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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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09RIGA542 | LATVIA'S 2010 BUDGET PASSES FIRST HURDLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Latvian parliament (Saeima) voted in favor (64-32-1) of the government's 2010 budget at the first reading of the bill on November 5. Consultations between the government and the IMF and EC are still ongoing and there remain disagreements in the coalition about tax reform and [...] | 2009-11-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL LG |
09RIGA545 | LATVIAN BUDGET CRISIS ERODES CAPACITY ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights institutions are bracing for severe cuts as a result of belt-tightening in Latvia. Institutions intended to increase integration and ensure basic human rights face either steep cuts or sweeping reorganization. Under the proposed budget, the Naturalization Board, re [...] | 2009-11-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON EFIN LG |
09RIGA546 | LATVIA WILL CONSIDER ADDING NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN KNNP KN ETTC EUN UNSC LG |
09RIGA569 | LATVIA SET TO PASS BUDGET, CONSIDERING PAREX SPLIT AND SALE [...] (SBU) Summary: The cabinet of ministers has approved a budget for 2010 that includes 500 million Lats (USD 1 billion) in fiscal consolidation demanded by international lenders. The second and final reading of the budget in the Saeima (Parliament) will take place on December 1, and the budge [...] | 2009-11-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LG |
09RIGA573 | LATVIA PASSES BUDGET BUT ECONOMIC TROUBLE REMAINS [...] (SBU) Summary:Qtvia's parliament approved the 2010 budget on December 1, clearing a significant hurdle to Latvia's economic recovery. The budget has been welcomed by the IMF and EC, which will begin negotiations on the second review of the Stand-by Agreement on December 2. The budget vote was [...] | 2009-12-02 15:58:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SW LG |
09RIGA607 | LATVIA: RISKS AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] (C) Some state-owned enterprises (SOEs),including the national electric monopoly, would benefit greatly from the management improvements and infusion of capital that even a partial privatization could bring. However, the GOL is delaying any consideration of the issue until after October ele [...] | 2009-12-21 12:34:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV LG |
09RIGA611 | LATVIA: PENSIONS RULING COMPLICATES BUDGET, BUT DOESN'T [...] (SBU) The Latvian constitutional court ruled on December 21 that while reductions in pensions are permissible, the Government of Latvia failed to demonstrate that some USD 400 million in 2009-2010 pension reductions meant to trim the budget deficit to meet IMF and European Commission targets we [...] | 2009-12-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD LG |
09RIGA75 | LATVIA LOSES TIME IN IMPLEMENTING REFORMS [...] (C/NF) Summary: A month after agreeing in principal on a package of IMF, EU and international financial assistance, the Latvian government just recently adopted implementation plans for required economic and governmental restructuring. The Prime Minister's economic adviser says that he is ast [...] | 2009-02-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON EFIN LG |
09RIGA81 | DECISION ON PAREX BANK'S SYNDICATED LOANS DUE THIS [...] (C) Summary. Parex Bank Chairman Nils Melngailis told Charge that Parex has no available cash to put towards repayment of its two large syndicated loans at this time. The lenders, he said, have rejected any debt for equity swap arrangements, so payment on the debt falls to the Latvian governme [...] | 2009-02-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN LG |
09RIODEJANEIRO151 | EXIM MEETING WITH BRAZIL MINING GIANT VALE [...] Begin Summary: On May 11-12, U.S. Export-Import Bank (ExIm) officials, accompanied by Ambassador Sobel, met with finance executives from Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale to discuss access to ExIm financing. Vale has expressed a preference for using ExIm financing to purchase equipment and ca [...] | 2009-06-22 18:35:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EFIN EINV EIND ETRD BR |
09RIYADH1050 | SAUDIS DELAY JOINT VENTURE APPROVAL FOR TWO US [...] (SBU) On August 10 Representatives from American Life Insurance Company (ALICO) briefed Emboffs on their meeting earlier that day with Saudi Monetary Authority (SAMA) Insurance Supervisor Mohammed Al-Shayea. 2. (SBU) Al-Shayea gave the ALICO reps gave no inkling when/if a royal decree sanct [...] | 2009-08-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD WTO SA |
09RIYADH1166 | FORMER TERRORIST SAYS AL-QAEDA LACKS FINANCING [...] (C) In a September 6 interview with liberal daily Al-Watan, former Al-Qaeda fighter Fawaz Al-Otaibi, whose surrender to Saudi authorities was announced on September 2, said that Al-Qaeda was in a ""catastrophic financial situation"" -- thanks in part to strict measures aimed at cutting off the flo [...] | 2009-09-08 07:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KTFN EFIN SA PK |
09RIYADH1167 | SAUDI INFLATION FALLS TO 4.2 PERCENT [...] (U) Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Governor Mohamed al-Jasser presented the annual SAMA statistical report to King Abdullah in a public ceremony on August 30. Following the presentation, Governor al-Jasser announced that Saudi inflation dropped to a two-year low of 4.2 percent in July, d [...] | 2009-09-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1340 | SAUDI COMMERCIAL SAGA NEARING CONCLUSION? [...] (C) Maan Al-Sanea and his company, the Saad Group, recently settled several of their outstanding domestic loans, leading some bankers to speculate that the dispute between him and the Gosaibis may be drawing to a close. Other bankers are not convinced. The central bank maintains that it is o [...] | 2009-10-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1392 | ANALYST UPBEAT ON SAUDI ECONOMY BUT FAMILY DISPUTE [...] (SBU) On October 19, Econoff met with Paul Gamble, head of research at local investment house Jadwa, to discuss the general state of the Saudi economy. Gamble said that there were still many indicators the economy had not fully turned a corner, including the continued contraction of commercial [...] | 2009-10-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1407 | SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER CALLS FOR SPECIFIC STEPS TO [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf believes the Saudi economy is generally on track to meet its 2009 targets. Saudi Arabia will maintain its domestic investment program as part of international efforts to ensure that stimulus packages continue until the world economy recove [...] | 2009-10-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENGR ETRD PREL SA |
09RIYADH1441 | GCC ANXIOUS FOR GREATER COOPERATION, COORDINATION [...] (C) During an extremely positive meeting on October 28, the GCC's lead official for international economic relations expressed a strong interest in working with the U.S. on trade issues and solicited our assistance in developing harmonized financial regulations. He highlighted some difficultie [...] | 2009-11-01 06:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1472 | BANKERS SANGUINE ABOUT SAUDI ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (C) Private bankers and government officials in Saudi Arabia insist that domestic Saudi banks did not receive special treatment in the AHAB - Saad Group dispute, despite protests by overseas lenders to the contrary. Embassy contacts contend that Saudi banks just wrote better loans that requir [...] | 2009-11-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SA |
09RIYADH1499 | MISSION RIYADH TERRORISM FINANCE STAFFING [...] (S/NF) In response to request in reftel, the U.S. Mission in Saudi Arabia reports that it has 11.5 staff spread across 5 U.S. government agencies working on terrorism finance issues. Efforts are coordinated by a terrorism finance coordinating officer and by a working group on terrorism financ [...] | 2009-11-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN KCRM ECON KTFN AF PK SA |
09RIYADH1508 | SAUDI ARABIA LOOKING TO EXPAND CORPORATE FINANCE [...] (C) The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is working hard to develop the Saudi corporate bond market, an endeavor it started in June 2009 by enhancing investment banks' understanding of how the market works. The CMA does not see a benchmark set by a series of government debt issuances as necess [...] | 2009-11-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1514 | SAUDI WOMEN'S QUIET PROGRESSION [...] (SBU) Saudi Arabia is the biggest economy in the Middle East despite the fact that women constitute only 10 percent of the workforce. The SAG continues to create education opportunities for women, but the private sector seems to lack both the infrastructure and ability to absorb the growing nu [...] | 2009-11-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL SOCI ELAB EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1540 | SAUDI CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR MUSES ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Muhammed Al-Jasser, Saudi Arabia's Central Bank Governor, recently reviewed for the Ambassador the Kingdom's last fifty years of Saudi financial history, which he stressed plays an important role in shaping Saudi economic policy on issues like the dollar peg. Overspending Saudi A [...] | 2009-11-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON SOCI PREL SA |
09RIYADH1596 | IMPACT OF DUBAI DEBT RESTRUCTURING ON SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Despite initial concerns that Dubai's debt crisis could impact the Saudi economy, all indications are that any effect here will be minimal. Senior government officials, bank officers, and analytic reports from major international banks all suggest that Saudi banks have minimal exposure to [...] | 2009-12-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SA |
09RIYADH160 | CORPORATE PROFITS LOWER, BUT MOST STILL IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic crisis is starting to hit harder in Saudi Arabia as oil prices remain low, with most companies reporting lower profits in the 4th quarter of 2008, and some reporting losses. Banks and holding companies exposed to bank losses are being hit hardest. Interestingly, [...] | 2009-01-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SA |
09RIYADH192 | CALLS FOR ANTI-AMERICAN BOYCOTT CONTINUE, MIXED [...] (C) Summary: Despite the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Saudi public anger over perceived U.S. support for Israel's military actions in Gaza continues to simmer, and a grassroots campaign to boycott U.S. products remains ongoing for the moment, particularly among the youth population. [...] | 2009-01-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KWBG KBCT KPAL SA IS |
09RIYADH220 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMMEDIATE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Saudi MFA Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs Dr. Prince Turki bin Muhammad bin Saud Al Kabeer. The Prince noted that FM Saud Al-Faisal was in Cairo for consultations with the Egyptian government [...] | 2009-02-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM |
09RIYADH291 | FED DISCUSSES TARP, DOLLAR PEG DURING VISIT [...] (C/NF) -- Private banks in Riyadh were most concerned by the increase in U.S. debt and the effect this would have on the dollar, as well as the size of the increase in the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. -- SAMA Vice Governor Jasser told the group the SAG's decision to stick with the dollar [...] | 2009-02-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EINV ECON PREL SA |
09RIYADH319 | NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WILL MAINTAIN STATUS QUO [...] (SBU) -- As part of his February 14 cabinet re-shuffle (more details septel),King Abdallah appointed Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Vice Governor Dr. Muhammed Al-Jasser to be SAMA's new governor, replacing Hamad Al-Sayari, who had held the position since 1985. -- Senior banking sourc [...] | 2009-02-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PINR SA |
09RIYADH406 | SAUDI ARABIA: INFORMATION FOR G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Key points: -- The Saudis have not publicly advocated specific changes to the international financial system; -- The Kingdom's greatest concern is to keep its banks healthy, and to that end it has added liquidity to the largest banks and stands ready to do so again [...] | 2009-03-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN SA |
09RIYADH462 | SAUDI ARABIA'S AUTOMOBILE SALES SLOW DOWN [...] (U) Key points and comment: -- The "boycott" of local car dealers by Saudi consumers, launched in late 2008, continues. -- Saudi consumers are relying more on a market of second hand cars from Dubai. Comment: The grass roots campaign against "greedy car dealers" and criticism of [...] | 2009-03-25 13:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO SA |
09RIYADH504 | BUDGET SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) Reftel requested Post to inform host governments about the need for continued budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). 2. (C) DCM conveyed reftel message to Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations Khalid al-Jindan on April 1. Al-Jindan, who was traveling to th [...] | 2009-04-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER SA |
09RIYADH709 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY IN EXPORT [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche May 26 to Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry for Foreign Trade Mr. Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Hamoudi with Japanese DCM Fumio Iwai and Taiwanese Economic Division Director Yan Hsing Yin. Hamoudi said that in general the Saudi government welcomed enhancemen [...] | 2009-05-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD SA |
09RIYADH71 | GRASSROOTS BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS GAINING [...] (SBU) -- A grassroots campaign to boycott U.S. goods and franchises, with the notable exception of automobiles and hotels, is gaining ground in the Kingdom. -- This campaign is bolstered by endorsements from local and foreign Islamic scholars. -- Comment: This campaign is broader than sim [...] | 2009-01-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN KWBG KBCT KPAL SA IS |
09RIYADH716 | SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] Key points: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Treasury DAS Glaser were briefed on Saudi terror finance efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry (MOI) officials at the Security Forces Officers Club in Riyadh. Holbrooke also received a briefing on Saudi counter [...] | 2009-05-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN AF PK SA |
09RIYADH788 | SAUDI ADVISOR ON THE IMF, DOLLAR PEG [...] (U) Key points: -- (C/NF) According to a key Post contact, quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy will be most effective in convincing the Saudis to make greater contributions to the IMF. -- (C/NF) The SAG is supporting, and will continue to support, the dollar, but could have to re-think thi [...] | 2009-06-14 13:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV PREL SA |
09RIYADH828 | TREASURY DAS PRESSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION IN [...] (S) Summary: On 16-17 May 2009, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser visited Riyadh to advance counter terror finance cooperation with Saudi government and private sector officials. DAS Glaser explored developments pertaining to the Saudi charities commission, encouraged an act [...] | 2009-06-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EINV EFIN KTFN SA |
09RIYADH829 | EX-IM SIGNS LANDMARK DEAL IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) On June 22, U.S. Export-Import Bank Board of Directors member Bijan R. Kian signed the final documents for the financing of $912 million for the sale of 23 General Electric (GE) turbines to the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). SEC will use the turbines to deliver power to Riyadh and the c [...] | 2009-06-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG SA |
09RIYADH857 | SAUDI FOLLOW-UP ON TOKYO PLEDGE [...] (SBU) On June 29, EconCouns had an opportunity to speak briefly with Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Managing Director and Vice Chairman Yousef Al-Bassam regarding Saudi Arabia's follow-up on its pledge at the April 17 Tokyo Donors' Conference. 2. (SBU) Al-Bassam said that Saudi Arabia had [...] | 2009-06-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PK SA |
09RIYADH859 | SAG PROVIDES ACCOUNT OF PA BUDGET ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, the SAG provided a non-paper describing their budget assistance to the Palestinian Authority over the past seven years. The text of the non-paper follows: Saudi Arabia's Assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian People (2002 - 2009) PA Budget [...] | 2009-06-30 12:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KWBG SA IZ |
09RIYADH879 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the July 8-9 International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) meeting to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Director General of International Affairs Fareed Khashoggi. Khashoggi said his Ministry is not sending a dele [...] | 2009-07-05 09:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA SA |
09RIYADH893 | PRINCE WALEED BIN TALAL ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) on June 28, Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal expounded on his business philosophy and belief in social reform in the Kingdom. Al-Waleed believes in investing for the long-term. He claimed his royal lineage is more a handicap th [...] | 2009-07-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV SA |
09RIYADH910 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S JULY [...] (S) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. While it's not exactly magical, it is unique and it is important. Unique because it's the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family and where almost all the senior government positions are filled by either brothers o [...] | 2009-07-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PREL EAID EFIN EINV KTFN PINR OVIP SA |
09RIYADH916 | THE SAUDI SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV SA |
09RIYADH985 | TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH SAUDI [...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. They discussed issues of mutual interest, including recovery of the global economy, the riyal-dollar peg, illicit finance, cooperation at the G-20 and IMF, an [...] | 2009-07-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA |
09RIYADH986 | TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH KING [...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited Saudi Arabia and met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Yanbu, discussing a broad range of topics including commitment to the dollar, the global economic crisis, illicit finance, Israel-Palestine issues, and the G-2 [...] | 2009-07-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA |
09RIYADH987 | JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HOSTS [...] (U) Summary: In his July 14 visit to Saudi Arabia, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner led a roundtable discussion and delivered a speech at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). He discussed the economic downturn and measures taken to stem the crisis, sharing his outlook for t [...] | 2009-07-30 12:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA |
09ROME1019 | G20: ITALIANS SEE EUROPE DIVIDED ON BANKERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior aide of Italy's Finance Minister told econoff August 31 that in the runup to the next G20 meeting Europeans remain divided on how to regulate compensation of financial sector executives, a point Italians expect to be high on the Pittsburgh agenda. The aide also ventured [...] | 2009-09-01 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON OECD IT |
09ROME1194 | ITALY: FINANCE MINISTER'S MANEUVERING OPENS MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Money quarrels within the GOI, regional tensions between Berlusconi coalition partners, and some preliminary maneuvering for the post-Berlusconi period have led to speculation that Finance Minister Tremonti may resign or be forced out of office. The continued strong of support fro [...] | 2009-10-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IT PREL EFIN PGOV |
09ROME12 | ITALY OPPOSES DE-LISTING BAAZAOUI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI initially supported the de-listing of Tunisian Mondher Baazaoui at the 1267 Committee, but reversed its position in mid-December as new information came to light that some of Mr. Baazaoui's previous criminal convictions for dealing in stolen property were linked to fina [...] | 2009-01-08 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09ROME1206 | ITALY UNWILLING TO TAKE A POSITION ON FAO BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI will not/not divulge their position on the proposed Food and Agriculture Organization FAO budget increase because the FAO'S location in Rome, according to GOI officials, renders the situation "delicate" A senior GOI foreign assistance official said the GOI supports some [...] | 2009-11-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN |
09ROME1228 | ITALY/IRISL: GOI TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING BRITISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A senior official from the Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF) responded favorably to our request that the GOI support the British ban on providing insurance coverage to IRISL vessels, saying that at an upcoming interagency meeting he would support issuing a warning [...] | 2009-11-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR IT |
09ROME1264 | ITALY TO ALERT PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES TO USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An official in the Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF) stated that she will advise private sector institutions of the USG designation, under Executive Order 13382 (reftel),of First East Export Bank (FEEB) of Malaysia, and of the Chairman of Bank Mellat of Iran, and [...] | 2009-11-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IR IT KNNP PARM |
09ROME1271 | ITALY TO SUPPORT PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post conveyed subject list of designated North Korean entities and individuals (reftel) to officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF). Both responded favorably and stated that the GOI would support EU designation of the enti [...] | 2009-11-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP EUN KN PARM UNSC IT |
09ROME1308 | ITALY: ARGENTINA BONDHOLDERS DIGGING IN [...] Confidential - - Entire Text. 2. Summary - Italian bondholders of defaulted Argentine debt are unlikely to take up the most recent GOA buy-out offer and intend to pursue ongoing arbitration. A bondholders' group says its members' interests vary greatly from those of US institutional investors th [...] | 2009-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV AR IT |
09ROME1344 | GOI RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST TO DELIST TRANCHE 3 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOI agreed to delist eight of the eighteen individuals identified in the Italy section of the Tranche 3 Names list and have requested more time to gather information on the remaining ten individuals. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On November 2, ECONOFF conveyed the Tranche 3 list [...] | 2009-12-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC IT |
09ROME1349 | BANKS CLAIM ITALIAN TAX AMNESTY CONSISTENT WITH [...] (U) Italian Banking Association officials have indicated to Post that Italian banks remain beholden to know-your-client and suspicious transaction reporting obligations when processing transactions pursuant to Italy's current tax amnesty. End Summary 2. (U) Econoffs met on November 25 Ita [...] | 2009-12-10 08:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR KCRM IT |
09ROME1405 | GOI OPPOSES DELISTING SEVEN TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (C) Summary. Upon further review by Italian police and intelligence agencies (reftel Rome 1344 and State 109494),Italy opposes delisting seven Tranche 3 names. However, the GOI supports delisting two Tranche 3 names and asks the USG for support in expediting the delisting of one individual. E [...] | 2009-12-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09ROME171 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...] | 2009-02-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
09ROME173 | IRAN: ITALY FAULTS GERMANS FOR DELAYS OF EU [...] (C/NF) Summary. Italy faults Germany for postponing recent EU-level experts meetings on new Iran proliferation-related designations that were scheduled for February 11. The MFA is concerned the EU is losing momentum while waiting for US policy announcements and highlighted that every small d [...] | 2009-02-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNC ETTC EFIN IT |
09ROME188 | ITALY APPROVES AUTOMOBILE SECTOR ASSISTANCE PACKAGE [...] (U) Summary: On February 6, 2009, the GOI approved an automobile sector assistance package as part of a broader industrial sector stimulus package. The auto sector measures provide consumer incentives, ranging from 500 to 6500 euros, to increase demand and do not appear to give direct support t [...] | 2009-02-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN PREL WTO IT |
09ROME232 | ITALY CLAIMS REDUCTIONS IN IRANIAN EXPORT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EFIN ETRD IT IR |
09ROME252 | ITALY REDUCES EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN, BUT WORRIES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past three months, Italy's Export Credit Agency (SACE) has reduced its exposure in the form of insurance guarantees on trade and investment to Iran from 1.5 billion euros to about 1.3 billion euros as existing debts have been repaid. SACE's managers have chosen not to [...] | 2009-03-04 07:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EFIN ETRD IT IR |
09ROME259 | Italy Implements Measure to Bolster Bank-Lending. [...] (SBU) Summary -- On February 26, the GOI authorized the Italian Treasury to buy extraordinary convertible bonds issued by Italian banks as a way to raise banks' capital ratios and spur new lending, especially to small and medium businesses. The instruments, in terms of risks taken by the GOI an [...] | 2009-03-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IT |
09ROME297 | CORRECTED VERSION - SIPDIS CAPTION ADDED: G-20 [...] Summary - Italy remains insulated from the worst of the crisis impacting financial institutions, but is looking at a deeper and longer recession than originally anticipated. The GOI has put in place various modest measures to bolster confidence in banks, increase credit to the economy, and pr [...] | 2009-03-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT |
09ROME314 | ITALY CONFIRMS PLEDGE OF $100M FOR GAZA, BUT ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Responding to reftel demarche, Antonello De Riu of the Italian MFA confirmed Italy's pledge of $100m (79m Euros) in aid for Gaza, to be spent over three or four years, though he cited two problems that could result in the pledge not being met: Italian "over engagement" and the l [...] | 2009-03-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN |
09ROME320 | ITALIAN ECONOMIC PRIORITIES IN RUN-UP TO LONDON [...] (SBU) Summary - The Italian economy remains troubled, especially as exports have turned down dramatically. A top Central Bank official expects government instruments to bolster Italian banks' capital to be fully subscribed. The government is shifting its focus to addressing the prospect of h [...] | 2009-03-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
09ROME339 | ITALY SUPPORTS PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Italian MFA South Asia Office Director Domenico Bellato on March 18. Bellato said that Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Massimo Iannucci would attend the Pakistan Donors Conferenc [...] | 2009-03-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK IT |
09ROME343 | ITALY: GREEN "INVESTMENTS" IN STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 09:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV IT |
09ROME353 | ITALY: GREEN "INVESTMENTS" IN STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (U) The Italian government, in the context of its modest economic stimulus effort (ref B),has implemented a number of measures, some of which could be seen as environmentally friendly, and others not. The government has not explicitly sought to tackle environmental challenges as part of it [...] | 2009-03-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV IT |
09ROME386 | SUBJECT: ITALY DODGES FINANCIAL MELT DOWN, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
09ROME387 | DEMARCHE REPLY: ITALY WILL LET OTHERS LEAD ON CEE [...] (U) Econoff on April 3 discussed ref demarche and presented talking points to Francesco Galietti, a senior advisor to Minister of Finance and Economics Giulio Tremonti. Galietti was familiar with EU-wide efforts to conceive various measures to assist ailing economies in central and eastern Eu [...] | 2009-04-03 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN IT |
09ROME395 | ITALY DODGES FINANCIAL MELT DOWN, BUT GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: Conservative, risk-averse practices and tight supervision allowed Italy's banking system to avoid the worst of the financial melt-down that hit the United States and other countries. But the worldwide recession sparked by this financial crisis is now beginning to hit Italy's e [...] | 2009-04-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
09ROME41 | ITALY CONVENES G8 MEMBERS ON GAZA AID, PLEDGES $1M [...] (C) Summary: On 9 January Italy convened a meeting of local G8 diplomatic representatives to discuss coordination of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Italy announced a pledge of approximately $1m in emergency aid and asked others for a summary of their recent humanitarian activities. This meeting [...] | 2009-01-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRS EAID EFIN PREC |
09ROME430 | ITALIAN POLICE, TERRORIST FINANCING, AND CT [...] (SBU) This cable contains a proposal for support from the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Counterterrorism from the U.S. Mission in Italy. Proposed Project ---------------- 2. (SBU) Educational Initiative for Italian Police Task Force on Terrorism and Organized Crime. Executive Summary - [...] | 2009-04-15 18:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PTER IT |
09ROME434 | ITALY YES ON KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IT KV |
09ROME601 | IRAN SANCTIONS: GETTING ITALY TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Italy's argument that it should be included in the P5 1 is based on long-standing Italian claims to a major economic relationship with Iran. The trade relationship is not, in fact, particularly large and any vulnerability appears to be more on the Iranian side. Even energy im [...] | 2009-05-22 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD IT KNNP PREL |
09ROME623 | ITALY GIVES 760K EUROS FOR PAKISTANI IDPS; 40M [...] (C) Summary: In response to humanitarian needs created by recent hostilities in the Swat valley, Italy has pledged 400,000 Euros for emergency aid to be managed through the Pakistani Red Crescent, as well as another 360,000 Euro "in kind" donation of humanitarian supplies. Italy is also fi [...] | 2009-05-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PHUM PREF PK IT |
09ROME652 | ITALY AGAIN SEEKS INFO ON TERRORISM LISTINGS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Echoing the request made by the Italian delegation to USUN in New York May 5 (ref A),MFA terror finance officer Lorenzo Tomassoni on May 28 requested Embassy assistance in helping Italy fulfill its reporting obligat [...] | 2009-06-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID UNSC IT |
09ROME66 | ITALIAN SHIPPING COMPANY TO CUT TIES WITH IRAN [...] C) Summary: Italian MFA officials told Post that the Italian owners of the Irital shipping firm are seeking to divest from their Iranian partners due to concerns about the application of U.S. sanctions. End Summary. 2. (C) Italian MFA Deputy Director General for Economic and Financial Co [...] | 2009-01-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PREL |
09ROME763 | ITALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On 22 June Econoff demarched MFA Counselor Valter Zucconi of the Directorate for Development Cooperation on the delivery of funds Italy had pledged for Pakistan at the 17 April Tokyo Donors' Conference. According to Zucconi, Italy is in the process of disbursing 62 million E [...] | 2009-06-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PHUM PK |
09ROME770 | ITALY - AUTUMN MARKS DO-OR-DIE FOR ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary - A recent stream of economic forecasts and data suggest that, while Italy's economy may have touched bottom in the current global downturn, recovery remains elusive. Sobering GDP growth forecasts and unemployment projections counterbalance encouraging signs in consumer and bus [...] | 2009-07-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
09ROME827 | ITALY 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) Embassy is aware of four (4) outstanding expropriation cases concerning the estates of United States citizens of Italian descent against the Government of Italy for the expropriation of property. For Claimant A, there is only one up-date from the Embassy's report of last year. There is no [...] | 2009-07-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IT |
09ROME867 | ITALY BLOCKS SALE OF YACHTS TO N. KOREA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
09ROME925 | SECRETARY'S LETTER ON SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] The Embassy delivered the Secretary's letter regarding support for the Palestinian Authority to Foreign Minister Frattini on August 4. Following delivery of the Secretary's letter, EconOff contacted Counselor Guglielmo Giordano and Antonello De Riu, in the Office of Italian Foreign Assistance [...] | 2009-08-12 07:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PREL IT |
09RPODUBAI168 | AHMADINEJAD'S WINGS GET CLIPPED ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iran's Majles dealt President Ahmadinejad a series of setbacks on economic policy in March that signal the forging of a broad-based opposition to the President's populist economic policies. These defeats have hurt, but probably not crippled, his plans to distribute cash and ec [...] | 2009-04-14 08:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI181 | IRAN'S REFORM-RESISTANT ECONOMY [...] (S/NF) Summary: As economic issues rise to the top of the agenda in Iran's presidential campaigns, the range of the policy debate on economic issues remains narrow and is essentially limited to which candidate can better manage Iran's government dominated economy. Recent examples of currency [...] | 2009-04-23 12:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI244 | FACTORING THE ECONOMY INTO IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Iranian businessmen and financial consultants held in the past week reveal an overwhelming preference among our contacts for Mohsen Rezai's economic proposals, but most intend to vote for Mir Hossein Mousavi for political and social reasons. Our contacts admit t [...] | 2009-06-11 12:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IR |
09RPODUBAI285 | IRAN: BUSINESSMEN POST-ELECTION: THINGS HAVE COME TO A HALT [...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian business contacts told IRPO that business was on hold in the aftermath of the election, and all doubted that their businesses could survive much longer. Goods are not clearing customs, clients are not placing orders, no money is moving out, revenues are falling, and [...] | 2009-07-14 12:35:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD ETTC PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI302 | IRAN: WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE IRGC IS GOOD FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian businessmen who have experience with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) economic activities maintained that its involvement is increasing economic inefficiencies and discouraging the private sector. They lamented that without a strong challenger and President [...] | 2009-07-27 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IR |
09RPODUBAI317 | IRAN: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES MOUNT AS AHMADINEJAD BEGINS SECOND [...] (C) Summary: As President Ahmadinejad enters his second term in office, his administration will likely be hamstrung by a strained budget, falling GDP growth, the global economic slowdown, and sanctions. Dealing with Iran's budget deficit currently is the government's main priority, though IRPO [...] | 2009-08-03 11:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV IR |
09SANAA1049 | CORRUPTION ROUNDUP: YEMENI INSTITUTIONS (STILL) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Yemen is gradually fighting corruption through a number of anti-corruption institutions, including the Central Organization for Control and Auditing (COCA),the Public Prosecutor,s office, the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC),and the High Tender Board. [...] | 2009-06-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR EFIN YM |
09SANAA1103 | YEMEN: CONCERN RISES AS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES [...] (U) Summary. As foreign exchange reserves decline, non-ROYG observers have raised a red flag and predicted the impending collapse of the Yemeni rial. The ROYG, however, remains complacent and downplays the threat to the rial's stability. The decline in foreign exchange reserves is reality [...] | 2009-06-14 13:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV YM |
09SANAA1124 | SPOT REPORT: ROYG WORKS TO PRODUCE QUALIFIED [...] SUMMARY. The ROYG has developed a new strategy to provide Yemeni workers with training specifically tailored for the entry-level labor market in the Gulf. The ROYG,s plans come after a May GCC decision to give Yemeni workers priority over other foreign workers in Gulf state employment. An in [...] | 2009-06-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL GCC YM |
09SANAA1145 | YEMEN: CABINET PASSES INVESTMENT-REFORM PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY. The cabinet passed an investment-reform package on June 11, which included a new Investment Law, amendments to the existing Customs Law, and a new Income Tax Law. The ROYG would like to strengthen its relationship with the private sector, and is attempting to streamline the investme [...] | 2009-06-24 08:42:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN YM |
09SANAA1146 | ROYG COOLING ON LIFTING SUBSIDIES [...] (C) In contrast to the enthusiasm expressed in April, the ROYG now seems less interested in following through on the lifting of diesel subsidies. Never popular with the average Yemeni, lifting subsidies probably seems less important now that rising oil prices have removed some of the fiscal [...] | 2009-06-24 09:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID YM |
09SANAA1228 | UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche/non-paper to Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yaqoub on July 5. ECONOFF re-raised the issue with Yaqoub in a meeting on July 7. Eryani and Yaqoub both agreed to convey the demarche to the appropriate ROYG authority. SECHE [...] | 2009-07-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP YM |
09SANAA1405 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND [...] (SBU) On July 25, PolOff informed Ms. Najwa al-Serri, First Secretary and the terrorist combating officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the United Nations designations of Arif Qasmani, Mohammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-A-Tul Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen al-Peshawari, as well as t [...] | 2009-08-04 12:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK YM |
09SANAA1484 | DONOR COUNTRIES POW-WOW ON PIRACY, DISCUSS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting on July 26, donor nations agreed that structural flaws, bureaucratic battles, and a lack of funding have hampered the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and the Yemen Navy (YNAV) in their mission to secure Yemen's coastline. The donor countries also discussed the need for a high-l [...] | 2009-08-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MCAP EFIN MASS YM |
09SANAA1517 | YEMEN: ROYG PREPARES FOR MENAFATF ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti Money Laundering Committee (NAMLC) is ramping up efforts to implement recommendations from the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force's (MENAFATF) 2008 report through the Anti Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yem [...] | 2009-08-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM |
09SANAA1528 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID YM |
09SANAA1582 | YEMEN: INTEREST IN INVESTMENT STAGNATES AS [...] SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) has reduced interest rates in Yemen twice in the last six months, ostensibly in an attempt to stem inflation. The reduction in interest rates appears to have had little effect on investment in Yemen. The ROYG has not shown an inclination to introduce [...] | 2009-08-25 05:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN YM |
09SANAA1629 | YEMEN: CENTRAL BANK MONITORS HAWALAS, BUT HAMPERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anti-Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) estimates that more than 10,000 hawalas exist in Yemen, but has little information on their integration with the greater international hawala system. The CBY's relative willingness to crackdown [...] | 2009-09-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM |
09SANAA208 | YEMEN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETTC PHUM PTER YM |
09SANAA2209 | YEMEN: 2010 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE TRADE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 10:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KBCT YM |
09SANAA259 | YEMEN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: ROYG institutions and Yemeni banks have made some progress on implementing Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) and Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force,s (MENAFATF) recommendations. A draft counter-terrorism finance (CTF) law remains lodged in the Finance Co [...] | 2009-02-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM |
09SANAA293 | FIRST MICROFINANCE BANK, AL-AMAL BANK [...] SUMMARY: Al-Amal Bank has renewed its commitment to microfinance since November 2008. The bank is targeting micro-enterprises, low-income families, and women. It is basing its five-year business plan on reports from the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and International Finance Corporation [...] | 2009-02-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV YM |
09SANAA299 | HAMID AL-AHMAR ON SALEH, OIL, AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and son of the late Speaker of Parliament Shaykh Abdullah al-Ahmar, told Econoff on February 15 that President Saleh personally was to blame for country's problems, especially widespread corruption, and suggested that MG Ali Muhsin al-A [...] | 2009-02-18 11:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD YM |
09SANAA326 | EMBASSY SANAA'S NOMINATIONS FOR FDIC'S FINANCIAL [...] (U) Post would like to nominate six Yemeni government officials for the Counter Terrorism Financial Regulatory Training, to be held March 23-27. This course will increase their knowledge of how money laundering and terrorist financing transactions are perpetrated and the controls that should [...] | 2009-02-23 13:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ECON EFIN PREL KCRM KTFN |
09SANAA399 | TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 11:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL YM |
09SANAA43 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-11 05:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE YM |
09SANAA432 | BILLION DOLLAR ARMS DEAL DENIED [...] (C) Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Economic Affairs and the Russian Ambassador to Sana'a both strongly denied press reports of a USD 1 billion arms sale negotiated during the February visit of President Saleh to Moscow. According to the DPM, the ROYG sought forgiveness of Yemen's USD [...] | 2009-03-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETRD EFIN RU YM |
09SANAA493 | YEMEN UNPREPARED FOR LONGTERM GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis has directly affected the public sector, while indirectly affecting the private sector in Yemen. While the ROYG has responded in the short-term by cutting disbursements to the budget, a long-term solution to the crisis remains elusive. The ROYG is [...] | 2009-03-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | EAID ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SOCI USAID YM |
09SANAA550 | YEMEN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR SECTION 7088(C) [...] (U) The ROYG is currently receiving U.S. bilateral assistance using FY 09 funds, including development, counterterrorism, and military assistance. The non-military portion of the annual expenditures of the central government is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance's website (www.mof. [...] | 2009-03-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL EFIN YM |
09SANAA594 | YEMEN: KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV YM |
09SANAA619 | ROYG OFFENDED BY DOJ CLAIM OF CORRUPTION, SEEKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi called in the Ambassador in April 12 to express the concern of the ROYG regarding assertions made by the Department of Justice that senior government officials and other influential Yemen [...] | 2009-04-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | JUS EFIN ETRD PGOV YM |
09SANAA716 | ROYG CLAIMS IT IS COMMITTED TO REFORM, REMOVING [...] SUMMARY: In a departure from the recent past, the ROYG has demonstrated a new commitment to economic reform by revealing plans to remove diesel subsidies and extending civil-service reform to the military and security services. The reform agenda is being considered at the highest levels of th [...] | 2009-04-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM |
09SANAA784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS YM |
09SANAA785 | EMBASSY SANAA'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-25 13:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER YM |
09SANAA876 | YEMEN: AMBITIOUS POWER GENERATION PLANS HAUNTED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Yemen's national electricity grid serves only a small fraction of the population and bypasses the industrial sector completely. Realizing that maintaining oil product-powered plants is fiscally unsustainable, the ROYG plans to build three natural gas-fired power plants. The [...] | 2009-05-06 11:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET IR YM |
09SANAA900 | KOSOVO/IMF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR YM |
09SANAA957 | ABDUL HAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 07:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID YM |
09SANAA958 | UNSC 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 07:25:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN YM |
09SANJOSE1166 | COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2009-2010 PART II MONEY LAUNDERING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 21:11:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN CS |
09SANJOSE125 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] For the record, on February 18, we informed the MFA's head of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime of the U.S. designation under executive order, per Ref A. No substantive response was received. The GOCR's procedures for handling U.S. domestic designations are explained in Ref B. CIANC [...] | 2009-02-27 20:35:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CS |
09SANJOSE154 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSAL TO LIST CHINESE [...] (S) On March 4, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero in the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime. Cordero told us that Costa Rica would support the joint U.S.-Chinese 1267 listing but would be unlikely to cosponsor the listing because Costa Rica lacked str [...] | 2009-03-06 17:44:00 | Embassy San Jose | SECRET | EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV KTFN CS |
09SANJOSE277 | COSTA RICA: TREASURY CONDUCTS FINANCIAL ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) A three-person team from the Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with key GOCR officials on financial crimes and enforcement issues from March 23-27. The team arrived, at the request of the Central Bank President, to find an environment ripe for financial crim [...] | 2009-04-05 19:39:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR CS |
09SANJOSE279 | COSTA RICAN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose continues to affirm the transparent fiscal management of Costa Rica's national budget. Minister of Finance Guillermo Zuniga leads a reform-minded ministry that is committed to advancing management and budgeting sophistication while providing public access to the Minis [...] | 2009-04-06 14:56:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR CS |
09SANJOSE283 | Reaction: Vice-President Biden in Costa Rica [...] Summary: Vice President Joseph R. Biden traveled to Costa Rica March 29-30 to meet with Central American leaders following a trip to Chile where he attended a Progressive Governance Summit in Via del Mar. There was an overwhelming interest in covering the Vice-Presidential trip to Costa Rica [...] | 2009-04-06 17:46:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PAO KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANJOSE321 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post delivered the demarche on Kosovo's membership bid (Reftel) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) to Finance Minister Guillermo Zuniga Chaves (WB Governor, IMF Alternate Governor) on April 15 and Central Bank President Franciso de Paula Gutierrez (WB [...] | 2009-04-17 20:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KV |
09SANJOSE34 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - COSTA RICA [...] Costa Rica's investment climate is generally favorable and has been for many years. Consequently, foreign direct investment is high and has been a significant contributor to Costa Rica's economic growth. Nevertheless, the country continues to present stumbling blocks to investors. The Januar [...] | 2009-01-21 19:03:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV |
09SANJOSE360 | COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK/IMF [...] (SBU) On April 28, we pressed the MFA on Kosovo IMF and World Bank membership, further to Refs. Earlier, we had informally coordinated approaches with the German Ambassador, who reportedly demarched FM Bruno Stagno directly on the issue the week of April 20; this may have helped lay the ground [...] | 2009-04-29 20:05:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR GM CS |
09SANJOSE365 | AMCHAM'S DISCONTENT: OECD BLACKLISTS COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) met with DCM and Emboffs on April 17 to make a strong case against the recent OECD listing of Costa Rica on the tax haven "blacklist". They argued that the OECD's decision, which seemed to ignore the transparency of the [...] | 2009-04-30 22:10:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CS |
09SANJOSE370 | MORE ON COSTA RICAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO IN [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, and further to Refs B-C, MFA Director of Foreign Policy (A/S-equivalent) Linyi Baidal assured us on April 30 that the MFA had instructed the GOCR's IMF and World Bank reps on April 29 to vote in favor of Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership, and to be sure to cast [...] | 2009-05-04 23:53:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CS ECON EFIN KVIR PREL UK |
09SANJOSE409 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref talking points on May 13 to MFA disarmament officer Carlos Cordero. He thanked us for the information and also stated that they had also received a report on the same subject from their mission in New York. 2. (SBU) Cordero stated that as far as they were aware, none [...] | 2009-05-19 16:29:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM CS |
09SANJOSE464 | COSTA RICA: OPIC LOAN TO IMPROSA SERVICIOS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) proposal for a USD 10 million loan to Improsa Servicios Internacionales (ISI). The Econ and FCS Sections reviewed the proposal and concluded that there were no reasons that the loan should not proceed (ref [...] | 2009-06-02 23:16:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV |
09SANJOSE497 | U.S.-CHILEAN JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE LAUNCHES IN [...] From May 18-21, a Treasury Department team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with Costa Rican government leaders and private sector officials to consider how to meet Costa Rica's national infrastructure challenges. The meetings represented the first step of Treasury's and the [...] | 2009-06-17 12:35:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS CI |
09SANJOSE498 | LULA'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA - PROMOTING TRADE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Costa Rica June 2-3 to advance cooperation between the Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (MERCOSUR) and the Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA),of which Costa Rica will assume the Presidency in July, and to strengthen bil [...] | 2009-06-17 16:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL BR CS |
09SANJOSE531 | COSTA RICA MAKES A BET ON GAMBLING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. June 8-12, Rick Hector and Charles Klingman of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) advised Costa Rican Finance (Hacienda) Minister Guillermo Zuniga and Vice Minister Jenny Phillips on the pros and cons of legislating and regulating the gaming industry. Their week o [...] | 2009-06-25 22:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS |
09SANJOSE543 | COSTA RICA: OPIC LOAN TO CSI LATINA FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) proposal for a USD 20 million credit facility to CSI Latina Financial, Inc. (CSI). The Econ and FCS Sections reviewed the proposal and concluded that there were no reasons that the loan should not proceed [...] | 2009-06-28 20:10:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV |
09SANJOSE552 | EMBASSY SAN JOSE REQUESTS MERIDA SUPPORT FOR 2009 [...] (U) This is an ACTION MESSAGE. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Costa Rica's unregulated and untaxed gaming industry, legal but unregulated prostitution, and growing narco-trafficking all contribute to an increase in criminal activity; this exposes Costa Rica to transnational cas [...] | 2009-06-30 12:54:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS |
09SANJOSE56 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 16:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | SECRET | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN CS |
09SANJOSE566 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO [...] (U) On July 6 we delivered reftel to Linyi Baidal, Deputy Director of External Policy in the Costa Rican MFA. Baidal thanked us for the information, and confirmed that Costa Rica would be sending a small delegation to the meetings in Rome on July 8-9, headed by Vice-Minister of Telecommunicati [...] | 2009-07-08 12:40:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA AORC ECON ECPS EFIN PREL TSPA |
09SANJOSE59 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 16:26:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR CS |
09SANJOSE615 | COSTA RICA'S ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE - OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. investors identify physical infrastructure challenges as the key hurdle for Costa Rica's development and modernization, according to the Costa Rican-U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Costa Rica provides a sometimes reliable electric power supply to over 97 percent of the country. Its [...] | 2009-07-23 19:03:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EIND SENV EFIN EINV PREL |
09SANJOSE62 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 16:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER CS IR |
09SANJOSE686 | U.S.-CHILEAN JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE IDENTIFIES [...] SUMMARY. From July 13-16, a Treasury Department team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and a representative of Chile's Ministerio de Obras Publicas (GOC MOP) met with GOCR leaders and private sector officials to consider how to deliver infrastructure technical assistance (TA). Bot [...] | 2009-08-13 12:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS CI |
09SANJOSE703 | CAN COSTA RICA FINISH MODERNIZING ITS AIRPORT? [...] SUMMARY (U) Modernization of Costa Rica's main international airport, San Jose's Juan Santamaria, stalled for over five years as a result of contract disagreements between the GOCR and the operator/developer Alterra. Realizing that an acceptable solution would be impossible to reach, Alterra s [...] | 2009-08-19 12:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV PREL PGOV CS |
09SANJOSE758 | U.S. BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With Entry Into Force (EIF) of the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) on January 1st 2009, the reporting period 2007-2008 is the last in which the Caribbean Basin trade programs (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) figure among Costa Rica's trade benefits. Textile [...] | 2009-09-02 15:14:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS |
09SANJOSE811 | COSTA RICA: PRUDENT DEBT MANAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Arias administration has increased spending on infrastructure, education, health, support for workers, and the judiciary, not only in absolute terms, but also as a percentage of the total budget. As spending in these line items increased, they were offset by a decline in the [...] | 2009-09-24 17:02:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS |
09SANJOSE85 | COSTA RICA AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: SO FAR, SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rica's conservative financial system has served it reasonably well thus far during the current global financial crisis, but 2009 will likely be difficult. The GOCR knows it must act intelligently as some fundamentals begin to deteriorate; the Arias administration does not [...] | 2009-02-10 12:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS |
09SANJOSE917 | COSTA RICA: OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR JUAN [...] Embassy San Jose fully supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) plan to provide a USD 55 million loan to Alterra Partners Costa Rica, S.A. (APCR),the operator of San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO). The loan -) in addition to a USD 45 million Inter-Am [...] | 2009-10-27 01:02:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV |
09SANSALVADOR1002 | EL SALVADOR REQUESTS TREASURY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance has formally requested the placement of a U.S. Department of Treasury Resident Advisor in El Salvador to provide technical assistance in the areas of debt management, budgeting, and taxation following a Treasury assessment visit. The Central Bank likewise [...] | 2009-10-23 20:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL ES |
09SANSALVADOR1021 | EL SALVADOR: U.S. WTO REMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 14:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO ES |
09SANSALVADOR1028 | SALVADORAN FISCAL REFORMS RAISE CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador has unveiled a fiscal reform package intended to cover revenue shortfalls and meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets. The proposed tax on alcoholic beverages may have trade agreem [...] | 2009-10-30 21:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ES |
09SANSALVADOR1154 | El Salvador's Fiscal Reform Moves to the National Assembly [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of El Salvador's fiscal reform package moved forward to the National Assembly and will likely pass before the Christmas holidays. While the Ministry of Finance made a number of minor changes to its October proposal (reftel) following lengthy consultations with th [...] | 2009-12-04 20:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PGOV ES |
09SANSALVADOR1238 | El Salavdor Passes Tax Reform Package [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12 and December 16, El Salvador's National Assembly approved the Government of El Salvador's fiscal/tax reform package, with tax changes expected to enter into force January 1. Only the alcoholic beverage tax changed substantially from the GOES's original proposal, t [...] | 2009-12-22 20:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ETRD ES |
09SANSALVADOR256 | EL SALVADOR'S SHORT-TERM DEBT MARKET RETURNING TO NORMAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Salvadoran banks have rolled over short-term government debt due in February and March and committed to doing the same with debt due in May and June. However, with tax revenue falling and an international loan falling through, the government will also likely need to issue additi [...] | 2009-03-24 16:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ES |
09SANSALVADOR278 | SALVADORAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS SHOW CONTRACTION, LIKELY [...] The Government of El Salvador (GOES) cut its official projection for 2009 GDP growth to less than 1 percent. The GOES's GDP proxy has fallen for the last five months, and the Central Bank President expects 2008 GDP growth figures of about 2.5 percent, far below the original projection of 4.5-5 [...] | 2009-03-30 20:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES |
09SANSALVADOR39 | FINANCIAL CRISIS ACCELERATES REDUCTION OF LENDING TO [...] SUMMARY: The construction industry has raised alarms over the impact of the global financial crisis on El Salvador's construction sector. While public funding for infrastructure and low-income housing continue, credit shortages have delayed commercial building projects. Salvadoran banks wer [...] | 2009-01-13 21:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ES |
09SANSALVADOR47 | EL SALVADOR: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous [...] | 2009-01-15 22:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR ES |
09SANSALVADOR470 | MCC ACTING CEO BENT INAUGURATES TRANSNATIONAL HIGHWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an April 27-28 visit to El Salvador, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rodney Bent participated in the formal groundbreaking for the Northern Transnational Highway. Bent met with President Saca to express his appreciation for Saca' [...] | 2009-05-26 22:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES |
09SANSALVADOR481 | PRESIDENT-ELECT FUNES ANNOUNCES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary. President-Elect Mauricio Funes named his economic cabinet on May 26. The following positions were announced: Technical Secretary to the President (Chief of Staff),Minister of Finance, Minister of Economy, President of the Central Bank, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Min [...] | 2009-05-28 22:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV ES |
09SANSALVADOR485 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel designation of Abdul Haq via letter to Jose Rolando Monroy Sintigo, Director of El Salvador's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),on May 19. Copies were also provided to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Civil Police, Superintendent of the Financial System, a [...] | 2009-05-29 18:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ES |
09SANSALVADOR513 | EL SALVADOR REALLOCATES LOANS, APPROVES DEBT TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 22, the Legislative Assembly unanimously approved the reallocation of $950 million in international loans and the issuance of $1.8 billion in new medium and long term debt to replace short-term debt in order to face the effects of the international financial crisis in El S [...] | 2009-06-08 17:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SOCI PGOV ES |
09SANSALVADOR53 | SALVADORAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM READY FOR JANUARY ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Salvadoran financial system is prepared for possible significant capital flight and/or bank runs following the January 18 legislative elections, according to the executive director of the private banking association ABANSA. Reserves stand at 29 percent of deposits and the Ce [...] | 2009-01-16 21:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ES |
09SANSALVADOR56 | EL SALVADOR ON A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 14:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN ES |
09SANSALVADOR631 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 18:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL ES |
09SANSALVADOR636 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 18:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA ES |
09SANSALVADOR64 | NO PROBLEMS COVERING EL SALVADOR'S JANUARY SHORT-TERM DEBT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador will cover its short-term debt due in January with money from its recently approved Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan and funds from public institutions. Debt payments for February and March depend on El Salvador's proposed World Bank loan, which officials re [...] | 2009-01-22 16:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ES |
09SANSALVADOR647 | NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OUTLINES VISION FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Minister of Agriculture Manuel Sevilla discussed his Ministry's role in the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) "anti-crisis" plan and his views on agricultural assistance during a June 25 courtesy call. The Ministry of Agriculture's anti-crisis program will focus on a combina [...] | 2009-07-08 21:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EFIN ES |
09SANSALVADOR689 | NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM SUPERINTENDENT DISCUSSES REFORMS, US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to his regulatory duties, new Superintendent of the Financial System Victor Ramirez is actively involved in an ambitious reform agenda for the financial system, including a consolidated supervision law and a new credit card law. The slow pace of financial laws in the [...] | 2009-07-22 19:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN ES |
09SANSALVADOR702 | BUS SUBSIDY EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER 18 MONTHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of El Salvador (GOES) reached an agreement with public transportation representatives on a restructured bus subsidy following two months of negotiations. The new agreement extends the subsidy program for 18 months, reduces the monthly payment, and secures a guara [...] | 2009-07-28 18:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EFIN PGOV ES |
09SANSALVADOR811 | IMF LIKELY TO ASSIST EL SALVADOR WITH NEW STAND-BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador is likely to receive a new Stand-By Arrangement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),according to a visiting IMF assessment team. The IMF also expects to issue letters supporting the release of $300 million in Inter-American Development Bank loans and the issu [...] | 2009-08-27 21:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON IMF ES |
09SANSALVADOR887 | EL SALVADOR TO ISSUE $800 MILLION IN EUROBONDS IN OCTOBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) announced plans to sell $800 million in Eurobonds in the international market in October. Proceeds from the Eurobonds will be used to improve the liquidity of public finances and provide funding for new social programs. While a new bond off [...] | 2009-09-22 15:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ES |
09SANSALVADOR906 | EL SALVADOR ANNOUNCES NEW $800 MILLION PRECAUTIONARY FUND [...] SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced September 24 a preliminary agreement for a new, three-year $800 million Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The GOES intends to treat the SBA as a precautionary credit line to strengthen overall fiscal a [...] | 2009-09-25 21:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PGOV IMF ES |
09SANSALVADOR987 | EL SALVADOR'S NATIONAL STATISTICS SYSTEM UNDER REVISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Director of El Salvador's statistics and census bureau (DIGESTYC) detailed past government interference in government statistics and the major changes the Funes Administration is considering for El Salvador's National Statistics System. First, the GOES is investigating ways [...] | 2009-10-16 17:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES |
09SANTIAGO1 | Fifth Annual Meeting of U.S. - Chile Free Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fifth annual U.S.-Chile Free Trade Commission (FTC) met December 12 in Santiago, Chile. The FTC discussed: 1) the effects of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on trade and investment between the two countries, 2) the FTA institutional framework, 3) FTA implementati [...] | 2009-01-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI |
09SANTIAGO1002 | Santiago Oct. 22 Media Report [...] The National Teachers Association will go on an indefinite national strike tomorrow that will affect public schools. Teachers claim the government owes them a special bonus to pay for the paychecks and jobs lost when the administration of public schools was moved from the Ministry o [...] | 2009-10-22 18:18:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1014 | Santiago Oct. 23 Media Report [...] Public school teachers began an indefinite strike today. In this context, the government instructed schools to remain open and deliver lunches, the Ministry of Education said it would deduct from teacher's paychecks those days they are on strike, and mayors said they would request l [...] | 2009-10-23 17:41:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1016 | Santiago Oct. 26 Media Report [...] The public school teachers' strike forced the government to postpone the national assessment test for fourth and eighth graders (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/24). U.S. Related News ---------------------- 2. Brazilian daily "O Globo" said yesterday that Pr [...] | 2009-10-26 20:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1018 | Santiago Oct. 27 Media Report [...] After three months of negotiation, the Ministers of the Environment and Finance signed an agreement with the heads of the political alliances in Congress to speed up the project that creates a ministry and regulatory agency for the environment. Senator Pablo Longueira (USI) labeled t [...] | 2009-10-27 19:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1028 | Santiago Oct. 30 Media Report [...] The Ministry of Education warned public teachers who are on strike that it could be forced to extend classes until December 29 to complete the days required for any given academic year (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 10/30). Chile-U.S. 2. President Obama invi [...] | 2009-10-30 20:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1034 | Santiago Nov. 2 Media Report [...] Undersecretary of the Interior Patricio Rosende denounced the use of children as shields in illegal land occupations and demonstrations by Mapuche indigenous communities. Video material confirming his remarks was shown to the Senate's Constitutional Committee last week (Conservative, [...] | 2009-11-02 20:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1044 | Santiago, November 3 Media Report [...] Public Teachers' strike puts at risk completion of school year in 530 schools (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 11/3) Chile-U.S 2. In his visit to Iquique, U.S. Ambassador to Chile Paul Simons placed a courtesy call on Acting Mayor Maria Angelica Vega. At the m [...] | 2009-11-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1058 | Santiago Nov. 4 Media Report [...] An explosive device detonated at the Marriott Hotel's parking lot on Ave. Kennedy at 1:57 p.m. yesterday. The device was left in the hotel's bathroom but was taken outside by a hotel guard. One guard was injured and five other people suffered hearing trauma. No organization has c [...] | 2009-11-04 17:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1062 | Santiago Nov. 5 Media Report [...] The director of the Foreign Ministry's International Economic Relations Bureau, Carlos Furche, will file next Tuesday with the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Administrator a complaint on behalf of local wood producers over the tax exemptions that U.S. cellulose producers will start rece [...] | 2009-11-05 19:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1064 | Santiago Nov. 6 Media Report [...] Extensive coverage of the rampage at Fort Hood that left 12 dead (All dailies, 11/6). U.S.-Related News 2. Republican Senator Jim DeMint said he would lift the block on Arturo Valenzuela and Tom Shannon's nominations now that the Obama administration had ag [...] | 2009-11-06 19:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO107 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 4 [...] Dailies highlight that former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is free on bail in the Mirage aircraft case. Dailies also highlight the death of an 18-year-old woman who presumably fell off the balcony of a ninth-floor apartment owned by a promising young soccer player during an early mo [...] | 2009-02-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1070 | Santiago Nov. 9 Media Report [...] The national scholastic test for fourth graders shows that only 24% have the level of language skills required for that grade. The test also confirms that the gap that exists between private and public education remains unchanged; only 12% of low-income school students achieved adva [...] | 2009-11-09 20:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1074 | CHILE: MONTHLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER [...] SUMMARY: Despite recent positive signs, Chile's economy is still working through the negative effects of its recession. Economic activity contracted again in August and September. The unemployment rate in Chile decreased to 10.2% for the first time after nine increases in a row. Although in [...] | 2009-11-10 19:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1076 | Santiago Nov. 10 Media Report [...] Television station Channel 13 aired its presidential debate last night. Unlike previous ones, this debate allowed the candidates to challenge each other and to respond. This brought to the forefront the most sensitive issues in this campaign. 2. Sebastian Pinera a [...] | 2009-11-10 20:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1080 | Santiago Nov. 12 Media Report [...] Centro de Estudios Publicos poll for the presidential election: Sebastian Pinera 36 percent, Eduardo Frei 26, Marco Enriquez Ominami 19, and Jorge Arrate 5 percent (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/12). U.S.-Related News 2. Arturo Valenzuela was sworn in yest [...] | 2009-11-12 20:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1088 | Santiago Nov. 13 Media Report [...] Today is the beginning of the electoral propaganda period for the December 13 presidential and parliamentary election (All dailies 11/13). U.S.-Related News 2. With a notification to Congress, the USG authorized the sale of 100 AMRAAM missiles to Chile. With the autho [...] | 2009-11-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO109 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 6 [...] Dailies highlighted figures released by the Central Banks that economic growth for the last quarter of 2008 amounted to 1.1% of GDP, the lowest in six years. Coverage included another case of a falsely-identified disappearance victim from the Military government era. U.S.-Related News --- [...] | 2009-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO11 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 3-5 [...] Dailies highlighted OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's final decision not to run for the presidency of Chile; Israel's offensive in the Palestinian territories; and the case of relatives of detained and disappeared people who erroneously received increased government pension payments [...] | 2009-01-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1102 | Santiago Nov. 16 Media Report [...] Headline: "Bachelet and Obama Push Transpacific Trade" Sub-headline: U.S. President supports initiative to expand (commercial) trade in the Pacific Rim. If there was one topic that President Bachelet highlighted at APEC it was President Obama's support for developing a transpacific agreeme [...] | 2009-11-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1108 | Santiago Nov. 18 Media Report [...] President Bachelet said that Alan Garcia's remarks over the alleged espionage case are "offensive and bombastic and do not contribute at all to the integration and cooperation that should exist among neighbor countries" (El Mercurio, 11/18). Chile-Peru 2. In answ [...] | 2009-11-18 18:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO111 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 6, copper prices showed a steady rise, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Inflation fell to [...] | 2009-02-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO1114 | STAFFDEL MEACHAM - CHILE'S ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham traveled to Chile October 26-28 to review the state of the economy, the history of Chile's development, and the work of international financial institutions (IFIs) in country. The Chilean economy suffered a rece [...] | 2009-11-18 20:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL OVIP CI |
09SANTIAGO1116 | Santiago Nov. 19 Media Report [...] The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate expressed their support to President Bachelet in the impasse with Peru and expressed concern over Lima's "communications offensive to portray Chile as an aggressive and bellicose country" (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 11/ [...] | 2009-11-19 19:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1120 | Santiago Nov. 20 Media Report [...] The Chilean Ministry began reviewing the dossier delivered by Peru on the alleged espionage case and said it would answer to Lima's verbal note of protest next week. Peru is assessing whether to recall its ambassador, which is a step prior to suspending diplomatic relations (Conserva [...] | 2009-11-20 19:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1128 | Santiago Nov. 21-23 Media Report [...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said that the government of Peru was not responsible for leaking the information to the press about the alleged espionage. He added that his government does not agree with reviewing the FTA with Chile over this incident as proposed by [...] | 2009-11-23 19:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1132 | U.S. Support for Chile's OECD Accession [...] (U) Summary. Chile is ideally qualified to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as its first South American member. U.S. support for Chile's accession this December will recognize Chile's remarkable economic, social, and political achievements over the past [...] | 2009-11-23 21:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD EFIN ECIN KIPR PREL PGOV AORC CI |
09SANTIAGO1136 | Santiago Nov. 24 Media Report [...] The dollar exchange rate dropped to 492 pesos, the lowest in the last 16 months. Meanwhile, copper reached a new record of 3.15????, the highest since September 2008 (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/24). 2. U.S.-Related News 2. In his debut before the OAS Permanent Co [...] | 2009-11-24 19:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1142 | Santiago Nov. 25 Media Report [...] Chile provided an answer yesterday to Peru's diplomatic note on the alleged espionage case (All dailies, 11/25). Chile-Peru 2. Chile handed Peru yesterday a diplomatic note responding to Lima's note over allegations of espionage. In its note, Chile objects to the tone of Pe [...] | 2009-11-25 16:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1154 | Santiago Nov. 30 Media Report [...] Just two weeks after the Fulbright commission questioned the method used by "Becas Chile" to issue scholarships, the German Academic Exchange Service has asked the Chilean organization to change its application system (Conservative, independent La Tercera 11/29). 2. The U.S [...] | 2009-11-30 19:50:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO116 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 7-9 [...] Dailies had extensive coverage of Bachelet's trip to Cuba, of a possible meeting with Fidel Castro, and the disappointment of Cuban dissident organizations with whom the President will not meet. Dailies also reported on the demonstrations of the people of Chaiten in opposition to the governmen [...] | 2009-02-09 19:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1162 | Santiago Dec 2 Media Report [...] All Santiago major news dailies covered President Obama's announcement on Afghanistan. While both conservative, influential El Mercurio and conservative, independent La Tercera ran front-page headlines on the announcement, El Mercurio headline highlighted the withdrawal of troops starting [...] | 2009-12-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1164 | CHILE STILL CONSIDERING PROPOSAL FOR INCREASING TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 18:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD WTRO CI |
09SANTIAGO1174 | Santiago Dec. 3-4 Media Report [...] A Gallup poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries shows that in Chile 72% of those polled have a positive image of President Obama and 59% approve of the U.S. government. This is 30% higher than the same poll in 2008 when George W. Bush was in office. The positive perception of the US [...] | 2009-12-04 18:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO118 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 10 [...] La Moneda spokesman Francisco Vidal criticized the banking sector for conducting massive layoffs and urged the private sector to do its share in helping lower the effects of the financial crisis. Vidal also urged the Central Bank to lower interest rates. Dailies continued to report on the dema [...] | 2009-02-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1190 | Santiago Dec. 7 Media Report [...] President Bachelet will meet with Governor Pawlenty next week in Santiago. Pawlenty is "the most probable Republican contender against Obama in 2012" (Conservative, afternoon daily La Segunda, 12/4). 2. Interview with Mary Wilson, president of the League of Women Voters entit [...] | 2009-12-07 19:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1194 | Santiago Dec. 9 Media Report [...] Governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty will meet with President Michelle Bachelet, Minister of Energy Marcelo Tokman, and Santiago Mayor Pablo Zalaquett on Thursday. Governor Pawlenty is heading a trade delegation of 30 businessmen and government officials. (Diario Financiero 12/7) Hond [...] | 2009-12-09 20:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO12 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6 [...] Dailies highlighted President Michelle Bachelet's announcement of a USD 4 billion program to reactivate the economy; and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's official statement declining to run for the presidency of Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. OAS Secretary [...] | 2009-01-06 18:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1204 | Santiago Dec. 10 Media Report [...] President Bachelet will celebrate the International Human Rights Day today with a visit to Talagante, the location where the first victims of the military regime were found in 1978. Bachelet and presidential candidate Eduardo Frei have been highlighting human rights in the final portion o [...] | 2009-12-10 20:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1206 | Santiago Dec. 11 Media Report [...] All presidential campaigns concluded last night with rallies in different parts of the city (All dailies, 12/11). U.S. and Latin America 2. The United States is fully aware of the "distancing" from Venezuela, but wants to establish a "positive" and "constructive" dialogue with [...] | 2009-12-11 19:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1210 | Santiago Dec. 12-14 Media Report [...] Results of Sunday's presidential election: Right-wing Sebastian Pinera 44.03%; center-left ruling coalition candidate Eduardo Frei 29.62%; independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami 20.12%, and Socialist Party candidate Jorge Arrate 6.21%. This means that Pinera and Frei will go to a runoff on Janu [...] | 2009-12-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1216 | Santiago Dec. 15 Media Report [...] Minister Carolina Toha, the government's spokesperson, resigned yesterday to head Eduardo Frei's campaign for the January runoff election (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/15). U.S.-Related News 2. Excerpts of an interview with U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons: "One of Presi [...] | 2009-12-15 20:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1224 | Santiago Dec. 16 Media Report [...] The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) officially invited Chile to join (All dailies, 12/16). OECD 2. After over two years of work and six million Euros spent on missions and reports, the Bachelet administration achieved one of its major goals: Chile [...] | 2009-12-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1226 | Santiago Dec. 17 Media Report [...] Paul Fontaine, chief economist of independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami, joined Sebastian Pinera's campaign team. Cristian Larroulet, of Pinera's Economic Council, underscored similarities with Enriquez-Ominami's economic program, adding that some of those proposals cou [...] | 2009-12-17 18:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1238 | Santiago Dec. 18 Media Report [...] "Why didn't the FBI detect mustard gas in 2005, when Justice Madrid claims there are (traces of it)?" At the end of 2004, the judge investigating the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva, Alejandro Madrid, requested the FBI's assistance to confirm if the exhumed remains belong [...] | 2009-12-18 19:54:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1246 | Santiago Dec. 22 Media Report [...] The results o the National College Admissions Tests confirm once again the gap that exists between private and public schools (Conservative, afternoon La Tercera, 12/22). U.S.-Related News 2. Forensic expert Laura Borgel, owner of the Servitox laboratory, explained how it was t [...] | 2009-12-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1250 | Santiago Dec. 24 media report [...] Christmas sales are up 10% compared to 2008 and reached levels prior to the fall of Lehman Brothers, according to the National Chamber of Commerce (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/24). Former President Frei's Death 2. The Supreme Court's second Room has asked to see t [...] | 2009-12-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1254 | Media Report December 25-28, 2009 [...] The FBI's report has gained unexpected prominence in the probe on the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva. While the plaintiffs lack its validity, the defendants cite it as a proof to delegitimize the thesis about his poisoning. The confusion rests on the confidentiality with w [...] | 2009-12-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1256 | Media Report December 29 [...] For the first time in 13 years, the workers at Chile's state-owned copper mine Chuquicamata voted to go on strike and rejected a final wage and benefit offer. Work stoppage will start on December 31. (12/29) Chile-U.S. 2. Chile's Foreign Ministry released its pub [...] | 2009-12-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1262 | Media Report December 30 [...] Chile's state-owned copper mine Codelco dismissed raising its final wage and benefit offer to avoid a workers' strike in Chuquicamata. The company is activating a contingency plan to face the work stoppage that will start on January 4. Arms Race 2. Minister of De [...] | 2009-12-30 13:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO1268 | Media Report December 31 December [...] The presidents of political parties PPD (Parties for Democracy) and PRSD (Radical Social Democratic Party) -both prominent members in the Concertacion government coalition-resigned their posts, triggering a controversy and division within the coalition. U.S.-Terrorist Threat [...] | 2009-12-31 13:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO127 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 11 [...] Dailies highlighted that President Bachelet now has a scheduled meeting with Fidel Castro on Friday. Front page news included President Obama's rescue package, noting "disappointment" in the plan triggered a drop in stock markets worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In inter [...] | 2009-02-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO13 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6 [...] Dailies highlighted the December inflation rate of minus 1.2%, and the total 7.1% attained in Chile during 2008; the Paris-Dakar automobile race that this year is taking place in Argentina and Chile; and the Israeli military attacks in Gaza. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. W [...] | 2009-01-07 17:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO131 | FUNDING CABLE TO COVER TRAVEL COSTS FOR U.S. FUNDED [...] Post received funds $16,000 for appropriation 70X0540 allottment 193309BCSSVJ602 to cover logistics for the Bulk Cash Smuggling Seminar held in Manila from December 3 to 5, 2008. Participants were not able to travel. Closure of the program indicates that Post has the remaining balance of $16,0 [...] | 2009-02-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ABUD EFIN SNAR ID |
09SANTIAGO132 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 12 [...] Dailies report that the Central Bank is likely to lower the interest rates today. Other front-page news highlighted the U.S. dollar exchange rate, which dropped below 600 pesos for the first time since late last year. Dailies also ran front-page photographs of Bachelet with Cuban President R [...] | 2009-02-12 16:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO135 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 13 [...] Front-page news highlighted the Central Bank's decision to lower the interest rate to 4.75% (lowest in three years) and President Bachelet's meeting with Fidel Castro yesterday afternoon. Dailies also reported that private clinics failed to notify the central health authority of 104 HIV/AIDs [...] | 2009-02-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO138 | CHILE'S COMPETING ECOMOMIC VISIONS: A POSSIBLE PREVIEW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chile 21 Foundation (a think tank affiliated with Chile's Socialist party) organized a seminar late last month to discuss the current global economic situation and its impact on Chile. Minister of Finance Andres Velasco reviewed the GOC's economic policy designed to combat [...] | 2009-02-17 19:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO141 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 14-17 [...] Chilean dailies ran extensive coverage of reactions to Fidel Castro's column published after he met with President Bachelet, in which he endorsed Bolivia's maritime demand for access to the sea. Front-page news also highlighted a helicopter crash that killed 12 fire fighters who were being tra [...] | 2009-02-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CU CI |
09SANTIAGO142 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 18 [...] Stock markets worldwide fall due to doubts in the effectiveness of the bailout plan for the automobile industry in the United States. Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter accidentally fell into a swimming pool yesterday, and is on an induced comma to prevent further neurolo [...] | 2009-02-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO145 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 19 [...] Chile and Bolivia scheduled a meeting of Foreign Affairs officials to lower the tension over the impasse created by Fidel Castro's endorsement of Bolivia's sea access claim and Evo Morales' subsequent remarks that he would like the international community to become involved. Dailies also repo [...] | 2009-02-19 15:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO149 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 20 [...] The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile erupted again yesterday. The town was evacuated, except for several individuals who have refused to leave. Dailies also report that after a meeting with his Chilean counterpart in Santiago, the Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary of Bolivia said his country [...] | 2009-02-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO160 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 23 [...] Volcanologists warn that the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile could collapse, burying the town of Chaiten under ashes, volcanic material, and mud slides. The Minister of Interior underscores that that it is not possible at this stage to rebuild Chaiten and local government authorities starte [...] | 2009-02-23 17:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO161 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 20, copper prices slid backward as copper production fell, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed lower. [...] | 2009-02-23 19:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO164 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 24 [...] Dailies highlighted an investigation in Uruguay that revealed an Argentine agent, Ivan Velazquez, had hacked into e-mails of at least eight Chilean government officials in 2007, including that of former Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet. The GOC has asked Uruguay for additional information. Ano [...] | 2009-02-24 18:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO170 | DAS MCMULLEN MEETS WITH ECONOMIC, ENERGY, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DAS Christopher McMullen met with officials at the Ministry of Finance, the National Energy Commission, business leaders, and the Central Bank Governor during his visit to Chile February 12-13. Senior Finance Ministry staff told DAS McMullen that Chile's process to accede to th [...] | 2009-02-25 18:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENVR ENRG EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO174 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 25 [...] A U.S. Federal court sentenced Chilean Felipe Moreno to 25 years in prison on charges of terrorism in connection to arms deals carried out by Monzer al Kassar. Dailies also reported on remarks by the FED President that the recession will end in 2009 and the economy will recover in 2010 if the [...] | 2009-02-25 20:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO176 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 26 [...] Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter has come out of an induced coma and is interacting normally with her parents. Dailies also report the government's announcement to rebuild the town of Chaiten 12 kilometers from the volcano. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. T [...] | 2009-02-26 16:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO178 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 27 [...] Two Chilean students were murdered and three others injured in a shooting spree by an emotionally disturbed man in Florida. Dailies also report on the GOC's reaction to the Department of State human rights report. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two students from Chile in the Uni [...] | 2009-02-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO187 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 2 [...] Weekend dailies ran extensive coverage on the murder of two Chilean students in Florida last week. Dailies also highlighted that the two-year old daughter of Finance Minister has no apparent neurological damage and was discharged from the hospital. Human Rights Report ------------------- [...] | 2009-03-02 19:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO191 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 3 [...] Dow Jones industrial average dropped to its lowest level in twelve years, affecting stock markets worldwide. Chile's Central Bank anticipates lowering interest rate for a third consecutive time. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs [...] | 2009-03-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO200 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 4 [...] The opposition in Peru claims the FTA signed by that country and Chile is unconstitutional because it was not approved by Congress. Several Deans criticize private universities that issue law degrees after just three years. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with the Chairm [...] | 2009-03-04 18:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO207 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 5 [...] Former government official Patricio Rojas testified in the framework of a long-lasting investigation regarding the autopsy of former President Frei (father of the current candidate) in 1982. The recent stabbing of a teacher by a student has prompted reports on violence against teachers. U.S [...] | 2009-03-05 18:10:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO213 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 6 [...] The government is open to implementing yet another economic reactivation plan given the most recent economic statistics, which show the lowest growth rates in the last ten years. Adimark survey shows a 58% rate of approval for President Bachelet, the highest since 2006. U.S.-Related News [...] | 2009-03-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO217 | CHILE: BIWEEKLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. President Bachelet said publicly that Chile's economic growth will slow in 2009, but remain positive. Chile's economy contracted by 1.4%. The unemploymen [...] | 2009-03-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO22 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 8-9 [...] Dailies highlighted the Central Bank's announcement of a historic interest rate reduction from 8.25% to 7.25%; the reprimand issued by the Senate Ethics Commission on PPD Senator Guido Girardi for his misconduct in a case involving a highway patrol officer; and the gathering of President Bush a [...] | 2009-01-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO220 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 9 [...] One major Santiago daily reported that the Vice President Biden plans to attend the Progressive Leaders' summit in Chile, March 27-28. Consumer habits in Chile have changed drastically in view of the economic crisis. Lowering the consumer tax (IVA) is among the proposals in the government's [...] | 2009-03-09 19:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO227 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 10 [...] The government is requesting Congress approve US$1.47 billion to finance Santiago's public transportation system through 2014. The Central Bank's economic growth estimates for 2009 dropped to 0.2%, down from 2-3% estimates. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial "Poisoned Grape [...] | 2009-03-10 18:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO23 | CHILE'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5, President Bachelet announced a $4 billion economic stimulus plan designed to create 100,000 jobs and maintain a GDP growth rate of 2-3% in 2009. The plan calls for increased public infrastructure spending, temporary tax cuts for businesses, direct payments to low- [...] | 2009-01-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO233 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 11 [...] Following yesterday's global market gains, Chile's stock market registered its most significant rise in the last five months. Dailies also report that according to a University of Lima survey, 59% of Peruvians approve of the free trade agreement between Peru and Chile. U.S.-Related News -- [...] | 2009-03-11 19:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO241 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 12 [...] All dailies reported on UDI Senator Jovino Novoa's election as Senate President. Dailies also report that the government's announcement to hand out 15,000 computers to municipal schools triggered accusation of "electoral intervention" by the opposition alliance. U.S.-Related News -------- [...] | 2009-03-12 19:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO245 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 13 [...] Late morning on-line dailies report that La Moneda confirmed Vice President Joe Biden's participation at the Progressive Governance Summit, March 27-28 in Chile. Dailies also ran extensive coverage on Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's departure and the subsequent cabinet shuffle. Dailies al [...] | 2009-03-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO248 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 16 [...] Dailies highlighted that Wall Street is beginning to show signs of economic recovery. Dailies also reported on the plebiscite held in the Municipality of Vitacura to vote on the community's urban development projects. This is the first ever such plebiscite held in Chile. U.S.-Related News [...] | 2009-03-16 20:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO253 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17 [...] Concerns have been raised over the appointment of a non-elected PPD official to fill the Chamber of Deputy seat vacated by Congresswoman Toha, who joined the Bachelet cabinet as press spokesperson. This has triggered debate about the replacement process and calls for it to be reviewed. Daili [...] | 2009-03-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO255 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 18 [...] All dailies report on President Bachelet's trip to India and announcements that negotiations are underway for the signature of a Chile-India FTA. Dailies also reported on the increase in the construction of homes in the United States, which has "injected optimism" into global markets. U.S.- [...] | 2009-03-18 17:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO262 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 19 [...] Dailies highlighted that Chile has 90 days to rebut Peru's claim at the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding their maritime borders. Dailies also noted that on April 20, twenty state companies will publish the salaries of their CEOs, complying with a law on access to public i [...] | 2009-03-19 17:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO272 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20 [...] As anticipated, Peru filed with the International Court of The Hague a claim to change maritime and land borders with Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Tercera published a letter to the editor by acting Minister of Interior Patricio Rosende, saying the daily had misquoted h [...] | 2009-03-20 21:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO276 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20 [...] The opposition alliance is pressuring Bachelet to meet with presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera to discuss Peru's maritime claim with The Hague. Lima made the content of its claim public. Progressive Governance Summit ----------------------------- 2. Interview with U.S. Ambassador Pa [...] | 2009-03-23 19:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO279 | CHILE LOOKS TOWARD SUMMIT WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Chilean officials see President Obama's participation in the Summit of the Americas as a critical chance for the president to signal his re-engagement with Latin America, a region that feels jettisoned by conflicts and emerging powers in other regions. The financial crisis and [...] | 2009-03-23 20:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KSUM PGOV ETRD ECON XL XM XS |
09SANTIAGO281 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 24 [...] Stock markets worldwide reacted positively to President Obama's new financial plan. Dailies also reported on the seizure of more than a ton of the chemical ephedrine in an operation to dismantle a narcotics operation tied to Mexico. Chile's Rating Upgraded ----------------------- 2. Moo [...] | 2009-03-24 17:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO297 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 31 [...] There was extensive coverage on the scandal caused by the revelation that Chile's most prominent pharmacy chains Ahumada, Salcobrand, and Cruz Verde, colluded to hike prices on more than 200 products since 2005. The National Economic Attorneys' Office is investigating the alleged collusion. [...] | 2009-03-31 18:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO299 | MEDIA REPORT: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN CHILE [...] Summary: Vice President Biden's participation at the March 27-28 Progressive Governance Summit in Vina del Mar and his bilateral with President Bachelet in Santiago produced extremely positive media coverage in Chile. Articles and TV news highlighted Biden's stature as the "second man in the [...] | 2009-03-31 19:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO30 | CHILE: RECENT ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between December 22, 2008, and January 9, 2009, copper prices recovered from their lows in early December 2008, the Peso rose modestly against the Dollar, a [...] | 2009-01-12 10:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO306 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 1 [...] The national unemployment rate for the December-February period reached 8.5 percent, which is 1.2 percent higher than in 2008. Chile plays Uruguay this evening and could qualify for the 2010 World Soccer Cup if it wins. U.S.-Related Articles --------------------- 2. Minister Counselor Ca [...] | 2009-04-01 21:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO313 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 2 [...] Chile tied 0-0 with Uruguay yesterday in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Soccer Cup. Dailies continue to report extensively on the status of the collusion investigation of pharmacy chains that allegedly hiked prices beginning in 2005. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editoria [...] | 2009-04-02 20:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO316 | GOC LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO STIMULATE CREDIT [...] SUMMARY: On March 29, the GOC announced a new "Pro-Credit Initiative" designed to stimulate bank and non-bank credit by generating an extra US$3.6 billion in private loans. The Initiative comes in the face of worsening unemployment and industrial output and places an emphasis on increasing co [...] | 2009-04-03 22:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO321 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 3 [...] Dailies noted the G-20 Summit agreement produced "euphoria" in global stock markets. Other stories highlighted that large agricultural producers in southern Chile are concerned with the appearance of bands of thieves in the region. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy [...] | 2009-04-03 22:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO326 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 6 [...] The death of an 11-year old boy who was waiting for a heart transplant has brought to the forefront the problems with organ donations and transplants in Chile. The Llaima volcano has become active again and the Region of Araucania is on red alert. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. [...] | 2009-04-06 21:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO328 | POST REPORT ON CHILE'S REGIONAL CONCEPCION TV CO-OP: [...] Summary: A team from Chile's TV network "Canal 9 Regional" in Concepcion spent two weeks in the United States learning about the importance of climate change, it effects on people's lives, and the growing demand for renewable energies. The team met with government officers, NGOs, utility com [...] | 2009-04-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ENRG ENVR PGOV ECON EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO330 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 7 [...] Economic activity in February declined 3.9%, the worst drop since 1999. The Llaima volcano continues to spew ashes and lava. One-hundred people have been evacuated from the surrounding areas. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. U.S. Royal Gold will buy the Andacollo gold mine in the [...] | 2009-04-07 20:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO333 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 8 [...] Opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera is setting up a blind trust to administer the holdings he has in several companies. All dailies report on the 25-year sentencing of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "Obama di [...] | 2009-04-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO334 | ECONOMY MINISTER LAVADOS DISCUSSES AMERICAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Economy Minister Hugo Lavados, the Ambassador praised Chile's ongoing preparations to host the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) in late September and discussed continuing IPR concerns. Minister Lavados indicated he very much wants Commerce Secretary Locke [...] | 2009-04-08 20:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO337 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 10 [...] The Central Bank's consistent decrease of interest rates since January has significantly lowered the costs of mortgage loans and increased real estate sales by up to 50 percent. U.S. - Related News ------------------- 2. Foreign Affairs Minister Mariano Fernandez has requested to meet wi [...] | 2009-04-09 17:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO34 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 10-12 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detection of a new corruption network operating within Chilean courts; information identifying 10 Chileans with FARC ties provided by Colombia; and the Paris-Dakar automobile rally that is taking place in Argentina and Chile this year. U.S.-Related News ---- [...] | 2009-01-12 17:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO342 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 13 [...] Final figures are not yet in, but Holy Week holiday is expected to leave close to US$200 million in profits for the tourism industry. Market analysts say that Chile's forestry and retailing sectors are most vulnerable to the economic crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editor [...] | 2009-04-13 21:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO344 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 14 [...] As part of an agreement with the Economic Prosecutor's Office, pharmacy chain FASA will be fined US$1 million for collusion with other pharmaceutical chains to hike prices. The agreement excludes FASA from further charges. Dailies also highlighted that the Health Ministry traced the recent o [...] | 2009-04-14 18:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO353 | CHILE WILL VOTE NO OR ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 20:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL CI KV |
09SANTIAGO354 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 15 [...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera, who sought to console the family of a 16-year old girl who died from a gunshot wound, was told to leave a wake by the girl's relatives; they accused the candidate of using the event for political gain. Dailies also reported Congressmen contend the US$1 [...] | 2009-04-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO361 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 16 [...] An elder woman died from bacteria a few days after the Health Ministry warned of an outbreak in Santiago. Dailies also reported on yet another corruption scandal involving Investigations Police (PDI); former PDI official denounced the presence of official cars outside a well-known and expensiv [...] | 2009-04-16 21:09:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO364 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 17 [...] FASA pharmacy chain announced it would compensate consumers who bought any of the 220 products listed in the collusion suit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Moneda views President Obama's meeting with UNASUR tomorrow as a validation of the bloc. However, it is concerned with th [...] | 2009-04-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO368 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 6-APRIL 17 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy. Economic activity fell for the second straight month, contracting by 3.9%. The unemployment rate increased for the third time in a row to 8.5%. Annual inflation fell to 5%, despite a small increase in Mar [...] | 2009-04-20 12:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO377 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21 [...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...] | 2009-04-21 19:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO378 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21 [...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...] | 2009-04-21 19:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO383 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 22 [...] Information revealed under the new Transparency Law has ignited debate on how the government spends it funds. The information also revealed the practice among some agencies of hiring more contract workers than salaried employees, which is in violation of the law. U.S.-Related News -------- [...] | 2009-04-22 19:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO385 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Per reftel, Embassy Santiago's Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer is: Patrick Fischer, EPOL Officer, x3394, FischerPJ@state.gov, FischerPJ@state.sgov.gov URBAN [...] | 2009-04-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CI |
09SANTIAGO390 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 23 [...] The IDB has frozen loans to Chile until the government reimburses the bank for a loan issued to finance the public transportation system, Transantiago. Dailies also reported that the new Transparency Law revealed that the government issued -- without a bidding process -- half a million dollar [...] | 2009-04-23 18:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO393 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 24 [...] Unemployment figures in the Metropolitan Region reached a record high of 12.8% in March. Peak unemployment is expected between June and August during Chile's winter months. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chile's Wood Corporation (CORMA),which encompasses about 200 private forest [...] | 2009-04-24 16:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PTER ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO398 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 27 [...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera placed all his assets into a blind trust, with the exception of television station Chilevision. Pinera did, however, resign from the TV station's board of directors. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. President Bachelet invited Governor Arnold [...] | 2009-04-27 21:09:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO401 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 28 [...] Chile's Health Ministry has implemented nationwide measures, equivalent to the World Health Organization's (WHO) level 4 alert, to identify and contain any outbreak of swine flu in the country. Thus far, suspicious cases have all tested negative. Dailies also reported extensively on the impact [...] | 2009-04-28 20:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO409 | TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS FROM SANTIAGO, CHILE [...] SUMMARY: Following are two PAS Santiago proposals for TV CO-OPs during FY 2010. In priority order the topics are: (a) renewable energy: the generation of fuels from forest residual, such as sawdust, tree trunks, and other organic materials; and (b) volcanic eruptions and natural disasters. [...] | 2009-04-29 18:09:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ENRG ENVR PGOV ECON EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO410 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 29 [...] Chile has no confirmed cases of swine flu. Dailies also report that Chile's Air Force bought 18 F16s from Holland, making Chile's fleet the largest in Latin America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The President of industrial holding COPEC, Roberto Angelini, commented on the subsi [...] | 2009-04-29 20:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO414 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 30 [...] Peru has confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu in a woman who recently traveled to Mexico. Dailies also report that Ecuador has aligned with Chile concerning Peru's maritime border claim. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two weeks ago Foreign Affairs and Intellectual Property Institut [...] | 2009-04-30 19:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO422 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 4 [...] Colombia has confirmed a case of AH1N1 influenza, the first in South America. Chile has no cases of the disease and high risk groups have been vaccinated for seasonal influenza. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The USTR placed Chile on its Priority Watch List for lack of IPR prote [...] | 2009-05-04 21:37:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO425 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 5 [...] Polls show that PS Congressman Marco Enriquez-Ominami is just 14 points behind the Concertacion's presidential candidate Eduardo Frei. Dailies also report that a Mapuche organization has claimed responsibility for the arsonist attack on a building owned by the Association of Chilean Farmed Sa [...] | 2009-05-05 17:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO434 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 6 [...] The government will announce a package of measures to help lower unemployment that would include a solidarity fund and a subsidy for low-income non-working women. Dailies also report that there are signs of economic recovery, as Chile's monthly economic growth rate for March declined significa [...] | 2009-05-06 21:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO438 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 7 [...] The National Scholastic Test for fourth graders shows an overall increase in language skills, but not in math. Dailies continue to report on the decision of Senator Fernando Flores -- a former Allende government official and military regime political prisoner -- to join the campaign of right- [...] | 2009-05-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO442 | Chile Wants Free Trade Commission Meeting To Review Pulp [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's wood and pulp industry association (CORMA),one of the nation's leading export industries, is pressuring the GOC to address a tax credit received by U.S. pulp and paper companies for use of alternative fuels. In response, the GOC on April 29 sent a letter to USTR reques [...] | 2009-05-08 17:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI |
09SANTIAGO443 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 8 [...] The Saieh family holding bought 20% of the Ripley department store for an estimated US$170 million. The Saieh holding already owns a supermarket chain (Unimark) and six malls. The Central Bank lowered the interest rate to 1.25%. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Ambassador Simons s [...] | 2009-05-08 17:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO447 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 17 - MAY 8 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy. Economic activity fell for the fifth straight month, contracting by a less than expected 0.7%. The unemployment rate increased for the third period in a row to 9.2%. Annual inflation fell to 4.5%, resumi [...] | 2009-05-08 21:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO450 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 12 [...] Former cabinet member, Ambassador, and strong opponent to the military regime -- Claudio Huepe (DC party) -- died yesterday from a heart attack in Venezuela. U.S.-Related News ------------------- 2. PA release: Ambassador Paul Simons will attend the 50th anniversary commemoration of the [...] | 2009-05-12 18:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO452 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 11 [...] The National Scholastic Test (SIMCE) shows a significant gap between private and public school students, which increases largely during the sophomore year. Dailies also report that pharmacy chains will have to stock 255 generic products, making them available to the public at all times. U.S [...] | 2009-05-12 21:50:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO455 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 13 [...] Health authorities are facing criticism for decreeing only a "preventive smog alert" in Santiago when the levels of pollution recorded was "critical" in the community of Cerro Navia and "poor" in fou others. As in previous years, the poorest areas of the city had the worst levels of air pollu [...] | 2009-05-13 20:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO456 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 14 [...] The Central Bank projects an economic recession for 2009, with an estimated growth rate that ranges between -0.75 to 0.25%. Dailies also reported that all undersecretaries and 600 other high-ranking government offices will be drug tested regularly for use of illegal substances. Those who tes [...] | 2009-05-14 19:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO482 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 20 [...] Health authorities confirmed 16 cases of AH1N1, which makes Chile the leader in South America for the number of cases. Dailies also report that Prison Guards are on strike, confining themselves in the prisons and refusing to take prisoners to the courts for their hearings. The government is [...] | 2009-05-20 20:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO483 | CHILE: UNSC 1718 DESIGNATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EPoloff delivered Reftel information to Rodrigo Toledo at the Ministry of Foreign Affair's International Security Bureau and to Tamara Agnic at the Treasury Ministry. Post will report any substantive response regarding the information. SIMONS [...] | 2009-05-20 22:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN CI |
09SANTIAGO489 | CHILE: CENTRAL BANK CONFIRMS ECONOMY HIT HARDER THAN [...] SUMMARY: Chile's Central Bank announced it had sharply downgraded projections for economic growth in 2009, due to the stronger than expected impact of the international financial crisis. The Central Bank predicts GDP growth in 2009 will be between 0.25% and negative growth of -0.75%. In the [...] | 2009-05-22 18:18:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO491 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 22 [...] All dailies highlighted the annual May 21 Presidential address to the nation, which Bachelet gave at the Congress in Vina del Mar. Dailies also noted health authorities confirmed 29 AH1N1 cases in Chile, the most in South America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Captioned photograp [...] | 2009-05-22 20:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO492 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 26 [...] A 27-year old anarchist died when an explosive device in his backpack detonated. Dailies ran extensive coverage of the incident itself, the funeral, and the investigation opened by the police on the possible ties with terrorist organizations abroad. Dailies also report that Health Authorities [...] | 2009-05-26 19:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO495 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 27 [...] Health Authorities have confirmed 119 cases of AH1N1 nationwide, which ranks Chile number seven worldwide for the number of confirmations. Dailies also report the confession of a now-retired soldier who witnessed the assassination of singer Victor Jara in 1973 and who revealed the name of a l [...] | 2009-05-27 17:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO498 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 28 [...] Health Authorities have confirmed 168 cases of AH1N1 nationwide and has moved to a new strategy. The disease is showing a very fast pace of contagion and except for two cases, mild symptoms. Dailies also report that former UDI presidential candidate Joaquin Lavin traveled to Caracas to attend [...] | 2009-05-28 18:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO514 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 1 [...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 276 cases of AH1N1. Given the spread of the disease, the authorities are no longer screening at the airport and have instructed that now all cases of influenza as should be treated as if it were AH1N1. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chilea [...] | 2009-06-02 18:19:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO516 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2 [...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...] | 2009-06-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO517 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2 [...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...] | 2009-06-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO522 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 3 [...] A 37 year-old man suffering from heart problems died from the AH1N1[JLV1] virus. This makes Chile the first South American country to have a victim of the virus and the fifth worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The New York Times reports that President Obama has authorized [...] | 2009-06-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO523 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - REACTION TO OAS RESOLUTION ON CUBA -- [...] The OAS resolution on reincorporating Cuba received front-page coverage. The media also reported on Chile's 369 cases of AH1N1. Of the seven patients in serious condition, six are from Puerto Montt, in Chile's far south. The Ministry of Health sent a team of experts to determine why the viru [...] | 2009-06-04 22:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO53 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 16 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the death of a Hamas leader in Gaza, and the emergency water-landing of a U.S. Airways aircraft in New York's Hudson River. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Article on Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco's advisors in the United States. Taking into [...] | 2009-01-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO530 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 5 [...] Chile has a total of 393 cases of AH1N1 influenza; 53% of them are 5-14 year olds. Dailies continue to report on a TVN special report that denounced an array of bad practices among congressmen in the Chamber of Deputies, such as leaving immediately after arriving, voting for others, surfing t [...] | 2009-06-05 20:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO532 | CHILE WILL CONSIDER PROPOSAL FOR INCREASING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 22:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD CI |
09SANTIAGO533 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 8 - JUNE 5 [...] SUMMARY: Chile has officially entered a recession, as the Central Bank reported June 5 that economic activity fell for the sixth straight month. President Bachelet stated publicly that the news demonstrated the size of the challenge facing Chile. She clarified that it also demonstrated that [...] | 2009-06-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO537 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 8 [...] A 56-year old man died from AH1N1, marking Chile's second casualty. He suffered from an array of heart and respiratory conditions due to his obesity. Chile now leads South America for AH1N1-related deaths. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with Deputy Assistant Secretary [...] | 2009-06-08 20:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO54 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 13 [...] Chilean Dailies highlighted: 1) dramatic losses affecting the Chilean Private Social Security System (AFP) during 2008; 2) Chilean physicians outranking their foreign counterparts in a national exam; and 3) Paris-Dakar automobile rally taking place in Argentina and Chile. U.S.-Related News [...] | 2009-01-16 16:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO543 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 9 [...] President Hugo Chavez postponed an official visit to Chile in June. He rescheduled the event for July, coinciding with the next UNASUR summit. Dailies also report that Chile has 890 cases of AH1N1, 10 are considered to be in serious condition. Venezuela --------- 2. President Hugo Chav [...] | 2009-06-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO546 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 10 [...] Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1. Only 2 people have died from the virus, which is expected to reach its peak next week. While most have recovered (63%),less than 2% have needed hospitalization. Dailies report that health services are "collapsing" given the demands to address the AH [...] | 2009-06-10 18:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO547 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 11 [...] Chile is on the verge of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup (soccer) with its 4-0 victory over Bolivia in Santiago last night. Dailies also reported Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1, and an expert from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta arrived in Santiago to analyze the [...] | 2009-06-11 18:19:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO55 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 14 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the 41% drop in car sales in Chile last December; the participation of the Chairman of Chile's Production and Trade Confederation in the official delegation to Cuba; and the accidents and suspension of the last leg of the Dakar automobile Rally in Chile due to weath [...] | 2009-01-16 16:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO557 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 12 [...] The Health Ministry issued a decree as a result of the WHO's declaration of a pandemic, placing human influenza as the first priority in terms of resources, allocation of medical personnel and medications. Dailies also report that the Investigations Police suspended six of its detectives in [...] | 2009-06-12 17:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO558 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 15 [...] Chile has 2,335 confirmed cases of AH1N1, but only two deaths. The Health Ministry informed that it will stop the daily count of cases and will now issue reports only on Tuesdays and Fridays. President Bachelet signed the Health Emergency Decree that empowers the Ministry of Health special mea [...] | 2009-06-15 19:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO56 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 15 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted an audit on Chile's National Registry Service that revealed repeated mismanagement and embezzlement during former Director Guillermo Arenas' administration; Chile's Central Bank's predictions of a 2% to 3% economic growth in 2009; and the latest developments in the [...] | 2009-01-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO560 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 16 [...] Santiago dailies noted that the Government Coalition and the Communist Party (PC) signed an agreement to collaborate in the upcoming presidential campaign. Front pages also reported on President Michelle Bachelet's announcement to allocate approximately $34 million dollars to fully renovate th [...] | 2009-06-16 16:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO564 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 17 [...] Front-page headlines: The Central Bank lowered the benchmark interest rate to 0.75 percent; sources in the salmon industry estimate the Chilean salmon industry's bulky debt to be USD 4 billion dollars, which could open a new flank in the financial crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...] | 2009-06-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO570 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 18 [...] Front-page headlines: Chile's Investigative Police discharged two high-ranking officials for their involvement in a prostitution ring; the Chamber of Deputies is considering the dismissal of a legislator accused of mishandling funds assigned for office-space rental; President Obama launched the [...] | 2009-06-18 16:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO573 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 19 [...] A Center for Public Studies (CEP) poll showed a tie in a runoff between opposition, conservative candidate Sebastian Piera (41%) and the current government coalition's nominee Eduardo Frei (39%). U.S.-Related News ---------------- 2. Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Barack Obama's meeting i [...] | 2009-06-19 18:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO607 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 26 [...] The director of Chile's Investigations Police (PDI),Arturo Herrera, resigned yesterday amid a series of scandals involving PDI detectives since March. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "The President with Obama": President Obama gave Bachelet a warm welcome. We saw appr [...] | 2009-06-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO61 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 17-20 [...] Chilean dailies gave extensive coverage to inauguration preparations in Washington and President-elect Obama's activities. Newspapers also highlighted Israel's cease fire in Gaza and the arrest of Chile's Air Force (FACH) retired General Ramon Vega for allegedly receiving illegal payments duri [...] | 2009-01-21 11:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO614 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 1 [...] National unemployment rate was 10.2% for March-May, the highest for this period since 2004. Six of the fifteen regions have two-digit unemployment rates and highest is in the 15-24 age bracket (23.4%). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Chilean and U.S. government sources say that the bilateral m [...] | 2009-07-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO618 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 2 [...] The prosecutor's office has made public an array of e-mails which reveal that pharmaceutical chains not only colluded amongst themselves to hike prices of medical products, but also with pharmaceutical laboratories, who suggested on their part to raise "base" prices of an array of medications. [...] | 2009-07-02 21:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO62 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 21 [...] Chilean dailies prominently featured the Inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. All newspapers highlighted the event with front-page headlines, photos, and excerpts of the President's inaugural address. U.S. -Related News ------------------ 2. The front-page headlines read: "T [...] | 2009-01-21 16:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO623 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 6 [...] All dailies ran front-page stories on the latest development in Honduras, highlighting that demonstrations left at least two dead. Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Photo coverage of the July 4 reception at Ambassador Paul Simons' residence: "Hundreds of guests arrived at the residence for the r [...] | 2009-07-06 19:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO625 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 7 [...] The monthly Economic Activity Index, IMACEC, shows an economic contraction of 4.4% in May compared to the same period in 2008. Dailies also report there are 8,160 cases of AH1N1 in Chile, but only 22 deaths. A team of experts from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta will arrive [...] | 2009-07-07 15:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO629 | CHILE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 20:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KNNP KN CI |
09SANTIAGO632 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 8 [...] President BacheletQed a second dQree in a month related to AH1N1. The decree instructs clinics and hospitals to give priority to individuals with respiratory diseases and regulates the indiscriminate sale and distribution of antiviral medication. It also grants regional health officials the au [...] | 2009-07-08 18:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO639 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 9 [...] The Health Ministry has instructed public hospitals to postpone 5,000 surgeries so that the respective physicians and resources can be used to treat the high number of patients with respiratory emergencies related to the outbreak of AH1N1. Chile-U.S. Military Sales ------------------------- [...] | 2009-07-09 20:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO643 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 10 [...] The Central Bank lowered the interest rate from 0.75 to 0.5%, which will also lower the cost of consumer loans and mortgages. The bank will maintain this rate for at least six months. Chile-Russia Military --------------------- 2. Defense Minister Francis Vidal confirmed there have been t [...] | 2009-07-10 18:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO648 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JUNE 6 - JULY 10 [...] SUMMARY: Chile's economy contracted for the seventh straight month by 4.4%, the Central Bank reported July 3. The Finance Minister claimed Chile's economy has stabilized, but a noted economist associated with the opposition disagreed. The unemployment rate increased for the sixth period in [...] | 2009-07-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO652 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 13 [...] Secretary Hillary Clinton informed the Bachelet government that the United States would not support Jose Miguel Insulza's reelection to the OAS. The United States reiterated its position just before Bachelet's visit to Washington. Sources in Washington and of the GOC confirmed on Friday (7/1 [...] | 2009-07-13 20:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO656 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 14 [...] Several Investigations Police detectives under investigation for their participation in a children's prostitution network have been reincorporated into the force, igniting controversy. Chile-U.S. and Insulza ---------------------- 2. In answer to a request for an interview with Secretary C [...] | 2009-07-14 18:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO664 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 15 [...] The government and the opposition reached an agreement to provide US$3.4 billion to finance the public transportation system (Transantiago) in the capital city until 2014. Insulza and the OAS ------------------- 2. Conservative sectors in the region are lobbying to discredit OAS Secretary [...] | 2009-07-15 19:18:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO666 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 20:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EFIN ETRD CI |
09SANTIAGO680 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 20 [...] Last week President Bachelet said she was willing to "review" the possibility of extending her authority to pardon convicted individuals to military officers sentenced for human rights violation, setting off a controversy that she tried to conclude yesterday by saying that she had had "never co [...] | 2009-07-20 20:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO682 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 21 [...] The recent murder of a youth by a teenager promoted a group of congressmen to submit a draft bill that would extend the civil responsibility of individuals 16 years or younger to their parents (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/21). Honduras -------- 2. The d [...] | 2009-07-21 17:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO686 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 22 [...] Health authorities report that Chile has 11,293 cases of AH1N1, and only 68 deaths. The number of cases is beginning to decline in all regions, except two: Arica-Parinacota and Vaparaiso (La Nacion, 7/22). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Russian-American mathematician Boris Weisfeiler disappeare [...] | 2009-07-22 14:58:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO697 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 23 [...] Eduardo Frei's campaign advisors want National Television Network TVN to review anchorwoman Karen Doggenweiler's contract. The anchor, "a station symbol," is married to presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami and "can be influential," they argue. The station backed Doggenweiler: "Karen h [...] | 2009-07-23 19:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO707 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 24 [...] Unemployment in the Metropolitan Region is 11.9%, which is 0.9% lower than in March. This is the first drop since the end of 2008, and means that 30,800 people are no longer without a job (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/24). Survey ------- 2. The Market Res [...] | 2009-07-24 20:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO714 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 27 [...] "La Tercera" telephone survey on 800 registered voters shows that in an eventual presidential election, Sebastian Pinera would receive 30%, Eduardo Frei 25%, and Marco Enriquez-Ominami 21% Frei (La Tercera, 7/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Last week, former military regime Jus [...] | 2009-07-27 19:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO715 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 28 [...] The government has instructed the Undersecretary of Interior to travel to the Region of Araucania to review in person the actions taken by the police and local government authorities to confront the illegal land occupations and other acts of violence headed by radical indigenous Mapuche organi [...] | 2009-07-28 18:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO72 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 22 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted President Barack Obama's first day in office. Front-page coverage also included the case of Chile's retired Air Force (FACH) General Ramon Vega, who was arrested for allegedly receiving illegal payments during the purchase of Belgian fighter jets in 1994. U.S.-R [...] | 2009-01-22 16:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO720 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 29 [...] Fifteen hooded individuals ambushed an inter-urban bus in Temuco. They stopped the driver and passengers at gunpoint and spray-painted the exterior of the bus with insults against President Bachelet. The indigenous organization "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility (La Te [...] | 2009-07-29 17:03:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO726 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 30 [...] The Digital Country Foundation, the Ministry of Education and U.S.-based cable company VTR launched the free on-line computer program "Mingoville," which has proven to be a successful tool in other parts of the world to teach English to school children. The game is part of the government's "Ch [...] | 2009-07-30 19:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO733 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 31 [...] The National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that the national unemployment rate for April-June was 10.7%. This is 2.3% more than for the same period last year. The port of Valparaiso has a 17.9% unemployment rate, one of the highest in the country. The workforce is defined as those who [...] | 2009-07-31 20:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO736 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 3 [...] A Peruvian daily reported that four Chilean Air Force officers were victims of espionage in Lima. The man allegedly responsible is retired Navy officer Elias Ponce Feijo. Peruvian Ambassador Carlos Pareja informed the Chilean Foreign Ministry that Lima would investigate and sanction those res [...] | 2009-08-03 20:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO742 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 4 [...] Two high-ranking army officers were indicted for receiving half a million dollars in bribes for Chile's acquisition of Leopard tanks from Holland in 1998. They were charged for illegal use of state funds in an investigation that began in 2005, related to finding the origin of General Pinochet' [...] | 2009-08-04 20:03:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO75 | CHILEAN STIMULUS PACKAGE DESIGNED FOR QUICK [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's recently announced stimulus plan was specifically developed to have a quick impact, Finance Minister Andres Velasco recently told the Ambassador. Half of the public infrastructure spending will be completed by July 2009 and tax incentives are structured to encourage i [...] | 2009-01-22 20:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PROG CI |
09SANTIAGO753 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 6 [...] Bolivian President Evo Morales wrote a note apologizing for his criticism of right-wing presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera. The Foreign Ministry had issued on Tuesday a statement rejecting Morales' "intervention in Chile's internal affairs." Yesterday, after reading the apology, Foreign [...] | 2009-08-06 19:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO757 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 7 [...] "Concertacion" presidential candidate Eduardo Frei outlined his political program to an exclusive group of entrepreneurs. One of the issues he emphasized was the need to assure a diversified energy matrix that must include nuclear energy, which he said is a "strategic" and "national security" [...] | 2009-08-07 19:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO760 | CHILE: OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND MAY BE BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed investment funds program outlined in ref A. The objectives of the Paladin Realty Latin America Investors III, L.P. fund are compatible with Chile's economic development programs. However, OPIC may find that the program is better targete [...] | 2009-08-10 18:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CI |
09SANTIAGO763 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 10 [...] Indigenous radical Mapuche groups set fire to a crane and a summer cabin in the Region of Araucania on the same day. The "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility for the first incident and pamphlets alluding to the Mapuche cause were found in both locations (El Mercurio, cons [...] | 2009-08-10 20:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO766 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 11 [...] The Public Ministry contradicted remarks made by Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende who said that the radical indigenous Mapuche organizations Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) was no longer operative now that its leaders were in prison (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspape [...] | 2009-08-11 20:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO775 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 13 [...] Three different polls -- CERC, Imaginaccion, and Direct Media -- show that Sebastian Pinera is ahead in the presidential race in either a first round or a runoff election with Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marcos Enriquez-Ominami (El Mercurio, conservative, influential, 8/ [...] | 2009-08-13 20:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO776 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 12 [...] The holding company responsible for HidroAysen, the largest electricity generation project in the country, will launch a nationwide campaign on television, Internet, and radio to inform the public of the project (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/13). Honduras -------- 2. The USG [...] | 2009-08-13 20:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO78 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 23 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detention of the former National Registry Service Director for mismanagement and embezzlement; the more than 40% rate reduction for calls to cell phones; and the violent attack of an estate in the indigenous Mapuche area in southern Chile. U.S.-Related News - [...] | 2009-01-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO781 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 14 [...] The death of an indigenous Mapuche when the police evicted him and others from a private estate in southern Chile has triggered violent incidents in the Region of Araucania. Eight policemen have been injured by shotgun pellets (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/14). Honduras -------- [...] | 2009-08-14 19:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO786 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 17 [...] After three years, President Bachelet will enact the General Education Law this week. The new law answers some of the demands of the 2006 student revolt (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/16) Honduras -------- 2. Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez said that in his meeting [...] | 2009-08-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO787 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 18 [...] Chile's Police Force officially supported the special unit agent indicted for the death of an indigenous activist in last week's clashes; new drop in stocks prices shakes global financial markets; President Obama's healthcare reform faces strong criticism in the United States. U.S.-Chile -- [...] | 2009-08-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO788 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 19 [...] Opposition Deputy Gonzalo Arenas reacted aggressively against Minister of the Interior Edmundo Perez Yoma during his testimony at the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Minister Perez Yoma was testifying on the violent events in Region Nine involving Mapuche indigenous, but his explanations did not [...] | 2009-08-19 13:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO790 | CHILEAN INVESTMENTS IN VENEZUELA UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The restrictions on Chilean companies, ability to repatriate funds from Venezuela has become a major irritant between the two countries. Blocked returns exceed $80 million, and the Chilean Congress and companies have pressed the Bachelet Administration to defend Chilean companie [...] | 2009-08-19 20:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI VE |
09SANTIAGO792 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20 [...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...] | 2009-08-20 13:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO793 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20 [...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...] | 2009-08-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO800 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 24 [...] Tests show that the virus affecting two turkey breeding farms in the Fifth Region is the AH1N1 virus that affected humans this winter. This makes Chile the first country to detect the virus in turkeys. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also monitoring the two farms (Conservative afternoo [...] | 2009-08-24 20:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO801 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 25 [...] Over the weekend Peruvian President Alan Garcia suggested in an interview that Chile and Bolivia had some type of secret agreement to provide the latter with access to the sea. In this context, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez denied the existence of [...] | 2009-08-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO806 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 26 [...] The sale of retail products increased 8.8 per cent in July. The sale of clothing shot up 26.1 and shoes 17.4 per cent, spreading optimism in the business sector (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 8/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Kennedy Amendment was the one issue tha [...] | 2009-08-26 19:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO81 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY 12-23 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between January 12 and January 23, copper prices slipped, the Peso remained relatively stable against the Dollar, and there was little movement in the stock [...] | 2009-01-26 10:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO810 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 27 [...] The government is considering a constitutional reform to restrict residence visas for Easter Island, based on environmental sustainability. Island leaders, however, want an immediate solution to the problem (Conservative, independent La TErcera, 8/27). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2 [...] | 2009-08-27 19:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO811 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 28 [...] President Alvaro Uribe will confront at a UNASUR meeting today Hugo Chavez' criticism of Colombia's agreement with the United States (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, El Mercurio, 8/28). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy in Santiago opened a condolence [...] | 2009-08-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO812 | CHILE: MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS SAYS TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar told the Ambassador August 26 that cooperation with the U.S. Treasury on an infrastructure project in Costa Rica will continue. Bitar underlined that this type of trilateral cooperation is "very important" to the GOC. The Minister n [...] | 2009-08-28 20:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI CR |
09SANTIAGO817 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 31 [...] The UNASUR summit was aired live and showed us a disorganized and seven-hour debate that concluded with upset presidents and a final declaration that made no reference to the U.S.-Colombia agreement. The declaration, however, states that "foreign military forces cannot threaten the sovereignty [...] | 2009-08-31 20:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO823 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 1 [...] The National unemployment rate is up to 10.8 percent for May-July. Valparaiso has the highest rate (18.5 percent),followed by Angol and Vina del Mar (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 9/1). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Austral Capital investment fund wi [...] | 2009-09-01 17:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO825 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2 [...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera launched his candidacy yesterday in an "Obama style" proclamation event in Santiago (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/2). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The National Economic Prosecutor's office, FNE, said it would go ahead and review [...] | 2009-09-02 19:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO839 | ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE: NEGOTIATIONS OVER A BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 18:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD CI EFIN EINV |
09SANTIAGO84 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 24-26 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the cancelling or postponing of investment projects worth US$18 billion dollars, primarily in Chile's mining and real estate sectors, because of the economic crisis. Front-page coverage continued about the Obama administration's first week in office. U.S.-Relate [...] | 2009-01-26 19:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO840 | Sept. 8 Santiago Media Report [...] The rain caused three mudslides in the area of Farellones near Santiago. A woman died and her 2-year old remains missing (All dailies, 9/7). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the Second Region, Calama, will be the center of the Des [...] | 2009-09-08 21:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO844 | Sept. 9 Santiago Media Report [...] Colombia displaced Chile as the best country in which to do business in Latin America, according to the Doing Business 2010 World Bank ranking. Colombia moved up 12 positions and Chile down 9 (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 9/9). U.S.-Related News ------------ [...] | 2009-09-09 20:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO848 | Santiago Sept. 10 Media Report [...] A former Air Force officer stated that his brigade had paid approximately US$3 million to purchase spare parts for helicopters that were never received and for maintenance services that were never conducted. An investigation was opened for misuse of state funds (La Tercera, 9/10). [...] | 2009-09-10 17:37:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO86 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 27 [...] Headlines noted Minister of Interior Edmundo Perez-Yoma will testify over the 1994 Belgium sale of Mirage aircraft to Chile. Former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is one of several officers arrested on suspicion of embezzlement in this case. Dailies also highlighted that Eduardo Frei [...] | 2009-01-27 20:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO868 | CHILE: MONTHLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY AND AUGUST [...] SUMMARY: Chile's economy may have passed through the worst of the recession, as some macroeconomic indicators show positive signs. The Chilean economy contracted by 4.5% in the second quarter of 2009, and economic activity fell again in July and August. However, August's seasonally adjusted [...] | 2009-09-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO870 | Santiago Sept. 16 Media Report [...] Presidential candidates are preparing for their first television debate that will be aired by National Television TVN on September 23, at 10:40 p.m.. The debate will last 90 minutes and will be conducted by one journalist. One part of it will be for the candidates to answer a few questions [...] | 2009-09-16 19:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO88 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 28 [...] Dailies continue to cover as front page news the 1994 Mirage purchase scandal and the economic crisis, highlighting that unemployment in Santiago is up to 9.7%. President Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya is also highlighted. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Headline: "Obama gives [...] | 2009-01-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO886 | Santiago Sept. 17 Meda Report [...] All dailies report on the array of events that the municipalities and the government are preparing in different parts of Santiago for the September 18-19 Independence Day holiday. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. After inaugurating the Bicentennial and [...] | 2009-09-17 20:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO89 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 29 [...] The Cencosud conglomerate stopped the construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project (located near the Embassy). The construction project employed thousands of workers who were building the highest tower in South America. Dailies also highlighted a 40-peso increase [...] | 2009-01-29 15:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO890 | Sept. 21 Media Report [...] Twenty-three people died in car accidents over the "Dieciocho" long holiday. All of them were related to alcohol consumption (Conservative, independent,La Tercera, 9/21). Salitre Exercise ------------------- 2. Background: At Unasur, Peru's President proposed that South American [...] | 2009-09-21 21:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO896 | Santiago Sept. 22 Media Report [...] Tension increases with Manuel Zelaya's return to Honduras and his request for refuge in the Brazilian embassy (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/22). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. The poverty rate in the United States in 2008 was 13.2%, due to the [...] | 2009-09-22 21:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO902 | Santiago Sept. 23 Media Report [...] The rape of a 14-year old girl and the inability of her parents to find the morning-after pill in local pharmacies prompted the government to open an investigation. Drug stores claim they have no stock of the product, but the state Central Distribution Center says there are 14,000 doses o [...] | 2009-09-23 21:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO908 | Santiago Sept. 24 Media Report [...] All dailies ran extensive coverage of the first presidential debate aired last night on National Television TVN. American Competitiveness Forum ----------------------------------------- 2. In a video conference from Washington organized by the U.S. Embassy , Department of [...] | 2009-09-24 21:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO91 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 30 [...] Dailies continued with extensive reporting on the effects of the Cencosud conglomerate's decision to stop construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project. The media is portraying this development as representative of Chile's economic crisis. Dailies also continue to [...] | 2009-01-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO916 | Santiago Sept. 25 Media Report [...] On Wednesday's presidential debate, Eduardo Frei cited a Transparency International (TI) report released the day before which mentions a fine levied by Chile's Securities and Stocks Regulator against Pinera for the use of privileged information to buy LanChile shares in 2006. Yesterday, [...] | 2009-09-25 21:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO932 | Santiago Sept. 28 Media Report [...] U.S. Secretary of Commerce to visit Chile for the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum that starts on Sept. 27 and will conclude on the 29th. Other key participants are President Bachelet and her Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom (Mercurio on line, 9/28). 2. The governor of Califor [...] | 2009-09-29 20:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO936 | Santiago Sept. 29 Media Report [...] At the opening of the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF),Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said the United States is "committed to resisting the temptation" of applying protectionist policies. "These kinds of policies might be well-intended, but inevitably fail," said Locke. The Sec [...] | 2009-09-29 21:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO938 | Santiago Sept. 30 Media Report [...] The Executive Office submitted a bill to Congress that creates a ministry for indigenous affairs and a new agency to implement indigenous policies (Government-owned La Nacion, 9/30). Secretary Locke -------------------- 2. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Loc [...] | 2009-09-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO94 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF JANUARY 26 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By January 30, copper prices rose slightly, the Peso gained some ground against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Retail sales dropped by 9% [...] | 2009-01-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTIAGO946 | Chile - Proposed OPIC Financing for Microfinance Growth Fund [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 21:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO948 | Santiago Oct. 1 Media Report [...] Jorge Navarrete, director of the local chapter of Transparency International (TI),"Chile, Transparente," resigned amid a controversy regarding the local organization's lack of thoroughness and impartiality (All dailies, 10/2). "Salitre" Military Exercise ------------------- [...] | 2009-10-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO950 | Santiago Oct. 2 Media Report [...] The Antofagasta Regional Environmental Commission (Corema) ordered gas company "Geotermica del Norte" to cease exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile. On September 8 operations resulted in a leak that sent water shooting 197 feet into the air, cau [...] | 2009-10-05 12:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO958 | Santiago October 5 Media Report [...] Gas company "Geotermica del Norte" was able to close the leak caused by its exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile on September 8 (All dailies, 10/5). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Women's National Service (Sernam) Ministe [...] | 2009-10-05 21:50:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO962 | Santiago October 6 Media Report [...] Chile ranked first in Latin America and 44th globally in the United Nations Development Program index on human development. The ranking includes variables such as life expectancy (78.5 years),per capita GDP, and access to health and education. Social and gender inequity were two var [...] | 2009-10-06 18:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO97 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 2 [...] Dailies continue to highlight different aspects of the investigation of the 1994 Mirage aircraft purchases from Belgium. Dailies also highlighted the FARC's release of four hostages and President Obama's call to Bachelet, inviting her for a state visit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...] | 2009-02-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO970 | Santiago Oct. 7 Media Report [...] Congress passed a draft bill that creates a new corporative government for Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco. This is "the most significant" change the company has undergone since its creation in 1976 (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/7). U.S. Related News [...] | 2009-10-07 21:03:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO972 | Santiago Oct. 8 Media Report [...] The Distortions Committee, formed by Central Bank and finance, agriculture, foreign affairs, and economy ministry officials decreed a 15% temporary special duty on powdered milk and gouda cheese imports from Uruguay and Argentina (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/8). Salitre [...] | 2009-10-08 17:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO974 | Oct. 9 Media Report [...] Chile ranked fourth on the World Economic Forum financial stability index for 2009. The report included 55 countries, where the UK ranked first (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 10/9). Salitre Exercise ------------------ 2. Chile changed the hypothetical backg [...] | 2009-10-09 19:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO978 | Santiago Oct. 10-13 Media Report [...] Chile played Colombia in Medellin and won 4-2, therefore qualifying for the World Cup (All dailies, 10/11). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. After almost a month and a half of controversy over the "Salitre" exercise, the U.S. Embassy in Santiago commended [...] | 2009-10-13 20:19:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO980 | Santiago Oct. 14 Media Report [...] Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende said the government will invoke the Anti-Terrorist Law to prosecute those responsible for burning two trucks, attacking a toll booth, and firiQt private vehicles in the community of Victoria, in southern Chile, over the weekend. The indiv [...] | 2009-10-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO99 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -FEBRUARY 3 [...] Dailies highlighted that Chile will host the Summit of the Progressive Governance Network in Vina del Mar in late March, and the leaders of Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Argentina, and Brazil are expected to attend. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. 14-year old Marcos Ro [...] | 2009-02-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO996 | Santiago Oct. 20 Media Report [...] A protected witness revealed that the five individuals implicated in last week's attack in the Region of Araucania, where a toll booth was destroyed and several trucks were set on fire, were planning to attack trucks transporting gas and oil from Argentina (Conservative, influential [...] | 2009-10-20 19:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTIAGO998 | Santiago Oct. 21 Media Report [...] Hooded individuals carrying shotguns intercepted and burned two trucks in the Region of Araucania, where indigenous communities are reclaiming ancestral lands (All dailies, 10/21). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Chilean ambassador to the U.S. Jose Goni [...] | 2009-10-21 17:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
09SANTODOMINGO1253 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu, during a 10/22 meeting with Charge, expressed his optimism that the Dominican Republic (DR) would register 2.5 to three percent growth this year, rising to above five percent growth in 2010. He acknowledged that the Government [...] | 2009-10-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL DR |
09SANTODOMINGO1270 | U.S.-OWNED ELECTRICITY GENERATOR CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Charge and Emboffs,on 10/19, visited the AES Andres power plant, the largest American investment and the only liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Dominican Republic. AES officials lamented the state of the electricity sector in the country, noting that most of the sector's proble [...] | 2009-10-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV DR |
09SANTODOMINGO155 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: LETTER OF CREDIT, [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) On February 2, the Charge met with President Fernandez at the President's request. Fernandez inquired about the possibility of the U.S. Federal Reserve providing a stand-by letter of credit to the GODR. He noted that the Federal [...] | 2009-02-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN CVIS KCRM DR |
09SANTODOMINGO16 | DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the designation of ASSA CORP and ASSA CO LTD to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jocelyn Pou, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican r [...] | 2009-01-08 19:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR DR |
09SANTODOMINGO183 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY [...] National Summit Undertakes Ambitious Agenda 2. PRD Deadlock Over National Summit Is Latest Example of Weak Opposition 3. Customs Not Implementing CAFTA-DR Tariff on U.S. Origin Vehicles 4. Fernandez on Drug Corruption: Rhetoric or Reality? 5. IPR Training Leads to Police Crackdown on Pir [...] | 2009-02-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KIPR MARR DR |
09SANTODOMINGO286 | INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: VINTAGE FERNANDEZ [...] (U) In his Independence Day speech on February 27, President Fernandez was optimistic about the local economy's ability to weather the global economic crisis. Focusing largely on the economic accomplishments of 2008, Fernandez noted that GDP grew 5.3 percent, inflation was 4.5 percent and for [...] | 2009-03-06 13:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV DR |
09SANTODOMINGO426 | GODR ACKNOWLDGES RECESSION POSSIBLE; CONCERNED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL DR |
09SANTODOMINGO468 | DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WB MEMBERSHIP [...] Econ Chief delivered reftel points to GODR officials at the Central Bank and Ministry of Economy, Development, and Planning, the government agencies responsible for IMF and World Bank issues respectively. Ana Beatriz Rodgriguez, Director of the International Department at the Central Bank sai [...] | 2009-04-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV DR |
09SANTODOMINGO50 | DOMINICAN ECONOMY SLOWING DOWN; GODR RUNNING OUT [...] (U) Summary: The recent economic slowdown and global financial crisis are now showing its affects on the economy and finances of the Dominican Republic. There were a large number of layoffs in December in the textile, mining and tourism sectors. Economists predict that the full impact of the [...] | 2009-01-16 14:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID DR |
09SANTODOMINGO569 | DEMARCHE ON DPRK ENTITIES DELIVERED [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on DPRK entities to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols replied that the demarche "has legal considerations" and that he would pass it to the Foreign Ministry's legal advisor, who would give a recommendation to [...] | 2009-05-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN DR |
09SANTODOMINGO632 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 29, [...] New Customs Director and Superintendent of Banks 2. Pressure Builds on the GODR to Seek an IMF Agreement 3. Government Seeks to Buy Out Remaining Private Participation in Electricity Distribution 4. Constitutional Reform and Nationality  [...] | 2009-05-29 17:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV PHUM DR |
09SANTODOMINGO707 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JUNE 23, [...] GODR Announces Sale of 49 percent of Government-owned Refinery to Venezuela 2. Government Revenue Falls Sharply in First Quarter; Fernandez Rules Out IMF Program For Now 3. Caribair Suspension Lifted 4. Protests Over Plans to Build Cement Plant Near National Park  [...] | 2009-06-22 21:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EAIR SENV DR |
09SANTODOMINGO757 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1874 [...] (U) Acting EcoPol Chief and EconOff delivered demarche (reftel A) to Mabel Feliz Baez, the president of the National Drug Counsel. Feliz Baez oversees the Financial Analysis Unit (UAF),which has oversight over financial transactions. Feliz Baez said she was aware of the United Nations resolu [...] | 2009-07-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP DR |
09SANTODOMINGO963 | REVENUE SHORTFALLS SEND THE GODR BACK TO THE IMF [...] President Leonel Fernandez, at an 8/21 meeting of the GoDR's economic team, instructed Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez and Secretary of Finance Vicente Bengoa to head a delegation to Washington this week to seek an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at obtaining a l [...] | 2009-08-25 18:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV IMF DR |
09SAOPAULO11 | BRAZILIAN MEDIUM-SIZE BANKS: KEY TO SMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from five medium-size banks and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation met at Consulate General Sao Paulo on December 18 to discuss the operating environment for medium-size banks, major problems in the sector, and possible steps forward for 2009. T [...] | 2009-01-08 15:15:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
09SAOPAULO121 | OUTLOOK FOR BRAZILIAN NATURAL GAS MARKET POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Congress has passed natural gas legislation that would create specific roles for production, distribution, and commercialization of natural gas. The original bill, passed by Brazil's lower house in August 2007 and then with revisions in the Senate on December 3, clari [...] | 2009-03-04 13:11:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV BR |
09SAOPAULO126 | OUTDATED LABOR LAWS MAY ENCOURAGE LAYOFFS [...] (U) Summary: According to Brazilian labor economists, Brazil's outdated labor laws are inflexible and may result in companies laying off workers rather than preserving employment through negotiation in times of crisis. Therefore, some laws enacted to protect workers' rights paradoxically cau [...] | 2009-03-06 16:27:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON EIND PGOV PHUM SOCI BR |
09SAOPAULO194 | AUTO SECTOR COMMENTS ON STATUS AMID ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6, Ambassador Sobel met separately with General Motors (GM) MERCOSUL President Jaime Ardila, and the Brazilian National Automobile Manufacturer's Association (ANFAVEA) President Jackson Schneider. Both executives are bullish about car sales in Brazil, crediting the Gove [...] | 2009-03-31 18:07:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN ELAB BR |
09SAOPAULO204 | THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's electricity demand generally follows economic growth and recent data confirms a big dip in consumption, particularly from the industrial sector. The electricity sector itself should suffer minimal impacts as most companies are well-capitalized and were financially sou [...] | 2009-04-03 13:02:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV BR |
09SAOPAULO208 | BRAZIL'S REGIONAL CITIES FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's regional cities in Sao Paulo State and Minas Gerais are feeling the effects of the financial crisis. During a March 16-19 outreach visit to several interior cities, local business leaders indicated that the current financial crisis created a vicious cycle of falling ex [...] | 2009-04-06 12:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR |
09SAOPAULO216 | BRAZIL'S ECONOMY: SLIDING BELOW ZERO PERCENT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's growth has collapsed more sharply than might be expected given the country's limited dependence on exports and limited leverage in the banking, corporate, and household sectors. The more important transmission channel of weak global conditions is probably its negative [...] | 2009-04-09 13:35:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BR |
09SAOPAULO241 | A NORMAL ECONOMY - BRAZIL AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Brazil has experienced a large shock as a result of the global economic downturn, it has weathered this shock much more effectively than past shocks due to greater economic flexibility, large foreign reserves, and a decline in inflation pass-through pressures that has [...] | 2009-04-24 19:10:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BR |
09SAOPAULO265 | Brazil: Morgan Stanley's Dismal View of 2009 Growth [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic growth in Brazil will fall to negative 4.5 percent this year, Morgan Stanley country manager Daniel Goldberg told Ambassador Sobel in an April 23 meeting. Goldberg cited low corporate confidence and weak industrial production numbers as the main drivers. His firm exp [...] | 2009-05-06 10:48:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
09SAOPAULO273 | GOVERNOR JOSE SERRA STRONGLY POSITIONED FOR 2010, [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo Governor and leading candidate for the PSDB nomination Jose Serra will likely win Brazil's presidency in 2010, Brazil President Fernando Henrique Cardoso told the Ambassador on April 23. Serra's academic background, his strong ethic of public service and the Governor' [...] | 2009-05-12 16:48:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EFIN ETRD ECON BR |
09SAOPAULO280 | THE BANCO DO BRASIL LEADERSHIP SHAKEUP [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula announced last month a leadership change at the Banco do Brasil (BB),replacing independent-minded Francisco de Lima Neto with PT-loyalist Aldemir Bendine. The shakeup is intended to expand credit in an economy where consumers and businesses have long paid high [...] | 2009-05-14 14:38:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
09SAOPAULO31 | DELFIM NETTO: PERSPECTIVES ON FX2, FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 12, Ambassador Sobel met with Antonio Delfim Netto. (NOTE: Delfim Netto is a three-time former Minister, former Federal Deputy, and currently an economics professor at the University of Sao Paulo. He writes a newspaper column, which is well read by the political el [...] | 2009-01-15 17:51:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN MARR BR |
09SAOPAULO310 | THE "OBAMA ADVANTAGE" AT 100-PLUS DAYS [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's popularity translates into an "Obama Advantage" that post has used to gin up outreach efforts and build reporting contacts. A post-generated Obama PowerPoint has proven to have far greater longevity than we had anticipated, and we continue to get speaker request [...] | 2009-05-22 14:11:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PINR OIIP KIRC ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
09SAOPAULO320 | BRAZILIAN ECONOMY SHOWING FIRST SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil increasingly appears to be in a state of early economic expansion. Recent market and sentiment indicators have shown improvement. More importantly, contacts have started speaking with much greater optimism about Brazil's outlook and their willingness to take risk than e [...] | 2009-06-01 14:33:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV BR |
09SAOPAULO366 | BRAZIL:AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel met June 15 with former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) to discuss the activities of FHC,s think tank and possible areas of cooperation. Cardoso spoke at length about Sao Paulo Governor and presumptive 2010 PSDB Presidential candidate Jose Serra. FHC [...] | 2009-06-25 13:35:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | BR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL |
09SAOPAULO367 | BRAZIL: PRIVATE SECTOR AND CENTRAL BANK DISCUSS BILAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Brazil bilateral relationship is probably at a multi-decade high, thanks in part to institutions like the CEO Forum, which provide a flexible vehicle for the business sector to move the relationship forward, according to Sao Paulo private sector and Central Bank interlo [...] | 2009-06-25 14:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN SENV BR |
09SAOPAULO372 | Brazil: Pragmatism, Uncertainty Temper Theory at Leftist [...] (U) Summary: The ongoing financial crisis is focused on the core countries of the world economy, and so opens opportunities for Brazil and other South American countries to assert themselves, according to participants in a June 20-21 international meeting of leftist organizations in Sao Paulo. [...] | 2009-06-30 14:45:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM EFIN BR |
09SAOPAULO373 | WHY IS BRAZIL'S COST OF CREDIT SO HIGH? [...] (SBU) Summary: Consumers and businesses pay more for loans in Brazil than they do in almost any other country, with average interest rates on credit cards of 200 percent and some of the highest banking spreads in the world. While the GOB blames banks (and vice-versa) for the high real intere [...] | 2009-06-30 14:47:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
09SAOPAULO391 | BRAZILIAN PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS ON FREE TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Private sector leaders from the powerful Sao Paulo Federation of Industries (FIESP) emphasized their growing interest in negotiating a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),a Bilateral Tax Treaty (BTT),as well as liberalizing trade with Mexico and the United States, during meeting [...] | 2009-07-07 13:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
09SAOPAULO5 | BRAZILIAN CURRENCY DEPRECIATION: AFFECTING THE ECONOMY? [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's currency depreciated by more than 40 percent against the USD since the global financial crisis hit Brazil. The depreciation has less to do with Brazil's economic fundamentals and more with global risk aversion and the rush to U.S. Dollars. The strength of the Brazilian [...] | 2009-01-07 10:55:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
09SAOPAULO531 | BRAZILIAN BUSINESS SEES RECOVERY UNDERWAY [...] SUMMARY: Following two quarters of economic contraction, most Brazilian private sector representatives agree the local economy is solidly on the road to recovery. Restored domestic consumer confidence and strong domestic demand are fueling business optimism. Underlying factors contributing to [...] | 2009-09-09 17:26:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR |
09SAOPAULO549 | BRAZIL: PUBLIC BANKS' RISING INFLUENCE BRINGS INCREASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public bank growth in Brazil has played a positive counter-cyclical role against the impact of the global financial crisis, but has also raised concerns. In the near-term, continued growth in public bank lending could accelerate inflation. Over the longer term, public banks may [...] | 2009-09-15 13:00:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR |
09SAOPAULO55 | SOFT POWER GOLD: PRESIDENT OBAMA INSPIRES AFRO-BRAZILIANS [...] (U) Summary: Sao Paulo's leading Afro-Brazilians organized a packed (300-plus person) dinner event attended by the community's leading figures, from celebrities to successful business persons, to celebrate President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20. The atmosphere was euphoric. The [...] | 2009-01-27 16:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KPAO BR |
09SAOPAULO599 | CHARGE MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN PRIVATE SECTOR CO-CHAIR OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires, Sao Paulo Consul General and Senior Commercial Officer met October 1 with Josue Gomes da Silva, President of leading textile maker Coteminas and the Brazilian private sector co-chair for the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. In a long informal meeting, Gomes da Silva sai [...] | 2009-10-09 10:19:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV BR |
09SAOPAULO601 | LABOR LEADERS' POSITIVE OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions, Sao Paulo labor leaders were positive on the voice of unions in Brazilian economic policy. Sector representatives praised U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Kirk's September 16 visit, expressing gratitude for his interest in their views on trade but indicate [...] | 2009-10-13 17:57:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR |
09SAOPAULO624 | BRAZIL: NEW TAX UNLIKELY TO CURB REAL APPRECIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government's (GoB) October 20 decision to re-impose a two percent tax on financial transactions (IOF) in order to curb appreciation of the local currency is unlikely to have a significant impact controlling the Real's rise or on foreign direct investment. The IOF a [...] | 2009-10-26 18:00:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL BR |
09SAOPAULO630 | BRAZILIAN MIDDLE CLASS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil's middle class, as measured in income terms, has grown rapidly in recent years and now represents approximately half of the population according to government figures and independent analysis. Coinciding with this rise in incomes, more Brazilians are gaining access to pro [...] | 2009-10-27 18:50:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV CVIS BR |
09SAOPAULO650 | SAO PAULO ECONOMIC AND ESTH ROUND-UP, OCTOBER 15-30, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is the first in a new series of biweekly economic round-up cables from Consulate General Sao Paulo. This cable covers the period of October 15-30, 2009. The purpose of the new series is to highlight economic, energy, environmental, transportation, and science and technology [...] | 2009-11-06 13:14:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV ELAB EFIN EAGR SENV BR |
09SAOPAULO652 | BRAZIL'S AUTO SECTOR'S SUCCESS TO BE TESTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a largely successful effort to mitigate the worst impact of the global financial crisis, the Brazilian government provided tax breaks for industrialized products (IPI) at the end of 2008 to boost Brazil's auto sector. As a result, the sector has served as one of the engines i [...] | 2009-11-06 14:37:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN BR ELAB |
09SAOPAULO667 | SAO PAULO LEADERS OUTLINE CONCERNS WITH GOB TO WHA A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the final leg of his week-long visit to the Southern Cone, Western Hemisphere Affairs Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela met with leading political and economic observers in Sao Paulo, who expressed concern with Brazil's foreign policy, public spending, and political maneu [...] | 2009-12-29 16:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN BR |
09SAOPAULO67 | FIESP CALLS FOR A BILATERAL TRADE DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday, January 19, Ambassador Sobel met with FIESP (Federation of Industries of Sao Paulo) President Paulo Skaf, FIESP's chief trade negotiator, Mario Marconini, and others. Skaf and Marconini underscored FIESP's concerns over the perceived Foreign Ministry's inactivity [...] | 2009-01-30 17:58:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV ENRG BR |
09SAOPAULO688 | Brazil's Natural Gas Output to Rise, but Challenges Remain [...] (SBU) Summary: The potential natural gas reserves found in Brazil's offshore pre-salt cluster could help boost domestic production and reduce Brazil's dependency on foreign natural gas, possibly as early as 2020. According to energy sector experts at a conference sponsored by Gas Energy, while [...] | 2009-11-25 14:14:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV BR ETRD EINV |
09SAOPAULO70 | LAY OFFS LEAVE THE GOB AND UNIONS PLAYING CATCH UP [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of economic growth and relative labor calm, a sudden spate of layoffs and rumors of further cuts seem to have caught both Brazilian labor unions and the government off-guard. The swift deterioration in the labor market has led to public demonstrations and much fin [...] | 2009-02-02 16:11:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR BR |
09SAOPAULO702 | BRAZIL: Charge Discusses Tax, Trade and Cotton with AmCham [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 20 meeting with Charg???? d'Affaires (CDA) Kubiske, Sao Paulo American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Director Gabriel Rico stressed the Brazilian private sector's interest in continued collaboration with the United States. Specifically, Rico suggested that the new A [...] | 2009-12-04 12:49:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV BR EFIN KPAO |
09SAOPAULO706 | SAO PAULO KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, NOVEMBER 16-30, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable covers the period of November 16-30, 2009. It highlights economic, energy and science and technology developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District not covered by broader reporting. Some significant developments during the period were: the upcoming first wind power au [...] | 2009-12-08 11:21:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD BR PGOV ENRG |
09SAOPAULO728 | SAO PAULO KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, DECEMBER 1-15, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable covers the period of December 1-15, 2009. It highlights economic, energy and science and technology developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District not covered by broader reporting. Some significant developments during the period were: Brazil's bullet train project, re [...] | 2009-12-16 16:47:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV BR ETRD EINV |
09SAOPAULO90 | PROFILE OF 2010 PRESIDENTIAL FRONT-RUNNER: JOSE [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo State Governor Jose Serra (PSDB) is on a roll, with an ally recently taking the Sao Paulo Mayor's Office (Ref A) and a former PSDB rival, Geraldo Alckmin, joining his government as a key advisor. These moves help reinforce Serra's drive to become Brazil's next Preside [...] | 2009-02-11 11:48:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EFIN ETRD ECON BR |
09SAOPAULO92 | BRAZILIAN ETHANOL SECTOR AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the global financial crisis are visible within Brazil's sugar and ethanol sector with industry experts estimating that about 20 percent of Brazil's ethanol mills are suffering financial difficulty. Even though the fundamentals for the sector remain positive, and [...] | 2009-02-11 18:30:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG EFIN EINV BR |
09SARAJEVO122 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG [...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...] | 2009-01-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO123 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG [...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...] | 2009-01-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO1299 | BOSNIA: IMF PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 15:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV IMF BK |
09SARAJEVO1419 | BOSNIA: SLIGHT DELAY IN IMF SECOND TRANCHE [...] (SBU) It appears that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is on track for receiving the next tranche of assistance from the country's IMF Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) in January 2010. However, given political squabbling, particularly as 2010 is an elections year, we will not be surprised by delays as a [...] | 2009-12-28 07:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IMF SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO217 | BOSNIA- REDUCED BUDGETS WILL HAMPER STATE COURT [...] SUMMARY: (U) Officials at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office are now coming to terms with the BiH Parliament's decision to significantly reduce the budgets of both institutions. During a February 12 meeting with donors, State Court representatives said that the reduced budget [...] | 2009-02-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO234 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AND RULE OF [...] (U) Summary: Significant USG investments in information technology systems for law enforcement and judicial institutions in BiH have enabled standardized and efficient case management and the real time exchange of sensitive data to assist police and border officials to interdict smugglers, org [...] | 2009-02-26 07:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO310 | FEDERATION DEVELOPMENT BANK SCANDAL - WATCH THIS [...] Summary. (C) Federation Financial Police have started an investigation of potential irregularities in the operation of the Federation Development Bank. After initially being threatened and rebuffed by Bank director Ramiz Dzaferovic on March 3, the investigators returned on March 9 with a polic [...] | 2009-03-13 13:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK ECON EFIN |
09SARAJEVO39 | BOSNIA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IN BOSNIA [...] Summary: The Global Economic Crisis has reached Bosnia as demand for key exports, such as metals, has fallen sharply, construction has stalled and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has dropped. Loans are hard to get and remittances have stopped growing. Nonetheless, Bosnia,s high percentage [...] | 2009-01-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL |
09SARAJEVO406 | BOSNIA: INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS ADVANCE [...] The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and the Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) rule of law program, funded by INL-managed SEED funds, continue to play a critical role in advancing our rule of [...] | 2009-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO548 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV PTER BK |
09SARAJEVO563 | BOSNIA - INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS UPDATE: [...] (U) Summry: Extensive technical assistance in drafting gverning legislation and rules of procedures along with significant USG investment in equipment and taining facilitated the creation and rapid develoment of the new state-level Foreigners Affairs Service from an idea on paper to an effecti [...] | 2009-05-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO589 | BOSNIA: HARSH ECONOMIC TIMES LEAD TO STANDBY [...] Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on May 5 announced it had reached a staff level agreement on a $1.52 billion standby arrangement with Bosnian authorities. This is the first such agreement since the last one expired in 2004, and reflects Bosnia,s growing concern with its deterio [...] | 2009-05-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO666 | BOSNIA: FEDERATION PM'S RESIGNATION COULD DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Federation Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic proffered his resignation on May 27 under a cloud of corruption charges. While he is widely viewed as ineffective, his resignation, if accepted, will likely hinder the Federation's ability to fulfill the conditions necessary for the Inte [...] | 2009-06-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO708 | BOSNIA: INDICTMENT EXPECTED AGAINST HEAD OF [...] (C) The Federation Financial Police shared with us in confidence the full investigation prepared for the prosecutor regarding allegations against the director of the Federation Development Bank (FDB),Ramiz Dzaferovic (Reftel). Forty-two individuals are named in connection with the case, and a [...] | 2009-06-16 12:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BK |
09SARAJEVO744 | BOSNIA: IMF DEAL DELAYED [...] Summary. On June 22, the IMF postponed a scheduled June 29 governing board meeting at which the IMF was to approve a proposed $1.5 billion, 3-year standby arrangement because IMF conditions have not been met. The conditions included budget cuts at all levels of government. The RS entity and [...] | 2009-06-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO782 | BOSNIA: IMF DEAL BACK ON [...] Summary. The IMF governing board meeting to approve the standby arrangement for Bosnia has been rescheduled for July 8, following Bosnia,s fulfillment of the two outstanding conditions: the adoption of a comprehensive budget framework by the National Fiscal Council, and an agreement by the Fe [...] | 2009-07-01 12:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO821 | BOSNIA: IMF GOVERNING BOARD APPROVES $1.57 B [...] On July 8, the IMF Governing Board approved a $1.57 billion, 36-month standby arrangement for Bosnia-Herzegovina. The first tranche of $282 million could arrive as early as July 10. The funding must be used to service external debt, but Federation Finance Minister Bevanda has said that this [...] | 2009-07-09 07:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO827 | BOSNIA VULNERABLE TO MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (U) Summary. Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is vulnerable to money laundering and terrorist financing due to serious deficiencies in the integrity of its anti-money laundering (AML) regime. On paper, BiH,s AML regime complies with many Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, but the r [...] | 2009-07-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL ECON BK |
09SARAJEVO841 | BOSNIA - INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: FOCUS ON [...] (U) Summary: INL-provided SEED funded training conducted by the Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Program (OPDAT) and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) continue to play a critical role in our rule of law agenda here in Bosn [...] | 2009-07-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO971 | BOSNIA - INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: ENGAGING IN [...] (U) Summary: The International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and the Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Program (OPDAT) engage Bosnian interlocutors in discussions about needed reforms in law enforcement and the judiciary to advance our [...] | 2009-08-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SCTION08OF09NAIROBI809 | KIBAKI ADDRESSES OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAGR SENV KE UG |
09SECTIO01OF03BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Secr [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
09SEOUL1069 | ROKG RESPONSE TO ITSO DEMARCHE [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the talking points and non paper to Deputy Director Lim Jae Deok, and Mr. Park Joo-Hong at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) regarding the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO). 2. (SBU) The KCC officials stated that they were [...] | 2009-07-07 06:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA KS |
09SEOUL1073 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue -- DPRK Intensifies H1N1 Flu Preventive Measures -- DPRK Bond Prices Nosedive Following Launch of DPRK Rocket -- DPRK Opens Limited Internet Cell Phone Service -- WHO Provides Tamifl [...] | 2009-07-08 01:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL1092 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROKG to Invest 24.5 Trillion Won in 17 New Growth Engines -- Current Account Surplus of USD 4.28 Billion in April -- Business Sentiment Recovering in [...] | 2009-07-10 06:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1177 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- South Korea's GDP Ranking Falls to Fifteenth Highest -- Inflation Rate Slows to 2 Percent in June -- Producer Prices Fall in June -- Trade Surplus Re [...] | 2009-07-28 00:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1194 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- North Korea Begins Closing General Markets -- DPRK Sets Up Environmental Protection Plan -- DPRK Establishes a Charity Branch in Beijing -- DPRK Engages in Disaster P [...] | 2009-07-30 03:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL1352 | DELIVERY OF KWANGSON BANKING CORPORATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) EMIN met with Koo, Hyunmo, Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on August 20 to deliver reftel demarche. EMIN t [...] | 2009-08-24 03:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL KS |
09SEOUL1380 | WI SAYS DENUCLEARIZATION IS STILL ROKG'S TOP [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting, ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac emphasized to Ambassador Philip Goldberg that the ROKG's top priority is still denuclearization. Wi noted that UNSCR 1874 was forcing the North Koreans to find creative ways [...] | 2009-08-27 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1389 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...] | 2009-08-31 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL1402 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Producer Prices Reverse Course, Rise on Monthly Basis -- July Consumer Inflation Slowed -- Household Debt Risks Expected to Rise -- FX Reserves Conti [...] | 2009-09-02 02:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL15 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. The Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) demonstrated excellent law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, and provided terrorism-related training to law enforcement officials from various developing countries. Traditionally focused on potent [...] | 2009-01-05 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KS |
09SEOUL1563 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Finance Minister Named -- Labor Drive Campaign Extended -- DPRK Shuts Down Wholesale Market -- DPRK Expands Telecommunications Network -- Pyongyan [...] | 2009-09-30 05:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL1569 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- National Income Resurges in the Second Quarter -- ROKG Sets 2010 Budget at 290 Trillion Won -- KDI Raises 2009 Growth Forecast -- South Korea Ranks N [...] | 2009-09-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1733 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- IMF: Korea's Per-capita GDP Down in 2009 before Recovering -- Trade Surplus Continues to Grow in September -- Number of Self-Employed Falls by Most i [...] | 2009-10-30 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1734 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO IRISL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL KS XG UK |
09SEOUL1740 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Scholar: DPRK Economy Dysfunctional, Not in Crisis -- DPRK Restores Science and Technology Commission -- DPRK Establishes Ship Control Center to [...] | 2009-11-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL1830 | DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK MELLAT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econ M/C discussed reftel demarche with the Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Middle East Division I, Yeo Sung-Jun. Director Yeo appreciated the information and said that K [...] | 2009-11-18 06:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM KS |
09SEOUL187 | KOREA RAMPS UP ITS G20 EFFORTS; SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Korea has ramped up its efforts on the G20 process, and ideally hopes to see the G20 become the main forum for global economic and financial coordination in the future. Former Finance Minister Sakong Il, Korea's new coordinator on G20 issues (as well as senior advisor to Preside [...] | 2009-02-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL KS |
09SEOUL1873 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea's Trade Dependency Over 90 Percent -- Foreign Currency Reserves Continue to Rise -- International Organizations Raise ROK Economic Outlook -- P [...] | 2009-11-30 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1879 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Cabinet Considers New Economic Campaign -- Economic "Informationalization" Declared Key to Success -- DPRK Modernizes Steel Complex -- English Classe [...] | 2009-12-01 04:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL1921 | DPRK CURRENCY FIASCO MAY SOON CAUSE MAJOR FOOD [...] (C) British diplomats in Pyongyang have reported that shops and markets remain closed in the wake of the sudden DPRK government decision to replace its currency. There are rumors that the revaluation of goods in state stores and unofficial markets would take at least another week, which would [...] | 2009-12-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON EFIN KN KS |
09SEOUL1926 | ROKG THINKING BIG FOR NOVEMBER G20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with the Ambassador and visiting EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan, ROK G20 Coordinator Sakong Il described ROKG efforts to establish the primacy of the G20 and ensure the success of the Seoul summit in November 2010. The ROKG is negotiating aggre [...] | 2009-12-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL1956 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH UNIFICATION [...] (C) Unification Minister Hyun In-taek confirmed to the Ambassador on December 14 that the ROK will soon provide 500,000 doses of antiviral drugs to the DPRK to help it handle an H1N1 outbreak. Hyun said the Ministry of Unification (MOU) plans to increase the budget for DPRK-related activities [...] | 2009-12-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1972 | MINISTER OF KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY ON G20, FTA, NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 introductory call, the Ambassador and the ROK's new Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Kyung-whan discussed renewable and sustainable energy, the KORUS FTA, and [...] | 2009-12-18 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL2 | KOREAN ECONOMY SLOWING -- OUTLOOK WEAK FOR FIRST [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Korean economic growth slowed in 2008 from the 5 percent pace of 2007 to below 4 percent. Growth was already slowing before the impact of the global financial turmoil, but has bee [...] | 2009-01-01 22:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KS |
09SEOUL2006 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- Economy Records 3.2 Percent Quarterly Growth -- ROKG, IMF Optimistic About 2010 -- ROKG Plans to Expand Stake in IMF and World Bank -- ROKG Plans "Business Summit" [...] | 2009-12-28 04:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL2008 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Experts: Currency Reform Will Increase Poverty -- DPRK Adopts New Economic Laws -- DPRK Population Exceeds 24 Million -- DPRK Seeks to Develop Wind Power -- DP [...] | 2009-12-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL314 | SEOUL ECONOMIC BRIEFING -- FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Korea,s 2008 Current Account Posts USD 6.41 Billion Deficit: South Korea,s 2008 current account shifted to a deficit of USD 6.41 billion from 2007,s surplus of USD 5.88 billion dollars. The goods account surplus decreased to USD 5.99 billion from the previous year's 28.17 billion dollars, [...] | 2009-02-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EINV KS |
09SEOUL315 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Slow Growth in Inter-Korean Trade Masks Big Changes in Composition: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced that inter-Korean trade in 2008 grew just 1.2 percent to USD 1.82 billion (following growth rates of 27.8 percent in 2006 and 33.2 percent in 2007). South Korea's exports to the [...] | 2009-03-01 22:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL341 | G-20 MEETING INFO REQUEST: KOREA [...] (U) This cable provides post assessment for South Korea with respect to Ref A request ahead of the March 14-15 G-20 Finance Ministerial and the April 2 London Summit. 2. (U) The text is organized in four parts (each with its own header),in accordance with Ref A. Objectives for the Lond [...] | 2009-03-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KS |
09SEOUL413 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE: ROK RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the joint demarche with the Japanese detailed in Ref A, POL M/C met with MOFAT Director General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs, Choi Jong-moon, to emphasize the importance the U.S. placed on the upcoming Pakistan Donors Conference to be held on April 17, 2009, in Toky [...] | 2009-03-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IMF KS PK PREL IBRD |
09SEOUL428 | G-20: ROKG SHERPA AND FINANCE COORDINATOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROKG G-20 Sherpa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Minister Ahn Ho-young told EMin on March 18 that the ROKG shares U.S. views and appreciated U.S. leadership at both the Sherpa meeting and the Finance Ministers' meeting in London earlier this month. The ROKG supports [...] | 2009-03-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL431 | AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS RESPONSE [...] (U) The ROKG does not currently have a plan of targeted financial support for the auto industry. In order to sustain the auto market in the face of shrinking domestic sales (which fell by 24 percent in December 2008 compared to December a year earlier),the ROKG announced on January 6, 2009 [...] | 2009-03-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO KS |
09SEOUL470 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH BLUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed key ROKG economic priorities with Blue House Senior Secretary Yoon Jin-sik when they met on March 20. Yoon told the Ambassador that President Lee Myung-bak strongly supports a coordinated fiscal stimulus on the part of G-20 members. Yoon also confirmed t [...] | 2009-03-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KS |
09SEOUL524 | ROKG SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET STIMULUS BILL (3 PERCENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 24, the ROKG approved a 28.9 trillion won (USD 21.4 billion) supplemental budget, in a move that had been signaled for weeks. The budget is equivalent to roughly 3 percent [...] | 2009-04-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KS |
09SEOUL544 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL570 | ROKG LIKELY TO OFFER SOFT LOAN AT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) POLMC on April 8 delivered reftel demarche to Choi Jongmoon, Director-General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Choi said that he expected the ROKG to make a pledge at the conference because Pakistan, like the ROK, is an Asian country so t [...] | 2009-04-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN KS PK |
09SEOUL58 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Inter-Korean Exchange Fund Allocation to Increase in 2009, although National Assembly Slashes ROKG Share: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) said December 14 that it will set aside about 1.5 trillion won (USD 1.1 billion) in 2009 to facilitate economic and humanitarian exchanges with North [...] | 2009-01-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL608 | ROKG PLANS TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (C) Dep Econ Couns on April 8 discussed ROKG support for Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership bids with Lee Kang-ho, Ministry of Strategy and Finance Director for International Financial Institutions, and Seo Sang-pyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director for Economic Organizations. [...] | 2009-04-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV KS |
09SEOUL61 | ROKG WELCOMES NEWS OF KHAN NETWORK SANCTIONS [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on January 13 notified ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Deputy Director Lee Sang-soo of the decision to impose sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the former A. Q. Khan network. Dep [...] | 2009-01-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN KS KN |
09SEOUL620 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 01:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER KS |
09SEOUL697 | ROKG SUPPORTS U.S. ON ADB GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns on April 27 spoke with Seo Sang-pyo, Director of MOFAT's Economic Organization Division. Seo said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade would work with the Ministry [...] | 2009-05-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ETRD PREL ADB KS |
09SEOUL776 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) DPRK Reportedly Bans Wide Array of Goods from Markets: The Korea Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) reported that "North Korea Intellectual Solidarity," a South Korean civic group consisting of 600 North Korean defectors, claimed that North Korean authorities released on March 15 a l [...] | 2009-05-15 01:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL780 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Manufacturers' Confidence Posts Largest Gain since 2003: Manufacturers' confidence for April rose as more companies expressed optimism over eased woes in the financial market and the expected effects of the government's stimulus package, the central bank said on March 31. The business surv [...] | 2009-05-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL798 | ROKG SUPPORTS KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns discussed reftel demarche with Suh Sang-pyo, Director of the Economic Organization Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and with Jang Yun-jeong, Deputy Direc [...] | 2009-05-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL KV KS |
09SEOUL812 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - MAY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- DPRK Finance Minister Kim Announces National Budget to Increase 7 Percent in 2009 -- EU Seizes USD 20 Million in DPRK Deposits Reportedly for Yacht Purchases in It [...] | 2009-05-21 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
09SEOUL816 | UN CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT: ROKG SHARES U.S. [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclasified and not rpt not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns on May 21 met Lim Hoon-min, Director of the Office of Development Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFAT),to brief him on U.S. concerns regarding the process. Lim noted [...] | 2009-05-21 08:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA KS |
09SEOUL841 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL845 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL846 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL847 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL96 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) ROKG Adopts Expansionary USD 219 Billion 2009 Budget; Accelerates Spending: The National Assembly approved the 2009 Budget and Public Fund Operations Plan on December 13, providing an overall budget of 284.5 trillion won (USD 219 billion) -- USD 157 billion for government accounts and USD [...] | 2009-01-21 02:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KS |
09SEOUL993 | ROK'S TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGE PLAN FOR [...] In response to reftel, Ham Jeong-han of the Development Cooperation Division on June 19 said that from the ROK's total USD200 million pledged at the Tokyo Donor Conference, USD80 million in soft loans and USD3 million in grant aid are scheduled for release in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, but the [...] | 2009-06-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PK KS |
09SHANGHAI104 | ANHUI FACING SOBERING ECONOMIC REALITY [...] (SBU) During the Deputy Principal Officer's February 24-27 visit to Anhui Province, provincial and local government officials said that despite initial optimism in the 4th quarter of 2008 that Anhui might avoid the worst of the economic downturn, conventional wisdom now holds that the province [...] | 2009-03-04 09:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI105 | (SBU) YANGTZE RIVER DELTA PROPERTY DEVELOPERS FEELING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Prospective home buyers in the Yangtze River Delta are holding off on home purchases for now, preferring to wait on the sidelines in anticipation that home prices will continue to fall, according to a wide range of Consulate contacts Econoff spoke with in recent weeks. Banks, [...] | 2009-03-04 10:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN PGOV |
09SHANGHAI111 | ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN PUTS THE BRAKES ON SHIPPING TRAFFIC IN THE [...] (U) Summary: Previous unrestrained growth in the Yangtze River Delta has left the shipping industry making unprecedented decisions to cut costs, shift assets, and survive during the economic downturn. Shipping companies have dramatically cut rates and some are operating at below cost, further [...] | 2009-03-09 10:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EIND ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI115 | UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI POSITIVE ABOUT SECRETARY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's visit to China in February and her comment that "we are in the same boat" left many university students in Shanghai with a positive impression, hopeful of future bilateral cooperation on the economic crisis and climate change. Students in several roundtable [...] | 2009-03-11 07:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM CH TW |
09SHANGHAI117 | COSCO LIANYUNGANG SHIPYARD DETERMINED TO EXPAND DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: COSCO (Lianyungang) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (hereinafter CLYGS) has benefitted from Lianyungang's ocean-front location and central and local government support. Due to the economic downturn, business has not kept up with expectations, leaving unused service capacity. In spite of the [...] | 2009-03-12 09:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EIND EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI118 | NO "FEBRUARY CRISIS" IN EAST CHINA, BUT ANXIETIES ABOUT [...] (C) The global economic slowdown has not led to significant social unrest in East China during early 2009 as was predicted by those analysts who warned of a possible "February Crisis" brought on by the nexus of rising numbers of unemployed migrant workers and university students' fears of poor [...] | 2009-03-13 08:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH |
09SHANGHAI119 | (SBU) SHANGHAI FINANCIAL SECTOR SEES CHINESE INVESTMENT AS [...] (SBU) Summary. China 's stimulus program emphasizes capital investment, particularly in railways, subways, roads, and airports, say a variety of Shanghai financial sector professionals. Shanghai has been quick to seek support for previously rejected World Expo and other projects. At the sam [...] | 2009-03-13 10:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI120 | (SBU) SHANGHAI UNSURE OF NEXT STEPS IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks have largely been able to regain access to the renminbi interbank market after Chinese banks pulled credit lines this past fall in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse, Shanghai interlocutors told a Treasury delegation on February 19-20. The financial sector [...] | 2009-03-13 10:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI126 | NEW SHANGHAI PERMANENT RESIDENCY POLICY GETS TEPID RESPONSE [...] (C) The Shanghai Municipal Government has received an unenthusiastic response to its new permanent residency policy, which aims to make it easier for soon-to-be college graduates and other workers with specified "talents" to find jobs in the city. Despite much positive media coverage when the [...] | 2009-03-18 04:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH |
09SHANGHAI132 | ANHUI OPENS THE DOOR TO COOPERATION ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Anhui Province opened the door to cooperation on intellectual property rights (IPR) with the United State by holding a roundtable at the Consulate's request. The meeting was a breakthrough for the Consulate, representing the first engagement on IP issues with t [...] | 2009-03-20 08:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI145 | (SBU) U.S.-LISTED EAST CHINA FIRMS SEE SILVER LINING IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A group of New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese firms based in East China recently expressed a relatively upbeat perspective on prospects for their corporate growth in East China, while most also described the past winter as a hard one. Many of the firms are expecting to boo [...] | 2009-04-01 05:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ELAB |
09SHANGHAI151 | (C) SHANGHAI LAWYER SUING FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai-based lawyer Yan Yiming on March 20 described his requests for increased government transparency on the RMB 4 trillion stimulus package announced last fall. Yan is pushing the Central Government to allow National People's Congress (NPC) delegates more time to deliberate [...] | 2009-04-03 04:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EFIN KJUS PGOV PINR ECON |
09SHANGHAI156 | THIRTEEN PERCENT GDP GROWTH TARGET: PORT CITY LIANYUNGANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials in Lianyungang, a major Chinese port in Jiangsu Province, have set their 2009 GDP growth target at 13 percent, a modest decrease from recent years' growth. Municipal Government and Party officials say that the Central Government and Jiangsu Provincial Government have [...] | 2009-04-07 09:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND EFIN PGOV EAIR CH |
09SHANGHAI168 | GRAB THE TIGER BY THE TAIL: ONLINE REPORTS OF CORRUPTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Online reports of corruption in East China appear to have increased over the past year. In particular, "Human Flesh Search Engines," where netizens post derogatory information about local government officials, are attracting greater public attention in East China. While East Chin [...] | 2009-04-14 07:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TINT SOCI ETTC EFIN CH |
09SHANGHAI169 | SHANGHAI PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet Shanghai's energy demands and ambitious Central Government-mandated energy consumption reduction targets, Shanghai officials are working hard to adjust the city's energy mix by reducing its reliance on coal through the use of environmentally-friendly resources and improv [...] | 2009-04-14 08:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON TRGY SENV EFIN CH |
09SHANGHAI170 | CHINA'S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said China's interest in Latin America remains primarily economic - securing natural resources and diversifying export markets amid the global economic downturn. China recognizes that it is facing an image problem in Latin America and is taking steps to address negati [...] | 2009-04-15 03:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN CH XM XL XR |
09SHANGHAI174 | (C) SHANGHAI LAWYER BEATEN SEVERELY BY "MYSTERIOUS PERSONS" [...] (C) Summary: Yan Yiming, the nationally known lawyer who used the new Open Government Information Regulation to challenge the transparency of the Central Government's economic stimulus package earlier this year, was hospitalized in Shanghai after being severely beaten by "mysterious persons" o [...] | 2009-04-16 08:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PINR KJUS CH |
09SHANGHAI175 | THE PERFECT MURDER? DEVELOPMENT ZONE TAKES "BUSINESS AS [...] (C) An industrial development zone in western Shanghai hosted a glitzy investment seminar in Pudong's World Financial Center on April 10, one month after the zone's Communist Party Secretary was brutally murdered in an underground parking lot. There were no public references to the murder durin [...] | 2009-04-16 08:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SOCI EFIN CH |
09SHANGHAI177 | DESIGNATION OF SHANGHAI TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 08:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | CH KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09SHANGHAI185 | (SBU) EAST CHINA SEES CORPORATE BOND MARKET OPENING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign-invested banks in Shanghai generally agree that they will take only gradual steps into local corporate bonds traded on the interbank market. Several banks are still studying the market conditions, although one disappointment already is that foreign-invested banks most [...] | 2009-04-23 02:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV |
09SHANGHAI187 | (C) SHANGHAI OFFICIAL REVEALS FINANCIAL POLICY DETAILS [...] (C) Summary. According to a leading Shanghai government finance official, the Central Government will probably seek to limit Hong Kong's role as a financial center, and bolster Shanghai's. For now, said the official, Beijing has no intent to make the renminbi convertible, but it is taking a [...] | 2009-04-24 07:50:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN PGOV |
09SHANGHAI191 | (C) STATE COUNCIL APPROVES SHANGHAI FINANCIAL REFORM PLAN [...] (C) Summary. A leading Shanghai government finance official recently revealed that the State Council has approved a critical document for Shanghai, laying out how the city will become an international financial and shipping center. Reforms could include opening a financial futures market, al [...] | 2009-04-27 11:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV |
09SHANGHAI194 | IPR - MOVING THE BALL DOWN FIELD IN ZHEJIANG WITH PATENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the Consulate's successful engagement with Zhejiang intellectual property (IP) officials during a roundtable in January 2009 (reftel),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) co-sponsored a joint seminar on [...] | 2009-04-28 08:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI195 | (SBU) EAST CHINA ANXIOUS OVER CHINA'S DOLLAR HOLDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. East China reporters and academics interacting with visiting Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard W. Fisher repeatedly raised the possibility of a link between current U.S. monetary and fiscal policy expansion and future U.S. inflation. One of the most vocal academic [...] | 2009-04-28 11:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI |
09SHANGHAI200 | CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE EXPECTED RESULTS: [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...] | 2009-04-30 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI201 | STIMULUS PROVIDES LIFELINE TO CHINA'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) Summary: Government stimulus policies have saved thousands of apparel manufacturers in East China from shutting down production as dramatic drops in volume, sharp price cuts and RMB appreciation erode profit margins. During a series of meetings with Yangtze River Delta (YRD) apparel an [...] | 2009-04-30 08:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ELAB KTEX CH |
09SHANGHAI202 | RESUBMISSION - CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...] | 2009-05-04 01:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI206 | TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADER IN NANJING SEES PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: The recent SEF-ARATS talks in Nanjing are part of the process of "normalizing" cross-Strait economic relations, said a key Taiwan business leader in Nanjing. Though the three agreements are generally "useful" and may yield concrete economic benefits in the long-run, the talks were [...] | 2009-05-05 06:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI221 | TSMC AND SMIC: TWO SEMICONDUCTOR RIVALS IN SHANGHAI FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: TSMC and SMIC, two large semiconductor manufacturers with foundries in Shanghai, saw a "freefall" in orders in late 2008. The firms hit bottom in December 2008 and January 2009, but orders started to pick up again in Q1 2009. Shanghai-based executives at these firms are cautiou [...] | 2009-05-18 04:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB TNGD CH TW |
09SHANGHAI228 | CONSUMPTION COUPONS IN HANGZHOU: BOOSTING CONSUMPTION, OR [...] (SBU) Summary: One of few cities in China to issue its own consumption coupons, Hangzhou has taken the lead in local government efforts to boost consumption. The Hangzhou Government issued the first tranche of consumption coupons in mid-January 2009, followed by a second tranche in March 2009 [...] | 2009-05-22 06:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CH |
09SHANGHAI23 | SOME ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PERSISTS IN YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: City officials and businesspersons in the Zhejiang Province manufacturing and trading city of Yiwu in mid-December continued to express optimism that Yiwu and its businesses will fare comparatively better than other parts of Zhejiang and other parts of China during this economic [...] | 2009-01-12 06:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI |
09SHANGHAI237 | (SBU) SHANGHAI UPBEAT ON OPENING TO TAIWAN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent financial forum, Chinese officials and financial sector professionals offered an upbeat assessment of the potential for Taiwan financial firms to enter the mainland market. The panelists cited opportunities offered by the current financial crisis, as some Western f [...] | 2009-05-27 07:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09SHANGHAI24 | SHANGHAI "TWO MEETINGS" OPEN: LEADERS FACING ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Shanghai Municipality's "Two Meetings" kicked off on January 12 with the opening session of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Reflecting on a "challenging year" in 2008 and looking ahead to 2009, the CPPCC Shanghai Committee's "Work Re [...] | 2009-01-12 07:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN SOCI CH |
09SHANGHAI248 | (SBU) SHANGHAI EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC GROWTH TO KIRK, LARSEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 27-28 visit by U.S. Representatives Larsen and Kirk, a variety of interlocutors painted a picture of Shanghai responding to a sharp downturn in the local economy, but optimistic that the elements of longer-term growth are in place. AmCham Shanghai noted that mul [...] | 2009-06-04 03:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV PREL SENV |
09SHANGHAI251 | EAST CHINA COMMODITY EXPORTS HEADING FOR RECOVERY? YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the largest manufacturing and trading centers in East China, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province suffered in late 2008 from the global financial crisis but is seeing signs of recovery. The economic downturn has impacted different industries to varying degrees, with man [...] | 2009-06-08 06:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR CH |
09SHANGHAI252 | NANJING CONTINUES TO LEAD ON IPR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nanjing continues to push the envelope on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China. During a May 18 through 20 visit to the city, IPR Officer Conrad Wong from the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou engaged Nanjing IP Administration officials, who said that patent ap [...] | 2009-06-08 08:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI26 | TAIWAN BANK KEEN TO START BUSINESS IN MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: The chief representative of a Taiwan bank in the Mainland expects SEF and ARATS to sign a financial MOU in March 2009, which would allow his bank to begin operations in the Mainland by the end of 2009. Lack of RMB/NTD convertibility and restrictions on RMB lending cast a shadow o [...] | 2009-01-14 02:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ETRD ECON CH TW |
09SHANGHAI273 | CHINA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM/REBALANCING: THE SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China released its national roadmap for healthcare reform on April 6, which calls for universal healthcare coverage by 2020 and large investments in key areas. Provinces and municipalities (who will bear a large amount of the implementation costs) are now formulating their own [...] | 2009-06-22 06:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI EFIN TBIO CH |
09SHANGHAI291 | HOUSEHOLDS LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE PURCHASES, BUT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese households in cities across China began to show renewed interest in residential property during the first four months of 2009, but the boost this gives to the economy is limited because developers are still running down their housing inventory. Speculators, who drove i [...] | 2009-07-01 05:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI |
09SHANGHAI292 | BEIJING LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY DEVELOPERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks the Central Government has shifted from--in the words of one contact--"strangling" the property sector with regulatory restrictions to encouraging families to purchase homes. While this is not the direct aid that many struggling property developers were hoping [...] | 2009-07-01 10:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI |
09SHANGHAI309 | SHANGHAI AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, Shanghai has been discussing environmental protection in several different fora. Shanghai's experience with environmental protection has been quite different from other cities in China due to its rapid growth and expansion. Because [...] | 2009-07-10 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD ENRG TRGY EFIN BEXP CH |
09SHANGHAI329 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS COMMENT ON JUNE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars regard the June 15-16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg as an important step in the development of the SCO as an influential regional organization and one that is broadening its engagement with the international community. Russia' [...] | 2009-07-22 05:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG MARR CH XD ZK RS IR |
09SHANGHAI369 | FEARS OF POLICY CHANGES DRIVE SHANGHAI STOCKS SLUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai stock market's recent 18 percent decline stems from three main factors, say ConGen Shanghai contacts: a more cautious Central Government stance regarding potential asset bubbles; profit-taking by some leading institutional investors; and an expected moderation to t [...] | 2009-08-20 08:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CH EFIN EINV PGOV |
09SHANGHAI372 | U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC & ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: SHANGHAI OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai financial sector representatives generally acknowledge the symbolic and confidence-building value of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED),although many are uncertain about the actual economic impact of the discussions. End summary. ================ [...] | 2009-08-27 11:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV |
09SHANGHAI380 | BOOSTING CHINESE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION PROBLEMATIC, SAY EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: China's decentralized investment approval process aids the entry of foreign businesses into the China market, in the view of ConGen contacts in Shanghai's financial sector. However, problems with official approval of investment projects and the varying quality of government ca [...] | 2009-09-04 11:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI394 | SHANGHAI OFFICIALS, U.S. BANKS DISCUSS CURRENT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 3-6 visit to Shanghai, Representative James Moran (D-VA) and Joint Economic Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) met with Shanghai municipal government officials and American bank representatives to discuss ways the US-China economic relationship could be use [...] | 2009-09-17 05:33:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV OREP CH |
09SHANGHAI399 | SHANGHAI WTO CENTER CALLS U.S. "IRRESPONSIBLE" FOR IMPOSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the Consul General September 18, the head of Shanghai's WTO Center labeled the U.S. decision to impose safeguard tariffs on tire imports from China politically motivated and "irresponsible" in the current global economic climate but at the same time expressed unders [...] | 2009-09-21 08:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI40 | (SBU) SHANGHAI MBA SCHOOL FEELING IMPACT OF FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. A prominent Shanghai-based international business school is seeing demand for its Executive MBA (EMBA) program dropping in recent months as the financial crisis hits the bottom line of foreign and domestic corporations in China, according to two new Consulate contacts speaking [...] | 2009-01-20 07:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ELAB |
09SHANGHAI401 | CHINESE BANKS DEMANDING ASSURANCES ON FOREIGN BANKS' [...] (SBU) Summary: New Chinese regulations governing derivatives trading that went into effect September 16 are having a disproportionate negative impact on foreign-invested firms. In the face of efforts by foreign-invested banks to modify or roll back the requirements, the major Chinese banks [...] | 2009-09-22 05:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV |
09SHANGHAI41 | EXPECTATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars view U.S.-China relations the past eight years in a positive light and do not expect big changes under President Obama, though they admit they know little about the new President. They emphasize the need for bilateral cooperation on the global financial crisis b [...] | 2009-01-21 02:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH PHUM PINR TW |
09SHANGHAI410 | SHANGHAI DEFINING ITS ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai received a large rhetorical boost this past spring in its quest to build a modern financial sector that might eventually rival New York and London. The State Council, after months of delay, issued an endorsement of Shanghai's goal to become China's international finan [...] | 2009-09-30 05:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI411 | 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BALANCE LOCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS [...] (SBU) As Shanghai prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, municipal government officials and the state-run media have attempted to balance local pride with national unity. In public statements and newspaper articles, Shang [...] | 2009-09-30 06:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KPAO SOCI TPHY CH |
09SHANGHAI436 | ANHUI'S 2009 ECONOMIC ROLLER COASTER RIDE [...] (SBU) Anhui Province boasted robust economic growth through the first three quarters of 2009 despite concern earlier in the year of a slowdown. Much of the province's growth is due to the Central Government's economic stimulus measures, including investment in infrastructure. Most of Anhui's [...] | 2009-10-28 02:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI44 | (SBU) NANJING BANKERS NOTE SURGE IN GOVERNMENT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese domestic and Hong Kong commercial bank representatives in Nanjing confirmed that new lending for government-sponsored projects surged in December and January. Over the past year, said the officials, lending quotas established by China's central bank have made the greate [...] | 2009-01-22 09:03:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV |
09SHANGHAI444 | JIANGSU PURSUES INVESTMENT-FUELED GROWTH DESPITE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With little regard for Central Government concerns about investment bubbles or overcapacity, Jiangsu -- East China's largest province -- is tapping a locally funded government stimulus program and lending to large firms to rack up impressive growth figures even as net exports r [...] | 2009-11-02 10:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI451 | ODD NUMBERS: EXPLAINING JIANGSU'S PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: Jiangsu Province economic growth figures do not add up -- provincial GDP growth is well above national average, while key indicators such as exports and electricity production have declined. Jiangsu's reported figures also outshine the province's neighbors Shanghai and Zhejian [...] | 2009-11-09 09:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI46 | WENZHOU - A CANARY IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC MINESHAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Deputy Principal Officer's January 21-22 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials said Wenzhou was one of the first cities in China to feel the impact of the global slowdown because of its largely private sector economy and heavy reliance on exports. Th [...] | 2009-01-23 07:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH |
09SHANGHAI469 | REAL ESTATE TALES FROM A SECOND-TIER CITY: NANJING HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Real estate sales are booming in Jiangsu -- as they are in neighboring provinces -- and have become a key component of economic growth following the introduction of real estate stimulus measures in December 2008. However, our contacts say that the stimulus measures will be dif [...] | 2009-12-04 11:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI486 | 2009 SHANGHAI FDI SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2009, Shanghai's foreign direct investment (FDI) continued to grow despite China's dramatic drop in nationwide FDI. Municipal officials and academics report that Shanghai's increasingly service-based economy, the Central Government's anointment of Shanghai as a future intern [...] | 2009-12-16 10:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH ETRD |
09SHANGHAI488 | GREATER U.S. EX-IM BANK ROLE URGED BY SHANGHAI BANKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign bank executives in Shanghai recommended that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) increase its operations in China by working with second-tier banks to finance imports by Chinese small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). They urged Ex-Im to establish a [...] | 2009-12-18 06:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI492 | PARTY CHIEF TOUTS SHANGHAI'S ECONOMIC "TRANSFORMATION" [...] (SBU) Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng announced to a December 5-6 meeting of senior municipal officials that Shanghai would "lead the transformation of China's economic development model" in the coming year. Yu's statements appear to reassure local officials of Central Gover [...] | 2009-12-18 09:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN SENV PHUM SOCI CH |
09SHANGHAI494 | FAST CHINESE LOAN GROWTH BUOYS PROVINCIAL BANK'S AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bank of Jiangsu (BOJS) -- a model for government-led reform of China's municipal-level commercial banks -- appears to be prospering from the current lending boom, and has set its sights on becoming a trans-regional bank. Within Jiangsu Province in East China, BOJS is building a [...] | 2009-12-21 12:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI54 | SHANGHAI UNIVERSITIES NURTURE NEXT GENERATION OF IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. A key element of the Shanghai Municipal Government's efforts to be a leader in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection has been the establishment and support of IPR colleges and research centers at several major universities throughout the city. Although these schools tr [...] | 2009-01-30 11:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH |
09SHANGHAI57 | ZHEJIANG ECONOMIC ENGINE STILL MOVING, BUT TRADE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang provincial officials remain upbeat on their largely private sector economy but acknowledged the growth rate is slowing. The province's 2008 GDP grew roughly 10 percent over 2007, and total exports and imports for 2008 were up 19.4 percent. When introducing economic t [...] | 2009-02-02 03:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH |
09SHANGHAI59 | ZHEJIANG RESUMES COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of Consulate efforts to revive relations on intellectual property rights (IPR),Zhejiang IP officials held a roundtable on January 12 on efforts to protect IPR in the province. The meeting is a breakthrough in IPR relations, representing the first engage [...] | 2009-02-02 05:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH |
09SHANGHAI61 | NANJING BANKER ON MONEYLAUNDERING AND OTHER FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) office in Nanjing is organizing monthly anti-moneylaundering training sessions, according to the chief representative of the Standard Chartered Bank branch there. New bank regulations imposing a tax on overseas borrowings are causing concerns fo [...] | 2009-02-03 02:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN PGOV PTER |
09SHANGHAI64 | (SBU) GOVERNMENT HOUSING STIMULUS PLANS FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese government plans to expand subsidized housing have been designed to limit the benefits to property developers, according to a new contact who works with one of China's main real estate market indexes -- in fact, the government is not opposed to housing prices falling fa [...] | 2009-02-04 04:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI65 | (SBU) NEW TAXES HIT FOREIGN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks based in China could see their cost of foreign funding rise by 15 percent this year as a result of recent Chinese tax changes, said a partner in a leading tax accountancy firm's Shanghai office. Foreign banks have lobbied for exemptions, but so far have not been [...] | 2009-02-05 01:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KTIA PREL |
09SHANGHAI72 | EAST CHINA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON U.S. TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 4 courtesy call on East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Director General Xia Xinghua, the Consul General (CG) raised several industry issues, including Polar Air Cargo's request for an additional slot at Pudong Airport and UPS' [...] | 2009-02-06 11:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH |
09SHANGHAI74 | (SBU) U.S. CORPORATIONS LIMITING LAYOFFS DESPITE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Major U.S. corporations are limiting layoffs, even though they are feeling the effects the economic downturn, said the chief Shanghai representative of the U.S.-China Business Council. U.S. corporations are handling layoffs differently in China than they would in the United S [...] | 2009-02-10 10:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP CH EFIN ELAB ETRD |
09SHANGHAI79 | JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN EAST CHINA HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese manufacturers in East China started seeing a drop in domestic and export demand in early 2008 but did not cut production until late 2008, hoping for Olympics-driven growth and pressured by Chinese JV partners to "keep the machines running," according to Shanghai-based [...] | 2009-02-13 01:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH JA |
09SHANGHAI80 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...] | 2009-02-13 12:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PHUM MCAP SENV CH TW KN IR |
09SHANGHAI85 | TAIWAN BUSINESSES IN NANJING HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan entrepreneurs in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province said securing bank loans remains one of the biggest challenges for Taiwan firms in the Mainland but are hopeful the next SEF-ARATS talks will address this issue. The interlocutors complained about their inability to layoff workers [...] | 2009-02-19 07:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI86 | CORRECTED COPY: SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...] | 2009-02-19 08:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EFIN IR KN PHUM PREL SENV TW MCAP |
09SHANGHAI87 | EAST CHINA SCHOLARS ON TAIWAN'S WHA PROSPECTS, ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: East China scholars believe China is trying to help Taiwan's ailing economy but criticize Taiwan for treating mainlanders like "third-class citizens." The scholars are optimistic that Taiwan will gain observer status in May's World Health Assembly but express reservations about gi [...] | 2009-02-20 04:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ECON EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI89 | JIANGSU SCHOLARS SEEK CLEARER U.S. POLICIES ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) A desire for greater policy clarity by the United States dominated comments regarding the new U.S. administration by economists and sociologists at the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences. Jiangsu's export-dominated economy has suffered more than other parts of China with the global econo [...] | 2009-02-20 09:03:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV SOCI CH |
09SHANGHAI90 | ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE JIANGSU COURT, PROCURATORATE [...] (SBU) Supporting government efforts to maintain economic growth figures prominently among the tasks facing the Jiangsu Provincial High Court and Procuratorate. Contract disputes make up the largest portion of new cases before the Jiangsu High Court, according to the court's president. Neverth [...] | 2009-02-23 02:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN KJUS KPAO SENV SOCI CH |
09SHANGHAI96 | ANHUI'S AUTO INDUSTRY HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, BENEFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of double-digit growth, Chery Automobile Company and Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC),two large Chinese auto manufacturers headquartered in Anhui Province, saw sales slump in 2008 due to the economic downturn, with exports hit particularly hard. Recent government [...] | 2009-02-27 01:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB EIND PGOV CH |
09SHENYANG170 | DPRK CONFIDENT BUT ANXIOUS; PRC ENVOYS; INFORMAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact who has extensive experience in North Korea believes the DPRK's "charm offensive" is the result of newfound confidence stemming from its missile launch and nuclear test. North Korea feels economically and politically dominated by China, so it is anxious [...] | 2009-09-25 01:50:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EMIN ETRD KN KS PARM PREL |
09SHENYANG183 | YANBIAN PRC ACADEMIC ON DPRK: NO WAY OUT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a well-connected Chinese expert on DPRK issues, the international community missed its opportunity to negotiate away the North Korean nuclear program in 2006. He questioned the U.S. "exit strategy" and inquired if the United States could stomach a nuclear and prolife [...] | 2009-10-19 04:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON EFIN KN KS PARM PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG219 | CHINESE INVESTMENT IN NORTH KOREA: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese investment in North Korea appears to be a largely state-directed affair, supporting government objectives to engage in resource diplomacy. Chinese businesses consider business in North Korea to be unprofitable, are wary of entering the market, and will only do so with Chi [...] | 2009-12-21 23:33:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ETRD KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SHENYANG221 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: TRADERS DISCUSS CURRENCY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Northeast China along the PRC- DPRK border say that North Korea's latest currency reform will not have any short-term implications for social stability. Sources agreed that this was a move by the DPRK government to wrest back control of income streams from those who h [...] | 2009-12-21 23:38:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN KN KS PGOV PINS PREL RS SOCI |
09SINGAPORE1002 | SINGAPORE PREPARES TO PHASE OUT STIMULUS MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: Singapore is extending for an additional six months a popular wage subsidy program widely credited with saving thousands of jobs and businesses during the recession. The program was part of an anticipated one-year set of stimulus measures laid out in last January's budget. Howe [...] | 2009-10-15 08:40:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SN |
09SINGAPORE1016 | SINGAPORE PASSES TAX INFO SHARING LAW, EYES U.S. TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore took a step to exiting the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "grey list" of tax havens by passing tax amendments that improve its ability to exchange tax information with foreign authorities. Singapore is also renegotiating existing Double T [...] | 2009-10-20 09:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SN |
09SINGAPORE1159 | SINGAPORE RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF EDBI TO EXPAND [...] (S) There are no branches of Iranian banks in Singapore and the Government of Singapore (GOS) is not aware of any efforts by the Economic Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) to establish financial ties or institutions in Singapore, Valerie Tay, the Head and Deputy Director of Financial Services C [...] | 2009-12-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC ETRD PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE1169 | SINGAPORE SUPPORTIVE OF EXPORT LICENSING TRANSPARENCY [...] Embassy officers from Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei delivered reftel points December 7 regarding a joint proposal on transparency in export licensing. (Note: Due to Chinese Taipei's participation, Econoff declined to join the demarche.) According to Shinnosuke Kameyama of the Japane [...] | 2009-12-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO SN |
09SINGAPORE12 | SINGAPORE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Singapore continued its bilateral and multilateral intelligence and law enforcement cooperation to investigate terrorist groups, focusing on Jemaah Islamiya (JI). As of December, Singapore held in detention 19 persons with links to terrorist groups. Detainees included members of JI who had plo [...] | 2009-01-05 03:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SN |
09SINGAPORE1224 | SINGAPORE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Singapore submits the following draft narrative for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Please note that requests for updated statistics for the first paragraph are pending with the government of Singapore. Post will submit that data separately. For purposes of this draft, we hav [...] | 2009-12-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SN |
09SINGAPORE1245 | SINGAPORE FTA REVIEW REVEALS PROGRESS IN SOME AREAS, DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore and U.S. trade officials noted progress in resolving outstanding trade issues during an annual review of the 2004 U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review saw positive developments in the processing of two textile short supply requests, initiatives under [...] | 2009-12-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR SN |
09SINGAPORE131 | SINGAPORE REACTS TO LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT TEMASEK [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials from Temasek leadership, the announcement of the upcoming departure of CEO Ho Ching from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings is suspected to be at least partly a result of the fund's recent poor performance. Ho oversaw a broad expansion and diversi [...] | 2009-02-12 09:51:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SN |
09SINGAPORE267 | SINGAPORE CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S/NF) Post recommends that the four Singapore Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR) included on the 2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) list be retained on the 2009 CFDI list, because they continue to meet the criteria set forth in Ref A, paragraphs 4 and 8. Those f [...] | 2009-03-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC AFIN EFIN ENRG KCIP SN |
09SINGAPORE294 | SINGAPORE MAKING CHANGES TO AVOID TAX HAVEN LABEL [...] This cable is classified Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Singapore (GOS),concerned that being labeled as a non-cooperative tax haven would dent its ambitions to become a global financial center, announced on March 6th that [...] | 2009-03-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV SN |
09SINGAPORE301 | SINGAPORE - 2009 NARRATIVE ON BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request for information regarding the transparency of Singapore's budget, we provide the draft narrative below. The narrative is an update of the text from last year's congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance (Ref B [...] | 2009-03-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE303 | SINGAPORE ECONOMISTS LOOKING FOR LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Singapore has seen a steep drop in exports and industrial production the past few quarters and is expected to see continued drops in the near future, Singapore economists are beginning to see signs that the economy has bottomed out and a slow recovery may soon be under [...] | 2009-04-01 00:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN SN |
09SINGAPORE355 | SINGAPORE SEES SHARP DECLINE IN GDP, LOOSENS MONETARY [...] (U) Summary: The Singapore government announced April 14 that first quarter GDP growth was 11.5 percent lower than the first quarter of 2008, the sharpest fall in GDP on record. The steep drop is attributed to the collapse in global trade demand which has dramatically reduced economic activi [...] | 2009-04-16 00:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN |
09SINGAPORE356 | (S) SINGAPORE AGREES TO HELP ON DPRK [...] (S) MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told the CDA April 15 that Singapore will help with regard to a possible upcoming proliferation-related transaction involving the DPRK at Singapore's Changi airport (see reftel). Kausikan complained, however, that the USG had not been full [...] | 2009-04-16 01:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL PARM XF LE KN SN |
09SINGAPORE381 | SINGAPORE REACTION TO OECD TAX HAVEN LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore Deputy Secretary of Finance Ng Wai Choon, in the course of a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires (CDA) on another matter, expressed concern that the OECD's process of classifying tax havens is not transparent or fair. The GOS was disturbed that the OECD had not placed [...] | 2009-04-22 02:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN OECD SN |
09SINGAPORE416 | SINGAPORE STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO VOTE FOR IMF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 09:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV SN |
09SINGAPORE43 | SINGAPORE READIES BUDGET TO FACE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore has brought forward its budget process and will unveil on January 22 what are expected to be new expansionary measures to boost the economy and provide support for workers and businesses. Singapore's economy is heavily dependent on exports and has been hit hard by th [...] | 2009-01-15 06:05:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SN |
09SINGAPORE476 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) Singapore welcomed the April 24 designation by the UNSCR 1718 Sanctions Committee of the three Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) entities, Sharon SEAH Li-Lian, MFA Assistant Director for the Counter-proliferation and International Security Branch, told Econoff May 18. The desi [...] | 2009-05-20 07:52:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SN |
09SINGAPORE477 | TEMASEK DIVESTS BANK OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, CHANGES STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings confirmed it sold its entire 3.8 percent stake in Bank of America at what appears to be a substantial loss, ending its foray into U.S. financial sector investments. The sale comes only two years after Temasek's original entry in [...] | 2009-05-20 08:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE479 | SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AL QAEDA WEBSITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SN |
09SINGAPORE480 | SINGAPORE ALLOWS GE MONEY TO JOIN CREDIT BUREAU [...] (SBU) Summary: GE Money became the newest member of the Singapore Credit Bureau after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) relented to allow lenders not regulated by the central bank. The USG raised the issue of non-bank membership in the Credit Bureau during the Singapore-U.S. Free Trad [...] | 2009-05-21 00:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE493 | SINGAPORE UNLIKELY TO VOTE ON KOSOVO WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV SN |
09SINGAPORE51 | SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...] | 2009-01-15 09:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN |
09SINGAPORE588 | FOLLOWING THE MONEY TRAIL OF SINGAPORE'S SECRETIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a portfolio estimated at more than $300 billion, the funding sources and uses of Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds (SWF) are shrouded in secrecy and not well understood by the Singapore public or most analysts. SWF funds come from three sources: the government's [...] | 2009-06-23 09:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ECIN ETRD SN |
09SINGAPORE59 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 09:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK SN |
09SINGAPORE60 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR SN |
09SINGAPORE623 | SINGAPORE AMENDING TAX LAW TO IMPROVE INFO SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Ministry of Finance has issued for comment draft amendments to its Income Tax Act to improve exchange of information on tax matters and bring Singapore in line with OECD standards. The OECD's inclusion of Singapore on its "grey list" of non-compliant jurisdictions [...] | 2009-07-01 07:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE630 | SINGAPORE CONSIDERING FINANCIAL CHANGES FOR UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Singapore financial authorities are considering how best to implement UNSCR 1874 and the new financial measures it brings against North Korea. Grace Yan, Assistant Director of Financial Services Relations in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),told Econoff July 1 in response to r [...] | 2009-07-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SN |
09SINGAPORE671 | SINGAPORE PULLS OUT OF RECESSION, TECHNICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's economy showed positive growth during the second quarter, unofficially marking the end of a year-long recession. Advance estimates are that Singapore posted a 20.4 percent expansion over the previous quarter, though still a 3.7 percent drop from the same period in [...] | 2009-07-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SN |
09SINGAPORE677 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) In response to Ref A demarche, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) confirmed that Deutsche Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) no longer maintain correspondent banking relationships in Singapore with DPRK-based Tanchon Commercial Bank. An MAS contact indicated that Deutsche Bank and [...] | 2009-07-15 06:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SN |
09SINGAPORE695 | SINGAPORE SWF TEMASEK REVERSES LEADERSHIP TRANSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Temasek Holdings, one of Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds, announced it had canceled plans for U.S. citizen Charles Goodyear to take over as CEO on October 1. Ho Ching, the current CEO and Executive Director (and PM Lee's wife) will remain in charge. The announcement abr [...] | 2009-07-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN SN |
09SINGAPORE760 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 09:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC SN |
09SINGAPORE779 | READOUT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES DISCUSSED AT TWELFTH [...] (U) The 12th annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) convened July 5 through 10 in Brisbane, Australia. The APG highlighted challenges in Southeast Asia in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT) and identified many acute training need [...] | 2009-08-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL ID MY SN TH VM |
09SINGAPORE80 | SINGAPORE LAUNCHES EXPANSIONARY BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam unveiled an expansionary budget January 22 with S$20.5 billion (USD 13.7 billion) in new measures to help Singapore businesses and workers survive the economic downturn. Tharman made clear the budget was not sufficient to pull [...] | 2009-01-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SN |
09SINGAPORE817 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG AND GOS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. Coordinator for Implementation of UNSCR 1874, led a five-person delegation to Singapore to meet with GOS officials, bank compliance officers, and media, to urge complete and transparent implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 187 [...] | 2009-08-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL SN KN |
09SINGAPORE842 | TEMASEK UPDATES CHARTER TO REFLECT COMMERCIAL FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings revised its charter to reflect what it called "a changed environment," downplaying its former leadership role in managing Singapore's state-owned companies and guiding the country's economic development. The new charter emphasiz [...] | 2009-09-03 02:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN SN |
09SKOPJE117 | MACEDONIA: CAN THE DENAR AVOID DEVALUATION? [...] (SBU) Summary. Macedonia's current account deficit widened dramatically in 2008. The central bank's currency reserves have dropped at an alarming rate in 2009, raising concern about the country's ability to maintain the pegged value of the denar at roughly 61 to the euro, a fundamental elem [...] | 2009-03-16 06:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL MK |
09SKOPJE153 | MACEDONIA: MIXED SIGNALS AS BUDGET REALITIES MEET ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Macedonian Government seems to be underestimating the likely effects of the global economic crisis on the Macedonian economy, especially on the domestic currency. Not only has revenue collection in the first two months of 2009 fallen short of the projections on which the state budget [...] | 2009-04-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE294 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES REBALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) On Monday, June 8, Macedonia's parliament approved the Government's rebalanced budget. Although it had been evident to many observers that the GoM budget was wildly out of synch with economic realities, the GoM had resisted an adjustment until after local and presidential elections were [...] | 2009-06-23 09:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE48 | MACEDONIA'S 2009 BUDGET: SEEKING FISCAL STIMULUS VIA HIGHER [...] (SBU) On December 29, the Macedonian Parliament passed the country's largest budget since independence, projecting a general government deficit of 2.8 percent of GDP. With this budget, the GoM continues to implement a fiscal program characterized by low and flat tax rates with increased public [...] | 2009-02-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SOFIA127 | BULGARIA: THE ECONOMY'S MUDDLING THROUGH, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is finally feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. After years of impressive growth, major indicators are down and the real economy is taking a hit. But years of fiscal conservatism have left Bulgaria with sufficient buffers to avoid the financial turbulen [...] | 2009-03-25 07:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA222 | BULGARIA TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 08:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV BU |
09SOFIA27 | BULGARIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Bulgaria: A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Prom [...] | 2009-01-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU |
09SOFIA324 | BULGARIAN ECONOMY: STORM CLOUDS DARKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government will barely get past the July 5 general elections before a gathering economic storm erupts. EU, IMF, WB, and think tank forecasts are turning uniformly negative, with economic contraction now expected to range between 7 and 10 percent. Foreign Direct Investment [...] | 2009-06-26 13:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU |
09SOFIA535 | BULGARIA: COMMENTS ON OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE [...] Per reftel, Post supports OPIC's proposed investment in the USRG Emerging Market Fund ("the Fund") and is not aware of any derogatory information on the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. 2. The Fund's objectives appear entirely consistent with Bulgaria's energy needs and p [...] | 2009-09-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV BU |
09SOFIA591 | BULGARIA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Sofia welcomes you and looks forward to a successful visit. The new center-right GERB government has made fighting corruption and organized crime its top priority, but faces significant challenges. Bulgarian criminals have developed sophisticated means to launder money [...] | 2009-10-16 11:40:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA661 | SUMMARY OF A/S COHEN'S VISIT TO BULGARIA [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen visited Sofia on October 23, 2009 to discuss Bulgaria's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance (AML/CFT) regime. A/S Cohen pushed the Bulgarians to take bold steps to reestablish i [...] | 2009-11-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA665 | BULGARIA: NEW EDUCATION MINISTER APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Boiko Borissov appointed Sergey Ignatov as Minister of Education, Youth and Science on November 17 after the previous minister, Yordanka Fandakova, was elected mayor of Sofia. Contacts tell us he learned of his appointment minutes prior to the Prime Minister's announceme [...] | 2009-11-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KIPR KJUS BU |
09SOFIA666 | BULGARIA: NEW GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid a deepening recession, the new government's focus is on promoting recovery, maintaining fiscal discipline, and avoiding an IMF package. Its short-term "Anti-Crisis" plan includes an ambitious set of 82 measures which range from the vague to the concrete, many still requirin [...] | 2009-11-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BU |
09SOFIA712 | BULGARIA: LEAN 2010 BUDGET AIMED AT ERM-II/ EUROZONE ENTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After successfully stabilizing a ballooning deficit in 2009, the Bulgarian government proposed a conservative 2010 budget in hopes of bolstering its credentials for ERM-II and eurozone membership. Approved by the Parliament on December 4, the government's final 2010 budget expec [...] | 2009-12-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BU |
09SOFIA715 | BULGARIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Bulgaria remains a staunch ally in the fight against terrorism, and the USG enjoys strong cooperation from the Government of Bulgaria. No significant acts of terrorism occurred in Bulgaria in 2009. Bulgaria is not a sponsor of terrorism and does not provide a safe haven to terrorist o [...] | 2009-12-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR |
09STATE100148 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...] | 2009-09-25 18:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE101875 | MALDIVES: A/S BLAKE'S MEETING WITH FM SHAHEED [...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with SCA A/S Blake on the margins of UNGA in New York, Maldives Foreign Minister Shaheed related that Maldives would try to qualify for a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program despite MCC's focus on larger countries. Shaheed reported that in h [...] | 2009-09-30 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID EFIN ECON MARR SENV KGHG ETRD IN IS |
09STATE102887 | COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: OPPORTUNITY FOR FINANCIAL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will hold a Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training course at the FDIC Training Facilities in Arlington, Virginia. This training is funded by INL and S/CT, which co-chair the [...] | 2009-10-02 17:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL |
09STATE102964 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTAN ARRESTS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS' COVERAGE OF THE ARRESTS OF KAZAKHSTANI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON CORRUPTION CHARGES AND RECENT CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF CORRUPTION. THE INSIGHTS ON THE ENDEMIC LEVEL OF CORRUPTION, AND THE EPIDEMIC OF RECENT ARRESTS OF MU [...] | 2009-10-02 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV KZ |
09STATE103558 | WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; New York, NY, USA. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon Anthony Miranda (WHA Notetaker) Nicaragua Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez Ambassador Jaime Hermida Castillo, Deputy UN PermRep Roberto Leal Ocampo, Dir [...] | 2009-10-05 18:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD HO NU OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR |
09STATE103561 | UNDER SECRETARY BURN'S SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] (U) September 25, 2009; 18:00; New York, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Bert Kraaimoore (Notetaker) EL SALVADOR Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez UN PermRep Carmen Maria Gallardo Chief of Cabin [...] | 2009-10-05 18:48:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SMIG SNAR ES HO |
09STATE103664 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 bel [...] | 2009-10-05 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE103976 | (C) WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S SEPTEMBER [...] Classified by WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 24, 2009; 10:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Jenna Ben-Yehuda (Notetaker) SPAIN Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Juan [...] | 2009-10-06 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ES HO |
09STATE105413 | IRAQ: ADDRESSING AMERICAN VICTIMS' CLAIMS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) Summary: On July 16 -17, 2009 PM Maliki,s top legal and political advisers and representatives from State Justice, DOD and Treasury reached preliminary agreement on a draft state-to-state claims settlement text for resolvin [...] | 2009-10-09 12:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ |
09STATE106378 | 2010 BUDGET DEMARCHE TO LATVIAN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 22:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV PREL SW LG |
09STATE106750 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SPANISH ECONOMY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTELS REGARDING THE RECESSION IN SPAIN AND THE PLAYERS AND FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SPANISH ECONOMIC POLICY. WE ESPECIALLY WELCOMED YOUR INSIGHTS INTO HOW THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IS AFFECTING ZAPATERO AND HIS CABINET AND INTO FACTORS SHAPING SPANISH DOMESTIC ECO [...] | 2009-10-14 19:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN SP |
09STATE107719 | SRI LANKA: EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: The GSL request to Parliament for nearly $300 million in supplementary defense spending, which, per ref A reporting, will provide for recruiting of 25,000 new soldiers and constructing new military bases in the [...] | 2009-10-17 00:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MARR ECON EFIN EAID IMF CE |
09STATE108151 | UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) On October 12, the United Kingdom banned British companies from trading with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and Iranian Bank Mellat. This ban w [...] | 2009-10-19 19:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK XG XT |
09STATE108614 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: MONITORING [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) the text found in para 3 below in response to the MG's inquiry [...] | 2009-10-21 00:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE109494 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF [...] (U) This is an action request. All action addressees, please see paragraphs 5-7. Paragraphs 8-17 contain instructions or further background information for specific posts. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is in th [...] | 2009-10-22 22:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE111446 | (C/REL USA, AUS, CAN, GBR, NZL) KUDOS FOR [...] (C/REL USA, AUS, CAN, GBR, NZL) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND ASSESS THE STATE OF THE IRAQI ECONOMY AT THE LOCAL, PROVINCIAL, AND NATIONAL LEVEL. WE READ WITH INTEREST REF PRT CABLES AND APPRECIATED THE LEVEL OF GRANULARITY ON THE STRATEGIC THREATS FACING BABIL'S ECONOMY, INCL [...] | 2009-10-28 21:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB PGOV IZ |
09STATE113587 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: OBJECT TO FOCAL [...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadline of 10 November, USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting request for Ignace Murwanashyaka (DOB: 14 May 1963; POB: Ngoma, Butare, Rwanda; citizen of Rwanda; resident of Germany). USUN may inform the UK and French Mi [...] | 2009-11-03 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE115135 | DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK MELLAT [...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraph 5. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) The United States on November 5, 2009, designated First East Export Bank (FEEB),a Malaysia-based subsidiary of Iran's state-owned Bank Mellat, and Iranian national an [...] | 2009-11-06 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
09STATE115240 | PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR EU DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 23:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EUN KN KNNP PARM UNSC |
09STATE115674 | UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. At the 10 November informal meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml),if no other delegation objects, USUN should place [...] | 2009-11-10 00:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE116023 | October 2009 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 2009 Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," creditors expressed consternation over the $939 million payment made by Congo-Brazzaville to litigating creditors (a.k.a. vulture funds),which violated the GOC's commitment to seek terms from private creditors comparable to i [...] | 2009-11-10 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR |
09STATE116273 | USUN INSTRUCTION: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to submit the U.S. implementation report found in para 4 below to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. The strategic o [...] | 2009-11-11 00:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE117020 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw upon the talking points in para 2 below in the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) consultations on 16 November. [...] | 2009-11-13 01:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE117021 | GUIDANCE FOR USUN FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL JOINT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On Friday, 13 November, the Chairman of the 1267 (Al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee (Austrian PermRep Thomas Mayr-Harting),the Chairman of the Security Council Committee establish [...] | 2009-11-13 01:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE117653 | KUDOS TO EMBASSY COLOMBO FOR ECONOMIC REPORTING [...] E/EEB extends kudos to Embassy Colombo's economic team for its consistently high quality and relevant reporting. With over 30 economic cables in the past three months, Colombo's small economic team is one of the best and most prolific in the region. EEB appreciates the analytical and informat [...] | 2009-11-13 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB APER CE MV |
09STATE11914 | USUN INSTRUCTION: OBJECT TO LIBERIA FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. As soon as possible, and prior to the No Objection Deadline of 13 April, USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting request for: - Richard Chichakli (DOB: 29 March 1959; POB: Syria; Citizenship: U.S.) - Airbas Transportation FZE - Chichakli & Assoc [...] | 2009-02-10 00:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE119896 | KUDOS TO EMBASSY YAOUNDE FOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] EEB extends kudos to Embassy Yaounde for its high quality, relevant, thoughtful, and frank reporting on Cameroon,s fiscal transparency. Excellent reporting, such as REF A, is a tremendous help when determining which countries should require fiscal transparency waivers to receive assistance and [...] | 2009-11-20 14:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID |
09STATE119995 | ENERGY SECURITY BRIEFER FOR EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In January 2009, contractual disputes led Russia to cut off natural gas shipments to Ukraine, as it had previously done (albeit for a shorter period) in January 2006. This crisis hurt Russia,s reputation as a reliable supplier, both in Western and Eastern Europe. Russian officials know t [...] | 2009-11-20 17:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET RS UP XG XH |
09STATE120453 | IRAN,S USE OF EDBI TO EXPAND ITS WORLDWIDE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S//REL BRAZIL, ECUADOR, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA, UGANDA, SINGAPORE, UAE) As responsible countries around the world have decided to reduce their exposure to the proliferation-r [...] | 2009-11-23 14:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN |
09STATE121303 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS CONSULTATIONS [...] USUN may draw from the points in para 3 below during the consultations on 25 November, regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime, which includes an arms embargo and an asset freeze and travel ban for individuals and entities designated by the Security Council Commit [...] | 2009-11-24 22:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE121625 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXTENSION OF UN ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) This is an action request. Drawing on points in paragraph 2, at the highest appropriate level, as soon as judged practical, Embassy is requested to discuss actions required by the Government of Iraq (GOI) to extend the UN arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). At the same [...] | 2009-11-25 16:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ PREL UN |
09STATE121855 | USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS AND [...] This is an action request. USUN may vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) to renew the UN Security Council sanctions regime on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the mandate of the Group of Experts for one year. The UNSC DRC sanctions regime includes an [...] | 2009-11-25 23:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE12332 | HAITI'S PRESIDENT PREVAL MAKES CASE FOR GREATER [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton met with Haitian President Rene Preval on February 5. Preval described the economic devastation caused by the hurricanes and asked for additional USG assistance to help cover a $75 million budget shortfall. The Secretary assured Preval of continued U.S. supp [...] | 2009-02-11 00:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID SNAR ECON SOCI HA |
09STATE12334 | USUN INSTRUCTION: OBJECT TO LIBERIA FOCAL POINT [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is requested to block the Ukrainian request to delist Valeriy Naydo. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) Valeriy Naydo, a Ukrainian national, has been described as Viktor Bout's number two man in South Africa. He was a former pilot for Bout and one [...] | 2009-02-11 00:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE123740 | NOVEMBER 2009 U.S.-AZERBAIJAN SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG KCRM KISL MARR PBTS PINR PREL PTER AJ |
09STATE124988 | DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN-IRANIAN JOINT BANKING VENTURE [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 4. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Media reports from September 30, 2009, indicated the Syrian Central Bank issued a license for the formation of a new bank called Aman Bank (originally called the Syrian-Iranian Commercial Bank (SICB)) (reftel [...] | 2009-12-07 16:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY |
09STATE127595 | Paris Club November 2009 Meeting and Negotiations with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the November 18, 2009, Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," the IMF requested financing assurances for the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) new IMF program. Canada, troubled by the revocation of a mining license held by a Canadian-led consortium, waited until November 24 to [...] | 2009-12-14 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XL CN FR |
09STATE128274 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to lift the USG hold on the Focal Point delisting request for Ali Kleilat, who was listed by the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia. Kleilat should not remain subject to the travel ban [...] | 2009-12-15 23:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE129118 | JAPAN: DEMARCHE ON POSTAL REFORM REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan is currently undergoing an intensive process of reviewing postal reform policies and drafting new legislation regarding the structure and services offered by Japan Post. The USG, though neutral [...] | 2009-12-17 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JA |
09STATE130359 | USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: ERITREA SANCTIONS UNSCR [...] This is an action request. USUN may vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will create a new UN Security Council sanctions regime on Eritrea. A new sanctions committee and a new expert panel will not be created, and the sanctions regime will be monitored by th [...] | 2009-12-23 01:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE130560 | KUDOS TO DUBAI AND ABU DHABI FOR EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) EEB appreciates Embassy Abu Dhabi's and Congen Dubai's timely, consistent, and astute reporting on the recent Dubai World debt crisis and related financial events. These cables have been extremely helpful in laying out the broader political and economic policy challenges posed by the deb [...] | 2009-12-23 17:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL AE |
09STATE131382 | (U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE AZERI GOVERNMENT AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE ON RELATIONSHIPS OF KEY NATIONAL POLITICAL FIGURES WITH PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. SPECIFICALLY OF INTEREST ARE ANY INSI [...] | 2009-12-28 22:31:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PINR EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AJ |
09STATE131661 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING [...] (U) This is an action request. All Action addresses, please see paragraphs 7- 9. Paragraphs 10 ) 49 contain instructions for specific posts. ------------------------------------ SUMMARY and OBJECTIVES ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Maintaining the legitimacy and effe [...] | 2009-12-29 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER |
09STATE131728 | (S) KUDOS ON ORGANIZED CRIME REPORTING [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REF REPORTING ON BULGARIA'S MOST WANTED. THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE AND QUALITY OF REPORTING ANALYSTS LOOK FORWARD TO AND VALUE. ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON PROMINENT ORGANIZED CRIMINALS, THE ACTIVITIES THEY ARE INVOLVED IN, AND THEIR LINKS TO PROMINENT BUSINESS [...] | 2009-12-29 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PGOV SNAR BU |
09STATE131801 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ACTION REQUEST FOR SENIOR [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para 3. 2. (S/NF) Summary: In August 2009, Special Representative to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan (S/SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in coordination with the Department of Treasury established the interagency Illicit Finance Task Fo [...] | 2009-12-30 13:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK KU AE QA SA |
09STATE132385 | (U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ALIYEV FAMILY [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE ALIYEV GOVERNMENT AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE ON PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV'S FAMILY, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. INDIVIDUALS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST INCLUDE FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA, PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTER LEYLA ALIY [...] | 2009-12-31 15:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PINR EFIN EINV PGOV AJ |
09STATE13407 | COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: OPPORTUNITY FOR FINANCIAL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will hold a Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training course at the FDIC Training Facilities in Arlington, Virginia for participants from addressee countries. This training is f [...] | 2009-02-12 22:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ECON EFIN PREL KCRM KTFN |
09STATE14575 | DEMARCHE: U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH 2 CONFERENCE, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) The United States sees the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh as an opportunity for the international community to demonstrate unequivocal support for the Palestinian Authority (PA) and address the urgent humanitarian needs of [...] | 2009-02-18 00:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG |
09STATE1467 | NOTIFICATION OF TREASURY DESIGNATION OF MUHAMMAD [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY. The United States Government intends to designate Muhammad Hamshu pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13460 as early as January 12, 2009, but no later than January 16, 2009, for engaging in and facilitating public corruption [...] | 2009-01-07 18:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN CA SY |
09STATE15113 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES (CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES LOCATED ABROAD) [...] (U//FOUO) This is an action request; see Para. 13. 2. (U//FOUO) Under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) was written to provide the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources ( [...] | 2009-02-18 23:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV PTER |
09STATE15118 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PROPOSAL TO LIST CHINESE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (S) Summary: The United States and the People's Republic of China intend to jointly sponsor a proposed listing with the UN 1267 sanctions committee of Chinese national Abdul Haq, aka Maimaitiming Maimaiti, the leader of the Eastern Turk [...] | 2009-02-18 23:31:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETRD ETTC KTFN CH |
09STATE15625 | ENGAGING FOREIGN AUDIENCES ON "BUY AMERICAN" AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Efforts to confront the global economic crisis have prompted governments around the world to take protectionist trade measures. President Obama has spoken clearly about the need to avoid protectionism even as the United States confronts its own crisis. Secretary Clinton has said [...] | 2009-02-19 23:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTRO |
09STATE16194 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE - DESIGNATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 3 and 4. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to join the UK, France, and Belgium on Monday, 23 February 2009 in submitting the request to the UN Security Council Committee established [...] | 2009-02-21 00:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE17502 | INFORMATION REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (U) The following is an action request. Please see paragraphs five and six. 2. (C) In advance of the March 14 - 15 G-20 Finance Ministerial and the April 2 London Summit, Washington agencies are interested in Posts' outlook on the continuing impact of the economic and political situation o [...] | 2009-02-25 16:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN |
09STATE18780 | PRENOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will, on Tuesday, March 3, announce the designations of 11 entities, affiliated with Iran's Bank Melli, under Executiv [...] | 2009-02-27 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL |
09STATE18884 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadline of 4:00 PM, 2 March 2009, USUN is requested to object to Liberian Senator Jewel Howard Taylor's travel ban exemption request, as it does not meet the criteria for a travel ban exemption. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. S [...] | 2009-02-28 01:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE19846 | U.S. AMBASSADORS FUND FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides guidance and instructions for the administration of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Counterterrorism. The Fund was established in 2008 by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (-S/CT) to support projects that apply tools of soft power to counterte [...] | 2009-03-04 03:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PTER KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR |
09STATE19922 | USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733 (1992). 2. BEGIN LETTER In accordance with paragraph [...] | 2009-03-04 13:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE22006 | USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733 (1992). 2. BEGIN LETTER In accordance with paragraph [...] | 2009-03-09 20:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE22501 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Clinton to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The Department does not plan to release the text of the message. No signed original to follow. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Prime Minister: Thank you for your letter in which you s [...] | 2009-03-10 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN OPDC AS |
09STATE23139 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadlines USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting requests for Tupee Taylor, Mohamed Salame, and Irbis Air Company. 2. Prior to 22 March 2009, USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting request for Tupee T [...] | 2009-03-11 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE23142 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INDIA AND LET 1267 DESIGNATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy New Delhi. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) India's UN mission told USUN (Ref ) that India is ready to move forward on UN 1267 designations for three Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LET) members; Masood Azhar, Azam Cheema, and Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki. The U.S. is n [...] | 2009-03-11 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN PTER IN |
09STATE23624 | RESPONSE TO UK IRAN SANCTIONS ROUNDUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/REL UK) The U.S. would like to provide the following information in response to questions from HMG regarding recent actions against Iranian proliferation-related entities. ------------------- [...] | 2009-03-12 19:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM UK EFIN ECON XG XT |
09STATE23758 | DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES ON EFFECTS OF THE [...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The effects of the global financial and economic crisis have been acutely felt in many Central and Eastern European countries. Of the eleven countries that have sought IMF Stand-By Arrangements since the start of [...] | 2009-03-12 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL |
09STATE23810 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to inform the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia that the equipment for which the United States received an advanced arms embargo exemption (reftel A) on 13 August 2008 was delivered to Roberts International [...] | 2009-03-12 21:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE23815 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMM ARMS [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia an advance approval in connection with the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council. 2. BEGIN LETTER TO THE CHAIR OF THE 1521 (LIBERIA [...] | 2009-03-12 22:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE2506 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on two German citizens for their involvement in the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation [...] | 2009-01-09 22:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PINS GM |
09STATE2508 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Nonproliferation sanctions have been imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on thirteen in [...] | 2009-01-09 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN |
09STATE2516 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Order (E.O.) 12938 on two Malaysian citizens for involvement in [...] | 2009-01-09 22:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS MY |
09STATE2522 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on two Pakistani citizens for thei [...] | 2009-01-09 22:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK |
09STATE2533 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM) and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on a Swiss citizen for involvement in the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. [...] | 2009-01-09 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL SZ |
09STATE2534 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on one Sri Lankan citizen who is a [...] | 2009-01-09 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL CE |
09STATE2540 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on 13 individuals and three compan [...] | 2009-01-09 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL TC |
09STATE2548 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on two British citizens for their [...] | 2009-01-09 23:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL UK |
09STATE2552 | NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions have been imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on 13 individuals and three companies f [...] | 2009-01-09 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL UNVIE |
09STATE2556 | NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions have been imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on 13 individuals and three companie [...] | 2009-01-09 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL UNVIE |
09STATE26022 | SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR INFO ON GREEN INVESTMENTS IN [...] Summary. This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph five. Department requests information on green investments in the economic stimulus packages of major economies, in order to aid Washington,s efforts to develop a sense of comparative as well as aggregate efforts among the G-20. End Su [...] | 2009-03-18 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG |
09STATE26719 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON ESTONIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE INFORMATION FROM POST ON ESTONIA'S ECONOMIC TIES TO RUSSIA. ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ESTONIA'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TIES TO RUSSIA IN LIGHT OF EU, NATO, AND US RESPONSES TO THE AUGUST 2008 GEORGIA CONFLICT AND THE MOST RECENT UKRAINE-RUSSIA GAS [...] | 2009-03-19 21:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EN |
09STATE26983 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to object to the delisting request for Kai Farley, who continues to pose an ongoing threat to the peace and stability in Liberia and the subregion. Given his ongoing associations with former MODEL elements, we need further independently verified [...] | 2009-03-20 14:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE27993 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (U) USUN is requested to inform the French UN Mission that we intend to submit the delisting petition found in para 3 below on behalf of Talal El'Dine. Following agreement from the French, USUN sh [...] | 2009-03-24 13:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE29201 | JOINT US-UK-FRANCE DEMARCHE TO MALAYSIA ON BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (C) The UK and France share U.S. concerns that the opening of a subsidiary of Iran's state-owned Bank Mellat in Malaysia's Labuan Offshore Financial Center could allow Iran [...] | 2009-03-26 17:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK XB XC MY |
09STATE29254 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAQ TO NEGOTIATE WITH [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; see paragraphs 4 and 5. Background ---------- 2. (U) The UNCC was established in 1991 to process and pay claims for damages resulting from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The UNCC issued awards (entitlements for claims payments) totaling more [...] | 2009-03-26 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KU UNCC UNSC EFIN ECIN ECON PREL |
09STATE29399 | BUDGET SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] Department appreciates the reporting that posts have provided in response to Refs A and B. Strengthening the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a credible negotiating partner with Israel is central to this Administration's foreign policy objective of advancing a two-state solution to the Israeli-P [...] | 2009-03-26 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER |
09STATE29727 | (U) IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ECONOMIC ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN ECONOMIES AND THE REACTION OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTORS, AND GENERAL POPULATIONS TO NEGATIVE IMPACTS DOMESTICALLY. SENIOR US POLICY MAKERS HAVE EXPRESSED [...] | 2009-03-27 14:54:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN SE |
09STATE29981 | THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ECONOMY OF IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides background, analysis, and status on the programs and activities of the United Nations (UN),UN agencies and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) as they relate to the economy of Iraq. This review is provided in support of the ongoing activities of USUN and [...] | 2009-03-27 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KU USUN PREL ECIN EFIN ECON UNSC |
09STATE31398 | WORLD BANK'S MIGA PLANS IRAQ TRIP AND ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and State met with the head of the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA),Executive Vice-President Izumi Kobayashi, and Chief Operating Officer James Bond, to discuss MIGA's incipient efforts at suppor [...] | 2009-04-01 15:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC BEXP BTIO EFIN EINV OTRA IZ |
09STATE31659 | KEY THEMES AND FACT SHEET ON LONDON G20 SUMMIT [...] (U) This cable provides key themes and messages for posts' use in commenting on the April 2 London Summit. A detailed fact sheet outlining U.S. goals and objectives for the Summit is reproduced at para 3 below. The fact sheet has already been released to the U.S. press and may be distributed [...] | 2009-04-01 21:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO |
09STATE32668 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3 for general talking points. Paragraph 4 has Post-specific points. 2. (U) Per reftel, Japan and the World Bank are co-hosting a Donors Conference for Pakistan on April 17 in Tokyo. The stated goal of the conference is to raise $4 bill [...] | 2009-04-03 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
09STATE32712 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3 for general talking points. Paragraph 4 has Post-specific points. 2. (U) Per reftel, Japan and the World Bank are co-hosting a Donors Conference for Pakistan on April 17 in Tokyo. The stated goal of the conference is to raise $4 bill [...] | 2009-04-03 16:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
09STATE33405 | USUN INSTRUCTION: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to submit the U.S. implementation report found in para 2 below to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia. ------ REPORT ------ 2. COVER NOTE: The Permanent Mission of the United Stat [...] | 2009-04-06 18:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE3354 | 4 NAMES TO BE ADDED TO UNSC DRC SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to lift our holds on a Government of Rwanda request to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerni [...] | 2009-01-13 19:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE33629 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] (SBU) This is a time-sensitive action request for addressee posts. Given the importance of these IMF and World Bank votes, Department asks that the demarche be delivered at the highest appropriate level, preferably by Chief of Mission or DCM (please see paragraphs 2-5),with reports by April [...] | 2009-04-07 11:44:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09STATE34118 | ACTION REQUEST: AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. The United States Trade Representative (USTR),in accordance with Section 533 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, is required to list on an annual basis any foreign countries that have denied fair mark [...] | 2009-04-07 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL |
09STATE34653 | USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733 (1992). 2. BEGIN LETTER In accordance with paragraph [...] | 2009-04-08 22:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE3512 | KOREA-JAPAN SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Taro Aso met in Seoul from January 11-12. The following is an official read-out of the meeting provided by the ROK Embassy to Washington. End Summary. 2. (C) The ROK Embassy provided the English tr [...] | 2009-01-13 23:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL JA KN KS |
09STATE35229 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an April 9 meeting with S/SRAP Holbrooke to discuss the Pakistan Donor,s Conference, Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki passed a matrix displaying donor information. The matrix showed a tentative 500 million dollar Chinese c [...] | 2009-04-09 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PK JA CH |
09STATE36855 | (S) DPRK PROLIFERATION-RELATED TRANSACTION IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) On April 14, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and ISN Acting DAS Tony Foley met with Singapore DCM Ong to deliver the points in paragraph 4. Under separate cover, Singapore De [...] | 2009-04-14 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL PARM XF LE KN SN |
09STATE37028 | LEBANON LOAN AGREEMENT WITH U.S.-DESIGNATED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) In reftel A, Embassy Beirut alerted Washington that Lebanon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) March 12 with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) for the [...] | 2009-04-15 15:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL PARM XF LE |
09STATE37316 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] Posts are requested to nominate a Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO to coordinate and engage with host governments on terrorism finance issues. 2. ACTION REQUEST: The Department is in the process of updating its current list of TFCOs and Deputy TFCOs and requ [...] | 2009-04-15 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09STATE37333 | (U) NEPAL: LEADERSHIP, PARTY COHESION AND [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL. IN THE PAST, ANALYSTS ASSESSED THAT PRACHANDA SERVED AS THE GUIDING FORCE AND POWER BROKER OF THE MAOISTS AND WAS UNLIKELY TO FACE SERIOUS CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY, AND THAT MAOIST INVOLVEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT W [...] | 2009-04-15 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR EFIN PGOV PREL NP |
09STATE37357 | KUDOS ON JAPANESE REPORTING AND ADVOCACY [...] (U) The Secretary's February visit to Japan, new domestic political developments almost every week, and a flood of visitors to and from Tokyo have the past few months a particularly busy time in U.S.-Japan relations. Fortunately, Washington has had the benefit of Mission Japan,s stellar repor [...] | 2009-04-15 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ECON ETRD EFIN MARR PGOV PREL JA |
09STATE38036 | 1267/TERRORISM: GUIDANCE REGARDING YEMENI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Per reftel, Yemeni Perm Rep Abdullah Alsaidi on April 2 told USUN Ambassador DiCarlo that Yemen is prepared to submit a travel ban exemption request to the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) Committee to [...] | 2009-04-16 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA |
09STATE38607 | REQUEST DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: RESPONDING TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Some Arab states have raised allegations of corruption and non-transparent governance as reasons not to provide direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) government of President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad [...] | 2009-04-17 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS |
09STATE38619 | CONFIRMING USG OFFER ON EGYPT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The Department appreciates the Ambassador's efforts to consult with the GOE about the way forward on Economic Support Funds (ESF),per ref A. Please continue conversations with the GOE with the [...] | 2009-04-18 02:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EAID EFIN PREL PHUM EG |
09STATE39754 | INFO REQUEST FOR UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...] | 2009-04-21 21:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE41027 | (U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON POLITICAL [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. TO THIS END, ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN INFORMATION REGARDING HOW THE FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS AFFECTED THE SOUTH CAUCASUS--IN PARTICULAR, THE GOVERNMENTS OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGI [...] | 2009-04-23 20:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINT AJ AM GG |
09STATE42351 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S APRIL 15 CONVERSATION WITH [...] (U) Classified by: WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d) 2. (U) April 15, 2009; 1400 EDT; Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Chief of Staff and Counselor Cheryl Mills WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon PA A/S Robert Wood, Acting Ambassado [...] | 2009-04-28 03:14:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN SMIG CASC |
09STATE42778 | KAZAKHSTAN OFFICIALS MEET WITH EEB A/S DAVID [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV |
09STATE43385 | ACTING A/S NELSON MEETS WITH LATVIAN FINANCE [...] (SBU) In his April 26 meeting with Acting A/S David Nelson on the margins of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, Finance Minister Einars Repse outlined Latvia's plans for a 7% of GDP fiscal deficit in 2009 and 3% deficit in 2010 in hopes of meeting IMF conditions and establishing a sustainab [...] | 2009-04-29 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LG |
09STATE4356 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia two advance approvals in connection with the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council in connection with a program that would provide eq [...] | 2009-01-15 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE4361 | USUN INSTRUCTION: NO OBJECTION TO SNOWE'S LIBERIA [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to immediately inform UKUN that we do not intend to object to Edwin Snowe's second request for a travel ban exemption. We consider this request to meet the criteria described in paragraph 4(c) of UNSC resolution 1521 (2003),where the Council deci [...] | 2009-01-15 22:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE44731 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR US ICE BULK [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting requests, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of info [...] | 2009-05-01 22:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO ASEC EFIN PHUM PREL |
09STATE47360 | KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...] | 2009-05-08 21:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09STATE47369 | KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...] | 2009-05-08 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09STATE47372 | KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...] | 2009-05-08 22:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09STATE48524 | Terrorism Finance: UN Designation of Abdul Haq, [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On April 15, The UN Security Council sanctions committee established pursuant to Resolution 1267 (the "1267 Committee") added Abdul Haq, aka Maimiatiming Maimaiti, a Pakistan-based Chinese citizen of Uighur [...] | 2009-05-12 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CH |
09STATE48525 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES SUBJECT TO ASSET FREEZE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN |
09STATE49092 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FRENCH TARGETS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objectives are to: -- Express U.S. appreciation and willingness to work with France on sanctions issues; -- Request enhanced information sharing w [...] | 2009-05-13 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE49691 | SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO EXEMPTION LETTER [...] USUN is requested to deliver the referenced letter to the Chair of the Somalia Sanctions Committee at the earliest opportunity. CLINTON [...] | 2009-05-15 00:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE50829 | U.S. EXTENSION OF IRAQ'S FINANCIAL IMMUNITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 19:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PREL UN |
09STATE50892 | DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT IMPACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. United Nations (UN) member states are preparing to participate in the June 1-3 UN "Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development" to be presided over by the President of the [...] | 2009-05-18 22:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA |
09STATE51852 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 22, 2009 [...] Classified by Acting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary. Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali conveyed that the GOE warmly welcomes the "palpable change in attitude and atmosphere" with the United States, and Deputy Secretary Lew underscored that the Uni [...] | 2009-05-20 20:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID EG |
09STATE52348 | IRISL CONTINUING EVASIVE ACTIVITIES IN MALTA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK MT PREL PARM FR |
09STATE52510 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: BIOIDENTIFIERS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objective is to reaffirm to France that the United States can only support UN sanctions against those targets for which we have sufficient unclassified bio [...] | 2009-05-21 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE52684 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: BIOIDENTIFIERS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objective is to reaffirm to France that the United States can only support UN sanctions against those targets for which we have sufficient unclassified bio [...] | 2009-05-22 13:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE52944 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: TRUNCATED [...] This is an urgent action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733(1992) by 5 PM Tuesday, 26 May. Recognizing that su [...] | 2009-05-22 19:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE53005 | GE DISCUSSES PAYMENT FOR IRAQ CONTRACT AND SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior GE officials met with NEA DAS Richard Schmierer May 20 to signal their concern regarding payment for the $2.7 billion contract with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MOE). GE would like to move away from ad hoc payment solutions for each installment, as has so far been [...] | 2009-05-22 21:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO ECIN ECON EFIN EIND ENRG IZ |
09STATE53811 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS MAY 28 [...] USUN may draw on the following points in the May 28 consultations of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): -- The United States thanks the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Committee's Gro [...] | 2009-05-26 23:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE57094 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: IRAN ARMS [...] Department appreciates that USUN joined France and the UK in informing the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia that the advance arms embargo exemption request from the Islamic Republic of Iran was inconsistent with the letter and spirit [...] | 2009-06-03 16:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE58742 | NATIONAL COORDINATED MEASURES MEETING WITH EU4, [...] (S/NF) ISN Acting Assistant Secretary C. S. Eliot Kang and Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Daniel Glaser, met in Paris on May 14, 2009 with officials from France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy on the Coordinated National Me [...] | 2009-06-08 16:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN PARM PREL ENRG IR |
09STATE59966 | TALKING POINTS FOR BRIEFING OF UN SECURITY [...] USUN should draw on the talking points in para 3 during the June 11 briefing to the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the progress of the Counterterrorism Committee's (CTC) Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) work. BACKGROUND 2. The briefing will be made pursuant to UNSCR 1805, wh [...] | 2009-06-10 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL UNSC KTFM EFIN |
09STATE59967 | DEMARCHE ON LATVIA,S FINANCIAL SITUATION [...] (C/NF) The Department agrees with post,s assessment, Ref A, that the Latvian government,s (GOL,s) implementation of the terms of its IMF/European Commission assistance package thus far has been inadequate and that its pending proposals for budget cuts lack credibility. The time is right for th [...] | 2009-06-10 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON EUN IMF LG |
09STATE61202 | CONTINUING URGENT NEED FOR AMERICAN VICTIMS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the restoration of Iraq's immunity in cases brought by American victims of the Saddam Hussein regime reinforces the need to move forward on government-to-government [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL EFIN |
09STATE61213 | PAKISTAN: FOLLOW UP ON TOKYO DONOR CONF PLEDGES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Pakistan received generous pledges from donors at the April 17 Tokyo Donors' Conference, which was intended to raise funds for social safety net and development programs, and to shore up reserves. For broader donor coordination and t [...] | 2009-06-12 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PK |
09STATE61218 | PAKISTAN: FOLLOW UP ON TOKYO DONOR CONF PLEDGES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Pakistan received generous pledges from donors at the April 17 Tokyo Donors' Conference, which was intended to raise funds for social safety net and development programs, and to shore up reserves. For broader donor coordination and t [...] | 2009-06-13 00:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PK |
09STATE62888 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733(1992). Text of the e [...] | 2009-06-17 21:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE63263 | UNSC CDI SANCTIONS COMMITTEE GROUP OF EXPERTS' [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send, through David Biggs in the Secretariat, a letter to the Group of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1842 of October 29, 2008 concerning Cote d'Ivoire. Resolution 1842 renewed the measures overseen by the Committee established pursua [...] | 2009-06-18 16:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EMIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC |
09STATE64971 | 2009 OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP REPORT [...] (U) This cable is from the U.S. Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States. 2. (U) Note: This cable reports on activities at the Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We report on other OASGA decisions on Cuba in SEPTEL. Info [...] | 2009-06-23 16:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD KSUM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI XM OAS |
09STATE66250 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (SBU) On June 12, 2009, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1874, a Chapter VII resolution imposing further measures on the Democratic People's Repu [...] | 2009-06-25 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
09STATE66735 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...] | 2009-06-26 22:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE67384 | U.S. DESIGNATION OF NAMCHONGANG TRADING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- REPEAT GREEN LIVE MSG SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States will designate two North Korean entities under E.O. 13382 (Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass D [...] | 2009-06-30 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PARM KNNP |
09STATE67910 | UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...] | 2009-06-30 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC |
09STATE68481 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S RESPONSE TO DE GUCHT [...] Please deliver the following text from Secretary Clinton to Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht. The Department does not plan to release the text of this message. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin Text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you fo [...] | 2009-07-01 20:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN OPDC BE CG |
09STATE68878 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. Response requested by July 7. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overa [...] | 2009-07-02 15:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT |
09STATE69221 | GUIDANCE RESPONSE: DEALING WITH THE MICHELETTI [...] (C) The General Assembly of the OAS adopted a resolution condemning the detention and expulsion of President Zelaya. The resolution also declared "that no government arising from this unconstitutional interruption will be recognized," and instructed Secretary General Insulza to initiate diploma [...] | 2009-07-02 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EAID ECON EFIN HO KDEM MARR PBTS PGOV PREL SNAR |
09STATE69224 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] 1. (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overall expansion plan. The thre [...] | 2009-07-02 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT |
09STATE69684 | INFORMATION FOR UK DESIGNATION OF IRISL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (S) Summary: The Department wishes to provide the UK with information on the proliferation-related activities of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IR [...] | 2009-07-06 17:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PINR PREL |
09STATE69804 | UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee") an advance approval for an exemption to the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council in order to pro [...] | 2009-07-06 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE69814 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-20. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is in the final stages of reviewing the first two tranches of names circulated by the UN (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Commi [...] | 2009-07-06 22:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE70271 | Terrorism Finance: Request that Posts inform [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On Monday, June 29, the United Nations added the following individuals to the consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban under the UN Security Council Resolution [...] | 2009-07-08 02:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK |
09STATE70831 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...] | 2009-07-08 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE72656 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: ENGAGING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) In December 2001, the U.S. proposed that an individual named Mohammed Tufail be designated by the 1267 Sanctions Committee, and he was subsequently added to the Committee,s Consolidated Li [...] | 2009-07-13 22:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE731 | USUN INSTRUCTION: 4 NAMES TO BE ADDED TO UNSC DRC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to join the UK and France in lifting our holds on a Government of Rwanda request to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to re [...] | 2009-01-05 23:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09STATE74787 | (C/NF) MEXICO SECURITY AND ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C/NF) PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON'S SECURITY AND ECONOMIC TEAMS CONTINUE TO ATTRACT HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION IN WASHINGTON. WITH US-MEXICO SECURITY COOPERATION CONTINUING TO EXPAND, WASHINGTON POLICYMAKERS REMAIN HIGHLY INTERESTED IN THEIR MEXICAN COUNTERPARTS. WHILE MOST SENIOR FIGURES IN THE MEXI [...] | 2009-07-17 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR EFIN PINS SNAR MX |
09STATE7480 | DEMARCHE: PRESS AFGHAN GOVERNMENT TO MEET IMF [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Upon receipt of this demarche, the Ambassador is requested to convey the importance of stronger compliance with Afghanistan,s International Monetary Fund (IMF) program to President Karzai. The Ambassador should enco [...] | 2009-01-28 00:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV IMF AF |
09STATE75015 | SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF [...] This is an action request. Post is requested to seek from the Government of Liberia any information on the individual listed in para 5 and transmit response via a standalone UNCLASSIFIED cable. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. The strategic objective is for [...] | 2009-07-17 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE76107 | USG AND ISRAEL AGREE ON SPENDING LIMITS, FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 29 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG),the USG and GOI delegations agreed on conditions that would govern the decision to release FY 2010 and FY 2011 tranches of loan guarantees. These conditions support fiscal discipline in Israel,s [...] | 2009-07-21 20:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IS |
09STATE77250 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: POINTS FOR 29 [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw on the points in para 2 during the 29 July consultations regarding the Council's Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee"). 2. BEGIN POINTS -- In resolutions 1853 and 1844, this [...] | 2009-07-23 22:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE77666 | (U) LAOS: RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN ASSESSING LAOS'S VULNERABILITY TO FOREIGN ECONOMIES AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT VIENTIANE IS ACTIVELY MANAGING ITS EXPOSURE TO CHINA, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM. ECONOMIC REPORTING ON LAOS'S BUDGET DIFFICULTIES AND GROWTH PROSPECTS PROVIDED US WITH A [...] | 2009-07-24 20:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON EFIN EINV PREL LA |
09STATE77694 | UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1994) concerning Sierra Leone ("the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee") with the information found in para 2 below in connection with the arms embargo on Sierra Leone establi [...] | 2009-07-24 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE78251 | RESPONSE TO THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL REGARDING [...] (U) Please deliver the letter in paragraph two from the Secretary in reply to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's June 22 letter to President Obama. SYG Ban invited the President to consider several issues for attention at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, and noted that he would convene a summ [...] | 2009-07-27 23:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA SENV |
09STATE79316 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DELISTING PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...] | 2009-07-29 22:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE80204 | DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FURTHER EVIDENCE ABOUT HANI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Department appreciates Embassy Cairo's engagement with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on the UK's proposed de-listing of Hani al-Sabai from the UN 1267 Consolidated List (reftel). In response to the Embassy's request for feedback on the Egyptian information, the interagen [...] | 2009-07-31 21:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC EG UK |
09STATE80765 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS: INFO REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to propose to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Com [...] | 2009-08-03 23:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE81177 | DEMARCHE: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (U) Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div H, P.L. 111-8)("the Act"),prohibits "assistance for the central government of any country that fails to make publicly av [...] | 2009-08-04 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID AO UV CM CD CF NG SO CB EG |
09STATE81736 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 23:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE81744 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 00:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE82570 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...] | 2009-08-07 21:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE83024 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) with the information found in para 2 bel [...] | 2009-08-10 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE83026 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: USG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-6. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In May 2009, legal representatives for 1267-listed entity Jamaat-ud-Dawah (identified by the UN 1267 Committee as an alias for Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, permanent refe [...] | 2009-08-10 23:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE84137 | UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1994) concerning Sierra Leone ("the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee") with the information found in para 2 below in connection with the arms embargo on Sierra Leone establi [...] | 2009-08-12 22:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE84276 | E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION OF KWANGSON BANKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) On August 11, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the designation of the North Korean entity Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation under Executive Order (E [...] | 2009-08-13 13:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS |
09STATE84641 | (C/NF) ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE HONDURAN DE [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR HONDURAS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE HAVE APPRECIATED POST'S PREVIOUS ECONOMIC REPORTING AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CAPACITY OF THE DE FACTO GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE AND TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THE CALCULATION [...] | 2009-08-13 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECIN ECON EFIN EINV HO |
09STATE8722 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMMEDIATE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy George Mitchell's trip to the region demonstrates the start of the Obama Administration's active U.S. engagement in the Middle East peace process. Empowering the Palestinian Authority (PA) is a focus of Mitchell's [...] | 2009-01-30 20:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG |
09STATE87262 | (U) KUDOS FOR SERBIA TYCOON REQUIREMENTS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTELS REGARDING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF SERBIAN TYCOONS. THE REPORTS HELPED ANALYSTS GAIN A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WEALTHY SERBIAN BUSINESSMEN INFLUENCE POLITICS DOMESTICALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS NON-TRANS [...] | 2009-08-21 14:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RI |
09STATE87528 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/CT COORDINATOR [...] (SBU) Department requests mission clearance for AMB Daniel Benjamin and S/CT multilateral affairs officer Zachary Bernstein for meetings scheduled August 25 with U.S. Deputy Permrep Wolff, Croatia's Deputy Permrep Ranko Vilovic, Counterterrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) head Jean Paul [...] | 2009-08-21 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE88787 | REQUEST TO DELIVER LETTERS FROM THE SECRETARY TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Summary: On August 11, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced its intent to transfer $200 million in budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The transfer was completed on August 19. This level of support matches the U.S. gov [...] | 2009-08-25 23:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS |
09STATE89310 | UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 b [...] | 2009-08-27 00:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE90063 | IMPENDING DESIGNATION OF FIRST EAST EXPORT BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) We have on numerous occasions raised our concerns with the Government of Malaysia (GOM),and Malaysia's Central Bank, over the establishment in 2009 in Labuan of the Fir [...] | 2009-08-28 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR |
09STATE90813 | UNSC COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE GROUP OF [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter through the UN Secretariat to the Group of Experts for the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Cote d'Ivoire ("the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1572/ [...] | 2009-09-01 00:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE91300 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DOJ OFFICIALS TO [...] (SBU) Department requests mission clearance for Department of Justice officials to meet on September 3 with Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) Executive Director Mike Smith to discuss potential areas of cooperation between CTED and DOJ on counterterrorism technical assistance and tr [...] | 2009-09-01 23:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE9154 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph three. 2. (S) Summary: On or about February 4, 2009, the USG intends to designate domestically under E.O. 13224 the Iraq-based entity the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) for its support to the Kongra-Gel (KGK, aka the Kurdistan Workers Party o [...] | 2009-02-02 16:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN IZ KTFN PINR PTER TU |
09STATE91990 | TALKING POINTS FOR THE PITTSBURGH G20 SUMMIT [...] (U) The following talking points have been developed by the White House for use in explaining the goals and objectives of the upcoming Pittsburgh Summit with host government officials. They should not be left as a non- paper or used outside of official circles. 2.(U) For updated press sta [...] | 2009-09-03 17:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KPAO XA XB XD XE XF XG ZK XK |
09STATE93356 | WASHINGTON LAYS OUT PARAMETERS FOR EGYPT ESF [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Cairo correctly understands that the most recent Government of Egypt (GOE) proposal for the Economic Support Funds (ESF) program goes beyond what Washington is willing to support in the name of better bilateral relation [...] | 2009-09-09 01:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EG PGOV PREL |
09STATE9376 | JOINT US-UK-FRANCE DEMARCHE TO MALAYSIA ON BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ------------------------- OBJECTIVES/ACTION REQUEST ------------------------- 2. (C) Washington requests embassies pursue the following objectives: FOR EMBASSIES LONDON AND PARIS: -- Convey to appropriate host government officia [...] | 2009-02-02 23:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK |
09STATE93770 | MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO AUSTRALIAN FM [...] This is an action request. Post is requested to deliver the letter in para 2 from Secretary Clinton to Foreign Minister Smith in response to his August 26 correspondence. 2. Begin text of letter: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your letter of August 26 and for taking new action to f [...] | 2009-09-09 18:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV PREL OPDC IS |
09STATE96017 | UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 b [...] | 2009-09-15 23:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
09STATE96447 | IMF OFFICIALS DISCUSS SBA NEGOTIATIONS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of senior IMF officials met with Ambassador Christopher R. Hill on September 11 to discuss ongoing negotiations for a new Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) between the IMF and the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the current situation in Iraq. IMF officials noted that negotiations [...] | 2009-09-16 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EPET IZ PREL |
09STATE96937 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TARGETS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (S/NF) The strategic objective is for the United States to begin discussions on potential targets for listing in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Somalia Sanctions Committee [...] | 2009-09-18 00:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE98111 | DEMARCHE: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (U) Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div H, P.L. 111-8)("the Act"),prohibits "assistance for the central government of any country that fails to make publicly av [...] | 2009-09-22 12:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID AO UV CM CD CF NG SO CB EG |
09STATE98265 | MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO NORWEGIAN [...] This is an action request. Post is requested to deliver the letter in paragraph 2 from Secretary Clinton to FM Stoere in response to his September 15 incoming letter. There will be no signed original to follow. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your letter of September 1 [...] | 2009-09-22 16:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV PREL IS OPDC |
09STATE98720 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 MEETING [...] (U)Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald Schlicher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Meeting date, time and location: September 14, 2009, 3:15 p.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U)Participants: U.S. ---- Deputy Secretary Lew EEB Acting Assistant Secretary Dave Nelson NEA Deput [...] | 2009-09-23 15:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IS |
09STATE98748 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE: GROWING TIES WITH THE EXPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S/NF) The United States has information that Ecuador is coordinating with Iran to open a branch of Iran's Export Development Bank of Iran (EBDI) in Ecuador, and that Iran [...] | 2009-09-23 15:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC |
09STOCKHOLM108 | SWEDISH COURT ACQUITS LOCAL AL-AQSA HEAD ON [...] (U) On February 17, a Swedish court in the southern city of Malmo acquitted Khalid al-Yousef, head of the Stockholm-based al-Aqsa Spannmal Foundation, on charges of violating terrorist financing laws and violating sanctions laws. Al-Yousef had been accused of collecting nearly $500,000 throug [...] | 2009-02-18 07:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SW |
09STOCKHOLM124 | SWEDISH AID MINISTER CARLSSON TO ATTEND SHARM [...] Swedish MFA Desk Officer for the Middle East, Maria Velasco Ullenhag, told us February 23, that Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, will represent Sweden at the Sharm conference on March 2. Sweden is still reviewing the amount it will pledge at the conference [...] | 2009-02-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM SW |
09STOCKHOLM137 | UPDATE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN SWEDEN: CREDIT RATING DOWN [...] Credit rating company Moody's stated in a press release January 27 that it is worried about Swedbank's exposure to the Baltic States and has decided to lower the bank's credit rating from A1 to Aa3 with negative prospects. The lowering of the rating reflects the macro economic development in [...] | 2009-02-27 15:35:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SW |
09STOCKHOLM16 | SWEDISH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 14:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR SW |
09STOCKHOLM171 | SWEDEN UNABLE TO SUPPORT PROPOSAL TO LIST CHINESE [...] (S) Anette Nilsson, Deputy Director of the MFA Department for Security Policy, told post on March 10 that she has passed reftel points regarding the Chinese national Abdul Haq to other relevant Swedish agencies for their knowledge. Nilsson thanked us for this information, but stated that Swede [...] | 2009-03-12 09:11:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EFIN ETRD ETTC CH SW |
09STOCKHOLM182 | DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PK SW |
09STOCKHOLM194 | SWEDEN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S) In response to reftel, post would like to add Sweden's communications infrastructure to the CI/KR list. Although Sweden does not posses a direct undersea cable from the U.S., Sweden is a central European communications hub. For example, Swedish company TeliaSonera is an international car [...] | 2009-03-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SW |
09STOCKHOLM195 | SWEDISH FINANCE MINISTER ON FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told Treasury DAS Meyer and CDA the following regarding the financial crisis, Swedish banks and the Baltics: - Swedish banks can absorb further losses given their profitability in recent years. The Swedish financial sector i [...] | 2009-03-20 15:48:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV EN LG LH SW |
09STOCKHOLM204 | SWEDEN LOOKS TO REFORM DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, announced March 9 that Sweden is evaluating its aid to multilateral organizations and is disappointed in how several UN organizations have used Swedish development assistance, singling out the following agencies: [...] | 2009-03-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM221 | SWEDISH EMPLOYMENT MINISTER INVITES U.S. SECRETARY [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. At a meeting requested by the Minister for Employment Sven Otto Littorin which occured on March 31, Littorin told CDA that he has invited Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to attend an informal meeting of the 27 EU ministers for employment [...] | 2009-04-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM227 | SWEDISH FINANCE MINISTER PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE FOR [...] Summary: Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg predicted that Sweden's unemployment rate will hit 8.9 percent in 2009, 11.1 percent in 2010 and 11.7 percent in 2011 before slipping back to 11.3 percent in 2012. Borg alsoQredicted that deflation would emerge in 2009 with the Consumer Price I [...] | 2009-04-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM229 | SWEDEN WILL NOT PLEDGE FUNDS AT PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] On April 6, Acting Economic Counselor shared reftel points on Pakistan Donors Conference with Majeed Olerud-Khoso, Desk Officer at the MFA's Department for South Asia. Olerud-Khoso told post that Sweden will not pledge any funds at the Tokyo Donors Conference, but is instead examining if money [...] | 2009-04-07 08:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PK SW |
09STOCKHOLM234 | SWEDEN RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] On April 8, CDA together with the Japanese and Pakistani Ambassadors discussed the joint demarche with Minister Wilhelm Von Warnstedt, Director of the South Asian Department at the Swedish MFA. CDA and the Japanese and Pakistani Ambassadors urged that Sweden send a ministerial level represent [...] | 2009-04-08 10:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PK SW |
09STOCKHOLM248 | SWEDEN TO REINFORCE ISAF MISSION AND DEPLOY C-130 TO [...] On April 3, the Ministry of Defense announced a strengthening of its ISAF mission to Afghanistan by 40 troops. Additionally, the military will deploy a C-130 for operations in Afghanistan from May to September. End Summary. Strengthening ISAF Mission -------------------------- 2. On Apri [...] | 2009-04-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AF SW |
09STOCKHOLM249 | SWEDES LIKELY TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV SW |
09STOCKHOLM253 | EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER SW |
09STOCKHOLM26 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SWEDISH RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PINR SW |
09STOCKHOLM27 | SWEDISH RESPONSE TO A.Q. KHAN AND ASSOCIATES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN SW |
09STOCKHOLM301 | SWEDES TO REVIEW DPRK BANKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 13:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM XE ZO KN SW |
09STOCKHOLM306 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UN DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On May 15, Emboff shared reftel points with Anette Nilsson, Deputy Director, and Sofie Hillbom, Desk Officer, Security Policy Department, at the Swedish MFA. Nilsson commented that Sweden had declined to co-sponsor the designation of Abdul Haq when asked by the U.S. in April. Nilsson sa [...] | 2009-05-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PHUM EAID CH SW |
09STOCKHOLM342 | SWEDEN'S FOREIGN AID REFORM [...] Summary: Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson told journalists on May 7 that Swedish assistance still has a "long way to go" when she presented a comprehensive report of development assistance. She commented that Sweden must prepare and monitor programs [...] | 2009-06-04 06:15:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM374 | SAAB + KOENIGSEGG = KOENIGSSAAB? [...] (U) Summary: On June 16, GM revealed its plans for the future of Saab Automotive as Koenigsegg Group AB confirmed the details of a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of Saab. Koenigsegg is a Swedish sports car maker, producing as few as 18 exclusive cars per year. Commentators in [...] | 2009-06-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM400 | TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES TO SUPPORT IMF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PK SW |
09STOCKHOLM409 | SWEDES VERY PLEASED WITH PROPOSED DE-LISTINGS OF [...] (SBU) On July 8, Acting Economic Counselor shared reftel points with Ambassador Per Saland, Sanctions Coordinator, and Sofie Hillbom, Counter-Terrorism Unit Desk Officer, at the MFA's Department for Security Policy. Saland thanked post for what he called the "very good news" that the U.S. woul [...] | 2009-07-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC SW |
09STOCKHOLM410 | TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID KTFN SW |
09STOCKHOLM425 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...] | 2009-07-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE |
09STOCKHOLM426 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...] | 2009-07-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE |
09STOCKHOLM442 | SWEDES PREFER TO LET U.S. TAKE LEAD ON 1267 [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish MFA Sanctions Coordinator Ambassador Per Saland told Emboff on July 21 that Sweden is pleased with the U.S. decision to review the 1267 list, and that Sweden looks forward to a constructive dialogue on this issue. Regarding the delisting of Al-Barakaat and Moumou, he sa [...] | 2009-07-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC SW |
09STOCKHOLM454 | SWEDEN: RECENT IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] Summary: Based on stress tests, the Financial Supervisory Authority stated that Sweden would be able to handle the losses incurred by its major banks on loans made to Baltic countries. The situation in Latvia became somewhat more stable when the Government was able to present its plans to re [...] | 2009-07-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM466 | THE FOUR MAJOR SWEDISH BANKS REPORTING MAJOR CREDIT LOSSES [...] Summary: Sweden's banking sector is highly concentrated, with four large banking groups (Nordea, Handelsbanken, Swedbank and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)) accounting for roughly 80 percent of sector assets. Beginning July 17, these four major banks presented their results for the seco [...] | 2009-07-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM490 | REPORTING OF SWEDISH MONEY LAUNDERING CASES DOUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to recently released figures from the Swedish Financial Police, there were 13,048 cases of suspected money laundering amounting to $1.2 billion in 2008, an increase of 116 percent compared to 2007. Banks did a better job of reporting, increasing from 1,310 cases in 200 [...] | 2009-08-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER SW |
09STOCKHOLM545 | SWEDEN ASKS ABOUT U.S. EXPECTATIONS FOR THE G-20 SUMMIT; [...] (SBU) Summary: As EU President, Sweden has asked what sort of political success the U.S. is seeking from the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. State Secretary for Finance Per Jansson noted the need to show concrete progress in handling the financial crisis, and on climate change. He also discusse [...] | 2009-08-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SENV PGOV PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM570 | SWEDEN,S PLANS FOR THE G-20, CONCERNS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the U.S. Ambassador, Sweden,s Finance Minister Anders Borg praised the new mind set of the U.S. Administration that has us participating in international institutions. He urged the U.S. to keep countries focused on the political need to prevent an economic coll [...] | 2009-09-08 08:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SENV SW |
09STOCKHOLM572 | "SWEDISH" CARS SOON CHINESE? [...] (U) Summary. Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automobile announced on September 8 that it is still interested in purchasing Volvo, now all of it. The news hit Sweden as Koenigsegg's Saab deal receives Chinese funding, creating fear among Swedish employees and workers unions that Swedish car ma [...] | 2009-09-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM63 | SWEDISH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR AL-QAIDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR SW |
09STOCKHOLM631 | SWEDISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICALLY PRESSURES LATVIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials publicly chastised the Government of Latvia for its inability to present a 2010 budget that would satisfy IMF and EU conditions during the annual IMF meeting this weekend. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Andres Borg warned Riga that [...] | 2009-10-07 05:21:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM632 | SWEDISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICALLY PRESSURES LATVIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials publicly chastised the Government of Latvia for its inability to present a 2010 budget that would satisfy IMF and EU conditions during the annual IMF meeting this weekend. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Andres Borg warned Riga that [...] | 2009-10-07 05:22:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM64 | SWEDISH RESPONSE: TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EFIN PTER PINR PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM672 | SWEDEN TRIPLES ITS TOKYO PLEDGE TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PK SW |
09STOCKHOLM677 | SCENESETTER FOR SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER REINFELDT [...] (C) Mr. President, You will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt next week when he leads the EU Troika delegation at the U.S.-EU Summit in Washington. Reinfeldt was an early public supporter of your candidacy and strongly endorses many aspects of your global agenda, including cli [...] | 2009-10-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN SENV EUN SW |
09STOCKHOLM678 | SWEDISH VIEWS OF LATVIA'S 2010 BUDGET PROPOSAL [...] (U) Summary: Sweden is optimistic about Latvia's 2010 budget proposal, but Stockholm is concerned about the income distribution effects of the measures. Sweden's appeals to shift more of the fiscal adjustment burden from expenditure cuts to tax increases have been rejected by Riga so far. Supp [...] | 2009-10-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON SW |
09STOCKHOLM693 | DEMARCHE ON USG CONCERNS ABOUT SRI LANKAN DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE SW |
09STOCKHOLM699 | SWEDES SEND BILATERAL COMMENT TO IMF CHAIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE SW |
09STOCKHOLM701 | SWEDISH BANKING SECTOR STABLE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] Summary: All four major Swedish banks continued to see deteriorations to their credit portfolios in the third quarter primarily as a result of exposure to the Baltic region and Ukraine, but signs of improvement appeared in the form of decelerating credit losses. Market commentators continued t [...] | 2009-11-09 06:15:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL ECON SW |
09STOCKHOLM702 | SWEDISH BANKING SECTOR STABLE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] Summary: All four major Swedish banks continued to see deteriorations to their credit portfolios in the third quarter primarily as a result of exposure to the Baltic region and Ukraine, but signs of improvement appeared in the form of decelerating credit losses. Market commentators continued t [...] | 2009-11-09 06:15:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL ECON SW |
09STOCKHOLM706 | SWEDES SAY NO BAN ON SELLING INSURANCE TO IRISL, BUT SALE [...] (SBU) Summary. Swedish government officials said that EU rules prohibit Sweden from following the UK's ban on the sale of protection & indemnity insurance to certain Iranian entities, but note that the Nordic market insurance sellers are unlikely to sell to Iranians for business reasons. En [...] | 2009-11-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP SW |
09STOCKHOLM714 | GOVERNMENT OF SWEDEN STIMULATES THE ECONOMY, AND VOTERS, [...] (U) Summary: On September 21, the Swedish Government presented its Budget Bill for 2010 to Parliament. The Budget is geared to both combat the economic recession, and garner votes in 2010 national elections. According to the Swedish Government, the SEK 32 billion (USD 4.6 billion) in new spe [...] | 2009-11-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SW |
09STOCKHOLM72 | SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO [...] Summary: On February 3, the Government announced a U.S. $6 billion rescue package for the banking sector, utilizing the Stability Fund introduced in October of 2008. The package is designed to enable banks to increase lending to businesses and households. Sweden's major banks continue to st [...] | 2009-02-05 10:21:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SW |
09STOCKHOLM734 | Sweden's Economic Outlook Improves, But Problems Remain [...] (U) Summary: Sweden's economy continues to recover. Although still in recession, the 2009 fall in GDP is projected to be less at 4.6 percent. Unemployment will peak earlier than expected, and at a slightly lower level of 10.7 percent. Finance Ministry projections remain somewhat more negativ [...] | 2009-11-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM740 | SAAB: HOPE NOW WITH THE CHINESE AS KOENIGSEGG DEAL [...] (U) Summary. Luxury car maker Koenigsegg announced on November 24 that they will not pursue their purchase of Saab, blaming the "time-consuming bureaucracy" of the European Commission and other major players. All hope is now with the Chinese because the Swedish government reiterated that it [...] | 2009-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EIND PGOV CH SW |
09STOCKHOLM76 | SWEDEN'S AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAM [...] Summary: The Swedish automobile industry (Volvo Cars - owned by Ford; Saab Automobile - owned by GM) has shed about 7700 jobs since the financial crisis began in September 2008. Sales are down in January 2009 by 50 percent, compared to last January. The Swedish government has issued a rescu [...] | 2009-02-06 09:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD SENV PREL WTO SW |
09STOCKHOLM85 | TERRORIST FINANCING TRIAL IN SWEDEN SHINES LIGHT [...] (SBU) On February 5, Acting Economic Counselor shared reftel on Countering Terrorist Abuse in the Charitable Sector with Sofie Hillbom, Desk Officer, Department for Security Policy, Counter-Terrorism Unit at the Swedish MFA. Hillbom thanked post and added that Sweden continues to scrutinize t [...] | 2009-02-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SW |
09SURABAYA43 | NEWMONT'S FUTURE IN SUMBAWA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGenOff visited western Sumbawa from April 21-24, meeting with Newmont representatives as well as government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGO). The General Manager of Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) said the recent arbitration ruling offers clarity in regard to [...] | 2009-04-30 14:42:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV PREL SENV SOCI ID |
09SUVA171 | AMBASSADOR?S MEETING WITH PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM [...] (U) Summary: On May 4, I met with Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) to discuss Fiji's May 1 automatic suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) for failing to schedule elections by the end of 2009. Slade said that the unanimous decis [...] | 2009-05-04 08:18:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FJ KDEM EFIN PINR |
09SYDNEY13 | MINISTER EXPECTS FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT, [...] (C/NF) The Australian Government has accepted it is heading towards its first federal budget deficit in eight years, according to Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, but remains committed to a muscular fiscal policy to prevent a deep or protracted recession. In a private lunch [...] | 2009-01-12 23:45:00 | Consulate Sydney | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AS |
09TAIPEI480 | MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL CHAIRWOMAN LAI SHIN-YUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 22 meeting with the Director, Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan said the April 25-26 third round of cross-Strait talks in Nanjing will result in agreements on anti-crime and financial cooperation and scheduled passenger flights, as well as a joint statem [...] | 2009-04-22 10:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EAIR TW CH |
09TAIPEI486 | FORMER FM CHIEN ON BOAO FORUM: BEIJING WANTS MA TO [...] (C) In an April 22 meeting with the Director, former Foreign Minister Fredrick Chien said he was received warmly by PRC Premier Wen Jiabao at last week's Boao Forum, and also had two long private meetings with Wang Yi, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO). Chien, who claimed he was no [...] | 2009-04-23 10:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09TAIPEI577 | TAIWAN STOCK EXCHANGE OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF [...] (SBU) Taiwan opened its securities markets to Chinese institutional investors in early May, but the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) is not expecting a large influx of portfolio investment from China anytime soon. Senior TSE executives tell AIT that the biggest impact of loosening Taiwan restric [...] | 2009-05-13 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09TAIPEI606 | TAIWAN VICE PREMIER SAYS ECONOMY IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 18 meeting with Director Young, Vice Premier Paul Chiu said he believes the worst is over for the economy and expects a turnaround by the end of the year. China's stimulus and other efforts directed towards Taiwan could have some positive effect, he stated. Chiu did not [...] | 2009-05-19 09:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL TW CH |
09TAIPEI713 | TAIWAN VISIT OF PRC OFFICIAL LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (C) The KMT announced on June 10 that the fifth round of the Cross-Strait Economic and Cultural Forum (aka the KMT-CCP Forum )will be held in Changsha on July 10-11. Senior officials of the KMT's National Policy Foundation (NPF) and Zheng Lizhong, Deputy Director of the PRC's Taiwan Affairs Of [...] | 2009-06-16 07:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TW CH |
09TAIPEI912 | TAIWAN ECONOMY STRUGGLES IN FIRST HALF OF 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan's economy continued to struggle through a steep slowdown during the first half of 2009. Foreign trade, domestic sales, and industrial production posted significant year-on-year declines. Inbound and outbound investment decreased sharply, inflation eased, and unemploymen [...] | 2009-07-30 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TW CH |
09TALLINN10 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: ESTONIA'S HIDDEN ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The travel and tourism industry in Estonia accounts for an estimated one-fifth of GDP, and is increasingly important as the economy moves away from its old manufacturing base. In-bound and out-bound tourism from Finland, Sweden, Russia and elsewhere is thriving, and the cruise s [...] | 2009-01-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN |
09TALLINN144 | IMF CALLS ESTONIAN ECONOMY 'RESILIENT' AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Ansip's May 21 dismissal of junior coalition members - including his Minister of Finance - demonstrate how contentious the recent debates over budget cuts have been. Estonia's first quarter GDP in 2009 fell 15 percent over the same period in 2008. The GOE needs to make pai [...] | 2009-05-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN |
09TALLINN18 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA [...] (U) The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...] | 2009-01-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC |
09TALLINN245 | Estonia's Q2 GDP Falls 16.6 Percent, but Fall is Slowing [...] According to Statistics Estonia, Estonia's GDP fell 16.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter in 2009. Most of the decrease can be explained by reduced manufacturing, construction, wholesale trade, and financial intermediation. The good news is, the drop in GDP seems to be slowing. GDP [...] | 2009-08-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EN |
09TALLINN259 | Estonian Economy Falling, Euro Adoption in Trouble [...] (C) Summary: On August 27, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) predicted the Estonian economy would contract by 14.5 percent in 2009, with positive growth only occurring in 2011. Unemployment will remain above ten percent for at least the next four years. In a meeting the same day with visiting Tre [...] | 2009-09-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN EN |
09TALLINN35 | Estonian - Russian Relations (Part 1): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Estonia's economic ties with Russia are modest and relatively straightforward. Bilateral trade with Russia has held steady for several years at around eight percent of Estonia's total, with imports dominated by mineral fuels. Exports are spread across all sectors. [...] | 2009-02-05 13:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV RU EN |
09TALLINN350 | ESTONIA'S PROPOSED 2010 BUDGET SPURS LITTLE DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Estonia's 2010 budget quietly sailed through the first reading in the parliament - a surprising development given the 14 percent drop in GDP this year and the contentious budget debates of previous years. This might be a calm before the storm as the opposition parties are start [...] | 2009-10-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV EN |
09TALLINN364 | Estonia Considering Adding North Korean Entities to [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM ETTC KNNP UNSC KN EN |
09TALLINN57 | Estonia Adapting as Economy Reels [...] (U) SUMMARY: While confidence in the government remains strong, recent economic data now show that Estonia?s economic slowdown has been more dramatic than anyone expected. The Government of Estonia (GOE) has responded quickly, cutting the FY2009 state budget by a further 6.7 percent on Februa [...] | 2009-03-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN |
09TALLINN78 | ESTONIA ON ECON CRISIS: TRUST THE FREE MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 24 meeting with Econoff, Ministry of Finance (MOF),Central Bank and MFA officials concurred with most reftel points on the financial crisis, but noted that they do not feel the EU needs to increase the size of its stimulus package. GOE officials question whether the IM [...] | 2009-03-26 12:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL EN |
09TASHKENT1029 | UZBEKISTAN: REMITTANCES 2009 -- DROP NOT AS BAD AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Remittances are an important source of external financing for the Uzbek economy, accounting for 10 percent or more of the national GDP. With the downturn in the world economy, many feared a dramatic drop in remittances to Uzbekistan followed by ballooning unemployment and poss [...] | 2009-06-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT103 | UZBEKISTAN ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of the continuing effort to establish a Northern Distribution Network (NDN) to support U.S. forces in Afghanistan, a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) delegation visited Tashkent on January 13-15 to look at opportunities for local procurement. Local procurement is something [...] | 2009-01-26 00:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT1049 | UZBEKISTAN: IMF STATEMENT BY DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN [...] (U) Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),issued the following statement in Tashkent on June 18 at the conclusion of his visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan: BEGIN IMF STATEMENT I am very satisfied with my first visit to the Republic of U [...] | 2009-06-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT1121 | UZBEKISTAN: EXIM SUPPORT FOR TASHKENT AVIATION PRODUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Tashkent received an inquiry from Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ulugbek Rozukulov regarding ExIm financing feasibility for the Tashkent Aviation Production Association (TAPOiCh). TAPOiCh manufact [...] | 2009-07-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN UZ |
09TASHKENT1181 | Uzbekistan: UNSCR 1874 Demarches Delivered [...] (SBU) On July 8, Poloff delivered reftel demarches on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 to Nurillo Abdullaev of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk. Post will report any substantive response. NORLAND [...] | 2009-07-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC ECON PREL PGOV MTCRE EFIN KN UZ |
09TASHKENT1265 | UZBEKISTAN: EXIM SUPPORT FOR TAPOICH, PART II [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tashkent thanks ExIm for its response to reftel. Based on this response, Post has prepared a non-paper for transmission to GOU officials outlining the possibilities for ExIm financing support for purchase of U.S.-manufactured [...] | 2009-07-22 05:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN UZ |
09TASHKENT1604 | UZBEKISTAN TURNS TO DEBIT CARDS IN INFLATION BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an effort to control inflation by limiting the amount of cash in circulation, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) has begun to mandate the use of debit cards. However, Uzbekistan remains a cash economy and although the debit cards can be used for payment in a limited number of [...] | 2009-09-14 05:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT197 | Uzbekistan Still Seems on Track with Money Laundering [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan is currently in the midst of a process to enact legislative changes that would bring its anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime into compliance with international standards. The Uzbeks are likely on track to f [...] | 2009-02-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KCRM PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT2194 | UZBEKISTAN 2009 INCSR REPORT - PART II: FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Corruption, narcotics trafficking and smuggling generate the majority of illicit proceeds. Local and regional drug-trafficking and other organized crime organizations control narcotics [...] | 2009-12-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR UZ |
09TASHKENT2242 | UZBEKISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In Uzbekistan, widespread poverty and pockets of discontent with the social and political situation create conditions that religious extremists could exploit. Despite potential threats, the government of Uzbekistan (GOU) maintained tight control over the security situation within Uzbek [...] | 2009-12-22 12:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR UZ |
09TASHKENT231 | Tashkent Tidbits - March 2, 2009 [...] (SBU) A successful ongoing INL-sponsored forensic laboratory improvement program implemented by DOJ-ICITAP suffered a mild setback when the Government of Uzbekistan delivered a diplomatic note on February 17 denying a proposal to send an Uzbek forensic scientist to the Harris County Medical Exa [...] | 2009-03-02 06:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ICRC KCOR ECON KCRM UZ |
09TASHKENT4 | UZBEKISTAN: DELIVERY OF TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 12:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP PARM IR UZ |
09TASHKENT441 | Uzbekistan: World Bank Official Discusses Economic [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting with us, a World Bank economist discussed Uzbekistan's economy and the effects of the global financial crisis on it. Despite the limited exposure of Uzbekistan's financial sector to global markets, the slow-down in construction abroad (particularly in Russia) [...] | 2009-04-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EFIN ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT467 | Uzbekistan Parliament Passes Law Reestablishing an [...] (C) Summary: A Department of Justice (DOJ) expert traveled to Tashkent March 30 - April 2 to provide technical assistance to Uzbekistan regarding its draft anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism (AML/CTF) legislation. Surprisingly, the Uzbek Senate passed the legislatio [...] | 2009-04-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCRM ECON ECIN PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT511 | Uzbekistan: Anti-Corruption Workshop Launches UN Convention [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),with funding support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),conducted a workshop on March 31 - April 1 on implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption. International experts, [...] | 2009-04-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KCOR SOCI PHUM LG UZ |
09TASHKENT537 | UZBEKISTAN: AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post has neither observed nor received any information concerning discrimination against U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in airport construction projects funded by the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). Post is not aware of any instances in which fair market oppor [...] | 2009-04-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT567 | UZBEKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER |
09TASHKENT67 | Financial Crisis: Uzbekistan in the Tail of the Storm [...] (SBU) Summary: Although spared from the initial fall out of the global financial crisis by its isolation, Uzbekistan could face growing economic difficulties in the second half of 2009. Uzbekistan is vulnerable on three fronts: 1) reduced remittances and increased unemployment among the ranks o [...] | 2009-01-15 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT71 | UZBEKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On January 15, Poloff briefed Dr. Bakhrom Babayev, United Nations Desk Chief in the UN and International Organizations Department of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the imposition of sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation netw [...] | 2009-01-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL PARM EFIN UZ |
09TASHKENT74 | UZBEKISTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Uzbekistan remains a country where conditions for foreign investors are difficult. Legislation guarantees attractive incentives, but in practice it is difficult for an investor to obtain these benefits. The Government of Uzbekistan retains control of large sectors of the economy [...] | 2009-01-16 13:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC |
09TASHKENT811 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES SUBJECT TO [...] (SBU) On May 20th, Post delivered ref information regarding sanctions against North Korea following the April 2009 launch of the Taepo Dong-II (TD2) ballistic missile to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Americas Desk via dipnote. Post does not expect to receive any substantive response [...] | 2009-05-22 06:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PREL PARM ZO KN UZ |
09TASHKENT855 | Uzbekistan: Kosovo's World Bank Membership Demarche [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT921 | UZBEKISTAN: DESPITE CLAIMS, ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. First quarter macroeconomic results show that the real sectors of the Uzbek economy are already facing serious problems created by the downturn in the world economy. Despite GOU claims to the contrary, analysis of official statistics indicates that total exports in the first [...] | 2009-06-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT937 | Afghan Trans-Boundary Water Discussions: Maintaining [...] (SBU) Reftel (A) notes that the Afghan government, with USAID and USFOR-A sponsorship, will hold a two-day conference on water management in early July. If it does not already plan to do so, we recommend that Afghanistan be encouraged to invite Central Asian neighbors such as Uzbekistan to tak [...] | 2009-06-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV PREL SOCI SENV PBTS |
09TASHKENT947 | UZBEKISTAN: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE [...] (U) Post knows of no recent events that would impact on the proposed project (reftel) to remodel Malika Hotels Khiva, Khorezm, and Khevak. Despite the global economic downturn, the tourism sector in Uzbekistan is still strong, fueled largely by European retirees. 2. (U) Post has no inform [...] | 2009-06-09 09:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN UZ |
09TBILISI1001 | GEORGIA TO SUBMIT AN OFFICIAL NO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) In response to the request contained ref A and Department concerns that a quorum will not be reached in the vote for Kosovo membership in the World Bank (WB),Post asked the Georgian Government to submit an official vote. Initially the GoG said it would abstain in the votes for Kosovo me [...] | 2009-06-01 13:46:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KV PREL |
09TBILISI1233 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) On 02 July 2009, Post provided reftel points to Georgian MFA officials including Khatuna Salukvadze, Director of the Department of the Americas. Poloff reinforced reftel points with MFA officials and requested consideration of the request in the near term. MFA promised to pass the info [...] | 2009-07-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA GG |
09TBILISI1283 | GEORGIA: IFC EVALUATES GEORGIA'S SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: On June 29, the International Finance Committee (IFC) released the results of its Sector Competitiveness Overview of Georgia. The Georgian Government requested the IFC conduct the competitiveness survey to help them identify strategic areas to focus investment in hope [...] | 2009-07-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PREL GG |
09TBILISI1357 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF QASMANI, [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel terrorist finance designation of Qasmani, Mujahid, and al-Peshawari on 17 July to MFA Department of the Americas First Secretary Nana Shonia. Shonia assured Emboff that the details would be passed to the proper ministries for follow on action and review. TEFFT [...] | 2009-07-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK GG |
09TBILISI1599 | OPIC FINANCING FOR JSC BASISBANK PROJECT [...] Summary: Per reftel, Post's inquiries did reveal any derogatory information about JSC BasisBank that would inhibit OPIC financing to the project. End Summary. 2. JSC BasisBank has a strong, credible reputation among Georgian banks. Former Prime Minister of Georgia Lado Gurgenidze, while [...] | 2009-08-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN GG |
09TBILISI1876 | OPIC FINANCING FOR OPEN REVOLUTION - GEORGIA JSC AND [...] Summary: Per reftel, Post's inquiries revealed that Open Revolution-Georgia JSC and MobiGeorgia-GSC are businesses in good standing, although some contacts expressed reservations about the Georgian partner of Open Revolution. End Summary. 2. Post has no negative information regarding Open [...] | 2009-10-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN GG |
09TBILISI2171 | GEORGIA: 2010 BUDGET - CUTS CONTINUE [...] (U) Summary: The Parliament of Georgia approved the 2010 state budget on December 4, setting estimated revenues at GEL 5.17 billion (USD 3.1 billion, 1 USD = 1.68 GEL),a 20 percent decrease from 2009, and estimated expenditures at GEL 5.46 billion (USD 3.25 billion),a 21 percent decrease f [...] | 2009-12-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PRIL PGOV GG |
09TBILISI294 | GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE NON-PAPER [...] (SBU) Poloffs met with representatives of the Georgian MFA's Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department on 4 February to pass reftel non-paper as well as discussed talking points. Deputy Director of the Department Giorgi Dolidze expressed his appreciation for the information, no [...] | 2009-02-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID GG |
09TBILISI346 | GEORGIA SUBJECT: JSC PROCREDIT BANK GEORGIA [...] Summary: In response to the reftel, Post's inquiry into JSC ProCredit Bank Georgia from both an international financial institution and a competitor revealed no negative information. End Summary. 2. Post has no reports questioning the credibility or positive image of JSC ProCredit Bank Geo [...] | 2009-02-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN GG |
09TBILISI356 | GEORGIA: BUDGET OUTLOOK GRIM [...] (C) Summary: Georgia faces a grim budgetary picture in 2009, according to Deputy Minister of Finance Dimitri Gvindadze. In a meeting with USAID Mission Director and Econoff, Gvindadze inquired about the possibility of additional direct budget support, a long-term currency swap, and possibl [...] | 2009-02-23 13:20:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PRIL PGOV GG |
09TBILISI365 | GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2009. Introduction Since 2004 when the Saakashvili Government came to power, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms in [...] | 2009-02-24 12:58:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV GG |
09TBILISI373 | GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Emboffs delivered the terrorism designation of the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation on 24 February to Levan Nizharadze, Head of the Americas Division, Department of Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nizharadze expressed his appreciation for the informatio [...] | 2009-02-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL PGOV GG |
09TBILISI379 | GEORGIA: PENDING CHANGE AT NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Embassy Summary/Comment: Acting head of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG),David Amaglobeli told us that he will be replaced by the current head of the Financial Sector Authority, Giorgi Kadagidze. Amaglobeli believes the decision is in connection with his view that the National Bank o [...] | 2009-02-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GG |
09TBILISI391 | SANTE GMT PRODUCT PROJECT [...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post's inquiry into Sante GMT Products (Sante) revealed no negative information that would impede issuance of OPIC credit to the company. End Summary. 2. Sante is the largest dairy manufacturer in Georgia. Its juices enjoy a good reputation among Georgia's c [...] | 2009-02-27 05:07:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN GG |
09TBILISI392 | INFORMATION ON IBERIA REAL ESTATE [...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post's inquiries into Iberia Real Estate (Iberia) and its umbrella company JSC Iberia Group revealed no negative information that would preclude OPIC financing. End Summary. 2. Iberia enjoys a strong reputation in Georgia's business arena. Iberia is a divers [...] | 2009-02-27 05:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN GG |
09TBILISI508 | GEORGIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Based on Reftel action request, Embassy held a meeting with relevant mission sections to discuss the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and any critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Georgia whose loss could impact U.S. homeland security. Noting the inclusion [...] | 2009-03-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
09TBILISI509 | GEORGIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Based on Reftel action request, Embassy held a meeting with relevant mission sections to discuss the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and any critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Georgia whose loss could impact U.S. homeland security. Noting the inclusion [...] | 2009-03-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
09TBILISI684 | OPIC FINANCING FOR LOYAL ESTATE LLC PROJECT [...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post's inquiry into Loyal Estate LLC (Hyatt) project revealed no negative information that would impede issuance of OPIC credit. End Summary. 2. Kakha Sharabidze, CEO of the Loyal Estate told Econoff that financing remains in place to construct the hotel alt [...] | 2009-04-08 05:30:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN GG |
09TBILISI723 | GEORGIA: FOREIGN MINISTRY TO FILE A BRIEF WITH ICJ [...] (SBU) Georgian MFA Legal Department Director Irakli Giviashvili called in the DCM April 13 to inform us that Georgia planned to submit a brief to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) arguig against the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. Giviashvili said First Deputy Minis [...] | 2009-04-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON EFIN GG PREL ICJ |
09TBILISI752 | GEORGIA REVERSES DECISION TO FILE ICJ CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Following up the discussion on 14 April between the Secretary and Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze in Washington, the Ambassador was informed on 16 April by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov of Georgia's decision not to submit a brief to the International Court of Jus [...] | 2009-04-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON EFIN PREL ICJ GG |
09TBILISI807 | GEORGIA: UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER GG |
09TBILISI838 | GEORGIA WILL ABSTAIN IN VOTE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09TBILISI93 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on January 13. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...] | 2009-01-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE GG |
09TBILISI95 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on January 13. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...] | 2009-01-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN GG |
09TEGUCIGALPA100 | CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET VISITS HONDURAS [...] (U) Amid substantial fanfare, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made a mostly-commercial visit to Honduras designed to expand ties and cooperation between the two countries. She was accompanied by Chilean businesspeople, members of the Chilean Parliament, cultural figures, FM Alejandro Foxley [...] | 2009-02-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EFIN EAID KCRM KJUS PGOV HO |