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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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04TAIPEI3897 | LY RACE TIGHTENS IN TAICHUNG CITY [...] (C) Summary: With three days left before election day, the field of viable candidates for the eight Legislative Yuan (LY) seats in the battleground city of Taichung has narrowed to nine from eighteen (See Reftel). Although the Pan-Blue camp appears poised to retain the four seats it won in the [...] | 2004-12-08 09:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3898 | PAN-GREEN JUST SHORT OF A MAJORITY IN LY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: With the battle for control of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) entering its final days, neither the Pan-Green nor Pan-Blue camp is likely to win an outright majority (113 or more out of 225 seats) on December 11. Although the race in several key districts is still too close to call [...] | 2004-12-08 10:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3899 | TIEN HUNG-MAO: PARTING SHOTS [...] (C) Summary: Upon his return to Taipei from London, former Representative to the UK Tien Hung-mao defended himself and his staff on the passport case of the fugitive Andrew Wang's wife. He foresaw difficult times ahead for Taiwan in Europe as China expands its trade with EU nations and success [...] | 2004-12-08 10:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
04TAIPEI3900 | KAOHSIUNG MAYOR ON LY ELECTION AND CABINET CHANGES [...] (C) In a December 1 meeting with visiting AIT Director Paal, Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh downplayed the possibility he would move to Taipei early next year to serve as Premier, suggesting that Yu Shyi-kun would continue in the position after the expected February cabinet reshuffle. Hsieh said [...] | 2004-12-08 10:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3904 | "CHINA TIMES" EDITORIAL ON U.S.-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-08 10:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3905 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-08 10:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3906 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-08 10:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3917 | LY ELECTION PREVIEW: SOUTHERN TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Heading into the last few days of the Legislative Yuan (LY) campaign, little change is expected overall in Taiwan's southern districts, the Pan-Green's traditional stronghold. Southern Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials say the party already reached the point of "satura [...] | 2004-12-09 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3918 | CHEN REJECTS USG CRITICISM OVER NAME CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian has reacted sharply to the State Department Deputy Spokesman's December 6 warning over Chen's plans to rename state-owned firms and overseas representative offices using "Taiwan." On the campaign trail, Chen has accused the USG of carrying water for Beijin [...] | 2004-12-09 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3919 | LY ELECTION REGIONAL OVERVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The projected shift in the balance of power between the Pan-Green and Pan-Blue camps in the Legislative Yuan (LY) reflects changing electoral dynamics within Taiwan's five main regions. In the north the two sides will likely split the vote as they did in the last LY elections hel [...] | 2004-12-09 10:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3920 | 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "KAOHSIUNG INCIDENT" AND [...] (SBU) December 10, on the eve of Taiwan's legislative elections, marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most important political events in Taiwan's democratic history. On December 10, 1979, a group of demonstrators supporting the "Dang Wai" (non-KMT) magazine "Meilidao" (Formosa) marched to [...] | 2004-12-09 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3923 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S PLAN TO CHANGE NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-09 10:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3924 | TAIWAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI- [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-09 20:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3930 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT KEEPS GROWING [...] Taiwan investment in the PRC approved by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs during the first six months of 2004 was 68 percent higher than the same period last year. PRC data also shows a substantial increase in contracted investment but a modest drop in realized investment. High-tech firm [...] | 2004-12-10 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ETRD TW CH |
04TAIPEI3931 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-10 07:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3939 | LY CAMPAIGN ENTERS THE FINAL STRETCH [...] (C) Summary: As the campaign for control of the Legislative Yuan (LY) enters its final day, the outcome looks increasingly to be determined by a few key variables: signs that the KMT's "peipiao" vote allocation is breaking down, DPP fears of a TSU late surge, a spate of vote-buying arrests, an [...] | 2004-12-11 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3940 | PAN-BLUE BEATS EXPECTATIONS AND RETAINS MAJORITY [...] (C) The Pan-Blue alliance lost only one seat and retained a majority with 114 of 225 seats, a surprising performance in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. Most commercial and internal party polls, as well as analytical assessments (including AIT's) had expected the Pan-Blue allia [...] | 2004-12-11 14:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3941 | NEW LY LINE-UP MAY MODERATE TAIWAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pan-Blue's surprise victory in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election should help reduce extremism in Taiwan's political discourse. President Chen Shui-bian will be under pressure to moderate his offensive on sensitive issues like cross-Strait relations and constituti [...] | 2004-12-11 15:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3944 | South Taiwan Races Intense but Voters Subdued [...] (SBU) On the eve of Taiwan's legislative elections, Southern Taiwan's races are intensely competitive, though most analysts predict little change in the overall Pan-Green/Pan-Blue ratio of seats here. For all but the top one or two candidates in each district, the races in much of the South [...] | 2004-12-12 23:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3953 | SPECIAL 301 OCR: WHY WATCH LIST MOVES US FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: AIT/T supports downgrading Taiwan from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List in the current out of cycle review. Doing so will reinforce Taiwan's reorientation towards protecting intellectual property and provide a timely public relations victory for advocates of strong IPR [...] | 2004-12-13 07:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON TW IPR |
04TAIPEI3956 | PAN-GREEN SURPRISE DEFEAT: TECHNICAL FACTORS KEY? [...] (C) Summary: An overly aggressive nomination strategy combined with a lower than expected voter turnout to deal the Pan-Green camp a surprising defeat in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. Although the Pan-Green alliance of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan So [...] | 2004-12-13 10:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3957 | BOTH CAMPS ADJUSTING TO NEW POLITICAL ALIGNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Both the ruling and opposition camps are taking stock of the surprising results of the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. President Chen Shui-bian is facing pressure to resign his position as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman, and speculation is growing over a [...] | 2004-12-13 10:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3959 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-13 23:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3961 | Bilateral Consultations on Competition Law and Antitrust Seminar [...] (U) In order to share information and open channels for future cooperation on antitrust issues, AIT and the US Department of Justice met with officials from the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) in Taipei, November 15-16. DOJ and TFTC officials compared antitrust developments in the US and [...] | 2004-12-14 00:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD TW |
04TAIPEI3968 | DOT A/S Bhatia Attends AAPA Meeting, Meets with [...] (SBU) Department of Transportation (DOT) Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs Karan SIPDIS Bhatia traveled to Taiwan November 25 and 26 to speak at the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) 48th Annual Assembly of Presidents Meeting. A/S Bhatia also met with Tai [...] | 2004-12-15 00:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAIR PGOV OVIP TW |
04TAIPEI3969 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 00:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3984 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 07:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI3987 | LY ELECTION IN SOUTH -- LITTLE CHANGE, BUT A FEW [...] (C) While Southern Taiwan voted more or less as expected in the December 11 legislative election, with virtually no change in the overall Pan-Green/Pan-Blue ratio of legislative seats, there were a few surprises in individual races. Two independent candidates in Kaohsiung City who polled very [...] | 2004-12-15 08:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI3988 | CHEN TAKES THE FALL FOR DPP LY SETBACK [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian resigned his position as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman December 14 to accept full responsibility for the worse than expected showing in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. In a speech to the DPP's Central Standing Committee (CSC) [...] | 2004-12-15 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
04TAIPEI3991 | Taiwan Economic Review for November 2004 [...] This cable summarizes selected economic events in Taiwan in November 2004: - S&P Rating - China-ASEAN FTA - Economic Performance - WTO - Cross-Strait Economic Normalization - Environment S&P Downgrades Taiwan's Debt Outlook ------------------------------------ 2. At the [...] | 2004-12-16 03:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3992 | Taiwan Growth Slowing [...] Taiwan's economic growth is expected to drop from 7.3 percent in the first half of 2004 to 4.7 percent in the second half following declines in export growth, industrial production, and private investment. END SUMMARY. Economic Slowdown ----------------- 2. In late November 2004, the [...] | 2004-12-16 03:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3996 | TAIWAN REACTIONS TO CHINA/ASEAN FTA [...] Summary: Reactions in Taiwan to the announcement of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ranged from dire predictions of imminent isolation to suggestions that the immediate impact on Taiwan's economy will be minimal. Most analysts [...] | 2004-12-16 07:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW |
04TAIPEI3998 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-16 21:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4005 | CROSS-STRAIT TELECOMMUNICATIONS - INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Cross-Strait telecommunications thrive with over 50 million direct dial calls placed across the Strait every month that account for 35 percent of Taiwan's outgoing international calls. Many Taiwan telecom firms have partnered with PRC counterparts to provide special cross-Strait service [...] | 2004-12-17 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINV PREL CH TW |
04TAIPEI4007 | KMT LEADERSHIP TRANSITION IN THE MIST [...] (C) Summary: The KMT's stronger than expected performance in the LY election will bring more uncertainty to the party's leadership question. While KMT Secretary General Lin Fong-cheng told local media on December 12 that Lien Chan would step down as party Chairman at the end of his term next [...] | 2004-12-19 21:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
04TAIPEI4016 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 07:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4021 | TAIWAN'S IMPENDING HEALTH CARE CRISES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Taiwan Health care system is facing a number of crises. The National Health Insurance system is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. The Department of Health faces low morale, an inflexible and conservative bureaucracy, a shortage of strong leadership, and an exodus of th [...] | 2004-12-21 02:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TW ESTH |
04TAIPEI4023 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-21 05:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4035 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET PROSPECTS IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Early passage of the USG 18 billion Special Budget for defense procurement appears increasingly unlikely as the Pan-Blue continues to block the bill from getting on the legislative agenda. Taiwan MND officials are now turning to the USG for assistance in overcoming Pan-Blue resis [...] | 2004-12-21 08:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
04TAIPEI4036 | JUSTICES DEFANG LY'S "TRUTH INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Council of Grand Justices ruled on December 15 that key portions of the statute establishing a commission to investigate the March 19 shooting of President Chen Shui-bian were unconstitutional. Although the "Truth Investigation Commission", established by the Pan-Blue majorit [...] | 2004-12-21 08:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI4037 | 15 New Southern Taiwan Legislators - An [...] (SBU) Thirty-three incumbents and 15 new legislators were elected from Southern Taiwan districts in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. Twelve of the 15 new LY members have advanced degrees, including three PhD's and nine Master's degrees. Overall, the new LY members from the S [...] | 2004-12-22 01:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TW |
04TAIPEI4049 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-22 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4050 | TAIWAN'S NEW FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission has been very active since it was established in July 2004 to encourage market liberalization and reform. Although some foreign businesses have complained about difficulty in keeping up with the flurry of new regulations, the regulati [...] | 2004-12-22 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EINV EFIN ECON TW CH |
04TAIPEI4051 | LENOVO/IBM DEAL MEANS BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR [...] (C) In the short term, Taiwan's information technology sector will not feel much impact from the Lenovo acquisition of IBM's PC division. However, over time Lenovo's increased bargaining power will increase competition among Taiwan's contract PC manufacturers and component suppliers. Some Ta [...] | 2004-12-22 22:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND CH TW |
04TAIPEI4064 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-23 04:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4066 | TRAINING CUSTOMS TO TAKE OVER EXPORT MONITORING [...] Summary: The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) announced in early 2004 their desire to abolish the Export Management System (EMS) and transfer those responsibilities to the Department of Customs in an effort to shift funds to more urgent intellectual property protection priorities. T [...] | 2004-12-27 02:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR TW IPR |
04TAIPEI4068 | News Coverage of Secret U.S. Envoy's Visit to [...] An article on the front page of the pro- independence "Liberty Times" said (12/27): Headline: "U.S. Secret Envoy Met with President Chen Shui-bian: [There Is] No Change in U.S.-Taiwan Relations. A Very High-Ranking U.S. Envoy Secretly Visited Taipei Before Christmas and Thought Positive o [...] | 2004-12-27 04:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4074 | AIT URGES TAIWAN TO FOLLOW ICCAT AND OTHER FISHING [...] Summary. On December 13 and 14, OES/OMC Deputy Director Stetson Tinkham urged Taiwan's Fisheries Agency and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to heed the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) call for Taiwan to crack down on Taiwan fishing vessels found to be fishin [...] | 2004-12-27 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS TW |
04TAIPEI4075 | CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW," AND U.S.-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4076 | PRESIDENT CHEN, UNDER POST-ELECTION PRESSURE, [...] (C) Summary. Post-December 11 election jockeying within the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and between Green and Blue alliances continues in ways that may affect cross-Strait and U.S. relations. Members of the DPP's New Tide faction are publicly and messily blaming President Chen [...] | 2004-12-27 21:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
04TAIPEI4082 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENSE WHITE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-28 02:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4103 | POLITICS TAR CONTROL YUAN NOMINATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Office submitted on December 20 its list of 29 Control Yuan nominees for Legislative Yuan approval. Pan-Blue legislators, as well as some ruling DPP legislators, immediately dismissed the nominees as unqualified and vowed to resist the Presidential Office's atte [...] | 2004-12-28 07:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
04TAIPEI4118 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENSE WHITE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 09:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4122 | SUPPORTING THE RICE BOMBER - A DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 26, about 500 farmers and activists demonstrated in central Taiwan to support Yang Ru- men, the "Rice Bomber," who planted a series of bombs around Taipei over the past 14 months. The farmers protested against rice imports and other post-WTO changes in Taiwan's trad [...] | 2004-12-30 00:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON |
04TAIPEI4125 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 06:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
04TAIPEI4134 | TAIWAN ASKS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF SANCTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: In a meeting on December 30, Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade Director Peter Ho requested that Washington Agencies reconsider sanctions on Taiwan's Ecoma Enterprise Co. Ltd. Taiwan had checked with Washington Agenci [...] | 2004-12-30 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TW |
04TASHKENT2609 | AFTER THE BOMBINGS: KARIMOV'S DECISION-MAKING [...] (C) Summary. This is the second of two cables, which provides insight into President Karimov's decision-making process. The first of which looked at Karimov's possible succession plans (ref D). Although Uzbekistan was rocked twice this year by terrorist bombings, little has changed for Pre [...] | 2004-09-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBIO PINR PTER UZ |
04TASHKENT3180 | FIRST DAUGHTER LOLA (KARIMOVA) CUTS LOSE [...] (C) For at least the past month, the youngest of President Islom Karimov's three children, 26-year old Lola Karimova, has been frequenting restaurant/club Barkhan ("shifting sand dune") on a near nightly basis. On November 13, we once again ran into the First Daughter at this location. During this [...] | 2004-11-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PINR UZ |
04TASHKENT3519 | PRESIDENT KARIMOV NOT AN ORPHAN, AND OTHER FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: Although his face was covered in bruises, the physical resemblance to the President is striking. In a wide-ranging conversation with poloff, Islom Karimov's estranged nephew, Jamshid Karimov, and Jamshid's mother, Muslima Karimova -- the President's sister-in-law -- revealed det [...] | 2004-12-27 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBIO PGOV UZ |
04TEGUCIGALPA1023 | CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HONDURAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Please see below updated contact information regarding Honduras: President Maduro and his Senior Staff ===================================== Post: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Date of Submission: May 3, 2004 President Ricardo Maduro Joest President of Honduras (head of government and [...] | 2004-05-04 23:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1050 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...] | 2004-05-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1051 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...] | 2004-05-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1057 | HONDURAS REITERATES REASON FOR IRAQ WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, PolCouns, DATT, and PolMilOff met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Federico Breve and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Iraq and SOUTHCOM's proposed Regional Training Initiative (RTI). During the course of conversation, b [...] | 2004-05-07 22:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ HA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1060 | EVALUATION OF SPEAKER ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION: [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-07 23:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1067 | LIMITED OPPORTUNITY EXISTS FOR WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] Summary: Opportunities for women to participate in Honduran politics remains quite limited, particularly for those seeking elected office. While women account for well over half of the Honduran population, they hold only a fraction of elected positions, both on the national and local level. D [...] | 2004-05-10 21:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN SOCI PHUM PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1073 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 7, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/7 entitled "Bush in trouble." "Things are turning out for the worse for President Bush, more than a year after the Iraqi invasion and after having declared the end of the military actions. However, the Iraqis are still resisting [...] | 2004-05-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1079 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 11, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/11 entitled "Beyond 9/11" "If the `war on terrorism' carried out by Bush and his oil-thirsty `falcons' has been really caused by the devastating attacks on September 11, 2001, there's no doubt that the damage caused to the U.S. b [...] | 2004-05-11 22:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1106 | CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S. [...] (U) Cuban Ambassador to Honduras Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, in public statements May 12, claimed that the GOC was at military alert for a potential U.S. invasion. He told reporters that the GOC feared such an attack was "closer than ever." He added that Cuban citizens were well prepared to re [...] | 2004-05-13 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA1109 | 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC BANANA STRIKE IN HONDURAS [...] Summary: A series of events sponsored by the Ministry of Labor and the International Labor Organization (ILO) took place from May 3-5 in Tegucigalpa to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic May 1954 banana strike in Honduras. President Ricardo Maduro, President of the National Congr [...] | 2004-05-13 23:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV EAGR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1141 | SAN PEDRO SULA PRISON FIRE KILLS 103 INMATES; [...] (U) A fire allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit in a refrigerator for soft drinks in a cell block for gang members killed 103 inmates in a prison on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula. Approximately 25 injured prisoners were treated at a nearby hospital. (Two other injured prisoners [...] | 2004-05-17 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA116 | TAIWANESE ALIEN SMUGGLER ARRESTED IN HONDURAS AS HE [...] LIN WEI-CHUNG (alias LIN WAYNE, WAYNE LIN, COC: TAIWAN, POB: TAIWAN, date of birth 09-08-1965, PASSPORT M20182450, NIV foil 52681302),is the second Taiwan citizen arrested in Honduras during 2003 on charges of alien smuggling. LIN tried to smuggle three impostor PRCs with bona fide Taiwanese [...] | 2004-01-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1160 | GOH BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (U) Honduran Vice President (and Acting President) Vicente Williams and Minister of Government and Justice Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro on May 18 briefed the diplomatic corps, including DCM and PolOff, on the May 17 fire in a cell block for gang members that killed 103 inmates in a prison on t [...] | 2004-05-19 23:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1169 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 20, 2004 [...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman and former presidential candidate) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/20 entitled "The war in Iraq: was it worth it?" "Senator Edward Kennedy has called the war in Iraq The Bushes' Vietnam, and his definition [...] | 2004-05-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1173 | POST RESPONSE TO INQUIRY INTO APRIL 14, 2003 [...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the time-line set forth in ref Y. Answers keyed to ref Y are provided in paragraph 4. 2. (S) Post believes the time-line included in ref Y is largely accurate but not complete. Post has conducted an exhaustive search of its files in orde [...] | 2004-02-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | SNAR MOPS EAIR PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1197 | TEGUCIGALPA FY 2004 AND FY 2005 LGP REDUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post carefully reviewed and is modifying the Local Guard Program (LGP) contract in order to meet the requested 3.3 percent LGP reduction goal (approximately $18,000) for FY 2004. RSO is currently working with the GSO contracting office to negotiate a reduction in contract ve [...] | 2004-05-24 22:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AFIN AMGT ASEC KESS KICA KSEP |
04TEGUCIGALPA1200 | EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND [...] Post believes that the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor initiative to address programs that promote human rights and democracy can greatly aid Mission efforts to strengthen the human rights practices in Honduras, particularly in the area of investigating and prosecuting extrajudicia [...] | 2004-05-24 22:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KDEM KCRM KJUS PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1207 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 25, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" of 5/23 entitled "At home." "The members of battalion Xatruch returned home last Friday after spending almost five months in Iraq working to support the consolidation of peace and democracy in that country." "The performance of th [...] | 2004-05-25 21:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA124 | HONDURAS REACTS POSITIVELY TO ZOELLICK LETTER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-20 20:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD HO WTRO |
04TEGUCIGALPA125 | FOREIGN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING, [...] Summary: The purpose of this cable is to notify Washington legal offices of USAID, the Department of State and the Department of Justice of an administrative labor claim filed by a Honduran National. Also, this cable seeks Department guidance on stopping a GOH pattern of repeatedly transmittin [...] | 2004-01-20 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KLIG KTIA AMGT HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1258 | LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE UPDATE; PUBLIC MINISTRY [...] (U) On April 5, 2003, 68 persons, 61 of them M-18 gang members, were killed in an incident at El Porvenir prison near La Ceiba. Reports produced by the Public Ministry, a Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN),and the Human Rights Commissioner put [...] | 2004-06-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1259 | MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 1, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/29 entitled "Towards an uncertain future." "CAFTA took a step ahead after being signed by the Central American trade ministers and the U.S. Trade Representative, even though it has an uncertain future because it depends on the res [...] | 2004-06-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA1280 | HONDURAS - KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] (C) Per reftel, answers to the key questions on cargo handling are provided below. Where appropriate, Post has provided clarification and context. 2. (U) Answers are listed in Q and A format: I. Shipping/Cargo Manifests Q. Are cargo manifests (or similar documentation) required in c [...] | 2004-06-03 22:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1308 | MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 8, 2004 [...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress and former Liberal Party presidential candidate) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/5 entitled "Two lies in three letters." "Representatives of several unions from Central America an [...] | 2004-06-08 20:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA1322 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/9 entitled "The legacy." "The passing of Ronald Reagan has brought back the controversy of the time of civil war in Central America. Considering where these countries are now, opposed to the crisis they were going through and the [...] | 2004-06-09 19:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1325 | ALLEGED TEGUCIGALPA LEADER OF MARA SALVATRUCHA [...] On June 8, in what local residents described as a "war zone" reminiscent of a wild west shoot-out, Honduran authorities captured the alleged Tegucigalpa leader of the infamous Mara Salvatrucha (MS) gang, Wilmer Joel Cruz Coello, alias "El Micro," only two blocks from the U.S. Embassy compound. [...] | 2004-06-09 22:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS SNAR PGOV PHUM ASEC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1339 | Honduras TIP Update: EmbOffs Meet with Attorney [...] Summary: EmbOffs met recently with the Honduran Attorney General and the Supreme Court President to emphasize the critical nature of successful prosecutions as part of an overall GOH strategy to combat trafficking in persons. Honduras has also been active in recent months on a number of traff [...] | 2004-06-10 22:39:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1355 | HONDURAS SEIZES 1,460 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; [...] (SBU) With DEA assistance, on June 9, 2004, Honduran authorities seized approximately 1,460 kilos of cocaine and arrested four suspects near Puerto Cortes on Honduras' Caribbean coast. The cocaine which originated in Colombia was seized at a property in a zone known as La Laguna de Alegria We [...] | 2004-06-14 21:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI PHUM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1372 | NATIONAL ARMS REGISTRY BEGINS 18 MONTHS AFTER [...] (U) On June 14, the Honduran Ministry of Public Security officially inaugurated a national firearms registry in the cities of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba. The opening of the registry comes some 18 months after the Honduran National Congress approved legislation to regulate the s [...] | 2004-06-16 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PHUM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1384 | MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on June 18 entitled "Trafficking in Persons." "Trafficking in persons is a source of innumerable violations to human rights, a profitable activity for organized crime, and even a means to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted dise [...] | 2004-06-18 17:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1385 | MEDIA STRATEGY FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION [...] As part of a PAS media strategy for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) team visiting Honduras, PAS arranged a press conference for President Ricardo Maduro and John Hewko, Vice-President for Country Relations at the MCC, to address the Millennium Challenge Account(MCA) importance for p [...] | 2004-06-18 17:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA1395 | PROSECUTION OF CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED IN [...] SUMMARY: Prosecution of Chinese illegal alien smugglers arrested in Honduras in late 2003 on charges of people smuggling, money laundering, possession of instruments for the forgery of public documents, and forgery of public documents, has turned into a very difficult task for the Honduran Pu [...] | 2004-06-21 19:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA141 | AmCit-owned Cable TV Company Claims Harassment by [...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S.-owned cable TV company, Mateo's Cable Vision, claims that it has been subject to an unusual number of audits and investigations from various GOH agencies over the past year. The owners of this company, Michael and Sally Mitrovic, see these investigations as acts of hara [...] | 2004-01-21 16:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BTIO KIPR CASC PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1411 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S JUNE 28 - 30 VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Shelby to Honduras June 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, two-and-a-half years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there have [...] | 2004-06-22 22:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1434 | HONDURAN PROTESTS BEGIN TO CREATE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro is facing an increasingly challenging domestic political situation. United teachers' unions are entering their fourth week on strike and have rejected offers from the government to resolve its wage dispute. President Maduro personally joined the [...] | 2004-06-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1437 | OAS ENVOY JOHN GATES TO ISSUE HONDURAS/EL SALVADOR [...] On June 20, OAS envoy, National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Specialist, John Gates completed his survey of the six disputed land border areas between Honduras and El Salvador. Gates, who began the project on August 18, 2003, was tasked (as an honest broker),with assisting Honduras an [...] | 2004-06-24 20:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL MOPS ES HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1439 | TEACHERS' PROTEST FAILS TO SHUT DOWN HONDURAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24, approximately 5,000 striking Honduran teachers temporarily blocked the four main arteries connecting Tegucigalpa with the rest of the country, bringing traffic to a standstill and disrupting commerce. Teachers also blocked traffic in other parts of the country, primari [...] | 2004-06-24 22:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ELAB PHUM SOCI PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1461 | TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW [...] (C) The Government of Honduras (GOH) has actively worked to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. On April 15, the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a Honduran-sponsored resolution calling for greater respect for human rights in Cuba. The Government of [...] | 2004-06-29 22:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1466 | MULTIPLE PROTESTS CONVERGE, MADURO'S REACTION IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 29 Honduran President Ricardo Maduro went on national television to explain the Government of Honduras' (GOH) position after teachers' unions rejected the latest government offer. Protests continue (refs A and B) and both sides are at loggerheads. Also, the March for Life [...] | 2004-06-30 22:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ELAB PHUM SOCI PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1467 | HONDURAN SECURITY MINISTER ALLEGES SENIOR AL-QAIDA [...] (S) Summary: On June 29, Honduran Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez told the Honduran press senior Saudi Al-Qaida operative, Adnan Gulshair El-Shukrijumah, had been spotted in Honduras but has since left the country. MOPS Alvarez alleged that El-Shukrijumah was seen in an intern [...] | 2004-07-01 00:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PTER ASEC KVPR PINR KJUS KCRM PGOV CVIS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1472 | MADURO STIFFENS RESOLVE AS PEACEFUL PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Peaceful protests continued in Tegucigalpa on July 1 as the Government of Honduras (GOH) rejected the latest counter-proposal from the teachers' unions, calling it "absurd" and launching a media campaign in the newspapers against the teachers. The March for Life (Marcha Por La V [...] | 2004-07-01 22:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ELAB PHUM SOCI PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1490 | Millennium Challenge Corporation Visit to Honduras [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),visiting Honduras from June 8- 16, held a productive set of meetings with Honduran government officials, members of civil society and the private sector, and representatives of other donor organizations and nation [...] | 2004-07-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV SOCI PREL PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1508 | Review of the Consultative Group meeting in [...] Summary: The Honduran Consultative Group (CG) meeting was held on June 10-11 with more than 300 participants from the GOH, civil society, and the international donor community. President Maduro made a key-note presentation on the importance of this meeting to report on the progress made on a [...] | 2004-07-07 12:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV SOCI PREL PGOV HO MCC NSC |
04TEGUCIGALPA1526 | Honduran Economic Highlights: April-June 2004 [...] On April 14, Paris Club creditors and the GOH agreed to a restructuring of Honduras' public external debt, leading to the cancellation of approximately $147 million of Honduran debt, and the rescheduling of $214 million more (see reftel). Under the agreement reached between Paris Club partic [...] | 2004-07-09 18:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD EWWT KJUS PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA154 | HAGUE COMPLIANCE REPORT PREPARATION [...] Post concurs with CA/OCS/CI's Assessment of Honduran non-compliance with the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. 2. Furthermore, on July 9, 2003, Consular reps once again explained to the IHNFA representatives that the applicability issue regarding the Hague Abduction Conven [...] | 2004-01-21 18:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CASC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1541 | Electoral Law Reform Adopted; 2005 Primary [...] On June 21, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Supremo Electoral TSE) - established for the purpose of directing the electoral process and internal elections - approved the calendar for the 2005 primary and internal elections in Honduras. According to the Calendar, starting August 20, 20 [...] | 2004-07-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1543 | TWELVE ILLEGAL CHINESE NATIONALS VIOLENTLY FREED [...] SUMMARY: On June 13, 2004 two armed individuals broke into the detention center at GOH Migration in Tegucigalpa. They freed twelve People's Republic of China (PRCs) nationals apprehended early in 2004 and six South Americans. END SUMMARY. 2. Since November 2003, GOH investigative and migra [...] | 2004-07-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1546 | KUDOS FOR VISIT OF U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] I want to personally thank you for accepting the Honduran government's invitation to send a U.S. Coast Guard port security verification team to assess this country's considerable efforts to implement the IMO's ISPS. The Honduran government was extremely pleased by the results of the visit and [...] | 2004-07-13 18:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1554 | CODEL SHELBY DISCUSSES BANKING, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] Summary: Codel Shelby's June 28-30 visit underscored the close economic and political relationship between the U.S. and Honduras, while providing a welcome focus on financial regulation and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. In meetings with GOH officials and business an [...] | 2004-07-13 21:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KJUS PREL PTER OREP HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1567 | HONDURAS READY TO ADVANCE ON DOHA, UNEASY ABOUT G- [...] (U) EconOff delivered ref A talking points to Vice Minister for External Trade Irving Guerrero on July 13. As Honduran officials have stated in the past (ref B),the GOH is eager to move forward with the Doha Round negotiations and are generally supportive of U.S. positions, but regard themse [...] | 2004-07-15 18:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1577 | Honduras Poised to Become Leader in Port Security [...] SUMMARY: Following a June visit to the ports of Honduras, a United States Coast Guard delegation confirmed that Honduras was taking the appropriate measures to ready its ports for certification on July 1, and to successfully comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements an [...] | 2004-07-16 18:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EINV ETRD PBTS SNAR PTER BEXP ECON PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1581 | March For Life Focused on Forests Reenergizes [...] (U) SUMMARY: The March for Life (Marcha por la Vida) appears to have successfully launched a new committed environmental protection movement in the country. It remains to be seen if the movement can sustain its momentum and maintain political pressure on the government and Congress, and whet [...] | 2004-07-16 22:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR SOCI HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1583 | Maduro Launches Investigation of Forestry Agency [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro established an "intervention" into the operations of the Honduran Corporation for Forest Development, COHDEFOR. A three-person commission was named to conduct an in-depth analysis of COHDEFOR's operations, report back to Maduro within [...] | 2004-07-19 13:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV EAGR KCRM KJUS KCOR PHUM SOCI HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1597 | GOH, BUT NOT HONDURAN CIVIL SOCIETY, OPEN TO [...] (C) As noted in ref C, the GOH has actively worked to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. On April 15, the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a Honduran-drafted resolution calling for greater respect for human rights in Cuba. The Government of Cuba (G [...] | 2004-07-19 22:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB CU HO ILO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1598 | MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, JULY 20, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/20 entitled "Neither yes or no." "Despite the fact that Washington hasn't accepted or refused a new TPS extension, the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs is optimistic, and President Maduro has planned a trip to the U.S. in Sept [...] | 2004-07-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1599 | Maduro Reaches $33 Million Deal with Teachers; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, President Ricardo Maduro and representatives of teachers' unions signed an agreement reinstating certain salary benefits which had been cut in December, thus bringing an end to the 33-day teachers' strike. The GOH did not offer an across-the-board salary increase, [...] | 2004-07-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID ELAB SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1611 | CONVICTED HONDURAN NARCO-CONGRESSMAN PANCHAME [...] On July 11, Armando Avila Panchame (52),a Honduran National Party ex-Congressman serving a 20-year sentence at the National Penitentiary (PN) in Tamara for narcotrafficking, was murdered by another prison inmate, Juvernal Alvarado Diaz (23). Diaz, sentenced in January 2004 to 12 years in pr [...] | 2004-07-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1617 | FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...] | 2004-07-22 21:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1626 | LA MOSQUITIA MAYORS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES TO [...] The mayors of two communities in La Mosquitia (in the northeast corner of Honduras) called on central authorities to increase police presence and equipment in the region as it has become the foremost narcotrafficking zone in the country. The complaint was issued June 20 by the mayor of Puerto [...] | 2004-07-23 21:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1652 | HONDURAS' DECISION TO TERMINATE FOUR FMS SERVICE [...] (SBU) On July 22, USMILGP Tegucigalpa received a letter from the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) Department of Logistics requesting that the number of Honduran F-5s under U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) service Letters of Agreement (LOAs) be reduced from ten to only six jets. The request appears [...] | 2004-07-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1655 | FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...] | 2004-07-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1674 | TPS for Honduras - Update on Economy and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Honduras has largely recovered from the devastation of the 1998 Hurricane Mitch. Most USG-funded reconstruction efforts were completed in 2001, and will be entirely completed in 2005. However, Honduras remains a poor country with insufficient housing and job opportunities to [...] | 2004-07-30 19:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PHUM PREF PREL ELAB ECON HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA169 | MEDIA REACTION ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, JANUARY 22, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/24 entitled "No Access". "Within the package of Constitutional reforms approved by Congress, there is a new concept called Habeas Data, which was closes access to public information, even though it isn't part of the political agre [...] | 2004-01-22 18:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA172 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 1/15 entitled "A great deal of rhetoric and few results". "The Latin American presidents arrived in Monterrey with few expectations, and they came back with their hands practically empty. More than ever, this Summit was characteri [...] | 2004-01-22 21:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA179 | DRUG PLANE CRASHES AFTER INTERCEPT BY HONDURAN AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran Air Force Commander insists 1/20/04 crash of a drug-trafficking civilian aircraft was not a shoot-down. According to published statements and conversations with U.S. mission military members, Colonel Caceres stated that Honduran Air Force (HAF) interceptors twice contac [...] | 2004-01-23 01:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA185 | MEDIA REACTION ON STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/23 entitled "State of the Union Message". "The message of President Bush fell short, not only did it not address Latin American issues, but it was weak on international issues as a whole. For instance, Bush didn't talk about som [...] | 2004-01-23 17:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA193 | DRUG PLANE CRASH SITE VISIT -- NO SMOKING GUN JUST [...] (C) On 1/23/04, U.S. country team members (DEA, DAO, JTF-B, and MILGP) visited the site of 1/20/04 drug-trafficking air crash and were given full and unimpeded access by Government of Honduran (GOH) authorities. The Embassy team was accompanied by the Honduran Soto Cano Air Base Liaison Offic [...] | 2004-01-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1969 | PROPOSED SUPPORT BY ASHA TO THE PAN AMERICAN [...] Increase the storage capacity of a reservoir used for irrigation from 30,000 cubic meters to 340,000 cubic meters. 2. Increase the cultivated area under irrigation by adding 96 hectares. 3. Increase the plantation forest area under irrigation by adding 45 hectares. 4. Purchase timbe [...] | 2004-09-02 17:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1984 | HONDURAS' FINANCIAL REFORM LAWS: THREE DOWN, ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran Congress has approved three of the four financial sector reform laws required under the IMF agreement. The three that have passed are the shortest and simplest of the laws, leaving the longest and most important for last. However the President of the Banking Commis [...] | 2004-09-03 19:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1985 | HONDURAN OIL TRUCKERS' STRIKE BLOCKS NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Striking oil truckers blocked the main highway to Puerto Cortes in northern Honduras for 19 hours from the night of August 30 to the afternoon of August 31, before Honduran police cleared the road and detained two strike leaders. The strike was triggered by a contract dispute w [...] | 2004-09-03 20:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | ECON ENRG ELAB PGOV KMCA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA201 | HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CICTE; 2002 OAS CT [...] PolOff delivered January 20 reftel demarche on the OAS CICTE to MFA Director for Multilateral Issues Wendy Flores. MFA Director General fro Foreign Policy Mario Fortin told PolOff January 26 that the GOH delegation will only be Frontier Police Chief Ramon Sabillon. Note: Sabillon is an excel [...] | 2004-01-26 21:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KTIA XL XM CA HO OAS |
04TEGUCIGALPA2016 | MEDIA REACTION ON IMMIGRATION, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 9/2, entitled "Corridor of Death." "Statistics from the National Forum on Immigration show that in the first semester of 2004, 66 Hondurans died, 74 were injured and 25 were maimed attempting to enter illegally in the U.S." "The r [...] | 2004-09-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA203 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE REVIEWING DECISION TO PROVIDE [...] (C) On mid-afternoon of January 26 the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces informed USMILGP Commander that he would provide a written copy of the Honduran Air Force's rules of engagement for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and for [...] | 2004-01-26 23:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2049 | EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2051 | MEDIA REACTION ON AMBASSADOR CRESENCIO ARCOS AND [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 9/11, entitled "Optimism for TPS." "Cresencio Arcos, Director of International Affairs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Dan Fisk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, visited Tegucigalpa to par [...] | 2004-09-14 19:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO SMIG HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2052 | MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 9/11, entitled "Three years later." "Three years after the devastating attacks against the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, symbols of the U.S. economic and military power, Islamic and other anti-Western extremists have caused chaos a [...] | 2004-09-14 19:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PTER HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2057 | UNDER SIEGE FOR MONTHS, HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] (U) During a national press conference on September 13, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro announced the resignation of the embattled Minister of Education Carlos Avila Molina. Maduro praised Avila's accomplishments and noted that Avila was leaving strictly for personal reasons. Replacing Avila [...] | 2004-09-14 22:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EAID ECON SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2063 | WEAPON SEIZURE; TI-00-0003/WEC1F;GARCIA-MONTES,CARLOS CCX:ZU-04-0024/UEC1I;NARVAES-ALTAMAR, JUAN CARLOS [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2004, members of the Honduran police and Prosecutors office found another arsenal of weapons from a residence near Zamorano, Honduras (HD) belonging to Carlos GARCIA-Montes (NADDIS 4539661),who was murdered in Bocagrande, Colombia (CB) (near Cartagena, CB) on July 14, 200 [...] | 2004-09-16 20:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | HO NOTAG |
04TEGUCIGALPA209 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE REITERATES NO SHOOT-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense (MOD) Frederico Breve delivered a document to the Ambassador on January 27 which explains the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) standard operating procedures for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and the use of live ammunition, includ [...] | 2004-01-28 01:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2092 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A). POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...] | 2004-09-20 19:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2093 | Honduras: President Gives Economic Overview [...] Summary: On September 9, at the opening of an event to promote DR-CAFTA, President Ricardo Maduro presented a sweeping overview of the state of the Honduran economy. As usual, President Maduro emphasized what he sees as the accomplishments of his administration - reining in government spendi [...] | 2004-09-20 20:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB EINV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2097 | REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO SIGN LOA AMMENDMENT TEXT [...] Post requests INL approval of the following LOA Amendment text on trafficking in persons (TIP). Post tentatively would like to sign this LOA with the Government of Honduras (GOH) on September 24, 2004. Please provide approval of text, advice of allotment, and authorization to sign. 2. Be [...] | 2004-09-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG AFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2123 | THE DEMISE OF HONDURAS' ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corruption Council (Consejo Nacional Anti Corrupcion - CNA) is about to fade from existence. The Maduro Administration plans to coopt the CNA's operations by plac [...] | 2004-09-22 21:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2222 | HONDURAN POLICE DELIVER BLOW TO SUSPECTED [...] (U) On October 2, Honduran police confiscated USD 1,070,000 from suspected Honduran narcotraffickers near the city of San Pedro Sula (SPS) after discovering the cash during the search of a suspect truck at a police inspection stop. The money was found concealed in spare tires inside a sealed [...] | 2004-10-05 16:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2223 | HONDURAS: FAST-FOOD BOOM CONTINUES AS FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras, fast-food sector continues to flourish and, with new entrant &Quiznos Sub,8 remains dominated by U.S. franchises. Quiznos sees strong growth potential in Honduras, based on the strong market acceptance of U.S. brands and continuing economic growth. Quiznos did n [...] | 2004-10-05 19:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2224 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/2, entitled "Debate and reality." "Although the first of three presidential debates was won by the Democratic candidate John F. Kerry, his victory was far from being a decisive blow against President Bush, who also lost the firs [...] | 2004-10-05 21:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2237 | Honduras: ECA Postponement Demarche Delivered [...] (U) EconOff received ref A talking points by e-mail (ref B) on September 24, and delivered them on September 27 to Gerardo Salgado, Vice Minister for Natural Resources and Energy in the Minstry of Natural Resources and Environment. Salgado serves as acting Minister when Minister Panting is out [...] | 2004-10-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND ELAB PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2243 | TWO FAMILY MASSACRE BEGS DRUG TIES; GFTI-03-9276/QEZ1I; MONEY LAUNDERING CCX: TI-04-0003, RODRIGUEZ-LOZANO, JORGE [...] (U) Within a five day period, Honduran police investigated two brutal murders in which two families (wives and children) were counted as victims. Honduran police believe the murders were perpetrated by criminal elements in retaliation for actions by the deceased. 2. (U) Both murders took [...] | 2004-10-07 17:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | HO NOTAG |
04TEGUCIGALPA2267 | HONDURAS: UNDP PROCUREMENT DEBATE CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 27, the Honduran National Association of Industries (ANDI) issued a two-page open letter denouncing the United Nations Development Program,s (UNDP) handling of the ongoing bid process for container inspection systems at Puerto Cortes. Post has already received comp [...] | 2004-10-12 20:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV EWWT KJUS KMCA HO UNDP |
04TEGUCIGALPA2276 | Honduras: Textile and Apparel Statistics; Both [...] Post provides the following information in response to reftel. ---------------------------- The Limits of the Statistics ---------------------------- 2. The two primary sources of information on the Honduran textile and apparel sector are the Central Bank, which collects statistics on [...] | 2004-10-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB BEXP HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2288 | HONDURAS' CANDIDACY TO THE ICTY: POLCOUNS AND FM [...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Honduran Foreign Ministry, similar to the one received by US Mission Geneva from the Honduran Mission in Geneva (ref B),informing Post that the Government of Honduras will present the candidacy of Dr. Rigoberto Espinal Irias for election to the Internat [...] | 2004-10-13 16:48:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC HO UN |
04TEGUCIGALPA2289 | HONDURAS: TAX MAN IS MOVED BACK INTO MINFIN [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress has decreed that the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI) will no longer be a semi-autonomous tax agency and will instead be folded into the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The DEI is overstaffed and highly politicized, as alleged in the justification to [...] | 2004-10-13 18:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2297 | HONDURAS GIVES TENTATIVE YES TO RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met October 8 with Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to follow-up on his September 15 meeting with WHA A/S Noriega and the Honduran Embassy in Washington's communications with the Department October 5 regarding the resettlement of protected Cuban migrants at Guant [...] | 2004-10-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG MARR CU HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2299 | Honduras: Progress Toward an MCC Compact [...] (SBU) Summary: MCC representatives visited Honduras October 4-8 to continue due diligence investigations in preparation for evaluating and signing a Compact agreement in the next several months. This visit is the 5th visit since May, when Honduras was short-listed as a country invited to app [...] | 2004-10-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR KMCA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2312 | ACTION REQUEST: LUCENT SEEKS USG CONCURRENCE TO [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) On October 7, EconChief met with Carlos Aviles, Senior Manager for Lucent in Latin America, and Juan Carlos Galan, New Business Manager for Lucent, to discuss a pending Lucent proposal to donate CDMA-based switching technology to Hon [...] | 2004-10-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV ECON HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2313 | "Cumple y Gana" Labor Project Advances CAFTA [...] Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor-funded "Cumple y Gana" project held two recent public outreach events in Honduras, aimed at informing the private sector as to the contents and implications of CAFTA-DR with regards to protection of labor rights and enforcement of labor laws. EconOffs par [...] | 2004-10-15 14:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ELAB EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2314 | Honduras' Reaction to July Framework: Cautiously [...] (U) Summary: GOH trade officials are reasonably satisfied with the WTO July Framework, regarding it as an agreement that recognizes Honduras' key interests but nonetheless defers most difficult decisions for future negotiation. Honduras will support the candidacy of Perez de Castillo of Urugua [...] | 2004-10-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2318 | CONVOKING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE OAS PERMANENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NU OAS |
04TEGUCIGALPA232 | HONDURAS IMF AGREEMENT FULL STEAM AHEAD -- PRIOR [...] (C) Summary. The Honduran government has fully completed the prior conditions listed in the preliminary Letter of Intent (LOI) for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF) agreed to with the IMF mission on November 25. In addition, the GOH has put to rest two new IMF [...] | 2004-01-30 21:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV EPET ELAB HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2321 | HONDURAS' CANDIDACY TO OAS WOMEN'S COMMISSION [...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Honduran Foreign Ministry informing Post that the Government of Honduras will present the candidacy of Ambassador Soledad Funez de Ramirez Soto for election to the OAS Women's Commissions Governing Committee at elections to be held in at the OAS October [...] | 2004-10-19 20:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM AORC HO OAS |
04TEGUCIGALPA2330 | MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, OCTOBER 15, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/12, entitled "Towards CAFTA." "The warning about the negative consequences of CAFTA made by the World Bank and the turn this issue may take if Bush loses the November elections should be a matter of concern and of immediate acti [...] | 2004-10-19 21:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA234 | TASK FORCE XATRUCH UPDATE: MADURO RESOLUTE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In face of overwhelming domestic opposition and high costs to his own political popularity, President Maduro reaffirmed Honduras' commitment to send the next contingent of troops to Iraq and indicated those troops are likely to be deployed there beyond the initial one-year period [...] | 2004-01-30 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2356 | HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...] | 2004-10-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2357 | HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...] | 2004-10-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA236 | TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 5: IMF [...] (C) Summary: The leftist organization Popular Block is planning a large protest march for February 5 in Tegucigalpa. The protest, which may include over a thousand demonstrators, will focus on controversial domestic legislation linked to the recent IMF agreement and various U.S. foreign polic [...] | 2004-01-30 23:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2373 | HONDURAS DECLARED MINE FREE [...] On Friday, October 8, the Government of Honduras (GOH) convened a ceremony at the Headquarters of the First Infantry Battalion (Primer Batallon de Infanteria) on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa to officially declare Honduras mine free. U.S. participation in the demining efforts was directed throu [...] | 2004-10-22 15:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP PGOV PARM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA238 | Honduras and CAFTA Labor Track II: Ministry of [...] (SBU) Summary: In Honduras, there is good will in the Ministry of Labor (MOL) in general and Minister of Labor German Leitzelar in particular to protect core labor rights. Honduran labor law, while deficient in some areas with respect to ILO core conventions, is not the main issue for the pr [...] | 2004-02-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON PGOV KJUS PINR HO ILO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2383 | MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, OCTOBER 15, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/12, entitled "Towards CAFTA." "The warning about the negative consequences of CAFTA made by the World Bank and the turn this issue may take if Bush loses the November elections should be a matter of concern and of immediate acti [...] | 2004-10-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA239 | USAID/HONDURAS' RECOMMENDED PL 480, TITLE II [...] Concurrence. As requested in DCHA/FFP's PL 480 Title II guidelines for Cooperating Sponsor Results Reports and Resource Requests (CSR4),this is to provide recommended funding levels, Bellmon certification, certification of financial capabilities of the cooperating sponsor, and environmental [...] | 2004-02-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID |
04TEGUCIGALPA2393 | DETAILS OF RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: Post continues to work closely with the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the proposed resettlement of 20 protected Cuban migrants in Guantanamo to Honduras. While the GOH has repeatedly said yes to the resettlement in general, the details of the resettlement, incl [...] | 2004-10-26 19:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG MARR CU HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2406 | NON-FUNCTIONING BOMB DISCOVERED AT PUBLIC MINISTRY [...] Summary. At approximately 1000 hours on Friday, October 22, an explosive device was discovered outside the Public Ministry by a guard assigned to that location. The guard contacted the local bomb squad who responded to the scene to evaluate the device. RSO was told by police contact device lac [...] | 2004-10-27 17:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC PGOV KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2424 | HONDURAS: TAX SERVICE STRENGTHENS INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The tax authority,s internal affairs unit, known as the Transparency Unit, has mounted a vigorous effort over the last 18 months to investigate and combat corruption within the tax and customs services. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dismissals for corruption have had an a [...] | 2004-10-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2426 | CORRECTED COPY: HONDURAS CASHIERS ITS TAX MAN; [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, it was reported that Mario Duarte, head of the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI, the GOH equivalent of the USG,s Internal Revenue Service) will be moved out of his position effective November 1. Duarte will become the new Director of the National Ports Company. [...] | 2004-10-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2427 | HONDURAS TELECOMMS UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, EconChief met with Jose Renan Caballero, Chief Telecommunications Advisor on the President,s Modernization Commission, to discuss recent developments in the telecommunications sector. Caballero was candid regarding Alcatel, Communitel, Megatel, the new telecommuni [...] | 2004-10-29 17:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV ELAB KJUS KMCA HO UNDP |
04TEGUCIGALPA2434 | AMBASSADOR URGES GREATER ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador and DCM raised U.S. concerns with President Maduro about perceptions that Honduras is backsliding on anti-corruption efforts, its potential impact on MCC eligibility, and the recent decision by the Public Ministry (PM) to dismiss corruption cases against [...] | 2004-10-29 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2435 | Honduras: 2003 Trade Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual trade overview for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. This cable contains information on imports, exports and the trade deficit; information on macroeconomic, monetary and financial d [...] | 2004-10-29 21:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2440 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT MADURO'S VISIT TO [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 10/23, entitled "Amnesty." "President Maduro is visiting Washington, and because President Bush is probably busy with his electoral campaign, he met with Secretary of State Colin Powell to discuss several issues of interest to both [...] | 2004-11-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SMIG ECON KMCA KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2452 | Honduras: 2003 Macroeconomic Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual macroeconomic summary for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. Reftel contains information on imports, exports, and the trade deficit; this cable contains information on economic growth, [...] | 2004-11-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2456 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 1, [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based moderate daily "La Prensa" on 11/1, entitled "Elections and Terror." "The U.S. election process on the first Tuesday in November has become an anachronism, since millions of Americans will have voted before that date despite the suspicion that the winner won't [...] | 2004-11-02 20:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2457 | MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, NOVEMBER 1, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 10/30, entitled "TPS." "The decision of President Bush to extend TPS until June 6, 2006, is vital because of the critical economic and social situation the country is going through, where the problem of unemployment is significant an [...] | 2004-11-02 20:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2458 | Honduras: 2003 Monetary and Financial Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual monetary and financial overview for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. Ref A contains information on imports, exports, and the trade deficit, and ref B contains information on economi [...] | 2004-11-02 20:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2478 | MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, NOVEMBER 3, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 11/3, entitled "TPS." "The extension of Temporary Protected Status has given to more than 90,000 Hondurans living in the U.S. the possibility of working until July 5, 2006, without the risk of being arrested and deported. Althoug [...] | 2004-11-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2491 | PHONE NUMBER LINKS BETWEEN JORDANIAN AND TERROR [...] (S/NF) Summary- RSO Tegucigalpa, working with Embassy collection elements, has found a possible link between telephone number called by Abdel Rahman Nassar and two Jordanian subjects with known alien smuggling groups within Central America and Hizbollah terror group in the middle east. End [...] | 2004-11-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | ASEC |
04TEGUCIGALPA2496 | HONDURAN AG NAVARRO SEEKS SOLUTION TO PARALYSIS AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations continue at the Public Ministry (PM) between Attorney General Ovidio Navarro and federal prosecutors (fiscales) after many fiscales walked off the job October 19 following Navarro's termination of ten and transfer of six others for their public criticism over the P [...] | 2004-11-04 19:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA250 | HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES NEW LAW OF HABEAS DATA [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, the Honduran Congress passed a series of proposed changes to the Constitution to improve the mechanisms of civic participation and governmental accountability through the introduction of new democratic measures such as plebiscites and referenda. At the eleventh hour, [...] | 2004-02-02 23:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM OIIP PREL KPAO HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2509 | MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, NOVEMBER 5, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 11/5, entitled "CAFTA to Congress." "The Executive has sent the text of CAFTA to Congress for its approval, which may be subject to a wide process of consultation with different sectors of Honduran society." "With the reelection of [...] | 2004-11-05 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA251 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, FEBRUARY 2, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 1/31 entitled "The big lie". "At this point in time, it's just intolerable the attempt to justify the invasion and aggression to Iraq under the false pretense of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Besides, the th [...] | 2004-02-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2510 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 5, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/5, entitled "Democratic Defeat." "Not even the active support of several Hollywood stars, the most influential media outlets, academics, organizations of all kinds, including relatives of 9/11 victims and soldiers who died or ar [...] | 2004-11-05 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2524 | HONDURAS WANTS TO TRADE VOTES FOR ICTY CANDIDACIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Honduran Foreign Ministry in response to Post's diplomatic note regarding the candidacy of Theodor Meron for re-election to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (IC [...] | 2004-11-08 18:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KAWC AORC HO UNGA |
04TEGUCIGALPA2529 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, NOVEMBER 8, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/8, entitled "Another Challenge in Iraq." "While President George W. Bush and his followers are enjoying his indisputable win, the occupation forces in Iraq have a difficult task at hand: conquering the rebel Sunni city of Falluj [...] | 2004-11-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2531 | HONDURAS HOMES HOUSING PROJECT [...] Reftel requests embassy comments and recommendations regarding the possibility of OPIC providing a $9.8 million direct loan to Honduras Homes, to construct 1,450 low-cost houses. ZIP Buffalo is a maquila (light-assembly) operation active in Honduras. Incohnsa Group and the Arguello family a [...] | 2004-11-09 16:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2551 | TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI [...] (SBU) On October 29, Post delivered reftel non-paper to both MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin and MOD Federico Breve regarding the upcoming November 16-18 multilateral maritime exercise in the Caribbean designed to test U.S. and PSI partners' ability to detect, track and intercept th [...] | 2004-11-10 21:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA258 | GUNMEN SHOOT CAR OF PRESIDENT OF HONDURAN CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Unknown gunmen shot at the car of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, President of Congress, February 1. Lobo was not in the car at the time, and his driver, two aides, a bodyguard, and an army officer in the car were unhurt. Police believe that the attack was either (a) linked to threats (mad [...] | 2004-02-03 21:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2580 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 10, [...] Op-ed by Vicente Machado (Honduran Ambassador in Colombia) in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/10, entitled "Wink to Kerry, Smile to Bush." "Senator John Kerry received a wink in the ballots, but victory smiled on President George Bush after the U.S. elections. It was what [...] | 2004-11-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2635 | 2005 HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS - RULES OF THE GAME [...] Summary. Honduran primary elections are scheduled for February 20, 2005, with general elections set for November 27, 2005. Under a new Electoral law reform passed early in 2004, Honduran voters will be able to select candidates for the National Congress in the 2005 elections based not only on [...] | 2004-11-23 16:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2636 | CNIES INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENT UPDATE: [...] (SBU) Post remains optimistic that the Government of Honduras (GOH) will respond positively by the December 1 deadline for completing a CNIES information sharing agreement via an exchange of diplomatic notes with the U.S. (ref B). Post's optimism is based on informal feedback from Minister of [...] | 2004-11-23 22:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS EAIR PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2644 | HONDURAS SHARES CONCERNS OVER VAGUE UNESCO DRAFT [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Mario Fortin, Director of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Norman Garcia, Minister of Trade and Industry, on November 8. EconOff then raised the points in a meeting with Minister Garcia and other Trade Ministry offic [...] | 2004-11-24 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON HO WTO UNESCO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2645 | GOH Trade Officials Worried about DR Exclusion from [...] (SBU) Summary: GOH trade officials are increasingly concerned that the exclusion of the Dominican Republic from CAFTA would require Honduras to re-sign CAFTA and re-start its process of Congressional approval and ratification. They believe that there is no legal mechanism under Honduran law b [...] | 2004-11-24 20:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV EAGR ELAB HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2646 | HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY: PASTOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. With the February 20, 2005, primary elections three months away, the race is tightening on the Nationalists side with President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo closing the gap on Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor. On the Liberal side, politician Mel Zelaya is pulling away from [...] | 2004-11-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA265 | HONDURAS SEIZES 90 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004 [...] On January 31 Honduran police seized 15 kilos of cocaine in Bonito Oriental, and on February 1 the police seized another 75 kilos in Balfate. Both towns are on the Caribbean coast of Honduras near Trujillo. In addition, in the February 1 action police arrested five suspects, and seized cash [...] | 2004-02-04 21:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2719 | TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW [...] (C) The Government of Honduras (GOH) has actively worked to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. On April 15, the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a Honduran-sponsored resolution calling for greater respect for human rights in Cuba. The Government of [...] | 2004-12-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2722 | HONDURAS SEEING INCREASING NUMBERS OF CUBAN [...] (SBU) Honduras, for various reasons, is emerging as a new, preferred port for Cuban migrants by sea. Primarily, Honduras acts as a way station for Cubans on their way to the U.S. The route appears to usually be the same: migrants leave from Comaguey in the Santa Cruz province of Cuba, stoppi [...] | 2004-09-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF PGOV PREL MARR CU HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2724 | HONDURAS: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 1,2,3,4: Responsibility for auditing Honduran military expenditures lies with a civilian Auditor who is named by the President and works for the Ministry of Defense (MOD). Underneath [...] | 2004-12-06 17:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2738 | HONDURAS APPROVES CNIES INFORMATION SHARING [...] On December 7, Post finally received the hard-copy of Diplomatic Note 173-DT (dated November 30, 2004) from the Honduran Foreign Ministry in response to Post's diplomatic note number 316 of October 19. The Honduran note contains formal GOH acceptance of the proposed CNIES information sharing [...] | 2004-12-07 21:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MOPS EAIR PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2753 | N0321621, Notice of Revocation [...] Per Ref A instructions, Consul General notified Yuri Melara on December 9 that any U.S. visas he might hold had been revoked by the Department. CG notified Melara by telephone since Melara said he was ill and could not come to the Embassy. CG told Melara he should not try to travel with any [...] | 2004-12-09 19:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS |
04TEGUCIGALPA2757 | CAFTA Debate Heats Up Ahead of Possible December 15 [...] Summary: As the Honduran Congress considers CAFTA and moves closer to a vote, both supporters and opponents of the agreement have been making their views known in public fora and through the press. In recent weeks CAFTA has been publicly denounced by Roman Catholic Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez [...] | 2004-12-10 12:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV EAID KIPR EAGR ELAB PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2765 | HONDURAS ECONOMIC REFORM: DEPOSIT INSURANCE AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2004, at IMF insistence, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. While the GOH missed the IMF's target date by nearly three months, the laws passed in late September do meet the terms of the IMF agreement and, mor [...] | 2004-12-10 21:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF |
04TEGUCIGALPA2766 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...] | 2004-12-10 21:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2768 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...] | 2004-12-13 12:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2777 | STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] Summary. Over the last several days student demonstrations have been taking place outside the public university in Tegucigalpa. The Government of Honduras (GOH) has threatened to close down the university for a year because of corruption in the awarding of degrees and student demonstrations. [...] | 2004-12-13 20:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC HO PGOV |
04TEGUCIGALPA2787 | HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2005 [...] The text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2003, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $486.4 million, a decrease of $203.8 million from deficit o [...] | 2004-12-14 18:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA279 | RATIFICATION OF HAGUE CONVENTION ON [...] On February 5, 2004, Post visited IHNFA to submit the latest Hague application and learned from IHNFA's Secretary General Fanny Flores, that the Hague Convention SIPDIS on International Child Abduction was ratified by the Honduran Congress and published in the official GOH newspaper La Gace [...] | 2004-02-06 17:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CASC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2795 | HONDURAS 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The transshipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued in 2004. While seizures were slightly down in 2004 compared to last year's record levels, Honduran authorities did successfully disrupt one of the most active trafficking organizations in the country, de [...] | 2004-12-15 12:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2816 | HONDURAS: 2004-2005 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Post provides its submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II, Money Laundering And Financial Crimes. Introduction and General Questions Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the government of Honduras has made conside [...] | 2004-12-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTFN KJUS ECON PGOV PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2822 | MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, DECEMBER 21, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/21, titled "They should hurry." "CAFTA is now in the process of being ratified by the Congresses of each country. Just last week and after long discussions, El Salvador was the first one to ratify it despite the opposition of left [...] | 2004-12-21 20:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA2826 | HONDURAS ECONOMIC REFORM: CENTRAL BANK REFORMED AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2004, at IMF insistence, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. This is the second in a series of four cables that analyze each of these laws, assess their impacts on the Honduran financial system, and outline ch [...] | 2004-12-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF |
04TEGUCIGALPA2831 | MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, DECEMBER 22, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/22, entitled "Let's get it over with." "As we said before, El Salvador has already fulfilled their duty by ratifying CAFTA. In Honduras, the pressure has increased to follow that example, while the Congress has said that once it [...] | 2004-12-23 16:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR |
04TEGUCIGALPA2841 | HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...] | 2004-12-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2844 | HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...] | 2004-12-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2870 | Honduras: Biosafety Update [...] Summary: The GOH has introduced no new restrictive laws or regulations that pertain to Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) or biotechnology since the First Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in February 2004. Honduras remains generally open to the import of LMOs and bi [...] | 2004-12-29 20:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2873 | CASA ALIANZA HONDURAS IS NOT LINKED TO BRUCE [...] (C) PolOff met November 8 with Gustavo Zelaya, Legal Assistance Program Coordinator for Casa Alianza. Zelaya told PolOff that Casa Alianza had been fully cooperating with the Public Ministry investigation into the alleged crimes of Casa Alianza Central American Director Bruce Harris in Hondura [...] | 2004-12-30 17:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2874 | HONDURAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FEELS POLICE [...] (C) Honduran military intelligence chief COL Efrain Ochoa met at his request December 30 with AMB and DCM to discuss his concerns about public statements made by President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Public Security Oscar Alvarez, and top police officials about the massacre of 28 people in a b [...] | 2004-12-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA289 | HONDURAN AIR INTERDICTION PROCEDURES, U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The policy statements and standard operating procedures outlined below are keyed to questions posed in ref D and based on discussion with the joint State/DOD team that visited Honduras on February 2-4. Post wishes to underscore that U.S. information sharing with Honduras has pr [...] | 2004-02-07 00:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA291 | EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN ARREST WARRANT OUTSTANDING IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRAUDULENT AND FALSE STATEMENTS, AND CONSPIRACY TO LAUNDER MONEY. ON MARCH 18, 1992, MR. MORRIS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP BY CONCEALING HIS [...] | 2004-02-09 18:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
04TEGUCIGALPA293 | TPS FOR HONDURAS - UPDATE ON ECONOMY AND [...] (U) Summary: While most USG-funded post-Mitch reconstruction efforts are complete, and much physical infrastructure has been rebuilt, the stagnant Honduran economy and the continued crisis situation in Honduran government finances make it unlikely the country could provide the jobs, health ca [...] | 2004-02-09 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SMIG HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA298 | LARGE BUT PEACEFUL TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST COMES OFF [...] As promised, the leftist organization Popular Block held a large protest march February 5 in Tegucigalpa, and a smaller protest in San Pedro Sula. The protest also included temporary morning road blocks on main highways near major cities in several parts of the country. The largely peaceful [...] | 2004-02-10 21:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA31 | NOMINATION FOR LES ECONOMIC TRADE AGREEMENT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa would like to nominate Economic Section LES Carlos Diaz for the Trade Agreement Monitoring and Implementation Course for LES/FSNs (PE-222) to be held at FSI in May 2004. 2. Listed below is the information requested in reftels: Name and grade of LES nominee: Carlos D. [...] | 2004-01-07 21:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ETRD ECON AFSI |
04TEGUCIGALPA315 | Honduras: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...] The following is Post's submission for the "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-4" for Honduras. 2. Begin Text Honduras' constitutional government is headed by President Ricardo Maduro, elected in November 2001 in elections that domestic and international observe [...] | 2004-02-11 20:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG EAID KDEM KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA325 | Honduran Econ Highlights: December 2003 - January [...] (U) On December 30, 2003, Congress passed the 2004 federal budget. The consideration of the budget, traditionally undertaken in a special December session of Congress, took on particular importance this year, as the government of Honduras worked under the constraint of meeting the prior condi [...] | 2004-02-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ELAB EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA344 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SAUERBREY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of Ambassador Sauerbrey to Honduras February 19-20. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces difficult task leading a highly indebted poor country with numerous challenges. Bilateral [...] | 2004-02-13 23:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA365 | HONDURAS UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (U) Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anibel Quinones and Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Foreign Policy Advisor Policarpo Callejas on February 18 to further discuss GOH willingness to draft this year's Cuba human right resoluti [...] | 2004-02-19 01:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA371 | EXTRADITION/DEPORTATION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] On Wednesday February 18, 2004, Honduran Police arrested U.S. fugitive Arnold Frederick Morris. On Thursday February 19, 2004 he was deported back to the U.S. through coordinated efforts of U.S. and Honduran law enforcement agencies. Mr. Morris is currently the subject of several Federal wa [...] | 2004-02-19 21:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC CPAS CVIS HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
04TEGUCIGALPA381 | HONDURAN CONGRESSMAN ARMANDO AVILA PANCHAME [...] (U) National Party Deputy, Armando Avila Panchame, who was convicted February 12th for drug trafficking, was sentenced February 19th to 20 years in prison. His sentence stemmed from his arrest July 6, 2003, while attempting to flee the scene of a drug trafficking airplane crash in the eastern [...] | 2004-02-20 20:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CVIS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA382 | Honduras TIP Update: GOH Active in Preventing and [...] Summary: Honduras has been active in recent months on a number of trafficking in persons (TIP) fronts. This cable provides an update on these efforts. End Summary. TIP Seminars - Prevention and Eradication of TIP --------------------------------------------- --- 2. The Embassy brought [...] | 2004-02-20 20:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA400 | NEW HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: THE LAW IS GOOD, IF [...] (C) Summary: On February 17 Ramon Ovidio Navarro Duarte was sworn in as Honduras' next Attorney General (AG),replacing outgoing AG Roy Edmundo Medina Nolasco. Navarro, a Honduran Supreme Court Justice, is expected to assume his new responsibilities on March 12. Navarro is a Nationalist Part [...] | 2004-02-23 23:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA401 | Port Security: Honduras on Track to Meet U.S. and IMO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras (GOH) is well positioned to be in compliance with MTSA and IMO requirements by the July 1, 2004 deadline. The country's chief challenges in meeting the requirements set out in the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) and in the Internati [...] | 2004-02-24 15:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP ECON ETRD PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA405 | HONDURAS: INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Honduran legislation regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is largely in compliance with the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). However, Honduran authorities lack the personnel and expertise necessary to wage a trul [...] | 2004-02-24 18:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA457 | ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING: NEW ALIAS TO PKK, AND [...] As instructed in reftels (A) and (B),Post delivered the notice of an addition of new aliases to the PKK designation and List 50, and the respective talking points, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 21, 2004. On February 12, we received confirmation that the Ministry had forwarded [...] | 2004-02-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KSEP HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA461 | USAID/HONDURAS' RECOMMENDED PL 480, TITLE II [...] Concurrence. As requested in DCHA/FFP's PL 480 Title II guidelines for Cooperating Sponsor Results Reports and Resource Requests (CSR4),this is to provide recommended funding levels, Bellmon certification, certification of financial capabilities of the cooperating sponsor, and environmental [...] | 2004-02-27 22:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID |
04TEGUCIGALPA466 | TASK FORCE XATRUCH I RETURNS AS HONDURAN ARMED [...] (U) Summary: On February 20, the Government of Honduras (GOH) celebrated the return of Task Force Xatruch I (TFXI),the 370-man contingent the GOH deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),with full honors and a military parade. Final elements of TFXI arrived in Honduras [...] | 2004-02-27 23:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA467 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: MADURO INVITES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: In a February 25 private briefing with international donors, the Transparency International (TI) delegation, led by TI Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Rosa Ines Ospina from Colombia, acknowledged positive anti- corruption efforts by President Ricardo Maduro's administration [...] | 2004-02-27 23:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA468 | HONDURAS STILL UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING [...] (C) Ambassador and Political Counselor met with Minister of Presidency Luis Cosenza on the draft resolution (Ref C) on February 25 and 26. (Note: President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista were in Guatemala at a Central American Summit on Feb. 25.) Cosenza reviewed [...] | 2004-02-27 23:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA498 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOWUP - HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Honduran cooperation on counter-terrorism finance continues to be strong. As noted in ref B, the Honduran Banking and Insurance Commission promptly sends out freeze orders to the entire regulated financial sector each time the U.S. Executive Order lists are amended. The financial secto [...] | 2004-03-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN ETTC KJUS PREL HO UN |
04TEGUCIGALPA502 | MEDIA REACTION ON CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY, [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 2/27 entitled "Transparency against corruption." "The visit of a delegation of Transparency International (TI) to Honduras, headed by its Vice-president, Ines Ospina, is an encouraging step in our fight against this threat, one of th [...] | 2004-03-02 20:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA503 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO LEAVES DOOR OPEN ON [...] (C) Ambassador met March 1 with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro on the issue of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. DCM, Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, and Presidential Advisor Ramon Medina Luna were also present. The meeting followed Ambassador and Polit [...] | 2004-03-02 21:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA530 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR HONDURAN CONTINGENT IN [...] Embassy requests the Department to perform a background check on the following Honduran Army officers who form the leadership of Task Force Xatruch II, the Honduran contingent in support of OIF. WILFREDO CALDERON CANALES SANTA RITA, YORO 24 MAR 58 ADAN DE JESUS PALAO AVILA OLANCHITO, YORO [...] | 2004-03-04 19:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA531 | HONDURAN VICE FM REITERATES CONCERNS ON TAKING LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 20:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | CHR-1 CU HO KDEM PHUM PINR PREL |
04TEGUCIGALPA538 | GOH PROGRESS ON TEDS PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the visit of the State / NOAA training team in December 2003, Honduras has been working to continue improving the turtle excluder device (TED) program and enforcement abilities of fisheries officials. Understanding that re-certification was premised upon training new inspe [...] | 2004-03-05 22:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD ECON HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA542 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A. POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...] | 2004-03-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA543 | High Gas Prices: First Test of Honduran IMF Program [...] (SBU) Summary. A third price hike, in as many months, has brought gasoline and diesel prices in Honduras up to new highs of USD 2.94 and USD 2.02 per gallon, respectively. Gas prices are now 19 percent higher than at the end of 2003 (diesel is up 17.6 percent) and are now clearly the highest [...] | 2004-03-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON PGOV PINR ELAB HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA55 | FFP: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LATIN [...] SUMMARY THE HONDURAS OFFICE OF FOOD FOR PEACE (FFP) HOSTED A REGIONAL FOOD AID MANAGERS' WORKSHOP IN LA ESPERANZA, HONDURAS, ON NOVEMBER 17 THROUGH NOVEMBER 19, 2003. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORKSHOP WERE THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE FFP DIRECTOR, LAUREN LANDIS AND OTHER FFP/W STAFF, ON NEW FFP POLIC [...] | 2004-01-09 19:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA56 | HONDURAN MINISTER OF CULTURE RESIGNS; CITES [...] (U) On January 6, Honduran Minister of Culture Mireya Batres (former fiancee of Honduran President Ricardo Maduro) publicly announced her resignation. Batres' resignation comes as no surprise, as her tense relationship with First Lady Aguas Ocana has flared publicly on more than one occasion. [...] | 2004-01-09 20:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SCUL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA560 | Honduran Econ Highlights: February 2004 [...] (U) On February 2, the GOH signed a Letter of Intent for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which was then approved by the IMF Board in Washington on February 18. This marks the end of two long years of negotiations between the IMF and the Maduro government, but the re [...] | 2004-03-09 21:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV TSPA HO IMF |
04TEGUCIGALPA574 | HONDURAN VICE FM GIVEN INPUT FOR DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 10 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez and MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas on the issue of drafting the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. The meeting followed the Secretary's March 9 meeting with President Ricardo Maduro in [...] | 2004-03-10 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA58 | HONDURAS TO BE HELPFUL AT SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE [...] (C) Ambassador Palmer delivered Ref A demarche to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista on January 8 and 7. (Note: Post had delivered Ref B demarche to MFA on December 29. End Note.) In separate meetings with President Maduro and FM Rosa Bautista, Amba [...] | 2004-01-09 22:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM KDEM XM XL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA59 | SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SENIOR HONDURAN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Honduran Armed Forces made significant changes among its senior leadership, installing new officers in the positions of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Inspector General of the Armed Forces, and Commander of the Navy. These leadership changes reflecte [...] | 2004-01-09 22:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA595 | HONDURAN VICE FM GIVES EMBASSY WEAK DRAFT UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 12 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez, MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas, and Legal Advisor to the FM Carlos Lopez Contreras (a former FM himself) to receive the first Honduran draft of a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Quinon [...] | 2004-03-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA61 | MEDIA REACTION ON NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/9 entitled "A door of opportunity". "The new immigration program proposed by president Bush has had diverse reactions internationally." "For instance, for some Central American governments that every year have to deal with a dif [...] | 2004-01-09 23:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO PA |
04TEGUCIGALPA642 | HONDURAS REMAINS COMMITTED TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Reports in the U.S. and international press which suggest that the Government of Honduras (GOH) now plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq this summer are misleading and contradict local Honduran media coverage of the issue. On March 16, President Ricardo Maduro held a press confe [...] | 2004-03-17 00:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA649 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- TEGUCIGALPA [...] (SBU) Summary: At our first Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting to discuss counterterrorism (CT) assistance to the Government of Honduras (GOH) and assess GOH CT needs, representatives of G-8 missions, Spain, and the European Union (EU) all concurred that the threat of a terrorist att [...] | 2004-03-17 22:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA652 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MARCH 17, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/17 entitled "They should come back." "The bloody terrorist attacks in Madrid last week, the defeat of Jose Maria Aznar's Partido Popular in Spain, and the announcement by recently elected Spanish Prime Minister Rodriguez Zapatero [...] | 2004-03-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA653 | MEDIA REACTION ON HAITI, MARCH 17, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 3/17 entitled "Maneuvers." "In a similar situation to what has happened in Iraq, where a provisional government backed by Washington tries to handle a transitional period until they come up with a new government to take over after a [...] | 2004-03-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA654 | APPREHENSION OF US FUGITIVES TEDDY LEE FRENCH AND CHRISTOPHER FRENCH; GFTI-04-9154; HONDURAS CCX: FRENCH, TEDDY, KY-04-0004/WGA2L [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, U.S. Fugitives Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were apprehended by the Honduran National Police and Frontier Police at the San Pedro Sula International Airport. Both Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were placed into the custody of Deputy U.S Marshals an [...] | 2004-03-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HO NOTAG |
04TEGUCIGALPA669 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MARCH 16, 2004 [...] Editorial on front-page corner of Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/16 entitled "Mending errors." "As El Heraldo warned when it was decided to send troops, the continuing terrorist attacks and the announcement of the withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Iraq have shown that [...] | 2004-03-19 18:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA671 | HONDURAS UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO HUMANITARIAN AID [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-19 20:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF PGOV EAID HA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA672 | DRUG PLANE BURNED ON PROMINENT HONDURAN'S PROPERTY [...] (U) On March 18, post received initial sketchy information involving the burned wreckage of a twin-engine aircraft in the area of Farallones in the Department of Colon on Honduras's north coast. It does not appear that any aircraft actually crashed on March 18. Upon further investigation, Po [...] | 2004-03-19 20:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA688 | REQUEST FOR DELETION FROM CLASS [...] VISAS CLOK DELETION - 00001666 2. NAME: CANAHUATI YACAMAN, MIGUEL FELIPE, DATE OF BIRTH: 06OCT1954, GENDER: M, COUNTRY OF BIRTH: HOND, NATIONALITY: HOND, CASE NUMBER: 761- 001/03106. 3. PLEASE DELETE APPLICANTS P2I, VRVK AND 2I HITS. A RECENT DETERMINATION BY THE HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTR [...] | 2004-03-22 22:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CLOK MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN |
04TEGUCIGALPA70 | ALIEN SMUGGLERS OF CHINESE NATIONALITY ARRESTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 9 and 11, Hu Weng RONG (DPOB: 7/28/1975, China) and He Jia BIN (DPOB: 5/06/1975, China) were arrested in Honduras. Both had obtained Honduran nationality in the early 1990s. The arrests were carried out by the Honduran General Directorate of Special Investigative Ser [...] | 2004-01-13 16:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA704 | HONDURAN VIEW ON UNCTAD IX [...] EconOffs delivered reftel talking points to Melvin Redondo, Director of Trade Policy and Honduras' Chief Negotiator for trade agreements, on March 17. While Redondo was initially unaware of the draft UNCTAD document, he quickly appreciated its importance, and expressed agreement that a re-in [...] | 2004-03-24 18:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL HO UNCTAD WTO |
04TEGUCIGALPA705 | AVIAN FLU: HONDURAS STILL BANS POULTRY FROM TEN [...] SUMMARY: A new decree has renewed and slightly modified the ban which Honduras places on poultry exports from certain U.S. states, citing concerns of high-pathogenic and low-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI and LPAI). The decree implementing the ban was signed on March 5, but only brought to [...] | 2004-03-24 18:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD AMED TBIO PGOV HO OIE |
04TEGUCIGALPA707 | Popular Block Protests Presence of Honduran Troops [...] The Popular Block (Bloque Popular-BP) pulled together a small and peaceful two-hour demonstration on March 20 at the Embassy to protest the "War on Iraq." The BP convoked its member labor unions, indigenous groups, affiliated leftist political party, the Democratic Union, student organization [...] | 2004-03-24 21:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ETRD PINR ASEC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA715 | HONDURAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON FTAA, BUT FEELS [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOffs discussed reftel and the way forward on the FTAA with Honduran Director of Trade Policy, Melvin Redondo. The GOH is committed to the negotiation of a high-quality plurilateral agreement within the FTAA, and supports using the next Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) to m [...] | 2004-03-25 19:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA734 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BALLENGER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Cass Ballenger (R-NC, Chairman, House International Relations, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee) to Honduras April 12-13. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, a little over half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces [...] | 2004-03-29 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA738 | HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 29 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to discuss Honduran actions to support their draft UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba (text in ref D). Ambassador emphasized the need for the MFA to issue instructions to the Honduran Mis [...] | 2004-03-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA741 | HONDURAN FM TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH WILL ANNOUNCE [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 30 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to seek confirmation of Honduran Ambassador Mario Canahuati's statement to WHA Acting DAS Trivelli that the GOH would publicly announce its decision to table a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution o [...] | 2004-03-30 23:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA751 | HONDURAS SEIZES 700 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004 [...] (U) On March 30, Honduran authorities confiscated approximately 700 kilos of cocaine and arrested six individuals in the vicinity of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, near Puerto Cortes on Honduras' Caribbean coast. Police arrived in the area as the traffickers were in the process of preparing a false com [...] | 2004-03-31 23:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA752 | EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA'S 90-DAY PLAN: FINAL STATUS [...] (U) Please find requested status for Embassy Tegucigalpa's 90-day plan for the first quarter of 2004 (ref B) below. 2. (SBU) Ensure selection of qualified Attorney General to support rule of law (C) STEPS TAKEN: Despite a coordinated Mission public diplomacy campaign, which includ [...] | 2004-04-01 00:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KCRM SNAR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA756 | EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA FY2004 ANTI-TIP BILATERAL [...] As one of the focus countries for the President's Initiative to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) (ref B),Post is pleased to present an anti-TIP bilateral project proposal. Post understands that several of the Mission's proposed anti-TIP activities in the areas of prevention, assistance to [...] | 2004-04-01 12:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KWMN KCRM ELAB ASEC PGOV KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA759 | HONDURAS RELEASES TEXT OF UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION; [...] (U) Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista called Ambassador just prior to 11:00 a.m. to inform Ambassador that the MFA had released the text of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) Cuba Resolution. The text was included in a press release that laid out the GOH's reasons for sp [...] | 2004-04-01 20:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA762 | HONDURAN SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM - EFFECTIVE, GROWING, [...] EconOff and intern attended a donation event on March 23 at the Clarion Hotel, hosted by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and Clover Brand, a Honduran private corporation specializing in cooking oil and butter. Clover donated a sum of $335,200 for food products to the School Lunch [...] | 2004-04-01 21:39:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON HO AID |
04TEGUCIGALPA766 | TEXT OF HONDURAN PRESS RELEASE ON UNCHR CUBA [...] Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release on the UNCHR Cuba resolution, issued at 12:00 p.m. E.S.T. on April 1. 2. Begin text: Ministry of Foreign Relations Republic of Honduras Press Communique No. 5 The Ministry of Foreign [...] | 2004-04-01 23:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA77 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/13 entitled "Less differences". "The Summit of the Americas was inaugurated in Monterrey, Mexico, in a context of apparent or real differences among some of the countries participating on it." "The Summit will touch on a series of [...] | 2004-01-13 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA778 | HONDURAN TRADE PRIORITIES: DOHA NEGOTIATIONS AND [...] SUMMARY: The GOH's two top trade priorities for 2004 are progress in the WTO negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and the creation of a Central American customs union. In the WTO negotiations, Honduras' main concerns focus on agricultural market access, rather than agricultural [...] | 2004-04-02 20:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO |
04TEGUCIGALPA78 | MEDIA REACTIONS ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 1/12 entitled "The Monterrey Summit". "The Summit of the Americas in Monterrey will be a crucial test for the relationship between Latin America and the U.S. due to the controversy that has arisen lately over sensitive issues of f [...] | 2004-01-13 21:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA781 | MEDIA REACTION ON RESOLUTION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] | 2004-04-02 22:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU OIIP KPAO HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA782 | HONDURAN RESPONSE TO MND-CS FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) The Government of Honduras (GOH) has indicated publicly and privately that at this moment it does not/not plan to extend its troop contribution to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) beyond its initial one-year commitment which is due to end in July. The GOH, however, has never entirely ruled o [...] | 2004-04-02 23:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA787 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] | 2004-04-05 17:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA792 | HONDURAS SEIZES 122 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004 [...] (U) On April 3, Honduran authorities confiscated approximately 108 kilos of cocaine and arrested Luis Armando Juarez Pineda (46) at a make-shift check point police established at Bonito Oriental in the Department of Colon on the Caribbean coast. The cocaine was discovered hidden in a false co [...] | 2004-04-05 20:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA793 | MADURO ADMINISTRATION SHARPLY CRITICIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: President Ricardo Maduro and his Administration have come under tough criticism from political opponents and left-leaning nongovernmental organizations since the GOH publicly announced that it had drafted a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Much of this c [...] | 2004-04-05 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA80 | IN FIRST MAJOR BUST OF THE YEAR, HONDURANS SEIZE [...] On January 10, Honduran authorities seized approximately 1,000 kilos of cocaine after a drug-laden aircraft, en route from Colombia, crashed landed in an attempt to avoid interdiction. The plane, under escort by the Honduran Air Force and apparently low on fuel, crash landed on the Caribbean [...] | 2004-01-13 21:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA802 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] | 2004-04-05 23:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA803 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/3 entitled "The resolution." "President Maduro and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have stated that in the Cuba affair Honduras is acting as a sovereign state, in accordance with the U.N. Charter." "We're going to take their wo [...] | 2004-04-05 23:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA804 | HONDURAN RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve (MOD) and to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Anibal Quinonez on April 5. MOD Breve had already contacted Deputy Chief of Mission earlier that day to request that the U.S. provide his office with more/better info [...] | 2004-04-05 23:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA810 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us Presi Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party ) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinatio [...] | 2004-04-06 19:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA811 | Honduras Announces New Minimum Wage - Nine Percent [...] After long and contentious negotiations, on April 1, the Government, the private employers' association (COHEP),and the three labor confederations announced they had agreed upon a raise in the minimum wage effective immediately. Unlike past years when the raise was backdated to January, this [...] | 2004-04-06 21:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA813 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us `Presi' Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinati [...] | 2004-04-06 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA819 | Honduras' Fight Against Money Laundering: A Good [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the GOH has made considerable progress in implementing the law and establishing the entities responsible for the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes. The USG, through the Department of [...] | 2004-04-12 18:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA853 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/14 entitled "Ours and theirs." "To take to Congress the resolution presented by Honduras to the UNCHR will stir a meaningless discussion when we have other issues and laws that, despite their importance, are being ignored by our [...] | 2004-04-14 22:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA854 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-ed by Rafael Delgado in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 4/7 entitled "Foreign policy and subordination." "President Maduro and his ministers have said it: our foreign policy hasn't changed, which means that the current administration has maintained the same approach o [...] | 2004-04-14 22:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA855 | MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-ed by Julieta Castellanos in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/13 entitled "The aggression towards Cuba." "The last foreign policy move has placed our country in the disgraceful situation of becoming the backyard of a powerful country. Public officials are losing credibil [...] | 2004-04-14 22:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA858 | CODEL BALLENGER DISCUSSES CUBA, IRAQ, CAFTA, [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, CODEL Ballenger met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro. Issues discussed at the meeting included Cuba, Iraq, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),narcotrafficking, and humanitarian/development assistance. Representative Ballenger expressed U.S. [...] | 2004-04-14 22:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP ETRD SNAR PGOV PHUM EAGR CU HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA862 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 15, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 4/15 entitled "Iraq." "The situation in Iraq has deteriorated in the last weeks, due to the uprising of several armed groups in territories controlled by Shiites and Sunnis threatens to spread the violence to the whole Iraq." " [...] | 2004-04-15 20:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA873 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 15, 2004 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/15 entitled "Sixth attack to Tegucigalpa Base." "Colonel Wilfredo Calderon Canales, commander of battalion Xatruch II, confirmed in a phone interview that the Honduran base in Najaf was attacked by unknown Iraqi forces on the afterno [...] | 2004-04-15 23:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA874 | HONDURAS SEEKS BETTER INFORMATION SHARING AS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) Summary: Trepidation in Honduras continues to rise amid press reports that U.S. troops are preparing an assault on the city of Najaf, Iraq, to arrest and/or kill Muqtaba al Sadr and put an end to the armed uprising by his militia [...] | 2004-04-16 03:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA893 | HONDURAS TO WITHDRAW IMMEDIATELY TROOPS FROM IRAQ [...] (S) Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza called the Ambassador at 1700 on April 16 to advise him that he will travel to Washington on Sunday, April 18 to meet with Department of State officials on Monday, April 19, to inform the U.S. that Honduras has decided to withdraw immediately its tro [...] | 2004-04-16 23:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA910 | PRESIDENT MADURO DECLARES HONDURAS WILL WITHDRAW [...] (C) On April 19, President Maduro alerted the National Congress and announced publicly that Honduras would withdraw its troops from Iraq as soon as possible. The Government of Honduras (GOH) cited Spain's decision to immediately withdraw its troops from Iraq as a significant factor in its deci [...] | 2004-04-20 23:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA925 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 21, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/21 entitled "Retreat" "The announced return of our troops has only confirmed a decision taken by President Maduro almost a month ago that he wouldn't request to Congress an extension to authorize the presence of additional Hondura [...] | 2004-04-21 21:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA934 | CY-2003 END USER MONITORING REPORT FOR [...] Since May 2000, the Political Section (POL) has managed and provided support for INL funded counternarcotics (CN) projects in Honduras. In April 2003, the assistance of a resident law enforcement advisor was added to the POL/INL section for more focused support of the projects. Current opera [...] | 2004-04-22 21:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KCRM EAID PHUM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA943 | OPERATION CONTROLADO II RESULTS IN HONDURAS; [...] During the period of April 1, 2004, to April 12, 2004, Honduran law enforcement engaged in Operation Controlado II which was an enforcement action against all types of criminal activity. This operation concentrated on human and vehicle movements at the borders and on all main transportation [...] | 2004-04-23 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HO NOTAG |
04TEGUCIGALPA945 | PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Honduras is a small country of approximately 6.7 million people, 72 percent of them living on less than two dollars a day and almost 50 percent under the age of 18. A small, core group of related and associated economic and political elites (see my attached comment)1, exercise [...] | 2004-04-26 18:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP PREL KPAO ECON PGOV SMIG HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA950 | INFORMATION ON FREE TRADE ZONES IN HONDURAS [...] This cable is a response to reftel and provides information about Honduran Free Trade Zone laws: a. Does the country have any type of customs free zone, free trade zone, foreign trade zone, export processing zone, freeport or manufacturing bonded warehouse? How many zones are there currentl [...] | 2004-04-26 22:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA960 | PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Honduras is a small country of approximately 6.7 million people, 72 percent of them living on less than two dollars a day and almost 50 percent under the age of 18. A small, core group of related and associated economic and political elites1, exercise effective control of busin [...] | 2004-04-27 19:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP PREL KPAO ECON PGOV SMIG HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA966 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 26, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 4/24 entitled "Return of the troops." "President Maduro has recently announced the return of the Honduran troops in Iraq, who were supposed to carry out humanitarian and reconstruction works in that country." "When the Honduran gov [...] | 2004-04-27 21:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO |
04TELAVIV1246 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State Department Release of 2003 Human Rights Report 2. Alhurra TV Station ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli diplomatic officials as saying that the White House and State Department are not showing the same t [...] | 2004-03-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1259 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 1, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF killed three militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad February 28 in a missile attack in the Shaykh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City. Nine passersby, including a 10-year-old child, were wounded. The IDF demolished 85 kiosks and small vending stands near the Erez Indus [...] | 2004-03-01 17:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1276 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1288 | NEGOTIATIONS FOR EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project is approaching some of the final hurdles in the negotiations between the many parties, according to the Senior Vice President of the Israeli firm Merhav, Nimrod Novik. In a conversation with Embassy econoff on March 1, Novik said the proce [...] | 2004-03-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1291 | PEACE NOW CHIEF SKEPTICAL BUT SUPPORTIVE OF PM'S [...] (C) Summary: The head of Peace Now told Embassy econoff that he welcomed the PM's initiative calling for the unilateral dismantling of settlements in the Gaza Strip and some in the West Bank. Peace Now is skeptical, however, about the PM's seriousness and cautioned the U.S. to look at the ac [...] | 2004-03-02 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
04TELAVIV1292 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 2, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat advisor for human rights and media issues Khalil al-Zaben was shot and killed March 2 by unknown Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City. One settler was injured March 2 after Palestinians fired a mortar on Neve Dekalim. In the West Bank, the IDF killed one Palestinian March 1 n [...] | 2004-03-02 18:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1315 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Performance of Ariel Sharon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum: -In its expansive lead story, Maariv revealed that Shimon Cohen, Tenenbaum's father-in-law, was PM Sharon's agricultural ins [...] | 2004-03-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1325 | ISRAELI COUNTER-TERROR OFFICIAL DEFENDS RAMALLAH [...] (S) Summary: NSC Counterterrorism Chief BG Danny Arditi expressed concern to the Ambassador March 1 about continuing support from Hizballah for Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. While the U.S. and Israel are making progress in combating financial flows from Saudi Ara [...] | 2004-03-03 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1326 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 3, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF killed three Hamas militants March 3 near Netzarim after the three had reportedly fired two mortars at Netzarim settlement. Two missiles, believed to have been fired from an F-16, destroyed the militants' vehicle and killed the occupants as they tried to leave the area [...] | 2004-03-03 18:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1335 | U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...] | 2004-03-04 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1336 | ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC POLICIES GET HIGH MARKS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation to the 2004 U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group meeting in Jerusalem (JEDG),led by Under Secretary Larson and Treasury Under Secretary Taylor, expressed satisfaction with the steps the Government of Israel has taken to implement the government's ec [...] | 2004-03-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1351 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Performance of PM Sharon's Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum and the fallout from Maariv's revelations about PM Sharon's alleged connection with Tenenbaum's [...] | 2004-03-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1353 | RUSSIAN ENVOY LOOKS TO UPCOMING QUARTET MEETING TO [...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin, just back from a trip to Saudi Arabia, told the Ambassador March 3 that the Saudis "made some nice noises" about working with Arab League partners in an effort to recommit to the Beirut Arab League declaration, the roadmap, UNSCR 1515 endorsing the [...] | 2004-03-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1354 | LIKUD POWER BROKER -- AND REPUTED PARTY BULLY -- [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Likud's outspoken rightist Central Committee member Uzi Cohen and some of his what could only be described as political henchmen presented an alternative peace plan to Poloff and Pol/FSN on March 3 wherein the Palestinians would have their own state -- in a carved-out [...] | 2004-03-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1362 | WERTHEIMER APPARENTLY GIVING UP ON "MARSHALL PLAN" [...] (SBU) Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer told visiting NSC Director Adnan Kifayat and Embassy Econoff on Feb. 24 that he will no longer seek USG financial assistance for his "New Marshall Plan" for the Middle East. Using the phrase "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to [...] | 2004-03-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PREL KWBG TU JO IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1366 | (S) ISRAELI CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL FRENCH ARMS [...] (S) MOD DG Amos Yaron expressed concern March 3 to visiting Commerce U/S Kenneth Juster about signals that France might be ready to reverse its restrictive policy on arms sales to China. In a March 4 follow-up meeting, Rami Yungman of the MOD pol-mil bureau told polmiloff that the sources of [...] | 2004-03-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1367 | ISRAELI REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MUTED [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI and public reaction to the State Department's 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR) has been relatively low-key in the five business days since the report's publication. The GOI's main substantive public statement -- as reported in the daily Ha'aretz on February 27 -- came from F [...] | 2004-03-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1368 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 4, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed March 4 during an IDF incursion into the Zorub section of the Rafah refugee camp to search for tunnels used to smuggle weapons. Four others, including three more children between the ages of eight and 11, were wounded. One Palestinian was [...] | 2004-03-04 16:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1370 | ASSASSINATION OF ARAFAT AIDE IN GAZA CITY -- LAW [...] (C) Summary: The March 2 assassination of Khalil al-Zaban, Yasir Arafat's advisor on human rights and media issues, is but the most recent in an ongoing series of events that indicates a decline in law and order in the Gaza Strip. Neither the killers nor their motives have been identified. So [...] | 2004-03-04 17:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL KDEM PREL PGOV GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV1375 | ETHIOPIAN JEWRY IN ISRAEL [...] Summary: Ethiopian Jews in Israel number approximately 90,000. Fifty percent of them are under the age of 25. Most can trace their families' arrival in Israel to rescue missions such as Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). The vast majority live in impoverished communities w [...] | 2004-03-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL KIRF ET IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV1381 | ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS REQUEST CLARITY ON [...] (C) Summary. Senior Israeli venture capitalists outlined to the Ambassador March 3 difficulties Israeli firms are having selling software relating to homeland security and counterterrorism to certain USG entities. According to Chemi Peres, chairman of one of Israel's largest VC firms, Pitang [...] | 2004-03-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PTER IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV1384 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1389 | New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's [...] (SBU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona, Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to discuss the Embassy's ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the Hebrew Israelite Community (HIC). Also present at the meeting was ex-Deputy Mayor, Alber [...] | 2004-03-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV1390 | ISRAELI READOUT OF IRAN NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a readout of their consultations with French officials about Iran and other IAEA issues, Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) said the French MFA poldir had told them that the EU-3 agreement with Iran could not be twisted to justify removal [...] | 2004-03-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1391 | FAST-TRACK OUTPOST REMOVAL LESS THAN ADVERTISED [...] (C) Summary and comment: The long-promised GOI removal of outposts established after March 2001 suffered another setback on March 4 when the Israeli High Court of Justice postponed the evacuation of six illegal outposts in the West Bank for an additional ten days. The court will hear the se [...] | 2004-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1392 | GOI INFO ON RAMALLAH BANK RAID [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings this week with Shin Bet liaison officers and the head of Israel's counter terrorist financing effort at the Israeli NSC and the Mossad, GOI officials provided some additional details on last week's raid on Palestinian banks. The GOI officials rejected the c [...] | 2004-03-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
04TELAVIV1394 | SHARON DENIES PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS IN TENNENBAUM [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon and his staff have forcefully denied the explosive March 3 "Ma'ariv" story impugning his motives in the handling of the release of Elhanan Tennenbaum as part of the Hizballah prisoner exchange. Contrary to the paper's allegation that Sharon was influenced b [...] | 2004-03-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1395 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 5, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF imposed a total closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip March 5 for the Purim holiday, preventing even Palestinians with permits from entering Israel. The IDF said it would make exceptions only in cases of medical emergency. The closure is expected to last until M [...] | 2004-03-05 16:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1408 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1413 | MEETING OF POST TERRORISM FINANCING WORKING GROUP [...] (S//NF) On March 5, the DCM chaired a meeting of mission officers involved in terrorist financing issues. Post Economic, Political, FBI, ORCA, and DATT sections participated in the meeting, updating most recent efforts in working with the GOI on terrorist financing issues. ---------------- [...] | 2004-03-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER SNAR KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1420 | SPIEGEL BRIEFS ON FENCE ACTIONS, PREPS MOFAZ FOR [...] (C) BG (res) Baruch Spiegel called POL/C to a short-notice meeting March 8 to detail the latest steps in his assigned effort to address for the MOD measures to relieve the problems for Palestinians caused by the separation barrier. He said the advanced timing of the meeting was designed to c [...] | 2004-03-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PHUM PBTS IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1451 | MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete Israeli withdrawal, including from the Philadelphia Strip, would be substantially elevated. The loss of IDF-secured roads, fortified bases and settlements, and diminished IDF tactic [...] | 2004-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1452 | POLITICAL/INSITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is unlikely to result either in substantial security turmoil or significant improvement in PA governance in the short-to-medium term. Unlike in the West Bank, the IDF does not maintain a presence within Gaza popul [...] | 2004-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL KDEM EAID ECON PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1453 | ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (C) Summary: We assess that an Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip in and of itself will not result in any major improvements in economic and humanitarian conditions in Gaza over the short to medium term. The manner in which the pull-out is executed could have an economic impact: leaving in [...] | 2004-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1455 | VIOLENT WEEKEND IN GAZA - IS THIS THE STORM BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, March 6, four suicide bombers who were apparently en route to Erez crossing detonated prematurely, killing themselves and two PA security officers. Eighteen persons were injured as a result of the explosion and/or return fire from the IDF. On Sunday March 7, the IDF [...] | 2004-03-09 08:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1464 | USING THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE OUR [...] (C) I encourage Washington to convene a meeting of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) as soon as possible. Our combined efforts to focus Israel on our trade and investment concerns are beginning to pay dividends. A new agricultural agreement that will increase access to U.S. agricultural pro [...] | 2004-03-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1466 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Channel 2-TV reported that PM Sharon is "enraged" with IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, whom he accuses of having caused "enormous" damage and of "blatantly intervening in pol [...] | 2004-03-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1488 | FM SHALOM REVIEWS BUSY TRAVEL ITINERARY; BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin the Europeans had conveyed a preference for GOI-PA negotiations in the context of the roadmap, as opposed to unilateral steps. UK PM Tony Blair reportedly expressed admiration [...] | 2004-03-10 06:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER IS EG XF EU GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1493 | LIBYA/IAEA: ISRAEL UNHAPPY WITH REVISED [...] (C) In response to March 10 ref (C) demarche to his deputy, MFA Deputy DG for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff told polmiloff that the GOI, while fully cognizant of "what's at stake" in gaining consensus for a Libya resolution, is unhappy with the reftel Libya resolution language because i [...] | 2004-03-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC LY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1496 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] The requesters hope to obtain Cypriot citizenship and a EU passport. Yediot reported that Israel has asked the U.S. to allow El Al to fly over Iraq to reach its Far East destinations, which would save the company's planes two to three hours of travel. Ha'aretz (English Ed.) published a L [...] | 2004-03-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1538 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...] | 2004-03-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1546 | HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN WEST BANK AND [...] Summary: Overall, the humanitarian situation in West Bank and Gaza (WB/G) has not improved. Despite some minor improvements in mobility, the range of socio-economic indicators remain dismal. Over 60 percent of the WB/G population live below the poverty line; Unemployment rates as of fourth [...] | 2004-03-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE HUMANITARIAN AID |
04TELAVIV1561 | ISRAELI FIU LEFT OUT OF RAMALLAH BANK OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Israeli Money Laundering Prohibition Authority (IMPA),Yehuda Shaffer, told econoff on March 10 that the Israeli financial intelligence unit (FIU) was left out of the Shin Bet/IDF raid on the Palestinian banks on February 24. Shaffer claimed the FIU was only [...] | 2004-03-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EFIN KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1568 | COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; USG-GOI DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. and Israeli delegations discussed efforts to combat radiological terrorism during February 24-25 talks held in Israel. The parties reviewed existing institutional structures and technologies as well as strategy and approaches for research, development, testing and evaluation. Also [...] | 2004-03-12 10:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TSPL PARM IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1575 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] March 11 Madrid Bombings 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- led with the multiple, almost simultaneous bombings in Madrid on Thursday morning, in which 198 people were killed and ove [...] | 2004-03-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1587 | SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...] | 2004-03-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1598 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Madrid Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- With Yediot and Maariv devoting their entire front pages to the event, all media led with Sunday afternoon's double bombings at Ashdod Port, one of the most sensiti [...] | 2004-03-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1611 | UNUSUAL FACTORS IN ASHDOD BOMBINGS INVITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several atypical elements of Sunday's dual suicide bombing at the Ashdod port have led Israelis to worry that Hamas and Fatah meant what they said when they announced that the attack, for which the two groups claimed responsibility, signalled a new phase in the Intifada. The atta [...] | 2004-03-15 15:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG ASEC PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
04TELAVIV1612 | SPIEGEL BRIEFS DONORS ON SEPARATION BARRIER [...] (SBU) Summary. Baruch Spiegel, Israeli coordinator on humanitarian issues related to the separation barrier, told donors March 11 that he and his team are trying to find solutions to a variety of localized problems brought to its attention and is trying to apply "lessons learned" from previo [...] | 2004-03-15 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1613 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 13-15, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. At approximately 1630 hours March 14, two 18-year-old residents of a Gaza refugee camp blew themselves up at the Ashdod port, killing 10 and injuring 15. Hamas and Islamic Jihad took joint responsibility for the attack. The IDF killed one Palestinian when responding to a roads [...] | 2004-03-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1614 | HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN WEST BANK/GAZA SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly released statistics indicate that housing starts in West Bank and Gaza settlements increased 35% in 2003, in a year when total housing starts in Israel and the settlements dropped 8% compared to 2002 figures. The great majority of the new housing appears to be within "th [...] | 2004-03-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1621 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...] | 2004-03-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1623 | COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND LOOKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the Bureau of Industry and Security met with high-ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli a leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's hi-tech and def industries. [...] | 2004-03-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR COMMERCE ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1631 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 16, 2004; (1630 [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli press reports suggesting that a "severe" military crackdown on Gaza was likely following last week's suicide bombing at Ashdod port and a rumor that internationals were being ordered to leave Gaza, fueled widespread concern that internationals were preparing to evacuat [...] | 2004-03-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV1632 | FOG REMAINS FOLLOWING SHARON WIN ON VAGUE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a vaguely-worded speech that was supposed to be about his disengagement plan, PM Sharon turned a March 15 Knesset vote on that speech into a so-called "vote of confidence" on his government -- which he won 46-45, with 29 members absent. The vote, however c [...] | 2004-03-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1638 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While reaffirming his preference for the roadmap, PM Sharon told Codel Levin on March 14 that he would not "negotiate" with the PA prior to Gaza withdrawal, which he termed a security, not political, solution. Asked what sort of U.S. support he is seeking, the PM said only that he [...] | 2004-03-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1643 | HOME DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA - HIGH HUMANITARIAN TOLL [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Humanitarian conditions in Rafah rank among the worst in the Palestinian territories. In the past three years, over 10,000 persons in Rafah have been made homeless by IDF home demolitions. The donor community has spent millions of dollars responding to this ongoing huma [...] | 2004-03-17 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON GZ IS KWBG PHUM PREF PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV1644 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-17 11:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1661 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian track. While expressing a willingness to negotiate without preconditions with Bashar, the PM said Syria would first have to dismantle terrorist organizations and [...] | 2004-03-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1662 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 17, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) IDF helicopter gunships fired missiles on a Gaza City building on March 16, killing two members of Islamic Jihad and wounding nine Palestinians. During an ongoing operation to locate tunnels in Rafah, the IDF killed four Palestinians and injured 12. In Gaza City, a Palestinian policem [...] | 2004-03-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1667 | NEW YAHAD CHAIRMAN BEILIN SOUNDS BATTLE CRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Yossi Beilin's close victory in the new Yahad Party's chairmanship race against Meretz MK Ran Cohen blows some new life into the foundering political career of the Geneva Accords architect, but has barely ruffled the political waters. Beilin termed his win a victory for "peace [...] | 2004-03-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1676 | QIZ TALKS: GETTING CLOSER, BUT ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The third round of Israeli/Egyptian QIZ talks ended without an agreement on March 17 in Jerusalem. As in the previous discussions in Jerusalem and Cairo, the stumbling block remained the minim [...] | 2004-03-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV1677 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...] | 2004-03-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1683 | COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the SIPDIS Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),met with high- ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli and American leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's [...] | 2004-03-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1684 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 18, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) In Gaza, the IDF ended its operation to search for tunnels at 2100 hours March 17. UNRWA reported that six Palestinians were injured in Rafah between 1500 and 2100 March 17.. The Israeli High Court ordered on March 17 that work on the barrier northwest of Jerusalem be postponed indefi [...] | 2004-03-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1685 | JERICHO MONITORING MISSION: STATUS REPORT AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv-ConGen Jerusalem message, coordinated with the British Embassy and British ConGen. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Following a detailed review of the situation at the Jericho prison, the U.S. and British Ambassadors and Consuls General agreed March 15 that Palestinian [...] | 2004-03-18 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS UK ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1689 | TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN [...] (C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17: -- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral disengagement plan "a failure," which was not supported by the majority of Israelis and which appeared to give in to terror; -- Said the National Union would b [...] | 2004-03-19 07:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1698 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jordanian King Abdullah paid a secret visit to Prime Minister's Ariel Sharon Shikmim ranch, Ha'aretz and Yediot reported. The media noted that there are no de [...] | 2004-03-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1705 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 19, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Four IDF soldiers were injured when a bomb exploded near their tank during an incursion into the Gaza Strip near Netzarim. According to UNRWA, at least four Palestinians were injured during the incursion. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven Palestinians and destroyed the home of a [...] | 2004-03-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1706 | ZEVULUN ORLEV, MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, is a moderate member of the rightist National Religious Party (NRP). He has primarily focused on domestic affairs and internal NRP machinations. Orlev has endeavored to move the NRP into a moderate position in order to prove that it is [...] | 2004-03-19 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1707 | UN ENVOY PREVIEWS ARAFAT "ASCENSION" PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Terje Larsen reviewed for the Ambassador his recent exchanges with GOI, PA, Egyptian, and Jordanian officials on PM Sharon's disengagement plan, and laid out an idea for enticing Arafat's cooperation in combating terrorism by offering him an "elevated," cer [...] | 2004-03-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1708 | THE COSTS OF THE INTIFADA TO THE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. More than three years into the Intifada, a lively debate has ensued about its costs to the Israeli economy, both past and future. A fair degree of unanimity exists among experts that past costs were huge, with Bank of Israel and Ministry of Finance estimates falling somewhere b [...] | 2004-03-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1721 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin 2. Mideast 3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio, followed by the other electronic media, reported that at around 5:30 this morning, Hamas leade [...] | 2004-03-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1729 | TRADE MINISTER OLMERT PROMISES COOPERATION, ACTION [...] (C) Summary. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOIT) Ehud Olmert told the Ambassador March 18 that he takes U.S. complaints about trade barriers seriously and would seek to correct problems. He said MOIT will be the point of contact on complaints related to gov [...] | 2004-03-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1741 | PM SHARON BANKING ON U.S. TO SAVE DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Following PM Sharon's March 21 meeting with Likud ministers to discuss his disengagement plan, it appears that the Prime Minister may lack the necessary Likud ministerial support for the plan to pass a cabinet vote. Pundits and Embassy political contacts say the PM will need to s [...] | 2004-03-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1742 | HAMAS CHARGES USG CULPABILITY IN YASIN KILLING; [...] (S/NF) Summary: Hamas leaders have responded to the IAF's assassination of Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin March 22 by vowing retaliation against Israel and blaming the USG, saying &The Zionists did not take such a step without the approval of the terrorist U.S. Administration. Therefore, it [...] | 2004-03-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KWBG KPAL PREL PTER GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV1743 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 22, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF assassinated Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin in a missile attack in Gaza City March 22; six other Palestinians were killed and 19 were wounded in the attack (details reported septel). All entry and exit into the Gaza Strip was stopped for Palestinians March 22 in the w [...] | 2004-03-22 17:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1752 | GUSH KATIF VISA APPLICANTS EXPECT PROTESTS AGAINST [...] Summary. In February, Conoff interviewed three visa applicants from the Gush Katif settlement bloc who shared their views on PM Sharon's disengagement plan. The settlers said they expected Gush Katif residents to oppose the PM's plan through both legal and political channels. One applicant [...] | 2004-03-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IS KWBG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1758 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1765 | ISRAELIS HUNKER DOWN THE DAY AFTER YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Summary: Israel's politicians wasted little time in taking to the airwaves to defend, or in some cases take issue with, the March 22 killing of Hamas spiritual leader Shaykh Ahmad Yassin. Sources in the PM's office expressed satisfaction with the U.S. response, and an MFA official said t [...] | 2004-03-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1772 | ISRAELI-ARAB POLITICIANS DECLARE DAY OF MOURNING, [...] (C) Summary. Israeli-Arab politicians rallied some 2,000 demonstrators in Nazareth March 23 to protest the GOI's assassination of Hamas leader Yasin. The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, in conjunction with the more militant Islamic Movement, also declared March 23 a day of mourning. A Liku [...] | 2004-03-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV1777 | Canon White and Former Archbishop of [...] Summary: Lord Carey of Clifton (Former Archbishop of Canterbury) and Canon Andrew White met with Ambassador March 19 to seek his views on ways they could move forward the Alexandria Process Israeli- Palestinian religious dialogue in a manner that would best support the political track of the [...] | 2004-03-24 06:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM KPAO IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1794 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1830 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...] | 2004-03-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1839 | Israeli Economy Pauses following Yassin Killing [...] (SBU) The jury is out on the economic effect of the Yassin killing, but it already appears that tourism is taking a significant hit. While there has been only a moderate fall in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE),the shekel has fallen steadily since Monday morning against the dollar. Our persona [...] | 2004-03-25 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1845 | SHARON'S CABINET SECRETARY DOES THE MATH AND [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon predicted to Ambassador Kurtzer March 23 that the present government would not last long. He cited as evidence of "the beginning of the end" the Shas-sponsored no-confidence motion the previous day -- hastily withdrawn to show solidarity after the [...] | 2004-03-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1866 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...] | 2004-03-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1874 | POLICE MAY HAVE LEARNED LESSONS FROM ORR [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent effort to avoid a repetition of the October 2000 police killing of 12 Israeli-Arab demonstrators, chief of Israel's national police force has ordered his forces to refrain from using either live ammunition or rubber-coated bullets during the March 30 Israeli Arab "L [...] | 2004-03-26 13:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1896 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1906 | SHARON INDICTMENT RECOMMENDATION NO SURPRISE; MOST [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated word this past weekend that State Prosecutor Edna Arbel intends to recommend indictment of PM Sharon on bribery charges leaves unchanged for now the calculus that PM Sharon, if thick-skinned enough, can manage his legal and political problems, and remain in o [...] | 2004-03-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1909 | PALESTINIANS ANSWER "NO" TO QUESTION, "ARE YOU [...] (C) Summary: Starting in October 2003, the World Bank and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) have conducted a series of monthly surveys to measure Palestinian attitudes and expectations concerning their economic and humanitarian circumstances. An average of 1253 households and 5 [...] | 2004-03-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID SOCI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1910 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 27-29, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed March 27 in Balata refugee camp during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Palestinian gunmen. Both sides claimed that inadvertent fire by the other had killed the boy. A group of Israeli settlers occupied and vandalized [...] | 2004-03-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1911 | UN AGENCIES FED UP WITH GAZA RESTRICTIONS; BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of terrorist attacks at or near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, the GOI began requiring UN personnel to walk through the crossing point. The GOI also restricted movement of all containers at Karni crossing following information suggesting that the t [...] | 2004-03-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON PHUM KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1920 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...] | 2004-03-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1928 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 30, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian suspects in al-Fuwwar village, and eight Palestinians were arrested by the IDF throughout the West Bank March 29. Settlers in Hebron uprooted part of a Palestinian vineyard and placed three caravans on the site, according to press [...] | 2004-03-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1934 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings that took place in the hours following the Sheikh Yassin assassination, USD Dov Zakheim discussed the targeted killing and Gaza disengagement with Ministers Olmert and Mofaz and MKs Steinetz and Sneh. (Selected GOI comments from these meetings reported reftels.) Mofaz [...] | 2004-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV MARR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1940 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Withdrawal Plan 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night PM Sharon promised at the Likud convention that registered Likud members would get to vote on his Gaza disengagemen [...] | 2004-03-31 10:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1941 | LABOR'S ENTRY TO COALITION COULD HINGE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the face of a possible bribery indictment against PM Sharon, speculation has begun over whether Labor will put on hold any plans to take the place of the right-wing parties in Sharon's coalition if they eventually bolt over Gaza withdrawal (reftel). Before the State Prosecuto [...] | 2004-03-31 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1946 | FIRST OUTPOST REMOVED UNDER NEW LEGAL PROCESS [...] (C) IDF forces succeeded early Wednesday March 31 in their second attempt within 24 hours to remove the outpost of Hazon David near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. The IDF had failed the previous evening to remove the outpost, reportedly little more than a number of tents and a makeshift synagog [...] | 2004-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1951 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 31, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the pre-dawn hours March 31, settlers moved into 11 houses they claim to have purchased in the predominantly Arab Silwan section of East Jerusalem, sparking clashes between police and Palestinian residents, who reportedly threw stones at the settlers. Police used tear gas t [...] | 2004-03-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1952 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...] | 2004-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1953 | SHARON'S LIKUD REFERENDUM LIKELY TO STYMIE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon's decision to take his unilateral disengagement plan to a referendum of the full 200,000-strong Likud membership, a body more moderate than its leadership, reinforces his hand in dealing with Likud and other-party ministers and Knesset members who oppose withdrawal. The [...] | 2004-03-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1962 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1968 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 1, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Direct deposit for all PA security forces is scheduled to begin April 1 (see Jerusalem septel). Civilian PA workers are scheduled to have their salaries deposited April 3. At least one Palestinian was injured March 31 when the IDF forcefully broke up an anti-barrier demonstration near [...] | 2004-04-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1970 | BEILIN BINDS NEW YAHAD PARTY TO GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: New Yahad Party leader Yossi Beilin left no doubt that Yahad and the Geneva Accord are joined at the hip when accord co-author Yasser Ahmed Rabbo sat center stage with Beilin at the party's founding ceremonies on March 31. Copies of the accord and Yahad's basic covenant were both [...] | 2004-04-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV2021 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2031 | IN PASSOVER INTERVIEWS, SHARON WARNS ARAFAT, [...] (SBU) Israel's three major dailies previewed April 2 the separate Passover interviews with PM Sharon that each will publish on April 5. The previews highlighted three of Sharon's themes: -- Targeting Arafat and Nasrallah: In the wake of Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin, [...] | 2004-04-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2034 | PERES: LABOR READY TO JOIN LIKUD COALITION [...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres told Ambassador Kurtzer unequivocally April 2 that Labor "could not stay out" of the coalition if and when PM Sharon invites Labor to join. Responding to a scenario where Sharon loses the two right-wing coalition partners over a cabinet vote on unilater [...] | 2004-04-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2035 | BOI Reduces Interest by 0.2% in March [...] (U) On March 29, the Bank of Israel announced a 0.2 percent reduction in interest rates. This brings the Bank of Israel interest rate to 4.1 percent and represents the thirteenth consecutive interest rate decline since the end of March, 2003. In the press release accompanying its latest rate [...] | 2004-04-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2039 | GOI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON ISRAEL-EGYPT QIZ [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor confirmed to us April 2 that Israel and Egypt had agreed to 11.7% minimum Israeli content for all Egyptian QIZ products. Bar said the next step is a meeting in Athens April 14, wher [...] | 2004-04-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV2040 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 2, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed April 2 in a heavy exchange of fire that erupted between IDF soldiers and Palestinian militants during an IDF incursion into the al-Salaam area of the Rafah refugee camp. On April 1, UNRWA said in a press release that it was suspending delivery into [...] | 2004-04-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV2041 | UNHAPPY ISRAELI TRADE MINISTER REACTS TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Communications Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador late April 1 to complain about reports that the USG intended to put Israel back on the 301 Priority Watch List. Olmert said such an action would be unjustified. Olmert noted that he [...] | 2004-04-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2042 | COGAT SAYS UNRWA-IDF CONTAINER DISPUTE MAY BE SOON [...] (C) Summary: UNRWA April 1 announced the suspension of its emergency food distribution program in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA Deputy Director of Operations in Gaza, Krister Nordahl confirmed to Poloff April 2 that UNRWA, frustrated by what it sees as the IDF's refusal to find any interim measures to [...] | 2004-04-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KWBG PREF PREL GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
04TELAVIV2056 | RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAJOR GAZA/WEST BANK USAID [...] (C) Summary/Recommendations: On January 30, Chiefs of Mission in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the West Bank/Gaza USAID Mission Director decided jointly to put an eight-week hold on four USAID projects to allow time to: 1) measure progress in the investigation of the October, 2003 murder of our [...] | 2004-04-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL KWBG ASEC IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
04TELAVIV2063 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon was quoted as saying in a Passover-eve interview with Israel Radio: "Those who kill Jews and order to kill Jews because of the fact they are Jews deserve to [...] | 2004-04-05 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2064 | SHARON READY TO REPLACE WAYWARD MINISTERS OVER [...] (C) Summary. At the April 4 Cabinet meeting, PM Sharon invited two right-wing ministers to leave the coalition if they are not comfortable with its policies, demonstrating Sharon's confidence that Labor is waiting in the wings to replace these ministers' parties (ref A). Sharon's display of [...] | 2004-04-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2067 | NETANYAHU ANNOUNCES MAJOR TAX REDUCTION PROGRAM [...] (U) On Sunday, April 4th, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference at which he announced the third major tax reduction initiative of his tenure. It foresees the following changes in tax and investment laws: -- personal income taxes, primarily for low-income workers, would f [...] | 2004-04-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2070 | SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE GETS QUICK GOI ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary: Aaron Abramovitch, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Justice, told Econ/C April 5 that the GOI was "surprised and confused" by the USG statement that it planned to raise Israel to Special 301 Priority Watch List status unless action is taken on data protection and copyri [...] | 2004-04-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2079 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...] | 2004-04-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2119 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the situation in Iraq. (Maariv's banner: "America in Trouble"; banners in Yediot and Hatzofe evoke the "Iraqi quagmire.") At least 150 Iraqis and 40 Americans were [...] | 2004-04-08 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2123 | DETAILS OF EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE APPROVED BY [...] (C) Summary. The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project cleared a crucial hurdle on April 4 when the GOI gave its blessing to the Israel Electric Company (IEC) to negotiate an agreement with the supplier of Egyptian natural gas, Eastern Mediterranean Group (EMG). Under the proposed agreement EMG, [...] | 2004-04-08 13:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV2140 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Iraq and the American entanglement continued dominating the Israeli press. All media reported about the two East Jerusalem Israeli-Arabs who were kidnapped in Iraq. The two were apparently w [...] | 2004-04-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2156 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...] | 2004-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2163 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #69, APRIL 10-13, [...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinians were killed by IDF fire over the reporting period, including a 12 year old girl who lived near Gani Tal settlement in Gaza. In the West Bank, 12 al-Aqsa Brigade members were arrested after they tried to abduct an accused collaborator in Qalqilya. In Gaza ther [...] | 2004-04-13 15:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2164 | OVER 200 GAZA BUSINESSMEN LAMENT DELAYS AT KARNI [...] (C) Embassy sources reported that over 200 Gazan businessmen attended a Chambers of Commerce meeting on April 13 in Gaza City. They attributed the large turnout to the seriousness of the problems facing businessmen caused by delays at Karni crossing. (Karni is the only commercial crossing s [...] | 2004-04-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON GZ IS PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV2167 | While Israel's Economy Grows, Unemployment Remains [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Netanyahu's declaration in late 2003 that the recession has ended appears to look more realistic today than it did at the time. There is increasing optimism in Israeli economic circles regarding a return to growth in 2004. All indications currently point to growth of m [...] | 2004-04-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2189 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2195 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #70; APRIL 14, 1700 [...] (SBU) Summary. During the reporting period one Palestinian died of shrapnel wounds during a Fatah demonstration. IDF teams demolished the home of a suicide bomber in Nablus, and bulldozed lands near Rafa in northern Gaza. A sit-in strike protesting tighter security measures continued for a [...] | 2004-04-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2199 | REACTION TO BUSH-SHARON MEETING: SHARON GOT WHAT [...] (C) Summary: Key Likud disengagement supporters and the major media are declaring PM Sharon victorious after learning of the assurances Sharon received in his April 14 meeting with President Bush. They also assess that Sharon obtained what he needs from the U.S. to push his disengagement plan [...] | 2004-04-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2200 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-15 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2202 | A DAY OF SETBACKS FOR OUTPOST SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary: A day after PM Sharon reiterated his commitment to removing unauthorized outposts in Washington, outpost activists and supporters woke up on April 15 to the news that the GOI had removed a few more sites overnight and that the Attorney General ordered some settlement funding hal [...] | 2004-04-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2203 | ISRAELI-ARAB NGO LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] Summary: An Israeli-Arab advocacy NGO appealed to the diplomatic community at an April 13 gathering to lobby the GOI against renewal of the controversial July 2003 law that bars Palestinians from the Occupied Territories from acquiring Israeli residency or citizenship rights through marriage t [...] | 2004-04-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV2206 | OMRI SHARON SEES HARD WORK AHEAD ON DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) PM Sharon's son and Likud MK, Omri Sharon, told poloff on April 14 -- before the PM's White House meeting -- that the main problem facing the pro-disengagement campaign is getting enough Likud members out to vote in the May 2 Likud referendum on the unilateral withdrawal plan. Sharon wor [...] | 2004-04-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2207 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #71, APRIL 15, 1700 [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces detained settlers during the evacuation of Havat Maon outpost April 14. IDF forces clashed with Palestinian protesters at Biddu April 14 and 15, and roughly 3,000 people demonstrated in Ramallah in support of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti. In the Gaza Strip, [...] | 2004-04-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2227 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-16 12:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2231 | POLLS SHOW DISENGAGEMENT PLAN WINNING LIKUD [...] (C) Polls conducted after the April 14 meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon show Sharon's disengagement plan winning a majority of Likud voter support. Major media analysts, however, noted that intervening events -- such as a significant terrorist attack or FinMin Benyamin Netanyahu's [...] | 2004-04-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2235 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #72; APRIL 16, 1700 [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF fire killed one Palestinian demonstrator near Ramallah and injured nine near the Old City. The IDF arrested seven Palestinians including a 28-year-old woman carrying a bag of explosives. In Gaza, Hamas and Islamic Jihad organized demonstrations in suppor [...] | 2004-04-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2242 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Holocaust Memorial Day events, which started last night and will continue through tonight. Sunday, all media led with the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz [...] | 2004-04-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2249 | PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. "GREEN LIGHT" FUEL ANGER AT [...] (C) Summary: Contacts throughout the Gaza Strip all concurred that the April 17 assassination of Hamas leader Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi the March 22 assassination of Shaykh Ahmad Yasin and the Bush-Sharon summit were being viewed as a cumulative series of actions against the Palestinian people. [...] | 2004-04-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2250 | SHARON SECURES KEY LIKUD MINISTERS' SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. PM Sharon has lined up key Likud ministers behind his disengagement plan and set the stage for victory in the May 2 Likud referendum. In the process, Sharon stretched to their full measure USG assurances regarding Israeli retention of West Bank settlement blocs, Israel's right [...] | 2004-04-19 17:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2256 | LIKUD MK SA'AR OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL PLAN BUT [...] (C) Summary: Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar told poloff on April 18 that he will quietly oppose PM Sharon's disengagement plan even though he is certain that the plan will win a majority in the May 2 Likud referendum. Sa'ar objects to the plan since it requires withdrawing from Gaza and four northern [...] | 2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2257 | MAKING BREAD, NOT WAR, IN JAFFA: AN ISRAELI ARAB [...] (SBU) Summary: In the mixed city of Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs buy and sell side-by-side in one of the busiest marketplace environments in Israel, prominent bakery owner Hamis Abouelafia made news this week by presenting a ceremonial loaf of leavened bread to Jews at an end-of-Passover cele [...] | 2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV2259 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Release of Mordechai Vanunu 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major Hebrew media bannered the release of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, which will take place tomorrow. Several media reported that Monda [...] | 2004-04-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2261 | PERES TELLS CODEL ISSA "NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Labor leader Shimon Peres told CODEL Issa April 16 that the United States should be promoting modernization in the Middle East -- rather than democratization -- as the best means for furthering the U.S. agenda in the region. Peres recommended using business and investment as key [...] | 2004-04-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2271 | BIBI BULLISH ON ISRAELI ECONOMY TO CODEL ISSA [...] (C) Summary: An ebullient Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Issa April 14 that Israel's economy is continuing to improve now that reforms are beginning to take effect. Netanyahu's "success" in battling the unions, GDP growing at 3 percent this year, pension reform, and lower taxes are all contri [...] | 2004-04-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2282 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Release of Mordechai Vanunu 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the release after 18 years in jail for aggravated espionage of whistleblower, or "atomic spy," Mordechai Vanunu, which took place this morni [...] | 2004-04-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2293 | PEACE NOW DIRECTOR: NETANYAHU AND SHARON FINAGLE [...] (C) Summary: Peace Now Director Yariv Oppenheimer told poloff on April 20 that PM Sharon and FinMin Netanyahu both know that prior GOI decisions on the fence route leave the Ariel settlement outside the main separation barrier, thereby not meeting Netanyahu's demand that it be fully on the "I [...] | 2004-04-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2300 | FM SHALOM LIKELY TO HEAD GOI DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] (SBU) MFA Minister Counselor for Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Remembrance Martin Flax told poloff on April 21 that it is the MFA's "working assumption" that FM Silvan Shalom will head the GOI's delegation to the OSCE's Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin April 28-29. He anticipates the delegat [...] | 2004-04-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2304 | RUSSIAN ENVOY FOCUSES ON QUARTET AND DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin told the Ambassador April 20 that President Bush's April 14 statement on Sharon's Disengagement Plan "went further than the Road Map" but was "quite balanced." Kalugin emphasized the value Russia placed on the role of negotiations between the part [...] | 2004-04-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2324 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2327 | VANUNU, UPON RELEASE, CLAIMS U.S. AGENT LURED HIM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Immediately upon his April 21 release from prison, "nuclear spy" Mordechai Vanunu charged that the woman who lured him into a Mossad trap in 1986 worked for the CIA or FBI. Nevertheless, Vanunu told the press that he would like to emigrate to the U.S. The head of the [...] | 2004-04-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PGOV PHUM PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2328 | SHARON TELLS KNESSET NO USG ASSURANCES WITHOUT [...] (C) With an April 21 poll showing only 44-percent-to-40-percent Likud majority support for his disengagement plan, down from a week ago, an energized PM Sharon told a special Knesset session on April 22 that USG assurances on right of return and retention of settlements are tied to fulfillmen [...] | 2004-04-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2335 | KEY MINISTERS AND WEISSGLAS REVIEW POTUS-SHARON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 20 meetings with U/S Bolton and the Ambassador, Olmert and Weissglas said there is still a chance to keep the GOI coalition together, even if disengagement moves forward. However, Minister Lieberman, leader of one of the right-wing parties that is expected to bolt, told t [...] | 2004-04-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2337 | GAZANS BREAK FROM JAIL DETAINEES IN OCTOBER 2003 [...] (U) Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) staged a prison break at the civil jail in Gaza City April 21, freeing several suspects held in connection with the October 15 attack on an embassy convoy that killed three Americans, according to a statement issued by the [...] | 2004-04-22 16:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KWBG ASEC GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2347 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program 3. Release of Mordechai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited PM Sharon's downplaying, in a speech to the Knesset Thursday, of the upcoming Likud referendum on his disengagement plan. [...] | 2004-04-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2352 | EREZ INDUSTRIAL ESTATE: DAYS MAY BE LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the IDF may close the Erez Industrial Estate (EIE) in response to a spate of recent terror attacks at the zone. GOI officials told Gaza Econoff that the GOI is split over whether the EIE should continue operating both in the [...] | 2004-04-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2353 | ROLE OF WORLD BANK IN GAZA DISENGAGEMENT PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On Tuesday, April 20, USAID/West Bank and Gaza Director Garber and Deputy Director Ellis, met with Nigel Roberts, World Bank Country Director. The meeting focused on the Bank's current thinking regarding Gaza disengagement and the Bank's specific plans for organizing an assessm [...] | 2004-04-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2354 | NATIONAL UNION MK TELLS CODEL DAVIS THAT [...] (C) Knesset member Yuri Shtern of the right-wing coalition National Union party told visiting Congressmen Tom Davis and Jim Moran during their April 15 meeting that Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan is one-sided and rewards terror. Palestinian leadership is corrupt, he continued, an [...] | 2004-04-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2356 | LEAKED PURPORTED FEASIBILITY STUDY ON GAZA [...] (C) Y-Net, the website affiliated with mass-circulation Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, on April 22 published a leaked version of a reportedly Israeli NSC-drafted feasibility study on Gaza settlement relocation. The document is less than the title promises; it is not so much a feasibility study [...] | 2004-04-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
04TELAVIV2360 | EU ENVOY'S THOUGHTS ON WITHDRAWAL, INTERNATIONALS' [...] (C) EU Special Envoy Marc Otte told Ambassador Kurtzer April 23 that European officials are beginning efforts to identify steps that will allow the Palestinians to succeed following an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. He agreed that the international community can identify appropriate roles and [...] | 2004-04-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2376 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 56th Independence Day 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted events related to Israel's Memorial Day (commemorated from last night through this evening) and Israel's 56th Independence Day (celebrated f [...] | 2004-04-26 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2381 | ISRAELI ARABS SPLIT OVER THE MERITS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab League is hosting a conference on ties between the Arab world and the Arab citizens of Israel in Cairo April 26-27. Arab League Deputy Secretary and PLO Representative Said Kamal, along with mid-level diplomats from the Arab League countries, arranged the program, wh [...] | 2004-04-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2382 | SHARON OPTIONS IN REFERENDUM RUN-UP [...] (C) With six days to go until Likud's May 2 referendum on his disengagement plan, inaction by three nominally supportive but reluctant key Likud ministers, and narrowing but still winning poll numbers, PM Sharon has available a menu of tactics from which to draw. Most Israeli poll results co [...] | 2004-04-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2384 | Israeli Economic News: Klein Puts Cuts on Hold; [...] (U) On Sunday, April 25, the Bank of Israel announced that there would be no change in interest rates in May, leaving the BOI rate unchanged at 4.1 percent. On the same day, the GOI approved Finance Minister Netanyahu's plan for reducing taxes announced earlier in the month. The cuts include [...] | 2004-04-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2388 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: APRIL 26, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen killed one Israeli border policeman and wounded three others April 25 near Idna village in the West Bank. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Also on April 25, an Israeli undercover unit killed two al-Aqsa militants and woun [...] | 2004-04-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV2412 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] April 27 Damascus Attack 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Hizbullah Deal 4. Cyprus ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. Administration is inclined to present Jordan's King Abdullah II a "balancin [...] | 2004-04-28 12:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2416 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 28, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli media reported that four Israelis were injured, one seriously, in an attempted suicide car bombing April 28 when a jeep exploded under IDF gunfire as it was speeding towards the settlement of Kfar Darom. Three Palestinians were killed April 26 in the Mughazi camp in an [...] | 2004-04-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV2421 | POLLING LULL AND ANTI-WITHDRAWAL DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) The brief vacuum of polling results, with private and public polls of Likud voters not expected until April 29 and 30 respectively, and the large-scale April 27 anti-disengagement demonstration in Gaza, have increased speculation by media pundits and politicos about whether PM Sharon's d [...] | 2004-04-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2436 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post reported that PM Sharon will travel to Washington to attend the AIPAC (Jewish lobby) convention, which will open on May 15. Yediot reported that th [...] | 2004-04-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2455 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #80, APRIL 29, 2004; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF forces killed one suspected al Aqsa member and arrested three Fatah activists, and house demolitions and curfews continued in various locations. In the Gaza strip, individuals bombed the home of police chief Ghazi Jablai, one Palestinian was killed for s [...] | 2004-04-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2457 | AM AHAD AND LABOR MERGER LIKELY [...] (C) Histadrut International Secretary Nawaf Massalha told poloff April 22 that it is likely Amir Peretz's Am Ahad Party will merge into the Labor Party by January 2005. According to Massalha, who served as a deputy foreign minister in the Barak government, a draft agreement is being circulate [...] | 2004-04-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2458 | SHARON'S CAMPAIGN: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? LATEST [...] (C) Summary. Results published on April 29 from two major media polls show 47-percent-to-39-percent and 45-percent-to-42-percent Likud majorities against PM Sharon's disengagement plan, reversing the earlier polls that showed similar majorities voting in favor of the plan. Both polls also [...] | 2004-04-29 15:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2470 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2471 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON FACING DEFEAT UNLESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Israeli polls are showing defeat for Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan at the hands of Likud party members. With little time left to campaign, and with the public's focus riveted on the Israeli basketball team's Saturday night final game for the European championsh [...] | 2004-04-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2473 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #81; APRIL 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF troops killed one Palestinian during a clash with stone throwers, and another Palestinian woman reportedly died of tear gas inhalation in a separate incident. An IDF incursion team demolished houses throughout the West Bank, including 11 south of Hebron. [...] | 2004-04-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV6036 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...] | 2004-12-01 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6039 | GAZAN VIEW ON SECURITY, FATAH FACTIONS [...] (C) Gaza business leader and longtime Embassy contact Mohammed Yazgi told POL/C November 30 that he foresees an eventual security team for Gaza comprised of Mohammed Dahlan, Public Security Chief MG Mousa Arafat, and National Security Forces MG Nasser Yusif -- a combination that he called "the [...] | 2004-12-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6045 | BUDGET MAY FAIL, BUT SHRINKING SHARON GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The anticipated 43-54 failure of PM Sharon's budget late December 1, and the anticipated post-vote dismissal of Shinui ministers, leaves Sharon with a Likud-only government, but does not cause the government to fall. Sharon can bring the budget back to the Knesset as many times as he want [...] | 2004-12-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6049 | AIDS STILL AT LOW LEVELS, BUT HEPATITIS C VIRUS [...] Summary: The incidence of HIV/AIDS remains low in Israel, with about half of new cases from sexual transmission. Most cases of infection from intravenous drug use are among immigrants from the former Soviet Union. At the same time, the incidence of Hepatitis C is high among drug users, and [...] | 2004-12-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO SNAR SOCI ECON EAID IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV6054 | JOINT TOURISM STATEMENT PART OF BROADER ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: On Wednesday, November 24, Israeli Minister of Tourism Gideon Ezra and Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Mitri Abu Aita released a joint statement promising Israeli-Palestinian cooperation in support of international and religious tourism to the "holy land" (reftel [...] | 2004-12-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6060 | RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL: CULTURAL AND [...] Summary: During a recent meeting with PD staff, Professor Marina Nizhnik of Tel Aviv University discussed the Russian immigrant community of Israel, with particular emphasis on differences between the more established community that has resided in Israel for the past 10 years and the recent ar [...] | 2004-12-02 07:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAO ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV6071 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last night's defeat of PM Sharon in the Knesset vote on the 2005 state budget, which was rejected 69-43. Eight Knesset members were absent. Only Likud [...] | 2004-12-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6072 | ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. [...] Summary: The Israeli media followed the U.S. Presidential elections with great interest. From the campaign through to the aftermath, commentators focused their attention on several issues: the prospects for changes in U.S.-Israel policy, the likelihood of broader changes in U.S. policy in the [...] | 2004-12-02 13:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6088 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Yediot and Maariv, led with PM Sharon's efforts to form a new coalition. Leading media reported that Sharon intends to ask Labor Party Chairman Shimon P [...] | 2004-12-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6103 | ISRAEL CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL WATER WELLS ON WEST [...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials are concerned about water wells on the West Bank that have not been approved by the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Commission. They see the illegal wells as a bad precedent for Gaza disengagement, West Bank withdrawal, and eventual negotiations on water issues [...] | 2004-12-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IS KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6113 | ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. [...] Summary: The Israeli media followed the U.S. Presidential elections with great interest. From the campaign through to the aftermath, commentators focused their attention on several issues: the prospects for changes in U.S.-Israel policy, the likelihood of broader changes in U.S. policy in the [...] | 2004-12-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6121 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the release Sunday of Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze who was convicted of espionage in Egypt, where he was spent eight years in jail. He was exchanged [...] | 2004-12-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6146 | LIKUD CENTRAL COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO APPROVE [...] (C) Likud's Central Committee is expected to give Prime Minister Sharon the green light December 9 to negotiate with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ),and Shas to rebuild Sharon's minority government, now consisting of only Likud's 40 MKs. Sharon's proposal to negotiate with relig [...] | 2004-12-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6149 | WB/G SITREP: DECEMBER 6, 2004 (1230 HRS LOCAL): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian militants fired a total of 11 mortar shells at IDF soldiers and Israeli settlers over the December 4-6 weekend. IDF fire injured six Palestinians in Khan Yunis, and seven Palestinians in Rafah refugee camp. Israeli border police found sacks conta [...] | 2004-12-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV6163 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted President Bush as saying Monday, at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, that "the United States and my government will be involved with Middle Eastern [...] | 2004-12-07 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6197 | WB/G SITREP: ONE SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR INJURED [...] (SBU) Summary: A member of the IDF canine unit and his dog were killed near Karni Crossing December 7 when an IED exploded as soldiers were conducting a search for weapons. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. Four additional IDF soldiers were injured in the ensuing gun battle as they [...] | 2004-12-07 16:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6200 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...] | 2004-12-08 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6209 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EXAMINING PROGRESS AT KARNI [...] (C) Summary: In their discussions of Israel's disengagement plan, the World Bank continues to highlight the Gaza Strip's border crossings as key to Gaza's economic success. The international donor community has approached the Israelis about humanitarian and economic problems that arise from [...] | 2004-12-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6225 | WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF forces killed five Palestinians in the Gaza strip December 7-8, while the number of injured Palestinians was reportedly as high as 11. One Palestinian was injured in Hebron on December 7, while the IDF arrested eight Palestinians December 7-8 in the West Bank. End Summary [...] | 2004-12-08 17:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6232 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6238 | WB/G SITREP: FOUR PALESTINIANS KILLED IN RAFAH: [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and killed four Palestinians in two separate incidents December 8-9 while the men were attempting to smuggle weapons across the Gaza-Egyptian border at Rafah. A fifth Palestinian was seriously wounded. In addition to the small number of laborers being allowe [...] | 2004-12-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6259 | PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...] | 2004-12-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6261 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Jerusalem and settlements correspondent Nadav Shragai wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's victory in the Likud convention destroyed the strategy adopted in recen [...] | 2004-12-10 11:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6262 | SHARON WINS LIKUD GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE WITH A [...] (C) The Likud Central Committee's 62 percent majority vote in favor of opening coalition negotiations with Labor, United Torah Judaism (UTJ),and Shas is an important victory in Prime Minister Sharon's long struggle to broaden his minority government, which has dwindled down to 40 Likud MKs. [...] | 2004-12-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6276 | WB/G SITREP: 29 PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 29 Palestinians in the West Bank, including presidential candidate Bassam Salhi, December 9-10. In Gaza, at least six Palestinian militants were reportedly wounded in two incidents involving the firing of missiles in the northern Gaza strip and another near the [...] | 2004-12-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6285 | PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...] | 2004-12-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6286 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...] | 2004-12-13 12:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6335 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6368 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6373 | LIKUD-LABOR TALKS STALLED AS BOTH PLAY HARDBALL [...] (C) The current snag in Likud-Labor coalition negotiations over which cabinet seats Labor would receive is likely the result of poker game tactics by both sides. Embassy contacts do not expect the snag to prevent a Likud-Labor agreement. Referring to the breakdown in Likud-Labor talks as a " [...] | 2004-12-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6374 | SPIEGEL ON ELECTION OBSERVERS, FENCE, JAYYUS, AND [...] SUMMARY: GOI coordinator for separation barrier issues BG (res) Baruch Spiegel (protect) spoke to POL/C December 14 about the apparent lack of GOI preparations to handle international election monitors, his team's efforts to document outpost and settlement activity, the apparent new responsi [...] | 2004-12-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6375 | THE LOW-DOWN ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: Embassy economic officer on December 9 met with Dr. Shavit Matias and Malkiel "Mike" Blass, Deputy Attorneys General at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss the details of the evacuation legislation. While there have been complaints from settlers and MKs that the compensation [...] | 2004-12-15 14:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6383 | FM SHALOM QUESTIONS ABU MAZEN'S DETERMINATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing optimism about the opportunities presented by the PA transition, FM Shalom, in a December 1 meeting with Codel Hagel/Biden, questioned Abu Mazen's commitment to dismantling terrorist infrastructure, to stopping incitement and to stepping away from Arafat's legacy. [...] | 2004-12-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6384 | PERES TO CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: DISENGAGEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told a visiting congressional delegation led by Senators Chuck Hagel and Joseph Biden December 1 that he supports joining the ruling coalition in the interest of advancing disengagement. He predicted (correctly) the likely failure of the 2005 budge [...] | 2004-12-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREF PGOV ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6385 | EILAND SHARES VIEWS ON THE PALESTINIAN SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland told Codel Hagel/Biden that the GOI is trying to avoid repeating the "mistakes" it made when PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was prime minister in 2003. In order to help Abbas succeed this time, the GOI, he said, will have to be "more flexible" ab [...] | 2004-12-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6387 | SHARON AND CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon told Codel Hagel/Biden that he was fully committed to making peace with the post-Arafat Palestinian leadership, but that there would be no compromise on holding the the new leadership accountable for actions to combat the terrorist infrastructure. While rec [...] | 2004-12-16 10:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP PTER KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6388 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6406 | GOI RELEASES MORE ATTACHED REVENUES TO PA [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry Senior Advisor Rani Loebenstein informed Mission that Israeli courts will release in December an additional NIS 136 million in attached revenues related to acts of terror. Of this, NIS 16 million will be deducted to pay down PA debts to Israeli utilities. The Mo [...] | 2004-12-16 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6407 | PERES TELLS CODEL BLUNT IMPORTANT FOR U.S. TO [...] (C) Summary: In a December 13 meeting, Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told Codel Blunt that he hoped Likud and Labor would form a new coalition to avoid early elections and the consequent postponement of implementation of Gaza disengagement. Peres noted that with Yasser Arafat's death and t [...] | 2004-12-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6416 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying at the Herzliya Conference last night that 2005 will be a "year of great opportunity" for Israel, and that the disengagement plan is t [...] | 2004-12-17 11:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6431 | ISRAELI ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN THIRD QUARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the economy slowed in the third quarter, it will grow close to 4% for the year as a whole. The deficit is likely to come in under the targeted level of 4% as a result of the GOI's lid on spending and a positive revenue picture. The Bank of Israel (BOI) took advantage o [...] | 2004-12-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6442 | ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO REENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: GOI Environment Ministry officials hope that the USG and/or UNEP can help them reengage with their Palestinian counterparts to address pressing environmental issues. MoE provided a list of action items they consider the most feasible from a longer list of UNEP Desk Study recomme [...] | 2004-12-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
04TELAVIV6443 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6450 | TZIPI LIVNI: NO NEW HOUSING TENDERS IN SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In her first meeting with the Ambassador as acting Minister of Justice December 16, Likud MK Tzipi Livni stressed that she will not approve any new housing tenders in the settlements while serving as Housing Minister. Livni said she would be ready to discuss problems related to l [...] | 2004-12-20 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6453 | WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN TUNNELERS RESCUED ALIVE; [...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 11 Palestinians were killed and another 49 were wounded in clashes that erupted during an IDF incursion into the Khan Yunis December 17-18 intended to stop mortar and rocket fire on Israeli and Israeli settler towns. Some 127 families (600 people) fled their homes dur [...] | 2004-12-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6454 | NETANYAHU AND PERES PRESENT STARKLY DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Talent December 6 that the new Palestinian leadership must show serious intent to fight terror and corruption before receiving any "gifts" from the U.S. or Israel. Netanyahu said that the GOI should simply "walk out of the Gaza Strip [...] | 2004-12-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KPAL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6455 | MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not relinquish either its hold on Lebanon or its relationship with Iraq without gaining some concessions from the West to replace them. With one million Syrians [...] | 2004-12-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6466 | SHARON AND PERES AIM FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon is well on his way to gaining passage of an amendment to the country's Basic Laws that will meet Labor's demands for senior government positions and allow Sharon to form a new government by New Year's. The amendment would allow for a second alternate prime [...] | 2004-12-21 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6470 | WB/G SITREP: NO INJURIES IN ANTI-TANK MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers from Zufin settlement, near Qalqiliya, uprooted and torched trees near the West Bank village of Jayyus December 20. Also on December 20, settlers from Yitzhar settlement, near Nablus, disconnected the water supply to an IDF outpost and punctured the tires of a militar [...] | 2004-12-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6472 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-European Union Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All newspapers reported that Monday, comparing themselves to such freedom fighters as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, the Yesha Council of Jewish Set [...] | 2004-12-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6489 | ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES TELL CODEL TALENT THAT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Police BG David Lutsky and the Head of Shin Bet's Protection and Security Division, Doron Bergerbest, told CODEL Talent December 5-6 that cooperation and real-time information sharing is the key to Israeli success in thwarting suicide attacks. Once intelligence on an act [...] | 2004-12-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM |
04TELAVIV6498 | GUSH KATIF FARMERS SHORT-HANDED FOR HIGH SEASON AS [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, December 18, the visiting Thai Labor Minister and the Thai Ambassador to Israel met with 150 Thai agricultural workers in Gush Katif and encouraged them to leave the settlement for security reasons. The meeting resulted in over 80 workers tentatively agreeing to depa [...] | 2004-12-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6500 | TRILATERAL WATER TALKS MOVE FORWARD COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli water chiefs and their staffs held a thorough exchange focusing on water supply issues for Gaza and the West Bank during U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian Trilateral Water Talks at USAID offices in Tel Aviv December 9. The Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed [...] | 2004-12-22 10:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IS KWBG PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6502 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night the IDF entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp, from which it had pulled out three days ago, in order to neutralize mortars and Qassam r [...] | 2004-12-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6504 | WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI TROOPS RE-ENTER KHAN YUNIS [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed and three others wounded as Israeli forces re-entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp on December 22 in an effort to halt mortar and rocket attacks on nearby settlements. Palestinian gunmen shot and killed an Israeli security guard December 22 who was pr [...] | 2004-12-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6505 | "THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS" [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser told CODEL Talent December 6 that the war on terrorism must be waged across no less than five fronts: the physical battle; the efforts of society itself to endure in the face of continued attacks; society's need to remain true to its values rat [...] | 2004-12-22 17:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6525 | PEACE NOW READY FOR DISENGAGEMENT, KEEPING AN EYE [...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now, told Embassy economic officer on December 14 that his organization "is very excited" about the disengagement plan because it views settlements as a serious obstacle to peace. While the settlers had not yet, at the time of the me [...] | 2004-12-23 08:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
04TELAVIV6535 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...] | 2004-12-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6546 | ISRAELI REASSURANCES ON NONPROLIFERATION SECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials told the Ambassador on December 22 that the nonproliferation section of the EU-Israel plan of action under the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) contained "absolutely nothing new." They described the plan as another attempt by the EU to lock Is [...] | 2004-12-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV6547 | ISRAELI VIEWS ON IAEA FORUM ON "EXPERIENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission told the Ambassador on December 22 that the ground rules and agenda for the upcoming IAEA forum on nuclear-weapon-free zones reflect understandings between Israel and the IAEA. The only outstanding issue is that DG [...] | 2004-12-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL MNUC TRGY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6548 | ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT VIEWS ON GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environment has begun to focus on critical environmental issues related to disengagement from Gaza. Ministry officials believe that unless there is close coordination among Israeli ministries and between Israeli and Palestinian officials, there will be ne [...] | 2004-12-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6549 | WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE MORTAR BARRAGE AT GUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of a 24-hour IDF incursion into Khan Yunis to stop rocket launches at Israeli settlements in Gush Katif, Palestinian militants fired a barrage of 20 mortar shells at the settlement block December 23. One Israeli was lightly injured in Netzar Hazani when a mor [...] | 2004-12-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6550 | ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO WORK WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Ministry of Environment officials hope to work closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make progress on some of Israel's most challenging environment problems. Those include: asbestos and hazardous waste cleanups, emergency preparedness, water securit [...] | 2004-12-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KSCA EIND PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV6563 | ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...] | 2004-12-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6564 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...] | 2004-12-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6581 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Foreign Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The tidal waves in South Asia continue to dominate the headlines. Citing international sources, Israel Radio reported that 50,000 people are believed to have died in the ts [...] | 2004-12-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6614 | Consular Field Trip to Haifa [...] Begin summary: On 13 December 2004, the American officers of the Consular Section traveled to Israel's northern port city of Haifa for meetings with community leaders, including the mayor, the chief of police, and others, as well as from a tour of the Haifa Consular Agency. Officers benefite [...] | 2004-12-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT SOCI PINS IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV6626 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS ON BUDGET, BACHAR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Desk Officer for Israel Catherine Downard discussed the budget, privatization, and other subjects with Israeli officials on December 13. Her visit to the Karni Industrial Zone will be reported septel. The highlights of her discussions: -- The GOI is committed to mainta [...] | 2004-12-29 06:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV6630 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Tsunami 2. Mideast 3. Pakistan: Nuclear Program 4. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited assessments that the casualty toll of the tidal waves in South Asia has reached 60,000 or even 70,000, and cited UN officia [...] | 2004-12-29 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6632 | NETANYAHU AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: CoDel Lieberman met with Minister of Finance Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, December 28 to discuss elements of the Ministry's economic reform package, as well as prospects for advancing the peace process in the wake of Arafat's death and the rise of a new PA leadership. On the [...] | 2004-12-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6649 | ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT EXPANDING TO THE GREEN LINE [...] (C) Summary. Amira Bahat, council member of the Israeli town of Nirit, which abuts the Green Line, told Embassy economic officer on December 22 that the Alfe Menashe settlement will eventually spread to the Green Line with the construction of over 1,200 new housing units on the West Bank la [...] | 2004-12-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6650 | SHARON: OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE PROGRESS EXISTS, BUT [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon told Sen. Lieberman December 27 that he is confident of forming a new coalition government soon. He said the Left in Israel cannot implement disengagement and has never removed an Israeli settlement; and the Right is against disengagement and removal of settlements. [...] | 2004-12-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6651 | ISRAELI FM SHALOM OFFERS CAUTIOUS VIEW ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that the situation had improved since Arafat's death, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Senators Lieberman and Dayton on December 28 that he is "discouraged" by Abu Mazen's recent remarks on the campaign trail. Shalom interpreted the speech as an ind [...] | 2004-12-30 08:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6655 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Year of Truth" Columnist Ari Shavit wrote in left-leaning, independent Ha'aretz (December 30): "The two events that best define the outgoing year took place toward its end: On Tuesday, October 26, the Israeli parliament adopted the disengagement plan, and on Monday, November 12, the Palest [...] | 2004-12-30 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6657 | AMBASSADOR AND GAZAN BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS PA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met December 23 with Pepsi Gaza CEO Mohammed Yazgi, Gaza Bus Company President Mohammed Abu Ramadan, and engineer and insurance company head Ahed Bseiso -- three Gazan businessmen who also lead the private enterprise organizations PalTrade and the Palestinian Bus [...] | 2004-12-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6658 | SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER CROSSING AND HOPES THAT ABU [...] (C) Summary: Gaza-based NYT stringer Taghreed el-Khodary told the Ambassador December 22 that Gazans are even more interested in having Abu Mazen elected than are West Bank Palestinians -- not from any great love of Abu Mazen, but rather from the positive experience they remember from his bri [...] | 2004-12-30 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6665 | WORLD BANK PROPOSALS SEEM AN UNLIKELY FIT AT KARNI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On December 15 Emboffs toured the Israeli side of Karni Terminal, the site of a proposed World Bank pilot program of technological and management fixes that include replacing the current back-to-back shipping system with free-circulating trailers. Situated on the eas [...] | 2004-12-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6669 | SHIMON PERES SAYS ECONOMIC AID NEEDED TO STABILIZE [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres told Codel Lieberman and the Ambassador December 27 that the Palestinian humanitarian situation is "quite serious," and acknowledged that Israel has a "window of opportunity" to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Calling the Palestinian [...] | 2004-12-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6671 | ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on December 30, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz gave Senator Lieberman and the Ambassador a cautiously optimistic assessment of the chances for security cooperation with post-Arafat Palestinian leaders. Mofaz said that disengagement will increase Israel's s [...] | 2004-12-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6672 | PROBLEMS UNLIKELY TO IMPEDE EARLY JANUARY [...] (C) Problems with prospective coalition partners Labor and United Torah Judaism are delaying PM Sharon's efforts to put together a viable coalition, but should not prevent establishment of a new government in early January. Negotiators are generating alternative mechanisms to give Labor leade [...] | 2004-12-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
04THEHAGUE100 | DUTCH: NO EU DISCUSSION YET ON CSW AFGHAN [...] Kabul minimize considered. 2. According to Dutch MFA contacts, the EU has not/not made a decision yet to propose and/or support a UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) resolution on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, nor has it begun fruitful discussions on the issue. P [...] | 2004-01-16 09:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM KWMN SA NL UN CSW |
04THEHAGUE101 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EXPANSION OF [...] (U) Summary and Request for Guidance: January 27 consultations at the OPCW will focus on a proposal to expand the Working Capital Fund (WCF) and extend the period for replenishment of the fund. Delegation believes the initiative can be the basis for resolution of the cash flow aspect of the [...] | 2004-01-16 10:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1016 | ICC: OTP, STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, LOOKING AT [...] (C) Summary: The International Criminal Court (ICC) remains very much in a nascent stage even as the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) considers whether to open formal investigations of situations in northern Uganda and the Congo, based on referrals from Kampala and Kinshasa (refs). The lack of [...] | 2004-04-22 13:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC |
04THEHAGUE1017 | NAMES/TITLES OF LEADING DUTCH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE102 | IRAQ/MEK: DUTCH WILL ACCEPT CITIZENS, CONSIDER [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of Gulf States Adri van Loopik, Iran Senior Policy Advisor Arnout Wegerif, and Political Affairs Policy Officer Wouter Jurgens. MFA contacts appreciated the information, and would like to obtain details as soon on possible on any individuals ca [...] | 2004-01-16 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PHUM PTER IR NL PREJ IQ |
04THEHAGUE1020 | DUTCH SHARE EU DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) The Dutch government remains concerned about the situation of the Vietnamese Montagnards in the Central Highlands. Following the volatile situation April 10-11, the Dutch immediately contacted the Irish EU Presidency to register concern and request EU action. (Note: The Dutch are actin [...] | 2004-04-23 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL VM NL |
04THEHAGUE1021 | DUTCH SUPPORT EU PRESSURE ON LAOS [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Eric Verwaal, Head of the Southern Asia and Oceania Division, and Hein Copper, Laos Desk Officer. The GoNL maintains concern about the human rights situation in Laos, and is prepared to support EU action on ref A if the presidency puts forth a proposal. [...] | 2004-04-23 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EAID LA NL |
04THEHAGUE1032 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO [...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...] | 2004-04-23 15:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC PTER NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1033 | ICTY: KRSTIC JUDGMENT SETS ASIDE GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) set aside a trial chamber's 2001 judgment that Radislav Krstic, commander of the Drina Corp immediately under Ratko Mladic during the Srebrenica massacres of July 1995, perpetrated genoci [...] | 2004-04-23 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1035 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, LAGOS [...] (SBU)Auction 2. (U)Lunch Kami 3. (SUB) Cable re TIP Tier SOBEL [...] | 2004-04-23 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | GL |
04THEHAGUE1037 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-23 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA UK NL |
04THEHAGUE1038 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO [...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...] | 2004-04-23 16:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC PTER NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1040 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO [...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...] | 2004-04-23 16:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC PTER NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1042 | (S/NF) TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH SUBMITTING MEK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-23 16:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PTER IZ NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1049 | NETHER... [...] (C) Mr. Secretary: You will shortly receive for approval G/TIP's annual trafficking report that drops the Netherlands from Tier 1 to Tier 2. I understand that while A/S Beth Jones disagrees with this ranking, she has found it futile to continue to argue. Before you allow G/TIP's ranking of the [...] | 2004-04-26 08:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL |
04THEHAGUE1070 | DUTCH OPPOSE PALESTINIAN DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA UN Political and Judicial Chief, Pieter Ramaer, confirmed that the GoNL does not support the unofficial Palestinian General Assembly resolution. Ramaer stated EU missions met in New York yesterday to discuss the draft. EU opinion was divided, and no consensus was reached. The Dutch [...] | 2004-04-27 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS UNGA |
04THEHAGUE1093 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 23 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on April 23 to discuss an upcoming Iraqi judicial conference in The Hague, possible Dutch leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, extension of the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq, the [...] | 2004-05-03 05:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS PHUM AF IZ CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1105 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...] | 2004-05-03 13:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1106 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Prior to the April 28 Bureau meeting, Ambassador Javits spoke with DG Pfirter, EC Chairman Kubernat (Czech) and incoming EC Chairman Arrospide (Peru) to emphasize the need for a substantive special EC session in May. The Ambassador highlighted the fact that this is especially importan [...] | 2004-05-03 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IT CWC |
04THEHAGUE1115 | DUTCH MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-04 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS IZ NL MARAD |
04THEHAGUE1119 | DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN WILTON PARK MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-04 09:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KPAO NL |
04THEHAGUE1121 | EVALUATION FOR FY-2004 VOLVIS ELECTION PROGRAM FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-04 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1137 | DUTCH PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FIRST-STEP U.S.-EU CIVAIR [...] Econ counselor and econoff delivered reftel demarche to Rene Fennes, head of international relations at the Ministry of Transport. Fennes, who will participate in US-EU civair negotiations in Washington beginning May 10, was pessimistic about the likelihood of a first-step agreement before th [...] | 2004-05-07 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NL |
04THEHAGUE1142 | DUTCH CANNOT FUND SSR IN LIBERIA [...] (SBU) As reported in ref b, the Dutch are unable to provide any funding for security sector reform (SSR) due to political and financial commitments elsewhere in Africa. The Netherlands previously supported efforts in Liberia by stationing the Dutch Navy's LPD HrMs Rotterdam off the coast of [...] | 2004-05-10 11:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL |
04THEHAGUE1144 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The DDG held a May 3 meeting with the Delegation on the status of the VIS Enhancement. Attendees were the VIS project management board: DDG, Chief/Admin Herb Schultz, Chief/Information Support Branch Greg Linden, Chief/Verification Horst Reeps, and Acting Chief/Inspectorate Carlos Trent [...] | 2004-05-10 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1145 | DUTCH VIEWS ON ADC LICENSE HARMONIZATION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 7 econoff received the GONL response to reftel non-paper. The response came in the form of a letter to AS Wolf from Dirk Bruinsma, DG of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Text [...] | 2004-05-10 13:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSTC ETTC PARM NL CH |
04THEHAGUE1163 | ICTY: SAM MINISTER OF JUSTICE SEES PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, visited the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, following his appearance at the provisional release hearing for indictees Frenki Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic. Earl [...] | 2004-05-11 16:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1164 | IRAQ: FIRST DUTCH SOLDIER KILLED [...] (U) A Dutch soldier on patrol near the town of As Samawah was killed May 10 when hand grenades were thrown into the open vehicle in which he was driving; others in his patrol were injured. This is the first death of a Dutch soldier in Iraq, and the first death of any Dutch soldier in action i [...] | 2004-05-11 18:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE1183 | DUTCH PREVIEW EU PRESIDENCY IMMIGRATION ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: ConGen, Embassy and USEU officials met recently with the Justice Ministry to discuss immigration issues for upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch invited USG to make a presentation on biometrics and US-VISIT program at an EU seminar on biometrics in The Hague July 1 and 2. The Dutc [...] | 2004-05-13 10:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS KHLS NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1196 | GPS-GALILEO DEMARCHE: DUTCH DOUBT SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY. THE DUTCH SEE NO OBSTACLES OF A TECHNICAL NATURE THAT WOULD BLOCK A U.S.-EU GPS/GALILEO COOPERATION AGREEMENT. HOWEVER, THEY BELIEVE THAT THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFIRMING AN AGREEMENT MAKE IT UNLIKELY THAT THE U.S./EU'S JUNE SUMMIT WILL SEE THE SIGNING OF THE ACTUAL AGREEME [...] | 2004-05-14 14:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL ECON NL |
04THEHAGUE1200 | LIBERIA SSR - DUTCH TO MEET U.S. OFFICIALS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-14 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL |
04THEHAGUE1201 | A BIG JOB AHEAD FOR NEW DUTCH COUNTERTERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: A highly respected bureaucrat, Tjibbe Joustra, recently assigned to the new Dutch position of counterterrorism (CT) coordinator, is remarkably candid about the flaws he sees in the Dutch CT efforts (e.g., lack of inter-agency coordination; lack of action). He has a broad mandate to rev [...] | 2004-05-14 16:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE1210 | PROSPECTS FOR RENEWAL OF DUTCH DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Balkenende's cabinet is leaning toward approving an eight-month extension of the Dutch force in Iraq by mid-June, but it is far from a done deal. Junior coalition member D66 has spelled out conditions for supporting a renewal, several of which cannot be fulfilled prior to the J [...] | 2004-05-17 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE1212 | MEK: DELIVERY OF NAMES TO THE DUTCH [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref A talking points and excel spreadsheet to MFA Deputy Head of Gulf States Arnout Wegerif and Asylum and Migration Affairs advisor Marielle van der Linden. MFA Point of contact for the Dutch MFA on MEK detainees is the Head of Asylum and Migration Affairs Joep Damoisea [...] | 2004-05-18 13:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER IR NL PREJ IQ |
04THEHAGUE1213 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-18 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE122 | Netherlands: Balkenende Government Challenged by [...] (U) SUMMARY: Looking forward to the summer of 2004, the Balkenende government is contemplating its second year in office and a full agenda of internal and European Union matters as it takes the EU Presidency in July. Continuing domestic economic malaise has generated incipient doubts over t [...] | 2004-01-20 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1223 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The May 13 consultations on proposed changes to financial regulations chaired by facilitator Peter van Brakel (Canada) focused on one issue: proposed language on Regulation 5.4 and a period for payment of Article IV/V invoices. The result was inconclusive. Per Washington instructions, [...] | 2004-05-19 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1224 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - IRANIAN [...] (C) On May 17, Gholamhossein Dehghani and S. Ali Mohammad Mousavi of the Iranian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met with the U.S. delegation to provide Tehran's answers to the U.S. questions passed to the Iranian delegates on the margins of the March 2 [...] | 2004-05-19 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBM |
04THEHAGUE1228 | RESCINDING THE FOUR-YEAR TOUR OF DUTY [...] Brenda M. Rollison, SSAN: 483-52-6930, requests to change the original tour of duty at Embassy The Hague from a four year post which would end in 2006, to a 3 year post ending in 2005, to go onward to another overseas posting. This has been discussed previously with Ms. Rollison and her CDO, [...] | 2004-05-19 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT NL |
04THEHAGUE1234 | DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER: DUTCH VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-21 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1235 | PCA: SECRETARY GENERAL REAPPOINTED AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting dominated by the French Ambassador's nine interventions on budgetary and linguistic matters, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Administrative Council approved the reappointment of Secretary General Tjaco van den Hout to a second five-year SIPDIS term. The [...] | 2004-05-21 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AORC IBPCA |
04THEHAGUE1240 | NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAND FIRM ON GOING TO [...] (C) In recent conversations with FM Bot, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Swartbol, and CHOD ADM Kroon, Amb. Sobel discussed request (outlined in ref A) for the Dutch to consider leading a PRT in western Afghanistan instead of Baghlan. PolMilOff separately raised ref A points with MFA Security Poli [...] | 2004-05-21 13:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS AF NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE1247 | DUTCH MFA ON PROHIBITED MATERIAL LEAVING IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-21 15:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL IZ NL IAEA |
04THEHAGUE1253 | ESTABLISHING U.S. MISSION BAGHDAD [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche on May 18 to Arnout Wegerif, Deputy Head of the MFA's Gulf States Division. Wegerif was appreciative for the information and will advise others within his ministry. He did not provide any substantive comment. The GoNL maintains an Embassy in Baghdad. 2. CP [...] | 2004-05-24 08:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE1256 | DOE Second Line of Defense Megaport Initiative - [...] A U.S. DOE team managed by David D. Martin, Deputy Director of the DOE/NNSA/Office of the Second Line of Defense (SLD),completed successful installation, testing, training and handover of radiation detection equipment to screen incoming and outgoing cargo containers at the Port of Rotterdam. [...] | 2004-05-24 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA ETTC MNUC PARM PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE1262 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government has reacted positively to the draft UN Security Resolution on Iraq. In a May 25 meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Hugo Siblesz (MFA Political Director) said that the draft resolution would help build strong Parliamentary support for a decision to extend Dutch [...] | 2004-05-25 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ NL UNSC |
04THEHAGUE1271 | DUTCH MFA ON RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN PSI CORE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-26 13:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC OPDC PARM PREL NL RU |
04THEHAGUE13 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 2 [...] (U) Canadian representative Peter van Brakel briefly raised the U.S. push on TS data automation with del. He noted Canada's support of the U.S. initiative and said that Canada had been submitting its redacted industry data declarations via electronic means (CD-ROM) for some time. French and [...] | 2004-01-06 10:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1343 | 2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-02 07:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE NL |
04THEHAGUE1352 | Secretary Abraham's May 23 Bilateral Meeting [...] Summary: Energy Secretary Abraham held a May 23 luncheon discussion with Dutch Economics Minister Brinkhorst on the margins of the International Energy Forum meeting in Amsterdam. They agreed to explore the possibilities for increased U.S.-EU collaboration on energy technologies and that th [...] | 2004-06-02 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG KNNP IR NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1358 | REQUEST FOR CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR TECHNICIAN [...] Post requests the immediate services of the digital copier repair technician in Frankfurt to service Defective Nashuatec copiers located in CAA offices. 2. The digital copiers are Nashuatec Model numbers 425, 3525 and 465. 3. POC: IMO - Mari Jain Womack. IVG: 361-9200, Comm: 31- 7 [...] | 2004-06-03 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA ASEC AMGT APER KRIM |
04THEHAGUE1359 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Farah Karimi as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should n [...] | 2004-06-03 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1360 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and shoul [...] | 2004-06-03 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1361 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jeroen W.F. Sas as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Sas is earmarked for the EU/RP "Trade and Economic Development" which will be held from May 9 - 27, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT [...] | 2004-06-03 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1363 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Henk Jan Ormel as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should [...] | 2004-06-03 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1364 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Johannis M.D. van Leeuwe as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. van Leeuwe is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S.-EU Security Issues" which will be held from April 25 - May 13, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEX [...] | 2004-06-03 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1365 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Richard Cornelius Berkhout as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washingto [...] | 2004-06-03 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1370 | FY-2005 Embassy The Hague International [...] On April 22, 2004, the International Visitor Program Selection Committee nominated the following slate of IVP candidates for the FY-2005. As per refcable, we are nominating 11 primary candidates. The remaining candidates are nominated as alternates. We request that The Hague will again be offe [...] | 2004-06-03 16:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1372 | EEO COUNSELOR TRAINING CONFERENCE FOR EUR POST EEO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-03 17:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER NL |
04THEHAGUE1391 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The Director General presented the FY 2005 budget proposal on May 27 (faxed to AC/CB),stating that it was consistent with the objectives set by the Review Conference and maintained the spending power of the TS. The nominal increase is 4.8 percent, which means that, if accepted, annual [...] | 2004-06-04 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1392 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Naglaa Abdel Rahman Elhajj as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Ms. Elhajj is earmarked for the MRP "U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues" which will be held from May 12 - June 2, 2005. 2. START [...] | 2004-06-04 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1394 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March 16, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMA [...] | 2004-06-04 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE1397 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Delphine R.R. Pronk as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and [...] | 2004-06-04 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
04THEHAGUE14 | IRAQ: DUTCH PROVIDE MILITARY CARGO AIRCRAFT FOR [...] The Netherlands will deploy one Dutch Air Force Fokker "60" transport aircraft and a 20-man crew to the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS),part of the World Food Program (WFP). The plane and crew will be based in Amman for use in operations in Iraq. It will be available February 1 to A [...] | 2004-01-06 10:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ JO NL WFP |
04THEHAGUE1413 | DUTCH: NO E.U. CONSENSUS FOR FIRST STEP AGREEMENT [...] On June 7 econoff conveyed reftel demarche to Rene Fennes, head of International Relations at the Ministry of Transport. Fennes reported that among those supporting a first step agreement were Spain, the Netherlands and (to his recent surprise) now France. The UK remains "vehemently" opposed [...] | 2004-06-07 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NL |
04THEHAGUE1431 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting, Sophie Moal (France) and Peter Beerwerth (FRG) informed the U.S. Del that they believe anything which the U.S. does on optimization, including the trial run in the fall, will require Executive Council approval. They want some kind of paper to be proffered by the T [...] | 2004-06-09 14:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1440 | IRAQ ASSETS: DUTCH CONFISCATION DECREE PROMULGATED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-10 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE1446 | G/TIP MILLER MEETS DUTCH FOREIGN AND JUSTICE [...] During a June 7 meeting with G/TIP Director Miller, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Minister Donner acknowledged a shared commitment for concrete action against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Although critical of the tone and unilateral nature of the U.S. benchmarks outlined in the TIP C [...] | 2004-06-10 18:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV PHUM SMIG NL |
04THEHAGUE1454 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES EXTENSION IN MULTINATIONAL [...] Summary: On June 11, the Dutch cabinet decided to extend Dutch participation in the multinational Force in Iraq for eight months, i.e., until mid-March 2005, so that the Dutch troops in the Al Muthanna province can help secure stability during the transition period and the elections. As expec [...] | 2004-06-14 13:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE1466 | PLANNED NNSA WORKSHOP FOR RADIOISOTOPE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-15 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG NL |
04THEHAGUE148 | BURUNDIAN PRESIDENT MEETS FNL REBEL GROUP [...] (U) Burundian President Ndayizeye met in the Netherlands with a delegation of the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, the only Burundian rebel group that has not signed a cease-fire. The final communique calls for: (a) an International Commission of Investigation into the death of the Apostolic Nuncio; (b) the [...] | 2004-01-22 17:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS BY NL |
04THEHAGUE1484 | MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON STABILITY [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche June 15 to Frank van Beuningen, MFA OSCE policy coordinator, Willemijn Kallenberg MFA OSCE senior policy advisor, and Bas Wels, MFA lead on East European issues during the Dutch EU presidency. 2. (C) Before we presented our points, the Dutch noted sim [...] | 2004-06-16 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS MD NL OSCE |
04THEHAGUE1487 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the June 10 consultation chaired by facilitator Peter van Brakel (Canada),agreement was reached on all of the outstanding issues. Most important for the U.S., there were no objections to the language concerning payment of Article IV/V invoices, as approved by Washington. South Kore [...] | 2004-06-16 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE149 | ICTY: DEPUTY PROSECUTOR BLEWITT RESIGNING [...] (C) Summary: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Deputy Prosecutor Graham Blewitt has announced to colleagues in the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) that he will not remain in his position beyond June of this year. Blewitt's resignation, after ten years at the Trib [...] | 2004-01-22 18:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1499 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) There are two specific set of decisions which are the highest priorities at this EC. The first set of issues is time-sensitive and involves amendments to the Working Capital Fund and the Financial Regulations. These draft decisions will give the OPCW a much greater financial cushion [...] | 2004-06-17 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE1512 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - STATUS OF [...] (SBU) As noted in the scene setter for the 37th Executive Council session (septel),one important set of decisions under consideration at the EC involve the requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines. At this point, the prospects for the adoption of both se [...] | 2004-06-17 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE1513 | NETHERLANDS: NATO AND IRAQ DISCUSSIONS ABOARD USS [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 14-15 overnight visit of Dutch Defense Minister Kamp and parliamentarians/officials to the USS Enterprise carrier battle group provided a useful forum for discussions on NATO and Iraq-related issues. Informally, Dutch participants provided candid background regarding t [...] | 2004-06-17 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE1515 | TERRORIST FINANCE: EVOLVING DUTCH POSITION ON EU [...] (C) The Dutch government has moved much closer to supporting EU designation of Hizballah in its entirety. The "official" GONL position is that Hizballah is a political movement with a terrorist branch;the Dutch maintain that the political movement is represented in parliament in Lebanon, play [...] | 2004-06-17 16:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER LE XM NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1521 | UK & THE NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR, DOE/EE/NREL: [...] Country Clearance is granted for Garry Rumbles, Principal Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for travel to Delft, The Netherlands, from July 20-25, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested and appreciates the offer of a brief. At this time, a briefing is [...] | 2004-06-18 11:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA NL |
04THEHAGUE1523 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) Gordon Eckersley of the Australian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons expressed full agreement with the U.S. goal of finding the most expeditious way to dispose of the chemical munitions discovered on Mbanika Island. He recommended that the appropriat [...] | 2004-06-18 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CW |
04THEHAGUE1524 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/EU: ERDOGAN GETS PRAISE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 16 visit to the Netherlands focused heavily on Turkey's EU accession bid. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende publicly and privately praised Turkey's reform efforts to date and assured Erdogan that negotiations on accession would be [...] | 2004-06-18 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EU NL |
04THEHAGUE1533 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan provided strong support for the proposed technical change to permit conversion of the Libyan chemical weapons production facility at Rabta, although Tunisia and Sudan emphasized that they would need to await instructions from capi [...] | 2004-06-21 13:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1537 | DUTCH ENGAGED ON DARFUR CRISIS [...] Emboffs delivered ref A demarche June 4-9 to development and Africa policy counterparts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Since late last year the Dutch have contributed 13 million Euros ($15.7 million) for Sudan assistance. In September 2003 the GONL gave 1.8 million Euros ($2 mil [...] | 2004-06-21 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM NL |
04THEHAGUE1548 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The Russian Federation hosted a June 15 meeting of P-5 Ambassadors in The Hague, noting that the idea originated in Moscow with Universality suggested as the first topic for discussion. Russia also noted the connection between the CWC and UNSC Resolution 1540 that increases the importanc [...] | 2004-06-22 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1550 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The following are the results of the June 14-17 facilitations on industry issues. Schedule 1 captive use remains under consideration due to differences in opinion over whether or not a decision clarifying the declarability of Schedule 1 'captive use' production is necessary. On one han [...] | 2004-06-22 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
04THEHAGUE1558 | HCOPIL - SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION [...] SUMMARY: The second meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCOPIL) on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance took place June 7-June 18, 2004. Building on the work of the first meeting of the Special C [...] | 2004-06-23 09:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KOCI HCOPIL CASC CJAN |
04THEHAGUE1565 | ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...] | 2004-06-23 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1566 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CABINET DECISION TO [...] (U) An overwhelming majority of the Dutch Parliament voted on June 22 to endorse the cabinet decision to extend Dutch participation in the multinational force in Iraq for eight months. (The Dutch have approximately 1300 troops serving in Al Muthanna province as part of the UK's Multinational D [...] | 2004-06-23 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE1569 | NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR, DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LANDA + 2, [...] Country Clearance is granted for Alexander Landa, Jeffrey Grossman and Andrew James Williamson for travel to Leiden, The Netherlands from July 10-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas o [...] | 2004-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA NL |
04THEHAGUE1570 | DHHS/FDA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CYNTHIA [...] Country Clearance is granted for Cynthia Jim and Rose Ashley, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS for travel to Baxtel, The Netherlands from July 21-30, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure [...] | 2004-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA NL |
04THEHAGUE1587 | DUTCH POSITION ON POSSIBLE NATO ROLE IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-25 06:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE1592 | ICTY: PREVIEW OF DEL PONTE JUNE 29 ADDRESS TO UN [...] (C) Summary: In her June 29 oral report to the UN Security Council, Carla del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),will highlight several issues from her written report submitted to the Security Council in May. In addition to the e [...] | 2004-06-25 11:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1593 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Susan Ryan to attend the 37th session of the OPCW Executive Council. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...] | 2004-06-25 13:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC |
04THEHAGUE1594 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Robert Metcalf to receive orientation training. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...] | 2004-06-25 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC |
04THEHAGUE1595 | DUTCH APPEALS COURT ALLOWS USE OF INTEL INFORMATION [...] In December 2002, a Rotterdam court acquitted four men who, the Government alleged, were involved in a plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris. The court refused to allow the prosecution to use information supplied by the intelligence service, AIVD, as evidence. On June 21, 2004, The Hague Ap [...] | 2004-06-25 13:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM NL |
04THEHAGUE1599 | ICTY: PREVIEW OF JUNE 29 MERON PRESENTATION TO [...] (C) Summary. In his June 29, 2004 address to the Security Council, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, will focus on the two competing sides of the completion strategy: on the one, the Tribunal,s heavy workload and his in [...] | 2004-06-25 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1602 | NIH/FIC -DR. SUBRAMANIAM- EXTENSION OF TRAVEL [...] Country Clearance is granted to Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, for travel to Eindhoven, The Netherlands from July 1-7, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into [...] | 2004-06-29 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA NL |
04THEHAGUE1629 | CHANGE IN AFSA REP FOR AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-29 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NONE |
04THEHAGUE1639 | SUBJECT: DUTCH/CUBA: STRONG ON HUMAN RIGHTS; [...] (C) The EU Common Position forms Dutch policy toward Cuba. While the Dutch prefer a policy of engagement to one of isolation, they are resolute that Cuba must first improve human rights before any thaw in EU-Cuban relations -- even to pre-2003 "constructive engagement" as usual. Besides this t [...] | 2004-06-30 07:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAID ETTC NL PHUM PREL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1657 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] | 2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
04THEHAGUE1658 | NASA (KSC) DELEGATION COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO [...] Country clearance is granted for the following NASA (KSC) Delegaton to travel July 28-31, 2004, to Noordwijk, Netherlands: Glenn Chin Steven Cain 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the [...] | 2004-07-01 11:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA ASEC NL |
04THEHAGUE167 | HCOPIL: MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IN [...] Summary. The Hague Conference convened an informal advisory committee to consider the request of the European Community to become a member of the organization. Group agreed that changes would be necessary to the Statute and Rules of the organization, that there should be "no additionality," [...] | 2004-01-23 15:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL EUN HCOPIL |
04THEHAGUE1670 | DUTCH EU PRESIDENCY: THE VIEW FROM THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Balancing Dutch, European, and transatlantic interests will be a challenge for the Dutch presidency, made more complicated by the demands of a 25 member EU, a new parliament and Commission, and the new constitutional treaty. A "successful" presidency is seen by PM Balkendende as [...] | 2004-07-02 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU NL |
04THEHAGUE1684 | DUTCH RESPONSE ON PSI INFORMATION SHARING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV KNNP PHSA PREL |
04THEHAGUE1687 | LES: CY 2005 COMPENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE [...] Summary. This is Post's response to compensation questionnaire requested in ref telegram. The answers are keyed to questions from paragraph two to five. This cable is cleared by all Agencies with locally engaged staff. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------- [...] | 2004-07-06 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN AMGT KSEP KICA |
04THEHAGUE1690 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES GOVERNMENT'S PRT DECISION [...] (U) On July 5 the Dutch Parliament broadly endorsed a recent Cabinet decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghlan, Afghanistan. Only the small far-left Socialist Party opposed the mission. The operation, announced in a June 28 government letter to parliament, will consi [...] | 2004-07-06 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE1692 | DUTCH/CUBA: MISINFORMATION REGARDING LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-06 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU NL |
04THEHAGUE1693 | ICTY: TRIBUNAL SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief Prosecutor and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) urged Ambassador for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper to weigh in with UN Headquarters to help solve two emerging budget and personnel crises that were posing a significant [...] | 2004-07-06 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1694 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EC-37 [...] (SBU) Summary: During EC-37, the U.S., UK, Italian and Libyan dels cooperated closely in actively educating and seeking support from other EC members regarding the proposed technical change that would permit Libya to seek conversion of chemical weapons production facilities (CWPF). Without e [...] | 2004-07-06 16:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE1695 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its objectives at a very successful 37th Executive Council (EC) session. The requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines were adopted. Agreement was reached on a larger Working Capital Fund with a longer replenishment period, [...] | 2004-07-06 16:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1697 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF THE [...] (U) We discussed the status of the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement Project with a number of officials in the Technical Secretariat (TS) on the margins of the June 29-July 2 Executive Council session. The project remains on schedule, although some TS officials expressed conc [...] | 2004-07-07 13:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1701 | EU FM'S TO DISCUSS SUDAN, MEET ALLAWI, AND PONDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect next steps in Iraq and Sudan to dominate discussion at the July 12 ) 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),according to Joep Wijnands, Deputy Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Political Affairs and the Dutch European Correspondent, wh [...] | 2004-07-08 06:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1705 | NETHERLANDS: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH, AS CURRENT EU PRESIDENT, WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THE EU'S ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH SYRIA HAS BEEN FINALIZED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED DUE TO SYRIAN OBJECTIONS TO ITS NON- PROLIFERATI [...] | 2004-07-08 11:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NL EU SY PHUM |
04THEHAGUE1712 | ENGAGEMENT WITH DUTCH ON TIP [...] SUMMARY: During a June 29 working level meeting to discuss Dutch movement on TIP following G/TIP Director Miller's June 7 visit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Justice (MinJus) officials promised Embassy representatives close cooperation bilaterally and within the EU on Traf [...] | 2004-07-08 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
04THEHAGUE1713 | NPT: DUTCH VIEWS ON PREPCOM III [...] (SBU) PolMilOff discussed reftel points with MFA Nonproliferation policy officer Harman van Dijk on July 8. Van Dijk attended PrepCom III in New York. The Dutch consider the PrepCom to have been fairly successful. Like the U.S. they had no expectation of achieving consensus on substantive r [...] | 2004-07-08 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP NL NPT |
04THEHAGUE1715 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC'S POOR HEALTH TRIGGER'S "RADICAL" [...] (C) Summary: The trial chamber hearing the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) postponed the July 5 commencement of the defense case due to the Accused,s poor health. During the hearing, Milosevic accused the Tribunal of [...] | 2004-07-08 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1717 | DUTCH/EU: FM BOT ON IRAQ, CHINA, ASEM, SUDAN, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot on July 7 to preview the agenda for the July 12-13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. Bot anticipated that the GAERC would agree to take positive steps with regard to Iraq and Sudan, although [...] | 2004-07-09 12:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PARM EAID NL IZ CH SU EUN |
04THEHAGUE1720 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS REPORT [...] (U) The successful completion of the 37th Executive Council session (Ref B) marks the appropriate time to assess the status of U.S. priorities for the first half of 2004 (Ref A). There has been substantial progress on results-based budgeting, more effective intersessional work and EC session [...] | 2004-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1721 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH IN DRIVER'S SEAT IN [...] (C) The Dutch see themselves as leading Europe to take firmer action on Sudan. The highest levels of the Dutch government, including the Prime Minister, are actively engaged on this issue. Bilaterally, the Dutch have pressed the Sudanese government to implement its commitments and have pledg [...] | 2004-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL SU UNSC |
04THEHAGUE1737 | ECOSOC: DUTCH SEEK PROCEDURAL DEATH FOR CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are receptive to finding a procedural solution to block the Cuban draft ECOSOC resolution (reftel) in their national capacity, and will seek EU support for such an approach as EU president. Visiting DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon found Dutch interlocutors responsive t [...] | 2004-07-13 11:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL CU |
04THEHAGUE174 | RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: Legislation: --New TIP Bill Submitted to Lower House (Paras 2-4) Protection: --Parliament Discusses National TIP Report (5-10) --Dutch Government Sets Up Shelter in Angola (11- [...] | 2004-01-26 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
04THEHAGUE176 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...] | 2004-01-26 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1770 | DUTCH/EU ON ARAB RESOLUTION ON ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER [...] (C) On July 9, Ambassador Sobel discussed the anticipated ICJ decision on the Israeli Security Barrier with Hugo Siblesz, the Dutch MFA's Director General for Political Affairs (ref a). At that time, Siblesz said that while elements of the substance of the decision were expected to be close to [...] | 2004-07-15 13:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EU IS UNGA |
04THEHAGUE1775 | JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA [...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...] | 2004-07-15 14:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1776 | HAITI: PROSPECTIVE EC ASSISTANCE, DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-15 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE1777 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH CONTINUE TO LEAD ON [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the Dutch government is fully seized of th situation in Sudan/Darfur at all levels, and is actively engaging Europ colleagues to increase contributions. The Dutch have already pledged o 25 million euros in bilateral assistance toward Sudan/Darfur, as well a an extra m [...] | 2004-07-15 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU NL |
04THEHAGUE1778 | THE HAGUE EAC CONVENED - JULY 15, 2004 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Post held an EAC meeting July 15 in response to the Dutch government decision elevating the general threat level in the Netherlands. RSO and ORCA briefed on the threat situation and the EAC decided not to change the current security posture and that there was no specific, credi [...] | 2004-07-15 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
04THEHAGUE1779 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: REDIRECTION [...] (C) On July 15, senior Dutch government interlocutors engaged in a robust and animated discussion on the China Arms Embargo during a dinne hosted by Ambassador Sobel for EUR DAS Glyn Davies and EUR/ERA Kathy Allegrone. The Dutch side pulled out all the familiar arguments (inevitability of lift [...] | 2004-07-15 16:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL CH |
04THEHAGUE1784 | RECENT NARCOTICS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Below follows an update of developments in the Netherlands re narcotic drugs. Contents: --Cabinet Intensifies Cannabis Policy --Soft Drug Legalization Debate --Good Results Ecstasy Policy --National Campaign to Prevent Ecstasy Trafficking --Expansion of "Medical Heroin" Experiment --100% [...] | 2004-07-16 08:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NL |
04THEHAGUE1791 | UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff follow up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of th EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on reprodu [...] | 2004-07-16 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN |
04THEHAGUE1792 | UNGA 59: SHUNNING SOUNDBITES, EU TARGETS PRACTICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The EU's priorities paper for the UN (ref a) contains practical ideas to fix the UN system. Written in UN jargon, it is not intending to appeal to the general public, Karel van Kesteren, Director UN affairs at the MFA, told Poloff on July 14. Five of the seven point (faxed to IO [...] | 2004-07-16 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM AORC NL UNGA UN |
04THEHAGUE1793 | EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN Gene Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors acknowl [...] | 2004-07-16 12:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN |
04THEHAGUE1796 | NETHERLANDS/EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolMilOff met on July 16 with representatives from the Australian, Japanese and Korean Embassies in The Hague to discuss the EU's China arms embargo. Of the three, the Japanese have made the strongest approaches to the GONL on this issue. The Australians have raise [...] | 2004-07-16 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PHUM CH NL |
04THEHAGUE1799 | UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...] | 2004-07-16 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN |
04THEHAGUE1800 | UNGA 59: SHUNNING SOUNDBITES, EU TARGETS PRACTICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The EU's priorities paper for the UN (ref a) contains practical ideas to fix the UN system. Written in UN jargon, it is not intending to appeal to the general public, Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, told Poloff on July 14. Five of the seven points (faxed t [...] | 2004-07-16 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM AORC NL UNGA UN |
04THEHAGUE1801 | EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN General Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors a [...] | 2004-07-16 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN |
04THEHAGUE1803 | DUTCH INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CONTROLS ON [...] As Justice Minister Donner and Foreign Minister Bot told visiting G/TIP Director Miller (reftel B) in early June, the Dutch consider their legalization of brothels an effort to fight trafficking in persons in the prostitution industry. According to a July 2 letter by Donner to the Second Chamb [...] | 2004-07-16 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
04THEHAGUE1804 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE CONTACTS FOR THE NETHERLANDS EU [...] THE NETHERLANDS ASSUMED THE SIX-MONTH ROTATING EU PRESIDENCY BEGINNING JULY 1. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY AT EMBASSY THE HAGUE FOR COORDINATING EMBASSY ACTIVITIES AND LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENCY LIES WITH THE MISSION'S EU COORDINATION UNIT, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE D [...] | 2004-07-16 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM ECON NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1808 | UNGA 59: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) Below is the planned attendance at the 59th UNGA for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, keyed to reftel. A. Head of state - No. B. Head of government - No. C. Foreign minister - Yes. -- Bernard Bot, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. -- Planne [...] | 2004-07-19 11:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE1812 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, post delivered the CIRA points on July 14 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also delivered the points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in t [...] | 2004-07-19 17:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1813 | TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE: PKK/KADEK DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) As requested, post delivered reftel talking points on July 14 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also delivered the points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in t [...] | 2004-07-19 17:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1816 | HAITI:PROSPECTIVE EC ASSISTANCE, DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-19 18:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE1817 | UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...] | 2004-07-20 05:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN |
04THEHAGUE1823 | DUTCH/EU ON ARAB RESOLUTION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) On July 9, Ambassador Sobel discussed the anticipated ICJ decision on the Israeli Security Barrier with Hugo Siblesz, the Dutch MFA's Director General for Political Affairs (ref a). At that time, Siblesz said that while elements of the substance of the decision were expected to be close t [...] | 2004-07-20 05:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EU IS UNGA |
04THEHAGUE1828 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The co-facilitators Gordon Eckersly/Australia and Ian Mundell/Canada held four sessions on 13-14 July 2004 to discuss Executive Management, Policymaking Organs, and Administration. The DDG made a brief introduction to the elements covered by the Executive Management section. Delegations [...] | 2004-07-20 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1833 | DUTCH PM BALKENENDE ON CHINA, TURKEY, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Balkenende told Ambassador Sobel on July 20 the EU has not yet reached consensus on lifting the China Arms Embargo before the December EU-China summit. While strong voices in the EU are pushing for a quick (but not unconditional) lift, others now appear less convinc [...] | 2004-07-20 17:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL CH TK IS NL |
04THEHAGUE1836 | BURMA/ASEM MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-21 11:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NL BM |
04THEHAGUE1837 | IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: DUTCH VIEWS [...] (SBU) As requested, post delivered reftel talking points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate for European Integation within the Department of External Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Post also delivered the points on July [...] | 2004-07-21 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN ETTC NL |
04THEHAGUE1840 | DUTCH AGREE TO PARTIAL DEBT CANCELLATION FOR IRAQ; [...] DUTCH DEVELOPMENT AID MINISTER AGNES VAN ARDENNE ANNOUNCED JULY 16 THAT CANCELLATION OF PART OF IRAQ'S 245 MILLION EURO (APPROX USD 300M) DEBT TO THE NETHERLANDS WOULD BE NECESSARY. MINISTER VAN ARDENNE'S STATEMENT, WHICH CAME IN RESPONSE TO A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, NOTED THAT THE IMF'S DEBT [...] | 2004-07-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID NL IZ |
04THEHAGUE1841 | UKRAINE, THE NETHERLANDS, COUNTRY CLR, NSF: [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. James Morris, Program Officer, Division of Environmental Biology, for travel to Utrecht, The Netherlands from July 26-30, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secur [...] | 2004-07-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL OTRA KSCA UP NL |
04THEHAGUE1844 | THE HAGUE EAC CONVENED JULY 22, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-22 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NL PTER |
04THEHAGUE1845 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] | 2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
04THEHAGUE1846 | NETHERLANDS/EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Post coordinated a July 21 briefing for Dutch officials on U.S. concerns regarding a possible lift of the EU China arms embargo. MFA hosted the briefing which was also attended by GONL officials from MOD, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the PM's office. DRL Senior Advisor Susan O [...] | 2004-07-22 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PHUM CH NL |
04THEHAGUE1847 | UPDATE ON DUTCH COUNTERTERRORISM PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 meeting with DCM, Joustra briefed on his plans for a new agency that would integrate C/T policy, threat analysis, and operations under a senior coordinator reporting to the Justice (and Interior) Ministers. Joustra said the two Ministers had approved the outlines o [...] | 2004-07-22 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE1867 | NETHERLANDS/EU/SUDAN: PREPPING FOR GAERC DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect GAERC conclusions to maintain political pressure on GOS, endorse coordination with AU/UN/US, and to increase humanitarian assistance. In a scheduled July 24 meeting with GOS FM Ismael, FM Bot and Dev Min Van Ardenne intend to express deep concern about the situat [...] | 2004-07-23 13:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU NL EUN UNSC |
04THEHAGUE1876 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH NGO AND TRADE UNION [...] As noted in Ref C, the Dutch government actively supports Cuban civil society and peaceful democratic opposition. The Dutch consider their (bilateral and EU) objectives with regard to Cuba to be parallel to those of the U.S., but are sometimes wary of appearing too closely linked to specific [...] | 2004-07-26 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CU NL |
04THEHAGUE1880 | DUTCH ON EXCLUDING BELARUSIAN MINISTER FROM THE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-26 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KOLY PHUM PREL BO NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1881 | NATO/IRAQ: DUTCH ON NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-27 06:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS IZ NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE1883 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH THINKING ON PROPOSED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Dutch continue to move forward on plans for a September 22 EU terrorist financing seminar in Brussels, a priority of their EU Presidency. However, they are also eager to hear USG thoughts on ideas for a proposed September 23 U.S.-EU meeting/seminar on terroris [...] | 2004-07-27 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ECON PTER PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1884 | DUTCH AGREE TO TERMINATE 1974 AIRWORTHINESS [...] In response to reftel diplomatic note proposing termination of the 1974 Airworthiness Agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Treaty Division replied via diplomatic note dated July 12, 2004, the text of which follows in paragraph two. 2. Begin Text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has [...] | 2004-07-27 09:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA NL |
04THEHAGUE1885 | ICC: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The next few months will see the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin formal investigations into serious charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Africa. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) recently opened its first investigation in the Democratic Republic of t [...] | 2004-07-27 10:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC |
04THEHAGUE1894 | CODEL FRIST AUG 11 [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Frist and staff members in The Netherlands on August 11, 2004. 2. As museums and stores in Amsterdam will not be open during transit time, post recommends delegation remain at the Schipol airport. Post also recommen [...] | 2004-07-27 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH SU KE NL |
04THEHAGUE1895 | STATUS OF DUTCH EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP - "WE WANT TO [...] The evidence of the past seven weeks indicates that the Dutch will be good to their word in G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Minister Donner (reftel D). First, that they will work towards "concrete, measurable targets" in combating traffic [...] | 2004-07-27 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN NL |
04THEHAGUE1897 | DUTCH WILL ASK U.S. TO JOIN FRIENDS OF SUDAN GROUP [...] Dutch Director for Africa Roeland van de Geer and Marieke van Renssen, Acting Sudan desk officer, told emboffs in separate meetings today that the GONL intends to invite the US to join a "Friends of Sudan" group to assist in the post-crisis reconstruction of the Darfur region. The Dutch wil [...] | 2004-07-28 14:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SU NL |
04THEHAGUE1898 | SETTING THE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER'S AHLC MEETING - [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Gerard Steeghs, MFA Deputy Director for the UN and IFIs, on July 28. Steeghs quickly focused on the large role for the World Bank outlined in the points. Characterizing the Palestinian/Israeli disengagement project as "hyperpolitical," he observed bo [...] | 2004-07-28 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EAID PREL NL UN |
04THEHAGUE1899 | REPLACEMENT FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL PETER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-28 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NL UN |
04THEHAGUE1901 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: KARZAI CANDIDACY AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA's head of South Asia Division Wilfred Mohr July 28. Mohr stated that the Dutch Ambassador in Afghanistan will soon call on Karzai to present his credentials, at which point he will also express GoNL support for reform and stability in Afghanistan. He sa [...] | 2004-07-28 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF NL |
04THEHAGUE1902 | NETHERLANDS/NEPAL: DEMARCHE ON MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are in discussion with EU colleagues regarding designation of the Maoists, but expect to release a "balanced" statement condemning violence on both sides as an interim measure. They expect the Maoists will be designated this Fall. End Summary. Dutch Presidency Statem [...] | 2004-07-28 15:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC EFIN NP NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1903 | SURVEILLANCE OF U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE 07/27/2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-29 05:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NL PTER |
04THEHAGUE1906 | ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: AEGON CFO REVIEWS STATE OF [...] Jos Streppel, the Chief Financial Officer of AEGON, a large Netherlands-based insurance group also active in the U.S., met with the Ambassador July 28 to review current efforts to unify European accounting standards and to achieve greater harmonization between the U.S. and Europe in this area. [...] | 2004-07-29 11:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1910 | ICTY: REGISTRY SEEKS AGREEMENTS ON SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 28 meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Hans Holthuis, the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),sought USG assistance with respect to the enforcement of sentences and the relocation of witnesses. Holthuis specifically requested [...] | 2004-07-29 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1911 | IRAQI JUDICIAL TRAINING [...] (SBU) In early May in The Hague, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy chaired a conference on the rule of law in Iraq, involving some thirty Iraqi judges and twenty other jurists, advisers and staff. We understand that there is consideration in Baghdad of a proposed follow-on conf [...] | 2004-07-29 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ ICTY KWIC |
04THEHAGUE1912 | IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: FOLLOWING UP ON DUTCH VIEWS [...] (C) As a follow up to initial GONL views reported in ref A, Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Advisor in the MFA's Political Affairs Department, provided econoff with reactions from the MFA's legal department to ref B talking points. Jurgens reiterated that the GONL remains interested in working [...] | 2004-07-29 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC ECON EFIN NL |
04THEHAGUE1913 | AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE HOLDS EAC MEETING JULY 29, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-29 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NL PTER |
04THEHAGUE1915 | SURVEILLANCE OF U.S... [...] (S/NF) The date of this incident is now in question. ORCA reports that the liaison service reports the incident as having taken place on Monday July 26. A very senior member of The Hague Police told the RSO this afternoon that the incident occurred on Monday and the Israeli RSO maintains that [...] | 2004-07-30 06:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NL PTER |
04THEHAGUE1916 | DUTCH PRESIDENCY REPLY ON BURMA/ASEM MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Presidency Special Envoy Hans van den Broek was reportedly pleased with the results his recent trip to Hanoi, Bangkok, Beijing and Tokyo to resolve the current impasse regarding Burmese participation in the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). The Dutch are reluctant to pro [...] | 2004-07-30 12:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM NL BM |
04THEHAGUE1917 | NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS: GELFENBAUM, 08/03- [...] Country Clearance is granted for Guy R. Gelfenbaum for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 3-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a se [...] | 2004-07-30 13:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
04THEHAGUE1918 | ICTY: A PUNISHING WEEK FOR OTP [...] (SBU) Summary: It was a punishing week for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On July 28, a trial chamber ordered the provisional release of two of the highest-ranking members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle, Jovica [...] | 2004-07-30 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1919 | NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: MOVING IN THE RIGHT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to Dutch sources, the European Council will most likely decide in December to open accession talks with Turkey, setting a fixed starting date contingent on Turkey's completion of specific concrete reforms. Senior Dutch officials based in The Hague are playing an active [...] | 2004-07-30 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1920 | CIVAIR: KLM SEES NO ECONOMIC RATIOANLE FOR [...] (U) On July 29 Ambassador Sobel and econoff (note taker) met with KLM President and CEO Leo van Wijk. Ambassador Sobel asked van Wijk his thoughts on the failure to achieve a first-phase U.S.-EU air services agreement. The Ambassador also steered the conversation to Commissioner DePalacio [...] | 2004-07-30 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EU NL |
04THEHAGUE1921 | NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:MANGAN, 08/11-13/04 [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Margaret T. Magan for travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands August 11-13, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...] | 2004-07-30 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
04THEHAGUE1922 | NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:SHERWOOD, 08/21- 25/04 [...] Country Clearance is granted for Christopher R. Sherwood for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 21-25, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...] | 2004-07-30 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
04THEHAGUE1923 | SURVEILLANCE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE ON [...] (SBU) Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Public Safety contacted the RSO on 07/30 and advised that the incident had actually occurred on 07/26 and not 07/27 as he originally told the embassy. As an aside he stated he would determine why he wasn't informed until the evening of 07/27. [...] | 2004-07-30 17:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC NL PTER |
04THEHAGUE1924 | AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE HOLD EAC MEETING JULY 30, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-30 17:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER |
04THEHAGUE1929 | RESPONSE TO TECHNICAL THREAT LEVEL- THE HAGUE AND [...] The host country political system: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. 2. Bilateral relations and defense agreements: Yes, numerous treaties and the Netherlands is a NATO member and is supporting the coalition in Iraq by having Dutch troops present. 3. Extent of [...] | 2004-08-02 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
04THEHAGUE1935 | DUTCH A/POL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ: TERRORISM STATEMENT, [...] (SBU) Terrorism Declaration: CDA contacted Dutch MFA A/Political Director Herman Schaper late August 2 and got confirmation that the Netherlands would support and release the Coalition Terrorism Declaration. Early August 3, A/Pol Couns provided ref A points to MFA Security Policy Director Ma [...] | 2004-08-03 11:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL EUN NATO |
04THEHAGUE194 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STAFFING [...] The staffing information for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was sent to IO/S/EA via DHL on 27 January 2004 from Embassy The Hague. The tracking number is 580 4054 060, and can be tracked at www.dhl.com. 2. Javits sends. RUSSEL [...] | 2004-01-27 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER POL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1948 | DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-04 11:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PTER NL |
04THEHAGUE195 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The one agenda item for the January 22 meeting of the Geneva Group was Article IV/V financing, and the proposal from the ABAF for expansion of the Working Capital Fund. At the time, the U.S. Del did not have guidance on the proposed expansion of the Working Capital Fund. We have since [...] | 2004-01-27 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1954 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE SECURITY MEASURES: PROMISE OF [...] (C) The Dutch security "triangle" chaired by National Coordinator for Security Jonge Vos and including representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Justice, Foreign Affairs, Defence, and AVID (security service)),met late August 4 to review Embassy The Hague security. The results of the m [...] | 2004-08-04 17:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER NL |
04THEHAGUE1955 | BIO INFO ON NEW DUTCH EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER NEELIE [...] PM Balkenende announced the nomination of former transport minister Neelie Kroes as the new Dutch European Commissioner on August 3. Kroes will succeed Frits Bolkestein as Dutch EU Commissioner. Balkenende said he expected President Barroso would give Kroes "a heavy economic portfolio," such [...] | 2004-08-05 05:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1956 | DUTCH WILL LIKELY SUPPORT US RE-ELECTION TO ICAO [...] Responding to reftel demarche, Rene Fennes, head of international relations of the Ministry of Transport, expected his government to support US re-election to the ICAO council. "I don't think there will be any problem there," he said. Fennes passed our non-paper to his colleagues at the Mi [...] | 2004-08-05 07:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR NL ICAO |
04THEHAGUE1957 | NETHERLANDS CONSIDERING PROPOSED AIR SERVICE [...] Post delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Rene Fennes, head of international relations at the Ministry of Transportation. As instructed, we emphasized that this request only pertained to the Aruba and Netherlands Antilles portions of the agreements. 2. Fennes could not give an imme [...] | 2004-08-05 07:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA NL |
04THEHAGUE1967 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) A recent trip by the Director General proved uneventful and produced little or nothing in terms of substantive results - an outcome considered very successful by the DG. The OPCW Chief of Cabinet Raphael Grossi expounded on a number of personnel issues, most notably appealing for a solid [...] | 2004-08-05 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE1975 | MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Charge reviewed ref A points with Dutch MFA Acting Political Director Herman Schaper on August 6. Schaper has instructed the German Embassy in Chisinau (as local EU representative) and the Dutch Embassy in Kiev to address these points with the Moldovans and the Ukrainians respectively, an [...] | 2004-08-06 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD NL |
04THEHAGUE1981 | SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] Post requests three interns for spring 2005. The following responses are given as per para 3 of reftel: A. Number of Interns: Three B. Language requirement: None C. Selection criteria: All interns should have excellent writing and verbal communication skills. For Pol/Econ advanc [...] | 2004-08-09 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT ASEC NL |
04THEHAGUE1983 | DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL REFERENDUM [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Dimitri Vogelaar August 5 to discuss reftel message. Vogelaar said that he was disappointed that the EU would not be able to send an observer mission to Venezuela, but stressed that the EU would remain involved "even without a European mission." [...] | 2004-08-10 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO NL |
04THEHAGUE20 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYAN REQUEST [...] (U) On January 6, Brian Hawtin, the acting Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, provided a copy of a letter from the Libyan Ambassador to the Netherlands to OPCW DG Rogelio Pfirter. The letter transmitted a note verbale from the Libyan government requ [...] | 2004-01-07 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE2020 | LETTER WARNING OF A PLOT TO ATTACK JEWS AND [...] (SBU) RSO The Hague was contacted by the Security Officer for the Israeli Embassy who advised a letter reporting a threat had come to him. He offered that the writer was informing on someone else. The letter was forwarded by fax. 2. (SBU) the letter is in Dutch and was translated by the Sr. [...] | 2004-08-13 06:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NL PTER |
04THEHAGUE2023 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: LOCAL TAIWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwanese representatives in The Hague are engaging the Dutch government and parliamentarians in an effort to slow down the EU's rush to lift its arms embargo on China. Several parliamentarians have expressed sympathy for the Taiwanese position, but do not want to undercut the Du [...] | 2004-08-13 13:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PHUM CH TW NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2035 | KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: REQUEST FOR [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our Second Quarter, 2004/2005, budget contribution of USD 964,362.13. Please note that the check must reach the Office of the Legal Counse [...] | 2004-08-13 13:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT KICT NL |
04THEHAGUE2039 | FEDERAL WOMENS PROGRAM COORDINATOR (FWPC) [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 14:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT NL |
04THEHAGUE2040 | DUTCH CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF EU COMPETITION PORTFOLIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch are clearly satisfied and claiming victory over the appointment of Neelie Kroes-Smit (Kroes) as the new European Commissioner for Competition. Prime Minister Balkenende's strategy of holding out for a "heavy" portfolio appears to have paid off. Both the Netherlands [...] | 2004-08-16 05:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2047 | NETHERLANDS: UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-16 14:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAO NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE2052 | CORRUPTION AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AT SCHIPHOL AIRPORT [...] The Schiphol 100% control measure, designed by Justice Minister Donner to stop drug trafficking into the Netherlands from the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Suriname, and later Venezuela, is now in its ninth month. Donner touts the measure as a success, citing declining cocaine seizures at Sch [...] | 2004-08-17 14:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NL |
04THEHAGUE2055 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SECOND DUTCH FATALITY [...] (U) A Royal Dutch Military Police (Koninklijke Marechaussee) Sergeant was killed in an ambush on a Dutch military vehicle on August 14 south of Rumaythah in Al Muthanna province. The 29 year-old Sergeant, Jeroen Severs, was riding in an unarmored jeep which came under heavy fire from small ar [...] | 2004-08-17 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE2064 | UPU - USG CANDIDACY FOR POSTAL OPERATIONS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-18 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC |
04THEHAGUE2082 | CIVAIR: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE [...] Econ off delivered reftel demarche and invitiation to the Dutch Ministry of Transportation's Rene Fennes, Head of International Relations and Guido Landheer, Head of Market Access and Regulation on August 6th and 9th, respectively. Neither had substantive responses. Fennes advised that the G [...] | 2004-08-20 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR NL ICAO |
04THEHAGUE2091 | ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-23 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA FI NL |
04THEHAGUE2095 | DUTCH PUT UN PROTECTION FORCE ON PSC AGENDA [...] (S) On August 23, POLCOUNS discussed reftel points with Dutch MFA officials Bahia Tahzib (Deputy European Correspondent) and Adri van Loopik (Head of the Gulf States Division in the Department of North Africa and Middle East Affairs). (Note: POLOFFS had previously discussed the issue with Ta [...] | 2004-08-23 16:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IZ GB NL UN EUN |
04THEHAGUE2104 | OSCE - DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCE ON [...] The Dutch hope to send a delegation to subject conference headed by a cabinet minister, likely Rita Verdonk, Minister for Immigration and Integration, according to Joris Geeven, MFA officer covering the OSCE in the Human Rights Department who spoke with Poloff on August 20. Human Rights Speci [...] | 2004-08-24 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC NL OSCE |
04THEHAGUE2112 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...] | 2004-08-25 10:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE2123 | NETHERLANDS/ASEM: LOOKING FOR COMPROMISE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-25 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM NL |
04THEHAGUE2124 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN ELECTIONS: DUTCH PREPARED TO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B messages August 23 to Wilfred Mohr, Head of the Dutch MFA's South Asia Division. With regard to ref A request that the Dutch approach Iran on out of country registration and voting, Mohr acknowledged that the Government of Iran "needs to do more." He revealed that [...] | 2004-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PK AF IR NL |
04THEHAGUE2126 | EU/NETHERLANDS/SOUTH OSSETIA: DUTCH SKEPTICAL [...] (C) On August 24, POLCOUNS discussed reftel points with Tony van der Togt, Head of the Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division, and Frank van Beuningen, Policy Coordinator for the OSCE within the MFA's Department of Security Policy. Both interlocutors were well briefed on the sit [...] | 2004-08-25 15:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG GM NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2138 | INFORMAL EU FOREIGN MINSTERS MEETING (GYMNICH), [...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner told emboffs that although the Gymnich agenda must remain open until very shortly before the meeting, he expects that it will cover ASEM, the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, the Balkans, and the Sudan. On ASEM the Dutch are looking [...] | 2004-08-26 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2143 | TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS AND [...] Embassy The Hague has regularly posted the Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Trafficking in Persons reports on the embassy web site and alerted key contacts to their existence. We have not, however, translated the reports into Dutch given the extraordinarily high proficiency in English. [...] | 2004-08-27 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM NL |
04THEHAGUE2145 | DUTCH C/T COORDINATOR PUSHES REORGANIZATION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: C/T Coordinator Joustra won the backing of the Prime Minister for the outline of his plan to create a new Counter terrorism agency by Jan. 1, 2005. This may overcome the resistance of the (pro-status quo) Interior Minister and bolster the hand of Justice Minister Donner, who as Co [...] | 2004-08-27 10:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE2154 | DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Dutch parliament interrupted its August recess for a special session on Iraq attended by Defense Minister Kamp and Foreign Minister Bot. The parliament endorsed the additional security measures taken in the wake of the August 14 ambush of Dutch troops in Iraq a [...] | 2004-08-27 15:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE2156 | HUMAN RIGHTS - STATUS OF WEOG CHR ELECTION ROTATION [...] (C) Since ref A discussions in mid-July, the Dutch have failed to make much progress on their offer to restart negotiations on a WEOG election rotation scheme for the UN Commission on Human Rights, according to Karel van Kesteren, MFA Human Rights Director with whom Poloff spoke on August 2 [...] | 2004-08-27 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC PREL NL UN |
04THEHAGUE2168 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY [...] (U) The Technical Secretariat has distributed an information paper (transmitted to AC/CB) providing responses to questions raised by delegations during the July budget consultations. Budget co-facilitators Gordon Eckersley (Australia) and Ian Mundell (Canada) have announced that they intend [...] | 2004-08-31 13:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2169 | GPS-GALILEO AGREEMENT: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED - [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-31 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EU TSPA TSPL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2172 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOT VISITS BAGHDAD, PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot's November 29 visit to Iraq will hopefully spur the EU to take a more active role in Iraq, according to an MFA interlocutor who participated in the trip. An EU "exploratory commission" tasked with developing concrete proposals for supporting reconstruc [...] | 2004-08-31 19:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE218 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S./U.K [...] (C) On January 20, Under Secretary of State John Bolton and William Ehrman, Director-General for Defense and Intelligence of the U.K.'s FCO, met with the senior leadership of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to discuss the state of activity on Libyan accession [...] | 2004-01-29 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE2188 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: MAINTAINING MULTINATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: PolCouns and PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems and MOD General Policy Director Lo Casteleijn in separate meetings on August 31. While the current Dutch deployment in Iraq is scheduled to run through March 15, 2005, the GONL is [...] | 2004-09-01 15:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE219 | DEMARCHE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY [...] Embassy discussed reftel with Ms. Inge van der Leij, coordinator for genetic modification of the Dutch Environment Ministry (VROM),who will be leading the official Dutch delegation to Kuala Lumpur. 2. Ms. Van der Leij said she will be pleased to discuss issues raised in demarche with the [...] | 2004-01-29 14:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD TBIO NL |
04THEHAGUE2190 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH THINKTANK REPORT ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: A recent report on Turkish EU accession by the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV),a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has sparked debate on a possible timetable for opening accession talks with Turkey. The report's most controversia [...] | 2004-09-01 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2196 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF [...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...] | 2004-09-02 11:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE22 | DUTCH COMMENTS ON BOLIVIA SUPPORT GROUP [...] EconOff delivered ref demarche on January 5 to Jan Plantingha of the MFA's Western Hemisphere Division (Note: MFA was closed week of December 29, 2003. End Note). Plantingha said the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington had received the invitation/agenda to the Bolivia Support Group. [...] | 2004-01-07 13:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL EFIN NL PGOV PREL |
04THEHAGUE2201 | ICTY: COUNSEL IMPOSED ON MILOSEVIC [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated, Trial Chamber Three of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided on September 2 to assign counsel to assist in the defense of Slobodan Milosevic. The court decided that the counsel should be the amici curiae (friends of the Cou [...] | 2004-09-02 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2205 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: EU EXPLORATORY MISSION REPORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU exploratory mission to Iraq will report its findings and present a long list of "options" for supporting Iraqi reconstruction to the September 3-4 Gymnich, according to its Dutch chair. The Dutch hope that the mission's report will spur the EU to take a more active role i [...] | 2004-09-02 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2206 | NETHERLANDS: REPATRIATION FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-03 08:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PREF PREL PTER NL |
04THEHAGUE2208 | DUTCH CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO IFC'S PRIVATE [...] ECONCOUNS and Econoff delivered September 2, 2004, reftel points to Gita Salden, Head of the International Economy and Financial Institutions Division within the Foreign Financial Relations Directorate of the Dutch Finance Ministry. (POLCOUNS delivered points separately on August 31 to Michiel [...] | 2004-09-03 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV NL |
04THEHAGUE2248 | DUTCH RESPONSE: ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding state sponsorship of terrorism, but differentiate their level of concern with regard to the specific states named on the U.S. list. The Dutch - both bilaterally and in their EU Presidency capacity - regularly press Syria and Iran regardin [...] | 2004-09-07 07:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2250 | FM BOT VISIT TO INDONESIA AUGUST 25-27 [...] (SBU) During an August 25-27 visit to Indonesia, Dutch FM Bot met with Indonesian FM Nur Hassan Wirayuda, as well as with President Megawati and Presidential Candidate Susilo Yudhoyono. Bot discussed both bilateral issues and, in his EU Presidency capacity, the EU-Indonesian relationship. Pol [...] | 2004-09-07 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID NL |
04THEHAGUE2261 | IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH MFA VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff discussed refs A and B with Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on September 7. Wilke does not believe it will be possible to gain support within the EU for referring Iran's non-compliance to the UNSC in September. He doubts ElBaradei's November report will be [...] | 2004-09-07 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR NL UNSC |
04THEHAGUE2272 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Del rep attended a September 1 OPCW National Implementation workshop on National Implementation in London. Santiago Onate, Office of the Legal Advisor, Anan Dhavle, International Cooperation Division, and facilitator Mark Matthews (UK) presented tutorials on Article VII obligations to t [...] | 2004-09-08 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2273 | GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country Clearance is granted for John M. Linkletter for travel to The Netherlands September 11, 2004 and September 15 thru 20, 2004. 2. Embassy points of contact for the visit are economic officers Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270); huffrx@state.gov) and Joe Trimble (31-70-310-9274); trimblej [...] | 2004-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA SW GM NL ILO |
04THEHAGUE2274 | GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JORDAN CAMP OF NASA'S [...] Country Clearance is granted for Jordan Camp for travel to The Netherlands September 18 thru 24, 2004. 2. Embassy point of contact is economic officer Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270; huffrx@state.gov). The after-hours Embassy phone number is (31-70-310-9499) POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...] | 2004-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
04THEHAGUE2277 | SUMMARY OF NATIONAL RAPPORTEUR'S THIRD TIP REPORT [...] Summary/Comment: On June 20, Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons (NRM) Dien Korvinus presented the third TIP report to Justice Minister Donner. The 302-page report mainly covers the year 2002 and contains information about laws and regulations, victims, assistance, administrat [...] | 2004-09-08 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
04THEHAGUE2280 | EU Informal Agriculture Council Press Conference, September [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-09 10:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NL |
04THEHAGUE2289 | SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...] | 2004-09-10 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2290 | SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...] | 2004-09-10 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2295 | REQUEST FOR CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR TECHNICIAN [...] Post requests the immediate services of the digital copier repair technician in Frankfurt to service defective Nashuates copiers located in CAA offices. 2. The digital copiers are Nashuatec model numbers 425, 3525 and 465. 3. POC: IMS - Jamal M. Lewis. IVG: 361-9390, Comm: 31- 70-310 [...] | 2004-09-10 11:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC KRIM ACDA |
04THEHAGUE2300 | DUTCH PREVIEW ASEM [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to endorse the compromise solution informally agreed among EU members at the September 9 Gymnich meeting (reftel),but expect some "fine-tuning" of technical aspects of the agreement. According to the Dutch, the French are "catching up" after their Minis [...] | 2004-09-10 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM NL |
04THEHAGUE2303 | DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...] | 2004-09-13 12:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC |
04THEHAGUE2308 | CABINET APPROVES AND FORWARDS NEW DUTCH COUNTER- [...] On September 10, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted to the Second Chamber of Parliament CT Coordinator Joustra's plan to streamline Dutch counter-terrorism policies. As expected (reftels),the plan establishes an office of National CT Coordinator (NCTb) by January [...] | 2004-09-14 05:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE2310 | EUR/ERA CHASE MEETING ON DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (U) In a September 10 meeting, Erik van Andel, Head of the Financial Integrity Division, Dutch Finance Ministry (MOF),briefed visiting EUR/ERA Office Director Peter Chase on Dutch EU Presidency priorities on combating terrorist financing. (See septels for reporting on Chase's meetings on E [...] | 2004-09-14 06:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ECON PTER NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2311 | DUTCH RESPONSE ON LARGE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-14 11:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR EIND NL USTR EUN |
04THEHAGUE2314 | NIH/FIC -DR. CHITNIS- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Ajay Chitnis for travel to The Netherlands October 1-2, 2004. 2. The Embassy acknowledges that no other assistance has been requested. 3. Point of contact for the visit in the Embassy Economic Section is (Richard Huff, Counselor),at 31-70-310-9270 [...] | 2004-09-14 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TBIO OTRA |
04THEHAGUE2315 | NIH/FIC -DR. PELROY- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Richard Pelroy for travel to The Netherlands September 28-30, 2004. 2. The Embassy acknowledges that no other assistance has been requested. 3. Point of contact for the visit in the Embassy Economic Section is (Richard Huff, Counselor),at 31-70-31 [...] | 2004-09-14 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TBIO OTRA |
04THEHAGUE2316 | UNGA 59/HUMAN RIGHTS/NL: PUSH NEEDED ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Poloff spoke September 14 with Wouter Plomp, in the HR department of the Dutch MFA, regarding the proposed package of agreed Third Committee language (ref e-mail) provided to the Dutch several weeks ago. Plomp said that the Dutch are "still working on it internally," but could not indic [...] | 2004-09-14 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2317 | USNATO 2005 TOURS [...] In response to reftel, and as already mentioned in Moyes/White e-mail of 9/11/04, US Embassy The Hague would like to design a NATO tour in January for Dutch parliamentarians. This program would consist of two days in Brussels with a follow-on tour to a new member state such as Romania. [...] | 2004-09-14 15:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE2321 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) On September 8, Del reps met with Rick Martin, head of the OPCW's Budget and Finance Branch, and Ali Asghar Special Advisor on B&F issues, to outline substantive U.S. requirements outlined in reftel. In response to the requirements raised, Asghar noted that there is currently only one " [...] | 2004-09-14 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2325 | EU Informal Agriculture Council Press Conference, September [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-15 09:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NL |
04THEHAGUE2326 | DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 16-17 EU [...] Summary: In a September 9 letter to the Dutch parliament, Defense Minister Kamp previewed the September 16- 17 EU Defense Ministers Informal Ministerial at Noordwijk, Netherlands. This meeting will be preceded by the first meeting of the Steering Board of the new European Defense Agency unde [...] | 2004-09-15 11:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2331 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH AUTHORITY TO FREEZE ASSETS [...] The following is provided in response to ref A request for information on the status of the Netherlands' national authority to freeze assets related to terrorism financing. Ref B contains a detailed description of Dutch laws and regulations on terrorism financing and related money laundering [...] | 2004-09-15 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2344 | IRAN/IAEA: IAEA NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Political Counselor and Poloff shared ref A demarche text and ref b points with Dutch Government officials on September 16. Poloff reached Elka Merks, in the Dutch MFA Nonproliferation office, to convey points in advance of the morning meeting in Vienna at the IAEA. Poloff drew on reft [...] | 2004-09-16 14:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR NL UNSC |
04THEHAGUE2345 | DUTCH RESPONSE: COORDINATING ACTION ON BHUTANESE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message to Wilfred Mohr, Head of Southern Asia Division, September 16. Mohr responded that the issue had been discussed previously in a videoconference call with the Department on September 8 and that an EU Working Party meeting today in Brussels will also discus [...] | 2004-09-16 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM NP IN NL BI |
04THEHAGUE2346 | SEPT. 13-14 GAERC: READ-OUT FROM DUTCH [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept. 13-14 GAERC with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 16. He said the the EU's foreign ministers had discussed Secretary Powell's comments about genocide in Darfur, the financing of the UN Protective Force in Iraq, and EU rel [...] | 2004-09-16 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PREL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2357 | UPU - ANGOLA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT IN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 07:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL AO |
04THEHAGUE2366 | DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN G8 BMENA MEETINGS IN NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMPI NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2367 | UNGA 59/COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA CORE GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 15:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CO NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2369 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: DUTCH LOOKING FOR ACTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) Dutch EU Presidency representative Piet de Klerk, Special Ambassador for Human Rights, will be in Tibet from September 20 to 23 and Beijing on September 24 for the next round of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue. Poloff discussed the confidential agendas with Gerri Willems of t [...] | 2004-09-17 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2370 | NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) As requested, econoff delivered ref A points and the text of the proposed Executive Order (E.O.) regarding insurgency finance in Iraq on September 13 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate for European Integration within the Department of External P [...] | 2004-09-17 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE2382 | UNGA 59/EAST TIMOR ACCOUNTABILITY - DUTCH SUPPORT [...] (SBU) The Dutch "fully support" the idea of the UN Secretariat forming a Commission of Experts (COE) to evaluate SIPDIS the work of the Ad Hoc Tribunal and Serious Crimes Unit and report on next steps regarding accountability for the 1999 atrocities on East Timor. However, Indonesian relu [...] | 2004-09-20 09:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM NL |
04THEHAGUE2388 | NETHERLANDS/EU: PETER CHASE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US-EU [...] (C) Summary: At meetings with the MFA on September 10, Peter Chase (EUR/ERA Director) heard that EU Member States see new informal interest groups forming around particular issues. This variable geometry extends to EU representation at the UN, where the EU's formal division of competenci [...] | 2004-09-20 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL |
04THEHAGUE2398 | NETHERLANDS/EU/UNGA: ICJ SEPARATION BARRIER ACTION [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel talking points with Herman Schaper, the Dutch Deputy POLDIR, on September 20. Schaper confirmed that Dutch UN Permrep Dirk van den Bergh, in his EU capacity, had discussed the issue of the security barrier with the Palestinian mission (al-Kidwa) in New York. The Pal [...] | 2004-09-20 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL UNSC EUN |
04THEHAGUE2399 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Delegations made little progress towards a draft decision on Schedule 1 "captive use." Germany presented a non-paper providing several examples of known processes where Schedule 1 chemical(s) were produced during the production of certain final products. France, Switzerland, Italy and t [...] | 2004-09-20 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2402 | JAPAN'S CANDIDATE FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL [...] (C) The Netherlands (in their national capacity, not as EU President) shares USG concerns about Japanese candidate Takashima's lack of credentials for UNRWA (reftel) but is not aware of any alternative candidates for the position, according to Marwienke Tillema, Senior Policy Officer at the [...] | 2004-09-21 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL AORC NL |
04THEHAGUE2407 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VISIT OF ARMS [...] (U) CWC Delegation and Embassy welcome the September 27-29 visit of AC PDAS Record. Hotel reservations have been made at the Crowne Plaza Promenade Hotel; Van Stolkweg 1, The Hague 2585 JL; (phone)(31)(70) 352-5161; (fax) 31-70-354-1046. Control officer for the visit is Pete Ito, who will [...] | 2004-09-21 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL OVIP OTRA CWC |
04THEHAGUE2409 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the request of DG Pfirter, Glen Johnson, Office Director of VC/VO, assessed the Technical Secretariat accomplishments on the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement project over the past year and recommended how best to move the project forward. Johnson determined that sign [...] | 2004-09-21 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2410 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is granted to the following individual traveling to The Hague to attend the OPCW 2005 Budget meeting: --BENTHIEN, Lisa Arrive: 26 September Depart: 03 October Hotel reservations have been made for 26 Sept-2 Oct at the Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel; address: Johan de [...] | 2004-09-22 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC |
04THEHAGUE2415 | TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND DUTCH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The recent defection of one member of parliament from the Liberal (VVD) party over the issue of Turkish accession to the EU is forcing the Dutch government to consider potential domestic repercussions of the Turkish EU debate. So far, PM Balkenende has set the tone of the discussion by [...] | 2004-09-22 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU NL |
04THEHAGUE2445 | DHS SEC. RIDGE CARRIES MESSAGE OF COMMON CT CAUSE [...] SUMMARY: Sec. Ridge discussed implementation of US-EU Summit Declaration Combating Terrorism with the EU JHA Troika, stressing the importance of information sharing and the need to communicate better to the public the existing high level of CT cooperation between the U.S. and EU. His message [...] | 2004-09-24 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CVIS SMIG CPAS PREL ATRN NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2448 | NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: PM ADVISOR ON ACCESSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch PM's chief foreign policy advisor (and point man for Turkey during the Dutch presidency) believes that Verheugen's report will set the stage for a positive EU decision on setting a date for Turkish accession. He anticipates, however, that the decision will contain addi [...] | 2004-09-24 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL TK NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2452 | TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS - "THEY AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hannie Pollman-Zall (protect),MFA Director of the Western and Central European Department, told Poloff on September 23 that if the Turks thought the European reaction to the adultery law proposal was bad, "they ain't seen nothin' yet." Ankara, she suggested, may still not ful [...] | 2004-09-24 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU NL CY |
04THEHAGUE2453 | IRAQ: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] We delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on 14 September to Adri van Loopik, head of the Gulf States Division of the Dutch MFA's North Africa and Middle East department, as well as Willemein Kallenberg, Iraq desk officer. They had no substantive response at that time. 2. On September 22 [...] | 2004-09-25 08:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2454 | AFRICA PARTNERSHIP FORUM INVITATION RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-25 08:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA NL |
04THEHAGUE2461 | PRIME MINISTER BALKENENDE OUT OF COMMISSION FOR [...] (U) Prime Minister Balkenende has been in hospital since September 14 with a serious foot infection caused by streptococcal and staphylococcal bacteria. According to Government Information Service, Balkenende underwent two operations, and the wound is said to be healing well. Balkenende is no [...] | 2004-09-27 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2462 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: VADM METZGER/DAS SUCHAN [...] (C) Summary: On September 15, VADM James Metzger and PM/DAS Greg Suchan briefed a Dutch interagency team chaired by MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on U.S. concerns regarding the possible lifting of the EU's arms embargo on China. VADM Metzger outlined the enhanced threat posed [...] | 2004-09-27 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE248 | DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...] | 2004-01-30 13:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL |
04THEHAGUE2480 | DUTCH RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL HIGH LEVEL BURMESE [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Eric Verwaal, Head of Southeast Asia and Oceania Division and Special Assistant to EU Envoy Hans van den Broek September 28 to follow up Ref A message regarding the potential for Burmese participation in the October 8-9 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) at a higher level than [...] | 2004-09-29 09:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM BU NL |
04THEHAGUE249 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is requested for Pete Ito of the CWC Delegation to participate as an observer at the February 6-8 Munich Conference on Security Policy. Ito has been in contact with the conference organizers and will make his own arrangements regarding accommodations and transportation [...] | 2004-01-30 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA GM NL |
04THEHAGUE2490 | DUTCH PROVIDE READOUT OF BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the Dutch and Pakistanis are pleased with the September 26-27 visit of President Musharraf in The Hague. The bilateral visit included an audience with the Queen, meetings with parliamentarians and business executives, and a discussion with the local Pakistani community. T [...] | 2004-09-30 07:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PK NL |
04THEHAGUE2492 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...] | 2004-09-30 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2493 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...] | 2004-09-30 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2494 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC TRIAL ADJOURNS IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary. The defense phase of Slobodan Milosevic,s trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stumbled into a new set of obstacles during the week of September 13. The trial chamber abruptly transformed the defense from one led exclusively by Milosevi [...] | 2004-09-30 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2495 | CYPRUS/NETHERLANDS: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on September 30 to Hannie Pollman-Zall, Director of the Dutch MFA's Western and Central European Affairs Department. Pollman-Zall responded that "many lawyers are breaking their heads over ways to facilitate direct Turkish Cypriot trade with the EU." She [...] | 2004-09-30 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN CY NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2496 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Embassy The Hague's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Daniel Russel: russeldr@state.gov; tel: 31-70-310-9317; and fax: 31-70-310-9322. 2. (SBU) The Deputy TFCO responsible for day-to-day action and reporting is Economic Officer Karen Enstrom: enstromkl@state.go [...] | 2004-09-30 12:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
04THEHAGUE2507 | NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: INSTRUMENTS SIGNED FOR [...] Embassy pouched to L/T on September 30 signed instruments relating to mutual legal assistance and extradition, concluded between the Netherlands the United States and between France and the United States, registered pouch numbers 1530586 and 1530587. The Netherlands/US instruments were signe [...] | 2004-10-01 12:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL FR NL |
04THEHAGUE251 | ICJ: US STATEMENT IN FENCE PROCEEDING SUBMITTED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) On January 30, Embassy Legal Officers delivered to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the U.S. written statement in the proceedings concerning the UN General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion as to the "legal consequences of the constru [...] | 2004-01-30 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL ICJ |
04THEHAGUE2512 | NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: BURMESE ATTENDANCE; [...] (C) Eric Verwaal, Head of Southeast Asia and Oceania Division (and Special Assistant to EU Envoy Hans van den Broek),told poloff October 1 that the Vietnamese had informed him the Burmese participant at ASEM will be: U Tin Winn, identified as "Minister in the Office of Prime Minister." Verwa [...] | 2004-10-01 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BU NL |
04THEHAGUE2518 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCTOBER 1 [...] (U) At the October 1 consultations on the Libyan proposal to make a technical change to permit conversion of the Rabta facility, the overwhelming number of attendees voiced strong support. A limited number of "usual suspects" raised questions, in particular Pakistan, but also Russia, India an [...] | 2004-10-04 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2519 | NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: POSSIBLE EU RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 14:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SU UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2526 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) On October 1, South Korean del rep Park Yong Kyu informed us that his delegation was recommending to Seoul that South Korea not/not support a continuation of the political consultancy for General Chong, who is tasked with working on universality on the Korean peninsula. The ROK delegat [...] | 2004-10-05 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2531 | AC/PDAS RECORD'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Summary: AC/PDAS Frank Record met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on September 28. The two reviewed a broad resume of arms control issues including the NPT, Non-strategic nuclear weapons, missile defense, FMCT, and a proposed U.S. landmine export ban. They also di [...] | 2004-10-05 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NL EUN NATO |
04THEHAGUE2534 | TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-05 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN NL LVPR |
04THEHAGUE2559 | EU-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: DISAPPOINTING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: While working-level MFA contacts found recent EU-China discussions on human rights disappointing, on balance the October 11 GAERC will almost certainly determine that the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue is worthwhile and should continue. Dutch interlocutors stressed on October 5 [...] | 2004-10-07 09:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KJUS CH NL |
04THEHAGUE2564 | UNRWA: NO NAMES YET FROM THE EU FOR HANSEN [...] (C) Poloff shared ref a points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of the Dutch MFA UN Affairs office, who promised to continue EU efforts to identify a replacement for Hansen. He said that he had asked EU counterparts for names during meetings on the margins of the UNGA last week, and he pro [...] | 2004-10-07 13:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2565 | UNCHR/WEOG VOTING ROTATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 13:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL WEOG UNCHR UN |
04THEHAGUE2566 | IRAQ/NL: POINTS ON IRAQ WMD REPORT DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel points on the DCI Special Advisor's Comprehensive Report on Iraq WMD to Jaap Werner, Head of the Dutch MFA's Political Affairs Department, on October 6. Werner expressed keen interest in the report and its findings, but offered no substantive response. SOBEL [...] | 2004-10-07 14:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NL KPDD |
04THEHAGUE2581 | DUTCH PRESIDENCY AMBITIONS FOR COMPETITIVENESS [...] Dutch Economic Ministry officials staffing the Competitiveness Council hope to use the Dutch term in the chair of the Council to make serious progress towards reinvigorating the European economy. They acknowledge that past meetings of the Council -- derided by their own minister in June as a [...] | 2004-10-08 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2582 | NETHERLANDS/EU/BANGLADESH: DETERIORATING INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding the deteriorating domestic situation in Bangladesh. In their capacity as EU President, the Dutch are organizing a "brainstorming session" on October 21 to develop a common EU approach to the situation. End Summary. "Bleak" Situation --- [...] | 2004-10-08 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON BG NL |
04THEHAGUE2587 | NETHERLANDS/EU/TERRORIST FINANCE: FREEZING MAOIST [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect an EU designation of the Maoists within one month's time. They plan to carry out a simultaneous EU Troika visit to Kathmandu to ensure the Government of Nepal remains "on notice" with regard to this issue. End Summary. Designation Strategy ------------------- [...] | 2004-10-08 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER NP NL KTFM |
04THEHAGUE259 | DUTCH DISCUSS TRANSATLANTIC GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. MFA SecGen Frank Majoor and Pol Director Hugo Siblesz invited Ambassador, DCM, and other embassy officials to lunch January 23 to discuss the upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch hope to work with the U.S. to elaborate cooperation in the area of peace and security, particular [...] | 2004-02-02 11:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TU NL MEPP |
04THEHAGUE2590 | NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: PLANNING TO VOTE FOR CUBAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche October 8 to Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, MFA's Policy Advisor on Cuba and Caribbean Issues. Groenemeijer responded that while the U.S. and Europeans certainly agree on many aspects of the human rights and political situation in Cuba, he did not foresee any chang [...] | 2004-10-08 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD CU UNGA |
04THEHAGUE26 | 2003-2004 INCSR FOR THE NETHERLANDS - PART II: MONEY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 2003- 2004 INCSR: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REF. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON JANUARY 5 WAS 0.7880 EUROS TO THE DOLLAR. THE [...] | 2004-01-07 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP SNAR PTER ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PGOV NL |
04THEHAGUE2605 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: EU "CAUTIOUS" ON LIFTING [...] (C) Summary: According to Dutch FM Bot, the EU is moving "cautiously" with regard to the issue of lifting the China arms embargo. Although there is no strong opposition to lifting the embargo, several members feel more time is needed before making that decision. Bot would prefer not to have [...] | 2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR ETTC CH NL EU |
04THEHAGUE2606 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Facilitator Mark Matthews/UK held a 6 October consultation on the recommendations contained in the Second progress Report on the OPCW Plan of Action Regarding the Implementation of Article VII (EC-38/DG.16, 15 September 2004). Delegations welcomed the limited progress made since the last [...] | 2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2611 | NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS/CHINA: "DIALOGUE" OF THE [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para 10. Bionote, para. 11. 2. (C) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts characterized the recently concluded round of the EU Human Rights Dialogue with China as a "dialogue of the deaf," but were certain it would continue. Chinese "dialogue fatigue" may have c [...] | 2004-10-12 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH NL PINR UNAUS |
04THEHAGUE2617 | DUTCH RESPONSE ON HYDROFLUOROCARBONS (HFCS) [...] (SBU) On September 17, EconCouns discussed ref A points with Tilly Swartepoorte, Director of Climate Change and Industry, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM). Post delivered the same day ref A points and related European Partnership for Energy and Environme [...] | 2004-10-12 15:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV NL USTR |
04THEHAGUE2642 | ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISES US-EU EFFORTS TO FIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a JHA Troika meeting and a meeting on the margins of the JHA Informal Council, AG Ashcroft and DHS U/S Hutchinson praised EU cooperation with the U.S. in fighting terrorism. These meetings built on the September 18 EU Troika meeting attended by DHS Sec. Ridge (Reftel B) and re [...] | 2004-10-13 17:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ATRN KCRM NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2667 | STRIKES AND PROTESTS IN THE NETHERLANDS - A BREACH [...] On September 21, the Dutch government introduced a set of budget reforms to abolish pre-pension and early retirement schemes and cut expenditures for many social programs, including social security and disability (reftel). The reforms, an effort to address the problem of an aging society wher [...] | 2004-10-15 10:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM NL |
04THEHAGUE2675 | DUTCH INCLINED TO SUPPORT "NEW AGENDA" RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-15 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP NL UNGA CDG |
04THEHAGUE2676 | NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: EU CONDEMNS BURMESE HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts have expressed relief that the October 7-9 ASEM summit in Hanoi proceeded smoothly. After months of negotiating the related issues of Burmese participation and EU sanctions, the summit itself was relatively "boring," according to one interlocutor. Only EU r [...] | 2004-10-15 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PHUM BM VM NL ARF |
04THEHAGUE2677 | NETHERLANDS/EU/KOREA: DUTCH ON EU SUMMIT WITH [...] (SBU) Both MFA Korea Desk officer and South Korea Embassy officer told poloffs that the EU-South Korea Summit held in Hanoi on October 9 was so brief -- lasting only two hours including interpretation -- that participants did not have enough time to cover all of the issues included in the leng [...] | 2004-10-15 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL KS KN EUN |
04THEHAGUE2678 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...] | 2004-10-15 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2680 | DUTCH ON OSCE ELECTION MISSION IN UKRAINE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-15 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UP NL OSCE |
04THEHAGUE2682 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ENSURING [...] (SBU) When PDAS Frank Record visited recently, it was particularly important that he brought the news that Washington had finally cleared payment of 9.4 million Euros to the OPCW. The organization was beginning to feel the pinch of the late U.S. payment, and Director-General Pfirter was most [...] | 2004-10-18 07:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2687 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - APPROVAL OF [...] (U) The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),at its October 12-15 session, unanimously adopted a recommendation to all States Parties to approve a change to the Chemical Weapons Convention. This change allows Libya to request approval for the [...] | 2004-10-18 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE2691 | NETHERLANDS/EU PRESIDENCY: THE HALF-WAY POINT [...] (C) Summary. With three months down and three to go, the Dutch no doubt view the first half of their presidency as a qualified success. They have made measurable progress on most of their priorities and effectively navigated two unexpected developments (the crisis in Darfur and PM Balkenend [...] | 2004-10-18 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2698 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF THE [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its one essential goal at the October 12-15 Executive Council session -- unanimous approval of the proposed technical change to allow for Libyan conversion of the Rabta facility. The issue dominated EC-38, with a record 26 delegations asking to make opening statements a [...] | 2004-10-19 12:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY AL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2699 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (U) It was apparent at the October 12-15 Executive Council that member states remain divided on the Director-General's budget and program proposal for 2005. While the differences are not great, whether on the level of increase or specifics in the program, it will still require some time and [...] | 2004-10-19 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2704 | NETHERLANDS/EU/VENEZUELA: SPEAKING OUT ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about a deteriorating political and human rights situation in Venezuela, but as EU President are reluctant to voice criticism before consulting with other EU members. The EU does not plan to discuss a collective post-referendum strategy toward Venezu [...] | 2004-10-19 14:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE271 | ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...] | 2004-02-03 16:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2711 | ICTY: DEMARCHE ON BEHALF OF MERON CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 11:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2712 | NETHERLANDS/EU/UNGA: DUTCH PLANS FOR UN WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Funding, UN security, and the 2005 "Major Event" will dominate the EU's UN Working Group (CONUN) meeting on October 25, according to its chair, Karel van Kesteren. Other issues on the agenda include a discussion of regional groupings, the social dimension of globalization, [...] | 2004-10-20 12:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2713 | UNGA 59: USG PAPER ON OIOS REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 12:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2718 | UNGA 59 - PROPOSED UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-21 07:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCIP NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2723 | NETHERLANDS/EU/RUSSIA: SLOUCHING TOWARD THE SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch EU Presidency, the October 19 EU-Russia troika made only limited progress toward finalizing agreements in the four "common spaces" preparation for the November 11 EU-Russia summit. Outstanding differences remain in the areas of external security (where the R [...] | 2004-10-21 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PGOV ECON NL RU |
04THEHAGUE2728 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH TALK THE TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's refusal to allow entry to two Dutch MPs and one Spanish MP on October 15 focused public attention sharply on Cuba's human rights record and the EU's Cuba's policies, with many MP's weighing in in favor of a stronger EU approach. FM Bot called in the Cuban Ambassador to co [...] | 2004-10-22 11:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2733 | EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...] | 2004-10-22 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC PREL CH NL |
04THEHAGUE2734 | REQUEST FOR FSI DIRECT FUNDING INITIATIVE [...] Summary: Post welcomes the Direct Funding Initiative (DFI) for embassy language programs and appreciates the opportunity to compete for funding. We have a vigorous and growing language program focused particularly on our specialists, EFMs and MSGs. Our DFI request for FY2005 will support t [...] | 2004-10-22 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AMGT KFLO NL |
04THEHAGUE2735 | CAUTIOUS DUTCH REACTION TO EC REPORT ON TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch government has officially characterized the October 6 European Commission report on Turkey, including its recommendation that a date be set for accession negotiations, as "a good basis for decision making by the European Council in December." Parliament also receive [...] | 2004-10-22 15:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2736 | ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...] | 2004-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2740 | THE NETHERLANDS: U.S. PLANS TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-25 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
04THEHAGUE2741 | DUTCH MID-TERM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: This is the interim accounting of Dutch efforts to combat human trafficking following the catalyst of G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 presentation of suggested USG benchmarks to Dutch officials. In response to Ambassador Miller's challenge to Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Ministe [...] | 2004-10-25 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN NL |
04THEHAGUE2747 | WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA): THE [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy The Hague's response to reftel request regarding the Netherlands' market access commitments under the WTO GPA. Post provided this information via email to DOC country desk officer David de Falco on October 22, 2004. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of add [...] | 2004-10-26 12:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NL WTO EUN |
04THEHAGUE2749 | INVITEE INFORMATION, LONDON EXPORT CONTROL [...] Embassy delivered reftel A invitation on September 27 to George Bontenbal, head of the Export Control and Strategic Goods section of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This week he told econoff that, while he was the most appropriate person to attend the conference, he was still unsure if he [...] | 2004-10-26 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL PARM KSTC MASS NL |
04THEHAGUE2750 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) On the margins of the 38th Executive Council, Del contacted Art VII noncompliant EC members to: 1) request an update regarding their status of implementation, 2) stress the importance of EC members, whom are charged with the responsibility of overseeing treaty implementation, to honor the [...] | 2004-10-26 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2757 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: DUTCH RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, MFA, and Adriaan Palm, MFA Political Affairs Officer, on October 26 to deliver points in reftel. Werner said the only addition to the agenda as set forth reftel was the African Great Lakes, where the Belgians [...] | 2004-10-26 18:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2758 | CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH HOPE EU WILL PRESERVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support retaining the EU's June 2003 measures to pressure Cuba on human rights, but as EU president they feel bound to seek a "consensus" position. As the EU is currently split on the issue, according to Dutch contacts, a consensus to change the current measures may not [...] | 2004-10-27 11:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2764 | UNGA 59/BELARUS - SPONSORING RESOLUTION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-27 13:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM BO NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2766 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH WITHDRAWAL POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is determined to end the current deployment of Dutch troops in Al-Muthanna in mid-March in accordance with assurances provided to parliament last June. Defense Minister Kamp will send a letter to parliament in the next two weeks reaffirming that Dutch forces [...] | 2004-10-28 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE2776 | NETHERLANDS/EU/AFRICA: DUTCH SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are fully invested in the November 19-20 Great Lakes Conference (GLC),having contributed 500,000 euros (and reportedly considering doubling that amount). The Dutch will table by the end of December a draft EU strategy for the Great Lakes region, based on the long-term [...] | 2004-10-29 08:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RW CG BY NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2777 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOV 2 GAERC [...] (U) Summary. MFA Deputy Directors Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) and Dirk Oldenburg (European Integration) briefed emboffs Oct 28th on expectations for the Nov 2 GAERC and the Nov 5 European Council. The GAERC will focus primarily on preparations for the Council, so [...] | 2004-10-29 09:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2778 | NETHERLANDS/EU/KOSOVO/UKRAINE/CYPRUS: ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref a points on Kosovo, Ukraine, and Northern Cyprus to MFA Deputy Director Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) October 28 (ref B covered the remaining GAERC points). On October 29, Poloff repeated points on Northern Cyprus to Hannie Pollman-Zaal [...] | 2004-10-29 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2779 | 59TH UNGA ELECTIONS: REPASCH FOR RE-ELECTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 12:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA UN |
04THEHAGUE2783 | NETHERLANDS/ASHRAF REPATRIATIONS: STILL UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 13:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PTER IZ IR NL |
04THEHAGUE2784 | 59TH UNGA ELECTIONS: REPASCH FOR RE-ELECTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 13:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA UN |
04THEHAGUE2789 | TURKEY/EU - FM GUL TO EU: GIVE US OUR DATE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a low-key visit to The Hague on October 25, Turkish FM Gul reportedly complained about provisions of the EC's October 6 report that highlighted Turkey's "unique" situation. He worried it was still uncertain that the European Council would set a date in December to begin acce [...] | 2004-11-01 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2792 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...] | 2004-11-01 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2793 | ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...] | 2004-11-01 17:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2799 | FINDING A HOME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-02 09:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY TSPL TNGD ENRG NL |
04THEHAGUE281 | DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...] | 2004-02-04 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO |
04THEHAGUE282 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - BRIEFING THE [...] (C) In preparation for OPCW Director-General Pfirter's February 4-6 trip to Libya, the U.S. and U.K. provided a joint briefing to the DG and some of the accompanying staff members. Ambassador Javits utilized the points in reftel, and the U.K. provided one of its technical experts who recent [...] | 2004-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE283 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 30 [...] (C) Greek OPCW Attache Vassilios Kraniotis provided us with an update on planning for a potential terrorist attack using chemical agents at the Olympic games. Most of these plans, he said, had been downgraded from "Confidential" to "Official Use Only" by his government, but he asked us to pr [...] | 2004-02-04 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2831 | DUTCH TO SUPPORT EU DESIGNATION OF LEBANESE [...] (U) On November 1, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot informed the Dutch Second Chamber (lower house of parliament) of the GONL's intentions to seek EU designation of both the political and military branches of the Lebanese Hizballah. The GONL previously had maintained a distinction between the two [...] | 2004-11-03 14:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2836 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SWARTBOL ON TURKEY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rob Swartbol, PM Balkenende's senior foreign policy advisor, predicted to Ambassador Sobel on November 1 that the EU will make a positive decision on Turkish accession negotiations in December, but warned that the Turks will find some elements of the decision more objectionable [...] | 2004-11-03 17:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2845 | NETHERLANDS/US: EXTRADITION/MUTUAL LEGAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-04 11:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM NL PREL |
04THEHAGUE2864 | VAN GOGH KILLING SHOCKS DUTCH NATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The brutal murder November 3 of prominent Dutch film director/personality Theo van Gogh by a Dutch Moroccan in bright daylight in an Amsterdam street has rocked Dutch society. The murder recalls the assassination in 2002 of maverick politician Pim Fortuyn, who, like Van Gogh, critici [...] | 2004-11-05 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE2866 | THE NETHERLANDS: NATIONAL CAVEATS ON THE IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-05 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR IZ NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE2868 | UNGA 59 HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Please see guidance request in paragraph 3. 2. Poloff shared reftel points with Guillaume Teerling (Senior Advisor, Human Rights office, MFA) on November 5. As the EU and the USG are cooperating closely in the Third Committee, Teerling required no convincing. Teerling said that the Nethe [...] | 2004-11-05 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NL EUN UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2869 | ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...] | 2004-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE287 | Dutch policy on Burma [...] Summary: In a January 28 response to questions from Parliament, Foreign Minister Bot outlined Dutch policy on Burma. For reasons of effectiveness, the GoNL believes that the EU as a whole, and not bilateral Dutch efforts, should take the lead in advancing the improvement of the political and h [...] | 2004-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EU BM NL |
04THEHAGUE2870 | EU/NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S [...] (C) The EU has been discussing how Israel might participate in WEOG meetings outside New York, according to Pieter Ramaer (Head of Legal and Political Affairs, MFA UN Department). Speaking with Poloff about reftel on November 5, Ramaer said the recent CONUN meeting in Brussels considered Is [...] | 2004-11-05 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KIPR IS NL UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
04THEHAGUE2871 | DUTCH VIEWS ON U.S.-EU DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Emboffs met with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Humanitarian Affairs Joost Andriesson and DPRK desk officer Robert Dressen. They thanked emboffs for sharing reftel talking points and welcomed the possibility of further discussions on humanitarian assistance to North Korea. [...] | 2004-11-05 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KN NL WFP |
04THEHAGUE2872 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. GOALS FOR GLOBAL FUND BOARD [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Stuart Flavell, Director of the Global Network of Positive People Living with HIV/AIDS and Dr. Marijke Wijnroks, Health Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3. Flavell flatly [...] | 2004-11-05 16:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PREL TBIO NL |
04THEHAGUE2879 | UNGA 59/BELARUS/HUMAN RIGHTS: FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-08 12:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2894 | SCENESETTER: DUTCH ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY'S [...] Summary: Dutch State Secretary for the Environment Pieter van Geel will travel to Washington November 15 to meet with USG energy and environment officials. He wants to explore possible next steps for a broad, post-Kyoto dialogue on climate change. His vision for future climate change discu [...] | 2004-11-10 07:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE290 | ICJ: 48 STATEMENTS FILED IN FENCE PROCEEDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) received forty-eight written statements by its deadline of January 30 in the advisory opinion proceedings concerning "the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory" (the Fence Case). While the [...] | 2004-02-05 06:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ICJ |
04THEHAGUE2905 | ICTY: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR MERON RE-ELECTION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Post received the Diplomatic Note in para three from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the Netherlands' support for the U.S. Candidate and current ICTY President Judge Theodor Meron at the UN elections on November 18, 2004. The [...] | 2004-11-10 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BK HR NL PHUM ICTY USUN |
04THEHAGUE2909 | MEASURABLE PROGRESS ON DUTCH TIP EFFORTS [...] MR. SECRETARY: FIVE MONTHS OF FOCUSED ATTENTION AND INTENSIVE G/TIP, EMBASSY AND DUTCH EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED TANGIBLE RESULTS (REFTEL). THE RECORD DEMONSTRATES DUTCH COMMITMENT AND CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIGHTING THE TRAFFICKING PROBLEM IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE EXTENT OF THE DUTCH TIP EFFOR [...] | 2004-11-10 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL |
04THEHAGUE2910 | NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 16:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NL IZ EUN UN |
04THEHAGUE2924 | NETHERLANDS/EU/INDIA: "NEW PARTNERSHIP" HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Beyond welcoming a new "strategic partnership," the November 8 EU-India Summit was perhaps more notable for what it lacked than what it included. The new "strategic partnership" appears to be little more than a wishlist of topics for cooperation to be fleshed out over the next ye [...] | 2004-11-12 14:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IN NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2929 | TENSION AND DEBATE IN HOLLAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 3 murder of Theo van Gogh (reftel) and s... [...] | 2004-11-12 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE293 | Dutch Government investigates drug corruption at [...] At the end of December 2003, the Dutch press reported claims made to the police by an Aruban drug smuggler convicted in the Netherlands that civil servants and ground crew at Schiphol (including customs officers, military police, baggage handlers, and cleaners) have been engaged in drug smuggl [...] | 2004-02-05 12:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NL |
04THEHAGUE2932 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...] | 2004-11-12 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2989 | DUTCH STUDYING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IST [...] (SBU) Embassy political counselor passed reftel demarche to MFA Director for Gulf Affairs Adri van Loopik on November 10. Van Loopik was noncommittal and suggested that he and his colleagues in the MFA Legal Division would need to study the request. In a follow-up conversation with Olivia S [...] | 2004-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE2990 | UN/EU/WEOG/ISRAEL: EU MAY RELENT AT CND, UNEP, ILO [...] (C) The EU is looking anew at ways to include Israel in WEOG deliberations, particularly in the CND, UNEP and IOL, Pieter Ramaer (MFA deputy in the UN department) told Poloff November 16. At the EU's CONUN meeting November 15, Ramaer reported, the Dutch circulated our ref b notes (that we ha [...] | 2004-11-17 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS NL KCRM UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
04THEHAGUE2991 | DUTCH REACTION TO REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-17 16:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP |
04THEHAGUE2992 | NETHERLANDS: BELARUS PARTICIPATION IN CEI SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-17 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SI BO NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2995 | CRITICAL REPORT ON DUTCH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE [...] On November 16, a special blue-ribbon panel published its long-awaited evaluation of the Dutch AIVD (civilian intelligence service). The "Havermans Committee," which included a former Interior Minister and several senior officials, was formed in February 2004 at the request of Interior Minist [...] | 2004-11-17 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE2999 | Dutch Opinion Makers -- Hopes and Fears [...] Summary: In the days immediately following the US election, Ambassador Sobel and PA staff met with key groups of editors, commentators and journalists. Most Dutch commentators and reporters expressed uncertainty on how to read the elections, particularly the exit poll information that indic [...] | 2004-11-18 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE3001 | DUTCH ASK USG HELP WITH TURKEY ON CYPRUS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Still expecting a positive outcome on December 17 for Turkey, the Dutch DG for the EU, Marnix Krop, sees trouble brewing on Greece and Cyprus and has asked the U.S. to help in two specific ways. First, urged us to impress upon Turkey the problems that Turkey's Aegean flights ha [...] | 2004-11-19 08:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR PGOV EUN |
04THEHAGUE3005 | VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS/EU: EU PESSIMISTIC BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-19 08:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3006 | CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: NO CONSENSUS (YET) TO CHANGE EU POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-19 08:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EUN NL PGOV PHUM PREL |
04THEHAGUE3015 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RECONFIGURING THE DUTCH PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clear consensus in the Cabinet and parliament exists for concluding the Dutch deployment in Al Muthanna as scheduled. The government's November 12 letter to parliament states Dutch troops will end their current mission in mid-March, although some personnel will stay longer (we [...] | 2004-11-19 08:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NL NATO EUN |
04THEHAGUE3025 | RECENT CT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] An update of recent CT developments in the Netherlands follows: -- PKK Training Center Dismantled -- Van Gogh Assassination - Continuing Fall-out -- AIVD Assessment Report -- Act on Terrorist Crimes Finally Effective -- Pending CT Legislation/Proposals -- Port and Maritime Security - ISPS Op [...] | 2004-11-19 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE3038 | DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] After coordinating with the Moroccan Embassy in the Hague, POLCOUNS delivered refs points and agenda for the December 11 Forum for the Future in Rabat to Michiel den Hond, Head of the Dutch MFA's Middle East Affairs Department on November 18. Den Hond confirmed that Dutch Foreign Minister Bot [...] | 2004-11-19 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KDEM KMPI KPAO NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3041 | NETHERLANDS/EU/MIDDLE EAST: DUTCH HOPING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch hope to use the remaining weeks of their presidency to refocus the EU on the Middle East in order to take advantage of new opportunities. According to FM Bot and the head of the MFA's Middle East section, providing support for the Palestinian elections it their top pr [...] | 2004-11-19 17:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAL NL MEPI |
04THEHAGUE3044 | AFTERMATH OF VAN GOGH MURDER - MORE CT PROPOSALS [...] On Nov. 11, the Justice, Interior and Immigration Ministers sent a letter to parliament outlining details of the van Gogh murder (reftels) and containing proposals for additional CT measures. These include: - having the AIVD intelligence service share its information more widely; - establish [...] | 2004-11-22 12:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE3045 | NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL/WEOG: WEOG ALTERNATIVE FORUM [...] (C) During a November 19 follow-up conversation to ref A, Karel van Kesteren (MFA, UN Department) suggested to Poloff that the EU is considering the option of holding "WEOG" meetings by another name in places like the ILO or WIPO in order to facilitate inclusion of Israel. He noted that the [...] | 2004-11-22 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE3067 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: POLDIR ON NOV [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel discussed the EU China arms embargo with MFA PolDir Hugo Siblesz on November 22; specifically the reference to the EU's intention to send a "positive signal" to China. Siblesz said the PRC had requested reference be made to the embargo in the EU-China Summit Communique. A [...] | 2004-11-23 17:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3074 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT REITERATES OPPOSITION TO LIFTING [...] (U) At a regular hearing in the Dutch parliament on November 18 prior to the monthly EU foreign ministers' meeting (GAERC),spokesmen for the main political parties reiterated their opposition to the lifting of the EU's China arms embargo. Encouraged by the recent vote in the European Parliam [...] | 2004-11-24 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3094 | RUSSIA/UKRAINE/EU - ANGRY PUTIN, FIRM EU AGREE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Russia-EU Summit in The Hague November 24, an "angry, aggressive" President Putin demanded Ukrainian law should dictated the outcome and rejected EU interest in finding a political solution as unwarranted and unnecessary. Drawing on OSCE election monitoring conclusions, [...] | 2004-11-26 14:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UP NL EUN RU |
04THEHAGUE3098 | TURKEY/EU: TURKEY ON TRACK WITH HURDLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul met with the EU troika in the Hague November 23 in the last high-level meetings before the Council on December 17 faces its moment of truth. The Council will make its decision based both on the Commission report and issues Member States raise; elements of an in [...] | 2004-11-26 16:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3133 | NETHERLANDS/CROATIA: EU ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is "no daylight" between the USG and Dutch national position on Croatia and its obligation to cooperate with the ICTY, Alle Dorhout (MFA European Integration Department Croatia officer) confirmed to Poloff and Legaloff when discussing reftel points November 30. The Dutc [...] | 2004-12-01 11:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV NL TU HR ICTY EUN |
04THEHAGUE3140 | EU/TURKEY: DUTCH COMMENT ON DECISION DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29 the Dutch circulated draft conclusions on Turkey to EU partners (subsequently leaked to the press) in advance of the December 17 Council meeting that includes strong, but predictable, language on accession (e-mailed to EUR/ERA and USEU). Turkish officials in The [...] | 2004-12-01 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TU HR RO CY BU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3142 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH TO CO-FINANCE CNPA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-01 18:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AF XD SNAR XG KPAO NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3156 | DUTCH PROPOSE PARTS CONTROL PLANS FOR 14-BIT ADC [...] (S) On November 15, Chris Kessler, Export Control Non-Proliferation office director, Nicole Breland, Department of Defense export control policy advisor, and embassy econoff (note taker) briefed the non-paper (reftel) to Dutch ministry of foreign affairs, economic affairs and defense officials [...] | 2004-12-03 09:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KSTC ETTC PARM NL CH |
04THEHAGUE3162 | THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...] | 2004-12-03 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE3166 | NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...] | 2004-12-03 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH RS NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3177 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: CHINA SUMMIT CONTENT STILL [...] (C) Summary: With just over one working day left before the EU-China Summit, the Dutch are still in negotiations with the Chinese regarding content of an EU-China Joint Statement, including what if anything will come of talk about a Chinese "gesture" on human rights as part of a package for a p [...] | 2004-12-06 16:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR PARM CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3178 | EU/TURKEY: DUTCH ISSUE REV 2 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Rob Swartbol (PM Balkenende's diplomatic advisor) (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Ambassador Sobel late December 6 he was alarmed about efforts by France, Austria and Denmark to promote a third way/privileged partnership alternative for Turkey. He said that the Dutch were working to get Germany an [...] | 2004-12-06 19:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TU CY EUN |
04THEHAGUE3182 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA/LIBERTAD ACT: REVIEW OF POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: Dutch government and society puts primary emphasis on human rights and freedoms in policies and activities toward Cuba. While the Dutch adhere to the EU Common Position on Cuba, the GoNL is currently resisting Spanish-led efforts to unconditionally revise EU relations with Cuba. [...] | 2004-12-07 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETTC PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3184 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) The U.S. invited a number of countries (Refs A-F) to send representatives to The Hague, during the 9th CWC Conference of the States Parties (from 29 Noveber-3 December 2004) for informal bilateral expert discussions on Host Country Agreements (HCA). With the exception of Luxembourg, the [...] | 2004-12-08 08:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE3197 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The wrap-up includes items from discussions on the margins of the November 24 special Executive Council session and the Nov 29-Dec 2 Conference of States Parties (CSP) which were informally reported back to Washington. ------ TAIWAN ------ 2. (U) The application by the Taiwan Chem [...] | 2004-12-08 10:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE3202 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IRANIAN RECEIPT [...] (S) On December 7, a senior official of the Verifications Division of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that transfer of the Schedule 3 chemical trimethyl phosphite in 2003 was declared by both India and Iran in their 2003 Aggrega [...] | 2004-12-08 10:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL IR CWC |
04THEHAGUE3210 | ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...] | 2004-12-08 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR |
04THEHAGUE3219 | NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...] | 2004-12-09 12:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN |
04THEHAGUE3223 | TURKEY/EU: DUCH PM'S DEC 9 DINNER WITH ERDOGAN [...] (C) PM Balkenende's focus at dinner with PM Erdogan in Brussels tonight, December 9, is to seek an agreement over how Turkey can adequately indicate recognition of Cyprus in the context of accession negotiations, Jochem Wiers (MFA EU Enlargement office and main drafter of accession texts for [...] | 2004-12-09 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3224 | EU/CYPRUS: EU NOT READY TO PAY MORE TOWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-09 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP |
04THEHAGUE3228 | THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...] | 2004-12-09 16:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL AF NL |
04THEHAGUE3233 | DUTCH SUGGEST INFORMAL MULTILATERAL TALKS ON [...] Summary: In his capacity as Minister of Environment, Pieter van Geel met with senior USG officials in Washington (November 15) to discuss post-Kyoto climate change strategy. He gave the ambassador a readout of his meetings December 6. Though the Kyoto Protocol will be in effect until 2012, s [...] | 2004-12-09 17:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL NL EU |
04THEHAGUE3243 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH GRAPPLE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch will chair the December 14 EU working party meeting on Latin America (COLAT),at which they expect to discuss four or five Member State proposals for amending current EU policy toward Cuba. There is consensus that the present policy is unsustainable. The Dutch emphasiz [...] | 2004-12-13 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3255 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...] | 2004-12-14 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3273 | DEMARCHE TO EU TO LOBBY FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL PHUM PREL |
04THEHAGUE3280 | REPLY, UNITED STATES CONCERN OVER THE EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE [...] In response to reftel, the Netherlands, in its role as EU Preside proposed amendments to the EU Battery Directive ("Directive"). As a government advocates an unqualified ban on all portable cadmium, merc 2. The Dutch already have a collection system in place for small chem Collection bins [...] | 2004-12-16 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD SENV NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3281 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The December 14 Executive Council session produced the following results. 2. (U) Under agenda item 5: -- On 5.1, at the request of the U.S. and Russia, the EC agreed to defer the verification plan for Aberdeen to the next EC. -- On item 5.2, regarding the verification plan for [...] | 2004-12-16 13:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE3284 | NETHERLANDS: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2004 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed as much as possible to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- --- 2. The Dutch have responded to the global terrorist threat with l [...] | 2004-12-16 16:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER NL AEC |
04THEHAGUE3285 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH PREVENT INVITATIONS TO CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch confirmed on December 15 that the EU COLAT Working Group agreed on December 14 to recommend a temporary suspension of the June 2003 measures for increased engagement with the Cuban opposition. A Dutch MFA contact described the COLAT's recommendation as intended to [...] | 2004-12-16 16:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3290 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JAM'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL JIHAD [...] (SBU) As requested, post conveyed on December 10 reftel points concerning the amendment of the previous designation of Jam'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al Jihad (List 63) to Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Officer responsible for terrorist financing issues in the Political Affairs Department of the Dutch M [...] | 2004-12-17 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER NL |
04THEHAGUE3291 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI PRENOTICATION OF [...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 14 reftel points and information concerning the USG intention to designate Khadafi Abubaker Janjalani under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Officer responsible for terr [...] | 2004-12-17 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER NL |
04THEHAGUE3292 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE [...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 17 reftel points and background papers concerning the USG intention to designate Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih and Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Jules Gerzon, Senio [...] | 2004-12-17 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE3294 | ICJ: COURT DISMISSES NATO BOMBING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 15 dismissed Serbia and Montenegro's (SAM) claims against NATO over the legality of 1999's Operation Allied Force. The unanimous judgment was based on jurisdictional grounds, but seven of the fifteen judges issued a joint decl [...] | 2004-12-17 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ICJ |
04THEHAGUE3301 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17. Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting th [...] | 2004-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3302 | ITER: DUTCH HOPE TO MAINTAIN TALKS' MOMENTUM, [...] (U) On December 20 econ counselor and econ off delivered reftel demarche letter and talking points to Pim Fenger, Denise Heiligers and Joost Teverne, ITER policy advisors to Dutch Minister for Science van der Hoeven. 2. (C) Fenger and Teverne stressed that the talks were at a critical momen [...] | 2004-12-20 16:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TRGY NL EU |
04THEHAGUE3303 | FY 2005 (TARGET) ICASS INVOICES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD |
04THEHAGUE3312 | ELIMINATION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-21 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TRGY RS SZ NL |
04THEHAGUE3320 | 2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy - MDMA),and a substantial consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement [...] | 2004-12-21 17:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL |
04THEHAGUE3323 | ICTY: TRIBUNAL RESISTS UN/GC EFFORT THAT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) told Embassy legal officers on December 21 that the UN Secretariat is resisting his efforts to appoint two ad litem judges to trials in dire need of immediate appointments. Meron shared [...] | 2004-12-22 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |