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Created
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06KATHMANDU2152
2006-08-08 11:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
MAOIST LETTER DEMANDS U.S. REMOVAL OF TERRORIST TAG
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 002152
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/08/2016
TAGS: PTER PGOV NP
SUBJECT: MAOIST LETTER DEMANDS U.S. REMOVAL OF TERRORIST TAG
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
Summary
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 002152
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/08/2016
TAGS: PTER PGOV NP
SUBJECT: MAOIST LETTER DEMANDS U.S. REMOVAL OF TERRORIST TAG
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
Summary
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1. (C) On August 7, a group of five individuals associated
with the Magar National Liberation Front, an organization
associated with the Maoists, appeared at the Chancery and
delivered a letter to the U.S. President. The letter
demanded that the USG remove the terrorist tag on the Maoists
and stop interfering in "Nepal's internal political matters."
The group also delivered copies of five other letters
addressed to the Government of Nepal (GON)(2),the Maoists,
and the governments of China and India. The letters did not
contain any direct threats against U.S. or foreign interests.
Maoist Group Attempts Direct Contact With The Embassy
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2. (C) On August 7 at approximately two o'clock in the
afternoon, five members of the Magar National Liberation
Front, an ethnic-based organization connected to the Maoists
formed in 1997, appeared at the Chancery and asked to speak
to the Ambassador. The RSO, instead, took six letters from
the group without comment. The Embassy's locally employed
staff translated the letters from Nepali into English. The
letters contained no direct threats against U.S. or foreign
interests. Post has emailed copies of the letters to SCA/INS.
3. (C) The letter addressed to the President of the United
States (c/o the Ambassador) listed four major demands:
-- Help from the USG with the peace talks.
-- Removal of the terrorist tag on the Maoists.
-- Cessation of comments on Nepal's "internal political
matters."
-- Putting the Nepal Army and the People's Army, and the
Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoist "government" on
equal footing.
Five Other Letters Went Out
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4. (C) The other five letters were addressed to Prime
Minister Koirala, the GON peace talks team, Prime Minister
Koirala, the Maoist talks team, the President of China, and
the Ambassador of India. The main demands of the letter to
the GON were to "establish a federal government, right to
self-determination, ethnic and regional autonomy, secularism,
proportional representation, special rights and special
reservation." The letter to the Chinese President welcomed
"China's role to take Nepal to a peaceful progressive
political outlet" and protested the "American-Indian
conspiracy to take the country back to a warring state." The
letter to the Ambassador of India demanded the release of
Maoists held in India.
Comment
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5. (C) We view these letters as a sign of continuing Maoist
desire to gain legitimacy and their frustration with the
USG's unwillingness to meet with them. In our view, the U.S.
policy remains a useful tool to pressure the Maoists to deal
in good faith with the key party: the Government of Nepal.
MORIARTY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/08/2016
TAGS: PTER PGOV NP
SUBJECT: MAOIST LETTER DEMANDS U.S. REMOVAL OF TERRORIST TAG
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
Summary
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1. (C) On August 7, a group of five individuals associated
with the Magar National Liberation Front, an organization
associated with the Maoists, appeared at the Chancery and
delivered a letter to the U.S. President. The letter
demanded that the USG remove the terrorist tag on the Maoists
and stop interfering in "Nepal's internal political matters."
The group also delivered copies of five other letters
addressed to the Government of Nepal (GON)(2),the Maoists,
and the governments of China and India. The letters did not
contain any direct threats against U.S. or foreign interests.
Maoist Group Attempts Direct Contact With The Embassy
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2. (C) On August 7 at approximately two o'clock in the
afternoon, five members of the Magar National Liberation
Front, an ethnic-based organization connected to the Maoists
formed in 1997, appeared at the Chancery and asked to speak
to the Ambassador. The RSO, instead, took six letters from
the group without comment. The Embassy's locally employed
staff translated the letters from Nepali into English. The
letters contained no direct threats against U.S. or foreign
interests. Post has emailed copies of the letters to SCA/INS.
3. (C) The letter addressed to the President of the United
States (c/o the Ambassador) listed four major demands:
-- Help from the USG with the peace talks.
-- Removal of the terrorist tag on the Maoists.
-- Cessation of comments on Nepal's "internal political
matters."
-- Putting the Nepal Army and the People's Army, and the
Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoist "government" on
equal footing.
Five Other Letters Went Out
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4. (C) The other five letters were addressed to Prime
Minister Koirala, the GON peace talks team, Prime Minister
Koirala, the Maoist talks team, the President of China, and
the Ambassador of India. The main demands of the letter to
the GON were to "establish a federal government, right to
self-determination, ethnic and regional autonomy, secularism,
proportional representation, special rights and special
reservation." The letter to the Chinese President welcomed
"China's role to take Nepal to a peaceful progressive
political outlet" and protested the "American-Indian
conspiracy to take the country back to a warring state." The
letter to the Ambassador of India demanded the release of
Maoists held in India.
Comment
--------------
5. (C) We view these letters as a sign of continuing Maoist
desire to gain legitimacy and their frustration with the
USG's unwillingness to meet with them. In our view, the U.S.
policy remains a useful tool to pressure the Maoists to deal
in good faith with the key party: the Government of Nepal.
MORIARTY