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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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04GUATEMALA3288 | GUATEMALA ACCEPTS OHCHR RESIDENT OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: The GOG and the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have agreed to establish an OHCHR Resident Office in Guatemala. We believe the agreement, although later than desired, reflects well on the GOG and will help secure advances in human rights. The final [...] | 2004-12-29 21:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GT UN |
04GUATEMALA355 | GUATEMALA ON CUBA UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, called a meeting with Poloffs on February 11 to discuss the Cuba Resolution at the 60th CHR. This is the first time in our collective memory that the GOG has reached out to us on the Cuba resolu [...] | 2004-02-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU GT CHR |
04GUATEMALA356 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA360 | GUATEMALA EXTENDS AUTHORIZATION FOR US MILITARY CD [...] (SBU) Summary: With more than a two-thirds majority and as a matter of national urgency, on February 12 the Guatemalan Congress approved a two-year extension of Central Skies/Mayan Jaguar authority to conduct joint counternarcotics exercises. Extensive lobbying on the part of WHA A/S Noriega [...] | 2004-02-13 18:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR SNAR PREL PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA362 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- GUATEMALAN [...] (C) Summary: Few of the G-8 diplomatic missions to Guatemala have counter-terrorism (CT) programs, and we detected no overlap among them. None of the other missions have conducted formal assessments of Guatemala's CT needs. However, there is a consensus that Guatemala's greatest CT weakness i [...] | 2004-02-13 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA387 | AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE [...] On February 2 the Embassy received from the MFA a written request for agrement for Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta as Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., dated January 30, 2004. The original has been pouched to WHA/CEN under registry #306131. Castillo Villacorta is known well and favorabl [...] | 2004-02-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | GT AGR |
04GUATEMALA392 | AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE [...] On February 2 the Embassy received from the MFA a written request for agrement for Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta as Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., dated January 30, 2004. The original has been pouched to WHA/CEN under registry #306131. Castillo Villacorta is known well and favorabl [...] | 2004-02-18 22:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GT AGR |
04GUATEMALA406 | GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WHO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA407 | BLUE ORCHARD MICROFINANCE: EMBASSY COMMENT ON OPIC [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV GT |
04GUATEMALA412 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS OAS PROCESS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Ambassador Hamilton raised reftel talking points with Foreign Minister Jorge Briz on February 19. Briz responded that he has personally always been supportive of real democracy in Venezuela, adding that until recently, as a member of the private sector, he had maintained close contact wit [...] | 2004-02-20 18:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE GT |
04GUATEMALA431 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Guatemala recently concluded negotiations of the US - Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),which includes a strong chapter on IPR. The obligations undertaken in the agreement, along with commitments of the new government, should strengthen Guatemala's weak enforcement of I [...] | 2004-02-23 21:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON WHA |
04GUATEMALA449 | ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO, GUATEMALA'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-24 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR GT |
04GUATEMALA466 | PRESIDENT BERGER FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL, [...] (U) Summary: President Berger announced on February 24 that he had fired Attorney General Carlos De Leon. The Constitutional Court has twice issued temporary rulings upholding Berger, but its final rulings could yet reinstate De Leon and deal a severe blow to Berger's legal reform efforts. [...] | 2004-02-26 16:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM GT |
04GUATEMALA479 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- GOG to Re-dedicate Peace Accords (para 2) -- President Supports Gang Rehabilitation (3-4) -- Bruce Harris Acquitted on Slander Charges (5) -- Escape of convicted Mack murd [...] | 2004-02-26 23:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA496 | UNDC DEMARCHE RESULTS: GUATEMALA TO FOLLOW NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-27 18:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM GT UNDC |
04GUATEMALA504 | SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...] | 2004-03-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT |
04GUATEMALA508 | GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...] | 2004-03-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA525 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS GUATEMALAN REQUEST FOR QUICK [...] (C) Guatemala's new government is strapped for cash. It inherited a backlog of unpaid bills and lost 10% of its tax base to a court challenge. It is proposing serious fiscal reform, including cutting the military by half and attacking the corruption that depletes or diverts revenues, but its [...] | 2004-03-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA526 | RESUMPTION OF FTAA TNC AND NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) EconCouns discussed resumption of FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee activities (reftel) with Vice Minister of Economy for Trade and Integration Eduardo Sperisen on March 1. Sperisen fully agreed on the importance of moving ahead quickly and across the board on a high-quality plurilater [...] | 2004-03-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV SNAR GT |
04GUATEMALA529 | GSP DELEGATION PROMOTES LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation visited Guatemala on February 23-24 to review GOG compliance with GSP labor conditions and encourage the new government to take steps to protect fundamental worker rights. The group met with GOG officials, union, and business leaders to discuss th [...] | 2004-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD GT |
04GUATEMALA531 | THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...] | 2004-03-03 20:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA538 | SUCCESSFUL VISIT OF NASA ADMINISTRATOR SEAN [...] Summary. NASA Administrator Sean O,Keefe had a very successful visit to Guatemala during his brief six-country trip to Latin America. In Guatemala he met with GOG officials in the Peten where NASA briefed on environmental/climate change and archeological programs carried out through a Memor [...] | 2004-03-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPA GT |
04GUATEMALA58 | NEW GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: The incoming GANA government reached agreement on January 12 with the UNE and PAN delegations in Congress to elect the congressional leadership board and to support a progressive legislative agenda. The agreement gives the center-left UNE party of Alvaro Colom the Presidency of C [...] | 2004-01-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID GT |
04GUATEMALA583 | GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...] | 2004-03-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
04GUATEMALA584 | BERGER ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO PLAN RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by military foot-dragging, President Oscar Berger has formally requested US assistance with developing a plan to shrink his military. We have mapped out a process of engagement using E-IMET funds to contract specialized expertise at the Center for Civil Military Relat [...] | 2004-03-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GT |
04GUATEMALA624 | GUATEMALA CURRENTLY UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID HA GT |
04GUATEMALA655 | GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ALLEGED RACIAL [...] This is an action request for the Department--See Para 4. 2. During a March 9 meeting with Human Rights Officer, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre expressed concern regarding the possible racial motive in a recent attack against two Guatemalans in Atlanta. The two men, C [...] | 2004-03-16 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT CAVO PROV |
04GUATEMALA673 | Notification of Agrement [...] Per reftel request, on March 13, the Embassy notified the MFA by diplomatic note (#56) of USG approval of the nomination of Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta as Ambassador to the United States. 2. MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ana Maria Dieguez informed us that she expects Ambassador Ca [...] | 2004-03-17 22:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | GT AGR |
04GUATEMALA691 | LABOR/TIP UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Stepping Up Enforcement Efforts (para 2) -- TIP: ILO Introduces Reforms to Congress (3-4) -- Labor: Successful USDOL Project Design Visit [...] | 2004-03-19 17:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA717 | ENGAGING TRADE MINISTERS IN UNCTAD XI [...] (SBU) Summary: UNCTAD is a traditional preserve of the MFA, which is prone to G-77 views and rhetoric. The new Vice Minister of Trade understands our concerns and plans to work with the pro-trade Minister of Foreign Affairs to align Guatemala's positions in UNCTAD with its Cairns Group agen [...] | 2004-03-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD GT UNCTAD WTRO |
04GUATEMALA737 | GOG TO IMPROVE INFORMAL TIES WITH BELIZE [...] (C) Summary: At our request, Foreign Minister Jorge Briz discussed the border dispute with Ambassador Hamilton and British Ambassador Richard Lavers on March 17. Briz said that the Berger Administration wants to develop close, informal ties with its Belizean counterpart and to engage in as ma [...] | 2004-03-24 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GT BH |
04GUATEMALA747 | GUATEMALA SUPPORT LIKELY ON CUBA AND CHINA IN UNCHR [...] (C) On March 25, in response to reftel demarches, MFA Vice Minister Jorge Skinner-Klee told DCM and PolOff that the GOG will support the Honduran resolution on Cuba, but is undecided on whether to co-sponsor. DCM forcefully argued for co-sponsorship and co-tabling on the merits, using reftel [...] | 2004-03-25 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
04GUATEMALA771 | GOG ACCORD ON DEEP MILITARY REDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Oscar Berger told the Ambassador on March 27 that he had achieved a "political understanding" with his Minister of Defense to reduce military strength to 15,500 officers and men, and to sharply reduce the military budget to .33 % of GDP (down from the Peace Accords limi [...] | 2004-03-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GT |
04GUATEMALA779 | GUATEMALA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: The new Government of Guatemala is giving TIP priority attention. A major step forward has been the creation of an anti-TIP unit in the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Women, which is taking the lead on TIP investigations and has launched a series of operations [...] | 2004-03-30 20:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA798 | GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...] | 2004-03-31 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA8 | PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT ON HOLD PENDING NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA PARM MNUC KTIA GT |
04GUATEMALA801 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL [...] Dear Paula, I would like to encourage you to accept a meeting request from WHA for an incredibly committed and impressive new Guatemalan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Human Right and Migration, Marta Altolaguirre, who will be in Washington on April 2. Marta is a recent President of th [...] | 2004-03-31 23:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA821 | BERGER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES DEEP MILITARY CUTS [...] (U) In a public ceremony at the National Palace on April 1, President Berger formally announced a reduction in troop levels, to be implemented by June 30, from 27,214 to 15,500 (about 43%) and a 30% reduction in the military's budget for 2004 (the budget cut for 2004 was even deeper if intra-bu [...] | 2004-04-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA824 | CICIACS GOES TO COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOG-UN agreement to create a Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups (CICIACS) is slowly moving toward implementation, if fitfully. The CICIACS agreement underwent Congressional review in February and March and will shortly be sent to the Constitutional Court for its [...] | 2004-04-02 17:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA842 | GUATEMALA UNDECIDED ON CO-SPONSORSHIP, OPPOSES [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref A points with Foreign Minister Briz on April 1, and followed up with Vice President Stein on April 2. Both Officials told the Ambassador that the decision to co-sponsor was still being debated. On April 5, the Ambassador again pressed Briz for Guatemala's posi [...] | 2004-04-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNCHR |
04GUATEMALA860 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- Cutbacks in Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights (para 2 and 3) -- Rosalina Tuyuc to Head Presidential Reparations Committee (para 4) -- CALDH Kidnapping (para 6) [...] | 2004-04-07 22:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA874 | CONGRESS HALF WAY TO ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a last-minute shift by the ruling GANA coalition, the Congress approved the articles of a long-pending electoral reform law on March 31 by a two-thirds majority. Final approval was deferred until after Congress returns from the Easter holiday break. GANA Congressional lead [...] | 2004-04-12 17:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM GT |
04GUATEMALA89 | VISIT OF GOV. BUSH FOR BERGER INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Jeb Bush headed the White House Delegation to the inauguration of Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, January 13-14, 2004, and met privately with both outgoing President Portillo and incoming President Berger. In the meeting with Berger, Governor Bush pledged continued U [...] | 2004-01-15 22:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EAID GT |
04GUATEMALA909 | GUATEMALA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT BUT NOT CO-SPONSORSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-13 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GT UNCHR |
04GUATEMALA921 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CHR-60 COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) Guatemala will vote in support of all the country-specific resolutions listed reftels (Belarus, China, Cuba, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe) according to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry. Rodriguez also repeated Guatemala's principled po [...] | 2004-04-14 20:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA941 | OPIC'S REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON LOAN TO PEGGY SA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV GT |
04GUATEMALA942 | GUATEMALAN FREE TRADE ZONES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-16 17:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON GT |
04GUATEMALA944 | GUATEMALA COOLS RHETORIC ON BELIZE SHOOTING [...] (C) Summary: GOG officials are ratcheting down what had been a war of words over the April 7 shooting of a Guatemalan peasant by Belize Defense Forces. On April 15, President Berger called the incident "isolated" and said he would not send troops to the border area. Foreign Minister Briz con [...] | 2004-04-16 18:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM BH GT |
04GUATEMALA962 | GUATEMALA TO VOTE AGAINST GITMO RESOLUTION [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref B points with Foreign Minister Briz on April 16 and secured a commitment from Briz to vote against Cuba's resolution. President Berger was subsequently quoted in several newspapers stating that Guatemala would "support human rights no matter who it affects." [...] | 2004-04-20 18:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA97 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR CHR 60 CHAIR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GT OIC UNHRC |
04GUATEMALA973 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC DRAFT NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-21 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP GT UNSC |
04GUATEMALA985 | ACTION PLAN FOR PSI AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA [...] (C) We discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and proposed ship-boarding agreement with the MFA in December 2003 (Ref B). We have been careful in following up to avoid distracting the Berger administration from our highest priority which is the achievement of an Article 98 agr [...] | 2004-04-22 22:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PHSA KTIA MNUC GT |
04GUAYAQUIL1120 | NO SURPRISES IN GUAYAS AND GUAYAQUIL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A pre-electoral assessment of Ecuador's largest city of Guayaquil and the surrounding province of Guayas suggests that the incumbent Social Christian Party (PSC) mayor and provincial prefect are likely to be re- elected in local elections on October 17. Any result short of a PS [...] | 2004-10-07 17:29:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EC |
04GUAYAQUIL1223 | GUAYAS ELECTIONS AND BEYOND - PSC ROLLS ON [...] Summary: As expected, the Social Christian Party (PSC) dominated election results in its heartland of Guayas province and the city of Guayaquil. Jaime Nebot easily won reelection as mayor of Guayaquil and the incumbent PSC prefect, Nicolas Lapentti, turned back his challenger and won a fou [...] | 2004-10-22 12:55:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM EC |
04GUAYAQUIL1231 | PSC SUPPORTS PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, the Social Christian Party (PSC) leadership decided to follow through on party leader Leon Febres-Cordero's post-electoral threat to pursue impeachment proceedings for misuse of funds against President Lucio Gutierrez. PSC leaders tell us there are divisions wi [...] | 2004-10-26 20:42:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EC |
04GUAYAQUIL1323 | BUCARAM BROTHER DENIES ANY DEAL ON RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, former Presidential candidate Jacobo Bucaram shared his views with Guayaquil CG on the situation within the Roldosista Party (PRE) headed by his brother, ex-President Abdala Bucaram. Jacobo offered no predictions about the return of his exiled brother from Pan [...] | 2004-11-19 17:23:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ETRD EC |
04GUAYAQUIL937 | COUNTERFEITING OF US CURRENCY IN ECUADOR [...] On July 29 Guayaquil Consul General and Central Bank General Supervisor Mauricio Pareja Canelos briefed some 150 bank and media representatives on the features of the new fifty-dollar bill and its advantages. Counterfeit money, most of which enters the country from Colombia, has been a relati [...] | 2004-08-26 21:36:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KFRD EC |
04HALIFAX10 | HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...] | 2004-01-14 15:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX101 | ATLANTIC CANADA: PRE-ELECTION SOUNDINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The consensus of opinion among political observers in Atlantic Canada is that Prime Minister Martin will call an early summer election. While the region's 32 seats in Parliament are a relatively small bloc, they could make the difference in a close election between a minorit [...] | 2004-04-05 14:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CA |
04HALIFAX115 | ATLANTIC CANADA: ENERGY TOPICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been working to streamline their regulatory regimes for offshore energy exploration, but industry calls for combining the two federal-provincial offshore boards will not be acted upon any time soon. The Premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundlan [...] | 2004-04-21 13:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX12 | CAMPOBELLO ISLAND RESIDENTS FEELING CUT OFF [...] Regional press and politicians have begun to focus attention on the plight of the 1450 residents of Campobello Island, New Brunswick. This small a small Island in the Bay of Fundy is, from September to July, accessible from Canada only via a bridge to Lubec, Maine. During the summer a privat [...] | 2004-01-20 16:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL PTER PGOV ETRD CA |
04HALIFAX127 | NEFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR GOVERNMENT SUFFERS THROUGH BITTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Having broken a 4-week-old public sector union strike April 27 with the introduction of back-to-work legislation, Newfoundland-Labrador Tory Premier Danny Williams is making a last-ditch offer to negotiate a collective labor agreement. On April 29, the Premier said he would suspe [...] | 2004-04-30 20:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX130 | NEWFOUNDLAND - LABRADOR LABOR VOWS TO MAKE PREMIER "ONE-TERM [...] Organized labor groups in Newfoundland-Labrador are threatening to get even with Conservative Premier Danny Williams for his government's passage of controversial labor legislation. The Williams government used its overwhelming majority in the House of Assembly on May 4 to pass Bill 18 which [...] | 2004-05-06 18:31:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX134 | NEW FUNDING PROGRAM FOR CANADIAN MARINE FACILITY SECURITY [...] In a May 7 press conference at Pier 21 in Halifax, Canada attended by Consul, Canadian Transport Minister Tony Valeri announced a three-year, $115 million federal program to assist Canadian ports and ports facilities upgrade their security. This program will enable Canada to not only comply wi [...] | 2004-05-07 16:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ATRN PINS MARR ASEC KCIP CA |
04HALIFAX159 | FEDERAL ELECTION: LIBERALS LIKELY TO RETAIN HOLD ON [...] Despite several close races, overall there appears to be little excitement surrounding the federal election campaign in Atlantic Canada: voters appear to be headed toward re-electing a majority of Liberals in the region's 32 ridings. Key factors are a general mistrust of the newly configured [...] | 2004-06-17 16:02:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA NDP |
04HALIFAX164 | FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: LIBERALS MAINTAIN SUPPORT IN [...] In our meetings this past week with election-watchers, pollsters, party officials and candidates themselves, the consensus still appears to be that the Liberals will maintain the majority of the 32 seats in Atlantic Canada in the June 28 federal election (reftel). With just a few days left in [...] | 2004-06-25 13:56:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX172 | MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE IN ATLANTIC CANADA [...] This past weekend, at Whitney Pier, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during a routine search of the Canadian Steamship Lines vessel the "Shelia Ann", Canadian Border Services Agency officials and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized 83 kilos of cocaine. The drugs were hidden in two duffle bag [...] | 2004-07-02 19:51:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CA VE |
04HALIFAX174 | MAJOR DRUG BUST OFF COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA [...] (U) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, working with officials from Montreal seized 500 kilograms of cocaine aboard the Antiguan 15-meter sailing vessel the "Friend Ship" on Monday, July 5, 2004. The seizure was worth an estimated value of more than C$18 million [...] | 2004-07-07 13:23:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CA BB |
04HALIFAX188 | U.S./CANADA SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE: UPDATE ON MACHIAS SEAL [...] SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing sovereignty dispute, Maine and New Brunswick fishermen are managing to fish side by side in waters off Machias Seal Island without any major incidents to date. However, Canadian authorities remain frustrated by the inability of local groups to conclude a complemen [...] | 2004-07-20 19:24:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PBTS PREL ETRD PHSA CA |
04HALIFAX190 | NO END IN SIGHT TO LENGTHY ATLANTIC CANADA TELECOMS STRIKE [...] SUMMARY: How Bell Canada fares in its talks with its unionized workforce could have an impact on a 13-week strike by communication workers in Atlantic Canada, employed by Aliant Communications. Industry watchers believe Bell, the major shareholder in Aliant, is pressuring the Aliant negotiat [...] | 2004-07-22 20:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECPS EIND CA |
04HALIFAX191 | MARITIME HELICOPTER ANNOUNCEMENT NEARLY OVERSHADOWS HMCS [...] SUMMARY: The new Defense Minister hit the ground running by announcing a decision in favor of Sikorsky on the long-delayed maritime helicopter replacement program. He also welcomed home HMCS Toronto, which returned to a tumultuous welcome in Halifax after a six-month deployment with a U.S. s [...] | 2004-07-23 17:37:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PTER ETRD CA |
04HALIFAX199 | ATLANTIC CANADA: TWO LNG PROJECTS EYE NEW ENGLAND MARKET [...] SUMMARY: The conditional approval of two LNG projects in Atlantic Canada, could substantially increase gas supplies in the U.S. northeast. Irving Oil and Access Northeast both say when their respective projects become operational in 2007, they will produce as much as two billion cubic feet pe [...] | 2004-08-12 15:10:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG SENV PGOV PREL CA US |
04HALIFAX210 | ATLANTIC CANADA: THE FUTURE OF 5 WING GOOSE BAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with civic leaders and military officers at 5 Wing Goose Bay and the adjoining community of Happy Valley during a trip to Labrador. Community leaders and the Premier of the province are concerned that declining use of the military base at Goose Bay b [...] | 2004-09-14 15:29:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MARR MASS PREL ECON CA NATO |
04HALIFAX223 | BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE: BADLY NEEDED NEW ENGLAND-ATLANTIC [...] As debates about new border infrastructure continue, a coalition of local, state, provincial and federal officials in the U.S. and Canada have been quietly pushing for a new crossing to replace the inadequate two-lane bridge between Calais, ME and St. Stephen, NB. The eighth-busiest border cr [...] | 2004-09-29 20:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD PREL CA US |
04HALIFAX242 | HALIFAX PRECLEARANCE: BANGOR WITHDRAWS OBJECTIONS [...] The City Council of Bangor, Maine, unanimously approved late October 25 a resolution to withdraw opposition to Halifax International Airport's (HIA) application for preclearance. The Council also authorized the City Manager and Airport Director to sign an agreement with HIA on joint marketing [...] | 2004-10-26 13:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD PREL ASEC BEXP CA |
04HALIFAX255 | PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN ATLANTIC CANADA: WHO'S IN AND WHO'S [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This fall has proven to be a busy season for provincial politicians in Atlantic Canada. Minority governments, shortened legislative sessions, by-elections, and party leadership changes have combined to create more attention than usual on what's going on both inside [...] | 2004-11-13 18:42:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA |
04HALIFAX256 | HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...] | 2004-11-15 20:32:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA |
04HALIFAX258 | HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...] | 2004-11-16 18:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA |
04HALIFAX259 | ATLANTIC CANADA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: MODERATE GROWTH FOR 2005 [...] SUMMARY: Atlantic Provinces Economic Council's annual business outlook briefing predicts moderating growth for Canada's four eastern provinces. Softening global demand and prices for commodities and forest products, low or no growth in tourism, a cooling housing market and declines in consum [...] | 2004-11-17 15:15:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EPET CA |
04HALIFAX264 | ATLANTIC CANADA AND BSE [...] Atlantic Canadian beef farmers are feeling the pinch of low beef prices brought about by the closing of the US borders to the shipment of live animals and all but a few choice cuts of beef. The subsequent glut of the Canadian market and the insufficient slaughter capacity in Canada has caused [...] | 2004-11-19 22:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD CA |
04HALIFAX39 | SOFTWOOD LUMBER: ATLANTIC PRODUCERS' VIEWPOINT [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Reftel outlined Canadian reactions, which were mostly negative, to the proposed agreement on softwood lumber which was floated in early December. At that time, it ap [...] | 2004-02-10 14:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD CA |
04HALIFAX40 | ATLANTIC CANADA/STATEOF MAINE: ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS [...] Several energy infrastructure projects being contemplated in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia promise to bind Atlantic Canada further into the northeastern U.S. gas and electric grids, with likely benefits for New England energy consumers: - Refurbishment of NB Power's Point Lepreau nuclear gene [...] | 2004-02-10 15:12:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD CA |
04HALIFAX42 | MAD COWS AND THE MARITIMES [...] Although the BSE crisis has had less of an impact in Maritime Canada than in the west, the fallout from mad cow disease has been significant in this region, too. Prior to the BSE discovery Maritime provinces sold live cattle and beef across the border to the U.S., but more importantly raised [...] | 2004-02-10 16:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR CA |
04HALIFAX7 | HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...] | 2004-01-14 15:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX97 | ATLANTIC CANADA: TOUGH BUDGETS PROVOKE LABOR UNREST [...] (SBU) Two Atlantic provinces took very different approaches to the issue of public sector wages in their just-announced budgets. The Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick both said they needed civil service wage freezes to help achieve fiscal soundness. The results -- a [...] | 2004-03-31 20:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV CA |
04HANOI1007 | GVN "CLOSES" CENTRAL HIGHLANDS TO FOREIGNERS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen officers, who had been told the Central Highlands were "closed" to foreigners after demonstrations there turned violent, were stopped by police from traveling to the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot, in the province of Dak Lak, on April 10. Police sto [...] | 2004-04-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI1010 | LABOR EXPORT SITUATION AND VIETNAM'S TIER [...] (U) Summary and action request: Embassy has reviewed the suggested language in the Trafficking in Persons report and would like to clarify some issues that appear to have led G/TIP to recommend a "watch list" designation for Vietnam. The GVN is engaged in monitoring and investigation of work c [...] | 2004-04-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
04HANOI1016 | VIETNAM AND THE IMF ENTER A NEW PHASE [...] (U) IMF Resident Rep confirmed to Econ/C April 13 that the GVN and IMF had agreed to allow their three-year loan arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) to expire on April 12. Agreed in 2001, the loan had made available up to SDR 290 million to support the GVN's de [...] | 2004-04-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM |
04HANOI1023 | Vietnam: Negotiations with the GVN on an Adoptions [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations on an adoptions Protocol on March 11 and 12 made progress, but final agreement was not reached. Despite repeated USG assertions prior to the talks that the USG would not negotiate a new treaty, the largest sticking point for the GVN was their insistence on a tre [...] | 2004-04-14 01:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
04HANOI105 | STILL REUNIFYING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: [...] (U) Summary. Construction of a new major highway system designed further to link northern and southern Vietnam and to increase access to mountainous areas is underway. The portion through central Vietnam is largely completed -- with some major exceptions -- and provincial and local officia [...] | 2004-01-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI VM |
04HANOI1056 | MCA Trade Indicator For Vietnam [...] (SBU) In clearing the two-page Millenium Challenge Account Summary on Vietnam, we noted a problem with the data on Vietnam. On the Economic Freedom Indicator on Trade Policy, we note that Vietnam's indicator has not changed since 1999 despite significant changes in trade policy, e.g. signing, [...] | 2004-04-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON VM |
04HANOI1074 | DAEWOOSA CASE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The GVN cracked down hard on the Vietnamese labor companies involved in the Daewoosa case, including jail terms for some executives, who publicly acknowledged their wrongdoing. Since that response to illegal trafficking-related activity in Vietnam, the GVN has reformed its labor [...] | 2004-04-14 10:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
04HANOI1076 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: BLAME UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN officially blames UNHCR for having caused the April 10-11 demonstrations in the Central Highlands by "organizing" illegal crossings of Montagnards and granting them asylum. Ambassador sharply criticized this "farfetched" notion, stressing the local conditions in the [...] | 2004-04-15 00:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI1081 | LATEST FROM COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) has sent its own officials to investigate recent unrest in the Central Highlands, which it believes stemmed mostly from land issues. UNHCR was also blamed for encouraging Montagnards to flee into Cambodia. "Most" Protestant congregat [...] | 2004-04-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI1094 | Ha Giang remains sore spot for Protestants [...] (U) A leader of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam-North has provided additional details about three Protestant figures in Ha Giang province in the Northwest Highlands who had been arrested (reftel) as well as information about an additional arrest, as follow: -- Ly Sin Quang, 28 years old, [...] | 2004-04-16 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI1113 | MFA "EXPLAINS" CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SITUATION [...] (U) The MFA invited diplomatic missions to an April 19 briefing by Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung on the situation in the Central Highlands (text of statement in para 4). Ambassador and poloff attended and met afterwards separately with VFM Phung to deliver reftel demarche and discuss [...] | 2004-04-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL PINS VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI1116 | 2004 LOCAL ELECTIONS: AN EXERCISE IN . . .? [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's April 25 elections for People's Councils will be - on paper - more open and representational than in previous years. The elections are the first since the passage of revisions to the Law on Election of Deputies to People's Councils in November 2003, and will be marked by [...] | 2004-04-20 04:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VM DPOL |
04HANOI1180 | VIETNAM: NEW IPR ASSOCIATIONS [...] Summary: GVN efforts to improve enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) continue to lag. However, there are some encouraging signs that domestic industries are attaching more importance to the need for IPR protection. In recent years, several industries have established associations [...] | 2004-04-26 04:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
04HANOI1181 | Vietnam: MOT Proposes Changes to Textile Quota [...] This is a joint Embassy Hanoi/Congen Ho Chi Minh City message. 2. Summary: The Ministry of Trade (MOT) recently proposed changes to Vietnam's textile/garment quota allocation regime for 2005. The new regime would allocate quota based on factories' export revenue rather than on quantitie [...] | 2004-04-26 04:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD VN |
04HANOI1188 | PROTECTION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: In Ho Chi Minh City, various sectors of society - including the city government, Communist Party mass organizations, NGOs, and even local churches - are working together to protect victims and women identified as particularly vulnerable to trafficking. A visit to the central prov [...] | 2004-04-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
04HANOI1190 | LAWSUIT AGAINST DAEWOOSA TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] (U) Ref A contained documents originally provided by G/TIP allegedly supporting the assertion that the GVN sued victims in the Daewoosa trafficking case to recover the back wages they were paid in the U.S. as part of the court settlement. It also described G/TIP's position that this lawsuit w [...] | 2004-04-27 02:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
04HANOI1193 | COUNTERNARCOTICS LOA: NOW IN EFFECT [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated April 26, the MFA officially informed Embassy that the Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement signed in English in December 2003 and in Vietnamese in February 2004 is now in effect. (Text in para 3.) 2. (U) Embassy will now work with the Standing Office of [...] | 2004-04-27 03:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL VM CNARC |
04HANOI1196 | Ag Minister in disgrace; MPT Minister next? [...] (U) The April 27 "Nhan Dan" carried a small article on its back page reporting on Decision No. 398/2004/QD-TTg to "discipline" Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Huy Ngo, which was apparently signed by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on April 22. Ngo was specifically censured for [...] | 2004-04-27 05:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON VM |
04HANOI1209 | Another "success" for "democracy" in Vietnam [...] (U) Vietnamese voters went to the polls on Sunday, April 25 to vote for People's Councils at the provincial, district, and local levels (reftel). According to a report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried by the CPV flagstaff newspaper "Nhan Dan" on April 27, overall turnout was an [...] | 2004-04-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM VM DPOL |
04HANOI1224 | VIETNAM AND UNHCR -- STORM CLOUDS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN continues to blame UNHCR for a role at least in encouraging flights by Montagnards from the Central Highland and insists that the UNHCR staff in Cambodia is "anti-Vietnam." The MFA has yet to agree to an expected visit next week by senior UNHCR officials. While the [...] | 2004-04-28 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR |
04HANOI1239 | GVN APPRECIATES RECENT POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 29, Nguyen Ba Hung, Deputy Director of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with DCM to convey messages on six issues relating to the bilateral relationship. These issues included the political dialogue in May, the extradition of suspected t [...] | 2004-04-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID PTER VM HUMANR CTERR |
04HANOI1267 | NGUYEN VU BINH'S SENTENCE UPHELD ON APPEAL [...] (U) The Appeals Court of Hanoi upheld activist Nguyen Vu Binh's sentence of seven years imprisonment and three years administrative detention at home during a May 5 hearing, according to press reports and family friends. Court and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials refused to confirm the [...] | 2004-05-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
04HANOI1268 | MISSION TEAM VISITS GIA LAI IN WAKE OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in Gia Lai province April 27-29 downplayed reports of violence connected to the April 10 events in the province, telling Mission poloffs that protests had taken place in nine locations, had involved a total of no more 1000-3000 demonstrators, and were quickly contained [...] | 2004-05-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI1321 | POROUS BORDERS, LOW ANTI-DRUG CAPACITY IN [...] (U) Summary: Authorities in central Vietnam appear enthusiastic about supporting the national anti-drug policy, but have limited capacity and training. The land border with Laos is porous and difficult to control, making this a likely route for narcotics traffickers and a possible route for t [...] | 2004-05-09 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV EAID PTER VM CNARC |
04HANOI1421 | ADOPTIONS IN VIETNAM: PREVENTING ABUSES [...] (U) Summary: As we wait for the GVN to make written revisions to the draft text left with them at the conclusion of the first round of adoption negotiations in March, we wish to take this opportunity to once again raise our concerns about the implementation of any agreement we eventually rea [...] | 2004-05-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
04HANOI1442 | U.S. HUMANITARIAN DEMINING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-funded VVAF survey project is underway, though it has also lost its project manager and will not be complete by September 30. U.S.-funded demining- related NGOs are operating successfully in Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces and have generated goodwill towards the U.S. [...] | 2004-05-21 02:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PGOV EAID VM |
04HANOI155 | CODEL BROWNBACK: FOCUS ON RELIGION [...] (U) Summary: In a series of official meetings in Hanoi on January 8, Senator Samuel Brownback expressed concerns about continuing, and perhaps increasingly severe, measures to restrict religious freedom in Vietnam. He urged the Government of Vietnam to act quickly to end these restrictions, s [...] | 2004-01-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI158 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. Donors at the meeting, co-chaired by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and the World Bank, expressed continued support to the GVN's action program for 2002-2007 and emphasized th [...] | 2004-01-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE |
04HANOI1584 | ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...] | 2004-06-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC |
04HANOI1587 | NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2004 [...] (U) In response to incoming request, post is providing responses keyed to 2004 certification instruction points as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Unit [...] | 2004-06-03 03:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
04HANOI1604 | REVIEWING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3, Ambassador urged Vietnam to take steps on human rights and religious freedom, inter alia, that would create a good environment for high level visits from Vietnam. Dung acknowledged problems in implementation of "clear" [...] | 2004-06-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM IZ VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI1613 | RAISING COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3 promised Ambassador to invite Lockheed Martin for negotiations on Vinasat, "took note" of a request to look into a decision on MWH's bid for a program management contract for the Son La dam project, predicted licenses for US insurance compan [...] | 2004-06-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EINV VM WTO BTA |
04HANOI1617 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...] | 2004-06-04 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI1618 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: REFTEL (A) and (B) reported that on the evening of June 1, two visiting AMCITS observed an individual in a Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) night club who they believed to be Fahid Mohammed Ally MSALAM (SUBJECT 1). SUBJECT 1 is listed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist Web site. Despit [...] | 2004-06-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI1649 | BA SAO PRISON: A PREVIEW [...] (U) Summary. The Ha Nam (more commonly called Ba Sao) prison that A/S Craner may visit on June 18 appears a model facility, with clean if Spartan cells and extensive grounds. It holds a relatively high number of recidivists; a plurality of prisoners were convicted on narcotics charges. Acti [...] | 2004-06-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS VM HIV AIDS |
04HANOI1676 | GVN REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GVN is seeking USG support to deny consultative status to two NGOs at the upcoming ECOSOC session in New York. The GVN considers the Free Vietnam Alliance and the Transnational Radical Party to be terrorist organizations with the aim of either forcibly overthrowing the GVN [...] | 2004-06-10 10:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER VM UN ECOSOC ETMIN CTERR |
04HANOI1677 | GVN FRUSTRATED WITH BURMA, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam shares U.S. concerns about the Constitutional Convention in Burma, and is further worried about the impact of continuing political problems on the Hanoi-hosted ASEM 5 summit. At the same time, Vietnam feels that too much pressure on the Burmese will drive them into Chin [...] | 2004-06-10 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN |
04HANOI1699 | EARLY RELEASE OF LE CHI QUANG [...] (SBU) A reliable activist source has confirmed the early release on June 12 of Le Chi Quang, who had been sentenced by the Hanoi People's Court on November 8, 2002 to a four year sentence (refs b and c) for alleged "acts of propaganda" against the State. According to Vietnamese media accoun [...] | 2004-06-15 06:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
04HANOI1724 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S TIP EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to take more direct steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),in part with assistance from the international community. New and ongoing strategies include: the creation of anti-trafficking police units in local provinces; a large-scale media and education c [...] | 2004-06-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP |
04HANOI1727 | FURTHER REDUCTION IN FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry on July 17 confirmed media reports that the Nam Ha Provincial Court had further reduced by five years the sentence of Father Thadaeus Nguyen Van Ly in tribute to his satisfactory compliance with the regulations of the Nam Ha prison. Father Ly had originally been sen [...] | 2004-06-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI1729 | DASD JENNINGS' MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GVN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with a range of GVN leaders in Hanoi and HCMC, DASD Jennings and staff reached agreement on the archival research initiative; assessed positively the utility of continuing the wartime leaders interview initiative; reiterated USG priority for underwater recovery oper [...] | 2004-06-18 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR VM |
04HANOI174 | STAFFDEL MCCORMICK'S TRIP TO HANOI: EXPANDING [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel McCormick's official meetings January 6-8 with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),National Assembly (NA),Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),and Office of the Government (OOG),the delegation agreed on the value of an expanded U.S.-Viet [...] | 2004-01-26 09:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PHUM ETRD EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS |
04HANOI1766 | JAPAN LAUNCHES NEW COUNTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Japan used the launch of its new Country Assistance Program to raise concerns about a variety of issues related to Vietnam's economic and political reform process, at least in principle including human rights. The new program was also touted as a model because of the increased [...] | 2004-06-22 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL JA VM |
04HANOI178 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #1 [...] (U) There are currently 48 human cases including 18 deaths under investigation in Vietnam's avian influenza outbreak. The work of the WHO/CDC team was delayed due to the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays, but preliminary exploration of the extent of the outbreak has begun, and support for their [...] | 2004-01-26 11:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI1780 | CRITICISM LANDS TWO MORE IN JAIL [...] (U) The Vinh Phuc provincial public security department confirmed media reports (initially in the June 17 "Tien Phong" newspaper) of the arrest of Tran Van Luong and Nguyen Minh Hoan on charges of writing and distributing documents that "distorted the economic policies" of the government and [...] | 2004-06-24 04:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS VM HUMANR |
04HANOI1793 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -- FLEXING ITS MUSCLES [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) ended its summer session on June 15 after approving a record number of laws and resolutions, thanks in large part to the implementation of a new legislative procedure. Several Cabinet members faced strong and well-publicized criticisms of their pe [...] | 2004-06-24 08:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VM DPOL |
04HANOI1837 | Vietnam - DCM Meeting with Consular Department [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-30 03:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CASC KOCI PREL PTER VM CTERR HUMANR |
04HANOI1869 | LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. Ninety nine point five per cent or about fifty million voters allegedly cast the polls on April 25 to elect deputies to local legislatures -- known as People's Councils -- at the provincial, district, and commune levels. Percentages of women, "young," and Communist Party (CPV) mem [...] | 2004-07-02 07:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
04HANOI1871 | VIETNAMESE ACADEMICS RETAIN SUSPICIONS OF THE U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: At least some Vietnamese think tankers continue to view the United States with suspicion, both regarding our international strategy in general and actions more specifically toward Vietnam. Much of the domestic sensitivities by these academics nowadays relate to efforts by "hos [...] | 2004-07-02 07:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI VM ETMIN RELFREE CTERR |
04HANOI1918 | VIETNAM RESPONDS TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURE [...] SUMMARY. Vietnam's CPI has registered an increase of 7.2% so far this year. While the GVN attributes this rise to external forces such as oil prices, the CPI is also heavily weighted to reflect rises in the price of food and foodstuffs. Credit growth has also rapidly increased by 33% this [...] | 2004-07-09 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON VM FINREF |
04HANOI199 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #2 [...] (U) According to WHO, there are currently 53 possible cases of avian influenza in humans in Vietnam; of these, eight have been confirmed (of which 7 have died),nine are possible cases, and 36 are under investigation. A total of 18 cases under investigation have resulted in death as of Janua [...] | 2004-01-27 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI1993 | EIGHTH WORKING PARTY ON VIETNAM'S WTO ACCESSION [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Eighth Working Party on the Accession of Vietnam to the World Trade Organization met June 15 in Geneva to continue its review of Vietnam's trade regime and plans to bring it into compliance with WTO standards. Vietnam's presentation reported progress especially in [...] | 2004-07-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD VM WTRO WTO |
04HANOI2003 | VIETNAM: US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETINGS IN [...] During a visit to Hanoi July 12-13, 26 member firms of the US-ASEAN Business Council, accompanied by Ambassador and embassy officers, met with key GVN leaders including Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, Finance Minister Nguyen Sinh [...] | 2004-07-19 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD EINV VN IPROP ASEAN |
04HANOI2009 | TEXT OF VIETNAM'S NEW ORDINANCE ON RELIGION [...] (U) Following is an unofficial Embassy translation of Vietnam's new Ordinance on Belief and Religion. //Begin text// Ordinance on Belief and Religion Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/Q [...] | 2004-07-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI2010 | DPM DUNG DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 15, Ambassador Burghardt and Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Tan Dung discussed human rights issues including several specific cases of Vietnamese human rights activists as well as the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004. DPM Dung offered to allow Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, [...] | 2004-07-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
04HANOI2068 | VIETNAM: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX [...] This cable provides the suggested text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam. As requested reftel, post has also sent the ICS/A via email to EB/IFD/OIA Alexander T. Bryan. 2.Begin text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam: Vietnam - July 2 [...] | 2004-07-26 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC VN FINREF IPROP LABOR |
04HANOI2107 | ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...] | 2004-07-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
04HANOI2116 | VIETNAM: DUSTR SHINER UNDESCORES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings July 25 with DPM Vu Khoan, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and other senior GVN officials, DUSTR Josette Shiner conveyed strong USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession; agreed to begin another round of bilateral market access negotiations in October; urged the G [...] | 2004-07-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO IPROP |
04HANOI2169 | VOICE OF AMERICA RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNAL FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: VOICE OF AMERICA'S (VOA) ASIA DIRECTOR FOR MARKETING AND PROGRAM PLACEMENT, DR. JOYCE NGOH, GARNERED A POSITIVE REACTION FROM VIETNAM TELEVISION ON HER FOURTH ANNUAL VISIT TO HANOI. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE VOA BEGAN ITS MARKETING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM, VTV OFFICIALS WELCOMED VOA'S E [...] | 2004-08-05 03:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO VM |
04HANOI218 | 2003: THE YEAR OF THE VIETNAMESE BOND [...] SUMMARY: Following the success of Vietnam's first- ever corporate bond issue, Vietnam has decided to embrace this capital mobilization mechanism. In September, the GVN outlined a plan to issue bonds totaling 63 trillion Vietnamese Dong (about 4 billion USD) for infrastructure development thr [...] | 2004-01-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV VM FINREF |
04HANOI2205 | DEATH SENTENCE CASE OF JOHN NHU HUNG NGUYEN [...] (U) Summary. AmCit John Nguyen has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. Post believes that this penalty is disproportionate to his crime, and given the state of Vietnam's judicial system, requests clearance on talking points supporting Mr. Nguyen's request for leniency. End Summary [...] | 2004-08-10 08:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL VM CNARC |
04HANOI2208 | GVN PROVIDES AUSTRALIA UPDATES ON DETAINEES [...] (SBU) During its annual human rights dialogue with the Government of Australia (Ref. A),the GVN provided information and case details about every individual on a list of prisoners of concern previously delivered by the Australian Embassy in Hanoi. An Australian diplomat recently provided a c [...] | 2004-08-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV AS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI221 | VIETNAM: TOWARDS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR [...] SUMMARY: In late December 2003, Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) held a workshop to gather comments and ideas from a wide-range of participants regarding the harmonization of the legal systems on investment. MPI plans to submit to the National Assembly a proposal for a com [...] | 2004-01-28 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON VM FINREF WTO |
04HANOI222 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #3 [...] (U) There are currently 58 cases of suspected avian influenza in humans in Vietnam under investigation. Of these 10 have been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory. Of the 58 cases under investigation, 20 deaths have occurred. The WHO met with senior GVN officials on January 27th and made the f [...] | 2004-01-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI2220 | Vietnam Adoptions - DCM Meeting With Vu Duc Long [...] (U) Summary. On August 9, 2004 Deputy Chief of Mission John Boardman met with Mr. Vu Duc Long of the Department of International Adoptions at the Ministry of Justice to further clarify the content of the diplomatic note ref A. Director Long explained that because adoptions concern fundamenta [...] | 2004-08-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL VM |
04HANOI2284 | TALKING THE TALK AND WALKING THE WALK DURING DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY. June is "Drug Awareness Month" in Vietnam, and this year's campaign was billed as a success. Typically energetic government-encouraged anti-drug publicity events were accompanied by atypically successful drug trafficking enforcement operations throughout the country, with severa [...] | 2004-08-18 00:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SOCI VM CNARC |
04HANOI2398 | PRISONER AMNESTY DISAPPOINTING [...] (U) This is a retransmission and update of Hanoi 2397. First transmission duplicated and reinserted deleted text due to track-changes function of Microsoft Word. 2. (U) No U.S. citizens and no high-profile political prisoners were among the 8623 individuals receiving amnesties to mark Vietn [...] | 2004-08-31 03:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI2404 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADER REACTS TO TIP REPORT [...] Summary. On July 28, Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Vice Chairwoman of the External Relations Committee of the National Assembly (NA),made an unannounced appearance at the USAID-funded Development Alternative Initiative (DAI) meeting in Hanoi. Madame Ninh expressed the GVN's support for anti-traff [...] | 2004-08-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP ASEAN |
04HANOI2406 | Ambassador's August 26 Farewell Call on President [...] (SBU) Summary: During a farewell call on President Tran Duc Luong, Ambassador Burghardt noted the great progress in bilateral relations in the past 10 years, in particular the expansion of normal relations in a number of new areas during the past three years. Nevertheless, many tasks remaine [...] | 2004-08-31 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM WTO APEC ASEAN BTA HUMANR |
04HANOI2430 | STAFFDEL JANUZZI MEETINGS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Frank Januzzi in Hanoi on September 1, a Catholic Church leader and a GVN Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) official depicted a steadily improving situation for religious believers in Vietnam. Of note, the [...] | 2004-09-03 05:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI2434 | GVN EXPLAINS NEW ORDINANCE ON RELIGION [...] (U) Summary: According to Nguyen Thanh Xuan, Deputy Chairman of the GVN's Committee for Religious Affairs, Vietnam's Ordinance on Religion (reftels) - which will take effect on November 15 - was modeled on precedents from within Vietnam as well as on similar laws from other countries, includin [...] | 2004-09-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI2435 | Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...] | 2004-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC |
04HANOI2438 | FINAL THOUGHTS FROM HANOI [...] An American who knows Vietnam very well related to me soon after my arrival in Hanoi how he had briefed President Clinton just before Clinton's November 2000 visit to Vietnam: He had explained that the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) makes its most important decisions in re [...] | 2004-09-04 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD VM DPOL |
04HANOI2440 | Ambassador's September 1 Farewell Call on [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 1 farewell call on Politburo member Phan Dien, the Ambassador underlined the importance of 2005 in U.S.-Vietnam relations and, although there had been good progress over the past three years, stressed that much work remained in bilateral relations, such as [...] | 2004-09-06 23:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
04HANOI2449 | Ambassador's September 3 Farewell Call on General [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 3 farewell call on General Vo Nguyen Giap, the Ambassador said that, although much progress had been made over the past three years, much still remained to be done to normalize fully bilateral ties. General Giap urged the United States and Vietnam to avoid [...] | 2004-09-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VM |
04HANOI2487 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON MPI MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3 the Ambassador, accompanied by Econ/C, paid a farewell call on Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Minister expressed his appreciation for the Ambassador's contributions to US-Vietnam relations. The Ambassador raised a number of concerns. Phu [...] | 2004-09-10 08:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM ASEAN |
04HANOI2499 | TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...] | 2004-09-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
04HANOI2506 | MFA: DON'T DESIGNATE VIETNAM CPC [...] (U) Summary: The GVN characterizes the release of nine prisoners of concern under the National Day amnesty, the recognition of 25 evangelical protestant churches in the Central Highlands, the pending recognition of five more by the end of the year, and the accommodating treatment of SFRC staff [...] | 2004-09-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI2507 | UNICEF AND MPS REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Public Security, working in cooperation with Cooperazione Italiana and UNICEF, released the government's first comprehensive statistical report on trafficking in Vietnam. At the same time, the GVN and other agencies in Vietnam agree that "official" trafficking st [...] | 2004-09-13 22:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP |
04HANOI2518 | VIETNAM'S JUSTICE SECTOR: CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE [...] (U) This message incorporates the report of the ICITAP/OPDAT team that visited Hanoi July 19-23 2004 in advance of planned DOJ counternarcotics training activities. 2. (U) Summary: DOJ is ready to implement the training programs supported with INCLE funds and listed in the U.S.- Vietnam Cou [...] | 2004-09-15 00:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
04HANOI252 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4 [...] (U) There are currently 58 cases of suspected avian influenza in humans in Vietnam under investigation. Of these, eight have been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory, of which six have died. 21 possible cases have tested positive for Influenza A on a rapid test, but have not yet been confir [...] | 2004-01-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI2594 | CPV ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with visiting SFRC staffer Frank Jannuzi, CPV officials said human rights and democracy were secondary priorities for Vietnam behind meeting the population's basic material needs; that freedom to operate in the Central Highlands would be especially slow in coming fo [...] | 2004-09-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF OTRA KN KS VM ETMIN HUMANR DPRK |
04HANOI2595 | Ambassador's September 16 Meeting with Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met for the first time September 16 with Assistant Foreign Minister (and Americas Department Director General) Nguyen Duc Hung. Following a brief discussion of VFM Phung's upcoming U.S. visit and Vietnam's efforts to reach out to members of Congress, the issue o [...] | 2004-09-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI2602 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOF VM TAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 07:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO |
04HANOI2603 | GVN: TERRORISTS HERE ARE VIETNAMESE EXILES [...] (SBU) Summary: MPS counterterrorism officials are keeping a close watch on Vietnamese Muslims. They do not perceive a threat yet, but note that contacts between Vietnamese Muslims and international Muslim groups have developed. The GVN highly appreciates U.S. assistance in counterterrorism, [...] | 2004-09-17 07:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC VM CTERR |
04HANOI2608 | "BANDIT" GROUPS RAID NEAR LAOS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: We have confirmed reports of clashes between Vietnamese Border Army troops and small groups of armed Hmong in western Nghe An province that have left two dead since late July. The GVN published the story in the newspaper but has declined to discuss it with us. End Summary. [...] | 2004-09-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC LA VM ETMIN |
04HANOI2609 | Ambassador's September 17 Meeting with Vice [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ABLD AMGT VM |
04HANOI2620 | Vietnam: Trade Officials Arrested for Taking [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 15, a key Ministry of Trade (MOT) official responsible for allocation of Vietnam's textile quota for the U.S. market was arrested by the Economic Police for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for quota. MOT officials have stated publicly that the case will not delay [...] | 2004-09-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON VM |
04HANOI2649 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOT VM TU [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-23 02:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA |
04HANOI2655 | Governor of Washington Meets with Prime Minister, [...] (U) Summary: Governor of Washington Gary Locke and delegation met September 22 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien. He also met earlier in the day with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Duyen, Minister of Planning & Investment Vo Hong Phuc and Vice Minister of F [...] | 2004-09-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV VM |
04HANOI2660 | GVN DECLARES LISTS OF STATE SECRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has for the first time publicly issued a list of Office of the Government documents requiring classification. Included in this list are documents related to security issues, national reserves, budget figures and "important internal and external policies." Official sour [...] | 2004-09-24 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR VM |
04HANOI2665 | VIETNAM: CHANEL CONCERNED ABOUT EXPORT OF FAKE [...] (U) This cable includes sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) In a meeting September 22 with Econ/C and Econoff, three representatives of Chanel voiced concerns that a Vietnamese company may be producing and exporting counterfeit cosmetics and fragrances to th [...] | 2004-09-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP |
04HANOI2692 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador presented his credentials to Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong on September 27. Both agreed that there had been much progress in the nine years since relations had been reestablished, but there was a need to continue to broaden and deepen the relationship. President [...] | 2004-09-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM APEC HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI2708 | Vietnam Adoptions: Meeting With Deputy Director of [...] (U) Summary: During two recent meetings with Post's Consular Section Chief, Nguyen Cong Khanh, Deputy Director of Vietnam's Department of International Adoptions, repeated the GVN position that under Vietnamese law any adoption agreement must meet the definition of a "treaty." He went on to n [...] | 2004-09-30 08:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
04HANOI2711 | REPORT ON DPMO DISCUSSIONS IN GIA LAI PROVINCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Defense, POW/MIA Affairs Office, Senior Director for Policy, led a team of five Americans to Pleiku city on 23-24 September 2004, in order for U.S. and Vietnamese technical experts to review cases involving unaccounted- for Americans in Gia Lai Province, inte [...] | 2004-10-01 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS |
04HANOI2714 | VIETNAM: EB PDAS DONNELLY ENCOURAGES EXPANDED [...] Summary: On September 28, EB PDAS Ambassador Shaun Donnelly, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat. In addition, PDAS Donnelly, accompanied by ECON/C, met with Dang Van Thanh, Vice Chairman of [...] | 2004-10-01 08:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA IPROP WTO |
04HANOI2719 | VIETNAM: TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILE/APPREL [...] In response to reftel, Post provides the FY 2002 and 2003 data on the following issues pertaining to Vietnam: Total Industrial Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 23,800 2003 27,600 Total Textile/Apparel Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 [...] | 2004-10-01 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX VM WTO LABOR |
04HANOI2734 | VIETNAM'S LARGEST DRUG CASE EVER [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Recent counternarcotics successes, culminating in the arrest of the key members of a drug syndicate billed as the nation's largest ever, have not lifted the flagging spirits of Vietnam's counterdrug officers. Departing from their usual relentlessly optimistic propaga [...] | 2004-10-04 22:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
04HANOI2742 | CORRESPONDENCE FROM GVN'S COMMISSION ON RELIGIOUS [...] Embassy received October 4 identical letters from the Government of Vietnam's Commission on Religious Affairs addressed to the "Department of State," DRL/IRF Ambassador Hanford and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Embassy pouched the letters to EAP/BCLTV, Registration [...] | 2004-10-05 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI2745 | VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...] | 2004-10-06 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR |
04HANOI2752 | Vietnam: Textile Quota Bribe Scandal - Part Two [...] Summary: The arrest of the son of a Vice Minister of Trade (who bears overall responsibility for textile quota allocation) added a new twist to the GVN's ongoing investigation into schemes by Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials to extract bribes in exchange for U.S. textile quota. Both English [...] | 2004-10-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON VM |
04HANOI2757 | MFA CONCERNED ABOUT VNHRA, LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (U) Summary: During an hour-long discussion October 6, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that the GVN, while concerned about the possible passage of the Human Rights Act in the Senate, was still looking forward to a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai [...] | 2004-10-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF CASC CVIS KPOW OTRA OVIP VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS |
04HANOI2758 | MPT DISCUSSES WTO TELECOM OFFER WITH USTR TEL DIR [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 USTR Telecommunications Director Jonathan McHale consulted with the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) on Vietnam's fourth WTO offer. They also reviewed the current situation of Vietnam's telecom market (see septel) and MPT's progress in meeting their BTA re [...] | 2004-10-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EINT EINV VM WTO |
04HANOI2782 | POLITICAL PRISONERS DR. QUE AND DR. SON TRANSFERRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Political prisoners Dr. Nguyen Dan Que and Dr. Pham Hong Son have both been transferred to a prison in Thanh Hoa Province in northern Vietnam. Son is reportedly in poor health and may require surgery for a hernia. Family members have not been able to visit Que or Son, and one [...] | 2004-10-12 23:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR |
04HANOI2795 | BURMA ADDRESSED IN LOW-SUBSTANCE ASEM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Predictions that ASEM-5 would be a talk shop lacking in substance proved for the most part accurate, but the Europeans successfully insisted on raising the Burma issue and including a reference to the political situation there in the Chairman's Statement. The event [...] | 2004-10-13 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU PHUM BM VM ARF |
04HANOI2797 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting October 12, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen told the Ambassador the GVN will be well-prepared for bilateral market access negotiations with the United States in October; that he hoped the United States and Vietnam could close WTO negotiations in early 2005; and [...] | 2004-10-13 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX KIPR VM WTRO WTO BTA IPROP |
04HANOI2798 | PASCAL LAMY BLINKS IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary: In Hanoi for the Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-5),EU Trade Commissioner Lamy closed out the EU's bilateral negotiations with Vietnam by accepting low levels of commitments not seen in recent accessions, especially on services. In a speech to the European Chamber of Commerce, [...] | 2004-10-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM WTO BTA |
04HANOI2809 | Ambassador's October 13 Dinner with Vice Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner October 13 for Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh, who, in his capacity as head of the MFA's Committee on Overseas Vietnamese, will soon travel to the United States to discuss Viet Kieu issues. Binh said Vietnam desired improved relations with [...] | 2004-10-15 03:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CH VM CVR HUMANR ASEAN WTO |
04HANOI2816 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF PLANNING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-15 08:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EINV VM HIV AIDS |
04HANOI2855 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN RELATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Summary: National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao told the Ambassador that he wants improved relations between the National Assembly (NA) and U.S. Congress and hopes to arrange an official visit to Washington by NA Chairman Nguyen Van An. The Foreign Relations Commit [...] | 2004-10-21 04:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR |
04HANOI2856 | CATHOLICS DEDICATE NEW CATHEDRAL [...] (U) Summary: A large number of Catholic bishops, priests and believers celebrated the dedication of a new cathedral in Lang Son City on October 2. The dedication comes after a long period of difficult relations between the Catholic Church and provincial authorities in Lang Son and is reflect [...] | 2004-10-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HANOI2857 | PRC PM WEN'S VISIT TO HANOI: TRADE TAKES THE FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official visit to Vietnam yielded a number of agreements in the trade and development areas and a renewed commitment to make progress in demarcating the two countries' land border. Considerable daylight still remains between the two sides on t [...] | 2004-10-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH VM CVR WTO |
04HANOI2860 | VIETNAM: TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) As a follow-up to the meeting described in ref A, Hanoi's full TFC team met on October 7, 2004 to clarify and coordinate Post's position on terrorist financing. While terrorist financing and money laundering are similar, these two issues are treated separately by the Government of Vietnam. [...] | 2004-10-21 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR |
04HANOI2863 | VIETNAM SECURITY MINISTER PROMISES COORDINATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh told the Ambassador October 20 that he is pleased with the developing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and is "absolutely committed" to ensuring the safety and security not only of USG facilities and personnel, but also of Americans traveling to [...] | 2004-10-21 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC CVIS CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN CTERR |
04HANOI2864 | 13 Montagnards Return to Vietnam [...] (SBU) UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son reported to us October 18 that the 13 Montagnards who had originally sought resettlement from Cambodia but ultimately decided to return to Vietnam -- with or without UNHCR's assistance -- had indeed returned to Vietnam. According to Son, t [...] | 2004-10-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
04HANOI2870 | EAP DAS Huhtala's October 21 Meeting with Senior [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 21 meeting with Senior Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Marie Huhtala underlined the need for Vietnam to SIPDIS take concrete steps to improve its religious freedom situation, particularly in the run-up to next year's event [...] | 2004-10-22 04:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR BTA WTRO APEC CTERR |
04HANOI2878 | AMBASSADOR, CA A/S HARTY DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Uong Chu Luu identified for the Ambassador and Consular Affairs A/S Harty a number of areas where he thought the Vietnamese legal system needs reform, most notably in commercial law. Minister Luu also spoke very highly of [...] | 2004-10-25 01:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS VM |
04HANOI2879 | EAP DAS Marie Huhtala's October 22 Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 22 meeting with Communist Party External Affairs Commission (Western Europe and North America) Director Pham Tien Nhien, EAP DAS Marie Huhtala expressed U.S. support for Vietnam's WTO accession, urged Vietnam to engage in greater operational law enforcement co [...] | 2004-10-25 02:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE BTA |
04HANOI2882 | VIETNAM: EAP DAS HUHTALA DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, EAP DAS Ambassador Marie Huhtala, accompanied by the Ambassador, met separately with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DAS Huhtala encouraged the GVN to ensure full implementation of all parts of the U.S.-Vietnam B [...] | 2004-10-25 08:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ETTC KIPR VM WTRO APEC BTA IPROP WTO MNUC |
04HANOI2886 | Bulldozed Mennonite Church [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Multiple contacts in the official and non-recognized Protestant communities confirmed that local authorities tore down an "unofficial" Mennonite church in Kontum Province September 24, as reported October 22 by Human Rights Watch. However, it appears that the actio [...] | 2004-10-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI2888 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOLISA MINISTER HANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Madame Nguyen Thi Hang expressed hope that the Department of Labor would continue and expand its projects in Vietnam and gratitude for the selection of Vietnam as a President [...] | 2004-10-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON VM HIV AIDS LABOR TIP |
04HANOI2901 | AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS POW/MIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnam Defense Minister confirmed in his introductory meeting with the Ambassador October 26 that underwater POW/MIA recovery operations can be conducted on a Vietnamese Navy vessel, a civilian vessel or not at all. English language training for military officers remains a [...] | 2004-10-27 06:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS KPOW VM |
04HANOI2908 | VIETNAM: PRIME MINISTER KHAI'S SPEECH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On October 25, the Ambassador attended Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's address at the opening of the Sixth Session of the National Assembly's Eleventh Legislature. The PM's lengthy speech focused largely on economic issues, outlining socio-economic targets for the u [...] | 2004-10-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV VM WTO DPOL |
04HANOI291 | SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-03 06:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM VM ETMIN HUMANR LABOR RELFREE TIP |
04HANOI2921 | VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited national action plan on trafficking in persons. The plan focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major elements of prevention, prosecution and protection. It identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the challenge [...] | 2004-10-29 01:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG TIP |
04HANOI2946 | The Ambassador's October 28 Call on Prime Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time October 28, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai spent over an hour discussing the overall bilateral relationship, trade and commercial matters, health cooperation, religious freedom and human rights issues, Montagnards in the Ce [...] | 2004-11-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE ETMIN HIV AIDS WTO |
04HANOI2960 | HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR VISITS U.S. GOVERNMENT- [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 trip to Haiphong, the Ambassador visited three HIV/AIDS projects supported by the President's Emergency Plan (EP) and met with city officials. Haiphong is Vietnam's fourth most-populous city and suffers from the country's second highest HIV incidence rat [...] | 2004-11-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
04HANOI2973 | AVIAN FLU, in Viet Nam, FALL 2004 (AI) [...] (U) Summary. Poultry flocks in South East Asia, continue to be infected with highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A Subtype H5N1 (AI) with sporadic reports of human fatalities both in Vietnam and Thailand. As the weather cools and the humidity drops, the viability of the influenza virus improves [...] | 2004-11-03 07:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR VM AFLU |
04HANOI2993 | AVIAN FLU, in Viet Nam, FALL 2004 (AI) [...] (U) Summary. Poultry flocks in South East Asia, continue to be infected with highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A Subtype H5N1 (AI) with sporadic reports of human fatalities both in Vietnam and Thailand. As the weather cools and the humidity drops, the viability of the influenza virus improves [...] | 2004-11-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR VM AFLU |
04HANOI2998 | VIETNAM: PROBABLY NOT VOTING FOR THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and draft resolutions November 5 to Tran Viet Hoang, Desk Officer in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Hoang pledged to pass the documents to senior MFA leaders for review and said that the Vietnamese delegation in New York would re [...] | 2004-11-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VM UNGA HUMANR |
04HANOI302 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (U) The number of suspected cases of avian influenza in humans in Vietnam continues to increase. 10 have now been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory. (Yesterday, we mistakenly reported a total of 12.) The number of affected provinces has further increased to 52 out of a total of 64 provin [...] | 2004-02-03 10:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI3021 | UPDATE ON LABOR EXPORT IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) officials and Vietnamese press reports, increasing labor exports from Vietnam have created new demands for services and protections for overseas workers. While not yet complete, the process of turn [...] | 2004-11-09 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR |
04HANOI3047 | DCM MEETS WITH COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) On November 8, the DCM met with Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Ngo Yen Thi to deliver Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's response to Thi's letter complaining about Vietnam's designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (ref A). [...] | 2004-11-10 04:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI3050 | Ambassador Visits MIA Recovery Site; Meets with [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Nghe An and Ha Tinh Provinces in northern central Vietnam November 4-5 to visit a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) operational recovery site and to observe the turnover of remains believed to be those of an American serviceman lost during the V [...] | 2004-11-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO VM PGOV PHUM KHIV KIRF MARR MOPS |
04HANOI3069 | GVN EAGER TO CONCLUDE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that a visit by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was possible at the end of the first half of 2005, and discussed possible steps to "create the proper atmosphere" for the visit. As one step, the GVN would like to see a conclusion [...] | 2004-11-12 11:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF OTRA OVIP MASS ETRD EAID EINV VM KICC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI3071 | VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...] | 2004-11-15 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
04HANOI3082 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador paid an initial call on Minister of Industry Hoang Trung Hai on November 10, 2004. The Ministry of Industry (MOI) is responsible for key sectors including oil and gas, power generation and automobile manufacturing. The Ambassador advocated on behalf of U.S. invest [...] | 2004-11-15 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD EINV VM SOE |
04HANOI3083 | GVN MISSES DEADLINE FOR RELIGION DECREES [...] (SBU) Vietnam's new Ordinance on Religion came into effect on November 15, but the GVN has yet to issue the necessary decrees detailing how the ordinance is to be implemented (Ref A). Sources within the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) indicated to us that the implementing decrees are pe [...] | 2004-11-15 23:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3084 | VIETNAM: SNAPSHOT OF RECENT ECONOMIC EVENTS [...] This cable describes economic events in Hanoi during October and early November 2004. Financial Sector Donor Working Meeting -------------------------------------- 2. The Financial Sector Donor Working Group met in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss donor projects in the financial sector and [...] | 2004-11-16 02:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAID ENRG VM FINREF |
04HANOI309 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #7 [...] (U) WE ARE AWARE OF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) IN HUMANS IN OUR CABLES, REPORTED BY WHO, AND THE NUMBER REPORTED BY THE GVN'S MOH. THE STATISTICS REPORTED IN OUR CABLES REFLECT WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE MOST RECENT RELIABLE NUMBERS BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS [...] | 2004-02-04 10:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI3092 | VIETNAM'S AVIATION INDUSTRY TAKES OFF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnam's aviation industry is seeking to catch up with those of other countries in the region. The government has dramatically changed its approach to the industry by allowing foreign carriers to increase their share of the market, but the change is unlikely to harm its domestic [...] | 2004-11-17 03:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL VM |
04HANOI3097 | VIETNAM ECONOMY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2004 - STABLE [...] SUMMARY: The Vietnamese economy grew steadily at an annual rate of seven percent in the first six months of 2004. Nonetheless, the economy is facing increasing inflation primarily resulting from external supply factors. Boosted by higher oil prices, export performance remained strong with gro [...] | 2004-11-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VM FINREF |
04HANOI3098 | VIETNAM: MPI CONFRONTS MPT ON INDEPENDENT [...] SUMMARY: A seminar to present the results of a telephone user survey became a venue for a government think tank and others including a local law firm to criticize the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) for its failure to regulate the telecom sector effectively. MPT had declined to partici [...] | 2004-11-17 08:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD EINV VM WTO |
04HANOI321 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #8 [...] (U) WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE TO INDICATE 13 CASES OF LABORATORY-CONFIRMED H5 INFLUENZA IN HUMANS. ------------ PPE SHORTAGE ------------ 2. (U) Due to worldwide demand, the GVN, WHO, and FAO are now facing difficulties in purchasing Personal Protective Equipment (P [...] | 2004-02-05 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI3215 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...] | 2004-11-29 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI3218 | DAS DUGAN MEETS WITH PARTY, PRACTITIONERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 23 meetings in Hanoi, a Communist Party official told DRL DAS Elizabeth Dugan that the Party upholds freedom of religion in Vietnam and stressed that the country's thriving religious life is proof of this. However, the official said that Protestantism has been v [...] | 2004-11-30 07:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3246 | AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the south-central coast of Vietnam and found economic development plans in their infancy. Senior officials called for U.S. investment and humanitarian assistance. The Ambassador raised religious freedom, HIV/AIDS, and educational and cultural exchanges an [...] | 2004-12-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS |
04HANOI3257 | NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH HOLDS LONG AWAITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) held its first National Congress in 20 years December 1-2. The meeting allowed the Church to name a new leadership board, appoint two new pastors and make progress on rewriting the ECVN's charter. The new leadership indicated tha [...] | 2004-12-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3265 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] Summary. The Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong explained to the Ambassador a new initiative to establish Centers of Excellence for returning Vietnam Education Foundation scholars. Building off a suggestion raised during last month's fourth annual Science and Technology Joint [...] | 2004-12-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG KIPR VM IPROP |
04HANOI327 | RESURGENCE OF TRADITIONAL BELIEF CELEBRATIONS [...] (U) Summary. The expansion of religious freedoms and resurgent interest in local culture over the past two decades has also sparked new pride in local folk belief and led to the resurgence of large, well-organized festivals dedicated to local gods and heroes. Poloffs attended one major fes [...] | 2004-02-06 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PGOV VM RELFREE |
04HANOI3273 | VIETNAM: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Summary: The transparency of Vietnam's budget and audit process has improved since the last reporting on this issue. The Law on State Budget effective January 2004 made significant changes including giving the National Assembly (NA) final approval over the budget and its allocation to all GVN [...] | 2004-12-09 03:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID VM |
04HANOI3286 | VIETNAM: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Vietnam's low-threat terrorist situation did not change in 2004. There is a tiny Muslim population with no known affiliations with international terrorist organizations. There is no evidence that terrorists operate in or transit Vietnam, or that they use Vietnam for other support serv [...] | 2004-12-10 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI330 | TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...] | 2004-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
04HANOI3301 | Congressman Chabot Meets with Foreign Ministry, [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblyman Vu Xuan Hong. Representative Chabot thanked Vietnam for its efforts in the fullest possible accounting of MIA's and urged the GVN to take further steps to advanc [...] | 2004-12-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV OTRA VM HUMANR IPROP RELFREE |
04HANOI3313 | Congressman Chabot Meets with Ministries of Trade, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi, Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 and 14 with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DCM accompanied the Congressman to the Ministry [...] | 2004-12-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV OTRA PREL VM WTO IPROP |
04HANOI333 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #9 [...] (U) LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE 15 CASES OF LABORATORY- CONFIRMED H5 INFLUENZA IN HUMANS. WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THIS FIGURE WITH THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. ---------------------------- GVN BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADORS ---------------------------- 2. (U) A GVN briefing for [...] | 2004-02-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI3331 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...] | 2004-12-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO |
04HANOI3332 | VIETNAM: SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR 2005 NTE [...] This cable transmits post's suggested revisions to the text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Vietnam. As instructed reftel, text was sent via email attachment separately to USTR. 2. Begin text of draft NTE report: VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Viet [...] | 2004-12-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIS VM BTA IPROP SOE FINREF |
04HANOI3335 | VIETNAM: INSCR RESPONSE PART II, MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Although the government monitors international financial transactions in Vietnam closely, it is not clear whether the procedures are adequate to preclude money laundering or terrorism financing. Some branches of the government are more cooperative than others in trying to addres [...] | 2004-12-20 04:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL VM EUN CTERR CNARC FINREF |
04HANOI334 | H5N1 AVIAN FLU RESPONSE [...] Following are post's responses to questions posed in Reftel. I. Yes, there is active animal surveillance in Vietnam. A. Ministry of Agriculture Contact: Dr. Bui Quang Anh Director General Department of Animal Health (MARD/DAH) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) N [...] | 2004-02-08 23:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON EAID KHIV AMED VM AFLU |
04HANOI3341 | Charge Meets with UNHCR Regional Representative [...] (SBU) The Charge met December 17 with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son. According to Utkan, he had had a productive meeting earlier in the day with MFA Director General for Consular Affairs Bui Dinh Dinh and had focused on three iss [...] | 2004-12-20 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
04HANOI335 | VIETNAM'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's banking sector is presently characterized by a few dominant state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs),a number of comparatively small joint stock banks (JSBs),and some foreign banks. In recent years, the GVN has undertaken a number of reforms, with the goals of ensuring [...] | 2004-02-09 01:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM BTA FINREF SOE |
04HANOI3352 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SECURITY LAW, BLASTS PM ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) ended its autumn session on December 4 after passing six new laws, including two on publishing and national security. The contents of the National Security law have not been released, but they reportedly seek to rein in the military's intelligence se [...] | 2004-12-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MARR VM DPOL |
04HANOI3356 | 2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
04HANOI336 | DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN VIETNAM'S LABOR [...] SUMMARY: With approximately 340,000 Vietnamese currently working overseas, Vietnam looks to labor exports as a means to expand opportunities for its growing labor force while generating foreign exchange. In order to address the challenges created by the increase in labor exports, Vietnam inc [...] | 2004-02-09 01:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON VM KTIP TIP LABOR |
04HANOI3392 | GVN Warns of Christmas Unrest in the Central [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Foreign Minister and Americas Department Director General Nguyen Duc Hung called in the Charge December 24 to warn of a "plot" to cause unrest in the Central Highlands -- specifically the provinces of Dak Lak, Kon Tum and Gia Lai -- and encourage ethnic minorities to [...] | 2004-12-24 04:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF VM CB CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3417 | VIETNAM ENGAGES THIRD COUNTRIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has been actively engaging third countries in formal exchanges on human rights issues, including hosting the annual Canada-China-Norway human rights forum, carrying out a bilateral discussion on the death penalty with EU countries and conducting the bi-annual EU-Vietnam [...] | 2004-12-29 04:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EU VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI3424 | MINISTRY OF SECURITY NEWSPAPER ACCUSES UNHCR OF [...] (SBU) An Ninh The Gioi (World Security),a newspaper published by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),printed a long article (excerpted below) on December 29 accusing two UNHCR employees - Westerner Katy Grant and ethnic Vietnamese Y Xuan - of having links with separatist groups and attemp [...] | 2004-12-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI347 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #10 [...] (U) THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM INDICATES THAT TYPE SPECIFIC LABORATORY TESTS HAVE CONFIRMED THE TWO NEW CASES OF H5 INFLUENZA IN HUMANS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HUMAN CASES IN VIETNAM TO 18 (13 OF WHOM HAVE DIED). THESE TWO NEW CASES WERE HOSPITALIZED IN HCMC, AND INCLUDE A 6 YEAR-OLD B [...] | 2004-02-09 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI351 | STAFFDEL FLICKNER'S TRIP TO VIETNAM [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel Flickner's visit to Vietnam January 10-15, the delegation met with the Office of the Government (OOG),during which its Vice Minister expressed his appreciation for U.S. assistance, requested continued support, and asked for continued dialogue on human rights and rel [...] | 2004-02-10 04:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP EAID ETRD PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS |
04HANOI367 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #11 [...] (U) THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM REPORTS NO NEW CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HUMANS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 19 CONFIRMED HUMAN CASES OF H5N1, OF WHICH 14 HAVE DIED. ------------------ FINANCIAL SUPPORT ------------------ 2. (U) MONETARY AND IN-KIND SUPPORT CONTINUE TO BE PLEDGED. WHO IS TH [...] | 2004-02-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI377 | MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...] | 2004-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN |
04HANOI383 | MORE ALLEGATIONS OF HARRASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Protestant community in northern Vietnam continue to provide the Embassy with cases of alleged abuse by local authorities. The claims range from petty harassment of believers to two accusations of rape in the Northern Highlands province of Lai Chau. While the [...] | 2004-02-12 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI391 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP INPUT FOR VIETNAM [...] Summary: According to CTAG members (and representatives from Switzerland, Spain, and Australia) at Hanoi-based Embassies, Vietnam receives little attention and less assistance, especially compared to high-threat Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia. Some members -- notably Australia, [...] | 2004-02-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC VM CTERR |
04HANOI392 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #12 [...] (U) THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM REPORTS 19 CONFIRMED HUMAN CASES OF H5N1, OF WHICH 14 HAVE DIED. CASE AND FATALITY COUNTS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE TUESDAY 2/12/04. --------------------------- BUSINESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS --------------------------- 2. (U) ON FEBRUARY 11, 2004, THE HANOI [...] | 2004-02-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI405 | ADMIRAL FARGO DISCUSSES AREAS OF FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on February 9, Admiral Thomas Fargo, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted the recent improvement of bilateral relations, and discussed establishment of an IMET p [...] | 2004-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM CNARC CTERR |
04HANOI406 | VIETNAM: NIKE RAIDS IN HANOI - SMALL STEP IN THE [...] SUMMARY: In November 2003, the Ministry of Trade's Market Management Bureau (MMB),in cooperation with Nike's Brand Protection Specialist, raided 21 private sport shops and a state-owned knitwear factory, confiscating more than 1,200 counterfeit items. Two months later, the MMB destroyed al [...] | 2004-02-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP |
04HANOI447 | ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...] | 2004-02-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP |
04HANOI48 | Vietnam: Moving Ahead Towards an Adoptions [...] (U) Summary. In a meeting with Consul, Mr. Long, the Acting Director of the new Department of International Adoptions (DIA) in the Ministry of Justice identified the issue of "state vs "government" as the GVN's most significant issue regarding completion of the draft Protocol on adoptions. [...] | 2004-01-08 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
04HANOI51 | Listening to the views of "the people" [...] (U) Summary. The GVN has set up a comprehensive system of offices to receive public complaints, including direct contact with local officials on a regular basis. It appears that these offices mostly give guidance on where to go for more specific resolution of problems rather than actually [...] | 2004-01-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL |
04HANOI513 | VIETNAM: EMBASSY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2004 as enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- Vietnam continued to make some [...] | 2004-02-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP BTA |
04HANOI517 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CPV ECONOMIC CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, CPV economic czar Truong Tan Sang underscored the importance of the private sector and SOE reform in maintaining high growth rates and employment generation. He promised to privatize parts of Vietnam Airlines and to strengthen IPR enforcement. T [...] | 2004-02-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EFIN PREL PINR VM IPROP FINREF SOE WTO BTA |
04HANOI535 | YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...] | 2004-02-25 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC |
04HANOI548 | RAPE -- OR CORRUPTION? -- TAKES DOWN SENIOR OFFICIAL [...] (U) According to media reports, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on February 25 suspended Vice Chairman of the National Committee for Sports Luong Quoc Dung following his arrest February 19 on charges of child abuse. Dung reportedly has already confessed to having sex with a 13 year old girl in [...] | 2004-02-26 05:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM VM DPOL |
04HANOI555 | OPEN 2003 LETTER FROM FATHER LY TO US CONGRESS [...] (U) In a January 8 meeting in Hanoi, Vice Minister of Public Security Le Van Huong gave Senator Samuel Brownback a copy of an open letter in Vietnamese to the US Congress dated June 27, 2003 by imprisoned Catholic Priest Nguyen Van Ly (Ref A). The letter, the text of which follows in para 3, [...] | 2004-02-26 07:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL OREP VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI558 | VIETNAM AND CHINA SIGN PRELUDE TO FISHING PROTOCOL [...] (U) Summary: At the conclusion of ministerial talks in Hanoi February 24, Vietnam and the PRC signed an agreement on the basic contents of a future protocol for fishing cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin, expected to be signed later this year in Beijing. Vietnam views this protocol as essen [...] | 2004-02-26 09:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIS CH VM PTBS CVR |
04HANOI582 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #14 [...] U) The WHO investigative team continues to report 23 confirmed human cases of H5N1, of which 15 have died. While the confirmed case count is unchanged, suspect cases are daily identified, many of which are ruled out. One new case occurred in a district of a province that had not reported case [...] | 2004-02-27 07:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI634 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE - DEMONSTRATIONS 1A. NO 1B. YES 1C. YES 1D. :Following the initiation of hostilities in the Gulf, there were small street demonstrations across from mission facilities in both Hanoi and HCMC of about 100. In addition there were also some large rallies (5,000 [...] | 2004-03-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI636 | VIETNAM: CONGRESSMAN COLLINS MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R- GA) met with Vietnam's Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to discuss bilateral trade relations. Collins emphasized that bilateral cooperation on trade is closely linked to cooperation in other areas such as MIA issues. Tuyen emphasize [...] | 2004-03-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ETRD ECON PREL KPOW VM BTA LABOR WTO DPOL |
04HANOI638 | A PRISON FOR THE WORST OFFENDERS [...] (U) Summary. At what was described as only one of two prisons nationwide for serious male criminal offenders, conditions were basic, clean, and orderly. Prisoners must work without pay on prison farms, which produce most of the prison food. Almost 40 pct of the prisoners were convicted on [...] | 2004-03-03 05:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PGOV SNAR SOCI VM CNARC CTERR HUMANR |
04HANOI64 | FAMILY PLANNING IN PRACTICE ALONG THE HCM HIGHWAY [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reftel described Vietnam's new ordinance on family planning that went into effect on May 1, 2003, "encouraging" families of one or two children but highlighting individual choice. Under the revised national guidelines, no fines or administrative sanctions are to be [...] | 2004-01-09 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR |
04HANOI652 | INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...] | 2004-03-04 03:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP |
04HANOI663 | RECENT MAJOR DRUG CASES IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A recent large drug trial in Ho Chi Minh City concluded on February 26, with the People's Court handing down four death sentences, four life imprisonments, and other lengthy prison terms. 140 other suspects are to be tried at a later date. Other cases in Son La, Da Nang, and N [...] | 2004-03-05 02:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
04HANOI671 | Vietnam Auto Taxes take their Toll on Manufacturers [...] (SBU) Summary: Increases in the Special Consumption Tax (SCT),VAT and import duties applied to cars manufactured from kits (CKDs) that went into effect January 1 are already negatively impacting the auto industry in Vietnam. Sales across the industry fell dramatically in January. Also, acc [...] | 2004-03-05 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON VM |
04HANOI677 | Vietnam Requests Avian Influenza (AI) Assistance [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 14. 2. Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has requested avian influenza training assistance from HHS/CDC and USDA/APHIS to address laboratory and surveillance issues. The GVN will be working with the World Bank, WHO, FAO, and [...] | 2004-03-05 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT EAGR CASC TBIO VM AFLU |
04HANOI682 | REPORT ON DOE/STATE VISIT TO VAEC AND DALAT [...] SUMMARY: A DOE/State delegation participated in meetings in Hanoi and Dalat, Vietnam on February 10 and 12 to discuss with Vietnamese officials and reactor operators a U.S. proposal to ship fresh fuel assemblies containing HEU to Russia and to convert the Dalat Research Reactor to LEU fuel. [...] | 2004-03-08 04:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG TRGY VM |
04HANOI693 | February 24 Repatriation Discussions [...] (U) Summary. A joint DOS/DHS delegation proffered a new approach to resolving the issue of the acceptance by Vietnam (GVN) of its nationals, based on the successful arrangement now in place with the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC). GVN officials agreed to review the new approach, but held t [...] | 2004-03-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KJUS PREL CASC VM |
04HANOI696 | Vietnam denies U.S. MFN Duty Reductions [...] (U) Summary: In February, in connection with a recently amended bilateral agreement with the EU, Vietnam reduced import duties on wines and motorcycles from the European Union. In contravention of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement, these lower duties have not been extended to U.S. p [...] | 2004-03-09 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM BTA |
04HANOI700 | CODEL COLLINS' FRANK AND FINAL MEETINGS ON POW/MIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On his last day of meetings in Hanoi February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R-GA) met senior GVN leaders and reviewed progress on POW/MIA issues during his trip. Conversations focused on the GVN's current efforts and what the USG and the GVN agree that the GVN should do in the f [...] | 2004-03-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL KPOW VM |
04HANOI710 | GVN UPDATES ON SITUATION FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent meetings in Hanoi with DRL/IRF's Dr. Will Inboden, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials reiterated firmly that religious freedom already exists in Vietnam, but also noted progress on a new ordinance for religion, as well as new training classes on religion for loc [...] | 2004-03-10 04:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI711 | POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation for the Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) continues slowly to improve, with the long-delayed appointment of an ethnic minority preacher in Lang Son province as well as concrete steps towards holding a general congress soon. The meeting, which would be th [...] | 2004-03-10 05:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HANOI712 | GVN CONFIRMS CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DECREE ON CHURCHES [...] (U) Summary: The Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) envisions its December 2003 decree on relations with the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) as reestablishing a "normal" situation for the Protestants in the Central Highlands. The CRA sees the approval of ten new con [...] | 2004-03-10 08:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI713 | SALVAGE TALKS IN HCMC - NO U.S. SHIP, BUT PROGRESS [...] Summary. In expert-level U.S.-Vietnam talks regarding options for underwater recovery of Vietnam War-era MIAs, the GVN agreed "in principle" to U.S. technical suggestions, but stressed that underwater search and recovery operations would continue to be carried out on Vietnamese vessels only. [...] | 2004-03-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KPOW VM |
04HANOI719 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Summary. Econ Counselor met with State Securities Commission (SSC) Vice Chairman who spelled out his vision for expanding Vietnam's capital markets. The Vice Chairman confirmed the Prime Minister's recent decision to place the SSC directly under Ministry of Finance authority. DPM Vu Kh [...] | 2004-03-10 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD VM FINREF |
04HANOI722 | "TERRORIST" CASES OF LY TONG AND VO VAN DUC [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (U) Following up on Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung's verbal request to Charge on March 4, the MFA formally provided via diplomatic note a request for firm punishment against convicted hijacker Ly Tong or his extradition to Viet [...] | 2004-03-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
04HANOI726 | POSSIBLE UNODC TERRORISM PROJECT IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Poloff met February 27 with Dolgor Solongo, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Terrorism Prevention Branch, UN Office of Drugs and Crime. Solongo was in Vietnam to review the GVN's approach to counterterrorism, partic [...] | 2004-03-11 09:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER VM CTERR |
04HANOI727 | IAEA - UPDATE ON VIETNAM'S RESPONSE TO OFFER OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN SECURING HIGH RISK RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] This is an action cable. Please see Paragraphs 6 and 7 below. 2. On January 9, 2004, Embassy EST Officer met with Dr. Dang Thanh Luong, Director, Vietnam Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Authority (VRPNSA) to follow-up on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s proposal regarding Vi [...] | 2004-03-11 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PTER KNNP VM IAEA ENRG |
04HANOI729 | NORTHERN CATHOLICS RELY ON TIES SOUTH, ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Catholic Church remains strong in the northern provinces of Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh, the historic heartland of Catholicism in Vietnam. With government acceptance, the Church is expanding the number of clergy, renovating colonial-era churches, and planning new charitable pro [...] | 2004-03-12 01:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI738 | A/S TAYLOR DISCUSSES SECURITY AND COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting March 10 with visiting Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Frank Taylor, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong said he wanted to see closer cooperation between MPS and the Embassy, including formal communication channels for CT and [...] | 2004-03-12 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER SNAR KCRM VM CTERR |
04HANOI752 | CONVICTION OF PHAM VAN TUONG AKA THICH TRI LUC [...] (U) In a brief trial on March 12, former Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Pham Van Tuong (better known by his earlier religious name of Thich Tri Luc) was sentenced by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court to twenty months' imprisonment for "fleeing abroad with a view to opposing [...] | 2004-03-15 07:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL CB VM |
04HANOI786 | NEXT STEPS ON TIP IN VIETNAM: LEGAL REFORM [...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has the outline of a plan of action to reform TIP legislation in conformity with UN standards and to deal with the problem more effectively. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is on board but has some concerns about implementation. The plan is a dir [...] | 2004-03-18 09:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP |
04HANOI821 | Vietnam: MOT Affirms No MFN for U.S. Wines [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 16, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen asserted that textile agreements are outside the "WTO track" and exempt from MFN. He confirmed that the GVN believes it is not obligated to extend tariff reductions given to EU wines in the context [...] | 2004-03-22 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM BTA WTO |
04HANOI86 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES SEEK OFFICIAL REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jehovah's Witnesses maintain a small network of unregistered churches across Vietnam. In urban areas, they have developed working relationships with authorities that allow them to operate unofficially, although smaller congregations in rural areas report some harassment. [...] | 2004-01-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM VM RELFREE |
04HANOI886 | ICT REFORM: WILL REALITY MATCH ENCOURAGING WORDS? [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (CIP),came to Hanoi February 27 for discussions on Vietnam's telecom and ICT market. He met a Vice Minister of Posts and Telematics (MPT),a Vice President of Vietnam's state-owned telephone [...] | 2004-03-29 06:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV VM IPROP WTO |
04HANOI888 | Vietnam: Textile Consultations in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner and Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary James Leonard led textile consultations with the GVN March 17-18. The discussions focused on whether Vietnam's textile quotas should be reduced, given a U.S. C [...] | 2004-03-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTEX VM |
04HANOI889 | Vietnam Working on U.S. MFN Duty Issue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econcouns met MOT DG for Multilateral Affairs Khanh to discuss the MFN duty issue on March 26. Khanh said he was working to solve this issue, but that some in the GVN believed that since textiles were excluded from the BTA, anything in a textile deal with the EU was not subject [...] | 2004-03-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM WTO |
04HANOI891 | Vietnam: Negotiations with the GVN on an Adoptions [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations on an adoptions Protocol on March 11 and 12 made progress, but final agreement was not reached. Despite repeated USG assertions prior to the talks that the USG would not negotiate a new treaty, the largest sticking point for the GVN was their insistence on a tre [...] | 2004-03-30 02:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
04HANOI898 | VIETNAM: STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reform of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector is one of the primary pillars of Vietnam's reform efforts and ongoing transition to a market economy. Relying on a four-pronged strategy that includes increasing competition, hardening budget constraints, divesting "non- strateg [...] | 2004-03-30 08:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID VM SOE |
04HANOI90 | 9TH PARTY PLENUM ENDS WITHOUT A BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. With no real surprises, the 9th CPV plenum concluded with predictable calls for faster economic growth and integration as well as tougher campaigns against corruption. No major personnel shifts were announced (or apparently made),but four Central Committee members were cens [...] | 2004-01-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL |
04HANOI908 | INFLUENCE ANALYSIS - VIETNAM [...] Per Reftel request, Post provides an Influence Analysis statement on Vietnam. 2. The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has a monopoly on political power. A hierarchy topped by the Politburo sets its policies. The decision-making process is opaque to most observers and usually slow. Input f [...] | 2004-03-31 06:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP VM DPOL |
04HANOI910 | MPT Describes Vietnam's Telecom Situation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and Introduction. On February 17, 2004, the Ministry of Post and Telematics (MPT) addressed a series of questions prepared and submitted in advance by Post on the following topics: services and licenses, interconnection, charges and dispute resolution, spectrum allocation, and [...] | 2004-03-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV VM SOE |
04HANOI916 | HUE POLICE RUN INTERFERENCE IN MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A political reporting trip to Hue by Embassy poloff and congenoff was marred by police obstruction of attempted meetings with non-recognized religious figures. These unfortunately successful attempts at blocking access are more damaging to GVN credibility on religious freedom [...] | 2004-04-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI920 | U.S.-VIETNAM DRUG COOPERATION COULD STRENGTHEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: GVN Defense and Public Security Ministries, as well as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),are "eager" to work on implementation of the new bilateral counternarcotics letter of agreement. Training and infrastructural assistance are high GVN priorities; all are interested i [...] | 2004-04-02 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR EAID PREL VM CNARC |
04HANOI923 | JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Embassy recommends that the USG Agent Orange/Dioxin Interagency Working Group meet to review and discuss the contents of this cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: More than two years after the March 2002 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address joint r [...] | 2004-04-02 01:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL TBIO VM |
04HANOI956 | DEPUTY AG MINISTERS GET OFF ON APPEAL [...] (U) Summary. The suspension of jail sentences of two former deputy Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) by the Hanoi Court of Appeals on April 5 will undermine public credibility in the GVN's determination to stem official corruption, even though the Court upheld the death [...] | 2004-04-06 03:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
04HANOI962 | VFM BANG ON UPCOMING VISITS, HUMAN RIGHTS, SHIPS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP PHUM MARR VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HANOI966 | VIETNAM: MICROSOFT FOCUSED ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. While disappointed in the lack of progress in improving IPR protection in Vietnam, Microsoft remains committed to engaging the GVN on this critical issue. Microsoft and Business Software Alliance (BSA) representatives are looking at ways to encourage the GVN to adopt a legitim [...] | 2004-04-07 04:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
04HANOI980 | Vietnam: Implementation of BTA Customs Obligation [...] (U) Summary: The GVN has taken significant steps toward implementing the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) obligation to adopt a system of customs valuation based on the transaction value of the imported merchandise, according to GATT standards. At this time, the GVN is applying t [...] | 2004-04-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM BTA |
04HANOI982 | Yerxa Says To Push Vietnam on WTO Offer [...] (SBU) Visiting WTO DG Rufus Yerxa described his discussions with GVN officials on WTO accession at an April 7 luncheon attended by Ambassador. Also present were the Ambassadors of Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the EC, the Representative from Taiwan and reps from the Worl [...] | 2004-04-08 07:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON VM WTO |
04HANOI998 | LETTERS FROM FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (U) During the January visit of Senator Brownback, Father Nguyen Van Ly provided his staff with copies of letters -- written while in prison, in Vietnamese -- that he had written to Parliamentary audiences in Europe and the U.S. and to the Catholic hierarchy in Vietnam. (Reftel provides tr [...] | 2004-04-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HARARE1009 | MDC QUIETLY CULTIVATING DOMESTIC ALLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions with MDC officials reveal continued hope within the party for the success of mass action and a broad alliance of civic groups. Discouraged by unsuccessful efforts in court and in recent elections, the party leadership plans to press the ruling party through mass actio [...] | 2004-06-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE1018 | POLITBURO MEMBER ON RULING PARTY INTENTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Central Committee member Simba Makoni told the Ambassador on June 17 that GOZ efforts to reach out to the international community, including international financial institutions, were not a compelling priority for the ruling party. The party leadership would not accept [...] | 2004-06-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1021 | NATIONALIZATION FALLOUT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The public debate over GOZ plans to nationalize most productive farmland has begun. The initial policy announcement was only the first salvo. There appears to be a growing fissure within ZANU-PF over nationalization. End summary. 2. (SBU) Ostensibly correcting Land Minister J [...] | 2004-06-21 06:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1067 | COSMETIC ELECTORAL REFORMS EMERGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Electoral law changes proposed by the ruling party last week appear to be attempts to project a more level political playing field without jeopardizing the party's absolute grip on power in the run-up to next March's scheduled parliamentary elections. The proposals provide for [...] | 2004-06-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1083 | A CONVERSATION WITH WELLINGTON CHIBEBE [...] (SBU) Summary: After attending the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva, Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union's (ZCTU),talks about the ILO Conference, land nationalization, and wage negotiations. End summary. ILO CONFERENCE - [...] | 2004-07-01 05:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE1110 | GA-GA FOR GONO [...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Harare, the Staff Delegation lunched with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. The conversation touched upon the local economy and the international community, land nationalization, food security and recent food deals, electoral reform, and [...] | 2004-07-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1112 | ATTACK ON MDC PROVINCIAL MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. ZANU-PF youths on July 2 attacked an MDC provincial assembly attended by several MDC leaders, including Morgan Tsvangirai, in Mashonaland Central. The youths destroyed property and injured MDC supporters. Police blamed the incident on MDC members, while MDC leaders believe the CI [...] | 2004-07-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF |
04HARARE112 | Stronger Zimdollar Slows Inflation [...] Summary: A 35-40 percent stronger zimdollar has caused the pace of year-on inflation to slow from 620 to 599 percent. This is the first reduction in Zimbabwe's inflation rate since March 2002, when it fell from 116 to 113 percent. The crucial question remains: Can the Reserve Bank (RBZ)'s n [...] | 2004-01-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1139 | HOLDING ZIMBABWE ACCOUNTABLE FOR FOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE1147 | HIGHLIGHTS / RESULTS REPORT: COMMUNITY BANKING [...] Description of Activity: PAS Harare hosted a one-hour TPC on Community Banking with Liz Kelderhouse, Community Officer for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Ms. Kelderhouse outlined the different models of Community Banks in the U.S. and how they strive to reach out to th [...] | 2004-07-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1157 | STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...] | 2004-07-15 05:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP |
04HARARE1179 | GOVERNMENT PRESSES WOMEN'S ACTIVIST GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA),a group that demonstrates against human rights abuses and particularly against the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),are on trial for violating POSA. The trial was continued after two successive court dates in June for lack of a magi [...] | 2004-07-19 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1180 | MEDIA REACTION: HIV/AIDS GLOBAL FUND; HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim losing out on HIV/Aids global fund," the July 18 edition of the independent weekly "The Standard" carried the following editorial on page 8: 2. ". . .Although the war on HIV/AIDS is being fought on many fronts. . .there is no doubt that this diseas [...] | 2004-07-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
04HARARE1197 | ANOTHER OPPOSITION MP ARRESTED [...] (U) GOZ police arrested MDC MP for Glen Norah, Priscilla Misihairambwi - Mushonga on July 15. Misihairambwi was asked to present herself to the Law and Order section at Harare Central Police station at 9:30 am. Charged under the Miscellaneous Offences Act, she is accused of having breached the [...] | 2004-07-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ZI MDC |
04HARARE1201 | OPPOSITION GIRDS FOR TREASON TRIAL VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC is preparing for the possibility that its President, Morgan Tsvangirai, will be found guilt of treason in a verdict scheduled to be issued July 29. Tsvangirai told the Ambassador July 19 that the party woul SIPDIS boycott elections and not negotiate with the ruling part [...] | 2004-07-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE1205 | TREASON VERDICT REPORTEDLY DEFERRED [...] (SBU) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's lawyers informed the Embassy July 20 that the High Court had advised them that day that judgment in Tsvangirai's treason trial would not be rendered July 29, as earlier expected. The court did not indicate a new date for the judgment's release or a reas [...] | 2004-07-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE1206 | LITTLE NEW IN MUGABE'S OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] (U) In his remarks opening the fifth and final session of the country's fifth parliament, President Mugabe projected familiar GOZ refrains: good harvests assured adequate food supplies into the next season; the nation's economy was recovering; ongoing land acquisitions would meet the populati [...] | 2004-07-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ZI |
04HARARE1210 | WORKING WITH WILDLIFE [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, perspectives of the World Wildlife Fund differ from GOZ's National Parks and Wildlife Authority on the state of wildlife, conservancies, land nationalization, and the proposed Trans-Frontier Park. Despite National Parks' positive picture, the once exemplary wildlif [...] | 2004-07-22 08:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1217 | EMPLOYERS' VIEW OF WAGES AND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: On 22 July 2004, EconOff discussed wage negotiations and economic recovery with Mr. J. Mufukare of the Employers' Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ). Mufukare also related some interesting information about price controls and the Zimbabweans' character. Business is poor with no [...] | 2004-07-23 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE122 | LESS VIOLENCE - BUT ZANU-PF STILL AHEAD IN RUN-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC candidate in an upcoming by-election reported that the pre-election environment was less threatening than press reports describe. A Minister reiterated ZANU-PF's age-old theme that the West was responsible for Zimbabwe's problems at a rally for the ruling party candidat [...] | 2004-01-22 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
04HARARE1222 | Parallel Market Takes Off [...] Summary: The GOZ's overvalued currency still plagues exporters. Despite GOZ enforcement against parallel trading, the gulf between auction and market rates is growing. Notwithstanding the GOZ propaganda onslaught that the country is experiencing a socio-economic turnaround and faces bright p [...] | 2004-07-23 10:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1224 | LAWYERS ELABORATE ON TSVANGIRAI CASE [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's lawyers told the Embassy on July 22 that the court advised them that announcement of the verdict had been postponed until August, date to be determined. The reason given was that the assessors had requested full transcripts of the trial for further r [...] | 2004-07-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
04HARARE124 | TREASON TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's treason trial resumed in the High Court on January 19. The defense concluded its direct examination of Tsvangirai on January 22 and the case now moves to Tsvangirai's cross- examination by the prosecution. The trial will likely conclude [...] | 2004-01-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC |
04HARARE1250 | CRACKDOWN ON NGOS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe is putting the squeeze on non-governmental organizations. GOZ officials have said NGOs will be required to operate with the permission of provincial governments and in accordance with conditions set out in a proposed restrictive new NGO bill. The draft bi [...] | 2004-07-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ZI |
04HARARE128 | DAILY NEWS BACK ON STREETS [...] (U) High Court Judge Tendai Uchena on January 21 again ordered the police to vacate the premises of The Daily News (TDN) following an admission in court by the Attorney General's office that there was no legal basis for police occupation of the premises. After receiving a call on January 21 [...] | 2004-01-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO PREL SA ZI |
04HARARE1280 | CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL VISITS [...] On July 2nd, Congressional Professional Staffers Joan Condon and Pearl Alice Marsh, House International Relations Committee, and USAID Congressional Liaison Officer, Susan Williams, were joined by Acting USAID Director, Michael Foster, and Econ Opportunities Team Leader, Sarah Bishop, on [...] | 2004-07-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI VIP |
04HARARE1281 | Mid-Year Budget Statement Is Nonevent [...] Summary: Acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa's mid- year speech offered neither recognition of Zimbabwe's exporter crisis nor innovative prescriptions. Once again, the beleaguered Finance Ministry has punted the ball to Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono. End summary. Adjustment for Bra [...] | 2004-07-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1293 | More fluff than focus from central bank [...] (U) Summary: In a speech more like a sermon than monetary review, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono delivered his quarterly remarks yesterday. Unfortunately for most Zimbabweans suffering from the country's rapid economic decline, Gono failed to address underlying economic problems, suc [...] | 2004-07-28 11:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1304 | How high can prices go? [...] GOZ enforcement of an overvalued zimdollar has turned the country into an expensive destination for anyone holding foreign exchange. It is an odd turn of events in a country that comparative surveys has always rated one of the world's cheapest. On supermarket shelves, many products now cost [...] | 2004-07-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1308 | ASIAN INDIANS WEIGH PROSPECTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: Can Indian-Zimbabweans escape the wrath that the Mugabe government has showered upon whites? EconOff spoke with Zimbabweans of Indian descent ("Asians" in local vernacular) and an Indian Embassy representative about conditions in Zimbabwe. Some are hopeful while others are le [...] | 2004-07-30 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1309 | A TALE OF TWO VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: Although the media only reports political violence occasionally, most often when it occurs against a prominent individual, Zimbabwe continues to suffer from a steady level of unreported violence that often is devastating to the victims. The opposition is unable to protect its people, [...] | 2004-07-30 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1313 | ZIMBABWE AND THE SADC ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proliferation of meetings relating to election standards in the run-up to next month's scheduled SADC summit in part reflects Zimbabwean and regional efforts to lower domestic and international tensions associated with Zimbabwe's political crisis. Central to the effort are draf [...] | 2004-07-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE1319 | Demand Explodes at Forex Auctions [...] Summary: With the bargain-basement exchange rate of Z$5300:US$ still holding, buyers of foreign exchange at the Reserve Bank's (RBZ) twice-weekly currency auctions are gobbling up as much as they can. Yet with exports apparently dropping, the RBZ lacks inflows to satisfy most importers. End [...] | 2004-08-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1324 | Parallel Market Over Z$10,000:US$ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-04 06:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1329 | THE UNBEARABLE STRANGENESS OF LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Just when you thought the debate over land reform could get no stranger it does. Amid the clamor about ZANU-PF and GOZ bigwigs receiving more than one farm, inter-factional fighting within Zanu-PF has resulted in the GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper inadvertently praising former [...] | 2004-08-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID BTIO EINV EAGR ECON ZI |
04HARARE1335 | REGIONAL ELECTION CONFERENCE CHALLENGES GOZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an NGO-sponsored conference on regional electoral reforms, senior ruling party officials sounded familiar election-related themes to a critical audience of domestic and regional parliamentarians, regional election commissioners and administrators, and NGO representatives. They [...] | 2004-08-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE1347 | Govt/Business: At Least They Talk [...] Summary: The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) annual conference intimates the GOZ is more willing to listen to, though not act upon, private sector concerns. End summary. Cordial Confrontation --------------------- 2. Government and business repeatedly congratulated themselves [...] | 2004-08-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1354 | Zimbabwe Unqualified for AGOA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-11 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE1360 | UN VISITOR TESTS WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy August 6, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh solicited the Ambassador's assessment of the Zimbabwean political and humanitarian situations. He advised that his five-day visit to Zimbabwe was "private" but [...] | 2004-08-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1361 | Zimbabweans evade official exchange rate [...] Summary: The Reserve Bank (RBZ) is playing cat-and- mouse with parallel traders. Since prohibiting payouts for remittances in foreign exchange, business is migrating to Zambia. End summary. 75 Percent Drop in Western Union Transfers ------------------------------------------ 2. The RBZ [...] | 2004-08-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1364 | NATIONAL PARKS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR- A REAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrest of Vitalis Chadenga, the National Parks and Wildlife Authority's Operations Director, yet again reveals GOZ officials' predilection for private gain over public welfare and provides an insight into the fate of wildlife land if nationalized. End Summary 2. (U) Acco [...] | 2004-08-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1386 | 2004 ZIMBABWE CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The continuing political, economic, and social crises in Zimbabwe overwhelm any attempt to eliminate child labor. With 1.1 to 2 million HIV/AIDS orphans, many children must work to survive. As in Ref B, increased enforcement of existing child labor laws awaits resources from GO [...] | 2004-08-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ZI |
04HARARE141 | An Equilibrium Rate at Currency Auctions? [...] Summary: For the fifth consecutive currency auction, the Reserve Bank (RBZ) has pushed down the country's new semi-official exchange rate. As demand for U.S. dollars goes up and the RBZ's supply goes down, economic theory suggests the zimdollar should depreciate. But not here, where stubborn [...] | 2004-01-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1416 | CONTROVERSIAL NGO BILL GAZETTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe gazetted its proposed NGO legislation Friday, August 20. The bill gazetted is substantively the same as draft proposed legislation (see reftel). Under the bill, all NGOs would be required to register with the government, open their financial books to the [...] | 2004-08-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ZI |
04HARARE1417 | MUGABE TAKES ON CATHOLICS AT ARCHBISHOP'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the August 21 installation of the new Archbishop of Harare, President Mugabe stressed the need for Church and state to work with each other on issues of shared responsibility, including human rights and education. He invited the new Archbishop to work with him but blasted Cat [...] | 2004-08-23 15:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI |
04HARARE1420 | Banks eye parallel market [...] Summary: In spite of the GOZ's strong-armed efforts to enforce a fixed (auction) rate, local businesses tell us parallel currency trading is becoming more widespread. NMB now discreetly offers its best customers access to the parallel market. End summary. Zimdollar expensive at any rate - [...] | 2004-08-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1423 | A FEW FINAL REFLECTIONS [...] (C) Rather than reiterate previous analyses, I shall offer a few closing reflections in shorthand form. -- The situation in Zimbabwe today is best defined as a "FROZEN TRANSITION," a political crisis whose lack of resolution affects and deepens all of Zimbabwe's other crises, economic, soci [...] | 2004-08-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
04HARARE1429 | ZVOBGO DEATH LEAVES VOID IN RULING PARTY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1434 | BISHOPS STILL TRYING TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Two of the three Mutare Bishops, Sebastian Bakare (Anglican Church) and Trevor Manhanga (Evangelical Fellowship) updated the Ambassador August 24 on their efforts to mediate a resolution of Zimbabawe,s crisis. Bakare said Tanzanian President Mkapa had assured them that he would remain en [...] | 2004-08-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1435 | "FIRST BOYFRIEND" RELEASED [...] (SBU) The GOZ released Politburo member and prominent businessperson James Makamba from remand prison on August 24. Makamba had been incarcerated since January on charges relating to currency externalization, but was widely reputed to have been put away for cuckolding the President. Regional [...] | 2004-08-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1444 | OPPOSITION REITERATES TENTATIVE BOYCOTT OF [...] (U) The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) announced August 25 that the party,s National Executive had decided to suspend participation in elections. In a briefing to the diplomatic corps the same day, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai said the GOZ,s proposed election reforms were n [...] | 2004-08-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
04HARARE1490 | Where's inflation heading? [...] Summary: After studying the latest Reserve Bank (RBZ)/Central Statistical Office (CSO) figures and comparing notes with local economists, we believe year-to- year inflation will continue to fall to 250-320 percent through the end of 2004. In early/mid-2005, it will again head upwards to at le [...] | 2004-08-31 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1492 | MERCENARY LEADER CONVICTED, OTHERS RELEASED [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper announced on August 28 that Simon Francis Mann was convicted August 27 of violating the Firearms Act. Laurens Jacobus Horne and Jacobus Herminus Carlse were exonerated of related charges and released, while 66 others remained incarcerated after pleadin [...] | 2004-08-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1495 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR GONO: WOLF IN SHEEP,S [...] (C) We are disturbed that Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's expanding hegemony spells more trouble for Zimbabwe's flagging economy. Although he is an ideological moderate by GOZ and Zanu-PF standards, preaching an uncharacteristic fervor for Western and International Monetary Fund (IM [...] | 2004-09-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV |
04HARARE1496 | WHERE "SAVE" GOES, WILDLIFE WILL FOLLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save Valley Conservancy, the largest private wildlife reserve in Africa, may now be facing its own extinction. Land reform has encroached upon the country,s vast wildlife lands, including those of the Conservancy. GOZ,s decisions on [...] | 2004-09-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EINV ECON PGOV EAID ZI |
04HARARE1497 | CIVIL SOCIETY A NO-SHOW AT NCA DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) had planned two demonstrations for September 1, according to NCA Chairman Lovemore Madhuku. The first, intended to be a demonstration by a small group in front of the South African Embassy, failed to materialize. An NCA member delivered a letter [...] | 2004-09-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1498 | Tobacco Output Off 72 Percent [...] Zimbabwe's three auction floors have concluded the 2004 tobacco season. Once the world's number one exporter of tobacco, shrinking harvests have translated into less export revenue and less foreign exchange for the central bank's official currency auctions. Cotton is currently rapidly overta [...] | 2004-09-03 07:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1505 | MUGABE ACCEPTS AMBASSADOR'S CREDENTIALS - OFFERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe on September 2 accepted Ambassador Dell's credentials during a longer than scheduled 90-minute session at State House. Mugabe opened with a lengthy historical diatribe that criticized USG policy, primarily for following the U.K.,s lead. Mugabe stressed that his [...] | 2004-09-07 16:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1518 | THE DIVINE COMRADE M [...] (U) An op-ed piece in the September 1 edition of the GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper declared President Mugabe to have been divinely appointed. Drawing from the books of Daniel, Romans, Amos, Timothy and John, the rambling piece suggests that God speaks to Mugabe (COMMENT: but, inquiring min [...] | 2004-09-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO SOCI ZI |
04HARARE1519 | Possible Financial Sanctions Violation [...] (SBU) Various news reports over the past several months have alleged that a possible grain deal between a GOZ parastatal and U.S. firm Sentry Financial, aspects of which may have violated Executive Order 13288 of March 7, 2003, which restricts financial transactions between U.S. entities and 7 [...] | 2004-09-09 06:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1520 | ZANU-PF WINS SEKE BY-ELECTION THE EASY WAY -- [...] (U) ZANU-PF candidate Phineas Chihota was declared the winner of the Seke parliamentary by-election on September 3 when no other candidate filed for the seat by that day,s deadline. The seat had become vacant following the death of MDC MP Bennie Tumbare-Mutasa in July. ZANU-PF now has 67 sea [...] | 2004-09-09 11:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1526 | OPPOSITION FIGURES ARRESTED, OFFICES RAIDED [...] (SBU) Zimbabwean police on the evening of September 8 arrested MDC MP and Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs Nelson Chamisa and 13 of his constituents at his home in Kuwadzana, a high-density suburb of Harare. Chamisa,s lawyer told us that he expected Chamisa to be charged under the Public Ord [...] | 2004-09-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE1532 | Elections: GOZ Accelerates Populist Economic [...] As expected, the GOZ has recently begun to devote increasing, and disproportionate, resources to ensuring the availability and affordability of politically sensitive goods and services such as maize-meal, fuel and educational expenses. In time-honored fashion, the GOZ expects to pad its share [...] | 2004-09-13 09:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1535 | HIGHLIGHTS / RESULTS REPORT: PAS HARARE SPONSORS [...] Description of Activity: From August 26-September 2, 2004, Dr. Linda Greene, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin- Madison interacted with a variety of stakeholders regarding Sexual Harassment Laws and Policies in Zimbabwe. In addition to delivering the keynote address [...] | 2004-09-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1562 | ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION SPACE OPENING? [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa told poloff on September 14 that the party was finding it easier to conduct rallies around the country, although no-go areas remained. In a surprise move, Mudzinga said Election Registrar General Mudede had agreed to share [...] | 2004-09-17 08:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO ZI MDC |
04HARARE1563 | NGO BILL: GOZ MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Resrep Victor Angelo briefed DCM and USAID Rep on the state-of-play with respect to the NGO bill. Angelo noted that his efforts to broker a compromise with the GOZ had yet to bear fruit and had been damaged by the vocal opposition of local NGOs at a September 7 public parlia [...] | 2004-09-17 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1571 | TSVANGIRAI VERDICT DATE SET - OCTOBER 15 [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's lawyers informed the Embassy on September 17 that the High Court had told them it would render a verdict in the Tsvangirai treason trial on October 15. The case concluded in February 2004, more than a year after it started. 2. (C) Originally, the c [...] | 2004-09-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE1585 | Tobacco Merchant Adjusts to Post-Land Reform [...] (SBU) Executives of U.S. tobacco merchant Dimon forecast Zimbabwe will experience another frustrating harvest in 2005, as the firm's buying continues to shift away from the auction floors and toward contract growing. Dimon does not believe it can revive the interest of Philip Morris and JT Int [...] | 2004-09-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1587 | MDC READOUT OF MBEKI MEETING [...] (C) Summary: DCM met September 21 with Gandhi Mudzingwa, Director of Presidential Affairs for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Mudzingwa confirmed that the MDC had met over the weekend with President Mbeki, who had asked what, short of pressure, he could do to help manage Zimbabwe,s [...] | 2004-09-23 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
04HARARE1588 | Why Gold Is Up and Other Exports Down [...] Summary: Zimbabwean gold production could increase 67 percent to 20 tons this year, according to industry insiders. At current world prices, bullion will easily soar past tobacco and cotton to become the country top foreign exchange earner. As part of the Government's efforts to encourage p [...] | 2004-09-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1593 | MDC HEAD DISMISSES GOZ MOVES; CALLS FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met September 17 with Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who said that the GOZ was making cosmetic changes in the face of internal and external pressure but that the situation on the ground had yet to change and until it did the [...] | 2004-09-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
04HARARE1594 | Police Burn Out Farmers [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, 237 homesteads on 8 farms were burned down by riot police in Mashonaland West province. The government announced that it was removing the A1 (communal) farmers settled there to make way for A2 (individual land holders) farmers. Local attorney Alec Muchad [...] | 2004-09-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1595 | TOBACCO: PRODUCTIVITY OR POLITICS - CHOICE IS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met September 13 with James de la LaFargue and Andrew Ferreira, President and Vice-President respectively of the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association. De la Fargue said tobacco could again become a major export earner but for that to happen the government had to re [...] | 2004-09-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON PREL ZI |
04HARARE1598 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON RBZ GOVERNOR GONO [...] (C) Reserve Bank Governor (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono told Ambassador Dell that he is pursuing closer ties with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by boosting arrears payments, trying to facilitate a meeting between President Mugabe and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato and arranging for an [...] | 2004-09-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV |
04HARARE1599 | BLACK FARMERS GROUP AGREES TO TALKS WITH WHITE [...] (C) Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) President Davison Mugabe told econoff his organization is now prepared to meet formally with representatives of the mainly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). Mugabe appears to have overcome his initial reluctance to engage in such talks prior [...] | 2004-09-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI EINV |
04HARARE1600 | MDC SHADOW MINISTER OF JUSTICE RECOUNTS PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 20 discussion with the Ambassador and USAID Director, MDC MP and Shadow Minister for Justice, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs David Coltart urged the USG to exert strong pressure on the international community to engage the GOZ meaningfully on its election administ [...] | 2004-09-24 08:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID ZI MDC |
04HARARE1620 | MANAGING A BUSINESS IN MUGABE'S SHADOW [...] (SBU) Seven prominent business leaders we recently assembled want the international community to provide Zimbabwe with balance-of-payments support. However, they differ in assessments of the country's progress at reforming its economy and attracting foreign investment. 2. (SBU) The Ambassa [...] | 2004-09-28 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1624 | AMB DELL MEETS TOP LABOR LEADER [...] (C) During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellington Chibebe said President Mugabe was unlikely to leave office, even in 2008 and that the political opposition would likely lose the parliamentary elections badly, largely [...] | 2004-09-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV EAID ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE1636 | IS GOZ PLANNING TO DOUBLE MAIZE PRODUCTION [...] For the 2004/2005 agricultural season the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) seems to be planning for a substantial increase in maize (corn) production above its claimed 2.4 million MT for the recent harvest. Seed companies reported to USAID General Development Officer that the Government requested [...] | 2004-09-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE1643 | NKOMO OPEN TO DIALOGUE [...] On September 27, Ambassador Dell met briefly with Minister of Special Affairs for Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement and ZANU-PF Party Chairman John Nkomo in Nkomo's office. Nkomo welcomed the Ambassador to Zimbabwe and said he was interested in developing a better relationship. He then reci [...] | 2004-09-30 05:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1660 | New Sources Drive Parallel Market [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe-bound remittances through Western Union have dropped by as much as 90 percent, since July 28 when the Reserve Bank (RBZ) decreed that transfer agencies must convert incoming foreign exchange into zimdollars at the official rate and may not disburse foreign exchange. Acc [...] | 2004-10-06 05:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1664 | 600 White Farms Still Hanging On [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: The GOZ has been issuing an increasing number of acquisition notices to the small number of remaining white farmers, but has not taken over many new farms, according to Doug Taylor-Freeme, president of the mostly-white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). He believes around 600 [...] | 2004-10-06 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1681 | Business Seeks to Rebuild Govt Ties [...] (SBU) Summary: The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries' (CZI) top female official berated the GOZ's trade-unfriendly policies and general economic mismanagement. However, she expressed hope that President Mugabe would send the business community a positive signal either by meeting face-to- [...] | 2004-10-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1688 | ZIMBABWE'S APPLICATION OF GUIDANCE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAID PREL US ZI HIV AIDS |
04HARARE1693 | Tough Going for New Farmers [...] (SBU) Summary: In an initial call on the Ambassador, five Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) officials spelled out the hurdles they confront merging 12,000 land reform beneficiaries with their smaller pre-land reform membership. They also showed a willingness to work with a broader ran [...] | 2004-10-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE170 | Rising Food Insecurity in Zimbabwe [...] The number of vulnerable households in Zimbabwe continues to rise as food staples become more expensive. Seed prices have risen beyond affordable levels for most ordinary farmers and the outlook for this year's agricultural season is not yet clear. Continuing economic deterioration, disruptio [...] | 2004-01-29 08:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE1703 | ZIMBABWE LABOR: IF YOU PRICK US, DO WE NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In wide-ranging discussions with EconOff, Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions (ZCTU) affiliates described the toil required to fight for members' living wages. While workers and employers agree on the macro problem (the GOZ),disputes remain over wages and working conditions. [...] | 2004-10-13 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE171 | RULING PARTY PROTESTS TRAVEL ADVISORY, RAISES [...] (C) Deputy Director of ZANU-PF's Bureau of External Relations Itai Mach called poloff on January 27 to protest the text of the travel advisory issued by the Department on January 22 (ref A). He charged that it was a politically motivated effort to disrupt Zimbabwe's "recovering" economy with [...] | 2004-01-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1722 | OPPOSITION LEADER ACQUITTED [...] (U) To a packed courtroom in the late morning of October 15, High Court Justice Paddington Garwe pronounced Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai not guilty on a charge of treason. The verdict brings to conclusion a trial that commenced more than a year ago in which the [...] | 2004-10-15 12:18:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE1729 | TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR ZIMBABWE'S LARGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Clive Stockil, director of Save Valley Conservancy (Zimbabwe's largest private wildlife reserve),told EconOff on October 8 that he has GOZ assurances of no action on the conservancy until after parliamentary elections and a subsequent cabinet reshuffle. End Summary 2. (SBU) [...] | 2004-10-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1734 | Squeeze on Humanitarian Efforts Increasing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOZ obstruction of international organizations, especially in the area of assistance to internally displaced persons, continues. The GOZ has requested that the UN close its Relief and Recovery Unit and is blocking access to newly displaced farmers resettled on former commercia [...] | 2004-10-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ZI |
04HARARE174 | COURT CONSOLIDATES GOZ APPEAL AND DAILY NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: After two days of hearings, Supreme Court Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on January 28 consolidated the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe's (ANZ, parent company of The Daily News) and the Media and Information Commission's (MIC) appeal of lower court decisions permitting publi [...] | 2004-01-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1756 | GOZ TO OPEN MEDIA SPACE? [...] (C) On October 18, CEO Sam Nkomo of The Daily News (TDN),the independent daily that was closed by the GOZ in September 2003 and has been unsuccessful in its efforts to reopen (ref B),met with the Charge to discuss the status of TDN's consolidated court appeal. Although Nkomo did not identif [...] | 2004-10-21 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1758 | Heinz's Burdensome Subsidiary [...] (SBU) Olivine, Heinz's Zimbabwe subsidiary, is barely staying afloat, according to its top official. Unable to freely convert its zimdollar earnings into foreign exchange for needed imports, the firm is operating at 40 percent capacity. Meanwhile, South African manufacturers of cooking oil, [...] | 2004-10-22 07:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1770 | GOZ Deports COSATU Delegates [...] (SBU) Local Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) officials have confirmed press reports that the GOZ deported thirteen visiting delegates from the Congress of South African Trade Unions this afternoon. ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga said Zimbabwean immigration officials broke up a mee [...] | 2004-10-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1771 | Mutare Exporters Feel Pinch [...] (SBU) Once-thriving exporters in the eastern Zimbabwean city of Mutare say the country's overvalued exchange rate has rendered them uncompetitive. From company-to-company, sector-to-sector, their stories have a similar ring of despair. Annualized zimdollar expenses such as labor and energy h [...] | 2004-10-27 05:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1783 | ZCTU Weighs Options After COSATU's Expulsion [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) officials have not decided whether or how to protest the GOZ's deportation of a Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) delegation from Zimbabwe. ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga told us her labor body is waiting to see whether COSATU in [...] | 2004-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE1787 | MDC MP BENNETT JAILED [...] On Thursday morning, October 28, police at Harare International Airport arrested Chimanimani MDC MP Roy Bennett on charges of obstruction of justice. According to Bulawayo MP and MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart, Bennett was on his way to a business meeting in Johannesburg, South [...] | 2004-10-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZI MDC |
04HARARE1790 | SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS ELECTORAL REFORMS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 26, Speaker of the Parliament and ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Emmerson Mnangagwa outlined modest electoral reforms under consideration by the Parliament. He confirmed that the GOZ intended to implement reforms in time [...] | 2004-10-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1791 | Zimbabwe Emergency: Ambassador's Declaration [...] The Ambassador has determined that the complex political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis facing Zimbabwe is of sufficient magnitude to warrant continued USG emergency assistance, and therefore requests continued assistance through USAID, including USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Dis [...] | 2004-10-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE18 | Battle for Final 500 "White" Farms [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ is attempting to seize the final 500 white-owned commercial farms by attacking black business partners. End Summary. 2. (U) During Zimbabwe's tumultuous land redistribution over the past two years, the Government has dispossessed approximately 4,000 of 4,5000 white com [...] | 2004-01-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1818 | Gono Forecasts Economic Growth in 2005 [...] (U) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono was upbeat about the economy's recovery prospects in his quarterly monetary review on October 28, forecasting a 150 percent increase in tobacco production and 3.5-to-5 percent overall economic growth in 2005, as well as single-digit inflation by mid- [...] | 2004-11-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1819 | Despite Obstacles, ExxonMobil Stays Profitable [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's local managing director says his firm is currently eking out a modest profit in Zimbabwe, thanks to guaranteed supplies of foreign exchange at the official rate. Still, the MD told us he tussles regularly with corrupt ministers and micro-fuel operators. End summar [...] | 2004-11-04 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1829 | GROWING FOOD INSECURITY IN [...] There is still great uncertainty about both the quantity of maize (corn) produced in Zimbabwe during the past season and the magnitude of imports by the GOZ. Regardless of the quantities, however, re-distribution of in-country stocks from surplus to deficit rural areas is an immediate prob [...] | 2004-11-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE1842 | MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PARTY TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for Democratic Change Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on November 4 updated poloff SIPDIS on the developing itinerary of opposition party leaders, including regional travel and a planned trip by him and Party President Morgan Tsvangirai to the United States in mid-No [...] | 2004-11-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE1860 | GOZ Seizes 4 White Farms this Week [...] (SBU) Summary: Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) officials tell us the GOZ recently accelerated its acquisition of mostly-white commercial farms under fast- track land reform, causing four CFU members to lose their farms per week at present. However, the CFU officials note in that in the last th [...] | 2004-11-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1862 | GOZ Steps Up Arrests of Forex Externalizers [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ has again been arresting prominent Zimbabwean businesspersons for sending foreign exchange offshore. The GOZ appears to believe that these high profile arrests will deter others from exchanging forex on the ever-resilient parallel market. End summary. 2. (SBU) Over [...] | 2004-11-12 08:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE187 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Since its disputed victory in Zimbabwe's 2002 parliamentary and presidential elections, the ruling ZANU-PF party has pursued a concerted campaign to shrink individual liberties and democratic space in this constitutional republic. The government's human rights record remained poor, altho [...] | 2004-02-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP ZI |
04HARARE1878 | INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL WATCHLIST [...] (SBU) The GOZ is collaborating with Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa on a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings scheduled to take place in Harare November 29-30. Sources at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) indicated that they would share with us material o [...] | 2004-11-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL ZI TIP |
04HARARE188 | MDC UPDATE ON PROGRESS IN TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on January 30 told the Ambassador that he expected to engage his ruling party interlocutor, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, soon on key issues relating to prospective talks. A new electoral law would address many issues, while the fate of [...] | 2004-02-03 04:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SA ZI MDC |
04HARARE1890 | TEACHER UNION TRAVAILS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 9, Raymond Majongwe, of the Progressive Teacher's Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) briefed the Ambassador on his recent visit to South Africa to participate in a workshop sponsored by the Center for Civic Education's CIVITAS program. Majongwe, a civil society activist who h [...] | 2004-11-17 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1898 | Nickel Exporter Using Just 2 of 4 Mines [...] (SBU) On a recent site visit to Bindura Nickel Corp (BNC) in Mashonaland Central, General Manager R. Chinamatira complained to us of Zimbabwe's worsening export climate. Even though nickel reached a 20-year high on world markets this year, BNC is operating only two of four mines. By increasi [...] | 2004-11-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1900 | GOZ Promises Floating Exchange Rate to IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Africa Director Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane said Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono indicated he has set September 2005 as the target month for introducing market- determined exchange and interest rates. End summary. 2. (SBU) Accom [...] | 2004-11-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1913 | GOZ SEEKING THAW WITH USG? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe's congratulatory message to President Bush on his re-election (ref A) is the latest among several indications that the GOZ is prepared to seek some degree of rapprochement with the USG. Exchanges with senior Reserve Bank officials, a businessman well-connected wi [...] | 2004-11-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
04HARARE1914 | JOYCE MUJURU SLATED FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling ZANU-PF party has probably temporarily deferred succession tensions within its ranks by tapping Minister of Water Resources and Infrastructural Development Joyce Mujuru as its second Vice-President at party provincial meetings on November 21. Provincial executives lef [...] | 2004-11-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1943 | COURT CASES UPDATE -- ZIMBABWE'S STRESSED JUDICIARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several noteworthy cases over the last few months suggest the continuing vitality of elements within Zimbabwe's beleaguered judiciary despite political and professional pressures. Courts dismissed charges in the Cain Nkala murder trial, for example, and ordered Information Mini [...] | 2004-11-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI |
04HARARE1963 | ZIMBABWE'S CRICKET DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit by England's cricket team is exposing conflicts inside the ruling party and may evidence further impetus within the GOZ to moderate its anti-Western posture. The GOZ's decision to admit 13 originally barred journalists to cover the tour suggests the waning influence of [...] | 2004-12-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
04HARARE1966 | A Rose-Tinted 2005 Budget [...] (U) Summary: Echoing the line laid out in Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon's Oct 28 address (ref a),acting GOZ Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa forecast robust 3.5- 5 percent GDP growth and 30-50 percent inflation for 2005. In his long annual budget presentation to Parliament on Nov 25, M [...] | 2004-12-06 06:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1969 | Vic Falls Tourism Up - Slightly [...] (SBU) Summary: After striking rock bottom in 2003, Victoria Falls tourism activity has picked up marginally this year. Still, hospitality sector business at Zimbabwe's leading tourist destination is probably off two-thirds from 1997, forcing operators to find innovative ways to break even. I [...] | 2004-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1970 | HARARE UPDATE ON INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOZ and Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa jointly held a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings in Harare on November 29-30. The Embassy sent observers to the meeting, at which officials articulated GOZ interest in developing anti-TIP legislat [...] | 2004-12-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ZI TIP |
04HARARE199 | PARLIAMENT PASSES LAND ACQUISITION ACT AMENDMENTS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considerable debate, Parliament on January 28 passed a controversial Land Acquisition Amendment (LAA) Bill. The bill scales back due process protections for property owners and expands the categories of properties that may be confiscated under the government's land reform [...] | 2004-02-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC ECON EAGR ZI |
04HARARE2001 | PARTY CONGRESS EXPOSES ZANU-PF DIVISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF's Fourth Party Congress reinforced Robert Mugabe's unassailable authority atop a ruling party suffering from roiling ethnic and generational tensions. Recent personnel changes adjustments to the party leadership suggest the ascendancy of Mugabe's Zezuru faction and a vict [...] | 2004-12-10 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE2003 | NGO AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION BILLS PASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following President Mugabe,s state of the nation address on December 9 (septel),Parliament met in an unusual and unexpected extended session and passed two controversial bills: the NGO Bill and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Bill. The bills still await the signature o [...] | 2004-12-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE2006 | WITHOUT DEVALUATION, IMF SEES NO RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) technical mission has analyzed the GOZ's 2005 budget projections and preliminarily concluded that Zimbabwe will suffer a 10.5 percent budget deficit and inflation at over 200 percent next year. RBZ Governor Gono claimed to [...] | 2004-12-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV |
04HARARE2009 | CHISSANO BOOSTS MUGABE AT ZANU-PF PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) In an address to the ruling ZANU-PF,s Fourth Party Congress that was broadcast live on Zimbabwe state radio on December 3, Mozambican President Chissano recounted at length the close historical ties between his Frelimo party and ZANU-PF, and stressed in particular Mozambique's support for [...] | 2004-12-13 15:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE201 | GUTU ELECTION DAYS CALM BUT IRREGULARITIES PERSIST [...] Summary. (C) Observations by Poloff two diplomatic colleagues, and the Zimbabwe Election Support Unit (as reported by both the independent and state-owned press) of the Gutu North parliamentary by-election indicate that voting was calm and observers more welcome than in previous elections. Non [...] | 2004-02-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE2012 | GOZ CABINET OFFICIAL "TALKS" CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: Acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa told the Ambassador he believes the U.S. has exaggerated the GOZ,s democratic shortcomings and urged us to reengage more with Zimbabwe. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. is aware of recent GOZ overtures, but that reality on the ground [...] | 2004-12-14 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE2015 | JUSTICE MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa on December 10 updated the Ambassador on issues associated with the scheduled March parliamentary elections. During the sometimes testy exchange, the Minister did not address the election environment's most [...] | 2004-12-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
04HARARE2026 | MUGABE TONES DOWN RHETORIC IN STATE OF THE NATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his State of the Nation speech to Parliament December 9, Mugabe avoided direct attacks on the U.S., U.K., and other western critics of his government, lauded the supposed economic rebound, and said upcoming Parliamentary elections would be nonviolent and meet SADC principles. [...] | 2004-12-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON TSPL ZI |
04HARARE2034 | ZCTU HEAD: OPPOSITION NEEDS BETTER ORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellington Chibebe told the Ambassador on SIPDIS December 13 that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and civil society in general had to organize better to win what was now likely to be a long-term strug [...] | 2004-12-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV EAID ZI ZANU PF MDC ZCTU |
04HARARE2035 | COMMISSION APPOINTED TO RUN HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a clear--and possibly illegal--power grab, the GOZ appointed a commission December 9 to run the City of Harare, replacing the Harare City Council. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had dominated the Council until earlier this year when the GOZ engineered th [...] | 2004-12-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE2036 | MDC OFFICIALS ON ELECTION PLANS, INTER-PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a lunch at the Residence on December 8, MDC National Campaign Coordinator Ian Makoni and MDC MP (Mutare) Innocent Gonese updated the Ambassador on MDC election plans and inter-party relations. They reported that the MDC was better organized than it had been in previous el [...] | 2004-12-15 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE2046 | GOZ REACTS STRONGLY TO US STATEMENT ON NGO BILL [...] (U) On December 14, the government-run Herald newspaper prominently featured an op-ed piece, "US hypocrisy laid bare," attacking the USG for official statements on the NGO bill recently passed in Parliament (reftel). The feature asserted that the USG reaction was consistent with its &hard and [...] | 2004-12-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE2049 | MDC ON MARCH ELECTIONS; FUTURE EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner on December 8, Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC leadership laid out their plans for contesting the March parliamentary elections, should they decide to participate. The Ambassador said the SADC countries appeared ready to bless the March elections regardless; Tsvangirai a [...] | 2004-12-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
04HARARE2051 | SAVE VALLEY: STRUGGLING TO HOLD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Hammond Ranch, an American-owned property in a southeastern Zimbabwe nature conservancy, remains threatened by the continuing encroachment of settlers encouraged by GOZ land reform policies. The conservancy still hopes to reach an agreement with the settlers that will save one [...] | 2004-12-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE2052 | GIDEON GONO: ZIMBABWE,S WOULD-BE KINGMAKER? [...] (C) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, claiming to be speaking on behalf of President Mugabe, told the Ambassador that Mugabe wanted better relations with the U.S. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. welcomed these overtures, but that we needed to see real changes that matched the rhe [...] | 2004-12-17 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI |
04HARARE2053 | SECOND ELECTORAL BILL PASSES ZIM PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, Parliament passed the Electoral Bill, the second of the electoral reform bills (reftel). The bill incorporated amendments proposed by both parties, (though not all the MDC's proposals) and was not rejected by the MDC-dominated Parliamentary Legal Committee. If [...] | 2004-12-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE2055 | MDC AWAITS NEW PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARIES [...] (U) On December 15, Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa announced that the Delimitation Commission, which establishes new boundaries for parliamentary constituencies, had completed its work in preparation for the March elections and would soon be presenting its report to President Mugabe. Ch [...] | 2004-12-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE2058 | Monthly Inflation Still in 5-10 Percent Band [...] Summary: Despite claims in the Dec 14 Herald that inflation is "on a downward spiral," the rate has held within an approximate 5-10 percent monthly band since the Reserve Bank (RBZ) reasserted control over the exchange rate in January. End summary. 2. While the annual inflation rate has fa [...] | 2004-12-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE2060 | HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE - [...] AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ADVISORS FROM USAID/OFDA/PRETORIA AND USAID/OFDA/W VISITED ZIMBABWE FROM OCTOBER 23 - 29, 2004 TO MONITOR USAID/OFDA- FUNDED ACTIVITIES AND TO INVESTIGATE THE CURRENT AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN COUNTRY. 2. BASED ON FIELD VISITS AND CONVERSATION [...] | 2004-12-21 06:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE2062 | MDC DEFERS BOYCOTT DECISION, PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) In a circular distributed to the diplomatic community on December 20, the MDC announced that it would defer until January a decision on whether to participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for March. The missive reported that the party would continue to canvass its membership [...] | 2004-12-21 08:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE2063 | MUGABE, OLD GUARD ASCENDANT IN NEW POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe on December 17 announced a new 50-member Politburo. The new membership confirms the decline in influence of Speaker of the Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa as well as the fall from grace of hard-liners Information Minister Jonathan Moyo and Minister of Justice Patr [...] | 2004-12-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE2071 | MDC OFFICIAL ON POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa on December 15 updated poloff on MDC priorities and activities in the run-up to the March parliamentary elections. He identified steps ZANU-PF had taken that were leading to a more open political environment, but said the p [...] | 2004-12-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE2082 | ZIMBABWE,S SUGAR QUOTA [...] (C) Zimbabwe has a small U.S. sugar quota that has been fully filled in recent years. In 2003-04, the first year that the GOZ,s land reform policies affected the sugar sector, we estimate that 25 percent of the quota may have come from resettled farms. However, this year overall production h [...] | 2004-12-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI |
04HARARE2090 | RULING PARTY SETS DATE FOR PRIMARIES AMIDST MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF announced that it will conduct its primaries for the March national parliamentary elections on January 15. Intra-party violence has already begun to rise. Fights between supporters of two sitting ZANU-PF MPs and the supporters of their party rivals in two hotly-contested [...] | 2004-12-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE220 | NCA MARCH VIOLENTLY SUPPRESSED; LEADER BEATEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police on February 4 quickly and violently dispersed an early afternoon demonstration organized by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) in support of a new constitution. According to a local human rights lawyer, police arrested 118 protesters and beat up about 50. At l [...] | 2004-02-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI ZI |
04HARARE223 | SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS AIPPA'S CONSTITUTIONALITY, [...] (U) The Supreme Court on February 5 upheld the constitutionality of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). In a long-running case brought by the Independent Journalists Association of Zimbabwe (IJAZ) filed soon after AIPPA was enacted, the ruled that AIPPA sections [...] | 2004-02-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL ZI |
04HARARE224 | Demand for US dollars still growing [...] Summary: Economists, bankers and businessmen around Zimbabwe all ask one question: How soon will the Reserve Bank (RBZ) run out of forex to fuel its new auction system? End Summary. 2. Eligible importers are trying to gobble up everything they can at the Monday and Thursday auctions, sinc [...] | 2004-02-06 07:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE249 | RESHUFFLING THE OLD GUARD [...] SUMMARY: (C) On February 10, President Robert Mugabe announced a new cabinet that looks very similar to the old one. Only one minister was removed from cabinet, the rest either retaining their posts or being moved to other positions. The absence of significant change in a ZANU-PF government [...] | 2004-02-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE256 | Forex Controls Hamper Trade [...] (U) Summary: Vexingly, the GOZ continues its policy of punishing exports and subsidizing imports. Local firms tell us the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) new foreign exchange auctions and other controls make it increasingly difficult to do business. Auctions have yet to deliver on their pro [...] | 2004-02-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE268 | CONVERSATION WITH MDC'S MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AND [...] (c) Summary. Ambassador and DCM dined with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube on February 12. The MDC leaders commented on Tsvangirai's ongoing treason trial. Ncube and Tsvangirai both confirmed that putative talks with ZANU-PF are going nowhere despite wh [...] | 2004-02-13 07:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE278 | Industry Wants New Tripartite Dialogue [...] Summary: Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) President Anthony Mandiwanza told us he is lobbying the GOZ to restart the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) between government, industry and labor. Mandiwanza acknowledged that CZI is unlikely to oppose macroeconomic distortions flowing f [...] | 2004-02-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ZI |
04HARARE279 | Input for President's 2004 AGOA Report on [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ZI |
04HARARE292 | NEW CABINET MEMBER BIOS [...] (C) Reftel reported President Mugabe's February 9 cabinet reshuffle. As promised reftel, we provide below additional biographic information on the new appointees (we have not included cabinet members who retained the same portfolios or were switched to another portfolio): ----------------- [...] | 2004-02-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE296 | Inflationary Pressures Not Abating [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's year-to-year inflation rate has reached 623 percent. Higher duty on many imports and a weakening zimdollar ensure that inflation will remain high. End Summary. Higher duties ------------- 2. The GOZ has raised duty on many imports, in particular on cars. Customs of [...] | 2004-02-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ZI |
04HARARE298 | GOZ SETS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR MARCH AS [...] SUMMARY: The GOZ's February 19 announcement that parliamentary elections would be conducted in March 2004 follows a series of setbacks to prospects that their conduct would be free and fair. During the past week, the GOZ withdrew its request for UN involvement in elections; extended the perm [...] | 2004-02-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE302 | INDEPENDENT MEDIA UNDER THREAT - ANZ HEARING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court has postponed a hearing on The Daily News's (TDN) consolidated appeal, and the paper remains unpublished. Tension between management and journalists resulting from GOZ pressure on ANZ also may be hindering the paper's ability to publish. The GOZ has expanded [...] | 2004-02-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO PINR ZI |
04HARARE312 | MAKONI CONFIRMS TALKS A RUSE [...] (C) Following a conversation he had with former Minister of Finance and Economic Development and Politburo member Simba Makoni on February 19, during which Makoni expressed regret that nothing was being done by ZANU-PF to resolve the political crisis besieging Zimbabwe, the Ambassador asked for [...] | 2004-02-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE314 | BOMB REPORTEDLY DEFUSED AT JUSTICE MINISTER'S [...] (C) An Embassy FSN whose family is close to the family of Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa reported on February 22 that, according to Chinamasa's secretary, an unidentified woman delivered a suspicious package to the Minister's office last week. In the course of opening the package, the se [...] | 2004-02-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ZI |
04HARARE315 | DAILY NEWS FIRES STAFF [...] (C) The Daily News (TDN) editor Sam Nkomo and assistant editor Bill Saidi told the Ambassador over lunch on February 22 that the paper had fired 250 reporters and staff after they barricaded Nkomo in his office on February 19 to address various work-related issues (reftel). According to Nkomo [...] | 2004-02-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
04HARARE334 | TSVANGIRAI TREASON TRIAL NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the State concluded its case in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The Defense was expected to complete its concluding arguments on February 26, but we would not expect a decision from the judge for some time. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Febru [...] | 2004-02-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
04HARARE349 | CHANGING HUMANITARIAN PRIORITIES IN ZIMBABWE [...] As Zimbabwe enters its third year of international humanitarian relief, there has been a shift in the thinking of the major donors and international development agencies with regard to how best to address the crisis. Most donors and NGOs have been responding to the immediate humanitarian need [...] | 2004-02-27 04:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE351 | MUGABE CLOSES THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a long, rambling birthday interview with a slavish Zimbabwe Broadcast Corporation Newsnet interviewer, President Mugabe all but ruled out dialogue with the MDC and clumsily sought to divide the MDC from its President, Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe criticized many African leaders, including [...] | 2004-02-27 04:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ZI |
04HARARE356 | ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2003 - [...] Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women and children. [...] | 2004-02-27 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PINR ZI TIP |
04HARARE361 | Miners Still Glum [...] Summary: Mining industry representatives told us the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s new monetary policy has menaced their tattered businesses. Between an overvalued zimdollar and overpriced electricity, they are barely staying afloat. The GOZ still does not appreciate that its 6-year rece [...] | 2004-03-01 08:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE397 | OPPOSITION LEADER ON TALKS STALEMATE, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on March 2 that MDC and ZANU-PF delegations in South Africa March 1 each rebuffed South African government efforts to convene a meeting between the two. He was encouraged by President Mbeki's meeting with the MDC delegatio [...] | 2004-03-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE401 | MDC PRESIDENT APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 3, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai briefed some 30 Harare-based diplomats on the MDC's perception of the crisis in Zimbabwe, the status of interparty talks, and the party's strategy for upcoming elections. He appealed to the international community to continue pressure [...] | 2004-03-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC EAID ZI MDC |
04HARARE409 | SUPREME COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT ON ANZ [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 3, the Supreme Court reserved judgment on the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) consolidated appeal (Ref C). The court gave no indication of when it would give its ruling. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The hearing consisted of a constitutional challenge by the ANZ of nin [...] | 2004-03-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
04HARARE41 | SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR HOPES FOR EARLY PROGRESS [...] Summary: South African Ambassador Ndou presented a positive description of possibilities for progress toward resolution of Zimbabwe's political crisis based on President Mbeki's Dec 18 visit. Ndou believed the next steps were for ZANU/PF and MDC negotiators to finalize their discussions on t [...] | 2004-01-08 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SF ZI |
04HARARE435 | FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE FULMINATES ON THE BBC, [...] (sbu) Summary. Foreign Minister Stanislaus Mudenge convened the diplomatic corps on short notice March 10, with the press in attendance. Mudenge's presentation began with a scathing attack on the BBC for a recent Panorama program, then moved on to the detention of a planeload of mercenaries, [...] | 2004-03-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAIR ZI EG |
04HARARE445 | SOUTH AFRICAN TAKE ON THWARTED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (c) Ambassador and DCM met with South African Ambassador Jeremiah Ndou on March 11 to exchange perspectives on the detention of 70 purported mercenaries in Harare on March 7. Ndou provided a list of names, nationalities and passport numbers and confirmed that all 70 had been resident in South [...] | 2004-03-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PINS ASEC ZI EK |
04HARARE456 | Export Slump Reaches Crisis Proportions [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-16 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE460 | The GOZ's Anti-Corruption Show [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE461 | GOZ SEALING COUNTRY AHEAD OF ELECTIONS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe appears to be setting the stage for a considerably reduced international presence in Zimbabwe in the run-up to and during the March 2005 parliamentary elections. Withdrawing its request for UNDP elections assistance (Ref B) and suggesting it does not pl [...] | 2004-03-17 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE47 | OPPOSITION LEADER UPBEAT ON 2004 [...] (C) SUMMARY: With qualified optimism, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai offered an assessment of Zimbabwe's political landscape to Ambassador Sullivan during lunch on January 7 at the Residence. Tsvangirai identified mobilization of membership, coordination with civil society, and improving th [...] | 2004-01-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC |
04HARARE495 | "DELIVER US FROM EVIL": NATIONAL PRAYER EVENT SET [...] (U) Involving broad participation from leading clerics around the country, an ecumenical day of prayer is being planned for March 27. Under a banner "Deliver Us From Evil" in a March 21 advertisement in the independent weekly Standard, the Zimbabwe National Pastors Conference and Christians [...] | 2004-03-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
04HARARE501 | CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On March 22, Poloff met with Shaohua Duan, Third Secretary (Economic and Commercial) of the Embassy of the SIPDIS People's Republic of China to discuss Chinese humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. Duan, who arrived in July 2002, told Poloff that Chinese assistance was limited by China's [...] | 2004-03-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CH EAID PHUM PREF PREL ZI |
04HARARE530 | HOTLY CONTESTED URBAN CONSTITUENCY UP FOR GRABS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic violence and intimidation has characterized the campaign period in an important parliamentary by-election to be held in Zengeza (a high-density suburb of Harare) March 27-28. The opposition MDC selected a candidate rumored not to be the choice of the MDC membership in Ze [...] | 2004-03-26 12:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE535 | Getting AGOA on Zimbabwe's Radar [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent attempts to arouse local interest in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have met with mixed, but mostly positive, results. Post- sponsored AGOA workshops in Harare and Bulawayo drew seventy local firms, five Industry/Trade Ministry officials and the Managing Di [...] | 2004-03-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
04HARARE539 | PRAYER DAY GOES SMOOTHLY; NCA MARCH PLANNED NEXT [...] (U) Public prayer events (reftel) addressing a host of political and economic issues were conducted relatively smoothly on March 27 in Harare and Bulawayo. At Bulawayo's Catholic Cathedral, a host of clerics, including Archbishop Pius Ncube, a few South Africans, a Zambian, and a number of Z [...] | 2004-03-29 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ZI |
04HARARE54 | MDC PLANNING TO SUPPORT NON-MDC MASS ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MDC official described plans for a prayer vigil on January 11 as the first in what the MDC hopes will be a series of similar (mass) actions in the coming weeks or months. The events would be held under the auspices of the church rather than the MDC. The official recounted MDC [...] | 2004-01-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE540 | MINISTER REPORTEDLY SHOOTS OPPOSITION MEMBER AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two eyewitnesses identified Minister without portfolio Elliott Manyika as a shooter in an incident on the second day of voting in Zengeza that left one dead and 11 injured. Emboffs observed several instances of voting irregularities during the voting days: double voting lines, as [...] | 2004-03-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC |
04HARARE541 | REENERGIZING SADC AND SOUTH AFRICA ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) We endorse the well-considered and timely proposal of Embassy Pretoria in reftel to make an urgent effort to reenergize SADC and South Africa on Zimbabwe. Such an effort, particularly if we can find a way to engage the EU, SADC and, most importantly, South Africa could help unlock an incre [...] | 2004-03-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI SF |
04HARARE553 | VIOLENT RULING PARTY VICTORY SETS TONE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a demoralizing blow to the opposition, ZANU-PF took an MDC stronghold in the March 27 - 28 by-election in the urban high-density constituency of Zengeza. The government press reported that Minister Elliott Manyika, rumored to be involved in the shooting of an MDC youth (Ref),[...] | 2004-03-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
04HARARE561 | INFLUENCE ANALYSIS -- ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's media operating environment is restrictive and becoming increasingly harsh. The GOZ's Media and Information Commission (MIC) closed the only independent daily newspaper, the Daily News, and has threatened other independent newspapers and journalists with legal action. Secu [...] | 2004-04-01 05:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OIIP ZI |
04HARARE564 | IMF Advocates Devaluation [...] Summary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Southern Africa Chief Doris Ross has called on the GOZ to devalue, spend less and restart tripartite discussions. She also predicted the IMF Board of Governors would neither restore privileges nor expel Zimbabwe from the lending body as a result of t [...] | 2004-04-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE578 | New Charges of Labor Harassment [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) alleges pro-Government groups are stepping up repression of labor leaders. End summary. 2. (SBU) ZCTU cited two recent cases in press statements: - On March 25, an unnamed caller invited Progressive Teachers Union Secretary Gene [...] | 2004-04-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE579 | GOZ could nationalize conservancies [...] Summary: There is increasing worry the GOZ will nationalize nature conservancies. Robert Mugabe's Government may view redistribution of wildlife assets as the logical next phase of land reform. If mishandled, however, such a move could harm the Zimbabwe's wildlife and recovery prospects. E [...] | 2004-04-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE580 | WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION WITH SENIOR MDC OFFICIALS [...] (c) Comment. On April 2, the Ambassador and DCM met with MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube and MDC Spokesman Paul Themba Nyathi to discuss, inter alia, South African President Mbeki's effort to broker interparty talks between the MDC and ZANU-PF. Ncube detailed March 1 meetings with Mbe [...] | 2004-04-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
04HARARE59 | CENTRAL BANKER MEETS GROWING HOSTILITY [...] (C) Summary: Drenched in palpable exasperation, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono says his market-friendly proposals have unleashed a "shrill" cacophony of covert memos and emissaries to President Mugabe. He is uncertain whether Mugabe will continue to grant him wide latitude to tame Zi [...] | 2004-01-12 12:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE600 | Finance Minister Wants Slow Exchange Adjustment [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Chris Kuruneri expressed satisfaction with recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV consultations. However, he said the GOZ prefers a more gradual approach for rationalizing its overvalued currency and phasing out its hefty tax on exporters than the [...] | 2004-04-07 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE61 | TWO FURTHER BLOWS TO INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 10, police arrested Zimbabwe Independent Editor Iden Wetherell and two other senior staff members after months of articles highly critical of the GOZ. On January 9, despite another court ruling in its favor ordering police to vacate the premises of The Daily News, p [...] | 2004-01-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ZI |
04HARARE632 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) BUYS PAS BUILDING [...] SUMMARY. GOZ HAS PURCHASED THE BUILDING HOUSING PAS HARARE AND IS EVICTING ALL THE OTHER TENANTS BUT EXEMPTING PAS. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THE BUILDING WILL BE USED BY THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS OR THE MININSTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. LONG TERM PAS EMPLOYEES HAVE SUGGESTE [...] | 2004-04-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
04HARARE633 | ALLEGED SHOOTER CHARGED IN ZENGEZA BY-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8, an alleged shooter in the Zengeza by-election shooting case was charged and taken into police custody. Under intense pressure by police, witnesses have fled to safe houses, and the father of the victim publicly named Minister Manyika as the shooter. It appears very [...] | 2004-04-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
04HARARE634 | POLICE, MILITARY SEIZE OPPOSITION MP'S FARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seizure of MDC MP Roy Bennett's Chimanimani farm by police and military on April 9 represents the climax of a long-standing GOZ effort to deprive the prominent opposition figure of his economic and political base. The forces evicted farm management from the property and g [...] | 2004-04-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ZI MDC |
04HARARE638 | HIV/AIDS, ECONOMY EXACTING TOLL ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Almost one-tenth of Zimbabwe,s population consists of AIDS orphans-having lost one or both parents to the disease. Most try to carry on living as they had before, although some do take to the streets of the major cities to hustle for a living and/or turn to commercial sex work to make e [...] | 2004-04-14 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KHIV ZI HIV AIDS |
04HARARE649 | MDC RESTRUCTURING ITSELF FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai reported to the Ambassador that the party was radically restructuring itself with a focus on contesting elections, despite the fact that the party had not made a final decision to contest the March 2005 polls. Tsvangirai asserted that [...] | 2004-04-16 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI MDC |
04HARARE655 | Land Reform Threatens Wildlife [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save (pronounced SA-vay) Valley now weighs its own extinction. Robert Mugabe's land redistribution has gradually spilled into this conservancy, Africa's largest private wildlife reserve. The conservancy would be an important compo [...] | 2004-04-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE671 | Land Reform Picks Up Steam Again [...] Summary: After several month lull, the GOZ has reintensified its redistribution of white-owned farms. Using an expedited process, it has issued notices to about 200 farms this month. End summary. 2. The GOZ has recently made two significant changes in the manner it expropriates farms. Fi [...] | 2004-04-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE680 | HARARE MAYOR FIRED IN LATEST GOZ ATTACK ON MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16 Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo fired the suspended MDC Mayor of Harare Elias Mudzuri without apparent legal justification. The Mayor said he intended to appeal to the High Court to overturn the dismissal, but we hold little hope for his success. END SU [...] | 2004-04-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
04HARARE682 | MISCHIEF IN MANICALAND: VIOLENCE ON FARMS, MUTARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Credible sources report that ruling party supporters who have seized farms in Manicaland are beating farm workers suspected of loyalty to the opposition. International Organization for Migration (IOM) is preparing to care for farm workers who are being displaced by the seizures a [...] | 2004-04-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC PREF EAGR EAID ZI MDC ZANU PF |
04HARARE683 | CONSERVING CONSERVANCIES IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 06:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE690 | Only Modest Exporter Relief in RBZ Statement [...] Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's second policy statement disappointed much of the business community. While he took credit for more restrictive money supply, lower inflation and more realistic interest rates, Gono did not relieve exporters of a large de facto revenue tax. H [...] | 2004-04-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE691 | TIP AND OUR AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) As the TIP process progresses to conclusion, I wanted to register my serious concern over Zimbabwe's proposed inclusion on Tier 3. As you know, the GOZ's comprehensive maladministration has precipitated ongoing political and economic crises that are exacting a tragic toll on the popula [...] | 2004-04-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREL SMIG KPAO ZI TIP |
04HARARE693 | MDC MP MASAITI ARREST [...] (U) MDC Member of Parliament for Mutasa Evelyn Masaiti was arrested in Mabvuku on April 17 on her way back from her constituency for allegedly looting a shop owned by acting Harare Mayor Sekesayi Makwavarara. Masaiti told poloff on April 22 that she was driving from her constituency in Manica [...] | 2004-04-23 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZI MDC |
04HARARE702 | GOZ Forex Crusade Snags Finance Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: With the detention of Finance Minister Chris Kuruneri over the weekend, the GOZ's witch hunt against foreign exchange externalizers reached a new level. Kuruneri is the GOZ's latest pretext for blaming the country's economic demise on parallel market trading and foreign account [...] | 2004-04-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE703 | Goodbye, Exporters: Colgate-Palmolive's Case [...] (SBU) Summary: Colgate-Palmolive's relocation of productive facilities from Zimbabwe to South Africa bears witness to this Government's export-unfriendly policies. End Summary. Zimbabwe's Loss - South Africa's Gain ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) We have reported frequently [...] | 2004-04-26 11:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE716 | CONTROVERSIAL MDC MP JOB SIKHALA ARRESTED AFTER [...] (U) On April 25, police arrested Job Sikhala, MDC MP for St. Mary's (a high-density suburb of Harare) and five of his supporters. Three were released without charge on April 27, but Sikhala and two others were still in custody on April 28. Sikhala was arrested at his house in St. Mary's after [...] | 2004-04-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE718 | Laboring for Worker's Rights [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) informed EconOff that stayaways and demonstrations remain their primary campaign weapon. Meanwhile, ruling party supporters continue to harass labor leaders in attempts to disrupt May Day festivities. End summary. 2. (S [...] | 2004-04-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE720 | ELECTORAL ACT AMENDMENT TO DEGRADE ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) The electoral environment in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate. The reintroduced Electoral Amendment Bill would make the electoral environment more restrictive and less transparent in the run up to the March 2005 parliamentary elections and move Zimbabwe further away from the norms and [...] | 2004-04-29 05:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE726 | PRESS UNDER FIRE AGAIN IN ZIMBABWE [...] We have recently noticed a new and more dangerous attack on the press in Zimbabwe. On Monday April 26, 2004 an editorial entitled "Time to deal with traitors" appeared in the government owned newspaper "The Herald." The editorial was at best threatening and at worst [...] | 2004-04-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
04HARARE73 | RULING PARTY TURNS ON ONE OF ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Flamboyant ZANU-PF MP and prominent businessman Philip Chiyangwa was arrested January 10 on charges relating to a GOZ investigation of troubled ENG Capital Asset Management (ENG). His arrest manifests divisions within the ruling party that probably are based on business consider [...] | 2004-01-13 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE731 | Auction Rate Passes Diaspora/Exporter Rate [...] Summary: The most noteworthy new policy announced in Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's second policy statement may last just one week. End Summary. 2. Gono offered unhappy exporters as well as recipients of Diaspora transfers a floor price of Z$5,200:US$, a 10 percent bonus to last [...] | 2004-04-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE743 | LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT WORSENING [...] (SBU) The legislative environment in Zimbabwe continues to decline as Parliament,s role in the law-making process is increasingly marginalized. To compound Parliament,s ineffectiveness, it is likely to reduce its sittings during the next session as MPs hit the campaign trails, allowing contin [...] | 2004-05-04 05:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
04HARARE748 | May Day- An Urgent Call for Help [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and government-backed Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) held rival May Day celebrations. While ZCTU focused on tax policy and wages, ZFTU focused on health and safety in the workplace. ZCTU attracted crowds throughout Zimba [...] | 2004-05-04 12:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE751 | ZIMBABWE'S GROWING REGIONAL ENEMIES LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Soaked in anti-imperialist rhetoric and conspiracy theories, Zimbabwe's official press continues to view other nations exclusively through the prism of the ruling party's "with-us-or-against-us" framework. On the enemies list, the West has been joined by Botswana, Nigeria and [...] | 2004-05-05 08:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ZI |
04HARARE752 | WHITHER THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fledgling opposition MDC is suffering from some basic but critical problems: infighting within the higher ranks, insufficient communication and consultation with the broader membership, despondency, and increasing criticism from within the party. These factors coupled with ZA [...] | 2004-05-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE765 | MDC MP JOB SIKHALA DENIES SPLINTER PARTY PLOT -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, maverick MDC MP Job Sikhala denied rumors that he planned to create a splinter party with other high-level MDC officials. Whether or not that rumor is true, Sikhala and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai currently appear to be at odds -- yet another example of internal conf [...] | 2004-05-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SF ZI MDC |
04HARARE766 | (U) SNAPSHOT OF ZIMBABWE GRAIN STOCKS (C-AL4-00228) [...] (c) Following is a snapshot of the current grain stock situation in Zimbabwe. We caution that grain stocks are a moving target and unimpeachable data is difficult to come by, since the GOZ has taken to treating Grain Marketing Board (GMB) information as a de facto state secret. Nonetheless, [...] | 2004-05-07 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID EAGR |
04HARARE767 | RBZ Governor Addresses U.S. Firms [...] (U) Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono met May 6 with 30 representatives from U.S. multinationals. He offered few insights beyond his April 21 policy statement, but underscored RBZ vigilance in policing commercial activity. End Summary. 2. (U) In this session organized by th [...] | 2004-05-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV PTER ZI |
04HARARE768 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CANCELS CRITICALLY [...] Summary. Less than a week after it started, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) canceled the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization's FAO) long-awaited crop and food supply assessment mission (CFSAM),which was expected to provide the most authoritative estimates to d [...] | 2004-05-07 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE778 | NCA PLANNING DEMONSTRATION FOR MAY 12 IN DOWNTOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) is planning a street demonstration in downtown Harare for May 12, but absent participation from other groups its prospects for success are limited. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On May 5, NCA Director Dr. Lovemore Madhuku said the NCA called of [...] | 2004-05-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
04HARARE790 | VIOLENCE LOWER IN RUN-UP TO RURAL BY-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10 the Ambassador met with MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube and MDC Spokesperson Paul SIPDIS Themba-Nyathi. Ncube commented on lower levels of violence in the pre-election period in Lupane, sympathetic meetings with South African officials, and an internal MDC confli [...] | 2004-05-11 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC ZI |
04HARARE8 | GOZ GOING AFTER COUNTRY'S LARGEST CELLULAR PHONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government maneuvers may be underway to withdraw the operating license of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ),the nation's largest cellular phone operator, over alleged foreign exchange abuses. The exercise could represent a broadening of GOZ efforts to destroy Strive Misiyiwa, t [...] | 2004-01-05 12:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV ECPS KPAO ZI |
04HARARE80 | ECONET IN CLEAR FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Econet's local chief executive Douglas Mboweni told poloff on January 12 that the telecommunications firm had yet to hear a word from the GOZ about government media press reports suggesting it was in danger of losing its cellular phone system operating license (reftel). Company represe [...] | 2004-01-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE801 | AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN MEETING WITH MINISTER JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 10, 2004, Ambassador Sullivan met with John Nkomo, Minister of Special Affairs in the President,s Office (Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement). The Ambassador raised the status of the Government of Zimbabwe,s (GOZ) land reform program with respect to conservancies, t [...] | 2004-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV US ZI |
04HARARE81 | Good Start for Currency Auctions [...] Summary: The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s initial currency auction ran smoothly. The RBZ now wants to find an exchange rate that discourages speculation but encourages exports. End Summary. Zimdollar has gained 35 percent ------------------------------- 2. The RBZ held its first auct [...] | 2004-01-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE831 | RBZ laughs at GOZ crop forecasts [...] (SBU) Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono says he has confronted Agriculture Minister Joseph Made over his optimistic forecast of a 2.4 million m/t maize harvest. The Governor alleges other cabinet officials, such as Security Minister Nicolas Goche and acting Finance Minister Her [...] | 2004-05-18 05:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV PTER ZI |
04HARARE84 | UN CONSIDERING ZIMBABWE'S REQUEST FOR ELECTION [...] (C) UN Resrep Victor Angelo told us over lunch Jan 14 that in response to a written, formal GOZ request for UN assistance in organizing the 2005 parliamentary elections, the UN Mission in Zimbabwe has engaged in a series of consultations with GOZ officials and the opposition MDC. Angelo said t [...] | 2004-01-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
04HARARE843 | ZANU-PF WRESTS MP SEAT FROM MDC IN RURAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Along with Harare based diplomats from ten other countries, Poloff observed a May 15 - 16 parliamentary by-election in the rural Matabeleland North district of Lupane -- a traditional MDC stronghold. ZANU-PF narrowly won the seat by a margin of over 800 votes in an election chara [...] | 2004-05-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
04HARARE849 | Can Black and White Farmers Join Forces? [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's mostly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and mostly black Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) have been holding informal discussions that could - one day - lead to a merger. Although there is much on both sides that might sidetrack this process, it could pr [...] | 2004-05-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE858 | ZANU-PF STAGES DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MDC MP ROY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 20, ZANU-PF staged a demonstration in downtown Harare against MDC MP Roy Bennett. The demonstration came two days after Bennett assaulted Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa in Parliament when the latter commented on the government seizure of Bennett's farm. END SUMMARY [...] | 2004-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC |
04HARARE86 | Banking Sector Shake-down [...] Summary: New Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono is cracking down on insolvent and corrupt financial institutions. While we consider this a necessary and healthy process, it adds even more turbulence to rocky economy. End Summary. 2. These are the main events of the unfolding crisis: [...] | 2004-01-15 07:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE862 | More GOZ Infighting on Land Issue [...] (SBU) Summary: GOZ bickering over land reform has intensified over the past week, pitting hardliners against moderates. End summary. The Daily Herald Barrage ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Publicly, this wrangle has taken the form of attacks from the GOZ's daily Herald on Lands, Land R [...] | 2004-05-24 05:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE864 | ZFTU- There's no there, there [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) is a ZANU-PF shell union seeking to undermine Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). End Summary. 2. (SBU) ZCTU is a strong civil society voice for workers rights. Its advocacy and support for the opposition Movement for Dem [...] | 2004-05-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZANU PF ZCTU |
04HARARE865 | Tripartite National Forum Falters [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) refuses to restart Tripartite National Forum (TNF) talks due to GOZ's prior bad faith negotiation. ZCTU also refuses to join Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's advisory panel for the same reasons. End Summary ------------------------ [...] | 2004-05-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU |
04HARARE882 | MUGABE VISIBLY AGITATED DURING SKY NEWS INTERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Controversy has swirled around President Mugabe's May 22 interview with Sky News. The fallout might result in some turmoil within the higher echelons of ZANU-PF, and some discomfort for Mbeki, but it is unlikely to affect Mugabe's domestic political fortune. END SUMMARY. 2. ( [...] | 2004-05-27 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON KPAO ZI |
04HARARE909 | Zim economy keeps tumbling [...] (SBU) Summary: Six months on the job, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has transformed the GOZ's style of economic management. Still, Gono has not substantially tempered the GOZ's two most damaging economic obsessions: a) an overvalued local currency and b) excessive government taxati [...] | 2004-06-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE912 | Black farmer group reacts to white overtures [...] (SBU) Summary: With pressures from Zimbabwe's next parliamentary elections mounting, the mostly black Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) told us it would have to reach a break-though in talks with the mostly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in the next month or so, or wait until af [...] | 2004-06-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE931 | CONSOLIDATION OF MUGABE REGIME REPRESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
04HARARE944 | ZIMBABWE MAIZE PRODUCTION 2004, FEAST OR FAMINE [...] In recent weeks, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) officially proclaimed maize production of about 2.4 million metric tons (MT) and firmly stated that it will not need food aid. The GOZ withdrew from the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Assessment by ordering its staff back from the field, thus scuttli [...] | 2004-06-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
04HARARE959 | GOZ ANNOUNCES INTENT TO NATIONALIZE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOZ media reports that the GOZ is prepared to nationalize the country's farmland and conservancies -- essentially limiting land use to limited term leasehold arrangements -- may be somewhat premature. While a leasehold system appears to be the ruling party's objective, resolutio [...] | 2004-06-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV ECON EAGR SENV PHUM ZI |
04HARARE984 | GOZ FANTASY STATS [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 10 edition of the GOZ-controlled Herald reports that exports increased in 2003 over 2002 despite all signs to the contrary. End summary. 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe Central Statistics Office (CSO) reports that Zimbabwe exports rose in 2003 to hit $2.3 trillion, or ov [...] | 2004-06-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
04HARARE987 | HIGH COURT DISMISSES PHASE ONE OF MDC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 10, the High Court dismissed the first phase of the MDC's election petition covering challenges against the 2002 presidential election. No date has yet been set for a second phase, which is expected to disclose factual evidence potentially embarrassing to the GOZ. END S [...] | 2004-06-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
04HARARE988 | GOZ SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER NEWSPAPER, COMMENCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Media and Information Commission (MIC) on June 10 cancelled the registration of The Tribune newspaper (owned by a ruling party MP),purportedly over violations of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The GOZ on June 9 commenced its prosecution of [...] | 2004-06-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM EINV ZI |
04HARARE99 | LAND REFORM SURVEY ILLUMINATES POLITICAL CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute reconfirms land reform's central importance in Zimbabwean politics. Advocates and critics of GOZ land reform each will find data in the survey to support their respective causes. The survey bears out wide support for the cent [...] | 2004-01-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EAGR ECON KPAO ZI |
04HELSINKI1006 | FINLAND: BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND [...] (C) As reported in Ref C, almost all official contact between Finland and Cuba has ceased, and Finland does not maintain an embassy in Havana. 2. (C) We are not aware of any current activity by the Finnish Government, or by Finnish NGOs, to support elements of Cuban civil society and encour [...] | 2004-08-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB CU FI ILO |
04HELSINKI1010 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY FI |
04HELSINKI1023 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR THIRD PARTY [...] (C) This message contains an action request from the Government of Finland for additional information. See para 6. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 3 to Leena Riitola, the Acting Director of the MFA's Department for Africa and Middle-East Affairs. Riitola agreed that [...] | 2004-08-06 05:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL FI IQ |
04HELSINKI1024 | FINLAND: NO INTEREST IN CAMP ASHRAF MEK DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-06 05:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IR FI IQ |
04HELSINKI1025 | KFOR: FINLAND'S CAVEATS IN KOSOVO [...] (C) According to the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF),Finland has the following national caveats on the use of Finnish troops in Kosovo: -- No use of lethal force to protect property. (This caveat and the next do not affect the peacekeeper's right to self-defense.) -- No use of lethal force [...] | 2004-08-06 08:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL YI FI NATO |
04HELSINKI1132 | E-PINE: FINLAND COMMITS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Pol Chief and Poloff demarched Tuula Yrjola, the desk officer for Ukraine, and Terhi Hakala, Director on the Unit for East Europe and Central Asia, about the need for additional election observers in Ukraine during upcoming elections. Poloffs noted the interest [...] | 2004-09-01 11:19:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KNEI PGOV PREL PHUM FI OSCE |
04HELSINKI1137 | GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...] | 2004-09-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN |
04HELSINKI1288 | CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) I spoke today with Jaakko Kalela, President Halonen's chief of staff. I noted news reports over the past few days that a cache of weapons, mostly handguns, had been seized in Finland. Just today Finnish customs officials have reported that these weapons were transiting Finland, from China [...] | 2004-10-01 13:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1360 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S CONVERSATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 7 Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC Special Advisor Paul Janiczek, en route back to Washington from a visit to Moscow (reftel),stopped in Helsinki for consultations with the Finnish government. In separate meetings with the Ministry of For [...] | 2004-10-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MCAP PINS KHDP FI UNGA RU |
04HELSINKI1406 | FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR TURKISH ACCESSION TO THE EU [...] (U) Several Finnish officials and opinion makers have recently expressed support at a variety of fora for eventual Turkish accession to the EU. Such statements mark Finland as being among those who support a positive decision as regards the Turkish question later this year. Olli Rehn, the ne [...] | 2004-11-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM TU FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1407 | FINLAND AND THE NOVEMBER 2 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) We delivered the demarche points from Ref A-C messages to Leena Alto, deputy European Correspondent in the Finnish MFA, and to Jonna Partanen, Counselor in the Secretariat for EU Affairs in the office of PM Vanhanen. Alto and Partanen briefed us on the positions FM Tuomioja will be taking [...] | 2004-11-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ IR RS SU FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1420 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...] | 2004-11-04 17:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1442 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Tulla Yrjola, the Counselor for Ukraine in Finland's MFA on November 10. Yrjola confirmed that the two Finnish observers that worked with the OSCE during the first round of the Presidential Election in Ukraine would return for the second round. Yrjola sa [...] | 2004-11-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU UP FI |
04HELSINKI1443 | FINNISH VIEWS ON THE GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION [...] On November 2, Acting Econ Chief delivered the reftel demarche to officials at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 2. Jussi Manninen, Head of the Nuclear Energy Division at the Finnish Ministry of Trade [...] | 2004-11-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY AORC PTER FI IAEA |
04HELSINKI1444 | SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: FINLAND [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche November 10 to Anu Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laamanen-Ryter said that Finland would like to find a way to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) if it can. The GoF would hope to find some area in w [...] | 2004-11-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ FI |
04HELSINKI1445 | DISBURSING PLEDGES FOR THE UN PROTECTION FORCE IN [...] (C) POL Chief delivered reftel demarche November 10 to Elina Kalkku, Director of the Finnish MFA's Security Policy Unit. Drawing on reftel talking points, he noted that deployment of a Georgian battalion to Iraq for "middle ring" security is imminent, with a Romanian unit likely to follow soo [...] | 2004-11-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ FI |
04HELSINKI1468 | FINNS AGREE TO EXTENSION OF MOTAPM COORDINATOR AT [...] (U) Netherlands Ambassador Engels telephoned U.S. Ambassador Mack on November 10 to report that he had received instructions from The Hague to deliver a demarche on behalf of the EU, requesting that the GoF extend the tenure of Ambassador Markku Reimaa as coordinator for the Group of Governmen [...] | 2004-11-17 01:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL FI |
04HELSINKI1472 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...] | 2004-11-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI |
04HELSINKI1482 | FINNISH PM VANHANEN TELLS VISITING EUR A/S JONES, [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen, visiting EUR A/S Jones reassured the Prime Minister of the importance the Bush Administration places on the transatlantic relationship, citing the President's references to outreach to Europe and the importance of both the EU and NA [...] | 2004-11-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC ETRD EU PHUM PREL SMIG AF IZ TU FI RU |
04HELSINKI1486 | FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to Prime Minister Vanhanen. On November 19, Poloff received feedback from Leena Aalto, Counselor in the MFA's EU Affairs Division. Aalto's remarks were keyed to the issues cover [...] | 2004-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI |
04HELSINKI1489 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST ON [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki addressed anti-Semitism in Finland in our draft 2004 Human Rights Report submitted in October. There has been nothing new to report in the intervening month. The Department can draw upon our draft HRR for information for the new congressional anti-Semitism report. We wi [...] | 2004-11-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM FI |
04HELSINKI1490 | FINNISH FM TUOMIOJA OPINES ON THE EVILS OF [...] (C) Finland's Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja (SDP),raised eyebrows by posting an essay to his personal website alleging a "systematic campaign" by the Finnish mainstream media to promote a "rightwing" social and foreign policy agenda. Tuomioja's essay was directed against Finland's leadi [...] | 2004-11-22 12:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI FI |
04HELSINKI1499 | NATO AMBASSADOR NICHOLAS BURNS' VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (C) Of all the open questions in Finnish foreign policy, the issue of whether to join NATO is the biggest. It is debated endlessly in the editorial and op-ed pages, but that debate has yet to affect public opinion. Polls continue to show strong opposition to membership, in part because of F [...] | 2004-11-26 06:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL FI EUN NATO |
04HELSINKI1504 | FINLAND WILL SIGN BILATERAL INSTRUMENT TO U.S.-EU [...] (U) Poloff on November 29 spoke about the bilateral instrument with Matti Joutsen, the Director for International Relations at the Ministry of Justice. Joutsen said that the GoF was "favorably disposed" to signing the bilateral instrument in Brussels on Dec. 15 or 16. Joutsen said that Fin [...] | 2004-11-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1535 | FINLAND: NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Veikko Suralahti in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there has been no change in Finland's policy toward or contacts with Cuba since Ref. B was drafted. Finland does not have an Embassy in Havana and has little co [...] | 2004-12-08 12:36:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU FI |
04HELSINKI1536 | FINLAND: FY-05 UPDATED IVP SLATE OF ALTERNATE CANDIDATES [...] Following are the names and titles for our slate of alternative candidates for FY-05. Individual nominations for alternative IV candidates have already been sent septels. I. EURP U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges I (October 18, 2004) Mr. Jori Arvonen, International Affairs Secretary, Co [...] | 2004-12-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FI KPAO |
04HELSINKI1547 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...] | 2004-12-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC |
04HELSINKI1571 | NATO AMBASSADOR BURNS' VISIT TO HELSINKI [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns visited Helsinki November 29-30. Following remarks given to the Atlantic Council of Finland at a seminar on NATO and small nations, Ambassador Burns participated in meetings with Minister of Defense Seppo Kaariainen and MFA Under Secretary for Pol [...] | 2004-12-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR AF IZ FI NATO RU |
04HELSINKI1592 | MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES IN FINLAND: [...] Summary: The following is Embassy Helsinki's submission to the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. -------- Overview -------- 2. Finland is not a regional center for money laundering, financ [...] | 2004-12-23 12:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN FI |
04HELSINKI1603 | FINNS FIND PUTIN "FRUSTRATED, ANXIOUS" [...] (C) Finnish President Tarja Halonen's most recent meeting with Vladimir Putin left the Finns with the clear impression that the Russian president is feeling frustrated and anxious. He complained at length to Halonen that Russia has been misunderstood and mistreated by the West, with an implici [...] | 2004-12-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KNEI RS FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1604 | FINNISH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS ESTONIA, [...] (C) On December 22 Jarmo Viinanen, advisor to Finnish President Halonen, gave us a read-out on the December 14 meeting between Halonen and Russian President Putin. Viinanen confirmed that, as reported to Embassy Tallinn (reftel),Halonen had asked when Putin would sign border treaties with Est [...] | 2004-12-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS EN LG |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1002 | ACTIVIST NGUYEN DAN QUE SENTENCED [...] (U) On July 29, a HCMC criminal court sentenced prominent activist Nguyen Dan Que to 30 months imprisonment for "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State." Que was originally charged with the much more serious charge of "espionage" after calling for political and [...] | 2004-07-30 00:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1024 | (SBU) DPRK REFUGEE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" RUNS THROUGH [...] (SBU) We met August 3 with a counterpart at the ROK Consulate in HCMC to follow up on press reports that the four hundred and fifty North Korean refugees that defected recently to South Korea did so via HCMC. (On July 27 and July 28, 450 North Koreans refugees arrived in Seoul, the single lar [...] | 2004-08-05 01:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KS KN CH VM DPRK |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1060 | POLITBURO MEMBER WELCOMES CG: GOVERNMENT WORKINGS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an initial courtesy call Consul General Winnick asked Secretary Triet about the relationship between the Communist Party and the legislative assemblies; the role of the Politburo in Vietnamese government, and preparations and expectations for the Tenth Party Congress. On the [...] | 2004-08-17 11:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP SOCI VM DPOL |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1074 | VIETNAM DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently-released dissident, Tran Van Khue, and Ms. Tam Van, the wife of jailed activist Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, told us that Vietnam remains far from meeting international human rights standards, particularly in areas such as freedom of association and expression. Despite the inju [...] | 2004-08-19 11:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1077 | GVN LAUNCHES MASSIVE AGENT ORANGE MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BUT FEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam has launched a vigorous media campaign to whip up support for the Agent Orange lawsuit in a New York Federal Court, but our contacts and (wo)man on the street in Ho Chi Minh City remain largely unmoved, tending to be more preoccupied with quality of li [...] | 2004-08-20 00:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL SENV OPRC VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1108 | Detentions/Mistreatment of Amcits Strongly [...] (SBU) On August 17, DPO and consular chief called on Le Hung Quoc, First Vice Director of HCMC's External Relations Office (ERO),to deliver a diplomatic note protesting the recent detention and abuse of five Amcits (refs A-C),the GVN's failure to notify the USG of the detentions, and the att [...] | 2004-08-30 11:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1123 | PASTOR REPORTED DETAINED ON CAMBODIAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Embassy and Congen have received reports over the last few days that Pastor Tran Mai was detained on August 29 while attempting to enter Vietnam from Cambodia in the border town of Chau Doc, An Giang province. Pastor Mai is a leader of the Inter-Evangelistic Movement in Ho Chi Minh City [...] | 2004-09-01 12:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1128 | MEKONG DELTA CAPITAL SEEKS NATIONAL ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Can Tho, the commercial center of Vietnam's fertile Mekong Delta, wants to break out of its role as a provincial capital and establish itself on the national and international stage. While participating in a trade fair opening led by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Econoff saw [...] | 2004-09-06 23:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL ETRD EFIS EAGR VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1129 | VIETNAMESE PASTOR TRAN MAI RELEASED FROM DETENTION [...] (SBU) We spoke with Pastor Tran Mai, at home and in good health on September 7, and confirmed his release on September 6 after eight days detention. The pastor said he was unclear as to why he was detained at the Cambodia/Vietnam border on August 29 (ref a). He stated that, as on previous occa [...] | 2004-09-07 11:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1140 | STAFFDEL JANNUZI FOCUSES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Central Highland Province of Pleiku September 2 to 4, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffer Jannuzi focused on religious freedom issues, particularly among the region's ethnic minorities. The response of local GVN officials to Jannuzi's call for great [...] | 2004-09-09 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY115 | ACROBATS, BEER BELLIES AND FLOATS - VIETNAM HONORS [...] Although counterfeit and pirated goods are readily available virtually everywhere in Vietnam, government and business is more and more realizing the importance and value of brands and trademarks. On January 30, Ho Chi Minh City organized a "Festival Honoring Vietnamese Trademarks" which was h [...] | 2004-02-06 15:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VM IPROP |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1159 | GVN Denies Detention/Mistreatment of Amcits [...] The MFA's HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) has formally replied to the note delivered by post on August 17 protesting the detention and mistreatment of several American citizens (ref A). The text of the reply is provided below. 2. Quote: Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Office of Ex [...] | 2004-09-14 11:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC VM CTERR HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1173 | SFRC STAFFER FOCUSES ON PLIGHT OF VIETNAM'S CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Paternalism, racism, bureaucratic ineptitude, communist orthodoxy, economic and educational marginalization, and war legacy issues were all on display when SFRC staffer Frank Jannuzi assessed the status of ethnic minorities -- Montagnards -- in the Central Highlands province of [...] | 2004-09-17 07:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1187 | Vietnam Adoptions: Baseline Study of Orphanages [...] Summary: While the USG and the GVN continue to work on restarting adoptions of Vietnamese orphans by Amcits, AmConGen HCMC has begun a baseline study of local orphanages. The study is intended to determine how many adoptable orphans are likely to be available to U.S. prospective adoptive pare [...] | 2004-09-22 07:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS KFRD VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1204 | SUBDUED REACTION TO IRF REPORT IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and official reaction in Southern Vietnam to the decision to designate Vietnam a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) has been muted. While the HCMC press faithfully carried Hanoi-issued editorials on CPC, there was no "piling on," i.e., no effort to supplement wi [...] | 2004-09-24 12:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PROP OPRC VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1238 | VIETNAM ADOPTIONS BASELINE STUDY -- Danang [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen HCMC extended its baseline study of Vietnamese orphanages to Danang during a recent visit by CG and Consulate team. We found that one Danang orphanage has continued to receive funding from an American adoption agency, despite the suspension of adoptions and in return is [...] | 2004-10-05 11:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS KFRD KOCI VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1240 | RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN DANANG [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Danang September 30 and October 1, religious leaders from GVN-recognized Catholic and Protestant denominations painted a picture of provincial leadership that is tolerant of organized religion. While bemoaning their lack of "complete religious freedom," they t [...] | 2004-10-05 12:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1246 | EB PDAS DONNELLY MEETS WITH HCMC TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 29 visit to Ho Chi Minh City, EB Bureau PDAS Donnelly met representatives of Vietnam's textile and apparel industry to discuss Vietnam's competitiveness following expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and Vietnam's bid for WTO acces [...] | 2004-10-07 04:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV KTEX VM WTO |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1258 | RECURRENCE OF AVIAN FLU IN VIETNAM - WHERE'S THE CHICKEN? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both price and availability of poultry in southern Vietnam declined sharply during a five-month period following the March outbreak of avian flu, despite government efforts to reassure the public that avian flu is "under control." Vietnam has not replenished stocks of poultry a [...] | 2004-10-08 03:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV PGOV SOCI VM AFLU |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1270 | DANANG - WAITING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO PAY OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Consulate visit to Danang led by the CG highlighted the city's eagerness to serve as a gateway to Central Vietnam and mainland Southeast Asia. City leaders have boosted infrastructure investment, developing roads and a deep-sea port; now they are hoping their efforts will pay [...] | 2004-10-08 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI VM ASEAN LABOR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1302 | VIETNAM: WAITING FOR A BIOTECH POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam may be close to adopting a policy that would allow it to use biotechnology to increase agricultural output and to improve the health of its citizens. Vietnam's position at a biotech crossroads was highlighted during the recent visit of plant biotechnology expert Dr. C.S [...] | 2004-10-18 10:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1308 | AMCIT PASTOR AND 17 HMONG DETAINED IN RELIGIOUS TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: HCMC authorities on October 11 detained two Protestant pastors, one of whom was an American citizen, and 17 ethnic Hmong Protestant deacons from Northern Vietnam attending a Bible training class at a private house in HCMC. Police told the participants their meeting was illegal. [...] | 2004-10-19 12:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CASC SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1321 | (SBU) PESONNEL CHANGES IN VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Personnel shifts within the Communist Party in Southern Vietnam indicate that jockeying for position ahead of the party's 10th Congress in 2006 is underway. A contact close to the Party told us that the Party's Central Committee had begun to consider who might succeed Prime M [...] | 2004-10-21 11:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI VM DPOL |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1359 | KHANH HOA PROVINCE: DELAYED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Khanh Hoa Province on Vietnam's central coast is attempting a development strategy based on tourism, seafood and maritime transport. Geography, natural resources, and workforce give the province excellent development potential and some infrastructure investment is underway. However, a [...] | 2004-10-27 11:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO VM SOE HIV AIDS RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1383 | FORMER PM VO VAN KIET ON U.S. TIES, WTO, ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform policy and an informal advisor to the GVN and the Party, stressed to the Consul General October 30 that Vietnam is on the verge of eliminating the last vestiges of its central planning system, div [...] | 2004-11-04 07:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAID EFIN ETRD VM WTO SOE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1386 | CONTROVERSIAL KONTUM PASTOR FANS RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY [...] (U) On November 4 post received from EAP/BCLTV an electronic copy of letter from Kon Tum Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh dated October 26 containing two highly inflammatory allegations: -- in late September, Kon Tum provincial police detained and tortured seven new converts for three days [...] | 2004-11-04 13:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1388 | GVN AND HCMC RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSULT ON NEW LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: GVN officials in Ho Chi Minh City are in the process of consulting with the religious community in southern Vietnam on new draft implementation guidelines for Vietnam's new religious ordinance. These officials are also making overtures to Vietnam's evangelical Protes [...] | 2004-11-05 00:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1400 | MONTAGNARDS, RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for the South Vo Viet Thanh told the Consul General that the GVN wants U.S. support to solve the problem of ethnic Montagnards in the Central Highlands fleeing to Cambodia. He suggested that Vietnam could establish an "in-country" program s [...] | 2004-11-09 11:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1403 | SAIGONTOURIST: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE SYNDROME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the largest tourism companies in Vietnam, HCMC-based Saigontourist is struggling to develop its tourism business to attract foreign visitors in particular. Saigontourist owns or has an interest in 70 hotels all over Vietnam and employs 15,000 people, but its General Direc [...] | 2004-11-09 11:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV VM SOE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1404 | NGUYEN CAO KY VISITS HCMC AGAIN - ADVISING THE GVN? [...] (SBU) Summary: We met November 9 in HCMC with former Vice President of the Republic of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky, who made headlines with a well-publicized reconciliation visit to Vietnam in January 2004. Ky told us he was back on a "quiet working visit" to engage the GVN on Viet Kieu reco [...] | 2004-11-09 12:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL ECON VM HUMANR ETMIN CVR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1422 | CONTROVERSIAL VIETNAMESE MENNONITE PASTOR CONVICTED IN [...] (SBU) According to Pham Dinh Nhan (strictly protect),a leader of the Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship (VEF),an association of house church groups, in a trial the morning of November 12, the HCMC Criminal Court sentenced controversial Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang to three years imprisonme [...] | 2004-11-12 10:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1464 | RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF DAK LAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are keeping a tight lid on religious activities, particularly in the Protestant community. According to GVN- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam, only 4,300 of 125,000 believers worship in "official" churches; [...] | 2004-11-23 12:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF PHUM VM KREF HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1468 | DAS DUGAN VISITS UBCV BUDDHIST LEADER IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Thich Quang Do, Secretary General of the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) told DRL DAS Elizabeth Dugan that he strongly opposes the GVN communist government. In his first meeting with USG officials since he was placed under de facto "pagoda arrest" in October [...] | 2004-11-24 09:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY147 | GVN DECREE ON NORMALIZATION OF PROTESTANTISM IN THE [...] (SBU) A December decree from the GVN National Committee on Religious Affairs, provided to ConGen by the Dak Lak province Representative Board of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),promised new steps to "normalize" the operation of Protestant churches in the Central Highlands. [...] | 2004-02-13 09:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1482 | AMBASSADOR VISITS UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),at Quy Nhon General Hospital November 21. Thich Huyen Quang confirmed that he remains under unofficial pagoda arrest, although local officials arranged [...] | 2004-11-26 08:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1491 | ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLAND DAK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak appears to be following Hanoi's directives to improve the economic and educational status of ethnic minorities. Discrimination and a plantation economy have left the ethnic minorities poor and disenfranchised. Provincial officials clai [...] | 2004-11-30 10:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV PREF KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1493 | DAK LAK PROVINCE - CONTROL INHIBITS GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local leaders in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak loathe to relinquish economic control are missing the chance for growth in tourism, industry and agriculture. Agriculture, the mainstay of Dak Lak's economy, has been hit by falling world coffee prices and drought. State [...] | 2004-12-01 01:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM VM SOE ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1494 | DRL DAS DUGAN IN HCMC: HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION, WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious leaders and human rights dissidents told DRL DAS Dugan that despite strict GVN controls, they have seen improvement in human rights and religious freedom. They welcomed continued pressure on Vietnam but cautioned against sanctions. Recognized religious groups planned [...] | 2004-12-01 04:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PREF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1528 | VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN ECONOMIC TRIANGLE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and ConGen team traveled to Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to examine the two provinces' economic performance that is double the national average. Local officials credit their economic success to 1990's policy decisions creating the southern economic zones. I [...] | 2004-12-13 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM PHUM KIRF SOE RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY153 | CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGION IN VIETNAM: MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Local religious leaders offered up fewer specific complaints of violent or coercive acts of religious oppression and called for greater activism during meetings with a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in January. While some government offici [...] | 2004-02-13 11:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1554 | SHRIMP, DEVELOPMENT AND MINORITY RIGHTS IN SOC [...] (SBU) Shrimp farming in the coastal Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is driving economic growth and poverty eradication. Beneficiaries include the large ethnic Khmer minority. Reports from exile groups of disenfranchisement and oppression of the Khmer appear out of date. The GVN began a l [...] | 2004-12-17 03:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREL SOCI PHUM PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR HIV AIDS |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1575 | SHRIMP AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern Mekong Delta is one of the fastest growing regions in Vietnam, driven by its expanding aquaculture industry. With USDOC's recent announcement of lowered U.S. dumping duties on shrimp, a barrier to growth has been lowered. However, increased resources are needed t [...] | 2004-12-21 09:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1581 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OPEN TO U.S. AID [...] (U) This is a Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi joint reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An ECON HCMC-Hanoi and USAID visit to the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum revealed the area's economic and development situation is particularly desperate, even compared with its impoverished Central Highl [...] | 2004-12-22 11:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM SOE ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1582 | HCMC ECONOMIC LEADERS REPORT 2004 PROGRESS, LISTEN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) government leaders for the third straight year reported to the foreign business community on the city's annual progress in achieving economic and development goals. The leaders then listened as their audience articulated difficulties foreign businesses e [...] | 2004-12-22 11:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND ELTN PINR VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1590 | CHRISTMAS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to contacts in the Catholic and Protestant communities, Christmas services in the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kontum were numerous and peaceful, although under heavy police and military scrutiny. In contrast, Protestant services in Dak Lak province were [...] | 2004-12-28 10:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV PREF KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY196 | TRAFFICKING RETURNEES IN AN GIANG UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Giang province's program to help trafficking returnees resettle has met with mixed success, according to provincial officials. The NGO-supported project, working in conjunction with the provincial Women's Union and the Ho Chi Minh City-based Little Rose Shelter, has so far [...] | 2004-02-26 13:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SOCI PGOV SMIG VM TIP |
04HOCHIMINHCITY201 | COCA-COLA PEACEFULLY RESOLVES LABOR DISPUTE WITH GVN [...] A recent labor dispute over the termination of Coca-Cola's direct-hire guardforce deteriorated into a two-day stand-off when more than half of the guards refused to relinquish their posts. Coca-Cola, which had previously cleared the terms of the lay-off and related severance package with the l [...] | 2004-02-27 10:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ELAB ECON LABOR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY210 | MORE FRIEND THAN FOE? THE CHAM MUSLIMS OF AN GIANG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Giang Province's small ethnic minority Cham Muslims expressed delight at U.S. interest in them and a willingness to meet again. Poloff informally visited three Cham Muslim mosques on February 20, 2004, meeting with lay followers and one Imam. The Cham shared current inform [...] | 2004-03-02 09:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM KIRF RELFREE ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY226 | AMERICAN BUSINESS REPS IN HO CHI MINH CITY LOVE BTA, HATE [...] (SBU) During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City on February 17-18, Staff Director for the Senate Appropriations Committee James Morhard met a group of American businesspeople resident in Ho Chi Minh City. They reviewed their challenges and successes here in Vietnam and raised concerns about the fu [...] | 2004-03-04 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ECON EPET ETRD KTEX OREP BTA |
04HOCHIMINHCITY232 | LATEST CLAIMS OF "RELIGIOUS OPPRESSION" DON'T WASH [...] (SBU) On March 4, ConGen received information from U.S.-based sources that Vietnamese public security officers had surrounded the home of Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang in District 2 of HCMC, at 16:15 local time on March 2. The security officials were alleged to have ordered everyone who w [...] | 2004-03-05 10:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY252 | HOW NOW HOA HAO? RELIGION IN AN GIANG PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leadership of the government-recognized Hoa Hao Administrative Council (HHAC) provided a predictably positive report on the condition of the indigenous Hoa Hao faith in Vietnam, during PolOff's recent visit to An Giang Province. The HHAC, recognized by the GVN in 1999, was [...] | 2004-03-09 09:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY255 | HO CHI MINH CITY OPENS THE DOOR TO CATHOLIC CHARITABLE [...] (SBU) In a small dinner on March 1 at his 100-year-old residence, Cardinal Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of HCMC, told the Consul General that he had just received a letter from Ho Chi Minh City authorities seeking assistance in dealing with the growing HIV/AIDS problem. The letter, signed by the [...] | 2004-03-09 13:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HIV AIDS RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY280 | VIETNAM'S STOCK MARKET: A VIEW FROM THE FLOOR LOOKING UP [...] Vietnam's stock market has stirred recently. Since last fall, the market index has more than doubled. This comes, however, after a two-and-a-half year decline, during which the HCMC stock market lost more than three-fourths of its value. Much of the recent run up in prices is attributed to [...] | 2004-03-16 11:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VM FINREF |
04HOCHIMINHCITY303 | CLAIMS OF CHURCH CLOSURES AND BEATINGS IN CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: Protestant sources reported that while the overall religious situation in the Central Highlands was still showing signs of improvement, as evidenced by six new ordinations, additional cases of house church closures, destruction of church properties, and arrests and beatings of tho [...] | 2004-03-18 09:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY315 | LETTERS FROM HOA HAO DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Leading HCMC-based Hoa Hao "dissident" Tran Huu Duyen recently provided Post with two letters detailing his views on the status of religious freedom and the Hoa Hao. One letter was addressed to the Consulate General and one to Congress. While few of his points are new, they pro [...] | 2004-03-22 13:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY336 | FORMER UBCV MONK THICH TRI LUC: RELIEVED AT HIS RELEASE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Pham Van Tuong (protect),formerly known as Thich Tri Luc, met with CG and ConGenoffs for two hours on March 30, 2004, four days after his release from prison. The former monk from the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) appeared to be in good physical and mental c [...] | 2004-03-31 00:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY343 | REPORTS OF HOUSE CHURCH CLOSINGS, BEATINGS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Three new Protestant contacts, introduced by a trusted HCMC-based source, shared information on several recent incidents in Kon Tum and Quang Ngai provinces with Poloff in two meetings in HCMC on March 31. At the first meeting, two lay pastors provided firsthand accounts of hou [...] | 2004-04-01 12:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY367 | IN VIETNAM, THE GOVERNMENT IS MICROSOFT'S FIRST TARGET [...] (U) With a software piracy rate estimated at 95 percent by the Business Software Alliance, there is no shortage of targets in Vietnam for IPR protection efforts. Microsoft executives tell ConGen that it will focus on getting the GVN and multi-national corporations to use licensed software. M [...] | 2004-04-05 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM KIPR ECON ETRD |
04HOCHIMINHCITY374 | A KINDERGARTEN FOR CAN GIO: THE U.S. NAVY CONNECTS WITH [...] (SBU) On March 14, 2004, Consul General participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a kindergarten built with the assistance of the U.S. Navy and funding from a U.S. NGO. Ground was first broken on this project back in November 2003, during a port call to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) by the U [...] | 2004-04-07 03:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV SOCI PREL VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY391 | REPORTS OF ETHNIC UNREST IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) The Consulate General has received credible reports of ethnic unrest in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak. According to several reliable second-hand sources, groups of ethnic Ede began moving into the provincial capital of Buon Me Thuot early on the morning of Saturday, April 10. [...] | 2004-04-10 07:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY401 | MONTAGNARDS PROTEST IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OVER EASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen HCMC has spoken with numerous sources in Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands regarding reports of violence during demonstrations by ethnic minority residents ("Montagnards") of Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces. The demonstrations began early on the morning of Saturda [...] | 2004-04-12 12:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY406 | MFA IN HCMC ASSURES CONGEN SITUATION IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Le Hung Quoc, Senior Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO),downplayed reports of widespread protests and high casualty numbers in the Central Highlands (refs A and B) during a meeting with Acting Consul General on April 13, assuring her tha [...] | 2004-04-13 14:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY45 | PASTOR BUI VAN BA TO STAND TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ho Chi Minh City District 11 People's Court will try Pastor Bui Van Ba on the morning of January 13, 2004. Pastor Ba, of the Full Gospel Assembly, is charged with assaulting a police officer in the course of his duties. The charge stems from an August 18, 2003, altercati [...] | 2004-01-09 11:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY505 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM: HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held technical talks in Hanoi with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) program, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting certain category eligibility under the orderly departure [...] | 2004-04-22 12:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY507 | HCMC ERO BRIEFS FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ON THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a briefing for the Consular Corps on April 20, Director Le Quoc Hung of the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO -- the southern branch office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) blamed "extremist elements" inside and outside of Vietnam for demonstrations that turn [...] | 2004-04-23 03:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV PREF SOCI SCUL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY510 | PROTESTANTS CRITICIZE MFI ROLE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite continued assertions from Human Rights Watch, the Transnational Radical Party, Montagnard Foundation, Inc. (MFI) and various other groups that police and military units brutally beat, raped, killed and arrested ethnic minority demonstrators in the Central Highlands durin [...] | 2004-04-23 18:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY572 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UBCV LEADER THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-30 00:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY573 | EMBASSY/CONGEN TEAM VISITS DAK LAK, ASSESSES EXTENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen poloffs discovered more questions than answers concerning reports of recent ethnic unrest (refs A and B),during an April 26-27 trip through the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. While everyone from government officials to some of the protesters themselv [...] | 2004-04-30 00:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY606 | SAME OLD IPR SONG IN VIETNAM -- BUT ARE THOSE SOME NEW [...] In stark contrast with Vietnam's usual indifference to IPR violations, press and public opinion have turned on a local composer who apparently plagiarized a song written by a Japanese composer. After front-page play in the local press, the Musicians Association of Vietnam is mulling action an [...] | 2004-05-07 06:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD VM IPROP |
04HOCHIMINHCITY673 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MAKES SLOW PROGRESS IN HUE [...] (SBU) Both religious leaders and government officials in Thua Thien-Hue Province expressed a generally positive outlook on religious freedom during recent official meetings. However, Embassy and Consulate General officers were prevented from making unannounced visits to dissident Buddhist and [...] | 2004-05-18 00:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY75 | HIV INFECTION RATES CLIMBING IN HCMC -- NEARING [...] Summary: On a visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Staffdel McCormick from the House Committee on International Relations met with local government officials and NGO partners involved in the city's fight against HIV/AIDS. Current estimates indicate that the infection rate in Vietnam is approaching one [...] | 2004-01-27 09:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP EAID KHIV SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
04HOCHIMINHCITY750 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...] | 2004-06-02 13:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY751 | HO CHI MINH CITY BUDDHISTS (OFFICIAL AND UN-) MARK [...] (U) Several thousand Buddhist believers joined hundreds of Buddhist monks and nuns at a June 1 dawn celebration of the 2548th anniversary of the Buddha's birth. The event featured speeches by various leaders of the government recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and local government offici [...] | 2004-06-03 01:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY752 | PROTESTANT S0URCE DISCUSSES CENTRAL HIGHLANDS UNREST AND [...] (SBU) In a May 28 meeting with the Consul General, a reliable Protestant source reported that the April 10-11 Easter weekend unrest in the Central Highlands had resulted in the deaths of 10 ethnic minority persons in Gia Lai Province and another 190 in Dak Lak Province -- contrary to GVN claims [...] | 2004-06-03 01:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
04HOCHIMINHCITY758 | LEGAL PROTESTANTS SEE MOVEMENT ON SEMINARY, NEW CHURCHES [...] (SBU) Several members of the Executive Board of the government- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) told the Ambassador they were moving ahead with plans for construction of a new seminary campus during a meeting last month at their offices in HCMC. The Protestant leaders [...] | 2004-06-04 13:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY76 | CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM: CATHOLICS [...] (U) Dr. Scott Flipse, senior policy analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) traveled through Hanoi, Hue, the Central Highlands, and Ho Chi Minh City on an official fact-finding mission from January 7-16. He was joined by Mr. George Phillips, from the office o [...] | 2004-01-28 00:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY767 | RSO HO CHI MINH CITY MEETS WITH LOCAL MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 6, 2004 AT 18:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY (MPS) TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POSSIBLE TERRORIST SUSPECT SIGHTING(S) OF FAHID MOHAMMED ALLY MSALAM IN HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC). THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AT A COFFEE SHOP NEAR THE CONSULATE GENERAL (CONGEN) [...] | 2004-06-05 08:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY782 | HCMC TOURISM SEMINAR DRAWS LARGE CROWD, BUT CAN VIETNAM? [...] Despite recent setbacks from SARS and the avian flu, the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam has been growing steadily over the past decade. Provincial and local governments, as well as the central government, have been pushing to make Vietnam a top tourist and leisure destination. Yet the [...] | 2004-06-09 05:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ETRD CASC VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY789 | WELL KNOWN MENNONITE PASTOR DETAINED IN HCMC [...] (SBU) On the evening of June 8, ConGen HCMC received information from several reliable Protestant contacts that police in HCMC had "arrested" Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang at his home in District 2. This followed earlier reports that police were searching the home, which doubles as an un [...] | 2004-06-09 13:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV SCUL PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY796 | LOCAL PROTESTANTS TAKE CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO MENNONITE [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen followed up with several local Protestant leaders on June 10, to obtain additional details on the June 8 detention of Mennonite pastor Nguyen Hong Quang (ref A) in HCMC. ConGen also obtained a copy of an official "announcement" of the arrest, which the District 2 police [...] | 2004-06-12 10:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY824 | FORMER UBCV MONK TO PURSUE IMMIGRANT VISA AFTER [...] (SBU) Mr. Pham Van Tuong, formerly known as Thich Tri Luc while still a monk with the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, has confirmed that he is now scheduled to depart Vietnam on June 22 under UNHCR auspices for resettlement in Sweden. He will travel with his wife and child. Mr. Tuo [...] | 2004-06-18 13:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CVIS PREF SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY838 | TRIAL OF AMERASIAN FRAUD RING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] On June 8, a court in Ho Chi Minh City handed down sentences to defendants in a case involving an Amerasian fraud ring. Consulate General officers had developed some of the initial evidence in this case over two years ago and then passed it on to local authorities, as reported reftel. The de [...] | 2004-06-24 07:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CVIS KFRD VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY84 | CIRFDEL/STAFFDEL GROVE SURVEY RELIGION IN VIETNAM: [...] (SBU) The religious situation for Protestants in Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces has seen some real improvements in the last three months, according to both government officials and Protestant leaders who met with two USG delegations in early January. Official registrations for new Protestant ch [...] | 2004-01-28 12:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY870 | HCMC RELIGION COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DETAINED MENNONITE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, ranking officials from the HCMC Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) met with Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship (VEF) leader Pham Dinh Nhan (please protect) to admonish him over his activities on behalf of detained Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and, more general [...] | 2004-07-01 01:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV SCUL PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY873 | RECENT NGO STATEMENTS ON DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST KHUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has spoken separately with the wife and two of the adult children (strictly protect) of detained democracy activist Tran Khue over the past two weeks, to follow up on a recent report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) concerning the status of his case. While t [...] | 2004-07-01 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY881 | HCMC OFFICIALS -- STILL ON TRAINING WHEELS? [...] Summary: Since the Prime Minister signed "Decree 93" in December 2001, granting Ho Chi Minh City some level of municipal autonomy from the national government, the city is still struggling to interpret how much autonomy has actually been devolved from Hanoi and is treading cautiously. Althoug [...] | 2004-07-03 15:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI DPOL |
04HOCHIMINHCITY917 | DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST TRAN KHUE SENTENCED TO TWENTY MONTHS [...] (SBU) The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court convicted detained democracy activist Tran Khue of violating administrative detention and abusing democracy and freedom to undermine national interests on July 9th. Khue was sentenced to 19 months, with credit for 18 months and nine days time served. [...] | 2004-07-12 04:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL SCUL VM HUMANR |
04ISTANBUL1019 | A/S JONES MEETING WITH IRAQI FM ZIBARI AND IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. During the run-up to the Istanbul Summit June 27, A/S Jones and CPA Foreign Policy Director Ronald Neumann discussed Iraq's security challenges and a new NATO-Iraq relationship with Iraqi FM Zibari and Iraqi MoD Sha'alan. Jones and Zibari agreed that their informal meeting with [...] | 2004-06-30 08:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU NATO |
04ISTANBUL1062 | TURKEY'S FIRST TIP VICTIM SHELTER: SECRETARY [...] Summary: Secretary Powell and FM Gul witnessed the signing of a protocol that will lead to the opening of Turkey's first shelter for trafficking in persons victims later this month. The signing ceremony, which attracted significant attention and publicity, publicly committed the Turkish gov [...] | 2004-07-09 07:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
04ISTANBUL1074 | ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" AND THE OTTOMAN ARCHIVES [...] (sbu) Summary: The lack of agreement and dialogue on the so-called Armenian "genocide" question remains a major obstacle to Turkish-Armenian rapprochement. A long-term resolution of this problematic issue can only be built on an open dialogue and healthy academic debate. Free and complete ac [...] | 2004-07-12 09:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TU |
04ISTANBUL1090 | NEW OIC SECRETARY GENERAL ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Elected on June 16 as the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Secretary General (reftel),Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu met with poloff on July 12 to discuss his recent election, plans for the organization, and views on a range of topics. Well-known to the Consul [...] | 2004-07-13 11:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1249 | TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATION URGES HALT TO WORK [...] (sbu) Immediately following the August 2 murder of Murat Yuce, a former Turkish trucker who had been held hostage in Iraq, Turkey's largest transporters' association released a statement calling on its members to halt work on all U.S. military contracts in Iraq. The non-binding statement may [...] | 2004-08-09 07:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU |
04ISTANBUL1279 | GREEK, ARMENIAN PROPERTY WOES PROMPT COMPARISON [...] (sbu) Summary: Turkey's Istanbul-based minority religious communities report that while recent legislation has enabled them to "legalize" ownership of numerous properties already under their control, the new law is inadequate in that it does not permit the community foundations (mostly Greek O [...] | 2004-08-16 09:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1346 | ISTANBUL'S JULY VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES MEETING: [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry participants in the July 23 Istanbul voluntary principles meeting tell us that while they are "interested in and supportive in principle" of the initiative, it is unworkable unless Russian oil companies also participate. They also stressed that while consideration of [...] | 2004-08-27 03:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL EINV SENV TU |
04ISTANBUL136 | ISTANBUL ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met January 14 with Human Resource Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural in Istanbul to get an update on TIP programs and efforts to put together a shelter for trafficked women. To date, the GoT has offered no funding for a separate shelter for tr [...] | 2004-01-22 10:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM TU |
04ISTANBUL1371 | ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite positive international and domestic developments, including the Turkish government's recognition of the need for a new stand-by agreement for the 2005-2007 period, Turkish markets have remained range-bound in recent weeks. Many analysts attribute the markets' failure t [...] | 2004-09-01 11:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL1459 | THE FUTURE OF ORTHODOXY [...] (sbu) Summary: In addition to the struggle to maintain Istanbul as a viable seat for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Bartholomew faces a rising challenge for moral and ecclesiastical authority within the Orthodox world from Moscow-based Russian Patriarch Alexy II. End Summary. 2. (sbu) Ecumen [...] | 2004-09-22 11:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1484 | A MARINER'S VIEW OF THE TURKISH STRAITS [...] (U) In meetings with Consulate and Embassy officers last week, British Petroleum maritime consultant Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan provided a mariner's view of the issues the Turkish straits pose for transiting oil tankers. Morgan, who accompanied a BP Suezmax tanker through the straits [...] | 2004-09-29 10:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ENRG ECON SENV TU |
04ISTANBUL1488 | TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS OUTLINE CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Turkey's two leading transporters associations told us in meetings this week that their members perceive a deteriorating security situation in Iraq, with problems now reaching as far as Mosul in the north. They also continue to see serious problems with the [...] | 2004-10-04 03:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU |
04ISTANBUL1558 | CUKUROVA FAILS TO COME THROUGH AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's stock market was shaken Tuesday as it absorbed news that the Cukurova Group had again missed the deadline for completion of the first payment under its early payment plan with the Turkish Savings Deposit Fund (SDIF). The ISE-100 dropped 2.15 percent Tuesday as a resul [...] | 2004-10-15 06:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL1575 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE FOCUSES ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the October 7 hand grenade attack on the compound of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Fener, Consulate security personnel have worked closely with officials there to provide security advice. The Patriarchate's chief administrative officer, Chancellor Theoliptos, express [...] | 2004-10-19 07:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
04ISTANBUL1624 | TURKEY AND THE EU: HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sessions at last week's Istanbul conference of Europe's Green Party highlighted Turkey's hopes and aspirations to gain a date for the beginning of accession negotiations, but also lingering sensitivities about perceived EU discrimination against Turkey and local discomfort abou [...] | 2004-10-28 08:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
04ISTANBUL1677 | KUCUKARMUTLU: APPLE OF ISTANBUL'S EYE AND [...] (u) Summary: A storm is brewing in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kucukarmutlu, pitting Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and its plans for a technology park against local residents and politicians. ITU recently reiterated its intention to seek implementation of court decisions to evict tens [...] | 2004-11-09 06:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV ECON EAID TU |
04ISTANBUL1714 | THE PLIGHT OF TURKS IN WESTERN THRACE: RED HERRING [...] (sbu) Summary: There is a solid strain of Turkish opinion promoting the idea of "reciprocity" re dealing with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Increasingly, opinion makers and the GOT attempt to justify the current situation by citing the "mistreatment" of Turks living in Greece. The Association [...] | 2004-11-17 11:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU |
04ISTANBUL1716 | SECURITY AND PAYMENT HEAD LIST OF TURKISH BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A range of Turkish companies active in Iraq outlined their main concerns in a November 5 meeting with Turkey Caucus co-chair Representative Ed Whitfield. Security and payment issues headed the list, with companies reporting not just serious problems in ensuring the safe delivery [...] | 2004-11-18 08:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG MOPS PREL PTER TU |
04ISTANBUL1728 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS FOCUS ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings the week of November 8, Istanbul business leaders told visiting State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel that they are optimistic both about Turkey's [...] | 2004-11-19 07:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TU |
04ISTANBUL1729 | REPUBLICAN PEOPLES' PARTY: IS THE YELLOW ROSE [...] (sbu) Summary: Open warfare between main opposition CHP leader Deniz Baykal and Mustafa Sarigul ("Yellow Rose" in Turkish),the popular CHP mayor of Istanbul's Sisli district, will probably lead to Sarigul's eviction from the party. Few observers doubt that the corruption allegations against [...] | 2004-11-19 08:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1751 | VIEWS FROM IZMIR ON IRAQ, EU MEMBERSHIP, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Izmir business and religious leaders, NGOs and a journalist shared their views on human rights, Iraq, Turkey's EU membership and religious issues November 12 with Izmir liaison officer. The Izmir branches of the Human Rights Foundation and the Bar Association, both involved with [...] | 2004-11-24 03:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL1753 | GREEK BUYUKADA ORPHANAGE SEIZED; BALIKLI HOSPITAL [...] (c) Summary: Against the expectations of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Turkish Supreme Court on October 10 upheld a lower court decision revoking the Patriarch's deed of ownership for the long-vacated Greek Orthodox orphanage at Prinkipos (Buyukada) and awarded ownership to an already-confi [...] | 2004-11-24 10:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1804 | CRITICISM OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ PERVADES BMNEAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Linkage of the BMENAI with U.S. policy in Iraq was a common theme of speakers at a Cultural Initiative Symposium on the Greater Middle East and North Africa Project (BMENAI) in Istanbul in November. A wide range of Turkish academics, former GOT officials, and European diplomats [...] | 2004-12-06 08:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU IZ PREL KPAO KMPI |
04ISTANBUL1807 | TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...] | 2004-12-06 11:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TU |
04ISTANBUL1819 | ISTANBUL PROTESTANTS CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: While acknowledging that the environment for religious minorities in Turkey has significantly improved over the past several years, leaders of several Istanbul Protestant churches claim that they continue to face legal hurdles and cultural prejudice in their activities. Because [...] | 2004-12-08 02:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1821 | MEETING WITH KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) P/E Chief and Consular Section Chief met on December 7 with H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading Company Managing Director Sadan Kaptanoglu and other company executives to review Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the company. While reiterating that th [...] | 2004-12-08 04:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL KFRD TU |
04ISTANBUL1837 | ISTANBUL POLITICS: AKP CONSOLIDATES CONTROL [...] (sbu) Summary: Following dominatig victories in the arch 28 local elections, Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials in Istanbul have sought to furthr consolidate power by attracting converts from ther parties and have transferred key assets fro the few remaining non-AKP districts to are [...] | 2004-12-09 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1868 | THE NEW EU? ARRANGING MARRIAGES ON TURKISH [...] (u) Summary: With Turkey on the verge of receiving a historic invitation on December 17 to begin membership negotiations, Europe is seized with the question of whether Turkey is sufficiently "European." Religion and economic disparities aside, Turkish television provides a window into some ke [...] | 2004-12-15 05:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TU |
04ISTANBUL190 | ISTANBUL EMPLOYERS' MUTED REACTION TO TURKEY'S [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent decision of the Turkish government to increase Turkey's minimum wage by 38 percent, while also raising pensions by 21 percent, has sparked strong criticism in financial circles, but only a muted reac [...] | 2004-01-30 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1925 | ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON MARKET DEVELOPMENTS, [...] (u) Summary: Istanbul market analysts were not surprised at the relatively moderate size of the post-EU decision rally, because they believe that much of the good news had already been priced into the markets during the last few months. They expect, however, that interest in Turkish financial [...] | 2004-12-27 05:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL194 | ENERGY REPORTING OFFICER INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-05 11:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG APER |
04ISTANBUL1944 | RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE OR WINDOW DRESSING [...] (sbu) Summary: In trying to burnish ruling AKP's religious tolerance credentials, Prime Minister Erdogan attended the December 5 opening of a museum at an Armenian Hospital in Istanbul and four days later presided over the opening ceremony for a new mosque-church-synagogue complex near Antaly [...] | 2004-12-28 11:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1953 | ISTANBUL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS STREET CHILDREN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Pickpocketing incidents, particularly those involving cellular telephones, have risen sharply throughout Turkey in 2004, with the highest jump in Istanbul. National attention following an incident leading to the death of a student in Istanbul in November prompted the formation [...] | 2004-12-30 06:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC TU |
04ISTANBUL262 | BOSPHORUS DELAYS EASE BUT ISSUES REMAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shipping delays on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits have eased in recent days but the war of words surrounding the issue continues. Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft strongly criticized Turkish [...] | 2004-02-20 11:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV EWWT TU |
04ISTANBUL266 | CHALDEANS LEAVING IRAQ THROUGH ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A significant number of Chaldean-Iraqis have left Iraq, and are currently taking refuge in Istanbul. Estimates vary on the size of the group, with Turkey's de facto Chaldean leader estimating 4,600, while Catholic relief Charity Caritas thinks around 1,500 refugees may currently [...] | 2004-02-20 12:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL276 | ZORLU CFO OUTLINES THE GROUP'S TUPRAS PLANS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with Econoff, Zorlu Group Chief Financial Officer Cem Koksal outlined the group's strategy for completion of the purchase of the Turkish refiner Tupras, predicting agreement with Turke [...] | 2004-02-24 12:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL295 | TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER ON US/TURKEY [...] (u) Summary: During the course of a February 26 courtesy call by the Ambassador, First Army Commander General Buyukanit offered his views on U.S.-Turkish military-to-military relations, the ongoing Cyprus negotiations, and the Greater Middle East. End Summary. Mil-Mil Relations --------- [...] | 2004-02-26 12:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
04ISTANBUL298 | ISTANBUL COURT HANDS DOWN INDICTMENTS IN BOMBING [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors at Istanbul's State Security Court on February 25 formally indicted 69 alleged conspirators in November's 4 terrorist attacks. Approximately 50 of the accused are now in custody. However, a number of key figures, including the alleged leader of the Turkish al-Qaida c [...] | 2004-02-26 13:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU |
04ISTANBUL356 | EXECUTIVES HIGHLIGHT BUOYANT STOCK MARKET BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Edelman on February 26, executives at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) focused on two extremes of Turkey's current economic performance: the buoyant stock market, which has risen 80 percent over the last ye [...] | 2004-03-08 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL365 | ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...] | 2004-03-09 12:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU |
04ISTANBUL374 | FUROR OVER ATATURK'S DAUGHTER'S ARMENIAN ANCESTRY [...] (sbu) Summary: Recent claims reported in two Turkish newspapers that the late Sabiha Gokcen -- Ataturk's adopted daughter and Turkey's first female pilot -- was Armenian have exposed an ugly streak of racism in Turkish society. The reports led a number of prominent figures to make racist rema [...] | 2004-03-10 12:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL376 | ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...] | 2004-03-10 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU |
04ISTANBUL381 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH APPOINTS NON-TURKS TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to ensure the viability of his institution in the face of the declining Orthodox community in Turkey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, first among equals in the Orthodox world, appointed six non-Turkish citizen metropolitans to the church's Holy Synod. The twel [...] | 2004-03-11 12:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL401 | ARMENIAN PATRIARCH DISCUSSES ONGOING CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II believes the run-up to a decision for Turkey on EU accession in December provides the best opportunity in years to get movement from the GoT on a variety of problems faced by minority communities, including church administration and property issues, cl [...] | 2004-03-17 10:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL402 | ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...] | 2004-03-17 13:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL403 | "HONOR KILLING" SHOCKS ISTANBUL, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (u) Summary: The tragic murder of 22-year old Guldunya Toren on February 26 by two of her brothers at a Bakirkoy district hospital shocked Istanbul, captured several days of media coverage, and highlighted the fact that the tradition of "honor killings" remains deep-set, even in Turkey's most [...] | 2004-03-17 13:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL432 | TERROR STRIKES ISTANBUL MASONIC LODGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, a botched suicide attack against an Istanbul Masonic lodge left 2 dead and 7 wounded (reftel). Investigations continue, but police statements and assorted press reports suggest that there may have been a network of planners and accomplices, as well as connections to [...] | 2004-03-22 07:29:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL448 | ISTANBUL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR DUMMIES [...] (u) Summary: The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is poised for landslide victories in most of the March 28 Istanbul municipal elections. AKP candidate Kadir Topbas looks to be a shoo-in for the top prize -- Istanbul Mayor -- and AKP candidates are also expected to take the lion's share of [...] | 2004-03-24 08:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL474 | TURKEY'S JEWISH COMMUNITY: FRIGHT BUT NOT FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two synagogue bombings and a recent attack on a Masonic lodge (which attackers reportedly believed was filled with Jews) have thoroughly unnerved Turkey's Jewish community. Synagogue services are now more centralized and sparsely attended, and youth and cultural groups have suspe [...] | 2004-03-26 07:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER TU |
04ISTANBUL492 | TURKS PROTEST YASSIN'S DEATH, CONDEMN ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (u) Summary: Protesters burned Israeli and American flags at a symbolic funeral held for the former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin following the noon prayer on Friday, March 26, in the Sultanahmet district, in central Istanbul. About 5,000 people participated in the demonstration organized b [...] | 2004-03-30 12:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TU |
04ISTANBUL530 | GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE: YOUNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH A GROUP OF ISTANBUL ACADEMICS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAUGE REACTIONS OF INFORMED INTERLOCUTORS TO THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE. SEVERAL WARNED OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND OTHERS WONDERED IF THE PROPOSED COMMITMENT COULD BE SUSTAI [...] | 2004-04-06 11:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM KMPI XF TU |
04ISTANBUL610 | TURKISH POLICE SEIZE 4.4 TONS OF MORPHINE BASE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) seized 4.4 tons of morphine base, with an estimated value in Turkey of USD 15.5 million, in a raid on an Istanbul warehouse on March 29. The group targeted in the recent raid has connections to other narcotics trafficking groups in Turkey and elsewher [...] | 2004-04-20 07:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL71 | PATRIARCH AGREES TO HUMAN RIGHTS DIMENSION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I plans to travel to Cuba to accept title to a rebuilt Greek Orthodox Church in Havana. He has undertaken to raise human rights concerns both publicly and privately while in Cuba, and has agreed to a reception hosted by U.S., Greek, and Turkish d [...] | 2004-01-12 11:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU PHUM TU |
04ISTANBUL789 | TRUCKING INTO THE EU...VIA CYPRUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of Turkish truckers were stopped for days at several EU border crossings on May 1 when European customs officials insisted that they present insurance cards valid in Cyprus. Although the crisis was resolved by issuing replacement insurance cards, Turkish truckers and [...] | 2004-05-17 04:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD GR PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL797 | THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH STRIKES BACK [...] (sbu) Summary: Following a decision by Archbishop Christodoulos of Greece to appoint three new bishops without his approval, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and an enlarged Holy Synod formally broke communion with Christodoulos on April 30 and called on the newly-appointed bishops not to assu [...] | 2004-05-20 08:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GR TU |
04ISTANBUL798 | TURKISH-ARMENIAN RAPPROCHEMENT: NO LIGHT AT THE [...] (c) Summary: Until now Istanbul-based initiatives have had an important role to play in track-two moves to improve Turco-Armenian relations. However, the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC),much-derided by the Armenian diaspora and largely ignored by Turks, has discontinued its [...] | 2004-05-20 08:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TU |
04ISTANBUL843 | "WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU": NEW COMMISSION DISPLAYS [...] (c) Summary: A delegation of the new inter-ministerial commission charged with resolving outstanding minority issues visited Istanbul in January to meet with the leaders of the religious communities and to follow up on complaints that the religious leaders had passed to Prime Minister Erdogan l [...] | 2004-05-28 10:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL868 | RELIGIOUS MINORITIES STILL FACE DIFFICULTIES IN [...] (U) Summary: Prime Ministry human rights Director Vahit Bicak offered an upbeat assessment of Turkey's progress in addressing religious minority foundations' legal issues at a May 15 NGO-organized symposium. Nonetheless, religious minority foundations stressed that they still face serious [...] | 2004-06-03 08:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU PHUM |
04ISTANBUL891 | TURKEY RAISES NORTHERN CYPRUS AVIATION LINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation reviewed the bilateral transportation relationship with Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim in a full day of meetings in Istanbul on Monday, May 24. Yildirim took the opportunity to press for t [...] | 2004-06-08 09:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL TU CY |
04ISTANBUL90 | LATE OFFER MUDDIES TUPRAS PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish analysts are reacting positively today to yesterday's announcement that the highest bid for privatization of two-thirds of the state refinery Tupras came in at 1.3 billion USD. While the press has been critical of the offer, the bid values the overall company at 2 billi [...] | 2004-01-14 15:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TU |
04ISTANBUL974 | TURKEY'S "EURO" VISION [...] Summary: While European officials assess GOT efforts toward meeting the Copenhagen Criteria in advance of the EU Council's important December Summit, Turkey's de facto integration into the cultural life of Europe deepens. Turkey's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, along wit [...] | 2004-06-21 07:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL TU |
04ISTANBUL975 | HALKI: REAL PROGRESS AT LAST? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Ecumenical Patriarchate, having learned through a variety of sources that the government is reportedly working to reopen the Halki Seminary, is optimistic this could happen in September. According to the Patriarchate, the proposal purportedly under development b [...] | 2004-06-21 08:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
04JAKARTA10111 | A WIN FOR YUDHOYONO IN PARLIAMENT: ARMED FORCES [...] (C) The House of Representatives (DPR) on October 15 voted to slow-track President Megawati's appointment of Ryamizard Ryacudu as Armed Forces (TNI) Commander. This decision marks a victory for President-elect Yudhoyono, who recently told the Ambassador he did not appreciate Megawati's nominat [...] | 2004-10-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM ID |
04JAKARTA10342 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a farewell call on President Yudhoyono Oct. 21. Yudhoyono painted a broad picture of needing to convince the Indonesian people on the importance of international cooperation and friendship as well as showing foreign friends that Indonesia is on the right path. SBY sai [...] | 2004-10-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINS PTER ID |
04JAKARTA12319 | INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...] | 2004-12-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID |
04JAKARTA12662 | KALLA WINS CHAIR OF GOLKAR, EMERGES AS POWERFUL [...] (C) Vice President Jusuf Kalla won the chairmanship of Golkar, Indonesia's largest political party, during a December 16-19 Party Congress, which we observed first-hand. Kalla's team paid enormous bribes to secure votes from party branches, but Golkar's draw toward executive branch power repre [...] | 2004-12-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
04JAKARTA3519 | TIGHT RACE FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AS [...] (C) Golkar party Chairman Akbar Tandjung and retired General Wiranto vie in a tight race for Golkar's presidential nomination. Although Akbar enjoys some institutional advantages, we cannot predict the outcome of the April 20 Golkar convention, as hundreds of party chapters will determine the [...] | 2004-04-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
04JAKARTA5072 | POLITICAL INTRIGUE IMPERILS BAPETEN'S CHAIRMAN JOB [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Control Board (BAPETEN) Dr. Djaloeis (please protect) confided to us 25 July that political intrigue involving one of his deputies and the State Minister of Research and Technology Hatta Rajasa, and a previously unknown radical Islamic group called T [...] | 2004-05-28 12:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | TRGY AORC KNNP KTIA IAEA ENRG PREL |
04JAKARTA7036 | YUDHOYONO AND MEGAWATI ENTER RUN-OFF; WIRANTO AND [...] (C) The Indonesian Electoral Commission (KPU) on July 26 certified final results from the first round Presidential election, placing Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Megawati Soekarnoputri into the September runoff election. An advisor to retired General Wiranto told us that Wiranto plan [...] | 2004-07-28 00:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM ID |
04JAKARTA711 | YUDHOYONO: A MAN FOR ALL PARTIES [...] (C) Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated openly his intention to run for the presidency in 2004. He has not yet declared allegiance to any particular political party, however, and, consequently, is both widely courted and criticized as i [...] | 2004-01-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ID |
04JAKARTA8872 | THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...] | 2004-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID |
04JERUSALEM171 | HOW HAMAS IS WORKING TO REPLACE THE PA AND THE PLO [...] (C) Summary: A range of Palestinian thinkers and activists are reporting that Hamas is moving with unprecedented boldness to establish itself as an alternative leadership to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO. Hamas leaders are publicly arguing that stalled roadmap implementation, the w [...] | 2004-01-20 05:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
04JERUSALEM4203 | PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WORRIED AS ARAFAT'S [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat's health deteriorated suddenly the evening of November 3, according to ConGen sources in Ramallah, who said his doctors in Paris had moved him to an intensive care unit after he began vomiting and experiencing fatigue and fever. Negotia [...] | 2004-11-04 10:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS |
04JERUSALEM4306 | ABD RABBO: LIFE AND DEATH WITH SUHA -- STRANGER [...] (C) Summary: PLO ExCom member Yasir Abd Rabbo told DPO November 9 that Suha Arafat's undignified rant on al-Jazeera in which she accused the Palestinian leadership of conspiring against her husband had found no resonance among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Instead, her behavior had [...] | 2004-11-09 16:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KWBG FR |
04JERUSALEM926 | ARAFAT BLOCKS COURT ORDER UNFREEZING HAMAS ACCOUNTS [...] (C) ON THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS OF YASIR ARAFAT, PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) GOVERNOR AMIN HADDAD CALLED ECON/C MARCH 23 TO REPORT THAT ARAFAT HAD INSTRUCTED THE PMA AND THE PA SECURITY SERVICES TO BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARCH 21 HIGHER JUDICIAL COUNCIL ORDER UNFREEZING 39 BANK [...] | 2004-03-23 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
04KABUL1381 | NORTHERN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN,S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. VII Corps General Wasiq met with the Ambassador on May 10 to discuss major initiatives to bring stability and promote economic and political progress in northern Afghanistan. Key topics included: northern disappointment with the perceived slow pace of reconstruction efforts in t [...] | 2004-05-15 04:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL AF |
04KATHMANDU1001 | NEPAL: KING'S ADVISOR OUTLINES STEPS TO FORM NEW [...] SUMMARY: KING GYANENDRA'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND CONFIDANT, PRABHAKAR RANA, TOLD THE CHARGE AND DCM ON MAY 28 THAT REPEATED EFFORTS TO PERSUADE THE LEADERS OF THE TWO MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES TO ACCEPT SOMEONE ELSE AS PRIME MINISTER HAD FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE KING IS LIKELY TO CALL ALL THE PART [...] | 2004-05-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NP PGOV PREL GON |
04KATHMANDU1024 | NEPAL: DEUBA DUBBED PRIME MINISTER; CONGRESS' [...] (C) At about 11:00 a.m. local time on June 2, King Gyanendra appointed two-time Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister. He is expected to be sworn in on June 3. According to Palace sources, Deuba's nomination has the critical sup [...] | 2004-06-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1026 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: HISTORY STARTS TODAY [...] (C) We appreciate the perspective, based on personal experience as well as scholarship, brought to the history of the Nepalese Bhutanese refugee problem by Embassy New Delhi (REF B). The roots of the present imbroglio are deep and complex. What the Government of Bhutan describes as legitim [...] | 2004-06-03 07:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV BT IN NP |
04KATHMANDU1030 | NEPALI MAOIST COMMANDER IMPLICATED IN MURDERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Nepali press reports, Indian police in Patna, Bihar have arrested 12 Nepali Maoists, including several Central Committee members. Among those reportedly arrested is Kumar Dahal (a.k.a. "Bijay"),the head of the Maoists' Kathmandu Valley Special Regional Bureau. [...] | 2004-06-04 02:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KCRM CJAN NP IN |
04KATHMANDU105 | NEPAL'S NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO INDIA [...] His Majesty's Government of Nepal (GON) announced the appointment of Karna Dhoj Adhikari as its Ambassador to India on December 12, 2003. Ambassador-designate Adhikari will replace acting Nepali CDA Pradeep Khatiwata, who has been GON's representative since Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa retur [...] | 2004-01-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU1054 | NEPAL: SEVEN BHUTANESE REFUGEES ARRESTED AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to various media reports and UNHCR sources, seven Bhutanese refugees, including one minor, were arrested in the Beldangi Refugee Camp on suspicion of being connected to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). One of the refugees arrested reportedly was found in possession [...] | 2004-06-08 06:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM NP BH |
04KATHMANDU1080 | NEPAL: PM DEUBA'S PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a warm 40-minute courtesy call by the Charge on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on June 10, Nepal's new Prime Minister broadly outlined the challenges he faces in building a new government, dealing with the Maoists, and restoring democratic processes in Nepal. Deuba's sta [...] | 2004-06-10 21:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1096 | NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: No deportations of Tibetan refugees have been reported since the last refugee update of February 26, 2004 (Ref A). However, refugees who make the dangerous passage continue to face other risks. For example, the reports of abuse of three female refugees in April appear to have l [...] | 2004-06-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PBTS PTER NP CH |
04KATHMANDU112 | NEPAL: SPOKESMAN SAYS ARMY WILL INITIATE [...] (C) On January 15 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Spokesman Col. Deepak Gurung informed poloff that the RNA had completed its inquiry into allegations that RNA soldiers had summarily executed three civilians in Khotang District on December 6 (Reftel). According to Gurung, the RNA, based on its findin [...] | 2004-01-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS MASS NP |
04KATHMANDU1141 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 11-18, [...] An early morning ambush by Maoists left 21 Armed Police Force (APF) personnel dead and sixteen injured (Ref A). Seven security personnel were killed and twenty-two suffered injuries in other incidents this week. Indian police arrested five Nepalese Maoists in the Indian state of Bihar. Twent [...] | 2004-06-18 03:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1147 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: DEBATE TO THE FORE IN NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the first time, local integration and third-country resettlement of refugees have became a public topic of debate by UNHCR and Nepali officials. Frustrated by inaction, a UNHCR official raised the subject in a press interview only to have his three-pronged plan for refugee [...] | 2004-06-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM NP BH |
04KATHMANDU1178 | NEPAL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE BOMBING OF [...] (S/NF) Post continues to look into the June 12 bombing of the American-owned carpet factory "Red Thread." (REF A) On June 18, RSO Jim Gayhart met with American business owner Leslie Shackleford (please protect) to discuss the recent Maoist bombing of her factory (REFTELS). She expressed con [...] | 2004-06-23 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC BEXP PTER ECON NP |
04KATHMANDU1183 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 15 TO 21, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- UML, NC (D) agree on Common Minimum Program: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that both the parties (ruling NC-D and CPN-UML) had agreed on the common minimum program. "We have reached consensus and soon will give all-party shape to the present government," [...] | 2004-06-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1193 | NEPAL: SUPREME COURT ISSUES ORDER TO ARMY ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: For the first time, Nepal's Supreme Court has issued a "show cause" order to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) instructing the RNA to respond within specified timelines on habeas corpus petitions. Nepal's moribund judiciary and understandably frightened judges [...] | 2004-06-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
04KATHMANDU120 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 10-16, [...] Almost 100 insurgents have surrendered since the announcement of the Government of Nepal's (GON) amnesty program. On January 9, Maoists released an economic report touting tourists as their main source of revenue. On January 15, Maoists gunned down a newly appointed mayor. According to pr [...] | 2004-01-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1201 | STATE DEPT. 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD CASC NP SA PPD |
04KATHMANDU121 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY BICKERING CONTINUES DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's political parties, like the King, continue to talk about how best to restore democracy in the kingdom, but persistently resist working together. On January 14, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) party published a political "roadmap" that c [...] | 2004-01-16 08:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1215 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMPS FACE VIRAL INFLUENZA [...] As has happened in past years during the early to mid- monsoon period in Nepal, the Bhutanese refugee camps are facing widespread cases of viral influenza. According to UNHCR, the western refugee camps (Beldangi 1-3 and Sanischare) are suffering the peak of the disease, whereas the numbers o [...] | 2004-06-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SOCI NP |
04KATHMANDU122 | NEPAL: ARE THE STUDENT PROTESTS RESONATING WITHIN [...] (C) Summary. Now at the month-long mark, student union-led protests have grown increasingly critical of the King and have even begun calling for the abolition of the monarchy and the institution of a republican state. The demonstrations are the largest and most sustained protests since the d [...] | 2004-01-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
04KATHMANDU1226 | NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF REPLIES TO SUPREME COURT [...] (U) According to media reporting on June 29, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Pyar Jung Thapa responded in writing to the Nepali Supreme Court's "show cause" order (Ref A). His response reportedly indicated that past failures by the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) to respond to habeas corpus writs on indiv [...] | 2004-06-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
04KATHMANDU1227 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK NGO OFFICE IN MID-WEST [...] (SBU) At about 10:00 p.m. local time on June 28, Maoist insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device on the second floor of an office belonging to Backward Society Education (BASE),a local NGO, in Dhangadi, Kailali District. According to NGO contacts, the Maoists ordered the night-ti [...] | 2004-06-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAID NP |
04KATHMANDU1231 | NEPAL: FOUR PARTIES AGREE ON BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 three political parties joined Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) in endorsing a statement of objectives for Deuba's government. The parties' hard-won agreement on the 43-point program opens the door for the formation of a coalition g [...] | 2004-07-01 07:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1234 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 26-JULY [...] Security forces reportedly thwarted Maoist plans to create "chaos" in the capital. Germany's envoy called for a quick resolution of the Maoist conflict to improve Nepal's economic development. Nepal's UN Chief said the UN "would not take any initiative" for dialogue with the Maoists, and sa [...] | 2004-07-02 03:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1260 | NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL 12 POLICE, 1 CIVILIAN NEAR [...] According to Nepal Police sources, at about 3:30 am local time on July 5, Maoist insurgents detonated a landmine along Padam Road, 10 km west of Birgunj in Parsa district. The explosion was timed to damage a pick-up truck carrying 12 Nepal police personnel and a civilian. All 13 were killed [...] | 2004-07-07 03:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1269 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM forms 31-member cabinet: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded his three-member cabinet to 31-member cabinet by inducting 28 ministers from four political parties and civic society on Monday. (Major reports, 7/6) -- Cabinet faces: The cabinet has 19 cabin [...] | 2004-07-08 03:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1277 | NEPAL: A FOUR-PARTY GOVERMENT IS FORMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 5, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba expanded his cabinet to a bulky 31 Ministers, State Ministers and Assistant Ministers. The cabinet expansion, which ended a month long delay in the anticipated formation of a four-party government, includes members from four politica [...] | 2004-07-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN NP |
04KATHMANDU1288 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Moriarty made his first official call on Foreign Secretary Madhu Acharya on July 8. Acharya stated that the UN offer to mediate with the Maoists was appreciated, but third-party mediation from any quarters would not be accepted for the time being. Meanwhile, India's [...] | 2004-07-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IN BH NP UN |
04KATHMANDU1290 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT [...] Nepal's Maoist insurgency, which began in 1996, has tragically victimized the children of Nepal. The frequent school bandhs (school closings),have disrupted the lives of students, parents and teachers and the scheduling of required exams, damaged the educational system and delayed the advan [...] | 2004-07-09 07:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PTER MOPS PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1300 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 2-JULY 9, [...] Maoists assassinated the Mayor of Pokhara, reportedly in retaliation for the deaths of six rebels and for failing to abandon his post. The four political parties who have declined joining Deuba's cabinet reportedly have entered into talks with Maoist leaders. A senior member of the Maoist C [...] | 2004-07-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1304 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 7 TO 12, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Govt. ready to talk to Maoists: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government was ready to talk with the Maoists on any political agenda with maximum flexibility except on constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy. (Media reports, 7/12) -- Mo [...] | 2004-07-13 04:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1319 | NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary) Shyam Satan stressed that a negotiated settlement with the Maoists resulting in multiparty democracy could only be achieved if there were political unity bet [...] | 2004-07-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP |
04KATHMANDU133 | NEPAL: ARMY LAUNCHES AIR STRIKE AGAINST REPORTED [...] (C) The Director of Military Operations (DMO) of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has confirmed that on January 20 the RNA conducted an air strike against a site in the remote mid-western district of Jajarkot, where the Maoists were reportedly holding a large rally. According to the RNA source, th [...] | 2004-01-21 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU1348 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 10-16, [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials announced there would be no unilateral ceasefire even as contradictory opinions surrounded the issue of international mediation. Maoists pulled off another brazen assassination of a city mayor in broad daylight, following a pattern of assassinating local [...] | 2004-07-16 05:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1353 | NEPAL: KING OFFERS VIEWS AT AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 20-minute one-on-one after I presented my credentials on July 16, Nepal's King Gyanendra told me that he wanted to be a constitutional monarch, and would take a "hands-off" approach now that Prime Minister Deuba had formed a government. The King described ongoing U.S. assist [...] | 2004-07-16 10:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP PGOV PINS PTER PHUM NP |
04KATHMANDU1372 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 13 TO 19, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- FM unveils Rs 111 billion budget: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari unveiled Rs 111.68 billion-budget ordinance for the fiscal year 2061/62 (2004/05). The budget does not make any radical departure from those of the previous years. It h [...] | 2004-07-20 07:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1406 | NEPAL: CORRUPTION CONVICTION AGAINST FORMER [...] (U) On July 22, the Special Court convicted Chiranjivi Wagle, former deputy prime minister and Central Committee member of Prime Minister Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) party, on corruption charges. The court sentenced him to two and a half years in jail, a fine of NRs. 27.2 million (ap [...] | 2004-07-23 08:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KCRM NP |
04KATHMANDU1407 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 17-23, 2004 [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials said they would not compromise on "monarchy and multi-party democracy," while the Prime Minister warned the Maoists that his "elasticity has a limit." Maoist Chairman Prachanda issued a scathing rebuke, declaring that his party was ready to move forward w [...] | 2004-07-23 08:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NOTAG |
04KATHMANDU1408 | NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF'S READ-OUT ON THE INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jung Thapa told the Ambassador and ODC Chief on July 22 that while the security situation in Nepal had stabilized, changing Maoist tactics, such as assassination squads in the Kathmandu Valley, were a cause for concern. The Royal Nepalese Ar [...] | 2004-07-23 08:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NP NOTAG |
04KATHMANDU141 | NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged human rights violations for further investigation. Of the 17 cases, 8 involved allegations of extra-judicial killing; 3 involved allegations of use of exces [...] | 2004-01-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU1418 | NEPAL: DEUBA PLANS ELECTIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During their first meeting on July 23, Prime Minister Deuba reiterated to the Ambassador Nepal's gratitude to the U.S., and especially to President Bush, for supporting Nepal's development and counter-insurgency efforts. Deuba emphasized the need for a coalition of democratic forc [...] | 2004-07-26 01:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PREF NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1443 | NEPAL: ADHIKARI PLANS NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE ALL ELSE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Adhikari told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists must be the government's priority. Believing the Maoists ready to meet, Adhikari defended his budget by stating that a strong military and administration were req [...] | 2004-07-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR BT NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1444 | NEPAL: STATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's State Foreign Affairs Minister Mahat told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists before the Maoists were serious would be fruitless. Mahat indicated that a critical RGOB had accepted the results of Nepal's criminal investigation of the 22 December Bh [...] | 2004-07-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BT NP |
04KATHMANDU147 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 17-23, [...] On January 19, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched aerial raids on the purported site of a Maoist gathering (Ref A). Thirty-one Maoists and eight security personnel reportedly were killed in other clashes. On January 16, the Ministry of Defense announced plans to add more than 6,400 recrui [...] | 2004-01-23 07:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1479 | NEPAL: HOME MINISTER KHADKA ON MAOISTS, REFUGEES, [...] (S) Summary. Nepal's Home Minister Khadka discussed the role of the Nepal Police in the Government of Nepal's counter-insurgency effort as well as Tibetan and Bhutanese refugee issues with Ambassador Moriarty on July 27. Khadka suggested he was supportive of the idea of Nepal supplying troop [...] | 2004-07-30 07:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1481 | NEPAL'S TOURISM SECTOR UNDER THREAT, BUT SIGNS OF [...] (C) The eight-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of the insurgency is most visible in Nepal's floundering tourism sector. The Maoists have reneged on repeated assurances not to target Nepal's struggling tourism [...] | 2004-07-30 07:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PTER ASEC CASC PINS NP |
04KATHMANDU1482 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 24-30, [...] In a spate of brutality, Maoists beheaded three civilians, a group of 12 Maoists hacked a man to death, and in another case, Maoists shot a handicapped man in the head. In Dadeldhura, the Maoists forced the stoppage of a school lunch incentive program run by the World Food Program (WFP) becau [...] | 2004-07-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1493 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 27 TO [...] NEPAL - U.S. -- U.S. assistance for Nepal's flood victims: "The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal James F. Moriarty handed over a cheque of U.S.$ 50,000 to Karin Hakensson-Furga, representative of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist the government of Nepal to respond to the [...] | 2004-08-03 02:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1545 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 31-AUGUST [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials will not announce a unilateral ceasefire, arguing such a move would come only after "meaningful" and "result-oriented" peace talks. Special Envoy to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Tamrat Samuel, arrived in Nepal for meetings with government and political [...] | 2004-08-06 06:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1547 | NEPAL: OFFICE OF TIBET REPRESENTATIVE MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Wangchuk Tsering, Director of the Office of Tibet, outlined for Ambassador Moriarty on August 5 the issues facing Tibetan refugees, both those transiting Nepal to India and those resident in Nepal. The Ambassador informed Wangchuk that he had raised many of these issues in his me [...] | 2004-08-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU1549 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE FRUSTRATION GROWING - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Only surprising in that it took so long to come about, some Bhutanese refugee leaders and many refugees are starting to ask for immediate third-country resettlement. During a discussion between StaffDel Blazey and two refugee leaders, as well as with young professional refugees, r [...] | 2004-08-06 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP |
04KATHMANDU1550 | NEPAL: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE ON BHUTANESE/TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham expressed the hope to the Ambassador on August 4 that the verification of Bhutanese refugees would resume. Meanwhile, for the first time, some Bhutanese refugees had begun to ask for immediate third-country resettlement. On Tibetans, UNHCR wa [...] | 2004-08-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP UNHCR |
04KATHMANDU1551 | NEPAL: SMALL CLASH BETWEEN BHUTANESE REFUGEES AND [...] (SBU) According to press reports, UNHCR staff and refugees, a fight between two Bhutanese refugees and three locals has led to the reimplementation of camp procedures requiring all refugees to request passes before leaving the refugee camps. On 29 July, two Bhutanese refugees from the Beldang [...] | 2004-08-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU1552 | NEPAL: CPN-UML GEN SEC MADHAV NEPAL ON POSSIBLE [...] (S) During their first meeting on August 5, Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN-UML General Secretary, sought the Ambassador's approval of secret exploratory peace talks in a third country. The UML leader wants the King and parties to present a unified front to the Maoists and determine Maoist intentio [...] | 2004-08-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS MARR NP |
04KATHMANDU1553 | MAOISTS WARN COMPANIES, INCLUDING COCA COLA, TO [...] (U) According to reports August 5 in both English and Nepali-language newspapers, the Maoist affiliated All Nepal Trade Union Federation has issued a warning to more than a dozen companies to shut down operations for an indefinite period. Included in the warning was the American company, Co [...] | 2004-08-07 02:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1561 | MEDIA REACTION: Nepal insurgency [...] "On deaf ears" Editorial in the centrist "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 8/6): "Voices raised against gruesome Maoist brutalities have fallen on deaf ears. The Maoist high command that is prompt in responding to anything concerning their ideology and general activities take refuge to their undergr [...] | 2004-08-10 01:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1583 | LANDMARK DECISION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN NEPAL [...] SUMMARY: In a victory for women's rights, the Supreme Court of Nepal declared null and void a law which had required women to return inherited property to their parent's family after marriage. Two committees, one in the process of being formed, have been ordered by the court to review the Mu [...] | 2004-08-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1590 | NEPAL: NATIONAL CONGRESS PRESIDENT KOIRALA: [...] (C) In his August 6 courtesy call on National Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala, the Ambassador urged the parties to reach consensus before talks with the Maoists. Koirala replied that he wanted to stay outside the government to push for peace and position himself for power once elections [...] | 2004-08-12 21:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1592 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 3 TO 9, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM to head peace secretariat; experts to back it: The government is setting up a Peace Secretariat, which will have chiefs of the four coalition partners and a nominee of the king as political advisors and a retired government administrator or a retired UN administrator [...] | 2004-08-12 23:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1596 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 7- [...] A five-member high-level peace committee headed by Prime Minister Sher Deuba was formed on August 12 to establish a peace secretariat. The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched raids in the far-western district of Achham on August 10 and 11. President of All Nepal National Independent Students' [...] | 2004-08-13 05:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1605 | NEPAL: PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED TO PRIME [...] (U) On August 13, the Ambassador delivered by hand the President's message of congratulations to the Prime Minister. Upon its receipt, Prime Minister Deuba exclaimed how he had always been an admirer of the President. The Prime Minister noted that the President was making difficult decisio [...] | 2004-08-13 07:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU1606 | NEPAL: COURT CASE MIGHT HALT TRANSIT OF TIBETANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Because of a case filed in the Kathmandu District Court accusing a police constable who escorted two Tibetan refugees to Kathmandu of trafficking and taking bribes, rumors abound that Nepal's Immigration Department has halted any further transit of Tibetan refugees to India for [...] | 2004-08-13 07:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1632 | MAOIST BOMBS CLOSE SOALTEE HOTEL, COCA COLA CLOSES [...] (U) Four bombs exploded in the backyard of Soaltee Hotel, a leading five star hotel in Kathmandu, Monday evening, August 16. Nobody was injured and there was only minor damage, according to published newspaper reports. The explosions preceded by one day the expiration of the demand by the [...] | 2004-08-17 21:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KTFN ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1643 | NEPAL: MAOIST MURDER JOURNALIST AND THREATEN OTHERS [...] The Maoists announced on August 16 that they had killed journalist-cum-human rights activist, Dekendra Raj Thapa for allegedly spying for the security forces against the insurgents. Thapa was abducted on June 26 in the mid- western district of Dailekh. He was a reporter of the state- owned [...] | 2004-08-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1647 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 10 TO [...] CURRENT AFFAIRS -- Koirala refuses to be in the peace committee: Nepali Congress (NC) president Girija Prasad Koirala has refused to join the High Level Peace Committee (HLPC). However, Koirala said he was ready to provide all kind of cooperation from his side for the restoration of peace. [...] | 2004-08-18 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1655 | NDI POLL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO IMPROVING DEMOCRACY [...] (C) In a public opinion poll conducted between May and July 2004 by the National Democratic Institute (NDI),95 percent of respondents believed things in Nepal were going in the wrong direction. NDI,s survey reports Nepali citizens' perceptions of the current government, democracy, and possib [...] | 2004-08-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU1658 | MAOISTS' VIRTUAL BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE; MAOIST [...] (C) Although the virtual Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley continues, there are no reports of Maoist violence or incidents anywhere. Vehicle traffic remains very light due to fears of Maoist reprisals despite government attempts to reassure the people. Targeted industries remain closed in [...] | 2004-08-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1670 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 14- [...] The Maoists have imposed a virtual blockade of roads leading to and from the Kathmandu Valley since August 18. Traffic remains very light on the roads, no incidents have been reported and no Maoists have been spotted. Tourism- related organizations have raised serious concern over the Maoist [...] | 2004-08-20 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU1672 | MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE, JUNE 5-PRESENT [...] Since the formation of Sher Bahadur Deuba's coalition government, Maoist atrocities have intensified. Every day brings new reports of Maoist killings, maimings, or threats of brutality. Most recently, the insurgents chased the former Mayor of Gularia Municipality from a funeral procession, [...] | 2004-08-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU1679 | VIRTUAL BLOCKADE STILL ON; INDUSTRIES REMAIN [...] (C) Over the weekend, Maoist violence continued around the country, but Kathmandu Valley remained relatively calm. Late August 21, the Maoists attacked government offices in Jumla, destroying several governmental buildings. Also on August 21 suspected Maoists shot an assistant police sub-insp [...] | 2004-08-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1688 | NEPAL: INCIDENTS ALONG BLOCKADED HIGHWAYS [...] (C) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Prakash Saran Mahat gave a briefing on the current situation to reassure the diplomatic community. However, there have been a couple of Maoist attacks along the highways and the traffic patterns are varying - decreasing on one of the main roads, retur [...] | 2004-08-24 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1690 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INTERNATIONAL MEDIA [...] "'Kathmandu under siege.' Really?" SUMMARY. One of the title-page stories in the centrist daily "The Kathmandu Post" (E/D) lambasted the exaggerations by the foreign (particularly Indian) media quoting particularly alarmist excerpts from The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, Star News, I [...] | 2004-08-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1695 | MEDIA REACTION: Nepal insurgency [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-25 03:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1696 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 17 TO 23, [...] MAOIST BLOCKADE -- RNA providing air cover: The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is to provide air cover as security for vehicles entering and leaving Kathmandu in an attempt to break the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley. (Centrist "The Kathmandu Post," E/D, 8/23) -- Int'l media spreading ru [...] | 2004-08-25 03:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU1697 | NEPAL: THE CPN-UML PARTY (C-NE4-00843) [...] (U) Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to help inform the Department's analytic process. Post's responses are keyed to Ref A questions by letter. ================= HISTORY, PLATFORM ================= 2. (C) The modern CPN-UML party is a centrist European social-democratic style p [...] | 2004-08-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR NP |
04KATHMANDU1698 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SUSPEND BLOCKADE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY [...] (U) On the evening of August 24, the joint district committees of CPN-Maoists in three districts issued a statement announcing they were suspending the blockade of the Kathmandu Valley for a month. They warned that they would start more severe actions in a month if the government did not mee [...] | 2004-08-25 07:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1705 | NSC OFFICIAL ON THE MAOIST INSURGENCY, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Maoist overall objective is the creation of a single-party "People's Republic" in Nepal, according to Major General Kul Bahadur Khadka, co-coordinator of Nepal's National Security Council. Khadka told the Ambassador on August 24 that the Maoist leadership would be willing to achieve [...] | 2004-08-25 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS PGOV NP IN |
04KATHMANDU1714 | NEPAL: RPP PRESIDENT RANA ON THE COALITION, PEACE [...] (C) The coalition government was working together fairly well and was discussing modalities for an eventual peace process with the Maoists, RPP President Rana told the Ambassador on August 24. Meanwhile, security cooperation between India and Nepal seemed to be improving, in Rana's view. Fin [...] | 2004-08-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IN NP |
04KATHMANDU1717 | NEPAL: JUSTICE SECTOR AND RULE-OF-LAW UPDATE [...] (C) Nepal's legal institutions are making some progress despite the difficulty of operating in an insurgency. The courts, led by a reform-minded Supreme Court Chief Justice, are attempting to reform from within, even though they are still plagued by corruption and traditional societal expecta [...] | 2004-08-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN NP |
04KATHMANDU1718 | NEPAL: MAOISTS NARROW CLOSURE OF INDUSTRIES TO [...] (U) Late afternoon August 27, the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions (ANFTU) issued a statement asking industries, other than those with U.S. investment, to resume their operations. The ANFTU said that that it had decided, however, to close down all multi-national corpora [...] | 2004-08-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC ETRD NP |
04KATHMANDU1730 | NEPAL: BUSINESSES REMAIN CLOSED; INDUSTRY SECURITY [...] (C) Maoists muddied the waters on August 27 by issuing a press statement that indicated the Maoist-threatened businesses, other than those with U.S. investment, could reopen (reftel) and then an hour later issuing a contradictory statement that all the businesses must remain closed. The Indu [...] | 2004-08-30 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EINV ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU1745 | NEPALI CONGRESS LEADER KOIRALA EXERTS POWER AFTER [...] (U) On August 28, after Royal Nepal Army (RNA) personnel barred former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala from entering the domestic terminal of the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA),a Nepali Congress-affiliated organization called a general closure ( [...] | 2004-08-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1746 | NEPAL: ROYAL NEPAL ARMY REQUESTS MORE M-16S [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, ODC and poloff, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jung Thapa requested 10,000 more M-16s, saying they were the RNA's weapon of choice. COAS Thapa stated that the RNA would like these additional M-16s if grant a [...] | 2004-08-31 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS MARR PGOV PTER CVIS ASEC NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1752 | NEPAL: SITREP NO. 1: MOB VIOLENCE IN REACTION TO [...] (U) Enraged Nepalis took to the streets all around Kathmandu on September 1 in reaction to the news about the August 31 murder of the twelve Nepali hostages in Iraq. They have targeted the largest mosque, Muslims, and manpower agencies; they have not targeted the United States. The GON calle [...] | 2004-09-01 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU1758 | NEPAL: INFO MINISTER MOHSIN ON THE PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) Minister of Information and Communication Mohammad Mohsin outlined for the Ambassador on August 31 the structure of the newly-announced Peace Secretariat. Mohsin hoped the new body would help prepare the government for any eventual peace process with the Maoists, as well as build trust be [...] | 2004-09-02 09:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KMDR PINS NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1759 | NEPAL: SITREP 2: QUIET ON SEPT. 2: NATIONAL DAY OF [...] (U) In the September 1 rioting in reaction to the executions of the twelve Nepalis in Iraq, seven people died and eighty-six were injured in Kathmandu. The Government-called curfew has resumed in Kathmandu after being lifted briefly the morning of September 2 to allow Kathmanduites to worshi [...] | 2004-09-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU180 | NEPAL: NO END IN SIGHT FOR POLITICAL IMPASSE [...] (C) During a January 29 meeting, the U.S., UK, and Indian Ambassadors agreed that there is little evidence that a breakthrough in the political deadlock between the Palace and the parties is imminent. The three discussed possible long-term implications of the demonstrating student unions' ca [...] | 2004-01-29 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL UK IN NP |
04KATHMANDU190 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 24-30, [...] An attempted bank robbery by Maoists on January 23 was foiled by security forces, leaving six dead. Twenty-six other Maoists reportedly were killed in separate incidents with security forces. Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa claimed the Government of Nepal (GON) clearly has the "upper ha [...] | 2004-01-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU191 | DEMONSTRATORS JUMP FENCE AT KATHMANDU EMR TO AVOID [...] (SBU) At approximately 4:30 PM local time US Embassy Kathmandu local guards reported three local males sighted jumping over the Embassy Main Residence (EMR) fence on the south side. The trespassers were apprehended immediately and ordered to come along quietly by the local guards at the resid [...] | 2004-01-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC NP PTER |
04KATHMANDU205 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: January 27 to [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Valley bandh: The Kathmandu valley is shutdown due to the one-day strike called by the five agitating parties. (Major reports, 2/2) -- Parties threaten to flare up their agitation: The five agitating political parties, following King Gyanendra's interview with Time m [...] | 2004-02-03 03:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU212 | NEPAL: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] Debilitated by a vicious eight-year Maoist insurgency, Nepal continues to face significant challenges in institutionalizing and enforcing respect for human rights and in strengthening its fledgling democratic institutions. An eight-month ceasefire (from January 29-August 27, 2003) and three [...] | 2004-02-04 06:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM NP |
04KATHMANDU227 | NEPALESE STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE [...] (C) The student wings of several Nepalese political parties continue their seventh week of protests against the King, adding calls for a republic to the near-daily pattern of effigy-burning, traffic disruption, and battles with the police. Student leaders allege that their republican rhetori [...] | 2004-02-06 06:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
04KATHMANDU229 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 31- [...] Twenty-four insurgents and two policemen reportedly were killed and thirty security personnel injured in clashes this week. The Chief of the Army Staff visited troops in the "Maoist Heartland." RNA officials said the rebels have suffered a "heavy setback." More than 200 Maoists have surren [...] | 2004-02-06 07:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU230 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: REPATRIATION INDEFINITELY [...] (C) Summary. From January 19-22, PRM/ANE Melissa Pitotti and PolOff met with various Government of Nepal (GON) and UNHCR officials and visited two of the seven Bhutanese refugee camps to discuss the status of negotiations between Nepal and Bhutan to find a durable solution for the refugees. [...] | 2004-02-06 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV BH NP |
04KATHMANDU251 | NEPAL: MAOIST EXTORTION: ONE BUSINESSMAN'S [...] (C) A prominent Nepali businessman who is also a member of the Nepal-USA Chamber of Commerce admitted to Econoff that his company paid approximately USD 800,000 to the Maoists "sometime last year." The businessman indicated that he decided to pay after five Maoists strapped with grenades and [...] | 2004-02-09 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC PTER CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU252 | Nepal Wardens Message - Maoist Nationwide [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-10 01:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU278 | NEPAL: MAOIST INCIDENTS LEADING UP TO 12 FEB STRIKE [...] (SBU) On February 9 at approximately 1500 hours, suspected Maoists ambushed a joint security force patrol team in Lalitpur (located next to Kathmandu). During this incident a police head constable and an army officer were killed. In addition, on February 10 at approximately 0900 hours susp [...] | 2004-02-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CASC ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU279 | NEPAL: KING'S PUBLIC APPEARANCE FAILS TO APPEAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. King Gyanendra's civic reception in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on February 8 did not attract the numbers expected despite government-provided buses and a heavy security presence. The low attendance can be attributed in part to the forced closure, or bandh, declared by [...] | 2004-02-10 08:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU280 | NEPAL: SECURITY SOURCES CONFIRM INDIANS HAND OVER [...] (C) Police and Army sources have confirmed that on February 8 Indian authorities handed over Maoist Politburo member Matrika Yadav and Maoist Central Advisor Suresh Ale Magar to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Unconfirmed reports suggested that the Maoists may were captured in the northern India [...] | 2004-02-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NP IN |
04KATHMANDU298 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEBRUARY 7-13, [...] A military offensive launched by the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) left nineteen people dead. Fifty-one Maoists reportedly were killed in other clashes with security forces. Reported Maoist attacks on security personnel injured seven and killed one. Two senior Maoist leaders were arrested in Luc [...] | 2004-02-13 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU310 | NEPAL: UN OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE IMMEDIATE HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Tamrat Samuel, Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the UN, said that the UN stands ready to assist in mediation efforts between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists if asked by both sides, but indicated that [...] | 2004-02-17 05:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP PHUM UN |
04KATHMANDU312 | NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE CLOSES CENTRAL NEPAL; [...] (U) The Maoist-enforced "bandh," or general strike, called for central Nepal, including Kathmandu, on February 17 was well observed in the capital. Slightly more shops were observed open and vehicles operating in Kathmandu than during the February 12 closure (Reftel). There were few reports [...] | 2004-02-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU313 | NEPALI MAOISTS KILL TERROR VICTIMS' LEADER [...] (U) On February 15 suspected Maoists shot and killed Ganesh Chiluwal, President of the Maoist Victims' Association (MVA),a local NGO representing survivors of Maoist terror. Chiluwal was gunned down at about 5:00 p.m. local time as he left his office in downtown Kathmandu. A witness said he [...] | 2004-02-17 09:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU326 | NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL PLEDGES CLOSER [...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Gianni Magazzeni, Geographic Teams leader from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),acknowledged that a UN-proposed hman rights accord will likely face resistance from the Government of Nepal (GON) unless the UN [...] | 2004-02-20 09:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV NP UN |
04KATHMANDU350 | NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In January, two groups, comprising 18 undocumented Tibetans, are believed to have been deported from Nepal at the Kodari border crossing in Sindhupalchowk District. No incidents were reported in February. Despite consistent denials by Government of Nepal (GON) officials in Kath [...] | 2004-02-26 00:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU367 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEBRUARY 21- [...] Three senior members from the Maoist Victims' Association (MVA) have resigned following the murder of its president. The Prime Minister acknowledged that human rights abuses have increased, but said steps would be taken to ensure that it would not continue. The Prime Minister also said tha [...] | 2004-02-27 07:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU371 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT WILL NOT SIGN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, de facto Foreign Minister Bekh Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal (GON) will not sign the proposed human rights accord because the accord implicitly puts the Maoists on the same level as the Government. The GON would, moreover, object [...] | 2004-02-28 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL NP UN |
04KATHMANDU379 | NEPAL: FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political Officer Crystal Kaplan (tel: 977-1-441-1179, fax: 977-1-441-0723, e-mail: kaplanct2@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country o [...] | 2004-03-01 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP |
04KATHMANDU396 | NEPAL: S/CT COORDINATOR AMB. COFER BLACK [...] (C) On March 3 Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, accompanied by Ambassador Michael Malinowski, held separate meetings with de facto Foreign Minister Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Black reconfirmed USG support fo [...] | 2004-03-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU397 | NEPAL: MAOISTS LAUNCH MAJOR ATTACK AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At about 2200 hours on March 2, the Maoists launched their first large scale attack against security force personnel since the end of the cease-fire in August 2003. The attack was focused on the district headquarters of Bhojpur District, located in the eastern hills of Nepal [...] | 2004-03-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU398 | OVERVIEW OF NEPAL POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS CELL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nepal Police Human Rights Cell was established in January 2003 and is staffed with only three investigators. However, organizational restructuring is underway to expand the number of investigators to 19. The cell is authorized to mete out minor punishments, such as verbal [...] | 2004-03-04 00:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM NP |
04KATHMANDU407 | NEPAL: KING PONDERING POSSIBLE POLLS NEXT YEAR [...] (C) Royal confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador on March 3 that King Gyanendra is considering holding national elections by May 2005. There was no indication of when an official announcement might be made. While we view free and fair elections as the best way to restore Nepal's derai [...] | 2004-03-04 08:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
04KATHMANDU408 | NEPAL: KING APPOINTS BHEKH THAPA AS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 3, NEPAL'S KING, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF PRIME MINISTER SURYA BAHADUR THAPA, APPOINTED DR. BHEKH BAHADUR THAPA AS FOREIGN MINISTER AND HEALTH MINISTER. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HOME MINISTRY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INF [...] | 2004-03-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP GON |
04KATHMANDU437 | NEPAL: MAOIST BLOCKADE UNEVENLY IMPLEMENTED, MOST [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 8, Maoist-affiliated organizations initiated a 15-day road blockade in western and mid-western Nepal. The Maoists had declared the closure in 13 Districts, although implementation appears to be haphazard and has extended to districts outside the declared zone. On Mar [...] | 2004-03-10 08:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC EAID NP |
04KATHMANDU439 | NEPAL:AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VILLAGE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) In an effort better to understand Nepal's controversial, new "Village Defense Committees," Ambassador Malinowski and the Defense Attache on March 2 visited by helicopter one of the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) pilot projects located in Lamjung District (in a remote area northeast of Pokhar [...] | 2004-03-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU45 | NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE POSTS CONTENTS OF ARMY [...] (SBU) ON JANUARY 5, NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENTS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) A TRANSCRIPT OF THE ROYAL NEPAL ARMY BRIEFING PROVIDED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIA, CHRISTINA ROCCA, DURING HER VISIT IN DECEMBER 2003 AND REPORTED REFTEL. ACCORDING TO MAJOR INDRA BAHADUR [...] | 2004-01-06 08:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU456 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 5-12, [...] Maoists reportedly attempted again to attack the headquarters of the eastern district of Bhojpur, the scene of last week's deadly assault by the rebels (Ref A). A joint security team launched military offensives in the far- west. Ten security personnel were killed and thirty-nine injured in [...] | 2004-03-12 05:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU458 | MAOISTS INTENSIFY ABDUCTION OF STUDENTS [...] Summary. Nepal's Maoist insurgents have intensified abductions of students. Nearly 700 students were abducted in January and February alone while over 900 reportedly were abducted since the ceasefire's collapse in August 2003. According to one Maoist-affiliated organization, the insurgents i [...] | 2004-03-12 06:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SCUL NP |
04KATHMANDU46 | NEPAL: AS PROMISED, KING MEETS POLITICAL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: As promised to Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca and the Ambassador, King Gyanendra has begun meeting with leaders of political parties to develop a national consensus to restore democratic governance and defeat the Maoist insurgency. Most of the lead [...] | 2004-01-06 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU463 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (U) Summary: On March 11 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) announced that an RNA major will face a court-martial in an infamous case in which 19 suspected Maoists were allegedly extra-judicially killed in Doramba, Ramechhap District on August 17 (Ref A). In addition, a warrant officer and a corpo [...] | 2004-03-16 06:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU465 | NEPAL: US NGO CONFIRMS MAOIST THREAT IN SIRAHA [...] (C) Summary: On March 13 Keith Leslie (protect),Country Director for Save the Children US, confirmed that Nepali NGOs partnered with SAVE in the southeastern district of Siraha had received Maoist threats. Leslie advised that all SAVE staff in the district (all of whom are Nepali) have been [...] | 2004-03-16 06:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EAID CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU466 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Summary. On March 15, DCM and PolOff called on Home Ministry Joint Secretary U.P. Mainali to discuss Tibetan refugee issues as raised reftel. The DCM thanked Mainali for his effort in processing exit permits for Tibetans who were eligible for U.S. immigrant visas. The DCM expressed conce [...] | 2004-03-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CVIS CH NP |
04KATHMANDU475 | NEPAL: SA DAS PATTERSON'S MEETING WITH KING [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and the Ambassador, King Gyanendra affirmed that there is "no question" that he is committed to democracy and identified handing over power to an elected government as his first priority. His [...] | 2004-03-17 06:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU476 | NEPAL: DAS TORKEL PATTERSON'S MARCH 16 MEETING [...] (C) On March 16, Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Ambassador Malinowski SIPDIS met with Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Malinowski congratulated Nepal on its official ratification of its membership to the World Trade Organization. A [...] | 2004-03-17 08:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PTER ECON NP WTO |
04KATHMANDU481 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: March 9 [...] GOVERNMENT -- NHRC submits list of dos to protect human rights: The National Human Rights Commission has submitted a memorandum to the government urging the latter to immediately take minimum steps to protect the human rights situation in the country. The NHRC statement said that the gov [...] | 2004-03-18 02:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU484 | NEPAL: DAS PATTERSON MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Torkel Patterson and Ambassador called upon Finance Minister Prakash Chandra Lohani. The three discussed the Government of Nepal's financial situation, U.S. military assistance, the Maoist insurgency and current political impasse between the King and political p [...] | 2004-03-18 05:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PTER PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU487 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) On 2 March, Ambassador Malinowski and Defense Attache visited by helicopter the Government of Nepal's (GON) newly opened, pilot Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) facility located in Tanahu District (approximately 125 kms northwest of Kathmandu). The GON announced the cre [...] | 2004-03-18 07:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU488 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN POSITIVE, [...] Summary. On March 8, the Government of Nepal unveiled its National Plan on Women designed to bring Nepal into compliance with the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The plan mandates the government to amend discriminatory laws and regulat [...] | 2004-03-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PGOV PHUM NP |
04KATHMANDU496 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 13-19, [...] The Minister of Foreign Affairs defended the Government of Nepal's (GON) human rights record in Geneva, affirming that "we keep human rights uppermost in our mind." Maoist supremo Prachanda claims to be receptive to UN mediation, while the Prime Minister says it is not necessary. The Home M [...] | 2004-03-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU498 | NEPAL: COCA-COLA FEELS THE PINCH OF THE [...] (C) On March 18, NN Singh, Managing Director of Coca-Cola Nepal reported to Econoff that the Coca-Cola's bottling plant located in Bharatpur (130 kms southeast of Kathmandu outside of Chitwan) ceased operations temporarily as a result of the Maoist-imposed economic blockade (reftels). He said [...] | 2004-03-19 06:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC BEXP ECON PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU5 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, DECEMBER 20- [...] Thirteen security personnel and forty-two Maoists reportedly were killed in clashes this week. Twenty security personnel and two civilians also suffered injuries. Maoist cadres reportedly killed five civilians, including a pregnant woman, and abducted nine others. On December 25, the Specia [...] | 2004-01-02 03:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU500 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE [...] (C) The Maoist insurgency poses special challenges for the Government of Nepal's (GON) efforts to improve its human rights performance. At the same time, our ability to make objective, fact-based assessments of the GON's performance is hindered by a number of complicating factors, including t [...] | 2004-03-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU516 | NEPAL: SECURITY FORCES REPEL MAOIST ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) At about 11:00 p.m local time on March 20, Maoist insurgents attacked Beni, the headquarters of Myagdi District in west-central Nepal. Initial reports indicate that 13 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers, 7 policemen, and 1 civilian were killed, and 80 police are still missing. (Note: A [...] | 2004-03-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU541 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: SOME HOPEFUL SIGNS OF PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. The GON has prepared a report on the December incident in Khudunabari Camp and will provide it to the RGOB in April. A UNHCR official confided that the Government of India had requested information from UNHCR on conditions for return faced by the refugees and how these condition [...] | 2004-03-23 07:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PREL NP BH IN |
04KATHMANDU55 | NEPAL: KING SEES "POSITIVE SIGNS" AFTER [...] (C) On January 7 Prabhakar Rana, King Gyanendra's business partner and confidant, telephoned the Ambassador on the King's behalf to advise that the monarch has concluded his consultations with the leaders of political parties (Reftel). Press accounts of the discussions (most of which indica [...] | 2004-01-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU554 | NEPAL UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU NP UNHRC |
04KATHMANDU567 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 20-26, [...] A deadly attack on March 20 topped a week of violence in Nepal in which at least 187 Maoists, 35 security personnel and 50 civilians lost their lives. The UN Secretary General appealed for an end to the violence, and reiterated the UN's offer to help in finding a solution. The Prime Minister [...] | 2004-03-26 06:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU580 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM 16 TO 22 MARCH [...] MAOIST INSURGENCY -- Massive attack in Myagdi district headquarters: Maoist rebels launched a huge attack in Beni, Myagdi district headquarters on Saturday night. The Maoists took the District Police Office (DPO),Chief District Officer and 39 security personnel. The Maoists completely de [...] | 2004-03-29 07:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
04KATHMANDU584 | NEPAL: RATIFIES ITS MEMBERSHIP WITHIN WTO [...] (SBU) On March 24, the Government of Nepal (GON) officially accepted and ratified its membership within the World Trade Organization and will become the 147th member of the organization as of April 23. Nepal is the first least developed country (LDC) to qualify and accede on its own merits w [...] | 2004-03-30 00:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NP WTO |
04KATHMANDU588 | NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON [...] (C) In a March 31 call on the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran provided additional information on the March 29 arrest in Siliguri, West Bengal, of Nepali Maoist leader Mohan Vaidya. According to Saran, the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) had been watching Siliguri for some time sin [...] | 2004-03-31 07:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IN NP |
04KATHMANDU591 | NEPALI PRIME MINISTER VOWS BETTER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26 Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa issued a reaffirmation of the Government of Nepal's (GON) commitment to constitutional and international human rights standards. Among the numerous obligations the Prime Minister says the GON commits to fulfil are the right to h [...] | 2004-03-31 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU594 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: MILITANCY IN CAMPS GROWS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-01 07:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | BH NP PREF PTER |
04KATHMANDU607 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 27-April [...] Indian police arrested Maoist senior politburo member Mohan Vaidya (Ref A). The Home Minister rejected the United Nation's (UN) call for a ceasefire, declaring that the Government of Nepal (GON) will not allow the Maoists "another chance to regroup." Nepal was unusually subdued this week wi [...] | 2004-04-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU612 | NEPAL: ROCK THROWING, TEAR GAS MARK SECOND DAY OF [...] (SBU) The second consecutive day of protests against the Government of Nepal (GON) out by five political parties in the capital turned violent on April 2. At least seven politicians were reported hospitalized after participants began throwing rocks and bricks at policemen in the center of t [...] | 2004-04-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU620 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PROTESTS CONTINUE, MARRED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 5, Nepal's political parties continued to demonstrate against the government for the fifth consecutive day. In response to violence on April 2 (reftel),the protesters declared a closure, or "bandh," in the capital for April 3. The closure was rigorously enforced by [...] | 2004-04-05 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU623 | NEPAL:MAOISTS ATTACK POLICE STATION IN TERAI, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an apparent retaliation against Indian interests for the March 29 arrest of Politburo member Mohan Vaidya in West Bengal (Ref A),Nepali Maoists torched 18 Indian fuel trucks parked at a customs checkpoint, shooting three of the drivers, in the southwestern district of Kai [...] | 2004-04-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL ETRD IN NP |
04KATHMANDU624 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE AN EXTORTION DEMAND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The regional president of the American Life Insurance Company (ALICO),a member of the American International Group, Inc. (AIG),approached the Embassy on April 1 indicating that the ALICO branch office in Nepal received a threat and an extortion demand from an individual clai [...] | 2004-04-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC BEXP ECON PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU638 | NEPAL: MAOISTS TURN OVER 37 HOSTAGES TO ICRC [...] (SBU) Pascal Mauchle, Head Delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),confirmed that Maoist insurgents handed over 37 hostages, abducted during the March 20 attack on Myagdi District headquarters (Reftel),to ICRC on April 6. The hostages included the Chief District O [...] | 2004-04-06 09:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU64 | NEPAL: STUDENTS CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST THE KING [...] (SBU) Summary. Student demonstrations persisted for the 23rd day in Kathmandu, in certain instances turning violent. On January 7, police and students clashed in several locations, resulting in the injury of 8 students and 3 journalists. One student leader indicated that the protests would l [...] | 2004-01-08 09:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NP |
04KATHMANDU654 | THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary. Existing legislation governing human trafficking in Nepal provides severe punishments for traffickers and their associates and shifts the burden of proof, in many cases, to the accused rather than the victim. Draft legislation that would address victim rights and protections expired [...] | 2004-04-09 02:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREF ELAB NP |
04KATHMANDU67 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 3-9, [...] Sixteen security personnel reportedly were killed and forty others injured by Maoist ambushes while nine insurgents died in clashes. Maoists reportedly torched a vehicle carrying vials of polio vaccine which was to be distributed to children in the villages. The United Nations World Food P [...] | 2004-01-09 06:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU673 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 3-9, [...] A Maoist nighttime attack on a police post in the west left nine policemen dead and six injured. Five other security personnel and nineteen rebels were killed in separate clashes. The extradition of arrested Maoist senior politburo member Mohan Vaidya (Ref A) reportedly has been delayed ind [...] | 2004-04-09 08:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU677 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT BAN ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS IGNORED [...] Summary. Late on April 8, the Government of Nepal (GON) declared a ban on all public gatherings, except for religious purposes, of more than 5 people. Despite the ban, roughly 4000 political party activists attempted to gather in central Kathmandu on April 9, but a heavy police presence preve [...] | 2004-04-09 08:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU681 | CODEL DREIER MEETS WITH NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with CODEL Dreier, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa reviewed the Government of Nepal's (GON) three-pronged strategy to return to a more stable political and economic path: public security, increased assistance to grassroots areas and democratic governmen [...] | 2004-04-09 08:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU682 | NEPAL: CODEL DREIER MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER THAPA [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Dr. Bekh Bahadur Thapa on April 9, Codel Dreier discussed the ongoing Maoist insurgency, the need for political reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties, human rights and efforts to improve the socio-economic status of women. Thapa [...] | 2004-04-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN NP |
04KATHMANDU683 | NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS SAY THEY WILL MEET PALACE [...] (S) During an April 8 dinner in honor of Codel Dreier, senior leaders of the four largest political parties told the Ambassador that they were prepared to discuss with a Palace envoy a resolution to the current political impasse. Madhav Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal [...] | 2004-04-09 08:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU692 | NEPAL: KING'S CONFIDANT SAYS MONARCH OPEN TO [...] (S) On April 12 royal confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador that King Gyanendra had agreed, as proposed by the U.S. Ambassador in agreement with the Indian and UK Ambassadors, to resume discussions with political party leaders through an as-yet unnamed Palace envoy (Ref B). Rana said [...] | 2004-04-12 06:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU693 | NEPAL: FACEOFF BETWEEN PARTIES AND PALACE [...] (C) April traditionally is a month of political ferment in Nepal. This year, with all three of the country's politcal actors--the parties, the King, and the Maoists--in apparent overdrive, promises to be particularly interesting. Some commentators have expressed concern that the anti-governm [...] | 2004-04-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU722 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 10-16, [...] Separate attacks and clashes reportedly left fifteen Maoists and three security personnel dead. The local press reported that Maoist leadership was "considering" releasing forty policemen taken captive last week (Ref A). An Indian article reprinted in the local press reports that arrested [...] | 2004-04-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU74 | NEPAL: DE FACTO FOREIGN MINISTER ON SAARC SUMMIT, [...] (C) In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, de facto Foreign Minister Amb. Bekh Bahadur Thapa discussed the SAARC Summit, recent problems in beginning the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees, and a possible EU demarche criticizing the Government of Nepal's (GON) failure to restore peace and [...] | 2004-01-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF NP SAARC |
04KATHMANDU758 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: A HISTORICAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. The history and complexity of the Bhutanese refugee situation is worth recollecting in the light of reliable documentation. The first Nepali-speaking immigrants settled in Bhutan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at the invitation of the then-King of Bhutan in an effor [...] | 2004-04-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BT |
04KATHMANDU782 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 17-23, [...] The Home Minister ruled out talks with the Maoists until they stop their violence. Sporadic clashes reportedly left four security force personnel and twenty-five Maoists dead. Maoist supremo Prachanda announced a month-long agenda of "peoples' action" to include a three-day nationwide clos [...] | 2004-04-23 06:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU789 | NEPAL: MAOIST LEADERS URGE PARTIES TO JOIN COMMON [...] (SBU) As political party protests continue for the third week in Kathmandu, Maoist leaders Baburam Bhattarai and Pushpa Kumar Dahal (alias Prachanda) issued a public statement on April 21 encouraging the parties to persevere and to join in common cause against Nepal's monarchy. They write, "i [...] | 2004-04-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU790 | NEPALI KING PARLEYS WITH SOME PARTIES, PUT OFF BY [...] (C) As daily anti-government protests continued into their third week, on April 22 King Gyanendra met individually with leaders of three parties, including Nepali Congress (Democratic) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, to explore possibilities for resolving the political impasse. According to a [...] | 2004-04-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
04KATHMANDU817 | NEPAL: ARMY HUMAN RIGHTS CELL AGREES TO REOPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 letter signed by the Chief of Army Staff, the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) initial response to Embassy inquiries on the alleged extrajudicial killings of two teenaged girls and the alleged abduction of a third girl (Ref A) asserted that all three were shot while tryi [...] | 2004-04-29 07:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
04KATHMANDU819 | NEPAL: ROYAL INSIDER OPTIMISTIC ON PROGRESS [...] (C) On April 29 Prabhakar Rana, King Gyanendra's confidant and business partner, called on Charge d'Affaires and DCM to brief them on progress toward reconciliation between the parties and the Palace. Rana expects Nepali Congress President Girija Koirala will agree to meet the King soon and [...] | 2004-04-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
04KATHMANDU833 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 24-30, [...] The Royal Nepal Army spokesperson indicated that the Army is ready for a permanent peace and would support government-Maoists talks. Since the end of the cease-fire, RNA figures indicate that 1,973 Maoists and 176 security personnel have been killed. The RNA also reported that approximatel [...] | 2004-04-30 08:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU845 | NEPAL: POLICE ARREST TOP POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS [...] On May 3, Nepal's Armed Police Force (APF) arrested Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Chairman Madhav Nepal and Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala. Both political leaders were arrested from their homes at approximately 1230 and 1430, respectively, and are b [...] | 2004-05-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU846 | NEPAL: MAOISTS TURN UP HEAT ON NGOS, AID AGENCIES [...] (C) According to NGO contacts, Maoists in five southwestern districts are increasing extortion demands and escalating pressure on local and foreign NGOs, including one U.S.-based NGO, and bilateral aid agencies to sign agreements with the so-called "Tharuwan People's Autonomous Government," d [...] | 2004-05-05 04:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG NP |
04KATHMANDU864 | NEPAL: DAS CAMP AND INDIAN AMBASSADOR SARAN [...] (C) On May 6, Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Camp, Charge d'Affaires Janet Bogue and Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran met on the sidelines of the Nepal Development Forum to discuss the current political situation and the value of reinforcing each other's strong and consistent messages to both the [...] | 2004-05-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BT |
04KATHMANDU866 | NEPAL: DAS CAMP MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Minister (Dr.) Bekh Bahadur Thapa on May 5, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Donald Camp stressed the importance of human rights and the restoration of a democratic government to continued USG suppo [...] | 2004-05-06 23:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF EINV NP |
04KATHMANDU879 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 1-7, 2004 [...] On May 4, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) reacted angrily to its inclusion on the U.S. Terrorist Exclusion List (REF A). Following continued Maoist threats and violence against their work in the far-west region of Nepal, some international donors announced on May 6 that they would susp [...] | 2004-05-07 08:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU880 | NEPALI PRIME MINISTER THAPA RESIGNS [...] (U) At 3:00 p.m. local time Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa announced his resignation in a national radio broadcast. No immediate announcement of a successor has been made. 2. (SBU) Comment: A coalition of five democratic parties have held near-daily rallies against Thapa's governm [...] | 2004-05-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
04KATHMANDU889 | NEPAL: NO CONSENSUS ON NEW PM YET [...] (C) Three days after the May 7 resignation of Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa (Ref A),the search for his successor continues, with no clear contender in the lead. King Gyanendra appears to be sending out simultaneous and duplicative "feelers" to the leaders of the two largest parties--the [...] | 2004-05-10 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
04KATHMANDU901 | NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETS KING, POLITICAL PARTIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 5 meeting with Nepal,s King Gyanendra and a May 6 meeting with representatives of the main political parties, SA DAS Camp found both sides deeply distrustful of the other and adamant that they would not budge from their positions. (Both meetings took place before the res [...] | 2004-05-12 05:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU902 | NEPAL: MAOIST PRESSURE CAUSES EUROPEAN DONORS TO [...] (C) On May 10 the Dutch, German and British bilateral aid agencies, citing Maoist pressure and threats, announced they will suspend projects in the northwestern districts of Mugu, Humla, Jumla, and Dolpa and in the southwestern district of Kailali as of May 16. USAID sponsors activities in th [...] | 2004-05-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EAID CASC NP |
04KATHMANDU937 | NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE UPDATE [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) indicates that no terrorist assets listed by the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee have been identified in Nepal and therefore, no accounts have been frozen. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has no evidence of financial links in Nepal to international ter [...] | 2004-05-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU947 | NEPAL: KING TO MEET LEADERS OF PROTESTING PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: According to Palace and party sources, King Gyanendra will meet the leaders of the five protesting political parties on May 19 at 6:30 p.m. A royal confidant has suggested that the May 19 discussion may be followed by subsequent meetings with the heads of the two largest partie [...] | 2004-05-19 08:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU949 | NEPAL: MAOISTS EXPAND ATTACKS ON BUSINESSES, [...] (U) Since the beginning of May, the Maoists have renewed their rhetoric, threats and sabotage against prominent businesses in Nepal. On May 3, the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions issued a statement blacklisting twenty-three businesses. The statement, although not wide [...] | 2004-05-19 22:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC ETRD NP PTER |
04KATHMANDU954 | NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS, KING HOLD FIRST MEETING; [...] (U) On May 19 King Gyanendra and the leaders of five protesting political parties held their first meeting since the May 7 resignation of Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and the beginning of the parties' "decisive" anti-Palace campaign on April 1. Press reports on the meeting, based on th [...] | 2004-05-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU957 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 15-21, [...] Almost 150 local government officials throughout Nepal resigned reportedly due to Maoist threats. Fourteen security personnel were killed and fifteen injured in separate clashes. Thirty-six Maoists were also reported killed. Maoists reportedly killed eight civilians, and abducted over 1000 [...] | 2004-05-21 07:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
04KATHMANDU97 | NEPAL: DETENTIONS AND "DISAPPEARANCES" SINCE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the end of the ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents on August 27, it has grown increasingly difficult to obtain information on detainees held as suspected Maoists under special anti-terrorism legislation. Many of these suspects are held [...] | 2004-01-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MOPS NP |
04KIGALI1162 | SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT INFILTRATES RWANDA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Chief Editor of Rwanda's most independent newspaper, "Umuseso", Charles Kabonero, was detained for six weeks in December 2003, not recently as reported by international media. He reports that a special intelligence unit within the National Police's Criminal Investigation [...] | 2004-08-13 05:35:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS RW |
04KIGALI1163 | DARFUR: PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAN TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Charge spoke with Dutch Charge the morning of 13 August regarding the movement of a company of Rwandan soldiers to Darfur to provide protection to AU observers. According to Dutch Charge, one commercial aircraft will transport RDF troops and equipment in two or three sorties from Kigal [...] | 2004-08-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS RW SU NL |
04KIGALI1165 | RWANDA'S UNHCR CAMPS FACE RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) runs three refugee camps and three transit centers in Rwanda. The camps house Congolese and Burundian refugees, while the transit centers provide for Rwandans returning from neighboring countries. During recent visits to the UN [...] | 2004-08-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SMIG RW CG BY UNHCR |
04KIGALI1166 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES [...] This is an action request for the Department (please see paragraph 4). 2. The RDF will deploy the following unit to Darfur, on or around August 14: -- A Co, 99th BN, 305th BDE, from Kibuye The company is not (NOT) a composite unit. -- The following officers are OPCON in support of th [...] | 2004-08-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS PHUM RW SU |
04KIGALI1169 | CONGO'S VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA VISITS RWANDA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following meetings in Kigali with President Kagame and other GOR principals, DRC Vice President Ruberwa met with Banyamulenge refugees in Cyangugu and urged them to return to eastern Congo. Banyamulenge are concerned about their personal safety and economic security, including los [...] | 2004-08-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | SECRET | PREL PREF SMIG RW CG |
04KIGALI1175 | RWANDAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BURUNDI [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Rwandan foreign ministry issued a communique dated August 14 condemning the recent attack on Burundi's Gatumba refugee camp that killed up to 170 Banyamulenge refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The GOR communique attributes the attack to "a combined force" of ex- [...] | 2004-08-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS RW BY CG |
04KIGALI1193 | NAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO RWANDAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC RW |
04KIGALI1208 | EMBASSY KIGALI PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH [...] Summary. Post sponsored a booth at the seventh annual Rwandan Trade Fair that showcased Rwandan exports to the United States and provided information on the theme "Global Business Partners." The presentation, the first of its kind to be offered by any diplomatic mission in Rwanda, was well r [...] | 2004-08-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL EAGR KTEX EINV RW AGOA |
04KIGALI877 | KAGAME REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED WITH LACK OF USG [...] (S/NF) ON JUNE 24, A SENIOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE REACTION OF PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME TO A MEETING WITH VISITING AF DAS DON YAMAMOTO AND AF/C DIRECTOR AL EASTHAM ON JUNE 23 IN KIGALI. 2. (S/NF) KAGAME WAS REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED TH [...] | 2004-06-24 13:23:00 | Embassy Kigali | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS RW CG |
04KINSHASA1036 | KABILA APPEALS FOR CALM, VIGILANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba, and opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi all broadcast messages to the public on 3 June, appealing for calm. On balance, the messages were positive. Kabila discouraged violence, endorsed MONUC's work, demanded that p [...] | 2004-06-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL CG ASEC |
04KINSHASA1139 | VICE MINISTER OF PLAN BIOGRAPHIC SHEET [...] The following is biographic data for DRC Vice Minister of Plan Raymond N'T. Tshibanda. 2. Names (Last, First M.I.): Tshibanda, Raymond N'T. 3. Date and Place of Birth: Nov 20, 1950 in Lomela, Kasai Oriental 4. Civil Status: Married, Five (5) children. All reside in the USA in Los Ang [...] | 2004-06-21 14:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1140 | ECONOMIC REPORT - MARCH THROUGH JUNE 2004 [...] SUMMARY. Prices and the exchange rate remain stable even through political difficulties. The mining sector has been extremely active. Mining company America Mineral Fields (Amfi) wins approval and signature of its USD 300 million contract and then changes its name to Adastra Minerals. The UK g [...] | 2004-06-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELTN EMIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1141 | DRC - THE NATIONALITY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent events in Bukavu (reftel) highlight the explosive nature of the nationality question, particularly for Tutsis in eastern Congo. Current Congolese law does not recognize the citizenship claims of some longtime residents whose ancestors immigrated to the country, includin [...] | 2004-06-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1156 | KINSHASA - 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS [...] Our Independence Day celebration will be held at the EMR from 1800-2000 on Friday, July 2nd. We are expecting approximately 1000 guests to attend the function. Public Diplomacy has arranged for an American singer from Paris to perform as well as the University of Kinshasa choir. There will [...] | 2004-06-23 10:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER CASC |
04KINSHASA1160 | KEEPING PEACE NOT MAKING WAR: DRC WELCOMES QUAD [...] (C) Summary: During June 22 meetings with President Kabila, VPs Bemba (MLC) and Ruberwa (RCD),visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and AF/C Director Al Eastham noted U.S. concern with the security situation in Eastern Congo, including the buildup of government troops; assured Congolese officials that, [...] | 2004-06-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1167 | 2004 ANNUAL CHIEF OF MISSION MANAGEMENT [...] As Chief of Mission for Kinshasa, I am cognizant of the importance of management controls. I have taken the necessary measures to assure that an evaluation of the systems of management control for Kinshasa has been conducted in a conscientious and thorough manner, in accordance with the [...] | 2004-06-25 10:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD |
04KINSHASA1174 | DIN/ODI ACCESS WAIVER REQUEST - KINSHASA [...] Post or bureau name; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Post or bureau point of contact, e-mail address, and telephone number; Floyd L. Wilson, WilsonFL@state.gov, (243) 81-884-0255 3. Location serviced by DIN; American Cultural Center, JAO Compound, 498 Ave. Colonel Lukusa - [...] | 2004-06-28 08:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP ACOA AMGT ANET ASEC KPAO KRIM OIIP |
04KINSHASA1177 | GDRC APPOINTS NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC appointed a police inspector general and two deputy inspectors to the Congolese national police. These appointments (drawn from the ex-government and the two principal ex-rebel movements) have been well-received as a first step in creating an integrated police unit, but th [...] | 2004-06-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
04KINSHASA1179 | 2004 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] (U) Embassy Kinshasa nominates the following two programs for inclusion in the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees: COOPI (Cooperazione Internazionale) COOPI is a well-established Italian NGO which has been providing humanitarian assistance in the DRC since the 1970's. COOPI's proposal consis [...] | 2004-06-29 06:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CG |
04KINSHASA1214 | TENSIONS WITHIN CONGO'S RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is much frustration within the ex-rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD),but members are divided on how best to proceed. There are disagreements over whether to make more versus less concessions to their adversaries, how best to deal with current and future insurgents, [...] | 2004-07-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR CG |
04KINSHASA1216 | KINSHASA - QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT [...] All construction projects have been reported to the Department. 2. Visit for VIP visitors: Deputy Assistant Secretary Donald Yamamoto 4/03 - 4/06 and again 06/21 - 06/23 Con. Edward Royce 6/26 - 6/30 Former Brazzaville Ambassador John Kaeuper and Senator John Turner 6/21 [...] | 2004-07-02 13:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CG |
04KINSHASA1217 | PLAYING THE TROOP NUMBERS GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government and rebel groups in the east are prone to inflate the number of troops they deploy, but clearly there is a build-up of troops going on in the east. As of July 1, the FARDC probably has about 14,000 regular soldiers in eastern Congo, including MLC components. These [...] | 2004-07-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1244 | ROYCE CODEL HIGHLIGHTS INTERNAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. From June 26-30, Chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee for Africa, Ed Royce, led a delegation, which consisted of Rep Royce, his wife, two staffers (Tom Sheehy and Malik Chaka),to Kinshasa focused on national and environmental security issues. Key meetings wer [...] | 2004-07-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON OREP PGOV PREL SENV CG |
04KINSHASA1245 | OSPB EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR CONSULAR BUILDING [...] The ARSO has completed an exceptions request package in regards to the Consular upgrade project in the ref email sent to DS/PSD/PCB on July 02, 2004. This cable provides a synopsis of the exceptions package. 2. The Consular Section has an ongoing project to address many of the shortcomings [...] | 2004-07-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC |
04KINSHASA1246 | KISANGANI TENSE AS POPULATION FEARS SPREAD OF [...] (C) Summary. Kisangani is currently tense as population remains concerned about possible Rwandan aggression through dissident RCD-G officer Laurent Nkunda. A large presence by various GDRC military components has also added to this tension and could increase the potential for problems, especia [...] | 2004-07-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
04KINSHASA1251 | PORT OF MATADI MISSES IMO DEADLINE [...] SUMMARY. During the first quarter of 2004, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) mandated that all ports worldwide improve their facilities and security measures to come in line with new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code standards. The Port of Matadi, DRC has no [...] | 2004-07-07 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT CG |
04KINSHASA1257 | OFDA REP VISIT TO BARAKA AND FIZI [...] (U) OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka visited Baraka and Fizi, South Kivu province from May 18 to 20 to evaluate the security and humanitarian situations in that part of South Kivu Province. The area was found to be highly militarized, the situation still remains somewhat tense, and the pop [...] | 2004-07-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1260 | CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...] | 2004-07-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG |
04KINSHASA1261 | KABILA-ROYCE MEETING: SECURITY AND STABILITY FIRST, THE REST WILL FOLLOW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ECON OREP PGOV PREL |
04KINSHASA1263 | LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM CONGOLESE FONMIN [...] Embassy Kinshasa received the attached letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoine Ghonda for Secretary Powell and NSC Africa Director Courville SIPDIS thanking the U.S. for hosting the May 13 Quadripartite talks. Post will forward the originals by pouch. 2. Text of the letter: [...] | 2004-07-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1270 | DRC ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Activity in the DRC energy sector picked up during the first half of 2004. Chevron-Texaco is in the process of selling its offshore drilling operation to European junior firm Perenco but intends to stay active in the DRC through exploration and pipelines. Cobil continues to functi [...] | 2004-07-09 09:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1271 | TRAINING THE CONGOLESE POLICE IN TIME FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with Congressman Royce and Charge, SRSG Swing stressed the importance of having at least 6,000 well-trained and equipped police to provide security for elections. The GDRC officially agrees that training an electoral police is a top priority, but has not committe [...] | 2004-07-09 11:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1284 | NEW ITURI DISTRICT COMMISSIONER TRAVELS TO BUNIA [...] (C) Summary. New Ituri District Commissioner Petronille Vaweka traveled to Bunia on July 12 with a goal of improving security, resolving the IDP situation and rebuilding Ituri. Although she is a competent and determined individual, her effectiveness will be contingent on receiving support from [...] | 2004-07-12 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1287 | GDRC MAKES AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has taken an important step forward in the transition with the appointments of ambassadors from the various composantes. The PPRD retained Washington while the important African posts of Lusaka and Luanda were given to the RCD-G and the MLC respectively. End Summary. [...] | 2004-07-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1291 | MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE OF CONGOLESE GOVT. [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kabila announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on July 11, filling a number of posts that had been vacant. The ministers of defense (from the RCD-Goma),foreign affairs (MLC),and mines (political opposition) all retained their jobs, contrary to persistent rumors that circ [...] | 2004-07-13 10:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1293 | UPDATED LIST OF TOP CONGOLESE OFFICIALS [...] Following is a list of top Congolese government officials, following the reshuffle of July 11, 2004: PRESIDENT --------- - Joseph Kabila (PPRD) VICE-PRESIDENTS --------------- - Azarias RUBERWA (RCD-G) - Jean-Pierre BEMBA (MLC) - Arthur Z'AHIDI NGOMA (pol) - YERODIA Abdoulaye [...] | 2004-07-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1299 | DEPARTING BELGIAN AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) During TDY Charge Gerald Scott's July 9 courtesy call on outgoing Belgian Ambassador Renier Nyskens, Nyskens stressed the need to maintain cohesion within the International Committee to Assist the Transition (CIAT) as many senior members will be rotating this summer and some elements with [...] | 2004-07-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PINR CG BE VT |
04KINSHASA1302 | DONOR COUNTRIES SET UP COMMITTEE ON MILITARY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on earlier discussions, MONUC and member states on July 13 set up a committee on Security Sector Reform (SSR). The committee includes representatives from the GDRC plus MONUC, the World Bank, and major embassies; it will meet monthly to coordinate donor efforts and [...] | 2004-07-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PREL MARR EAID CG |
04KINSHASA1311 | RCD TO FIRE EIGHT DISSIDENT PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight RCD parliamentarians, citing numerous government failings including tolerance of ethnic hatred, declared they will not participate in parliament. A senior RCD official in Goma sympathized, saying "most people" in the Kivus agree with their views. A top RCD official in Kin [...] | 2004-07-15 08:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1316 | IMO GRANTS MATADI SIX MONTH GRACE PERIOD [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the Port of Matadi had not met the July 1 deadline set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for port security improvements. The National Transportation and Port Authority (ONATRA) reports that the IMO has granted a six month grace period to the Port of M [...] | 2004-07-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT CG |
04KINSHASA1317 | NKUNDA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: As of July 15, it is unclear whether ongoing negotiation attempts will end the stalemate with rebel commander Laurent Nkunda without a return to open conflict. Sustained rumors of an imminent FARDC attack on rebel positions in N. and S. Kivu have circulated for several weeks. As o [...] | 2004-07-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1323 | FAPC AND FNI MILITIAS FIGHTING IN ITURI [...] (C) Summary. Fighting between FAPC and FNI militias in Ituri has continued into a second week resulting in hundreds of IDPs and an undetermined number of refugees. The conflict has been fueled by apparent efforts to control a gold mine and the perception that MONUC's and the GDRC's attention an [...] | 2004-07-15 16:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1324 | UK AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG UK |
04KINSHASA1339 | MONUC EXPECTATIONS OF TASK/SIZE INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG William Swing says MONUC needs more troops, and that UNSYG Kofi Annan is likely to support such a request. According to a mid-level MONUC source, the organization plans to ask for an additional 25,000 troops, increasing the annual cost to an estimated $2.2bn. The source sa [...] | 2004-07-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN |
04KINSHASA1340 | NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU CONTINUE MOSTLY CALM [...] (C) Summary: Recent shifts in Congolese military deployments bringing these forces closer to Minova and Goma seem to have lent impetus to ongoing negotiations with rebel commander Nkunda, who now says that he is willing to go into exile if a recipient country can be found. Initial press repo [...] | 2004-07-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1342 | PRESIDENT KABILA CONGRATULATES US ON INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Embassy received the following dip note (in French (Embassy provides translation)),dated July 5, 2004, conveying an Independence Day greeting: Mr. President: On the occasion of the celebration of your country's national day, I have the honor to present to you, on behalf of the Congol [...] | 2004-07-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1343 | DEMARCHE ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Poloff initially delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director for FonMin Ghonda on July 7. However, since Ambassador Zulu was not sure of the status of the Article 98 agreement signed by the Congo poloff followed up by meeting with Ambassador Clementine Shake [...] | 2004-07-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CG KICC |
04KINSHASA1356 | KINSHASA - GLOBAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) The following from RSO are Kinshasa's responses to reftel subparagraphs A-L: A. (C) Physical Security Upgrades - Official Facilities: (2) Program is necessary, generally effective, can be updated to mitigate vulnerabilities. Kinshasa completed a major physical security upgrade proj [...] | 2004-07-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
04KINSHASA1357 | EMBASSY ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT FOREIGN MINISTER GHONDA REMAINS IN OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In demarches to both President Kabila's Chef de Cabinet and Vice President Bemba, the Embassy argued that FM Ghonda was a key element in the success of the July 14 and 15 meetings in Washington. Given the importance of his likely contribution to future such negotiations, we arg [...] | 2004-07-20 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG UG US ANTOINE GHONDA JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA |
04KINSHASA1365 | RUMORS MOUNT OF PENDING GOVERNMENT ATTACK AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Eastern regional military commanders were ordered to return unexpectedly early to their posts July 21, cutting short follow-on meetings scheduled for Kinshasa. Upon reaching Bukavu, General Mabe immediately called his field commanders in and, according to Monuc sources, briefed [...] | 2004-07-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1366 | GDRC SLOWLY PREPARING FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The DRC's National Preparatory Committee for the Great Lakes Region Conference (on security, economic integration and social issues) met for the first time on July 5th to develop a national agenda. Baudoin Hamuli, National Coordinator, acknowledged that GDRC preparations are behind [...] | 2004-07-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1368 | KABILA REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila fired foreign minister Antoine Ghonda on July 22, at the insistence of GDRC vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba. This did not come as a surprise, since Bemba told us seven days ago he was determined to replace Ghonda and his aides had hinted for weeks that Bemba had [...] | 2004-07-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1380 | N. KIVU MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff, DATT and British DATT visited Kisangani and Goma July 19-22 to meet with N. Kivu governor Serufuli, N. Kivu Regional Military Commander Obedi, and MONUC elements. Obedi no longer appears loyal to the transition government, and Serufuli's loyalties are opaque. MONUC Goma mi [...] | 2004-07-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC |
04KINSHASA1387 | CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISES (CME) FOR KINSHASA [...] The dates specified in reftel are acceptable to post. If the trainers maintain the order of visits and general schedule as outlined, they will probably arrive in Kinshasa via Johannesburg mid-day on Sunday, September 19. This will allow for set-up and in-brief with the Ambassador and DCM on [...] | 2004-07-28 05:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA CF CG AO ZI |
04KINSHASA1399 | ECONOMIC REPORT - LATE JUNE THROUGH 23 JULY [...] Summary. Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) liquidation and conflict in eastern DRC temporarily raise exchange rates. Prices remain relatively stable. The diamond sector continues to see increased activity with CEEC projecting exports of USD 1 billion by 2006 (up from current USD 700-800 [...] | 2004-07-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1407 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX 2004 [...] Per Reftel, Post submits ICS appendix below. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been provided to assist investors in t [...] | 2004-07-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA1456 | POSITIONING FOR THE NEXT TRIPARTITE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In an informal Sunday meeting at the CMR, former FM Ghonda told the Ambassador that the GDRC wants to have some agreement regarding the proposed Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) prior to the next round of Tripartite talks. He asserted that the Rwandans had concurred formally with [...] | 2004-08-02 15:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1468 | UNHCR REPATRIATES 283 AS PART OF ONGOING [...] (U) Summary: UNHCR repatriated July 26-27 a total of what UNHCR believed to be 283 Rwandan refugees from S. Kivu to Rwanda as part of an ongoing repatriation effort. Once they crossed the border, however, many "refugees" said they were really Congolese who wished to stay in the Congo. While the [...] | 2004-08-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | RW CG PGOV PREL |
04KINSHASA1474 | CIVIL SERVANTS REMAIN AT WORK DESPITE CONTINUING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary. Despite the failure of negotiations between the GDRC and various unions earlier this year, most civil servants have returned to work. Isolated strikes have since occured in several public enterprises and service [...] | 2004-08-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS ELAB EWWT PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1476 | ICC GEARING UP TO START ITURI INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: During the International Criminal Court's (ICC) first official visit to the DRC, Deputy Prosecutor Serge Brammertz met with interested parties to open lines of communication, work on technical judicial issues, and learn more about the situation on the ground. Post welcomed Brammer [...] | 2004-08-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1477 | RESPONSE TO USITC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] The following replies to USITC request for information relating to its study on U.S.-Sub-Saharan African Trade and Investment. 2. Since the inauguration of the Transitional Government in July 2003, the DRC has made progress in moving from a war to a peace economy in most of the country. Gov [...] | 2004-08-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OTRA CG |
04KINSHASA1488 | DRC PARTICIPATES IN CENTCOM'S TAMPA CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Summary. Two Congolese officials participated in Centcom's Golden Spear Conference on disaster management held in Tampa, Florida, from July 26-30. The GDRC has expressed its appreciation for this regional initiative and indicated that it looks forward to further cooperation. End Summary. [...] | 2004-08-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1490 | ECONOMIC REPORT - JULY 25 THROUGH AUGUST 04 [...] Summary. Exchange rates are quite stable, but prices show signs of impending increase due to transportation problems between Kinshasa and the provinces, including the collapse of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. The GDRC reported significant macroeconomic progress for 2003, including 5 percent GDP gro [...] | 2004-08-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1492 | MONUC FEARS URANIUM SMUGGLING IN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MONUC official based in Katanga province recently visited Shinkolobwe, a local mining area and source of uranium, and expressed concern to Kinshasa-based diplomats about possible illegal uranium-related mining activity. Although Post sees no cause for immediate alarm, Shinkolobw [...] | 2004-08-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EMIN PINR KNNP CG |