Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE73197
2009-07-14 21:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Secretary of State
how-toVZCZCXYZ0011 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHC #3197 1952130 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 142115Z JUL 09 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY BISHKEK 5468
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 073197
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/14/2034
TAGS: PINR KG
SUBJECT: (U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON
KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS DURING APRIL - JUNE 2009
REF: A. BISHKEK 000298
B. BISHKEK 000366
C. BISHKEK 000430
D. BISHKEK 000487
E. BISHKEK 000563
F. BISHKEK 000700
G. BISHKEK 000494
Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 073197
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/14/2034
TAGS: PINR KG
SUBJECT: (U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON
KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS DURING APRIL - JUNE 2009
REF: A. BISHKEK 000298
B. BISHKEK 000366
C. BISHKEK 000430
D. BISHKEK 000487
E. BISHKEK 000563
F. BISHKEK 000700
G. BISHKEK 000494
Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
1. (C) INR/B RELIES HEAVILY ON POST,S REPORTING IN PULLING
TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS FOR USE
BY US POLICYMAKERS. REFS A-G ARE EXAMPLES OF POST,S
EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING.
A. (C) REFS A AND G (&PUTATIVE KYRGYZ CONSENSUS OPPOSITION
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISTANCES HERSELF FROM RIVAL
OPPOSITIONISTS8) AND (&FORMER KYRGYZ DEPUTY PM PLANS TO
QUIT POLITICS, FOR NOW8) PROVIDED INFORMATIVE LANGUAGE ON
THE REPUTATION, OPERATING STYLE AND POLITICAL STANDING OF
ELMIRA IBRAIMOVA.
B. (C) IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING DATA POINTS ON FOREIGN
POLICY ADVISOR AIBEK MOLDOGAZIEV,S ACCESS TO PRESIDENT
BAKIYEV AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS, REF B (&KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL
ADVISOR CONCERNED ABOUT REGIONAL WATER TENSIONS8) INCLUDED
OUTSTANDING LANGUAGE ON HOW MOLDOGAZIEV CAME ACROSS DURING
THE MEETING, MOST NOTABLY HIS BIZARRE BEHAVIOR AND COMMENTS
CONCERNING FOREIGN MINISTER SARBAYEV.
C. (C) INR/B APPRECIATED PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MURATBEK
IMANALIYEV,S INSIGHTS ON THE KYRGYZSTANI LEADERSHIP THAT
WERE CONTAINED IN REF C (&PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LAMENTS
KYRGYZSTAN,S SLOW DECLINE8).
D. (C) REF D (&KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TALAS
GOVERNOR8) PROVIDED USEFUL LANGUAGE ON BEISHENBEK BOLOTBEK
) A &CLASSIC SOVIET-ERA APPARATCHIK.8 INR/B READ WITH
BOTH AMUSEMENT AND AMAZEMENT BOLOTBEK,S VIEWS ON LENIN AND
THE COMMUNIST LEADER,S SUPPOSED EMBRACE OF SHARI,AH LAW.
E. (C) REF E (&KYRGYZ SPORTS: ANOTHER FIEFDOM OF THE
FIRST FAMILY8) WAS A FASCINATING AND INSIGHTFUL LOOK AT YET
ANOTHER ASPECT OF COMPETITION AMONG PRESIDENT BAKIYEV,S SON
MAXIM AND THE PRESIDENT,S BROTHER JANYSH.
F. (C) SIMILARLY, REF F (&KYRGYZ ELITE FAWN OVER
PRESIDENT,S SON8) NICELY ILLUSTRATED MAXIM,S INFLUENCE IN
KYRGYZSTANI BUSINESS CIRCLES. REF F ALSO PROVIDED GOOD DATA
POINTS ON THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN MAXIM AND PRIME MINISTER
CHUDINOV.
2. (SBU) MANY THANKS AGAIN. INR/B ENCOURAGES POST TO
CONTINUE ITS SOLID RECORD OF BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/14/2034
TAGS: PINR KG
SUBJECT: (U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON
KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS DURING APRIL - JUNE 2009
REF: A. BISHKEK 000298
B. BISHKEK 000366
C. BISHKEK 000430
D. BISHKEK 000487
E. BISHKEK 000563
F. BISHKEK 000700
G. BISHKEK 000494
Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
1. (C) INR/B RELIES HEAVILY ON POST,S REPORTING IN PULLING
TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS FOR USE
BY US POLICYMAKERS. REFS A-G ARE EXAMPLES OF POST,S
EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING.
A. (C) REFS A AND G (&PUTATIVE KYRGYZ CONSENSUS OPPOSITION
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISTANCES HERSELF FROM RIVAL
OPPOSITIONISTS8) AND (&FORMER KYRGYZ DEPUTY PM PLANS TO
QUIT POLITICS, FOR NOW8) PROVIDED INFORMATIVE LANGUAGE ON
THE REPUTATION, OPERATING STYLE AND POLITICAL STANDING OF
ELMIRA IBRAIMOVA.
B. (C) IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING DATA POINTS ON FOREIGN
POLICY ADVISOR AIBEK MOLDOGAZIEV,S ACCESS TO PRESIDENT
BAKIYEV AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS, REF B (&KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL
ADVISOR CONCERNED ABOUT REGIONAL WATER TENSIONS8) INCLUDED
OUTSTANDING LANGUAGE ON HOW MOLDOGAZIEV CAME ACROSS DURING
THE MEETING, MOST NOTABLY HIS BIZARRE BEHAVIOR AND COMMENTS
CONCERNING FOREIGN MINISTER SARBAYEV.
C. (C) INR/B APPRECIATED PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MURATBEK
IMANALIYEV,S INSIGHTS ON THE KYRGYZSTANI LEADERSHIP THAT
WERE CONTAINED IN REF C (&PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LAMENTS
KYRGYZSTAN,S SLOW DECLINE8).
D. (C) REF D (&KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TALAS
GOVERNOR8) PROVIDED USEFUL LANGUAGE ON BEISHENBEK BOLOTBEK
) A &CLASSIC SOVIET-ERA APPARATCHIK.8 INR/B READ WITH
BOTH AMUSEMENT AND AMAZEMENT BOLOTBEK,S VIEWS ON LENIN AND
THE COMMUNIST LEADER,S SUPPOSED EMBRACE OF SHARI,AH LAW.
E. (C) REF E (&KYRGYZ SPORTS: ANOTHER FIEFDOM OF THE
FIRST FAMILY8) WAS A FASCINATING AND INSIGHTFUL LOOK AT YET
ANOTHER ASPECT OF COMPETITION AMONG PRESIDENT BAKIYEV,S SON
MAXIM AND THE PRESIDENT,S BROTHER JANYSH.
F. (C) SIMILARLY, REF F (&KYRGYZ ELITE FAWN OVER
PRESIDENT,S SON8) NICELY ILLUSTRATED MAXIM,S INFLUENCE IN
KYRGYZSTANI BUSINESS CIRCLES. REF F ALSO PROVIDED GOOD DATA
POINTS ON THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN MAXIM AND PRIME MINISTER
CHUDINOV.
2. (SBU) MANY THANKS AGAIN. INR/B ENCOURAGES POST TO
CONTINUE ITS SOLID RECORD OF BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING.
CLINTON