(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