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03KATHMANDU1926	NEPAL: MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONOR PLEDGE TO [...] SUMMARY. MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONORED THEIR PLEDGE TO "SUSPEND ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS" DURING THE OCTOBER 2 - 10 DASAIN HOLIDAY. REPORTS INDICATE THAT MAOISTS INTENTIONALLY TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, WHILE CLASHES WITH SECURITY FORCES CONTINUED, ALBEIT SOMEWHAT A [...]	2003-10-07 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP

03KATHMANDU1964	NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 10 [...] DESPITE THE MAOIST PLEDGE TO HALT ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS DURING OCTOBER 2 - 10 FOR THE DASAIN HOLIDAY, THE INSURGENTS CONTINUED TO TARGET NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND ATTACK SECURITY FORCES (REFTEL). ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS ACCOUNTS, 19 MAOISTS, 2 POLICEMEN AND 2 ROYAL NEPAL ARMY (RNA [...]	2003-10-10 08:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1978	NEPAL: HYDROPOWER PLANT WITH US INVESTMENT TO [...] (C) After Nepali Army intelligence of an impending Maoist attack forced its temporary shutdown on October 12, the Bhote Koshi hydrolectric power plant will resume full service late on October 14. Sam Nott, the American plant manager, says he expects all staff to return to the site and the 3 [...]	2003-10-14 07:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ENRG EINV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1979	NEPAL: MAOISTS UNSUCCESSFUL IN TWO ATTACKS ON [...] (C) Summary. On October 10 and 12, Maoists launched the two largest attacks on Nepalese security forces since before the January 2003 ceasefire. In both incidents, between 300 and 500 Maoists attacked Armed Police Force (APF) camps in the southern lowlands (Terai) of the mid-western region. [...]	2003-10-14 07:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1989	NEPAL: MAOIST PUBLIC STATEMENT DECLARES NEPAL [...] (SBU) THE MAOIST INFORMATION BULLETIN, POSTED ON THE INTERNET SITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) OF NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENTS ON SEPTEMBER 28, COMPLAINED OF THE "ACTIVITIES OF THE AMBASSADORS OF SOME POWERFUL COUNTRIES," BUT ADDED THAT THE MAOISTS POSE "NO DANGER TO THE LIFE OF ANY FOREIGNER, INCLUDING U.S. [...]	2003-10-15 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL CASC NP
03KATHMANDU2006	NEPAL: ONE EX-MINISTER AND TWO SECRETARIES [...] (C) On October 13, Nepal's anti-corruption agency, the CIAA, arrested three former senior government officials, including former minister and Deputy General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party Govinda Raj Joshi, as well as two former government secretaries. Joshi's arrest represents the se [...]	2003-10-16 09:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NP
03KATHMANDU2040	NEPAL: MAOISTS ABDUCT AND RELEASE BRITISH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a group of armed Maoists seized four British Army Gurkha officers or employees, including one active duty British Lieutenant Colonel and two Nepali Gurkha retired officers, in Baglung District in mid-western Nepal. The insurgents reportedly harangued the group for [...]	2003-10-21 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL UK NP
03KATHMANDU2042	NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN CLOSURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Colgate-Palmolive in Nepal indicated to EconOff on October 21 that the company will close permanently if the Maoists do not withdraw their exortion demand (reftel). Colgate-Palmolive representatives during the meeting requested that the U.S. Embassy follow up [...]	2003-10-21 23:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP PTER ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU2048	NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE CONCILIATORY STATEMENT; [...] (C) In an October 21 press statement, Maoist leader Prachanda announced that the insurgents would no longer attack infrastructure, political party workers, members of the security forces on leave, and assistance projects, except those funded by "American imperialists." The statement, which [...]	2003-10-22 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC ASEC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU206	NEPAL'S TOURISM INDUSTRY: WHERE IS THE BOTTOM? [...] Nepal's tourism industry recorded a 28 percent decline in international arrivals for 2002. Domestic air travel appears to have declined more dramatically due to the security situation. The country's hotels and airlines are feeling the pressure and are cutting costs and restructuring their de [...]	2003-02-06 01:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CASC NP
03KATHMANDU2074	SAARC'S FRAMEWORK FREE TRADE TREATY: THE DEVIL [...] (U) Rajiv Chander, Director of Trade and Transport Division of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat, provided EconOff with an up-beat read-out from the recent Committee of Experts (CoE) meeting (at the Commerce Secretary level) held in Kathmandu from 15 to [...]	2003-10-24 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2075	NEPAL: MIXED RESULTS FROM THE 15TH JOINT [...] (C) Summary. On October 24, Nepal's de facto Foreign Minister, Bekh Bahadur Thapa, briefed the Charge on the results of the 15th Nepal-Bhutan Joint Ministerial, which concluded in Thimpu on October 23. Thapa generally was positive about progress made at the meeting, noting an increased flexi [...]	2003-10-24 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BH
03KATHMANDU2076	NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 18 - OCTOBER 24 [...] After a relatively quiet Dasain holiday, the period of October 18-24 has been marked with increased violence. According to local press reports, 57 suspected Maoists, 3 security personnel and 5 civilians were killed during this week's clashes around the country. Despite the Maoists' press rel [...]	2003-10-25 04:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2098	NEPAL: VISIT OF CHINESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The October 16-18 visit to Kathmandu of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi focused primarily on preparations for the upcoming Dec. 2-3 visit of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman Jia Qing Lin. According to the head of the Political Section of the Chinese Embass [...]	2003-10-29 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV CH NP
03KATHMANDU2132	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, OCTOBER 25-31 [...] Thirty-three Maoists and twenty security personnel were killed this week, including twelve policemen killed after hundreds of Maoists stormed two police posts on October 26 and 28. Eleven civilians also were killed, seven of whom reportedly were caught in crossfire, while four others were bru [...]	2003-11-02 23:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2150	NEPAL: HOPELESSNESS REIGNS IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to the Bhutanese refugee camps in Eastern Nepal on October 29-30, PolOff met with UNHCR field officers, refugee community leaders, and the Khudunabari Camp Management Committee. Following the 15th Joint Ministerial in Thimpu (Ref A),the general mood among the ref [...]	2003-11-04 07:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER BH NP
03KATHMANDU2163	NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE, LEADERSHIP ELABORATE ON [...] (SBU) Recent public announcements by Nepal's Maoist leaders indicate an awareness of the movement's dwindling popular support and a continuing attempt to explain ideologically their failure to win power. For example, following the recent Maoist Politburo meeting (Reftel),the Maoists have po [...]	2003-11-05 05:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2164	NEPAL: ICRC LAMENTS POST-CEASEFIRE DROP IN ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2165	NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO U.S. TERRORISM [...] (U) Nepal's Maoists, in response to the U.S. designation of them as terrorists on the assets freeze list (ref A),have posted a statement on the Nepali version of their website blasting the designation as an example of U.S. interference in the internal affairs of Nepal and its neighbors. The [...]	2003-11-05 06:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KVPR NP
03KATHMANDU2187	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 1-7 [...] The local press reported that seventeen security personnel and sixty-six Maoists were killed in clashes this week. Maoists reportedly killed seven civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy, and abducted ten others. In a statement issued on November 4, the Maoists reacted angrily to the USG [...]	2003-11-07 06:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2245	NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL [...] Summary. On November 15, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Brigadier General Sagar Bahadur Pandey was killed after a Maoist-laid improvised explosive device (IED) detonated under his vehicle in Makwanpur District, south of Kathmandu. Pandey is the highest-ranking military official to be killed during th [...]	2003-11-17 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MARR NP
03KATHMANDU2246	NEPAL: PEACE CORPS TRAINEES TO RETURN TO CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Peace Corps Nepal has decided to transfer 30 trainees participating in a 12-week program in Butwal, in the south central district of Rupandehi,and five other volunteers in that area back to Kathmandu following threats of possible "action" from local Maoist cadres. The trainees [...]	2003-11-17 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EAID CASC PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2248	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 11 to 17, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties to go in forceful and comprehensive manner: The five political parties protesting against the royal takeover of October 4 last year have decided to continue with the protest programs in a more forceful and comprehensive manner in days to come. (Centrist "Kantip [...]	2003-11-18 02:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2254	WARNING NEPAL'S MAOISTS AGAIN AGAINST THREATENING [...] (S/NF) Summary: In view of the increased intensity and frequency of verbal threats by Nepal's Maoists against U.S. citizens and interests, the Embassy requests Department permission to attempt to send another message to the Maoist leadership through a reliable intermediary, warning them to des [...]	2003-11-18 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL NP IN UK
03KATHMANDU2278	WITHOUT RELIEF, NEPAL'S AILING GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (U) The Maoist insurgency has had a devastating effect on Nepal's economy, including upon its fledgling manufacturing sector. Despite its own substantial problems, Nepal continues to be a firm ally of the U.S. in the fight against global terrorism, supporting our policy in Iraq and continuin [...]	2003-11-21 07:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX NP
03KATHMANDU228	APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE DEADLOCK [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Meeting in Kathmandu on February 6, Nepali Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah and Bhutanese Foreign Minister Lyonpo Jigmi Y. Thinley reportedly reached agreement on criteria for the resettlement and repatriation of more than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in Ne [...]	2003-02-07 09:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID BT NP
03KATHMANDU2281	NEPAL: LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION OFFERS TO PROVIDE [...] (C) A Geneva-based representative of The Lutheran World Federation, Peter Prove, has suggested that the faith-based organization could provide third-party monitoring of the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees from Eastern Nepal to Bhutan. Prove also advocated that the donor governments hold an [...]	2003-11-21 08:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF BH NP
03KATHMANDU2284	NEPAL: CHINESE REPORTEDLY ARREST FOUR SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador in Kathmandu, Sun Heping, confirmed that his government has no reservations about U.S. security assistance to Nepal and expressed strong opposition to Nepal's Maoist insurgents. He was unable to confirm reports in the Nepali press that Chinese authorities [...]	2003-11-21 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP CH
03KATHMANDU2295	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR REGIONAL TOUR [...] (C) On November 23, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa will depart Nepal on a ten-day visit of the four regional capitals, starting with New Delhi and finishing with Islamabad. The objective is to brief the other SAARC governments on achievements made during Nepal's one-year chairmanship an [...]	2003-11-24 08:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	NP PGOV PREL
03KATHMANDU2298	NEPAL: COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER MEETS MAOIST LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninst (CPN-UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal met with Maoist leaders in northern India. Nepal's public statements following the meeting provoked criticism -- but not denial -- from the Maoists, as well as condemnation by o [...]	2003-11-24 09:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2300	NEPAL: AMCIT HELD AND RELEASED BY MAOISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMCIT Zachary Hessler, a regular traveler to Nepal, was detained for four days in the Ganesh Himal region of Nepal. While not physically held, Hessler was not permitted to leave the area until Maoist cadre consulted with their leadership, while they held his passport and threat [...]	2003-11-24 23:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2309	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24, [...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...]	2003-11-25 03:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU231	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 1-7 [...] The groundwork for peace talks was laid with the Government of Nepal reportedly sending a formal invitation to the Maoists. The Maoists announced their five-member negotiating team for talks with the GON. Human rights organizations want the peace talks to focus on human rights and creating a [...]	2003-02-07 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU2318	NEPAL: MORE MURMURINGS, BUT HOW MUCH MOVEMENT [...] (C) Once again, political circles in Kathmandu are reporting signs that King Gyanendra may be considering another initiative to broaden multi-party participation in the government. The Palace reportedly has sent initial feelers out for separate meetings with the heads of the two largest pol [...]	2003-11-26 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN NP GON
03KATHMANDU2319	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] Summary. On November 24, the Government of Nepal (GON) released nine Tibetans who had been in prison since 2001 after their fines were paid by a foreign benefactor. The group is expected to depart for India the evening of November 26. Separately, after repeated demarches to the Ministries [...]	2003-11-27 23:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF CH NP
03KATHMANDU2323	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 22-28 [...] Forty Maoists, one Royal Nepal Army soldier and twelve police died in clashes this week, while twelve security personnel were injured. Maoists reportedly killed three civilians and abducted five. Three children died after bombs left by the insurgents exploded. Police seized a large cache o [...]	2003-11-28 06:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2330	NEPAL: MAOISTS CRITICIZE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE [...] IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTING ON A/S ROCCA'S OCTOBER 29 TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS AND A NOVEMBER 26 ARTICLE IN THE VERNACULAR PUBLICATION JANA ASTHA (PEOPLE'S FAITH),THE MAOISTS POSTED A STATEMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) TITLED "MOCKERY OF U.S. DEMOCRACY: PEACE IN LIPS, GUNS IN HAN [...]	2003-11-28 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2332	NEPAL: MAOIST ATTACKS AND THREATS AGAINST COCA-COLA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Colonel Mohan Singh, Coca-Cola's Chief Security Officer in Nepal, two bombs exploded on November 28 approximately 100 meters from the main gate of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bharatpur, Chitwan District. In addition, Col. Singh reported a separate incident in whic [...]	2003-11-28 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2340	NEPAL: OTHER DONORS KEEPING A DISTANCE FROM US? [...] (C) Summary: Following the delivery of increased USG security assistance last year, Maoist insurgents embarked on an anti-American propaganda campaign intended, in part, to isolate the U.S. diplomatically, discourage other donors from collaborating with us, and to incite Chinese and Indian [...]	2003-12-01 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER NP UK
03KATHMANDU2345	PROMOTING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE BHUTANESE [...] (SBU) Post welcomes reftel's proposals regarding a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. We concur that U.S. objetives for the refugees are first, to ensure that basic protection and assistance needs of the refugees are met and second, to advance efforts by the Government of Ne [...]	2003-12-02 07:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM BH NP
03KATHMANDU2347	NEPAL: REPORT FROM MAOIST HEARTLAND [...] (U) A journalist working for one of Nepal's most respected English language newspapers has recently visited Rukum, a district in west central Nepal considered part of the heartland of the Maoist insurgency. His published report offers some insights into the autocratic nature of Maoist govern [...]	2003-12-02 08:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER PGOV MARR NP
03KATHMANDU2363	NEPAL: MAOISTS CHANGE TACTICS AND TARGETS [...] (C) Summary. Since 2002, improvements in the effectiveness of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA),among other reasons, have caused Nepal's Maoist insurgents to shift the focus of many of their operations from the hills to the lowland Terai. The Maoists' expansion into the Terai has enabled them to w [...]	2003-12-03 08:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2364	NEPAL: HEAD OF BRITISH AID IN KATHMANDU TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: On December 3 Pol/Mil Chief received from his British counterpart notes from a November 13 telephone conversation between David Wood, the head of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) in Nepal, and Baburam Bhattarai, top ideologue and erstwhile lead negotia [...]	2003-12-03 23:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID NP UK
03KATHMANDU2366	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RELAYS CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (S/NF) On December 3 the Ambassador raised with Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran reports that intelligence agents assigned to the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu have been characterizing USG policy and motives in Nepal as malevolently aimed at undermining Nepal's sovereignty. The Ambassador told Saran [...]	2003-12-04 02:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER NP IN
03KATHMANDU2367	NEPAL: THE COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] (U) The seven-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of the conflict is obvious in the floundering tourist sector, the depressed foreign investment climate, stalled economic development projects, crippled infrastruc [...]	2003-12-04 02:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP
03KATHMANDU2383	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 29- [...] On November 28, Interpol re-issued red corner notices for fourteen Maoists including top leaders Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai. Despite a highly publicized meeting between Maoist leaders and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) last week [...]	2003-12-05 06:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2385	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: UNHCR'S FAKHOURI FEARS CURRENT [...] (C) Summary. After a two-day visit to Nepal, UNHCR Director for Asia, Jean-Marie Fakhouri met with Ambassador Malinowski privately to share his impressions and to discuss UNHCR's future role in the Bhutanese refugee camps. Fakhouri fears that Nepal-Bhutan negotiations on refugee repatriation [...]	2003-12-05 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL BH NP
03KATHMANDU2386	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE LEADER DEPLORES [...] (C) On December 3, DCM and PolOff met with Bhutanese human rights activist Tek Nath Rizal to discuss conditions inside Bhutan and the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Rizal contends that the Royal Government of Bhutan's system of discrimination continues to oppress the ethnic Nepali [...]	2003-12-05 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM BH NP
03KATHMANDU2432	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: FRIENDS OF BHUTAN VISIT TO [...] (C) During a recent visit to Kathmandu, the Swiss and Austrian Ambassadors resident in New Delhi reported on their visit December 1-3 to Thimpu. The five-nation Friends of Bhutan demarched the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB),urging it to increase transparency in the repatriation process, t [...]	2003-12-15 05:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM BH NP
03KATHMANDU2444	NEPAL: MAOIST EXTORTION DEMAND AGAINST COCA-COLA [...] (C) Summary. According to NN Singh, General Manager for Coca-Cola in Nepal, the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bharatpur, Chitwan District, received an extortion letter from the Maoists on December 11 followed by a telephoned deadline of December 15. During a follow-up meeting on December 15 w [...]	2003-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC ECON NP BXEP
03KATHMANDU2451	NEPAL: ATTACKS AGAINST UK-AFFLIATED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Maoists torched two British Department for International Development (DFID) project vehicles that were parked in a forestry department compound in Butwal, Rupendehi District on 14 December, the day prior to a Maoist called strike ("bandh") in the district. In addition [...]	2003-12-17 06:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EAID NP
03KATHMANDU2469	NEPAL: A/S ROCCA AND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF DISCUSS [...] (C) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Pyar Jung Thapa, to discuss the army's counter-insurgency efforts and human rights. The two also touched upon the possibility of Nepal providing peacekeepers in Iraq [...]	2003-12-19 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2470	A/S ROCCA AND NEPAL'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia met with Ambassador-at-large and de facto Foreign Minister Bekh Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya to discuss the Government of SIPDIS Nepal's plans for political reconciliation and electio [...]	2003-12-19 07:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ETRD BH CH NP
03KATHMANDU2472	NEPAL: A/S ROCCA'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, accompanied by Ambassador Malinowski, met with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa to discuss Nepal-U.S. bilateral relations and Nepal's ongoing Maoist insurgency. Thapa expressed the GON's appreciation for USG [...]	2003-12-19 07:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON NP
03KATHMANDU2476	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT REACTION TO CAPTURE OF SADDAM [...] (SBU) The December 16-19 visit to Kathmandu of Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca to Nepal SIPDIS provided an opportunity for a range of high-ranking government officials and others to convey their congratulations on the capture of Saddam Hussein. Many welcomed th [...]	2003-12-21 03:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ NP
03KATHMANDU2491	NEPAL: SA A/S ROCCA'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) In separate meetings with leaders of four political parties on December 18, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca, accompanied by Ambassador Malinowski, urged the need for reconciliation between the King and estranged political parties. With the exception of the Nep [...]	2003-12-23 05:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU25	MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL [...] Nepal emerged from its feudal isolation in the 1950s with virtually no modern economic infrastructure and little intellectual capital. Development, while still very uneven, has improved the lives of many Nepalis, whose number has tripled in the past half century. The US Government, as one of [...]	2003-01-06 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2500	NEPAL: BRIEFING ON ROYAL NEPAL ARMY OPERATIONS FOR [...] (C) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, received a briefing from Major General K.B. Khadka, Director General of Military Operations of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). The briefing provided an overview of the RNA's strategy to combat the Maoist insurgency, [...]	2003-12-23 09:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2501	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEES ANGERED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 22, the Nepal - Bhutan Joint Verification Team (JVT) visited Khudunabari Camp to brief refugees on conditions for repatriation to Bhutan. According to the Bhutanese JVT members, Category I refugees will be returned with full citizenship rights; Category II refugees [...]	2003-12-23 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL BH NP
03KATHMANDU2505	Media Reaction: U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] EDITORIALS/OPINIONS -- Editorial in "The Rising Nepal, " (Government-owned, E/D, 12/18): "...The four-day visit by the high-ranking U.S. official is expected to help the U.S. government garner an update on the recent developments in Nepal. Nepalese officials would do well to seize the oppo [...]	2003-12-24 04:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2509	MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-28 23:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU26	NEPAL: FY2003 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: Post's anti-trafficking-in-persons (TIP) project proposals for FY2003 provide for improved formal and non-formal educational opportunities for girls; a public awareness campaign targeting urban migrants, media outlets, transport providers and rehabilitation centers; and improvement i [...]	2003-01-06 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB KPAO EAID NP
03KATHMANDU261	NEPAL'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT MOVES REFORM FORWARD [...] In the four months of its existence, Nepal's interim government has begun important reforms to control corruption, decentralize some government services, privatize ailing industries, and improve accountability. Although much remains to be done, including establishing services in conflict-aff [...]	2003-02-12 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON NP GON
03KATHMANDU262	NEPAL: MAOIST CEASEFIRE GENERALLY HOLDING; [...] (SBU) The Maoist insurgent leadership seems to be enforcing so far the moratorium on armed violence among its lower-level cadre across the country. There have been no reports of violations of the ceasefire, although extortion of funds from major business houses reportedly continues. Revised [...]	2003-02-12 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU280	US-INDIAN COOPERATION AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: US security assistance to Nepal has brought the ancillary advantage to the US of providing a new arena for fruitful US-Indian dialogue and collaboration. Top Indian diplomats in Kathmandu clearly appreciate not only US support for common US-Indian security objectives in Nepal, but al [...]	2003-02-14 05:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
03KATHMANDU286	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEES CRITICIZE REPATRIATION [...] Summary: On February 12, PolOff met with respresentatives of the Bhutan National Democratic Party (BNDP),a political group composed of Bhutanese refugees living in UNHCR-administered camps in Nepal, to discuss the results of the 12th round of ministerial talks on the refugee issue (ref A). W [...]	2003-02-14 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID BT NP IN
03KATHMANDU287	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: GON HOLDS DONOR'S MEETING, [...] (SBU) On February 13, Nepal's Secretary of Foreign Affairs briefed international donors on the agreement reached between Nepal and Bhutan on verification of Bhutanese refugees. The Government of Nepal (GoN) and participating donors were openly skeptical of the agreement, pointing out the lac [...]	2003-02-14 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU288	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 8-14 [...] No date has been set yet for the start of a formal peace dialogue. Several international organizations are offering help in mediating the process. Maoist leader Prachanda has warned that if the peace talks fail, Nepal would suffer a major catastrophe, while the student wing of the Maoists ha [...]	2003-02-16 03:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU292	NEPAL: PARTIES BOYCOTT PM'S MEETING ON PEACE [...] (U) Five of the six parties that had MPs in the previous Parliament boycotted a February 17 meeting called by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand to discuss Government of Nepal (GON) efforts to begin negotiations with Maoist insurgents. The all-party meeting, which the GON had billed as a [...]	2003-02-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU309	LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES STAGE ANTI-AMERICAN [...] On Tuesday, 18 February, a group of ten leftist political parties staged an anti-American protest, culminating with the delivery of a protest letter to the Embassy. The crowd numbered around 100. Their slogans decried US war with Iraq and North Korea, and US Imperialism. The protest was pe [...]	2003-02-21 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU311	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 15-21 [...] The Kathmandu press has reported that an informal meeting has been set for February 24 between Government of Nepal (GON) representatives and Maoist negotiators. Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dinnath Sharma, members of the Maoist negotiating team, reportedly are in the capital to meet with polit [...]	2003-02-21 10:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU312	NEPAL: MAOISTS MEET MAINSTREAM PARTY LEADERS IN [...] (C) Two members of the Maoist Central Committee have been meeting individual leaders of mainstream political parties in Kathmandu over the past few days to seek their support before negotiations with the Government of Nepal (GON). Party sources contacted have been noncommittal about the ten [...]	2003-02-21 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU313	NEPAL: INFORMATION ON U.S. MISSION ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This message contains business sensitive information; please handle accordingly. 2. (U) AmEmbassy Kathmandu welcomes the efforts of EB and H in highlighting Embassy initiatives to promote American business. The mission submits the following four key efforts and successes, as requeste [...]	2003-02-21 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BBSR ETRD EINV NP
03KATHMANDU322	GARLANDS AND PETITIONS: AMBASSADOR VISITS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Malinowski visited UNHCR-administered camps in eastern Nepal during the weekend of February 15-16 to assess the situation of the Bhutanese refugees and to monitor the provision of food and other assistance from donor countries including the United States. The high-level [...]	2003-02-24 10:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID NP BT
03KATHMANDU329	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-25 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU330	NEPAL/INDIA EXTRADITION TREATY NEGOTIATIONS FALTER [...] (SBU) Extradition treaty negotiations between the Government of India (GOI) and the Government of Nepal (GON) ended inconclusively after five days on February 20. This initial meeting, held in Kathmandu at the working level, was aimed at updating and revising the existing extradition treaty [...]	2003-02-25 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NP IN
03KATHMANDU351	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-27 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU352	NEPAL: COCA-COLA FACES CONTINUED MAOIST EXTORTION [...] (SBU) Nepal's Coca-Cola bottler is continuing to receive extortion demands from the Maoists, despite the cease-fire and a claimed commitment by Maoist leader Prachanda to stop such practices (Ref C). In coordination with Coca-Cola's Country Manager and its corporate offices in Atlanta and Ba [...]	2003-02-27 10:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS ASEC CASC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU358	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 22-28 [...] Narayan Singh Pun, Minister of Physical Planning and Works and government-appointed peace talks coordinator, said the peace process will take time but can be accomplished without the participation of other political parties if necessary. Pun also said he expects to hold talks with the Maoist [...]	2003-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU363	INDO-NEPAL COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION [...] ON FEBRUARY 10-14, REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDIA AND NEPAL MET IN KATHMANDU TO NEGOTIATE RAILWAY AND TRANS- BORDER MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AGREEMENTS, WITH LIMITED RESULTS. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON),UNDER SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE TO OPEN ITS WORLD BANK-FUNDED INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT (ICD),MADE A [...]	2003-02-28 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELTN NP IN XD
03KATHMANDU365	NEPAL: THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the third annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer Sarah Welborne (tel: 977-1-411-179, fax: 977-1-410-723, e-mail: welbornese@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a co [...]	2003-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
03KATHMANDU366	NEPAL: MAOISTS DENY COCA-COLA EXTORTION [...] (C) On February 28 Narayan Singh Pun, Minister for Physical Works and government-appointed interlocutor with Maoist insurgents, called the Ambassador to report that he had, as requested, raised with his Maoist contacts the continued extortion of funds from Coca-Cola's local representative (Re [...]	2003-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS BEXP ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU382	INDO-NEPAL CROSS-BORDER ENERGY TRADE STAGNATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Minister for Water Resources Dipak Gyawali is sharply critical of India's policies on cross-border energy trade. He told us that he believes New Delhi focuses on the strategic aspects of water and energy to the exclusion of economics. Despite Nepal's current power surpl [...]	2003-03-04 04:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ENRG PREL
03KATHMANDU408	NEPAL: MAOISTS STEP UP PRE-TALK DEMANDS, [...] (C) The declaration of a ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents on January 29 has led to little discernible progress toward actual peace negotiations thus far. Neither side has committed to a code of conduct governing the truce, the GON has not yet named its ne [...]	2003-03-06 06:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU426	NEPAL: UML ADVOCATES ALL-PARTY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) began a month-long campaign on March 6 to create public support for an all-party interim government. Although UML sources were optimistic about garnering support for the plan from the other Parliamentary parties, none has so far [...]	2003-03-07 11:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU427	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS MAOISTS THREATENING [...] (S) Summary: According to Shyam Saran, India's Ambassador to Nepal, continued disagreement on the terms of a code of conduct for the current cease-fire has led Maoists to threaten an end to preliminary talks about future peace negotiations with the GON. At the heart of the disagreement is th [...]	2003-03-07 11:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER NP IN
03KATHMANDU44	NEPAL: MAOISTS IN NO MOOD FOR COMPROMISE [...] (S) Summary. In both their words and deeds, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have shown themselves to be unwilling to negotiate, compromise or abandon their armed struggle. They have admitted that they would use negotiations or a cease-fire as an opportunity to regroup for their next offensive. The [...]	2003-01-08 10:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU440	NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENTS LOCK OUT UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) On March 9 members of the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) padlocked administrative offices at 25 branches of Tribhuvan University. Maoist student leaders threaten that the lock-out will continue until the Government of Nepal (GON) [...]	2003-03-11 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU468	NEPAL'S TOP POLITICOS SHUN PM; PUSH FOR ALL-PARTY [...] (C) On March 10 leaders of most political parties boycotted for the second time an all-party meeting called by interim Prime Minister Chand. One day later, 11 left-wing parties, including the Maoists, met to discuss "a joint movement" against Chand's government. King Gyanendra met separatel [...]	2003-03-14 09:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU471	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 8-14 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists jointly announced the signing of a code of conduct on March 13. Dinanath Sharma, senior-level Maoist and member of the Maoist negotiating team, arrived in the capital and met with the major leftist political parties. Prime Minister Lokendra Bahad [...]	2003-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU472	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS AGREE TO CODE OF [...] (C) At a press conference on March 13, Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist representatives released a long-awaited code of conduct to govern behavior during the ongoing ceasefire. The 22-point program contains language that is ambiguous in parts, but which defines some clear ground rules for t [...]	2003-03-14 12:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU477	MAOISTS IN WESTERN NEPAL DISCUSS TERMS OF [...] (SBU) On March 4, a non-governmental organization held a meeting with Maoist, government, and social organization representatives in Jumla, a district headquarters in Nepal's mid-western hills. The Maoists tentatively agreed to end extortion and allow for the free movement of political parti [...]	2003-03-18 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU480	NEPAL'S CEASE-FIRE: HINTS OF MAOIST STRATEGY FROM [...] (SBU) Econoff visited Nepalgunj and Jumla districts of midwestern Nepal from March 4 to 7 to assess the effects of the cease-fire. Despite statements from the Maoists at the national level (Ref A),insurgents in the Midwest Development Region are still using rhetoric calling for the establish [...]	2003-03-18 09:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU50	NEPAL: MAOISTS KIDNAP CHILDREN FOR MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Several GON sources confirmed to the Embassy on January 8 that more than 200 students from four districts in Nepal's far-western region have been abducted from their schools by Maoist insurgents over the past two weeks. Some of the children have been return [...]	2003-01-09 07:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU507	NEPAL: MAOISTS POSTURING FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On March 19, the Ambassador met with Kul Chandra Gautam, Deputy Executive Director with UNICEF in New York, and a Nepali visiting the country for personal and professional reasons. Gautam related a conversation with the Maoists' second-in-command regarding the latter's desire for a con [...]	2003-03-20 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU515	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 15-21 [...] Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand told the local press that peace talks would likely start in April, while Dinanath Sharma, senior-level Maoist leader and member of the Maoist negotiating team, said he was ready to begin talks at any time. Narayan Singh Pun, Minister of Physical Planning [...]	2003-03-21 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU549	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT RAISES PETROL PRICES [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) raised prices on all petroleum products to prevent further losses by state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). The price increase should substantially reduce the corporation's monthly losses, but will not produce a profit. Prior to the increase, rumo [...]	2003-03-26 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU551	TFIZ01: NEPAL REACTIONS TO WAR IN IRAQ FOR MARCH [...] PROTESTS AND MISSION SECURITY: The Embassy maintained full services and normal working hours on March 27. As of 3:00 p.m. local time, Embassy knows of no protests in the capital against the war in Iraq or against the U.S. A small anti-war protest in downtown Kathmandu on March 26 apparently [...]	2003-03-27 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KPAO NP PREL
03KATHMANDU552	NEPAL: KING'S CONFIDANT ON INDIAN, EUROPEAN [...] (S) On March 26 royal confidant Prabhakar Rana briefed the Ambassador and DCM on his recent secret discussions with foreign government representatives in India and Europe. Indian National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra reportedly emphasized to Rana that while the GOI supports Government of [...]	2003-03-27 10:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IN NP

03KATHMANDU563	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 22-28 [...] Progress toward peace talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents remains stalled during King Gyanendra's two-week visit to India. In the interim, Maoist and GON representatives are accusing one another of failing to create a "conducive atmosphere" for talks, and violat [...]	2003-03-28 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU565	NEPAL'S FOREIGN SECRETARY REPORTS BILATERAL [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya told the Ambassador and DCM on March 28 that the Governments of Nepal and Bhutan have reached agreement on a formula for the repatriation or resettlement of an initial tranche of 12,000 Bhutanese refugees living in eastern Nepal. Under the agreement, [...]	2003-03-28 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM NP BT
03KATHMANDU566	NEPALI MAOISTS PURSUE SEPARATE DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Anton Hagen, local head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),confirmed to the DCM that Maoist insurgents have enlisted his help in sounding out other European and Canadian donor agencies regarding a possible meeting with Maoist interlocutors. Hagen also confirmed t [...]	2003-03-28 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID SZ NP
03KATHMANDU57	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 4-10 [...] Interpol has issued five more warrants for Maoists, bringing the total to sixteen. The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists still have not agreed on a date for peace talks, but the GON announced a plan aimed at rehabilitating Maoists. The insurgency, meanwhile, has created a demand for [...]	2003-01-10 10:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU572	NEPAL: MAOIST IDEOLOGUE SURFACES IN CAPITAL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Since his return to the capital March 28, Maoist ideologue and second-ranking leader Baburam Bhattarai has conducted a media blitz, appearing at two consecutive press conferences, a Reporters' Club ceremony, and a popular television talk show. In his appearances so far, Bhatta [...]	2003-03-31 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU607	STATE DEPT. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 03:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU620	NEPAL: MAOIST NEGOTIATING TEAM HOLDS PUBLIC RALLY [...] (U) On April 3, the Maoists held a rally of an estimated 20,000 in a public park in Kathmandu. Near the venue, widows and orphans of Maoist violence called for charges to be brought against the Maoist leadership. The Maoist negotiating team led by Baburam Bhattarai reiterated their demands [...]	2003-04-04 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU621	NEPAL: MAOISTS ASK TO MEET AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) On April 4 the Embassy received what appeared to be a form letter addressed to "Your Excellency the Ambassador/Consular" and signed by Maoist second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai inviting the Ambassador or his representative to "a goodwill meeting" with the five-man negotiating team. T [...]	2003-04-04 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU623	NEPAL: CEASEFIRE SEES INCREASE IN TORTURE CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and USAID Mission's Deputy Director of Special Programs Office met with the program director of the USAID-supported Center for Victims of Torture (CVICT) in Biratnagar, Morang District, on March 27-28 to discuss the center's operation since the January 29 cease fire between [...]	2003-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU624	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 29-APRIL [...] Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand has said that progress is being achieved peace talks have still not begun between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists since the arrival in Kathmandu a week ago of the Maoist negotiating team. After being underground for seven years, members of [...]	2003-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU643	NEPAL: KING ADDRESSES FAR-WEST [...] (U) Summary: On April 4, King Gyanendra addressed thousands at a civic reception in Nepal's far-west. The King's brief remarks highlighted the importance of the monarchy as an institution, the need for good governance to achieve development, and his commitment to representative multiparty d [...]	2003-04-08 06:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER NP GON
03KATHMANDU647	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) On April 8 a delegation of Bhutanese refugees from eastern Nepal met with poloff to raise a number of concerns about ongoing discussions between the Governments of Nepal and Bhutan regarding the refugees' categorization and possible repatriation to Bhutan. Among such concerns are whethe [...]	2003-04-08 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV NP BT
03KATHMANDU656	NEPAL: MAOISTS ON MEDIA OVERKILL; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Since his emergence from under ground nearly two weeks ago, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai has dominated the headlines and airwaves of the Nepali media. The Maoists have used the opportunity to criticize the Government of Nepal (GON) and the political parties for ineptitude; to empha [...]	2003-04-10 07:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU657	CEASEFIRE BRINGS UNEASY PEACE TO NEPAL'S NORTHEAST [...] Summary: On an April 2-3 trip to northeastern Dolakha district, PolOff and PolFSN met with civil servants, police and local business owners. The district has remained quiet since the January 29 declaration of nationwide cease-fire, though some non-violent Maoist activities continue. Civil s [...]	2003-04-10 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU671	NEPALI MAOISTS MEET WITH EU MISSION HEAD [...] (C) The head of the European Union office in Kathmandu broke ranks with his diplomatic colleagues and met with Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai and other Maoist leaders in Kathmandu on April 10. The EU Charge justified his "spontaneous" decision to meet the insurgent leader on humanitaria [...]	2003-04-11 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EU NP
03KATHMANDU691	NEPAL: MAOISTS TO MEET EMBOFFS [...] (C) Following Ref C guidance, on April 16 poloff contacted known Maoist sympathizer Padma Ratna Tuladhar to convey Embassy agreement to meet at the First Secretary level with Maoist representatives. Poloff advised Tuladhar that the RSO will also participate in the meeting, which has been te [...]	2003-04-16 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU692	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NAMES MEMBERS OF NEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) On April 16 the Government of Nepal (GON) announced the members of the team it appointed to negotiate with Maoist insurgents. As expected, the appointees are all members of the Cabinet. The six-person team, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Badri Prasad Mandal, includes: Physical Works [...]	2003-04-16 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP GON
03KATHMANDU702	NEPAL REQUESTS USG LENIENCY FOR WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an April 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Commerce Secretary Lawa Prasad Devkota requested that the USG show greater flexibility in accepting Nepal's revised WTO offers. As a long-time development partner, it is "kind of incumbent" upon the US to assist N [...]	2003-04-18 04:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SNAR NP
03KATHMANDU707	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 11-18 [...] On April 16 the Government of Nepal (GON) finally announced its six-member team for peace talks with the Maoists (Ref A). Baburam Bhattarai and the Maoist negotiating team met with Narayan Singh Pun, government- appointed peace talks coordinator, for "goodwill" talks on April 13, following th [...]	2003-04-18 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU715	NEPAL: 21 TIBETANS DETAINED ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one Tibetan refugees, including eleven minors, were detained by Nepal's Department of Immigration (DOI) on April 15. In an apparent toughening of rhetoric, the Home Secretary was "quite adamant" in an April 17 meeting with Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering t [...]	2003-04-21 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM NP CH
03KATHMANDU723	NEPALI MAOISTS POSTPONE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Maoist negotiators have postponed the first round of "introductory" talks with their Government of Nepal (GON) counterparts that were scheduled to begin on April 21. The postponement reportedly took the Palace by surprise. Maoist negotiator Krishna Bahadur Mahara told the media t [...]	2003-04-21 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PTER ASEC
03KATHMANDU739	NEPAL'S MAOIST LEADERS RETURN TO INFLEXIBLE STANCE [...] (U) Summary: In an April 22 mass meeting held in southwestern Nepal, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai reportedly stated that the "introductory round" of peace talks originally scheduled for April 21 was postponed (ref A) due to ambiguity in the government's stand on the "political agenda" [...]	2003-04-23 11:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU740	NEPAL: APRIL 23 KATHMANDU STRIKE WELL OBSERVED; [...] (U) A general strike, or bandh, called for Kathmandu Valley by the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party student union was generally widely observed on April 23. A few private and commercial vehicles were seen plying the streets, while most shops remained shuttered. There were a few scattered [...]	2003-04-23 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU753	NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR PRESSURES GON TO ARREST [...] (C) At an April 25 meeting with Home Secretary Tikka Datta Niraula, Ambassador Malinowski raised the issue of twenty-one Tibetans, including eleven minors, recently arrested on immigration charges (reftel). The Ambassador encouraged the Government of Nepal (GON) to release the detainees into [...]	2003-04-25 09:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF NP CH
03KATHMANDU769	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS HOLD FIRST ROUND OF [...] (SBU) On April 27 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held the first round of peace talks with their Maoist counterparts in a Kathmandu hotel. During the talks the Maoists presented a set of 24 demands that included a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution; the integration of th [...]	2003-04-28 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU770	NEPAL: APRIL 28 BANDH WELL-OBSERVED; MAOIST [...] An April 28 general strike, or bandh, called for the Kathmandu Valley by several student groups (reftel) was generally well-observed. A few public and private vehicles were seen on the streets, but most Nepalis chose to walk or ride bicycles. Approximately sixty to sixty-five percent of sho [...]	2003-04-28 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU793	NEPAL CRACKS DOWN ON IRAQI TRAVELERS [...] (C) In a May 1 conversation with the DCM, Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya disclosed that the Government SIPDIS of Nepal (GON) has instructed all its diplomatic posts not to issue visas to Iraqi passport holders without specific authorization from the Foreign Ministry in Kathmandu. Ac [...]	2003-05-02 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP IZ
03KATHMANDU795	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 26-May 2 [...] On April 27 negotiators representing the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists held the first round of exploratory peace talks (Ref A). Amnesty International (AI) published a report on April 23 claiming over a thousand Maoist cadres remain imprisoned. A strike on April 29 called by the [...]	2003-05-02 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU80	NEPAL COMPARES FAVORABLY IN CORRUPTION SURVEY [...] In December 2002, Transparency International-Bangladesh (TIB) completed a citizen survey of five South Asian countries on the incidence of corruption in accessing and using government services in education, health, power, land administration, taxation, police, and the judiciary. In almost all [...]	2003-01-16 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NP
03KATHMANDU814	NEPAL: PM'S ADDRESS RILES PARTIES; TURNOUT IN [...] (C) Leaders of most mainstream political parties reacted negatively to a May 2 televised address by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, focusing on his criticism of their behavior, rather than on his offer to step down for the good of the nation. So far, however, the parties' efforts to i [...]	2003-05-05 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU837	NEPAL: SECOND ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN INSURGENTS, [...] (U) The second round of talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents is scheduled to take place on May 9 at an undisclosed location, according to local press reports. The initial round was held less than a week earlier at a Kathmandu hotel (Ref A). No agenda for the seco [...]	2003-05-07 09:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU853	NEPAL: KILLERS OF TWO MAOIST STUDENTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Although the Maoist-affiliated student union continues to blame the security forces for the killings of two of its members in April, most human rights groups and mainstream politicians from the area believe that the pair were likely murdered by others in the insurgents' student wing. [...]	2003-05-08 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU858	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 3-9 [...] The second round of peace talks between negotiators for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists is being held on May 9. Envoys from China and the United Kingdom expressed support and assistance for the peace process. Maoist leaders have sharply criticized USG for listing their party on a [...]	2003-05-09 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU860	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT HOLDS SECOND ROUND OF DIALOGUE [...] (U) On May 9 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held a second round of talks with Maoist insurgents at a hotel in Kathmandu (located less than one km from the Embassy). The talks concluded more quickly than the first round, held April 27, ending after only two and a half hours. As of 4:00 [...]	2003-05-09 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU87	NEPAL: ARMY FACES CRITICISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has come under fire recently from a variety of sources, both local and international, for human rights abuses committed while fighting Nepal's bloody six-year-old Maoist insurgency. Most disturbing, according to some sources, is the pattern of apparent impun [...]	2003-01-17 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MCAP MOPS NP
03KATHMANDU885	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: MAY 6 - 12, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS "SECOND ROUND OF PEACE TALKS" -- The government and Maoists made incremental progress in the second round of peace talks (5/9) with the former agreeing to release a few jailed rebels and even limiting the Royal Nepal Army to within five kilometers of their barrack [...]	2003-05-13 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU886	NEPAL: FOREIGN AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES PLEAD [...] (U) Please see paragraph 4 for action request. GoN Presses Ambassador and DCM for USG Support --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) On a number of recent occasions, Nepal's Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya, and Secretary for Industry, Commerce, and Supply Lava De [...]	2003-05-13 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NP
03KATHMANDU89	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 11-17 [...] Progress toward Government-Maoist peace talks reportedly is at a standstill. The Government of Nepal announced the creation of a 20,000-man task force to combat the insurgency. The GON responded to criticism over food distribution programs and human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch releas [...]	2003-01-17 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU90	NEPALIS LAUNCH PRIVATE EFFORT TO SOLVE BHUTANESE [...] Summary: A team of distinguished Nepali former diplomats and former officials met with Ambassador Malinowski on January 17 to encourage US support for efforts to repatriate Bhutanese refugees residing in seven camps in Eastern Nepal. The delegation recently returned from a trip to New Delhi, [...]	2003-01-17 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU901	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 10-15 [...] The second round of peace talks between negotiators for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists was held on May 9 (Reftel). International envoys continue to express support and hope for successful peace talks. The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) says it will not accept limitations on its patrolling [...]	2003-05-15 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU902	NEPALI ARMY REJECTS 5KM RESTRICTION DEMANDED BY [...] (U) On May 14 Col. Deepak Gurung, spokesman for the Royal Nepal Army (RNA),publicly denied that the Government of Nepal (GON) had agreed to confine soldiers to a 5-km radius of their barracks, as reported by Maoist negotiators, the press, and other sources close to the negotiations (Reftel). [...]	2003-05-15 10:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU91	THREE MORE TIBETANS JAILED IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepali Immigration Courts have sentenced three Tibetans to three years' imprisonment for failure to pay fines and visa fees resulting from their illegal presence in Nepal. UNHCR and the Office of Tibet have objected to the sentences, saying that the three Tibetans were on their [...]	2003-01-17 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM NP
03KATHMANDU945	NEPAL ARMY CLAIMS HEARTS-AND-MINDS CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Over the past month, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has been conducting a series of one-week civil affairs programs in 25 Maoist-affected districts in the east and mid-west of the country. While most of the programs so far feature mobile medical clinics, in some areas the RNA has carried out [...]	2003-05-22 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU960	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 17-23 [...] No date has been set yet for the third round of peace talks. However, the controversy continues around restrictions on the movements of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Maoist leaders have demanded explanations for the statements made by Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister for Information and Communicat [...]	2003-05-23 10:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU961	NEPAL: KING KEEPS PARTIES AT BAY [...] (C) His public and private statements of support for the principle of multiparty democracy notwithstanding, King Gyanendra continues to hold mainstream political parties at arm's length. Contrary to recent widespread expectations, he has taken no visible steps to form an all-party government. [...]	2003-05-23 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU967	NEPAL'S MAOISTS STRIVING TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS [...] (C) From April 26 to May 4, Embassy and USAID representatives traveled to Nepal's northwest district of Dolpa. Fifteen of the district's twenty-five villages are affected by Maoist activities, with six in the southwest highly affected. Maoists in the district have begun some development wor [...]	2003-05-27 03:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU975	NEPAL'S ANTI-CORRUPTION WATCHDOG INITIATES [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) issued summons to prominent current and former politicians and government employees, including former Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party Girija Prasad Koirala. On May 19, Koi [...]	2003-05-28 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCRM NP
03KATHMANDU977	NEPAL: MINISTERIAL MEETING FAILS TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The 14th bilateral meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Nepal and Bhutan concluded on May 22 without clarifying a number of crucial issues, including the status of thousands of Bhutanese refugees who must reapply for citizenship upon their return, and the [...]	2003-05-28 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BT
03KATHMANDU978	NEPAL'S POLITICAL PARTIES' ATTEMPT TO RE-OPEN [...] (U) On May 28, Nepal's political parties marched on the Parliament House in an attempt to reconvene the dissolved House of Representatives for two days of meetings. Each of the five parties participating in the day's protest held seats prior to Parliament's dissolution in 2002, including the [...]	2003-05-28 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU984	CHINESE PRESSURE NEPAL TO DEPORT TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Office of Tibet Representative in Kathmandu Wangchuk Tsering reported that the Department of Immigration was preparing to hand over to representatives of the Chinese Embassy 18 Tibetans detained for immigration violations. The Government of Nepal (GON) has also asked [...]	2003-05-29 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP CH
03KATHMANDU989	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 24-30 [...] Representatives from the negotiating teams of the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists have been unusually quiet this week, with no progress reported in setting a date for the third round of talks. Members from both teams reportedly are blaming each other for the stalled negotiations. In [...]	2003-05-30 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU991	NEPAL: PM RESIGNS; NEW GOVERNMENT,PROBABLY WITH [...] (S) Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigned from office on May 30. Well-placed Palace sources predict the Palace will approach leaders of the Parliamentary parties to form an all-party government. A confidant of the King credits US (and, we believe, Indian) pressure with encouraging [...]	2003-05-30 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL NP GON
03KATHMANDU997	NEPAL: TIBETANS STILL IN DETENTION; MOVED TO [...] (C) Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya on May 30. Acharya denied that there has been any change in Government of Nepal (GON) policy toward Tibetans transiting Nepal. He said that he would look into reports of Chinese diplomats attempting to pressure immi [...]	2003-05-30 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP CH
03KATHMANDU998	NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN DETAINEES [...] (SBU) In the early morning hours of May 31, Nepali authorities handed over 18 Tibetan detainees (including 8 minors) to representatives of the Chinese Embassy for deportation. As of 0915 local time, the Chinese Embassy vehicle containing the 18 was reported heading toward the Chinese border [...]	2003-05-31 04:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	NOTAG NP
03KATHMANDU999	NEPALI KING ASKS PARTY LEADERS FOR CONSENSUS [...] (C) Breaking with past practice, Nepal's King Gyanendra convoked on May 30 leaders of the seven parties that had held seats in the last Parliament to offer them an opportunity to constitute a new, more broadly-based government (Ref A). The King assured the leaders that a new Prime Minister wo [...]	2003-05-31 04:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KHARTOUM185	SUDAN'S POSITION ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FORMALLY SPELLED OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL POSITION ON IRAQ WHICH PUTS KHARTOUM BEHIND THE UNSC RESOLUTION AND THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS. THE POSITION IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SUDAN'S FO [...]	2003-03-02 17:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU AL IZ
03KHARTOUM374	RETURN OF SUDANESE BA'ATHISTS [...] (C) OVER 80 MEMBERS OF THE SUDANESE BA'ATH PARTY HAVE RETURNED FROM IRAQ TO SUDAN IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE MOST PROMINENT SUDANESE BA'ATHIST AND FOUNDER OF THE PARTY IN SUDAN, BADR-ADDIN MUDATHIR, RETURNED, POST WAS TOLD, ON PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR'S PLANE FROM SYRIA, LANDING AT KHARTOUM'S [...]	2003-04-30 16:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ SU
03KINSHASA1961	KATUMBA STEPS OUT OF THE SHADOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 25 July, GDRC President Joseph Kabila named eminence grise Augustin Katumba Mwanke Secretary-General of the DRC's transitional government. Kabila officially suspended Katumba in October 2002 following publication of the UN panel report on illegal exploitation of the DRC's weal [...]	2003-07-30 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
03KINSHASA2969	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 2003 ANNUAL [...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A) THE GDRC HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. REPRESENTATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM ISSUES THROUGHOUT 2003, BUT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN KINSHASA IS WEAK AND CONTROLS ONLY A PORTION OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY. B) THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN DRC IS SEVERELY DYSF [...]	2003-11-24 14:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CG
03KINSHASA3015	WANTED: LEADERSHIP AT DRC'S HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: AFTER AN INITIAL BURST OF ACTIVITY, THE DRC'S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS LOST MOMENTUM TOWARDS REUNIFYING THE COUNTRY. PRESIDENT KABILA IN PARTICULAR HAS FAILED TO ENERGIZE HIS CUMBERSOME GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, BUT PARLIAMENT AND MINISTERS HAVE LIKEWISE FAILED THE LEADERSHIP C [...]	2003-11-28 16:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINS PREL CG
03KINSHASA477	NEW BREED OF HARDLINERS INFLUENCES KABILA [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RECENT WEEKS GDRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA HAS APPROVED SEVERAL ACTIONS WHICH ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF A SLOW-BUILDING EVOLUTION TOWARDS HARDLINE POLICIES. "HAWKISH" ADVISERS SUCH AS AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, SAMBA KAPUTO AND EVARISTE BOSHAB HAVE GAINED THE ASCENDANCY OVER MORE "MODERATE" [...]	2003-02-27 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
03KINSHASA61	VERDICT IN LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 7, JUDGES FOR THE HIGHEST DRC MILITARY COURT HANDED DOWN THEIR VERDICT IN TRIAL OF PERSONS ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA. OF THE 130 PERSONS ON TRIAL: -- 30 WERE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY (SIX OF WHOM FLED THE COUNTRY IN 2000 A [...]	2003-01-08 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CG
03KUWAIT1001	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 19: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] Summary: President Bush's call for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq within 48 hours was echoed by Kuwait's National Assembly on March 18. Commentators point out that the President's ultimatum reflects the proposal of Oman's Sheikh Zayed for Saddam's exile, but that the time for that [...]	2003-03-20 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1002	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 19, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-20 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1004	APPROVAL OF PROVISIONAL ENTRY OF FORCES INTO [...] (S) THE GOK HAS AUTHORIZED NEW COALITION FORCES TO ENTER INTO KUWAIT WITHOUT A SIGNED STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT, PROVIDED (A) THEY ARE UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE UNITED STATES AND (B) SOFA NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING. THE AUTHORIZATION, IN A FORM SIMILAR TO THAT GRANTED TO THE CZECHS IN JANUARY, [...]	2003-03-20 04:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL KU
03KUWAIT1005	KUWAIT AIRWAYS PREPARES FOR WAR [...] SUMMARY. In the face of a potential US-led attack on Iraq and any retaliatory strikes, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) unveiled its emergency plan, which includes reduced flights and the possibility of relocating operations to Dubai. Officials at Kuwait International Airport will continue to [...]	2003-03-20 04:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CASC KU
03KUWAIT1009	SITREP NO. 3 [...] SITREP NO. 3 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- All reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three. At 0615hrs on 20 March 2003, POTUS addressed the nation and stated that American and Coalition Forces were i [...]	2003-03-20 09:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1010	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 20, 2003 [...] (C) A full breakdown of KPC production was not available today, but a senior KPC official reported total output was 2.45 million barrels for the period 0500 3/19/03 to 0500 3/20/03. 2.(C) Following several missile attacks aimed at Kuwait, a senior KPC official contacted EconChief to ascertai [...]	2003-03-20 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1013	SITREP NO. 4 [...] SITREP NO. 4 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- Classified Kuwait 1012 reported multiple missile launches. Watchstanders and others put on gas masks and went to safehaven until all clear announced. No chemical/bi [...]	2003-03-20 21:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1018	SITREP NO. 5 [...] SITREP NO. 5 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had four duck-and- cover alerts in resp [...]	2003-03-21 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1020	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 21, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed breakdown of Kuwaiti oil production is not available today. A senior KPC official told EconChief today that production in the previous 24 hours reached 2.5 million barrels. He said that loading operations were proceeding as normal, although there had been some movements of tanker [...]	2003-03-21 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1021	TFIZ01: OIL SMOKE CLOUDS OVER KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: People in Kuwait awoke March 21, 2003, to a dark sky north of the city. Post confirmed through US military sources that the smoke clouds were caused from multiple oil well fires burning in Iraq and started by the Iraqis. Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) said the sky looke [...]	2003-03-21 12:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU
03KUWAIT1022	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21: WAR IN IRAQ; POST- [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators who have viewed the end of Saddam's regime as a fait accompli for months look in greater detail at issues in post-Saddam Iraq. Pushing aside any thought of generous gestures, one writer states that Kuwait should not waive the financial compensation it has coming [...]	2003-03-21 19:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1023	SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-21 21:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1024	SITREP NO. 7 [...] SITREP NO. 7 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 22. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had no "duck-and-cover" alerts. ---- [...]	2003-03-22 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1035	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 22: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators complain that Arab world media continue to be biased towards Kuwait, and ask rhetorically why other Arabs do not decry Iraq's launching of surface to surface missiles against Kuwait in recent days. One commentator lauds Kuwaitis for their behavior on the first ni [...]	2003-03-22 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1036	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 22, 2003 [...] (C) A senior KPC official told EconChief that the Kuwait Oil Company Firefighting team has been dispatched to Northern Kuwait to assess the situation and prepare to assist in fighting fires in Iraq's Rumaila field. Embassy understands that KOC Chairman Ahmad Al-Arbeed acted on instructions fro [...]	2003-03-22 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1037	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 9 [...] SITREP NO. 8 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 23. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Ops Center is aware of the events at Camp Pennsylvania, however we have n [...]	2003-03-23 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT104	(C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...]	2003-01-14 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC
03KUWAIT1040	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP: MARCH 12-18, 2003 [...] The long-running Kheiran Pearls scandal was finally resolved this week (reftel B) when a vote of no-confidence against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Sharar failed to pass the National Assembly. Motions to cancel the Kheiran Pearls contract and to re [...]	2003-03-23 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT1044	KUWAITI PARLIAMENT MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (C) On March 22, the Ambassador joined the French ambassador and the ambassadors of Italy, Canada and Russia as well as the British and German DCM's to carry out the G8 demarche on adherence to counter terrorism conventions with Mohammed al-Sagr, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee o [...]	2003-03-23 12:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT1046	TFIZ01:SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-23 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1047	KUWAIT SNUBBING ARAB LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed reftel demarche with Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah, Office Director for Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, on the morning of March 23. Shaykh Ahmed informed the Ambassador that Dr. Mohammed would not be attending the March 24 Ara [...]	2003-03-23 15:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL XF IZ KU
03KUWAIT1048	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...]	2003-03-23 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1049	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 23, 2003 [...] (C) A Senior KOC official tells the Embassy that the KOC firefighting team is now on site at the Ratqa Field camp in Northern Kuwait. They visited the site of burning oil wells in the Rumaila field in Southern Iraq yesterday, and intend to enter Iraq again tomorrow to begin the work of exting [...]	2003-03-23 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT105	(C) GULF WAR MISSING: 1/22 MEETING WILL BE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq held a meeting of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing (TPC) January 8 in Amman, Jordan. The process got off to a reasonably constructive start but will only begin to tackle su [...]	2003-01-14 07:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC
03KUWAIT1050	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 10 [...] SITREP NO. 10 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 23. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- Embassy operations center rece [...]	2003-03-23 21:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1053	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. [...] SITREP NO. 11 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0105 Duck and Cover Alert, donned gas masks, all clear announced ten min [...]	2003-03-24 09:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1056	SADDAM,S DEFEAT COULD BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Long before the fighting began on Kuwait's northern border, Kuwaiti firms were bombarding the Embassy with requests to do business with U.S. and coalition forces here, and expressing commercial interests in a post-Saddam Iraq. Kuwaiti businessmen see Kuwait as the logical jumpin [...]	2003-03-24 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT1062	HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT #1 24 [...] This is the initial USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) daily cable that will report on the humanitarian situation within Iraq from Kuwait City. End Summary. ------------- DART ARRIVALS ------------- 2. Team West is fully constituted with the arrival of NGaertner and JAcree. [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1063	KUWAIT REQUESTS IMMEDIATE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 24, the GOK requested immediate USG assistance in facilitating an oil swap with Saudi Arabia, thereby providing Jordan with badly needed crude oil. End Summary. 3. (C) During their March 24 meeting, Kuwaiti MinS [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EPET KU SA JO
03KUWAIT1064	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 24, 2003 [...] (C) A detailed breakdown of Kuwait's oil production is not yet available for today, but Embassy is told output from 0500 03/23/03 to 0500 03/24/03 reached 2.42 million barrels. 2. (C) Kuwaiti firefighters apparently put out one of the fires burning in Iraq's Rumaila oilfield today, and they [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1065	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 12 [...] SITREP NO. 12 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1159 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24, 2003 . 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1310 Duck and Cover Alert; gas masks donned. 1320 All C [...]	2003-03-24 20:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1068	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 13 [...] SITREP NO. 13 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 25, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0110 Duck and cover alert sounded. 0117 All clear --------- [...]	2003-03-25 09:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1074	TFIZ01: THE WORD ON KUWAIT'S ENVIRONMENT [...] SUMMARY: As US-led military action against Iraq moved into its sixth day, Kuwait stepped up measures to protect the environment from Iraqi retaliatory strikes. Particular focus has been placed on monitoring the air and sea, as dark clouds from Iraqi oil fires continue to drift across the borde [...]	2003-03-25 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU
03KUWAIT1075	FLOOD OF SUPPORT FROM KUWAITI POPULATION [...] At 7:45am March 25, Op Center Kuwait received a call from a Kuwaiti woman expressing support for our role in the military action in Iraq. She said her call was the result of a text message she received on her cell phone telling her to call the Embassy to let us know her opinion of the conflic [...]	2003-03-25 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI MOPS PREL KU
03KUWAIT1078	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 25, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1079	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Calls for boycotting and withdrawing from the Arab League are raised following the organization's communique condemning the war, with one commentator labeling the League as a "house of ill-repute." Another notes pointedly that Kuwait is the only Arab country to commit aid to Iraqi re [...]	2003-03-25 16:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1080	USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] The DART is expecting the delivery of relief supplies to the warehouse in Kuwait within the week. On 23 March, a WFP plane arrived at Kuwait International Airport with 40 MT of high-energy biscuits, and on 24 March, two shipments of wheat donated by the Australian Government departed Muscat [...]	2003-03-25 17:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1081	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 14 [...] SITREP NO. 14 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 25, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1500 Duck and cover alert sounded. 1509 All Clear sounded. -- [...]	2003-03-25 20:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU

03KUWAIT1082	TFIZ01: KUWAIT-CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL ASPECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action message -- see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a March 24 meeting with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and Acting Finance Minister) Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador raised issue of unblocking frozen Iraqi government assets in Kuwait for use [...]	2003-03-26 06:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL
03KUWAIT1083	TERRORIST FINANCE -- KUWAIT: FREEZING LAJNAT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Central Bank (CBK) Governor Shaykh Salem AbdulAziz Al-Sabah on March 23 to review the status of freeze actions by the Central Bank against accounts of the Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiyya (LDI). The Governor confirmed local press reports that KD 1.4 million (nearly [...]	2003-03-26 06:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT1086	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 15 [...] SITREP NO. 15 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 26, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Post recei [...]	2003-03-26 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT11	KUWAIT: DELIVERY OF TRIPS MORATORIUM LETTERS [...] On December 29, 2002 Embassy delivered the text of Ambassador Zoellick's letter on the USG TRIPS moratorium to the Minister of Commerce and Industry, with courtesy copies to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Public Health. 2. Post will report any subsequent substan [...]	2003-01-05 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU USTR
03KUWAIT1101	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 26, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports on 3/26 noted the visit of the acting Minister of Oil, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Sabah to the Ratqa oil field where he met with the Kuwait oil firefighting team. The press report notes the cooperation of the Kuwaiti team with an American team could result in all the fire [...]	2003-03-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1102	(C) IRAQI OPPOSITIONISTS AND RECONSTRUCTION; [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, during an introductory call for Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) Director, Gen. Jay Garner, he and the Ambassador discussed war-related issues with Minstate for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah . Among the items raised were ORHA [...]	2003-03-26 16:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID IZ KU
03KUWAIT1103	USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] On 25 March, the Health Fusion Cell met with representatives in water and sanitation, civil governance, and OTI to strategize on health and water assessments, funding capabilities, and interventions. CA assessments have begun in Safwan to determine the condition of the 5,000 people who are i [...]	2003-03-26 16:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ KU WFP
03KUWAIT1104	USAID/DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] There has been no new influx of IDPs in northern Iraq since Iraq closed and mined the roads from the South. The ICRC confirmed that movements in the Kurdish-controlled areas were small compared to recent media reports. On 24 March MCI reported that people have begun returning to Sulaimaniyah [...]	2003-03-26 16:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1105	(C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This message looks at the closely-related topic of the political effects the war could have on Kuwait itself. In both cases, the answer is highly scenario-dependent. [...]	2003-03-26 18:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU
03KUWAIT1106	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. [...] SITREP NO. 16 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 26,02003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Missile launch alert approximately 2005. Duck and cover sounded. [...]	2003-03-26 20:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1108	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 17 [...] SITREP NO. 17 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 27 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1135 Duck and cover alarm 1150 All clear --------- Political [...]	2003-03-27 09:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1112	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 27, 2003 [...] (U) Press reports on 3/27/03 confirm that efforts to extinguish fires burning in the Rumaila field in southern Iraq were abandoned on Tuesday, March 25, due to poor weather conditions, and added that joint efforts of the Kuwaiti Oil Company (KOC) firefighting team and U.S. contractor Boots and [...]	2003-03-27 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1113	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 18 [...] SITREP NO. 18 AS OF 2400 HOURS LOCAL, 1600 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 27 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1330 Duck and cover alarm was sounded, when the Consequent Manageme [...]	2003-03-27 21:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1116	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 19 [...] SITREP NO. 19 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 28 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Nothing to [...]	2003-03-28 09:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1119	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 28, 2003 [...] (C) Embassy notes that that KOC reported production from its northern fields has risen 7.1% from 400,265 barrels on March 26 to 428,689 barrels on March 28. This increase is expected to continue as KOC officials open more shut-in well heads in the Ratqa and, eventually, the Abdali fields. How [...]	2003-03-28 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1121	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT - UMM QASR [...] On 26 March, five members of the USAID/DART drove from Kuwait City to Umm Qasr, Iraq to assess the prevailing security and to examine the damage to port infrastructure. Umm Qasr has an estimated population of 40,000 people and two port areas. Currently, there is no electricity or running wat [...]	2003-03-28 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1122	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION [...] On 26 March, the Regional Coordinator for UNICEF/Iraq convened a water/sanitation meeting in collaboration with the HOC USACE. The limited effectiveness of treatment plants combined with the shortage of technical capability in Iraq for repairs and management means that water and sewage are m [...]	2003-03-28 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1123	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF FOOD, WATER, AND HEALTH [...] On 27 March, the DART, with assistance from Coalition forces, conducted an assessment of the food, water, and health situation in Umm Qasr. With regard to the Coalition military presence in Umm Qasr, the DART was impressed by the priority being placed on providing security to the community, [...]	2003-03-28 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1143	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 21 [...] SITREP NO. 21 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 29, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0145 - Two separate calls from Wash OPS Center requesting informat [...]	2003-03-29 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1147	PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR IN KUWAIT'S STATE MEDIA [...] After months of public hedging and equivocation for the benefit of the media and the Arab League, the GOK has come out in strong support for the war on Iraq, and Kuwaiti public opinion is following its lead. Embassy has received hundreds of calls expressing support from ordinary Kuwaitis, many [...]	2003-03-29 16:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03KUWAIT1148	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 29, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-29 16:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1149	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 22 [...] SITREP NO. 22 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1759 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 29, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- At 1810 hours a 'duck and cover' alarm sounded; the all clear was an [...]	2003-03-29 20:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT115	BAGHDAD ON HIS MIND: GOK'S PRE-OCCUPATION WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with a visiting delegation led by former US senior diplomat Frank Wisner, Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah shared candid views on pressing priorities for his government. Discussion centered on four main themes: Sa [...]	2003-01-15 09:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IR KU
03KUWAIT1153	TFIZ01 - KUWAITI OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (S) Ambassador spoke with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah afternoon of Thursday, March 27 on the status of Kuwait's agreement to provide Jordan with 25,000 barrels of oil per day (BPD) in light of the loss of Iraqi oil supplies. Ambassador [...]	2003-03-30 07:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET EAID PREL KU SA JO
03KUWAIT1158	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 23 [...] SITREP NO. 23 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 29, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Nothing to [...]	2003-03-30 09:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1162	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed Kuwaiti production figures are unavailable today, but total production is understood to remain above 2.4 million barrels per day. 2. (C) A senior KPC official confirmed today that all three refineries of the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (Mina Al-Ahmadi, Mina Al-Abdulla [...]	2003-03-30 15:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1166	TFIZ01: DART ABUSE PREVENTION UNIT [...] The DART Abuse Prevention Unit has been activated to identify, monitor, prevent, and respond to human rights abuses and protection issues in Iraq. Since arriving in Kuwait, the APU has briefed military units, NGOs, ORHA, and the USAID Reconstruction Team on the importance of reporting on rep [...]	2003-03-30 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF MOPS PREL IZ
03KUWAIT1167	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 24 [...] SITREP NO. 24 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 30, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1630 Received telephone call from DOS Task Force requesting details [...]	2003-03-30 20:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1168	KUWAIT MINISTER OF STATE PLANS P-5 TOUR, REQUESTS [...] (C) Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah contacted the Ambassador on March 30 to inform him that he is planning a whirlwind tour of P-5 capitals, most likely beginning with meetings on April 7 in Beijing and proceeding westward to Moscow [...]	2003-03-31 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP US IZ KU UNSC
03KUWAIT1176	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 31, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 30: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Media commentary reflects a sense of alienation and resentment vis-a-vis Kuwait's Arab League confreres. Demonstrations were held this week in front of the Libyan and Syrian embassies in Kuwait, and a proposal now before the National Assembly calls for parliamentary approval of any f [...]	2003-03-31 15:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1178	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 26 [...] SITREP NO. 26 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 31, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- One Kuwaiti called in su [...]	2003-03-31 21:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1181	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION [...] Humanitarian assistance is beginning to flow into parts of southern Iraq provided by both the Kuwaiti Red Crescent and Coalition forces. An UNSECOORD security assessment team is expected to travel to Umm Qasr on 30 March to determine whether the town can be deemed a permissive environment for [...]	2003-04-01 08:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1182	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 27 [...] SITREP NO. 27 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0400 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 1, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0905 Duck and cover alert. All clear announced 0915. --------- [...]	2003-04-01 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1195	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 1, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1197	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP: MARCH 29 TO APRIL 1, [...] SUMMARY: The National Assembly voiced strong support for Operation Iraqi Freedom, approved the GOK's supplemental budget request of approximately $1.6 billion, and debated punishing hostile states by withholding loans from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. The mood of defiance [...]	2003-04-01 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID PINR IZ LY KU
03KUWAIT1198	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 28 [...] SITREP NO. 28 AS OF 1815 HOURS LOCAL, 1015 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 1, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...]	2003-04-01 15:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1199	SADDAM'S SECRET WEAPON: THE MIGHTY MENGASH! [...] Summary: The forced landing of a U.S. Apache attack helicopter behind Iraqi lines in the early days of the war, and the resulting implausible Iraqi claims that a heroic farmer named Mengash was responsible, have spawned a cottage industry of derision in Kuwait. Today's date (April 01),and Ku [...]	2003-04-01 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL IZ KU
03KUWAIT1207	KUWAITI YUPPIES LOOK BEYOND THE LONG-AWAITED WAR [...] SUMMARY: Where reftels analyzed how the US-led war against Iraq might affect Kuwait's political and economic landscape in general, this cable examines perceptions of a specific sector of society -- young, upwardly-mobile, democratically-minded professionals. At an informal dinner, EmbOffs me [...]	2003-04-02 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1212	VISIT TO UMM QASR BY ORHA DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ORHA Director Lt. Gen. Jay Garner (ret.),accompanied by ORHA senior staff, visited the liberated Iraqi port city of Umm Qasr on April 1. The ORHA team met with the commanding officers of the British forces holding both the port facilities and the town. The port and associated [...]	2003-04-02 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ASEC MOPS PGOV IZ
03KUWAIT1213	PROMOTING U.S. (AND OTHER FOREIGN) TRADE WITH, AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-02 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EAID BEXP PREL IZ KU
03KUWAIT1214	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES CUSTOMS LAW [...] During its April 1, 2003 session, Kuwait's National Assembly ratified and referred to the Council of Ministers a draft unified customs law for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Kuwait remains the lone member of the six-nation GCC yet to formally agree on the legal side of the GCC Customs [...]	2003-04-02 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETRD ECON KU GCC
03KUWAIT1215	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Commentators call for moderation of the Kuwaiti rhetoric denouncing other Arab states that has dominated opinion over the last week, appealing to feelings of Pan-Arabism. However, frustrations remain keen, with reports that the Kuwaiti government has decided not to fund the Al-Arabi [...]	2003-04-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1217	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 02, 2003 [...] (S/NF) Post has investigated rumors of an explosion and fire at the Rawdatain oil field in northern Kuwait, and found them to be untrue. KPC and U.S. military sources confirm that an apparent Iraqi missile did recently land in an unpopulated area south of the Rawdatain and west of the Sabriy [...]	2003-04-02 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1219	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 30 [...] SITREP NO. 30 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 02, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Six Kuwaiti [...]	2003-04-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1221	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 23:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT1227	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 03, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1232	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 04, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1233	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 34 [...] SITREP NO. 34 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 4, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Cons [...]	2003-04-04 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1234	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 35 [...] SITREP NO. 35 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2200 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 4, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- POL/MIL Officer received a call from KSS on alleged shooting of U [...]	2003-04-05 03:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1242	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART UPDATES FROM SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] On 31 March, DART members, accompanied by Coalition forces, conducted a rapid assessment of Basra International Airport and a water treatment plant located on the airport property. On 2 April, the DART received updates from Coalition forces on the status of Umm Qasr Port, as well as food and [...]	2003-04-05 08:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1250	(U) GOK TO TAKE ITS CASE ON THE ROAD [...] (C) Summary: During their April 2 meeting, the Ambassador and MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed the progress of the war and Dr. Mohammed,s upcoming trip to key UNSC member states. The Minister said the focus of his visits would be to discuss an array of issues surr [...]	2003-04-05 11:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ SY SA
03KUWAIT1251	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003 [...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis ------------------------ POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS ------------------------ 2. A spokesman from the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) reporte 3. In a meeting with the DART on March 29, the Head of the United Na [...]	2003-04-05 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1256	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003 [...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis fleeing Basrah. On 31 March, Coalition forces deemed the coastal land route to Umm Qasr a permissive environment. NGO convoys traveling to Umm Qasr will need to coordinate their movements through the HOC. On 3 March, UNICEF r [...]	2003-04-06 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1271	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 2 APRIL [...] On 1 April, DART personnel in Umm Qasr reported concerns over water distribution. Additional DART personnel will travel to Umm Qasr on 2 April to discuss the distribution plans in more detail with those involved. On 28 March, Coalition forces conducted an assessment of Umm Qasr hospital, wh [...]	2003-04-06 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1273	FOLLOW-UP ON JANUARY 21 TERROR ATTACK IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) The following is an update on judicial actions taken against those involved in the January 21 terrorist attack on U.S. citizens near Camp Doha. The GOK moved quickly to apprehend the gunman and other suspects, however two accessories remain at large and the Kuwaitis have had little succ [...]	2003-04-06 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL CASC KU
03KUWAIT1274	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 05, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed oil production for Kuwait Oil Company was not available today, but production likely remains just under 2.4 million barrels. 2. (C) EconChief had a chance to visit the two wells in the Rumeila field of Southern Iraq that continue burning. One well is burning crude oil, emittin [...]	2003-04-06 14:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1276	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 37 [...] SITREP NO. 37 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 6, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...]	2003-04-06 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1280	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 06, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 05:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1283	(C) SCENESETTER FOR GOK MINSTATE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Finance and Planning, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, leaves Kuwait April 6 on a whirlwind tour to Beijing, Moscow, Paris, London, Washington, and New York. To governments that opposed Operation Iraqi [...]	2003-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1288	TFIZ01: DART/PRM SITUATION REPORT 6 APRIL 2003 [...] On 4 April, DART members in Umm Qasr met with Coalition forces, who provided an overview of the situation in the town. According to Coalition forces, 1,500 to 2,000 people from Basrah have moved to Umm Qasr. On 3 April, one Emergency Health Kit was sent from the OFDA warehouse to a hospital [...]	2003-04-07 12:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1292	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 39 [...] SITREP NO. 39 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 7, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...]	2003-04-07 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1293	KUWAITI CONCERNS ON MEETING ITS AID PLEDGE TO PA [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the issue of Kuwaiti support for the Palestinian Authority (ref A) with Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah, the Head of Office for Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, the morning of April 6. (Dr. Mohammed was unavailable due to a last [...]	2003-04-07 15:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL US IS KU
03KUWAIT1296	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM SITUATION REPORT 7 APRIL 2003 [...] The first ship containing Australian-donated wheat is expected to off-load at the main port in Kuwait City on 7 April. The DART's APU continues to engage NGOs and Coalition forces on plans for responding to human rights abuses. The USAID Reconstruction Team is working with ORHA, Coalition [...]	2003-04-08 04:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1297	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 40 [...] SITREP NO. 40 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 7, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- The Polish Ambassador to [...]	2003-04-08 05:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1306	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 08, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports today quote Kuwait Undersecretary for Oil Issa Al-Aoun as saying that Kuwait will continue to produce 2.44 million barrels of oil a day until further notice to meet shortages in the international oil market. He also told reporters that Kuwait will start supplying 25,000 [...]	2003-04-08 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1307	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 41 [...] SITREP NO. 41 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 8, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...]	2003-04-08 14:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1308	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 7: WAR IN IRAQ [...] Despite the anger at Arab media portrayals of the war, one commentator writes that the televised image of American soldiers retreating from Al-Najaf when faced with a mob that mistakenly believed the troops were heading to occupy the mosque is a positive example of US respect for Muslims. An [...]	2003-04-08 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1334	REACHING OUT AT THE SHI'ITE FEAST OF AL-ARBA'EEN [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Both the people and the Government of Kuwait support U.S. actions in Iraq very strongly. Even here, however, the constant drumbeat in the Arabic press of U.S. anti-Muslim intent is having an effect. In recent conversations wo [...]	2003-04-09 16:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KISL PGOV PREL SOCI IZ
03KUWAIT1335	IRAQ: BULGARIA SEEKING TO SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. The Government of Bulgaria is seeking ways to support efforts by the DoD Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in the reconstruction and civil administration of Iraq according to Bulgarian Ambassador to Kuwait [...]	2003-04-09 16:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BU IZ KU
03KUWAIT1337	(C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait April 7 expressed support for the security of Kuwait, and affirmed the organization's readiness to provide humanitarian aid to Iraq. The Ministers decided that the GCC will discuss the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh on April 15, appa [...]	2003-04-09 17:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ
03KUWAIT1341	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 44 [...] SITREP NO. 33 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- At 1825 a phone call was received in the operations center from a [...]	2003-04-10 03:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1344	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 45 [...] SITREP NO. 45 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Several Kuwaitis called to express thanks for the Coalition's libera [...]	2003-04-10 16:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1345	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 46 [...] SITREP NO. 46 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 11, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1810 - US Embassy Berlin Pol-Mil Affairs Officer telephoned to pas [...]	2003-04-11 02:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1359	TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 10 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART met with the newly established town council in Umm Qasr on 9 April. WFP will hold a meeting in Rome to discuss the current food pipeline for Iraq, including donor contributions and how the OFF may offset certain requirements as outlined in the U.N. consolidated appeal on 10 April. [...]	2003-04-12 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1360	TFIZ01: DART UMM QASR WATER UPDATE 9 APRIL 2003 [...] On 8 April, the DART attended the Water/Sanitation Sectoral Meeting, held at the UNDP Office in Kuwait City. The DART also met with civil affairs representative and UNICEF to discuss the water supply situation in Umm Qasr. The following report is based on these meetings. END SUMMARY. ---- [...]	2003-04-12 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1361	TFIZ01: DART UMM QASR TRIP REPORT 9 APRIL 2003 [...] On 5 April, the DART made a third assessment trip to Umm Qasr. The DART joined up with two members positioned in Umm Qasr and met Coalition force representatives and five community leaders, who have assumed the role of the civilian leadership of the town following the departure of most Baath [...]	2003-04-12 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1363	KUWAIT: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS NOTICE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-12 12:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KU WTO
03KUWAIT138	GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY; INFLUENTIAL KUWAITI [...] (U) This message contains biographical information. Please see para. 8 for biographical information. 2. (C) Summary. Faced with ineffectual political leadership, some of the large commercial families of Kuwait have stepped into the political fray to derail the rising tide of Islamism here, [...]	2003-01-15 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ
03KUWAIT1381	TFIZ01: TRYING TO RESOLVE THE UNCC/RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Decisions will be made soon about distributions of Iraqi oil revenues that may have significant political as well as economic ramifications. Our GOK contacts accept in principle the idea of reducing the percentage of Iraqi oil revenues paid into the UN Compensation Commission (U [...]	2003-04-13 06:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PREL EFIN KU IZ UNCC
03KUWAIT1390	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 50 [...] SITREP NO. 50 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 12, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- Fielded request from a re [...]	2003-04-13 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1405	TFIZ01 -- RESPONDING TO THE LOOTING OF THE IRAQI [...] NIACT immediate precedence required for action outside normal working hours. 2. This is an action message. 2. US academic and military contacts indicate they are hearing rumors that antiquities looted from the Baghdad Iraqi Museum are already appearing on European markets. Press re [...]	2003-04-13 16:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL MOPS IZ
03KUWAIT1415	TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 13 APRIL 2003 [...] The issue of milling of the Australian-donated wheat has yet to be resolved as WFP cannot proceed with milling until the negotiations with OIP are completed. Representatives of the IRAC reported that documents have been completely looted from GOI intelligence offices in Umm Qasr. DART member [...]	2003-04-14 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1416	THE IMPORTANCE TO IRAQS POST-WAR ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: ORHA believes that its success in administering the newly liberated Iraq will depend significantly on stimulating early economic activity and sending a message of hope for their economic future to the Iraqi people. ORHA proposes to encourage trade with, and inves [...]	2003-04-14 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD ECON EFIN PREL IZ
03KUWAIT1446	TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 14 APRIL 2003 [...] The results of the Coalition assessment of health facilities in Basrah City were briefed at the Humanitarian Operations Center on 10 April. The assessment found that most of the 82 primary health centers are functioning and have sufficient staff, supplies, and equipment for the present time. [...]	2003-04-15 16:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1451	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 54 [...] SITREP NO. 54 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 15, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1030 Call received from a Kuwaiti man whose brother is employed as [...]	2003-04-15 18:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1454	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 14, 2003 [...] (C) For the period beginning 0500 April 10 and ending 0500 April 14, total Kuwait daily crude oil production averaged 2,405,280 barrels per day. Average production from Northern Kuwaiti fields averaged 421,907 barrels per day for the period. 2. (C) The average stock level for Kuwait Export [...]	2003-04-16 07:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1468	ARAB FUND MEETING APRIL 22-23: REQUEST FOR URGENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT1477	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 58 [...] SITREP NO. 58 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 17, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NTSR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consul [...]	2003-04-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1499	KUWAIT: WIRELESS INTERNET SURVEY RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-19 12:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD KU
03KUWAIT15	(U) GOK WINS SOCIAL SECURITY AND PENSION BATTLE, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On December 30, the National Assembly defeated budget-busting amendments to Kuwait,s social security and pension law, and approved GOK-sponsored ones instead, temporarily allaying fears that Kuwait,s Social Security fund would be bankrupt by 2026. While the victory [...]	2003-01-06 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN SOCI KU
03KUWAIT1514	TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 17 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART food team attended a meeting with Coalition forces and WFP on 15 April during which WFP requested that Coalition forces provide security at warehouses, silos, and mills. Coalition forces agreed to try to provide security to the food infrastructure sites and to assist in getting esse [...]	2003-04-19 17:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1515	TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 17 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART food team attended a meeting with Coalition forces and WFP on 15 April during which WFP requested that Coalition forces provide security at warehouses, silos, and mills. Coalition forces agreed to try to provide security to the food infrastructure sites and to assist in getting esse [...]	2003-04-20 05:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1766	TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in northern Iraq areas remains semi-stable. There is almost no movement of IDPs, and UNOPS believes there is no IDP emergency in the North. UNOPS is considering returning to pre- war activities once the status of the U.N. in Iraq is clarified. ICRC also reported that the need f [...]	2003-04-30 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1779	TRADING WITH IRAQ [...] Post responses are provided to questions posed in reftel. Q: WE UNDERSTAND THAT IRAQ HAS COMPLETED FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES. IF HOST GOVERNMENT HAS AN FTA WITH IRAQ, WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE AGREEMENT? I.E. DOES IT SIMPLY COVER GOODS, OR DOES IT COVER OTHER AR [...]	2003-05-03 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON IZ KU
03KUWAIT1813	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH MINSTATE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah on April 30th. Among the issues discussed were Kuwaiti POWs, the future of Kuwait's fuel donations to coalition forces and the status of ongoing efforts to secure an Article 98 agreement with [...]	2003-05-04 06:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT1825	TFIZ01: FUEL SITUATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...]	2003-05-04 12:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1826	TFIZ01: DART REPORT ON WFP/UNICEF & NGO FOOD AND [...] The DART met with WFP, UNICEF, and several NGOs on 28 April to discuss developments in the food and nutrition sectors. Of primary interest were WFP's assessment of Ministry of Trade (MOT) capacity in Basrah and IMC's assessment in the Amarah-Al Kut corridor. End Summary. ----------------- [...]	2003-05-04 12:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1830	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF HEET AND AL HADITHAH [...] DART Field Team West began assessing communities along the Euphrates River northeast of Ar Ramadi on 27 April. The DART traveled the main highway between Ar Rutbah and the intersection with Highway 12. The DART assessed both the Heet and Al Hadithah communities in Al Anbar governorate. In g [...]	2003-05-04 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1831	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AR RUTBAH [...] Members of DART Field Team West traveled from Jordan to Ar Rutbah in western Iraqi on 26 April. The team met with local officials including the newly selected mayor, health officials, PDS food agents, education officials and local community members. CARE sent two water engineers to Ar Rutba [...]	2003-05-04 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP

03KUWAIT1842	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI [...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...]	2003-05-05 12:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1848	(S/NF) IRANIAN PROTEST PLANNERS MEET WITH [...] (S/NF) Poloff spoke with Washington-based American-Iranian activist Mark Namdar (strictly protect) on May 3, 2003. Mr. Namdar serves as an unofficial spokesman and intermediary for U.S.-based Iranian student movement leader and political asylee Reza Mohajeri-Nejad. Mr. Namdar claims that th [...]	2003-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR
03KUWAIT1849	TFIZ01: DART AN NASIRIYAH TRIP REPORT 1 - 2 MAY [...] Between 1 and 2 May, the DART traveled to An Nasiriyah. Accompanied by GOAL and IMC, the DART visited two hospitals and local water and sewage treatment facilities. The DART attended the CMOC briefing on 2 May, during which, local leaders presented the town's most critical needs: food, propa [...]	2003-05-05 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1850	TFIZ01: FUEL SITUTATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...]	2003-05-05 15:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1851	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL ANBAR [...] Between 26 and 29 April, DART Field Team West traveled more than 1,400 km inside Iraq conducting an assessment of communities in the western governorate of Al Anbar. The DART conducted assessments in Ar Rutbah, Hadithah, Anah, and Heet. The DART also stopped in Baghdad to talk with some com [...]	2003-05-05 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1909	GOK CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQI DEBT REDUCTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Iraqi debt (reftel),and the issue of Oil For Food (OFF) revenues for the UNCC with Kuwaiti MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah during their April 29 meeting. Dr. Mohammed expressed great concern over possible plans for Iraqi debt reduction, [...]	2003-05-07 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT1911	2003 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR KU USTR
03KUWAIT1914	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 7: DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: A strong call for the end of the Arab League appears on the commentary pages, citing the League's repeated failures to solve Arab problems or maintain Arab unity, most prominently during the Iraq crisis. Arab satellite news channels are attacked for the negative tone of their covera [...]	2003-05-07 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1927	(C) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SOURCE COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftels reported on GOK's efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons, an issue on which it is increasingly engaged. This message provides an update on GOK initiatives as well as a snapshot of opinions of source country embassies in Kuwait voiced during a May 7 lunc [...]	2003-05-08 11:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU
03KUWAIT1929	PROTECTING IRAQ'S CULTURAL HERITAGE: UPDATE MAY 6 [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing investigations at the Iraqi National Museum are revealing the extent of losses from display galleries and stores from the early April looting. Present reports indicate 38 items, including some well-known pieces, were lost from or damaged in the display galleries. Tallies of [...]	2003-05-10 07:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV MOPS IZ
03KUWAIT1931	TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq remains calm. The security level above the former "green line" has been declared permissive. CMOC has declared Kirkuk to be permissive and Mosul to be semi-permissive during daylight hours. Confusion as to which political body [...]	2003-05-10 09:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1932	TFIZ01: FOOD SUPPLIES IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE [...] Representatives of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT),DART, WFP, and Coalition forces met on 4 May at the CMOC in Basrah to review the status of Basrah's Public Distribution System (PDS) for food rations, and to determine what immediate steps need to be taken to enable officials in Basrah Gov [...]	2003-05-10 09:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1933	TFIZ01: DART UPDATE FROM MOSUL [...] The situation in northern Iraq remains calm. On 5 May, DART Team North visited Mosul for the first time. The climate in the city appears vibrant and bustling, and there is a large Coalition presence. Delegates representing a cross-section of Mosul's religious and ethnic groups elected 24 to [...]	2003-05-10 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1945	TFIZ01: COALITION FORCES TO ASSIST WFP IN [...] The DART and WFP met with Coalition forces on 29 April. Coalition forces agreed to contact WFP national staff and work with them to determine the status of Ministry of Trade (MOT) buildings and records, condition of silos, mills and warehouses, water and electricity for these structures, IDP [...]	2003-05-10 10:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1948	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL HILLAH [...] The DART conducted a security assessment of Al Hillah, capital of the Babil governorate, on 2 May. The town has approximately 400,000, mostly Shia, residents. Coalition forces ranked the threat assessment as "low to none," but acknowledged that there was a problem with organized crime. Ther [...]	2003-05-10 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1969	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF ANAH AND KHAN AL [...] DART Field Team West conducted an assessment of the village of Anah on 28 April. Although the visit was abbreviated, the DART was in town long enough to determine that electricity was functioning, water was flowing in the piped system, the PDS was in place and functioning, and the health cen [...]	2003-05-10 15:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1973	RETURNING STOLEN KUWAITI PROPERTY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5 2. Summary: A member of Kuwait's ruling family met with the Ambassador on May 4 to seek his assistance in reclaiming property stolen by Iraqis during the 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait. The request highlights the need to establish a procedure for [...]	2003-05-11 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ KU
03KUWAIT1989	IPR LETTER TO KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post plans to use the release of the Special 301 report to make a new push for intellectual property rights (IPR) reform in Kuwait later this month (Ref A). Per email exchanges to USTR, post requests a letter from US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to Kuwaiti [...]	2003-05-12 07:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KU USTR
03KUWAIT1995	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY [...] SUMMARY: The Editor-in-Chief of a prominent Arabic daily writes that President Bush's speech is "an indication that the US is beginning to follow a serious and balanced policy in the region." The absence of Kuwait from the examples of freedom in the region cited by President Bush provided more [...]	2003-05-12 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2008	DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] Embassy Kuwait requests an NEA Democracy Small Grant of $25,000 to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society. ----------- THE PROBLEM ----------- 2. Women, who do not have the right to vote, have little opportunity to influence policy in Kuwait, [...]	2003-05-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KU
03KUWAIT2033	REPORTED LOSSES AT NORTHERN SITES: IN SEARCH OF [...] SUMMARY. U.S. forces have stopped the looting by tribal raiders at the Assyrian site at Nimrod, about 25 kilometers south of Mosul; but not before the raiders had made off with pieces of an eighth century B.C. stone relief. The Mosul museum has yet to inventory its losses, but during a 5/10 [...]	2003-05-14 03:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL MOPS IZ
03KUWAIT2062	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI [...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...]	2003-05-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2100	INFANT FORMULA AND THE PDS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE [...] UNICEF recently released a policy paper recommending that infant formula be immediately deleted from the OFF general ration. The following report summarizes information gathered by the DART from WFP local female staff, home interviews, and IDP interviews in Basrah Governorate between 4 and 1 [...]	2003-05-19 07:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2101	DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] According to MORAD, more than 1,000 families have returned to their villages in southern Arbil governorate; one week ago the number was 313. The most critical need in these villages is water. There are between 130,000 and 140,000 MT of wheat (of unknown quality) currently in MOT stores in [...]	2003-05-19 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2102	POLICING AND SECURITY IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] The primary concern for Iraqis throughout the southern region continues to be security. The security situation is improving gradually due to the efforts of Coalition forces to establish new Iraqi police forces, but much work remains. The lack of adequate resources or clear guidelines for loca [...]	2003-05-19 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2103	IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ [...] An estimated 7,000 Iranian refugees live in Iraq, mostly in settlements from Al Amarah to Al Kut. Life for them has become more precarious with the defeat of the former regime. When most arrived in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war 23 years ago, the regime rewarded refugees with parcels of land. [...]	2003-05-19 07:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2104	DART ASSESSMENT OF AL AMARAH [...] DART Field Team South traveled to the southeastern Iraqi Governorate of Maysan on 7 May to assess security along the main highway from Basrah to Al Amarah and within the city of Al Amarah itself. During the trip, the DART met with Coalition forces based in and around the city. End Summary. [...]	2003-05-19 07:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2105	DART AL HILLAH ASSESSMENT [...] DART Field Team West arrived in Al Hillah on 11 May. On 12 May, the DART visited a maternity and children's hospital in Al Hillah, met with some local wakils, and met with representatives of Save the Children/U.S. who were returning through Al Hillah from a recent assessment of An Najaf and [...]	2003-05-19 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF WFP IZ
03KUWAIT2106	DART AR RUTBAH UPDATE [...] The DART Field Team West visited Ar Rutbah, Anbar Governorate on 10 May, meeting with cooperative agreement partner World Vision, the former hospital director, and Coalition forces. Since the DART's last visit to Ar Rutbah on 6 May, the town of 25,000 people experienced a failed distribution o [...]	2003-05-19 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2107	DART ASSESSMENT OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] The DART conducted an assessment on 10 May of the newly established Palestinian refugee camp in the Baladi Yat area of Baghdad. Although the camp appeared to be well managed by the Palestinian Red Crescent and is supported by the surrounding community, an inadequate water and sanitation syst [...]	2003-05-19 07:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF KPAL IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2108	DART ASSESSMENT OF AL TASH REFUGEE CAMP [...] The DART conducted an assessment of the Al Tash Refugee Camp near Ar Ramadi on 9 May. Based on meetings with the camp council and movement through the camp, the DART determined there is not a critical humanitarian situation within the camp. End Summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- [...]	2003-05-19 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2118	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, MAY 19: TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY: Leading Kuwaiti liberals take to the op/ed pages to condemn recent terror attacks in the region and link them to Arab world failure to address the political, social and economic conditions that "breed" Islamic terror. Noticeably absent is any tendency to blame the US/Israel/the West fo [...]	2003-05-19 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2133	DART ASSESSMENT OF SAMAWAH [...] DART Field Team West visited Samawah, the capital of Al Muthanna governorate on 15 May. Overall, vital services in the city appear to be operating at pre-war levels. Electricity and water remain sporadic. Hospitals and public health centers are operating, schools are open, stores and market [...]	2003-05-20 09:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2134	DART ASSESSMENT OF KARBALA [...] DART Field Team West traveled to Karbala to meet with local officials and gather assessment information on 15 May. The population is generally friendly and happy with the Coalition presence. There have been neither threats to Coalition forces nor targeted incidents. Sixty Iraqi police offi [...]	2003-05-20 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2135	SUMMARY OF DART COMMODITIES PROVIDED IN RESPONSE [...] As part of its response to humanitarian needs in Iraq, the DART has provided commodities valued at approximately USD 690,000 for countrywide distribution through partner organizations. The commodities include both medical and hygiene kits; chronic medications; plastic sheeting; water contain [...]	2003-05-20 09:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2136	DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in northern Iraq remains calm. CMOC and other sources project that approximately 100,000 IDPs will start returning from major cities in Kurdish-controlled Iraq to areas recently controlled by the former regime once the harvest and school seasons are completed. End Summary. - [...]	2003-05-20 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2137	DART FOOD UPDATE [...] Members of the DART Food Team attended the weekly food and nutrition sectoral meeting on 5 May with members of WFP, UNICEF, Save the Children, and IMC. Topics addressed during the meeting included a briefing on the progress made by WFP in re-starting the PDS, a briefing on vulnerable group f [...]	2003-05-20 09:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2138	OLD CASELOAD IDPS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] DART Field Team South met on 6 May with two extended families and their neighbors in a poor section of Basrah to assess their water and food needs. Most inhabitants of the area are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),some of who have been squatting on other people's land since the Iran- Ira [...]	2003-05-20 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2148	BUILDING BLOCKS FOR POTUS JUNE VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Embassy and GOK warmly welcomes POTUS visit to Kuwait in June and stand ready to assist. POTUS has been invited to stay as the guest of the Kuwaitis at the Bayan Palace. After points made in ref (a),Embassy offers the following information on building blocks. -- Notional schedule follo [...]	2003-05-20 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KU
03KUWAIT2163	KUWAIT STRONGLY PROTESTS NEW LANGUAGE ON [...] (C) MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Ambassador Abd al-Hamid al-Awadi, called the Ambassador at home late in the evening of May 20. Al-Awadi explained that he had been instructed to contact the Ambassador at this late hour by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Mini [...]	2003-05-21 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KU UN
03KUWAIT2170	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West attended one of the largest governorate support team meetings in Al Hillah, with nearly 30 civil-military personnel, 24 local representatives, and ORHA staff participating. The DART also met with CARE Baghdad representatives to discuss potential emergency water intervent [...]	2003-05-22 04:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT222	(U) ONE AMCIT KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU/NF) At approximately 9:20 a.m. local time, two U.S. citizen civilian DoD contract employees working at Camp Doha, Kuwait were shot in their vehicle, a Toyota Prado, while it sat at a traffic light at the intersection of Route 85 and Route 7, heading from Camp Doha. They were wearing civil [...]	2003-01-21 12:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PREL OIIP KU
03KUWAIT2235	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-26 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV KU
03KUWAIT224	NEW CUSTOMS CARGO MANIFEST RULES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-21 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KTIA PREL KU
03KUWAIT2266	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 19-27: TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY: In contrast to the strongly pro-American tone of commentary during Operation Iraqi Freedom, free style US bashing has returned to some corners of Kuwait's Arabic press. Dr. Sadeq al Bassam writes in liberal Al-Qabas that the US "bears responsibility" for the massacres Saddam commit [...]	2003-05-27 15:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2276	IRAQ'S SHIA HEARTLAND: PROMINENT SHIA SHARES [...] (S) Summary: One week after returning to Iraq, noted Shia leader Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum and his party are encountering an Iraqi populace disillusioned with the lack of security and disgruntled at the fact that Ba'ath Party members still hold positions of power, according to Kuwaiti Shia busine [...]	2003-05-28 06:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU IR
03KUWAIT2291	WORKING TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMIES OF IRAQ AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL IZ KU ZP
03KUWAIT2293	(C) GOK PUSH TO AMEND PRESS LAW: CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is making a strong push to gain passage of a new press law before the National Assembly session ends June 10. The bill contains a number of provisions that would restrict current press freedoms. Ruling-family politics appear to be a factor in this latest push to amend [...]	2003-05-28 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT2295	DART VISIT TO AD DIWANIYAH [...] Four members of DART Field Team West traveled to Ad Diwaniyah, Qadisiyah governorate between 21 and 22 May. The DART met with the local Governorate Support Team, various CMOC members, the Director General of the MOH, a team of doctors from the local maternal/pediatric hospital, WFP, Iraqi Re [...]	2003-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2296	DART VISIT TO AN NAJAF [...] DART Field Team West traveled to An Najaf on 24 May to participate in special Marine and Army civil affairs briefings for ORHA in which a 5 June mayoral election was announced, possibly the first mayoral election in the country. WFP and MOT told the DART that they were ready to begin governo [...]	2003-05-28 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2298	DART REPORT ON MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISM IN IRAQ [...] This is a DART report. Muslim fundamentalists are among the groups maneuvering for power in southern Iraq, traditionally the most conservative region of the country. Some conservative Muslims are threatening and harassing the country's Christian minority and instigating reprisals against for [...]	2003-05-28 16:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2299	DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team North reports that there have been several violent incidents in Kirkuk with reports of several deaths. More Kurds are returning to villages in the Makhmur region, and there is little public infrastructure to support major influxes of returnees. WFP will begin receiving 136,00 [...]	2003-05-28 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT23	(U) DEPUTY SPEAKER ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 5 meeting Deputy Speaker Meshari al-Anjari gave his readout on recent developments in Kuwait,s National Assembly, the status of a possible "grilling" of a Minister charged with corruption, and his version of a military timeline for Iraq. End Summary. 2. (C) Pol [...]	2003-01-07 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU
03KUWAIT2300	DART REPORT: IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ [...] This is a DART report. Several thousand Iranian refugees are being pressured to leave their homes in Iraq and return to Iran, where some fear they will be killed, jailed, or face other repressive measures by the Government of Iran. Since the Coalition defeated the former Government of Iraq, [...]	2003-05-29 05:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2335	KUWAITI AIRWAYS SEEKS ACCESS TO SEARCH FOR [...] MFA U/S Khalid al-Jarallah called the Ambassador the afternoon of May 26. Al-Jarallah explained that he had recently received a request from Kuwait Airways. According to al-Jarallah, Kuwait Airways believed that spare parts stolen from its warehouses after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait had bee [...]	2003-05-31 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR KCRM US IZ KU
03KUWAIT234	KUWAIT'S PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CONFORMITY [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-21 16:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KU USTR GCC
03KUWAIT2352	IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION VIRTUAL CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-01 09:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KU
03KUWAIT2377	DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] In Kirkuk, the 30-member city council was chosen by Coalition authorities on 24 May. Each of the main ethnic groups (Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians, and Arabs) is represented on the council, which has also elected three assistant mayors: an ethnic Turk, an Assyrian, and a Kurd. A mayor and deputy [...]	2003-06-01 18:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2378	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West participated in the daily Governorate Support Team meeting in Al Hillah on 25 May and offered updates of its governorate-level engagements, including support to rehabilitate a human-rights organization's new offices, the facilitation of Babil food distribution, coordinati [...]	2003-06-01 18:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT239	KUWAIT: FINANCE MINISTER SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] (U) Dr. Yousef Hamad Al-Ibrahim has submitted his resignation from his current posts as Minister of Finance, Minister of Planning, and Minister of State for Administrative Development. While some papers claim that the resignation has been accepted, Minister of Information Shaykh Ahmed Fahed A [...]	2003-01-22 08:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON KU
03KUWAIT2402	DART ASSESSMENT OF AL KUT [...] DART Field Team South visited Al Kut from 20 to 22 May and participated in three assistance coordination meetings that regularly take place in the city. The meetings provided an overview of the issues and needs currently being addressed in Wasit Governorate by Coalition forces, local Iraqi l [...]	2003-06-03 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2410	DART UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] The Iraqi MOT called a meeting in Baghdad on 20 May of the Governorate MOT directors to discuss preparations for the first countrywide public food distribution since the war ended, set to begin in June. Representatives from ORHA, the DART, WFP, and Iraqi MOT attended. MOT officials raised s [...]	2003-06-03 10:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2412	DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team North visited Dahuk on 20 May and met with the regional governor. MOHAC and UNOPS are discussing IDPs and return issues, and UNOPS has been conducting a survey of IDPs in northern Iraq. The DART traveled to Zemmar in Ninawa governorate on 22 May to attend a meeting to discuss [...]	2003-06-03 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2413	DART CORRIDOR UPDATE: MOVING WFP FOOD COMMODITIES [...] To reach the monthly tonnage of 487,000 MT of food commodities needed for the first nationwide public distribution since the war, WFP had hoped to transport 30,000 MT of food every day into Iraq. Due to a combination of factors, including insecurity on the roads, insecure and damaged warehou [...]	2003-06-03 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2415	PURCHASING WHEAT AND BARLEY IN IRAQ [...] The Executive Director of WFP met with ORHA staff in Baghdad on 13 May. The primary discussion point was WFP's plan for purchasing the local harvest. WFP has set aside USD 42 million for the purchase of approximately 100,000 MT wheat in the north. DART held follow-up conversations with WFP [...]	2003-06-03 11:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2416	PUBLIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND THE HARVEST IN [...] WFP international staff will soon establish a full-time presence in Mosul, with responsibility also for At Tamim and Salah ad Din governorates. WFP, working with the MOT, is providing food to hospitals and social institutions in Mosul. WFP/Kirkuk reports that insecurity, salaries, and the n [...]	2003-06-03 11:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2417	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] Following multiple trouble-shooting visits with WFP and Ministry of Trade teams in the upper south region of Iraq, the DART Field Team West Food Officer believes the public distribution system is prepared to meet June distribution expectations. Upcoming visits to Al Muthanna and Wasit Govern [...]	2003-06-03 11:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2418	WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] According to IRC, there is no public health emergency in either Karbala or An Najaf governorates, but local residents are suffering from chronic, preventable health problems. The DART met with a health representative from Babil to discuss ways to solve emergency health problems in Al Hillah, [...]	2003-06-03 11:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2448	REVISED PROCEDURES FOR COALITION PARTNERS [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 4 below. 2. DCM, CONS Chief and OMC-K JAG met June 3 with Kuwaiti Chief of Immigration COL Abdullah Yousef Al-Ruwaieh and LTCOL Adeeb Al-Sweidan to discuss procedures which will allow CPA personnel currently in Iraq in an official capacity to depar [...]	2003-06-04 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL IZ JO KU
03KUWAIT2449	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] News stories: On May 31, Al-Qabas reported on its front page that Kuwaiti political circles were "astonished" that Kuwait was left out of the President's regional tour. On June 1, all newspapers report Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed's announcement that President Bush has "dela [...]	2003-06-04 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2450	KUWAIT: SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT'S HIV/AIDS [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-04 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV KPAO PREL
03KUWAIT2451	KUWAITI GOVERNOR PLEDGES IPR SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY. As part of a new push for much needed intellectual property rights (IPR) reform in Kuwait, following the release in May of the latest Special 301 review (reftels),the Ambassador met June 3 with the Governor of Hawally, where most of Kuwait's pirated goods are repeatedly produced and [...]	2003-06-04 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KU USTR
03KUWAIT2452	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 29-JUNE 4: TERRORISM; DE- [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-04 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2454	BORDER FREE-FOR-ALL; GOK COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) During their June 4 meeting, Kuwaiti MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah informed the Ambassador that the Kuwaiti business community is becoming increasingly frustrated that coalition forces in Iraq are not con [...]	2003-06-04 16:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT2455	GOK (REALLY) READY TO SIGN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The GOK will be ready to sign an Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. when U/S Bolton visits Kuwait this month, MinState for Foreign Affairs told the Ambassador during their June 4 meeting. End Summary. 2. (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of State Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Saba [...]	2003-06-04 16:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT2456	KUWAITIS VERY DISAPPOINTED AT POTUS CANCELLATION [...] (C) During their June 4 meeting, MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah shared with the Ambassador Kuwait's extreme disappointment at the cancellation of POTUS' visit to Kuwait. Dr. Mohammed led off the meeting by noting that the Kuwaiti people had looked forward to the vis [...]	2003-06-04 16:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU OVIP
03KUWAIT2457	FOOD AND NUTRITION SECTOR MEETING 13 MAY [...] The DART attended the weekly food and nutrition sector meeting at the WFP office in Basrah on 13 May. The Central Ministry of Trade in Baghdad, in coordination with WFP, has decided the first countrywide PDS distribution will begin in June. The MOT is holding a meeting in Baghdad on 20 May [...]	2003-06-04 16:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2489	BASRAH PREPARATIONS FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE PUBLIC [...] The Central MOT in Baghdad announced the first nationwide public food distribution since the military action against the regime of Saddam Hussein, would begin in June. The commodities and size of the June ration are publicized. There is concern that the ration is missing three commodities a [...]	2003-06-07 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2500	KUWAIT'S NEW CABINET, PENDING ELECTIONS [...] In order to run in the National Assembly elections scheduled for July 5, four members of the Cabinet have resigned, as required by the Constitution: Talal al-Ayyar (Electricity and Water, Social Affairs and Labor),Fahd Dhaisan al-Mai al-Azmi (Public Works, Housing),Ahmed Baqer (Justice, Awq [...]	2003-06-08 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT2521	DART UPDATE ON BABIL [...] The start of the June 1 food distribution was delayed one day in Babil because food agents needed to replace old food-recipient lists with updated ones that included newly registered people, such as newborns and returning Babil residents. The DART participated in the daily Governorate Suppo [...]	2003-06-08 15:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2522	DART UPDATE ON AL MUTHANNA [...] (U) Health, security, water, and electricity conditions have improved in Samawah, Al Muthanna Governorate since the DART's last visit on 15 May, according to the deputy governor. He said unemployment was now the largest problem. The DART also visited with WFP, ACTED, and with CMOC staff. W [...]	2003-06-08 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2543	(C) KUWAIT SEEKS US SUPPORT AGAINST NEW PROPOSAL [...] (C) At a luncheon in honor of visiting US Ambassador to Jordan Edward Gnehm on June 7, Kuwaiti UN Permanent Representative Ambassador Mohamed Abulhassan buttonholed Ambassador Jones regarding recent developments in the UN Compensation Commission in Geneva. According to Abulhassan, the French [...]	2003-06-10 11:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ UN
03KUWAIT2545	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JUNE 10: GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: All media report that Mohammed al-Jassim, the liberal editor-in-chief of Kuwaiti Arabic daily "Al Watan," was summoned to the office of the public prosecutor and charged with "contesting the authority of the Amir," a charge that can carry a five-year prison term, before being relea [...]	2003-06-10 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2565	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 8-11: NORMALIZATION [...] SUMMARY: Comments early in the week by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs that Kuwait supports normalization of relations with Israel "within the framework of a joint Arab position" unleashed a torrent of denunciations from conservative and Islamist groups. Liberal commentators see gover [...]	2003-06-11 15:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2638	DART REPORT ON DOCUMENTATION LOSS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] The pervasive looting that occurred throughout Iraq in the wake of the conflict created several challenges for future humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts. One of those challenges affecting many sectors was the loss of official documentation for identification and operational pu [...]	2003-06-16 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2639	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 2 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West witnessed the smooth start up of the public distribution system in Al Hillah on 2 June with numerous food trucks dropping off and picking up commodities. Public response to the mistaken release of a notorious killer, linked to thousands of victims in the mass graves of B [...]	2003-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT264	GOK TO POSTPONE ICCP IMPLEMENTATION TWO WEEKS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-25 06:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KU USTR GCC
03KUWAIT2640	THE PUBLIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BEGINS IN THE [...] June distributions begin in the three northern governorates of Dahuk, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah, while at the same time, WFP continues to provide catch-up rations of wheat flour. Differences that exist between the distributions in the three northern governorates and the central/south are be [...]	2003-06-16 15:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2641	PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PREPARATIONS IN [...] Coalition forces vacated the silo in Karbala and the warehouse in Al Hillah to make way for food arrivals, but continue to provide security to both structures. UXO has been discovered in the Karbala MOT warehouse. Large quantities of food have begun to arrive in Al Hillah for the Babil Gove [...]	2003-06-16 15:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2657	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 14-16: ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's State Minister for Foreign Affairs condemned the June 10 attack by Israeli helicopters that injured senior Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Al-Rantissi as "terrorism." One conservative writer calls for Jihad as the only option for Palestinians in an editorial titled, "No Peace With [...]	2003-06-17 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2668	HALTING ASSISTANCE TO HAMAS [...] (C) Ambassador called on Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah al-Ahmed June 17 to register U.S. views on the need to shut down all types of support for Hamas. Drawing on points in ref (a) and non-paper in ref (b),Ambassador emphasized that the U.S. wanted to work w [...]	2003-06-17 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PTER KU
03KUWAIT2704	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND [...] SUMMARY: Op/ed by Ambassador Jones on the Middle East Roadmap receives fulsome coverage in today's print media, including four Arabic and two English newspapers. Charges of corruption and governmental malfeasance dominate all Arabic dailies over the past week as the country prepares for Jul [...]	2003-06-18 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2705	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 10 JUNE [...] Interventions by the DART have paid dividends this week with increased security at food distribution points and improvements in supply procurement. Also this week, CARE began work on rehabilitating the frail water-treatment system of Al Hillah that serves 750,000 people. The project, funded [...]	2003-06-18 16:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2707	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 8 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West visited a rural health center and two village water supply units on 8 June in An Najaf with DART-partner International Rescue Committee, which has already begun DART-funded work in rural water and health in An Najaf and Karbala. The DART also met with WFP staff, who said [...]	2003-06-18 16:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2783	RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS OF IRAQI VISA PROCESSING IN [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 10. 2. Embassy has reviewed the draft memo on the proposed inclusion of Iraq in Kuwait's consular district for visa processing on a temporary basis (Ref A). Embassy has also reviewed the initial assessment from the Consular officer i [...]	2003-06-23 11:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS AMGT CASC KU
03KUWAIT2788	DART TEAM WEST WAVE I FINAL REPORT: 14 JUNE [...] From 26 April to 13 June, DART Team West traveled thousands of miles in Iraq, conducting assessments, liaising with local Coalition forces and Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) personnel, identifying and funding emergency and community activities, facilitating humanitarian assistance, an [...]	2003-06-23 15:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2789	DART FOOD UPDATE IN THE NORTH [...] Nearly 400 WFP-contracted trucks from Syria with approximately 16,000 metric tons (MT) of bulk wheat grain have arrived at the Kirkuk silo complex since 12 June. WFP expects to be able soon to offload 6,000 MT per day at the Kirkuk silo. Food distributions are proceeding apace in Kirkuk an [...]	2003-06-23 15:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2790	DART UPDATE ON MARSH ARAB SETTLEMENTS [...] DART members from Kuwait City made several visits to Marsh Arab settlements in Maysan governorate between 4 and 9 June, including Al Amarah, the governorate's capital, and Al Khaila, a non-Marsh Arab community east of the Maimona "River of Honor". DART members were sometimes accompanied by [...]	2003-06-23 15:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2823	DART: UPDATE OF WORK AT THE PORT OF UMM QASR [...] The Iraqi Director of Ports is very concerned about security in the port and is frustrated by his lack of knowledge about what is occurring at the port. Bechtel's large dredger, the Carolina, is to finish dredging berth 10 (bulk grain facility) on 18 June. It will then turn its dredging eff [...]	2003-06-25 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT284	KUWAIT'S HOLD ON LDI NOT SANCTIONED BY MFA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised Kuwait's request (refs A and B) for a hold on the French proposal to include the Kuwaiti-based organization Lajnat ad-Da'wa al-Islamiya (LDI) on UN freeze orders with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah in a one-on-one meeting o [...]	2003-01-26 03:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC FR KU UN

03KUWAIT2847	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 21-25: US-KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: In widely reported remarks, an Islamist MP lashes out at former Kuwait oil minister Sheikh Saud Al- Sabah for the latter's establishment of a committee to collect donations for the families of coalition soldiers killed in Iraq. MP Busairi goes on to denounce normalization of relations [...]	2003-06-26 19:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2908	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 28-30: PROSPECTS FOR [...] SUMMARY: A top Kuwaiti official said Kuwait welcomes the ceasefire by three Palestinian factions saying, "Hamas' position has changed, and we welcome this positive change." One commentator writes that Israel bears most of the responsibility for whether the ceasefire will lead to a lasting se [...]	2003-06-30 16:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2949	(U) MEPI 03-04: COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the opportunity to present this MEPI country strategy for Kuwait. As we consider how best to engage on these issues, particularly on sensitive issues such as political reform and education (where the U.S. has already been unjustly accused of inappropriate interference),[...]	2003-07-03 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD KPAO KU PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI
03KUWAIT2954	MISSING KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION SPARE PARTS [...] After a brief trip into Iraq in June, the GOK believes it has located spare parts belonging to Kuwait Airways which were looted by the former Regime in Baghdad during the occupation of Kuwait. GOK wants to recoup these parts. We received the following Diplomatic note (in Arabic) containing [...]	2003-07-03 06:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD IZ KU
03KUWAIT2957	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 1-2: PARLIAMENTARY [...] SUMMARY: The parliamentary elections to be held on July 5 dominate the news pages. One candidate believes that "embassies buy individuals and have pushed them to run in the election to serve their interests," while an Islamist candidate rails against "secularists trying to tamper with our ed [...]	2003-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT296	(U) MTCR PLENARY RESULTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-26 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PL KU MTCRE
03KUWAIT2989	DELIVERY OF BAGHDAD COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE NOTICE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IZ KU
03KUWAIT2993	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2994	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDMR KU
03KUWAIT3039	GOK REQUESTS INCREASED SECURITY FOR FUEL SHIPMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA U/S Khalid al-Jarallah contacted the Ambassador on the afternoon of July 9 at the request of Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Sabah al-Sabah. According to al-Jarallah there is a continuing need for security for trucks carr [...]	2003-07-09 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EPET IZ KU
03KUWAIT3043	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 8-9: NATIONAL [...] News Stories: All newspapers continue to analyze and interpret the election results. Defeated incumbent and liberal Ahmed Al-Rubie refutes claims that the new assembly is an "Islamic parliament," while defeated incumbent and Islamist, Mubarak Al-Duwaila, denies that the new assembly is pro- [...]	2003-07-09 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3044	TERRORIST FINANCING: POST IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S) Summary: Post-election Kuwait's somewhat defused political environment offers greater latitude than before for USG action. Post confirms Ref C recommendation that absent substantive evidence linking certain Islamic charities to terrorist activity, USG interests might best be served via co [...]	2003-07-03 01:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3101	AMIR APPOINTS SHEIKH SABAH AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Amir issued a decree formally naming Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait. This ended a behind-the-scenes row between the two leading branches of the Kuwaiti ruling al-Sabah family over the job, a position traditionally reserved for the Crown P [...]	2003-07-13 15:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
03KUWAIT3138	NORTH KOREA TO OPEN EMBASSY IN KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU KN KS
03KUWAIT3139	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JULY 14: APPOINTMENT OF [...] News Stories: All newspapers lead with news of the appointment of former Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad as the new Prime Minister of Kuwait. All newspapers report that Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad sent a letter to the Crown Prince and former Prime Minister, Sheikh Saad, "commending hi [...]	2003-07-14 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3140	IRAQ ASSETS FREEZE/GOK REVIEW OF TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (U) In initial courtesy calls, in-coming Econ Chief met on 28 June with Ministry of Finance U/S Abdul Mohsen Al-Hunaif and Dep U/S Mustafa Shamali; on 30 June with Kuwait Stock Exchange Technical Chief Wafa Al-Rashid; and on 1 July with Banking supervisors Abdul-Aziz Al-Bader and Abdullah Al-Sa [...]	2003-07-14 16:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3141	FIRST REACTION: SHAYKH SABAH APPOINTS NEW CABINET [...] (C) MFA U/S Ahmed Al-Jarallah shared the names of newly appointed Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah's cabinet with the Ambassador on July 14. U/S Jarallah said the names would be formally announced later the same day. Following is a list of the new cabinet and initial reactions, i [...]	2003-07-14 16:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
03KUWAIT315	UPDATE ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU WTO
03KUWAIT3186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 12-16: FORMATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY: The composition of the new Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has generated considerable criticism. Despite a reported seven new ministers, the government is seen by a substantial cross section of opinion (ranging from liberals to the Islamist Salafi Movement) as mediocre, with o [...]	2003-07-16 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3213	SHAYKH SABAH OPENS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; GOK FOCUSED [...] (U) In a brief July 19 speech on behalf of the Amir opening the inaugural session of the tenth National Assembly, newly appointed Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah offered an olive branch to the new parliament and laid out his government's priorities. He began by stressing [...]	2003-07-19 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KU
03KUWAIT3217	(C) DEFEATED ISLAMIST OFFERS VIEWS ON KUWAITI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Poloff visited ex-MP and unabashed Islamist Mubarak Al-Dowailah on July 16. During an unusually candid conversation, Dowailah offered his views on his defeat, the new government, the future of Islamism in the upcoming National Assembly, and the prospect of estab [...]	2003-07-19 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
03KUWAIT3235	DART: SALE OF DONATED HUMANITARIAN FOOD AID IN [...] Stemming from reports of the widespread sale of humanitarian food aid in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad markets, members of USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted a rapid survey at food markets in Baghdad, Al Hillah, As Sulaymaniyah, and Arbil in an effort to determine the [...]	2003-07-20 04:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT3266	KUWAIT INVITED TO DESIGNATE CIC REPRESENTATIVE [...] Post conveyed Reftel note verbale to Kuwait MFA on 19 July inviting the GOK to designate a representative for appointment to the Council for International Cooperation (CIC) in Iraq. MFA confirmed 21 July that U/S Amb Khaled Al-Jarallah has the request under consideration. We anticipate a re [...]	2003-07-21 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL KU
03KUWAIT3267	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 14-21: WOMEN'S [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, Kuwaiti Islamist commentator (and regular al-Jazeera talking head) Mohammed al-Awadi wrote an editorial directed at US Ambassador to Kuwait Richard H. Jones, urging the Ambassador to stop "interfering" in Kuwait's internal affairs, warning that "someone might lose contro [...]	2003-07-21 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3288	RESCHEDULING FOR MEPI TRADE ASSISTANCE CONTRACTORS [...] Kuwait notes Ref C request that due to staff limitations, Abu Dhabi asks MEPI-funded contractors Emad Tinawi and Lori Brock to delay their proposed visit to the UAE until 9-12 August. That rescheduling would leave a 3-5 August hole in the MEPI team's travel plans. 2. Similarly, Kuwait has [...]	2003-07-22 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA ETRD KU
03KUWAIT3311	TRIALS POSTPONED; FAILAKA SUSPECTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] On July 19, Kuwait's Criminal Court announced the postponement to September 6 of the trial of twelve Kuwaiti students charged with involvement in the October, 2002 shooting incident which led to the death of U.S. Marine LCPL Antonio Sledd, on Failaka Island. The Court released two of the susp [...]	2003-07-23 14:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KU
03KUWAIT3312	MISSING KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION SPARE PARTS [...] Action request at para 3. 2. Reftel describes GOK and Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) efforts to recover KAC spare parts reported looted by the former regime in Baghdad during its occupation of Kuwait. In para 4 below we provide the text of a letter from KAC dated 30 June sent to the Am [...]	2003-07-23 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ETRD IZ KU
03KUWAIT3316	KUWAIT FORMS HIGH-LEVEL IAWG TO EXPLOIT GOVERNMENT [...] Summary. Kuwait has inaugurated a high-level interagency working group to coordinate government and private sector programs for participation in the reconstruction of Iraq. Embassy and GOK interlocutors see this development as an excellent opportunity to promote the economic and regulatory r [...]	2003-07-26 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV KU IZ
03KUWAIT3358	KUWAIT AND THE UNITED STATES: AN AGENDA FOR FUTURE [...] (C) Kuwait and the United States have been full partners in the defense of Kuwait since the 1990-91 Gulf War. Beginning with the liberation of Kuwait, the fruits of this partnership have included the decade long successful containment of Saddam Hussein's quest for weapons of mass destruction [...]	2003-07-27 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL IZ IR KU
03KUWAIT3360	NO BELARUS VISIT FOR KUWAITI SPORTS MINISTER [...] (C) Per Ref. A, the Ambassador briefed FonMin U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah on the background of Belarusian Sports Minister Yuri Sivakov during their July 27 meeting (other topics septel). 2. (C) Al-Jarallah said he could not confirm that Sivakov had extended any invitation to Sheikh Fahd Al-Jaber [...]	2003-07-27 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KU BO
03KUWAIT3402	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 26-28: ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report government initiatives to oversee Islamic charitable donations, including formation of a joint committee to "inspect" charitable organizations and a proposed ministerial department to monitor Shiia charitable funds, leading to denunciations by Shiia MPs. One li [...]	2003-07-28 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3409	KUWAIT ON SUPPORT FOR POLISH STABILIZATION FORCES [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah during their July 28 meeting (other topics septel). The FM said Kuwait had already agreed in principle to supporting Polish forces, as long as the burden was also shared by other nations. He added that Pri [...]	2003-07-29 06:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL KU QA BA SA MU TC
03KUWAIT3410	DEMARCHE ON BORDER CONTROL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 06:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL KU SA JO
03KUWAIT3423	GOK SAYS P.A. SUPPORT A BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with the Ambassador on July 27 and 28, respectively, MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti financial support for the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). Both made it clear that Kuwait intends to treat fina [...]	2003-07-29 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KU XF
03KUWAIT3441	KUWAIT RESPONSE TO IAEA REPORT REQUEST [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of IAEA Director Dr. ElBaradei's upcoming report on Iran's nuclear program (reftel) with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah during their July 27 meeting. 2. (C) Jarallah was supportive of the USG position, and said he welcomed the reaction [...]	2003-07-30 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IR
03KUWAIT3496	DART: IRAQ'S PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM--COMPLETION OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-02 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT3534	(C) MINISTER SHARAR URGES ACTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and National Assembly Affairs Sharar told the Ambassador August 2 that Kuwaitis look to the US to ensure due process for Guantanamo detainees (which include 12 Kuwaitis). They discussed the GOK's prospects for cooperation with the newly-ele [...]	2003-08-04 08:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT3536	(C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist political parties, NGO's, individuals or university campus activist groups." Formal political parties are not permitted in Kuwait, but de facto parties exist, and [...]	2003-08-04 10:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3555	NEW CABINET MANTRA: PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ADD JOBS [...] (C) Summary: With Kuwait's population expanding at a rapid pace, the new GOK says it will finally turn to the private sector in an effort to bolster its economy. During courtesy calls last week with many of the new Ministers, the Ambassador was on more than one occasion treated to the GOK's l [...]	2003-08-04 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ELAB ETRD KU
03KUWAIT3556	GOK CLAIMS INTENT TO EXPAND SUFFRAGE, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the Ambassador met with the new government's Minister of Justice, Ahmed Baquer Al-Abdullah, who gave him a readout on some of the governments upcoming plans. Among the specific items discussed were the GOK's commitment to womens suffrage, the possible lowering of the [...]	2003-08-04 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR PHUM KU
03KUWAIT3563	(C) ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY TO ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Pol Chief delivered reftel oral message to Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah, the Foreign Minister's Office Director, August 4. Shaykh Ahmed replied that Kuwait and all other GCC states endorse the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and sup [...]	2003-08-05 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ AL KU
03KUWAIT3567	U/S JARALLAH ON CIC REPRESENTATIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of Kuwait's designation of a Council for International Coordination (CIC) representative with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah during their July 27 meeting. Jarallah said that Kuwaiti participation would b [...]	2003-08-05 07:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT3589	(C) GOK CLAIMS TURKS BUYING IRAQI OIL, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) During their July 27 meeting, MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that Turkish tanker trucks carrying mogas into Iraq for the CPA under a Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) contract were returning to Turkey laden with Iraqi oi [...]	2003-08-06 03:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD KU IZ TU
03KUWAIT3603	EMBASSY ADDRESSES CONCERNS ON STUDENT VISAS, NSEERS [...] SUMMARY: Security concerns in Kuwait this year disrupted traditional preparations to study in the United States. As a counterbalance, PAS and the Consular Section have collaborated on several public affairs initiatives designed to facilitate study in the U.S. Our Consul has a [...]	2003-08-06 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CVIS SCUL KU
03KUWAIT3604	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 2-4: ANNIVERSARY OF [...] SUMMARY: Some commentators see the August 2 anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as a reminder of Iraqi reparations still due to Kuwait and the POWs still unaccounted for, while others evince a desire to move forward with reforms and national development now that this external threat [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3605	ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM KU
03KUWAIT3619	(U) KUWAITI SHI'IS DESCRIBE TRIP TO NAJAF AND [...] (C) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti Shia businessmen recently briefed the Ambassador on their visit to the Shia spiritual centers of Najaf and Karbala. The group met with Shia leaders who shared their concerns that the security situation in the holy cities had still not been properly a [...]	2003-08-06 17:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT3623	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...]	2003-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP
03KUWAIT3631	U.S.-ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM SEPTEMBER 28-30 DETROIT, [...] Post's primary point of contact for U.S.-Arab Economic Forum (USAEF) coorespondence is: Mr. Philip Ouzts Senior Commerical Officer Philip.Ouzts@mail.doc.gov 965-539-5307, extension 2354 Alternate point of contact: Mr. Stephen Carrig Economic Sect [...]	2003-08-09 07:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	XF EAID BEXP KU
03KUWAIT3684	(C) SHAYKH SABAH ACCEPTS POTUS' INVITATION [...] (C) Post has received a dipnote dated August 11 accepting President Bush's invitation to meet in the Oval Office at 11:25 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, followed by a media event then lunch in the Old Family Dining Room. The GOK is also accepting the US offer to arrange a schedule of meetin [...]	2003-08-11 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
03KUWAIT3702	(C) GOK REQUESTS BLAIR HOUSE [...] (C) Further to reftel, MFA Protocol has clarified that the GOK accepts the offer to request the hospitality of Blair House for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah, who is due to meet with the President on Wednesday, September 10. We are pressing the GOK to clarify how it wishes to handle announcemen [...]	2003-08-12 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
03KUWAIT3703	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...]	2003-08-12 11:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU JO IS KPAL KDMR
03KUWAIT3731	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 11-13: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: In an article entitled "Why the Distortion?" one commentator takes issue with President Bush's evaluation of the situation in Iraq one hundred days after the end of major military operations. Despite Prime Minister Abbas' reported statement of condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of [...]	2003-08-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3750	GOK SUPPORTS CONTESTED UNCC CLAIM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA IO Division Acting Director Ambassador Aqeel Behbehani contacted PolChief on August 16 to express the GOK's official support for a United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) claim by prominent Kuwaiti businessman Jawad Bu Kham [...]	2003-08-17 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNC PREL KU
03KUWAIT3762	TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG, [...] (S) CDA conveyed to GOK MFA on 17 August talking points and background papers regarding, and shared on a close hold, confidential basis, the names of the individual and the SIPDIS entity proposed Ref A for designation on 25 August 2003 under Executive Order 13224. 2. (U) Econ Chief con [...]	2003-08-18 09:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU YE
03KUWAIT3774	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 14-17: KUWAITI FORCES [...] SUMMARY: One newspaper reports official denials that Kuwait will send peacekeeping forces to Iraq, contradicting a local press report of August 16 that Kuwait, Qatar and UAE would contribute forces to the coalition effort. One commentator believes that Arab unity is dead as a result of the w [...]	2003-08-19 03:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3775	SHEPHERDING HUMANITARIAN FUEL FOR BASRA [...] Summary. Apparently frustrated that the Coalition was not heeding Kuwait's requests to tighten controls on the Iraq-Kuwait border to limit smuggling, the GOK slammed shut to civilian traffic its northern border with Iraq on 12 August. Convoys of vehicles supplying the contracted-out logisti [...]	2003-08-19 03:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID ENRG EPET MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ
03KUWAIT3826	(C) KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, [...] (C) Kuwait Prime Ministerial Counselor Shaykh Fawaz Saud Nasser Al-Sabah told Charge August 20 that the GoK has just now begun to nail down details on the visit of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Washington. Delegation will likely consist of the following: Prime Mi [...]	2003-08-20 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KU
03KUWAIT3830	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 18-20: UN [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report strong denunciations by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad condemned the "terrorist attack" which "targeted the lives of innocent emp [...]	2003-08-20 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3831	FINAL CABINET LISTING [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-20 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT3833	ATA-4710: KUWAIT ACCEPTANCE OF DS/ATA NEEDS [...] The Government of Kuwait officially accepts the Airport Security Training Needs Assessment provided by the Antiterrorism Assistance Program and scheduled from October 11-15th 2003. The RSO Office looks forward to working with DS/ATA and will provide all requested support. 2. POC is A/RSO [...]	2003-08-21 05:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KU PTER
03KUWAIT3857	(U) KUWAIT'S NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, BADER [...] (C) Contrary to reftel, Kuwait's new Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Mr. Bader Nasser Al-Hamaidi, is not/not the long-time director of the Kuwait Fund for Arab and Economic Development (KFAED),who shares a similar name (Bader al-Humaidhi),but rather an ex- [...]	2003-08-24 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KU
03KUWAIT3946	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN [...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...]	2003-08-26 09:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3950	(U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who number in the tens of thousands. This appears to be an attempt by the so-called Scientific Salafis to portray themselves as principled, compassionate defender [...]	2003-08-26 12:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU
03KUWAIT3967	GOK OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST [...] There follows the GOK's official delegation list, received (in Arabic only) August 27 from the Prime Minister's Diwan (Office): BEGIN TEXT: The official delegation accompanying His Highness Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, Prime Minister, visiting the United States of America dur [...]	2003-08-27 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL KU
03KUWAIT3969	KUWAIT NO LONGER WILL PERMIT ENTRY OF IRAQIS [...] On August 26, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Charge that Kuwait would no longer permit the entry of Iraqis who do not have valid travel documents. Kuwaiti law requires that all aliens entering the country have valid passports. In recent weeks, several [...]	2003-08-27 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CVIS KU IZ
03KUWAIT3970	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 25-27: ISRAELI- [...] SUMMARY: Conservative commentators accuse the US of "unification with the Zionists" for a "lack of condemnation" of Israeli attacks on Hamas members and the freeze of Hamas assets earlier in the week. One commentator defends the US Ambassador to Kuwait, Richard H. Jones, from allegations [...]	2003-08-27 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4053	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1: [...] SUMMARY: The Kuwait Ministry of Interior denies media reports of the arrest of two Kuwaitis in Iraq in connection with the August 29 bombing in Najaf that killed Shiaa cleric Mohammad Baqer Al-Hakim. While Al-Hakim's death is viewed as a great loss, one Shiaa writer feels Al-Hakim's "martyrdo [...]	2003-09-02 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4071	LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy that the absence of increased security for Shi,a religious leaders based in the city of Najaf is threatening coalition efforts in Iraq and turning the country' [...]	2003-09-03 13:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL SOCI KU IZ
03KUWAIT4078	(U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, during a one-day visit to Kuwait on September 1. According to MFA, the visit was previously planned and not prompted by Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Saba [...]	2003-09-04 18:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA
03KUWAIT408	POW FAMILIES APPEAL TO POTUS [...] The Ambassador met January 28 with a group of family-members of Kuwaiti POWs/missing persons, who handed him a letter in Arabic addressed to POTUS appealing that consideration be given to protecting Kuwaiti detainees in Iraq during a confrontation The Ambassador assured the group that the U. [...]	2003-02-02 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PHUM PREL MARR KU
03KUWAIT4130	REQUIREMENT TO ENTER KUWAIT WITH PASSPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-07 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CVIS KU IZ
03KUWAIT4141	BIO DATA ON DR. ADNAN SHIHAB-ELDIN, OPEC [...] (U) Bio Data on Dr. Adnan Shihab-ElDin in reference to Kuwait 04078 para. 4. 2. (U) Name: Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin Director, Research Division, OPEC Secretariat, Vienna, Austria Present Position: 8/2001 - present Date of Birth: 1 November 1943 Citizenship: Kuwaiti Marital Status [...]	2003-09-07 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET IR IZ KU PREL IAEA KNPT
03KUWAIT4195	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-10 05:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EAIR PTER ASEC KU
03KUWAIT422	KUWAIT TO FURTHER POSTPONE ICCP IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) During a February 1, 2003, meeting with Salah Abdul Redha A. Khourshid, Kuwait's Minister for Commerce and Industry (MOCI),the Ambassador requested that the GOK further delay implementation of its proposed International Conformity Certification Program (ICCP) to allow WTO members addition [...]	2003-02-03 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR KU USTR GCC
03KUWAIT423	FOLLOW UP ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 05:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU WTO
03KUWAIT4279	INVITATION TO ARAB FINANCE MINISTERS [...] Minister of Finance, HE Mahmoud Al-Nouri, accepts reftel invitation to Secretary Snow's breakfast scheduled for September 22nd in Dubai. 2. Minister Al-Nouri's contact information at the IMF/World Bank: Kuwait Delegation Office 7th Floor - Office Tower Dubai International Convention Ce [...]	2003-09-16 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KEMPI EFIN EINV KU
03KUWAIT4391	(C) KUWAITIS STILL UNEASY OVER AL-ONAYZEH ARREST [...] (C) Kuwaiti contacts continue to be concerned about repercussions stemming from the arrest of Iraqi tribal sheikh Mtaib bin Mahrouth bin Hadhal al-Onayzeh. Prominent businessman Fuad al-Ghanim told Charge from London September 21, 2003, that he believed the arrest and detention of al-Onayze [...]	2003-09-23 04:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ KU
03KUWAIT4412	RSVP:EXTRANCHECK:POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] PER THE REQUEST OF BIS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2003, COMMERCIAL OFFICER PHILIP OUZTS AND FSN KAMAL ZAHER CONDUCTED A POST SHIPMENT VERIFICAION VISIT TO M. AL-MASHAN GROUP. MESSRS. OUZTS AND ZAHER MET WITH THE DIRECTOR, MOHAMMAD AL-MASHAN. [...]	2003-09-23 12:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC KU
03KUWAIT4433	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4451	(U) COMPENSATION REMARKS PROVOKE FIRESTORM, [...] (U) NIACT Immediate due to need for earliest possible Washington action. See para 7 for action request. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP's have over-reacted predictably to Ambassador Bremer's September 26 remarks suggesting Kuwait and Saudi Arabia give up compensation claims against Iraq. This i [...]	2003-09-28 15:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ KU
03KUWAIT4456	(U) POLICY CHANGE NEEDED FOR MEDEVAC OF NON-US [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Soldiers from Coalition countries medevaced from Iraq through Kuwait are typically stranded in Kuwait days longer than Americans in similar condition, before being flown onward for better/longer-term care. The same [...]	2003-09-29 08:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU UN
03KUWAIT4459	(C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...]	2003-09-29 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT4467	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER 28-29: [...] SUMMARY: MEDIA REPORTS OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO CPA ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER THAT KUWAIT SHOULD RECONSIDER SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM IRAQ FOR THE 1990-1991 IRAQI OCCUPATION HAVE SPARKED A FUROR IN THE KUWAITI PRESS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST 15 EDITORIALS LAMBAST BREMER AND THE U [...]	2003-09-29 16:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4486	(C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES AID TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraphs 8, 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Iraq -- and, briefly, Afghanistan -- with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah September 30 (other topics septels). The Minister was keenly interested in how the Madrid donors conference will be st [...]	2003-10-01 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON ETRD OPDC IZ AF KU
03KUWAIT4503	(U) ISLAMISTS PROTEST SUPERSTAR CONCERT [...] (C) Summary: A small gathering of Islamists, members of the National Assembly among them, protested the Sept. 18-19 "Superstar" pop music concert held in Kuwait as "unIslamic." The protest highlights a major division in Kuwaiti society, and could backfire given the popularity of such entertainm [...]	2003-10-01 10:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SOCI PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT4532	(C) AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AWQAF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the new Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullah al-Maatouq, September 30. The Minister praised the US liberation of Iraq, jumped at the offer to work with PAO to re-organize a visit of Ministry staff to the US, which he h [...]	2003-10-01 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR KU
03KUWAIT4534	(C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES IRAN/IAEA [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah told the Ambassador September 30 that Kuwait has told Iran it must sign the NPT Additional Protocol (AP),and he expects the GCC states to press this point at the OIC Summit in Kuala Lumpur. He also expects Iran to make a big push for support at [...]	2003-10-01 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR KU IAEA
03KUWAIT454	NEW CUSTOMS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CARGO MANIFEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-04 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD KU
03KUWAIT459	SUPPORTING THE SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 5 SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-05 11:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU UN
03KUWAIT4612	2004 POST LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECT FUNDING - KUWAIT [...] Post wishes to continue the momentum of the 2003 Post Language program and expand the program in to two tiers: Beginning and Intermediate. The primary users are still those who have not had the opportunity to formally study the language. The Intermediate class will include Officers, Special [...]	2003-10-08 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AMGT AFIN APER KFLO
03KUWAIT4613	(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]	2003-10-08 05:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU
03KUWAIT4629	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 4-7: WMD IN IRAQ; [...] News Stories: Al-Rai Al-Aam reports on (10/7) that Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed, reassured the families of the Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees that he spoke to USG officials about this issue and that they were "understanding." All newspapers reported (10/7) that Kuwait urged the UN [...]	2003-10-08 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4645	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MADRID CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-12 10:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ ECON BEXP PREL
03KUWAIT4661	(C) AMBASSADOR TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador used his October 8 introductory call on the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor to make him aware of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR) and Trafficking In Persons Report (TIPR). Minister Feisal al-Hajji personally arranged for a poc in his Ministry for us to f [...]	2003-10-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETTC ELAB PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT4680	(C) GOK SEES STRONG SAUDI COMMITMENT AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK assesses that key Saudi leaders Prince Sultan and Prince Nayif have become strongly committed against terrorism since the May 12 Riyadh attacks. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) NEA PDAS Larocco called on Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid al-Hamad al-Sabah, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bur [...]	2003-10-14 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA KU
03KUWAIT4681	(C) SYRIA: GOK TO HOST BASHAR AFTER RAMADHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is concerned that Bashar al-Asad lacks the power to remove his late father's old guard and adapt to the new regional reality. It expects him to visit after Ramadhan, and would be happy to pass on any messages. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) NEA PDAS Larocco called on Shaykh Sab [...]	2003-10-14 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IS TU KU
03KUWAIT4682	(C) IRAQ: GOK SAYS SAUDIS RELUCTANT TO COMMIT [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOK insider confides that Saudi Arabia is reluctant to commit specific funding for Iraq at the Madrid conference. Kuwaiti PM and FM intend to revisit the issue with Saudi counterparts on the margins of the OIC Summit. GOK urges USG to push the Saudis hard in the next few days, preferab [...]	2003-10-14 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL EAID IZ SA KU
03KUWAIT4683	(C) IRAN: GOK PESSIMISTIC, BUT REMAINS ENGAGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK sees no short-term hope that Iranian reformists will be able to challenge the conservative mullahs effectively, but intends to remain engaged with Tehran. It claims to have told Iran the international community is united on the need for it to comply with IAEA conditions [...]	2003-10-14 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR KU IAEA
03KUWAIT4708	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KOMC ETTC

03KUWAIT4709	(U) FRENCH AMBASSADOR HOSTS G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The French Ambassador hosted a meeting October 13 of embassy representatives of G8 countries and Switzerland, as part of worldwide consultations in preparation for the November 17 second meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) created during the G8 [...]	2003-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ETTC KU
03KUWAIT4710	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 8-15: ISRAELI RAID [...] SUMMARY: The somewhat delayed diatribes against Israel for its October 5 attack on Syria have a tired and formulaic quality in Kuwait's Arabic press. Two editorialists denounce Sharon's villainy but note that Syria must institute democratic reforms and stop its support for terrorist groups [...]	2003-10-16 05:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4739	MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH DELIVERED TO PRIME [...] Ambassador contacted His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on October 16, 2003, while he was attending the Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Per the Prime Minister's request, Ambassador faxed reference message to him at the conference. JONES [...]	2003-10-18 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IZ KU
03KUWAIT4746	(C) CLONING: KUWAIT TO SUPPORT, NOT CO-SPONSOR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of International Organization Affairs Amb. Aqeel Behbehani told Pol Chief October 18 that Kuwait would vote for the Costa Rican UNGA resolution calling for a total ban on all human cloning, and would urge other Arab states to do likewise. When pressed, he said Kuwait [...]	2003-10-18 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TBIO KU KSCI UNGA
03KUWAIT4785	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF DAWOOD IBRAHIM - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-19 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KU
03KUWAIT4786	EX-IM REQUEST: POST BRIEFING ON KUWAIT FOR ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-19 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KFPC EFIN
03KUWAIT4788	DELIVERY OF URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject General Assembly Demarche October 19, 2003, to MFA Americas Department Chief, Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Al-Babtain, who is generally critical of U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, was this time subdued in his response. He promised to pass the U.S. recommenda [...]	2003-10-19 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA
03KUWAIT4798	(C) KUWAIT FM SAYS GOK'S IRAQ PLEDGE WILL BE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah at the airport on October 20, immediately prior to the FM's departure for visits to Poland, Hungary and Spain, where he will represent Kuwait at the October 23-24 Madrid conference. This was the first opportunit [...]	2003-10-20 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EFIN PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT4799	ACCEPTING NEW IRAQI DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL [...] Pol Chief conveyed reftel request to MFA Americas Dept. Deputy Director Ayham al-Omar October 19, following up with a diplomatic note. While the MFA official gave no substantive response, in practice, Kuwait is already accepting such passports and going out of its way to facilitate travel of [...]	2003-10-21 05:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS IZ KU
03KUWAIT480	KUWAITI REQUEST FOR AIR MARSHALS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-05 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC KU
03KUWAIT482	GOK EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE EXTREMIST INFLUENCES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy PAO met January 27 with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Dr. Mus'aad al-Haroun, to discuss his ministry's efforts to reform the country's secondary school curriculum and the (false) reports of embassy interference in this process. Al-Haroun, who obtained undergraduate a [...]	2003-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SCUL PGOV PHSA KU
03KUWAIT4840	TERRORIST FINANCE: OFAC/STATE TEAM MEETS KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials 4-5 October to encourage a joint USG-GOK investigation of suspicious charities, discuss the status of frozen Iraqi assets, and inform the GOK of money transfers [...]	2003-10-25 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT4841	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERIM FINAL RULES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-25 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON
03KUWAIT4842	PROPOSAL TO NEGOTIATE A TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-25 09:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN KU USTR GCC
03KUWAIT4843	PALESTINIAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA U/S [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-25 10:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL IS KU
03KUWAIT4844	ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-25 10:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KU
03KUWAIT486	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, 30 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY: [...] Summary: For the second time this week, Kuwaiti Islamic activist Mohamed al-Mulaifi has offered a carefully worded apologia for al-Qaeda's terrorist operations based on his exegesis of Quranic texts. Asserting that the Prophet Mohammed abided by a truce with the city of Mecca while continuing [...]	2003-02-06 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4959	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 17-26: IRAQ: MADRID [...] SUMMARY: Some MPs oppose Kuwait's support of Iraqi reconstruction, saying money should not be given to the "enemy occupier." A liberal commentator writes that Islamists reject the aid because they are opposed to "liberal concepts." Another comments on the memo by Secretary of Defense Rumsfel [...]	2003-10-28 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4960	SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador during an October 28 telephone conversation that Syria has invited Foreign Ministers from states bordering Iraq to a meeting in Damascus on November 1 to discuss Iraq. Ja [...]	2003-10-28 12:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03KUWAIT4961	REQUEST FOR US SPECIALIST ON POLITICAL ACTION [...] Summary: Post requests a US speaker/specialist to provide training recommendations for a Kuwaiti NGO focusing on women's political activism for the period December 6-10, 2003, or for anytime in January if the December timeframe is not possible. The speaker/specialist recruited should be exper [...]	2003-10-28 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KMPI OIIP
03KUWAIT4964	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNGA
03KUWAIT4965	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARREST OF ASSOCIATES OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PINS MOPS
03KUWAIT4988	(C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING [...] (C) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had consulted with his Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts. They had agreed that Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Feisal would call Syrian FM Sharaa and press him to invi [...]	2003-10-29 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03KUWAIT4989	REQUEST FOR AMERICAN CORNERS FUNDING [...] FUNDING REQUEST: PAS Kuwait requests $52,376.52 to fund an American Corner at the main library of Kuwait University. We have agreed with the Dean of Arts and Sciences that this resource, if approved, will serve as the basis for an American Studies program in the College of Social Sciences. [...]	2003-10-29 16:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KMPI OIIP SCUL KPAO KU
03KUWAIT4990	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 26-29: ICRC HQ [...] SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister and the Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society both condemned the October 27 bombing of the ICRC offices in Baghdad. Amid opposition in the National Assembly to Kuwaiti contributions to Iraqi reconstruction, a former MP argues that, "a stable and civilized [...]	2003-10-30 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5001	FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS: OFAC/STATE VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A delegation from Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials on October 3-5 to discuss, among other things, some $85 million in frozen Iraqi assets held by the Nassau, Bahamas branch of the Commercial Bank o [...]	2003-11-01 07:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PREL KU IZ UNSC
03KUWAIT5045	(U) SHAYKH NAWAF UPGRADED TO "FIRST DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, half-brother to both the Amir and the Prime Minister, has just been officially elevated to First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister. This changes nothing in practice, but cements the a [...]	2003-11-03 05:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT5057	(C) IRAQ: GOK WANTS TO REBUILD PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sh. Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told the Ambassador Kuwait wants to coordinate with Iraqis on its remaining half-billion dollar pledge, to ensure the money helps rebuild ties between the two peoples. He said the GOK is encouraging involvement by the [...]	2003-11-04 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SY IZ KU
03KUWAIT5080	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 1-3: WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: A prominent liberal commentator states that the government refuses to admit that "Al-Qaeda exists in Kuwait" so as to not irritate Kuwait's Islamist groups in parliament. Another states that the only way for liberals to confront "extremist religious interpretations" is with a "moderni [...]	2003-11-05 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5088	MEPI: REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON TRADE ISSUES FOR [...] (U) As part of its MEPI country strategy, post will occasionally request speakers as current events necessitate. The first such request is for a return visit in December by Mr. Emad Tinawi, who made a preliminary trip to Kuwait in August. We would like Mr. Tinawi to conduct a training seminar [...]	2003-11-05 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID PGOV KU
03KUWAIT509	MANAGING A NEW IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a private dinner with two prominent Kuwaiti businessmen -- one Islamist, the other liberal -- the topic of conversation centered on doing business in post-Saddam Iraq. This pair of 40-something movers-and-shakers was extremely interested to know who will run economic an [...]	2003-02-09 08:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT5090	MEPI: REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON TRADE ISSUES FOR [...] (U) As part of its MEPI country strategy, post will occasionally request speakers as current events necessitate. The first such request is for a return visit in December by Mr. Emad Tinawi, who made a preliminary trip to Kuwait in August. We would like Mr. Tinawi to conduct a training seminar [...]	2003-11-05 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID PGOV KU
03KUWAIT5103	(SBU) NEIGHBORS FOREVER: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (KCCI) Finance and Investment Committee, Mr. Faisal Al-Mutawa, on November 3. Conversation centered on the immediate GOK reaction to the recent Madrid Donors' Conference and KCCI and GOK efforts [...]	2003-11-06 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5104	(C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE [...] (C) Mister Secretary, the backup itinerary for your upcoming visit to the Mideast involves overnighting in Kuwait. We therefore take the opportunity to provide you with this scenesetter emphasizing the GOK's role -- and this embassy's -- in support of the Iraq effort. (U) KUWAIT: THE ONE [...]	2003-11-06 08:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR EAID AMGT IZ KU
03KUWAIT5129	(C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but that it requires changing policy so as to give the impression that Iraqis are ruling themselves, with the Coalition providing strong but discreet support from " [...]	2003-11-10 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU
03KUWAIT5138	KUWAIT TO SIGN TIFA [...] Action request at para 4. 2. In a diplomatic note dated 27 October, the GOK informed Embassy that it intends to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with USG, requested the nomination of a USG official authorized to sign on behalf of the United States and asked for a proposed d [...]	2003-11-10 16:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU USTR GCC
03KUWAIT5159	(C) GOK WANTS US TO STOP COALITION FORCES' "ABUSE" [...] (S) On November 10, post received a diplomatic note (informal translation at paragraph 4) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing the GOK's displeasure that coalition forces are still permitting civilians and military personnel of varied nationalities into Kuwait without proper immig [...]	2003-11-12 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETRD EAID CASC MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ
03KUWAIT5163	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH FIRST [...] (C) As one of a series of meetings with senior GOK officials prior to his departure for temporary duty in Iraq, Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah November 10. The Ambassador congratulated Sheikh Nawaf on being officially named [...]	2003-11-12 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KU
03KUWAIT5181	(C) KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a courtesy call on November 10 in preparation for the Ambassador's departure for temporary duty in Baghdad, Kuwait Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmed confirmed that Kuwait is committed to Iraq reconstruction. He said that unlike other countries, all of Kuwait's remaining $500 million commi [...]	2003-11-12 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR KU
03KUWAIT5182	(C) KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a courtesy call on November 10 in preparation for the Ambassador's departure for temporary duty in Baghdad, Kuwait Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmed confirmed that Kuwait is committed to Iraq reconstruction. He said that unlike other countries, all of Kuwait's remaining $500 million commi [...]	2003-11-12 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR KU
03KUWAIT5183	(U) JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Kuwait on November 11, meeting with the Amir, Crown Prince and PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. During his two-hour stay, the King discussed the current situation in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jordan's bilateral [...]	2003-11-12 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ JO
03KUWAIT5184	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 12: NOV. 6 POTUS SPEEC [...] President Bush's November 6 NED speech has garnered mixed placement in Kuwait's Arabic press, with some major papers putting the speech in the back pages of the international section as opposed to the front-page treatment POTUS statements are usually accorded in Kuwait. (Comment: we think this [...]	2003-11-12 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5185	KUWAIT SEEKS FUNDING FOR TWO POTENTIAL TIP [...] The GOK is taking positive steps to improve the TIP situation in Kuwait. However, some GOK officials and other local groups lack awareness of TIP issues and the capacity to implement needed legal, institutional, and other changes to increase protections for trafficking victims. The TIP issue [...]	2003-11-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
03KUWAIT5186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: [...] SUMMARY: Condemnations of the Riyadh attacks have dominated the Kuwaiti Arabic press this week, with liberals and Islamists alike interpreting the attacks as a distortion of Islam and an assault on the political structure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf governments. END SUMMARY. 2. News Stor [...]	2003-11-12 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5188	(C) GOK RESPONSE ON IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK [...] (C) In a 6 November meeting with the Minister of Finance, Ambassador delivered the substance of Ref A demarche on the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in a Bahamian bank. The Minister said that a joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Central Bank of Kuwait team had been established and was inve [...]	2003-11-12 17:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5189	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] SUMMARY: On November 7, two Arabic daily newspapers front- paged coverage of Secretary Powell's Iftar, quoting the Secretary as saying, "I learned a lot about Islam." The SIPDIS President of the US Branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students, Khamees Al-Mutairi, attended the Iftar and hi [...]	2003-11-13 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5202	NGO'S IN KUWAIT: NEARLY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KU
03KUWAIT5207	IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-17 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5209	GCC CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-17 05:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD MU QA BA SA KU WTRO GCC USTR TC
03KUWAIT5235	(U) AMBASSADOR AND POLISH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met with Polish PM Leszek Miller on November 10, 2003 at Bayan Palace, prior to the Prime Minister,s scheduled visit to Iraq. Discussion centered on coalition efforts in Iraq, including Ambassador Jones,s new responsibilities in Baghdad. The PM exp [...]	2003-11-17 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV KU PL
03KUWAIT5317	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 15-19: TIMETABLE FOR IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: Reaction to the timetable for transfer of sovereignty in Iraq has been limited to one editorial that ties the decision to the upcoming US presidential elections. Commentary on democratization in the region reflects a lack of faith in regional governments to carry out reforms, but al [...]	2003-11-20 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT533	NEW FDA BIOTERRORISM REGULATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-10 08:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OIIP OTRA TBIO KU
03KUWAIT5341	(C) DEMARCHE ON TURKMENISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Acting DCM made reftel demarche November 22 on MFA Deputy Director of International Organizations Department, Amb. Aqeel Behbehani, along with Italian DCM representing the EU Presidency. The Italian's demarche did not include the specific concerns about the new laws on Public Associations [...]	2003-11-22 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TX UNGA
03KUWAIT5342	(C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel),Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...]	2003-11-22 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY
03KUWAIT5343	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. Amongst other topics (septel),Bishara described an ambitious agenda Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed hopes to implement in the near-term. End Summary. 2 [...]	2003-11-22 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PHUM KWMN KU
03KUWAIT5368	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND OTHERS STIFFING KUWAIT ON [...] (C) This is an action message. See Para 3. 2. (C) MFA continues to drub us on lack of Dominican and other coalition members' responsiveness in completing SOFA discussions. As addresses know, Kuwait bent its own rules and allowed Dominican and other battalions to transit Kuwait in advan [...]	2003-11-24 06:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC ELAB DR PO SN PL KU SD
03KUWAIT5370	MEPI FUNDING REQUEST--JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND WORK [...] Summary: Post requests MEPI funding for the establishment of a Junior Achievement program in Kuwait, and MEPI funding and ECA support in arranging a 4-6 week US work shadow program for non-elite Kuwaiti youth in the 16-23 age range during the summer of 2004. End summary. Junior Achievement [...]	2003-11-24 08:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KMPI KDEM KU
03KUWAIT5371	(C) URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN ACTION ON [...] (C) Acting DCM made ref A demarche Sunday November 23 on MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department Ayham al-Omar. Given that Monday Nov. 24 is likely the last day before the Eid holiday here, which will run through Saturday Nov. 29, we second ref B recommendation that USUN follow up directly [...]	2003-11-24 09:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA
03KUWAIT5373	MEPI FUNDING REQUEST--SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests MEPI grants totaling $150,000 to support two ESL summer camp programs for non- elite Kuwaiti youth in the 12-16 age range. The local office of ChevronTexaco has agreed to fund a $75K PAS- initiated program that would send 10 Kuwaiti boys to an ESL summer camp in [...]	2003-11-24 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KMPI KU
03KUWAIT5381	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...]	2003-11-24 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT54	USDA'S JUNE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND [...] Embassy Kuwait recommends sending the following GOK official to the June 2003 International Conference and Exposition on Agricultural Science and Technology: Sheikh Fahad Salim Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Chairman and Director General of the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PA [...]	2003-01-08 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TSPL SENV ECON KPAO KU
03KUWAIT5415	(C) NO DECISION YET ON IRAQI ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK [...] (C) The acting head of the Central Bank of Kuwait's Anti-Money Laundering Unit, Talal Alsayegh, told us November 22 and December 1 that its investigation of the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in the Bahamas is not yet complete. Alsayegh said that the joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Cent [...]	2003-12-01 10:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT544	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 3-10: WAR AGAINST [...] Summary: Support for US-led action against Iraq is strong despite being alloyed with rhetorical angst over Israel and other issues. The US presence in Kuwait is seen as necessary even after Saddam is removed, but one commentator also expresses embarrassment that "Kuwaiti soldiers are playing c [...]	2003-02-11 05:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5454	(U) IRAQ: KUWAIT WANTS TO INCREASE "HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Altanmia, the Kuwaiti consortium transporting humanitarian fuel to Iraq under contract to KBR, have told CPA and KBR representatives that they are willing and able to deliver more fuel to Iraq, and that the GOK considers this a high priority. Increases in most fu [...]	2003-12-03 09:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID EPET PREL PGOV MOPS KU IZ
03KUWAIT5525	(U) HUMAN CLONING [...] (C) Kuwait will support our position on human cloning (reftel),according to MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department, Ayham al-Omar. URBANCIC [...]	2003-12-08 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL KU UNGA KSCI
03KUWAIT553	ANTHRAX AND SMALLPOX PROGRAM FOR KUWAITI MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) The United States and Kuwait are standing shoulder to shoulder in the international effort to disarm Iraq. As a result of Kuwait's geographic location next to Iraq, and the political decision by the GoK to support very large numbers of US [...]	2003-02-13 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KU MCAP PREL PTER US
03KUWAIT5537	(C) IRAQI ASSETS: KUWAIT WILL TRANSFER FROZEN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-08 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC ECON PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT555	SMALLPOX VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR DOD DEPENDENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Embassy is set to begin smallpox vaccinations on Sunday, February 16. We understand that DoD has still not given its assent to inclusion of DoD dependents in this program. Of the total of approximately 145 US Mission Kuwait dependents, ov [...]	2003-02-13 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED AMGT ASEC KU PTER US
03KUWAIT5561	(C) MAID IN KUWAIT: DOMESTIC SERVANTS FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The estimated half-million or so domestic servants in Kuwait lack a well-developed system to protect their rights, monitor working conditions, and resolve labor disputes. Source country embassies have filled the void and assist runaway domestics on an ad hoc basis, navigating thr [...]	2003-12-09 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI KU
03KUWAIT5654	KUWAIT INFORMATION REQUEST - BTU GROUP [...] As requested in reftel, post searched its records and found the following information for Al-Mal Kuwaiti Company and the Industrial and Financial Investments Company. Al-Mal Kuwaiti Company (KSCC) is a shareholding investment company established in 1980, with approximately 35 employees. Its [...]	2003-12-15 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KU
03KUWAIT5691	KUWAIT ACCEPTS IRAQI DIPLOMATIC AND SERVICE [...] By dipnote number 23360 dated 14 December 2003, MFA has confirmed that "the concerned authorities in the Ministry of Interior have no objection to issuance of visas to enter the country to bearers of these passports" (i.e. Iraqi diplomatic and service passports that meet the conditions spelled [...]	2003-12-16 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS IZ KU
03KUWAIT5692	(C) DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered the Deputy Secretary's oral message (ref A) to MFA Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah December 16. He took the opportunity to deliver ref B demarche asking the GOK to use its influence on Iraqis -- especially tribal leaders -- to urge them to p [...]	2003-12-16 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SOCI KU IZ
03KUWAIT5719	(U) IRAN TO PROVIDE KUWAIT WITH FRESH WATER [...] (C) Summary: The December 13 Kuwaiti-Iranian water importation agreement lays the foundation for Iran to begin supplying Kuwait with up to 900,000 cubic meters (over 200 million imperial gallons) of fresh water per day for a 30-year period. This would significantly increase Kuwait,s supply o [...]	2003-12-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EMIN ETRD KU IR
03KUWAIT5734	KUWAIT: COMMENTS ON MEPI FY 2003 FUNDING [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait welcomes the outline of FY 2003 funding recommendations for MEPI programs (Ref A),and seeks inclusion in a number of those programs. Comments on each pillar are given below. 2. (U) ECONOMIC PILLAR. Post will actively promote any MEPI projects to reduce trade barriers [...]	2003-12-17 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KMPI KPAO ECON KU
03KUWAIT5735	REVISED DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] This is a revised request of Reftel B from Embassy Kuwait for an NEA Democracy Small Grant to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society (KES). The revised funding request for this grant is $34,350.00 (see para 9). The KES has requested a specific outside [...]	2003-12-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KU
03KUWAIT5737	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION DECEMBER 12-16: CAPTURE OF [...] SUMMARY: News of Saddam Hussein's capture was trumpeted in banner headlines on the front pages of all Arabic dailies as "The End of the Tyrant" and "The Mother of All Good News." Commentators call for a public trial and hope that Saddam's capture will contribute to a "change in the Arab menta [...]	2003-12-18 05:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5747	(C) PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge d'affaires, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered reftel oral message (from POTUS to the Amir) to the Amir's Office Director Ibrahim al-Shatti, December 20. Al-Shatti, who holds ministerial rank, promised to convey the message to both the Amir and the Prime Minister the same day. [...]	2003-12-20 11:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
03KUWAIT5756	(C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...]	2003-12-20 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR
03KUWAIT5788	KUWAIT: 2004 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sources, the [...]	2003-12-23 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU
03KUWAIT5805	GCC COMMITS TO ANTITERROR PACT, INCREASED ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Wrapping up its annual summit in Kuwait on December 22, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed its member states would enter into an anti-terror pact, but did not specify a deadline. In the organization's closing statement, the Supreme Council (SC),composed of heads of states [...]	2003-12-23 15:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD KU
03KUWAIT5807	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communique issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communique. Among the points of the communique highlighted i [...]	2003-12-27 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5808	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communiqu issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communiqu. Among the points of the communiqu highlighted in t [...]	2003-12-27 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5837	(C) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP: MONTHLY MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 12:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC KU PTER
03KUWAIT5841	CONFERENCE WRAPUP: ISLAMISTS AND POLITICAL REFORM [...] Summary. Gulf Islamists, notable academics and reporters gathered in Kuwait from December 6-8 to discuss the role of Islamists in regional political reform. During the two-day conference, entitled The Role of Islamic Groups in the Political Reform Process in the Middle East and sponsored by [...]	2003-12-29 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL KU
03KUWAIT595	EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH [...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...]	2003-02-18 09:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU
03KUWAIT612	KUWAITI REQUEST FOR AIR MARSHALS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-19 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC KU
03KUWAIT613	INPUT TO MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS [...] (S) Prior to the Iraqi invasion in 1990, the Kuwaiti Armed Forces (KAF) owned SA-7, SA-8, and SA-14 missile systems. Since 1991, the Kuwait Ministry of Defense (MOD) has claimed that all of their missile inventory was stolen by the Iraqi military. In 1995, the Kuwaiti MOD purchased 48 Starburs [...]	2003-02-19 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETTC MOPS MARR PARM PREL PTER KU
03KUWAIT614	(C) OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (C) MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that he had recently informed Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan al-Muasher that Kuwait is prepared to provide Jordan up to 20,000 bpd of oil in the event that war cuts off Iraqi oil to Jordan. He understands the UAE will provi [...]	2003-02-19 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID IZ JO KU
03KUWAIT626	(C) GOK SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL WAS TOUGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that the February 15-16 Arab League Ministerial in Cairo was very tough on Iraq and will not have given any comfort to Saddam. The Saudi FM in particular stated forcefully that the Europeans and Americans really had [...]	2003-02-19 18:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT627	(C) GOK TO PUSH INCLUSION OF 1441 LANGUAGE IN NAM [...] (C) Summary: On February 21, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Kuwaiti Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, who assured him that the GOK fully understands the need to support UNSCR 1441 during the Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) session in Kuala Lumpur. Shaykh Nasser [...]	2003-02-22 04:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
03KUWAIT65	MIF: KUWAIT ACCEPTS DIVERTED VESSELS LADY RAWIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-11 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EWWT MOPS IZ KU
03KUWAIT651	KUWAIT,S ISLAMISTS: THEY NEED US BUT THEY DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs have met with a number of influential Kuwaiti Islamists to discuss their views of the U.S. presence in Kuwait and the region. Almost all of them defined the U.S. role in the world as that of the current imperial power and predicted the eventual downfall of the U.S. "empi [...]	2003-02-23 11:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT66	LADY RAWIA AND TRUST I DIVERT REQUESTS PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-11 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MOPS IZ KU
03KUWAIT666	DEMARCHES CONCERNING IAEA DG ELBARADEI'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-23 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KN KNNP PARM PREL RS IAEA NACB
03KUWAIT673	GOK FOOT DRAGGING ON CUSTOMS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Common with Riyadh (Ref A),yet contrary to earlier assertions by Kuwaiti officials (Ref B),the GCC Customs Union that began ostensibly on January 1, 2003, remains for Kuwait a union in name only. While the GOK has enacted a common external tariff, as stipulated by t [...]	2003-02-24 08:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON KU
03KUWAIT675	(C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT SEEKS EXPLANATION OF [...] (C) On 23 February Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) noting that Citibank New York had blocked a $105,862 transfer from the Lajnat al-Daawa al-Islamiyya (LDI) (Islamic Call Committee) to the account of "Mercy International." (Post informal t [...]	2003-02-24 15:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT726	WTO BUDGET REFORM POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 05:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN AFIN KU WTRO
03KUWAIT744	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 06:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KU WTO
03KUWAIT747	CZECH AMBASSADOR "OFFERS" FIELD HOSPITAL [...] (C) In a conversation on the evening of February 27 Czech Ambassador Jana Hybashkova (please protect) told the Ambassador that her country had a field hospital that it was prepared to deploy to the AOR for possible duty in Iraq upon US request. She said that all the internal political approva [...]	2003-03-03 07:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL US IZ CZ
03KUWAIT753	KUWAIT WANTS TO PLAY ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KU IZ

03KUWAIT804	(SBU) ANOTHER SHOOTING NON-INCIDENT [...] (C) On the morning of March 5, a USMC convoy from Camp Commando had a 7-ton vehicle break down just past the on-ramp onto Highway 80. Convoy personnel heard shots impacting nearby. The convoy commander crossed the highway to find out where the fire originated; he found some Kuwaiti officers [...]	2003-03-05 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS OIIP KU
03KUWAIT806	KUWAIT AIRPORT PLANS TO MAINTAIN CIVILIAN FLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY. Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCI) announced that Kuwait International Airport does not intend to close operations in face of a potential war in Iraq unless military action jeopardizes the safety of civilian flights. Commercial airlines, however, may decide individ [...]	2003-03-05 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KU
03KUWAIT818	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 6: EXILE FOR SADDAM; [...] Summary: While Kuwaiti chief editors spend today penning editorials of sputtering outrage following the Iraqi vice-president's characterization of Kuwait at Wednesday's OIC session as "a monkey and a valet" in the service of America, op/eds from earlier in the week praise the proposal of Sha [...]	2003-03-07 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT85	(S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-12 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC
03KUWAIT858	(C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...]	2003-03-11 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU
03KUWAIT861	(C) ICJ OIL PLATFORMS CASE [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA has faxed us a dipnote that we are forwarding by fax to NEA/ARP, which states officially that Kuwait was a neutral during the Iran-Iraq war. MFA has also identified a point of contact, former legal adviser and current MFA official with rank of Ambassador, Dr. T [...]	2003-03-11 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU ICJ
03KUWAIT896	THIS WEEK AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] The Kheiran Pearls scandal (reftel A) continued to occupy center stage at the National Assembly this week. MP Mussalam Al-Barak accused former Finance Minister Yousef Al-Ibrahim of squandering public funds in relation to the project. In his first official statement since his resignation in J [...]	2003-03-12 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT900	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 12: IRAQ; BLIX [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators show predictable sympathy to the US position with the UNSC and the Turkish Parliament's refusal to accept US troops for an attack on Iraq. Blix's "indecisive" reports are blamed for contributing to the disunity on the Security Council. Opposition to war in Iraq c [...]	2003-03-12 16:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT918	KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/13/03 [...] (C) A Senior KPC official informed Embassy late afternoon of March 12 that Kuwaiti production reached 2.4 mmbd. The source noted that Embassy should watch the newspapers on 3/13 for further details. 2. (U) Local press reports on March 13 quoted Nader Al-Sultan, CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corp [...]	2003-03-16 04:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT920	KUWAIT PREPARES ENVIRONMENT FOR WAR [...] SUMMARY: As part of Kuwait's wide-ranging contingency plans ahead of a potential US-led conflict in Iraq, the GOK has established an Emergency Response Committee tasked with protecting the country's environment. Still stinging from the devastating consequences of Saddam's campaign of "environ [...]	2003-03-16 04:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET KU
03KUWAIT921	TERRORIST FINANCE -- KUWAIT: FREEZE ACTIONS ON [...] One local Arabic-language daily newspaper front-paged a short piece on March 15 suggesting that Kuwait's Central Bank had taken action to freeze accounts of the Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiyya. Embassy informal translation of the piece follows: "Government source: Al-Daawa Reponse to Accusatio [...]	2003-03-16 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT938	AFGHANISTAN: HIGH LEVEL STRATEGIC FORUM POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-16 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL AF KU
03KUWAIT944	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 16: IRAQ; FRENCH [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators lash out at France as the embodiment of opposition to war against Saddam's regime. The Arab League delegation to the US, and possibly to Baghdad, is derided as a "tour group." In an op/ed entitled "A Leader is Needed at the White House," one commentator remarks [...]	2003-03-17 04:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT949	ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 16, 2003, EconOff met with Fawaz Al-Farah, Deputy Director General of Aviation Safety and Air Transport at Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA),and Mohammad Abdul Rahim, Chief of the International Relations Division at DGCA's Air Transport Department, to deliver reft [...]	2003-03-17 08:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD KU
03KUWAIT958	(C) LAJNAT AD-DA'AWA AL-ISLAMIYA (LDI) [...] (SBU) Leaders of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM - the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood here) paid separate calls on the French and US Ambassadors March 16 to appeal against the asset freeze imposed on the ICM-affiliated charity Lajnat ad-Da'awa al-Islamiya (LDI - reftels). [...]	2003-03-17 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KU
03KUWAIT965	KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/17/03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 07:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT966	PRE-LICENSE CHECK - MISR COMPANY FOR MECHANICAL [...] Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the reliability of Misr Co. for Mechanical and Electrical Projects, Kuwait Branch as the recipient of sensitive U.S.-origin technology. Misr was listed on application number D305395 as the proposed consignee of quantity one (1) Flir Systems, I [...]	2003-03-18 07:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC KU
03KUWAIT978	KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/18/03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT98	AFGHANISTAN: CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL AF KU
03KUWAIT985	TFIZ01: STAND UP OF OPERATIONS CENTER; SITREP [...] SITREP NO. 1: AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL TIME, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME, MARCH 19, 2003. 2. EVENTS: STAND UP OF OPERATIONS CENTER OCCURRED AT 0001 HOURS LOCAL TIME MARCH 19, 1601 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 18, 2003. 3. COMMENTS: THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY DURING THIS INITIAL PERIOD. JONES [...]	2003-03-19 08:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT99	(U) POLITICAL BATTLE HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION, STIRS [...] (U) Summary: In yet another round of anti-government political fighting, MP Abdullah Mohammed Al-Naibari has submitted a request to conduct a parliamentary investigation, or "grilling," into the activities of a government minister. The threat of a grilling has fueled rumors that the Amir may b [...]	2003-01-14 06:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT999	SITREP NO. 2 [...] SITREP NO. 2 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1659 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. -------- SECURITY -------- 2. Nothing Substantive to Report (NSTR) -------- MILITARY -------- 3. NSTR --------- POLITICAL --------- 4. NSTR -------- CONSULAR -------- 5. Post received three telepho [...]	2003-03-19 20:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03LAGOS102	NIGERIA; A VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST - PART 1: ABIA [...] (C) Summary. Orji Kalu, dubbed the "Action Governor" by President Obasanjo for his aggressive style and ability to get programs and projects going in Abia state, recently won a year-long administrative and political tussle with his disgruntled Deputy Governor and half the State legislators. [...]	2003-01-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS103	ELECTIONS 2003: THE PROSPECTIVE ECONOMY AND THE [...] Summary. On November 19 some forty corporate executives representing a broad cross-section of the non-oil sector met at the Lagos Business School to discuss the potential economic impact of the 2003 general elections. During the session led by Professor Pat Utomi, many executives expressed co [...]	2003-01-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI
03LAGOS1034	PAS LAGOS CELEBRATES EARTH DAY 2003 [...] SUMMARY: On April 24, PAS Lagos organized a lecture and panel discussion at our auditorium to mark the 2003 Earth Day celebration. Two panelists delivered addresses on the occasion, the PAO and CAO each introduced short films on the environment, and the IRC distributed colorful In [...]	2003-05-14 14:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KSCA KPAO
03LAGOS104	NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...]	2003-01-14 10:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI
03LAGOS1088	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE IN RESPONSE [...] Peter Akpatason, president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG),has threatened to call "a national strike wherein the entire oil industry will be shut down" unless Houston-based Transocean Inc. rescinds the dismissal of 116 Nigerian workers who parti [...]	2003-05-23 10:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV
03LAGOS1196	THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA: [...] Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight alleviated during the last four years of democratic governance. They remain overcrowded, poorly funded and decrepit. Currently, there are 42 universities: 25 feder [...]	2003-06-12 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV
03LAGOS1211	NIGERIA: YORUBA LEADER PA ADESANYA'S VIEWS ON [...] (U) Summary. Leader of Afenifere and member of the Patriot's group, Pa Abraham Adesanya, says that the April elections must be canceled and an interim government installed until "free and fair" elections can be held. He claims Afenifere is not seriously weakened after the defeat of many Allian [...]	2003-06-16 11:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS123	NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SEEKS USAID PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) seeks USAID assistance to expand its services. The NSE plans to attract more Nigerians and foreign investors to the equities market through greater accessibility and new investment vehicles in derivative markets. The NSE raised the is [...]	2003-01-16 06:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EAID NI
03LAGOS147	The Economy in 2003: Triumph of Politics [...] Summary. The economic outlook for the New Year is cloudy. Academic experts and business leaders fear that Nigeria will experience little if any real per capita growth in 2003. They bemoan Nigeria's OPEC oil production quota of 1.9 million barrels per day, which limits the country's potential [...]	2003-01-17 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD BEXP PGOV NI
03LAGOS1479	Attempted Coup in Anambra State: Harbinger of [...] (SBU) Summary. A mid-July attempt by a cadre of business and political leaders to surreptitiously unseat a recently-elected state governor has created an ongoing political imbroglio and leaves Nigerians and Nigeria watchers asking if, instead of the military coups of the past, leaders here no [...]	2003-07-25 11:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS KDEM NI
03LAGOS148	NIGERIA: NOT ONLY GAS FLARES IN NIGERIA, ITS' [...] (C) Summary: Arson is strongly suspected in the December 24 fire that destroyed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters and records. The fire followed by barely a week a newspaper article asserting that there is solid, extensive and documented proof that GON official [...]	2003-01-17 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EPET EINV DS DSS ITA IP AF OSAC
03LAGOS1535	NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...] Summary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) was kidnapped outside his home on July 25 by a rogue group of armed Ijaw youths. The kidnapping is the latest in a [...]	2003-07-31 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY
03LAGOS168	A CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE [...] (C) Summary: A very discouraged Deputy Police Commissioner (DPC) for Lagos State met with CG and Econoff on January 7 to discuss the recent fire at the national petroleum company building and the realities of police work in Lagos State. With an undercurrent of futility and resignation, DPC Har [...]	2003-01-24 09:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR EPET ASEC NI
03LAGOS1833	NIGERIAN EDITOR BECOMES UNABASHED BUSH SISTER [...] Summary: Special Project participant Nkechinyere Nwosu returned to Nigeria excited about her program. She informed Post that she had a good experience and that the program helped change the misconceptions she had about the U.S., including the U.S. policies on Iraq and Africa. She said she lear [...]	2003-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM OEXC SCUL NI
03LAGOS185	MEETING WITH ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (WTO) MENON [...] (U) ECON M/C CALLED ON COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTRY ADDITIONAL SECRETARY S.N. MENON ON JANUARY 21. MENON IS THE SENIOR-MOST OFFICIAL AT THE MINISTRY WITH RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WTO AND THE EU. ECON M/C REVIEWED A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH MENON INCLUDING: OUR WTO AGRICULTURAL AND EXPORT CREDIT [...]	2003-01-25 12:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV EAGR IN
03LAGOS1851	SOWING THE BEANS OF HOPE [...] Summary: The Shagamus of Ogun State have for many years grown only kola nuts, and sold them only to Hausas in northern Nigeria. Dr. Gabriel Ogunmola, the President of the Nigeria Academy of Science, recently told us of a hands-on, grassroots success: showing the Shagumus near his university [...]	2003-09-04 13:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SOCI TBIO EAID NI
03LAGOS1862	SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 [...] (U) The Impeachment Panel set up by the Anambra State government to investigate Deputy Governor Okey Udeh's role in the July 10 failed attempt to forcefully remove Governor Chris Ngige from office has ignored an order of the federal High Court in Abuja restraining it from further consideration [...]	2003-09-05 11:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB PINR NI
03LAGOS1866	NIGERIA: WARRI: A PAUSE IN THE VIOLENCE? [...] (SBU) There has been no serious violence reported in Warri for almost two weeks, other than what has been described as an inter-factional "skirmish" over the weekend of August 30 in the settlement of Ugbomro lying between Warri and Effurun. Military patrols sent to restore peace found the body [...]	2003-09-05 12:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03LAGOS1870	NIGERIA: USITC STUDY ON U.S. - SUB-SAHARAN [...] (U) U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following information in response to reftel. -------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC, TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In August 2003, the GON un [...]	2003-09-05 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN NI XA
03LAGOS1899	NIGERIA: UNIONS MAY EXPAND WORK ACTIONS OVER FEAR [...] Leaders from the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are meeting in Benin City to discuss cooperative action amid reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),ChevronTexaco, [...]	2003-09-10 11:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
03LAGOS1900	NIGERIA: GON AGREES TO INCREASE CIVIL SERVICE [...] On Friday, September 5, Laboff spoke to Chris Uyot, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Head of Information and Public Affairs, who confirmed that the GON agreed to implement sliding scale wage increases for all federal civil servants retroactive to July 1, 2003. While both sides are working o [...]	2003-09-10 13:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS1930	ABIA STATE GOVERNOR ORJI KALU'S VISIT [...] (U) This is Post's response to Department's request for information on Abia State Governor Orji Kalu who is to meet with A/S Walter Kansteiner September,2003. 2. (U) Orji Uzor Kalu is 44 years old. Both he and his wife hold "green cards" and their two daughters are AmCits. Kalu and his [...]	2003-09-15 12:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OVIP PINR NI
03LAGOS1937	SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 [...] (U) Almost exactly one year after the prominent husband and wife team of lawyers, Barnabas Chidi and Amaka Blessing Igwe, was hacked to death in the streets of Onitsha, a bail hearing was held in the Onitsha High Court for one of the prime suspects in the case. In an unusual move to get action [...]	2003-09-16 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EPET SENV NI
03LAGOS1940	NIGERIA: MILITARY BUILD-UP KEEPS WARRI QUIET [...] (SBU) The town of Warri has remained mostly calm over the last two weeks as the Nigerian military and mobile police (known as MOPOL) continue to build a presence in the area. Over the weekend of September 6th, oil service contractors in Warri and a Shell spokesperson told Econoff that in reacti [...]	2003-09-16 12:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03LAGOS1966	NIGERIA: THE TENTH ECONOMIC SUMMIT: NEW PLANS, [...] (U) Summary. The Nigerian Economic Summit Group's tenth annual summit ended on September 12 on a cautiously optimistic note. Delegates from business, academia and the public sector recognized the need for far-reaching economic reforms and seemed optimistic that they might be implemented under [...]	2003-09-18 10:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
03LAGOS1967	NIGERIA: SHELL AND POSSIBLY CHEVRON MAY RESUME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shell Oil has been assessing its crude oil production facilities in the Delta swamps shut down by ethnic violence five months ago, and concludes some may again be operational by September 20, 2003. Shell could pump as much as 40,000 to 50,000 additional barrels per day of crude oi [...]	2003-09-18 10:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD NI
03LAGOS2023	NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following update to the 2002 AGOA eligibility review (Ref B). Nigeria's progress toward fulfilling AGOA eligibility requirements has been slow and fitful, but progress continues. Post recommends that Nigeria remain elig [...]	2003-09-26 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB PREL PGOV NI AGOA
03LAGOS2043	NIGERIA: NLC MEETS TO PLAN MASS ACTION IN RESPONSE [...] The battle lines now appeared to be drawn between government and labor over possible fuel price increases. Long queues at gas stations throughout the country reflect speculation that the GON might announce further increases in fuel prices as early as October 1. 2. The Central Working Co [...]	2003-10-02 10:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS2045	THE SEX TRADE TO THE US AND EUROPE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Gerrit Van Hemert, Deputy Head of Mission for the Netherlands Consulate General in Lagos on 17 September to discuss patterns of trafficking of women for the sex trade to Europe. Van Hemert, who has studied the subject for three years, laid out a pattern of traffick [...]	2003-10-02 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG SOCI SNAR CVIS NI
03LAGOS2058	NLC PLANS TO BOYCOTT ALL AFRICA GAMES AS PART OF A [...] (U) On October 1, gas stations throughout the nation increased their prices from 34 naira per liter to 39.5 naira in Lagos and Abuja and as much as 60 naira per liter in several states in the east. While the majority of gas stations have raised prices (a handful of Nigerian National Petroleum [...]	2003-10-03 15:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2060	THE IMPENDING STRIKE: THE VIEW FROM LAGOS [...] (SBU) The looming showdown between the unions and the GON over fuel deregulation in Nigeria is about more than the fuel price. Anecdotal comments from people in Lagos tell us they are very angry about the way the price increase was implemented without any direct announcement, as if the gover [...]	2003-10-03 18:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI NI
03LAGOS2061	BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL: THE PROPOSED [...] (SBU) The likely wage increases looming over the Nigerial fiscal landscape will affect the already difficult situation of both the federal and state governments. The federal government has (apparently) committed itself to a 12.5 percent increase in workers' salaries, at least at the lowest l [...]	2003-10-03 18:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB NI
03LAGOS2069	Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...] Following its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike to begin at midnight on Thursday, October 9. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said the Thursday start date allows labor leaders and [...]	2003-10-06 16:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2078	CHEVRON'S VIEW ON THE DYNAMICS BEHIND THE FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chevron management some two weeks ago President Obasanjo ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to cancel all outstanding orders for refined petroleum products, thus committing the country to an abrupt course of petroleum market reform and libe [...]	2003-10-08 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ECON NI
03LAGOS2080	NIGERIA: POLICE NOT PREPARED FOR OCTOBER 9 STRIKE [...] (C) Haruna John (PROTECT),Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) resident in Lagos State gave Pol/Econ Officer an update on police preparedness for the planned nationwide strike on October 9. According to John, the police force is not/not prepared to deal with potential problems that a strike ma [...]	2003-10-08 17:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV NI
03LAGOS2081	LASCO: NEW STRIKE, NEW PLANNING: NOT A REPEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Chima Ubani, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO),told us that labor and civil society leaders meeting on October 4 and 6 decided to begin a two-week general strike on Thursday, October 9. Demonstrations will be held on Thursday in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, [...]	2003-10-09 05:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PHUM SOCI NI
03LAGOS2090	STRIKE SUSPENDED: LABOR AND OIL COMPANY VIEWS [...] (U) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced October 8 at approximately 2300 that labor had suspended its planned October 9 strike after the NLC, governors, National Assembly legislators, and oil marketers reached an agreement. A hastily organized group, known as the [...]	2003-10-09 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET NI
03LAGOS2100	NIGERIA: PRIVATE MARKETERS PLAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C) Private marketers are planning to import fuel in the coming weeks for retail sales in Nigeria. Managers at both Texaco and Mobil report that making joint purchases of large cargoes to reduce unit cost is preferable to smaller deliveries. A Texaco official indicated his company would be m [...]	2003-10-10 17:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET NI PGOV PREL
03LAGOS2140	NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO EX-IM QUERIES ON NIGERIAN [...] (U) Rumors of distress in the Nigerian banking sector have raised doubts about the industry's health and prompted questions about certain banks' stability. Post's response follows. 2. (U) Rumors of a list of distressed banks first surfaced in mid-August. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) an [...]	2003-10-17 12:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI EXIM
03LAGOS2144	NIGERIAN BANKS: LARGELY HEALTHY BUT HARDLY [...] (U) Summary: Rumors of distress have whispered through Nigeria's financial sector since mid-August, fueled in part by the suspension of two banks from the industry's clearinghouse and in part by investigations of ten or twelve others said to be facing temporary liquidity problems. Some banks [...]	2003-10-17 13:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI
03LAGOS2147	NIGERIA: FUEL SUPPLY AND PRICE REMAIN IN TENSE [...] (C) Summary: The status of fuel supply and pricing in Nigeria remains in question as fuel marketers and labor leaders left a stakeholders' meeting on October 16 with little agreement but significant distrust and resentment. Labor promises mass action at retail stations if marketers do not sell [...]	2003-10-17 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ENRG EPET NI PGOV
03LAGOS2149	EXPLORING THE AFRO-HISPANIC CONNECTION IN [...] SUMMARY: In a fitting tribute to National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15),the US Consulate, Lagos, hosted its first ever function to mark the occasion on October 14. END SUMMARY. 2. The theme of the program, dubbed "Exploring the Afro- Hispanic Connection: A Celebrat [...]	2003-10-18 10:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NI
03LAGOS2153	NIGERIA: FROM THE ASHES OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...] (U) The liquidation of Nigeria's ailing national carrier, Nigeria Airways Limited, may at last be moving forward. According to Bismarck Rewane, Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, a leading Lagos-based economic think tank, the Ministry of Justice has begun making prepa [...]	2003-10-20 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON NI
03LAGOS2163	NIGERIA: STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS [...] (U) Nigeria has no specific law governing the approval, production, importation, and labeling of products of agricultural biotechnology. Nigeria's Draft Biosafety Guidelines state proposed procedures to follow to import or test GMO in the country. 2. (U) In February 2002 the Nigerian Fed [...]	2003-10-21 14:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL NI
03LAGOS2187	SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - OCTOBER 14 TO 24, 2003 [...] (U) Although most Nigerian and foreign election observers acknowledged that the Spring 2003 gubernatorial, National Assembly and Presidential elections were rife with fraud, all agreed and all urged disgruntled losing candidates and political parties to pursue their claims and complaints in t [...]	2003-10-23 12:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS2189	NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL INFO RE BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (U) Further to Ref A, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) reports that the approval, importation and labeling of food products, including products of agricultural biotechnology, is governed by the Drug and Related Products Act (as amended) and relate [...]	2003-10-23 15:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL NI
03LAGOS2193	NIGERIA: WARRI UPDATE 10/24/03 - ITSEKIRI WANT TO [...] (C) Summary. After more than a month of peace, clashes between ethnic groups in the Niger Delta appear on the rise, although less deadly than generally reported in the media. We have received reports of attacks and counter-attacks at multiple locations since Sunday, October 19. Chevron securit [...]	2003-10-24 09:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PINS PHUM ASEC NI
03LAGOS2198	NIGERIA: AIRPORT FIRE TEMPORARILY DISRUPTS [...] (U) An electrical fire at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport temporarily disrupted flight operations on Thursday, October 23. Several flights were diverted or delayed, but skeletal operations resumed within a few hours. Airport authorities report that the terminal is still without [...]	2003-10-24 15:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ASEC NI ACS
03LAGOS2200	NIGERIA: TALK OF "MASS PROTESTS" ON FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 16:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2226	NIGERIA: AIRPORT OPERATIONS MOSTLY BACK TO [...] (U) Power at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport has yet to be fully restored after last Thursday's electrical fire (reftel),but airport operations are mostly back to normal. Regular flights have resumed, and passengers are again checking in at the airport's international terminal. [...]	2003-10-28 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ASEC NI ACS
03LAGOS2232	ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: TEX-MEX MEETS EDO OGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Odidi of Edo State spent 18 years in the U.S., became a U.S. citizen, and made enough money to return to his native town and go into politics. While in the U.S., he absorbed American values and political culture, and now balances those ideas and aspirations against the [...]	2003-10-29 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI NI
03LAGOS2283	EBONYI STATE: FIELD OF DREAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Making something out of Ebonyi state will be a challenge. It's in the middle of nowhere, and with Nigerian agriculture in the doldrums the state's prospects seem modest. It's a new state, though, and to beat the odds its leadership has seized on careful fiscal policy, low ov [...]	2003-11-03 17:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI NI
03LAGOS2287	PRESIDENT SHUFFLES THE DECK WITH NEW OIL ADVISOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Monday, November 3, the GON announced the removal of Jackson Gaius-Obaseki as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Funsho Kupolokun, former Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum Matters, was appointed new GMD, effect [...]	2003-11-04 17:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL EINV NI
03LAGOS2293	TOURISM IN NIGERIA: FOR THE BIRDS [...] (SBU) Summary: If a tourist came to Nigeria to look at endangered species (or for any other reason),he or she would be the most endangered species of all. Nigeria has practically no tourist industry, but there is no inherent reason why that should be the case. While we might have doubts ab [...]	2003-11-05 14:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON NI
03LAGOS2322	NIGERIAN NATIONAL LABOUR CONGRESS OPPOSES [...] (U) The latest stage in the recurring disputes between the President and the National Labour Congress (NLC) was President Olusegun Obasanjo's submission of a bill to the National Assembly to revise laws governing trade unions. The bill seeks to amend Nigeria's Trade Unions Act by recognizing [...]	2003-11-09 09:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI
03LAGOS2330	OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2349	OUT IN AFRICA: A VISIT TO EKITI STATE [...] (U) Summary. PolOffs made a one day familiarization visit to the tiny land-locked State of Ekiti. In April 2003, Ekiti, like its neighboring states in the southwest except Lagos, got rid of its Alliance for Democracy governor and elected a representative of the ruling Peoples Democratic Part [...]	2003-11-13 12:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI NI
03LAGOS2354	FMR BIAFRAN PRESIDENT GENERAL OJUKWU MEETS WITH CG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and POLOFF (notetaker) met with former Biafran President General Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his assistant Prince Bob J. Onyema on 10 November. Ojukwu has plans to travel to the US at the end of November. Ojukwu discussed court cases contesting the res [...]	2003-11-14 10:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PGOV PNAT SOCI EPET NI XY
03LAGOS2357	AMCITS NOT/NOT TAKEN HOSTAGE IN DELTA - CHEVRON [...] (C) Chevron's special security manager, Hamish Macdonald (sic),told Econoff on November 14 that no Americans were taken hostage in an incident earlier this week. Press reports indicate that four barges and 21 Chevron contractors were seized by Ijaw youths in the riverine area near Warri on [...]	2003-11-14 15:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PINR NI CACS
03LAGOS2363	OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institutional reform, but have yet to produce real movement in that direction. Calls for protest against the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) [...]	2003-11-17 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2371	BAKASSI: THE VIEW FROM CROSS RIVER STATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 15:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PREL NI
03LAGOS2379	Engaging Islam in Southern Nigeria. [...] Summary: Working closely with PAS, post engaged the southern Muslim community on the "Shared Meaning of Ramadan and Thanksgiving" and hosted an Iftaar dinner for Muslim community leaders. 2. The Media Message: During Ramadan, ConGen Lagos reached out to southern Nigeria's Muslim com [...]	2003-11-20 07:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI KISL
03LAGOS2387	FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of interest to be core investors (51 percent) in the country's four refineries. Major U.S. oil companies tell us they are not interested. Labor is taking a cautiona [...]	2003-11-20 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI
03LAGOS239	NIGERIA: AD PARTY - CONSENSUS OF YORUBA NATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite recent factionalization, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State presented the public with a face of party consensus in their January 8 gubernatorial congress. Following his challengers' disqualification, incumbent Governor Bola Tinubu took the nomination unopposed. [...]	2003-01-30 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KWMN NI
03LAGOS2399	NATIONS WITHIN A NATION: A VISIT TO EDO AND ONDO [...] (U) Summary. The impact of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's close to 400 distinct ethnic groups on the country's politics and developing democracy was made clearer in a recent visit to Edo and Ondo States. Ondo State, is older by decades than its neighbor Edo and has regional governing expe [...]	2003-11-21 16:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03LAGOS2422	NIGERIA'S TRANSITION TO A DEREGULATED DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the monthly Businessman's Lunch held at the American Guest Quarters pub in Lagos on November 6, executives of two major fuel marketing companies confirmed that the sector is essentially deregulated, and that there is no significant threat of mass action by organized labor (ref [...]	2003-11-26 10:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS2434	EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...] (SBU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. No American citizens appear to be involved. 2. (CO) The seven expatriate employees of the Canadian pipe-coating company Bredero Shaw were kidnapped off [...]	2003-11-28 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI
03LAGOS2455	NIGERIAN SHRIMPERS: HOPEFUL (BUT UNLIKELY) [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's principal fisheries products, shrimp and prawns, are destined almost exclusively for export, but only a small percentage of Nigeria's total catch makes its way to U.S. markets. Exports are hindered primarily by high shipping costs and consumer preferences. Industry rep [...]	2003-12-04 06:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD ECON NI
03LAGOS2462	SECOND FIDDLE NO LONGER [...] (U) Summary: Two major players, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited, dominate Nigeria's mobile communications industry. The latter has long played second fiddle to its much larger competitor, but Econet executives insist that with Vodacom Group's purchase of [...]	2003-12-05 17:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
03LAGOS2464	CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Obasanjo's policies and governance, as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place December 5-8 in Abuja. Mobile Police (MOPOL) ar [...]	2003-12-05 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI
03LAGOS2465	VISIT OF AF A/S WALTER KANSTEINER: US/UK DISCUSSION [...] Classified confidential by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. Summary: Visiting AF Assistant Secretary Walter Kansteiner and Ambassador Jeter met July 25 with British High Commissioner Phillip Thomas to discuss Nigeria's pre-election political climate and tensions [...]	2003-12-05 19:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL
03LAGOS2467	FUTURE OF NIGERIAN OIL & GAS [...] Cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2.(SBU) Summary: On July 11 and 12, Econoffs met with a variety of oil producing and servicing companies to gain insight into the current state of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and assess the country's potential contri [...]	2003-12-05 19:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NI ECON EINV EPET ENRG
03LAGOS2480	THE LAGOS PORT COMPLEX: FAR FROM SECURE [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Customs officials report marked gaps in security at the Lagos port complex. Access to the port is only nominally controlled, and electronic surveillance and tracking systems are non-existent. Goods are statutorily subject to Nigeria's 100 perce [...]	2003-12-08 17:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EWWT ASEC NI
03LAGOS2493	ETHNIC CLASHES ON THE BENIN RIVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Friday, December 5, Itsekiri militants attacked Ijaws in boats and in villages on the Benin River, north of Warri. There are reports of houses burned and 19 persons killed. Nigerian military forces reacted quickly, and although some related skirmishes were reported on Satur [...]	2003-12-09 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PHUM PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS25	FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd annual conference of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) was held from November 25-28 at Nsukka, home of the first indigenous Nigerian university. The three-day program with the theme "Globalization and Development In Nigeria" included addresses by the CPAO an [...]	2003-01-06 11:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NI
03LAGOS2535	A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...]	2003-12-16 10:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI
03LAGOS2565	A POTENTIAL POWERHOUSE AMONG NIGERIAN PRIVATE [...] (U) Summary. Odua Telecommunicaions, a subsidiary of Nigeria's Odua Investment Group, is one of a handful of private telephone operators. The firm won several 3.5 GHz licenses in June 2002 and hopes to break new ground in Nigeria's southwest by introducing improved fixed wireless services. I [...]	2003-12-17 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON SCUL NI
03LAGOS2574	PRICE CAPS AND STRIKES CAUSE NIGERIA'S DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely 60 days after President Obasanjo declared Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector officially and completely deregulated, and 30 days after he replaced the head of the powerful national petroleum corporation, a GON regulatory agency shut down fuel stations of a US-based compan [...]	2003-12-18 05:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV NI

03LAGOS2579	BIO ON WARRI NAVAL COMMANDER CAPTAIN O.B. OGUNJIMI [...] (S N/F) On November 19, Poloff and Econoff met Captain Olufemi B. Ogunjimi, Commanding Officer (CO) of Nigerian Naval Station Delta (NNS Delta),headquartered in Warri, Delta State, at a forum discussing peace and security in the Niger Delta. 2. (S N/F) Septel provides further context and b [...]	2003-12-18 15:36:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EPET NI
03LAGOS2606	NIGERIA: WHEN DOVES FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and Economic Counselor met on December 1 with Femi Falana, former president of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and well-known international human rights lawyer, to discuss the internal battle for power within the CDHR. CDHR executives have accused Fa [...]	2003-12-19 11:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS2607	NIGERIA: 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post is pleased to provide the following update to the 2003 National Trade Estimate Report. The figures in paragraph 2 will be updated by USTR. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $4.9 billion in 2002, a d [...]	2003-12-22 05:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV ECON NI
03LAGOS2640	NIGERIA: TALE OF TWO CONVENTIONS [...] (U) The Alliance for Democracy (AD) party parted in two when opposing groups held separate national conventions in Lagos and Abuja last week. Plagued by infighting and the controversial self-appointment as party chairman of Ahmed Adamu Abdulkadir, President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Manu [...]	2003-12-24 10:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS265	EXPLOSION IN LAGOS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idumagbo Street, located between the Carter Bridge and Third Mainland Bridge on Lagos Island. The area is a lage market and residential area comprised of two and three story busi [...]	2003-02-03 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI
03LAGOS307	LAGOS EXPLOSION AND NNPC FIRE FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Summary: RSO met with police officials on Thursday and Friday 02/06 and 02/07 regarding last Sunday's explosion in Lagos. Police provided some insight into the explosion. RSO staff has also been in contact with the bomb squad in an effort to see explosives taken from the scene. One poli [...]	2003-02-07 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC NI PINS
03LAGOS309	NIGERIA: A VISIT TO FOUR SOUTHERN STATES: PART 2 - [...] (U) Summary. Once almost guaranteed re-election to the governorship of oil producing Bayelsa State, the incumbent, DSP Alamieyesiegha, is facing serious charges of corruption that have the possibility of disqualifying him. In the four years of his administration, the governor has had some v [...]	2003-02-10 09:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS322	NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICIZED ISLAM IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Islam as a factor in politics in southwestern Nigeria and the threat of the imposition of Shari'a (Koranic law) in the south are not current or near-term possibilities. However, all observers agree that overwhelming poverty, and uncertainty and possible instability in governm [...]	2003-02-13 10:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR PTER NI
03LAGOS332	NIGERIA: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REGULATORY BODY [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-14 13:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS344	NIGERIA: DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] On Saturday, February 15, employees from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) went on strike to contest unpaid salaries and benefits and protest the GON's refusal to grant DPR autonomy. DPR is the agency that supervises tanker loadings and authorizes movement of crude oil at Nigeria's [...]	2003-02-18 16:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS351	LOST RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL [...] (S) Summary: CG, LEGATT, and RSO met with Johan Bakker, Vice President of Haliburton Nigeria on 02/18/03. Mr. Bakker advised the CG that a radioactive source used in logging operations was missing. Mr. Bakker advised that the material was approximately 18.5 curries in strength and had been [...]	2003-02-19 20:34:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	ASEC PTER PINS PARM NI
03LAGOS363	NIGERIA: NUPENG JOINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM [...] (U) As part of a solidarity agreement between the two major oil workers' unions, members of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) joined a strike organized by DPR members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior S [...]	2003-02-21 06:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV NI
03LAGOS369	LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATIONAL [...] (C) Begin summary. Lagos State Governor Tinubu told ConGen and DAS Bridgewater February 16 that he has asked the Lagos State Assembly to issue a resolution declaring that no new construction be permitted along "Embassy Row" on Victoria Island. Tinubu assured ConGen that he will do all he can [...]	2003-02-21 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ETRD NI
03LAGOS384	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...] (U) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland --Local Content Rule Gives U.S. Firms Opportunity and Risk --Gas Developments, and --Almost Never Ever Power Anywhere -------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS470	NIGERIA: OUTREACH TO NCEMA AND NISER [...] Introduction and summary. Staff of ConGen's Economic Office reached out to two institutions of learning in the city of Ibadan in Oyo State on February 25. This former capital of Nigeria's old Western State is notable for several research institutions including the University of Ibadan, the p [...]	2003-03-05 09:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PINS NI
03LAGOS499	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 28 [...] This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Long Lines - Short on Answers; Fuel Crisis Continues --Obasanjo Offers Onshore/Offshore Compromise --Exxon-Mobil Produces Early from Yoho Fields, and --Marginal Oil Fields Awarded --------------------------------------------- ------- [...]	2003-03-07 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS504	NIGERIA: WHO WAS MARSHALL HARRY? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. Harry engendered bitter rivalries as a notorious power-player and strategist who aimed to shift power to South-south minorities, including Rivers S [...]	2003-03-07 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI
03LAGOS505	NIGERIA: HARRY'S MURDER FLAMES PORT HARCOURT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. His death has raised tensions in the Rivers State capital of Port Harcourt, where the leading opposition presidential candidate plns to hold a rall [...]	2003-03-07 17:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI
03LAGOS519	NIGERIA: UNHCR SEEKS USG HELP WITH NIGERIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR representative in Nigeria, updated Poloff on his efforts to relocate 5,000 Liberian refugees from Cote d'Ivoire to Nigeria (Ref B). Per UNHCR Geneva's information, Hounsokou advised the GON that, since the USG may take up to 10,000 Liberian refugees for [...]	2003-03-12 06:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV IV LI NI
03LAGOS524	DON'T SHOW ME THE MONEY; NIGERIA GOING [...] SUMMARY: As in many developing economies with high inflation and a devalued currency, consumers in Nigeria often must bring literally bags of money to the store to make even routine purchases. Checks are used almost exclusively for business-to-business transactions, and credit cards are acce [...]	2003-03-12 15:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN NI
03LAGOS543	NIGERIA: DEATH OF LAGOS TRADITIONAL RULER [...] SUMMARY. The death last week of Oba Adeyinka Oyekan highlights the role traditional rulers still play in Nigerian society. Appointing an Oba's successor (a traditional Yoruba king) is often contentious, and the royal palace of Lagos was already filled by intrigue as the 92 year old Oba's he [...]	2003-03-13 14:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL NI
03LAGOS563	NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...]	2003-03-17 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS568	NIGERIAN LOCAL VIOLENCE CAUSES MINIMAL IMPACT [...] Summary. A violent clash between local activists and police left seven dead in Delta state late last week. While Shell Oil moved non-essential staff from pockets of disturbance, there appears to be no disruption in oil production at this time. End Summary. 2. A simmering dispute betwee [...]	2003-03-17 23:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS575	OIL EXEC SAYS NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION AT FULL [...] (C) Summary. A senior industry source reports that Nigerian crude oil production is currently at full capacity. He states that Nigeria is likely producing just over 2.2 million barrels of crude per day. Ongoing communal violence in the Delta region is beginning to affect Shell Oil's product [...]	2003-03-18 18:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON ASEC PINS NI
03LAGOS624	NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS UPDATE - CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) Proprietary information please hold closely. 2. (SBU) Summary. The situation at ChevronTexaco's Escravos compound has deteriorated markedly since the March 20 arrival of government troops to quell the confrontation between Ijaw and Itsikiri villagers over local political pow [...]	2003-03-24 06:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV PHUM NI
03LAGOS630	NIGERIA: ETHNIC POLITICS AND NIGER DELTA CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The violent Ijaw confrontations of the Itsekiri in the oil-rich Escravos area result from their fierce political competition to control the South-west Warri Local Government. The chairmanship of this local government is seen as a lynchpin to the Ijaw's economic survival. If [...]	2003-03-24 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EPET ENRG PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS631	NIGERIA: TOTALFINAELF SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT FOUR [...] (C) Summary. TotalFinaElf (TFE) has become the latest victim of the strife between the Ijaws and Itsekiris in the Niger Delta. TFE has withdrawn its employees from four fields and ceased production there. The Ijaws, in an effort to ensure that their complaints are heard, now threaten to destr [...]	2003-03-24 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI
03LAGOS637	NIGERIA: A CONVERSATION WITH ONE IJAW [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 18:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PARM PHUM NI
03LAGOS673	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NLC TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with the Acting President of the National Labour Congress (NLC),Joseph Akinlaja, on Thursday, March 27, 2003, to discuss, inter alia, NLC plans to begin a nationwide civil service strike on April 1. Akinlaja, who is also General Secretary of the National Union of Petr [...]	2003-03-31 14:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV
03LAGOS677	TFIZ01: NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, March 31 [...] (U) This update includes: -- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta Crisis Update -- Running on Empty: Refineries, Power Company and Consumers Face Same Plight -- Deep Water Deals: Joint Development Zone Advances ------------------------------------------- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta [...]	2003-04-01 09:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS683	NIGERIA: APRIL FOOLS - NLC SUSPENDS STRIKE OF [...] SUMMARY: Joseph Akinlaja, General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, informed Laboff that the GON reached an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at approximately 0100 hours on April 1, 2003, hours before a nationwide civil service strike was sc [...]	2003-04-01 14:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI
03LAGOS685	PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: AFRICAN MINISTERS [...] Summary: The first annual African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (AMFIT) met in Abuja March 9 - 13. Ministers called for better policy coordination and private sector participation to help integrate African countries with the rest of the world. Ambassador Jeter, Deputy Assista [...]	2003-04-02 06:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR NI EINV ELNT
03LAGOS707	TFIZ01: WAITING FOR A SIGN: NIGERIA OIL EXECS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the informal setting of a monthly luncheon, oil company executives today talked about the crisis in the Niger River delta (refs A and B),and indicated the industry is in no hurry to return evacuated employees to the swamps. They consider the loss of revenue from the closed [...]	2003-04-04 06:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS713	NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: MIXED [...] Summary: The Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) was established in 2001 to ensure sustainable development of Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region. Events of the last month in the Delta region suggest that the NDDC has failed to meet the test. Since 2001, the NDDC has received about [...]	2003-04-04 11:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS731	TFIZ01: BACK IN BUSINESS - CHEVRON NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent news reports and statements by oil executives that companies are not ready to resume operations in the delta region anytime soon, Chevron confirmed today that it had been returning workers to its transfer station and tank farm at Escravos this week. As of Apr [...]	2003-04-04 17:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS736	NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS - AN ITSEKIRI LEADER'S [...] Summary: On April 5 EconOff met Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, an Itsekiri leader and a princess of the Warri Kingdom. Chief Ogebebor is one of 6 Itsekiri leaders preparing for an April 7 meeting with President Obasanjo and their Ijaw and Urhobo counterparts. They will try to resolve the continuin [...]	2003-04-07 13:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PHUM PREF NI
03LAGOS739	NIGERIA: AN IJAW'S VIEW OF THE IJAW-ITSEKIRI [...] Summary: On April 6, EconOff heard the Ijaws' side of the story regarding their longstanding conflict with the Itsekiris, the subject of reftel. The Ijaws argue that they have a legitimate claim to the land in and about Warri. Our Ijaw interlocutor, who acted as if he spoke for the Ijaws co [...]	2003-04-07 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PARM PHUM PREF SMIG NI
03LAGOS813	NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST POLITICS UPENDED AS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The April 19 gubernatorial and presidential election will be a remarkable test of incumbent power-players and ethnic politics in the Southwest. After stunning defeats in the National Assembly elections on April 12, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) is fighting for its political l [...]	2003-04-18 08:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC CASC ECON NI
03LAGOS827	NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, April 22 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Slowly but Surely: Delta Oil Operations Ramp Up -- Between the Lines: Fuel Shortages Continue During Elections -- Fits and Starts: NEPA Privatization Continues while Power Capacity Expands Amidst Crises and Outages --------------------------------- [...]	2003-04-23 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS85	NIGERIA: BARKING DOWN A DRY WELL - FEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria should endure no economic losses due to the decision of the ICJ awarding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Despite speculation of vast crude reserves offshore, several existing oil wells in the waters impacted by the decision appear to be non-producing and there is li [...]	2003-01-12 09:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS ENRG EFIS PGOV NI CM
03LAGOS87	AGOA AND NIGERIA: CAN ITS TEXTILE FIRMS STILL [...] Summary. Textile provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) encourage millions of dollars in foreign investment, create thousands of new jobs and boost exports across Africa, except in Nigeria. Sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy has not taken advantage of AGOA's dut [...]	2003-01-13 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KTEX NI
03LAGOS886	NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reelection confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the April 19 election. The degree of election tampering varied starkly across [...]	2003-04-28 12:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI
03LAGOS888	NIGERIA: YORUBA CONTROL OF SOUTHWEST POLITICS A [...] (U) Summary. Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sweeps in recent legislative and gubernatorial elections show that rule of "old line" leaders of the mainly-Yoruba Alliance for Democracy Party and the Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has ended. Five of the six States in the [...]	2003-04-28 14:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS99	Nigeria: Biweekly Energy Report No. 1 [...] Summary. In late December, the Government of Nigeria (GON) released 24 billion Naira to its international oil joint venture partners in payment of arrears outstanding since the last era of military rule (l994-99). The deferral of payments had slowed investment by Nigeria's joint partners in [...]	2003-01-14 08:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON PINS NI
03LONDON9572	UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]	2003-11-26 17:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PREL PGOV UK
03MADRID4409	SPAIN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Actions against Al Qaeda Operatives Building on arrests made in 2001 and 2002, Spanish police made additional arrests of Al Qaeda suspects during 2003. In January, police arrested 16 North African (mostly Algerian) nationals in Catalunya suspected of having ties with al Qaeda operatives in [...]	2003-12-11 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
03MAPUTO1007	AMBASSADOR'S END-OF-TOUR REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Bilateral political and economic relations between the U.S. and Mozambique have improved and deepened. At a political level, bilateral cooperation is excellent, with Washington acknowledging the impressive transition to democracy and the GRM willing to cooperate with the U.S., for [...]	2003-07-21 08:58:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
03MAPUTO1652	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-25 08:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ
03MAPUTO1752	2003-2004 INCSR SUBMISSION - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR: I. Summary Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs (hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, mandrax (methaqualone),and heroin) consumed in Europe and South Africa. Some hashish shipments passing through Mozambique find their [...]	2003-12-18 10:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER PGOV MZ KCOR
03MAPUTO1755	MOZAMBIQUE INCSR PART II SUBMISSION - MONEY [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR, Part II: Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering in Mozambique is related to bank fraud and corruption. Lax oversight and weak banking regulations make Mozambique's financial institutions vulnerable to money la [...]	2003-12-18 11:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR PGOV MZ KCOR
03MAPUTO558	INTERIOR MINISTER ENGAGED ON COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (U) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Almerino Manhenje described his plans to travel to Texas for a counter-terrorism conference the week of May 3. In addition, Manhenje described his goals of reducing vulnerability to terrorism, drug trafficking, traffick [...]	2003-12-17 15:55:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC PHSA KPAO MZ KNAR SANR
03MBABANE147	THE JET SAGA: IS AN END IN SIGHT? [...] SUMMARY: A SELECT COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER AND THREE OTHER CABINET MINISTERS ACTED ILLEGALLY IN CONTRACTING TO PURCHASE A PRIVATE JET FOR KING MSWATI III AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $72 MILLION USD. THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR AND ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER TOLD TH [...]	2003-03-20 06:20:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AGOA WZ
03MONTREAL1	CLONING CLAIM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON QUEBEC-BASED [...] SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING IS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE MONTREAL-BASED RAELIAN GROUP, WHOSE MEMBER DR. BRIGITTE BOISSELIER ANNOUNCED AT A DECEMBER 27 PRESS CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CLONED HUMAN BEING, A 7 POUND BABY GIRL NICKNAMED EVE. AND ITS TWO MAIN FIGUR [...]	2003-01-03 16:05:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON KIRF CA
03MONTREAL1076	Phased Expansion Plans for Montreal's Dorval Airport [...] This cable contains input from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: Montreal's Dorval International Airport recently opened Phase 1 of a planned three-stage, C$700 million expansion that will include new and improved facilities as well as integration of the airport into the local and regional transp [...]	2003-08-11 21:28:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN PREL CA
03MONTREAL1212	WALK-IN REPORTS SUSPICIOUS PILOT IN TRAINING [...] (C/NF) On September 4, 2003, Canadian Citizen Michel Boissoneault (Source) approached the United States Consulate in Montreal and advised that in his employment as a valet and a night security guard of an upscale condominium complex in downtown Montreal (million dollar condominiums),that he h [...]	2003-09-04 19:47:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER
03MONTREAL1222	POTENTIAL THREAT TO POTUS, SECSTATE AND SECDEF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 4, 2003, the RCMP in Montreal notified the RSO's Office that during the month of August, a subject identified as Eric FOREST, a Canadian citizen, DOB: 04/30/1976, indicated to the RCMP that he would travel [...]	2003-09-05 20:18:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
03MONTREAL1377	World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems [...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...]	2003-09-29 20:48:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	KOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH
03MONTREAL1747	CHAREST GOVERNMENT, QUEBEC LABOR UNIONS [...] Summary: Premier Charest's Liberal government and Quebec's powerful unions are headed for a showdown over proposed revisions to provincial labor laws on subcontracting and the health care system. Both sides are playing for public support, though neither particularly successfully so far. Uni [...]	2003-12-10 19:53:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PGOV CA
03MONTREAL204	BORDER UPDATE - CANADIAN IMMIGRATION DIGS OUT OLD [...] SUMMARY: A LONG-STANDING CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA (CIC) PRACTICE HAS CHANGED. ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IMMEDIATELY INTO CANADA ARE NOW TURNED OVER TO USINS UNTIL A CIC APPOINTMENT IS SCHEDULED. END SUMMARY. 2. STARTING IN LATE 2002, LARGE NUMBERS [...]	2003-02-14 16:30:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF KPAO PBTS KISL PGOV PREL CVIS CA CIC
03MONTREAL245	QUEBEC TELECOMS STRUGGLE WITH OVERCAPACITY, LACK OF [...] SUMMARY: QUEBEC'S TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY, A SECTOR WHICH AT ITS PEAK IN 1999 SUPPORTED 114,500 JOBS, CUT MORE THAN 21,000 JOBS IN 2002. ANALYSTS ARE PREDICTING ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR WITH LOW INVESTMENT RATES AND A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN BANKRUPTCIES IN SMALLER COMPANIES. END SUMMARY. 2. MON [...]	2003-02-25 12:19:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETTC CA BEXP
03MONTREAL266	TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS: SEX AND SMUGGLING IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTREAL, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE PARIS OF THE WEST," HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A REPUTATION IN THE SEX-TOURISM INDUSTRY AS "THE BANGKOK OF THE WEST." NOT SURPRISINGLY, MOST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN QUEBEC PROVINCE INVOLVES WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE SEX TRADE. IN FEBRUA [...]	2003-02-27 15:01:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF PHUM
03MONTREAL4	APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING [...] SUMMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FILE FOR THE STATUS OF POLITICAL REFUGEE AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IMMIGRATION OFFICE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. PAKISTANI CLAIMANTS SAID THEY WERE N [...]	2003-01-03 21:27:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA
03MONTREAL453	Census Data Shows Quebec More Bilingual Since 1996, [...] SUMMARY: Statistics Canada (Statscan) has released several tranches of 2001 census data in the last four months regarding language usage and immigration, figures which are closely watched in Quebec, by both the media and government. The Statscan numbers show Quebec to be 3 percent more bilingu [...]	2003-04-02 18:07:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI CA
03MONTREAL476	MONTREAL ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS COALITION OF [...] SUMMARY: Quebecers have traditionally been known for anti-war sentiment; in the lead-up to the current war in Iraq, polling data, media coverage and the largest demonstrations in Canada have indicated that pacifism is alive and well in the province. But the picture of Quebec pacifism presented [...]	2003-04-08 14:59:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CA
03MONTREAL543	MEETING OF MALIAT PARTIES AT ICAO [...] SUMMARY: AT A BRIEF LUNCHTIME MEETING ON THE SIDES OF THE ICAO 5TH WORLDWIDE AIR TRANSPORT CONFERENCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON LIBERALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT (MALIAT) MEMBER COUNTRIES MET TO DISCUSS WAYS TO INCREASE THE AGREEMENT'S MEMBERSHIP. CURRENT [...]	2003-04-25 20:40:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ATRN ICAO
03MONTREAL553	Air Canada Bankruptcy and Restructuring [...] SUMMARY: Air Canada's recent filing for bankruptcy protection follows efforts over the past several months to restructure its operations and lower its costs in order to remain competitive during a difficult time in the airline industry. However, a combination of its own business decisions, th [...]	2003-04-30 13:06:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD EFIN ECON CA
03MONTREAL743	Varroa Parasite Infests Quebec Honeybee Hives [...] SUMMARY: Quebec's honeybee population is under threat from a Varroa Mite parasite infestation that will likely reduce the province's modest honey production. Quebec beekeepers' ability to combat the mite has been limited by delayed discovery of the parasite's resistance to the widely used pesti [...]	2003-06-10 15:18:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EIND ETRD PREL CA
03MONTREAL819	FRAUDULENT CANADIAN ACADEMIC DOCUMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: An active Canadian Public Security Anti-terrorism Unit investigation has revealed that an organized group of Pakistani males in Canada and Pakistan are presenting academic documentation purporting to be issued by the Ottawa Business College. This school exists in name only wit [...]	2003-06-25 19:51:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	KFRD CVIS PTER PINR ASEC
03MONTREAL910	Bombardier Aerospace Focuses on Regional Jet [...] This cable contains contributions from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: The flagship of Quebec's aerospace industry, Bombardier Inc., identifies itself as the number three airplane maker after long-haul jet makers Boeing and Airbus. But the company is known in the aerospace business as the leadi [...]	2003-07-11 21:05:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL CA
03MONTREAL979	TAMIL TIGERS FUND-RAISER IN MONTREAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Local Canadian Law Enforcement Source has informed Post that there will be a "Tamil Olympics" the week of 28 July 20O3 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Source reports that this event is a fund raiser for the Tamil Tigers Terrorist Organization (LTTE). 2. (S/NF) According [...]	2003-07-25 21:59:00	Consulate Montreal	SECRET	PTER KVPR PINR
03MONTREAL999	YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO- [...] Summary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA),a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a letter describing the displacement of the Afro-Colombian population in Colombia and to request the names of African- A [...]	2003-07-30 13:47:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREF CA CO
03NASSAU1066	POWERS BEHIND THE THRONE IN THE PLP GOVERNMENT - [...] (C) In two separate meetings May 27 and 28, DCM and POL/ECON section chief met the two individuals outside of the Bahamian government considered to have the most influence on Prime Minister Perry Christie's government. Wealthy businessman Frankie Wilson, a prominent campaign contributor and [...]	2003-06-03 20:54:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BF
03NASSAU1635	BAHAMIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TO CHINA -- COURTESY OR CONFIDANTS? [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 18:17:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV PINR PGOV CH JA BF
03NASSAU1972	OPBAT OPERATIVE SEIZED 800 POUNDS OF COCAINE [...] On October 1, 2003 charges were filed before a Nassau Magistrate against eight of the nine individuals arrested on September 27 in connection with a seizure of more than 800 pounds of cocaine. The seizure was completed by members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in cooperation with the membe [...]	2003-10-03 16:17:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BF SNAR OPBAT
03NASSAU2089	THREE MAJOR SEIZURES FOR OPBAT THIS WEEK [...] (U) In a particularly successful week's work, the Royal Bahamian Police Force and Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) scored three significant successes during October 10-14, arresting 13 individuals and seizing over $10 million dollars worth of cocaine, marijuana and hasish oil in addi [...]	2003-10-17 14:01:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF SNAR OPBAT
03NASSAU2124	BAHAMIAN DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO CUBA AND CHINA [...] (C) Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell is pursuing a new activist foreign policy focused around overtures to both Cuba and the People's Republic of China. Both Havana and Beijing should be pleased. Reportedly, The Bahamas will send a resident consul general to Havana and, in addition t [...]	2003-10-22 12:35:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV BF CU UK
03NASSAU2321	CHALLENGES OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION; CAN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) Nancy Iris, Deputy Director for the Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM) visited Nassau from October 13 - October 17, 2003. The Political Officer and Ms. Iris attended meetings with various government officials, members from NGOs, and toured the migrant detention center in [...]	2003-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SMIG BF
03NASSAU2421	BISHOP ELLIS RELISHES ROLE AS POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-09 18:04:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF PGOV PINR SCUL SOCI
03NASSAU2452	OPBAT OPERATIVE SEIZED 1159 POUNDS OF COCAINE [...] Summary. On December 8, 2003 charges were filed before a Nassau magistrate against three individuals arrested on Saturday in connection with the seizure of 1,159.40 pounds of cocaine. The seizure was completed by members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in cooperation with members of the Op [...]	2003-12-15 16:25:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BF SNAR OPBAT
03NASSAU577	BAHAMAS - THRID ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The Bahamas, although rife with alien and drug smuggling, has no indications of being a country of origin, transit, or destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Post discussed this issue with governmental sources including the Foreign Ministry, The Department of [...]	2003-03-17 21:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
03NASSAU586	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2003-03-18 16:47:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON EFIN PREL CARICOM
03NASSAU722	HUBERT INGRAHAM A YEAR LATER - NO EXCUSES, NO [...] (C) POL/ECON section chief met with former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on April 8 for a wide-ranging discussion of his tenure in office and current Bahamian politics. Ingraham freely gave his opinions about current political developments such as the upcoming Free National Movement (FNM) co [...]	2003-04-10 10:58:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BF SNAR
03NASSAU766	BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO PRESSURE ARISTIDE [...] (C) After returning from the OAS/CARICOM meeting on Haiti in Miami, Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell dismissed the possibility of invoking the democracy provision of the OAS Charter in the case of Haiti. He acknowledged problems with democracy in Haiti, but made it clear that the Bahamian gove [...]	2003-04-17 14:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF HA BF
03NASSAU925	ARTICLE 98 -- A NON-ISSUE FOR CARICOM [...] Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM Archer infers that CARICOM will not support Article 98 and clears post confusion based on mixed signals from the Prime Minster (positive) and the Foreign Ministry (negative). In relation to Cuba, he states that CARICOM will not support discussion on the country [...]	2003-05-13 21:55:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BF PGOV CARICOM
03OTTAWA1014	CANADA-IRAQ: PUBLIC OPINION MORE FAVORABLE; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first comprehensive statement on Canada's Iraq policy, and an effort to make amends with the U.S., Prime Minister Chretien urged the House of Commons April 8 to vote for a resolution supporting "our friends in battle" and hoping "for a quick victory with minimum casualti [...]	2003-04-08 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1018	CANADA-CUBA: FOREIGN MINISTER STRONGLY PROTESTS [...] (C) On April 7, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham called in Cuba's ambassador to Canada to formally protest the recent arrests and trials of Cuban opposition members. According to Louise Branch, DFAIT's Deputy Director for Central America and Cuba, who was present at the meeting [...]	2003-04-09 13:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU CA UNCHR
03OTTAWA1021	DONOR SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO, ESPECIALLY RETURNS [...] Canada's International Development Agency (CIDA) confirmed April 9 that Canada has committed C$5.4 million to Kosovo for calendar year 2003. (The Canadian dollar is worth about 68 US cents.) They do not, at this point, specifically support the Office of Returns and Communities, but will provi [...]	2003-04-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA CIDA AID
03OTTAWA1022	IAEA/IRAN: CANADIAN DEMARCHE TO EL-BARADEI [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP ENRG IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA1026	CANADA: RESPONDING TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN APPEALS, [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points on April 7 to Norman Macdonnell, Chief of Operations for International Humanitarian Assistance at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). On April 8, poloff met with Mcdonnell, Louise Marchand, CIDA's Director General for International Assist [...]	2003-04-10 12:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IZ CA CIDA AID
03OTTAWA1036	BANK OF CANADA PROMOTES FROM WITHIN [...] The Bank of Canada's April 9 announcement that Paul Jenkins will be promoted to Senior Deputy Governor reverses a recent trend of drawing on outside talent for top leadership. Jenkins, a Deputy Governor for 10 years, had been a front-runner for the SDG job in 1999, but was edged out by Malco [...]	2003-04-10 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN CA PBIO
03OTTAWA1038	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL CA NO IN JA
03OTTAWA1043	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 10 [...] As of April 9, 2003, Health Canada has received reports of 242 probable or suspect cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada. There have been 10 deaths in Canada. All Canadian cases have occurred in persons who have traveled to Asia or had contact with SARS cases in the house [...]	2003-04-10 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1049	WGSARS: Update 8 - Ontario SARS Health Emergency [...] Ottawa transmitting text of AmConsul Toronto. 2. Fatalities: As of COB April 9, no new SARS deaths have been reported, leaving the number of SARS fatalities in Ontario at ten. 3. Number of cases: Health Canada's April 9 SARS advisory lists approximately 195 cases of SARS in Ontario, inc [...]	2003-04-11 13:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA SARS
03OTTAWA1057	THE WORLD'S TOP TRADING PARTNERSHIP [...] U.S. and world trade have declined significantly in the past two years from their peaks in 2000. This decline is an unusual event which is partly explained by the technology/telecoms crash. The world's largest bilateral trading relationship has been affected, with the value of trade decli [...]	2003-04-11 20:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN CA
03OTTAWA1061	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 11 [...] Health Canada reports 253 probable or suspect cases across Canada, a net increase of 9. Health Canada, as a precaution, has asked blood collection agencies not to accept blood donations from those who have traveled outside Canada to SARS affected regions, or have been to a facility under SARS [...]	2003-04-11 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1062	THE SILENT MAJORITY: CANADIAN OPINION OF THE U.S. [...] Summary. Ambassador Cellucci's public expression, March 25, of U.S. "disappointment" over the Canadian government's posture on the war in Iraq has led to an outpouring of response from the general public. Since the speech, public opinion polls have consistently shown growing public approval o [...]	2003-04-11 20:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KPLS
03OTTAWA1065	IRAQI EMBASSY IN CANADA [...] (S) We discussed reftel (A) demarche with Chris Hull, Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for Iraq, on April 11. Hull told us that the GoC continues to monitor closely the activities of the one Iraqi diplomat remaining in country, Charge Mamdouh Mustafa, and had no indication that he was destroying [...]	2003-04-11 21:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL IZ CA
03OTTAWA1066	CANADIAN COMMENTS ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CA CBW BWC
03OTTAWA1075	TFIZ01: MORE ON CANADA'S FREEZE OF IRAQI [...] (SBU) Ref A reported that the GOC froze Iraqi government assets in compliance with the 1990 UNSC resolutions. The Department of Finance clarified April 14 that the amount remaining is "insignificant" (estimated at under C$20,000). Most of the US$2.73 million notified to the UN in 1991 have b [...]	2003-04-14 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL CA UN
03OTTAWA1077	TFIZ01: MORE ON CANADA'S FREEZE OF IRAQI [...] (SBU) Ref A reported that the GOC froze Iraqi government assets in compliance with the 1990 UNSC resolutions. The Department of Finance clarified April 14 that the amount remaining is "insignificant" (estimated at under C$20,000). Most of the US$2.73 million notified to the UN in 1991 have b [...]	2003-04-14 20:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL CA

03OTTAWA1078	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 14 [...] As of April 13, 2003, Health Canada has received reports of 283 probable or suspect cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada. There have been 13 deaths in Canada - all clustered in Toronto. The information contained in this update was accurate as of 13:00 Eastern Daylight Sa [...]	2003-04-14 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1079	TELECOM POLICY: [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Canada is clearly shifting its policy on telecommunications competition toward a more pro-competitive model. -- Following extensive public hearings, in late April a key Parliamentary committee [...]	2003-04-15 14:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1098	CANADIAN POLITICS: QUEBEC LIBERAL PARTY [...] By most accounts, the surprise victory of the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) in the April 14 elections has sounded the death knell for the separatist agenda. In the words of one pundit, QLP leader Jean Charest "is the first unambiguous federalist to head a Quebec government in decades, a sign of [...]	2003-04-16 16:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
03OTTAWA1107	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 16 [...] As of April 15, 2003, Health Canada has received reports of 296 probable or suspect cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada. There have been 13 deaths in Canada - all clustered in Toronto, Ontario. To date, transmission has been limited to specific transmission settings su [...]	2003-04-16 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1109	CANADA SUPPORTS COSTA RICAN AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA1114	CANADA: WI-FI SURVEY RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 20:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1118	CANADA TO PRESS BHUTAN ON NEGOTIATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF BT NP CA
03OTTAWA1119	CANADA NOT INTERESTED IN CONSENSUS SLATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OTRA XG CA UNESCO
03OTTAWA1120	CANADA: NO IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS PLANNED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 21:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM IZ CA CIDA
03OTTAWA1123	CANADA-U.S SECURITY RELATIONS - GETTING PAST IRAQ [...] (C) With U.S.-Canada relations in flux and the role of the United Nations in question, Canadian foreign policy is at a crossroads. The postponement of the President's state visit to Ottawa, after Canada chose not to participate in Iraq and senior GoC officials criticized the U.S.-led effort, h [...]	2003-04-22 12:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA IZ
03OTTAWA1124	JUDGE TO LEAD CANADA'S DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 12:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CA OSCE
03OTTAWA1129	CANADA SUPPORTS OAS CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 17:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV HA CA OAS
03OTTAWA1136	CANADA RULES OUT BID FOR OSCE CHAIR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CA OSCE
03OTTAWA1139	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 21 [...] Health Canada as of April 17 has begun to provide Health Alert notices to passengers departing by train from Toronto's Union Station. The Health Alert notice describes the symptoms of SARS and advises travelers to see a physician if they develop symptoms. 2. As of 13:00 Eastern Daylight [...]	2003-04-23 12:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1140	CANADIAN AUTO STRATEGY [...] An alliance of the Canadian federal government, Ontario provincial government, automotive sector manufacturers and labor unions are working to define and implement a long-term strategy to keep the Canadian automotive sector competitive (Ref B). At least one element of the multi-prong strategy [...]	2003-04-23 15:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ELAB ELTN CA
03OTTAWA1149	ALBERTA ENERGY LEADERS ON GOOD NEWS, WORRIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ALBERTA ENERGY SECTOR LEADERS SUPPORT U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, ARE VERY PLEASED THE U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) HAS BEGUN TO TREAT OIL SANDS AS PROVEN RESERVES AND ARE CONCERNED THAT NORTH AMERICA IS BECOMING OVERLY RELIANT ON NATURAL GAS FOR ELECT [...]	2003-04-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON SENV CA
03OTTAWA1155	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 24 [...] The WHO Travel Advisory released on April 23 that recommended against travel to Toronto precipitated vigorous dissent from the Federal Health Minister Anne McLellan, from Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman and from provincial and federal public health officials (ref B). Deputy Prime Minister John Manl [...]	2003-04-24 20:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1164	MEPP: CANADIAN VIEWS ON POST-IRAQ DYNAMIC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Molloy, Canada's Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, believes the U.S. victory in Iraq will have the biggest impact on the region of any event since the 1967 War. How the U.S. handles the post-conflict phase, he told us, will set the tone for the West's [...]	2003-04-25 19:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CA MEPP
03OTTAWA1167	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 25 [...] Health Canada provides domestic travel advisory with the message: "It's safe to come to Toronto"; federal cabinet to meet in Toronto on April 29 to lead by example. Total cases in Ontario continue to drop, but there has been an increase in suspect cases in British Columbia. End summary. - [...]	2003-04-25 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1168	OTTAWA: LETTER FROM U/S LARSON AND TAYLOR ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel message April 25 to Hau Sing Tse, Vice-President of the Canadian International Development SIPDIS Agency (CIDA) and to Jonathan Fried, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, with a copy to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The GOC is discussing al [...]	2003-04-25 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA1169	CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT, [...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about the April 29 "European Defense Summit" (ref. A),and is pleased that we are making U.S. views clear to Europe. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, said the GoC considers the Summit very unhelpful both for [...]	2003-04-25 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EU MK CA NATO
03OTTAWA1180	MANITOBA BUDGET "STEADY AS SHE GOES" AGAIN [...] Summary: On the eve of a provincial election this spring, Manitoba's left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP) government delivered a cautious budget on April 22, laying out its fiscal plan for the upcoming year. As in previous NDP budgets, this years' rendition features very modest tax-cuts [...]	2003-04-29 14:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1181	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC RESPONSE ON [...] (U) Action request paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade conveyed (by fax) the following response to our ref B demarche. The fax cover sheet requested that we advise the GOC of how we expect to proceed. Begin text of GOC response: -- Thank you for y [...]	2003-04-29 18:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CA
03OTTAWA1190	IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADA OFFERS AIR TRANSPORT, [...] (C) Canadian Prime Minister Chretien issued an Iraqi reconstruction press release on April 29, announcing that Canada is ready to make available elements of its Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART); Canadian transport aircraft to support humanitarian assistance efforts and reconstruction m [...]	2003-04-29 21:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1221	CANADA: PRIME MINISTER SUGGESTS HE MIGHT MOVE [...] (U) During an address at a Liberal Party fund raiser in Toronto on April 29, Prime Minster Jean Chretien stated that his government plans to introduce legislation that would decriminalize the possession of "small amounts" of marijuana. Chretien stated that the proposed bill would eliminate cri [...]	2003-04-30 21:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV CA
03OTTAWA123	CANADA: FIRST NATIONS NATIONAL CHIEF WANTS TO WORK [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 17, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Matthew Coon Come -- appealed specifically for U.S. collaboration with First Nations law enforcement personnel to enhance border security and help dispel negative perceptions that First Natio [...]	2003-01-13 19:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS CA
03OTTAWA1237	OTTAWA: GOC POLICY ON IRAQ DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-01 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN CA IZ IMF
03OTTAWA1238	CANADA CONTINUING TO RESPOND TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) Poloff conveyed the points contained ref A on humanitarian assistance and reconstruction of Iraq to Louise Marchand, Director General for Humanitarian Assistance at the Canadian International Development Agency, and Norman Macdonnell, CIDA's Chief of Operations for International Humanitari [...]	2003-05-01 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF IZ CA AID
03OTTAWA1241	CUSTOMS: CANADA SUPPORTS CLASSIFICATION OF FANTA [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-02 14:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
03OTTAWA1250	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM UNDER SECRETARIES [...] Hau Sing Tse, Vice-President of Canada's International Development Agency has responded on behalf of the GOC to the letter conveyed in Ref b. Following is the faxed text of the letter. 2. Begin text 2003-05-02 Mr. John B. Taylor Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affai [...]	2003-05-02 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA1251	NEW U.S.- CANADA AVIATION PRECLEARANCE AGREEMENT [...] The United States and Canada exchanged diplomatic notes May 2, bringing into effect the Aviation Preclearance Agreement that had been signed in 2001. Ambassador Cellucci exchanged notes with Foreign Minister Graham in a ceremony in Canada's Parliament building. Transportation Minister Colle [...]	2003-05-02 20:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREF CA
03OTTAWA1252	CANADIAN RESPONSE ON FLEEING IRAQI REGIME OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided us the following response on April 29: "The issue of apprehending and dealing appropriately with persons who have allegedly committed crimes against humanity or war crime [...]	2003-05-02 20:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL XG XH IZ CA
03OTTAWA1253	MIDDLE EAST: CANADA WELCOMES ROADMAP, RECOMMENDS [...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Graham issued a statement praising the release of the Quartet's Roadmap, and saying it bolsters the prospects for peace in the Middle East. Graham said the Roadmap and the confirmation of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister were the "first positive things we [...]	2003-05-02 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL CA FAC
03OTTAWA126	CANADA: ENGAGING ON VENEZUELA AT ECUADORAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jose Herran-Lima, Director of DFAIT's South American Division, and Renata Wielgosz, DFAIT's Inter-American Affairs Division Director, on January 10. Wielgosz indicated Canada is very interested in joining in discussions concerning Venezuela on the margins [...]	2003-01-13 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
03OTTAWA1265	CANADIAN ECONOMIC UPDATE: NORTHERN TIGER BEING [...] Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The tiger's roar is beginning to weaken. In spite of a strong energy sector, respectable domestic demand and sound provincial finances, forecasters, including the Bank of [...]	2003-05-05 19:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1284	CANADIAN CABINET DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) The Canadian Cabinet discussed missile defense cooperation with the U.S. in its May 6 meeting, but reached no conclusion and will continue discussions on May 13. Foreign Minister Graham and Defense Minister McCallum briefed Cabinet and encouraged a decision to engage in missile defense neg [...]	2003-05-06 21:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM CA
03OTTAWA1304	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [...] Health Canada's response concerning reftel demarche was unequivocal: Canada will not support deletion of FCTC Article 30 at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA). In Canada's view, the text of the Convention is now in its final form and it is too late in the process to revisit the text and [...]	2003-05-08 16:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CA WHO
03OTTAWA1306	Still no details on revised Canadian ITER bid [...] In December 2002 during the 7th ITER Negotiations meeting in Barcelona, the Canadian delegation announced that in light of the competing proposals made by the European Union and Japan to host ITER, it would reassess its offer with a view to indicating a revised position early in 2003. 2. [...]	2003-05-08 16:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TNGD ENRG EINV CA
03OTTAWA1322	CANADA: DECRIMINALIZATION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, poloffs were briefed by Terry Cormier, Director of DFAIT's International Crime and Terrorism Division, and Kevin O'Shea, Director of DFAIT's United States General Relations Division, on the Canadian government's plans to decrease legal sanctions for the possession of sma [...]	2003-05-08 20:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA1323	NORTH KOREAN REPROCESSING: CANADA WILL RAISE [...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about North Korean statements on reprocessing spent fuel (reftel),and plans to convey those concerns directly to DPRK officials at the UN and in Beijing. Political Director Jim Wright told Political Minister Counselor on May 7 that he will also suggest th [...]	2003-05-08 21:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KN CA
03OTTAWA1325	CANADA: MANITOBANS GO TO THE POLLS JUNE 3 [...] (U) Summary. Riding high in the public opinion polls, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer (New Democratic Party -- NDP) ended weeks of speculation by calling a provincial election for June 3. Re-election of the NDP government will keep alive Canadian opposition to U.S. proposals seeking to alleviate [...]	2003-05-09 15:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV ECON CA
03OTTAWA1333	NPT: IRAN'S BOGUS CLAIMS OF CANADIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 19:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC IR CA NPT
03OTTAWA1349	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR LIFTING OF IRAQ SANCTIONS [...] (C) We conveyed points contained reftel on May 9 to Don Sinclair, Director General of DFAIT's Middle East and North Africa Bureau. Sinclair said Canada welcomed the news that the resolution to lift sanctions against Iraq had been introduced in the UN Security Council. He indicated that Canada [...]	2003-05-12 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1352	56TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY - CANADIAN HEAD OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 14:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA CA
03OTTAWA1364	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [...] This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. As a follow-up to the official GoC response to our request for support on removing the Reservations Clause (Article 30) of the FCTC (Ref A),Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has provided Emba [...]	2003-05-13 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CA WHO
03OTTAWA1367	CANADA: STATUS OF LOCAL LAWS IMPLEMENTING IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 21:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1376	CANADA MAKING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) Don Sinclair, Director General of DFAIT,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau, gave us a heads-up on May 14 that the government of Canada will announce shortly an additional contribution of C$200 million (approximately U.S.$140 million) for humanitarian relief needs and reconstruction in I [...]	2003-05-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IZ CA
03OTTAWA1383	INTERNET PHARMACIES: MANITOBA LEADS THE WAY IN [...] SUMMARY - WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND REGULATOR, MANITOBA HAS BECOME A HUB FOR THE GROWING CROSS-BORDER TRADE IN PHARMACEUTICALS FROM CANADA TO THE U.S. CANADIAN INTERNET PHARMACIES, SOME OF WHICH FILL MORE THAT 1000 PRESCRIPTIONS A DAY, HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN TAKI [...]	2003-05-15 16:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND CA
03OTTAWA1401	TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: [...] (C) As requested in reftel, ESTH Counselor made points on observer status for Taiwan to Ross Snyder, Deputy Director for UN Specialized Agencies, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Snyder indicated that he was well aware of the issue and would pass our views along t [...]	2003-05-16 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC
03OTTAWA1432	CANADA REPORTS FIRST NORTH AMERICA BSE CASE [...] (U) Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Van Clief notified Ambassador on May 20 that the Minister would announce that afternoon Canada's (and North America's) first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an animal not imported from Europe. Agriculture Canada's draft press release -- [...]	2003-05-20 19:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO CA
03OTTAWA1437	(C/NF) CANADA: A GOVERNMENT ADRIFT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite guarded optimism that the GOC might try to "make amends" for its anti-U.S. handling of Iraq policy, it has become increasingly apparent that the government's behavior on Iraq was symptomatic of a much deeper problem: as in Baghdad, the leadership has gone underground. [...]	2003-05-20 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SNAR CA KCRIM
03OTTAWA144	CANADA ON ESDI/P AND EU BALKANS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Canada is pleased with the upswing in NATO-EU relations in the wake of the Prague and Copenhagen summits (reftel A),but shares our concern about unity of command issues. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, told us that Canada still had questi [...]	2003-01-14 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU CA BK NATO
03OTTAWA1451	CANADA: WILL CONTINUE RAISING CONCERNS WITH DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 17:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KN CA
03OTTAWA1461	CANADA ON RECALL OF IRAQI COM [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Middle East Division Deputy Director Graeme McIntyre affirmed that the GOC had taken a decision to facilitate the return to Baghdad of Iraqi Charge d'Affaires Mamdouh S. MUSTAFA, the sole Iraqi diplomat remaining in Canada. POL/Liaison sources at post advis [...]	2003-05-22 20:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL CA IZ
03OTTAWA1464	CANADA: STATUS OF INSTRUMENTS FOR CHILD PROTECTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CA
03OTTAWA1465	CANADA WILL OFFER PERSONNEL TO OHRA [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 20:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL CA CIDA
03OTTAWA1466	CANADA NOT READY TO COMMIT TO U.S. CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1470	Canadian response to demarche on Codex ad hoc [...] Demarche was delivered to Codex Contact point at Health Canada as well as to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada. 2. Response from CFIA contact (Chris Payette) is that GoC shares U [...]	2003-05-23 15:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO CA
03OTTAWA1474	CANADA-FRANCE: VISIT OF FRENCH PM RAFFARIN [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 18:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CA FR
03OTTAWA1480	CANADA - 2003 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. The following constitutes Ottawa's submission for the 2003 International Religious Freedom Report. Introduction and Overview No changes. Section I: Religious Demography Paragraph that begins "There is no state or dominant [...]	2003-05-23 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF CA
03OTTAWA1487	CANADA'S INTENTIONS REGARDING SAFE THIRD COUNTRY [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting on May 23, officials with Citizenship and Immigration Canada told poloffs that while Canada is prepared to meet its commitments concerning the resettlement of refugees under its Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States, it will not begin to do so until that [...]	2003-05-27 17:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SMIG CA CIC
03OTTAWA1497	CANADA: GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES LEGISLATIVE CHANGES [...] Summary: On May 27, Canada's Minister of Health Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice Martin Cauchon, and Solicitor General Wayne Easter presented to the House of Commons the long-awaited legislative reforms to Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act pertaining to marijuana. Debate in the [...]	2003-05-27 21:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV CA
03OTTAWA1520	TERRORIST FINANCE, OTTAWA- PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) Post notified the GOC of reftel points on May 22. On May 28, the Department of Foreign Affairs notified us of the results of this morning's interagency meeting on possible responses to our demarche. The GOC has decided to add al Aqsa Foundation to the Criminal Code listing workplan for [...]	2003-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1528	CEREAL FORTIFICATION - CANADA DEFERS AUTHORIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary - Health Canada has once again deferred making a final decision on General Mill's August 2001 application for temporary marketing authority to sell breakfast cereals with U.S. vitamin fortification levels in Canada. After their own analysis indicated that high levels of folic ac [...]	2003-05-29 19:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR CA
03OTTAWA1537	OAS ELECTIONS: CANADA TO SUPPORT TWO U.S CANDIDATES [...] (U) On May 23, Post delivered talking points contained ref A to Bertrand-Xavier Asselin, Desk Officer for Hemispheric and OAS Relations in DFAIT,s Inter-American Division. Asselin indicated that Canada has decided to support the candidacy of Douglass Cassel for re-election to the Justice Studi [...]	2003-05-29 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1538	CANADA: SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE/IDP RETURNS TO KOSOVO [...] (U) Post delivered points contained ref A to Claudie Senay, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on May 19. 2. (U) In a follow-up discussion May 29, Senay said that Canada recognizes the importance [...]	2003-05-29 20:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA UNMIK
03OTTAWA1539	MISSILE DEFENSE: CANADA ANNOUNCES DECISION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Canadian Government announced on May 29 that it has decided to enter into discussions with the U.S. on missile defense participation. This decision represents a dramatic shift in Canadian policy on missile defense, which was generally viewed in a negative light her [...]	2003-05-29 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA
03OTTAWA1542	CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA
03OTTAWA1543	2003 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Mission Canada has updated the the non-NAFTA investment disputes (Claimants B, F, and H) and will e-mail the text as requested in ref A. We have not updated the NAFTA Chapter 11 disputes being handled by L/CID (Claimants A, C, D, E, and G). We are not aware of any new investor-state disputes [...]	2003-05-30 13:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CA
03OTTAWA1556	IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: CANADA PUSHING HARD [...] (C) Canadian Foreign Minister Graham met with Iranian FM Kharazzi May 24 in Paris, and stressed Canada's strong concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. Terry Wood, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, said Graham told Kharazzi that Iran's May 6 presentation at the IAEA ga [...]	2003-05-30 20:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR CA
03OTTAWA156	TRIPS PUBLIC HEALTH: CANADA UNDERSTANDS USG [...] (SBU) Econ officer spoke with Catherine Dickson, Director of the Information and Technology Trade Policy Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),to follow up on Ref B letter from Ambassador Zoellick to Minister for International Trade Pettigrew. Dickson n [...]	2003-01-15 18:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ETRD USTR
03OTTAWA1567	(C/NF) CANADA,S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CONTEST: A RACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. With the official launching in April of the leadership campaigns of Deputy PM John Manley and Liberal backbencher Paul Martin, the three-way contest to succeed PM Jean Chretien -- Canada's race for a political cure -- is officially on. Though the Liberal Leadership convention i [...]	2003-06-02 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA1568	NO AIR CANADA FLIGHTS TO BEIRUT NOW [...] Classified by Economic Minister Counselor Michael Gallagher for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). Â [...]	2003-06-02 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAIR PTER PINR CA LE
03OTTAWA1596	CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS FOR WORLD [...] Canada will support U.S positions on Agenda items 1.5 and 1.24 at the World Radiocommunication Conference. According to Industry Canada's Director for Terrestrial Engineering Doug Sward, Canada has been on board with these two issues throughout their preparations for the Conference. Sward wil [...]	2003-06-05 18:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS
03OTTAWA160	CANADIAN ECONOMIC FORECAST: NORTHERN TIGER [...] Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Canada's economy is like the "Energizer Bunny" - it just keeps going and going. Canada should post a solid 3.3 percent annual increase in real GDP in 2002, which is more t [...]	2003-01-15 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1605	G8; MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; U.S. ECONOMIC POLICY [...] "We'd be better off with the G-Zero." Columnist William Watson noted in the conservative English-language daily the Montreal Gazette (6/3): "The big news story in France yesterday was the length of the handshake on Sunday when Jacques Chirac welcomed George W. Bush to the G8 summit. The Fren [...]	2003-06-06 19:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA1629	CANADA CUSTOMS' DUMPING INVESTIGATION COULD IMPACT [...] Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) has initiated an investigation into the alleged injurious dumping of steel structural tubing, known as hollow structural sections, originating in, or exported from Korea, South Africa and Turkey. The investigation covers hollow structural sections made [...]	2003-06-09 20:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1636	CANADA PROVINCIAL ELECTION: MANITOBA RE-ELECTS NEW [...] SUMMARY. As expected, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and his left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP) won a second majority government in the June 3 elections. The Manitoba NDP is a strong proponent of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly and a driving force behind Canadian opposition to U.S. propo [...]	2003-06-10 16:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA NDP
03OTTAWA1640	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report June 10 [...] As of June 9, 2003, Health Canada has received reports of 424 probable or suspect cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada. There have been 33 deaths in Canada. Canadian officials maintain that to date, transmission has been limited to specific transmission settings such a [...]	2003-06-10 19:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA
03OTTAWA1654	CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF, [...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...]	2003-06-11 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG
03OTTAWA1658	CANADA ON UNESCO BOARD [...] (C) Post delivered points contained ref A to Jean-Luc Chouinard, Special Advisor for UNESCO in DFAIT's UN and Commonwealth Affairs Division, and Dr. Michel Tessier, Elections Co-ordinator in that division, on June 10, 2003. We also asked again if Canada would consider deferring its UNESCO Exec [...]	2003-06-11 20:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CA UNESCO
03OTTAWA1662	AFGHANISTAN: CANADA ANNOUNCES ARTF SUPPORT AND AID [...] Summary: On June 10, the GOC announced the opening of its embassy in Kabul (septel) and allocation of C$21.2 million of the C$250 million in new aid pledged for the next two years. The allocation includes an additional C$15 million to support the operational budget of the Afghan Transitiona [...]	2003-06-12 18:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA1663	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SOLICITS FTAA SECRETARIAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 18:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TD CA FTAA
03OTTAWA1668	Canadians Pleased with President's AIDS [...] This cable contains an action request (para.9). 2. ESTH Counselor and ESTH Specialist called on Ed Aiston, Director General for International Affairs, and Martin Methot, his deputy, in the Canadian Health Ministry to discuss the President's AIDS initiative. Aiston said the Canadian Governme [...]	2003-06-12 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID EUN
03OTTAWA1670	IAEA/IRAN: CANADA SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS [...] (C) Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu told DCM on June 12 that Canada will support our efforts to get a formal resolution on Iran at the June 16 IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (ref. A). Despite the Canadian delegation's skepticism in Vienna that such a resolution will be attaina [...]	2003-06-12 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA1675	CANADIAN PHARMACEUTICAL PATENTS: PARLIAMENTARY [...] Summary ) A Parliamentary committee has postponed a decision to recommend changes to Canada,s drug patent rules that cover the process for bringing generic drugs to the market once the innovator,s patents expire. The Canadian review mirrors the recent U.S. deliberations on the Hatch-Waxman la [...]	2003-06-13 16:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON CA
03OTTAWA1721	INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY: [...] SUMMARY: GOC OFFICIALS APPEAR TO BE CAUTIOUSLY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE IPHE, BUT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IPHE WILL RELATE TO THE IEA'S HYDROGEN COORDINATION GROUP. THEY ALSO POSED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS ABOUT IPHE'S POSSIBLE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS - SEE ACTION REQUESTED, PA [...]	2003-06-18 15:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG CA
03OTTAWA1722	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-18 15:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1740	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-19 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1744	MANITOBA CONSERVATION LEADER REGISTERS CONCERN IN [...] On 19 June, Manitoba Conservative Party leader (and head of Manitoba's Official Opposition in the Legislature) Stuart Murray visited new APP Winnipeg Consul to formally register the concerns of his constituents at the ongoing freeze of Canadian beef import into the United States. He specifical [...]	2003-06-19 20:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PREL OTRA CA
03OTTAWA1746	GOC CUT GROWTH EXPECTATIONS FOR CANADIAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. PRIVATE SECTOR AND GOC EXPECT LOWER GROWTH ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) On June 3, the Bank of Canada downgraded its 2003 growth outlook for Canada from nearly 4%, in May, to 2. [...]	2003-06-19 20:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1758	AFGHANISTAN FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT: CANADIAN [...] (SBU) The Canadian Government reacted very evenly to the June 19 decision by U.S. Air Force LTGEN Bruce Carlson not to proceed with courts martial against two pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Chretien said the matter is now closed as far as the Canadi [...]	2003-06-20 18:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS CA AF
03OTTAWA1765	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: CANADIAN REACTIONS TO USDOC [...] SUMMARY: Canadian reactions to the USDOC policy bulletin on softwood lumber, which was released by Undersecretary Grant Aldonas on June 18, were mildly positive except in Quebec where there was broad disappointment that the section concerning that province was excluded from the document. Wha [...]	2003-06-23 12:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL CA
03OTTAWA1779	CANADA SUPPORTS UNDOF RENEWAL, HOPES TO REDUCE [...] (C) Canada supports renewing the mandate for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),where it currently provides 194 personnnel. Peter Armstrong-Whitworth of Foreign Affairs' Peacekeeping Office indicated that Canada is considering reducing its contribution in the future, and that the Go [...]	2003-06-23 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR PREL IS SY CA JA UNDOF UNSC
03OTTAWA178	CANADIAN POSITION ON IRAQ UNCHANGED [...] (C) Despite Prime Minister Chretien's January 15 comment that "the international community must speak and act through the UN Security Council," Canada's position on military participation in a potential war against Iraq is unchanged. Contacts at Foreign Affairs and National Defense assured us [...]	2003-01-16 19:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ CA UN
03OTTAWA1797	WHAT IS CANADIAN? GOC REVIEWS ITS DEFINITION OF [...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Canada applies various tests to define "Canadian content" of entertainment products, in order to make funding decisions and to enforce broadcast content requirements. On June 17, the GOC announced results of a year-long review (reftel) of the definition of "Canadian c [...]	2003-06-25 12:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL CA
03OTTAWA1801	CANADA INTERESTED IN U.S. INITIATIVES FOR UNGA 58 [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL CA UNGA
03OTTAWA1812	Canada's Uranium: A primer [...] Canada is the largest uranium producer in the world - in 2002 production was 11,607 metric tonnes of uranium, about one-third of total world production. Canada typically provides 20 to 30 percent of uranium used in the United States. The two main players are Cameco, a Canadian-based publicly [...]	2003-06-26 18:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD ENRG KNNP CA
03OTTAWA185	WEST NILE VIRUS: ONTARIO DOCTORS MUST REPORT [...] Ontario is expected to make it mandatory soon to report human cases of West Nile Virus to the provincial Public Health Officer. "Reportable diseases" are listed in regulations made under the statutory authority of the province's Health Protection and Promotion Act. This will make Ontario the f [...]	2003-01-17 16:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV CA
03OTTAWA1857	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: TREASURY LETTER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has received reftel letter and is exploring the legal procedures necessary to complete transfer of assets to the Iraqi government in compliance with the expected notification from the UN 661 Committee. The frozen Iraqi government assets are held by banks, and the GOC d [...]	2003-06-30 19:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC

03OTTAWA1858	TELECOM REGULATION: COMPETITIVE ACCESS TO MULTI-UNIT [...] As reported reftel, Canada is clearly shifting its policy on telecommunications competition toward a more pro- competitive model. A decision announced by the GOC's telecom regulator on June 30 reinforced this trend by clarifying the terms of access of telecom service providers to multi-unit [...]	2003-06-30 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1862	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA BIN AL-ATTIYAH, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Abdulla bin al-Attiyah, Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terror [...]	2003-06-30 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR QA XF
03OTTAWA1863	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Marwan Hamadeh discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terrorist finan [...]	2003-06-30 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC CVIS PREL PTER PINR LE XF ETRN
03OTTAWA1865	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH FAHIM MOUDAD, DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Fahim Moudad, Deputy Governor of the Banque du Liban, discussed the fight against terrorist financing; cooperation on Iraq; and the Lebanese econo [...]	2003-06-30 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER LE XF
03OTTAWA1866	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH AHMED MOHAMED ALI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Khawi, Chairman of the Yemen Banking Association (YBA),discussed the fight against terrorist financing and Yemen's economic [...]	2003-06-30 20:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR YM ZR
03OTTAWA1875	IAEA/IRAN: CANADIAN VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Canada would support a summer IAEA Board meeting (reftel) so long as there is consensus for a resolution or other strong statement at that meeting on the Iranian nuclear program. Ron Stansfield, Foreign Affairs' Acting Director for Nuclear and Chemical Disarmament, told us on July 2 that [...]	2003-07-02 20:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA1876	Update 44 - Ontario SARS (July 2, 2003): WHO [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-03 13:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA
03OTTAWA1899	ISAF: CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum visited Kabul June 23-24 in advance of Canada's participation in ISAF IV and V. McCallum met with Afghan President Karzai and Defense Minister Khan, among others, and visited the camp being set up for approximately 1,800 Canadian troops. Wh [...]	2003-07-07 12:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA1911	MANITOBA DAY IN LOS ANGELES [...] The Canadian Consul General in Los Angeles, Colin Robertson, hosted a broad Manitoba trade mission led by Premier Gary Doer as a part of the Consulate's Canada Day celebrations. The trade mission included announcements of several important business deals and entertainment ventures. The most [...]	2003-07-07 21:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA1924	SCENE-SETTER FOR TRI- AND BILATERAL ENERGY MEETINGS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. In preparation for the forthcoming meetings of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) and U.S.- Canada Energy Consultative Mechanism (ECM) in Ottawa July 15-17, post provides the following u [...]	2003-07-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1927	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: A MODEST PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: We appear to be moving toward yet another trade-restrictive, time-limited softwood lumber agreement. If so, it might be useful to think now about what we could do to come up with a more durable solution while the temporary measures are in place. The fact that current trade law [...]	2003-07-09 16:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR SENV CA
03OTTAWA1975	OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND ADDITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA1985	CANADA PLEASED WITH GOVERNING COUNCIL LAUNCH [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ UNSC
03OTTAWA1996	CANADA'S PROVINCIAL PREMIERS TAKE A STAND [...] Summary: Canadian premiers met for their annual conference on July 9-11 at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI). The tone was upbeat. The premiers went beyond the ritual criticism of federal heavy-handedness and demands for more funding out of Ottawa and focused on ways to make their [...]	2003-07-15 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA2001	CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KRIM CA PRE
03OTTAWA2002	2003 CANADIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude ---------------- 2. With few exceptions, Canada offers foreign investors full national treatment within the context of a [...]	2003-07-15 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTDB KSPR CA OPIC
03OTTAWA2006	CANADA TO CONTINUE TO PRESSURE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA [...] (SBU) Post delivered points contained reftel to Nancy Mackay-Dietrich, Special Advisor for Burma in DFAIT,s Southeast Asia Division, on July 14, 2003. Mackay-Dietrich indicated that, in addition to the visa restrictions mentioned in reftel, the GOC was taking other steps to secure the relea [...]	2003-07-15 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BM CA
03OTTAWA2007	FY 2003 IV MRP "MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY" EVALUATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2014	CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 13:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA202	CANADA: ARF STATEMENT SHOULD REFLECT CONSENSUS [...] (C) Post provided Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Regional Security and Peacekeeping Division, Sarah Smith and Deputy Director for Korea, Hartmuth Kroll, talking points and texts of the proposed statement by the Chairman of the ASEAN [...]	2003-01-17 22:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CA ARF
03OTTAWA2028	CANADA APPRECIATES REAL STORY ON FIVE CUBAN SPIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU CA
03OTTAWA2062	MAGAZINES: GOC CUTS ITS MAGAZINE SUPPORT FUND, [...] On July 8 the GOC announced cuts/changes to its funding programs in support of Canadian magazines. These programs were the key measures put in place in 1999 following resolution of a U.S.-Canada bilateral dispute concerning periodicals. In making the cuts, the GOC pronounced the magazine i [...]	2003-07-18 18:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2068	QUESTIONS ON THE "NO FLY" LIST [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (C) Post continues to seek information about the TSA "no-fly list (ref. a)." Our understanding from discussions with TSA is that there is a written policy on the no-fly list that describes, among other things, information that is to be shared [...]	2003-07-18 20:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PTER CA
03OTTAWA2069	FAA VIOLATION: CANADA'S RESPONSE [...] We conveyed the information on the alleged violation of FAA regulations by a Canadian, Mr. Glen Green (ref a),to Transport Canada, which has provided the following response. We will convey any additional information we receive. 2. Text of letter from Transport Canada: Thank you for your [...]	2003-07-18 20:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CA
03OTTAWA2091	CANADA: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MANLEY DROPS OUT OF [...] (U) John Manley, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, withdrew from the Liberal Party leadership race on July 22, saying that Paul Martin's lead is insurmountable. Manley said that his campaign reviewed party membership lists over the weekend, and determined that it would not [...]	2003-07-22 19:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA2092	SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 19:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS AORC PHSA SENV
03OTTAWA2103	UNDOF: DRAWDOWN OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT [...] (C) Canada confirmed to us that is does intend to reduce its contribution to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) over the next 12 months, but that it will not do so before ensuring adequate backfill by others. We discussed reftel (A) concerns with Barbara Martin, Director of Foreign A [...]	2003-07-23 17:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL IS SY CA JA
03OTTAWA2104	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; ICC [...] "Fallout from Iraq" The centrist Winnipeg Free Press observed (7/8): "...Mr. Bush's reasons for going to war may be questioned more and more sharply, as next year's presidential election approaches, if popular support for the Iraq invasion ebbs and poor performance of the U.S. economy saps [...]	2003-07-23 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2109	CANADA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM IRAN OVER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Graham announced on July 23 that Canada is recalling its Ambassador to Iran after Iran proceeded to bury photojournalist Zahra Kazemi rather than return her body to Canada. Kazemi's son in Montreal had called for the body to be returned to Canada, and Graham said that Kaz [...]	2003-07-23 20:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR CA
03OTTAWA2115	IAEA/IRAN: CANADA AGREES ON NEED TO MOVE UP EL [...] (C) Canada agrees with us that the IAEA Director General's next report on Iran needs to be issued prior to August 29 in order to mount an effective campaign before the September 8-12 Board of Governors meeting (ref. A),but believes that August 15 may not be feasible. Terry Wood, Foreign Affai [...]	2003-07-24 18:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2120	CANADA'S FIRST NATIONS ELECT A NEW GRAND CHIEF; [...] Summary: Canada's Assembly of First Nations (AFN) met for their 24th annual meeting on July 15-17 and elected Phil Fontaine to a three-year term as National Grand Chief. Chief Fontaine, a self-described conciliator, brings a less confrontational style than his predecessor, Matthew Coon Come, [...]	2003-07-24 19:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
03OTTAWA2121	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO UNGA INITIATIVES-PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian response to U.S. priority initiatives for the UNGA 58 (ref A) was largely supportive. The GOC, however, hoped the U.S. would show more flexibility on the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The GOC was also uncertain about its stance on a human right [...]	2003-07-24 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CA UNGA AROC UNAUS
03OTTAWA2125	CANADA: HIGH ON HYDROGEN [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides an overview of Canada's public and private efforts to develop technologies for the use of hydrogen as a fuel. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is drafting a detailed national plan for directing Canadian hydrogen efforts ("Canadian Hydrogen Roadmap"),but it is at [...]	2003-07-24 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TRGY CA
03OTTAWA2128	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; AFRICA; [...] "Two down, one to go" Under the sub-heading, "The good news from Iraq: There's food in the markets, a new governing council and Saddam's sons are dead," columnist Margaret Wente wrote in the leading Globe and Mail (7/24): "As for the situation in Iraq, I have a hunch it's going better than [...]	2003-07-25 14:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2129	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST [...] "Bush's 16 words" The conservative National Post opined (7/22): "...As things stand, the pro-and anti-Bush camps sit at a sort of stalemate, both sides waiting for the leak that will definitively vindicate their version of events. But it is more likely the brouhaha will end with an inconclu [...]	2003-07-25 14:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2138	INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT FOR CANADA [...] Sensitive but Unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following constitutes Ottawa's submission for the 2003 International Religious Freedom Report. Introduction and Overview -- No changes. Section I: Religious Demography Paragraph that begins "There is no state or do [...]	2003-07-28 18:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF CA
03OTTAWA214	CRTC DECISION MEANS NO RETRANSMISSION OF TV SIGNALS [...] (SBU) The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) concluded in a January 17, 2003 report that there is no need to amend its current New Media Exemption Order. This decision upholds the intent of Bill C-11, passed in December 2002 (Reftel),making it illegal to pu [...]	2003-01-21 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Bush can't afford to go it alone" Columnist Carol Goar commented in the liberal Toronto Star (7/25): "On the one hand, there's pride. It would be humiliating for U.S. President George Bush, who dismissed the United Nations as ineffectual and irrelevant just four months ago, to turn to the [...]	2003-07-29 14:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2173	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; ECONIMIC ISSUES/WTO; [...] "The Plague" Editorialist Mario Roy wrote in the centrist La Presse (7/29): "Five years ago the main obstacle to fighting AIDS was the cost: $10,000 per year per patient. Today AIDS victims can be treated for less than a dollar a day. Important financial contributions are presently being ma [...]	2003-07-31 16:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2174	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...]	2003-07-31 16:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2180	AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR JUNE 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 20:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL CA CBW
03OTTAWA2181	FORCES FOR LIBERIA: CANADA WOULD LIKE TO HELP, [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 21:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	CD LI ML MR NG PGOV PHUM PREL XY CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2182	CANADA FIELDS INCB CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 21:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SNAR CA UN
03OTTAWA2198	IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADIAN PERSONNEL FOR [...] (SBU) Canada has committed to providing US$215 million in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for post-conflict Iraq, with emphasis on access to basic services (water, sanitation, health care); building democratic institutions; reforming judicial, police and correctional services; stren [...]	2003-08-01 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA
03OTTAWA2221	NATURAL GAS VS. NUCLEAR: CANADIANS STUDY FEASIBILITY [...] SUMMARY: THE CANADIAN ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CERI) SAYS THAT, AT NATURAL GAS PRICES OF USD 3.50 / MCF OR MORE, NUCLEAR REACTORS WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY SUPERIOR TO NATURAL GAS IN SUPPLYING THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF STEAM REQUIRED TO EXTRACT CRUDE OIL FROM CANADA'S VAST OILSAND RESOURCES. IF T [...]	2003-08-06 13:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2225	Canadian Invasive Species Plan due soon, USG and [...] Officials of Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans expect a public rollout of a draft framework for managing Alien Invasive Species in autumn 2003. There may not be much meat on the bones of the draft strategy, and a year of consultations and further drafting will be [...]	2003-08-06 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2232	URGING HIGH-LEVEL CANADIAN ENGAGEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) Canada agrees with us that more pressure needs to be brought to bear on the Moldovan peace process and the withdrawal of Russian forces, and will seek opportunities to do so. Embassy Political Minister Counselor discussed reftel demarche with Norbert Kalisch, Acting Assistant Deputy Minis [...]	2003-08-06 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EU MD CA OSCE
03OTTAWA2235	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; [...] "Stumbling block on road to peace" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/5): "...Bush has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to divert the path of the barrier so it consumes less West Bank territory. But Sharon last week dismissed Bush's request to dismantle or move the fence.... [...]	2003-08-07 18:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA2236	MEDIA REACTION: LIBERIA [...] "Share the burden" The conservative National Post opined (8/1): "Liberia's 14-year-old civil war may finally be ending. Last Wednesday, the country's giant neighbour, Nigeria, agreed to send 1,300 peacekeepers to help end hostilities.... On Monday, the European Union voiced support for a mu [...]	2003-08-07 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2237	MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM; MIDDLE EAST; [...] "Secrets of Sept. 11" The leading Globe and Mail (7/31) editorialized: "...The intelligence and technical flaws, many of which were already known or the subject of intense speculation, are detailed in a damning report [the joint U.S. congressional inquiry into the terrorist attacks of Sept. [...]	2003-08-07 19:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2251	CANADA: LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE DOWN TO TWO, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Liberal Party will formally elect a new party Leader on November 15, but that individual will not/not become Prime Minister of Canada until incumbent Jean Chretien's retirement - announced for February 2004. With only two leadership contenders remaining, the question is not [...]	2003-08-08 13:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA2255	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: CANADA CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR [...] (C) Post shared points contained reftel with Elissa Golberg, DFAIT's Acting Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, on August 7. Golberg said Canada agrees that pressure should continue on both Bhutan and Nepal to agree to a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees. Canada is going to con [...]	2003-08-08 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	BT NP PHUM PREF PREL CA UNHCR
03OTTAWA2260	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "The liberties taken by Israel's wall" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/8): "...U.S. opposition to the wall - not the right to build it, but the path it is taking - may have forced Israel to drop a plan to extend it about 30 kilometres into the West Bank to include the large Jewish settl [...]	2003-08-08 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2261	NATO SYG RACE: SPECULATION ABOUT CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While NATO has never before had a non-European Secretary General, the name of Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley has now surfaced as a possible candidate. While we do not have a sense for what Manley's prospects are in Brussels, we expect that he would jump at the chance [...]	2003-08-08 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA NATO
03OTTAWA2306	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]	2003-08-12 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2331	58TH UNGA: CANADA ON U.S. APPROACH IN FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 15:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC CA UNGA
03OTTAWA2332	MASS GRAVES PROJECT IN IRAQ: CANADA PLANS TO ASSIST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 13:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID KCRM IZ CA
03OTTAWA2351	Canada seeks "Collective Security" Approach on Food [...] The Canadian Government desires to work closely with USG on biosecurity and harmonize forthcoming regulations stemming from the Bioterrorism Act (BTA). During an August 12 meeting with Robert Wright, number two at the Privy Council Office (PCO) and overseer of Canada's border security effort [...]	2003-08-18 20:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TBIO PREL CA
03OTTAWA2354	CANADA: INITIAL FALLOUT FROM THE BLACKOUT [...] (C) Summary: Residents of Ontario, with the exception of some 50,000 public sector workers in Ottawa, were expected to resume "normal" work routines on Monday. Businesses throughout Ontario have been asked to cut energy consumption in half over the next week as the province tries to recover [...]	2003-08-18 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG CA
03OTTAWA2355	IRAN: CANADA WOULD SUPPORT IAEA NON-COMPLIANCE [...] (C) Canada's Foreign Ministry (DFAIT) informed us on August 15 that should the USG decide to press for a resolution of non-compliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Canada will "fully and actively" support us. Foreign Minister Graham has written to IAEA DG El Baradei, urgin [...]	2003-08-18 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	KNNP PHUM IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2358	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN; NORTH KOREA [...] "What should NATO do in Afghanistan?" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/18): "What's to be done when your raison d'tre has disappeared? That has been the question faced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold War. Who is NATO's enemy now that the Soviet empire [...]	2003-08-19 14:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2376	GOC FEDERAL ROLE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST ALIEN INVASIVE [...] An effective Canadian plan to deal with Alien Invasive Species (AIS) will require close coordination between provincial and federal governments, as well as renewed accountability and collaboration between federal government departments. This cable outlines the federal-provincial jurisdiction [...]	2003-08-21 12:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2385	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; LIBERIA; [...] "Terrorists sproutinq under nose of American troops?" Under the sub-headinq, "Americans don't quite know what they are talkinq about when it comes to where the resistance is cominq from," editorial paqe editor emeritus Haroon Siddiqui wrote in the liberal Toronto Star (8/14): "...The Baqhda [...]	2003-08-21 18:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2387	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Bittersweet liberty" Andre Pratte editorialized in Montreal's centrist French language daily La Presse (8/20): "...No one knows who is trying to put a spoke in the American's wheel...but one thing is certain, their macabre task will be rendered easier by the fact that they will find suppo [...]	2003-08-21 19:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2388	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA [...] "Rebuilding Iraq remains crucial" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/21): "Horrific as Tuesday's bomb attack was on Iraq's United Nations headquarters, no one who has followed events in that country can be surprised that matters have taken a turn for the worse. From the moment the United S [...]	2003-08-21 19:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2389	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; LIBYA; MIDDLE [...] "Going the distance" Under the sub-heading, "Acts of sabotage must not disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq," the nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (8/19): "...Unquestionably, the escalating attacks against coalition soldiers, embassies and, most recently, utilities - a pipeline supplying Baghd [...]	2003-08-21 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2405	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA:PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU/Noforn) Post delivered reftel message to the GOC on August 21 as Canadian government offices re-opened briefly Wednesday morning for the first time since last week's power failure. On August 22 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) confirmed the information had been circulated for in [...]	2003-08-22 20:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2420	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ [...] "Shared vision can spare us from descent into barbarism" Columnist Catherine Ford observed in the right-of- center Calgary Herald (8/22): "...Moderation shouldn't be the dirtiest word in the lexicon of the Middle East, but it might as well be. As soon as the voice of reasonable compromise r [...]	2003-08-25 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2429	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...]	2003-08-26 12:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2436	CANADA'S VISA ISSUING PROCESS [...] (U) (Summary) Canada,s visa issuing process closely resembles that of the United States. There exist, however, a number of structural and procedural differences between the two countries. In general, the United States tends to have stronger security measures in place and rejects a higher pe [...]	2003-08-26 17:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA CVIS PGOV PREL PTER SMIG
03OTTAWA2442	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA:HAMAS NAMES: GOC [...] (S) Action request: The GOC has requested additional information on PVOE, the Palestinian Association in Austria, which may be provided through State or ORCA channels. 2. (SBU) On August 26, the GOC held an interagency meeting to review ref B demarche on the U.S. decision to add HAMAS na [...]	2003-08-26 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2451	CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...]	2003-08-27 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY
03OTTAWA2452	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST [...] "Blowing apart Mideast hope" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/26): "Millions of Israelis and Palestinians feel betrayed today, as the Middle East lurches back into chaos after a brief respite. Most endorse the American-brokered 'road map' to peace. Yet they've just seen their leaders fritt [...]	2003-08-27 20:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2453	CANADA SUPPORTS IRAN NONCOMPLIANCE RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) Canadian DFAIT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Deputy Director Terry Wood assured us that the GOC fully supports a finding of noncompliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting and wants to assist in any way possible. Though Canada already was inclined to support a resolution, Wood s [...]	2003-08-27 20:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IAEA
03OTTAWA2454	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: CANADA TAKING LONG-TERM VIEW [...] (C) Post delivered points contained reftel on August 26 to Adrian Norfolk, Acting Director of DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division. Norfolk said that Canada takes a long-term view towards the human rights situation in China. While Canada does n [...]	2003-08-27 20:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA2459	CANADA WILL ENGAGE WITH IRAQ GC, SUPPORTS [...] (C) Post delivered points contained ref A to Christopher Hull, DFAIT's desk officer for Iraq, on August 27. Hull indicated that GC representatives have not yet been in contact with the government of Canada, but Canada would receive and engage with GC representatives. Hull said Canada will be [...]	2003-08-28 15:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ CA
03OTTAWA2461	CANADIAN FY 03-04 BUDGET: DEFENSE CONTINGENCY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. Summary: Finance Minister Manley has asked government departments to cover unforeseen expenditures in 2003 from reallocation of existing funds. Canada is using C$200 million in "contingency reserve" funds earmarked [...]	2003-08-28 16:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2468	CANADIAN PRESS REPORTS OF TERROR PROBE HIGHLY [...] (S) Persistent Canadian press reports which surfaced over the weekend and have since been picked up in the U.S. allege that at least some of the 19 foreign "students" arrested recently in Canada (18 Pakistanis and one Indian) have links to al Qaeda and may have been plotting terrorist operatio [...]	2003-08-28 18:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PTER ASEC CA
03OTTAWA2473	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WTO; AFRICA; U.S. [...] "Leaving Iraq would be unparalleled disaster" Columnist David Warren reflected in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (8/27): "...[T]he situation [in Iraq] continues to improve. It was never going to be a rose garden, but it is clear to impartial observers within the country that Iraqis themselve [...]	2003-08-29 12:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2479	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH 10 [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-29 21:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2480	ORGANIZED CRIME CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN CANADA [...] (U) Summary: In its latest report on organized crime activity, Criminal Intelligence Service Canada indicates that organized criminal groups in Canada are increasingly utilizing emerging technology to commit crimes such as fraud and money laundering, and that they are extensively involved in t [...]	2003-04-01 13:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KRIM SNAR CA
03OTTAWA274	YOUR JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH CANADIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Your January 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Bill Graham will be an important opportunity to bolster Canadian support for our Iraq policy. The Canadian Government's natural preference is for giving the inspectors more time and for the UN Security Council to reach consensus, but it wants [...]	2003-01-24 22:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD PTER CVIS CA IZ KN VE
03OTTAWA283	EU BIOTECH MORATORIUM: CANADA READY TO JOIN AS [...] (C) Embassy has confirmed general GOC support for Canadian Trade Minister Pettigrew's January 17 commitment to USTR Zoellick that Canada would join the United States as co-complainant in a prospective WTO action against the EU biotech moratorium (Ref B). Ambassador Cellucci will follow up on [...]	2003-01-27 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TBIO CA
03OTTAWA310	CANADA CONSIDERING CONTINGENCY RELIEF PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-30 18:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF IZ PREL CIDA
03OTTAWA325	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) As of late Friday afternoon (January 31) the GOC has still not announced its response to Treasury U/S Taylor's request for a contribution to cover Afghanistan's arrears to the IMF and World Bank. That said, the outlook seems promising. 2. (SBU) Working levels at the Canadian Interna [...]	2003-01-31 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA327	EU-CANADA TRADE AND INVESTMENT "ENHANCEMENT" [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Reftel reported Brussels perspectives on plans for an EU-Canada "Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement," which were announced at the December 19 2002 EU-Canada Summit in Ottawa. Embassy Ottawa ECON staf [...]	2003-02-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CA WTRO
03OTTAWA334	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message was prepared with assistance from Amconsul Calgary. 3. (U) Critical infrastructure protection is among the areas listed for bilateral action in the Ridge-Manley Smart Border plan. Canada is [...]	2003-02-03 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA339	GOC ASSURANCES ON TRIPS AND MEDICINES [...] Econoff discussed the latest evolution in GOC thinking on TRIPS and medicines with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade IPR Director Catherine Dickson on January 30. Dickson reaffirmed the assurances given by Trade Minister Pettigrew in his January 10 phone conversation with [...]	2003-02-04 19:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CA
03OTTAWA35	U.S./CANADA/U.K. TRILATERAL PEACEKEEPING MEETING [...] (U) The U.S. participated in annual talks on peacekeeping with Canada and U.K. in Ottawa on December 10-11, 2002 in which a broad range of peacekeeping issues were addressed. Canada's Director General of International Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),Jil [...]	2003-01-06 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL MASS CA UK UN
03OTTAWA361	BOWHEAD DEMARCHE DELIVERED: STILL NO MOVEMENT [...] ON FEBRUARY 4, 2003, ESTOFF DELIVERED THE DEMARCHE CONTAINED IN REFTEL C, REGARDING THE AUGUST, 10, 2002 CANADIAN TAKING OF AN EASTERN BOWHEAD WHALE. THE CANADIAN SIDE WAS REPRESENTED BY GLEN LINDER OF THE OCEANS LAW DIVISION (JLO) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE [...]	2003-02-05 17:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PREL SENV CA
03OTTAWA367	CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bill Graham told the Canadian press that Secretary Powell's February 5 presentation on Iraq "amounts to a transfer of the burden of proof from the United States to Saddam Hussein." Graham went on to say that "we are not at a point where there is a need to use force. How [...]	2003-02-06 15:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA374	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY --------- 2. (SBU) Transport Minister Collenette indicated to Ambassador on January 31 that the GOC is ready to start "exploratory talks" on further aviation liberalization with the United States. Collene [...]	2003-02-06 20:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SENV ECON CA
03OTTAWA385	Air Canada's financial woes may spur GOC to alter fees [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV CA
03OTTAWA386	GALILEO DEMARCHE - CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. [...] This is a sensitive but unclassified cable and should be treated accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel A request for a high-level demarche on EU plans for Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) to overlay the radio frequencies used by the GPS M-code, Ambassador Cellucci wrote letters [...]	2003-02-07 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA CA
03OTTAWA398	DEMARCHE ON FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL [...] As requested in reftel, Embassy passed U.S. views on upcoming negotiation of the FCTC in Geneva to officials in Health Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and Agriculture Canada. 2. EST Counselor followed up with Ed Aiston, Director General, Internation [...]	2003-02-10 18:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ETRD CA WHO
03OTTAWA412	MANITOBA: NEW ELECTRICITY OPTIONS [...] Summary and introduction. The Province of Manitoba and its state-owned hydroelectricity utility, Manitoba Hydro, seek to greatly expand hydroelectricity exports to the United States from the already considerable level of 8.8 terawatt hours, with a value of C$495 million per anum. Officials [...]	2003-02-11 16:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA418	REFUGEE SITUATION IN NEPAL: CANADA SHARES CONCERN [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche February 10 to Elissa Golberg, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division. She stated that Canada shares our concern over the lack of progress in solving the refugee situati [...]	2003-02-11 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM BT NP CA
03OTTAWA435	CANADA TO PROVIDE BATTALION AND BRIGADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum announced on February 12 that Canada will contribute a battalion and a brigade headquarters - a total of 1500 to 2000 personnel - to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan beginning in August. Two rotations of Can [...]	2003-02-13 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF IZ CA ISAF
03OTTAWA443	CANADIAN CEO'S PUSH "NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY AND [...] THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES (CEOCOUNCIL.CA),THE ORGANIZATION WHICH BUILT NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE IN THE 1980'S (AND THEREBY BUILT MUCH OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR NAFTA AND FTAA),IS LAUNCHING A SIMILARLY AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR THE CONTINENT'S TRILATER [...]	2003-02-14 17:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA448	IRAQ/UN: CANADIAN REACTION TO FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham, speaking to the press after the February 14 weapons inspectors' report to the UN Security Council, said that the report shows progress as well as the need for continued pressure on Iraq. Graham said that while no-one is excluding the use of force, t [...]	2003-02-14 20:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UN

03OTTAWA453	IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL'S ADDRESS TO SECURITY [...] (C) Charge contacted Canadian Political Director Jim Wright Feb. 16 to urge that Canada make a statement on Iraq during the Feb. 18 UNSC Open Meeting. Wright said he had already drafted such a statement for Foreign Minister Graham - one which tracks very well with the talking points reftel [...]	2003-02-16 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CA UNSC

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