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan told the Ambassador over dinner on August 29, calling this month's four-day experiment in which half the city's cars were taken off the road " [...] | 2007-08-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KOLY ECON SENV ABLD ELTN PINR CH |
07BEIJING5792 | SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COMPUTER HACKING, [...] Key points at the September 4 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls allegations that the Chinese military hacked into Pentagon computer systems "groundless" and representative of a "Cold War mentality." -- China will begin annual reporting to the UN on military spending and resume partic [...] | 2007-09-04 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV SOCI PINR MARR UNSC KS KN IR AS |
07BEIRUT150 | LIST OF AL-MANAR SHAREHOLDERS: POTENTIAL NAMES FOR DESIGNATION? [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 8 below. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Beirut´s consular section has obtained, through the Lebanese commercial registry, the listing of the 38 shareholders of the Lebanese Media Group, aka Lebanese Communication Group, Hizballah´s parent company for Al-M [...] | 2007-01-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ETTC PTER LE SY |
07BEIRUT1997 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) Embassy contacts argue that Hizballah has no economic program because its goals are predominantly military and political. The group has, however, over the past fifteen years been forced to respond to domestic policy issues; since it joined goverment two years ago it has been forced to co [...] | 2007-12-27 15:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KISL ECON EFIN PGOV LE |
07BELGRADE1495 | SERBIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/B OFFICERS [...] (U) Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of INR/B officers Amanda Timko and Katherine Kaminksi for the period of November 6 to 8, for consultations with embassy officers. Embassy control officer for this visit will be POL officer Bianca Menendez: (381-11) 306-4654 ( [...] | 2007-11-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR OTRA BK MW SR |
07BELMOPAN287 | BELIZE: OPPOSITION LEADER DISCUSSES THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Dean Barrow told us that he expects victory in the upcoming election but is taking nothing for granted. Government corruption and a "reform agenda" will be his main issues in the campaign. He foresees good relations with the U.S., believes momentum is buildin [...] | 2007-04-30 22:43:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON BH |
07BELMOPAN43 | Appointment of Director of Public Prosecution [...] Summary: Ambassador and Consul called on Belize's newly-appointed Director of Public Prosecutions to review his plans for prosecution of several high-profile cases of interest to the USG. During the meeting the DPP expressed interest in training opportunities for his staff to improve skills [...] | 2007-01-19 20:31:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CASC PREL PINR KCRM BH |
07BELMOPAN520 | BELIZE-VENEZUELA: NEW BRV AMBASSADOR TO BELIZE [...] (SBU) With timing perhaps linked to Prime Minister Musa's visit to Venezuela for the PetroCaribe Summit, the BRV Embassy in Belize circulated on August 14 an announcement that the Mission's Charge d'Affaires, Roberto J. Dubuc, was being transferred to the Internal Service in the Ministry of F [...] | 2007-08-16 21:36:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR BH VE |
07BELMOPAN524 | TFJM01: BELMOPAN SITREP: EAC MEETING AND PREPARATIONS [...] Embassy Belmopan EAC met at 1000 local to review situation and preparations for Hurricane Dean. Given the new track of the hurricane and the likelihood of serious danger for northern Belize and coastal areas including the cayes, the EAC decided: -- local staff were excused at 1200 to compl [...] | 2007-08-20 20:46:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT BH |
07BELMOPAN614 | BELIZE: PREPARING FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Belize will call national elections between January and March 2008. Belize's two major political parties have swapped power peacefully since acquiring independence in 1981. In the upcoming elections, the House of Representatives will expand from 29 to 31 seats. Despite efforts in recent [...] | 2007-10-17 22:14:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
07BELMOPAN657 | BELIZE: CORRUPTION SPAWNS NEW POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Frustration with repeated corruption scandals has generated several new third party movements in Belize. A noteworthy development is a recent alliance designed to give third parties a stronger voice acting together. However, this alliance is not likely to make an impact on the two-party [...] | 2007-11-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
07BELMOPAN700 | BELIZE: INTEGRITY COMMISSION INEFFECTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Belize's Integrity Commission has not prosecuted a public official for corruption since the body was formed in 1994. The current head of the commission privately told poloff that he would resign if reforms were not instituted prior to the upcoming election. The commission's inac [...] | 2007-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
07BERLIN1495 | GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN1496 | GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN599 | GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP |
07BERLIN952 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered ref information to Joerg Polster of the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy May 4. Polster thanked us for the information and said he would pass [...] | 2007-05-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PINR PINS PARM PREL GM |
07BISHKEK102 | SADYRKULOV: ROSY OUTLOOK FOR KYRGYZSTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During a lengthy conversation with Ambassador, First Deputy Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov predicted his own influence would increase and that Kyrgyzstan would push forward on reforms and improved relations with the west. Ambassador emphasized the importance of resolving the legal iss [...] | 2007-02-02 02:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KG |
07BISHKEK1092 | BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON AUGUST 27 SCHOOL [...] (C) The Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 27 August 2007 to discuss whether security conditions at post warrant continued use of USG assets to transport post dependent children to school. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, [...] | 2007-08-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
07BISHKEK1155 | "MAXIMIZING" BUSINESS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: A prominent ex-pat businessman, Giorgio Fiacconi, has reportedly been forced to sell his Kyrgyz Credit Bank (KCB) to a close business associate of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The associate, Latvian businessman Valery Belokon, has also acquired the failed "I [...] | 2007-09-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON EINV PINR KG |
07BISHKEK1319 | BISHKEK EAC MEETING RE SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Yovanovitch chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on October 22, 2007, to discuss Security for the 232nd USMC Birthday Ball. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, POL/ECON, POL/RA, RLA, SAO, INL, MED, CLO, Peace Corp, and Manas AB Commander. MSG Detachm [...] | 2007-10-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
07BISHKEK1366 | KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: A GUIDE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold early parliamentary elections on December 16. For the first time, election to parliament will be solely on a proportional basis by party list. The new electoral code sets an extremely high threshold for a party to enter parliament: 5% of all registered v [...] | 2007-11-15 10:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG |
07BISHKEK1419 | OUSTED PRIME MINISTER COMMENTS ON KYRGYZ ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev told Charge November 30 that President Bakiyev, by using state resources to support the pro-presidential Ak Jol party in the parliamentary election campaign, was repeating the mistakes of former President Akayev in the 2005 elections. Atambay [...] | 2007-11-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG |
07BISHKEK1441 | KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: BALLOT SCANDAL ERUPTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) decided to cancel Edil Baisalov's registration as a Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) candidate in the December 16 parliamentary elections. Baisalov had posted a picture of a ballot on his personal blog, and [...] | 2007-12-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KG |
07BISHKEK1525 | KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT OPENS WHILE [...] (C) Summary: With Central Election Commission election results showing opposition party Ata Meken not passing the 0.5% vote threshold in Osh city, the pro-presidential Ak Jol party collected 71 out of 90 seats in the new Kyrgyz parliament. The Social Democrats and Communists, which polled s [...] | 2007-12-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR KG |
07BISHKEK1538 | NEW KYRGYZ PM AND PARLIAMENT START WORK, WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Energy Minister and Bakiyev loyalist Igor Chudinov assumed the prime ministerial post December 24 and indicated a new cabinet would be in place by year's end. In parliament, ex-State Secretary Adakhan Madumarov was elected speaker, and the pro-presidential Ak Jol party obt [...] | 2007-12-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG |
07BISHKEK154 | BIO OF NEW KYRGYZ FM KARABAYEV [...] (SBU) Ednan Oskonovich Karabayev, Kyrgyzstan's new Foreign Minister, was appointed February 8 after spending thirteen years at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University as Vice Rector. No stranger to the MFA, FM Karabayev held the same position from 1992-1994, under former President Askar Akayev. [...] | 2007-02-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KG |
07BISHKEK1543 | NEW KYRGYZ CABINET SIGNALS LITTLE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bakiyev signed a decree installing the new Cabinet under Prime Minister Chudinov December 27. The new Cabinet's structure and composition are consistent with previous PM Atambayev's Cabinet, with many holdovers and only a few new names. The positioning of experience [...] | 2007-12-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG |
07BISHKEK240 | FM KARABAYEV URGES FASTER RESOLUTION OF BASE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Karabayev urged the U.S. to move forward to solve base issues, such as the December shooting incident and the September collision. Karabayev seemed interested in assisting the U.S. in countering the negative publicity and [...] | 2007-03-07 08:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD PHUM KG |
07BISHKEK264 | MEDIA REACTION: AIR BASE SHOOTING INCIDENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 06:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG |
07BISHKEK27 | BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 11, 2007 to develop an earthquake preparedness plan. Present were the AMB, DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, USAID, CONS, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAS, and LEG. 2. (SBU) In response to recent earthquake activity l [...] | 2007-01-18 05:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL |
07BISHKEK332 | GKNB CHAIRMAN SUTALINOV CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) At the March 21 Novrooz celebration, GKNB Chairman Sutalinov approached Ambassador to register his concerns that the April demonstrations could turn violent and to enlist Ambassador's support to moderate the actions of the opposition. He also expressed hope that the U.S.-Kyrgyz bilatera [...] | 2007-03-26 09:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KG |
07BISHKEK350 | PROFILE OF NEW KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER ALMAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: A northern native with a background in business, new Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev is a former parliamentarian who has previously harbored presidential ambitions. His People's Congress of Kyrgyzstan was an active player in the March 2005 revolution. Atambayev worked a [...] | 2007-03-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KG |
07BISHKEK383 | BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 9, 2007 to discuss action plans for the anti-government demonstrations scheduled to start in out-lying regions of Kyrgyzstan on April 9 and in Bishkek April 11. Present were: INL, RSO, LEG, POL/ECON, PO [...] | 2007-04-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
07BISHKEK452 | BISHKEK EAC MEETING REGARDING ON-GOING [...] (U) Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 20, 2007 to review demonstration-related events of the past few days and make security plans for the coming weekend. Present were: AMB, DCM, RSO, Pol/RA, RSL, DAO, Pol/Econ, PAO, MED, MGT, Peace Corps [...] | 2007-04-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
07BISHKEK47 | ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY-ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on January 22, 2007 the DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Memorandum of Agreement Between COMS and COCOMS on Security of DOD Elements and Personnel in Foreign Areas and Additional Annex A Review. Present were: DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, C [...] | 2007-01-24 06:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL AODE AMGT ASEC |
07BISHKEK598 | OBSERVATIONS OF KYRGYZ GENERAL PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 8, Ambassador Yovanovitch met General Prosecutor Elmurza Satybaldiyev to discuss a base-related road accident and other issues. The Ambassador briefed Satybaldiyev on training opportunities for his staff and the Millennium Challenge Account. Satybaldiyev, who is rumored [...] | 2007-05-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KG |
07BISHKEK726 | NEW KYRGYZ AMBASSADORS: OPPOSITION CRITIC TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bakiyev has offered the post of ambassador to Switzerland to his one-time critic, MP Melis Eshimkanov. Eshimkanov told us he had decided to accept the position in exchange for the president's promise to drop charges related to Eshimkanov's role in anti-government demon [...] | 2007-06-14 08:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG |
07BISHKEK79 | BAKIYEV NOMINATES AG MINISTER AS NEXT PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 26, following consultations with Speaker Marat Sultanov and parliamentary leaders, President Bakiyev nominated Acting Minister of Agriculture Azim Isabekov as Prime Minister. Isabekov is seen as loyal to Bakiyev, without strong personal ambitions. Several MPs, includ [...] | 2007-01-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KG |
07BISHKEK949 | GAUGING INFLUENCE IN THE KYRGYZ CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary: While Kyrgyz Central Bank Chairman Marat Alapayev maintains a low profile, Parliament Speaker (and former Central Bank chief) Marat Sultanov has recently backed three allies for positions on the Central Bank's nine-member Board of Governors. Four other Central Bank governors, r [...] | 2007-07-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON PINR KG |
07BISHKEK954 | KYRGYZ RATIFICATION OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KG |
07BISHKEK968 | BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON JULY 30 DEMONSTRATION AT [...] (C) Charge chaired an EAC meeting at 09:00 am on July 30 to discuss precautions for a possible demonstration at the Embassy. In attendance were RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, DATT, MGMT, CONS, USAID, MSG, RLEA, MED, and Peace Corps. At 11:00 am on July 30, a small demonstration supporting the U.S. a [...] | 2007-07-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR KG |
07BISHKEK972 | SMALL PRO-U.S. DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small, unsanctioned demonstration took place in front of the Embassy the morning of July 30. Approximately 15-20 demonstrators carried signs in support of the U.S. airbase in Kyrgyzstan. After demonstration organizer Tursun Islamov presented two letters to the Embassy, the p [...] | 2007-07-31 11:40:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC CASC PINR KG |
07BISHKEK98 | FIGHT OVER U.S. LED TO IBRAGIMOV,S RESIGNATION [...] (C) On January 30, Ambassador met with the President's former Foreign Policy Advisor Ermek Ibragimov, who unexpectedly resigned on January 23. Ibragimov said the press report that the President had "released him from his position in connection with an appointment to another position" was in [...] | 2007-01-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KG |
07BOGOTA1033 | NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT THREAT, [...] (C) The GOC and OAS say the new criminal groups that have appeared in certain regions lack the organization, reach, and military capacity of the former AUC. Rather, they are primarily decentralized criminal operations that have used some demobilized paramilitaries, as well the former AUC's i [...] | 2007-02-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR PREF |
07BOGOTA1141 | URIBE ORDERS SEIZURE OF PARAMILITARY ASSETS [...] (SBU) On February 1, President Uribe instructed GOC agencies to seize assets belonging to former paramilitaries. Two-days later, the GOC took possession of 10 properties belonging to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso. National Judicial and Police Intelligence Director, General Osca [...] | 2007-02-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA1142 | URIBE ORDERS SEIZURE OF PARAMILITARY ASSETS [...] (SBU) On February 1, President Uribe instructed GOC agencies to seize assets belonging to former paramilitaries. Two-days later, the GOC took possession of 10 properties belonging to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso. National Judicial and Police Intelligence Director, General Osca [...] | 2007-02-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA1218 | PRESIDENT URIBE APPOINTS FORMER FARC HOSTAGE AS [...] On February 19, President Alvaro Uribe appointed Fernando Araujo Perdomo to replace Maria Consuelo Araujo (no relation) as Colombia's Foreign Minister. Fernando Araujo escaped from 6 years of FARC custody on December 31, 2006. Uribe said he appointed Araujo because he was a symbol of Colombi [...] | 2007-02-20 22:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM PINR CO |
07BOGOTA1558 | PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO ON PARAMILITARIES, ELN [...] (C) Summary: Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said he is talking to the former paramilitary leaders in Itagui prison to encourage them not to disrupt the Justice and Peace Law process. President Uribe is concerned by his security forces, failure to capture Vicente Castano and other re [...] | 2007-03-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA1903 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FEBRUARY 2007 [...] (U) Post's Visa Viper Committee met on March 7, 2007, and the meeting was chaired by the CDA, Milton Drucker. Post's Viper Coordinator is Fraud Prevention Unit officer Jenny Cordell. 2. (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee submits Horacio Duque Giraldo, former advisor to then-Minister of Inter [...] | 2007-03-23 18:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2146 | URIBE CONTINUES DRIVE FOR POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) On March 28, President Alvaro Uribe hosted eleven political party leaders from his Congressional coalition to sign a "transparency pact" promising maximum efforts to guarantee free and fair local elections in October--opposition parties did not participate. Party leaders from the U Party, [...] | 2007-03-30 21:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2256 | GOC CAPTURES KEY FUGITIVE EX-PARAMILITARY LEADER [...] GOC security forces arrested fugitive ex-paramilitary leader Ever Veloza-Garcia (AKA "HH") on April 3 in Antioquia department. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Veloza did not qualify for Justice and Peace Law benefits and was subject to extradition. Veloza was an instrumental f [...] | 2007-04-04 20:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2392 | GOC PROTECTS LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Cordoba department land activist Eloina Gaspar told us on March 25 she was being threatened by people who had identified her as the replacement for Popular Housing Organization founder Yolanda Izquierdo, murdered in late January (ref A). On April 1, the Prosecutor General's Office moved [...] | 2007-04-11 17:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2464 | SUCRE, NEW SPACES OPENING POST PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Our March 26-27 visit to Sucre showed a department starting to recover from years of paramilitary domination and economic decline. The paramilitary demobilization--and increased GOC security presence--has provided a growing sense of security, allowing displaced people to return to their [...] | 2007-04-13 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2528 | SOME PROGRESS IN CORDOBA POST PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Our March 25-26 trip to the former paramilitary heartland Cordoba showed some positive changes following paramilitary demobilization: violence had decreased, security improved, and new spaces for civil society activity had opened. The demobilization and para-political scandal had delegit [...] | 2007-04-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2529 | BACKGROUND ON THE "CONVIVIR" SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS [...] (SBU) The "Convivir" self defense groups were authorized by President Gaviria 1994 and abolished by President Samper in 1998. Their original purpose was to enable citizens to defend themselves from terrorist attacks and to supply intelligence to the security forces. During their brief exist [...] | 2007-04-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2575 | BOLIVAR'S SECURITY SITUATION STILL A CONCERN POST [...] (C) On March 20, Poloff visited the former conflict-ridden Bolivar department where the overall security, political, and economic situation has improved sharply since 2002. Still, an increase in common crime and other security-related problems remain a challenge. The security and social sit [...] | 2007-04-19 17:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2593 | URIBE CALLS PETRO'S PARA-POLITICS DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) President Uribe called leading opposition Polo Democratico Senator Gustavo Petro's accusations during the para-politics debate in congress on Antioquia department a personal slander. The nine-hour debate on April 17--in which Petro spoke for over two-hours--focused primarily on allegat [...] | 2007-04-19 20:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2633 | URIBE RESPONDS TO PARAMILITARY ACCUSATIONS AND [...] (C) President Uribe used an hour and forty-five minute live press conference on April 19 to address Senator Petro's allegations against Uribe, his family and his administration. Uribe's press conference was prompted by his concern that Petro's claims were damaging Colombia's image abroad, as [...] | 2007-04-20 21:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA269 | FISCALIAS PREPARES TO RESUME SALVATORE MANCUSO'S [...] (C) The Prosecutor General's (Fiscalia) Justice and Peace Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez told us on January 12 his office is preparing the second round of questions for ex-paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso once his &version libre" or voluntary confession resumes on January 15. Gonzalez said th [...] | 2007-01-12 22:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2837 | PETRO DENOUNCES ATTEMPTED OFFICE SEARCH AND [...] (C) At a Senate hearing on April 24, leading opposition Polo Democratico Senator Gustavo Petro denounced an April 23 attempt by police to search his office for documents linked to an old espionage case involving a military officer. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran conceded a low-level prosecu [...] | 2007-04-27 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3093 | CESAR ATTEMPTING TO SHAKE-OFF PARAMILITARY LEGACY [...] (C) During two trips to former paramilitary-dominated Cesar department in March and April, community leaders said local sympathy for the paramilitaries has turned into resentment. The demobilization of 5,000 paramilitaries led by Cesar strongman Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, AKA "Jorge 40," reduced vi [...] | 2007-05-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3133 | MAGDALENA IMPROVING, BUT THREATS FROM EMERGING [...] (C) Community leaders in Magdalena told poloff the paramilitary demobilization and President Uribe's democratic security strategy have led to improvements in security and the local economy. Still, instances of rearmament of ex-paras are worse in Magdalena than in other north Atlantic coast d [...] | 2007-05-04 22:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3307 | GUAJIRA'S UNIQUE SOCIAL PROBLEMS CONTINUE POST [...] (C) Community leaders and local officials said security had improved in Guajira since the paramilitary demobilization, but some ex-paramilitaries continued their criminal activities. Several said most of the department's problems were not security related, but reflected entrenched social pro [...] | 2007-05-10 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3448 | CARAMAGNA SAYS "DE-PARAMILITARIZATION" OF REGIONS [...] (C) OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS) Director Sergio Caramagna told PolCouns the mission's ninth quarterly report would characterize the demobilization process as positive, with the potential to lead to the "de-paramilitarization" of former paramilitary strongho [...] | 2007-05-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3618 | MANCUSO ALLEGES PARAMILITARY TIES TO POLITICIANS, [...] (U) Former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso claimed in his May 15-16 voluntary testimony that retired generals, top government officials (including the vice-president and defense minister),members of congress, local government representatives, and companies had collaborated with paramili [...] | 2007-05-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3620 | JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW PROCESS BEGINS TO SHOW [...] (SBU) The Prosecutor General's (Fiscalia) Justice and Peace Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez told poloff on May 16 voluntary testimonies of ex-paramilitary leaders have so far helped to identify the perpetrators of over 200 murders and have been instrumental in helping the GOC create new mechanisms t [...] | 2007-05-18 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3879 | FARC PRISONER RELEASE EXPECTED [...] (C) The Presidency's Legal Advisor Mauricio Gonzalez told polcouns May 26 the GOC was preparing a decree to regulate the transfer and release of a significant number of FARC prisoners. Gonzalez linked the initiative to President Uribe's conversation with newly-elected French President Nichol [...] | 2007-05-31 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3891 | DEFENSE MINISTER SANTOS DEFENDS RECORD IN CONGRESS [...] Defense Juan Manuel Santos faces a June 6 vote on a congressional censure motion against him. If a majority of both houses of Congress votes in favor of the motion, Santos would be removed from office. Pro-Uribe supporters have the votes to defeat the motion, and the president publicly backe [...] | 2007-05-31 20:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4029 | PRESIDENT URIBE EXPLAINS UNILATERAL RELEASE OF \ [...] (C) President Uribe explained in a radio and television \ news conference on June 4 that his unilateral FARC prisoner \ release was a goodwill gesture to gain the freedom of 56 \ political hostages held by the FARC, including the three U.S. \ hostages. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polcouns \ President Uribe [...] | 2007-06-05 18:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA413 | CATHOLIC PRIEST ON HUMANITARIAN ACCORD, ELN-FARC [...] (C) Secretary General of the Commission on National Reconciliation Father Dario Echeverri told us on January 17 he is trying to reach senior FARC leaders to discuss a possible humanitarian accord based on the December 2005 European proposal, but he has not received a response. Echeverri said [...] | 2007-01-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA416 | CATHOLIC PRIEST ON HUMANITARIAN ACCORD, ELN-FARC [...] (C) Secretary General of the Commission on National Reconciliation Father Dario Echeverri told us on January 17 he is trying to reach senior FARC leaders to discuss a possible humanitarian accord based on the December 2005 European proposal, but he has not received a response. Echeverri said [...] | 2007-01-19 19:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4329 | GOC EFFORTS TO WORK WITH JUSTICE AND PEACE VICTIMS [...] The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia),Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria),Ombudsman (Defensoria),and National Reconciliation and Reparations Commission have to date helped over 80,000 victims of violence to come forward with information on crimes allegedly committed by former pa [...] | 2007-06-15 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4471 | PARA-POLITICAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK NOT ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Presidential Legal Advisor Mauricio Gonzalez told polcouns June 15 the GOC proposal to provide for reduced, alternative sentences for politicians, front men (testaferros),ranchers, and others who were linked to the paramilitaries but were not United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) [...] | 2007-06-20 23:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA449 | SALVATORE MANCUSO BEGINS TO REVEAL CRIMES; VERSION [...] (U) Ex-AUC leader Salvatore Mancuso admitted to committing or ordering 336 murders from the early 1990s to 2003 in his January 15-16 voluntary confession, or version libre, in Medellin. He discussed paramilitary infiltration of government institutions and paramilitary interference in local a [...] | 2007-01-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4614 | HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REINTEGRATION FRANK PEARL [...] (SBU) The High Commissioner for Reintegration's Office (HCR)--which replaced the Reinsertion Program managed by the Minister of Interior and Justice last September--has changed the process to improve its effectiveness. The changes extend the program's educational and employment services--as w [...] | 2007-06-26 17:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4615 | CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 300PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) Polcouns John Creamer Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Former President and Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria [...] | 2007-06-26 17:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4653 | CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL IGUARAN [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 200PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) CDA Milton Drucker Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran Human Rights Unit Director [...] | 2007-06-26 20:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4677 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTRY DIRECTIVE PROHIBITS USE OF [...] (C) Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos issued a June 21 directive banning the incorporation of demobilized individuals into the "red de cooperantes" (voluntary informant networks) run by the military and police. Charge Drucker and OAS Observation mission (MAPP/OAS) head Sergio Caramagna [...] | 2007-06-28 01:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4716 | FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES [...] Summary. The FARC assassinated eleven Colombian state assemblymen on June 18, according to a FARC communique issued June 28. The FARC claimed the hostages were killed in a crossfire during a military attack. President Uribe condemned the FARC for the murders, and he confirmed that GOC did [...] | 2007-06-28 23:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4730 | CORRECTED COPY: FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN [...] Summary. The FARC assassinated eleven Colombian state assemblymen on June 18, according to a FARC communique issued June 28. The FARC claimed the hostages were killed in a crossfire during a military attack. President Uribe condemned the FARC for the murders, and he confirmed that GOC did [...] | 2007-06-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4741 | AS COLOMBIA MOURNS, FARC OFFERS TO RETURN HOSTAGE [...] On June 29, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) spokesman Raul Reyes issued a communique addressed to Fabiola Perdomo, widow of one of the murdered legislators, and to Alvaro Leyva, a long-term advocate of a humanitarian exchange, confirming the June 18 deaths of the eleven state as [...] | 2007-06-29 21:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4786 | CONGRESS DELIVERS RESULTS DESPITE PARA-POLITICAL [...] Summary. The Colombian Congress passed the GOC's top legislative priorities during its February-June session, despite the distraction of the para-political scandal. President Uribe's governing coalition lacks discipline and programmatic coherence, but was able to unite on votes that mattered, [...] | 2007-07-05 17:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREF PREL PTER PINR CO |
07BOGOTA494 | PRESIDENT URIBE AND CONGRESS: A MIXED RECORD IN [...] (C) Summary: Despite the U Party and coalition difficulties (ref A),a flurry of end of year Congressional activity resulted in the adoption of five significant reform measures supported by President Uribe: bankruptcy reform, new health care subsidies for the poor, partial privatization of E [...] | 2007-01-24 11:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREF PREL PINR CO |
07BOGOTA5118 | ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN PEACE TALKS WITH ELN SET TO [...] (C) Summary. The on-again, off-again peace talks between the GOC and ELN are set to resume July 14. ELN negotiator Palbo Beltran said in an interview the ELN was willing to agree to a cessation of hostilities and a release of hostages, but admitted that serious differences with the GOC on v [...] | 2007-07-13 23:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA5256 | PRESIDENT URIBE MEETS WITH CODEL REYES [...] On July 8, at 1730, at CATAM airfield in Bogota. 2. Participants: United States Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) CDA Milton Drucker C/ORA David Fitzgerald Michael Delaney George Pappas Notetaker Colombia President Uribe FM Fernando Araujo DAS Director Andres Penate ------ [...] | 2007-07-19 21:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER MARR ELAB CO |
07BOGOTA581 | MEDELLIN SETS THE PACE ON SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Secretary of Government for Medellin Gustavo Villegas said on January 16 security in the city had improved dramatically over the last three years. Even regular criminal group members want to "demobilize." Still, Medellin faced security challenges associated with ex-paramilitary power st [...] | 2007-01-26 20:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6013 | OPPOSITION AND GOVERNMENT MEMBERS VOICE CONCERN [...] (U) Summary: As the October 28 regional elections approach, concerns over the integrity of elections are surfacing. Opposition politicians and GOC officials voiced concern that paramilitaries, the FARC, ELN and narco-traffickers will affect the outcomes in certain regions. Opposition leader [...] | 2007-08-16 21:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CO |
07BOGOTA6106 | BUDGET INCREASE FOR PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE [...] Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Holguin said in an August 13 interview in Semana magazine the GOC would provide an additional 80 billion pesos (40 million USD) to the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) in the 2008 budget. This would enable the Fiscalia to add 497 new personnel to [...] | 2007-08-20 23:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6329 | REPRESENTATIVE BLUNT MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Vice President Santos on August 22 to discuss counter narcotics cooperation and prospects for U.S. congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Santos voiced optimism regarding degradation of the FARC's network and cont [...] | 2007-08-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6668 | ELECTORAL VIOLENCE DOWN, BUT STILL AN ISSUE IN [...] Summary: As the October 28 local elections draw near, violence against candidates continues in specific regions--though at lower levels than in previous elections. Contacts from political parties across the spectrum expect free and fair elections in spite of the limited violence. The FARC and [...] | 2007-09-12 21:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CO |
07BOGOTA6948 | COLOMBIA'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE FAIR ELECTIONS IN [...] During a pre-elections visit to Sucre and Cordoba departments, politicians, local authorities, and victims, groups all told us the safer environment created by the demobilization of paramilitaries resulted in a dramatic increase in the participation of newer political parties. However, some v [...] | 2007-09-25 04:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6966 | AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador briefed President Uribe on the latest developments on the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),urged the GOC to coordinate closely with the USG on the efforts of Senator Cordoba and President Chavez to achieve a humanitarian exchange with the FARC, and outlined likely shift [...] | 2007-09-25 17:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7104 | AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice (MOIJ) Holguin told the Ambassador on September 26 that the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) process faced difficult challenges as it addresses the legal status of 18,000 rank and file demobilized paramilitary. The recent victims protection decree will [...] | 2007-10-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR PHUM PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7193 | PRE-ELECTIONS CLIMATE IN SUCRE: NEW SPACE [...] (U) Politicians, local authorities, and victims groups in Sucre report the paramilitary demobilization has opened new political space, allowing increased participation by new political parties and social groups ahead of the October elections. Still, some victims, groups and candidates complai [...] | 2007-10-04 20:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7203 | URIBE REITERATES GOC OPPOSITION TO RETURN OF [...] On October 3, following a breakfast meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, President Alvaro Uribe told the press the GOC opposed the return to Colombia of FARC members "Sonia" and "Simon Trinidad" as part of any humanitarian exchange of FARC-held hostages for FARC members in Colomb [...] | 2007-10-04 23:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7223 | CORDOBA PRE-ELECTIONS REPORT: INCREASED [...] (U) New parties and community groups are taking advantage of the greater political space created by the paramilitary demobilization and jailing of elected officials with paramilitary ties to participate actively in the October local elections in Cordoba. Still, candidates fear new criminal gr [...] | 2007-10-05 19:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7234 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 1 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated to Foreign Minister Araujo on October 1 our commitment to obtaining U.S. congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and said we will need continued GOC support for the congressional delegations that will likely visit Colombia in the coming [...] | 2007-10-06 00:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER UNSC VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7240 | PARA-POLITICAL SCANDAL UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court has linked 37 of Colombia's 268 legislators to the former paramilitaries, with fourteen members in jail, one a fugitive, and twenty-two under formal investigation. Congressmen facing investigation include Mario Uribe, a distant cousin and longtime political ass [...] | 2007-10-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7281 | GOC-GOV TENSIONS EMERGE AS HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE [...] (C) President Chavez urged the GOC to facilitate, not block, GOV efforts to meet with FARC leaders in Venezuela. The GOC responded by warning the international community not to "fall for the deception of terrorism." Long-time FARC intermediary Alvaro Leyva said Uribe's decision to involve Cha [...] | 2007-10-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7350 | ELECTION RISK MAPS HIGHLIGHT REGIONAL THREATS [...] In mid-September, the civil society Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) published maps identifying 576 of Colombia's 1099 municipalities as at risk for violence or electoral fraud during the October 28 departmental and municipal elections. Interior Minister Carlos Holguin dismissed the MOE f [...] | 2007-10-11 21:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CO |
07BOGOTA7359 | PRESIDENT URIBE: QUESTIONS ARISE WITH SUPREME [...] (SBU) On October 8, President Uribe released a statement saying he had received a letter from a jailed paramilitary accusing Supreme Court Magistrate Ivan Velasquez of offering the paramilitary legal benefits to implicate Uribe in a plot to murder a jailed paramilitary leader. Uribe called Vel [...] | 2007-10-12 14:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER |
07BOGOTA7375 | U PARTY PROPOSES THIRD TERM FOR URIBE [...] On October 10, U Party Secretary General Luis Guillermo Giraldo announced that the Party would seek to amend the constitution to allow President Uribe to run for a third term in 2010 presidential elections. In a Senate session hosted by the U Party to discuss its platform, Giraldo said "no m [...] | 2007-10-12 20:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CO |
07BOGOTA7397 | PRE-ELECTIONS CLIMATE IN VALLEDUPAR: CRIMINAL [...] (U) Summary: Candidates and officials in Valledupar, capital of the northern Cesar Department, report some paramilitary influence in local campaigns and isolated security threats against candidates, but note an overall improvement in openness and transparency this election season. The GOC is [...] | 2007-10-15 20:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7421 | INCREASING ASSET SEIZURES: A STEP FORWARD IN [...] (U) In the past three months, the GOC seized close to a billion dollars in assets tied to major narcotraffickers, including infamous ex-paramilitaries "Macaco" and Vicente Castano, and drug trafficker "Chupeta." The seizures reflect excellent US-GOC law enforcement cooperation, as well as the [...] | 2007-10-16 22:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PHUM CO |
07BOGOTA7451 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH UNHCHR [...] (SBU) In an October 10 courtesy call, the Ambassador voiced our support for the work of local UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Office Director Juan Pablo Corlazzoli and noted our interest in working closely with his successor. Corlazzoli thanked the Ambassador for U.S. funding, voi [...] | 2007-10-17 23:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PREL PTER UN CO |
07BOGOTA7456 | MAGDALENA GOVERNOR CONVICTED FOR PARAMILITARY TIES [...] Trino Luna Correa, Liberal party member and former governor of Magdalena, plead guilty to aggravated conspiracy (concierto para delinquir agravado) to commit crime due to his paramilitary ties on October 14. Luna, who ran uncontested in 2003, was detained in March for ties to para leaders Ro [...] | 2007-10-18 19:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7481 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In an October 11 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice-President Santos reviewed prospects for U.S. approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),agreed on the need to work closely to deflect efforts by President Chavez and the FARC to make the USG and GOC look intransigent in humanita [...] | 2007-10-19 14:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7483 | PRE-ELECTIONS CLIMATE IN CUCUTA: CRIME AND BORDER [...] (U) Cucuta, the capital of Norte de Santander, is a major transit point to Venezuela, making it a magnet for illegal armed groups trying to control legal and illegal commercial activity. Its mayor was arrested in September for paramilitary ties, but he remains highly popular. Election preparat [...] | 2007-10-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PINR PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7582 | OAS AND U.S. ELECTORAL OBSERVATION EFFORTS IN [...] The OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) has a presence on the ground and will support extensive GOC actions to promote free and fair elections (reftel). The Embassy has developed an election observation plan, and will deploy 30 officers across key Departments under OAS accreditation. Othe [...] | 2007-10-19 22:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7622 | META AT RISK: ELECTIONS VISIT TO VILLAVICENCIO [...] (U) On September 26-28, we met with political party leaders, candidates, incumbents, and civil society representatives in Meta to discuss the October 28 local elections. The civil society group--the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE)--considers Meta at high risk for violence and fraud. Cor [...] | 2007-10-22 22:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER PHUM CO |
07BOGOTA7648 | GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER REVIEWS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos voiced skepticism about the efforts of President Chavez and Senator Cordoba to facilitate a humanitarian exchange with the FARC, prompting a rebuke from President Uribe. GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us Uribe was chagrined with Santos' remarks, because at th [...] | 2007-10-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7702 | VALLE DE CAUCA: CLEAN ELECTIONS EXPECTED DESPITE [...] (C) Summary. We expect peaceful elections in most races in Valle de Cauca, but there is widespread concern that drug money may be behind some campaigns. The FARC is unlikely to disrupt elections, but is reportedly sponsoring candidates around Cali. New criminal groups and ex-paramilitaries [...] | 2007-10-25 21:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7746 | COLOMBIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS PROCEED SMOOTHLY WITH [...] Colombia's October 28 local elections occurred without significant violence or problems. The GOC deployed 167,000 police and military to voting sites, and electoral officials were well-organized overall. The GOC quickly deployed security to the few areas where allegations of fraud--or local [...] | 2007-10-30 17:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7946 | PARAS, FARC, AND CORRUPTION LOSE GROUND IN LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. The results of October 28 local elections saw ex-paramilitaries and their political associates lose ground. The paramilitary demobilization created new political space, with the press actively exposing candidates with para ties. Still, some candidates linked to jailed para-poli [...] | 2007-11-06 21:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7954 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 29 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria on October 29 the result of the preceding day's local elections, Senator Cordoba's and President Chavez' efforts to promote a humanitarian accord, and prospects for U.S. Congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agre [...] | 2007-11-06 22:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PHUM PINR PREL OAS PE VE CO |
07BOGOTA8001 | CHAVEZ AND THE FARC KEEP GOC IN THE DARK [...] (C) Summary: Prompted by press reports of a President Chavez-FARC meeting, GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo issued a statement on November 7 stating that Chavez had not informed the GOC of his encounter--as Uribe and Chavez had previously agreed. A senior GOC official voiced skepticism about [...] | 2007-11-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA8045 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 1 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 00:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS FR NU VE |
07BOGOTA8047 | ELN MILITARY ACTIONS AND AREA OF OPERATIONS [...] Summary: Local security experts and peace advocates said ELN attacks against the GOC fell over 90 percent from 2002-2006. The ELN's geographic area of operations also shrank dramatically. The experts voiced hope that the ELN's fading military capacity would make the group ready for peace neg [...] | 2007-11-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CO |
07BOGOTA8068 | GOC CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REESTABLISH STATE PRESENCE [...] (U) The GOC created the Centro de Coordinacion de Accion Integral (CCAI) to integrate military, police civilian programs into a single, coordinated effort to establish GOC penetration of key conflict areas. CCAI works to ensure civilian health, welfare, educational, and economic development pr [...] | 2007-11-14 22:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER NL SP CO |
07BOGOTA8086 | URIBE REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO DEMILITARIZED ZONE [...] (SBU) President Uribe reiterated his opposition to a demilitarized zone ("despeje") in talks with the FARC, and ruled out a meeting between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and senior FARC leader Manuel Marulanda. In his November 8 meeting with Chavez, FARC Secretariat member Ivan Marquez had [...] | 2007-11-15 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA8160 | CHAVEZ' PROPOSAL FOR MEETING WITH FARC'S MARULANDA [...] On November 20, in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' public statement that he received GOC authorization for a meeting with FARC leader Manuel Marulanda, the GOC issued a communique clarifying that such a meeting could only occur after the FARC began to release its hostages. The GOC [...] | 2007-11-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER FR SP SZ VZ CO |
07BOGOTA8221 | AMBASSADOR VISITS CALI--COLOMBIA'S THIRD CITY, AT [...] (C) On November 14, Ambassador Brownfield visited Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca and Colombia's third largest city. Infamous for the violence and narcotrafficking of the 1980s and 90s, Cali continues trying to start a revival and clean up its image. The Ambassador expressed the Embassy's c [...] | 2007-11-23 21:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA8332 | URIBE REITERATES COMMITMENT TO OBTAIN RELEASE OF [...] President Uribe said the GOC remains committed to obtaining the release of hostages held by the FARC, and would work with French President Sarkozy on new ways to achieve this goal. Still, he cautioned that any release should not strengthen the FARC or encourage kidnapping. GOC Peace Commissi [...] | 2007-12-03 21:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER FR CO |
07BOGOTA8430 | U PARTY REMAINS DIVIDED HEADING INTO 2010 [...] (C) The U Party continues to consolidate its party structure following the October local elections, with Party leaders focused on quashing internal dissent and developing a plan to enable it to maintain strong ties with whoever wins the 2010 presidential elections. Still, the Party's poor rel [...] | 2007-12-10 14:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CO |
07BOGOTA8478 | PRESIDENT URIBE DISAVOWS THIRD TERM, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Summary: Public debate continues over whether President Uribe will seek a second re-election in 2010. Uribe has publicly said he will not do so, and presidential political strategist Jose Obdulio Gaviria categorically told us Uribe will not run again. Still, U Party Secretary General Lu [...] | 2007-12-11 21:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CO |
07BOGOTA8652 | CONTINUING PROBES IN PARA-POLITICAL SCANDAL [...] (U) The Supreme Court and the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia)--with GOC support--continue to investigate politicians with alleged paramilitary ties. Former Senate President Luis Humberto Gomez Gallo was arrested on December 3, bringing the total number of congressmen in jail to eightee [...] | 2007-12-21 22:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA870 | INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting, INL A/S Anne Patterson asked Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Holguin to continue expediting consultations with indigenous communities regarding aerial eradication in reserves. Holguin expressed frustration with the conflicting SIMCI and CNC numbers on hec [...] | 2007-02-07 20:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR |
07BOGOTA871 | INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH REINTEGRATION CZAR [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting, Reintegration Commissioner Frank Pearl told INL A/S Anne Patterson of his efforts to increase the program's credibility in Colombia and with the international community. He noted the GOC pays 96 percent of the Reintegration Program's budget, while the internation [...] | 2007-02-07 20:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BRASILIA1000 | BRAZIL: INL A/S PATTERSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C). Summary. INL Assistant Secretary Patterson and Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by DCM, Embassy Regional Affairs Chief, and PolCounselor, met on 14 May with General Jorge Armando Felix, chief of the ministerial-level Office of Institutional Security (GSI) in Brazil's Presidency. Felix was [...] | 2007-06-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SNAR PGOV BR |
07BRATISLAVA147 | SLOVAKIA ON TRACK FOR 2008 SCHENGEN ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Despite some early uncertainty and delays carried over from the previous government, the current GOS seems motivated - and able - to meet its deadlines for joining Europe's Schengen zone by the end of the calendar year. Accession to the Schengen zone would, in effect, certify that Slova [...] | 2007-03-13 07:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PGOV PREL PINR SOCI LO |
07BRATISLAVA195 | SLOVAKIA UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches March 23 to MFA Acting Political Director Anna Turenicova, MFA Director for the Department of Asia, Africa and the Middle East Marion Tomasik, and Deputy Director for the Security Policy Department Ivan Vano. All were interested in the information [...] | 2007-03-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LO |
07BRATISLAVA210 | WHAT DOES A NEW LEADER MEAN FOR SLOVAKIA'S [...] (U) Summary: The opposition Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK) surprised everyone when it elected a new chairman, Pal Csaky, at its March 31 Party Congress in Komarno. Csaky defeated Bela Bugar, who had been the longest-serving party Chairman in Slovakia and was widely respected as a moder [...] | 2007-04-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LO |
07BRATISLAVA262 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES ICTY/R AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Bratislava on April 23-24, 2007 for meetings with MFA interlocutors to discuss the close out of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the upcoming election of a new ICTY Prosecutor, and th [...] | 2007-05-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LO |
07BRATISLAVA270 | HZDS AND MECIAR: CAN'T LIVE WITH HIM, CAN'T LIVE [...] (C) Summary. Vladimir Meciar is being challenged for the leadership of his People's Party ) Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HzDS) for the first time in 14 years. HzDS Vice-Chairman Viliam Veteska,s reach for the HzDS top post is unlikely to succeed, but it reflects concerns about Meciar's [...] | 2007-05-07 14:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
07BRATISLAVA367 | HZDS: MECIAR STILL IN CHARGE [...] (C) Summary. Vladimir Meciar was reelected Chairman of the co-ruling People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HzDS) at a party congress on June 9. Meciar won with 90 percent of the vote after his challenger, Deputy-Chairman Viliam Veteska, withdrew on the morning of the congress an [...] | 2007-06-20 12:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
07BRATISLAVA382 | OPPOSITION PARTIES COOPERATING IN A BID TO [...] (C) Slovak opposition parties -- the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party (SDKU),Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) and the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) -- are gradually improving their intra-party cooperation and appear united in their shared goal of maintaining the eco [...] | 2007-06-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
07BRATISLAVA42 | HZDS LEADER MECIAR UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL QUADRUPLE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR LO |
07BRATISLAVA57 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 26, 2007 [...] (C) Over dinner with the Ambassador and their wives on January 23, Foreign Minister Jan Kubis acknowledged that Prime Minister Robert Fico will likely continue to infuriate international partners as he did, for example, with his attendance at the Cuban national day reception on January 11 and [...] | 2007-01-26 16:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PINR LO |
07BRATISLAVA85 | SNS-NOMINATED UPN CHAIRMAN SAYS THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (SBU) On February 9, PolOff and PolFSN met with Ivan Petransky, PhD, the new Chairman of the Institute of the Memory of the Nation (UPN). Petransky was nominated by the far-right Slovak National Party (SNS) whose members generally profess an admiration for Jozef Tiso, leader of the WWII-era f [...] | 2007-02-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR LO |
07BRAZZAVILLE368 | BRAZZA IN BRIEF SEPTEMBER 7 2007 [...] (U) Frederic Bintsamou, also known as Pastor N'Tumi, announced he will arrive in Brazzaville on September 10th to take his appointed position as a Presidential Adviser on promoting peace in the aftermath of the civil war. Ntumi was appointed by President Sassou-Nguesso in May 2007 to appease t [...] | 2007-09-07 17:54:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
07BRAZZAVILLE393 | BRAZZA IN BRIEF SEPTEMBER 24 2007 [...] (U) RSG Global Coffey Mining, a London-South African-Australian mining consulting agency will coordinate and direct the 5,000-meter drilling for iron ore in the Zenaga region of RoC, the first phase of which is scheduled to be completed by December 2007. In the short time since the license was [...] | 2007-09-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
07BRAZZAVILLE403 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, OCTOBER 5, 2007 [...] (U) Post celebrated the completion of a high school renovation by the U.S. Navy Seabees Detachment from Sigonella, Sicily. After thanking the Seabees, the Ambassador pointed out that this was the first cooperative effort between members of the U.S. and Congolese Armed Forces and that their suc [...] | 2007-10-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
07BRAZZAVILLE406 | BRAZZA IN BRIEF FOR OCTOBER 5, 2007 [...] (U) Post celebrated the completion of a high school renovation by the U.S. Navy Seabees Detachment from Sigonella, Sicily. After thanking the Seabees, the Ambassador pointed out that this was the first cooperative effort between members of the U.S. and Congolese Armed Forces and that their suc [...] | 2007-10-05 17:05:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
07BRAZZAVILLE416 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF OCTOBER 12 2007 [...] (U) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil , will arrive in Brazzaville October 15 for one day meeting with GRoC to discuss bilateral agreements and participate in the RoC launch of a campaign to provide immunizations for measles and distribution of bednets for children aged 5 years [...] | 2007-10-12 17:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SCUL MARR CF |
07BRAZZAVILLE429 | U.S. NAVY MAKES A BIG SPLASH IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. Navy has been active in Congo-Brazzaville, and the small country is still feeling the benefits of its community outreach programs. A detachment of Seabees renovated two schools in the Brazzaville area, and on the heels of their departure, the USS FORREST SHERMAN made a po [...] | 2007-10-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL MARR KDEM PINR CF |
07BRAZZAVILLE430 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF FOR OCTOBER 26, 2007 [...] (U) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will deliver 'a message on the state of the nation' to Parliament on October 27, 2007. 2. (U) "A Dream Come True Thanks to Sassou" banners flew over the city of Pointe Noire as President Sassou-Nguesso inaugurated the construction of a major roadway to link [...] | 2007-10-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL MARR ECON ECIN EAID |
07BRAZZAVILLE431 | CORRECTED (ADDED TAGS AND INFO ADDRESSES) U.S. NAVY MAKES A [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. Navy has been active in Congo-Brazzaville, and the small country is still feeling the benefits of its community outreach programs. A detachment of Seabees renovated two schools in the Brazzaville area, and on the heels of their departure, the USS FORREST SHERMAN made a po [...] | 2007-10-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL MARR KDEM PINR CF |
07BRAZZAVILLE439 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, 2 NOVEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The Renaissance Man: President Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaimed in his state of the nation address that the Republic of Congo (RoC) is now in a full renaissance mode. Addressing Parliament on October 27, the President stated "The renaissance of the Congo is a visible, concrete and tangible a [...] | 2007-11-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR PGOV EAID PINR PHUM SCUL MARR ECON CF |
07BRIDGETOWN104 | ST. LUCIA: NEWLY APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Rufus Bousquet, visited the U.S. Embassy in Barbados on January 18 to discuss his visa ineligibility with the Consul General. FM Bousquet also paid a courtesy call on the DCM, who asked about APIS legislation for Cricket World Cup an [...] | 2007-01-30 21:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1114 | ST. LUCIA PM SIR JOHN COMPTON ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: St. Lucia Prime Minister Sir John Compton's health has starkly deteriorated. On September 1, he was flown to Martinique where he is currently on life support. Compton's chosen successor, current Acting Prime Minister Stephenson King, appears positioned to officially succeed him [...] | 2007-09-04 20:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1168 | ST LUCIA PRIME MINISTER JOHN COMPTON PASSES AWAY [...] Prime Minister of St. Lucia Sir John Compton passed away on September 7 from a series of strokes and other complications. He was 82 years old. Compton led St. Lucia to independence from the United Kingdom in 1979, becoming the island state's first prime minister. He also served as Premier o [...] | 2007-09-10 20:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1225 | ST. LUCIA'S NEW CABINET SPORTS FAMILIAR NAMES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 9, 2007, Prime Minister Stephenson King was sworn in as Prime Minister of St. Lucia, following Sir John Compton's death on September 7th. King appointed his new cabinet on September 12th but made few changes to his predecessor's cabinet. The new cabinet is most notab [...] | 2007-09-19 21:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN125 | GRENADA'S SCRAMBLE FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Among local media predictions for the new year is one of increased People's Republic of China (PRC) efforts to gain influence on the United States' back doorstep, in the Caribbean, and specifically within CARICOM. Several local commentators have called for Grenada and CARICOM to [...] | 2007-02-01 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PINR PHUM CASC GJ CH CU VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1354 | RSS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE? [...] (C) Summary: Now that the urgency for region-wide security cooperation necessitated by the hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup has dissipated, the Regional Security System (RSS) appears to be reaching a crucial turning point. With the UK Special Assistance Team (UK-SAT) planning to leave Ant [...] | 2007-10-23 19:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1387 | ST. VINCENT: SPLINTERS OF AN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: In several meetings with leaders of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition New Democratic Party (NDP),and in consultations with the party's sympathizers as well as Unity Labor Party (ULP) and former-ULP members, Embassy Bridgetown learned of growing discontent with [...] | 2007-11-01 21:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EAID ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM PGOV PINR PREL |
07BRIDGETOWN1409 | ST LUCIA: JOHN COMPTON'S DAUGHTER LIKELY TO WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jeanine Compton-Rambally, daughter of former prime minister Sir John Compton, will likely win an upcoming by-election for the seat left vacant by her father's death. Although unlikely, the opposition could narrowly win the seat if the participation of two independent candidates sp [...] | 2007-11-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CN TW ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1472 | BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. As head of CARICOM this year, Barbados has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as sports, health, education, agricultur [...] | 2007-12-03 21:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1475 | ST. VINCENT REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR CU XL PGOV |
07BRIDGETOWN1480 | ST. KITTS REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 19:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1481 | DOMINICA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 19:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1494 | ST. LUCIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1501 | ANTIGUA-BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) Antigua and Barbuda enjoys a close relationship with Cuba. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in health, education, transportation, and scien [...] | 2007-12-07 17:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1561 | PETROCARIBE #34: EC LEADERS FLOCK TO PETROCARIBE [...] (U) Summary: Eastern Caribbean Heads of State departed for the Fourth Petrocaribe Summit on Friday, December 21st in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The summit comes among praises from leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who have benefited from the Petrocaribe program. The pa [...] | 2007-12-21 19:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL CU |
07BRIDGETOWN189 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur assured the United States of his commitment to continue building a strong and warm bilateral relationship. PM Arthur and Ambassador Ourisman discussed trade, disaster risk man [...] | 2007-02-12 19:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR ECON ETRD BB JM XL |
07BRIDGETOWN194 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO GRENADA [...] (U) Summary: On January 17-19, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited Grenada to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Grenadian officials including the Prime Minister and the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, [...] | 2007-02-12 21:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN195 | (C) ST. LUCIA PM COMPTON HOLDS HIS CARDS CLOSE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, Deputy Chief of Mission Gilroy called on Government of St. Lucia (GOSL) Prime Minister Sir John Compton to congratulate him on his return to power and to review the bilateral relationship. She also raised USG concerns about charismatic cabinet member Richard Frede [...] | 2007-02-12 21:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR SNAR ASEC EAID ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN196 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the President of Dominica and called on both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister on January 24. In her courtesy calls, the Ambassador and her interlocutors discussed both current and possible future USAID projects, the Adva [...] | 2007-02-13 16:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID ENRG EINV MASS KCRM KPAO |
07BRIDGETOWN213 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #31: CHAVEZ TO VISIT DOMINICA [...] (C) Summary: Various media report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Dominica and St. Vincent on February 16 and 17, respectively, to open fuel storage tank facilities. Despite the reality of several logistical and technical setbacks with fuel delivery and storage for the Petro [...] | 2007-02-16 20:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN228 | PETROCARIBE #32: CHAVEZ VISIT UNEVENTFUL [...] (C) Summary: On February 16-17, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The visit was light on substance and heavy on atmospherics, as he reiterated past Petrocaribe-related promises and resorted to his usual vitriolic anti-American talking points. [...] | 2007-02-21 19:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN23 | GRENADA TRYING TO READ ST. LUCIA TEA LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grenadians are reading the tea leaves of the St. Lucia election, hoping to find clues to their own future. Speculation is rampant that Prime Minister Keith Mitchell will call elections following Cricket World Cup in an attempt to ride the expected popular high following successfu [...] | 2007-01-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN284 | THIRD CWC 2007 ISAG MEETING: CWC TO WALK BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 held its third plenary session February 23 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to bring together the group of hosting and playing nations and the international community fo [...] | 2007-03-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN286 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the government of St. Lucia on February 20. In meetings with the Governor General, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and leader of the opposition, the Ambassador discussed crime in St. Lucia, Article 98, Petrocaribe, the Advance Pa [...] | 2007-03-05 23:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM CASC ENRG EPET EFIN ASEC |
07BRIDGETOWN299 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (C) Summary: On February 25-27, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to present her credentials. Meetings with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Opposition Leader focused on Venezuelan assistance, Article 98, narcotics trafficking and Cricket World Cup. T [...] | 2007-03-08 21:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT EAIR SNAR |
07BRIDGETOWN312 | RSS C-26 AIRCRAFT AND COLOMBIA [...] (C) Per ref A, Ambassador Ourisman informed Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur that INL's proposal to repair the two C-26 aircraft of the Regional Security System (RSS) airwing was no longer offered. 2. (C) In response, PM Arthur and other officials noted that, in principle, Barbados w [...] | 2007-03-13 20:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BB CO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN332 | PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...] | 2007-03-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN333 | PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN338 | PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN353 | PETROCARIBE #33: CHAVEZ TIES WORRY ST. VINCENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines' (SVG) private sector representatives reveal widespread anxiety over the Vincentian government's growing ties with Venezuela, especially the close relationship between Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Venezuelan P [...] | 2007-03-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN369 | OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR SAINT VINCENT'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The head of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition party, Arnhim Eustace, has stepped up his criticism of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in the last three weeks. His most recent themes included Gonsalves' December pardon of a convicted drug dealer and Gonsalves' emb [...] | 2007-03-26 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN397 | U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Bridgetown would like to offer the following assessment of the possible consequences of further cuts in U.S. assistance to the Eastern Caribbean. The economic realities--or more aptly--vulnerabilities of these microstates are such that further reductions in U.S. presen [...] | 2007-04-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB CU VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN399 | REQUEST TO REPROGRAM FMF FUNDS IN FY 08 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 11 and 12. 2. (U) Embassy Bridgetown has registered in reftel its concerns regarding the State Department's decision to eliminate FY 08 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for the Eastern Caribbean. While we strongly urge the Department to reverse th [...] | 2007-04-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB ST VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN405 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL,S VISIT TO THE EASTERN [...] I look forward to welcoming Chairman Engel and his delegation to the Eastern Caribbean on April 13-16. In anticipation of our meetings with Grenada's Prime Minister Mitchell and Vincentian Prime Minister Gonsalves, I would like to offer the following background on the region and key U.S. pol [...] | 2007-04-05 20:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ECON PREL PGOV PBTS PINR VC GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN451 | DISAPPOINTING CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007 [...] (C) Summary: Four years ago, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed an agreement to host the world's third largest sporting competition, the Cricket World Cup (CWC),from February to April, 2007. Caribbean governments have reportedly spent over USD 500 million on preparations for what they [...] | 2007-04-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN452 | SVG PM GONSALVES TO CUBA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Likely as a guest of the state, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves will travel to Cuba April 13 for medical treatment, rest, and relaxation following a car accident in St. Vincent which resulted in his hospitalization on April 9. He is planning to be gone at least two weeks. END S [...] | 2007-04-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN464 | ST. LUCIA - PIERRE REACHING FOR SLP HELM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a private conversation on March 30, deputy leader of the opposition St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) Philip Pierre shared his views on the future of his party and evaluated his potential competitors in the ruling United Workers Party (UWP). Pierre indirectly admitted that he pl [...] | 2007-04-17 20:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN517 | DOMINICA: SLOW START-UP FOR NEW OFFSHORE SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: Although the government of Dominica has announced plans to resuscitate its economic citizenship program and offshore financial services sector, it has yet to develop the necessary policy framework and institutions to do so. The existing Financial Services Unit, envisioned as the [...] | 2007-05-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN EINV CPAS IR RS KS SZ |
07BRIDGETOWN518 | BARBADOS PM ARTHUR'S CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Owen Arthur, Barbados' most popular politician, is well positioned to win an unprecedented fourth term in the next parliamentary election, which is expected later in 2007 or in 2008. He will run on his solid record of achievement over the past 12 years, supported [...] | 2007-05-03 17:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN525 | (C) ST. LUCIA: TAIWAN DECISION MAY WEAKEN COMPTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet has emerged as the head of a rival faction set on forcing Prime Minister Sir John Compton to retire from politics and leave FM Bousquet in charge. If Compton's departure is the outcome of current infighting in the five-month-old government, suspec [...] | 2007-05-04 18:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN573 | (C) GRENADA PM MITCHELL ON CHAVEZ'S BAD LIST? [...] (C) Summary: In a somewhat tense mid-April meeting with Charge, Grenada's Keith Mitchell shared his fears that strongly leftist Caribbean leaders, led by St. Vincent's Ralph Gonsalves, had persuaded Hugo Chavez that the pro-American Grenada government should not receive further Venezuelan as [...] | 2007-05-09 21:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID AC DO GJ IS VC VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN589 | ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...] | 2007-05-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN632 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS AG [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Attorney General Dale Marshall thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the areas of security and law enforcement. He also requeste [...] | 2007-05-18 19:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC CASC SNAR ECON ETRD BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN641 | CRICKET WORLD CUP MAY DELIVER LONG TERM SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: While the Cricket World Cup (CWC) has been an economic disappointment for the region (ref A),it has generated changes and reforms in the CARICOM security infrastructure that may yield lasting benefits for the region. The United States contributed to the region's CWC preparatio [...] | 2007-05-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN644 | ST. LUCIAN CABINET COUP FAILED, BUT NEW PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's Prime Minister Sir John Compton reportedly returned from New York on May 19. His weakened state probably means that St. Lucia's unsettled political situation will continue. The government has made no official announcements since his return, but it is likely that Acti [...] | 2007-05-22 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN654 | BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Embassy Bridgetown recommends a waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for Barbados. Barbados and Cuba enjoy a good relationship. Both countries recently committed to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number [...] | 2007-05-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN656 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Chief Justice Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons expressed appreciation for U.S. support to the Barbadian judicial branch over the years. Simmons spoke fondly of his working relationship with previous U.S [...] | 2007-05-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN669 | ST. LUCIA: FREDRICK INVESTIGATION AND MLAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 17 television talk show, a prominent news personality leaked the details of a standing evidence request made under the U.S.-St. Lucia Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) concerning Richard Fredrick, St. Lucia's Housing Minister suspected of ties to drug trafficking [...] | 2007-05-25 21:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS KTIA KCOR PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN711 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS DPM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Mia Mottley, thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the a [...] | 2007-06-05 17:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | BB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN740 | OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS LOUDER FOR ST. VINCENT'S [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, June 8, opposition party leader, Arnhim Eustace, will lead another protest demonstration in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). This time, Eustace has managed to gain public support from several members of St. Vincent's private sector. However, Eustace's goals for t [...] | 2007-06-07 20:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN749 | ST. LUCIA CABINET RESHUFFLE, A STEP TOWARD A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 6, St. Lucia Prime Minister Sir John Compton reshuffled his cabinet, firing Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet, demoting Home Affairs Minister Keith Mondesir, and giving their portfolios to Acting Prime Minister Stephenson King. Given Compton's health problems, it is widely [...] | 2007-06-08 18:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AORC OVIP KSUM KJUS KTIA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN760 | DAS DUDDY AND ST. VINCENT PM GONSALVES DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy met with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on June 11 in preparation for the Conference on the Caribbean to be held in Washington later this month. Specifically, DAS Duddy and PM Gonsalves focused on the Confe [...] | 2007-06-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EINV ECON AORC OVIP KSUM PINR |
07BRIDGETOWN774 | AMOR ETERNO: CUBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE EASTERN [...] (C) Cuban Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, received praise for his country from Caribbean governments last week at the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Summit in Grenada on May 25, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Cuba Summit, held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on [...] | 2007-06-14 11:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN906 | ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...] | 2007-07-16 19:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN907 | CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING: HALTING [...] (C) Summary: The 28th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference took place in Barbados on July 1-4, 2007. Unsurprisingly, the Caribbean leaders agreed on a number of measures that should ensure some forward momentum in the region's integration efforts in the economic, security, and social develo [...] | 2007-07-16 19:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BB EAID EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN943 | CARICOM CHAIR GIVES FREE PASS TO CUBA, AGAIN [...] (U) In a joint press conference with Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 19, Barbados Prime Minister and CARICOM Chair, Owen Arthur, told journalists that CARICOM has never approved and will never support unilateral sanctions against Cuba. While Barbados support for Cuba is not unus [...] | 2007-07-23 20:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN952 | CANADA PM STEPHEN HARPER ADDRESSES BARBADOS [...] (SBU) On July 19, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, addressed a standing room only audience of approximately 200 senior officials, diplomats and top business representatives in Barbados. Harper unveiled Canada's plan to play a bigger role in the hemisphere and create "a new partnership [...] | 2007-07-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | BB ETRD ETTC PGOV PINR PREL XL |
07BRUSSELS1048 | ASKING BELGIUM TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) CDA IMBRIE DISCUSSED REF REQUEST FOR BELGIUM TO ACCEPT NON-BELGIAN DETAINEES AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT THEM WITH FM KAREL DE GUCHT ON 3/28/2007. HE OFFERED A FULLER BRIEFING (TO BE DRAWN FROM REFTELS AND DETAINEE INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT) AS DESIRED. 2. (C/NF [...] | 2007-03-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR KAWC BE |
07BRUSSELS1175 | MID-TERM CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 13:25:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR EUN |
07BRUSSELS119 | FIRST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS ON US -EU GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The first round of negotiations on a US-EU General Security of Information Agreement took place in Brussels the week of December 4, 2006. The agreement would create a legal framework under which classified information could be exchanged between the US and the European Union. E [...] | 2007-01-16 13:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN PGOV PINR PREL |
07BRUSSELS189 | EU REACHES COMPROMISE ON UNSCR 1737 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C/NF) After protracted negotiations, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the EU Council reached agreement January 18 on a draft text on EU's implementation of UNSCR 1737. The draft must still be considered by the foreign ministers' General Affairs Council (GAERC) on Jan 22, and th [...] | 2007-01-19 13:43:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN KDEM PHUM PARM PINR SNAR IR EUN |
07BRUSSELS2041 | BELGIAN COALITION FORMATION -- LETERME EXPECTS A [...] (U) Summary: During a June 20 meeting with Ambassador Fox, Flemish Minister President Leterme said he planned to put together a four-party Christian Democrat/Liberal coalition if, as expected, King Albert asked him to form the next federal cabinet. Leterme intends to reach out to the opposit [...] | 2007-06-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS2211 | As Belgian Cabinet Formation Hits Snag, Former [...] On July 5, Belgian King Albert II tasked former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, a Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V),with a delicate mission ? finding a way to form a government that can implement constitutional reform in a way that is acceptable to the Flemish voters who want change and the [...] | 2007-07-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS2263 | THE U.S. - EU AGREEMENT ON SECURITY OF INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary. The US-EU Agreement on the Security of Information, signed April 30, 2007, offers an important new vehicle by which the US can inject its perspectives into the internal EU policy-making process and shape European strategic thinking. It can also be used to gain insights into EU in [...] | 2007-07-12 15:27:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR EUN PREL |
07BRUSSELS2393 | Belgian Leader Leterme [...] (U) For Yves Leterme, the first week of trying to form Belgium's next government has been a sobering experience. His interlocutors at the government formation talks have given him a rude welcome to the premier division of Belgium's political world. To make matters worse, Leterme himself ha [...] | 2007-07-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS2951 | EU APPOINTS DE KERCHOVE AS NEW CT COORDINATOR [...] EU ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA Council) on September 18 concurred on the designation of Gilles de Kerchove, a senior Belgian official in the Council Secretariat, as the EU's new Counter-Terrorism Coordinator. Ministers also endorsed a compromise plan for sharing criminal data [...] | 2007-09-20 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PINR PREL EUN |
07BRUSSELS3298 | ATTEMPT TO FORM NEXT BELGIAN GOVERNMENT IN DANGER [...] (SBU) Summary: Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme's 148 day attempt to form a new Belgian government could collapse entirely during the week of November 5. If he is unable to forge an agreement on the contentious Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde redistricting issue by November 7, at least two o [...] | 2007-11-06 16:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3308 | DESPITE BITTER WORDS, POLITICIANS FIND A WAY TO [...] (SBU) In a typical twist of Belgian politics, what looked yesterday like an argument that could result in the country's dissolution, now looks like a garden variety row between francophones and Flemings. Shortly before the Flemish members of the lower house Interior Affairs Committee voted un [...] | 2007-11-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3351 | BELGIAN GOVERNMENT FORMATION - ADRIFT, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Yves Leterme's attempt to form a new Belgian government is still alive, but there seems little chance that it will succeed anytime soon. A recent series of inter-communal flaps, all centered around the bilingual communes surrounding Brussels, have brought a pause to Leterme's [...] | 2007-11-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3438 | Expanded Role for Caretaker Prime Minister the [...] The King has resumed his consultations following the collapse of Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme's six- month government formation attempt. He was closeted with Leterme at midday on December 3, having started his session almost two hours earlier. Caretaker Prime Minister Guy Verhofst [...] | 2007-12-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3544 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 09:54:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER PHUM KDEM PK EUN |
07BRUSSELS881 | Joint Russian-U.S. Demarche to Belgium on the [...] Summary: On March 14, Russian Ambassador Vadim Lukov and Charge d'Affaires Will Imbrie presented to Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Security and Disarmament Pol De Witte and Director for Non- Proliferation Werner Bauwens the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat [...] | 2007-03-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL BE RS |
07BUCHAREST1187 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST FOR GENDARMES [...] (U) Post has no information to indicate that the below named individuals have been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to Leahy Amendment-mandated requirements. Post requests that the Department review its records for any information indicating involvement in or accusat [...] | 2007-10-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MASS MARR RO |
07BUCHAREST1215 | STATE TV NEWS EDITOR SANCTIONED FOR REVEALING [...] (C) Summary: Press freedoms appear to have been caught in the political backlash against the release of footage of a Romanian Agriculture Minister caught accepting a bribe. Romanian journalists complain of political pressure as the public television editors who broadcast the footage of high-le [...] | 2007-10-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
07BUCHAREST1314 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW ROMANIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH DANIEL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI SCUL RO |
07BUCHAREST238 | ROMANIA STOPS MILSPEC LIQUID-OXYGEN GAS CONVERTERS [...] (S) On February 27, Gicu Pop from the National Agency for Export Control (ANCEX) alerted Polmiloff to the disposition of five U.S.-origin, Liquid-Oxygen Gas Converter capsules en route to Iran, but held by Romanian Customs Authorities at Otopeni Airport. The Customs officials notified ANCEX w [...] | 2007-03-01 16:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PINR PREL PARM ETTC KOMC IR RO |
07BUCHAREST254 | PYGMALION: A DISCUSSION WITH NEW GENERATION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A former U.S.-based Romanian academic now serving as senior advisor to property and sports magnate Gigi Becali confirmed that Bacali's New Generation party had benefited greatly from voter disgust with internecine strife in the ruling coalition and other political turmoil. The PN [...] | 2007-03-05 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST322 | FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF RESIGNS [...] (SBU) The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE),Claudiu Saftoiu, resigned March 19, following his controversial testimony last week before the special parliamentary committee to investigate the president for abuse of constitutional authority. PC President Dan Voiculescu, who chairs [...] | 2007-03-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR RO |
07BUCHAREST405 | ROMANIA SUBSCRIBES TO STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST452 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW INTERIOR MINISTER CRISTIAN DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with new Interior Minister Cristian David to review and maintain major areas of cooperation. David assured the Ambassador of the government's continued commitment to anti-corruption reforms in Justice and Home Affairs. He also requested additional U.S. assistance o [...] | 2007-04-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
07BUCHAREST453 | PARLIAMENT SUSPENDS PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Parliament on April 19 voted 322 to 108 (10 abstentions) to suspend President Traian Basescu for 30 days. The suspension should go into effect April 20 after the Constitutional Court notes the decision and it is published in the Official Gazette. Basescu's staff a [...] | 2007-04-19 15:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST532 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating inv [...] | 2007-05-10 16:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST538 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating inv [...] | 2007-05-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PGOV SNAR |
07BUCHAREST583 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating inv [...] | 2007-05-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST622 | ROMANIAN CANDIDATE FOR UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) At the request of outgoing MFA Director for UN Issues Petru Dumitriu, Polmiloff joined Dumitru's replacement, Gabriela Constantinescu, UK Poloff, and Iraqi Ambassador Murad to receive a diplomatic note (with CV copied below) expressing Romania's interest in advancing the candidacy of Am [...] | 2007-05-30 06:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PINR UN |
07BUCHAREST631 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating invo [...] | 2007-05-31 11:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST65 | PYRRHIC VICTORY AT THE LIBERAL CONFERENCE: PM [...] (C) Summary: The National Liberal Party (PNL) reelected Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu as party president at the extraordinary party convention held on January 12-13. Some leading Liberals, including several Tariceanu allies, were defeated in their leadership bids by more populist and [...] | 2007-01-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PROP RO |
07BUCHAREST685 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING CABLE [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating invo [...] | 2007-06-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST686 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING CABLE [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating invo [...] | 2007-06-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST687 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING CABLE [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating invo [...] | 2007-06-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST696 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING FOR ILEA ROSWELL NOMINEES [...] (SBU) The following individuals have been nominated to attend USG sponsored training at the ILEA facility in Roswell, New Mexico to be held from August 13, 2007 to September 7, 2007. Local vetting has been completed along with ACES database checks. 2. (SBU) Post requests that the Department [...] | 2007-06-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC SNAR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST699 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING CABLE FOR IMET PROGRAM 25 [...] (U) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating invo [...] | 2007-06-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST701 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING CABLE FOR IMET PROGRAM [...] (U) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating invo [...] | 2007-06-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO |
07BUCHAREST897 | MONEY AND POLITICS: WHO REALLY OWNS ROMANIA? [...] (C) Summary. Romania's transition from communism and the ensuing privatization of state enterprises hugely benefited a small group of individuals with connections to the immediate post-Communist regime and/or the ubiquitous Securitate. Some of these individuals leveraged information and relati [...] | 2007-08-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON RO SOCI |
07BUDAPEST1059 | ORBAN ON ORBAN: FIDESZ PRESIDENT ON THE OPPOSITION'S LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security and the transatlantic relationship (septel),FIDESZ president Viktor Orban also reviewed his plans to "professionalize" the party leadership and his strategy for the months - and years - ahead. BUDAPEST UNDERGROUND 2. [...] | 2007-06-29 05:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU PINR |
07BUDAPEST117 | BLOGGER-IN-CHIEF: HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER'S BLOG [...] (C) Post offers the following information, keyed to the questions posed in reftel: 2. (C) We see minimal policy impact to PM Gyurcsany's blog to date. It has not, for example, blunted criticism of the government's often opaque approach to reforms, and is more often a review of Gyurcsany' [...] | 2007-01-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR |
07BUDAPEST1582 | ALL THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEN: WHO'S WHERE ON [...] (SBU) As reform continues to dominate the political landscape, clearer divisions are emerging within the governing coalition and among the party leaders. 2. (C) Within the government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany remains most visibly associated with the package of reforms that commonly bear h [...] | 2007-09-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PINR HU |
07BUDAPEST1784 | 2 GUYS NAMED KAROLY: NEW FACES WIELD NEW INFLUENCE [...] (C) Both the government and the opposition are paying unaccustomed attention to the substance and the stylistics of foreign policy. This has been particularly evident in their realignment of personnel, with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and FIDESZ turning to two ironically similar staffer [...] | 2007-10-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR HU |
07BUDAPEST866 | DISTORTED REFLECTIONS: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE [...] (C) Hungary's political parties leave the spring convention season with their leadership either reaffirmed (FIDESZ and the MDF) or realigned (MSZP and SZDSZ). Although the parties are intent on minimizing their internal divisions, there is an ironic gap between the current party presidents a [...] | 2007-05-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HU |
07BUDAPEST947 | PAY ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN: [...] (C) FIDESZ Parliamentary Faction Leader Tibor Navracsics is rapidly emerging from relative obscurity to national political prominence. He is amassing influence within the party for his mastery of the issues and assuming a higher public profile as the opposition's spokesperson in Parliament. [...] | 2007-06-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR HU |
07BUDAPEST962 | THE CRITICS AGREE: THE GROWING CHORUS OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Opposition figures, government insiders, and outside observers are increasingly vocal in their criticism of the substantive content and the bureaucratic process of Hungary's foreign policy. KICK ME 2. (C) The growing discontentment makes for strange bedfellows. Both Alexandra Dobo [...] | 2007-06-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR HU |
07BUDAPEST986 | OPENING DOORS AND OPENING EYES: PM GYURCSANY ON [...] (S) Summary: PM Gyurcsany and his wife, Dr. Klara Dobrev, joined Ambassador Foley for lunch June 17. Discussion focused on Russia policy, with a tense, reticent and often defensive Gyurcsany expressing his desire "not to get caught in the middle" of the declining US-Russia relationship. He [...] | 2007-06-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR RU HU ENRG |
07BUENOSAIRES1721 | STAFFDEL QUILTER'S VISIT TO ARGENTINA (AUGUST 16-21) [...] (U) This message was cleared by HCFA Staffer Peter Quilter. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: (HCFA Staffer Peter Quilter visited Buenos Aires August 16-21, 2007, and met with Argentine political analysts, pollsters, and politicians to get their views on the political panorama for the October 28 presiden [...] | 2007-08-30 16:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1920 | ARGENTINA: EX-VEEP ALVAREZ ON MERCOSUR, VENEZUELA, AND [...] (SBU) Former De La Rua Administration Vice President "Chacho" Alvarez, currently serving as the President of Mercosur's Permanent Representatives Commission, sees Mercosur's current expansion agenda as a political effort to contain and manage Venezuela (protect). A Venezuela within Mercosur an [...] | 2007-09-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PINR VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1951 | ARGENTINA: CHIEF JUSTICE TO SEEK JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Argentine Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti, on the eve of his first official visit to Washington, to discuss his agenda and judicial reform in Argentina. Lorenzetti shared the details of his October 1-5 Washington schedule and his hope to pr [...] | 2007-09-28 19:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM SNAR EAID KDEM AR PINR |
07BUENOSAIRES2206 | DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: CRISTINA'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced a new cabinet November 14 that will look very much like her husband's. The early announcement was sparked by infighting among cabinet factions. The limited changes suggest strongly that any evolution in policies und [...] | 2007-11-14 21:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV MARR PINR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2270 | ARGENTINA REQUESTS AGREMENT FOR HECTOR TIMERMAN [...] (SBU) Action Request -- para 4. 2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry convoked the Ambassador November 28, 2007 to present a diplomatic note dated the previous day from the MFA requesting U.S. agrement for the appointment of Hector Timerman as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Repu [...] | 2007-11-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OFDP PINR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2271 | Argentina's New Economy Minister Faces Daunting Policy [...] (SBU) Incoming Economy Minister Martin Lousteau will replace Miguel Peirano following the December 10 inauguration of President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). The new Minister is a well-regarded 36-year old banker whose poise, intelligence and discretion reportedly caught CFK's ey [...] | 2007-11-30 07:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR |
07BUENOSAIRES928 | C-TN7-00406: ARGENTINE POSITIONS ON SAMPLE SHARING [...] (U) Emboff met on May 10, 2007 with Argentine Ministry of Health official Dr. Hugo Fernandez to clarify Argentina's positions on Reftel questions. Argentina has to date been an eager partner on the full spectrum of pandemic preparedness cooperation. Dr. Fernandez was unable to address many of [...] | 2007-05-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KFLU AR |
07BUJUMBURA176 | BURUNDI'S FORMER 2ND VICE PRESIDENT ARRESTED [...] (U) Summary: Burundi's National Security Services (SNR) arrested former Vice President Marina Barampama on March 13 on charges of being a "threat to the internal security of the state". The charges are likely related to the import of building materials, which many believe are for her personal [...] | 2007-03-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA178 | BURUNDI'S FORMER SECOND VICE PRESIDENT RELEASED FROM [...] Burundi's National Intelligence Services (SNR) released the former Second Vice President, Marina Barampama, from custody by late in the evening on March 13, after eight hours of questioning. Barampama had been arrested earlier the same day on charges of posing a "threat to the internal securit [...] | 2007-03-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA181 | BURUNDIAN RESPONSE TO UN INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL PINR UNGA BY |
07BUJUMBURA201 | DAS SWAN VISIT TO BURUNDI: TACKLING OBSTACLES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary(DAS) for African Affairs, James Swan, SIPDIS Burundian President Nkurunziza expressed appreciation for the continued support of the American people and emphasized Burundi,s commitment to political and economic stability. During a [...] | 2007-03-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA204 | BURUNDI: NEW FNL DEMANDS COULD STALL REINTEGRATION [...] (U) Summary: During meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs, James Swan, the SIPDIS Government of Burundi (GOB) responded to U.S. concerns about stagnation in the Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) initiative due to new PALIPEHUTU-FNL demands. Th [...] | 2007-03-22 11:30:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA237 | BURUNDI CEASE FIRE AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Burundi's cease fire agreement with the rebel PALIPEHUTU-FNL has stalled. Visiting South African analyst Jan van Eck (protect) warned that the accord could collapse because the South African facilitators had assured the FNL that certain outstanding issues could be discussed in B [...] | 2007-03-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF |
07BUJUMBURA241 | BURUNDI CEASE FIRE AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Burundi's cease fire agreement with the rebel PALIPEHUTU-FNL has stalled. Visiting South African analyst Jan van Eck (protect) warned that the accord could collapse because the South African facilitators had assured the FNL that certain outstanding issues could be discussed in B [...] | 2007-04-02 09:58:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF |
07BUJUMBURA267 | THREE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES STALL BURUNDIAN CEASE FIRE TALKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Special Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo outlined the three most contentious issues facing the Joint Verification Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) and briefed the diplomatic corps on the status of implementation after a meeting with the National Liberation Front (FNL) on April 2. [...] | 2007-04-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF |
07BUJUMBURA268 | BURUNDI TALKS WITH FNL TO CONTINUE IN PRETORIA? [...] (C) The South African facilitation mission has proposed to hold a special set of talks between the Government of Burundi (GOB) and the rebel PALIPEHUTU-FNL in Pretoria, according to South Africa's Institute for Strategic Studies analyst Jan van Eck. In a conversation on April 6, Van Eck priv [...] | 2007-04-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF |
07BUJUMBURA290 | BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT DISMISSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) President Pierre Nkurunziza, on April 12, replaced three high-ranking members of Burundi,s national intelligence service, the Securite National de Renseignments (SNR),including the Deputy General Manager and the Chief of Staff. The former principal advisor to the President, Zacharie Sa [...] | 2007-04-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA299 | BURUNDI: SINDUHIJE LEAVES THE HELM OF AFRICAN [...] (U) On April 23, African Public Radio (APR) announced the departure of its founder, Alexis Sinduhije, as Director of the popular radio station. APR enjoys the largest media market share and audience in Burundi. There was no official reason given for Sinduhije,s departure, though his exit is [...] | 2007-04-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA306 | BURUNDI: TAPE REVEALS RADJABU PLANS FOR ARMED [...] (SBU) Burundi,s Minister of the Interior, Major General Evariste Ndayishimiye, is investigating reports that former CNDD-FDD party president, Hussein Radjabu, is organizing an armed rebellion against President Pierre Nkurunziza,s government. In Bubanza province, Burundian security forces hav [...] | 2007-04-25 12:41:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA307 | BURUNDI HOSTS THE RELAUNCH OF THE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Great Lakes member states of Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo convened in Bujumbura on April 16 to open dialogue for the Economic Community of the Great Lakes States (CEPGL). The CEPGL is relaunched after 13 years of inactivity [...] | 2007-04-25 12:41:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA309 | BURUNDI: RADJABU APPEARS BEFORE PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) On April 26, former CNDD-FDD party president Hussein Radjabu is appearing for the second time before Burundi,s Prosecutor General in response to a warrant issued against him on April 25. The reasons for Radjabu,s appearance have not been confirmed but it is widely believed that the rec [...] | 2007-04-26 12:54:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA327 | BURUNDI: HUSSEIN RADJABU ARRESTED AND JAILED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The controversial former CNDD-FDD party president, Hussein Radjabu, is imprisoned in solitary confinement at Bujumbura,s Mpimba Central Jail. Radjabu,s arrest on Friday, April 27 is the result of an inquiry by the Prosecutor General,s office concerning taped evidence of Radja [...] | 2007-05-04 07:13:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA37 | NEW BURUNDIAN CABINET APPOINTMENTS [...] Burundian President Nkurunziza on January 23 announced the following Cabinet appointments: -- Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Breeding: Jean de Dieu Mutabazi -- Minister of Commerce and Industry: Donatien Nijimbere -- Minister of Planning, Development and National Reconstruction: [...] | 2007-02-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BY |
07BUJUMBURA376 | BURUNDI'S RADJABU TO GO TO COURT MAY 29 [...] (U) Summary. Burundi's National Prosecutor on May 22 presented to former CNDD-FDD chairman Hussein Radjabu's attorney a list of charges against Radjabu following his April 27 arrest. Radjabu is expected to go to court May 29. This session follows an extensive search of Radjabu's home on the ev [...] | 2007-05-25 09:05:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA38 | BURUNDI: IS RADJABU'S POLITICAL FATE HANGING IN [...] (C) Summary: The power struggle between Burundian strongman Hussein Radjabu and the country's President continues to dominate headlines, as government journalists report that the President's office has barred one of his key allies, Communications Minister Ramadhan Karenga, from entering gover [...] | 2007-02-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SA |
07BUJUMBURA413 | BURUNDI: CHANGES IN PRESIDENT'S SENIOR STAFF [...] (U) Burundi's President Nkurunziza announced on May 31 changes in his two most senior staff positions. The new Chief of Cabinet, Melchior Wagara, replaces Martin Mbazumutima. The new Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Jean-Bosco Ndikumana, replaces Melchiade Nzopfabarushe, who left the position more t [...] | 2007-06-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BY |
07BUJUMBURA422 | BURUNDI: CHANGES IN PRESIDENT'S SENIOR STAFF [...] (U) Burundi's President Nkurunziza announced on May 31 changes in his two most senior staff positions. The new Chief of Cabinet, Melchior Wagara, replaces Martin Mbazumutima. The new Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Jean-Bosco Ndikumana, replaces Melchiade Nzopfabarushe, who left the position more t [...] | 2007-06-06 10:21:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BY |
07BUJUMBURA423 | BURUNDI: CHANGES IN PRESIDENT'S SENIOR STAFF [...] (U) Burundi's President Nkurunziza announced on May 31 changes in his two most senior staff positions. The new Chief of Cabinet, Melchior Wagara, replaces Martin Mbazumutima. The new Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Jean-Bosco Ndikumana, replaces Melchiade Nzopfabarushe, who left the position more t [...] | 2007-06-06 10:21:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BY |
07BUJUMBURA424 | RADJABU APPEARS BEFORE BURUNDI'S SUPREME COURT [...] (U) Burundi's Supreme Court confirmed May 31 the continued detention of Hussein Radjabu. The Supreme Court's confirmation means that Radjabu will remain at Mpimba Prison through the end of his trial, which, according to Burundian law, must begin within thirty days of detention. Formal charge [...] | 2007-06-06 10:21:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA453 | BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT NOMINATES NEW MEMBERS OF [...] (U) Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza announced new appointments to fill the positions of National and Deputy National Prosecutor, the Presidency of the Constitutional Court, and the mayor of Bujumbura. He also announced the replacements of six of Burundi's seventeen governerships The no [...] | 2007-06-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA454 | BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT TO MEET WITH FNL'S AGATHON [...] (SBU) Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza and Forces Nationale de Liberation (FNL) leader Agathon Rwasa will participate in talks June 17 in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, according to the African Union (AU) special envoy to the peace negotiations between the Government of Burundi (GOB) and the F [...] | 2007-06-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA466 | NKURUNZIZA'S FACE-TO-FACE WITH FNL'S RWASA [...] (U) Summary: In an unprecedented meeting, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and PALIPEHUTU-FNL rebel leader Agathon Rwasa met privately on June 18 in Dar es Salaam, marking a significant milestone in the resuscitation of the September 2006 ceasefire agreement. The two men agreed that the F [...] | 2007-06-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA467 | BURUNDI HOSTS TANZANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete made his first state visit to Burundi June 19-21 in answer to President Nkurunziza's November 2006 visit to Tanzania. Kikwete's visit immediately followed talks in Dar-Es-Salaam between President Nkurunziza and FNL leader Agathon Rwasa. Tanzania [...] | 2007-06-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PHUM PINR PREF PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA513 | BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGES [...] (C) Summary. President Nkurunziza announced new appointments in seven ministries, and announced the creation of a new Ministry, the Ministry of Regional Integration and Cooperation. They mark the third round of new appointments in the Nkurunziza government since early June 2007. Two of Buru [...] | 2007-07-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA522 | DISSENSION WITHIN BURUNDI'S OPPOSITION UPRONA [...] (U) Summary. The Executive Committee of UPRONA voted to suspend from the party its two highest-ranking members of the government, following the party's decision not to participate in the new cabinet. After his suspension, the First Vice-President of the Republic consulted the arm of the party [...] | 2007-07-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA534 | TALKS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF BURUNDI AND FNL FALTER [...] (U) Summary. Negotiations between the Government of Burundi (GOB) and the PALIPEHUTU-National Liberation Forces(FNL) in talks meant to start the 2006 cease-fire agreement faltered July 21, leading to the gradual departure of the FNL's delegation. The FNL's head of delegation, Jean-Berchmans [...] | 2007-07-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA538 | FNL FLEES BURUNDIAN PEACE PROCESS IN DRAMATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Force for Liberation (FNL),the last hold-out rebel group, has fled the negotiating table and Bujumbura in a severe rupture of the year long attempts to implement a June 2006 cease-fire agreement. The 25 member negotiating team has been reduced to three members of the [...] | 2007-07-26 10:43:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA542 | BURUNDI: NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION AWAITING [...] (U) Burundi has signed, but has not yet ratified, the International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism, according to Burundi's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). DCM met on July 27 with the MFA's Chief of Staff, Alain Niyamitwe, to urge that Burundi ratify the convention as [...] | 2007-07-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA543 | BURUNDI'S CNDD-FDD PARTY SEEKS USG HELP IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the President of Burundi,s ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party, Jeremie Ngendakumana, appealed to Ambassador Moller for assistance in resolving the government,s impasse with Burundi,s major politic [...] | 2007-07-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA550 | CNDD PARTY LEADER NYANGOMA SPEAKS CRITICALLY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Council for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD) Party leader and former Burundi National Assembly member, Leonard Nyangoma met with Ambassador Moller on July 31 to share his impressions of Burundi's democratic progress and his opinions concerning President Pierre Nkur [...] | 2007-08-01 16:25:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA559 | BURUNDI'S MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTIES DESPERATE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of Burundi's major opposition parties, Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU),Leonce Ngendakumana, and Union for National Progress (UPRONA),Aloys Rubuka, both insisted that dialogue between Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza's government and the two largest opp [...] | 2007-08-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA565 | BURUNDI FORMER MINISTER ADVOCATES RADJABU'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on August 6, National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party member and former Minister of Commerce and Industry Jean Bigirimana claimed that the political malaise plaguing Burundi's government can be alleviated [...] | 2007-08-08 13:21:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA571 | BURUNDI'S FORMER PRESIDENT WARNS OF A MILITARISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting on August 6 with Ambassador Moller, Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) party member and former Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye, asserted that the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party int [...] | 2007-08-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA574 | BURUNDI PRESIDENT BEING ADVISED BY HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) Members of Burundi's political and civil society are consistently suggesting that President Pierre Nkurunziza is being manipulated by a small group of advisors who are strongly connected to the military wing of Nkurunziza's ruling CNDD-FDD party. Embassy officers have been told by well- [...] | 2007-08-16 14:56:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA575 | FORMER BURUNDI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADER SPREADS [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the embassy on August 7, National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party member and former First Vice President of the National Assembly Onesime Nduwimana summed up his perceptions of Burundi's political morass by sta [...] | 2007-08-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA584 | BURUNDI'S GOVERNMENT TAKES THEIR MESSAGE ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Just prior to his departure for Burundi's interior on August 9, Burundi's Minister of Good Governance, Venant Kamana, briefed the Ambassador on the government's message he intended to convey to communal representatives concerning various political issues plaguing the nation. [...] | 2007-08-20 16:58:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA585 | BURUNDI'S CIVIL SOCIETY PUTS PRESSURE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 13, civil society leaders Onesphore Nduwayo of Governmant Action Watch (OAG) and Jean-Marie Vianney Kavumbagu of Ligue Iteka expressed serious concerns over President Pierre Nkurunziza's lack of action to address the political storm [...] | 2007-08-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA586 | BURUNDI'S PARLIAMENT LEADERS OFFER NO SOLUTIONS TO [...] (SBU) In a meeting on August 8, the President of Burundi's Senate, Gervais Rufyikiri, emphasized that only true dialogue among the political powers would be able to unblock the stalemate in the National Assembly. Rufyikiri stated the the political problems threatening to destabilize Burundi [...] | 2007-08-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA587 | BURUNDI HARDLINE OPPOSITION LEADER DOES NOT RULE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on August 7 to elicit his perceptions of Burundi's political stalemate, influential Union for National Progress (UPRONA) party firebrand, Terence Sinunguruza, suggested that President Pierre Nkurunziza's continued disregard for his country's constitution and the [...] | 2007-08-20 17:18:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA591 | BURUNDI CENTRIST PARTY LEADER SEES PARTY DIVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Epitace Bayaganakandi, National Assembly member for the small Movement for the Rehabilitation of the Citizen (MRC) party attributed the political impasse stifling Burundi's progress to the growing internal divisions within the ma [...] | 2007-08-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA608 | BURUNDI'S FORMER PRESIDENT NDAYIZEYE FEARS FOR HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye called for an impromptu meeting with Ambassador Moller on August 23 to express his concerns over his personal security in light of the recent rise in harassment and intimidation towards opposition figures by the National Police. Nd [...] | 2007-08-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA626 | BURUNDI MAKING EFFORTS TO MEET IMF DEMANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Israel de la Piedra met with Ambassador Moller on August 30th to discuss the Government of Burundi's (GOB) progress on meeting short term IMF goals required for funds dispersal. De la Piedra expanded on actions undertaken to [...] | 2007-08-31 10:24:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | BY PGOV PINR PREL |
07BUJUMBURA629 | FNL FACTIONS FIGHT IT OUT IN NORTHERN BUJUMBURA [...] In the early morning hours of September 3rd and 4th, factions of the Palipehutu-FNL (FNL) engaged in infighting in northern Bujumbura. Embassy sources currently report twelve casualties from the confrontations. The attacks occurred in the Buterere and Kimana communes of Bujumbura, areas of th [...] | 2007-09-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | BY PREL PGOV PINR |
07BUJUMBURA637 | PRESIDENT NKURUNZIZA TAKES ACTION TO INITIATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of August 27, Ambassador Moller met with Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and key political leaders in follow-up to the unprecendented Ngozi meetings the previous week between Nkurunziza and the opposition FRODEBU and UPRONA parties. President Nkurunziza cal [...] | 2007-09-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA65 | BURUNDI'S RULING PARTY ELECTS NEW PARTY HEAD [...] (U) At a party congress in Ngozi on February 7, Burundi's ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, elected a new party president, Jeremie Ngendakumana, the current ambassador to Kenya. The party also elected two Vice Presidents, members of parliament Jean Marie Sesema from Bubanza and Denise Sindokotse fr [...] | 2007-02-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR BY |
07BUJUMBURA656 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes at yet another critical time in the country's modern political history. President Nkurunziza,s administration faces significant political challenges that could destabilize the government if unadressed. Negotiations between the Government of Burundi (GOB) [...] | 2007-09-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV BY PREL |
07BUJUMBURA657 | IMF COMMITTED TO EVENTUAL BURUNDI BUDGETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Israel de la Piedra briefed a small number of the diplomatic corps on a proposed IMF budget review in a September 11 meeting. A positive review of the Government of Burundi (GOB) budget will allow for the release of $93 million i [...] | 2007-09-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL BY PGOV |
07BUJUMBURA682 | DAS SWAN URGES DIALOGUE TO RESOLVE BURUNDI'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with high level government officials on September 18-19, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs James Swan expressed support for Burundi's transition to a post conflict society while cautioning officials on pending potential pitfalls. DAS Swan met with Presi [...] | 2007-09-25 08:56:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PGOV BY |
07BUJUMBURA711 | BURUNDI SENATE AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REVEAL DOCKET [...] In ceremonial openings on October 1, the Burundi Senate and National Assembly announced they will consider 33 bills in their upcoming sessions. Of the 33 bills to be considered, only 1 of the bills differs from the last docket. The other bills have been in limbo for several months due to a s [...] | 2007-10-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PREF PTER KNNP ECPS MNUC |
07BUJUMBURA731 | BURUNDI UPDATE - OCTOBER 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The following is an update of outstanding issues of events of interest in Burundi: -- Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Muyinga massacre -- upcoming legislation on women's issues -- justice reform -- refugees and returnees -- Hussein Radjabu -- East African Community integ [...] | 2007-10-16 15:13:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PHUM BY |
07BUJUMBURA74 | BURUNDI'S RULING PARTY ELECTS NEW PARTY HEAD [...] (U) At a party congress in Ngozi on February 7, Burundi's ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, elected a new party president, Jeremie Ngendakumana, the current ambassador to Kenya. The party also elected two Vice Presidents, members of parliament Jean Marie Sesema from Bubanza and Denise Sindokotse f [...] | 2007-02-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR BY |
07BUJUMBURA79 | BURUNDI NAVAL OFFICIALS SEIZE EXPLOSIVES [...] (U) On January 30, Burundian naval officials seized a cache of approximately 1000 sticks of dynamite and detonators discovered aboard a fishing boat that had crashed against rocks near Nyanza-Lac, a village in Southern Burundi on the shores of Lake Tanganyika not far from the Tanzanian border. [...] | 2007-02-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA798 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes at a critical time in the country's modern political history. After a summer marked by political infighting and a virtual legislative standstill, President Nkurunziza appointed a new government and displayed some willingness to tackle Burundi's sig [...] | 2007-11-26 13:01:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PINR PGOV PREL OREP EAID MASS MARR BY |
07BUJUMBURA81 | BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT NKURUNZIZA DISMISSES 2ND VICE [...] (U) On Thursday, February 8, Burundi President Nkurunziza dismissed 2nd Vice President, Marina Barampama. The media reported on February 9 that her dismissal is due to "irresponsibility and insubordination." Most notably, Barampama, a key supporter of former CNDD-FDD party president, Hussei [...] | 2007-02-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA86 | BURUNDI'S PARLIAMENT NAMES NEW SECOND VICE [...] The Burundian parliament named Gabriel Ntisezerana as the Second Vice President on February 9. Immediately prior to his designation, Ntisezerana was the governor of the Central Bank of Burundi. In a statement given after his appointment, Ntisezerana declared that "priorities will be a fight a [...] | 2007-02-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL BY |
07BUJUMBURA94 | MORE BURUNDIAN CABINET SHUFFLING [...] (U) Burundian President Nkurunziza on February 12 appointed new ministers of Planning, Development, and Reconstruction and of Information, Communications, and Parliamentary Relations. Mr. Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza will replace Jean Bigirimana as the Minister of Planning. Mrs. Hafsa Mossi succ [...] | 2007-02-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PINR PREL |
07CAIRO1353 | ARAB LEAGUE MEDIATING IN THE COMOROS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 07:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG |
07CAIRO1462 | EGYPT BUYS KAZAKH WHEAT TO CUT LOSSES ON SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Egyptian trade mission to Kazakhstan was aimed in part at securing low-cost Kazakh wheat for Egypt's highly subsidized bread. Egyptian imports of higher-quality U.S. wheat have declined in recent years as the GOE sought to reduce its losses on "baladi" bread, the sine [...] | 2007-05-20 03:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR PINR EG |
07CAIRO1519 | ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS [...] AFRICAN AFFAIRS SAMIR HOSNI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT ON HIS MAY 8 - 11 TRIP TO THE COMOROS, ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S 22 MEMBER STATES, TO MEDIATE THE CONFLICT THERE. HOSNI SAID THAT HE AND AFRICAN UNION ENVOY MANDELA NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH ISLAND PRESIDENT BACAR STEPPED DOWN FROM OFFICE [...] | 2007-05-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG |
07CAIRO1531 | EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER HINTS AT BROADER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a pointed and wide-ranging speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Rachid called for reform of Egyptian education, infrastructure, energy policy, and other areas far removed from his trade portfolio. The ambitious speech encoura [...] | 2007-05-24 06:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PINR PREL EG |
07CAIRO1856 | SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM - EGYPT'S ROLE [...] (S) In support of the Iraqi Scientist Redirection Program, Post recently secured initial visa approval for two Iraqi scientists, Dr. Anton Al-Banna and Dr. Al-Abbasi Obaid, to do one year fellowships at NAMRU-3, the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo. Securing these visas required exte [...] | 2007-06-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER TBIO EG |
07CAIRO1988 | EGYPT: MORE CORRUPTION CHARGES, AD HOC RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: A recent report of a Shura Council member arrested for smuggling, corruption accusations in the People's Assembly by a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) legislator against businessmen affiliated with the National Democratic Party (NDP),and suspicions about the bidding process for a govern [...] | 2007-07-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PINR EG |
07CAIRO2008 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRIME MINISTER ON ARREST OF [...] (C) In a meeting June 28 with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, the Ambassador emphasized USG concerns that Amr Tharwat's imprisonment was inconsistent with the Egyptian constitutional guarantee of free worship and could pose difficulties for bilateral relations. Ambassador noted that Tharwat, a m [...] | 2007-07-02 07:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF PINR EG |
07CAIRO2497 | NOTIFICATION TO GOE OF UPCOMING ARB III PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PTER EG |
07CAIRO2622 | (U) EGYPT: CHRISTIAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER [...] (C) Summary: Yousef Sidhom, a Christian publisher and chief editor of Watany newspaper, told the Ambassador that recent public debates in Egypt over conversion away from Islam are a "healthy" development. Sidhom opined that any direct public intervention by the USG in this complex and sens [...] | 2007-08-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF EG |
07CAIRO2846 | OIL DISCOVERY IN UPPER EGYPT [...] (SBU) Egypt's Petroleum Minister is hailing a crude oil discovery in Upper Egypt as a potential economic savior for the region, but some industry experts, citing questions over recoverable reserves, quality, and local refining capability, have their doubts. Their skepticism meshes with broader [...] | 2007-09-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PINR EG |
07CAIRO2871 | EGYPT IN TRANSITION: SADAT AND MUBARAK [...] (C) Egypt faces uncertainty as it moves towards a post-Mubarak future. It has been almost exactly twenty-six years since Egypt last faced such a transition. Although one could argue that some of the elements that led to the dramatic events of September and October 1981 are back in place -- sho [...] | 2007-09-23 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EG |
07CAIRO2887 | LABOR UNREST RETURNS TO NILE DELTA [...] (SBU) Up to 24,000 workers at one of Egypt's largest public textile factories, Ghazl el Mehalla, have been on strike since September 23 demanding unpaid bonuses, pay increases, and changes in company and factory union leadership. The GOE has deemed the strike illegal although security interfe [...] | 2007-09-25 09:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR EG |
07CAIRO2889 | TRADE MINISTER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid, a leader of the cabinet's economic reformers, has been hesitant this year to confront bureaucratic opposition to key reform priorities. At the same time, he has laid out a bold public vision for the future of economic reform in Egypt [...] | 2007-09-25 09:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD EAGR PINR PREL IS EG |
07CAIRO2932 | EGYPT: MFA'S BMENA REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES FORUM [...] (C) Charge called on Ambassador Raouf Saad, FM Aboul Gheit's Coordinator for Reform Initiatives, on September 24 to discuss the planning for the Forum for the Future (FFF). Saad indicated that he personally plans to attend the upcoming sub-ministerial in Berlin (reftel). Saad made clear tha [...] | 2007-10-01 08:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KDEM PINR GM EUN |
07CAIRO2983 | LABOR UNREST IN NILE DELTA SUBSIDES AFTER DEMANDS [...] (U) Striking workers at Egypt,s largest public-sector textile factory resumed work October 1, after successfully extracting concessions from GOE representatives. Over 24,000 workers from the Ghazl el Mehalla factory in the Nile delta city of Mehalla el Kubra walked off the job on September 23 [...] | 2007-10-08 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR EG |
07CAIRO3000 | TRIBAL CLASHES IN NORTH SINAI LEAD TO PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Tensions between the Fawakhreya tribe, which is based in the city of el-Arish in North Sinai, and the Tarabeen bedouin tribe intensified on October 6 when a Tarabeen member opened fire on residents and buildings in the Fawakhreya neighborhood, according to press accounts and Embassy cont [...] | 2007-10-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PTER PGOV ASEC EG |
07CAIRO3228 | THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: The November 3-6 General Conference of Egypt's ruling party held few surprises, with the main news of the event being a change to the party's mechanism for selecting a presidential candidate: a 45-member committee was formed, from among whose ranks will be chosen the National Dem [...] | 2007-11-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ENRG PINR EG |
07CAIRO336 | SPY SPANDAL INVOLVING CANADA, EGYPT, AND ISRAEL [...] (C) A SPY SCANDAL INVOLVING AN EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN CITIZEN AND THREE ISRAELIS BECAME PUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 4. STATE SECURITY ARRESTED AN EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN IN JANUARY WHEN HE RETURNED TO CAIRO ON A FAMILY VISIT FOR SPYING ON EGYPTIAN CITIZENS IN TURKEY AND CANADA ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL. CANADIAN EMB [...] | 2007-02-07 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MEPN EG IS CA |
07CAIRO3390 | SINAI SMUGGLING INCENTIVES INCREASE UNDER STIFLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pent-up economic pressure for trade with the Palestinians is fueling smuggling between North Sinai and Gaza, residents and officials in the governorate told us on a visit to El-Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed Nov. 28-29. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------ Hard Times, U [...] | 2007-12-03 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PTER PINR PREL KPAL KWBG EG IS XF |
07CAIRO3419 | DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT SPLINTERS [...] (SBU) In a December 4 meeting at his request, Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdallah of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Union Front (SLM/A-UF) told us that the leadership of the SLM/A-UF had divided due to the conference of Darfur rebels in Sirte, Libya, which began in late October. Mohamed Abdul [...] | 2007-12-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS PINR EG SU |
07CAIRO3426 | IBN KHALDUN CENTER PLANS NEW DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ibn Khaldun Center is moving forward with proposals for elections monitoring and other democracy-promotion programs next year, despite a staff reorganization forced by the absence of founder Saad Iddin Ibrahim and the threat of a lawsuit with potentially debilitating financ [...] | 2007-12-06 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PHUM PINR EG |
07CAIRO3563 | (U) UPDATE ON DETENTION OF MOHAMMAD ABU GHAZALA [...] (S/NF) Further to readout in reftel a, since early December ORA has coordinated with EGIS regarding the case of Mohammad Abu Ghazala, AKA Mansour Abu Layth (reported as Mansour Abu al-Ghaith in reftel a). 2. (S/NF) Per refs b and c, EGIS advised that Egyptian State Security (SSIS) had orig [...] | 2007-12-31 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KWBG PINR IS EG |
07CAIRO559 | EGYPTIAN PLANS FOR MARCH 3-4 ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf says that Egypt will take a cautious approach towards the Palestinian National Unity Government at the upcoming Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting and withhold final judgment until after the NUG is formed. Egypt will [...] | 2007-03-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PINR EG IZ SU IR LE XF IS |
07CAIRO583 | EGYPTIAN NAMED TO SENIOR UN MANAGEMENT POST; BIO [...] (U) A senior Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Mohamed Shaaban, has been named by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as the Under Secretary General for General Assembly and Conference Management. Shaaban had most recently served as Egypt's National Coordinator for Reform Initiativ [...] | 2007-03-05 12:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA PINR EG |
07CAIRO607 | EGYPTIAN NAMED TO SENIOR UN MANAGEMENT POST; BIO [...] (U) A senior Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Mohamed Shaaban, has been named by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as the Under Secretary General for General Assembly and Conference Management. Shaaban had most recently served as Egypt's National Coordinator for Reform Initiativ [...] | 2007-03-07 07:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA PINR EG |
07CALCUTTA10 | ULFA GOES ON A KILLING SPREE AGAINST HINDU "OUTSIDERS" [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the January 5-7 weekend, ethnic insurgent separatists from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) carried out a string of attacks in remote areas of Assam, killing more than 65 people. The majority of attacks targeted migrant Bihari workers from India's Hindi- speakin [...] | 2007-01-08 12:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV IN BG PREL PBTS PHUM PINR |
07CANBERRA1021 | PM HOWARD'S JULY 5 SPEECH ON AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Howard used the July 5 release of the Australian Department of Defense's 2007 Defense Update to deliver a wide-ranging address on Australia's strategic future and implications for national security policy. In remarks to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that refle [...] | 2007-07-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PINR PREL AS |
07CANBERRA1651 | AUSTRALIA: INTERIM RESPONSE ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (S) Poloff provided Ref A responses to Australia's questions on the Iraqi WMD Scientist Relocation Plan (Ref B),along with notification that we would be seeking Australia's acceptance of a specific case, to Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Af [...] | 2007-11-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF AS |
07CANBERRA1799 | BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND U.S. POLICY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 05:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PGOV PINR PINS PK PREL PTER |
07CARACAS1742 | POLITICAL POLARIZATION: VENEZUELA'S DIVIDED [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan society has become increasingly politically polarized as a result of President Chavez' "with me or against me" tone of governance. Controversial constitutional reform proposals and his efforts to implement an increasingly radical "revolutionary" program in the Bolivar [...] | 2007-09-04 19:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL VE |
07CARACAS184 | CHAVEZ'S NEW CABINET: A LOOK AT SOME NEW MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Chavez swore in a new cabinet of hard-line loyalists on January 8. His picks include a number of his party's, the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR),National Assembly (NA) deputies who gave up their seats to assume the ministry positions. The ideological and political te [...] | 2007-01-26 20:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL VE |
07CARACAS2064 | VENEZUELA: FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) The Ambassador has identified DCM Philip French as Caracas' participant in the Fighting Corruption in Latin America Conference (reftel). DUDDY [...] | 2007-10-23 19:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV OTRA KCOR |
07CARACAS489 | MPPFA ANNOUNCES LOYAL AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs (MPPFA) announced a series of new ambassadorial assignments for Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Central America, and the Caribbean in February. Following the December election, Chavez has moved quickly to place close an [...] | 2007-03-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL VE |
07CARACAS52 | CHAVEZ NAMES A "YES" CABINET/PREVIEWS HIS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez used the televised January 8 swearing-in ceremony for his new cabinet to preview his plans to steer his government toward "socialist" reforms, including expropriations of privatized industries and the revision of Venezuela's commercial code. He also harshly crit [...] | 2007-01-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR VE |
07CASABLANCA103 | VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 4, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, ECON, PAS, RSO, DATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for the [...] | 2007-06-08 11:50:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA122 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 2, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for th [...] | 2007-07-03 15:48:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA164 | VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 6, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for [...] | 2007-08-10 11:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA181 | VOTE BUYING IN HAHA AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to three coastal cities and numerous villages south of Casablanca, Poloff and PD FSN discovered a general lack of interest for the upcoming parliamentary elections, despite the fact that campaign season was in full swing. The dearth of enthusiasm was bla [...] | 2007-09-06 19:03:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PREL KDEM |
07CASABLANCA186 | VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 4, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the Casablanca Acting Principal Officer and was attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, DAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO, and LEGATT. The Committee submi [...] | 2007-09-12 15:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA200 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 1st, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, DAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO. The Committee submits twenty-one (21) new names as follows [...] | 2007-10-17 08:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA207 | CASABLANCA: POST-ELECTION TALK OF THE TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Casablanca, with its diverse population, represents a cross-section of Morocco and reactions here to the recent elections and formation of a new government are revealing. While voter turnout across the country was only 37 percent, it was an embarrassing 27 percent in Casablanca. [...] | 2007-10-26 16:30:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PHUM |
07CASABLANCA21 | VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 29, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, FCS, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 34 names. T [...] | 2007-01-31 11:25:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA228 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 5th, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL, RSO and CG. The Committee submits no new names, but updates follow. 2. (SBU) Per reftel [...] | 2007-11-20 10:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA46 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on March 5, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT, with the CG Representing CONS. 2. (SBU) The committee has no [...] | 2007-03-13 09:51:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA64 | MOROCCANS UNEASY THREE WEEKS AFTER BOMBING [...] (SBU) Summary: Three weeks after an Islamic extremist accidentally blew himself up outside an internet caf in the city's notorious slum, Sidi Moumen, the streets of Casablanca remain tense. Since the evening of March 11, when a 23-year-old unemployed Moroccan detonated a belt of explosives he [...] | 2007-04-04 10:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PREL |
07CASABLANCA69 | VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 2, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, ECON, PAS, FCS, LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the names of 27 [...] | 2007-04-06 10:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA7 | VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 8, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...] | 2007-01-09 15:53:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CASABLANCA79 | CASABLANCA ON THE MORNING AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Tuesday's events in Casablanca continue to reverberate locally, provoking comment and concern at all levels in the city. The events, as described by police sources here, are now broadly known. Police continue to search for more suspects with possible links to Tuesday's incidents [...] | 2007-04-12 15:10:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PREL |
07CASABLANCA85 | Varied Reactions to Bombings in Casablanca [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly six weeks after the first in a series of suicide bombings that shook Casablanca, residents of the city are still grasping for explanations. Finding themselves at a loss for answers, many citizens are reacting to the recent explosions at the U.S. Consulate and privately-ru [...] | 2007-04-27 13:11:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PREL |
07CASABLANCA92 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 7, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the A/DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, ECON, PAS, FCS, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for the April repo [...] | 2007-05-09 16:38:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
07CHENGDU159 | BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES OF TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION FOREIGN [...] (C) During a recent seven-day road trip through Nagchu Prefecture in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR),Consulate had over 40 hours of "quality" time to dialogue with the TAR Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) official assigned to accompany us to remote field sites. In the course of our trip, in [...] | 2007-06-26 03:46:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH |
07CHENGDU203 | PRESENTING CHENGDU'S COLORFUL FIRST PAKISTANI CONSUL [...] (C) Summary: Recently arrived to assume his duties in Chengdu, Pakistan's first consul general to southwest China may have been picked for his current assignment due to his experience in Burma and military background. The JF-17 fighter aircraft jointly developed and produced by China and Paki [...] | 2007-08-03 01:01:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MASS PK CH |
07CHENGDU239 | PORTRAIT OF A "HELP TIBET CADRE" [...] (C) Summary: A two-week road trip in remote western areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),throughout which we were closely accompanied by both Tibetan and Han Chinese officials, gave the Consulate a rather unique opportunity to experience firsthand the sometimes tense working dynamic at [...] | 2007-09-27 03:13:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
07CHENGDU243 | EVEREST AND BEYOND -- A RARE GLIMPSE INTO WESTERN TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The remote western areas of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region are a mixture of active military facilities, sensitive religious sites, and vulnerable archeological ruins. The Everest Base Camp, at which a People's Armed Police station was recently added, has become a rather squalid [...] | 2007-10-09 04:29:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON CH |
07CHENGDU30 | SOUTHWEST CHINA LEADERSHIP CHANGES FROM THE "PRINCELING" [...] (C) Summary: Discussing the prospects of key local government leaders, a well-connected Congen contact suggested it is possible Chengdu Party Secretary Li Chuncheng's promotion hopes could be somewhat dented due to real estate-related corruption in the city. New Sichuan Party Secretary Du Qin [...] | 2007-01-31 08:22:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR CH |
07CHENNAI143 | TAMIL TIGERS' ARMS SMUGGLING ON THE UPSWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Smuggling of arms and bomb-making materials by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam between the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka appears to be on the rise. Indian authorities seized three vessels last week carrying arms and bomb-making material. Most troublingly, one [...] | 2007-02-22 11:43:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER IN CE |
07CHENNAI15 | TERROR SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BANGALORE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, Bangalore City Police announced the arrest of Bilal Ahmed Kota, a Kashmiri also known as Imran, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. The suspect was arrested at a Bangalore suburb from a private bus coming into the city from north Karnataka. Bangalore pol [...] | 2007-01-08 11:30:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CASC IN |
07CHENNAI281 | CLAIMS OF CIA CONSPIRACIES ABOUND IN KERALA COMMUNIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two warring factions within Kerala's deeply divided ruling party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist),accuse each other of manipulating the media and liberally use the choicest insult: that their media antagonists are bankrolled by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). [...] | 2007-04-16 10:52:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
07CHENNAI31 | BANGALORE TOP COP CONFIDENT ON SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Karnataka's new Director General of Police says multinational companies and other Western interests need not be worried about security in Bangalore, India's high-tech hub and the reported target of recently arrested terror suspects. He assured us, however, that security forces a [...] | 2007-01-12 07:30:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CASC IN |
07CHENNAI486 | POLICE SHOOT AND KILL SIX IN ANDHRA PRADESH LAND PROTESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 28, police shot and killed six villagers in Mudigonda in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh after a political protest demanding free land for the poor turned violent. Two other protesters were killed in separate incidents with the police. The protest, sponsored by the [...] | 2007-07-30 11:34:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PHUM IN |
07CHENNAI52 | BANGALORE VIOLENCE: HINDU-MUSLIM CLASHES FOLLOW SADDAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Hindu-Muslim riots broke out in several Bangalore neighborhoods over the January 19-21 weekend following a meeting organized by a Karnataka-based Muslim politician to condemn the execution of Saddam Hussein. On January 19, Hindus and Muslims clashed after Muslims marching to the [...] | 2007-01-22 10:52:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ASEC CASC IN |
07CHENNAI559 | MAOIST BOMB ATTACK MISSES FORMER ANDHRA PRADESH CHIEF [...] (U) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and current Member of Parliament N. Janardhana Reddy and his wife N. Rajyalaxmi, Minister for Women and Child Welfare in the AP state government, narrowly escaped a bomb attack on Friday, September 7 in Nellore district in southern Andhra Pradesh (approx [...] | 2007-09-11 11:01:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PTER PHUM ASEC IN |
07CHENNAI569 | BELLWETHER PROJECT: ANDHRA PRADESH: ECONOMY BOOMING BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economy of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh continues to boom. But despite strong economic growth led by the IT and pharmaceutical industries centered in the state's capital Hyderabad, the agricultural sector continues to lag and unemployment remains high. The r [...] | 2007-09-14 05:36:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR PHUM PTER KISL IN |
07CHENNAI593 | KERALA COMMUNISTS WORRY ABOUT COST OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The southern Indian state of Kerala has long been known for achieving a high level of social development despite poor economic growth and low incomes. Kerala's approach, known as the "Kerala model" of development, focuses on government spending on education and health care. [...] | 2007-09-21 06:08:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR SOCI IN |
07CHENNAI83 | ANDHRA PRADESH: MAOIST REVERSES ... BUT WILL THEY LAST? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With effect from mid-January 2007, The Communist Party of India Maoist (CPI-Maoist),also known as Naxalites, says it has suspended major activities in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The move comes after several months of Maoist setbacks in the state, including killings of several party l [...] | 2007-02-01 10:24:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PTER PHUM ASEC IN |
07CHIANGMAI107 | "TARNISHED EAGLE" AFTERMATH SEEN AS EASING PETCHABUN REFUGEE [...] (U) Summary. Thai security officials see the June 4 arrests of former Laotian Gen. Vang Pao and his associates in the US as likely to have positive effects on the protracted problems of Hmong refugees and anti-Vientiane Hmong along the Thai-Lao border. End summary 2. (C) National Inte [...] | 2007-06-13 01:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA |
07CHIANGMAI9 | CHIANG RAI RATED "SUSPECT PROVINCE" [...] (U) Summary: Chiang Rai's Thai Rak Thai connections make it the "second most suspect province" in the country, according to the provincial police chief, who claimed that vigilance has prevented the school fires and bombs that have plagued other parts of the country. Meanwhile, leaflets that [...] | 2007-01-17 03:35:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TH |
07CHISINAU1283 | FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN SUPPORTS US ON [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer's October 19 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan won willing support on U.S. positions regarding Transnistria (TN),CFE and the OSCE. Stratan expressed his appreciation for U.S. transparency on talks with Russia an [...] | 2007-10-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PGOV PINR PREL MD |
07CHISINAU1301 | TRANSNISTRIA OPTS TO DEAL WITH MOLDOVA -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a reversal of earlier policy, Transnistria's Foreign Minister Valery Litskai said at an informal 5 plus 2 gathering that he was open for dialogue with Chisinau and praised President Voronin's initiatives on Transnistria. Litskai said Transnistria was prepared to resolve the [...] | 2007-10-25 12:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL PINR MD |
07CHISINAU1318 | WILL SPEAKER LUPU STAY WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY? [...] (C) Summary: Despite widespread rumors that he may split from the Communist Party (PCRM) in the wake of his public disagreements with President Voronin, Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Marian Lupu may stay with the PCRM in the hopes of succeeding Voronin and transforming the PCRM into a mo [...] | 2007-10-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MD |
07CHISINAU1380 | With Questionable Tactics, Communists Win Majority on [...] (SBU) Summary: November 11 district council repeat elections in Rezina saw a shift in power to the Communist Party. This victory was assisted by apparent misuse of state power, threats, and inducements. A disunited opposition is learning some hard lessons as the electorate has begun to signa [...] | 2007-11-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR MD |
07CHISINAU1393 | Marginal Moldovan Political Parties Merge. Bet on the [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for 2009 parliamentary elections, marginal political parties are merging to increase the vote bank of the ideologically like-minded. One center-left, social-democratic alliance has potential. One centrist agreement adds marginally to centrist strength, which is n [...] | 2007-11-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR MD |
07COLOMBO1058 | SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ADOPTING CONVENTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1523 | SRI LANKA: TAMILCHELVAN'S DEATH - AFTERMATH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE Police Chief Nadesan has replaced the deceased Tamilchelvan as head of the LTTE political wing, but will continue to serve as head of the LTTE "police." A former Sri Lankan government peace negotiator noted that Nadesan has little experience in the negotiating field. A No [...] | 2007-11-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR CE |
07COLOMBO1527 | SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIRS SEE LITTLE PROSPECT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on November 5 concluded there will be little scope for promoting new peace talks in the next several months. Participants agreed to propose to capitals that the Co-Chairs principals meet during the first quarter of 2008 in Tokyo. Sever [...] | 2007-11-08 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR CE |
07COLOMBO1676 | MALDIVES: AHMED KHALEEL NEW PERMREP IN NEW YORK [...] On December 13, Embassy received a diplomatic note dated December 10, 2007, announcing the appointment of Ahmed Khaleel as Maldives' Permanent Representative to the United Nations. [begin text] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives presents its compliments to the Emb [...] | 2007-12-18 09:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP PINR UN MV |
07COLOMBO436 | SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ENDORSING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 09:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE |
07COLOMBO595 | SRI LANKA WILL ENDORSE THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 17 informed the Embassy via diplomatic note that Sri Lanka wishes to endorse the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and to signify its continuing commitment to support all global efforts to combat [...] | 2007-04-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE |
07COLOMBO733 | SRI LANKA: ATTEMPTS AT TMVP RECONCILIATION FAIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On May 18, PolOff met Kanagasabai "Mahesh" Prabhakaran, the Head of the Peace Secretariat of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP or "Karuna group") and "Pathmini" Devananda, also known as Sivageetha Prabhakaran, the TMVP Political Secretary. The two described the cause of [...] | 2007-05-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KVPR CE |
07CONAKRY124 | FIRST LADY HENRIETTE CONTE PLAYING MATERNAL [...] (C) First Lady Henriette Conte says that her husband will follow through on his agreement to the deal struck between the unions, government and Patronat January 27. In a February 1 meeting with DCM, however, she left hanging the question of when he might appoint a prime minister. Madame Con [...] | 2007-02-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC CASC GV |
07CONAKRY173 | SITREP 37: FEBRUARY 12, 2007, 2130 [...] (C) Guinea is under martial law. Appearing briefly on television and radio at just after 2000 local February 12, President Lansana Conte expressed his disappointment that when he had met union conditions for ending the general strike, people had in bad faith nonetheless caused disruption and [...] | 2007-02-12 20:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PINR AMGT GV |
07CONAKRY244 | TFGV01: LANSANA KOUYATE: GUINEA'S NEW PRIME [...] (SBU) On February 26, President Lansana Conte named Lansana Kouyate as Guinea's new Prime Minister. The announcement on the evening news was met by cheers in the streets and spontaneous celebrations in neighborhoods throughout the country. The decree stated that former Prime Minister Eugene [...] | 2007-02-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS AEMR ASEC CASC GV |
07CONAKRY282 | GUINEA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER PUSHING THE LIMITS OF [...] (C) On March 6, newly appointed Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate met with the Ambassador to request PL-480 rice on a priority basis to help meet Guinea's post-strike food needs (septel). 2. (C) The Ambassador took advantage of this one-on-one meeting to ascertain where Kouyate stands on for [...] | 2007-03-07 10:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR GV |
07CONAKRY348 | GUINEA: RECOMMENDATION ON ORDERED DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) Given continued uncertainty surrounding Guinea's near-term future, I am unable, as of March 23, to recommend that the ordered departure for EFMs be lifted. We expect President Lansana Conte to issue a decree naming a new cabinet of ministers soon. If he does so in the coming days and [...] | 2007-03-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC PREL PINR GV |
07CONAKRY386 | GUINEA: REQUEST TO LIFT ORDERED DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) I would like to request that Ordered Departure for Eligible Family Members be lifted effective April 10, 2007, i.e., 15 days ahead of the current 30-day deadline of April 25. Ambassador McDonald is aware of and concurs in this request. 2. (SBU) Per Ref A, the Under Secretary for M [...] | 2007-04-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PREL PINR AMGT GV |
07CONAKRY782 | GUINEA IMF/WB IN-BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The current joint IMF/WB inspection will focus on the Guinean Central Bank operations to determine whether Guinea has successfully instituted and sustained reforms commenced after the IMF's April visit. However, even with a favorable report, October is the earliest that a fun [...] | 2007-07-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN GV PGOV PINR |
07COPENHAGEN1038 | DANISH PM RESHUFFLES CABINET, BACKS REFERENDUM ON [...] (C) Summary: Ten days after leading his center-right government to a third term, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen November 23 announced changes to his cabinet that will broaden his coalition but stop short of the generational shift in leadership that many had anticipated. Rasmussen [...] | 2007-11-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR EUN DA |
07COPENHAGEN253 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cain and Russian Ambassador Dmitri Ryurikov delivered reftel demarche to Danish MFA State Secretary (U/S-equivalent) Michael Zilmer-Johns March 20, SIPDIS inviting the Danish government to become a participant in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Zilmer-Joh [...] | 2007-03-21 07:40:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL DA |
07COTONOU159 | SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, COTONOU, BENIN, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post warmly welcomes your participation in the March 9, 2007 USG/GOB bilateral consultations. Your visit follows the November Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security Conference and the December 2006 official US visit of pro-US President Boni Yayi, second-round victor in widely acclaimed [...] | 2007-03-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD PINR BN |
07COTONOU25 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI APPOINTS NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] On January 9, 2007, President Boni Yayi announced that his chief of staff, Nestor Dako, was being named as Minister of Justice and Spokesman of the Government. Mr. Dako replaces Mr. Abraham Zinzindohou who has been appointed as Benin's member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UE [...] | 2007-01-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA BN |
07COTONOU366 | SCENESETTER FOR BENIN VISIT OF USN VICE ADMIRAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Your visit to Benin on May 22 to discuss International Port Security and maritime cooperation and safety issues (REF A) will help emphasize to Beninese authorities the importance that the US government places on these two subjects in the Gulf of Guinea region. You will find your [...] | 2007-05-18 05:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL PINR EWWT BN |
07COTONOU440 | BENIN: PRESIDENT BONI YAYI RESHUFFLES HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi reshuffled his cabinet on June 17. This move had been widely anticipated as a result of the April 2007 legislative elections. While Yayi was faced with making at least five ministerial re-assignments due to the election results, he has opted for a wholesale [...] | 2007-06-20 03:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI PINR BN |
07COTONOU494 | BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...] This is the second in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel provided a list of ministers. This telegram provides profiles of ten new ministers who, along with returning Defense Minister N'Douro and Economy Minister Koupaki, will be the key [...] | 2007-07-05 09:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN |
07COTONOU508 | BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...] This is the third in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel B provided a list of ministers. Reftel A provided profiles of ten new ministers who, along with returning Minister of State in Charge of National Defense N'Douro and Minister of St [...] | 2007-07-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN |
07COTONOU654 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI PROMOTES SEVEN MILITARY OFFICERS [...] (U) On August 20, the GOB's Council of Ministers promoted Brigadier General Tissou Felix HESSOU, who has been Benin's Minister of the Interior and Public Security since June 17 (Reftels A and B),and Brigadier General Amoussa Chabi BONI to the rank of Major General, effective December 1, 2007. [...] | 2007-08-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR BN |
07COTONOU657 | PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on an August 21, 2007 inspection of the Port of Cotonou, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Commander Adam Shaw and Lt. Commander Robert Keith, presented to the Government of Benin (GOB) on August 22 a USCG Headquarters cleared-document stating their recommendation for a USCG determin [...] | 2007-08-24 07:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER PINR BN |
07COTONOU871 | KOUPAKI LOSES POWER IN MINISTERIAL REALINGMENT [...] Summary. In his fourth ministerial re-shuffle since he took office a year and a half ago, President Boni Yayi made major changes to his economic team on October 2, 2007. According to press reports and reliable sources, Yayi fired Segbegnon HOUNGBO, Minister Delegate for Budget in the Office of [...] | 2007-11-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
07COTONOU893 | BENIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER PRESSES FOR USG AID TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 11:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MASS PINR BN |
07DAKAR1017 | WHITHER SENEGALESE ISLAM?: AESTHETICS, HARMONY [...] (C) Sufi Brotherhood intellectuals inspired by Middle Eastern ideas are building institutions to reconsider traditional values, but they insist Senegalese common sense will sort out doctrinal trash. This is an opportune time for ideological innovation: the once narrowly nationalist and farm [...] | 2007-05-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KISL PGOV PINR SG |
07DAKAR1027 | OPPOSITION BOYCOTT THREATENS LEGITIMACY OF [...] (C) Alleging gerrymandering, Senegal,s leading opposition parties have formed an alliance to boycott the June 3 parliamentary election. President Wade, whom the opposition also accuses of manipulating electoral rolls, continues to dismiss calls to postpone for a third time. The press is rif [...] | 2007-05-10 18:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR1042 | GOVERNMENT OF SENEGAL'S VIEWS ON SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the information requested in reftel: A. The Government of Senegal (GOS) shares the samples collected with World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) world reference labs and with some laboratories such as Pas [...] | 2007-05-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU PINR SG |
07DAKAR1136 | A WALK THROUGH DAKAR: THE PEOPLE SPEAK [...] (C) A pre-election walk through Dakar,s vibrant Medina district and the city,s principal domestic bus station revealed five themes on the minds of the populace. It is the duty of every citizen to vote; the opposition boycott is ill-conceived and undermines Senegal,s democracy; the cost of li [...] | 2007-05-23 18:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR1141 | THE OPPOSITION EXPLAINS THE BOYCOTT [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador, leaders of many of the 17 Senegalese opposition parties that are boycotting the June 3 legislative election explained their position and probed possible U.S. government support. Warning that Senegal,s democracy is under grave threat, the party lead [...] | 2007-05-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG |
07DAKAR1173 | LOW TURNOUT BY MILITARY AND POLICE IN PRELIMINARY [...] (SBU) Military, paramilitary forces and national police cast the first votes, May 26-27, of Senegal,s 2007 legislative election. Turnout has been reported as extremely low, leading to claims of a successful boycott spearheaded by the &Front Siggil Senegal,8 while other observers argue that [...] | 2007-05-30 15:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG |
07DAKAR124 | C-AL6-01934: GUINEA-BISSAU RESEMBLES A NARCO-STATE [...] (C) The narcotics situation in Guinea-Bissau probably now exceeds the government's ability to control without significant outside encouragement and support. Guinea-Bissau's most powerful public security units, including the military and sections of the police, have been co-opted by drug traffickers [...] | 2007-01-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | SNAR PINS PINR PGOV PU |
07DAKAR1266 | AMBASSADOR MEETS THE TIDJANES [...] (C) In a long discussion with Ambassador Jacobs, the extremely influential spokesman of the Tidjane Brotherhood, Abdoul Aziz Sy al Ibn (Junior),underlined his community,s dismay at President Wade,s overt Mouridism and his use of state funds to promote their interests. Both Sy, and his elder [...] | 2007-06-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR1283 | SENEGAL,S SENATE RETURNS [...] (C) On February 12, 2007 the National Assembly passed a law to revive a Senate that in 2001 President Wade had declared unnecessary. With legislative elections over, questions are rife as to why. Six factors seem to have influenced Wade: Creating a power base for his son Karim, consolidatin [...] | 2007-06-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SG |
07DAKAR1330 | NEW GOVERNMENT HAS STRONG ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (SBU) President Wade, following a historically low turn out at recently concluded legislative elections, ousted Prime Minister Macky Sall. Even though Wade was not expected to keep Sall he used him as a scapegoat for being unable to maintain unity within the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party [...] | 2007-06-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EFIN ECON SG |
07DAKAR1400 | LUNCH WITH ARAB AMBASSADORS TO SENEGAL [...] (C) On June 18, 2007, the Ambassador hosted a lunch with Arab Ambassadors. The frank discussion focused on democracy in the Middle East, terrorism and its root causes, Islamic parties, methodologies to win elections, the Palestinian question, and water issues as a potential spark for conflict [...] | 2007-07-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PREL PTER KDEM KISL KPAL PINR SOCI SG |
07DAKAR1435 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONS [...] (S) During Embassy,s Dakar Fourth of July celebrations, PolOff had a candid discussion with Turkish Ambassador Yalcin Kayaerensoy (strictly protect) on the Turkish people,s continued anger over the capture of its soldiers in July 2003, Turkey,s upcoming July 22 election, the rise of nationali [...] | 2007-07-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PREL KDEM KISL PINR PTER SOCI SG TU |
07DAKAR1452 | HISSENE HABRE PROSECUTION STALLED [...] (C) International and domestic press are reporting accusations by human rights groups that Senegal is &dragging its feet8 on prosecuting former Chadian President Hissene Habre. Stephen Rapp, Special Prosecutor for Sierra Leone, discussed the issue during March 2007 meeting with Ambassador Ja [...] | 2007-07-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PINR SG CD |
07DAKAR1524 | The PDS-Time for a Change [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR1541 | The PDS-Time for a Change [...] (SBU) After two very comfortable elections victories President Wade now feels he has the power to revamp his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS). The two main reasons that are being cited for this restructuring are that he is preparing a new platform for his son Karim to use as a springboard to [...] | 2007-07-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR1570 | MAURITANIAN AND SENEGALESE PRESIDENTS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, paid an official visit to Senegal on July 9 and 10. He met President Wade and with the Mauritanian community where discussions included the status of Mauritanian refugees on the Mauritania-Senegal border. The newly installed P [...] | 2007-07-27 13:15:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS SOCI PHUM PINR PREF OVIP SG MR |
07DAKAR1575 | SEEKING SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SG |
07DAKAR1753 | A WALK THROUGH DAKAR UNIVERSITY: THE STUDENTS SPEAK [...] (SBU) In a series of interviews conducted with University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) students from all disciplines, student leaders, and university professors concerning their political views and their educational experience, "Failing exams is the rule" and "Success is the exception" was an oft [...] | 2007-08-27 12:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECON SOCI SG |
07DAKAR1821 | IDRISSA SECK - THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON? [...] (C) On July 25 a meeting took place between representatives of former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck and President Wade to explore ways for Seck to return to the Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) or a reconstituted &Liberal Movement.8 Since then, negotiations between the two parties have contin [...] | 2007-09-06 09:32:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG |
07DAKAR1859 | THE ROAD AHEAD FOR SENEGAL,S OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a meeting with the Charge D'Affaires, the leaders of Senegal's main opposition parties explained their current campaign to hold a National Dialogue and warned that Senegal was faced with the triple threat of an unstable political situation, an out-of-control economy, and social disconten [...] | 2007-09-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG |
07DAKAR203 | HUMBLE FATHER AND PRODIGAL SON: WADE AND SECK [...] (C) With his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) in shambles and poll numbers apparently dismal a month before elections, President Abdoulaye Wade has absolved ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck of alleged crimes and asked his one-time "spiritual son" for reconciliation. Seck's opposition coalitio [...] | 2007-01-24 18:07:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR2061 | DANCERS GETS PROBABTION FOR "OBSCENE DANCING" [...] (C) A recent obscenity case against a well-known dancer, Ndeye Gueye, has pitted social conservatives, imams, and Islamists against secularist and lawyers who say that this kind of jurisprudence poses a danger to Senegal's traditions of social and religious tolerance. Gueye was charged, tried [...] | 2007-10-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG |
07DAKAR2165 | ARE THE SENEGALESE SPEAKER'S DAYS NUMBERED? [...] (C) National Assembly President Macky Sall and presidential son Karim Wade's battle to succeed Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has become the source of an expanding rift within the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS). Partisans on both sides are flooding the media with accusations an [...] | 2007-11-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG |
07DAKAR2211 | IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE HORIZON? [...] (S) In November 5 meeting Charge informed Barthelemy Dias, the new leader of the Socialist Party's youth movement and perennial presidential thorn in the side, that he had been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and informed that because of Dias's American citizenship the GOS believes [...] | 2007-11-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM CASC SG |
07DAKAR2212 | LA RENTREE POLITIQUE 2007 - SUCCESSION SUCCESSION, [...] (C) In "Rentree Poltique 2006," we characterized the Senegalese opposition as self-pitying, the people as angry at the cost of living, youth as depressed about their prospects, and President Abdoulaye Wade as personalizing power. Not only has nothing changed since then, but the situation has w [...] | 2007-11-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR2410 | Ivorian Reggae Star PNGed from Senegal [...] (SBU) Summary: Famed Ivorian Reggae star, Tiken Jah Facoly, was recently declared persona non grata in Senegal after commenting that if President Wade loved his people, he should step down from power. This decision once again spotlights the arbitrary nature of Senegal's judicial system and bri [...] | 2007-12-19 11:36:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR SG |
07DAKAR275 | DETERIORATION IN THE CASAMANCE [...] (C) Senegalese Army reoccupation of the Casamance, initially somewhat successful, has proved unable to thwart rebel activity. Violence, while still largely concentrated in a northern triangle bordering on The Gambia, is becoming increasingly significant in the key city of Bignona, and rebel [...] | 2007-02-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS ASEC CASC SOCI PGOV PINR SG GA PU |
07DAKAR299 | SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO [...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...] | 2007-02-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG |
07DAKAR309 | SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO [...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...] | 2007-02-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG |
07DAKAR314 | BISHOPS, MARABOUTS, BUSINESSMEN AND STONE-THROWING [...] (C) The election campaign has begun, marked by President Abdoulaye Wade's reaffirmation of the importance to him of religion, and by the first acts of violence against major presidential candidates. Days before, the country's most activist and outspoken religious leader told visiting AF/W De [...] | 2007-02-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF SG |
07DAKAR380 | NEXT WEEK'S ELECTIONS: SOME RANDOM OBSERVATIONS [...] In a four-day trip to seven cities, we found flaws in the newly created electoral process. Watchdog organizations are under-funded, under-equipped, undermanned, not always well managed, and inefficient. Meanwhile, 15 presidential campaigns crisscross the country, tying up roads and raising [...] | 2007-02-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PINS SG |
07DAKAR393 | SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THERE'LL BE A [...] (C) President Abdoulaye Wade's people claim he will win the first round presidential election on February 25. Others, in sharp contrast, claim his private polls are so bad he could drop out of the race before Sunday. Amidst this fog of spin and speculation, and absent reliable polls, we find [...] | 2007-02-21 12:24:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC PINR KDEM SG |
07DAKAR437 | SENEGAL: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP 3: WADE [...] (SBU) President Abdoulaye Wade is leading the first round presidential pack throughout the country and is ahead by surprising margins (80 percent in Touba) and in unexpected areas (Podor). The Government made an early claim that Wade was winning 57 percent, but the opposition is brandishing [...] | 2007-02-26 17:58:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC PINR KDEM SG |
07DAKAR450 | SENEGAL: ELECTION SITREP 4: SOME REASONS WHY WADE [...] (C) President Wade's allies and minions may have tried hard to manipulate Sunday's election, but as it turned out, they hardly needed to make the effort. Wade outclassed the competition by a comfortable margin, in highly competitive areas such as Kaolack and Saint Louis and even where he was [...] | 2007-02-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM SG |
07DAKAR554 | WHY WADE WON [...] (C) Defying predictions, President Abdoulaye Wade crushed all comers in the February 25 election. Senegalese disagree if there was fraud and on the degree of registration manipulation, but all concur President Wade had the money, machinery and message to win. Wade's charisma and an inconseq [...] | 2007-03-08 18:19:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAKAR785 | PARLIAMENTARY GENDER PARITY LAW NOT AS GOOD AS IT [...] (SBU) At President Wade's initiative, a new law requires gender parity in the proportional lists -- but not the constituency lists -- of candidates in future legislative elections. Many women consider this a major step forward, but one of the most outspoken, Penda Mbow, calls it a Wade campa [...] | 2007-04-10 18:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KWMN PINR KDEM SG |
07DAKAR833 | WADE RE-INAUGURATED: IMAGINING SOLUTIONS TO [...] (C) The odd thing about President Wade's re-election is that few Senegalese are asking about his second-term plans: what they really want to know is whom he will anoint to succeed him. Meanwhile, with various opposition parties boycotting upcoming parliamentary elections, doubts about the fa [...] | 2007-04-16 18:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON PINS PINR KDEM KISL SG |
07DAMASCUS359 | 2007 SYRIAN ELECTIONS (C-NE7-00184) [...] (S/NF) This cable is a response to INR tasker (C-NE7-00184) on Syrian elections. Our answers are keyed to ref A,s numbering: 2. (C) A/B. The Damascus Declaration (DD) group decided in the past two months to boycott the Syrian parliamentary elections. The group,s leader Riad Seif commented [...] | 2007-04-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR SY |
07DARESSALAAM1009 | TANZANIA'S CENTRAL BANK UNDER FIRE IN PRESS FOR [...] SUMMARY. Throughout June and July, a steady beat of corruption claims against the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) have featured on the front pages of almost every major Tanzanian newspaper. Allegations in the press focus on the prohibitive construction costs of the new BOT "twin towers," payments ma [...] | 2007-07-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KMCA PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TZ |
07DARESSALAAM1037 | BIG FISH STILL RISKY CATCH IN TANZANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tanzania's Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) has never successfully prosecuted a high-level corruption case involving either the private or public sector. On July 14, the Director General of the PCB, Edward Hoseah, assured the DCM that the PCB was now prepared to prosecute a milest [...] | 2007-07-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KMCA PINR TZ |
07DARESSALAAM1185 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR PORT SECURITY [...] (U) Post requests clearance for the following individuals to attend the DOS-sponsored Port Security Training Seminar to be held September 6-7, 2007, in Mombasa, Kenya: Name: Lucy Kachele DOB: March 17, 1962 Rank: Civilian Unit: Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority Current [...] | 2007-08-22 14:08:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS PINR PREL TZ |
07DARESSALAAM125 | PRESIDENT KIKWETE PAVES WAY FOR CCM-CUF TALKS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-26 03:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TZ |
07DARESSALAAM245 | A QUICK 180: TANZANIA LIFTS BAN ON HAKIELIMU [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reversing directions and changing its tune, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) removed its ban on HakiElimu, a Tanzanian NGO accused by the government of tarnishing the nation's image in the education sector. Just two months after the Prime Minister's Office had expanded prohibit [...] | 2007-02-26 04:08:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID TZ |
07DARESSALAAM267 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) During his meeting with the DCM on February 26, Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest regarding the USG invitation for the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Global Terrorism [...] | 2007-03-02 07:34:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ |
07DARESSALAAM739 | TANZANIA: TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING GLOBAL [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania responded May 15 to the Embassy's Diplomatic Note 052/07 dated March 7, 2007 that requested the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism by endorsing the Statement of Principles. The GOT advised that the USG re [...] | 2007-05-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ |
07DARESSALAAM814 | PISCES AND THE IMPERATIVE OF TANZANIA'S BORDER [...] (S) SUMMARY. This is an action request (see para 7). It would be a major mistake to cut off funding for Tanzania's Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES),which serves as an important border management tool for both Tanzania and the U.S. In a country with por [...] | 2007-06-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINS PBTS PINR SNAR KFRD TZ XW |
07DARESSALAAM894 | ISLAMIC RADICALS BLOCKS AMERICAN MUSLIMS FROM [...] (C) American Muslims visiting Tanzania from May 27-31 as part of the Citizen Dialogue Program (reftel) were surprisingly refused entry to a mosque in downtown Dar es Salaam. As the American visitors arrived for evening prayers, a group of about 30 men congregated at the mosque's gate to block [...] | 2007-06-21 14:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR TZ IR |
07DHAKA1228 | BANGALDESH: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-29 07:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BG |
07DHAKA1439 | FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and her son Arafat Rahman (&Koko8),were arrested in Dhaka September 3 on charges filed by Bangladesh,s Anti-Corruption Commission. The charges relate to the awarding of a bid for a shipping conta [...] | 2007-09-04 01:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR BG |
07DHAKA1543 | ECONOMIC WOES TRUMP POLITICS IN FLOOD-HIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Much of northcentral Bangladesh remains under water from monsoon rains that began in August. A recent three-day visit to the region by PolOff found much dissatisfaction with the caretaker government, which villagers blame for spotty relief efforts and rapidly increasing prices. [...] | 2007-09-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG EAID ECON PGOV PINR SOCI |
07DHAKA1557 | RAJSHAHI: CRACKS IN THE HAPPIEST CITY ON EARTH [...] (SBU) Summary: When Dhaka University erupted in anti-government protests on August 20, the unrest quickly spread to Rajshahi University in northwest Bangladesh. During a visit to Rajshahi September 11-12, PolOff spoke to several credible witnesses who said only a small fraction of university [...] | 2007-09-25 08:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG PGOV PINR SOCI |
07DHAKA1584 | INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS DESCRIBES CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Inspector General of Prisons, Brigadier General Md Zakir Hasan, recently discussed current jail conditions with POLOFF, and described his efforts to reform the prison system in Bangladesh. According to Hasan, the total prison population in Bangladesh (including those in jail [...] | 2007-10-01 05:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG |
07DHAKA1602 | ENGAGING BANGLADESH'S RAPID ACTION BATTALION: THE [...] (C) Summary: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is the lead Bangladeshi security force for countering terrorism. Yet since its creation the U.S. government has not engaged the 10,000-member paramilitary group because of human rights concerns stemming from persistent reports of extrajudicial kill [...] | 2007-10-04 08:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL |
07DHAKA1724 | BANGLADESH INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This is Mission Dhaka's response to the action cable on &host government practices -- information collection, screening and sharing8 (reftel). Answers to questions are in CAPITAL LETTERS. 2. (C) A. Watch listing: a. If host government maintains a "watch list," how many records does the [...] | 2007-10-30 10:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BG CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07DHAKA1797 | BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladesh is slowly beginning to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr. Unofficial estimates of the number of deaths reached 2,000 by late afternoon November 17. As many as a million homes and an estimated 250,000 acres of crops may have been damaged or destroyed. Loss of [...] | 2007-11-17 14:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1808 | BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 19 [...] (U) Summary: The official death toll in Cyclone Sidr rose to about 3,500 by early afternoon November 19, with local media quoting the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society chairman as saying the number could go as high as 10,000. A round-the-clock Embassy cyclone control room is now staffed by State, [...] | 2007-11-20 00:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1814 | US MILITARY OPTIONS IN SUPPORT OF USAID/OFDA IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team, Defense Attach, Office of Defense Cooperation chief, USAID/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and EMBOFF participated in briefings with host Armed Forces Division on 19 NOV, and the same group (less USAID/OFDA) [...] | 2007-11-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PINR PREL BG |
07DHAKA1815 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-20 18:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1816 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 01:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1817 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 04:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1818 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 07:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1819 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 08:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1820 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1826 | BANGLADESH REQUESTS IMMEDIATE US MILITARY SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CDA a.i. received a broad request from the GOB for immediate U.S. military resources to participate in the response to Cyclone Sidr. U.S. military planners already present in Bangladesh will now begin developing specific operational plans for implementing this request in conjun [...] | 2007-11-21 12:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PINR PREL BG |
07DHAKA1830 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #2: USAID/DART's [...] Summary. Storm surge from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has affected more than 1.5 million families in Bangladesh as of November 22. Although the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) early warning and preparedness programs have significantly reduced the humanitarian impact of the cyclone, severe rainfall [...] | 2007-11-22 13:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1832 | DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE VISITS BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore November 20 visited Bangladesh to assess damage from Cyclone Sidr and offer USG support for relief efforts. During her visit she conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit regions, met with the Bangladesh [...] | 2007-11-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL OVIP ECON PINR EAGR SENV BG |
07DHAKA1834 | IMPRESSIONS FOLLOWING OVERFLIGHT OF SIDR AFFECTED AREAS [...] SUMMARY: DATT, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief, CONOff and six members of III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF)'s Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team (HAST),accompanied by a Bangladesh military officer, November 20 flew in a host nation military helicopter to survey damage from [...] | 2007-11-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PINR PREL BG |
07DHAKA1835 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #3: The Impact [...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...] | 2007-11-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1836 | FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION: PLANNING FOR THE NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: In only a week's time, the United States has been able to develop and implement an impressive humanitarian response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Sidr, which laid waste to large stretches of Bangladesh's southwestern coastal region when it made landfall on November 15 [...] | 2007-11-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG EAID MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
07DHAKA1837 | BANGLADESH CHIEF ADVISOR STRESSES CARETAKER [...] (C) Summary: During an hour long one on one meeting, on the eve of Cyclone Sidr's arrival November 15, Fakhruddin Ahmed( Bangladesh,s Chief Advisor explained his goals for the caretaker government and asked for inturoational support for the massive reforms underway. Frank and open, he came a [...] | 2007-11-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR BG |
07DHAKA1838 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #4: The Adverse [...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...] | 2007-11-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1843 | BANGLADESHI MEDIA FEELING HEAT FROM CARETAKER [...] (C) Summary: Bangladeshi media are under pressure. The Caretaker Government and especially the military apply pressure -- usually discreetly but sometimes not -- to limit coverage that is critical or provokes opposition to their policies. In recent months, authorities have shut down an all- [...] | 2007-11-26 10:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | BG KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR |
07DHAKA1847 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #5: USAID/DART [...] Summary. Tropical Cyclone Sidr made landfall in southern Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, leading to 3,061 deaths, affecting more than 6.8 million people, and damaging more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World F [...] | 2007-11-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1848 | JOINT INTERAGENCY PLANNING MEETING BETWEEN USG AND GOB TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Planners from the US military elements in Bangladesh and, along with representatives from USAID's Bangladesh mission, USAID/OFDA, and DOS attended a joint, interagency planning and coordination meeting with the Bangladeshi military and civilian agencies November 25 at Armed For [...] | 2007-11-27 00:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PINR PREL BG |
07DHAKA1860 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #6: Summary of [...] Summary. The impact of Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh has led to 3,243 deaths, affected more than 7 million people, and damaged more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) as of No [...] | 2007-11-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1870 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #7: USAID/DART [...] Summary. In conjunction with USAID/Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE),USAID's Disaster Response Team (USAID/DART) assessed water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in Dublar Char, Khulna Division, which the Bangladesh military i [...] | 2007-11-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1879 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #8: USAID/DART's [...] Summary. From November 28 to December 2, the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) advisor from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART),along with a USAID/DART communications officer and staff from USAID/Bangladesh, traveled to cyclone-affected areas in Barisal, Patuakhali, Khu [...] | 2007-12-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1885 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #9: Shelter and [...] The USAID'S Disaster Assistance Response Team's (USAID/DART) shelter and livelihoods advisor recently completed a three-day assessment in the cyclone-affected districts of Bagerhat and Pirojpur. These two districts, along with Borguna and Paktuakhali, are among the districts hardest hit by Cyc [...] | 2007-12-03 12:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1890 | SEDITION TRIAL AGAINST JOURNALIST (ONCE AGAIN) SET [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sedition trial of journalist Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury is percolating again, with a new trial start date set for December 5. There are two avenues for dismissal of the case: the government drops the charges, or Choudhury prevails in his appeal to the High Court Appellate Bra [...] | 2007-12-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG |
07DHAKA1891 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #10: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. To reduce the effects of perennial flooding and cyclones in Bangladesh, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has invested in preparedness and mitigation programs for a number of years, including the pre-positioning of water purification units to provide clea [...] | 2007-12-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1902 | DEFINING THE USG ROLE AS BANGLADESH BEGINS ITS [...] (C) Summary: The prompt and effective response to Cyclone Sidr's devastation has saved many thousands of lives and averted a potential political crisis for Bangladesh's weak Caretaker Government. The USG response during this initial phase was a model of Diplomacy-Defense-Development workin [...] | 2007-12-06 11:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG EAID MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
07DHAKA1903 | BANGLADESH'S POST-CYCLONE ECONOMY: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Cyclone Sidr couldn,t have come at a worse time for Bangladesh,s economy. When the storm hit on November 15, Bangladesh already was suffering from weak export markets, debilitating inflation, meager investment and an agriculture industry reeling from severe monsoon flooding. Eco [...] | 2007-12-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR |
07DHAKA1914 | Country Team, USAID/DART, and U.S. Military Coordination [...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh, the U.S. Government (USG) organized an interagency response under the leadership of the Department of State that included contributions from USAID and the Department of Defense (DOD). USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Te [...] | 2007-12-10 03:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1921 | GOB and Political Party Representatives in Barisal talk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local government and political party officials in Barisal gave positive reviews of the Government of Bangladesh's initial response to Cyclone Sidr, as well as the role played by the U.S. Government, including the U.S. military. The Barisal branches of the main political parties [...] | 2007-12-11 03:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV SOCI PINR PREL BG |
07DHAKA1925 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #11: [...] Summary. With the approach of the one-month anniversary of the November 15 cyclone in Bangladesh as well as improvements in humanitarian indicators, USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) will demobilize. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) will now [...] | 2007-12-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1933 | Trip Report- from Barisal through SidrQs destruction to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks after cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, the response has transitioned from the critical first phase, which included U.S. military aircraft assisting in relief supply movement, to the second phase, which will be more centered on longer-term rebuilding and economic rehab [...] | 2007-12-13 04:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PINR PREL BG |
07DHAKA508 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ATA-EIC TRAINING COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. The following candidates has been selected for participation in the ATA-EIC training starting on April 9 - May 25, 2007. Post vetting was completed on March 28, 2007. Due to the start of the course on April 9, 2007, this list requires clearance by c [...] | 2007-03-29 04:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS KCRM SNAR BG |
07DILI362 | PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA DESCENDS ON OPPOSITION TERRITORY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On a November 6 - 8 trip, President Jose Ramos Horta traveled into FRETILIN territory to defend the Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) government, promote his anti-poverty program, and counter the opposition FRETILIN party's criticisms of against his government. He pra [...] | 2007-11-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR CVIS PREF ASEC TT |
07DJIBOUTI1147 | DJIBOUTI MAKES TIP PROGRESS, CABINET APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Council of Ministers approved a comprehensive anti-trafficking draft law on October 2, and have presented it to the National Assembly for adoption. A foreign national convicted of pedophilia was recaptured by police, after fleeing the country on bail, and subsequently [...] | 2007-10-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR DJ |
07DJIBOUTI1414 | DJIBOUTI REPLACES DUBAI AS A FOOD FOR PEACE [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting, Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh warmly thanked USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Kate Almquist for the U.S. decision to make Djibouti the new site for pre-positioned Food For Peace aid in the region (replacing Dubai). Guelleh called the decision a [...] | 2007-12-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | DJ EAID ECON ET FAS MAS MOPS PINR PM PREF |
07DJIBOUTI1470 | DJIBOUTIANS TELL ADMIRAL FALLON USG PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, United States Central Command, visited Djibouti December 11-12. Accompanied by the Ambassador and Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Hart and staff, Admiral Fallon met with Djiboutian Prime Minister Dileita, with D [...] | 2007-12-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | DJ ER ET PGOV PINR PREL PTER MASS |
07DJIBOUTI1472 | RECOVERING MANPADS IN THE HORN: VIEW FROM DJIBOUTI [...] (S/NF) We reviewed the proposed action plan (ref A) in light of our recent experience (ref B). Based on that review and experience, sustained attention to the manpad threat is a critical element of our CT efforts. The best strategy in Djibouti is to ensure continued close cooperation with D [...] | 2007-12-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MARR MASS ASEC PTER PINR DJ |
07DJIBOUTI425 | EAST AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE (RSI), [...] (S) Summary: East African regional ambassadors and interagency representatives agreed to institutionalize the East African RSI by requesting dedicated, line-item FY09 regional funding for East Africa, along the lines of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorist Partnership. In this second RSI (th [...] | 2007-04-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR KPAO PGOV EAID XW YM |
07DOHA335 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE: QATARI BORDER DATABASES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THIS CABLE PROVIDES DETAILS OF QATAR'S USE OF IMMIGRATION DATABASES AND BIOMETRICS SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS AT QATAR'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SCREEN ARRIVING AND DEPARTING PASSENGERS FOR PREVIOUS PASSENGER RECORDS AND FRAUDULENT, LOST OR STOLEN TRAVEL DOCU [...] | 2007-03-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PGOV ASEC PTER KVPR CVIS PINR KHLS QA |
07DOHA710 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT TO THE [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This is your third visit here, and the most senior USG visit since Secretary Gates met the Amir in January 2007. Your meetings SIPDIS can help define the tone of bilateral engagement on a range of issues over the coming 18 months, help s [...] | 2007-07-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PINR IZ LE QA |
07DOHA999 | NEW QATARI MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (U) Summary. As of October 1, the Qatari ministry formerly known as the Ministry of Civil Service Affairs and Housing officially became the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Dr. Sultan bin Hassan Al-Dhabit Al-Dousari remained Minister during the transition. Most of the functions of the [...] | 2007-10-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ELAB QA |
07DURBAN59 | BUTHELEZI PREACHES MORE OF THE SAME AT IFP ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) held its 32nd Annual General Conference from October 12-14 in KwaZulu-Natal. IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi presided over the conference, which was attended by over 3,000 delegates. Buthelezi criticized the ANC-led government, and detailed his o [...] | 2007-10-17 13:11:00 | Consulate Durban | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF |
07DURBAN61 | DURBAN POLITICAL UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (U) IN THIS ISSUE: - Situation Remains Tense in Ezinqoleni Municipality - President Mbeki Visits Inkatha Freedom Party Stronghold - KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health's Head of Department Suspended 2. (U) RECENT CABLE TRAFFIC: - DURBAN 54: ANC Secures Simply Majority in KwaZulu-Natal - DU [...] | 2007-10-19 15:13:00 | Consulate Durban | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF |
07DUSHANBE1650 | IED KILLS ONE AT CONFERENCE CENTER IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Per REF A, at approximately 0800 local time on November 14, an improvised explosive device detonated outside Kokhi Vahdat, a prominent conference hall in the center of Dushanbe along the main street (Rudaki Avenue). The Regional Security Officer observed more than 100 Ministry of Inter [...] | 2007-11-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PINR TI |
07DUSHANBE1689 | PRESS TV: IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...] | 2007-11-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL IR |
07DUSHANBE1738 | 2007 CONTINUED DETENTION DETERMINATIONS REGARDING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche, on the continued detention determination of JummQan, to Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nasredinov indicated that he would forward the information we provided to [...] | 2007-12-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER TI |
07DUSHANBE314 | FEBRUARY 2007 BORDER WRAP-UP REPORT [...] (SBU) An interagency Department of State and Defense team conducted a demining policy assessment visit February 5-7. The purpose of the trip was to obtain an initial assessment of the landmine problem, and make recommendations to the PCC sub-group regarding the viability of allocating resourc [...] | 2007-03-05 04:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR SNAR TI AF |
07DUSHANBE348 | TAJIK GOVT REACTION TO RUSSIAN MIGRATION LAW (C-RE7-00278) [...] (U) In a meeting with PolOff March 1, head of the State Social Protection, Employment and Migration Agency Anvar Boboev appeared optimistic that Russia's new migration law would make it easier for Tajik labor migrants to travel to, register, and obtain work permits in Russia. Prior to the gov [...] | 2007-03-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG ELAB ECON PINR TI RS |
07DUSHANBE591 | CONFERENCE ON U.S.-TAJIK RELATIONS ALLOWS PRAISE AND CRITICISM OF US ROLE IN REGION [...] Summary and Comment: The April 13th conference "15 Years of U.S.-Tajik Relations" offered few surprises in terms of opinions or positions, but did provide an open forum for real debate and discourse about the U.S. role and policy in Tajikistan and the region. Some Tajik government officials pr [...] | 2007-04-19 07:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR TI AF SNAR |
07DUSHANBE928 | AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss Independence Day security planning (ref A),an explosion at the Supreme Court building in downtown Dushanbe on June 16, and an assault against members of a U.S. Central Command planning team on June 17 (ref [...] | 2007-06-19 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PINR PTER TI |
07FRANKFURT1842 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister President Survives Controversy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats) came under intense fire over an April 11 eulogy for former CDU state head Hans Filbinger (forced to resign in 1978 over his Nazi-era service as a military judge). The Jewish Central Council called [...] | 2007-04-17 13:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
07FRANKFURT3022 | Hesse State Election Preview: SPD Gaining Ground? [...] SUMMARY. Six months before Hesse state elections (January 2008),both major parties have presented their economic programs. Following an ambitious program from Social Democratic challenger Andrea Ypsilanti, Hesse Minister President Koch has presented a slightly populist program which is light [...] | 2007-06-26 08:12:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR TBIO GM |
07FRANKFURT3223 | Kurt Beck: Profile of a Pragmatic Social Democrat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Social Democratic/SPD national chairman and Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President Kurt Beck rose to power as a centrist leader combining political bridge-building with charm appeal to a working-class and often rural base. Having achieved prominence via hard work and charisma rathe [...] | 2007-07-09 10:42:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
07FRANKFURT4996 | Why Beck Stayed Home [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Kurt Beck has decided against taking the Vice Chancellorship left open by Labor Minister Franz Muentefering's surprise resignation (ref A). Beck will continue instead as Minister-President of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P). In the view [...] | 2007-11-23 06:35:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR GM |
07FRANKFURT671 | Social Democratic Leader on Trans-Atlantic Relations, U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, national SPD Chairman and Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President Kurt Beck spoke with the Consul General at the state chancellery in Mainz, praising trans-Atlantic relations, raising concerns about military stationing issues, and offering his take on goals for the Germ [...] | 2007-02-12 14:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR GM |
07FREETOWN29 | SIERRA LEONE: RESPONSE TO TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 17:02:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR SL |
07FREETOWN386 | IN THE NICK OF TIME: PARLIAMENT PASSES THREE GENDER BILLS [...] (U) On June 14, just days before it officially dissolves, Parliament unanimously passed three bills related to gender issues. The three pieces of legislation include: the Devolution of Estate; the Registration of Customary Marriages and Divorce; and the Domestic Violence Bills. With President A [...] | 2007-06-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SL |
07FREETOWN387 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE DELIVERS FIRST VERDICT [...] (U) On June 20, three judges in Trial Chamber II of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) delivered a guilty verdict against three former leaders of the renegade Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) who were on trial accused of war crimes and other serious violations of international h [...] | 2007-06-20 19:38:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SL |
07FREETOWN404 | PRESIDENT KABBAH WELCOMES LIBYA'S QADHAFI TO SIERRA LEONE [...] SUMMARY: Libyan leader Qadhafi visited Sierra Leone June 25-27. On his first visit to Sierra Leone, Qadhafi was warmly welcomed by President Kabbah and other top level GoSL officials. Qadhafi addressed a large gathering at the National Stadium where he formally donated 19 passenger buses to th [...] | 2007-06-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
07FREETOWN421 | SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS ON TRACK AS CAMPAIGNING [...] (SBU) The official campaign period for Sierra Leone's August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections began on July 10. With the elections under a month away, no party has emerged as the clear favorite to win. Indications are there could be a runoff in the presidential election between the [...] | 2007-07-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR SL |
07FREETOWN436 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SIERRA LEONEAN PRESIDENTIAL AND [...] (U) The National Electoral Commission has announced that seven political parties are registered to participate in the presidential election on August 11. The following is biographic information on the presidential and vice presidential candidates from the three main political parties, the Sierr [...] | 2007-07-23 16:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR SL |
07FREETOWN439 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE HANDS DOWN SENTENCES IN THE [...] (U) On June 20, the three judges of Trial Chambers II at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) found Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara, and Santigie Kanu, three former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) leaders, guilty of 11 of 14 counts of crimes against humanity (reftel). On Jul [...] | 2007-07-23 17:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN444 | SIERRA LEONE: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 17:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SL |
07FREETOWN464 | SPECIAL COURT DELIVERS GUILTY VERDICT IN CDF TRIAL [...] (U) On August 2, Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa of the Civil Defence Force (CDF) were found guilty of war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's decade long civil war by a majority of the three judges of Trial Chamber I in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Fofana was convicted on f [...] | 2007-08-02 20:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN503 | NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION FINISHES NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) On the evening of August 23, the National Electoral Commission released the official preliminary results of the August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. NEC Chairperson Dr. Christiana Thorpe announced the certified results will be published on August 25. 2. (U) In the parliam [...] | 2007-08-24 13:10:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR SL |
07FREETOWN566 | NEC PROCLAIMS APC CANDIDATE ERNEST KOROMA SIERRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 17, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced that opposition APC Candidate Ernest Bai Koroma had won the September 8 Presidential run-off election. He will be sworn in the same day at 1700 GMT at the State House. Jubilant APC supporters thronged the streets, [...] | 2007-09-17 16:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR SL |
07FREETOWN573 | IT'S OFFICIAL: ERNEST KOROMA SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT [...] (U) At 1700 GMT on September 17, Ernest Bai Koroma was officially sworn in as the President of Sierra Leone at the State House in Freetown. Outgoing President Kabbah, Vice President (and unsuccessful SLPP Presidential candidate) Solomon Berewa, and Foreign Minister (and SLPP Vice Presidential [...] | 2007-09-18 17:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR SL |
07FREETOWN586 | IMPLEMENTING TRADE BILLS PASSED BY OUTGOING PARLIAMENT - A [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sierra Leone's last parliament unanimously passed three trade promotion bills before the expiration of its term ending June 25, 2007. These bills include the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency Act, the Registration of Business Act, and the General Law (Business S [...] | 2007-09-26 17:40:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR SL |
07FREETOWN591 | POST ELECTION SIERRA LEONE: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The week following the announcement of Ernest Koroma as the new President of Sierra Leone had its bumps but was positive overall. Incidents of violence broke out in the immediate aftermath but soon decreased significantly as people returned to their everyday lives. The media w [...] | 2007-09-28 18:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR SL |
07FREETOWN611 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE SENTENCES FOFANAH [...] (U) Summary: On October 9, the Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced Moinina Fofanah and Allielu Kondewa, former leaders of the Civil Defense Force, to 6 and 8 years in prison, respectively. Time already served in detention was counted toward the sentences, meaning that Fofanah will comple [...] | 2007-10-10 18:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN615 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT SEEKING MORE MONEY AND [...] (C) Summary and action request: In a meeting with Ambassador and emboffs on October 10, Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, reviewed the budget and timeline for the Special Court. Rapp expects that the court will require at least an additional $49 million to contin [...] | 2007-10-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KDEM PHUM PINR PREL SL |
07GENEVA1713 | SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES [...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...] | 2007-07-03 09:47:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PINR CE |
07GEORGETOWN109 | RIO GROUP SUMMIT SET FOR MARCH 3 IN [...] (U) Summary: The 2007 Rio Group Summit of Heads of State will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on March 3, preceded by a Foreign Ministers meeting on March 1, and a National Coordinators meeting on February 28. GoG insiders characterize the Summit as unlikely to attract a large turnout and larg [...] | 2007-01-26 18:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PINR XM VE GY |
07GEORGETOWN607 | GOVERNMENT THREATENED BY ANOTHER DRUG SCANDAL; [...] (C) The GoG is threatened with yet another narco-trafficking scandal. An anonymous letter to the Commissioner of Police threatens to release audio and video surveillance recordings that link government and PPP figures to cocaine trafficking unless the Commissioner removes a corrupt senior pol [...] | 2007-06-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL MARR PINR KCRM KCOR GY |
07GUADALAJARA119 | EMILIO TAKES CHARGE: JALISCO GETS THIRD SUCCESSIVE PAN [...] Summary: Former Guadalajara Mayor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez assumed the Governorship of Jalisco March 1, calling upon his constituents to "think big" and work together to make the state a leader in business, education, social services, and environmental protection. He also promised to put grea [...] | 2007-03-09 16:22:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR OEXC MX |
07GUANGZHOU1048 | Avian Influenza Update: Guangdong Health Authorities on [...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong confirmed media reports that the Ministry of Agriculture on September 15 had reported a suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Guangzhou's Panyu District. Yu told us that test results [...] | 2007-09-17 09:03:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH |
07GUANGZHOU1070 | Avian Influenza Update: 180,000 Birds Destroyed; No [...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong told us September 20 that the Guangzhou government had culled 180,000 fowl from farms within three kilometers of Sixian village (Ref A). NOTE: This is an increase from the 134,384 ducks, 18,786 chicke [...] | 2007-09-20 06:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KFLU TBIO AMED AMGT EAGR PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU1075 | Avian Influenza Update: No Additional Culling Expected. [...] (SBU) In a September 21 meeting with Congenoff, Vice Director Chen Heqing of the Guangdong Province Department of Agriculture's Division of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economy said there are no plans to cull additional fowl after the recent avian influenza outbreak in Guangzhou's Panyu District [...] | 2007-09-21 08:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH |
07GUANGZHOU1108 | Avian Influenza Quarantine Lifted; Black Market Birds; [...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou's Panyu District Government lifted a 21-day quarantine of the area recently affected by an outbreak of avian influenza (AI). Before it was lifted, Consulate staff saw a few farmers illegally selling birds in the quarantine area. Media reports indicate that the Guangzhou M [...] | 2007-10-11 05:05:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH |
07GUANGZHOU1242 | New Guangdong Vice Governor to be Named [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Jieyang Municipality Party Secretary Wan Qinliang will be appointed one of Guangdong's Vice Governors during the Provincial Congress's January 17, 2008 session, according to Jieyang Vice Mayor Lin Lijiao. [...] | 2007-11-26 08:26:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU1260 | New Guangdong, Guangxi Party Secretaries [...] (U) Summary: Key announcements affecting south China leadership were made over the weekend: former Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang has been appointed Guangdong Party Secretary while Guangxi Deputy Party Secretary Guo Shengkun will move up to become Party Secretary, replacing Liu Qibao, who [...] | 2007-12-03 07:35:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU797 | Guo Feixiong's Trial and Current Status [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Democracy activist Guo Feixiong stood trial July 9 on charges of "illegal business activity," but the content and nature of the proceedings belied the political character of his prosecution. Guo [...] | 2007-07-13 09:05:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU832 | Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, July 24, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. We expect to cover items that are timely for Washington consideration but at this point, do not merit fuller treatment. We are, of course, willing to take a second lo [...] | 2007-07-24 05:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PINR SENV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU997 | Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, September 5, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: official anger and apathy over food and product safety; an ambitious labor lawyer; an anniversary for China Southern Airlines; P [...] | 2007-09-05 02:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAIR ECON PINR EFIN PGOV CH |
07GUATEMALA1806 | COLOM LEADS PEREZ MOLINA IN FIRST-ROUND ELECTION [...] (U) With 92.3% of polling stations reporting, center-left candidate Alvaro Colom of the UNE leads center-right candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Patriot Party. The two now advance to a runoff, to be held Nov. 4. At 0654 on September 10, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported the fol [...] | 2007-09-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC GT |
07GUATEMALA1859 | ELECTORAL OUTCOMES: WIN, LOSE, AND DRAW [...] (C) As the dust settles from Guatemala's September 9 national elections, clear winners and losers have emerged. For others, the outcome was ambiguous. The greatest success was that of the process itself, which was less violent and better organized than anticipated. Center-left Alvaro Colom [...] | 2007-09-14 13:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CVPR ASEC KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA1941 | PEREZ MOLINA OUTLINES SECOND-ROUND STRATEGY [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, center-right presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Partido Patriota outlined his strategy for winning the November 4 run-off election with the support of voters of the center-right GANA. Perez Molina said he was "certain" that non [...] | 2007-09-25 19:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM SNAR PHUM GT |
07GUATEMALA1975 | GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) On October 1, Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade confirmed to Pol/Econ Couns that the Government of Guatemala had established diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sept. 26, 2007, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The formal agreement wa [...] | 2007-10-01 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KN GT |
07GUATEMALA2271 | JOURNALISTS LEVEL DUBIOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. One the eve of the November 4 presidential elections, journalists investigating alleged ties between Partido Patriota Presidential candidate Perez Molina and the Mendoza drug trafficking organization claimed to have received death threats and said the editors of their paper "El [...] | 2007-11-21 20:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR PINR SOCI GT |
07GUATEMALA352 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 009 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 15:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
07GUATEMALA74 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 003 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 21:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
07GUATEMALA85 | GUATEMALA: RESPONSE ON HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 17:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
07HALIFAX45 | LIBERALS SWEEP TO POWER IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PROVINCIAL [...] SUMMARY: In a surprisingly easy win, PEI Liberals ended 11 years of Tory rule in the May 28 provincial election. Robert Ghiz and the Liberals took 23 of the province's 27 districts, leaving the once mighty Tories with the remaining four. The New Democratic Party and the Green party again fai [...] | 2007-05-29 14:45:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
07HALIFAX48 | BIO DATA REPORT: GHIZ, ROBERT PEI PREMIER-ELECT [...] As reported reftel, Robert Ghiz and his Liberal party toppled the incumbent Tory government in a decisive win in the Prince Edward Island provincial election on May 28, 2007. Ghiz and his new cabinet will assume power on June 13, 2007. 2. NAME: Robert Watson Joseph GHIZ 3. DATE OF BI [...] | 2007-06-08 18:25:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
07HANOI1026 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE POULTRY OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam is experiencing a new wave of H5N1 AI outbreaks in poultry. In May 2007, poultry outbreaks have been reported in 12 provinces and municipalities throughout the country. The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) public health response to the reported first human case since November [...] | 2007-06-01 08:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI1050 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES UNDER [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports a second confirmed human case of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) since May 1 (reftel A and B). The media reports that two additional patients with severe respiratory illness are under investigation for AI at Hanoi's Bach Mai Hosp [...] | 2007-06-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI107 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 avian influenza (AI) human cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. H5N1 AI poultry outbreaks have occurred within the past 21 days in 19 districts in seven southernmost Mekong Delta provinces, namely: Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Vi [...] | 2007-01-18 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI1147 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES AND FIRST DEATHS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) now reports a total of five confirmed human cases of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza A (AI) since May 1, including two deaths, the first since November 2005. There have been no associated cases among contacts and no common sources of infectio [...] | 2007-06-22 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1265 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - WAVE DYING OUT BUT SAMPLE SHARING [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no human cases infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza A (HPAI) beyond the total of five confirmed cases since May 1. There have been no cases among contacts and no common sources of infection. Outbreaks of AI in [...] | 2007-07-18 17:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1331 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION; FIVE CT [...] (SBU) On July 25, Poloff met with MFA Department of International Law and Treaties Expert Nguyen Dang Thang to deliver reftel points pressing for the signing and ratification of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) by Vietnam. Thang explained the GVN policy of support for the world community [...] | 2007-07-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARTM PREL VM |
07HANOI1365 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - HUMAN FATALITY DESPITE DECREASE IN [...] (U) Summary: On July 31, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported a fatal case of a pregnant 22 year-old woman from rural Ha Tay province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears to be isolated and not related to an active poultry outbreak or human c [...] | 2007-08-02 17:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1390 | TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA [...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...] | 2007-08-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1444 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NEW HUMAN FATALITY [...] (U) Summary: On August 7, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported the death of a 15 year-old boy from Thanh Hoa province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears isolated and not related to larger poultry outbreaks or human clusters. Outbreaks of AI [...] | 2007-08-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1462 | "VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...] | 2007-08-14 17:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM |
07HANOI1551 | FAO-GVN REVIEW AVIAN INFLUENZA STRATEGY IN AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) recently concluded that Vietnam's overall approach to the control and prevention of highly pathologic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry is sound and appropriate and recomm [...] | 2007-08-29 17:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1562 | Vietnam Lowers Tariffs on Wide Range of Foods and Animal [...] On August 3, 2007 the Government Office of Vietnam issued directive No.18/2007/CT-TTg entitled Urgent Measures to Restrain Market Prices. The directive made significant reductions for a number of foods and animal feeds, most of which have seen significant price increases recently on the world m [...] | 2007-08-30 17:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO TBIO PINR SOCI VM USTR |
07HANOI1563 | DISSIDENT ATTORNEY LE QUOC QUAN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) In an August 24 meeting with PolOffs, dissident Attorney Le Quoc Quan discussed the current dominance of conservatives in the Vietnamese government and the struggles for pro-reformists. Among those in the pro-reform camp, according to Quan, are Vietnam's two new Deputy Prime Ministers. Q [...] | 2007-08-31 15:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1653 | CODEL CHAMBLISS ENGAGES VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) A bipartisan United States Senate delegation led by Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia held meetings in Hanoi August 29 with senior GVN leaders, including SRV President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Vice-Chairman of Vietnam's parliament, and Vice-Ministers of Defense and Public Security. The me [...] | 2007-09-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CN OREP OVIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1683 | UNDERGROUND DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SAY PARTY FEELING [...] (C) High-profile political dissidents Dr. Pham Hong Son and Nguyen Vu Binh, both recently released from prison and under house arrest, remain active with the moderate Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) underground pro-democracy group. On September 10, Embassy PolOffs visited separately and wit [...] | 2007-09-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1746 | AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD [...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...] | 2007-10-04 11:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1793 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIVE DUCKS DEAD: POSSIBLE ANIMAL [...] (SBU) After 21 days free of avian influenza, Government of Vietnam (GVN) sources in Hanoi and an official website report confirmed an October 10 outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A among ducks in Nhue Tu B village, Ham Giang commune, Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh Province. However, whi [...] | 2007-10-12 17:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1835 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE DEAD DUCKS IN NEW ANIMAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1852 | USCIRF MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with GVN Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong. Members asked Huong about the registration of Protestant organizations, establishing independent Buddhist reli [...] | 2007-10-29 09:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM |
07HANOI1891 | CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM |
07HANOI1919 | A/S SILVERBERG CONSULTATIONS WITH GVN ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi November 2 to discuss Vietnam's upcoming role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Silverberg reiterated our invitation for Vietnam to send offic [...] | 2007-11-09 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR VM UNGA UN |
07HANOI1920 | VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SCATTERED OUTBREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Avian influenza outbreaks continue to flare up in various locations across Vietnam, with six provinces now reporting infected birds over the past month. All have been quickly and easily controlled. Officials have not yet linked the outbreaks, though they may represent the early [...] | 2007-11-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI1921 | CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM |
07HANOI1924 | UPDATE OF SERIOUS ACUTE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam's acute diarrhea outbreak expanded from 11 to 14 provinces and municipalities throughout northern Vietnam over the past week, with many victims testing positive for cholera. However, informal information from one of Hanoi's major referral centers indicates the epidemic m [...] | 2007-11-13 04:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM |
07HANOI1935 | HANOI REACTION TO USCIRF VISIT [...] (C) The recent visit to Vietnam by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has generated strong negative reactions within certain circles of the GVN. GVN criticism has centered primarily on what was widely considered inappropriate behavior by USCIRF members in [...] | 2007-11-14 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1969 | AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER ARREST OF AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM |
07HANOI2029 | USCIRF MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI [...] (C) A delegation from the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Hanoi-based political dissidents, attorney Le Quoc Quan and Dr. Pham Hong Son, on October 22 and 23, respectively. According to both, all un-sanctioned political and religious organizations [...] | 2007-12-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI2041 | A REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY VACCINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Four years into its efforts to counter pandemic influenza, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has placed ongoing emphasis on a vaccination program to limit the possible spread of avian influenza (AI) caused by the highly pathogenic influenza A H5N1 virus. The nationwide program fo [...] | 2007-12-05 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI2071 | VIETNAM MARKS SUCCESSFUL CONTROL OF CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials recently announced the successful control of the outbreak of cholera (or, as the Government of Vietnam more generally referred to it, "severe acute diarrhea") that began in late October. International public health experts agree with the GVN that Vietnam's [...] | 2007-12-14 04:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM |
07HANOI2116 | SHAKY RESPONSE TO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials confirmed the death of a four year old boy from Avian Influenza (AI). However, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) response showed three significant communication failures; between animal and human health experts, between local and central officials, and betwee [...] | 2007-12-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
07HANOI303 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAKS QUELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the successful containment of H5N1 outbreaks in poultry after experiencing 21 outbreak-free days. During January 29-31, Senior Advisor for East and Southeast Asia Charles Patterson traveled with ESTHOff, CONGEN ECONOff and CDC Influ [...] | 2007-02-15 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI373 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIRST POULTRY OUTBREAK IN NORTH [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the containment of an H5N1 outbreak in poultry in northern Hai Duong Province that occurred on February 16, the first day of the Tet Lunar New Year. A smaller poultry die-off that occurred in early February in northern Ninh Binh Province [...] | 2007-02-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI436 | JOINT DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On March 7, Poloff met with MFA International Law and Treaty Department specialist Nguyen Dang Thang to discuss reftels' points and urge GVN participation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the "Initiative"). Per Ref A's instructions, Russian Embassy First Secretary S [...] | 2007-03-07 07:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VM |
07HANOI452 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAK IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has experienced four poultry outbreaks since February 13. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has now confirmed that H5N1 was the cause of two poultry outbreaks on farms in one of Hanoi's rural communes. Earlier this week, a poultry outbreak occurred at a farm in Ha Tay Prov [...] | 2007-03-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI725 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SPORADIC ANIMAL OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-February, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) have occurred in isolated poultry flocks. The outbreaks have been readily controlled by the Government of Vietnam (GVN). No human cases were found. Local media reports that the 2007 poultry vaccination program i [...] | 2007-04-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI73 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 human avian influenza (AI) cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. According to the Government of Vietnam (GVN),Kien Giang province in the Mekong Delta has become the fourth province to experience to an AI poultry outbreak. Two f [...] | 2007-01-12 03:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI923 | APEC Workshop, Implementation Action Plan on Influenza [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from APEC member economies, the U.N. Systems Influenza Coordinator, the World Health Organization, the UNDP-supported Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza (Vietnam),and the Asian Development Bank met May 7 and 8 in Hanoi to discuss progress and future directio [...] | 2007-05-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECIN KFLU APECO PINR SOCI VM |
07HANOI973 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - PERSISTENT SPORADIC ANIMAL [...] (U) Summary: After a month-long period of no highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in animals, limited outbreaks in poultry have been reported in five provinces, including Hanoi. One suspected human case, a 30-year old man from Vinh Phuoc Province, is recovering but still in critica [...] | 2007-05-24 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HARARE232 | RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL AND VISA [...] (SBU) U.S. sanctions have played a key role in putting pressure on the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). Post believes that now is the time to deepen and expand the financial and visa sanctions, and to apply further pressure on the regime as it increasingly shows signs of crumbling and fragmentin [...] | 2007-03-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ZI |
07HARARE692 | MUGABE'S PRIEST, FATHER FIDELIS MUKONORI [...] (C) This message responds to a request for information regarding Father Fidelis Mukonori. The Embassy meets with Fidelis from time to time. We last saw him in July. 2. (C) Father Fidelis has ties with President Mugabe and other senior ZANU-PF figures going back to the liberation struggl [...] | 2007-08-03 09:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ZI |
07HARARE693 | FOLLOW-UP ON GRACE MUGABE [...] (C) This message responds to INR/I questions on Grace Mugabe. 2. (C) Grace Mugabe is not active or well-liked within ZANU-PF circles and she has no close relationships with cabinet members. 3. (C) Grace's relationship with President Mugabe appears stable at this time. In the past sh [...] | 2007-08-03 09:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ZI |
07HARARE881 | IBBO MANDAZA ON MUGABE, ZANU-PF'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ZANU-PF insider and Solomon Mujuru confidante Ibbo Mandaza met with polecon chief on September 25 and discussed President Robert Mugabe's health and the state of ZANU-PF. 2. (C) Confirming Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's comments (Reftel),Mandaza said Mugabe's Malaysian physician [...] | 2007-09-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
07HARARE938 | INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This cable responds to Reftel. 2. (S) Questions and Responses. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? The GOZ does not have a master watchlist or any central repository of [...] | 2007-10-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS ZI |
07HAVANA1011 | TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...] | 2007-10-26 07:59:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1018 | CUBAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STAGE MASSIVE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred students at the University de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba participated in a protest the past several weeks. Initially a small group of students had surrounded the car of the dean to express their outrage in the wake of the rape of a female student about the lac [...] | 2007-10-26 16:35:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1019 | PRESIDENT'S SPEECH STRIKES CHORDS IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's October 24 speech on Cuba clearly struck several nerves on the island. Among the dissident community, especially those who attended a live screening of the speech at USINT, the speech and the appearance of close friends and relatives of Cuban political prisoners [...] | 2007-10-26 16:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL |
07HAVANA1029 | USINT DISCUSSES POTUS SPEECH WITH LOCAL DIP CORPS [...] (C) Following up on the President's October 24 speech, USINT hosted meetings with ambassadors or their representatives from 46 embassies in Havana on October 29 and 30 to provide copies of the full text of the speech, highlight the most important points, and answer questions regarding the pr [...] | 2007-10-31 18:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1036 | U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...] | 2007-11-02 15:31:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU |
07HAVANA1037 | CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH IN CENTRAL HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva informed several news outlets that between 60 to 70 youths were detained in Central Havana for wearing bracelets with the word "Cambio" ("Change") on them. Leyva has given staff at USINT several contradictory versions of how man [...] | 2007-11-02 18:18:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1038 | WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 24, Cuban state television broadcast a 14-minute excerpt of President Bush,s speech on Cuba only hours after he had delivered it. The next day,s issue of state-owned newspaper Granma devoted its entire second page to excerpts of the President,s speech, inclu [...] | 2007-11-02 18:18:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1044 | DAMAS DE BLANCO MEMBER DETAINED FOR CHANGE BRACELET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 4 November a policeman took Bertha Soler, a leading activist in Damas de Blanco, an organization of the wives of Cuban political prisoners, to a police station in Central Havana after she refused to remove a bracelet with the word Cambio (Change) on it. After Bertha asserted [...] | 2007-11-05 21:53:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1056 | INDEPENDENT ACADEMICS LABEL CUBA'S EDUCATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 3 November 72 independent academics from all parts of Cuba attended a conference organized by Roberto de Miranda in his home in central Havana. They discussed all aspects of the state education system. The teachers and professors concluded that despite the government's com [...] | 2007-11-08 22:01:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1057 | CUBA: IMPRESSIONS OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable of a series regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, this cable conveys general impressions about economic conditions outside Havana from USINT's Econoff, who, by way of th [...] | 2007-11-08 22:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1068 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNER [...] (C) BELOW IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM DR. OSCAR ELIAS BISCET, THANKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR AWARDING HIM THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. THE NOTE, ROLLED UP LIKE A SMALL STRAW AND TUCKED INSIDE A SANITARY NAPKIN, WAS SNEAKED OU [...] | 2007-11-14 21:32:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM CU |
07HAVANA1070 | 25TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...] | 2007-11-16 13:44:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1081 | DISSIDENT LEADER RECOMMENDS GRAVELY ILL ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") fell seriously ill on 17 November. He is currently hospitalized. Noted dissident Martha Beatriz Roque stated that she fears that Antunez may die in a Cuban hospital and recommends that the US make an offer of treatme [...] | 2007-11-19 22:10:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1087 | ILL DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ MAY SEEK MEDICAL CARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") checked himself out of the hospital in Placetas (Villa Clara). He then traveled to Havana and several prominent dissidents asked GOC state security on 20 November for a commitment to provide quality medica [...] | 2007-11-21 21:07:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1089 | BRAZIL'S NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several recent developments point to Brazil's interest in building stronger bilateral ties with Cuba. The Brazilian government will increase export credits for its companies and will push for an audience with Fidel Castro during President Lula's upcoming visit. Petrobras has a [...] | 2007-11-23 16:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1094 | CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ RECEIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") on 22 November entered the intensive care unit of Hospital Nacional in Havana. Opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) believes that he is receiving quality care and a thorough battery of medical tests [...] | 2007-11-23 23:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1096 | CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...] | 2007-11-27 13:52:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU |
07HAVANA1102 | CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ WANTS MEDICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") left the Hospital in Havana because he did not want to undergo the exploratory surgery recommended by the doctors. Cuban medical staff did a large number of tests but the results were inconclusive as to id [...] | 2007-11-28 21:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1111 | CUBA: FIDEL CASTRO'S HEALTH, CRITICS OF HUGO [...] (C) POL officer met with Spanish Embassy Political Counselor on 26 November for an informal discussion re the status of on-island affairs. Spanish POL Counselor noted that he was again hearing vague rumors from his own embassy and the Spanish business community regarding Fidel Castro,s deter [...] | 2007-11-30 14:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1115 | DISSIDENTS WANT TO CONSTRUCT HOMES FOR POOR CUBANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Todos Unidos, an umbrella organization of several dissident organizations, is entering a totally new field of activity by developing a project to renovate the homes of poor Cubans. They plan to start with 12 homes in the Arroyo Naranjo neighborhood of Havana. USINT believes t [...] | 2007-11-30 18:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1121 | CUBANS REACT TO VENEZUELAN VOTE WITH MIXTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban dissidents are overjoyed with the defeat of Chavez's proposed constitutional changes. They see this as the end of a messianic campaign of Chavez to be leader of an anti-US bloque. Many also feel that the referendum is a powerful lesson in democracy for the Cuban people. [...] | 2007-12-05 14:09:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1134 | POLICE BEAT DISSIDENTS IN CHURCH IN SANTIAGO DE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban police on 4 December entered the church of St. Teresita in Santiago de Cuba and beat with clubs and used pepper spray on about 25 dissidents who along with other parishioners were awaiting the beginning of mass. The dissidents had held a peaceful march to the church to pr [...] | 2007-12-06 21:34:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1136 | POLICE ASSAULT DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 6 December opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") while he planned for a peaceful march of activists in Placetas noticed that police vehicles were surrounding the area. He went to the corner in front of his home where he had planned to meet the 10 other part [...] | 2007-12-07 17:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1145 | CUBA TO SIGN UN ACCORDS AS DEMONSTRATIONS MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human Rights Day in Cuba saw a wide variety of activity. The Damas de Blanco held two well attended marches on Sunday and Monday to mark the Day. Although state security forces monitored these activities closely, the authorities avoided any significant confrontation. In contr [...] | 2007-12-12 13:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1153 | PROPOSED GOC TAX ON HARD CURRENCY EARNINGS: [...] (U) Beginning in early January, 2008, the GOC will tax previously undeclared salaries paid to Cubans employed by foreign companies. These employees officially work for the GOC entity CUBALSE, which receives payment for them from the foreign companies and passes a minimal amount on to the empl [...] | 2007-12-13 22:11:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON EFIN PGOV PINR |
07HAVANA1170 | IS FIDEL DONE? [...] (C) International press reports have zeroed in on the last two sentences of a letter from Fidel Castro to the evening talk show Mesa Redonda (Round Table) that dealt mostly with the Bali conference on global warming as an indication that he has announced his intention to "give up power" in C [...] | 2007-12-18 22:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07HAVANA1171 | DAUGHTER OF INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 12 December, independent librarian Nereyda Rodriguez Rivero reported that she had not heard from her 19 year old daughter Yuricel Perez Rodriguez since 7 December. She said that a state security agent who had infiltrated her organization revealed that Yuricel had been picke [...] | 2007-12-18 22:24:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1188 | COM CONVERSATION WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On December 27, COM lunched with Frederic Dore, the new French Ambassador to Havana, as part of our regular contact with the French embassy, but also in anticipation of France taking the EU lead in Cuba for the next year. Slovenia, the next leader of the EU Troika has no representation in [...] | 2007-12-28 21:10:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EU PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07HAVANA1190 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP DEC. 14-28 [...] (C) ACTIVISTS DISTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION: On 21 December on a major thoroughfare in central Havana noted dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") and Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses distributed over 400 copies of the UN Universa [...] | 2007-12-28 22:10:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA258 | CUBA: HOW BELIEVABLE IS A FIDEL CASTRO COMEBACK? [...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX passed us a document March 14 that describes Fidel Castro's declining health, as analyzed by a respected, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. The document concludes by saying that Castro has a terminal condition, and will suffer an inevitable deterioration of his faculties until [...] | 2007-03-16 18:28:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CU |
07HAVANA367 | CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...] | 2007-04-14 16:45:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU |
07HAVANA372 | CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...] | 2007-04-16 17:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU |
07HAVANA5 | CASTRO ALIVE FOR 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Cuban media carried a New Years message from Fidel Castro noting the passing of 48 years since he assumed power, and also announcing that he is still on a slow path to recovery from his medical crisis. XXXXXXXXXXXX still believes Castro is terminally ill, even if the report from [...] | 2007-01-03 18:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR CU |
07HAVANA591 | RAUL CASTRO'S WIFE VILMA ESPIN DIES [...] (U) The Cuban regime has announced that Vilma Espin, wife of acting Cuban dictator Raul Castro, died on Monday, June 18. The regime has declared Tuesday, June 18, a day of mourning. Espin is one of the matriarchs and charter members of the Cuban revolution, and without there ever being any public [...] | 2007-06-19 09:06:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CU |
07HAVANA597 | CUBA: MORE NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has restructured customs regulations for non-commercial imports and exports. Several regulations that were originally independently introduced for different reasons at different times and by different ministries have been modified in what appears to be an attempt to harmo [...] | 2007-06-21 13:38:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL ETRD CU |
07HAVANA609 | CUBA'S MASSIVE MOBILIZATION CAPACITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its limited resources, the GOC has proven that, when it wants to, it can successfully mobilize people and assets. This cable describes some examples of this and provides a window into the existing organizational infrastructures and capabilities. It is an open question ho [...] | 2007-06-26 15:24:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA806 | CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER CHAVIANO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Released after 13 years in prison, Francisco Chaviano, a prominent Cuban opposition figure, wants to remain in Cuba to continue his work after seeking urgently needed medical care in the U.S. However, Cuban authorities have still not spelled out the conditions of his release. He [...] | 2007-08-17 16:25:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA894 | POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TO THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading human rights activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello told Poloff that on Wednesday a group of ten dissidents participated in a march in the town of Santa Clara. The police organized a group of civilians who threatened the marchers with sticks. However; no one was actual [...] | 2007-09-11 11:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA895 | POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 16:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA896 | CONVERSATION WITH DAGOBERTO VALDES [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 5 dinner at the COM Residence, Dagoberto Valdes, former editor-in-chief of Vitral, Pinar del Rio's Catholic review, reflected on life after his resignation from Vitral, the institution of the Church, and his future role as someone who does not want to compete agains [...] | 2007-09-11 16:04:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA897 | THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CUBAN SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM's attendance at the September 7 procession of Our Lady of Regla, along with his visit the following day to the Church of Our Lady of la Caridad del Cobre, offered opportunity to observe the dynamics of the Catholic Church,s place in Cuban society. Both events enjoyed large [...] | 2007-09-11 16:21:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA913 | CUBAN DELEGATION AT LASA: GOC APPROACHES ACADEMIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was held in Montreal, Canada, September 5-8. The Cuban delegation was the largest ever to a LASA conference and they portrayed the successful change of venue from the U.S. to Canada as a "victory" [...] | 2007-09-13 15:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA930 | DISSIDENT SAYS REGIME SEES NO CHOICE BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Rene Gomez Manzano believes that Raul Castro has a government team in place that is committed to instituting meaningful economic reforms. He also believes that Fidel is no longer a factor in policy decisions. Gomez thinks Raul and his allies in the governmen [...] | 2007-09-21 16:04:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA965 | DISSIDENTS PUSH ENVELOPE WHILE REGIME ADJUSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Martha Beatriz Roque organized a protest on 27 September in front of the Ministry of Justice. She handed to officials a letter for the Minister demanding the release of all political prisoners. Accompanied by eight other dissidents, MBR waited for four hours [...] | 2007-10-03 07:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA977 | CUBA: SPAIN TO RENEW AID, BUT SLOW TO INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Assistant Secretary of State for Cooperation Leire Pajin signed an agreement on September 29 to implement the renewal of development assistance to the island. Separately, the Joint Spanish-Cuban Business Committee ended with both countries discussing the possibility of [...] | 2007-10-05 15:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA996 | IF YOU INVITE THEM, THEY WILL COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charg d'Affaires hosted an Iftar dinner for the diplomatic community on October 9. The 54 guests in attendance included 11 ambassadors and five charges from 22 countries, most of them with large Muslim populations. The event--the first of its kind offered by USINT--drew [...] | 2007-10-16 15:48:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HELSINKI129 | FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP FI |
07HELSINKI182 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINNISH COMPUTER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware recently received a briefing on computer and Internet security from senior officials at F-Secure, known internationally as a reliable antivirus provider and Finland,s foremost computer security company. A protector of critical infrastructure worldwide, F-Secure [...] | 2007-03-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT PINR BEXP FI |
07HELSINKI250 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials in the MFA's Political Secretariat and Office for Human Rights about the possibility of resettling Guantanamo detainees in Finland. Finland has previously rejected several US requests to [...] | 2007-04-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR FI |
07HELSINKI321 | FINLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT: TURNING A PROMISING NEW [...] (C) Finland's new center-right government is eager to reverse the malaise that often typified US-Finnish relations after 2003, and from the Foreign Minister on down a palpable shift in tone is already evident. Trans-Atlanticists have replaced notorious US-skeptics at the MFA, the MOD and elsew [...] | 2007-05-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MARR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI322 | FINLAND CALLS FOR UNIFIED EU RESPONSE TO ESTONIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The escalating dispute between Russia and Estonia over the Bronze Soldier has prompted an unusually strong criticism of Russia's behavior from senior Finnish officials, who are typically known for their caution in dealing with Russia. The President and the FM have issued strong s [...] | 2007-05-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI580 | FINNISH MINISTER KEEN TO EXPAND BIOGAS USAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's Minister of Trade and Industry recently returned from a two-day fact finding mission in Germany to examine German use of biogas and other renewable energy resources. This trip may signal an increased emphasis by Pekkarinen -- a strong advocate of renewable energy -- in [...] | 2007-07-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI |
07HELSINKI601 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH STATE SECRETARY TIILIKAINEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware and PolChief met with Teija Tiilikainen, State Secretary at the Finnish MFA, for a tour d'horizon of multilateral and bilateral issues. Topics included potential increases to Finland's NATO/ISAF commitments in Afghanistan; Kosovo; Russia; and Finland's 2008 OSCE [...] | 2007-08-06 08:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN NATO FI |
07HELSINKI675 | RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOLDS IRAQ PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a respected NGO headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, hosted a seminar at an undisclosed location in Finland Sept. 1-4 aimed at reducing the violence in Iraq. Participants included leading Iraqi Sunni and Shiite civil society leaders, [...] | 2007-09-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ FI PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR |
07HELSINKI751 | FINLAND'S BIOGAS FUTURE HEATS UP [...] (U) On October 25, Aimo Aalto and Nina Broadstreet from the Finnish Ministry for Trade and Industry briefed Econoff on Finland's strategy to increase support for domestic production of energy from biogas/methane. Following Minister Mauri Pekkarinen,s two-day fact finding mission to Germany in [...] | 2007-10-04 04:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI |
07HILLAH112 | KARBALA POLICE CHIEF TARGET OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-25 14:07:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PINR PTER |
07HILLAH143 | BABIL GOVERNOR FIGHTS TO SAVE HIS OFFICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable 2. (C) Summary: Babil's governor continues to face difficulties in maintaining key political support against efforts to remove him. Crucial ISCI backing within the provincial council appears to be waning. In response, the governor has embarked upon a campa [...] | 2007-10-28 14:20:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR |
07HILLAH150 | BABIL: 2007 BUDGET EXECUTION: A WORRISOME UPDATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) Former Babil Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) Coordinator Qassem Hamed Abid told PRT that Babil's much-touted budget execution success for 2007 is a fraud (refs A and B). In a one-on-one conversation with the PRT on November 12 [...] | 2007-11-12 15:41:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EPET PINR IZ |
07HILLAH29 | BABIL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER AIRS SOME DIRTY LAUNDRY [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Although the intended topic was the Babil governor's attempt to remove the mayor of Al-Hillah, a recent conversation with a Communist member of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) revealed much more, including allegations of bribes to [...] | 2007-02-21 14:50:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH48 | BABIL'S FAINT-HEARTED GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary and comment: The governor of Babil, reeling under the triple impact of a revolt in the provincial council (and the loss of his closest ally there),a public whispering campaign against him and an increasingly assertive Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM),sudd [...] | 2007-03-28 17:53:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR PTER IZ |
07HILLAH69 | CLEVER TACTICS, FLAWED ETHICS IN HILLAH MAYOR ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As anticipated in ref A, the Hillah District Council (DC) met on April 21 to choose a new mayor. The surprise winner by one vote - his own - was DC member Sabah Al-Fatlawi, after a campaign allegedly marred by bribery and other improprieties. [...] | 2007-05-02 14:09:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ IR |
07HILLAH70 | HILLAH MAYOR KABUKI CONTINUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT officers met on May 2 with the full membership of the Hillah District Council (DC) for a discussion of the chain of events described in reftel. Both Aqeel Al-Silawi, who introduced himself as the acting mayor until the Provincial Council (PC) confi [...] | 2007-05-04 07:07:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH82 | GOVERNOR FEELS THE HEAT, AS DOES INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST [...] (C) Summary: After a local newspaper printed a story claiming that virtually all Babil residents want Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi to step down, the governor pushed back on the airwaves and the pages of his own paper to attempt to discredit his accusers. A few days thereafter he tra [...] | 2007-06-01 13:55:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
07HILLAH86 | IRANIAN-SUPPORTED GROUP SAID TARGETING SISTANI AIDES, WOULD [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary: A civil society activist with strong religious credentials recently warned PRT leader that an Iranian-controlled group called Asa'ib Al-Haq, based in Diwaniya, is serving as a tool in Iran's efforts to take control of the hawza, the Shi'a relig [...] | 2007-06-07 04:37:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PTER KISL IZ IR |
07HILLAH95 | KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE TRANSFER OF THE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah. This was the first meeting betwe [...] | 2007-06-30 08:42:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
07HILLAH96 | CORRECTED COPY: KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Hillah 00000095 (wrong classification) a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional [...] | 2007-06-30 08:50:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
07HOCHIMINHCITY10 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY OUTBREAKS CONTINUE, SUSPECTED HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past 3 weeks, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been detected in poultry in 12 districts in four of the southern most provinces of Vietnam?s Mekong Delta. Over 9,000 birds have died from AI and over 24,000 have been culled since the disease first reappear [...] | 2007-01-04 09:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1236 | USCIRF URGES GVN TO EASE ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS IN [...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation, on the final leg of their 12-day long assessment of religious freedom in Vietnam, visited Soc Trang to examine issues pertaining to the Mekong Delta province's significant Khmer Buddhist population. The delegation, which included Commissioner Leonard Leo and two s [...] | 2007-12-14 09:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY157 | SAIGON INSIDERS ON COMMUNIST PARTY POLITICS [...] (C/NF) : Media contacts report that the Politburo has not yet begun to focus on the planned visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to the United States. Triet has recovered fully from his bout with prostate cancer, but politically is weak. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung is consolidating power; [...] | 2007-02-14 10:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL CH VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY160 | (C) EXPLOSION REPORTED OUTSIDE HCMC HOME OF PM DZUNG [...] (C/NF) Reliable media contacts in HCMC confirmed to us that a small improvised explosive device went off outside a home belonging to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung in HCMC's District 3 sometime on February 12. No injuries or damage was reported. Rumors of this incident circulated on February [...] | 2007-02-15 06:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR PTER PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY164 | SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...] | 2007-02-15 09:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY221 | UPDATE ON HCMC LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (C) Summary: The sister-in-law of Bui Kim Thanh -- the HCMC land rights activists involuntarily committed to a mental institution -- was emphatic in a March 8 meeting that Thanh is not/not mentally ill. The sister-in-law's comments reinforce reporting from other ConGen contacts that Thanh has [...] | 2007-03-08 11:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PINR PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY35 | TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER [...] this is a test. l;kjasdhfl;akjdf;askldfjasdkl;fj 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999. WINNICK [...] | 2007-01-10 09:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY36 | TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER 2 [...] this is a test. l;kjasdhfl;akjdf;askldfjasdkl;fj 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999. WINNICK [...] | 2007-01-10 09:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY365 | HCMC DISSIDENT LEADER TRAN KHUE INDICTED [...] (C) On April 2, we spoke with Tran Khue, Deputy General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) to arrange a SIPDIS meeting for EAP DAS Eric John, implementing Ref A human rights roadmap. Khue welcomed the chance to meet and made no mention of any new harassment (unlike other HCM [...] | 2007-04-05 08:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY407 | EAP DAS JOHN MEETS HCMC DISSIDENT LEADERS [...] (SBU) GVN officials in Hanoi and HCMC protested but did not prevent EAP DAS Eric John from holding meetings on April 9 with dissident leaders Thich Quang Do and Tran Khue. Meeting in his pagoda where he has been under house arrest since October 2003, Thich Quang Do, General Secretary of the [...] | 2007-04-11 02:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY483 | NEW DISSIDENT SHOW TRIALS PLANNED IN HCMC [...] (SBU) HCMC print and broadcast media prominently reported May 4 that the GVN plans to conduct two new trials of political activists in HCMC in May. Three members of the People's Democratic Party of Vietnam, Le Nguyen Sang, Huynh Nguyen Dao and Nguyen Bac Truyen, will be brought to trial in HCM [...] | 2007-05-04 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB PINR SOCI VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY489 | ARREST AND DEFROCKING OF ETHNIC KHMER BUDDHIST MONKS IN THE [...] (C) Post has confirmed recent incidents of detention and/or defrocking of ethnic Khmer Buddhist monks in two Mekong Delta provinces, despite official denials (Ref B). Venerable Tang No, head monk of Kleang pagoda in Soc Trang (strictly protect),confirmed to us in early May that three monks -- [...] | 2007-05-08 07:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY510 | FOUR MORE HOA HAO DISSIDENTS IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) On May 4, a contact in the Hoa Hao community told us that the provincial court in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap sentenced four Hoa Hao dissidents to prison terms ranging from four to six years on charges of "creating public disorder," under Article 245 of the 1999 Criminal Code. [...] | 2007-05-09 09:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY514 | NO SURPRISES: HCMC DISSIDENT SHOW TRIAL RESULTS IN TOUGH [...] (SBU) A May 10 show trial for three members of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization of Vietnam resulted in sentences of five, four and three years for the defendants Le Nguyen Sang, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Huynh Nguyen Dao. All three were accused o [...] | 2007-05-10 09:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR ELAB VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY520 | FIVE ETHNIC KHMER MONKS IMPRISONED IN THE MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Five ethnic Khmer monks from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang were sentenced by the local provincial court on May 10 to between two and four years imprisonment for "disturbing public order." The five allegedly were organizers of protests in Soc Trang on February 8. The incident r [...] | 2007-05-11 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY523 | GVN STEPS UP DIVIDE AND CONQUER ATTACKS ON UBCV [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security-affiliated newspaper covered prominently its Vice Minister's April 30 meeting with Thich Huyen Quang, the ailing 90-year old Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),as a gesture of GVN goodwill and reconciliation. The a [...] | 2007-05-14 09:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY528 | ANOTHER DISSIDENT TRIAL, ANOTHER TOUGH SENTENCE [...] (SBU) The May 15 show trial for another member of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization (UWFO) of Vietnam resulted in a sentence of seven years imprisonment (two suspended) and two years of house arrest for UFWO spokesperson Tran Quoc Hien. The tri [...] | 2007-05-15 08:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY542 | HCMC ERO OBJECTS TO WEB SITE POSTING OF CONGRESSMEN'S OP-ED [...] (SBU) PolOff was called in by HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) May 16, to discuss ConGen's request to observe voting during the May 20 National Assembly elections. However, the Deputy Head of the ERO Consular Section also used the meeting to give an oral protest regarding posting on the Co [...] | 2007-05-18 09:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY548 | BIG BROTHER PACKS THE VOTE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN [...] (SBU) HCMC went to the polls on May 20 to select among 52 candidates to fill its 26 National Assembly seats in a tightly controlled and scripted process. Despite the pre-election media push in HCMC for "independent" candidates, of the 137 self-nominees that registered as independent candidates [...] | 2007-05-22 10:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY609 | THE GVN, UBCV AND BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY [...] (SBU) The GVN went to great lengths to highlight its support for the GVN-recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) commemoration of the annual Buddha's Birthday ("Vesak") celebrations on May 31. The VBS events were well covered by HCMC media, which reported extensively on President Nguyen Minh [...] | 2007-06-08 09:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM SOCI |
07HOCHIMINHCITY623 | ALLEGATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATION IN ARREST OF [...] (SBU) On March 4, the South Carolina-based Montagnard Foundation (MF) issued a press release asserting that on February 17, Vietnamese troops in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak arrested Y-Ja Nie and T-Tuc Buonya "because they are Christians who refused to join the government-recognize [...] | 2007-06-13 10:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KIRF SOCI VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY625 | DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH TO BE RELEASED SOON? [...] (SBU) On June 13 and 14, we spoke separately by phone with two relatives of Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who has been involuntarily confined to a mental institution since November 2006. Her relatives said that, during a visit to the hospital in early June, Thanh reported that t [...] | 2007-06-14 04:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY643 | EXPERIENCES OF A HARDLINE HOUSE CHURCH IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Inter-Evangelical Church of Vietnam, a large Protestant house church organization based in HCMC, told us that, with the exception of a recent incident in Binh Phuoc province, their operations in Southern and Central Vietnam are stable. Conditions for the IEM in t [...] | 2007-06-19 09:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY665 | HCMC CONTINUES TO DELAY LEGALIZING CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE [...] (SBU) On June 16, Pol and CDC met with a representative of Father John Dinh Toai, Director of the HCMC Archdiocese "Pastoral Care" program for people living with HIV/AIDS . He said that the biggest obstacle facing the church continues to be the unwillingness of local authorities to grant legal [...] | 2007-06-26 05:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KHIV VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY684 | CG PUSHES PARTY FOR RELEASE OF DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH [...] (SBU) On June 26, we spoke with the Director of the Bien Hoa Mental Institution, Nguyen Van Tho, to continue to follow up on the case of land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh. (Thanh was involuntarily admitted to the mental institution in November 2006.) The Director confirmed reftel reporting t [...] | 2007-06-27 12:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY689 | AMBASSADOR TACKLES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES IN THE FOOTHILLS [...] (SBU) Summary: On a June 6-8 trip to Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh provinces, leaders from the GVN-recognized and house church communities told the Ambassador that church members were free to worship and practice their faith. However, the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Viet [...] | 2007-06-28 10:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PREF PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY739 | AMBASSADOR VISITS PEPFAR SITES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 6-8 visit to the Cambodian border provinces of Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh, the Ambassador reviewed local efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and the impact of projects funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Officials at the Vietnam Youth Corps Dru [...] | 2007-07-10 09:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PINR KREF KHIV VM |
07HONGKONG110 | VATICAN MEETING ON CHINA POLICY UNLIKELY TO LEAD [...] (U) Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen told the press on January 9 that he would travel to Rome shortly to discuss the Vatican's China policy. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will chair the meeting, scheduled for the latter half of January. According to Zen, the Pope will be [...] | 2007-01-12 09:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT |
07HONGKONG1323 | NO "MASSACRE" AT TIANANMEN -- BEIJING LOYALIST'S [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong will not be ready for universal suffrage until "around 2022" -- or 25 years after the handover -- because many Hong Kongers lacked "national awareness," said Ma Lik, chairman of Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing political party. Ma referred to the local characterization o [...] | 2007-05-16 10:37:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH |
07HONGKONG1334 | FALUN GONG'S VIRTUAL SKELETON [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftel, the Falun Gong (FLG) movement has virtually no organizational structure, coordinated policy, or central financing; rather, it is a very loose association of practitioners who communicate through emails and regularly-held meetings. Given FLG's virtual struc [...] | 2007-05-17 10:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PHUM PINR PGOV CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG1447 | HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY INVESTIGATES PRC [...] (S) Summary: Democratic Party (DP) legislator James To (strictly protect),who is chair of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco) Security Panel, warned us in early February 2007 that infiltrators from Beijing had successfully penetrated the DP and put it in a "dangerous position" (ref). [...] | 2007-05-30 08:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG1579 | HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...] | 2007-06-13 01:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV |
07HONGKONG1689 | U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) discussed Hong Kong political developments with Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office Director John Tsang and Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam. Lam, while noting th [...] | 2007-06-25 06:04:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR CH HK |
07HONGKONG1691 | U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: [...] (C) Summary: During April 29-30 meetings in Hong Kong, Civic Party legislator and March 2007 candidate for Chief Executive Alan Leong told a visiting delegation of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that his campaign had laid the groundwork for the Hong Kong people [...] | 2007-06-25 06:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR CH HK |
07HONGKONG1692 | U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives discussed IPR issues in Hong Kong and mainland China with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on April 30. One AmCham representative observed that there was "very little le [...] | 2007-06-25 07:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KIPR SENV CH HK |
07HONGKONG1698 | HONG KONG'S NEXT CABINET APPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Government, on the nomination of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (CE),Donald Tsang, approved the appointments of principal officials for the third term of the HKSAR Government, as well as five officials who will head HK's disciplined services. Biographies for each new [...] | 2007-06-25 23:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK |
07HONGKONG1777 | HONG KONG COMMEMORATES TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Hong Kong celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Special Administration Region's (SAR) reversion to the PRC with a mixture of official celebrations and the annual pro-democracy demonstration. PRC President Hu Jintao helped mark the anniversary by personally swearing in [...] | 2007-07-03 09:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH |
07HONGKONG1779 | SENIOR IPR ATTACHE MARK COHEN DISCUSSES PRC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Legislative Councilor Sin Chung Kai told visiting Beijing Intellectual Property Senior Attache Mark Cohen and ConGen Hong Kong staff that Hong Kong's amended copyright law should generally please copyright owners, including U.S. companies, although he noted that a statutory "fa [...] | 2007-07-05 03:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR KJUST PINR PGOV |
07HONGKONG1832 | GOVERNMENT RELEASES GREEN PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary Henry Tang unveiled the details of the much anticipated "green paper" on constitutional reform, in a presentation to the Legislative Council (Legco) at 3:00 PM today. CS Tang's presentation officially launched a three-month consultation period, lastin [...] | 2007-07-11 11:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG1853 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT KICKS OFF PUBLIC DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government released a "green paper" on July 11 to kick off a three-month public consultation period on the timeframe and roadmap for the implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections. The HKG's propos [...] | 2007-07-13 12:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK |
07HONGKONG1854 | PRC MFA COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: Beijing's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Hong Kong Lu Xinhua told the Consul General on July 11 that U.S.-China relations were "the best they've ever been" and that Beijing was "very satisfied" with the latest round of the Senior Dialogue meetings in Washington. Durin [...] | 2007-07-13 12:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH |
07HONGKONG1889 | POPE'S LETTER CLARIFIES CATHOLIC DOCTRINE IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us that Pope Benedict's long-awaited letter to Chinese Catholics was intended to clarify the relationship between the underground Catholic and the PRC's "official" Catholic communities. After the ordinations of [...] | 2007-07-18 10:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT |
07HONGKONG1951 | HONG KONG DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION: A TRIAL RUN [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, Hong Kong will choose 529 District Councillors, 80 percent of them directly elected by universal suffrage. The District Councils are subordinate to the Legislative Council, but play an increasingly important advisory role to the government on grass-roots issues. W [...] | 2007-07-25 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CH HK PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HONGKONG2067 | DEATH OF HONG KONG DAB CHAIRMAN MA LIK [...] (C) Summary: Ma Lik, Legislative Councilor and Chairman of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB),died on August 8 in a Guangzhou hospital at age 55. His passing creates vacancies in both the Legislative Council (Legco) and the DAB leadership t [...] | 2007-08-08 10:35:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR CH HK |
07HONGKONG2128 | HONG KONG BAR-BENDER STRIKE TURNS POLITICAL [...] (C) More than 1,000 Hong Kong "bar-benders" (metal workers) went on strike August 8, demanding higher pay and shorter work hours. Over the weekend they scuffled with police while conducting an unauthorized demonstration. Since then, the labor dispute has escalated into a conflict between Hon [...] | 2007-08-15 11:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELAB PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2143 | MACAU: CHARGES OF CORRUPTION LEVIED AGAINST CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the August 13 "South China Morning Post" newspaper, Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho and his brothers collectively own more than US$12 million worth of shares in Many Town Company Limited, which in turn is a shareholder in the gambling and property businesses of [...] | 2007-08-16 09:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC |
07HONGKONG2170 | HONG KONG'S GREEN PAPER: PATH TO DEMOCRACY OR [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government (HKG) released its "Green Paper" listing various options for electoral reform on July 11, hoping it would spark a three-month public debate and build consensus for implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council [...] | 2007-08-20 10:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2202 | FUNERAL POLITICS IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Most of Hong Kong's political elite, including central government representatives, will attend the August 24 funeral of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) Chairman and Legislative Councilor Ma Lik. After the funeral, the DAB Central Committee [...] | 2007-08-23 08:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2244 | RULE OF LAW IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Since its 1997 reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong has retained its common law system and strong rule of law under the "one country two systems" principle enshrined in the Basic Law. All ordinances, rules of equity, subordinate legislation, and customary law previously enforced by th [...] | 2007-08-28 09:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI CH HK KJUS |
07HONGKONG2250 | HONG KONG VIEWS ON PRC LEGAL REFORM (C-AL7-00894) [...] (C) Summary: Contacts and cooperative arrangements between Hong Kong law schools, academics, and executive and judiciary branch officials and their mainland counterparts have accelerated in recent years. The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) has provided a similar boost for Hong K [...] | 2007-08-29 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2251 | HONG KONG'S GREEN PAPER: NO SIGN OF PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's "Green Paper" process to develop a broad consensus on how to implement universal suffrage has stalled. The key players, including the Hong Kong Government (HKG),the pro-Beijing and pro-HKG political parties, the pro-democratization parties, and the central government i [...] | 2007-08-29 10:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH |
07HONGKONG2311 | MACAU ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Commission Against Corruption (known by its Portuguese acronym CCAC) in Macau reported at a press conference August 31 that the anti-graft body investigated 41 percent fewer cases in the first seven months of 2007 than during the same period last year. When asked the reaso [...] | 2007-09-06 07:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC |
07HONGKONG2333 | HONG KONG BY-ELECTION: DEARTH OF POLITICAL TALENT [...] (C) Summary: Interest in the December 2 by-election to fill the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of DAB Chairman Ma Lik has intensified since his August 24 funeral. The various pan-democratic parties have agreed on a mechanism to select a single candidate, although the po [...] | 2007-09-07 09:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH |
07HONGKONG2359 | ANSON CHAN TO CONTEST LEGCO BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, former Hong Kong Government (HKG) Chief Secretary Anson Chan formally announced her candidacy for the December 2 by-election for the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of DAB Chairman Ma Lik. Chan apparently was convinced by several pan-democrat [...] | 2007-09-11 10:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH |
07HONGKONG2443 | HONG KONG RESTRICTS POULTRY IMPORTS FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) suspended all imports of live poultry and birds, chicks, eggs, and meat originating from the Panyu District, Guangdong Province, Southern China following the confirmation of an H5N1 virus outbreak in Panyu duck fa [...] | 2007-09-19 09:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH HK |
07HONGKONG2465 | BEIJING OFFICIAL VISITS HONG KONG FOR FUNERAL, [...] (C) Summary: Director Liao Hui of the PRC Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) visited Hong Kong September 18 for the funeral of journalist and veteran Beijing loyalist Xu Simin. Following the funeral, attended by numerous high-level political and business figures, Liao moved to Shenzhe [...] | 2007-09-21 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR CH HK SOCI |
07HONGKONG2587 | HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS: [...] (C) Summary: In his third annual Policy Address on October 10, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang touched on all the major issues of concern to the people of Hong Kong. He described a concept of "progressive development" to achieve three major goals: economic development through inf [...] | 2007-10-10 10:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN SENV SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2596 | MARTIN LEE TO VISIT WASHINGTON AS HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party founder and legislator Martin Lee will visit Washington October 18-19 for discussions at State and the NSC (requested) on the political state of play in Hong Kong. His visit comes during an unusually busy Hong Kong political season, which this year includes the C [...] | 2007-10-11 10:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2597 | MACAU LABOR SQUEEZE EXACERBATES POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: A bill to overhaul Macau's outdated labor laws remains stalled in the legislative process. Exacerbated by a politically disengaged public and weak political party structure, labor woes are increasingly straining the livelihood of many Macau citizens. Several thousand Macau cit [...] | 2007-10-11 10:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG2696 | HONG KONG CATHOLIC DIOCESE ON SINO-VATICAN [...] (C) Summary: According to Hong Kong papal representative Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the Holy See had been consulted on and approved the September selection of Father Joseph Li Shan to replace the late Michael Fu Tieshan as Bishop of the Beijing diocese. Because the issue was "sensitive," howeve [...] | 2007-10-26 04:37:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH HK VT |
07HONGKONG2751 | HONG KONG BY-ELECTION: ANSON CHAN TOUGHENS STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Nine candidates have registered to contest the December 2 Legislative Council (Legco) by-election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Ma Lik. The clear front-runners remain former senior civil servants Anson Chan of the pan-democratic camp and her pro-Beijing opponent Regin [...] | 2007-11-02 09:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2806 | ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: With the approach of Hong Kong local elections on November 18 and December 2, public criticism of pro-democracy legislator Martin Lee has abated, possibly due to fear of a voter backlash against the harsh commentary. Even before the Lee controversy, however, anti-foreign and anti- [...] | 2007-11-09 08:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2934 | HONG KONG DECEMBER 2 BY-ELECTION: VOTER TURNOUT IS [...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Hong Kong will hold a by-election to fill the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) leader Ma Lik last August. Only two of the eight contestants - pro-democracy leader Anson [...] | 2007-11-30 08:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG2949 | HONG KONG VOTERS ELECT PRO-DEMOCRACY LEGISLATOR [...] (C) Summary: Former Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary and pan-democratic leader Anson Chan won the December 2 Legislative Council (Legco) by-election, defeating her equally high-profile pro-government opponent Regina Ip by a 55 to 43 percent margin. After the election, Chan said the poll r [...] | 2007-12-03 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH |
07HONGKONG3103 | NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES HONG KONG TO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On December 29, Commissioner Lu Xinhua of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong briefed the Consul General, the U.K. Consul General, and a representative from the Office of the European Commission on the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) [...] | 2007-12-29 06:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM CH HK |
07HONGKONG583 | 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in par [...] | 2007-03-01 10:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF |
07HONGKONG584 | 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Per the ref, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those [...] | 2007-03-01 10:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF |
07HONGKONG603 | HONG KONG'S FIRST TELEVISED CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's first Chief Executive (CE) debate, televised live on March 1, included some unexpectedly lively exchanges over political reform, air pollution, education, and poverty alleviation. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang appeared restrained but also denigrated his opponent's SIPDI [...] | 2007-03-02 09:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK |
07IRANRPODUBAI26 | UNODC OFFICIAL VIEWS IRAN DRUG CHIEF REPLACEMENT A SIGN OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-23 16:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR SNAR |
07IRANRPODUBAI27 | IRAN: HANDING DRUG CONTROL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-23 16:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PINR SNAR PREL |
07IRANRPODUBAI32 | SUPREME LEADER'S SON: THE POWER BEHIND THE ROBES? [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 07:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR PINR |
07IRANRPODUBAI36 | IRANIAN PERCEPTIONS OF TALKS WITH THE US (C-NE7-00968) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 15:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL IR |
07IRANRPODUBAI63 | ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 12:53:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR MASS |
07IRANRPODUBAI70 | IRPO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: YEAR ONE - A PROMISING START [...] (C) Summary: One of IRPO's primary mandates upon commencing operations in August 2006 was the revival of US-Iran public diplomacy programming - which focused largely on supporting US-Iran educational and cultural exchanges. In this three-part report on IRPO Year One PD programming, part I will [...] | 2007-11-27 12:07:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR |
07ISLAMABAD2435 | SHUJAAT'S HEALTH [...] (C) During a June 1 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us that, because of the political problems facing Musharraf, the President had insisted Shujaat cancel a recent trip to Germany, where he was to receive his regularly scheduled Botox treatment for his [...] | 2007-06-01 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK |
07ISLAMABAD4494 | FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI [...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...] | 2007-10-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4495 | KARACHI BOMB BLASTS - THE DAY AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-20 12:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINR PK ASEC CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4599 | DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...] | 2007-10-27 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD4652 | UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...] | 2007-10-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4692 | SECURITY STATUS UPDATE - FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) SUMMARY - According to the Sindh Inspector General (IGP) of Police, the suicide bombing attack of October 19 against former PM Bhutto (reftels) was carried out by two persons and was probably made possible due to the thorough advance public revelation of her plans and the snail-paced movement [...] | 2007-11-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER PINR PK PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD4694 | MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...] | 2007-11-03 20:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4695 | MGPK01: SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; QUIET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan's first morning under the state of emergency was a quiet one throughout Pakistan. Both Embassy and Consulates report business as usual on the streets. However, we are receiving increasing reports of arrests of opposition figures and human rights activists. The government has c [...] | 2007-11-04 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4702 | MGPK01:SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Shaukat publicly announced the timing for assembly elections may slip due to recent events. The Ambassador called several opposition leaders and human rights activists to express her concern regarding the government's crackdown and our commitment to elections on s [...] | 2007-11-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK |
07ISLAMABAD4713 | MGPK01:SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; LAWYERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite growing scattered protests by lawyers, the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The number of lawyers, human rights activists, and opposition figures detained by the Government of Pakistan continues to grow. During a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Musharraf appear [...] | 2007-11-05 09:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK |
07ISLAMABAD4727 | MGPK01: SITREP 06, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The arrest of lawyers has quelled protests for the moment and the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has dispelled rumors of a counter-coup against Musharraf, which fueled heavy losses on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The Punjab Home Secreta [...] | 2007-11-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4728 | MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...] | 2007-11-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4739 | MGPK01: SITREP 07, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MIXED [...] (C) Summary: As of 1200 local time, mainly peaceful lawyers' protests occurring in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta. Following a conversation with Ambassador last night, Bhutto said that Musharraf would not commit to a timetable to have elections, doff his uniform, lift the state of em [...] | 2007-11-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4754 | MGPK01: SITREP 08, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: LAWYERS' [...] (C) Summary: Overall, the country remains calm. Sporadic lawyers' demonstrations occurred through the country, some involving police beatings of journalists and activists. The government agreed in theory to release 50-60 human rights activists in Lahore, but a paperwork glitch postponed thei [...] | 2007-11-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4761 | MGPK01: SITREP 09, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Following Mission and Department intervention, 54 members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan were released November 7 morning from house arrest, and charges against them have been dropped. People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, upon arriving in Islamabad November 6, [...] | 2007-11-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4766 | MGPK01: SITREP 10, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Police used tear gas to break up a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarians march to the National Assembly. Earlier, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto issued defiant statements at a press conference and PPP supporters clashed with police in front of PPP headquarters. DCM met with [...] | 2007-11-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4767 | DCM MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AZIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz for a 30-minute one-on-one meeting November 7. During the meeting the DCM conveyed reports that detained human rights lawyer Atizaz Ahsan has no access to family members and may have suffered physical abuse. The DCM reiterated [...] | 2007-11-07 16:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4776 | MGPK01: SITREP 11, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISOLATED [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Council is meeting to discuss the current political/security situation. The National Assembly November 7 voted to approve the State of Emergency. In a meeting yesterday with Ambassador, PPP leader Bhutto said she is ready to work with Musharraf if he sched [...] | 2007-11-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4786 | ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CURRENT EVENTS [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum told Ambassador November 7 that Musharraf would announce parliamentary elections once his own re-election was confirmed by the newly reconstituted Supreme Court. (Note: In the course of the evening of November 7, we heard three entirely different versions [...] | 2007-11-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4793 | NSA AZIZ ASKS USG TO CONVINCE BHUTTO TO CALL OFF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4796 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Post has confirmed that Pakistan's National Assembly approved November 7 Musharraf's imposition of emergency. However, contrary to some media reports, Musharraf did not/not commit to holding elections on time when he met with his coalition legislators earlier in the day. Instead [...] | 2007-11-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4797 | MGPK01: SITREP 12, ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY FEB 15; [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf announced today that national elections would take place before February 15 and that he would resign as Chief of Army Staff when the newly constituted Supreme Court rules on his election case. Bhutto exhorted supporters to join a PPP rally in Rawalpindi Novemb [...] | 2007-11-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4805 | MGPK01: SITREP 13, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto is under virtual house arrest. Ambassador called Bhutto to urge her to consider the consequences of pushing for demonstrations and to express our concerns regarding further political polarization and her own personal safety. The [...] | 2007-11-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR KFLO CASC AMGT AEMR |
07ISLAMABAD4809 | MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours (local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 15 [...] | 2007-11-09 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4811 | PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF DUAL OFFICES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) President Pervez Musharraf currently serves as both President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff. This dual office role is permitted under the 17th amendment to the Pakistani Constitution, which specifically allowed Musharraf to hold both offices through Decembe [...] | 2007-11-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD4813 | CONVERSATIONS WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador spoke to Benazir Bhutto November 8 and 9 to express concerns for Bhutto's safety and to urge her to consider the possible effect her rally and arrest might have on polarization and violence in the country. They spoke again mid-day as Bhutto was trying to leave her hous [...] | 2007-11-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4814 | MGPK01: SITREP 15, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto retreated back into her house late November 9 after attempting to go to Rawalpindi to lead her party's demonstration. Her Islamabad home is now surrounded by police and barricades, a virtual if not yet official house arrest. Bhutto v [...] | 2007-11-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4816 | MGPK01: SITREP 16, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP lifted the virtual house arrest on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador raised Amcit and civil society detainees cases with Interior Minister. Lahore CG met separately with human rights activist Asma Jahangir and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Liaq [...] | 2007-11-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4817 | PAKISTAN: RETHINKING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf has now set a date for elections and indicated he will resign from the Army. This is an opportunity to re-examine our assistance relationship and consider changes that will enable USG funding to more directly promote a more robust counter-terrorism (CT) and c [...] | 2007-11-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD4818 | MGPK01: SITREP 17, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf was scheduled to give a press conference at 1400 local time; we will provide immediate follow-up information on his remarks for the Department. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto moves to Lahore today in preparation for a planned "long march" Novem [...] | 2007-11-11 10:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4819 | MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...] | 2007-11-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4821 | MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...] | 2007-11-13 06:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4824 | MGPK01: SITREP 19, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP placed PPP leader Bhutto under house arrest and deployed several thousand police in Lahore, who are now (1330 local) clashing with PPP activists staging a "Long March" from Lahore to Islamabad. As Interior Minister promised Ambassador, the GOP last night released Amcit Ha [...] | 2007-11-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4837 | MGPK01: SITREP 20, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party "long march" continued November 14, but with much reduced numbers, resulting from hundreds of arrests. Bhutto remains under house arrest in Lahore but is busy contacting opposition party colleagues. Additional religious and nationalist party leaders h [...] | 2007-11-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PREL PINR |
07ISLAMABAD4864 | "LIKE MINDED" GROUP: REACTIONS TO ELECTIONS UNDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: International donors for Pakistan's pro-democracy programs are growing increasingly skeptical that the government can reverse actions related to the state of emergency in time to stave off aid cuts or decisions to cancel election observation missions. Post continues to caution [...] | 2007-11-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4869 | MGPK01: SITREP 21, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: IMRAN KHAN [...] (C) Summary: CNN, BBC and some local private TV news channels are back on the air. CG Lahore met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, still under house arrest, in Lahore today. The PPP announced it would try again to launch the "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad; th [...] | 2007-11-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4876 | MGPK01: SITREP 22, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The government this morning released PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. Senate Chairman Soomro today was sworn-in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister. Musharraf amended the Provisional Constitutional Order to give the president and not the Chief [...] | 2007-11-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4890 | MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET [...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...] | 2007-11-16 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC |
07ISLAMABAD4895 | MGPK01: SITREP 23, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz and telephoned Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto November 16; he met with President Musharraf and Vice Chief of Army Staff Kayani on November 17. The GOP officially shut down Geo TV overnight, which had s [...] | 2007-11-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4925 | MGPK01: SITREP 24, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: [...] (C) Summary: The reconstituted Supreme Court dismissed most of the petitions against Musharraf's re-election when opposition attorneys refused to recognize the panel's authority. One petition remains for a November 22 hearing. Depending on the outcome of the case, Musharraf may be free to tak [...] | 2007-11-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4962 | EXPANDED USAID PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow-up to reftel. In reftel, Post recommended that the $200 million cash transfer could be projectized. We believe funds currently used for the cash transfer could be more productively used for other USG programs that directly benefit the Pakistani people [...] | 2007-11-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD4990 | WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COURT CLEARS WAY FOR MUSHARRAF'S [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the final case challenging Musharraf's candidate eligibility, clearing the way for him to re-take the presidential oath of office as a civilian, possibly as early as this weekend. Musharraf issued new constitutional amendments to provide himself legal [...] | 2007-11-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD5266 | PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION SUPPORT FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Funds (CSF). When pending claims are processed, that figure will likely exceed 5.6 billion USD. The CSF authorizi [...] | 2007-12-14 04:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD5288 | CORRECTED COPY: PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. This is a retransmission correcting text in Paragraph 10 of Ref A. Please refer only to this version of the cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Fu [...] | 2007-12-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD5380 | MGPK02: SITREP 3: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL; PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP transported the body of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto to Larkana, where funeral services are taking place as of 1430 hours December 28. Violent sporadic protests occurred throughout the country well into the night of December 27. Pakistan was r [...] | 2007-12-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC CASC PINR KFLO MARR |
07ISLAMABAD5388 | PAKISTAN’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER? [...] (S/NF) The Pakistan Muslim League has unofficially selected former Punjab Chief Minister and current head of the party's Punjab chapter, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, as its candidate for the Prime Ministership following the January 2008 national elections. Elahi, who until the November 15 dissolution of [...] | 2007-12-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SHUM PK PINS |
07ISLAMABAD5390 | MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...] | 2007-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR |
07ISLAMABAD637 | SUPREME COURT'S DEMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING DRAWS LIMITED GOVERNMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 9, 2006, after agitation by human rights organizations and repeated public protests by family members, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Government to locate 41 missing Pakistanis believed to have been arrested by government authorities and subsequently held incommunicado, of [...] | 2007-02-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER PHUM PK |
07ISTANBUL120 | HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR CONCERNED FOR FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Hrant Dink's widow and Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos' new editor-in-chief Etyen Mahcupyan to express condolences and discuss the state of affairs for the newspaper and the Armenian community in Turkey since Dink's January 19 assassination. Mahcupyan expressed [...] | 2007-02-16 08:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR TU |
07JAKARTA1059 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) On April 11 President Yudhoyono formally swore in the nine members of the new Presidential Advisory Council, created in accordance with last year's Presidential Advisory Council Bill (Ref A). The Council consists of luminaries from the legal, political, military, academic and educational [...] | 2007-04-15 23:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
07JAKARTA1223 | PROGRESS IN THE MUNIR CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian police have intensified their investigation into the murder of Indonesian human rights leader Munir, making new arrests and reopening the case against the Garuda airlines pilot already acquitted. It is headed by the recently appointed chief of the Internal Invest [...] | 2007-05-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA1424 | Indonesia/East Java: PRC Consulate Offers [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently established PRC Consulate General in Surabaya (ConGen China) is actively promoting Chinese interest in infrastructure and natural resource investment projects in Eastern Indonesia. Chinese Consul General Fu Shuigen (CG Fu) has worked hard to connect Chinese investo [...] | 2007-05-21 07:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT PINR KISL EINV ID CH TW |
07JAKARTA1585 | CENTRAL SULAWESI ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. THIS CABLE IS A JOINT REPORT FROM EMBASSY JAKARTA AND CONSULATE GENERAL SURABAYA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Central Sulawesi's former conflict areas, Mission officers clearly saw the beginning of a return to normalcy. [...] | 2007-06-08 06:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER ECON PHUM PINR ID |
07JAKARTA163 | NEW MUNIR CASE EVIDENCE GIVES WIDOW HOPE [...] (S) Summary: Suciwati, widow of murdered human rights activist Munir, asked the Ambassador January 18 about press reports that the FBI was examining cell phones connected to the Munir case to extract information. Ambassador Pascoe confirmed the FBI had indeed extracted information from the [...] | 2007-01-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA1993 | :INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT SETS STAGE FOR NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrested Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Zarkasih and Abu Dujana are now in Jakarta after being transferred from Yogjakarta. Contacts report that they will be tried jointly, with the trial beginning possibly as early as August. Contacts report that the prosecution plans [...] | 2007-07-24 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ID PGOV PINR PTER |
07JAKARTA2005 | NOTICE OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] Post on July 25 informed Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs of reftel decision and its context. Purwanto had no official comment. 2. Post has also informed the appropriate Indonesian security services of the determination. HU [...] | 2007-07-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PREL PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA2021 | IN MESSAGE TO SBY, TWO KEY PARTIES CONTINUE TO [...] (C) On July 25, senior figures from Indonesia's two largest political parties, Golkar and PDI-P, held their second public meeting in little more than a month. The gatherings generated intense speculation about the possibility of a joint Golkar/PDI- ticket in the 2009 presidential election. W [...] | 2007-07-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2026 | PRESSING INDONESIA ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel issues on July 25 with Andy Rachmiato, Deputy Director for WMD Issues in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto thanked us for the report on the U.S. ratification process and noted the Uni [...] | 2007-07-26 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID |
07JAKARTA2051 | COURT FREES UP POLITICAL SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT [...] (C) In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court decided July 23 to allow independent candidates to contest sub-national elections. The decision stemmed from a judicial review of the provision of the 2004 Regional Autonomy Law that stipulated that candidates must be endorsed by political pa [...] | 2007-07-30 09:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2072 | EMBITTERED EX-OFFICIAL ATTACKS--AND PRESIDENT [...] (C) On July 31, Zaenal Ma'arif was formally relieved of his duties as a parliamentarian and Deputy Speaker, ending a seven-month saga that began when his Reform Star Party (PBR) recalled him from parliament in January (Ref A). President Yudhoyono had sealed Zaenal's fate when he signed a decl [...] | 2007-08-01 10:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2085 | JAKARTA ELECTION LOOMS: DO VOTERS CARE? [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. Summary ======= 2. (SBU) Political flags and banners have covered Jakarta in recent days as the capital prepares for its August 8 gubernatorial election. The activities of the two candidates--Deputy Governor F [...] | 2007-08-03 02:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2122 | MUNIR CASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES APPEAL BASED ON [...] (S) Summary. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has requested a case review of the December 2006 acquittal of Pollycarpus in the September 2004 murder of human rights leader Munir. While this appeal is unusual, the appeal cites case precedent as well as "the principal of justice," accordin [...] | 2007-08-06 11:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2156 | IN QUICK COUNT, ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE BEATS [...] (U) According to a survey of 8000 voters by the well regarded Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI),Vice-Governor Fauzi Bowo defeated former deputy police chief Adang Daradjatun, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) candidate, 56 percent to 44 percent in Jakarta's August 8 gubernatorial race. LSI [...] | 2007-08-08 10:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2166 | ISLAMIC PARTY CANDIDATE LOSES, BUT HIS PARTY [...] (C) As reported, Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo defeated Islamic party candidate Adang Daradjatun on August 8 in Jakarta's first directly contested Governor's election. Despite the loss, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) seized on Adang's strong showing as evidence of the party's ascendance. Even [...] | 2007-08-09 08:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2187 | EXTREMIST GROUP PLANS HUGE RALLY IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizbut Tahrir, an extremist group, is planning a huge rally in Jakarta on August 12. Many Islamic leaders have been invited to speak as have two GOI ministers. The police have reportedly told Abu Bakar Bashir, the JI co-founder, that he cannot speak at the event. Mission has [...] | 2007-08-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR KCSY PTER ID |
07JAKARTA2201 | MUNIR CASE: SENATE STAFFER GETS UPBEAT APPRAISAL [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesian police expressed optimism that new evidence they have submitted to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in the case of murdered human rights leader Munir will lead to successful prose [...] | 2007-08-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2229 | NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Since his appointment in May 2007, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has made prosecuting anti- corruption cases his top priority. A career prosecutor with a well-deserved reputation for integrity and effectiveness, Supandji has added top-level staff to the Special Crimes Divi [...] | 2007-08-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KJUS PINR KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA2311 | MUNIR CASE: STUNNING REVELATIONS AT HEARING [...] (C) Summary: Witnesses and documentation presented in court August 22 implicated the Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) in a conspiracy to murder human rights activist Munir. Prosecutors still face an uphill battle in proving their case in the face of witnesses recanting previous statements [...] | 2007-08-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2329 | YOGYAKARTA IN A POST-SULTAN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Sultan recently announced that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008. The decision has triggered a scramble to determine his successor, a process complicated by a law that recognizes the area's special status and the Sultan's preeminent role. Prospective laws on [...] | 2007-08-24 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ID |
07JAKARTA2374 | KEY GROUP OF MUSLIM CLERICS TRENDS CONSERVATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's Islamic Clerics' Council (MUI) continues to make highly-publicized and intolerant edicts about "moral" issues, including a recent announcement by a regional council condemning a popular form of traditional music. While rejecting violence, MUI nonetheless categoricall [...] | 2007-08-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2377 | SBY REPLACES AILING HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) On August 28, President Yudhoyono appointed Central Java Governor Mardiyanto to replace Mohamad Ma'ruf as the Minister for Home Affairs. Mardiyanto was sworn in on August 29. Outgoing Minister Ma'ruf suffered a debilitating heart attack in late March, and SBY surprised many observers by [...] | 2007-08-29 08:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2405 | NATIONALIST PDI-P PARTY TRIES TO STRENGTHEN ITS [...] (C) The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) party's nascent Islamic wing, Baitul (House) Muslimin (HM),is just getting off the ground. PDI-P, led by former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, is putting a lot of effort into building up the group. The grouping, which is closely linked [...] | 2007-08-31 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2423 | Disputed election sparks violence in Aceh [...] (U) This is a joint Medan - Jakarta message. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out at the inauguration of the new regent for Southeast Aceh District on September 1. A dozen demonstrators were arrested, 16 peo [...] | 2007-09-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM ID |
07JAKARTA2442 | HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REVAMPS, AIMS FOR A FRESH [...] (C) Human rights activists say they are hopeful that the new members and new chair of Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will pave the way for a more pro-active body. We understand that the new team will lobby for amendments to several of Indonesia's core human righ [...] | 2007-09-05 06:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2446 | SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON STATE SECRETARY: [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Summary: On September 4, Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call on Minister of the State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, who serves as the gatekeeper for nearly every issue that goes before President Yudhoyono. The Minister emphasized his de [...] | 2007-09-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ENRG PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2468 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CHAIRMAN OF INDONESIA'S [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Hume's September 5 courtesy call on Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization, Muzadi spoke candidly about his concern over U.S. foreign policy. He also emphasized NU's efforts to promote mainstream Islam. The Amb [...] | 2007-09-06 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2474 | EYES ON THE PRIZE? THE SULTAN AND HIS POLITICAL [...] (C) When Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X announced earlier this year that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008, he triggered a flurry of speculation about his political plans. Many observers interpreted the Sultan's announcement as a signal that he intended to pursue either the presi [...] | 2007-09-07 08:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2509 | ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR FOR PRESIDENT? JI CO-FOUNDER [...] (C) Summary: Radical Muslim cleric and convicted terrorist conspirator Abu Bakar Ba'asyir reportedly plans to run for president in 2009. Rumors about a possible Ba'syir candidacy have circulated periodically since he was first released from prison in June 2006. Regardless of the veracity o [...] | 2007-09-11 03:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2540 | "I AM READY" -- MEGAWATI SAYS SHE IS RUNNING FOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 10, former president Megawati announced her intent to run for the office again in 2009. Though the fundamental dynamics that fueled her resounding defeat in 2004 remain unchanged, Mission contacts believe the current dearth of attractive presidential candidates makes [...] | 2007-09-12 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2556 | INDONESIA'S SHIAS: A SMALL COMMUNITY UNDER SOME [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's low-profile Shia community is believed to be growing, but it is a very small minority in this Sunni-dominated country. Leaders of the only national Shia organization say many Shias hide their faith to avoid discrimination. Violence targeting Shias is rare, but there [...] | 2007-09-13 07:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PHUM ID IR |
07JAKARTA2625 | RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER WELCOMES [...] (SBU) Minister of Research and Technology Kadiman told the Ambassador during a September 17 courtesy call that he welcomed continued U.S. involvement on Indonesia's efforts to build a national tsunami warning system. He expressed particular appreciation for Embassy efforts towards developing [...] | 2007-09-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY EAID KSCA PINR PREL ID |
07JAKARTA2648 | CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION COUNTS, LEGISLATOR--WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After his conviction on corruption charges, Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) member Nurdin Halid was jailed in Jakarta, September 18. He is slated to serve a two-year jail term. Halid--who has resigned from the DPR--maintained close links with Vice President Kalla. Hi [...] | 2007-09-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA2748 | CALL HIM NOTORIOUS -- EX-GENERAL RELOADS FOR [...] (C) Nearly three years after Indonesian voters delivered ex-General Wiranto a resounding electoral rebuke, the notorious human rights violator is trying to build the foundation for one more long-shot run at the presidency. Wiranto's political party has reportedly established some 400 branch o [...] | 2007-09-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR PHUM ID |
07JAKARTA2776 | COUNT HIM IN -- JAKARTA GOVERNOR TAKES THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has formally entered the 2009 presidential hunt. Sutiyoso--who will step down after ten years as governor on October 7--removed what little doubt remained about his big-time ambitions with his long-anticipated announcement. According to Mission contact [...] | 2007-10-02 06:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2828 | EAST KALIMANTAN -- ENGAGING STUDENTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 2-4 visit to the resource-rich Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on Borneo island, Mission team held a wide-ranging dialogue with 70 students at a local university. Emboffs used the occasion to underscore the strength and vitality of U.S.-Indonesian relati [...] | 2007-10-05 07:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO ID |
07JAKARTA2843 | INDONESIAN ELECTIONS -- NEW COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian legislature (DPR) has unveiled the names of the new members of the Indonesian Elections Commission (KPU). The new commissioners are not highly thought of--one is entangled in a corruption case--and are widely believed to be the by-product of political horse-tradin [...] | 2007-10-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2852 | TRIALS KICK OFF FOR FORMER JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trials of seven defendants linked with the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network have begun in Jakarta. Six were operatives of an important Java-based terror cell and the other played a key role in a 2005 Sulawesi bombing. All seven face charges under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The [...] | 2007-10-10 06:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ASEC PTER PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2924 | A CABINET OF ONE -- INDONESIA'S FIRST LADY EXPANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to contacts, Indonesia's First Lady has expanded her influence within the Palace and emerged as the President's undisputed top advisor. Kristiani Herawati's ascendance has apparently come at the expense of other key advisors. The First Lady has allegedly leveraged he [...] | 2007-10-17 10:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2948 | VICE PRESIDENT KALLA'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: With the 2009 presidential race heating up, the most intriguing political wild card at this stage is VP Kalla. He enjoys a reputation for dynamism, chairs Indonesia's largest political party, and--given his sometimes tricky relationship with SBY--would seemingly have motivation [...] | 2007-10-22 05:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2996 | FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE ON THE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met former president B.J. Habibie on October 24. Habibie characterized the current political situation in Indonesia as "confused," expressed a desire to collaborate with the Mission on democracy promotion projects, and shared the details of his last conversation [...] | 2007-10-26 06:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3003 | PAPUA -- A GOOD WEEK FOR THE GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu traveled to London this week to receive a TIME Magazine-sponsored environmental award and tout his conservation plans. Suebu will also visit Beijing where he will open the first Papua provincial government overseas office. Suebu has a solid reputat [...] | 2007-10-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3021 | FIRST LADY LAUNCHES BOUTIQUE TO PROMOTE INDONESIAN [...] On October 29, Indonesian First Lady Ani Bambang Yudhoyono continued to raise her profile (reftel) by launching Alun Alun, a high-end boutique for Indonesian cultural products aimed at promoting small and medium-sized artisan businesses. The First Lady expressed hope that the venture also will [...] | 2007-10-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON SCUL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3027 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S POLITICAL PROSPECTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: As President Yudhoyono (SBY) moves into the fourth year of his five-year term, his political prospects are strong. His poll numbers remain robust and he can take comfort in knowing that no compelling challengers have emerged yet to contest the 2009 election. Nonetheless, there [...] | 2007-10-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3046 | GUS DUR ON INDONESIA'S CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) underscored to Ambassador Hume that corruption was Indonesia's single biggest impediment to development. Looking and sounding more fragile than in recent memory, Gus Dur welcomed the Ambassador to Indonesia during the Ambassador's [...] | 2007-11-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
07JAKARTA3096 | GOLKAR -- INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--will soon hold its leadership conference. The annual meeting will take place against the backdrop of the looming 2009 national elections. The party will use the meeting to discuss the possibility of a Kalla presidential bid. Though [...] | 2007-11-07 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3153 | POLITICAL ISLAM -- KEY PARTY EYES NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamist-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) emerged as a political force in Indonesia by capturing eight percent of parliamentary seats in 2004. PKS campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, but has thus far failed to deliver on its clean governance promise. A 55-per [...] | 2007-11-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3250 | INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY DITCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--just held its annual conference in Jakarta. The party opted to scrap its presidential selection convention for 2009--a move that clearly benefits Vice President and Golkar Chair Jusuf Kalla--and pledged to support President Yudhoyono [...] | 2007-11-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3258 | INDONESIA'S TOP COP-13 PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 13th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-13) meeting this December, the Government of Indonesia will push for carbon-market funding mechanisms for avoided deforestation; support of the Coral Triangle Initiative; and multilateral as well as bilateral funding arrangements [...] | 2007-11-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3335 | NEW ARMED FORCES CHIEF: PROFESSIONAL, REFORMER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid some political jousting, Indonesia's legislature confirmed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso as the new Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces on December 5. Santoso--President Yudhoyono's nominee for the position--pledged to work to continue to professionalize the mili [...] | 2007-12-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR ID |
07JAKARTA735 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] PolCouns, accompanied by Russian Counselor Sergei Lobanov, delivered reftel demarche March 14 to Mohammad Koba, Head of Section for Itra-State Conflict in the Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament. Koba was assigned to receive the demarche at the [...] | 2007-03-14 07:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID |
07JEDDAH392 | SAUDIS UNSURPRISED BY SHARIF'S RETURN; CONCERNED WITH MAINTAINING STABILITY IN PAKISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Fraker's September 11 meeting with Prince Muqrin, Head of the General Intelligence Presidency, Muqrin reiterated the SAG's commitment to accepting Sharif while in exile but added that Sharif had not heeded Saad Al-Hariri's warning not to return to Pakistan. (NOTE: A [...] | 2007-09-12 06:31:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SA |
07JERUSALEM1023 | BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: GAZA NSF COMMANDER JAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) JAMAL M M KAYYAD (SPELLED "KAIED" ON HIS PA TRAVEL DOCUMENT) IS COMMANDER OF NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES (NSF) FOR GAZA. PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. DPOB: SAIDA, LEBANON, 19 JULY 1958. MARRIED TO HUSUN M HAMAD. RESIDES IN [...] | 2007-06-01 08:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PINR |
07JERUSALEM1024 | BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: NEW POLICE CHIEF KAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) KAMAL AL-SHAYKH (ALSO SPELLED "SHEIKH" IN SOME PAST REPORTING) IS THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE PALESTINIAN POLICE (APPOINTED IN MAY 2007). PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. AL-SHAYKH COMES FROM MAZRA AL-QIBLIYA, A VILLAGE NORTHWE [...] | 2007-06-01 08:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PINR |
07JERUSALEM1254 | BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Biographies of new Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members are listed starting in para. 2. According to PM Salam Fayyad, this government will likely be expanded in the next 30 days to include more ministers from Gaza and to reduce the number of ministers responsible for multiple por [...] | 2007-06-18 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IS KPAL PREL PINR |
07JERUSALEM1454 | FAYYAD TO CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER; THREE NEW [...] (C) On July 13, shortly before the expiration of the state of emergency declared by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),three new ministers were sworn in: Ali Khashan as Minister of Justice, Ibrahim Ibrash at Minister of Culture, and Tahani Abu Daqqa as Minister of Youth and Sports. Con [...] | 2007-07-13 13:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS PINR |
07JERUSALEM189 | GAZA NSF CHIEF: CEASEFIRE GENERALLY HOLDING, BUT [...] (S) Summary. Gaza National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Jamal Kayyad told Poloff on January 30 that a Fatah-Hamas ceasefire is holding. However, he believes it will eventually collapse as it is not comprehensive in scope and does not address underlying Fatah-Hamas political disputes. [...] | 2007-01-30 16:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL KWBG PINS IS KPAL PTER PINR |
07JERUSALEM2188 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) does not control borders or administer border crossings. It does not collect information on travelers who enter the West Bank/Gaza from Israel or Israeli-administered crossing points. Response to Ref A's specific information requests follow: 2. (C) A [...] | 2007-10-23 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PINR ASEC PTER CVIS KHLS |
07JERUSALEM46 | SEVERAL CENTRAL WEST BANK CHECKPOINTS REMOVED OR [...] (S) Summary. Following discussion on easing movement restrictions inside the West Bank between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Poloff surveyed the changes in Palestinian access/movement in the Nablus/Salfit/Ramallah area on January 5. The changes do not all [...] | 2007-01-08 16:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL KWBG PBTS KPAL PINR IS |
07JOHANNESBURG230 | THANKS, BUT NO THANKS--SOME POTENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN PARTNERS [...] Summary: Three times in as many weeks, potential PAS partners have reversed course and decided not to accept PAS grants or offers. Though some of our partners were somewhat circumspect and only hinted that this was because of an official disapproval of US foreign policy, one union contact sch [...] | 2007-08-03 13:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PTER PGOV SCUL KPAO SF |
07KABUL1032 | HOW NOT TO LOSE THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having been caught off guard by the Taliban's opportunistic efforts in the South, post stepped back to look at the situation in the North to assess how best to avoid destabilizing violence and power vacuums in the region. The current stability in northern Afghanistan can be credit [...] | 2007-03-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR SNAR AF |
07KABUL1074 | GOA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C/REL GOA) At a meeting on detainee transfer issues on April 1, deputy polmilcouns and polmiloff informed Malik Quraishi (Director of Policy and Oversight),Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director),and Abdullah Popal (Director of Internal Policy) in Afghanistan's Office of the National [...] | 2007-04-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL1118 | PRT PANJSHIR: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH, AT [...] (SBU) According to former Foreign Minister Abdullah, who maintains a home and strong connections in Panjshir, the province is changing rapidly thanks above all to the new road that connects it with Kabul. He cited education as a key sector for Panjshir,s future and bemoaned the lack of strong [...] | 2007-04-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AF |
07KABUL117 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REPLACEMENT GENERAL ABDUL RAHMAN [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of ANP Brigadier General Abdul Rahman Sarjang. BG Sarjang has been proposed by the Ministry of Interior to fill the position of Chief of Police of Gardez Provin [...] | 2007-01-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL118 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION: ABDUL GHAFAR [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 7. 2. (U) In reftel b, Department instructed that ANP Brigadier General Abdul Ghafar was not cleared for U.S. funded assistance due to ref a's reference to the likelihood of Ghafar a violator of human rights as well as ref' b's reference to his "conne [...] | 2007-01-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL120 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART ONE OF FOUR [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the first cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these in [...] | 2007-01-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL121 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART THREE OF FOUR [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the third cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these in [...] | 2007-01-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1213 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PSD FOR [...] (U) This is a time-sensitive action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Background: In order to comply with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, this cable forwards (in para 5) the names and biodata of eight candidates for INL-funded training as members of a personal security detail (PS [...] | 2007-04-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR PGOV PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1214 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA PERSONNEL SELECTED TO [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, post is forwarding the names of four Afghan National Army (ANA) officers selected by Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to participate in military education courses at the Near East Sout [...] | 2007-04-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF |
07KABUL122 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART FOUR OF FOUR [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 55 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the fourth cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these i [...] | 2007-01-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL123 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART TWO OF FOUR [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the second cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these i [...] | 2007-01-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1232 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING ATTORNEY GENERAL'S [...] (U) This is a time sensitive action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Background: In order to comply with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, this cable forwards (in para 5) the names and biodata of 21 candidates for INL-funded training as members of a personal security detail (PSD) for [...] | 2007-04-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1245 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FOR HERAT CHIEF [...] (U) This is a time-sensitive action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In order to comply with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one additional candidate chosen as a replacement for the Herat Chief Prosecutor Maria Bashir's personal security detail (PSD) [...] | 2007-04-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1301 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Afghanistan National Civil Order [...] This is an action request, see para 6. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two senior officers in the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP). ANCOP is a newly formed force within the Afghan National Police (ANP) and post is [...] | 2007-04-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1411 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND SOUTH POLICE [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 13 Afghan National Police officers who have been assigned to district commands in four southern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort to ensure that the ind [...] | 2007-04-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1430 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA TRAINING COURSE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one police officer from Kabul International Airport CID unit to take DEA course INEMS #85. The course is designed for law enforcement officials at [...] | 2007-04-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL150 | KUDOS FOR JERRY BRENNIG, SANDRA INGRAM AND AMY SCHMISSEUR [...] Post is grateful for the hard work and support from our colleagues in SCA/RA, SCA/A and DRL and their efforts on helping us with Leahy vetting for the Afghan National Security Forces. 2. We extend kudos and recognition to Jerry Brennig, Sandra Ingram, and Amy Schmisseur in DRL for helping po [...] | 2007-01-17 06:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL151 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Pul-E-Charki Offciers [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) will complete the training of the prison guard detachment for the Afghan National Detention Facility at Pol-E-Charki by February 22, 2007. The detachment will consist of 91 officers and 258 guard [...] | 2007-01-17 06:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1598 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA OFFICERS SELECTED FOR IMET [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of three Afghan National Army (ANA) officers who have been selected to participate in a Marshal Center sponsored seminar on counterterrorism. The semi [...] | 2007-05-14 02:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1610 | NDS SALEH ON PAKISTAN, THE TALIBAN, AND AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Eliot Cohen, National Director of Security Amarullah Saleh analyzed the nature of the Taliban and its links to Pakistan. He said that despite repeated attempts to share information with the Pakistanis, they have not been responsive to his initiat [...] | 2007-05-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR NATO AF |
07KABUL1694 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI LOGISTICS CHIEF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one Afghan National Police officer designated to become the new chief of logistics at the Ministry of Interior. Post has reviewed the information a [...] | 2007-05-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1720 | AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT SECURITY, POLICE, POPPY IN [...] (C) (SUMMARY) During a May 13 visit to Mazar-i-Sharif and meeting with Balkh Governor Atta, the Ambassador offered congratulations for a dramatic reduction in poppy production, announced a planned increase in assistance to the province, and urged more progress on combating local warlords. T [...] | 2007-05-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PINR PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF |
07KABUL1756 | DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF ARB III [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On May 27, deputy polmilcouns provided reftel A notification to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC). Deputy polmilcouns reiterated Administrative Review Board (ARB) procedures, per reftel, and requested that the G [...] | 2007-05-27 08:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PTER AF |
07KABUL1770 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA IMET Candidates for [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eight Afghan National Army (ANA) officers designated to attend aviation training at Fort Bliss, TX under the IMET program. Post has [...] | 2007-05-29 04:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1814 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND SOUTH DISTRICT [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 23 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers who have been assigned to district commands in four southern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort [...] | 2007-06-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1815 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND EAST DISTRICT [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 16 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers who have been assigned to district commands for eastern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort to en [...] | 2007-06-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1817 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA IMET Candidates for Training at [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ten Afghan National Army (ANA) officers and interpreters designated to attend training at the U.S. Army Recruiting School at Fort Jack [...] | 2007-06-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1859 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI IMET Candidates for NIU Training [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) officers to be trained for the Narcotics Investigative Unit, Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanis [...] | 2007-06-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1877 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND EAST DISTRICT [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 8 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers who have been assigned to district commands for eastern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort to ens [...] | 2007-06-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1893 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Pilot Training and Marshall Center [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of an Afghan National Army (ANA) cadet and a Ministry of Interior (MOI) general officer. The cadet will receive English language and pil [...] | 2007-06-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL192 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP GENERAL OFFICER [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of a brigadier general in the Afghan National Police who has been selected for appointment as chief of police in a high-priority district. Post has re [...] | 2007-01-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL1972 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for CTES seminar in [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two MOD officers nominated to attend the Counter Terrorism Executive Session seminar in Washington, DC from August 7-22, 2007. Post h [...] | 2007-06-19 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL200 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN NARCOTICS INTERDICTION [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 7 individuals selected for DEA's Special Investigative Unit (SIU). Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found [...] | 2007-01-22 06:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2007 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PPS Candidates for IED Awareness [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifteen Presidential Protection Service (PPS) officers nominated to attend the improvised explosive devices (IED) recognition and awar [...] | 2007-06-23 06:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2028 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP Officers for Drug Interdiction [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police (ANP) sergeants to be trained in drug interdiction at the Narcotics Interdiction Unit facility in Kabul in e [...] | 2007-06-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2032 | DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF THIRD GROUP OF [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On June 25, polmiloff provided reftel A notification to Malik Quraishi, Director, Policy and Oversight, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),who will relay it to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director. Salehi, our primary ONSC contact on detainee issues, [...] | 2007-06-26 05:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PTER AF |
07KABUL206 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE AND [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata 32 Afghan National Police officers and 13 prosecutors from Balkh province. These individuals are selected for a January 27 regional police-prosecutor training program. [...] | 2007-01-22 08:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL207 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE AND [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata 28 Afghan National Police officers and 20 prosecutors from Herat province. These individuals are selected for a January 27 regional police-prosecutor training program. [...] | 2007-01-22 08:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL208 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE AND [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata 32 Afghan National Police officers and 20 prosecutors from Nangarhar province. These individuals are selected for a January 27 regional police-prosecutor training prog [...] | 2007-01-22 08:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2081 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER ONE [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier One of ANP Rank Reform. When t [...] | 2007-06-29 03:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2082 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...] | 2007-06-29 03:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2083 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...] | 2007-06-29 03:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2084 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 41 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier 2 of ANP Rank Reform. This is [...] | 2007-06-29 03:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2085 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP DOB REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 25 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...] | 2007-06-29 03:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2107 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 19 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...] | 2007-07-03 02:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2108 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...] | 2007-07-03 02:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2109 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 16 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...] | 2007-07-03 02:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2139 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III (TIER [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III (Tier Two) o [...] | 2007-07-07 04:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL215 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN NARCOTICS PERSONNEL SELECTED [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 42 individuals selected for DEA'S Special Investigative Unit. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and and has found n [...] | 2007-01-22 11:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2166 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 49 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...] | 2007-07-11 02:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2167 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...] | 2007-07-11 02:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2168 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 39 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...] | 2007-07-11 02:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2253 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Marshall Center Senior Executive [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan national security officials to attend the Senior Executive Seminar at the Marshall Center, August 22-29. Post has no dero [...] | 2007-07-14 06:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2280 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MI-17 Crew Training at Fort Bliss [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eight Afghan national security officials to receive training on the MI-17 rotor-wing aircraft at Ft. Bliss, TX from August 25 to Decem [...] | 2007-07-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL231 | GOA APPROVES RELEASE OF TWO GUANTANAMO BAY [...] (S/REL GOA) CSTCA-A has advised Government of Afghanistan (GOA) approval for February release via PTS of two Afghan detainees in Guantanamo Bay: US9AF-000987DP Haji GHALIB and US9AF-001037DP Nazar GUL. 2. (S/REL GOA) CSTCA-A advises that the GOA does not concur with release of two other de [...] | 2007-01-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF |
07KABUL2338 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Marshall Center Workshop and Seminar [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of five Afghan national security officials who will participate in career development training at the Marshall Center. Mohammad Ismael Y [...] | 2007-07-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2367 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Second MI-17 Crew Training at Fort [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ten Afghan National Police officers to receive training on the MI-17 rotor-wing aircraft at Ft. Bliss, TX from August 27 to December 1 [...] | 2007-07-24 04:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
07KABUL2370 | IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On July 18 polmiloff notified Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the three Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO [...] | 2007-07-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL2380 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for Advanced Security [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan National Army (ANA) officers to participate in the Program for Advanced Security Studies at the George C. Marshall Center i [...] | 2007-07-26 04:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |