(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON

S E C R E T STATE 071043 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/09/2034 TAGS: PINR UZ SUBJECT: (U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON UZBEKISTANI OFFICIALS DURING APRIL-JUNE 2009 REF: A. TASHKENT 000423 ¶B. TASHKENT 00669 ¶C. TASHKENT 000703 ¶D. TASHKENT 000795 ¶E. TASHKENT 000903 ¶F. TASHKENT 000531 ¶G. TASHKENT 000859 ¶H. TASHKENT 000885 ¶I. TASHKENT 000887 ¶J. TASHKENT 000889 Classified By: SUZANNE MCCORMICK, DIR., INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C). ¶1. (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS COMMEND POST FOR ITS BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON UZBEKISTANI OFFICIALS. REFS A-J REPRESENT THE TYPE OF REPORTING ON WHICH ANALYSTS RELY IN PULLING TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS FOR USE BY US POLICYMAKERS IN WASHINGTON. ¶A. (C) REF A (&UZBEKISTAN: MFA DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY, ECONOMIC ISSUES8) PROVIDED EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND ON THE MFA,S ACTING AMERICAS DEPARTMENT CHIEF TAKHIR MAMADJANOV. INR/B FOUND THE INFORMATION ON MAMADJANOV,S CLAN AFFILIATION ) AND HOW THIS AFFILIATION AFFECTED HIS CAREER PATH -- FASCINATING. ¶B. (C) REF B (&UZBEKISTAN: TRANSCOM DELEGATION DISCUSSES TRANSIT WITH GOU OFFICIALS8) INCLUDED USEFUL LANGUAGE ON HOW FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AZIMOV CAME ACROSS DURING THE MEETING ) &CAREFULLY DEFERENTIAL TO PRESIDENT KARIMOV, AZIMOV GREW FORCEFUL WHEN STRESSING THE NEED FOR LOCAL JOB CREATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.8 SIMILARLY, REF B OFFERED GOOD DATA POINTS ON FOREIGN MINISTER NOROV AND DEFENSE MINISTER BERDIYEV ) &IT IS INTERESTING THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING, NOROV DID ALL THE TALKING FROM THE GOU SIDE. WHEN HE OFFERED THE SILENT BERDIYEV THE CHANCE TO WEIGH IN AT THE END, BERDIYEV DECLINED.8 ¶C. (C) REF C (&UZBEKISTAN: LONG-TIME MINISTER OF HEALTH SACKED8) NOT ONLY PROVIDED GOOD BIOGRAPHIC DETAILS ON NEWLY NAMED HEALTH MINISTER ADKHAM IKRAMOV, BUT ALSO ON FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE PLAYED INTO FERUZ NAZIROV,S REMOVAL, INCLUDING THE RUMORED RIVALRY BETWEEN PRESIDENT KARIMOV AND PRIME MINISTER MIRZIYAYEV. ¶D. (C) REF D (&UZBEKISTAN: KOREAN AMBASSADOR SHARES VIEWS OF COOPERATION WITH UZBEKISTAN8) PROVIDED INTERESTING TIDBITS ON KARIMOV AND EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF HOW MUCH THE UZBEKISTANI PRESIDENT APPEARS TO VALUE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SOUTH KOREA ) &KYUN OPINED THAT KARIMOV ADMIRES THE KOREAN MODEL, OF DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS FORMER KOREAN PRESIDENT PARK CHUNG-HEE, AND NOTED THAT KARIMOV HAS STUDIED CHUNG-HEE,S BOOKS.8 ¶E. (S) REF E (&UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENT KARIMOV SUSPECTS RUSSIA OF FOMENTING UNREST IN CENTRAL ASIA8) OFFERED OUTSTANDING LANGUAGE ON THE ATMOSPHERICS OF THE MEETING AND ON KARIMOV,S WORLDVIEW ) &KARIMOV MOVED INTO FULL CONSPIRACY THEORY MODE AS HE SPECULATED ABOUT WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACKS.8 ¶F. (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ALSO APPRECIATED THE BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN REFS F-J. ¶2. (SBU) MANY THANKS AGAIN. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE POST,S CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING. CLINTON