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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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04KINSHASA1500 | FORMER FM GHONDA DISCUSSES HIS DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: In an informal August 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda (protect) observed that he had had growing problems over time with the leader of his ostensible party, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba. In addition, Ghonda reported that Ugandan President Museveni [...] | 2004-08-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1501 | NEW ITURI COMMISSIONER: "KINSHASA IS NOT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Ituri District Commissioner questions GDRC commitment to new Ituri administration. She asserts that despite repeated pleas, Kinshasa has yet to provide her with a salary or with the basic resources necessary for her administration to function. End Summary. Good Intentions Insuff [...] | 2004-08-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1502 | CONGO-KINSHASA BUSINESS VISA FACILITATION PROGRAM [...] Summary. A low level of trade between the United States and Congo-Kinshasa, a short average NIV appointment wait time and open channels between the consular and economic sections form the basis of informal mechanisms used at post to facilitate business visa issuance. Legitimate business tr [...] | 2004-08-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ETRD BEXP CG |
04KINSHASA1504 | A RELAXED RUBERWA RENEWS OLD ACQUAINTANCE WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Meece's August 6 initial call on Vice President Azarias Ruberwa, Ruberwa provided a tour d'horizon, highlighting his concerns about the current situation. He outlined a series of challenges facing the transition, suggested a political solution to the Nkunda probl [...] | 2004-08-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1506 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the two applications for political risk insurance that No.1 Contracting Corporation of Ashley, PA has submitted to OPIC. Post opines that there are no curre [...] | 2004-08-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELTN CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA1510 | MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON U.S. MILITARY [...] On July 21, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on the U.S. military assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The English text of the release is as follows: "The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the successful visit of a team from the Defense Institute of International [...] | 2004-08-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PINS CG MAP |
04KINSHASA1511 | MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND [...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...] | 2004-08-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1512 | MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND [...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...] | 2004-08-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1515 | MEDIA PLACEMENT, JULY 31-AUGUST 6, 2004 [...] The July 31st edition of the pro-PPRD (former government) "La Cite Africaine" carried on pages 1 and 2 the article entitled "Le Congres americain critique la Monuc" ("U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Congo Comes Under Fire in Congress -MONUC's Ability to Safeguard Civilians, Elections Questioned": J [...] | 2004-08-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO CG |
04KINSHASA1516 | MEDIA PLACEMENT - ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF MARCH 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO CG |
04KINSHASA1523 | FY'05 MRP: "Combating International Crime," January 6-27, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1524 | FY'05-MRP: "Grassroots Democracy I" November 11- December [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1525 | FY'05-AFRP: "Grassroots Democracy" April 11-29, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1526 | FY'05 AFRP: "HIV/AIDS and the Family," [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1527 | FY'05-AFRP: "Transparency and Good Governance," [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 10:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1528 | FY'05 AFRP: "U.S. Africa Investment and Trade," [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 11:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1529 | FY'05-AFRP: "Higher Education in the U.S.," [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1530 | FY'05-SCP: "Protection of Human Rights" [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1531 | FY'05 MRP: "TV Broadcast Journalism," April 7-28, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1532 | FY'05 AFRP: Women and Development, February 28- [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1535 | NKUNDA STALEMATE ENTERS THIRD MONTH [...] (C) Summary: As of August 13, despite several weeks of low-level skirmishes, the FARDC had not launched a large-scale offensive against rebel commander Laurent Nkunda. Much of the FARDC command structure, including N. Kivu military commander General Obedi, descended on Bukavu August 10 for co [...] | 2004-08-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1540 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 05 THROUGH AUG 12 [...] Prices remain stable despite the collapse of the Mai- Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates are very stable. COPIREP will pay out USD 11.5 million in severance packages to liquidate three Congolese banks. The government of the People's Republic of China is funding construction of a 150 bed hospital [...] | 2004-08-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1545 | CIAT AND GDRC CONDEMN GATUMBA MASSACRE [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee Accompanying the Transition (CIAT) and the GDRC strongly condemn the August 13 attack on the Gatumba refugee camp and call for an independent international commission to investigate the massacre and bring those responsible to justice. Post believes such [...] | 2004-08-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC |
04KINSHASA1546 | DRC REACTIONS TO MASSACRE OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES AT [...] (U) Summary. The CIAT condemns attack on Congolese refugees in Gatumba camp, Burundi, calls for an independent international investigation and respect for the peace process in the DRC. The President's office and Vice-President Ruberwa also call for inquiries and punishment of those responsible. [...] | 2004-08-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
04KINSHASA1547 | CONGOLESE PASTORAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) From August 5-6, Emboffs traveled overland via the Matadi Road from Kinshasa to Lukala and Kimpese, Bas-Congo province. Recent rehabilitation of the Matadi Road has ameliorated economic hardships in [...] | 2004-08-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EIND ELTN PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1549 | OFDA REP VISIT TO SOUTHERN EQUATEUR [...] (U) From June 29 to July 3, OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka traveled in southern Equateur Province to evaluate the humanitarian situation and monitor progress in the USAID/OFDA-funded food security project implemented by Action Against Hunger (AAH-USA). Though fighting in the area ended over two ye [...] | 2004-08-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1550 | OFDA-FUNDED FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN THE [...] (U) During a recent visit to the Uvira area, OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka viewed USAID/OFDA-funded food security activities implemented by Action Against Hunger (AAH-USA) in various parts of the Ruzizi plain. As part of a larger project, AAH restored irrigation canals in the Ruzizi plain and reh [...] | 2004-08-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1551 | OPPOSITION FIGURE TSHISEKEDI AND THE SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A top official in opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi's political party, the UDPS, said some of SIPDIS Tshisekedi's lieutenants are working to succeed him as party SIPDIS leader. The idea of "inheriting" the party is optimistic, since it is identified so closely with Tshis [...] | 2004-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS CG |
04KINSHASA1552 | VP BEMBA FLYING HIGH ON TRAVEL TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Amb Meece paid an introductory courtesy call on Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba during which Bemba reiterated his desire to meet with U.S. officials during travel to the U.S. in October. Bemba has previously made a strong push for an invitation for official travel to t [...] | 2004-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1553 | PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...] | 2004-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC |
04KINSHASA1554 | NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF THE UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (U) Poloff delivered copy of U.S. Note Verbale to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of the International Organizations Section at FonMin August 14. Matondo indicated that the DRC has yet to start working on UNGA issues, but will do so in the next three weeks. He noted that the DRC does not ye [...] | 2004-08-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL CG CDG UNGA |
04KINSHASA1555 | GDRC URGES UNSC ACTION IN RESPONSE TO GATUMBA CAMP [...] (U) Summary: In the absence of other senior officials, the International Cooperation Vice Minister, an RCD-Goma appointee, convoked UNSC Perm 5 heads of mission August 16 to urge support for an international investigation, a more vigorous MONUC disarmament mandate, and aid to attack victims. [...] | 2004-08-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1557 | EASTERN TURN FOR THE WORSE [...] (C) Septel describes worrying events in eastern Congo following the weekend attack on the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, and effects on the fragile DRC transition government and peace process. While the Burundi refugee attack did not in itself provoke a complete change in transition dynamic [...] | 2004-08-18 16:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1558 | CONGO-KINSHASA AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2004 [...] This cable responds to reftel request for an AGOA eligibility review and update of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 2. Summary. Since October 2003, the DRC has made progress in almost all areas listed in reftel. The DRC has maintained sound fiscal and monetary policies leading to bro [...] | 2004-08-19 06:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AGOA EAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1562 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...] | 2004-08-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1565 | NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN CONGO COULD THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Following the funeral service for the 180 victims of this weekend's massacre in the refugee camp in Gatumbe, events in eastern Congo took a turn for the worse. Rebel commander Nkunda issued an inflammatory declaration repudiating any prior connection he might have had to the tra [...] | 2004-08-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1571 | KABILA AUG 20 [...] (C) Summary: I met privately with President Kabila on August 20, the day after Kabila,s return from the SAC summit and Burundi-related meeting in Dar es Salaam. Kabila reiterated his absolute commitment to the transition process, notably including democratic elections slated for next year. H [...] | 2004-08-20 17:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1572 | SERIOUS SITUATION IN EASTERN CONGO THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Inflammatory rhetoric from Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC, coupled with the buildup of Burundian and Rwandan troops on the Congolese border and discord and disarray within one of the major parties in the Congolese transition threaten the fragile peace of the Great Lakes. South Afri [...] | 2004-08-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1573 | UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Summary. The GDRC has made nominal efforts to comply with international calls for child labor reform. The resulting legislation provides a proper framework to fight the worst forms of child labor. However, a lack of financing, personnel, transparency, and government follow-through has left [...] | 2004-08-23 05:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI CG |
04KINSHASA1576 | ANTI-TUTSI PREJUDICE RISES [...] (C) Summary: On August 16, moderate Banyamulenge community leader Enock Ruberangabo Sebineza told us that he was concerned about increased anti-Rwandan/ Banyamulenge sentiments in Kinshasa and eastern DRC. Many Congolese are again becoming increasingly hostile towards Rwanda, Ruberwa and the R [...] | 2004-08-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1578 | INCREASED TENSIONS WITHIN RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent events have highlighted internal divisions within the RCD ex-rebel movement. RCD "radicals," including virtually all the Rwandophones in the movement, want to quit or at least boycott the transitional government. They have been pressuring "moderates" and other RCD members [...] | 2004-08-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1580 | MEDIA PLACEMENT, AUGUST 7-14, 2004 [...] The August 7th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Satellite" carried on page 8 the article entitled "U.S. Congress Terms Situation In Darfur `Genocide'- Senate, House Pass Concurrent Resolutions On Darfur". The article was credited to the "Office of International Information Program of the Depa [...] | 2004-08-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO CG |
04KINSHASA1584 | RUBERA ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Summary: In a late August 18 telephone conversation, Vice President Ruberwa was unreceptive to the Ambassador,s message underscoring the importance of continuing engagement with the transition government. Ruberwa complained that the status quo was doing nothing to improve the situation of [...] | 2004-08-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1588 | RECENT OFDA NOTES FROM ITURI [...] (U) During a visit to Ituri from July 19 to July 24, OFDA Reps noted improvements in security, both in Bunia town and in rural areas. There remains concern however that the situation remains inherently unstable given that there is no political settlement in place and that various militias rema [...] | 2004-08-24 05:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1590 | AFRICAN CANAL A PIPE(LINE) DREAM [...] (C) Summary. The DRC Ministry of Energy reported that a regional delegation with strong backing from Nigerian President Obasanjo visited Kinshasa to discuss a proposed canal linking the Congo River with Lake Chad. Involved parties include Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, th [...] | 2004-08-24 06:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL SENV CG |
04KINSHASA1591 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON IRC OPIC APPLICATION [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application for political risk insurance that International Rescue Committee (IRC) has submitted to OPIC. IRC has operated in the DRC for almost the ent [...] | 2004-08-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA1596 | RUBERWA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN TRANSITION [...] Summary: On August 23, RCD/G VP Azarias Ruberwa announced that the RCD/G had suspended its activities in the transition government and called for an international mediator to hold discussions to break the current impasse. Ruberwa, however, left the door open by suspending, his participation an [...] | 2004-08-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1600 | UPDATE ON DRC REFUGEE REPATRIATION AND RECENT [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR plans to transfer survivors from the Gatumba massacre in Burundi to camps away from the DRC border within 10 days. In the meantime, the Burundian government has strengthened security in the Gatumba school where these refugees are being housed. It is unlikely that Congolese r [...] | 2004-08-25 08:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
04KINSHASA1607 | FARDC'S FIRST INTEGRATED ARMY BATTALION DEPLOYED [...] (U) Summary. The first battalion of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) was deployed to Ituri the week of August 16. MONUC views this initial deployment of 750 soldiers as a test of FARDC's commitment to support its soldiers. These soldiers will serve in peace-keeping [...] | 2004-08-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
04KINSHASA1608 | VP RUBERWA COULD BE BACK IN KINSHASA SOON, SAYS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-25 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1609 | DEMARCHE ON AFRICAN UNION POSITION ON HUMAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Likango Liselele, Advisor to the Minister of Health, August 25. Liselele replied that the DRC supports the efforts of Costa Rica and the US to ban human cloning and that the Ministry of Health would advocate this position at the upcoming World Health Org [...] | 2004-08-26 06:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AF CG KSCI UNGA |
04KINSHASA1619 | PARTICIPANT NOMINATION FOR THE U.S. PATENT AND [...] Embassy Kinshasa respectfully nominates Mr. Ghislain Masengo, Legal Advisor for Intellectual Property Rights at the Ministry of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises, for the Oct. 5-8, 2004 Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. 2. Contact information M. Ghislai [...] | 2004-08-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA ETRD |
04KINSHASA1630 | REMOVAL OF ARTISANAL MINERS AROUND LIKASI - [...] (U) Summary. The Governor of Katanga is currently on a campaign to move all artisanal miners in and around Likasi to special artisanal mining designated zones outside of Kolwezi. This move includes forcing the 6,000-10,000 miners out of Shinkolobwe. Possible rabble-rousing by former Katangan p [...] | 2004-08-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PGOV KNNP CG |
04KINSHASA1631 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 20 THROUGH AUG 27 [...] (U) Summary. Both exchange rates and prices remain stable. Gravity Diamonds of Australia is planning a joint venture with BHP Billiton for diamond exploration in the Kasais. CHEMAF has resumed production at a Mine de l'Etoile concession abandoned by Gecamines. The DRC became a member of th [...] | 2004-08-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1643 | AMBASSADORS FUND FOR REFUGEES FUNDS FOR KINSHASA [...] (U) On August 16, Post signed a grant agreement with Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI),an Italian NGO assisting refugees in Equateur Province, to obligate funds under the Ambassadors Fund for Refugees. Under this agreement, COOPI will use the $20,000.00 awarded to purchase medicines for the [...] | 2004-08-30 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF ABUD AMGT CG PRM |
04KINSHASA1654 | GDRC WANTS TO CONTROL ACCESS TO IDPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent letter addressed to all humanitarian actors in DRC, the Minister of Solidarity and Humanitarian Affairs accused the international community of not respecting human rights, of distributing expired consumables, and of coercing IDPS to return home and then abandoning the [...] | 2004-09-02 05:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1657 | STATEMENTS BY CIAT AND THE GDRC ON THE RCD-G'S [...] (U) The CIAT and the GDRC issued statements concerning the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma's (RCD-G) decision to suspend their participation in the institutions of the transitions, except the army. The following are unofficial translations of the statements issued by each entity: COMMUN [...] | 2004-09-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1669 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 28 THROUGH SEPT 3 [...] Summary. Prices are stable with the exception of food items, which registered a 7 percent increase. Exchange rates remain stable. Adastra Minerals is seeking to become a major metals producer in the region. Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) and Gecamines are in advanced negotiations for a jo [...] | 2004-09-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD CG |
04KINSHASA1671 | EMBASSY KINSHASA RESPONSE TO "DEVELOPING A [...] Summary. Embassy Kinshasa appreciates the opportunity to respond to reftel requesting comments and suggestions on developing a commercial platform at non-FCS posts. The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently emerging from a decade of economic distress, and commercial activity is slowly rest [...] | 2004-09-07 05:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AODE BEXP ECON EINV |
04KINSHASA1678 | DRC NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's National Coordinator for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) states that initial contacts with civil society groups around the country show that the top priority for most people is peace and security. Congolese citizens have expressed serious concerns about territorial inte [...] | 2004-09-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1685 | ITURI ARMED GROUP RELEASES KIDNAPPED PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) Summary. On September 6th at approximately 11 PM, the Union of Congolese Patriots Lubanga faction (UPC-L) released a Moroccan peacekeeper whom they had kidnapped September 2nd. The security situation in Bunia deteriorated significantly as armed Hema and Lendu militias openly patrolled the s [...] | 2004-09-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
04KINSHASA1690 | PROGRESS ON JVM KEY FOR DRC [...] (C) Summary: DRC President Kabila told DAS Don Yamamoto, NSC Senior Advisor Cindy Courville and Central African Director Al Eastham that he would like to see the proposed Joint Verification Mission (JVM) operational before signing the trilateral agreement on the margins of the UNGA in New Yo [...] | 2004-09-08 12:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1691 | COVERAGE OF NATIONALITY LAW SHOWS WEAKNESS OF [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese media's coverage of draft nationality and amnesty laws has shown the limits of entities that lack independence, resources, and professionalism. The directors of Tropicana Television, and the more reputable daily newspapers La Referance Plus and Le Potentiel, acknowle [...] | 2004-09-08 13:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1700 | DRC LAND TRANSPORTATION SURVEY [...] Summary. Infrastructural damage suffered over years of war and neglect have all but crippled the DRC's land transportation network. Roads and railways are critical to the country's recovery, but have received little attention from the GDRC. International financing for rehabilitation project [...] | 2004-09-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON EAID CG |
04KINSHASA1704 | DEMARCHE ON TERRORISM DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on ending state sponsorship of terrorism to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, September 8. Zulu replied that the DRC fully supports U.S. efforts to combat international terrorism and that the Congo agreed that all states nee [...] | 2004-09-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XX CG |
04KINSHASA1709 | ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 4 THROUGH SEPT 10 [...] Summary. Prices and exchange rates remain relatively stable, with exchange rates showing signs of an impending slight increase. Public transportation prices have doubled in Lubumbashi due to higher gas prices and taxes. Zimtrade will hold a trade fair in Lubumbashi. RVF (river transportati [...] | 2004-09-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EIND ELAB ELTN ENRG ETRD EWWT CG |
04KINSHASA1724 | AIR KASAI ENCOUNTERS TURBULENCE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Air Kasai, a private aviation firm, built numerous airstrips in Kasai Occidental province to provide air transportation to otherwise isolated diamond mining areas. Soon after launching its operations, Air Kasai encountered [...] | 2004-09-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1728 | CONGOLESE, MONUC VIEWS ON TRILATERAL AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC appears willing to sign both a Trilateral Agreement and a Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) in New York during the UNGA. The GDRC is continuing to press for agreement on terms of reference of the JVM, since it believes a Trilateral Agreement among the DRC, Uganda and Rw [...] | 2004-09-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG PREL MARR MONUC |
04KINSHASA1729 | SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR ON ETHNIC TENSIONS, THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Kivu's recently-appointed provincial governor told the Ambassador Sept. 8 he is trying to lessen ethnic tensions and arrange for Congolese Banyamulenge refugees to return to the Congo. Mai-Mai and especially Rwandan FDLR guerillas continue to attack and prey upon South Kiv [...] | 2004-09-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1730 | KINSHASA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) Our responses to the questionnaire have not changed dramatically since our last submission in reftel (B). However, there is more narrative explanation due to the events of June 3-6. 2. (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE a. Yes. b. There were city-wide demonstrations from June [...] | 2004-09-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER |
04KINSHASA1731 | MONUC CONCERNED ABOUT REPATRIATION OF BANYAMULENGE [...] (U) Summary. MONUC poloffs briefed members of the diplomatic community September 14 on efforts to repatriate Banyamulenge refugees to South Kivu. MONUC wants to coordinate humanitarian and security assistance with GDRC officials and with other UN agencies to provide protection to returning ref [...] | 2004-09-16 12:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
04KINSHASA1742 | ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 11 THROUGH SEPT 17 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Prices decreased slightly, bringing monthly inflation to -1.1 percent. Exchange rates rose to rates above FC 400 to the USD. Diamond exports decreased from 2.79 million carats in July to 1.92 million carats in August. Ang [...] | 2004-09-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN EMIN CG |
04KINSHASA1745 | POLITICALLY-INEPT RUBERWA PLAYS CARDS BADLY [...] (C) Summary. On September 10, VP Azarias Ruberwa met with a CIAT delegation and complained about the CIAT's ineffectiveness, the state of army integration, security sector reform, and hate media. It is unclear how committed Ruberwa and his followers will be to the transition if their key deman [...] | 2004-09-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1746 | RCD/G WANTS MORE FROM TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. In exchange for returning to Kinshasa and the transitional government on September 1, VP Ruberwa asked the government and international community to address a laundry list of RCD/G concerns about the transition. The demands, which ranged from disbanding parallel military structures [...] | 2004-09-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1750 | NORTH KIVU FREE-FOR-ALL [...] (C) Summary. There may be a total of 10,000 Interahamwe/FDLR elements spread out between Beni and Bukavu, but it is unclear whether the FARDC is working with them. There has been serious, sustained fighting in southern North Kivu between Mai Mai and former ANC (military wing of the RCD/G) tro [...] | 2004-09-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CASC CG |
04KINSHASA1753 | FARDC ON THE MOVE IN EASTERN DRC [...] (C) Summary. The FARDC recently sent up to 2,000 troops to South Kivu and has retaken control of a number of villages in the area of Kalehe and Minova without facing significant resistance. North Kivu, South Kivu and Orientale regional military commanders were called in to Kinshasa to discuss [...] | 2004-09-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CASC CG |
04KINSHASA1754 | 20,000 CIVILIANS FLEE ADVANCING FARDC TROOPS [...] (C) Summary. Seventeen to 20,000 people (mostly Hutu) fled the area around Minova September 10-13 because they were afraid they would be attacked by advancing troops loyal to South Kivu military commander Mabe for having supported Nkunda. There is no evidence of ethnic cleansing or large-scale [...] | 2004-09-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CG PRM |
04KINSHASA1759 | ELECTIONS JEOPARDIZED BY ARMY REFORM PROBLEM, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gen. Budja Mabe, Kinshasa's senior officer in South Kivu, told the Ambassador Sept. 8 the Congo needs outside help with military reform in order to be able to hold elections. The FDLR, rebel Congolese officers, and neighboring countries are the chief threats to security, and the [...] | 2004-09-20 12:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS CG |
04KINSHASA1760 | NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR HAPPY WITH STATUS QUO [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Kivu governor Serufuli told the Ambassador Sept. 9 the FDLR remains a threat but Laurent Nkunda does not, and his policy is "good relations with all," Kinshasa and neighboring countries included. He is keen to promote foreign business investment in the province, and travel [...] | 2004-09-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1763 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ALEXANDER'S GROUP OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged Business Information. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed Alexander's Group Telecom's (ASG - of NY, New York) applications for OPIC political risk insurance. ASG has been present in the DRC since 1999. It was previous [...] | 2004-09-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA1782 | CRY OF ALARM--MISSING ICTR INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa previously has expressed its concern that ICTR's management is sometimes counterproductive and reduces its efficiency. Recently, personnel changes have reinforced our concerns. The Security Council anticipates ending investigations by the end of 2004, but we f [...] | 2004-09-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG RW ICTR |
04KINSHASA1795 | SEPT 23 CIAT MEETING-MEDIA, NEW YORK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The International Committee to Support the Transition (CIAT) met September 23. The CIAT invited the High Media Authority (HAM) officers to exchange views of how to best protect the freedom of the press while promoting a reconciliation agenda, ensure professional standards, and [...] | 2004-09-24 13:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1796 | CONGO-KINSHASA INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION INFORMATION [...] PER REFTEL, POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC). RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO LETTERED QUESTIONS IN PARAGRAPH 6 OF REFTEL. A. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY FOR ADOPTION MATTERS IN CONGO-KINSHASA. WHILE THERE IS N [...] | 2004-09-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CG |
04KINSHASA1802 | ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 18 THROUGH SEPT 24 [...] Summary. Prices are stable, with no inflation reported. Exchange rates continued to rise, with parallel markets trading at FC 400-420 per USD. The Australian firm, Anvil Mining, is seeking joint venture opportunities in the DRC. Banro Corporation plans to begin its gold exploration operati [...] | 2004-09-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ECPS EFIN ELAB ELTN EMIN EPET CG |
04KINSHASA1807 | A HOT, BUT NOT WARM, WELCOME TO RETURNING [...] (C) Summary: There were some tense moments over the weekend in Uvira, located in southern South Kivu, when 350 Banyamulenge refugees insisted on returning to the DRC from Burundi sooner than planned. Their arrival at the Congo-Burundi border provoked riots by Congolese citizens in Uvira, dur [...] | 2004-09-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1814 | ITURI'S DISARMAMENT PLAN LAUNCHED BUT MILITIAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN and the GDRC launched Ituri's disarmament plan September 1st. Very few people have visited the transit sites since they opened, however, and only a handful of those have turned in their weapons. Militia leaders such as Jerome Kakawave are demanding full integration of the [...] | 2004-09-28 22:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PKO |
04KINSHASA1830 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC): FY [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO DRC HAS DETERMINED THAT THE EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN NEEDS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE WAR OF 1998-2003 CONTINUE, AND THAT THE CRISIS IS OF SIGNIFICANT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN FY 2005. THE GOVERNMENT OF DRC HAS ESTABLISHED [...] | 2004-10-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CG |
04KINSHASA1836 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CONGO (LIST 61) [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KSEP KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CVIS CG |
04KINSHASA1837 | BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM CONGO COORDINATORS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KSEP CG |
04KINSHASA1839 | RCD: SOME STILL SEARCHING FOR REASONS TO ABANDON [...] (C) Summary: Bizima Karaha, one of the RCD-G's most well-known extremists, told Ambassador September 23 that the transition has failed, implying that another mechanism should be found. Ambassador reiterated strongly our message that the transition, while flawed, remains the sole available v [...] | 2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1840 | PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...] Summary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the DRC's copper and cobalt mining. Poor transportation infrastructure and an inefficient parastatal petroleum company leave the GDRC unable to supply the region [...] | 2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
04KINSHASA1841 | PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...] Summary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the DRC's copper and cobalt mining. Poor transportation infrastructure and an inefficient parastatal petroleum company leave the GDRC unable to supply the region [...] | 2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
04KINSHASA1845 | MOBUTU'S HOMETOWN OF GBADOLITE "THE MOST FORGOTTEN [...] (U) Summary. A visit to Gbadolite in northern Equateur Province showed a region suffering substantial decay, massive poverty and serious neglect by the national government. Although security had improved with the departure of large numbers of MLC soldiers for the east, abuses by remaining sold [...] | 2004-10-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
04KINSHASA1849 | IMF TEAM HELPS GDRC DRAFT 2005 BUDGET [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary. An IMF team led by Director For Africa Cyril Brianson visited Congo the week of September 13 to assist in the preparation of the DRC's 2005 budget. The team noted that most macroeconomic indicators continue to be on target; that, encouragingly [...] | 2004-10-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CG |
04KINSHASA1850 | UPDATE ON DRC SUIT AGAINST UGANDA AND RWANDA IN [...] (SBU) The GDROC filed suit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1998 against both Rwanda and Uganda, demanding compensation for those two countries' military and economic interference in the eastern part of the Congo (North and South Kivu Provinces and Oriental Province, respectivel [...] | 2004-10-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL CG RW UG |
04KINSHASA1851 | PENDING: CIAT MEETING WITH "ESPACE PRESIDENTIAL" [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met October 4 to prepare for a pending and unprecedented meeting with the President, Vice Presidents and other senior officials to review the transition road map and discuss military integration and election-related le [...] | 2004-10-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC |
04KINSHASA1852 | FIRST JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM MEETING IMMINENT [...] (C) U.N. SRSG Bill Swing reported to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) October 4 that he is leaving Kinshasa later the same day for travel to Kigali in preparation for convening the first meeting of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) tomorrow, Octobe [...] | 2004-10-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RW CG MOPP |
04KINSHASA1866 | MINISTER OF PLAN AND PHELPS-DODGE MINING PROJECT [...] (C) Ambassador and econoff met with Minister of Plan Alexis Thambwe on September 27 for an introductory meeting and to discuss Phelps-Dodge's mining project at Tenke Fungurume. Thambwe told the Ambassador that he was committed to getting the project off the ground and was asking the governme [...] | 2004-10-06 15:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD ECON CG |
04KINSHASA1867 | CIAT ENDORSES REVISED ROAD MAP [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) concurred with revisions to its version of the DRC transition "road map," the fundamental plan for the transition period. Copies are being sent to President Kabila and other senior GDRC offici [...] | 2004-10-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC |
04KINSHASA1868 | CIAT MEETS WITH ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL OCT 6 [...] (C) Summary: The first-ever meeting of the "Espace Presidentiel" (President plus four vice presidents) with the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) was held October 6, albeit without Vice President Bemba, currently in the U.S. Discussion focused on the transition "road [...] | 2004-10-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
04KINSHASA1870 | NEW WAVE OF BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO [...] (U) Summary. A group of 1200 Banyamulenge refugees has gathered at the Burundi-DRC border in an attempt to cross into Uvira. The GDRC has kept the border closed, but an inter ministerial delegation plans to travel to Uvira October 8 to reopen the border, welcome the refugees, and coordinate as [...] | 2004-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM |
04KINSHASA1874 | CONGOLESE REFUGEES ABROAD: NOT EASY TO RETURN HOME [...] (SBU) Summary. UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Kinshasa expressed concern October 3 over the manipulation of refugee returns to the East from Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. They are trying to work with the various governments involved to facilitate repatriation of refugees [...] | 2004-10-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM |
04KINSHASA1875 | CUSTOMS BUREAU LEADS NEW LABOR UNREST [...] (U) Summary. Office des Douanes et Accises (Ofida - Customs Agency) re-initiated a nationwide strike on Monday, Oct 4. This strike is the third in 2004 by Ofida, whose employees are demanding increased salaries before returning to work. Ofida is attempting to bring other agencies under the con [...] | 2004-10-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1884 | GDRC ALLOWS CONGOLESE REFUGEES TO RETURN TO UVIRA [...] (C) Summary. A group of over 1600 Congolese refugees, including over 500 Banyamulenge, crossed the Burundian border into the DRC and arrived at the Uvira transit center October 12. Many of these refugees had waited at the border since October 6 as a GDRC interministerial delegation traveled to [...] | 2004-10-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PINS KPKO CG UNHCR |
04KINSHASA1904 | ETHNIC HATRED ON THE RISE IN BUKAVU: CROWD ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. A large crowd threw rocks and threatened to kill UN peacekeepers whose vehicle had broken down in the center of Bukavu on October 6 after they saw them transporting a man of Tutsi appearance. Although this person was a long time MONUC Congolese interpreter of Mushi ethnicity, the [...] | 2004-10-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG |
04KINSHASA1907 | DEMARCHE ON DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, on October 7. Mpanu Mpanu expressed GDRC appreciation for information on the release of the Duelfer report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. DOUGHERTY [...] | 2004-10-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR CG KPDD |
04KINSHASA1908 | DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Clementine Shakembo, Director of the Western Hemisphere section at FonMin, on October 8. Shakembo agreed with U.S. position that the embargo was a bilateral issue, but indicated that the GDRC would have to consider its position regarding the C [...] | 2004-10-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU CG UNGA |
04KINSHASA1911 | Congo-Kinshasa Annual Certification of Consular [...] Vice Consul James Fennell, FS-04, Acting Chief of the Consular Section, completed review of consular management controls on October 8, 2004. Deputy Chief of Mission certified the review on October 13, 2004. Answers are keyed to para four of reftel. (a) Standard Operating Procedures: Cono [...] | 2004-10-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CG |
04KINSHASA1913 | DEMARCHE ON SUDAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Sudan to Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, on October 4. Mpanu Mpanu indicated that GDRC was also concerned about the situation in Darfur and that he would recommend that the GDRC support the work of the UN Commission of Inquiry. DOUGHERTY [...] | 2004-10-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1926 | USAID visit to Bukavu, Kalehe and Kindu [...] (U) OFDA Rep Jay Nash and Acting USAID Mission Director Nicholas Jenks were in Bukavu on September 7 and 8, and in Kindu on September 9. Interlocutors in Bukavu told USAID reps that the population was happy to be finally out from under RCD/G and Tutsi control after six years, but worried that [...] | 2004-10-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA1933 | JVM: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Monuc DDR chief expressed doubts October 14 that the proposed JVM office in Bukavu will be opened in the near future, given the recent attack on Monuc peacekeepers by COngoleses civilians who erroneously believed MONUC was transporting a Rwandan (reftel). Monuc has informed both [...] | 2004-10-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1934 | PARASTATALS: BEMBA SEEKS CONTROL, CIAT ARBITRATION [...] (C) Summary. In a high-stakes move to gain control of the DRC's parastatals, Vice President Bemba called for CIAT to arbitrate his longstanding dispute with the presidency. Bemba, who heads the transitional government's commission for economics and finance, maintains the power-sharing agreemen [...] | 2004-10-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON KPRV EIND CG |
04KINSHASA1940 | ELECTION FUNDING BLOCKED: CIAT TO MEET WITH BEMBA [...] (SBU) Summary. CIAT members agreed to request a meeting with Vice President Bemba to discuss the Finance Ministry's refusal to release $3.6 million provided by the French to support election preparations. A selected delegation of CIAT chiefs of mission will ask Bemba, who heads the transition [...] | 2004-10-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1958 | CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT PLANNING VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Special Ambassador Andre Kapanga told PolCouns October 18 that he and Foreign Minister Ramazani (possibly with other government officials) will be visiting China the first week of November, followed by a 4-day visit to North Korea. Kapanga said the delegation will [...] | 2004-10-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC PINR PREL CG CH KN |
04KINSHASA1959 | WE DON'T WANT TO KILL KABILA SAYS MAI MAI LEADER [...] (C) During the course of an introductory courtesy call by the Ambassador on Minister of Environment, Anselme Enerunga, the Minister detoured into a discussion of internal DRC politics. Enerunga, who headed the Mai-Mai delegations in Pretoria and Sun City, expressed concern that the Mai Mai are [...] | 2004-10-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1971 | DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON SADC POSITION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli indicated that the GDRC maintained its support for the U.S. co-sponsored Costa Rican resolution calling for a convention to ban all human cloning. He explained that [...] | 2004-10-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO XA CG UNGA KSCI |
04KINSHASA1972 | DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON JUDGE THEODOR MERON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli replied that Judge Meron had impressive credentials and had done an excellent job at the ICTJ. He said that he would recommend GDRC support for his candidacy. MEEC [...] | 2004-10-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM CG UNGA |
04KINSHASA1973 | U.N. UNDER SECRETARY GUEHENNO VISIT TO THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: In October 21 remarks to the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),U.N. Peacekeeping Under Secretary Guehenno said that his visit to the DRC was intended to review how MONUC could best utilize its limited resources. Overall, the U.N.,s obective is to ensure [...] | 2004-10-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
04KINSHASA1975 | EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS PROMPT CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese Franc (FC) has suffered from mild instability for the past two months, declining in value by 12 percent. The Congolese Central Bank has directly intervened to the tune of USD 37 million and has raised interest rates over the past month. The impact on the formal secto [...] | 2004-10-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1976 | KIMBERLEY PROCESS VISIT TO DRC PROVIDES [...] (SBU) Summary. At the request of the DRC government, a Kimberley Process review team visited the DRC in October. Although the GDRC has made some progress, it is not in full compliance with Kimberley Process regulations. There are still serious holes in the DRC's Kimberley Process system, and a [...] | 2004-10-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1979 | KABILA FUMING AT BELGIAN FONMIN COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila has temporarily recalled his ambassador from Brussels, as a sign of displeasure with recent comments by the Belgian foreign minister. The ongoing spat does us no good, because the USG and Belgium share many of the same goals in the DRC. Still, the Belgian/DRC r [...] | 2004-10-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG BE RW |
04KINSHASA1980 | ELECTION FUNDING RELEASED [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that CIAT members had agreed to request a meeting with Vice President Bemba to discuss the Finance Ministry's refusal to release $3.6 million provided by the French to support election preparations. A letter was subsequently sent to Bemba, outlining the reason that a mee [...] | 2004-10-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1981 | CUSTOMS BUREAU STRIKE RESOLVED - FOR NOW [...] OFIDA (Customs) employees returned to work on October 11 after the government met some of their demands. The GDRC has promised to double the bonuses paid to the workers at the end of the month and to consider a salary increase in the 2005 budget. 2. Comment. It remains to be seen if the [...] | 2004-10-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA1982 | "STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY" DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO CG WTRO |
04KINSHASA1984 | Special Winter FY'05 ECA/A/E/USS Study of the [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-26 05:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
04KINSHASA1993 | RCD-GOMA STICKS UP FOR RENEGADE OFFICERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior RCD-Goma leader complained to the Ambassador that his faction had been excluded from the DRC/Uganda/Rwanda tripartite process. He also said the two renegade officers who led the May-June mutiny in Bukavu should not be considered in the same league as other official enem [...] | 2004-10-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG RW |
04KINSHASA1999 | OPPOSITION FIGURE TSHISEKEDI KEEPING HIS OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A close adviser to opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the UDPS party, confirmed that the UDPS SIPDIS is no longer allied with the RCD-Goma and maintains informal links with Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC. In our view, while a Tshisekedi-Bemba alliance during the upcoming [...] | 2004-10-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA2000 | CONTINUED CONFUSION ON DIAMOND SECTOR MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Competition between the Minister of Mines Eugene Diomi Ndongala and CEEC (diamond evaluating authority) Managing Director Victor Kasongo continues to increase. The European Commission (EC) recently decided not to fund a diamond sector audit presented by Diomi and the IMF. The two [...] | 2004-10-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL |
04KINSHASA2001 | KINSHASA HOSTS GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE PREPARATORY [...] (U) Summary. National coordinators for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) held their second preparatory meeting in Kinshasa from October 19-23. The core group of seven members was enlarged to eleven with the addition of Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, and Angola. Pres [...] | 2004-10-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2004 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS CG LVPR |
04KINSHASA2005 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS (LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR |
04KINSHASA2007 | SUDAN/DARFOUR DEMARCHE ON OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINS CG |
04KINSHASA2010 | UNHCR BEGINS REPATRIATION OF CONGOLESE FROM CAR [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR began repatriation of Congolese refugees to Libenge, Equateur Province, with a ceremony on October 20th. The refugee agency expects to repatriate approximately 10,000 people to Equateur by the end of 2004. Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba headed a GDRC delegation to the [...] | 2004-10-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CG CT |
04KINSHASA2014 | PRESIDENT KABILA'S TRIUMPHAL VISIT TO KISANGANI [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of residents warmly greeted President Kabila during his long-anticpated first visit to formerly-rebel-held territory since becoming President in 2001. His October 16-18 trip to Kisangani was widely seen as a tangible sign of the country's reunification and the kick-off [...] | 2004-10-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA2020 | PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) Summary: Amnesty International's October report, 'DRC: Mass Rape- Time for Remedies' provides a generally accurate picture of the nature of sexual violence in eastern DRC. Its suggestion that the international community has ignored this crisis, however, is untrue. The USG, for example, alre [...] | 2004-11-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KPKO KWMN KCRM CG |
04KINSHASA2021 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged business information. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application that No.1 Contracting and Franoza Trucking have submitted to OPIC for political risk investment insurance on a performance bond. Post believes that there are no current po [...] | 2004-11-01 15:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ELTN CG OPIC |
04KINSHASA2025 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior, and PPRD co-founder, Theofile Mbemba expressed concern that the newly launched pre-election campaigns will further divide the transitional components and throw up new obstacles to military integration. He outlined a PPRD strategy to dominate all the southe [...] | 2004-11-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG KBEM |
04KINSHASA2047 | THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...] | 2004-11-05 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
04KINSHASA2055 | MLC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES INTERNAL TENSIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A top official from vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC movement reported tensions between Bemba and his number two, Olivier Kamitatu, and described MLC efforts to court potential voters in eastern Congo. Rumors of strained relations between Bemba and Kamitatu are nothing new [...] | 2004-11-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA2058 | DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UNGA human rights resolutions to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on November 8, 2004. Zulu said that he would instruct the DRC delegation in New York to work with the US delegation to support the human rights resolution [...] | 2004-11-08 11:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2062 | WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN INGA DAM DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy continues to receive proposals for the development of Inga Dam. The most recent developments have been an MOU signed with Eskom of South Africa and negotiations with MagAlloy (with Reynolds Group participation). The MOU signed with Eskom is one step closer t [...] | 2004-11-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA2066 | SPORADIC FIGHTING BETWEEN MAI-MAI AND RCD-G [...] (U) Summary. Mai-Mai elements from the 8th military region have engaged in sporadic skirmishes with ex-Congolese National Army (ANC) soldiers from the same military region in Masisi, N. Kivu beginning the week of October 24th and continuing through November 7th. Although civilians have been di [...] | 2004-11-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2082 | OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, November 10. Mpanu said he would recommend the DRC delegation refrain from supporting anti-Israeli resolutions currently before the UNGA, including resolutions on three biased UN entities dealing with Palestinian i [...] | 2004-11-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS CG UNGA |
04KINSHASA2083 | OFDA VISIT TO KALEHE AND MINOVA [...] (U) On October 26, OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka evaluated the humanitarian and security situation in Kalehe and Minova territories. Security and humanitarian access has improved along the entire axis Kalehe-Minova-Goma, following the reestablishment of FARDC control of Minova in September. Mos [...] | 2004-11-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA2084 | KAMANDA WA KAMANDA ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister for Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda at his office November 8. Kamanda had earlier contacted the Ambassador by telephone requesting such a meeting as soon as could be arranged. (Note: Kamanda holds his current portfolio under [...] | 2004-11-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
04KINSHASA2087 | UN TEAM TO SHINKOLOBWE: MINE NOT A PROLIFERATION [...] (U) A UN team, composed of officials from IAEA, UNEP and WHO, visited Shinkolobwe mine in Katanga Province from Oct 25 to Nov 04 and concluded that the mine should remain closed due to risks of mine collapse and potential chronic exposure to ionising radiation. The objective of the trip was to [...] | 2004-11-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EMIN PREL PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA2096 | THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: GOMA AND NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: A wave of what appear to be executions in Goma, as well as clashes throughout North Kivu between military nominally responsive to regional military commander Obed and militia loyal to Governor Eugene Serufuli, suggest that Serufuli's grip on his province might be slipping. Monuc [...] | 2004-11-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM CG UN |
04KINSHASA2097 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF [...] The following responses are geared to reftel questions. Post believes the DRC has made credible progress on its outstanding issues, and we will continue to stress to the GDRC the importance of doing so. 2. In May 2004, the GDRC finalized and implemented procedures for issuing official demob [...] | 2004-11-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2100 | MINISTER OF BUDGET ON BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Budget Francois Muamba stressed GDRC compliance with the IMF program and progress on government reforms during a recent call with the Ambassador. Muamba emphasized the good faith of the GDRC to comply with IMF parameters in spite of some minor slippage. Budgeting for e [...] | 2004-11-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2107 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: NO FOOD FOR MUTEBUSI [...] (C) We read with interest reftel detailing possible food assistance to Colonel Jules Mutebusi and his men, who continue to try to portray themselves as refugees in Rwanda. However, given that neither Monuc nor the GOR has been able to verify that Mutebusi has committed himself and his men to [...] | 2004-11-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PREL CG RW |
04KINSHASA2115 | CONGO/B - IS CONGO'S FUTURE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? IS [...] (C) Summary: Below follows an analysis of current political and economic atmospherics in the Republic of Congo, including points recently noted by the country,s President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, regarding his efforts to truly put Congo on a &democratic path8 and change once and for all Congo, [...] | 2004-11-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CF |
04KINSHASA2118 | POSSIBLE MASSACRE AT KILWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to sources in Katanga province, the October 2004 "insurgency" at Kilwa on the Congo-Zambia border was more likely a tragic farce than a real attack, and government troops may have massacred dozens of civilians when they recaptured the town. Explanations for the incident [...] | 2004-11-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS MOPS ECON EMIN CG |
04KINSHASA2122 | DRC VISIT TO CHINA, N. KOREA - HYDROELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisor Andre Kapanga, the second-ranking official on the DRC delegation to China and North Korea, told PolCouns November 17 that meetings focused on investment opportunities in the DRC, particularly hydroelectrical generation and production of roof tiles. China off [...] | 2004-11-19 07:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV CG CH KN |
04KINSHASA2127 | KATANGA POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila's PPRD party is the leading "national" contender in Katanga province, and benefits from local government control and preferential media access. PPRD efforts are nonetheless somewhat in disarray, and face local players such as former governor Kyungu, whose tribali [...] | 2004-11-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2136 | PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Tosi Mpanu, political advisor to FonMin Ramazani. Mpanu replied that the GDRC was supportive of UNSC efforts on this matter and said he would recommend DRC support for the UNGA resolution on Sudan. MEECE [...] | 2004-11-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU CG UNGA |
04KINSHASA2138 | TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Summary. This message is in response to reftel and answers are keyed to those questions. The GDRC is a post- conflict transitional government composed of all parties to the Global and Inclusive Accord signed in Sun City in 2002. The focus of the government is to finish the transition with e [...] | 2004-11-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID CG |
04KINSHASA2143 | RUBERWA ENGAGES IN QUIET DIPLOMACY ON BANYAMULENGE [...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 20 with Muller Ruhimbika, a Banyamulenge leader, and November 22 with Jean-Marie Emungu, VP Azarias Ruberwa's chief-of-staff, about Ruberwa's quick trip to eastern Congo November 18-20. Accompanied by General Masunzu (who commands Banyamulenge troops fiercely oppos [...] | 2004-11-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
04KINSHASA2145 | SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND FY-04 FINAL REPORT [...] (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2000 - 2002 Post is pleased to report there are no outstanding balances. All projects have been closed out. 2. (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2003 Post funded ten projects with the $56,200.00 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa. Post insured that these small projects represented ma [...] | 2004-11-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID CG |
04KINSHASA2146 | CORRUPTION CHARGES COULD OUST SOME MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing to vote, November 25 or 26, on a report identifying six ministers and President Kabila's Chief of Staff as involved in corruption. If the investigating committee's report is accepted by the Parliamentary plenary session, the ministers will be dismissed, [...] | 2004-11-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR CG |
04KINSHASA2164 | ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE TO SADC CAPITALS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani November 24. Zulu said the DRC would do what it could to encourage Zimbabwe to avoid making the same mistakes the Congo had made in the past. He also noted that a stable Zimbabwe was in the [...] | 2004-11-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CG |
04KINSHASA2165 | MORE ON THE MURKY MATTER OF WHO FIRED THE SHOTS [...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 25 with Monuc Goma Head of Office, and with a Monuc political officer in Kinshasa, to get an update on Monuc's investigation of the rocket attack into Rwanda, allegedly by the FDLR. Both Monuc sources said that their initial investigation indicated that rather than [...] | 2004-11-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
04KINSHASA2166 | CONGOLESE MILITARY PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO [...] (C) PolCouns met November 24, and spoke telephonically November 25, with Air Force Commander John Numbi. Numbi said November 24 that in a meeting at the Presidency it had been decided that the army would immediately redeploy three battalions of Congolese troops (about 1,500 men) to the DRC-R [...] | 2004-11-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
04KINSHASA2167 | CONSULTATIVE GROUP PLEDGES $5.7 BILLION FOR DRC [...] Summary. The Paris Club Consultative Group met in Kinshasa November 11-12 to review the DRC's economic transition and recovery program (Minimum Partnership Program for Transition and Recovery - MPPTR),and to pledge support for the country's development needs over the next 3-4 years. Of a t [...] | 2004-11-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON CG |
04KINSHASA2168 | KABILA SUSPENDS SIX MINISTERS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of a parliamentary report on corruption, President Kabila on November 25 suspended six ministers while the Minister of Porftolio minister suspended the managers of ten state-owned enterprises. In our view, this action is an attempt to seize the moral high ground befo [...] | 2004-11-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON CG |
04KINSHASA2170 | CONGOLESE READOUT ON KABILA-KAGAME MEETING [...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba called PolCouns November 27 to provide a readout of the meeting between Presidents Kabila and Kagame, facilitated by President Obasanjo. Largely agreeing in substance with Rwandan readout (reftel),Katumba mentioned Kagame's proposal to either [...] | 2004-11-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
04KINSHASA2178 | KABILA DISCUSSES EASTERN SITUATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila held a November 29 discussion with Ambassadors from the UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, and UN SRSG Swing. While speaking in measured tones, Kabila made clear his frustration with Rwandan President Kagame, and in essence Kabila [...] | 2004-11-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO RW CG |
04KINSHASA2182 | A/S HOLMES VISIT TO DRC [...] (U) Summary: During A/S Holmes visit to the DRC Oct 23-28, SRSG Swing and staff explained the situation in the DRC and MONUC's accomplishments and challenges. At a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, A/S Holmes learned about preparations for DRC elections and disarmament in discussions with DRC [...] | 2004-11-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
04KINSHASA2183 | KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...] (C) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus UN SRSG Bill Swing primarily to discuss the situation in eastern DRC, as reported ref A. After the discussion, Kabila also noted current debates regarding de [...] | 2004-11-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL KCOR CG |
04KINSHASA2352 | DEC. 30 DRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the area north of Kanyabayonga has quieted and humanitarian relief efforts are underway, troubling fighting and troop movements continue in parts of North Kivu that used to be under RCD/G control. End Summary. Tension High in Goma ---------------------- 2. (C) On [...] | 2004-12-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
04KUWAIT1003 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR VPOTUS MEETING WITH FONMIN [...] (C) Meeting with the Vice President March 31 will be the highlight of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah's visit to Washington. It will also be the GOK'S highest-level meeting with the USG since Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's Septemb [...] | 2004-03-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1010 | MFA UNDERSECRETARY ON ARAB LEAGUE POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Charge on March 28 that although Tunisia has postponed the Arab League Summit due to lack of consensus on reform, the topic of reform is now on the League's agenda and the GCC will continue to push it. End Summary. (C) Sum [...] | 2004-03-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF KU |
04KUWAIT1041 | (S/NF) SHAYKH NAWAF AL-AHMED: A NON-ENTITY TO [...] (S/NF) Ref A relayed a report from a well-connected Kuwaiti source that Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, has the inside track to be a future Amir. The Bosnian ambassador (protect),a Muslim who speaks fluent Arabic and enjoys warm [...] | 2004-03-30 13:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT1061 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MARCH 29-31: AHMAD YASEEN [...] SUMMARY: Festering outrage over the assassination of Sheikh Yaseen and perceived U.S. approval, if not complicity, in the act, continues to color local perception of U.S. reform efforts in the region. "So, what are these human rights that the Americans are calling for, if they allow their pla [...] | 2004-03-31 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1105 | TIP: MINISTERIAL DECREE BANS UNDER-18 CAMEL [...] MFA has just faxed us a Decree by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, number 152 of 2004, dated March 24, 2004, effective the date of publication. 2. The Decree (in Arabic) flatly bans the employment of children under age 18 in camel racing. Separately, it bans their employment in [...] | 2004-04-05 08:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KU |
04KUWAIT1213 | (SBU) CT COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA [...] (S) Ref A requested posts to report on steps to improve US-Russian counter-terrorism (CT) coordination and communication in the field. We had already included the Russian Embassy in the G-8 CTAG meeting we hosted February 7 (ref B),and we will continue to do so. Russia has no declared intel [...] | 2004-04-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC EAIR PGOV RU |
04KUWAIT1219 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 10-124: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY:. END SUMMARY. 2. "Escalation In Iraq, In Whose interest?" Adel Al-Qassar wrote in independent Al-Watan (4/11): "The reason beh escalation in Iraq is the clash of wills between the people and the o freedom, and what democracy is the United States promising with this violence an [...] | 2004-04-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1227 | (C) SCENESETTER: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE VISIT [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Welcome to Kuwait. Your visit will be an excellent opportunity to continue the high-level engagement the Kuwaitis crave, building on the excellent reception the Defense Minister and Foreign Minister received in Washington two weeks ago. We have requested meetings with the [...] | 2004-04-14 04:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT123 | OPERATION OF COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) [...] Summary. All personnel assigned to CPA Baghdad currently must transit Kuwait in order to board military aircraft to/from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). These personnel are assisted by CPA's Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Forward-Kuwait, who provide the travelers with briefings and eq [...] | 2004-01-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OTRA ETRD KU IZ |
04KUWAIT1248 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 12-14: IRAQ, KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators have been rattled by events in Fallujah and the rise of Moqtada al-Sadr. Islamist MPs and others decry what they term a "brutal" US response and have issued press statements calling for Muslims to resist the "US occupation of Iraq" and the presence of US troops i [...] | 2004-04-15 06:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1258 | (C) TIP: DISCUSSION WITH NUNCIO [...] (U) A/DCM met April 13 with Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, and Qatar and Apostolic Delegate for the Arabian Peninsula, who is resident in Kuwait and has served here over four years. 2. (C) The purpose of the meeting was to brief the Nuncio on th [...] | 2004-04-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN PGOV KCRM SMIG KU |
04KUWAIT126 | IRAQ: KUWAIT TO HOST THIRD "NEIGHBORING [...] Kuwait is due to host the third meeting of the "neighboring countries" of Iraq, shortly after Eid al-Adha which ends February 3. The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC),presumably represented by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zeibari, will be invited. Bahrain will attend in its capacity as Chair of th [...] | 2004-01-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT127 | (S) AIK FUEL: GOK WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT'S SIGNING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge delivered copy of reftel dipnote to the FM January 10, asking that the GOK continue supplying fuel to US and coalition forces pending bilateral discussions to resolve who will pay for what. He also asked for urgent approval for the deployment of twelve additional C-130s [...] | 2004-01-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1274 | (C) NEW ICM LEADERS STRIVE FOR MAINSTREAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI KU |
04KUWAIT13 | (C) THE PARADOX OF KUWAIT'S ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Islamists face a unique political quandary in the Islamic world. Their ideological suspicion of the US resembles what our colleagues in other Muslim societies encounter daily, but it runs counter to their experience of the US role in liberating Kuwait, which most still g [...] | 2004-01-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KU |
04KUWAIT130 | (S) COALITION FUEL SUPPLIES FROM KUWAIT OK FOR TWO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) At the instruction of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, who was in Yemen, MFA U/S Khaled Salman Al Jarallah called Charge January 11, 2004, to reply to Charge's January 10 demarche (reftel A) [...] | 2004-01-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1316 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 17-19: IRAQ: SHIA REBELS; [...] SUMMARY: Outrage at both the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi and what is widely perceived as the American submission to Sharon's settlement plan joins continued condemnation of the violence in Iraq. Former Islamist MP Abel Muhsin Jamal wrote in independent Al-Qabas (4/14)," [...] | 2004-04-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1329 | KUWAITI REACTIONS TO THE NOMINATION OF RICHARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media have prominently reported Islamist opposition to the nomination of Richard LeBaron as ambassador to Kuwait in the past few days, with a handful of Islamist MPs, members of the Kuwait University student union and other fellow travelers expressing dismay that "personal [...] | 2004-04-21 12:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT1334 | (C) GUANTANAMO: PROPOSED KUWAITI DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received diplomatic note number 20040895 dated April 21, 2004 from MFA, formally proposing May 3 (vice April 26 in reftel) as the date for a GOK delegation to visit Washington, DC/Ft. Belvoir to discuss the Kuwaiti nationals det [...] | 2004-04-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1346 | (SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD [...] (C) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis),who were already making progress against institutionalized discrimination. They now have their own family-law court, more building permits for mosques, appr [...] | 2004-04-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU |
04KUWAIT135 | (SBU) USTR PROPOSES DELAY IN TIFA SIGNING [...] (U) Comment and Action Request at para 9. 2. (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary. Embassy requests Department intervene with USTR to maintain the scheduled 10 February TIFA signing and economic reform discussions with GOK in Washington, even [...] | 2004-01-12 18:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT1355 | (C) COPTIC CHURCH MAKES STRIDES BY MAKING FRIENDS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-26 10:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV KU EG |
04KUWAIT1356 | (C) MESSAGE FROM POTUS ON IRAQ [...] (U) CDA delivered reftel letter from President Bush addressed to the Amir, to Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah April 25. Director of the Amir's Office Ibrahim al-Shatti and A/DCM sat in. Receipt of the letter was announced in the Kuwaiti media, as the Ministe [...] | 2004-04-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1364 | (C) IRAQ: NORWEGIAN COMMANDER WANTS TO STAY, [...] (U) A/DCM AND OMC-K VICE CHIEF MET APRIL 25 WITH A VISITING NORWEGIAN DELEGATION COMPRISING THE DCM FROM THE NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI, PER VATNE, THE COMMANDER OF THE NORWEGIAN CONTINGENT IN IRAQ, COLONEL THOR MOEN, CHRISTIAN HANEBORG OF THE EMBASSY, AND MAJOR JENS HYNDOY, MOEN'S CHIEF [...] | 2004-04-26 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NO IZ KU UNSC |
04KUWAIT1380 | (C) PM ASSURES DEPUTY SECRETARY "WE'RE LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah assured Deputy Secretary Armitage April 19 that "we are long-term allies." SIPDIS Shaykh Sabah urged the US to seek a new UNSC Resolution on Iraq, and to resolve the situation in Fallujah -- peacefully if possible, but if not, then above all quickl [...] | 2004-04-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1399 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 24-28: MIDDLE EAST: VANUNU'S [...] SUMMARY: Continued criticism of Pres. Bush's perceived closeness to Sharon and tacit approval for Sharon's "crimes" gave way slightly as the week went on to calls for increased security in the wake of the Riyadh bombings. Nabil Al-Fadhl wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (4/24),"As Kuwaitis, [...] | 2004-04-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1402 | (SBU) CJCS DISCUSSES IRAQ PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers discussed the current situation in Iraq with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense April 14. Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah emphasized that Kuwait's support for Coalition efforts in Iraq would continue. General M [...] | 2004-04-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR PREL ASEC IZ KU |
04KUWAIT143 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S BURNS'S VISIT [...] (C) Welcome back to Kuwait. We are requesting meetings for you with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, for the afternoon of January 14. Given you [...] | 2004-01-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR ETRD PHUM PGOV IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1449 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 2-5: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS [...] SUMMARY: Outrage and bitter cynicism characterize many editorials addressing the reported abuse of Iraqi prisoners by coalition forces, highlighting "similiarities" between Saddam's regime and US forces, including the location of the incidents at Abu Gharib prison which was notorious under Sadd [...] | 2004-05-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT147 | CLARIFYING STATUS OF NON-U.S. PERSONNEL IN KUWAIT [...] Summary and Action Request. Embassy has learned that some DOD contract personnel working in Kuwait believe that their close support of DOD activities here entitles them to the same criminal/liability protections enjoyed by U.S. military and DOD civilians. This may very well not be the case. [...] | 2004-01-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID MOPS PGOV PREL CASC KU IZ |
04KUWAIT1477 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 8-10: ABU GHRAIB; IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators continued strident criticism and outrage at revelations of the abuse at Abu Ghraib. A prominent conservative commentator notes with satisfaction that the abuse scandal has resulted in the "postponement until further notice" of the issuance of the State Department [...] | 2004-05-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1500 | (S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...] | 2004-05-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU |
04KUWAIT1504 | (U) RECRUITING KUWAITI KIDS TO FIGHT IN IRAQ [...] (U) The local Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas reported May 5 that a Kuwaiti had filed a complaint with his embassy in Damascus, accusing Hamed al-Ali of recruiting his son to go to Iraq via Syria. The story also reports that, according to the Kuwaiti parent, the youths who are recruited will s [...] | 2004-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL ASEC MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1505 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 11-12: ABU GHRAIB ABUSE; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: Condemnation of the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib continues to dominate local opinion pages. A small but consistent number of editorials also continue to appear, praising the transparency with which U.S. authorities are dealing with the issue, as in one column titled [...] | 2004-05-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1519 | (U) GRILLINGS: ROUNDS TWO AND POSSIBLY THREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad,s Cabinet has survived a second round of grillings in the National Assembly and appears strong on the eve of a possible third. The second challenge of the year, this time against Health Minister Dr. Mohammed Al-Jarallah, came from Shiite Isl [...] | 2004-05-16 10:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU |
04KUWAIT1547 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 15-17: WOMEN'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: The swell of commentary on Abu Ghraib was slightly abated by the introduction of a bill by the Kuwaiti cabinet on May 16 supporting full political rights for women. The news pages report statements of support by liberals and women activists for the measure and flat rejection by conse [...] | 2004-05-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1594 | KUWAIT WAVERS ON COMMITMENT TO RESERVE AL-ZOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Electric and Fluor officials have informed post that the Government of Kuwait may have backed away from the Amir's 1996 promise to President Clinton that US firms would have exclusive rights to build the next major electricity generating plant, now anticipated to be the $ [...] | 2004-05-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL BEXP ETRD KU |
04KUWAIT1634 | (C) GOK MAY CO-SPONSOR COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KU UNGA KSCI |
04KUWAIT1635 | (C) ARTICLE 98 STILL STALLED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
04KUWAIT1647 | (C) HUMAN CLONING: MFA PROMISES TO CO-SPONSOR [...] (C) In a May 24 meeting with MFA IO Director Amb. Abdullah al-Murad on another topic (septel),CDA elicited a promise that Kuwait would co-sponsor the Costa Rican resolution calling for a complete ban on human cloning. We suggest USUN ask the Kuwaiti mission to confirm these instructions wit [...] | 2004-05-24 11:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO KU UNGA KSCI |
04KUWAIT1649 | (C) UNCC: GOK APPEALS TO HOLD THE LINE [...] (C) An agitated MFA IO Director Amb. Abdullah al-Murad called in CDA May 24 to stress that the GOK at the highest levels attaches great importance to maintaining the existing UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) arrangement. He was concerned about reports from New York that Germany "supported b [...] | 2004-05-24 11:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KU UNSC |
04KUWAIT1650 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 22-24: RAFAH INCURSION; [...] SUMMARY: The coincidence of the Israeli operation in Rafah with alleged American bombing of a wedding party in Iraq leads a prominent conservative commentator to cite both as examples of "Arab blood being cheap." The first court martial trial to come out of the abuses at Abu Ghraib was dealt w [...] | 2004-05-24 15:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1661 | (S) ISLAMIST EXTREMIST WANTS TO TALK TO U.S., SAYS [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain convoked CDA May 25 to tell him that Jaber al-Jalahma "has information" for the US Embassy. As reported reftel, DNSA Fran Townsend singled out Jalahma by name during her May 4 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, as an extrem [...] | 2004-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PREL KJUS PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1662 | (C) ARTICLE 98: "LEAVE IT TO US" [...] (C) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain told CDA May 25 that the Cabinet's Legal Committee (the Ministers of Justice, Information, and Commerce) would meet May 26 to consider what is needed according to Kuwaiti law to bring the Article 98 agreement into force. He said MFA would s [...] | 2004-05-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
04KUWAIT1663 | (C) NEED TO GET MILAIR ARRIVALS UNDER CONTROL [...] (C) CDA was summoned by Foreign Ministry Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain May 25. Among other topics, Babtain complained at the way the US military continues to ignore Kuwaiti immigration procedures. Specifically, Babtain said, Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) Alternate Member Ameer [...] | 2004-05-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OTRA IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1674 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 25-26: IRAQ [...] "No Worse..." Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh wrote in independent Al-Qabas (5/25): "Had the American policy in Iraq succeeded, the transfer through the United Nations Security Council would have been welcomed. This did not happen, and the American policy in Iraq has been a great disappointment so [...] | 2004-05-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1699 | (C) CATHOLIC CHURCH OPERATES FREELY, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SOCI PREL KU |
04KUWAIT1701 | (C) LIBERALS ON THE OFFENSIVE IN FACE OF GROWING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI KU |
04KUWAIT1705 | (U) ELECTORAL REFORM: THE DEBATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Reducing the number of electoral constituencies is one of the leading political issues in Kuwait. The concept is that larger constituencies will make vote-buying harder and dilute the influence of tribes. PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad has announced that the GOK will settle this matt [...] | 2004-05-31 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KU |
04KUWAIT1731 | (S) JALAHMA TRIES TO SHOW HE'S NOT SUCH AN [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with PolChief June 01, Kuwaiti Islamist extremist Jaber Al-Jalahma (ref A) denied ever having been a member of Al-Qaeda and ever having funded men of violence. He expressed ambivalence about 9/11 and similar attacks: good in [...] | 2004-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1732 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 30-31: TERRORISM; IRAQ. [...] SUMMARY: The wave of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia impelled ma 2. "Incitement And Demagoguery In The Arab Mind " Sami Abdel Latif Al-Nisif wrote in independent Al-Anba (5/30): "One 3. "Time To Eradicate The Boils Of Terrorism" Editor in Chief Ahmad Al-Jarallah wrote in independent [...] | 2004-06-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1735 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 1-2: TERRORISM; IRAQ. [...] SUMMARY: Condemning the Saudi terror attacks and the creation of 2. "Media Incitement" Faisal Al-Qenai, Secretary General of the Kuwait Journalist Associati 3. "Defeating Terrorism Is A National Responsibility" Dr. Ayed Al-Mana'a wrote in independent Al-Watan (6/1): "If Ghazi Al [...] | 2004-06-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1748 | (C) GOK PROTESTS MISTREATMENT OF MINISTER AT [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Charge was summoned to MFA after its cob June 2 to receive a formal protest at the treatment given to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Feisal al-Hajji at the Chicago port of entry May 2, when he was transiting from London to Houston [...] | 2004-06-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KU |
04KUWAIT1749 | (U) KUWAIT: G-7 FINANCE MINISTERS' STATEMENT AND [...] (S) Ambassador delivered the G-7 Finance Ministers' Statement and reftel talking points to Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd al-Ahmed al-Sabah on 1 June at the VVIP lounge, Kuwait City International Airport. Shaykh Ahmed was en route to the 3 June OPEC meeting. 2. (S) The Minister tol [...] | 2004-06-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET |
04KUWAIT1752 | (C) UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR DISCUSSES IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request. During a June 2 courtesy call, Paolo Lembo, the new United Nations Resident Coordinator discussed with the Charge the possibility of the UN basing some Iraq support staff in Kuwait. Envisioning a staff of 100-120, he said that their new headquarters wou [...] | 2004-06-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC EAID IZ KU UN |
04KUWAIT180 | NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...] | 2004-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM |
04KUWAIT1809 | (C) ASAD TELLS GOK HE WANTS DIALOGUE WITH USG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Kuwaiti FM, Syrian President Asad used a brief visit June 6 to ask the GOK to tell the USG he is serious about working together to promote stability in Iraq. Asad was reportedly very concerned about the Syria Accountability Act, particularly the insertion of t [...] | 2004-06-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1810 | (C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that the Cabinet had decided June 6 that the Constitution requires ratification of the Article 98 agreement by the National Assembly. As the Assembly is about to recess for the summer, he said he expected the [...] | 2004-06-08 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
04KUWAIT1811 | (C) HARDLINE ISLAMISTS LASH OUT AT US -- FEELING [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Islamist MP issued a lengthy diatribe accusing the US Embassy of interfering in Kuwait's internal affairs; he was clearly reacting to the report detailing our activities in support of human rights, posted on the DoS website. GOK officials including the Foreign Minister quick [...] | 2004-06-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI KWMN KU |
04KUWAIT1812 | (C) JORDAN'S KING DID NOT DISCUSS OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that Jordanian King Abdullah had not/not discussed oil during his June 1 visit to Kuwait (other topics septels). (NOTE: the local media reported that the King had said Kuwait had renewed for six months the p [...] | 2004-06-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1829 | (C) SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON ELECTRICITY FOR [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A oral message from the Secretary to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah SIPDIS al-Salem al-Sabah June 7, after MFA advised that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed would not be available (other topics septels). The Minister listened attentively and promis [...] | 2004-06-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1836 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 8-9: IRAQ; HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Liberal commentators rose to defend the USG against criticism of the State Department Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, characterized by Islamists as "interference in Kuwaiti internal affairs." One conservative MP also denounced US Embassy public diplomacy programs and [...] | 2004-06-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1861 | (SBU) PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE RULING FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling Al-Sabah family enjoys broad public support and legitimacy in the eyes of most Kuwaitis. Despite the presence of several hotly-debated issues, Kuwaitis remain content with their leadership and Government. Kuwaitis, from Sunna to Shia, ultra-wealthy to comfortable mid [...] | 2004-06-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT1876 | (U) CONSTITUENCY DEBATE ENDS IN BICKERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 special session of parliament to discuss the reduction of electoral constituencies dissolved into bickering and shouting matches ultimately leading to the adjournment of the session. Too few MPs support any one of the three proposals being considered and there appear e [...] | 2004-06-16 06:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KU |
04KUWAIT189 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JANUARY 8-12: BAKER [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti MPs and the head of the Shiite clerics in Kuwait have reacted angrily to the reported suggestion by the Vice President of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress that Kuwait should lease two of its islands to Iraq to use as ports. The leading editorial in daily Al-Watan procla [...] | 2004-01-19 04:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1895 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 15-16: IRAQ; G8 SUMMIT. [...] SUMMARY: Commentators reacted to the increase in violence in Iraq 2. "Dangers Facing Iraq" Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (6/16): " 3. "Eradication" Dr. Yacoub Al-Sharrah wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (6/15): "T 4. "President Bush's Straw" Dr. [...] | 2004-06-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT1904 | (S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1928 | (C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note, number 20041331 from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, dated 20 June 2004, marked "Secret" and noting that ICRC informed the GOK on May 11 that it had registered a Kuwaiti citizen dur [...] | 2004-06-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
04KUWAIT1933 | KUWAIT CONDEMNS MURDER OF AMCIT PAUL JOHNSON [...] The GOK, National Assembly, and Muslim religious leaders have condemned the Johnson murder and expressed support for Saudi actions against terrorists in the Kingdom. On June 19, Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed publicly condemned the murder as a terrorist act and stressed that those who "k [...] | 2004-06-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA KU |
04KUWAIT1934 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 19-21: IRAQ; TERRORISM. [...] SUMMARY: In a rare show of near-unanimity, Kuwaiti commentators joined together in near-total condemnation of the beheading of Paul Johnson and terror in general. Some still found a way to blame Zionism. And others cautioned the Kuwaiti government not to allow such a home-grown terror movement [...] | 2004-06-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT198 | (C) S/WCI AMB. PROSPER DISCUSSES IRAQI SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK pressed for special attention to be given to prosecuting crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime committed against Kuwaitis. At S/WCI Amb. Prosper's suggestion, the GOK agreed to work on putting together a team of investigators to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal in its in [...] | 2004-01-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS IZ KU KAWC |
04KUWAIT1996 | (SBU) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC TECHNICAL CHANGE TO [...] (C) A/DCM joined the British, Italian and Libyan DCMs in delivering reftel demarche June 28 on MFA Acting Director of Legal Affairs Ghanem al-Ghanem. Ghanem promised to contact the Kuwaiti OPCW Executive Council delegation urgently (it had just left for The Hague that morning) and to put the [...] | 2004-06-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY KU CWC |
04KUWAIT2005 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 26-28: Iraq, Terror, Arab [...] SUMMARY: Atrocities by terrorists in Iraq and Saudi Arabia are a principal focus of Kuwaiti columnists this week. Walid Al- Ibrahim wrote in independent Al-Watan (6/26): "Every time a westerner is taken hostage or killed by Arabs and Muslims, Islam's image is tainted further and feelings of hat [...] | 2004-06-29 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT2050 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working to arrange a meeting with Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan, who is expected to be the Acting Foreign Minister at the time of your visit (both the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister are expected to be out of the country). A [...] | 2004-07-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT2072 | (S) OIF FUEL ISSUE: GOK INVITES COMMERCIAL [...] (S) Further to the conversation reported reftel, Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the MFA Americas Dept. (number 20041488 dated July 7, 2004),in Arabic, marked "Urgent and Secret." Informal Embassy translation follows: BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its b [...] | 2004-07-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT2075 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 5-7: IRAQ; TERROR [...] SUMMARY: Isolated calls for Arabs to take responsibility for combating terror and religious extremism have been drowned out in a flood of conspiracy theories that allege US and Israeli roles in supporting Al-Zarqawi, rigging Saddam's trial, and torturing detainees. Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote [...] | 2004-07-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT2152 | (C) GUANTANAMO: GOK SEEKS CLEARANCE FOR LAWYER, [...] (U) THIS IS REVISED VERSION OF REFTEL, WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY SENT INCOMPLETE. Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, both marked "secret." According to the first (number 2004145 [...] | 2004-07-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2188 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 10-14: IRAQ; ICJ RULING; [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT2217 | (SBU) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETING SET FOR SEPT. [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Regional Delegation of ICRC announcing that the 46th session of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Kuwait on September 7, 2004 at 9: [...] | 2004-07-18 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
04KUWAIT2245 | (SBU) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: FAILED JULY 13 [...] (C) Summary: After more than a year of conspicuous inaction by the GOK and parliament on municipal reform, the National Assembly failed to reach a quorum in the July 13 extraordinary session called to debate an Amiri decree postponing Municipal Council elections for another year. This provoke [...] | 2004-07-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT2248 | (C) COUNTRY TEAM POSITION REGARDING RELEASE [...] (C) Background. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has requested release to purchase the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure System (ATIRCMS) for its AH-64D Apaches. The first Apaches for Kuwait will be delivered in Sep 06. The ATIRCMS uses the AN/ALQ-212 Infrared (IR) Jammer and the Commo [...] | 2004-07-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL |
04KUWAIT2272 | Kuwait Investment Climate Statement [...] Kuwait - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement a) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Kuwait. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Department of Comme [...] | 2004-07-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB KU OPIC |
04KUWAIT2274 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 18 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage met with Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other Kuwaiti Ministers on July 18. The Deputy Secretary took the opportunity to discuss the overall situation in Iraq, soliciting Shaykh Nawaf's views on the [...] | 2004-07-21 07:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2287 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 17-21: ICJ RULING, ARAFAT, [...] SUMMARY: Familiar criticism of U.S. policy in Israel, now relating to the ICJ ruling on the Israeli Wall, is being drowned out by harsh criticism of Palestinian Authority corruption and Arafat's leadership. Dr. Ayed Al-Mana' wrote in independent Al- Watan (7/19): "...Israeli aggression is not [...] | 2004-07-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT2335 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, the Ambassador paid farewell visits to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah. Discussions centered largely on the situation in Iraq, including the Interim Government's ability to secure the country in the face o [...] | 2004-07-27 06:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2345 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Armitage's exclusive interview with local Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-A'am (7/18) generated a wealth of coverage in the local press. The interview, which ranged widely from democracy in Kuwait and stability in Iraq to the war on terror, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Le [...] | 2004-07-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OIIP KU |
04KUWAIT2366 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. You are currently scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Saturday, July 31st. Foreign Minister Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah will most likely also be in attendance. Since your last visit on March 20, there ha [...] | 2004-07-29 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT2389 | GOK RATIFIES TIFA [...] The MFA informed Embassy via Diplomatic Note No. 13543 dated July 6, 2004 that Kuwait has ratified by Decree No. 135 the Trade and Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed on February 6, 2004. 2. The document also notes that the GOK has not yet received formal notification from the US that the US [...] | 2004-08-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL PGOV EINV ECON KU |
04KUWAIT2425 | (U) INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES IMPOSE BAN ON [...] (U) Action request at para 11. 2. (C) Summary. MFA reports that the Embassies of the Philippines and India, responding to a deteriorating security situation, requested GOK assistance on 3 August in banning travel of their nationals to Iraq. MFA, reportedly in order to provide USG an opp [...] | 2004-08-04 03:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ETRD EAID PREL PHUM IN IZ KU |
04KUWAIT2426 | IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S HISTORIC VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: All local news dailies covered the historic three-day visit to Kuwait by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, July 31-Aug 2. Pro-forma high-level meetings were conducted during the visit, which focused on the resumption of the bilateral relationship. Allawi reassured Kuwait that Ir [...] | 2004-08-04 03:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
04KUWAIT2493 | KUWAIT CIVAIR: PROMOTING OPEN SKIES [...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 3 August, 2004, expressing the Directorate of Civil Aviation's interest in beginning direct negotiations on a bilateral Open Skies agreement. An informal translation of the note follows below. We would appreciate the [...] | 2004-08-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL ECON ETRD KU |
04KUWAIT2496 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: US MILITARY PRESSES INDIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted an August 5 meeting between representatives of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and representatives from the Indian and Phillipines Embassies concerning the travel ban that both India and the Philippines have imposed, prohibiting their natio [...] | 2004-08-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
04KUWAIT2512 | INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIAL APPRAISES KSS [...] (C)SUMMARY: In an August 8 meeting with Charge, Interior Ministry Undersecretary LtGen Nasser Al-Othman said that the Ministry will not stop in its efforts to uncover militant activities in Kuwait. Al-Othman also spoke of a need to improve KSS and for the organization to be more aggressive in [...] | 2004-08-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT2523 | ANTI-TIP ACTION PLAN FOR KUWAIT DELIVERED [...] (U) On August 9, 2004, Charge delivered reftel Anti-TIP Action Plan to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Ambassador Al-Babtain expressed surprise that the USG deals with all nations directly on this issue and recommended that Anti-TIP efforts be c [...] | 2004-08-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL KU |
04KUWAIT2524 | PRIME MINISTER'S AIDE REPORTS ALLAWI CRITICAL OF [...] Biographical information included. For biographical information, please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. During an August 8 meeting, Assistant U/S of the Diwan of the Prime Minister Shaykh Fawaz Saud Al-Sabah gave Poloff a readout of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's July 30 meeting with K [...] | 2004-08-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KU IZ MOPS EAID EFIN PTER |
04KUWAIT253 | SPECIAL KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JANUARY 23: VISIT OF [...] SUMMARY: Local media reports that the Kuwaiti government has agreed to "substantial reduction" of the debt owed by Iraq to Kuwait in response to the visit to Kuwait on January 22 by Special Presidential Envoy James Baker provided Kuwait's National Assembly approves this policy. Prime Minister [...] | 2004-01-24 09:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT2542 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: IMPACT ON US MILITARY CONTRACTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff spoke on August 10 with the two major US military contractors transporting supplies for US operations in Iraq, to see how the travel ban preventing Indian and Filipino workers from entering Iraq is affecting their operations. Altanmia, which holds the Defense Energy Sup [...] | 2004-08-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
04KUWAIT2567 | KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ACTIVITIES TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Emboffs visited border-crossing points on the Kuwait-Iraq border to identify future construction sites for a planned Kuwaiti border barrier and to seek context for GOK reports of friction with Iraqi border patrols (reftel). Both Kuwait and Iraq appear determined to [...] | 2004-08-12 07:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2596 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE - AUGUST 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this version of the Kuwait Oil Update: the long-awaited Project Kuwait is given draft approval by the Supreme Petroleum Council; Kuwait Petroleum Company CEO Nader Al-Sultan tenders his resignation; the GOK moves forward in its hunt for gas supplies; a fourth refinery is pl [...] | 2004-08-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV BEXP KU IZ IR |
04KUWAIT2630 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 14-16: TERRORISM; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: While hand-wringing over the origins and motives of as many as 20 Kuwaiti extremists arrested for suspicion of al- Qaeda ties and terrorist plots, the fighting in Najaf rose as the primary topic of discussion in the Kuwaiti media. Some commentators saw an insidious Iranian influence i [...] | 2004-08-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT2701 | UPU POC DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] Acting PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Department First Secretary Fayez Al-Jassim on August 22. Al-Jassim said he has received many requests from other states seeking election to the Universal Postal Union Postal Operations Council (POC) and said he would r [...] | 2004-08-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KU |
04KUWAIT2741 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMPI KU UNGA |
04KUWAIT2742 | LOCAL PRESS TRACKS KUWAITI JIHADIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: News dailies continue to report on the still-breaking story of widespread arrests of suspected Islamic extremists here. The reporting stream began with the July accounts of the repatriation of four Kuwaiti minors caught in Syria by local security forces on their way to join anti- [...] | 2004-08-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC KU |
04KUWAIT2747 | GOK CONCERNED WITH TONE OF DISCUSSIONS OVER AIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following A/S Bloomfield and PDASD Flory's August 20 meeting in Washington with the Kuwaiti Charge concerning the GOK's decision to suspend assistance-in-kind (AIK) fuel for operations in Iraq effective September 4 in the absence of a formal contract, Acting Minister of Foreign [...] | 2004-08-24 06:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT276 | (U) DRUGGED OUT: NON-CITIZENS LACK ACCESS TO BEST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-26 04:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2771 | KUWAITI RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRANSFER OF [...] (S) The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry responded to reftel requests regarding the transfer of one Kuwaiti national from Guantanamo to Kuwait and has agreed to all prisoner transfer conditions. The following is an unofficial Embassy translation of the text of the MFA diplomatic note received on Augu [...] | 2004-08-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2772 | GOK AWAITS NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR MNF-I FUEL CONTRACT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) CDA was called to a meeting with Minister of Energy Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd on August 24 to discuss the MNF-I fuel. The Minister said that he had been tasked by the GOK to resolve the matter, in response to the recent meeting in Washingt [...] | 2004-08-24 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2783 | GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, CDA delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 24. The Minister said that it was a "wise step to consult with allies" on these changes, and added that Kuwait and the U.S. are "facing common [...] | 2004-08-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP MOPS KU IZ NATO |
04KUWAIT2789 | GERMAN-FRENCH DEMARCHE ON UNSC PERMANENT SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GE |
04KUWAIT2800 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT August 24-25: Human Rights, [...] SUMMARY: The long-awaited recognition by the government Kuwait of an NGO dedicated to human rights became a lightning rod for comments both for and against. Many commentators condemned the violent incursion of Coalition forces into Najaf, and others continued to discuss extremist ideologies a [...] | 2004-08-25 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT2816 | KUWAIT DRAFT PRIVATIZATION LAW [...] Summary: On 21 August, the GOK Economic and Legal Ministerial Joint Committee released the draft text of a new privatization law. The law calls for the formation of a Supreme Privatization Council, headed by the Prime Minister, and calls for privatization of public utilities and services. Th [...] | 2004-08-29 03:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP ETRD BTIO KU |
04KUWAIT2873 | NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN TO ENSURE CONTINUED FUEL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Initial discussions between the USG and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to ensure KPC's continued provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies began on August 30. The KPC delegation [...] | 2004-08-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2900 | (SBU) AMB PROSPER DISCUSSES GTMO, SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper met with a Government of Kuwait (GOK) delegation on August 26 to discuss Kuwaiti detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and the trial of Saddam Hussein. The delegation acknowledged receipt of post's notificatio [...] | 2004-09-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS KU |
04KUWAIT2907 | FUEL FOR IRAQ: ONE MONTH REPRIEVE FROM CUT-OFF [...] (C) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and USG delegations met again on September 1 to continue discussions over Kuwait's provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies for US forces, which KPC had been instructed to terminate on September 4. KPC Chairma [...] | 2004-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2909 | KUWAIT BANKING AND FINANCE UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this edition of the Kuwait Banking & Finance Update: the Central Bank raises interest rates; a Kuwaiti bank limits its business in Iraq due to security concerns; the banking sector opens to foreign banks; a new Islamic bank is formed; and a new draft tax law is approved by [...] | 2004-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ FR KW |
04KUWAIT294 | (SBU) MFA REVIEWS RECIPROCITY [...] (SBU) Post has received the following diplomatic note (in Arabic; informal translation by Post): BEGIN TEXT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Protocol Top Urgent Circular 50003 January 18, 2004 MFA - Protocol Department - sends its compliments to all the diplomatic mis [...] | 2004-01-27 05:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC AMGT KU |
04KUWAIT295 | (U) PROJECT KUWAIT: CHEVRONTEXACO BRIEFS SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with ChevronTexaco Kuwait Manager Hani Iskander on January 13. During the course of their conversation, the two discussed the status of Kuwait's long-delayed northern oilfields project (Project Kuwait [...] | 2004-01-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD EINV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3028 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER |
04KUWAIT3032 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT: YOUSEF QARADAWI'S [...] SUMMARY: Friday's (9/3) edition of leading Arabic daily al-Rai al-A'am contained a transcription of an interview given in Cairo by Islamist Dr. Yousef Qaradawi. In answer to a question about the religious propriety of kidnapping Americans in Iraq and mutilating their corpses, Qaradawi reported [...] | 2004-09-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT3033 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: NEPAL ENFORCES BAN ON ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the murder of 12 Nepali workers in Iraq, Nepal is enforcing a travel ban to prevent its nationals from entering Iraq. US military officials and emboffs briefed Nepalese Charge Lok Bahadur Thapa on security and welfare provisions for Nepalis traveling in US military c [...] | 2004-09-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3056 | LETTER FROM KUWAITI DETAINEE AT ABU GHARAIB AND [...] (U) Local Kuwaiti Arabic daily "Al Watan" published an article September 8 reporting excerpts of a letter from Abdarrahmane Al Badali, a Kuwaiti detained at Abu Gharaib prison in Iraq, and the response from Al Badali's father. The son's letter, poorly written in undereducated idiom, asserts in [...] | 2004-09-11 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV MARR KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3063 | IAMB RECEIVES KPMG UPDATE ON DFI AUDIT, EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) on Iraq met in Kuwait on 7-8 September to receive a briefing from KPMG on the status of the second stage of the external audit work on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). In its press release after the meeting, the IAMB n [...] | 2004-09-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ UN KW |
04KUWAIT3145 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG FIVE INITIATIVES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-14 07:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
04KUWAIT3148 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT SEPTEMBER 10-13: 9/11, [...] SUMMARY: The anniversary of 9/11, arriving just after an extended crackdown here on Islamists allegedly planning terror operations in Kuwait and Iraq, has apparently forced many commentators to take an uncharacteristic look within. Many decry the lack of progress the Arab World has made as th [...] | 2004-09-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT3190 | KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQ, [...] (U) In a forty-five minute meeting on September 15, the morning after arrival in country, Ambassador LeBaron presented copies of credentials to Foreign Minister Shaikh Muhammad Al-Sabah. The Foreign Minister was joined by Undersecretary Khalid Jarallah, Office Director Shaikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, [...] | 2004-09-15 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP KU |
04KUWAIT3194 | GOK ATTENDANCE AT G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI ECON KU UNGA |
04KUWAIT326 | MEPI EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PAO and APAO met with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Rashid al-Hamad, to discuss the MEPI Partnership Schools concept and other issues. The minister told us that he is interested in principle in working with the USG in establishing 2-3 such schools in Kuwait, and said that he [...] | 2004-01-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO OEXC XF KU |
04KUWAIT3262 | KUWAITI MFA SAYS GOK WILL NOT ENFORCE BAN ON [...] (C) During introductory meeting with MFA Chief of Protocol Walid al-Khubaizi on September 20, Khubaizi told Ambassador LeBaron that he would be meeting later that day with the Indian and Filipino Ambassadors and via conference call with the Nepali Ambassador resident in Riyadh. On instruction [...] | 2004-09-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PBTS MOPS KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3320 | FAILAKA FOUR FREE ON BAIL [...] (U) News dailies reported September 21 that four of the suspects allegedly involved in the October 8, 2002 Failaka Island attack, Adnan Asad Al-Kandari, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kandari, Yousef Ahmed Al-Kandari, and Ghazi Faisal Al-Tarrah, were released on KD 200 bail (approximately USD 670) but r [...] | 2004-09-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KU |
04KUWAIT3365 | EXTRADITION OF GUANTANAMO KUWAITI PRISONER, NASSER [...] The upcoming release of one of the twelve Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo Naval Base, Nasser Najd Al-Mutairi, is front page news here, as the press reports an expected transfer date back to Kuwait before Ramadan, o/a October 15. Quoting the Foreign Minister, Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Al-S [...] | 2004-09-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KU |
04KUWAIT3369 | KUWAITI DETAINEES IN U.S. CUSTODY: MFA AFFIRMS [...] (C) Political Chief met September 26 with MFA Director of Coordination and Follow-up, Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, to deliver information on the designation of a Kuwaiti national as an enemy combatant (Ref A and Septel) and to receive information on the verdict against detainee Adel Zamil A [...] | 2004-09-27 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KU |
04KUWAIT3371 | IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PROMISES INCREASED [...] SUMMARY. The recently appointed Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Bakhtyar Amin, attended the 46th meeting of the Tripartite Technical Sub-committee held in Kuwait on 7 September under International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) auspices. This marks the first time that a member of the IIG [...] | 2004-09-27 04:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KPOW IO IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3374 | TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT NATIONALS WORKING FOR US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with DCM and a September 25 follow-up with US military officials, Turkish diplomats raised concerns about the treatment of Turkish drivers working for US military contractors and sub-contractors in Kuwait and Iraq. They said that the Turkish Embassy i [...] | 2004-09-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ TU |
04KUWAIT338 | CONTRACTING REQUEST RECEIVED AT EMBASSY KUWAIT FOR [...] Embassy Kuwait has received the following message for Ambassador Richard Jones, Deputy Administrator, CPA QUOTE: Anwar Al-Bisher & Partners Attorneys at Law 25 January 2004 Ambassador Richard Jones Deputy Administrator Coalition Provisional Authority Baghdad, Iraq SUBJECT: Urg [...] | 2004-01-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC BEXP KU IZ |
04KUWAIT339 | (C) FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS STAFFDEL ABRAMOWITZ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN ECON KU |
04KUWAIT3391 | KUWAITI RUMOR MILL ON OVERDRIVE REGARDING IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: After two days of intense public speculation about a possible change of senior Kuwaiti leadership, post is unable to confirm persistent rumors that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad will be elevated to the post of Crown Prince or Amir. The rumors followed a September 2 [...] | 2004-09-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT3413 | NOTIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF THREE [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cases of three Egyptian drivers presumed to have been killed while driving in Iraq (text in pa [...] | 2004-09-29 07:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL IZ EG |
04KUWAIT346 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN KDEM KU |
04KUWAIT3462 | GCC DISCUSSES COMMON THREAT OF TERRORISM [...] (U) In preparation for an October 9-10 meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Interior Ministers in Kuwait, GCC Interior Ministry Undersecretaries met in Kuwait on October 2 and 3 to discuss the common threat of terrorism and what steps the Council could take to further bolster their cooper [...] | 2004-10-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU BA YM QA UE OM |
04KUWAIT3465 | KUWAITI FM SAYS FUEL ISSUE RESOLVED; DRIVER ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a 50-minute meeting on October 4, Ambassador and Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammed committed to continued fuel for U.S. forces in Iraq, to be supplied at "close to zero" cost. The FM said that signing of a contract was a necessary political/legal formality and asked that U.S. team be [...] | 2004-10-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT350 | (C) TIP: KUWAITI EFFORT TO HELP REPATRIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Indonesia is working with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the Indonesian Embassy to expedite repatriation of domestic servants stranded in Kuwait, and to ensure payment of wages owed to them. He hopes to be able to extend this initiative to Filipin [...] | 2004-01-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL KU ID RP |
04KUWAIT3504 | CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFS KUWAITI MINISTER OF AMIRI [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 6, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid met with the Kuwait Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah. During a relaxed and friendly conversation lasting over an hour, General Abizaid described the situation in Iraq and efforts by coalition forces to assi [...] | 2004-10-07 05:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR ASEC PREL PTER IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3511 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3525 | SHAYKH JABER RECEIVES AMBASSADOR,S CREDENTIALS [...] (C) In a quick, well-choreographed October 12 ceremony, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Shaykh Jaber at the Amiri Diwan. The Ambassadors from Japan, Azerbaijan, and Canada presented credentials in succession before the Amir received the Ambassador and the six senior members of the [...] | 2004-10-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3529 | REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING [...] This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; please see para 4. 2. As reported in Ref A, Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cas [...] | 2004-10-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL ELAB EG KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3544 | AL-SABAH INSIDER SAYS U.S. DOESN'T VALUE KUWAIT; [...] (S/NF) Summary: In early fall 2004, PolOff met several times with a senior Shaykh from the Al-Sabah ruling family who works in the Prime Minister's office and has daily interaction with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad. The interlocutor, who is in his forties and has a prominent lineage, [...] | 2004-10-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3546 | SHIITE LEADER SAYS GOK FEARS ISLAMISTS, URGES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Shiite religious cleric Sayed Mohammed Bakr al-Mohri, an outspoken advocate for Kuwait's Shia population and a vocal critic of the GOK, lamented that although Kuwait's Shia had recently made great gains, the GOK was "fearful" of conservative Sunni [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IZ IR |
04KUWAIT3547 | PAKISTAN BAN ON DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3548 | KUWAITI CHIEF OF STAFF MEETS WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Chief of Naval operations, Admiral Vern Clark, met with Kuwait Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Fahed, on October 11 and discussed the state of the bilateral relationship. Fahed asserted that the bilateral relationship is now based on mutual desires and interes [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER KU |
04KUWAIT3578 | KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER SEES "NO PROBLEM" WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met on 18 October 2004 with H.E. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah to discuss the A/S Lincoln Bloomfield and DASD Peter Flory delegation's 19-20 October visit to finalize a contract for Kuwait's continued provision of fuels for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ambassador rei [...] | 2004-10-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS PREL EAID MARR KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3590 | GOK REMOVES BAN ON THIRD-COUNTRY DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB IN IZ MOPS PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3592 | ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION NOW ON FAST TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-21 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU KLEG |
04KUWAIT3607 | MINDEF TELLS PDASD FLORY FUEL WILL CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah explained in an October 19 meeting with PDASD Flory and the Ambassador that the GOK request for a fuel contract (for fuel supply to the U.S. for use in Iraq) was simply an administrative issue and easily [...] | 2004-10-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET IZ KU MARR MOPS PREL PTER |
04KUWAIT3633 | JUSTICE MINISTER: U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FLAWED, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 23, Justice Minister Ahmed Baqer disputed U.S. claims of a corruptible judiciary, increased censorship, and preferential treatment of Kuwaiti nationals and discussed what he sees as numerous mistakes in the 2003 Department Report on [...] | 2004-10-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3635 | AMBASSADOR MEETS AL-SABAH GOVERNOR: FRANK TALK ON [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting, Mubarak al-Kabir Governor Shaykh Mubarak al-Humoud al-Sabah shared with Ambassador his view that a possible Amiri leadership succession in Kuwait would not include Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed. In addition, the Governor relayed concerns that [...] | 2004-10-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3657 | AMBASSADOR AND KUWAITI PM REVIEW BILATERAL TIES, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 25 call on the Prime Minister, the Ambassador reviewed the main elements of the bilateral relationship. The Ambassador thanked the PM for Kuwait's steady cooperation on security matters and generous support for coalition efforts in Iraq, including provision of fu [...] | 2004-10-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN PHUM ECON KU |
04KUWAIT3658 | KUWAITI FM TELLS A/S BLOOMFIELD FUEL ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., PDASD Peter Flory, and the Ambassador that a fuel contract for OIF support was required by the GOK's constitutional framework and that Parliament would hold the [...] | 2004-10-27 04:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PTER KU IZ |
04KUWAIT366 | (S) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S) Charge chaired Post's monthly Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) meeting January 26. (Visas Viper meeting reported septel.) The group agreed that the Embassy is taking all appropriate security measures. 2. (S) Embassy has facilitated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between t [...] | 2004-02-03 12:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL MARR KU IZ |
04KUWAIT367 | ARTICLE 98 [...] This is an action cable. See para 4. 2. (S) During his January 27, 2004 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter C.W. Flory, the Kuwait Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mo [...] | 2004-02-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR KU IZ |
04KUWAIT368 | U.S. DELEGATION MAKES PROGRESS ON CONTINUED [...] (C) During a series of meetings on January 27, 2004, U.S. Delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. made a concerted effort to ensure continued Kuwaiti AIK fuel supplies for the foreseeable future. Bloomfield, supported by a large DOD and St [...] | 2004-02-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3681 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Armitage, welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working on a November 7 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah and arranging accommodations for your party at Bayan Palace, which is also where any bilateral meeting will take place. Despite the extremely poor [...] | 2004-10-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3682 | PRIME MINISTER REITERATES ECONOMY IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah summoned cabinet members, their deputies and key economic figures to Bayan Palace on October 23 to impress upon them his intent to move forward with economic reforms during the current legislative session, which was inaugurated on October 26. L [...] | 2004-10-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EPET KU |
04KUWAIT3683 | US MILITARY, EMBASSY MEET WITH PAKISTANIS ON DRIVER BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB ETRD IZ KU MOPS PHUM PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3684 | PHILIPPINES REQUESTS KUWAIT RECONSIDER DECISION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-27 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ RP |
04KUWAIT3726 | KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER WARNS IRANIANS OVER [...] (S) A senior official in the Prime Minister's Diwan told Poloff on October 31 that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed warned Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi during his October 25 visit to Kuwait that Iran should "look at Iraq" as an example of what happens to countries that de [...] | 2004-11-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL EPET KU IR IZ |
04KUWAIT3751 | WEAK AMIR PRESIDES OVER OPENING OF PARLIAMENT; [...] (C) A frail Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the National Assembly session on October 26, marking the start of the second year of Kuwait's tenth National Assembly legislative term. The Amiri address, traditionally delivered by the Amir at the beginning of each session, was instead r [...] | 2004-11-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3759 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO STUDY UNGA HUMAN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah during their November 2 meeting. He noted that Saudi Arabia had already agreed to support the U.S. position in favor of the Costa Rican resolution. The U/S said he would discuss the USG request with relevant [...] | 2004-11-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL KU UNGA USUN |
04KUWAIT3762 | KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT [...] (C) During their November 2 meeting, MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi's October 25 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The Undersecretary said Kharazi had spoken at length about Iran's n [...] | 2004-11-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ IR |
04KUWAIT3768 | KUWAIT CALLS IRAQI PRESIDENT VISIT A SUCCESS: [...] (C) Summary/Comment: During a November 2 meeting, Kuwaiti MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a readout of IIG President Ghazi al-Yawar's October 30 - November 1 visit to Kuwait. Jarallah said the visit had been "very fruitful," though Yawar had not come with a specific [...] | 2004-11-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3769 | AMBASSADOR AND INFORMATION MINISTER DISCUSS IPR, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In a lively November 3 courtesy call on Minister of Information Muhammad Abulhassan, the Ambassador discussed intellectual property rights (IPR),the prospect for Kuwaiti women's enfranchisement, and the State Department's Human Rights Report. Abulhassan conceded [...] | 2004-11-03 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PHUM PREL KIPR KU |
04KUWAIT3771 | AMIR'S SON ALLEGES CONSPIRACY TO OUST HIS FATHER [...] (S) Summary and Comment: An Al-Sabah ruling family member and son of the Amir recently asked PolChief to join him on a walk through his garden during which he railed against the Prime Minister, accusing him of manipulating his power and position to force the Amir and Crown Prince out of off [...] | 2004-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU PINR |
04KUWAIT3842 | GOK TO TAKE "LEADERSHIP ROLE" ON IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered 8 November reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, following up on Deputy Secretary Armitage's 7 November raising of Iraqi debt and the Sharm el-Sheikh conference with Prime Minister Sabah. Dr. Mohammed said the GOK would t [...] | 2004-11-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3843 | GOK SKEPTICAL ABOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Minutes after Suha Arafat made a spectacle of herself and the Palestinian leadership, Ambassador delivered reftel request for increased financial assistance for the Palestinian Authority to Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Deputy Secretary Armitage [...] | 2004-11-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EAID IS KU |
04KUWAIT3873 | CONFUSION OVER PORT FEES FOR COALITION SHIPS [...] (S) Summary and Comment. The Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has intermittently charged US and coalition shipping agents various vessel and cargo-handling fees, in apparent contravention of the US-Kuwait Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Despite repeated MFA assurances that these vessels wer [...] | 2004-11-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS EWWT PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3876 | ISLAMISTS WIN ANOTHER BATTLE: RAMADAN TV SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The recently banned Ramadan television special 'Donia Al-Quwy' has become a nationwide hit for the very reasons it is not being aired by local stations: its focus on taboo societal issues. While the ban reflects the growing influence of Kuwaiti Islamists in this cons [...] | 2004-11-10 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU |
04KUWAIT3877 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN ACTION ON CONVENTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KSCI |
04KUWAIT3878 | BRITISH WORKING BORDER PROBLEMS WITH KUWAITIS AND [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The British Ambassador has been working with the Kuwaitis and UK military elements in Southern Iraq over the last two weeks to resolve some border complaints made by the Kuwaitis. The GOK turned to the UK Embassy partly because of the presence of UK forces in southern Ir [...] | 2004-11-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PTER IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3880 | UNDERTAKING MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Department Head Ambassador Khalid Babtain on November 10. Babtain stated that Kuwait fully supported IIG and Coalition action to defeat insurgents in Fallujah and would make that support known publicly. He disparaged a public statement attributed [...] | 2004-11-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3892 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON ICTY NOMINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL KAWC PHUM KU UNGA |
04KUWAIT3893 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KU UNGA |
04KUWAIT3897 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S NOVEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a 45 minute meeting November 7, the Deputy Secretary and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah discussed a wide range of issues, but focused primarily on the situation in Iraq. The Deputy Secretary briefed the PM on his visit, informing him of the IIG's declaration of a state [...] | 2004-11-12 12:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT390 | BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION MEETS INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. A senior U.S. delegation led by PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. with PDASD/ISA Peter Flory, met on January 27 with representatives of the Kuwait Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defense and Energy as well as the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation at the Kuwait Ministry of Finance [...] | 2004-02-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3933 | COURTESY CALL ON THE INTERIOR MINISTER REVEALS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's introductory call on Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf, the Minister was unable to clarify status of the border MOU with the U.S. military. Shaykh Nawaf insisted the signed agreement had been returned to the MFA for further action, but he had no [...] | 2004-11-18 05:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3979 | KUWAIT: STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 APPROVAL [...] (S) The Ambassador raised status of Article 98 approval with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on November 21. Dr. Mohammed restated the GOK had "fast-tracked" the agreement with Parliament, explaining it was currently under review by the Foreign Affairs C [...] | 2004-11-21 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU KLEG |
04KUWAIT3984 | KUWAIT SUPPORTS SECRETARY' POWELL'S INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador briefed FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed November 21 on developments on Iraqi issues in advance of the FM's departure for the Sharm Al Sheikh regional conference. The Ambassador secured GOK support for Secretary Powell's conference intervention and reconfirmed SIPDIS K [...] | 2004-11-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID |
04KUWAIT4016 | GOK MOVES CLOSER TO DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ, NO [...] (U) 22 November newspapers reported that "diplomatic sources asserted that Kuwait will write off 80 percent and more of the Iraqi debts, if there was an international consensus in the Club of Paris." The newspapers did not identify the diplomatic sources, and no one from the GOK has been quo [...] | 2004-11-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4026 | ITALIANS SEEKING GCC SUPPORT ON UNSC REFORM [...] (C) In a November 20 courtesy call on Emboffs, Nico Frandi (protect),2nd Secretary of the Italian Embassy, spoke at length on Italy's views on UN Security Council reform. He said his government was dismayed there was no common European position on reform and, as a result, decided to approac [...] | 2004-11-24 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KU IT UNSC |
04KUWAIT4100 | TWO EDITORS AGREE: UNCERTAIN SUCCESSION IS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In courtesy calls by Ambassador LeBaron on the editors of Kuwait's top two Arabic-language dailies, each editor cited Kuwait's uncertain ruling family succession as the number one problem now facing the nation. The two papers, Al-Qabas and Al-Rai Al-Aam, differ signifi [...] | 2004-11-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT4106 | KUWAITI SECURITY ADVISOR TO SEE DEPUTY NSA HADLEY; [...] Biographical information included; please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti National Security Advisor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed with DCM on September 29 that he will meet with Deputy NSA and NSA designate Stephen Hadley on Saturday, December 4, at 1500, on the sid [...] | 2004-12-01 04:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KU IZ BA NATO |
04KUWAIT4125 | MAJOR PROJECTS WORTH BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS ARE [...] Name of Project: Bubiyan Port End-User: Public and private sectors jointly. Cost: $3.47 billion (over 30 years) Scope of Work: -Building 4 piers (platforms) by 2008 with a total one million containers/year capacity -Building 3 more piers by 2016 with a total 1.5 million containers/year cap [...] | 2004-12-01 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN EPET ENRG BEXP KU |
04KUWAIT4132 | TRIPARTITE COMMISSION LAUDS PROGRESS IN ID OF GULF [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The 27th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing was held November 24 in Geneva at ICRC headquarters. In stark contrast to previous sessions (ref C),this meeting was characterized by strong cooperation among TPC members and the participation [...] | 2004-12-01 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PHUM AORC KU IZ ICRC |
04KUWAIT4199 | SENIOR MP SAYS THE TIME IS NOT RIGHT FOR IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 courtesy call by Ambassador LeBaron, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs, MP Mohammed Jassam Al-Sager (also Al-Saqer),was not shy about his views on Iraq, U.S. policy successes and failures, and the effectiveness of the Government [...] | 2004-12-06 03:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID KU KLEG |
04KUWAIT4200 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KU |
04KUWAIT4216 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR FULL [...] (C) Political Chief delivered December 7 ref demarche to Ambassador Faisal Al-Mashan, MFA Arab World Department Manager. Al-Mashan said Kuwait agreed with the U.S. on the need for full Sunni participation in the January 2005 elections and said Kuwait would do its part to achieve such an end [...] | 2004-12-07 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KDEM PHUM IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4218 | HIGHLIGHTS OF MARITIME LIAISON OFFICE (MARLO) [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Representatives of major commercial shipping companies, regional customs and port authorities, and various US government personnel joined the US Navy Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) for its semiannual regional conference in Dubai on November 30 - December 1, 2004. [...] | 2004-12-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KU MOPS MAS |
04KUWAIT4219 | MINISTER SHARAR NOT THOROUGHLY COOKED: ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah's cabinet survived yet another Parliamentary grilling. Mohammed Dhaifallah Sharar, (Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs),survived a grilling launched by two Members of Par [...] | 2004-12-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KU |
04KUWAIT4312 | MUBARAK RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR ABU MAZEN DURING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 12 with the Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait, Abdel-Rahim Shalaby, to discuss Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,s December 7-8 visit to Kuwait. Shalaby said the meeting covered three GOE concerns: support for Mahmoud Abbas, candidacy in upcoming Palestinian ele [...] | 2004-12-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM ECON KU IZ EG |
04KUWAIT4314 | UN OFFICIAL IN KUWAIT TO BE QAZI'S DEPUTY IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY Ambassador LeBaron met twice recently with the United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim and United Nations Development Program representative, Paolo Lembo, to discuss the growing role of the UN in Iraq and the surrounding region. Lembo stated that the UN would, in time, fu [...] | 2004-12-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS AORC IO IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4360 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC KU |
04KUWAIT4361 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KU UNGA |
04KUWAIT4366 | KUWAIT 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Please find the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Kuwait below. As requested reftel, the text has also been sent by email. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Kuwait for the first ten months of 2004 was $1.25 billion. U.S. exports to Kuwait were r [...] | 2004-12-15 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KU |
04KUWAIT4369 | SECURITY ADVISOR PROMISES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: During a December 15 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed the GOK will provide financial assistance and political support to the Palestinian Authority. The GOK looks forward to PA e [...] | 2004-12-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ NATO |
04KUWAIT4370 | NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and DCM met with MFA Americas Division Chief Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain on December 14. Billed as a courtesy call, the meeting covered the U.S-Kuwaiti bilateral relationship and a wide range of regional issues. On terrorism, Al-Babtain said the [...] | 2004-12-18 05:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4371 | THE LINES AND BEARDS GET LONGER AT THE ARAB BOOK [...] Summary: The 29th Arab Book Fair reflected a continued trend of the gradual Islamization of the annual exhibition. A noticeable increase in Islamic religious books, shoppers, and booksellers highlighted the fair, where the majority of participants and shoppers were rural conservative Muslims. [...] | 2004-12-18 08:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT4389 | CHINA AND ITALY TO STORE KUWAIT'S STRATEGIC [...] (C) A senior advisor to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Poloff on December 15 that Kuwait had concluded an agreement with China -- reportedly through a China-based Chevron subsidiary -- for the storage of part of its foreign-based "Strategic Petroleum Reserve," (SPR) bolster [...] | 2004-12-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL KU CH IT |
04KUWAIT4407 | SUCCESSION: APPEAL FOR ROYAL TITLE DAMAGES [...] (C) In a December 15 meeting, a senior advisor to the Prime Minister told Poloff that Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Commander of the National Guard, had asked the Amir on November 30 -- in the presence of both the Crown Prince and PM -- "if (PM) Shaykh Sabah was more important than him" and d [...] | 2004-12-19 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
04KUWAIT4411 | KUWAITI FM ON BAHRAIN FTA AND THE GCC SUMMIT [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting on another topic, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah updated Ambassador LeBaron and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton on the GCC ministerial gathering earlier this month. As reported by others, Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal's obje [...] | 2004-12-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KU SA BA |
04KUWAIT4413 | AMBASSADOR URGES GOI ACTION ON TERROR THREAT IN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on December 18 and initiated the conversation by stressing the gravity of the recent security threat posed to U.S. interests in Kuwait. Ambassador noted that the matter was being dealt with in liais [...] | 2004-12-19 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER CASC EFIN KU |
04KUWAIT4414 | GOK READY TO WORK WITH PALESTINIANS ONCE ABU MAZEN [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting on another topic, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told Ambassador LeBaron and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton that the December 13 visit to Kuwait of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) "went very well." Dr. Mohammed added that [...] | 2004-12-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON KU IS |
04KUWAIT4415 | KUWAITI CALLS BMENA MEETING A SUCCESS, REITERATES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 call on Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador stressed the gravity of recent security threats to U.S. and Kuwaiti interests and noted the weakness of the GOK legal instruments in combating terrorist financing. (SEPTEL) Th [...] | 2004-12-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV MOPS ECON KU |
04KUWAIT4419 | KUWAIT'S 2004-2005 INSCR, PART II [...] (U) Post's input for Part II of the 2004-2005 INSCR follows in para 2. Key changes include: Para 1: Kuwait has nine commercial banks, including two Islamic banks. One of Kuwait,s two specialized banks, the Kuwait Real Estate Bank, will soon convert into an Islamic bank. Para 3: Curre [...] | 2004-12-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER SNAR KTFN KCRM KU |
04KUWAIT4425 | SHARAR GRILLING MEANT TO SEND OFFICIAL MESSAGE ON [...] (C) A senior advisor to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Poloff December 15 that the December 6 grilling of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Dhaifallah Sharar (ref b) had been engineered by the government in an attempt to "send a message" to members of the royal [...] | 2004-12-20 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU |
04KUWAIT4426 | GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS: GOK REQUESTS UN [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah called the Ambassador and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton to his office on December 18 to provide background on the GOK's request to activate a clause in UNSCR 833, requiring the UN to ensure that border po [...] | 2004-12-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER IZ KU UN |
04KUWAIT4427 | ARTICLE 98 UPDATE [...] (S) Ambassador LeBaron raised on December 18 the status of the Article 98 Agreement with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, noting that Bahrain is re-examining the idea of finalizing the Agreement through an exchange of notes. The Ambassador suggested that Ku [...] | 2004-12-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM KU KLEG |
04KUWAIT4428 | Kuwait: 2004 Annual Terrorism Report Draft [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Chief Natalie E. Brown who can be reached at Brown [...] | 2004-12-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU |
04KUWAIT443 | DOD CONTRACTORS AND TRANSITION FROM COALITION [...] Summary and Action Request: U.S. contractors in Kuwait provide critical logistical and administrative services to CPA. How those functions will be assured after the transition from CPA to Embassy Baghdad needs to be determined - time being of the essence. Action Request: Request State Depa [...] | 2004-02-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ETRD KU IZ |
04KUWAIT4449 | GOK FAILS TO LOCATE REMAINS OF ITS MISSING IN [...] (U) During Ambassador LeBaron's December 21 courtesy call on Shaykh Salem Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Chairman of the National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA),NCMPA Director General Rabea Al-Adsani reported that Kuwaiti officials recently traveled to Karbala to search for bodie [...] | 2004-12-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPOW PHUM AORC KU IZ ICRC |
04KUWAIT446 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 4-8: HEZBOLLAH [...] SUMMARY: The February 7 signing of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) by US and Kuwaiti officials received prominent coverage, focusing on the economic benefits to be gained by Kuwait through the agreement. Also on the news pages, a number of MPs are requesting discussion of [...] | 2004-02-09 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT451 | (C) IRAQ: GOK SEEKS INPUT FOR NEIGHBORS' MEETING [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Jarallah asked Charge February 8 to provide urgently any points the USG would like to have included in the final communique of the "Neighboring Countries" (of Iraq) meeting that Kuwait will host on Febru [...] | 2004-02-09 06:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4513 | FUTURE OF FALTERING KUWAIT AIRWAYS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Minister of Communications, Planning and State for Development of Administrative Affairs Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on December 27, 2004 and discussed the financial situation of Kuwait Airways and the recent announcement of a new airline opening in [...] | 2004-12-27 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KPRV KU BEXP |
04KUWAIT4514 | POSITIVE REPORT ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN KUWAIT [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the employment situation in Kuwait during a December 27, 2004 meeting with Minister of Communications, Planning and State for Development of Administrative Affairs Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. When asked his opinion on Kuwait unemployment, the Minster [...] | 2004-12-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ELAB KU PGOV |
04KUWAIT4540 | SURVIVING GRANDSON OF LATE AMIR MUBARAK THE GREAT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a December 26 call on the Ambassador, Shaykh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the eldest surviving grandson of Mubarak the Great, complained about a lack of American respect for Kuwait. Shaykh Mohammed, a young but influential Shaykh, admitted to an inability [...] | 2004-12-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU |
04KUWAIT4552 | KUWAITIS CONFLICTED OVER CHRISTMAS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: While some of Kuwait's western educated elite dabble in decorating Christmas trees and exchanging presents, and Christians openly celebrate the holiday, some Islamists have called for banning the [...] | 2004-12-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL SCUL ECON KU |
04KUWAIT4553 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 12 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV AORC KU |
04KUWAIT4554 | TOO MUCH STICK, NOT ENOUGH CARROT: KUWAIT EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Econoffs met with representatives from the Kuwaiti Embassy in Washington on December 21 to discuss the TIFA process and prospects for a second TIFA Council meeting. They echoed the comments made by senior Ministry of Commerce officials that Kuwait is "jealous" that [...] | 2004-12-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON KIPR KU |
04KUWAIT4557 | KUWAIT ENERGY UPDATE: PROJECTS, EXPANSION, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met December 2004 separately with KPC board members, executives and chairmen of the various KPC divisions, and also met with American oil company executives. Most of the discussions concerned the Kuwait Project (septel),but other topics discussed include: Kuwait-Ira [...] | 2004-12-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET ENRG BEXP KU IZ |
04KUWAIT4559 | REQUEST FOR EXAMPLES OF GOOD TERROR FINANCE [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (C) Following up on earlier requests to Kuwait's Minister of Finance and Central Bank Governor to develop and implement strong terror finance interdiction legislation (Refs A and B,) Ambassador raised the issue December 29 with National Assembl [...] | 2004-12-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN KU |
04KUWAIT474 | COORDINATING WITH THE UK ON IRAQI DEBT REDUCTION [...] (C) UK Deputy Head of Mission in Kuwait Jamie Bowden reported to EconChief on February 8 that the UK Embassy here did not intend to demarche GOK on a reduction in Iraqi debt as described Reftel. According to Bowden, debt reduction for Iraq had been discussed January 27 at a meeting in Kuwait [...] | 2004-02-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT480 | (C) OFAC MEETS WITH CENTRAL BANK: KUWAIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Richard Newcomb met with Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Governor Shaykh Salem Al-Sabah on January 19, 2004 to discuss issues outstanding from OFAC's October 2003 visit to Kuwait. Shaykh Salem verified that the CBK will give instructio [...] | 2004-02-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT481 | (U) KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy convened the first meeting of Kuwait's counterterrorism action group (CTAG) under US leadership; the French, Japanese, British, Russian, Italian, German, Canadian, Swiss and Spanish embassies participated. Only the US and British have specific anti-terrorism programs i [...] | 2004-02-12 05:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN ETTC PREL KU |
04KUWAIT483 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION FEB 10-11: Iraq, Halliburton, [...] SUMMARY: Press reports that in response to pervasive rumors of malfeasance on the part of a Kuwaiti firm hired by US company Halliburton to supply fuel to Iraq, Kuwait's Minister of Energy has asked the public prosecutor to investigate whether local company "Al Tanmiya" and others in Kuwait i [...] | 2004-02-12 07:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT494 | (C) TERRORIST FINANCE: LDI ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR ITS [...] (C) Summary: OFAC Director Richard Newcomb met with representatives of Kuwaiti charity Lajnat al-Dawa al-Islamiya (LDI) and its parent organization, the Social Reform Society (SRS) at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 19. The group discussed a number of issues outstandi [...] | 2004-02-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04KUWAIT495 | (C) KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE OPENS UP TO OFAC [...] (C) Summary: On January 19 OFAC Director Richard Newcomb met with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) General Manager Jassar Al-Jassar and officials from the KFH Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance Unit (AML). KFH officials described in detail to OFAC representatives their efforts to combat te [...] | 2004-02-15 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04KUWAIT498 | (C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAITIS WAITING FOR LDI [...] (C) Summary: Econoff met with MP Nasser Al-Sane on February 8 to follow up on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) January visit to Kuwait. Al-Sane detailed the history of his efforts to get the Kuwaiti charity Lajnat Al Da'awa Al-Islamiyah (LDI) de-listed as a United Nations-desig [...] | 2004-02-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04KUWAIT510 | (C) IRAQI ASSETS: KUWAIT'S $85 MILLION TRANSFER [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Post reported in Ref A that the Government of Kuwait decided in December 2003 to transfer $85 million held in the Commercial Bank of Kuwait's Nassau branch to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),pursuant to UN Security Council [...] | 2004-02-17 09:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC ECON PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT535 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION FEB 14-16: IRAQ, PEACE [...] SUMMARY: Dire assessments of US-led efforts in Iraq as generating "stumbling chaos" are juxtaposed with the conflict in Palestine on Kuwait's op/ed pages this week. On the issue of whether local Kuwaiti firms improperly profited from contracts with US company Halliburton to provide fuel oil [...] | 2004-02-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT539 | (U) IRAQ: NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES' MEETING SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwait hosted the Fifth Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Iraq February 14-15. The participation of the Iraqis for the first time, and the presence of UN Special Envoy Brahimi, minimized contentiousness and resulted in success, in the GOK view. Th [...] | 2004-02-17 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ KU UNSC |
04KUWAIT569 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION FEB 17-18: AL-HURRA SATELLITE [...] "A New Satellite Channel" Dr. Ahmed Al-Rubei, former MP and liberal columnist wrote in independent Al-Qabas (2/17): "The launch of Al-Hurra satellite channel elicited angry reactions and was labeled an American conspiracy by many Arab news media. This reaction is nave and clear sign of an o [...] | 2004-02-19 06:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT572 | SEDCDEF SCENESETTER FOR KUWAIT 22-24 FEB 04 [...] (U) WELCOME TO KUWAIT. THE KUWAITIS ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THEIR TURF, AND THEY ARE AGAIN EXTENDING FULL COURTESSIES TO YOU AND GENERAL ABIZAID AT BAYAN PALACE. THIS SCENESETTER PROVIDES THE CURRENT STATE OF ON-GOING HN ISSUES IN ORDER TO PREPARE YOU FOR MEETINGS WITH KUWAIT OFFICIAL [...] | 2004-02-19 08:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | OVIP KU |
04KUWAIT598 | (SBU) FEMALE LAWYERS BREAK TABOO AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-23 07:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CASC KU |
04KUWAIT675 | (C) BAHRAIN'S KING VISITS, PUSHING ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) King Hamad of Bahrain made a three-hour visit to Kuwait February 28. His main purpose was to seek support for the Saudi-Bahraini proposal to reform the Arab League, according to MFA Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah, who confirmed to Charge that the GCC states would support the proposal [...] | 2004-03-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF |
04KUWAIT69 | HUMANITARIAN FUEL CONVOYS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: THE [...] (C) Summary. A survey of the provision of gasoline and kerosene to southern Iraq under the humanitarian fuel program showed bottlenecks inside Iraq that are slowing truck convoys coming from Kuwait. The downloading depots at Diwaniyah and Latifiyah lack adequate pumps to download fuel from tr [...] | 2004-01-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAID MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IR KU |
04KUWAIT731 | (C) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETS, NOTES CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) held its 45th official session in Kuwait March 2. 30 more remains of Kuwaiti missing have been positively identified since the December TPC meeting. The TSC authorized ful [...] | 2004-03-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
04KUWAIT758 | (C) ARTICLE 98: GOK TO NOTIFY US AGREEMENT IS IN [...] (C) Ambassador emphasized to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah March 6 that it is important to the USG to have an Article 98 agreement in force even if Kuwait decides not to ratify the Rome Statute, and that we believe it is in Kuwait's interest also. The Minister confirmed that t [...] | 2004-03-07 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KJUS KU |
04KUWAIT760 | (C) FONMIN ON ARAB LEAGUE REFORM AND GME [...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the course of the meeting, the Ambassador asked about the prospects for Arab League reform, in light of the upcoming summit and the March 1 Ministerial in Cairo. The Minister laughe [...] | 2004-03-07 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF KU |
04KUWAIT762 | (C) SPECIAL 301: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FONMIN FOR [...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the meeting, he informed the Minister that our required annual report on Special 301 will show Kuwait as the weakest of the GCC states when it comes to protection of intellectual pr [...] | 2004-03-07 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR KU |
04KUWAIT765 | (C) IRAQI WAR CRIMES: GOK STRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the meeting, the Minister asked about Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid ("Chemical Ali"). The Ambassador explained that Saddam is in solitary confinement and being interviewed; [...] | 2004-03-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT777 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT [...] (C) Mister Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. The Kuwaiti leadership is looking forward to meeting with you. We are seeking to confirm an appointment with the Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, on Thursday evening, March 18, and a meeting with the Prime Minister, [...] | 2004-03-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP PREL MARR IZ KU |
04KUWAIT786 | (SBU) KUWAIT AND IRAQ BEGIN ADDRESSING BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministry Undersecretary Al-Own told USG officials that Kuwait and Iraq have begun direct discussion of bilateral energy issues through the creation of a technical committee, but he remains concerned that Iraq is lacking well-organized plans for the sector. (See septel o [...] | 2004-03-09 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV KU IZ SA QA IR |
04KUWAIT791 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION MAR 6-8: STATE DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Several Kuwaiti editorialists blame Mossad for "masterminding" the recent explosions in Karbala and Baghdad, while a Shiite professor at the University of Kuwait says the attacks are the fruit of US policies of "pure evil" foisted on the Arab world by America--"truly the Great Satan. [...] | 2004-03-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT810 | HUNGRY MPS WARM UP THE GRILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:... [...] | 2004-03-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ KISL YM KU |
04KUWAIT811 | (C) U.S. FUNDING REQUESTS PUSHING HARD CHOICES ON [...] (S/NF) The GOK has been the most stalwart supporter of U.S. actions in Iraq anywhere in the Arab world. As a result of our close partnership, the Kuwaitis have given us tremendous support. The large number of pending U.S. requests for additional support, however, is beginning to pinch, and [...] | 2004-03-11 04:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT812 | TIP: ADDITIONAL STATISTICS [...] We have belatedly received a few more statistics related to the major vulnerable group in Kuwait as far as Trafficking In Persons (TIP) is concerned. In 2003, according to GOK statistics, there were criminal charges pressed by the public prosecutor as follows: -- 114 reported felonies comm [...] | 2004-03-11 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KU |
04KUWAIT839 | (C) IRAQ - KUWAIT ELECTRICITY COOPERATION [...] (C) Ambassador met with the Kuwaiti Minister of Energy and the Iraqi Minister of Electricity in Kuwait March 8. According to the Minister of Energy, Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd, the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers gave approval in principle on February 29 for construction of a power plant to serve Iraq [...] | 2004-03-14 05:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL ECON IZ KU |
04KUWAIT89 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 7: [...] SUMMARY: In an article titled "Do Not Accept Colonialism," one writer claims that Iraq's oil resources will be controlled by "companies with strong ties to the American administration," specifically Halliburton who he writes is "accused of rigging the price of fuel sold to the US army." New [...] | 2004-01-08 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT91 | (C) OFAC'S CHANGE OF HEART ELICITS GOK REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note dated December 28, 2003 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the October 5 meeting between OFAC Director Richard Newcomb and representatives from Kuwaiti charitable organizations. The note says that "w [...] | 2004-01-10 07:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04KUWAIT922 | (C) FOREIGN MINISTER URGES RESOLUTION OF AIK FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR MOPS KU IZ |
04KUWAIT928 | (C) KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY: UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On 9 March Embassy and US Military officials from OMC-K and the 143rd Transportation Unit met with Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) Deputy Chairman Nader Sultan to discuss the current status of the Iraq humanitarian fuel contract and the US military's future land needs at the po [...] | 2004-03-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT PREL MARR KU IZ SA QA IR |
04KUWAIT947 | (U) KUWAITIS CONDEMN ASSASSINATION OF AHMED YASSIN [...] (U) The Amir and Crown Prince issued condolences to the family of HAMAS founder Shaykh Ahmed Yassin, whom the Amir described as "a symbol of the Palestinian legitimate struggle against tyranny." Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed expressed sorrow at the news of the Israeli assassination of [...] | 2004-03-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL IS KU |
04KUWAIT948 | (U) CLARIFYING PARLIAMENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court agreed in mid-March to hear legal arguments in April from National Assembly lawyers in defense of parliament's right to question Cabinet Ministers. Earlier, the GOK questioned the constitutionality of parliament's current interpretation of Artic [...] | 2004-03-23 12:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT951 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MARCH 18-23: SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY: The assassination of Sheikh Yaseen has pushed an evolving positive perception of the Greater Middle East Initiative resulting from Secretary's Powell's recent visit to Kuwait off the op/ed pages March 23, with the US now being cast as the willing stooge of Israeli perfidy. "Jews are [...] | 2004-03-24 04:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
04KUWAIT956 | (S) AIK FUEL: FM TO DISCUSS IN WASHINGTON [...] (S) MFA clarified to us March 24 that the next step in the AIK fuel issue (reftel) will be for Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah to discuss it during his visit to Washington at the end of the month. 2. (S) Our assessment is that the GOK would like the USG to indi [...] | 2004-03-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT991 | (SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...] | 2004-03-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
04LAGOS105 | World Airways and Rite Time Both Plan to Assist [...] Summary: On Thursday, January 15, 2004, Conoff participated in a telephone call initiated by representatives of World Airways. World Airways executives asked if Post could provide an approximate number of World Airways passengers still stranded in Lagos, adding that the carrier plans to opera [...] | 2004-01-16 17:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI NI |
04LAGOS1068 | NIGERIA: NOBEL LAUREATE WOLE SOYINKA ARRESTED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) arrested and later released Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and six other human rights activists on May 15 during a rally held in Lagos opposing President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration and its policies. Soyinka later met with the CG and POLOFF o [...] | 2004-05-20 16:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM SOCI PGOV PINR NI |
04LAGOS1093 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal -- SAA Accepts Memorandum of Understanding -- New Money Laundering Law Signed --------------------------------------------- ---- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal ------------------------------- [...] | 2004-05-21 16:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EAIR EINV EFIN ECON NI |
04LAGOS11 | CAPTAIN CRUSADER VS THE BUNKERING BANDITS: NAVAL [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY: Captain O.B. Ogunjimi, commander of the Naval base in the heart of Nigeria's oil-rich but troubled Delta region, recently described to ConGen Officers his experiences fighting oil thieves in the Delta. According to Ogunjimi, corruption within his command is not as rampant as [...] | 2004-01-05 08:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EINV ASEC NI |
04LAGOS110 | NIGERIA: UNHCR COUNTRY REP GIVES OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Country Representative to Nigeria, on January 7 and discussed concerns about potential violent uprising of Nigerians living on the Bakassi Peninsula, the possible repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to their homes in Taraba St [...] | 2004-01-18 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM |
04LAGOS1106 | NIGERIAN DOMESTIC SHIPPING LAW TAKES EFFECT [...] SUMMARY. Nigeria's sweeping Cabotage Act took effect on May 1, requiring all vessels used for domestic trade to be Nigerian built, owned and manned. Nigeria has little capacity to meet any of the three requirements, and one-year waivers are allowed under the law. The GON has done little to i [...] | 2004-05-25 13:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EPET EINV ECON PGOV NI |
04LAGOS111 | NIGERIA: DEREGULATION AND THE FUEL TAX: HIGHER [...] On January 7, 2004, the Nigeria Labour (NLC) warned the GON that labor and civil society groups will call a nationwide strike beginning January 21 if the GON fails to rescind its proposed 1.50 naira per liter fuel tax before that date. Although the National Assembly has not approved the tax p [...] | 2004-01-18 12:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1131 | GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...] | 2004-05-28 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS |
04LAGOS115 | HIGHER AND HIGHER: NIGERIA'S MEANS OF [...] (U) Summary: Officers' in-country travel, anecdotal evidence, and media commentary point to inordinately high and steadily rising prices in Nigeria. People regularly complain that frequent increases in the cost of living and slow economic growth are hardly the dividends of democracy they expe [...] | 2004-01-20 14:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI |
04LAGOS1153 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 1 [...] (U) This update includes: -- New International Routes for Local Airlines -- NITEL Introduces New Tariffs Effective June 1 -- Recharge Cards Import Ban Effective January 2005 --------------------------------------------- ------- New International Routes Approved for Local Airlines -------- [...] | 2004-06-01 13:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECPS ETRD ECON NI |
04LAGOS1163 | NIGERIA - GANGS OF PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent gang fighting in the Port Harcourt area of the Niger Delta highlights yet another brand of violence in Nigeria (ref A). Reports from oil services and construction company security managers in the field estimate that up to 100 people may have died over three to four days of [...] | 2004-06-03 09:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR EPET EINV PHUM NI |
04LAGOS1188 | BAD WITH THE GOOD - FUEL PRICES RISE AS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As Nigerians wonder if a nationwide strike will be called yet again over fuel prices, private fuel marketers have decided to scale back their import level of the last 60 days as they launch a public awareness campaign of their own to explain the rise in gasoline prices. Offi [...] | 2004-06-08 10:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV ECON NI |
04LAGOS1194 | GON SEEKS ALTERNATIVES TO SAA FOR NIGERIA EAGLE [...] (U) Summary: The GON is considering new expressions of interest from European carriers (Virgin Atlantic, Air France/KLM and Lufthansa) to become the technical partner to the proposed Nigerian Eagle Airlines (NEA). The GON's introduction of new conditions for a reciprocal agreement mandating th [...] | 2004-06-08 15:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
04LAGOS1201 | MEASURABLE SUCCESS IN NIGERIAN HIV/AIDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassadors Tobias and Campbell and USAID Country Director Liberi met with Nigerian Minister of Health Lambo on June 4 to discuss coordination between the GON national HIV/AIDS strategy and USG objectives under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Reflecting [...] | 2004-06-09 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB NI |
04LAGOS1203 | AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the first of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. After one year under new administrations, all f [...] | 2004-06-10 07:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1204 | NIGER DELTA: GUNS AND THUGS RULE THE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta based on a field visit by POLOFF and ECONOFF to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the overall security situation, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation [...] | 2004-06-10 11:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC PTER XY NI |
04LAGOS1205 | AH, THE "O'S" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the second of a four-part report on PolOffs' visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Part 1 at reftel) After one year under new a [...] | 2004-06-10 14:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1206 | AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the third of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Parts 1 and 2 at reftels B and A) After one ye [...] | 2004-06-10 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1207 | AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN AND [...] Summary. This is the last in a four-part report of ConOffs visit to four of the five formerly Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Parts 1, 2, and 3 at reftels C, B, and A) Af [...] | 2004-06-10 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
04LAGOS1210 | NIGER DELTA: CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN WARRI [...] (C) Introduction and summary. This is the second in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situations in the Niger Delta, based on a field visit by Poloff and Econoff to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the recent cease-fire agreement and the Ijaw [...] | 2004-06-13 07:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC NI |
04LAGOS124 | NIGERIAN STYLE DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN [...] (U) Anarchy reigns in the government of Anambra State. Since the challenged gubernatorial election in April 2003, the state has countenanced the July abduction of Governor Chris Ngige (reftel B),a state coup attempt, and the Governor's questioned resignation. Everyone has accused everyone e [...] | 2004-01-21 10:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1247 | INITIATION OF EMBASSY EST&H REPORTING: [...] Introduction. This report is the first of what will become regular reports by the officer responsible for environment, science, technology, and health (EST&H) at Embassy Abuja. Pending the assignment in Abuja of such an officer, the Mission's economic officers, assisted by USAID colleagues, [...] | 2004-06-18 08:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
04LAGOS125 | SAA NAMED NIGERIAN EAGLE'S TECHNICAL PARTNER [...] (U) Summary: On Wednesday, January 14, GON officials announced the selection of South African Airways (SAA) as Nigerian Eagle Airlines' technical partner. Executives close to the deal expect the new airline to replace Nigeria's ailing national carrier, Nigeria Airways Limited, later this year. [...] | 2004-01-21 11:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
04LAGOS126 | World Airways [...] On Monday, January 19, 2004 at 8:07 a.m. EST, 318 passengers arrived at JFK aboard World Airways flight 817. In an advertisement being handed out by World Airways staff to passengers, World Airways claims the flight was being operated at their own expense and that they have not received paym [...] | 2004-01-21 12:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI NI |
04LAGOS1268 | FINDINGS OF THE 2003 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH [...] Summary. The findings below on women's health and their social status are from the executive summary of the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The nutritional status of Nigerian women falls within the internationally accepted normal range. The total fertility rate is 5.7 children, hig [...] | 2004-06-22 05:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
04LAGOS127 | STRIKE BEGINS IN NIGERIA JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) Nigerians awoke to a state of confusion Wednesday, January 21, as competing reports circulated as to whether the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) was continuing its call for a nationwide strike (ref A). Although commerce continues across sectors, the NLC maintains that the strike is on, and [...] | 2004-01-21 14:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV EINV NI |
04LAGOS1279 | REVIVING THE NIGERIAN RAILWAY SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: Odu'a Investment and Lemna Incorporated, a U.S. firm, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build a $361 million light rail system. Opponents have charged that the MOU violates the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Act 1955. Its proponents seek to amend the law [...] | 2004-06-23 10:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON NI |
04LAGOS128 | NIGERIA: A THRIVING MARKET IN IVORY [...] (C) EST&H officer met on December 16 with a reluctant Deputy Director of Environment and Conservation, M. M. Omar (Protect) to discuss illegal trade in ivory in Nigeria as reported in a December 15, 2003 BBC article entitled, "West Africa's Ivory Trade Thrives". According to Deputy Director [...] | 2004-01-21 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PBTS ECON NI CITES |
04LAGOS1291 | CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT AT NATIONAL HOSPITAL, [...] Summary. In early May 2004, President Obasanjo canceled the contract of the expatriate management team of the National Hospital of Abuja, a year before it was to be up for review. The British managers had been facing discontented staff, equipment breaking down, and the envy of Nigerian profes [...] | 2004-06-24 10:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1303 | GON INTENT TO ABOLISH NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS [...] Summary. President Obasanjo's government seems to be pursuing efforts to persuade the national assembly to disband the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC). The Government of Nigeria (GON) asserts that it wants to liberalize Nigeria's labor movement. The NLC believes the GON's move is vindictive an [...] | 2004-06-25 14:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KDEM PGOV ECON NI |
04LAGOS1341 | FINDINGS OF THE 2003 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH [...] Summary. The findings below were drawn from the executive summary of the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Malaria remains a major public health problem in Nigeria. Infant mortality is worse than what may have been commonly believed. Most children are under-weight or stunted, espe [...] | 2004-07-01 09:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1364 | Privatization of the Central Mint? [...] (U) Summary: The GON plans to divest itself of Nigeria's Mint. But, with the Central Bank of Nigeria vying to buy the majority stake, the privatization of the nation's official printer is in question. End summary. 2. (U) The media have reported that Nigeria's government wants to get out [...] | 2004-07-06 11:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN NI |
04LAGOS1369 | HIV/AIDS FINDINGS OF NIGERIA'S 2003 [...] Summary: The findings below are from the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) and expand on the findings presented in reftel. Knowledge of AIDS in Nigeria is fairly widespread, but knowledge of prevention is less so. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to prevention and co [...] | 2004-07-07 10:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1383 | Nigerian Crude Not Yet Flowing from Total - [...] Contrary to media reports that an agreement between the French oil company Total and Nigeria's white-collar oil workers union PENGASSAN has been reached allowing for immediate resumption of the company's crude oil production, O.B. Haffner, Corporate Affairs Manager for Total Nigeria, told ECON [...] | 2004-07-08 11:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI |
04LAGOS1394 | Total Pumping Again in Nigeria [...] O.B. Haffner, Corporate Affairs Manager for Total Nigeria, told ECONOFF on Friday, July 9, that the company has resumed crude oil production from its Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. unit. Total's Nigeria production was closed for one week as a result of a union dispute (reftel). Haffner said Tota [...] | 2004-07-09 15:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI |
04LAGOS1410 | JULY 2004 INTERIM UPDATE OF 2003 NIGERIA INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-13 10:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB NI OPIC |
04LAGOS1417 | INVITATION TO REGIONAL LABOR RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Post nominates Political/Labor Specialist Gbenga Amusan for Labor Rights Training on September 23-24, 2004, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Amusan has worked as the Political/Labor Specialist for the Consulate (formerly the Embassy) in Lagos for eleven years. Prior to working with the Em [...] | 2004-07-14 09:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB |
04LAGOS146 | LASCO CALLS OFF STRIKE [...] On January 21, shortly after the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) began a nationwide strike to protest GON policies pertaining to petroleum pricing, NLC President Adams Oshiomhole made an official announcement to suspend the strike. The announcement came before labor and civil socie [...] | 2004-01-22 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
04LAGOS1462 | NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, includingthe dividends of democracy, procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restar [...] | 2004-07-19 09:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
04LAGOS1467 | HARRIS CORPORATION DUKING IT OUT FOR A [...] (SBU) Summary: Harris Communications, a U.S. firm, faces Japanese NEC for a multi-million dollar contract with Globacom for microwave telecommunications equipment. Whether the playing field is level is an open question. End summary. 2. (SBU) Harris Communications Systems Nigeria Ltd. (Ha [...] | 2004-07-19 13:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
04LAGOS1469 | POLITICAL UNDERTONE OF SLOK AIR'S GROUNDING [...] (U) Summary: Since the suspension and subsequent revocation of its license in March, Slok Air remains grounded. Though accused of having violated aviation regulations, the airline's travails have been associated with a political face-off between Orji Kalu, Abia State Governor and owner of Slok [...] | 2004-07-19 14:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV PGOV NI |
04LAGOS147 | DYNAMIC MLK DAY EVENT DRAWS 250 IN LAGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (MLK) celebration in Lagos, Nigeria, drew over 250 people as well as local press to share an evening of speeches, artwork and music in commemoration of the late civil rights leader. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The program, which featured U.S. speaker Dr [...] | 2004-01-22 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
04LAGOS1475 | NO REPORTS OF AMCITS IN BAYELSA KIDNAPPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reports indicate several expatriate hostages have been taken near Brass in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. We have NO/NO reports of American citizens being taken hostage, but an American-French drilling venture may be involved. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Prel [...] | 2004-07-20 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
04LAGOS1477 | NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council SIPDIS for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, including procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restart of the polio va [...] | 2004-07-20 14:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
04LAGOS1493 | NIGERIA UPDATE - BAYELSA HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 20, as reported in reftel, several expatriate oil services employees were taken hostage in Bayelsa State. We have since learned that all have been released, including one American citizen. The incident did not involve a host community dispute as originally reported, but [...] | 2004-07-21 12:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
04LAGOS1494 | C-CN4-00499 AND C-CN4-00503: NIGER DELTA [...] (S/NF) The Mission thanks its colleagues in INR for their kind encouragement of continued reporting efforts on the Niger Delta. Per your request, we have an update on reftels. 2. (S/NF) Captain Ogunjumi, former Commanding Officer (CO) of the Nigerian Naval Station (NNS) in Warri, left his po [...] | 2004-07-21 14:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR NI |
04LAGOS1504 | REMEMBERING DR. RALPH J. BUNCHE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a fitting tribute to the late Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and distinguished African-American diplomat, the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, recently concluded our yearlong program commemorating the 100th anniversary of his bir [...] | 2004-07-22 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
04LAGOS1527 | POTENTIAL HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to preliminary but credible reports, a Pan African Airlines helicopter with an American citizen and three other people on board lost radio contact at 2:30 a.m. local time after leaving a deepwater oil rig. Air and surface searches are being conducted but thus far there [...] | 2004-07-26 17:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1535 | UPDATE ON HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...] (SBU) Pan African Airways has notified us that last night one body was retrieved from the helicopter that apparently went down yesterday. The contact believes the person was a Nigerian employee of Transocean, Inc. While retrieving the body, the search team thought they spotted two other bodies [...] | 2004-07-28 05:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
04LAGOS155 | NIGERIA'S FUEL CRUNCH WORSENS AMIDST STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Nigerians try to determine if a national strike is on or off and whether or not there is a tax on gasoline (refs A, B),the country's fuel supply problems are not only clear, they are, in fact, worsening. Private marketers have scaled-back fuel imports in the face of busines [...] | 2004-01-23 08:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PINR ENRG NI |
04LAGOS1562 | SCRATCH CARD FEVER [...] (SBU) Summary: For the past month, between 5 and 10 million MTN mobile phone scratch cards have been held up in Lagos ports over a payment dispute between MTN and the Nigerian Customs Service. In the country's cash economy and largely wireless telephony environment, scratch cards are an impor [...] | 2004-07-30 09:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS1564 | A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR MANAGING OIL IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-30 09:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1611 | MORE SCRATCH CARD FEVER: THE PLANNED JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the GON's January 1, 2005 import ban on recharge cards draws near, the Nigerian Communications Commission is beginning to license companies to produce the cards locally. Wary of the reliability of most local card producers, major Nigerian telecom companies are exploring alter [...] | 2004-08-05 13:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS1632 | NIGERIA: MORE OPTIONS FOR NIGERIAN TELECOMS [...] (U) Summary: Two Nigerian telecoms companies (MTS First Wireless and Oduatel) will begin services this month. MTS expects to attract many customers due to its unique area code numbering system and its innovative 24- hour, zero dial-up internet service. Oduatel expects to carve a unique niche b [...] | 2004-08-10 15:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
04LAGOS1639 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC TIDBITS, AUGUST 11 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Maritime Stakeholders Support Cabotage Law -- WAGP Environmental Impact Assessment and Resettlement Plan Released -- Nigerian Economic Summit Group Leaders Support Economic Reform -- Local Professor/Journalist Confirms Obasanjo's Economic Dream Team Lacks Poten [...] | 2004-08-11 13:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT SENV EINV EFIN ECON NI |
04LAGOS170 | A NEW PLAYER: VODACOM ENTERS NIGERIAN [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's Vodacom Group recently announced plans to purchase a 51 percent stake in Nigeria's second largest mobile service provider, Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited. The US$250 million deal represents Econet's best chance of overtaking its one major competitor, MTN Nigeria C [...] | 2004-01-23 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS1744 | NIGERIA: ONE YEAR AWAY FROM CATEGORY 1? [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-25 05:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV NI |
04LAGOS1775 | UPDATE ON BANKS' REACTION TO NEW [...] (SBU) In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new N25 billion capital base requirement (about USD 200 million),banks are forming strategic alliances through consolidations, mergers and acquisitions. Big banks are expected to comply fully, many smaller banks face the unwelcome choic [...] | 2004-08-30 07:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
04LAGOS192 | NEW YEAR OFFERS NO REPRIEVE FROM DELTA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The New Year has so far offered Nigeria's Delta region little reprieve from the violence that marked 2003. Recent incidents reflect heightened tensions in the Warri area, and ethnic clashes remain a constant possibility. While it was hoped that attempts at dialogue between the [...] | 2004-01-26 13:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET MOPS PGOV PINS NI |
04LAGOS1982 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 28 [...] (C) GON military efforts (Operation Flush Out 3) to combat Delta militants continue. Oil companies are monitoring the situation closely, and are not dismissive of the threats by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Asari. Beyond Shell's decision to evacuate workers from two s [...] | 2004-09-28 19:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET AA PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1998 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 [...] (C) Given the significant international press coverage and the threats of Ijaw secession made by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Alhaji Dokubo Asari, the National Council of State authorized President Obasanjo to take strong actions against Delta militants and any other [...] | 2004-09-29 20:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
04LAGOS2011 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja and purported cease-fire agreement. NGO and energy company contacts stated that the situation in Port Harcourt was less tense. Production remains unchang [...] | 2004-09-30 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2013 | DELTA UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja (ref A) and purported cease-fire. Local press is now openly discussing Joint Task Force Operation Flush Out 3. NGO and energy company contacts stated tha [...] | 2004-09-30 16:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET CASC MOPS PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2014 | ENACTMENT OF NEW PENSION ACT [...] (U) Summary. Nigeria's National Assembly has enacted a new Pension Reform Act that establishes a uniform contributory pension scheme for public and private sector employees. The new law confers pension management responsibilities on professional pension fund administrators, who will maintain [...] | 2004-09-30 18:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB AMGT PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2015 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 44th Independence Day. Local press continues to report that the GON flew Niger Delta Vigilante Group (NDVG) leader Ateke Tom (the primary rival of Dokubo Asari [...] | 2004-10-01 12:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2016 | DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 44th Independence Day. Local press continues to report that the GON flew Niger Delta Vigilante Group (NDVG) leader Ateke Tom (the primary rival of Dokubo Asari [...] | 2004-10-01 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2025 | NIGERIA SIGNS VIRGIN AIRLINES DEAL; AVIATION [...] Summary. The Government of Nigeria signed September 28 a partnership deal between Nigeria Airways (NA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (reftel),creating Virgin Nigeria. The new carrier anticipates beginning operations early 2005. The Federal High Court ordered liquidation of NA assets July 9. [...] | 2004-10-04 08:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB EINV NI PGOV |
04LAGOS2028 | DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 4 [...] (C) There have been no reports of fighting between the GON military and any of the informal militias in the Port Harcourt area. Press reported celebrations continued Saturday and Sunday in the streets of Port Harcourt due to the announcement of a tentative agreement between the federal govern [...] | 2004-10-05 06:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2064 | A LAGOS STATE PERSPECTIVE ON HIV/AIDS [...] Summary. To gather input to develop the Five Year Strategy for Nigeria for the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, USG team members met officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Action Committee on AIDS (LSACA) on September 20. The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the state (4 [...] | 2004-10-08 05:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2068 | NIGERIA: PRELUDE TO POSSIBLE NATIONAL STRIKE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Barring a last-minute breakthrough in tense, on again, off again talks between the GON and the National Labor Congress (NLC),the stage is set for a nationwide "stay-at-home" on Monday, October 11. All major unions have announced their intention to honor the strike protesting [...] | 2004-10-08 15:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
04LAGOS2069 | NIGERIAN OPPOSITION PARTY TRIES TO REGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The crisis-ridden, Yoruba dominated Alliance for Democracy (AD) party selected former Osun State governor Bisi Akande as its new national chairman in a September 29 Lagos convention. Party faithful hoped the convention would reconcile rival factions, putting an end to an embarrass [...] | 2004-10-08 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PINR |
04LAGOS2071 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...] | 2004-10-12 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
04LAGOS2072 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...] | 2004-10-12 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
04LAGOS2073 | SCENESETTER FOR DHS. SEC. NAPOLITANO'S JULY 1 [...] (C//NF) Madam Secretary, Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit, which comes on the heels of your June 24 meeting with Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in Washington (Ref A). While one of the highlights of his trip was signing the bilateral accord on Preventing and Combatin [...] | 2004-10-12 06:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC NI PTER |
04LAGOS2077 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 12 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Airfare Increase of 40% Expected for Domestic Flights -- Runway to Shut Down for 8 Months at Lagos International Airport for Safety Upgrades -- Textile Leaders in the Lagos Area Want to Take Advantage of AGOA -- Cadbury Nigeria Thrives Despite High Production [...] | 2004-10-12 08:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV ECON NI |
04LAGOS2096 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #3: OCTOBER 13 [...] (U) Summary: The nationwide strike in Nigeria continues to be well-observed throughout most of Nigeria. Of major cities, Abuja apparently has been least affected by the strike. Despite on-going negotiations and intervening court cases, the strike will likely continue tomorrow on what should b [...] | 2004-10-13 16:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
04LAGOS2104 | Nigeria: TELECOM COMPANIES FACE NIGERIA MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-14 14:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
04LAGOS2107 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #4: OCTOBER 14 [...] (U) Summary. The nationwide strike continued for its fourth day. The joint labor-civil society coalition will meet in Abuja this afternoon and is expected to suspend the strike for two weeks as planned. Oil production remains unaffected. Around the country, many banks, offices, and schools rema [...] | 2004-10-14 16:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
04LAGOS2109 | NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...] | 2004-10-15 08:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
04LAGOS2110 | NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...] | 2004-10-15 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
04LAGOS2120 | SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW: DEPARTMENT OF [...] (U) This Message Responds To Reftel Request For Post's Assessment. 2. (U) Nigeria is not technically part of the Safe Skies for Africa Program (SSFA),but has received very similar assistance under a parallel program combined with port security called the Nigeria Transportation Project. [...] | 2004-10-18 09:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EAID ECON ETRD PTER NI |
04LAGOS2134 | WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DELTA - A LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: Supplementing the views expressed reftel, this message provides Lagos' perspective of the Delta crisis. This latest gush of violence is a moment of acceleration in a negative spiral that began years ago. The eruption is a byproduct of not only the 2003 elections but also of econ [...] | 2004-10-20 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PINR NI |
04LAGOS2137 | MTN NIGERIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED [...] PER REQUEST IN REFTEL PLC D328568 FOR ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE MTN NIGERIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA WAS CONDUCTED BY COMMERCIAL OFFICER MCINERNEY. 2. APPLICATION NUMBER D328568 3. INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH OLADAMOYE OYESIKU, MTN GENERAL [...] | 2004-10-21 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC NI |
04LAGOS2138 | NIGERIA: SOLE IJAW GOVERNOR DOWNPLAYS GON TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief, Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha, Nigeria's only Ijaw governor, downplayed the import of talks between the GON and Ijaw Delta militant leaders Dokubo Asari and Ateke Tom. Clearly seeing Asari as an usurp [...] | 2004-10-21 15:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI PGOV EPET KDEM |
04LAGOS218 | WHY IS NIGERIA SO EXPENSIVE? [...] (U) Summary: From ICASS to inspectors, anyone monitoring the cost of living in Nigeria should be warned that Nigeria is getting more expensive every day. Diplomatic and international management officers are particularly frustrated by prices that play havoc with any organization's plans. Why [...] | 2004-01-28 14:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI |
04LAGOS2195 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian manufacturers estimate they lost roughly USD 150 million due to the October 11-14 nationwide fuel price strike. The strike may resume as early as November 1. Several local airlines have increased fares on domestic routes, primarily in response to the increase in aviatio [...] | 2004-10-29 06:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EPET ELAB EFIN NI |
04LAGOS2227 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO KEEPS FIRM GRIP ON PDP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The ruling PDP controls the governments in all the southern states except Lagos. As so often happens when a party obtains such dominance, most political friction in the south is no longer the child of inter-party competition. It is a product of the leviathan party's own internal [...] | 2004-11-02 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PREL PINR |
04LAGOS2264 | AVIATION FUEL SHORTAGES GROUND MANY DOMESTIC [...] (U) An end appears in sight for the Nigerian jet fuel shortage, as a tanker is in the process of delivering 14,800 metric tons to Lagos. Conoil Producing Limited, the downstream firm selected to supply aviation fuel to the country for this quarter, failed to make its October delivery. As a r [...] | 2004-11-09 15:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS2270 | STRIKE UPDATE - FOR CLEARANCE [...] (C) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many oil [...] | 2004-11-10 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ASEC NI |
04LAGOS2273 | LOOKING TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 16 STRIKE [...] (SBU) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many o [...] | 2004-11-10 17:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
04LAGOS2274 | MISSION FEEDBACK ON WAGP PROJECT [...] (U) Mission was contacted by OPIC this week to provide comments regarding environmental, worker health, and safety implications for the proposed West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project in Nigeria. Mission is pleased to have the opportunity to provide these comments. However, Mission does [...] | 2004-11-10 17:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2277 | NIGERIA: ARMED BANDS BURN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: In what appears to be a full throttle attempt to provoke a state of emergency in Anambra State, armed bands have been on a rampage in the state over the past two days. They have burned government buildings, including the Governor's residence and State Election Commission buildi [...] | 2004-11-12 12:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI |
04LAGOS2288 | ANAMBRA STATE REMAINS QUIET; NGIGE AND UBA MEET IN [...] Anambra State remained quiet over the weekend following the violence of last Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, November 12, President Obasanjo convened an emergency meeting. As a result of the meeting, according to press reports, additional police were sent to Anambra and Governor Chris Ngige [...] | 2004-11-15 14:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI |
04LAGOS2290 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL UPDATE FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Abia State Governor Kalu has announced that he will run for President in 2007. Kalu is being partially financed by VP Atiku, who likely is using the abrasive Southeastern governor as a stalking horse. Meanwhile, Senator Nzeribe is bankrolling the very long-shot presidential camp [...] | 2004-11-15 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
04LAGOS2301 | TIP: NIGERIA INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] When Post made its submission last March for the 2004 TIP Report, the GON had just created the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP). With a staff of over 150 now in place, the fledgling agency has demonstrated its commitment to combatin [...] | 2004-11-16 14:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
04LAGOS2306 | GON PROMISES FUEL PRICE REDUCTION AND LABOR [...] (U) On November 15, the GON announced it would reduce the price of fuel to N49 per liter. Responding to the promised price reduction, the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) suspended the strike planned to begin November 16. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole told [...] | 2004-11-16 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
04LAGOS2329 | NIGERIA: SECOND ATTEMPT AT NITEL TELECOM [...] (U) Summary: Nearly three years after a failed attempt to privatize state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is again seeking investors for the company. Currently under a three-year management contract with Dutch company, Pentascope BV, NI [...] | 2004-11-18 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS2353 | NIGERIA: ANAMBRA CONTINUES TO ROIL [...] (C) Summary: As a cavalcade of Nigerian dignitaries gathered in Anambra for the funeral of Chief Asika -- the former administrator following the Biafran war -- the crisis in the state continued to roil. Anambra Governor Ngige made cameo appearances in the state during the past several days [...] | 2004-11-22 16:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
04LAGOS2363 | ASARI WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE PROCESS UNCLEAR; SHELL [...] (SBU) Press accounts state Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari has pulled out the peace talks with the Government of Nigeria. However, Shell's External Relations Director told us that his sources in the area indicate Asari has not withdrawn from the peace accord. Shel [...] | 2004-11-23 17:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2374 | AMBASSADOR VISITS NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (U) Ambassador John Campbell visited the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in late October. The program included remarks by NSE management, the Ambassador's ringing of the closing bell, brief question and answers with the press, lunch with NSE management and traders, and interaction with principa [...] | 2004-11-26 10:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS2383 | LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO GO AHEAD DESPITE [...] SUMMARY: The government of Delta State plans to hold local council elections in Warri November 27 in three areas where elections were suspended March 2004. The majority ethnic group in the area, the Ijaws, have threatened to boycott the elections because they believe the configuration of the [...] | 2004-11-27 15:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI CASC NI |
04LAGOS2384 | HALLIBURTON BAN LIKELY TO BE REVERSED; FIRM [...] (C) Halliburton has indicated the GON is likely to quietly lift the ban against the firm's activities in Nigeria. The move was facilitated by the October 5 return to Nigeria of radioactive sources stolen in 2002 but later recovered by Halliburton. Halliburton also expressed concerns regardi [...] | 2004-11-27 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV NI |
04LAGOS239 | NIGERIA'S POWER SECTOR PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: The head of Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) told Embassy staff January 22 that the GON has begun unbundling the state- owned electric power monopoly to privatize the company, even before a power sector reform bill is passed into law. A dearth of managers experi [...] | 2004-01-29 11:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PGOV TRGY NI |
04LAGOS2394 | TIP: COURT DELIVERS FIRST CONVICTION UNDER [...] Summary. The High Court in Benin City delivered the first conviction under the 2003 Human Trafficking Prohibition Law last week. Sarah Okoya was found guilty of attempting to procure persons for prostitution, attempting to organize foreign travel for prostitution, and deceitfully inducing pe [...] | 2004-11-29 10:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
04LAGOS2395 | NIGERIAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURER UNDULY [...] (U) Summary. The US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) delegation and Mission econoffs visited a textile manufacturer in Zaria 13 November. A.K. Mansoori, Managing Director of Anamruh Limited, assured the visitors that Nigerian textile manufacturers will soon take advantage of AG [...] | 2004-11-29 10:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND NI |
04LAGOS2396 | WARRI ELECTIONS POSTPONED AGAIN, RESCHEDULED FOR [...] Late November 26, the Delta State government again postponed the Warri local council elections. Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) representatives reportedly announced the elections were being postponed for "logistical reasons." The elections are rescheduled for December 2. [...] | 2004-11-30 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI CASC NI |
04LAGOS2399 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2004 [...] (U) Summary: The National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) generated significantly less power in November than normal due to poor planning, maintenance and repair issues. The World Bank recently estimated Nigeria loses $496 million per year from power failures. The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Princip [...] | 2004-11-30 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON NI |
04LAGOS2418 | NIGERIA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: The Anambra State crisis continues to replay itself like a B-rated soap opera. Nigerian press reported that on November 29 gunmen attempted to assassinate embattled Anambra Governor Chris Ngige, presumably at the behest of his nemesis -- the presidentially connected, Chris Uba [...] | 2004-12-01 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PREL PGOV KDEM |
04LAGOS2424 | DOES INSPIRATION MATTER? THE SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The GON sent a three-member delegation to the Safe Skies for Africa Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa October 25-29; Lagos US Consulate Econoff also attended the event. The Nigerian delegation said, upon returning home, it would push for passage of a pending aviation bill [...] | 2004-12-02 12:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAIR ECON ETRD PTER NI |
04LAGOS2445 | LAGOS EAC MEETING ON U.S. CONSULATE JEDDAH ATTACK [...] (S/NF) Lagos core EAC convened to review Post's security posture in light of the attack on U.S. Consulate Jeddah. In attendance were the CG, RSO, RMAS, CON, CLO and FBI. 2. (C) Post has not received any specific or credible threat information regarding U.S. facilities or interests in La [...] | 2004-12-06 15:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC NI PTER |
04LAGOS2446 | CHEVRON AND SHELL STATIONS OCCUPIED; ONE AMCIT HELD [...] (C) Chevron Texaco (CT) Nigeria confirmed that local community members occupied the Robert-kiri flow station near Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 5 December. Thirty CT employees, including one Amcit, are being held at the facility. A CT delegation, accompanied by State Assembly members, is [...] | 2004-12-06 17:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2447 | CONVERSATION WITH EXXON MOBIL MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (C) Exxon Mobil Managing Director for Nigeria John Chaplain said the challenges facing Nigeria's energy sector are: 1) under-investment in JV funding; 2) civil unrest; 3) specific pending legislation governing local content and gas fiscal terms; and 4) a corrupt and overly bureaucratic Niger [...] | 2004-12-07 07:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV NI |
04LAGOS2451 | 30 CHEVRON EMPLOYEES, INCL. AMCIT, STILL HELD IN [...] (C) As of 0900 (local) December 7, thirty Chevron Texaco (CT) employees, including one Amcit, continued to be held at the Robert-kiri flow station near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. There are no reports of injuries, threats, or maltreatment of the detained, and CT has been in communication w [...] | 2004-12-07 11:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2454 | RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON TIP INTERIM [...] (U) The information below responds to interim assessment follow-up questions from the November 19, 2004, email from Rachel Yousey. 2. (U) Has NAPTIP investigated any of the informant reports of corruption among law enforcement, immigration, and airport officials? Answer: NAPTIP has begun [...] | 2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
04LAGOS2455 | OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcou [...] | 2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2456 | OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcour [...] | 2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET MOPS PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2470 | Brass LNG Project Overview [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of a major new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Nigeria. ..Brass LNG is planned as a world class, greenfield facility to be located in Brass, Bayelsa State. Brass LNG will be a two- train facility for liquefaction and shipping, with an initial pr [...] | 2004-12-09 15:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
04LAGOS2492 | MISSION COMMENTS ON OPIC INSURANCE FOR WAGP [...] (C) This cable responds to OPIC requests for Mission comments on OPIC insurance for the West Africa Gas Pipeline project. Mission is not aware of any GON opposition to the WAGP project, and believes the project advances GON and USG goals. There could be some negative publicity generated by [...] | 2004-12-13 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV EAID PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2513 | PRESIDENT OBASANJO ADMITS KNOWING ANAMBRA GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Nigerian newspapers published an extraordinary exchange of letters between President Obasanjo and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman Audu Ogbeh. In his letter, Ogbeh claimed Nigeria was in a parlous state, specifically citing Obasanjo's inaction in resolvin [...] | 2004-12-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV |
04LAGOS2516 | NIGERIA TO ABIDE BY OPEC QUOTA, ENACT PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Alhaji Jafaru Paki, Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum, confirmed to Energy Off on 14 December that the GON intends to abide by OPEC's request to "maintain discipline" with respect to OPEC quotas. Paki demurred from characterizing this as a "production cut." However, com [...] | 2004-12-16 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON NI |
04LAGOS2526 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary Nigeria remains a major transit route for illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs. There is evidence that narcotics transiting Nigerian ports and borders reach the United States in amounts sufficient to have a significant effect on United States. However, Nigeria does not produce any [...] | 2004-12-17 09:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |
04LAGOS2528 | 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-17 11:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NI KCRM KTFN |
04LAGOS2530 | NIGERIAN ECONOMY A MIXED STORY; TIFA DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Private sector and Nigerian economists and American businessmen with interests in Nigeria told the visiting U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks that the Nigerian economy remains a mixed story. President Obasanjo's vaunted ec [...] | 2004-12-17 12:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV NI |
04LAGOS2560 | SHELL DECLARES FORCE MAJEURE AT BONNY TERMINAL [...] (U) Shell Head of Media and Communications Bisi Ojediran confirmed to us that Shell has declared force majeure at Bonny Terminal, due to community disruptions in the eastern Niger Delta in Ekulama and Egbema. Ojediran also confirmed press reports that about 114,000 barrels per day (bpd) of [...] | 2004-12-23 14:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
04LAGOS2561 | NNPC PIPELINE FIRE [...] (U) Press reports indicate a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline was vandalized, with the resulting spill set ablaze in the Lagos exburb of Ilado on December 20. The pipeline fire was reportedly extinguished late December 22, although NNPC was not willing to confirm this [...] | 2004-12-23 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
04LAGOS2562 | DPR STRIKE ENDS PEACEFULLY; NO PRODUCTION IMPACT [...] Senior employees of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources ended a 2-day strike on 22 December. DPR Public Affairs Manager Belema Osibodu confirmed to the Consulate on 23 December the strike has been suspended following a meeting between management and DPR workers. The workers, members [...] | 2004-12-23 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
04LAGOS2563 | NIGERIA-SAO TOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONE LICENSING [...] (U) The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) call for bids for five deep offshore oil blocs closed December 15, with 26 firms bidding. The GON expects to announce final results on December 31. High interest is centered on Bloc 4, with Houston-based Environmental Remedi [...] | 2004-12-23 15:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
04LAGOS2572 | SEABULK EMPLOYEE TAKEN HOSTAGE [...] (C) Seabulk reported to Energy Off on 26 December that an employee was taken hostage near Amatu, Bayelsa State, on 25 December while carrying out operations for Shell. The employee is a Croatian national. The Iduwini National Movement for Peace and Development is demanding ransom and other [...] | 2004-12-28 06:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2574 | Person-on-the-street in Lagos: How's the [...] (U) Summary: Official statements and statistics emanating from the GON give a picture of an economy on the rebound. However, the official position is at variance with what one hears in the market stalls and living rooms of Lagos. Consulate staff interviewed a cross-section of Lagosians, sol [...] | 2004-12-28 12:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2576 | SEABULK HOSTAGE RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION [...] (SBU) Seabulk Managing Director Robert Clemmons reported to Energy Off that Bayelsa State officials have secured the release of Seabulk employee Ivan Roso. Roso was kidnapped by an armed vessel on 25 December while carrying out subcontracting duties for Shell. Clemmons confirmed that Roso [...] | 2004-12-28 16:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2588 | CONSUL GENERAL VISITS PORT HARCOURT AND YENAGOA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Consul General visited Rivers and Bayelsa States December 8-10. He met the Deputy Governors of both states (the Governors were out of Nigeria),Rivers State Assembly leadership, environmental and human rights activists, opposition leaders and researchers at Port Harcourt's l [...] | 2004-12-30 11:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
04LAGOS2591 | SOUTHERN POLITICAL FIGURES TALK OF REMOVING A [...] (S) Based on the Consul General's conversations with several political contacts over the past few days, talk of "what to do with President Obasanjo" is widespread. Many Southern political figures believe Obasanjo is not only unpopular and increasingly detached from sound political moorings, [...] | 2004-12-30 12:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
04LAGOS2592 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA: POLITICAL TIDBITS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During an early December visit, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu told Consul General his presidential bid is tactical. Kalu admitted he was serving as Vice President Atiku's stalking horse to distract President Obasanjo, with the understanding that Kalu will emerge as Atiku's [...] | 2004-12-30 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
04LAGOS2595 | NEAR CRASH OF CHANCHANGI AIRLINER RESURFACES [...] (U) Forward landing gear failed to deploy on a Chanchangi Airlines (Nigeria) flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday. According to report, the pilot of the Boeing 272 detected problems as as it prepared for landing at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA). Federal Airports Autho [...] | 2004-12-30 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER NI |
04LAGOS260 | ANAMBRA UPDATE - JANUARY 30, 2004 [...] (U) The crisis of the Governor vs. the "godfather" continues to grind on in Anambra State. There have been accusations that the GON, namely President Olusegun Obasanjo, is doing nothing to bring peace and order to Anambra, and, in fact, may be the main force stirring up trouble for Governor [...] | 2004-01-30 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
04LAGOS261 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT GAME - SOUTHERN STATES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-30 16:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
04LAGOS296 | EKITI UPDATE: HIS AND HER EXCELLENCIES [...] (U) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose and his wife Feyisetan of tiny, impoverished Ekiti State have had their Public Relations Director working overtime recently to "spin" them a high-profile, positive public image. The couple has been appearing almost weekly in news [...] | 2004-02-06 15:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS30 | NIGERIA'S LINGERING FUEL SCARCITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria continues to face periodic fuel shortages as the GON, fuel marketers and the public adjust to a quasi-deregulated environment. Inadequate port facilities in Lagos create bottlenecks for delivery of imported fuel, and changing government policies create business uncertainty [...] | 2004-01-07 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ENRG NI |
04LAGOS300 | NIGERIA: CHILD TRAFFICKING IN OGUN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3 POLOFF visited quarry sites in Ogun State where trafficked Beninese children had been rescued in September and October 2003 (reftel). POLOFF was accompanied by Bose Akinola of the NGO Voice of Women in Africa and members of the Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCO [...] | 2004-02-06 16:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR SOCI SMIG KOCI NI BN |
04LAGOS309 | NIGERIA: NEW BANS ON IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: GON officials recently announced a new series of import bans, this time on items ranging from toothpaste and wheelbarrows to plastics, textiles, detergents, and meat products. The bans' impact on overall U.S. exports to Nigeria will likely be minimal, but some U.S. firms, particu [...] | 2004-02-10 05:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON BEXP NI |
04LAGOS31 | WORLD AIRWAYS' PASSENGERS STRANDED IN LAGOS [...] On January 5, 2004, Embassy Econoff spoke with Senior World Airways officials who confirmed the suspension of all World Airways flights between the United States and Nigeria effective January 1, 2004. World Airways told Econoff that the airline chose not to renew its contract with Ritetime, [...] | 2004-01-08 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC SOCI NI |
04LAGOS321 | NIGERIA: PDP OFFICIAL MURDERED [...] (U) On February 6, unknown assailants killed Chief Amino-Sari Dikibo, National Vice Chairman of the South-South Zone of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),as he was traveling to attend a Conference of South-South Governors in Asaba, Delta State. Dikibo, who had a police escort and driver, [...] | 2004-02-11 12:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINS PINR NI |
04LAGOS337 | THEY STARTED IT: WORLD AIRWAYS AND RITETIME [...] (U) Summary: World Airways and Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service executives called on Mission personnel February 9 and 10, respectively. Both groups related the series of events leading to World's December 2003 decision to suspend its scheduled charter flights between the United States and [...] | 2004-02-13 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI |
04LAGOS424 | NIGERIA: SMALL ENTREPRENEURS THINK BIG [...] (U) Summary: Small entrepreneurs face many constraints, but they think big. Increasing interest in microfinance may expand access to credit and alleviate a particularly pressing problem. If it does, Nigerian entrepreneurs may think even bigger. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Nigerian busines [...] | 2004-02-26 05:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON NI |
04LAGOS456 | Nigeria 2004 Special 301 Review on IPR [...] SUMMARY. Progress on IPR protection in Nigeria continues to be hampered by inadequate funding and poor public and government awareness. Nonetheless, we do not believe Nigeria should be added to the Watch List because improvements, however small, are detectable, and any momentum would likely b [...] | 2004-03-02 06:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS457 | NIGERIA: AGOA III: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's textile and apparel industry is uncompetitive and in decline, and manufacturers are skeptical about the possibilities of reversing the industry's long downward trend. Nigerian producers are not yet eligible for AGOA textile and apparel benefits, and most believe that AG [...] | 2004-03-02 08:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA |
04LAGOS462 | Nigeria: NLC Plans Protests Against Casualization [...] (U) On February 26, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced that the NLC, the Congress of Free Trade Unions (CFTU),and several civil society groups have planned demonstrations in Lagos beginning March 4, 2004 to protest casualization (use of contract labor) in the ba [...] | 2004-03-02 16:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
04LAGOS469 | CROSS RIVER AND AKWA IBOM: WAITING PEACEFULLY FOR [...] (U) Summary. On a recent familiarization visit to the southeastern States of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, PolOffs found officials with many plans for economic development in the region. All are targeting agriculture and tourism as a way to diversify and lessen dependence on income from oil. Pr [...] | 2004-03-03 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN EINV ECON PINR NI |
04LAGOS523 | NIGER DELTA: FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF WARRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting has broken out in the streets of Warri involving members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) "Operation Restore Hope" and civilians, likely militant Ijaw youths. We have conflicting unconfirmed reports regarding the cause of the clashes, but it seems the fighting began with a [...] | 2004-03-10 14:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PINR ASEC EPET MCAP NI |
04LAGOS524 | NITEL: NEW MANAGEMENT, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: One year into its three-year management of Nigeria's national carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),the Netherlands' Pentascope International has generated surprisingly little change. Executives remain optimistic, but given Pentascope's slow progress in implementi [...] | 2004-03-10 16:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS54 | UPDATE ON STRANDED WORLD AIRWAYS PASSENGERS [...] On Thursday, January 8, 2004, approximately fifty stranded World Airways passengers appeared at the Consulate demanding assistance in returning to the U.S. Some of the passengers claim they have been stranded since December 31 and have been staying overnight at the airport while awaiting wor [...] | 2004-01-11 10:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC SOCI NI |
04LAGOS540 | DELTA VIOLENCE ON RISE, ELECTIONS SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rate and level of violence in the Niger Delta has been increasing in recent weeks (ref A). Plans for March 27 elections in several key Local Government Areas (LGA) have been suspended, fueling tension between ethnic groups in the region. Meanwhile, thousands of internally [...] | 2004-03-12 06:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ASEC EPET NI |
04LAGOS545 | CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IN LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: During February, there was a marked increase in reported incidents in the Lagos Consular district. RSO statistics for February indicate an increase in overall crime in Lagos from January. The significance of the incidents involving AMCITS is that there have not been any for a [...] | 2004-03-12 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC NI |
04LAGOS547 | NIGERIA: WAR ON NAFDAC: THE BATTLE AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: Just three months after an attempted assassination of Director General Dr. Dorothy Akunyili, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seems to be under attack. Fires gutted the agency's Lagos office on March 7, and less than 72 hours later, [...] | 2004-03-12 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SOCI TBIO PINR NI |
04LAGOS568 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL MURDERS OR MURDERED POLITICIANS? [...] (U) The spate of high profile attacks and killings of prominent Nigerian politicians and public figures has again caused many to question the strength, and even the future, of democratic governance in Nigeria. In the last three weeks, at least ten prominent Nigerians have been brutally attac [...] | 2004-03-16 05:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PTER NI |
04LAGOS598 | NIGERIA: PRISONS CONDITIONS AT KIRI KIRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, POLOFF and LEGATT met with prison officials of the Lagos State Command and interviewed detainees awaiting trial at Kiri Kiri Medium Security Prison. Officials and prisoners alike highlighted problems with overcrowding, healthcare, and poor record keeping. They [...] | 2004-03-18 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KOCI CASC NI |
04LAGOS605 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 19 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Overland Links Inland Airports -- NEPA Improves Collection Efficiency -- GON to Revive Liquefied Petroleum Gas Sector ------------------------------ Overland Links Inland Airports ------------------------------ 2. (U) Overland Airways now connects Abuja an [...] | 2004-03-19 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EAIR ECON NI |
04LAGOS617 | NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: Recent conversations suggest the Nigerian telecommunications industry is evolving rapidly. Officials at Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) say they hope to take NITEL public in June; M-Tel executives say they expect to complete the installation of a 1.2 million line mob [...] | 2004-03-22 13:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
04LAGOS627 | NIGERIA: Labor Update [...] On March 2, approximately 30 of the 56 Nigerian banks accused by the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) of engaging in anti-labor practices announced their decision to reduce contract labor and allow their employees to unionize (ref A). However, many banks have reluctantly implemented the new pol [...] | 2004-03-23 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
04LAGOS629 | NIGERIA: HANDLING OF COUNTERFEIT U.S. CURRENCY [...] (U) Summary: An informal survey of Lagos commercial banks and currency exchangers suggests that procedures for handling counterfeit U.S. currency vary widely. Official guidelines do not exist, and counterfeit notes are rarely reported to Central Bank or law enforcement officials. End summary. [...] | 2004-03-23 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON NI |
04LAGOS634 | OIL INDUSTRY CAUTIOUSLY EMBRACES NIGERIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GON requires oil companies to use indigenous contractors in joint venture projects, with a current target goal for "local content" set at 40 percent of a company's aggregate spending on a project. Defining what constitutes local content and enforcing the target fairly and [...] | 2004-03-24 05:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
04LAGOS637 | NIGERIA: SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - MARCH 2004 [...] (U) Continuing its losing ways, the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) lost another challenge to the April 2003 elections that gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five of the six southwestern gubernatorial offices AD had held since 1999. 2. (U) Immediately after the elections, the AD had [...] | 2004-03-24 14:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS657 | SYNOPSIS OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN LAGOS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Within the past 6 months, six LES members and four guards have been fired from ConGen Lagos for visa-related fraud and malfeasance. Ongoing investigations by the DS Anti-Fraud agent and the RSOs office indicate that there is still more internal fraud to [...] | 2004-03-25 11:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KFRD CVIS NI |
04LAGOS676 | NIGERIA: GLOBACOM: SIX MONTHS ON [...] (U) Summary: Late February marked the six-month anniversary of Globacom's introduction of global system for mobile communications (GSM) services. The firm won mobile, fixed, and international gateway licenses in August 2002 (as Nigeria's second national operator) but experienced lengthy delay [...] | 2004-03-26 14:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS685 | NIGERIA: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (U) In response to questions raised in the above- referenced email, Post is pleased to provide the following information: 2. (U) Designated Abuja and Lagos EconOffs have primary responsibility for trade agreement monitoring and compliance. The Mission's commercial counselor and agricultur [...] | 2004-03-29 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA |
04LAGOS698 | OIL COMPANIES READY TO CUT NIGERIA'S APRIL [...] (C) ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco and Shell have received instructions from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to anticipate reductions in their April production quotas in response to an anticipated OPEC decision to reduce production worldwide. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's presidentia [...] | 2004-03-30 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL NI |
04LAGOS704 | NIGERIA - SAO TOME JDZ: EXXONMOBIL BIDS BLOCK 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil has exercised only one of its preferential bids for crude oil exploration and development in the Nigeria - Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ). ExxonMobil matched ChevronTexaco's bid on Block 1, leaving the Joint Development Authority to determine the fi [...] | 2004-03-31 13:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL ECON NI |
04LAGOS74 | WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES PASSENGERS [...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...] | 2004-01-14 16:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI |
04LAGOS75 | EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American-Nigerian company will have a simi [...] | 2004-01-14 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
04LAGOS752 | INDUSTRIALIST CORROBORATES COUP PLOT RUMORS [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY. The head of Nigeria's leading indigenous petroleum marketing firm and son of a former Lagos State governor told ECONOFF that in a private conversation with President Obasanjo and NNPC chief Funsho Kupolokun last weekend, Obasanjo confirmed rumors that the GON uncovered a coup [...] | 2004-04-06 17:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR MOPS PREL NI |
04LAGOS767 | SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices paid by the government for imported fuel. International fuel traders have been falsifying the dates of bills of lading to reflect particularly high market prices, overcharging the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by $300 mi [...] | 2004-04-08 08:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
04LAGOS82 | EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American- Nigerian company will have a sim [...] | 2004-01-15 09:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
04LAGOS83 | WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES [...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...] | 2004-01-15 09:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI |
04LAGOS941 | NIGER DELTA WAITS FOR MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have no reports of military action over the weekend in the Niger Delta swamps as residents and oil companies anticipate a GON response to an attack on Friday, April 23 that left seven dead, including two AmCits and three Nigerian Navy security personnel (reftels). Press reports [...] | 2004-05-03 17:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC MOPS PINR PGOV CASC PHUM NI |
04LAPAZ2814 | PRESIDENT MESA AND CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies' Economic Development Committee has proposed nullifying all of the contracts signed under the current (soon-to-be-invalid) hydrocarbons law. This follows three days of intense meetings in the MAS/NFR-led committee. Minister of Economic Development and h [...] | 2004-09-03 20:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON SOCI EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL BL |
04LILONGWE1 | VP RESIGNS FOUR MONTHS BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) On January 1, First Vice President Justin Malewezi announced that December 31, 2003 was his last day in office and that he has resigned as First Deputy National Chairman of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF). In his press release, Malewezi said he made the decision for personal reas [...] | 2004-01-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE1010 | PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA THANKS USG FOR 44 YEARS OF [...] SUMMARY: USAID celebrated 44 years of partnership with the people of Malawi in a day-long event on October 20 at the USAID Mission in Lilongwe. Nearly 600 invited guests toured booths representing 33 different projects under USAID's four strategic objectives: health, democracy and governance [...] | 2004-10-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV ECON OPRC |
04LILONGWE1013 | MALAWI HIKES FUEL PRICES, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) The Government of Malawi has recently raised retail fuel prices for the first time since March 2004. The increase amounts to 8.9 percent on gasoline and diesel, reflecting only about half of the increase in world petroleum prices during the past six months. The increase, which is expec [...] | 2004-10-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE1016 | MALAWI'S FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was arrested on October 27 as he attempted to leave Malawi for South Africa. Though the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Jumbe's lawyer have not publicly said what charges Jumbe faces, his arrest is widely thought to [...] | 2004-10-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1018 | MALAWI'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] (SBU) The new director of the Anti Corruption Bureau recently discussed his pending prosecutions and strategic vision for the agency. He is focusing on five grand corruption cases, all against senior public figures. He intends to forego longer-range public outreach and prevention plans for w [...] | 2004-10-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE1022 | TIP: NEW MALAWI GOVERNMENT WORKING TO ADDRESS ROOT [...] (U) Charge and poloff paid an introductory call on Malawi's Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda on October 28. Charge used the opportunity to follow up on the previously raised issue of trafficking in persons (TIP) (reftel A),a topic Banda was eager to dis [...] | 2004-10-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN MI HIV AIDS |
04LILONGWE103 | GOM REACTS TO USTR LETTER WITH TEMPERED ENTHUSIASM [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry Sam Mpasu told the Ambassador during a January 27 meeting that he had been "bowled over" by reftel letter from USTR Zoellick and that he was "very excited" by its prospects. Before the letter, he stated, "We had developed a perception that the developed [...] | 2004-02-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD MI WTRO |
04LILONGWE1035 | MUTHARIKA CREATES NEW WEEKLY TO COUNTER PRO-MULUZI [...] (C) SUMMARY. A new newspaper, Democratus, has begun circulation in Malawi amid a growing fragmentation of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF). President Mutharika and his closest advisors are reportedly providing financial support and other resources for the new weekly. In the wake of a [...] | 2004-11-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC MI PGOV |
04LILONGWE1067 | IMF REVIEW TEAM IN MALAWI [...] (U) The International Monetary Fund's Staff Monitoring Program assessment team has briefed donor mission representatives twice since its arrival in Malawi. The team leader has characterized the GOM's performance as good through the end of September and outlined a scenario under which the Fund [...] | 2004-11-22 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MI |
04LILONGWE1072 | BUNGLED WAGE REFORMS CAUSE LABOR PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Government wage reforms that took effect in October have produced some unrest among civil servants. Hospital workers briefly struck in Lilongwe early this month, and teachers are threatening to strike in Blantyre. The problems center on miscalculations in a consolidated pay packaged de [...] | 2004-11-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINV KMCA MI |
04LILONGWE1073 | MALAWI: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] General Overview of Auditing Procedures: With an instituted public finance act of Parliament, Malawi's military expenditures are audited by the Auditor General, as is the case with all other Government institutions. Audit reports are circulated to relevant civilian ministries: Defense, Financ [...] | 2004-11-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID MASS MARR MI BUD FIN |
04LILONGWE1086 | RULING PARTY REBELS RATCHET UP RHETORIC, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) have become more outspoken in their criticism of President Bingu wa Mutharika, widening the split in the party. The UDF executive committee has punished ministers close to Mutharika, taking away party positions and perks. Despite this [...] | 2004-11-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1089 | SHIFTING HANDOUTS FOR MALAWI'S FARMERS [...] (SBU) The GOM has changed its approach to providing subsidized inputs to subsistence farmers. The new plan will provide seed and fertilizer packages to 2 million families--twice the amount planned earlier--and free fertilizer to another 500,000, at a total cost of MK3.68 billion ($34.4 millio [...] | 2004-11-26 11:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE1108 | GARMENT MAKERS NOT PANICKING ABOUT QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Despite the impending demise of quotas, Malawi's garment makers expect to see few changes in the U.S. market in the near future. They are banking on the prospect of protective measures against China becoming a reality in the next few months. Malawi-based companies also have lower capit [...] | 2004-12-02 09:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX MI |
04LILONGWE1110 | BLANTYRE MAYOR ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (U) The mayor of Malawi's largest city, Blantyre, has been arrested for corruption, according to unconfirmed newspaper reports. John Chikakwiya, a senior member of the nominally ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and one of the leading loyalists of former President Bakili Muluzi, is reported [...] | 2004-12-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KCOR KMCA MI |
04LILONGWE1114 | MUTHARIKA TOUTS RURAL GROWTH, ESTABLISHES DONOR [...] Summary: President Mutharika summoned heads of mission to thank them for their support and to air his views on key policies. He discussed his plans for rural poverty alleviation, the GOM's move to Lilongwe, and promised to have regular meetings with donors to establish a policy dialogue. End [...] | 2004-12-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1126 | MALAWI'S PARLIAMENT SEEKS BIGGER ROLE [...] (U) Malawi's Parliament appears to be in the process of defining a new, more active role for itself in economic policy. Leading members of several relevant committees have told us they intend to hold public hearings on policy direction, to gain earlier access to draft legislation, and to head [...] | 2004-12-10 07:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV KMCA KDEM MI POL |
04LILONGWE1147 | MALAWI EDUCATION SECTOR STATISTICS [...] Summary For the first time in many years the Government of Malawi (GOM),with support from USAID, has produced extensive data on the education sector. The data confirms that pupil-to-teacher ratios are very high, pupils-per-classroom ratios also are far above recommended norms, and that almos [...] | 2004-12-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL MI |
04LILONGWE1164 | MALAWI'S FERTILIZER SHORTAGE THREATENS 2005 HARVEST [...] (U) Malawi's farmers are unable to find enough fertilizer as they near the end of their yearly planting season. The shortage results largely from Government delays in ordering stocks for its subsidy programs and confused signalling to private sector suppliers. While the shortages are expected [...] | 2004-12-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KMCA EFIN EAID MI |
04LILONGWE1175 | MALAWI INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The Government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy, without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. The Competition And Fair Trading Act -- passed by Parli [...] | 2004-12-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR BUD FIN |
04LILONGWE123 | HOPES FADE FOR OPPOSITION'S "GRAND COALITION" [...] (SBU) Republican Party (RP) President Gwanda Chakuamba and People's Progressive Movement (PPM) President Aleke Banda were elected presidential candidate and running mate of the 7-party opposition alliance known as the "Mgwirizano Coalition" on February 13. Political activists had hoped to cre [...] | 2004-02-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE124 | GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Although the Malawi Electoral Commission's (MEC) inadequate preparations led to logistical difficulties during voter registration, we judge the exercise to have been generally acceptable, despite shortages of materials at many registration centers. The MEC has reported that 900,000 new [...] | 2004-02-17 15:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE139 | RWANDAN REFUGEES IN MALAWI READY TO RETURN HOME [...] (C) Rwandan refugees in Malawi are reportedly eager to return home, but inexplicably not yet moving in large numbers. Poloff met with a Dzaleka refugee camp administrator on February 19 at the camp, who said that many Rwandan refugees have been asking about returning home, and frustration wit [...] | 2004-02-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE141 | STATE/AID JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN: AMBASSADOR'S [...] SUMMARY. On February 12, Ambassador Browning conducted a meeting to introduce and review the new State/AID Joint Strategic Plan. The concept behind this plan, how it will be implemented, and what the expected results will be were presented to American and locally engaged staff of both agenci [...] | 2004-02-20 10:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID MI |
04LILONGWE143 | Elections: State Media Denying Equal Access [...] With May 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections approaching, state-owned radio and television persists in almost exclusively broadcasting ruling party campaigning and pro-government news. Neither the Electoral Commission nor the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority is willing to [...] | 2004-02-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE147 | POLICE OPEN FIRE AT OPPOSITION POLITICAL RALLY; [...] (SBU) At a February 22 political rally of the opposition Mgwirizano Coalition, police fired on the crowd, injuring two people. The rally, which the police claimed could not take place because the President was holding his own rally in the vicinity, resumed later after Coalition leaders obtaine [...] | 2004-02-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CASC PINR MI |
04LILONGWE148 | PRESIDENT GETS PERSONAL ABOUT AIDS AT LAUNCH OF [...] (SBU) At the February 10 launch of the National AIDS Policy, President Muluzi made the surprise announcement that one of his brothers had died three years ago as a result of AIDS. In the address attended by UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, Muluzi also declared he knows his HIV status [...] | 2004-02-23 14:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KHIV TBIO EAID SOCI MI HIV AIDS |
04LILONGWE149 | CABINET DISSOLVED HOURS BEFORE ALLIANCE MOU [...] (U) Hours before signing a ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) MOU to jointly contest May's elections, President Muluzi dissolved the Cabinet on February 23. No reason was given for the dissolution, and the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) has requeste [...] | 2004-02-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE154 | MALAWI UPDATE FOR PRESIDENT'S AGOA REPORT [...] (SBU) Malawi's AGOA exports (excluding GSP) continued to grow in 2003, and now exceed $58 million. More than $20 million of those exports are clothing, and a fifth garment company began operations. Privatization and reorganization of Malawi's primary textile manufacturer may extend the AGOA [...] | 2004-02-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE155 | MULUZI TWEAKS CABINET BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) After dissolving his 45-member Cabinet two days earlier, President Muluzi appointed a largely unchanged Cabinet on February 24. Amid the re-shuffle, what changes were made reflect the ruling United Democratic Front's (UDF) tweakings to position the party for May's elections. COMMENT -- [...] | 2004-02-25 10:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE156 | BIOTECH OUTREACH: MALAWI REQUEST [...] Summary. In 2002 Malawi enacted a Biosafety Act, which created a framework for regulating biotechnology. Necessary regulatory structures and guidelines have not followed, however, and implementation remains weak. The arrival of USG food aid in 2002 and 2003 raised safety and environmental c [...] | 2004-02-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TBIO TSPL ETRD SENV EAGR MI |
04LILONGWE165 | FY 2004 ESF REQUEST [...] SUMMARY. Post welcomes the opportunity to submit proposals for funding under ESF's Africa Regional Fund. Our four proposals are directly linked to MPP goals related to counterterrorism, the environment and economic development, and democracy and governance. 2. Proposals follow: A. Anti [...] | 2004-02-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON PTER MI |
04LILONGWE166 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DECLARED; OPPOSITION BADLY [...] (U) Six presidential contenders declared their candidacy to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on February 25 and 26. Among them were the United Democratic Front (UDF)/Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) coalition's Bingu wa Mutharika, four from opposition parties, and one independent. COMME [...] | 2004-02-27 07:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE179 | MALAWI: DONORS SPLIT OVER BANK AND FUND PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Minster of Finance Jumbe made a pitch on March 1 for donors to support Malawi's IMF and World Bank programs. Stating that statistical discrepancies in its submission to the Fund have been largely resolved, Jumbe claimed that Malawi has made progress on its macroeconomic stabilization p [...] | 2004-03-02 21:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE187 | "FARMER" MULUZI CULTIVATES HIS POST-PRESIDENTIAL IMAGE [...] (C) I met with President Muluzi at his request on February 18 at his private residence in Blantyre. We discussed his three-point agenda: a) USG assistance in training Malawi Defense Force (MDF) officers as helicopter pilots; b) USG support of an HIV/AIDS Center he wishes to lead after he le [...] | 2004-03-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MI |
04LILONGWE188 | AGOA III: INFORMATION ON MALAWIAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] THIS CABLE IS IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES IN AGOA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. TEXTILES -------- 2. THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN MALAWI IS SMALL AND UNDERDEVELOPED. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY TEXTILE FACTORY, MAPETO (DWSM) LIMITED (FORMERLY DAV [...] | 2004-03-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KTEX PREL MI AGOA |
04LILONGWE199 | MALAWI 2003 TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY. Based on a review of GOM practices, interviews with civil society groups, GOM officials, and press accounts, Malawi should not be designated as a country of origin, transit, or destination of the most severe forms of international trafficking in significant numbers of men, women, or [...] | 2004-03-10 15:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MI |
04LILONGWE204 | Elections: Bias in State-Owned Media [...] With elections just 66 days away, the government-controlled media remains biased in its coverage, broadcasting pro-government news and ruling party campaign reports while providing almost no access to the opposition. The Public Affairs Committee, a local civil society group composed of influ [...] | 2004-03-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE207 | MALAWI MEDIA PRIMER [...] SUMMARY: The government-controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation radio is the main source of news for the average Malawian. Two independent daily newspapers are read by a small segment of the urban population. Private (commercial, religious, community) radio stations reach urban centers i [...] | 2004-03-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE214 | FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) A March 2 autopsy report revealed that Kalonga Stambuli, Chief Executive Officer of President Muluzi's Trade and Investment Company, was poisoned and strangled on December 29, 2003. In the weeks following Stambuli's death, "The Dispatch" weekly newspaper printed a series of excerpts fro [...] | 2004-03-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PINR KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE22 | MALAWI'S PLEA TO THE IMF: SAME OLD DOG, SAME OLD [...] (C) Presidential Economic Advisor Goodall Gondwe reportedly met with the Treasury Department in Washington in December to make a pitch for waivers on Malawi's IMF commitments. Contrary to his message, we assess that a lack of political will has caused the GOM's persistently missed fiscal and [...] | 2004-01-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR EAID MI |
04LILONGWE223 | MALAWI FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilian Patel to deliver reftel demarche on Zimbabwe. At the March 16 meeting, the Ambassador also briefly discussed Haiti (septel) and the MCA with the Minister. 2. (C) Patel stated that Malawi remains hopeful for increased dialogue betw [...] | 2004-03-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MI ZI |
04LILONGWE240 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET AND [...] (SBU/NF) Before Parliament's March 20 dissolution, the House passed the controversial "compromise" version of the Corrupt Practices amendment, a supplementary budget, and other minor pieces of legislation. At present, the "compromise amendment" appears sufficient to fulfill the IMF's relaxed [...] | 2004-03-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID MI BUD FIN |
04LILONGWE244 | INDEPENDENTS STAND OUT AS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES [...] (U) On the official roster of candidates contesting in the May 18 parliamentary elections, each parliamentary district generally has between 4 and 13 candidates, with a notable number of contestants registered as independents. The ruling United Democratic Front (UDF)/Alliance for Democracy (AF [...] | 2004-03-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE245 | VP MALEWEZI'S POLITICAL MISJUDGMENTS AND LEGAL WOES [...] (C) Since his January 1 resignation from the ruling United Democratic Front vice presidency and announcement of indefinite leave as Malawi's Vice President, Justin Malewezi has joined the opposition People's Progressive Movement (PPM),declared himself an independent presidential candidate, be [...] | 2004-03-25 09:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE261 | INFLUENCE ANALYSIS - MALAWI [...] (SBU) The information environment in Malawi has changed drastically in the ten years since multi-party democracy was instituted. During the previous 30-year regime of President for Life Hastings Banda, the information environment was completely closed. All news was censored and freedom of [...] | 2004-03-29 11:55:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OIIP MI |
04LILONGWE267 | IOM'S VISIT TO MALAWI: CONCERNS ABOUT TIP AND THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking to open a permanent office in Malawi. According to visiting IOM representatives, international human trafficking from Malawi and Mozambique via the Nacala corridor is the IOM's "most pressing (trafficking in persons) c [...] | 2004-03-30 09:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF ELTN KCRM MI |
04LILONGWE270 | CABINET GROWS YET AGAIN IN PATRONAGE PAY-OFF [...] (U) New Congress for Democracy (NCD) president Hetherwick Ntaba has been appointed Minister of the new Ministry of Energy and Mining, the Office of President and Cabinet announced on March 29. Ntaba, who formed NCD after being dismissed from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) National Executive [...] | 2004-03-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE28 | FURTHER PRE-ELECTION FRAGMENTATION IN THE [...] (SBU) Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president Gwanda Chakuamba resigned from the leading opposition party and formed the Republican Party on January 8. After a shaky seven-month marriage of convenience with MCP president and personal nemesis John Tembo (ref B),Chakuamba announced his depa [...] | 2004-01-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE283 | IMF: SOME PROGRESS UNDERCUT BY FRESH PROBLEMS [...] (C) Malawi has made progress on its macroeconomic stabilization program, but it is unclear if that progress will be enough for the Executive Board to approve further disbursements, IMF Mission Chief to Malawi John Green told donors on March 23. Behind the scenes, an IMF staff member told Po [...] | 2004-04-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE289 | SITUATION REPORT 28: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN [...] SUMMARY. THIS IS A JOINT USAID/DCHA-USAID/MALAWI REPORTING CABLE. FROM MARCH 26-31, TWO FFP OFFICERS, OFDA REGIONAL ADVISOR, AND USAID/MALAWI AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR PARTICIPATED IN THE ONGOING VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT (VAC) IN MALAWI. DESPITE THIS TIME PERIOD BEING THE HEIGHT OF THE HUNGER S [...] | 2004-04-07 16:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR MI |
04LILONGWE326 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION REMAINS INEFFECTIVE, [...] (SBU) Ineffectiveness and inefficiency have marked the Malawi Electoral Commission's (MEC) preparations for the May 18 elections. One million "extra" names on the official voting roster, overexpenditures resulting in a 26% increase in the elections budget, and failure to assure equitable cove [...] | 2004-04-22 15:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE333 | MULUZI WARNS INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (U) President Muluzi warned international election observers not to interfere in the electoral process at a political rally on April 25. Muluzi said the observers' duty "is not to interfere with the election process and consequently decampaign (his) government." Claiming to have names of ind [...] | 2004-04-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE375 | MALAWI TO MUDDLE THROUGH ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) confirmed on May 5 that presidential and parliamentary elections will take place on May 18 in spite of continuing difficulties with the voters' roll, a flawed verification process, and a significant funding gap. On the political scene, a last-ditch cl [...] | 2004-05-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE376 | GOM CASE AGAINST VP MALEWEZI DISMISSED [...] (U) The High Court dismissed on May 4 the GOM's case against VP Justin Malewezi, in which government sought Malewezi's dismissal for resigning from the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and the right to appoint a new First Vice President (reftel A). In the ruling, the panel of three judges [...] | 2004-05-07 10:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE381 | OPPOSITION UNHAPPY DESPITE MODEST MEC IMPROVEMENTS [...] (SBU) The Malawian Electoral Commission (MEC) announced the newly "cleaned-up" voters' roll has been reduced by nearly one million names, and publicly acknowledged the state-owned media houses' clear bias for the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF). Unsatisfied with the progress on the voter [...] | 2004-05-10 09:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE382 | GOM AGAIN CO-OPTS LABOR UNION; "APPOINTS" ILO [...] (U) At Labor Day festivities on May 1, President Muluzi appointed Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) President Sunduzwayo Madise, who was recently convicted of corruption, as Malawi's "representative" to the International Labor Organization (ILO). Muluzi also donated MK 10 million (USD 95 [...] | 2004-05-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV EFIN KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE392 | ELECTIONS: CLERGY COME OUT AGAINST FRONTRUNNER [...] (SBU) Presbyterian Church Synod Moderator Reverend Felix Chingota, speaking on behalf of the Presbyterian clergy in Malawi, told poloff that the Presbyterian Church has begun telling its approximately 3.5 million members that "it has difficulties with the United Democratic Front (UDF),and it [...] | 2004-05-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE398 | COMPLAINTS ABOUT VOTERS' ROLL AND EXTRA BALLOTS [...] (U) As the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) began distributing ballots on May 12, opposition parties expressed grave concerns about the MEC's distribution of all 7.3 million ballots, rather than a reduced number based on the updated voters' roll of 5.7 million (reftel C). According to MEC Ch [...] | 2004-05-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE400 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION ADMITS BIAS BY STATE MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. At a bruising meeting convened by donor chiefs of mission on May 11 with representatives of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and the directors-general of state-controlled radio and television, the Commission itself acknowledged that election coverage has been heavily biase [...] | 2004-05-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE401 | KWACHA SET TO TUMBLE AFTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Currently trading around 109 to the dollar, Malawi's kwacha is set to tumble after next week's elections, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Elias Ngalande told Pol/Econoff. Ngalande speculated that the kwacha will quickly depreciate to the range of 120-125. 2. (C) The RBM, which [...] | 2004-05-13 14:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE402 | ELECTION RESULTS TO BE BROADCAST LIVE [...] Independent Capital Radio has devised a plan to broadcast May 18 election results live. In cooperation with Public Affairs Committee's (PAC) election monitors and funded by the British and Germans, Capital Radio will be on- air live from 6 pm on May 18 until 6 am on May 19 announcing result [...] | 2004-05-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE403 | STATE-OWNED RADIO HALTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Opposition presidential candidate and First Vice President Justin Malawezi's interview on state-owned Malawi Broadcast Corporation (MBC) was halted after only 15 minutes of an hour-long program. Malawezi, formerly of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) but running as an independen [...] | 2004-05-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE404 | FREER, BUT POORER: MALAWI AFTER TEN YEARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This month's presidential and parliamentary elections will mark ten years since Malawi's first democratic elections and the transition away from Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's thirty-year dictatorship. Much has changed, for better and for worse, since the advent o [...] | 2004-05-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI |
04LILONGWE405 | COURTS POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (U) The High Court ruled on May 14 in favor of the Mgwirizano Coalition's request to postpone May 18 presidential and parliamentary elections. It decided on the grounds that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had not fulfilled the legal requirement to open the voters' roll for public scrut [...] | 2004-05-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE407 | ELECTIONS RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 20 [...] (SBU) The Malawi Electoral Commission announced on May 16 that the presidential and parliamentary elections will be held May 20, the earliest date in accordance with the High Court's postponement of the polls (reftel C). COMMENT ------- 2. (SBU) A fresh round of criticism of the ruling Uni [...] | 2004-05-17 07:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE410 | MULUZI CONFIRMS 5/20 ELECTIONS, 5/24 INAUGURATION [...] (C) President Muluzi telephoned Ambassador Browning May 15 on the eve of his departure from post. In the five-minute call, Muluzi wished the Ambassador well on his sudden assignment to Baghdad, about which he said the Minister of Foreign Affairs had briefed him. The Ambassador in turn wished [...] | 2004-05-17 12:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ETRD MZ MI |
04LILONGWE411 | MORE ATTACKS ON MUTHARIKA'S CREDIBILITY [...] (U) "The Nation" daily newspaper published a front-page story on May 17 questioning the authenticity of United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Bingu wa Mutharika's doctoral degree. In a carefully constructed article, the newspaper points out that Mutharika's CV does not list the [...] | 2004-05-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE413 | UPDATE ON THE COURTS' POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a three-fold ruling on May 16, the High Court ordered that the presidential and parliamentary elections be postponed, that the 1.6 million ballots in excess of the new voters' roll total be given to the High Court, and that President Muluzi stop using state resources to campaign. Sinc [...] | 2004-05-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE415 | TAIWAN FRETS OVER POST-ELECTION TIES TO MALAWI [...] (C/NF) Taiwanese diplomats are worried that an opposition win in Malawi's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections could result in Malawi breaking diplomatic relations, Second Secretary C.W. "Albert" Chang told Pol/Econoff. Local Taiwanese officials avoid the opposition and channel [...] | 2004-05-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KHIV PINR TW CM MI |
04LILONGWE434 | POLLING DAY PROGRESSES PEACEFULLY [...] (SBU) In a calm and orderly fashion, Malawians turned out to vote in Malawi's third democratic presidential and parliamentary elections on May 20. A morning rush to the polls led to an afternoon lull, with only a few reports of minor violence. Persistent problems with the voters' roll and vo [...] | 2004-05-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE438 | MUTHARIKA WINS ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION CONTESTS [...] (U) After 69 hours of counting, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announced on May 23 the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections. Of the 5.7 million registered voters, MEC reports that 3.1 million voted (54.3%). The inauguration is scheduled for the morning of May 24. P [...] | 2004-05-24 06:29:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE439 | SCATTERED DEMONSTRATIONS FOLLOW UDF VICTORY [...] Delayed announcement of presidential and parliamentary election results sparked scattered demonstrations and violence in Blantyre and Mzuzu on May 23 (reftel). The Mgwirizano Coalition, led by Gwanda Chakuamba, staged a demonstration in Blantyre to protest the Malawi Electoral Commission's (M [...] | 2004-05-24 07:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CASC MI |
04LILONGWE445 | OBSERVERS NOTE ELECTION SHORTCOMINGS [...] (SBU) Commending the general peaceful conduct of the polls, international election observers nevertheless have noted substantial shortcomings in Malawi's presidential and parliamentary elections. Among them, inequitable access to the state-owned media, the ruling party's use of state resource [...] | 2004-05-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE449 | OPPOSITION CHALLENGES TO ELECTION HAVE LITTLE [...] (SBU) On the second day of the three-day gap between the close of polls and the announcement of election results, Mgwirizano Coalition leader Gwanda Chakuamba, acting without the Coalition's backing, announced on May 22 that he had won the presidential elections. While claiming victory, Chaku [...] | 2004-05-25 13:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE45 | AQUATIC WEEDS REMAIN ENVIRONMENTAL/ECONOMIC PROBLEM [...] Following continued power outages, The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited (ESCOM) announced on January 5 that the recent onset of seasonal rains has caused an increase in the amount of biotrash (primarily in the form of aquatic weeds and silt) on the Shire River, which has "sever [...] | 2004-01-16 08:53:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EAID ECON MI |
04LILONGWE450 | ELECTIONS SPLINTER PARLIAMENT, EXPOSE UDF [...] (SBU) Low voter turnout, a splintering of parties in Parliament, an unprecedented number of independent parliamentary victors, and the failure of eleven former cabinet members to win in the elections on May 20 showed an electorate deeply dissatisfied with the status quo. While the majority [...] | 2004-05-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI |
04LILONGWE451 | MUTHARIKA CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION AND REFORM AT [...] (U) Summary: Bingu wa Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi's third president on May 24 at a sparsely-attended ceremony in Blantyre. Calling for reconciliation, reform, and peace in his inaugural address, he outlined a program to move Malawi "from poverty to prosperity"; announced his intention [...] | 2004-05-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR PINR LY TW RW KE MI |
04LILONGWE452 | VIOLENCE BRIEFLY FLARES FOLLOWING ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: SCATTERED VIOLENCE LINKED TO LAST WEEK'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT MALAWI FROM 22-24 MAY; AS YET UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SEEM TO INDICATE THAT UP TO THREE FATALITIES MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN BLANTYRE DURING THESE DISTURBANCES, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE RUN THEIR COURSE FOR NOW. LI [...] | 2004-05-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE457 | MUTHARIKA MEETS DONORS, SENDS MIXED MESSAGES [...] (U) Summary. President Bingu wa Mutharika convened heads of mission from donor countries and agencies in Lilongwe for a two-hour meeting on May 27 during which he outlined his plans to move Malawi from "poverty to prosperity." While the bulk of the meeting was spent paraphrasing the inaugur [...] | 2004-05-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE458 | THE MEDIA ON ELECTION DAY [...] Summary: Presidential and parliamentary elections in Malawi left one radio station shut down and four of its staff members in police custody for airing an `inflammatory interview' with an opposition leader who was disputing election results. A journalist from another private radio station was [...] | 2004-05-28 05:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE468 | OPPOSITION SET TO TAKE PARLIAMENT'S LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) As Parliament prepares for the June 7 swearing-in of new members and selection of leadership, opposition political parties have pledged to work together to take control of the House. Meanwhile, the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) is trying to gain the support of independents MPs, mo [...] | 2004-06-02 07:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE47 | FOOD SITUATION IN MALAWI INCREASINGLY WORRYING [...] Summary. Poor rainfall, coupled with maize price volatility, is raising concerns that there may be a new food security crisis in Malawi this year. The Government of Malawi (GOM) has stated that it may need to declare a disaster within the next three months if harvest prospects do not improve. [...] | 2004-01-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON MI |
04LILONGWE473 | CABINET DELAY SIGNALS PRESIDENT'S PARTY WOES [...] (C) Ten days after the elections, President Bingu wa Mutharika has not yet appointed a cabinet. With speculation and rumors abounding, it is clear that Mutharika is having a difficult time both in balancing internal UDF politics and in building a working majority in Parliament. The cabinet's [...] | 2004-06-03 09:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE477 | MALAWI UPDATE ON AGOA III [...] (C) Per reftel request, failure to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act's (AGOA) third-country fabric provision, if permanent or even long-term, would likely have a significant impact on Malawi's garment exports to the United States. Of the five companies currently exporting under AG [...] | 2004-06-03 11:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON MI |
04LILONGWE488 | OPPOSITION LEADER JUMPS SHIP; JOINS WITH RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: In an act of breathtaking (though not surprising) opportunism, opposition leader Gwanda Chakuamba has allied himself with newly-elected president Bingu wa Mutharika and the United Democratic Front (UDF) party. The UDF believes the addition of the 19 parliamentary seats Chaku [...] | 2004-06-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE493 | "GOVERNMENT OF RECONCILIATION" NOT YET CERTAIN [...] (SBU) Eighteen days after his controversial election, President Bingu wa Mutharika has still to appoint a cabinet. Meanwhile, the Office of the President and Cabinet has postponed the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers of Parliament (ostensibly over legal technicalities). The delayed [...] | 2004-06-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE497 | GLOBAL FUND'S EFFECTIVENESS IN MALAWI STIFLED [...] (SBU) The Global Fund's effectiveness in Malawi, the largest HIV/AIDS award recipient, has been stifled by operational and administrative problems. The goal of "limited oversight" has become unstructured and unwritten operational guidelines that are often confusing rather than liberating. Th [...] | 2004-06-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID TBIO SOCI MI WHO HIV AIDS |
04LILONGWE499 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MALAWI [...] The following is the June 2004 update of Malawi's Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy, without restrictions on ownership, size of inve [...] | 2004-06-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE503 | IMF: TEAM LOOKS FOR FRESH START [...] (SBU) Visiting IMF officials told donors that poor fiscal and monetary performance had caused the Fund's Executive Board not to consider Malawi's case in April. Given the country's poor performance, the current facility (which was to have run through December) has been abandoned. Having lost [...] | 2004-06-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE514 | HOPE FOR NACALA WITH NEW GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Ministry of Transport Principal Secretary Francis Chinsinga told emboff on June 9 that former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was the reason the Nacala Corridor Direct Agreement with Malawi had not been signed (reftel). Chinsinga said the relevant ministries (Transport, Justice, and Finan [...] | 2004-06-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EINV PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE515 | FINAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RESULTS ANNOUNCED [...] The results of the three parliamentary districts with outstanding results, announced on June 4, change the composition of Parliament very little. The Malawi Congress Party and the United Democratic Front both added one to their totals. The third seat went to an independent. At present, the [...] | 2004-06-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE520 | PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] SUMMARY. More than three weeks after elections, President Bingu wa Mutharika finally announced his cabinet on June 13. With 21 senior ministers (including the President and Vice President) and 8 deputy ministers, Mutharika failed in his attempt to reduce the size of the cabinet to 20. In an e [...] | 2004-06-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL PINR KDEM MARR MI |
04LILONGWE523 | SADC TEAM ALONE IN PRAISING MALAWI'S ELECTIONS [...] (U) The SADC Election Observer Team (SEOT) stood alone in its failure to find fault with Malawi's May 20 elections, and unlike all other observer missions deemed the elections as "free and fair and credible" according to a preliminary statement. African Union (AU),Commonwealth, European Union [...] | 2004-06-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE529 | MALAWI VP OFFERS CONDOLENCES [...] Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha has described the death of former President Reagan as a great loss not only to the United States but also to the whole world. On June 14, upon returning from funeral services in the U.S. (reftel A),Chilumpha said Reagan was well known for his fight to end commu [...] | 2004-06-16 08:55:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | NOTAG MI |
04LILONGWE540 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER BRIEFS DONORS ON PLANS TO GET [...] (SBU) Summary. Two days after being sworn in, new finance minister Goodall Gondwe briefed donor heads of mission of his plans to get Malawi back on track with the international financial institutions; indicated that Malawi is entering into an IMF staff-monitored program; made a pitch for early [...] | 2004-06-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE559 | UDF OBTAINS MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT; MULUZI [...] (SBU) With the June 18 announcement that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) have formed an alliance, the UDF (owing primarily to Chairman Bakili Muluzi's political maneuvering) has successfully secured a majority in Parliament and overcome the o [...] | 2004-06-23 09:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE585 | ELECTRICITY CORPORATION TO MANAGE AQUATIC WEEDS [...] (U) In an attempt to reduce load-shedding and power cuts caused by aquatic weeds clogging hydroelectric power stations, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi, Limited (ESCOM) has purchased a USD 795,000 aquatic weeds control system from American corporation Aquarius Systems (Aquarius). [...] | 2004-06-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EAID ECON ETRD MI |
04LILONGWE586 | CORRUPTION FEATHERS EX-PRESIDENT'S NEST [...] (SBU/NF) Taking office in 1994 with a couple of nearly bankrupt businesses, former President Bakili Muluzi finished his ten years in the presidency as one of the richest men in Malawi. That he acquired his fortune while officially earning an annual salary of USD 56,000 (MK 6 million) demonstra [...] | 2004-06-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON PGOV PINR MI |
04LILONGWE596 | MUNYENYEMBE ELECTED SPEAKER, MUTHARIKA OPENS [...] (SBU) With a narrow margin of victory, United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Rodwell Munyenyembe was elected Speaker of the National Assembly on June 28. The House also elected First and Second Deputies, both of whom are pro-UDF. President Bingu wa Mutharika, in his first address to Parliament on [...] | 2004-06-30 11:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE612 | MALAWI'S NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SEEKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Dr. George Chaponda, Malawi's new Minister of Foreign Affairs was sworn in on June 16 (reftel A). Chaponda, after nearly twenty years of UNHCR service, seems eager to raise standards of professionalism and fiscal discipline in his ministry, and would like to explore the possibi [...] | 2004-07-02 09:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE614 | FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK [...] (C) Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe, in an introductory call with the Charge on July 2, made a direct request for the USG to support disbursement of Malawi's World Bank Structural Adjustment Credit (SAC) and for an expert economist to be imbedded into the Ministry of Finance. Gondwe argued [...] | 2004-07-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PINR MI |
04LILONGWE623 | PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA SENDS CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO [...] Post received a congratulatory letter from President Bingu wa Mutharika for President Bush on the occasion of the U.S. Independence Day. Text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin text: As you celebrate your country's national day, today, the government and people of the Republi [...] | 2004-07-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE630 | MALAWI LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY AT ICAO [...] Acting Director of Civil Aviation Justin Mkandawire told econoff on July 8 that the GOM will likely support the USG's bid for re-election as a Category 1 country to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),as it has done in the past. Mkandawire said the GOM has not [...] | 2004-07-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR MI ICAO |
04LILONGWE649 | MUTHARIKA ASSUMES AID TO RESUME [...] (U) Upon arrival from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, President Bingu wa Mutharika reportedly told the media on July 9 that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had written to donor governments, instructing them to resume aid because the Fund was pleased with Malawi's renewed commitme [...] | 2004-07-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE652 | FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER BECOMES MILITARY COMMANDER [...] (U) The Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) announced on July 12 that with immediate effect Deputy Commander Lt. General Marko Chiziko will succeed General Joseph Chimbayo as Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF). According to the OPC statement, Chimbayo's contract finished last month, [...] | 2004-07-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PINR PREL PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE662 | GOM INTERESTED IN OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Minister of Transport and Public Works Henry Mussa expressed interest in learning more about the USG's Open Skies Agreement during a July 16 introductory call with the Charge. Mussa was interested to learn of the code-sharing benefits the agreement offers and to hear that several of Mal [...] | 2004-07-16 10:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL PBTS PTER PINS MI |
04LILONGWE667 | ALLEGED SUDANESE AL-QAIDA MEMBERS IN BLANTYRE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A call-in on July 9, 2004 claimed that as of May five Sudanese al-Qaida members were located in a house in Blantyre. He received this information thirdhand. His source was contacted and stated the same thing. The firsthand source could not be reached. This information was pa [...] | 2004-07-19 11:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
04LILONGWE677 | MUTHARIKA MAKES MINOR CHANGES TO CABINET [...] (U) Officials at the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) announced on July 14 that President Bingu wa Mutharika, who already leads the Ministries of Defense and Civil Service, will also be responsible for the Ministry of Statutory Corporations and Privatization. Vice President Cassim Ch [...] | 2004-07-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR PREL MI |
04LILONGWE678 | GOM SIGNS ZAMBEZI WATER COMMISSION TO STEM WATER [...] (U) Upon his return from the July 15 Zambezi Water Commission (ZAMCOM) signing ceremony, Minister of Mining, Natural Resources, and Environment Davis Katsonga said the GOM hoped the Commission would help solve the Shire River's continuing difficulties with water weeds, which are a root cause o [...] | 2004-07-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EAID ECON MI |
04LILONGWE680 | INCREASE IN DEPORTEES BEING SENT BACK TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A British diplomat seconded to the Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) contacted RSO about a group of Bangladeshi males who had recently been deported. He stated that Malawi Immigration authorities let most of the men pass through Immigration even though they had been ordered to [...] | 2004-07-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS KFRD MI |
04LILONGWE686 | NEW VOA-AFFILIATED INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION GOES [...] Voice of America (VOA) has extended its partnership with an independent affiliate, Capital Radio, to bring non-government controlled radio broadcast to northern Malawi. On July 19, Ambassador and PAS staff attended the Mzuzu launch ceremony of the new station, which significantly enhances th [...] | 2004-07-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE696 | CHILD LABOR REMAINS AN ISSUE IN MALAWI [...] One-third of Malawian children aged five to seventeen are involved in child labor, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training's recently released Malawi Child Labour 2002 Report. The report, funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) through the International La [...] | 2004-07-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID MI |
04LILONGWE706 | NEW MINISTER OF EDUCATION SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] SUMMARY. Newly appointed Minister of Education Yusuf Mwawa, formerly the Minister of Health under President Muluzi, said his first major task is to find a solution to the dwindling number of teachers in primary schools. In his estimation, improving the teacher training colleges will fill th [...] | 2004-07-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID MI |
04LILONGWE710 | EMBOFFS PRESENT G/TIP REPORT TO NEW GOM MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge and Poloff paid an introductory call ON Malawi's newly appointed Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda. The minister was unfamiliar with the issue of human trafficking and Malawi's G/TIP Tier Two - Watch List status, and agreed the issue s [...] | 2004-07-29 07:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE716 | OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT LOOKS CLEAR TO MFA [...] (SBU) Minister of Foreign Affairs George Chaponda confirmed the GOM's interest in the Open Skies agreement when the Charge provide reftel A information during a July 29 meeting. Chaponda said the GOM will review the documentation provided and begin consultations with the relevant Ministries. [...] | 2004-07-30 04:53:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL MI |
04LILONGWE719 | SPARKS OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE COULD-BE REFORM [...] (C) Mere days after former President Muluzi left on his annual (government-funded) ex-presidential vacation, President Bingu wa Mutharika replaced several key government officials. He appointed a new Commander of the Army (reftel),a new Director of Public Prosecutions, and a new Chief of Sta [...] | 2004-07-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE723 | GOM TAKES ISSUE WITH MALAWI'S TIP RANKING [...] (SBU) Minister of Foreign Affairs George Chaponda told the Charge on July 28 that the GOM is "very concerned" about Malawi's ranking as a Tier Two - Watch List country in the Department's 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Chaponda said the ranking "did not reflect the situation on the [...] | 2004-08-02 08:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM MI UNGA |
04LILONGWE728 | RULING PARTY DEVELOPING FISSURE; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) With former President and United Democratic Front (UDF) Chairman Bakili Muluzi's return from his overseas holiday and President Bingu wa Mutharika's continuing display of independence (reftel),a fissure in the ruling UDF is quickly forming between Muluzi's old guard and Mutharika's recent [...] | 2004-08-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE734 | TIP OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IN MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. On July 29, post hosted a Human Rights Symposium focused on trafficking in persons (TIP). In attendance were numerous GOM officials, including Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services Joyce Banda. The keynote address was presented by Supreme Court Justice Anastazia [...] | 2004-08-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL MI |
04LILONGWE735 | NACALA CORRIDOR AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) After several last-minutes delays and missed deadlines, the Government of Malawi has signed a direct agreement with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Central East African Railways Company (CEAR) to revive the Nacala Port and Rail Corridor. CEAR's holding company b [...] | 2004-08-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD PREL MI |
04LILONGWE741 | SITREP 29: DISASTER ALERT FOR EMERGING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE NEEDS IN MALAWI [...] Summary: Many of the same conditions that sparked the 2001-2003 food crisis are emerging again this year in Malawi. The recently concluded harvest was slightly below the ten year average and below the 2001 harvest volume that presaged the 2001-2003 food crisis. Government maize stocks, which l [...] | 2004-08-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR MI |
04LILONGWE768 | MALAWI AT A CROSSROADS WITH IMF [...] (SBU) At last week's outbriefing to donor countries, the IMF's Article IV assessment team said Malawi's new government is going in the right economic direction and that the IMF team would recommend a Staff Monitoring Program for the 2004/05 fiscal year. They assessed the GOM's draft budget as [...] | 2004-08-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE775 | MALAWI EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WORSE OFF THAN [...] SUMMARY. According to the recently released "Free Primary Education For All" report, dropout rates, repetition rates, and qualified teacher-to-pupil ratios in public primary schools have all worsened over the past ten years. At the same time, overall enrollment and government expenditures on [...] | 2004-08-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID MI |
04LILONGWE785 | ISLAM IN MALAWI: A POST-MALAWI FIVE PERSPECTIVE [...] (S) The June 2003 expulsion of five non-Malawian Muslims suspected of ties to Al-Qaida (AKA the "Malawi Five"),which the press characterized as and most Malawians believe to have been a USG-initiative, came at time when the Muslim-Christian divide was being exploited by politicians in the run- [...] | 2004-08-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | SECRET | KISL PINR KPAO PTER ASEC PREL KIRF OIIP MI |
04LILONGWE798 | OPPOSITION NDA MERGES WITH RULING UDF; MPINGANJIRA [...] (SBU) After only one year as a registered political party (and over three years of strong anti-United Democratic Front opposition),Brown Mpinganjira's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has de-registered and merged with the UDF. The party's August 9 decision to join the ruling party, which ac [...] | 2004-08-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE800 | MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...] | 2004-08-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE820 | MEDIA REPORT: STATE-RUN MEDIA FREEDOM [...] SUMMARY: A new era is dawning for the state media in Malawi. The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Television Malawi (TVM) have increased their coverage of different political perspectives after newly-elected government officials openly encouraged the two media houses to present opp [...] | 2004-08-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE821 | 2004 MALAWI CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] This message is an update of reftel A, as requested reftel B. Laws and Regulations Proscribing Child Labor -------------------------------------------- 2. According to Labor Commissioner Zebron Kambuto, the GOM is currently preparing a code of conduct to serve as a guide for labor officers [...] | 2004-08-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM EAID EIND ETRD SOCI MI AFIN |
04LILONGWE823 | MUTHARIKA TO "OPEN DIALOGUE" WITH MUGABE [...] (C) President Bingu wa Mutharika plans "to open a behind-the-scenes dialogue" with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a August 26-28 trip to Zimbabwe. Mutharika, who will be in Zimbabwe to attend the annual Agricultural Society Show on August 27, is "concerned" about the situation in Z [...] | 2004-08-24 13:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI MI |
04LILONGWE838 | MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...] | 2004-08-30 06:03:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE839 | NOISE ABOUT CORRUPTION IN MALAWI [...] (C) Malawi's new administration has been very public about its intention to bring corruption under control. President Bingu wa Mutharika has replaced the chief government prosecutor, who in turn has publicly targeted several former ministers and ruling party members. The noise of a crackdown [...] | 2004-08-30 06:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE842 | MALAWI'S CENTRAL BANK FIGHTS TO MAINTAIN KWACHA [...] (U) With the Malawian kwacha under increasing pressure, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has so far managed to maintain its value by using a combination of methods, conventional and otherwise. A small, heavily invested market with few speculative options has helped them up to now. In the lon [...] | 2004-08-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MI |
04LILONGWE844 | A TECHNOCRAT TAKES OFFICE: MUTHARIKA AT 100 DAYS [...] (C) Elected by a small margin and achieved only with former President Bakili Muluzi's support, President Bingu wa Mutharika has made surprisingly independent strides in rooting out corruption, instilling fiscal discipline, and professionalizing government. His operating assumption is that if [...] | 2004-08-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE849 | AGOA UPDATE FOR MALAWI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Malawi meets AGOA eligibility requirements for 2004. The GOM continues to liberalize its economy to a market-based model, improve rule of law, remove barriers to trade and investment, reduce poverty through economic policy, combat corruption, and protect worker rights. AGOA benef [...] | 2004-09-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PREL EFIN PHUM MI AGOA |
04LILONGWE850 | AFRICAN PEERS RATE MALAWI [...] (SBU) In line with President Bingu wa Mutharika's commitment at the recent African Union Summit to have Malawi reviewed by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),a preliminary report commissioned by the GOM finds "significant gaps" in economic management, a need for executive branch checks, [...] | 2004-09-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PREL KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE854 | MALAWI'S FISCAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVING [...] (C) Based on performance in its first 100 days in office, the administration of President Bingu Wa Mutharika appears to be focusing effectively on fiscal discipline. Recent consultations with Ministry of Finance officials and resident staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World B [...] | 2004-09-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE855 | MILITARY SHUFFLES UPPER RANKS [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika appointed Major General Ernest Ntonya as Deputy Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General on August 1. Ntonya, who was serving as the military's Chief of Staff, fills the hole created by General Marko Chiziko [...] | 2004-09-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PINR PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE859 | MALAWI ARMY SET TO GAIN GROUND IN HIV/AIDS FIGHT [...] (SBU/NF//FOUO) In a resource poor environment, the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) highlights prevention as its main campaign against HIV/AIDS, but has recently scaled up its voluntary counseling and testing services as well as care and treatment programs. USG assistance has helped position the MD [...] | 2004-09-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP KHIV PINR MASS TBIO MI HIV AIDS |
04LILONGWE868 | GOM DISSATISFIED WITH TIP REPORT [...] In a Note Verbale dated August 20, the GOM has once again expressed its dissatisfaction with its Tier 2 - Watch List ranking. As reported in reftel A, the GOM takes issue with the content of the 2004 TIP report and maintains it has taken necessary steps to combat TIP in the country. 2. Te [...] | 2004-09-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV SMIG MI |
04LILONGWE881 | MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF REPLACED [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika has unexpectedly replaced the director of Malawi's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). This move comes as a commision report on corruption at the state agricultural monopoly was released and a key witness in that and another high-profile scandal has disappeared. Mut [...] | 2004-09-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR EINV PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE889 | UNHCR VERIFIES REFUGEE POPULATION IN MALAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY. A UNHCR team from Geneva has assembled in Malawi to verify the number of refugees and asylum seekers in the two camps and in urban areas. Serious problems with the 2003 census and doubts about UNHCR Malawi's management of the refugee situation prompted World Food Program (WFP) to [...] | 2004-09-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE895 | UDF INSIDER VENTS ON THE MUTHARIKA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Austin Muluzi, son of former President Bakili Muluzi, spoke freely about the UDF's displeasure with President Bingu wa Mutharika at a September 15 lunch with poloff. According to Austin, UDF MPs plan to feign support for Mutharika's budget at a Septe [...] | 2004-09-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINR KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE896 | MALAWI HAS THE MONEY--NOW WHAT? [...] (U) The World Bank vice president for Africa recently briefed donors in Lilongwe, confirming that the Bank was disbursing $25 million in order to support the new government's fiscal reform agenda and to avoid a currency crisis. He reported that the GOM is looking to raise the bar on economic [...] | 2004-09-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID EFIN PREL MI |
04LILONGWE910 | OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: WHO'S WHERE IN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Since the May 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections, the landscape of opposition politics has changed. Political parties and national politics remain focused on individuals, but many of those individuals now have their own parties. While not necessarily breaking down the strong [...] | 2004-09-22 07:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE933 | GLOBAL FUND: BUYING ON CREDIT IN MALAWI [...] Per reftel A request, post provides the following update on Global Fund activities in Malawi. SUMMARY ------- 2. As the end of year two of Global Fund in Malawi approaches, the GOM will likely exceed anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) goals, but wil [...] | 2004-09-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV MI HIV AIDS |
04LILONGWE939 | SITREP 30: GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-27 08:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR MI |
04LILONGWE968 | MALAWI'S BUDGET APPROVED [...] (U) Malawi's Parliament approved the FY 2004/05 budget on September 24. During the course of deliberations, Parliament added MK4.2 billion ($39 million) of additional spending, principally for HIV/AIDS programs. The deficit would remain at about MK8.5 billion ($79 million),or 4.3 percent of [...] | 2004-10-08 11:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL MI BUD FIN |
04LILONGWE981 | BY-ELECTIONS RESCHEDULED [...] THE MALAWI ELECTORAL COMMISSION (MEC) HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE EIGHT BY-ELECTIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE THIS MONTH HAVE BEEN SHIFTED TO JANUARY 11, 2005. THE OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN PERIOD IS NOW SET TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2004 AND END ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2005. VOTE [...] | 2004-10-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MI |
04LIMA126 | PERUVIAN NARCOTRAFFICKER FERNANDO ZEVALLOS: [...] (SBU) Embassy's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office plans to deliver two letters on January 13: -- one to suspected narcotrafficker Fernando Zevallos Gonzalez requesting that he present himself at the Embassy to make a sworn statement regarding his eligibility to enter the U.S. a [...] | 2004-01-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | CVIS SNAR PREL KCRM PINR PE |
04LIMA5261 | PRESIDENT TOLEDO BLASTS JUDICIARY'S HANDLING OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Toledo harshly criticized the judiciary's handling of the trial of Sendero Luminoso (SL) founder Abimael Guzman and other SL leaders in a national address 11/6, after Guzman and his co-defendants were permitted to disrupt the opening of their oral trial the previous day [...] | 2004-11-09 22:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PHUM PE |
04LJUBLJANA1053 | SLOVENIA: COM'S COURTESY CALL ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16, COM, accompanied by the Embassy's PD/Human Rights Officer, paid a call on Slovenia's Ombudsman for Human Rights, Matjaz Hanzek. Hanzek expressed concern with some of the positions and public statements made by members of the rightist and center-right parties af [...] | 2004-11-19 03:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA1061 | COM MEETS BANK OF SLOVENIA GOVERNOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Bank of Slovenia's (BOS) Governor Mitja Gaspari on 17 November. Gaspari, BOS Governor since 2001 and a former Minister of Finance, highlighted the stable macroeconomic position of Slovenia and was optimistic about the planned introduction of the [...] | 2004-11-22 02:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA1069 | JANSA SENT THE LIST OF CABINET CANDIDATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Wednesday afternoon, November 24, after the signing of a coalition agreement by all four presidents of the coalition parties, Prime Minister Janez Jansa sent a list of 16 proposed ministerial candidates to the National Assembly for approval. The National Assembly has seven da [...] | 2004-11-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
04LJUBLJANA1071 | JANSA SELECTS HIS CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Wednesday afternoon, November 24, after the signing of a coalition agreement by all four presidents of the coalition parties, Prime Minister Janez Jansa sent a list of 16 proposed ministerial candidates to the National Assembly for approval. The National Assembly has seven da [...] | 2004-11-29 02:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
04LJUBLJANA1079 | SLOVENIA ON OSCE ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief raised the points in reftel with Blanka Jamnisek of the OSCE task force. Though points had been provided in advance of the meeting, Jamnisek apologized for being unprepared to respond to the demarche. In addition to preparing for the OSCE ministerial this weekend, the Sl [...] | 2004-11-30 11:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ SI |
04LJUBLJANA1080 | SLOVENIA FIRM ON MAINTAINING ICTY CONDITIONALITY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to the Head of the Western Balkans Department at the MFA, Peter Reberc. Reberc is recently returned from eight years in Rome first at the Slovene Mission to the Holy See and then the bilateral Mission. He explained that the Government of Slovenia is [...] | 2004-11-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV ICTY |
04LJUBLJANA1081 | SLOVENIA ON REPEAL OF FSC/ETI [...] (U) On 30 November Pol/Econ chief met with Dimitrij Grcar, State Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Economy to present reftel points on repeal of FSC/ETI. Grcar knows the case well and explained that Slovenia considers it resolved. He was not aware of the latest Euro [...] | 2004-12-01 03:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD SI USTR |
04LJUBLJANA1088 | EXBS: SLOVENIA AND CROATIA PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] SUMMARY: Passports were received from Slovenia and visas granted for the Washington Department of Commerce (DOC) workshop in December. Three members of the Slovenian Government and three from Croatia attended the London Export Conference. The University of Georgia (UGA) conducted a Slovenia [...] | 2004-12-03 12:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR SI |
04LJUBLJANA1089 | SLOVENIA: NEW GOS CABINET CONFIRMED BY PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a 51:37 public vote on 03 December, the National Assembly confirmed the proposed cabinet of PM Janez Jansa. MPs from Jansa's four-party coalition plus the two national minority representatives supported the slate of 15 candidates. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Exactly two months [...] | 2004-12-06 06:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI OSCE |
04LJUBLJANA1090 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW (AGAIN) SLOVENE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel on Dec. 4 prior to the minister's departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Sofia. Rupel appeared relaxed and very comfortable in his surroundings, which he had vacated less than six months ago. Rupel said he was looking forward [...] | 2004-12-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI OSCE |
04LJUBLJANA1092 | SLOVENE BIOMETRIC PASSPORT UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Slovenia will begin issuing a first-phase biometric passport containing photo recognition data before October 26, 2005. A second-phase biometric passport incorporating both photo recognition and fingerprints will be introduced at a later date, in compliance with new EU requirement [...] | 2004-12-07 08:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL KPAO SI |
04LJUBLJANA1104 | HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE FOR CONSULAR EQUIPMENT [...] ORDER NUMBER 38851 HAS BEEN INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT IS ACCEPTED. 2. POST APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. NNNN [...] | 2004-12-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AMGT AADP |
04LJUBLJANA1107 | SLOVENIA: FOMIN RUPEL AND USOSCE AMB MINIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 10 December meeting with COM and USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes, FoMin Rupel set out Slovenian priorities for its OSCE CiO year, indicating a special interest in dealing with issues in Southeastern Europe. Discussion focused on Ukraine and on the need to engage the Russ [...] | 2004-12-14 07:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SI OSCE RU |
04LJUBLJANA1109 | RETURN OF OLD EMERGENCY NETWORK (ENET) [...] Per Ref instructions post is returning two 6300T notebook computers. Shipping details are provided below. A) Date of Shipment: December 15, 2004 B) ADM Numbers: 702851, 702699 C) Pouch Registration Number: 5248976 2. Point of contact is IMO [...] | 2004-12-14 10:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AADP ANET KCOG KRIM |
04LJUBLJANA1111 | SLOVENIA: COM MEETS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER LOVRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 13 December, COM called on newly confirmed Justice Minister Lovro Sturm and raised denationalization of AmCit-held property, court backlogs, the pending Slovenian request for the return of alleged financial criminal Davorin Sadar, and the need to negotiate a mutual legal as [...] | 2004-12-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA1119 | COM CALL ON NEW SLOVENE FINANCE MINISTER, ANDREJ [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly confirmed Finance Minister, Andrej Bajuk, on December 13. Accompanying the Ambassador were DCM and Pol/Econ chief. Bajuk, interestingly, held the meeting with no staff present. Throughout the discussion, Bajuk stressed the need for the [...] | 2004-12-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL SI |
04LJUBLJANA1121 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: SLOVENIA [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and list to MFA International Security Department staffers Bostjan Jerman and Maja Zuzek on 17 December. Jerman and Zuzek received the information gratefully and said they would pass it on directly to representatives at the Bank of Slovenia, Off [...] | 2004-12-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | KAWC PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC SI ICTY |
04LJUBLJANA1125 | INVITATION TO MINE ACTION CONFERENCE; LJUBLJANA, [...] (U) INVITATION: PM/WRA and Embassy Ljubljana would like to announce an upcoming Regional Mine Action Coordination (RMAC) Conference, scheduled to take place in Ljubljana on 13-14 January 2005. PM/WRA Senior Program Coordinator and Program Manager for Demining in the Balkans Murphey McCloy w [...] | 2004-12-17 11:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KHDP SI |
04LJUBLJANA1128 | SLOVENIA ON YUKOS AUCTION [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points to Angelina Trajkovski of the MFA's Office for Eastern Europe on December 20. Trajkovski explained that no official reaction at the minister level had been developed, but that this was clearly a step backward for Russia and of concern to Slovenia. [...] | 2004-12-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON KPAO PREL PHUM RS SI |
04LJUBLJANA1129 | SLOVENIA ON ITER [...] EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Dr. Milos Komac, State Undersecretary in the Scientific Office at the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Komac is Post's chief contact on issues related to ITER. Komac mentioned during the demarche that Slovenia is very interested in particip [...] | 2004-12-21 09:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TRGY |
04LJUBLJANA1134 | SLOVENIA: COM MEETS NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ERJAVEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 22 December courtesy call by COM, new DefMin Karl Erjavec called for intensifying cooperation between the U.S. and Slovenia, particularly in the field of training. Erjavec confirmed that the GoS remained focused on its commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense by [...] | 2004-12-23 06:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR SI NATO |
04LJUBLJANA1136 | SLOVENIA: LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE HEADS IN THE SAND [...] (C) After leading Slovene governments for 12 years, the Liberal Democracy Party (LDS) became over-confident, assuming, perhaps, that inertia would sweep it back into office last October 3. Accusations of arrogance have been heaped upon the party, even from within, and it is widely agreed that [...] | 2004-12-27 02:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SI |
04LJUBLJANA1138 | HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE CONSULAR EQUIPMENT: PROFILE 5 [...] ORDER NUMBER 38961 HAS BEEN INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT IS ACCEPTED. 2. POST APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. NNNN [...] | 2004-12-28 06:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AMGT AADP |
04LJUBLJANA1139 | HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE CONSULAR EQUIPMENT: MONITORS [...] ORDER NUMBER 38885 HAS BEEN INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT IS ACCEPTED. 2. POST APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. NNNN [...] | 2004-12-28 06:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AMGT AADP |
04LJUBLJANA265 | HEALTH, INTERIOR MINISTERS SURVIVE INTERPELLATION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Opposition-launched motions for the removal of Health Minister Dusan Keber and Interior Minister Rado Bohinc were debated by the National Assembly on 29 March and 30 March, respectively. Keber retained his position by a 47- 28 vote, along party lines. Bohinc survived by a 46-30 [...] | 2004-03-31 12:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA266 | SLOVENIA: "FORMER SOVIET BLOC" RHETORIC ILL- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Slovenian media have reported extensively on erroneous references to Slovenia as part of the "former Soviet Bloc" made during recent NATO accession ceremonies. Slovenes take umbrage at this historical inaccuracy and the lack of understanding it demonstrates as to how forme [...] | 2004-04-01 05:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV KMDR SI NATO |
04LJUBLJANA283 | SLS TO PULL MINISTERS AND LEAVE COALITION [...] (U) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN 05 APRIL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLES PARTY (SLS),SLS PRESIDENT JANEZ PODOBNIK ANNOUNCED THAT THE THREE SLS MINISTERS (JUSTICE MINISTER IVAN BIZJAK, TRANSPORT MINISTER JAKOB PRESECNIK, AND AGRICULTURE MINISTER FRANC BUT) WOULD BE OFFERING THE [...] | 2004-04-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SI EUN |
04LJUBLJANA324 | SLOVENIA: FOMIN TO ATTEND BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (U) POL/ECON CHIEF AND POL-MILOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS AND DELEGATION LIST ON 15 APRIL TO MFA OSCE TASK FORCE MEMBERS URSKA AJDISEK AND KATARINA GRADIC, BOTH OF WHOM WORK ON HUMAN DIMENSION ISSUES. AJDISEK SAID THAT FOMIN DMITRIJ RUPEL AND AT LEAST TWO OF HIS KEY STAFFERS, INCLUDIN [...] | 2004-04-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI SI OSCE |
04LJUBLJANA333 | RUPEL WALKING ON THIN ICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Rupel sent a public letter to National Assembly members on 13 April openly opposing the nomination of State Prosecutor General Zdenka Cerar to replace Ivan Bizjak as Justice Minister. The letter also pointedly criticizes the governing coalition for abusing its strong parli [...] | 2004-04-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
04LJUBLJANA349 | SLOVENIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE LEADS TO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 20 April, five new ministers were sworn in as "caretakers" for the remainder of the year. The new ministers include three professors: Matek Lahovnik, Minister of Economy, Marko Pavliha, Minister of Transport, and Milan Pogancnik, Minister of Agriculture, and two technocrat [...] | 2004-04-20 13:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA377 | SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: PREVENTING KONGRA-GEL [...] (C) ON 23 APRIL, ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO PETER JAPELJ, FIRST COUNSELOR IN THE MFA OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT. JAPELJ PROMISED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH MFA STATE UNDERSECRETARY FOR VISA POLICY ANDREJ STER. HE WILL ALSO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION AMONG TH [...] | 2004-04-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER IZ TU SY JO SI |
04LJUBLJANA381 | SLOVENIA: COM PRESSES HEALTHMIN FOR TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 16 April meeting, Minister of Health, Dusan Keber, assured COM that a public tender competition to equip a Slovenian medical facility with high- tech scanning equipment will be fair and transparent. Keber noted that Meditrade (General Electric's distributor in Slovenia an [...] | 2004-04-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ELAB ETRD PHUM SENV AMGT SI |
04LJUBLJANA429 | SLOVENIA: ARTICLE 98 FOLLOW-UP [...] (U) DCM, ACCOMPANIED BY POL-MILOFF AND ODC CHIEF, DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO MFA STATE SECRETARY FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS SAMUEL ZBOGAR ON 10 MAY. ZBOGAR, ACCOMPANIED BY STAFF ASSISTANT MATEJ MARN AND NORTH AMERICA DESK OFFICER GREGOR KOZOVINC, WAS GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT IMET FUNDS WO [...] | 2004-05-10 12:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL SI |
04LJUBLJANA433 | SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a 04 May meeting, new Minister of Agriculture, Milan Pogacnik, told COM that Slovenia is "prepared" to adopt EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) guidelines, though not without some adjustment pains. Pogacnik also expressed a strong desire to work with the Mission in matters o [...] | 2004-05-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA438 | SLOVENIA: SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on the status of Slovenia's commitment to the establishment of a Permanent Sava River Basin Commission, the implementation of its mandate, and official representation. On 05 May, MFA State Undersecretary and Stability Pact National Co [...] | 2004-05-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL SI |
04LJUBLJANA453 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FREDERICK GREEN [...] EMBASSY LJUBLJANA WELCOMES THE VISIT OF AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO MICROBIOLOGIST, FREDERICK GREEN III, TO TRAVEL TO LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA ON JUNE 04 - 14, 2004, TO PRESENT PAPER AT THE WOOD PRESERVATION INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP ANNUAL MEETING. 2. THE CONTROL OFFICER FOR YOUR VISIT [...] | 2004-05-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SI |
04LJUBLJANA499 | PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Slovenia has a very open information environment in which there is little, if any, overt censorship. The media are critical and react strongly against any perceived attempts to influence the tenor of their reporting. Nevertheless, they often fall short of journalistic standa [...] | 2004-05-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OIIP SI |
04LJUBLJANA501 | SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW ECONMIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a 26 May meeting, new Slovene Minister of Economy, Matej Lahovnik, told COM that the Ministry would like to make Slovenia even more "internationalized." He advocated a gradual approach to investments and to privatization, a process he said should be of equal access to both do [...] | 2004-05-28 11:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA511 | SLOVENIA: SECRETARY MINETA'S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 25 May, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation called on his Slovenian counterpart, Marko Pavliha, to discuss the bilateral transportation agenda prior to the start of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) meeting held i [...] | 2004-06-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA532 | SLOVENIA: EB/CBA MERMOUD RAISES THE STAKES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his 28 May visit to Slovenia, Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud encouraged senior GoS officials, including the Minister of Information Society Pavel Gantar and State Secretary Matjaz Logar of the Ministry of th [...] | 2004-06-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ELAB ETRD PHUM SENV AMGT SI |
04LJUBLJANA554 | SLOVENIA: RESPONSE TO US-EU FIRST STEP CIVAIR [...] (U) ON 15 JUNE, STATE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT BOJAN BABIC EMAILED ECONOFF THE FOLLOWING NOTE PROVIDING SLOVENIA'S VIEWS ON THE U.S.-EU FIRST STEP CIVAIR AGREEMENT AS PER REF A. BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAX MESSAGE REGARDING AMERICAN VIEWPOINT [...] | 2004-06-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SI |
04LJUBLJANA576 | SLOVENIAN OPPOSITION FORMS NEW POLITICAL "FORUM", [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hailed as a "brilliant political move" by some pundits, and criticized by ruling LDS party members for putting personal gain ahead of the national interest, FoMin Rupel joined many of his former DEMOS associates in establishing a new forum dubbed the "Assembly for the Republic ( [...] | 2004-06-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA59 | SLOVENIA: ZOELLICK'S LETTER: "CONSTRUCTIVE AND [...] (SBU) On 20 January, Econoff and Econ Specialist followed up an earlier conversation with Dmirtij Grcar, State Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of the Economy, examining Ambassador Zoellick's letter to his ministerial counterparts (ref A). Reaching into his drawer and p [...] | 2004-01-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SI WTO |
04LJUBLJANA599 | SLOVENIA: CENTER-RIGHT OPPOSTION PARTIES FORM NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Assembly for the Republic (AFTR) held an inaugural public meeting on 23 June reuniting DEMOS members, drawing like-minded academics, and gathering considerable media attention (ref A). The AFTR continued to press its message for inclusion and national renovation in an atte [...] | 2004-06-28 08:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA61 | SLOVENIA: PRM A/S DEWEY'S LETTER TO UNHCR DONORS [...] (U) ON 23 JANUARY, ECONOFF DELIVERED PRM A/S DEWEY'S LETTER TO DONORS WHO PLEDGED CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNHCR'S 2004 PROGRAM TO MARJAN SETINC, MFA STATE UNDERSECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. SETINC WELCOMED THE A/S'S LETTER AND NOTED THAT THE UNHCR WILL REMAIN ON [...] | 2004-01-26 13:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV SI UNHCR |
04LJUBLJANA636 | SLOVENIA: RESIGNATIONS AND REALIGNMENTS IN NATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK, THE SLOVENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES. THE FORMER FOMIN DIMITRIJ RUPEL, WHO WAS DISMISSED ON 05 JULY (REFS A, B, C AND E),HAS ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH THE OPPOSITION DEPUTY GROUP SLOVENIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SDS),WHICH HAS NOM [...] | 2004-07-09 07:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA646 | SLOVENIA: NEW CENTER FOR EU INTEGRATION ANNOUNCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 08 July, GOS announced its intention to create a new center to assist EU aspirants, in particular Western Balkan hopefuls. Although it is still in the early stages of development, the European Commission and the World Bank have already expressed an interest in the project. E [...] | 2004-07-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU SI |
04LJUBLJANA653 | SLOVENIA: NATIONAL ELECTIONS CALLED FOR 03 OCTOBER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek has called for National Assembly elections to be held on 03 October. Although the official electoral campaign starts on 03 September, the deadline for registering official candidate lists is 08 September. END SUMMARY CHOOSING THE DATE FOR TH [...] | 2004-07-13 03:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SI |
04LJUBLJANA660 | SLOVENIA: MOSQUE REFERENDUM DECLARED [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a 7-1 decision, the Slovenian Constitutional Court rejected a proposed referendum on the construction of a mosque in Ljubljana. The Court declared that the referendum violated the right to freedom of religion set out in Article 41 of the Slovenian Constitution. The Islamic [...] | 2004-07-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF SI |
04LJUBLJANA726 | SLOVENIA: GoS APPROVES POTOCNIK'S EU COMMISSIONER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On 29 July, the GoS approved Janez Potocnik's nomination to serve as Slovenia's Commissioner in the EU. Potocnik has had great experience within the EU, having served as Slovenia's top accession negotiator and interim Commissioner. He is independent and can be considered a f [...] | 2004-07-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EU SI |
04LJUBLJANA773 | SLOVENIA'S EC PORTFOLIO COMPLEMENTS NATIONAL [...] (U) By all accounts the European Commission Science and Research portfolio assigned to Slovene Commissioner Janez Potocnik is a positive development for Slovenia. Both the ruling coalition and opposition parties view this portfolio, as opposed to the EU Enlargement portfolio many expected for [...] | 2004-08-18 04:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPL SI |
04LJUBLJANA818 | SLOVENIA COM'S FAREWELL CALL ON MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Labor, Family and Social Affairs, Vlado Dimovski on August 30. Dimovski, who will not run for a seat in Parliament and does not plan to remain in government after elections, was openly critical of the last two years of leadership [...] | 2004-09-02 02:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PINR PGOV SI GTIP |
04LJUBLJANA823 | TV SLOVENIJA AIRS FIRST UNOFFICIAL DEBATE BETWEEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 30 August, TV Slovenija broadcast a long- planned confrontation between PM Anton Rop and opposition leader and Slovene Democratic Party [SDS] President Janez Jansa. The two leaders introduced different "diagnoses" of Slovenia's success in the last four years. Jansa was very [...] | 2004-09-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA830 | BIAS IN SLOVENE OPINION POLLING: MORE ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As in most countries, the results of public opinion polls in Slovenia are widely discussed among media, politicians, pundits and the public. However, few of these "consumers" are aware of the methodologies that are used or the ease with which polling data can be manipulated. [...] | 2004-09-03 04:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA85 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, SACEUR [...] (SBU) While you will be wearing your NATO hat during your 11-12 February visit to Slovenia, you may wish to emphasize the following shared U.S. and NATO priorities during your discussions with Slovenian officials: -- Slovenia's bilateral and NATO commitment to bring defense spending to 2% o [...] | 2004-01-13 10:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR SI NATO |
04LJUBLJANA854 | COM'S FAREWELL CALL ON SLOVENIA'S PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a final visit to Prime Minister Anton (Tone) Rop on September 9. It was a warm and cordial meeting and PM Rop appeared more relaxed and congenial than in previous meetings. Despite terming the elections too close to call, Rop exuded an air of confidence tha [...] | 2004-09-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SI GTIP |
04LJUBLJANA884 | SLOVENIA: ELECTIONEERING TACTICS CREATE [...] (U) Summary: Slovenia's newswires have been alight since the arrest and detention of Janez Podobnik, president of the right-leaning Slovene Peoples Party (SLS),and 11 other members of the party, by Croatian authorities in a disputed border region, 22 September. With elections in just over t [...] | 2004-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS HR SI |
04LJUBLJANA92 | SLOVENIA: IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY [...] (SBU) ON 04 FEBRUARY, ECON SPECIALIST FOLLOWED UP REF A INQUIRY WITH BRANKO MAHNE, STATE UNDERSECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, DETERMINING THE GOS POSITION ON REF B POINTS AND DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A BALLAST WATER DISCHARGE STANDARD IN REGULATION D-2 OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...] | 2004-02-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA SENV SI IMO |
04LJUBLJANA976 | SLOVENIA IN THE BIG LEAGUES NOW: DAS CONLEY HELPS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The visit of DAS Heather Conley to Ljubljana October 20-21 was well timed to take advantage of the momentum created by the arrival of a new U.S.ambassador. Her meetings at the MFA, MOD and with a small group of influential private citizens have helped us to galvanize and re-focu [...] | 2004-10-25 11:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SI OSCE |
04LJUBLJANA981 | SLOVENIAN MOD GIVES DAS CONLEY DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Heather Conley engaged high level MoD officials in a productive dialogue about the current status and future of Slovenian defense reforms during meetings on 21 October. Both State Secretary Milan Jazbec and State Undersecretary Uros Krek described the Slovenian commitment t [...] | 2004-10-26 11:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS SI NATO |
04LONDON3070 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-23 17:47:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO UK |
04MADRID1000 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SALVATORE SCALONE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Inspector Salvatore Scalone, Supervisor, Airworthiness Unit, Technical Branch, Flight Standards Division, to travel to Madrid March 28-April 2 to attend the European BE-1900 Operators Conference prepared by Raytheon Airlines at the Hotel We [...] | 2004-03-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
04MADRID1002 | SPAIN:HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI [...] We received Spain's response to reftel from Felipe Bragado de las Heras, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain has donated EUR 300,000 (USD 366,000 at an exchange rate of EUR 1.0=USD 1.21) to the United Nations Flash Appeal for Haiti [...] | 2004-03-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL HA SP |
04MADRID1007 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA KILMARTIN, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA/SLD William E. Kilmartin, John E. Gerrard, and David G. Kostorowski, to travel to Madrid March 28-31 to conduct meetings with Government of Spain officials regarding the Megaports Initiative. 2. As requested reftel, reservations h [...] | 2004-03-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
04MADRID1013 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - MADRID, SPAIN [...] (U) Embassy Madrid Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on 25 March 2004 as per REFTEL. The EAC discussed the concerns and possible threat considerations as outlined. The RSO stated that a Verbal Note was prepared for the Spanish Police requesting an augmentation of both static and dynamic [...] | 2004-03-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC |
04MADRID1014 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRACY A. HALL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Econ Officer Tracy A. Hall to travel to Madrid from March 28-30 to attend the Meeting of the EU Northern Dimension's "Partnership in Health and Social Well-Being," which is to be chaired by Sweden. 2. Embassy understands that no further ass [...] | 2004-03-25 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
04MADRID1024 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL HAROLD LINK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Harold Link, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado to travel to Pamplona April 01-04 to participate in the International Electrotechnical Commission, Maintenance Team 12 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands [...] | 2004-03-26 09:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
04MADRID1027 | REBUILDING IRAQ: MADRID SUBCONTRACTING [...] We are working with the Spanish Council of Chambers of Commerce to organize the April 29 Madrid visit of Admiral David Nash and delegation. The Council is open to inviting other European and Moroccan companies to participate. The Council agrees with the format for the conference suggested r [...] | 2004-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP PREL SP |
04MADRID1040 | SPAIN:AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE RESPONSE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Continental Asia Alejandro E. Albargonzalez San Martin told us March 25 that Spain's delegation will not be making new commitments to Afghanistan at the Berlin Conference. He noted that while Spain will carry out its previous pledge of $113 million through [...] | 2004-03-29 05:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV AF SP NATO |
04MADRID1052 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON ZAPETERO'S CABINET SELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Future Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is revealing his cabinet selections on a piecemeal basis as the government formation process procedes. Thus far he has officially named Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega as First Vice President of Government and Minister of th [...] | 2004-03-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP PSOE |
04MADRID1058 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA SYBIL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sybil Seitzinger, Program Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),to travel to Santiago de Compostela March 30-April 4 to attend the Conference Planning Committee for the Ameri [...] | 2004-03-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
04MADRID1061 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE RE ROAD SAFETY [...] We delivered reftel demarche to the MFA, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs. 2. In follow-up conversations with Ana Paredes, Subdirector General of Services for Technical Bodies and Rosario Bernal Garcia, Head of Ser [...] | 2004-03-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN AORC SP UN WHO |
04MADRID1072 | NEW SOCIALIST MAJORITY APPEARS STABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. The margin of the Socialist (PSOE) victory on March 14 should allow them to take power without any formal coalition agreements with smaller parties. While the PSOE's 164 seats fall 12 short of an absolute majority, it should allow them to govern stably, especially given the fac [...] | 2004-03-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID1074 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met March 30 with Socialist defense minister-designate Jose Bono. The meeting was very pleasant and friendly, and Bono pledged to do his part to continue the fine relations the U.S. and Spain have developed over the years. He characterized himself as a "moderate soc [...] | 2004-03-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP |
04MADRID1079 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...] | 2004-03-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
04MADRID1092 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona April 28-May 2 to participate in a post graduate course on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare at the Universidad Autonoma. 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2004-04-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1095 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREASURY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott M. Albinson and Richard Riccobono, Office of Thrift Supervision, to travel to Madrid April 2-3 to meet with representatives of La Caixa. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...] | 2004-04-01 10:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA SP |
04MADRID1096 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF AND DEPSECSTATE [...] (C) Summary: When you meet with Jose Bono April 5 in Washington, you will find this long-time Socialist party "heavyweight" an affable, smooth politician who could be a pro-U.S. voice of reason in the new government headed up by Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. We [...] | 2004-04-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SP |
04MADRID1099 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III DEMARCHE [...] (C) We presented reftel points to Marcos Rodriguez Cantero in the office of International Disarmament Affairs at the MFA on March 30. Rodriguez, who will be Spain's delegate to the PrepCom, said Spain would support U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA Board of Governors and the Proliferation [...] | 2004-04-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP SP NPT IAEA |
04MADRID1108 | SPAIN'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING, NEEDS AND [...] There is a significant amount of intellectual property (IP) training and education in Spain sponsored by government ministries, police entities, and industry groups. To add to GOS efforts, we have arranged working breakfasts, roundtables, and lunches with the active participation of governmen [...] | 2004-04-02 09:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SP |
04MADRID1118 | SPAIN: PARTIAL RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and letter April 2 to Guillermo Kirkpatrick, the MFA's Deputy Director General for International Disarmament Affairs. We addressed the letter to Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Javier Gil Catalina, the under secretary-level official who deals with [...] | 2004-04-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL SP |
04MADRID1122 | AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH TO GALICIA [...] Summary: The Ambassador traveled March 30-31 to Santiago de Compostela, capital of the northwestern region of Galicia, to open the eighth in a series of regional seminars on E-Commerce and Internet for small and medium sized firms. The Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with President of [...] | 2004-04-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD PREL SP |
04MADRID1131 | PROPOSED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - SPAIN [...] Summary: Below is the text of a proposed public announcement for Spain. The EAC met today and determined that an updated Public Announcement was warranted in light of the discovery of a bomb on the rail line used by the high speed train connecting Madrid and Seville earlier today. End Summar [...] | 2004-04-05 06:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC SP PTER |
04MADRID1140 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EFFORD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Efford members, Richard Efford, Professional Staff Member, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),Cheryle Tucker, Leigha M. Shaw, Michael Malone and John Blazey, also from HAC, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, April 11-18. The purpos [...] | 2004-04-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP |
04MADRID1141 | SPAIN TERRORISM UPDATE: MARCH 11 TERRORISTS BLOW [...] (SBU) Three weeks after the March 11 terror train bomb attacks, terrorism and the police fight against it continue to dominate the Spanish political and media landscape. In recent days, the police scored two successes: tracking down the suspected leaders of the March 11 attacks to a Madrid [...] | 2004-04-05 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL SP |
04MADRID1145 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARKUS RIES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Markus Ries, Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Sevilla April 22-25 to attend the 4th International Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Diseases Natural Course on Pathology and Therapy, an [...] | 2004-04-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1146 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS THOMAS D. LORENSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologist Thomas D. Lorenson to travel to Barcelona April 16-24 to participate in a series of working meetings dealing with USGS and international academic partners ocean drilling program Leg 204 post cruise meeting, "Drilling Gas [...] | 2004-04-06 09:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP |
04MADRID1154 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria May 24-28 to participate in the 2nd SPIE International Symposium "Fluctuation and Noise" and to give a lecture on "Proteins are Highly Inhomogeneous Systems." 2. [...] | 2004-04-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1155 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DENNIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis P. Roach from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid May 05-15 to conduct FAA-sponsored work on the inspection of composite and metallic structures using advanced health monitoring techniques and other work related to homelan [...] | 2004-04-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1159 | FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR |
04MADRID1180 | Consular response to Terrorist attacks in [...] Summary: March 11, 2004, eleven bombs went off in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring almost 1,500 in a series of attacks on commuter trains coming into Madrid and at three separate train stations between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Both the Consular Section and Embassy went into immediate action. [...] | 2004-04-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CPAS CVIS CMGT PTER SP |
04MADRID1186 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP MAR |
04MADRID1187 | ZAPATERO AND SPANISH TROOPS IN IRAQ: POLITICAL [...] (C) Political pressure is high on incoming Socialist President Rodriguez Zapatero to fulfill his campaign promise to pull the 1300 Spanish troops out of Iraq absent a new UN mandate giving the UN the lead role. Zapatero is on the hook to demonstrate to his supporters that his surprise election [...] | 2004-04-07 18:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
04MADRID1188 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA JAMES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Hungerford, Research Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS to travel to Bayona-Vigo April 17-25 to present a lecture on seafood product research at the 11th Symposium on Sample Handling for Environmental and Biological Analysis. [...] | 2004-04-12 11:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1200 | INVESTITURE SCHEDULE FOR SPAIN'S NEW SOCIALIST [...] Summary. Spain's Congress of Deputies is slated to begin the investiture sessions to install the new Socialist government on April 15. Depending on whether the Socialist leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, receives an absolute majority or not on the first vote, he could be sworn in as Pres [...] | 2004-04-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SP |
04MADRID1201 | SPANISH RESPONSE: PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1534 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL SP UNSC UN |
04MADRID1205 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joe Sostaric, Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Badajoz April 25-May 1 to give a presentation at the 9th Meeting of the European Society of Sonochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...] | 2004-04-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1206 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM J. WINTERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS William J. Winters, Civil Engineer, to travel to Barcelona April 19-22 to present and discuss laboratory test results at the Ocean Drilling Program LEG 204 post-cruise meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] | 2004-04-14 09:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP |
04MADRID1207 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN CHU [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Chu, Associate Director for Science, NIP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Sevilla, May 6-9 to attend the 4th Symposium ESTEVE of Advances in Vaccines. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...] | 2004-04-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1208 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC JOANNE MEI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne Mei, Lead Research Chemist, Ph.D., Newborn Screening Branch, NCEH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona April 24-28 to provide consultation to the Centre d'Etudis Epidemiologics sobre la Sida de Catalunya (CEESCAT). 2. Embassy understand [...] | 2004-04-14 09:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1210 | SUSANA ESTEVEZ TO HEAD SPANISH DELEGATION TO UN [...] Spain's MFA informed us that Spain will be represented to the April 14 UN Special Session in observance of World Health Day by Spain's Ambassador to the United Nations as well as by Susana Estevez, Head of International Relations, Ministry of Interior. 2. In a separate communication, the [...] | 2004-04-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN AORC SP UN WHO |
04MADRID1212 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC DAVID WARNOCK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Warnock, Microbiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Bilbao, May 15-18 to give a lecture on "The Epidemiology of Invasive Candidiasis" at the Congress of Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. 2. Embassy un [...] | 2004-04-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1213 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC SEAN GALLAGHER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Gallagher, Research Physiologist, MIPB, NIOSH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Oviedo June 5-9 to visit the El Valle Gold Mine and the Carles Gold Mine to discuss the development of cooperative agreements and to observe gold mine operations. 2. [...] | 2004-04-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI OTRA SP |
04MADRID1217 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC BRIAN MAHY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Mahy, Senior Scientific Research Advisor, Office of the Director, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Madrid, April 22-25 to attend and be a speaker at the 2nd CISA Symposium on Animal Health. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nec [...] | 2004-04-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1223 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORAM PIATIGORSKY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joram Piatigorsky, Senior Investigator, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 8-16 to attend a workshop titled "Genetic Control of Eye Development and its Evolutionary Implications." 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...] | 2004-04-14 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1523 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...] | 2004-05-03 10:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1550 | TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EU EXPANSION: SPANISH PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY. In a recent report, Spain's largest employers' organization, the Confederacion Espanola de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE),highlighted the challenges and opportunities for Spain presented by EU enlargement. Opportunities include potential for increased trade and investment, whi [...] | 2004-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SP |
04MADRID1559 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA/EST OFFICER PAUL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA/EST Officer Paul Malik to travel to Barcelona May 15-19 to plan a meeting for a Middle East regional environmental workshop "Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture," organized with USDA and USEPA for Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli participants [...] | 2004-05-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV SP |
04MADRID1562 | SPANISH DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE COMMITTED TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Over lunch with the DCM and Economic Counselor May 3, Secretary of State for Budget and Finance Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez expressed his strong commitment to continued fiscal restraint and pushing forward Spain's economic reform agenda to spur competitiveness and enhance Spa [...] | 2004-05-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID1569 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AND INFORMATION PER REFTEL, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: SINGH, DILBAG - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 16, 1978, INDIA - AGE RANGE (26-30) - COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BUILD - EYES: BROWN - HAIR: SHORT BLACK [...] | 2004-05-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1570 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 3 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the EU states will be presenting their Middle East reform proposal (the EU's equivalent of our Greater Middle East Initiative) to the Arab states at [...] | 2004-05-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KMPI PHUM PREL SP EUN |
04MADRID1590 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVE SIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steve Simon, Expert, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 23-June 2 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association and the 2nd meeting of the I-131 working group for the In [...] | 2004-05-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1591 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Wojciech H. Zurek from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Santa Cruz de la Palma June 1-4 to present two papers titled: "Quantum Darwinism and Envariance" and "Decoherence and the Loschmidt Echo" at the University of La Lagun [...] | 2004-05-06 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1592 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC HENEINE, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DHHS/CDC Walid Heneine, Shoukat Qari, Jeffrey Johnson and Gerardo Garcia-Lerma to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend and present study data that supports CDC surveillance of transmitted HIV at the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Wor [...] | 2004-05-06 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1593 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GULDING, O'TOOLE, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA personnel John M. Gulding, Gary O'Toole, Patricia Friesenhahn, Julie Draper, and Angel L. Morales from FAA Washington, D.C. to travel to Madrid June 13-19 to participate in Working Group 2 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...] | 2004-05-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
04MADRID1601 | SPAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE REGARDING AMENDED UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SP UNGA |
04MADRID1617 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PARTICIPANTS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-07 10:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AFSI AFIN OTRA CMGT CVIS |
04MADRID1619 | SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...] | 2004-05-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID1620 | SPAIN BIOS ON NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three part series on new top-level officials in the Spanish government. Biographical information on officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Defense is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Minis [...] | 2004-05-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID1621 | SPAIN BIOS ON NEW JUSTICE AND INTERIOR [...] (U) Summary: This is the final of three cables on new top level official in the Spanish government. Biographical information on top officials in Spain's Ministries of Justice and Interior is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Ministries of the Presidency, Fo [...] | 2004-05-07 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID1622 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA SP |
04MADRID1623 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOVA WADE STEVEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wade Steven Kingery, Attending Physician, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, to travel to Madrid May 10-17 to participate as an invited speaker at the International Scientific Meeting, "Neuropathic Pain-Changin [...] | 2004-05-07 11:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
04MADRID1624 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA HERBERT, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Clinton Herbert, Bernard Geldzahler, Timothy O'Brien, Bruce Ledford, John Kiriazes, and David Rainer to travel to Madrid, Moron, and Zaragoza, May 10-22 to hold meetings on security with tracking station of [...] | 2004-05-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1625 | REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA SP |
04MADRID1636 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...] | 2004-05-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL |
04MADRID1640 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Jan F. McGarry, Michael Mishchenko, Richard Mushotzky, and Rebecca Gardner to travel to Madrid, San Fernando, Laredo May 10-July 9 to attend various meetings and workshops with NASA counterparts. 2. Emb [...] | 2004-05-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1651 | NEW SPANISH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY WANTS STRONG [...] SUMMARY: In his May 5 courtesy call on new Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce Jose Montilla, the Ambassador raised USG concerns on protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Spain. The Ambassador also asked Montilla if rumors are true that the new administration is considerin [...] | 2004-05-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SP |
04MADRID1652 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLIFFORD VOSS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clifford Voss, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Cartagena and Barcelona May 23 - June 13 to attend and participate in the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting (SWIM) and teach a workshop on seawater intrusion modeli [...] | 2004-05-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY SENV ECON OTRA SP |
04MADRID1656 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...] | 2004-05-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1657 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...] | 2004-05-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1658 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - APRIL [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 5 AND 19, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING 45 INDIVIDUALS, TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND 43 SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF [...] | 2004-05-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID1690 | TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-12 10:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TW SP WHO |
04MADRID1691 | NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE AID [...] This report is sensitive but unclassified and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) In an initial courtesy call on new Secretary General for the Spanish International Aid Agency (AECI) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, de Laiglesia laid out the new Socialist government's vision for Spanish aid po [...] | 2004-05-12 10:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINR PGOV IZ SP |
04MADRID1708 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] | 2004-05-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID1713 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT DOB FOR THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST REPORTED IN REFTEL. 2. NAME: KHAYATA KATTAN, ABDULLA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 24, 1961, ALEPPO, SYRIA - NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. KHAYATA WAS A KEY CONTACT OF DETAINED SPA [...] | 2004-05-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1716 | SPANISH POSITION ON ROLLOVER OF UNSCR 1487 [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on May 7. De Palacio stated while no decision had yet been made, Spain may abstain on the vote to roll over UN Security Council Resolution 1487 this year. He said that the change from voting in favor to abstaini [...] | 2004-05-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNSC KICC |
04MADRID1730 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA EDMOND BARATTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edmond Baratta, Radiation Safety Officer, WEAC, ORA, FDA, DHHS to travel to Madrid, May 22-28 to meet delegate for the Health Physics Society. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...] | 2004-05-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1731 | DCM'S MEETING WITH MFA STATE SECRETARY BERNARDINO [...] (C) DCM paid an initial call May 10 on MFA State Secretary Bernadino Leon, who said this was his first meeting SIPDIS with a foreign embassy since taking office. Leon made a point of saying that the new government wanted to have excellent relations with the U.S., especially on counter-terrorism in [...] | 2004-05-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
04MADRID1732 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA MCCLELLAND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Vincent John McClelland and Ann Courtland Heinrich to travel to Madrid May 23-29 to participate in the International Radiation Protection Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remin [...] | 2004-05-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
04MADRID1733 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/S BILL BURNS [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA A/S Bill Burns, Staff Assistant Kevin Roland and EUCOM POLAD Terry Snell to travel to Madrid, May 18. 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Colin Cleary. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2386) [...] | 2004-05-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP AMGT PREL SP |
04MADRID1736 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARIA LANDI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Landi, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 1 to participate in the Melanoma Genetics Consortium Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necess [...] | 2004-05-14 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1739 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EVGUENIA I. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Evgenia I. Rainina from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to travel to Granada and Madrid May 21-June 3 to attend the Eigth World Congress on Biosensors in Granada, and attend the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Madrid. 2. Emb [...] | 2004-05-14 08:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
04MADRID1741 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JACK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jack Bennink, Chief, Virology Immunology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 6-10 to Chair a session, "Immunodominance in Practice: Comparison Between [...] | 2004-05-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1742 | SPAIN: ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY [...] We spoke with high level officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (including the Spanish International Aid Agency) and Environment regarding reftel meetings. Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri expressed interest in sending a couple of his [...] | 2004-05-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ SP |
04MADRID1743 | NEW SPANISH ENVIRONMENT OFFICIAL ON BIOTECH AND [...] We met May 12 with the new Environment Ministry Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri. Our discussions focused on two of Gonzalo's key responsibilities: biotech and climate change. Biotech 2. We emphasized to Gonzalo the USG's interest in t [...] | 2004-05-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PINR SP |
04MADRID1762 | SPAIN'S POSITION ON UNSCR 1487 ROLLOVER NOT YET [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points May 14 to Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon. In addition to ref A points, Charge made clear that President Zapatero, Foreign Minister Moratinos and other high-level officials in the Zapatero government have stated a number of times they wish to maintai [...] | 2004-05-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNSC KICC |
04MADRID1763 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO MAY 17-18 EU FMS MEETING [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the new Spanish government would maintain Spain's previous policies on the issues being discussed at the next EU General Affairs and External Relat [...] | 2004-05-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
04MADRID1764 | VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRY REVIEWS: SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-15 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT EAIR XT AS BX JA NZ SI SN KOCI CASC SPCVIS |
04MADRID1767 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. DAVID DRASIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Dr. David Drasin, Program Director in the Division of Mathematical Sciences to travel to Barcelona, Seville and Madrid June 3-24 to give lectures and attend conferences at the cities above mentioned. 2. Emb [...] | 2004-05-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP NSFO |
04MADRID1768 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALISA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alisa Goldstein, Principal Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 3 to give a presentation to the Melanoma Genetics Consortium. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...] | 2004-05-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1769 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARK EBERHARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Eberhard, Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Valencia July 18-24 to be the keynote speaker at a symposium and to participate in congresses, meetings and workshops during the IX European Multicolloquium o [...] | 2004-05-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI OTRA SP |
04MADRID1770 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NICHOLAS J. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Nicholas J. Curro from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria Island May 25-28 to participate at the "Fluctuations and Noise in Materials" Conference held at Maspalomas. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...] | 2004-05-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1771 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA GLORIA ELENA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Gloria Elena Chavez from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid May 21-30 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] | 2004-05-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1773 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MIKHAIL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mikhail Kashlev, Tenure Tack Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols in Catalunya and Seville May 29-June 5 to give a speech entitled "Cooperative Action of Chromatin-Remodelling" at the EURESCO Gene [...] | 2004-05-17 09:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1777 | SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND [...] We delivered reftel points to Francisco Arana Landa, Subdirector General for Nuclear Energy in the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Echoing the response he gave during our first approach on this issue (ref b),Arana said May 17 that no decisions have been made due to the change of gov [...] | 2004-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSCA SP |
04MADRID1792 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SMITH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Smith for travel to Madrid, May 23-25. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Joseph R. Babb. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2294) on his mobile (34-616-000-859) at home (34-91-575-0081) via fax (34-91-587-23 [...] | 2004-05-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP |
04MADRID1798 | SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO BECOME GLOBAL [...] Per reftel Pol-miloff met May 10 with Guillermo Kirkpatrick, MFA's Director General for International Arms Control Affairs to revisit this issue. Kirkpatrick said given the new government is still getting into place, it is highly unlikely the GOS will make a decision on whether to become a G [...] | 2004-05-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL SP |
04MADRID1806 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ [...] According to our contact at the Ministry of Economy, the GOS will be represented at the Doha Meeting by Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido of the Ministry of Economy's General Directorate for International Finance, and the Director of the Spanish Commercial Office in Dubai, UAE, [...] | 2004-05-19 10:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SP |
04MADRID1813 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA GERALD SCOTT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, to travel to Madrid May 30-June 5 to participate in the 2004 International Commission for Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT),Exploratory Meeting for East Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefish Tuna. [...] | 2004-05-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
04MADRID1814 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS SCOTT, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Fishery Biologists Gerald Scott, Mauricio Ortiz, Shannon Cass-Calay and Craig Brown to travel to Madrid June 25-July 5 to attend the Conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. 2. Embassy und [...] | 2004-05-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
04MADRID1815 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Beauchamp, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-8 to present a talk entitled "Integration of Auditory and Visual Information about Objects in Superior Temporal Sulcus" at the [...] | 2004-05-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1816 | TERRORIST FINANCING: SPAIN'S ABILITY TO FREEZE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC SP |
04MADRID1817 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC PALMER, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Sarah Palmer, Joseph Fitzgibbon, Michael Ussery, Frank Maldarelli and John Coffin to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, June 4-13 to participate in the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop Meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...] | 2004-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID1818 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, June 8-12 to attend the Privacy in Statistical Data Bases Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...] | 2004-05-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1831 | SPAIN: DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL ENGAGED AFTER [...] (C) Spanish MFA officials were upset that Equatorial Guinean President Obiang allowed the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy Party (CPDS) to pick up only a handful of seats in the April 25 legislative elections. Citing serious voting irregularities, Spanish officials concluded that t [...] | 2004-05-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EK SP |
04MADRID1832 | SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SEES NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 18 with Pablo Gomez de Olea, the MFA's deputy director general for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Gomez assured us the Zapatero government will maintain a tough stance on Cuba and will not unilaterally backtrack on the EU's strict common position on C [...] | 2004-05-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CU SP |
04MADRID1833 | SPAIN: READOUT ON US-EU OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: We spoke May 18 with Deputy Director for Air Transportation Development Eugenia Llorens, who participated in the latest round of US-EU open skies negotiations, about matters contained in Reftel A and her views on the possible outcome of the negotiations and its implications for Spain [...] | 2004-05-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SP |
04MADRID1834 | SPAIN REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS ICAO GROUP II RE- [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Embassy received a dip note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation requesting USG support and affirmative vote for the GOS's reelection as member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, Group II [...] | 2004-05-20 07:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP ICAO |
04MADRID1836 | IMPLEMENTATION OF EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING [...] In response to reftel request for information on implementation and enforcement of the new EU Traceability and Labeling (T&L) for food and feed regulations, we talked to the Spanish Food Safety Agency, the Spanish Food and Beverage Federation and the Spanish Feed Compounders Association regard [...] | 2004-05-20 09:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EU TBIO SP |
04MADRID1837 | SPAIN ON HYDROFLOUROCARBONS [...] We delivered reftel points to the Ministries of Environment and Industry, Tourism and Trade. Juan Martinez Sanchez, Environment Ministry Subdirector General for Environmental Quality, responded May 18 that the new Socialist Administration is currently studying the draft regulation and therefo [...] | 2004-05-20 10:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD XG BEXP SENV SP USTR |
04MADRID1838 | NEW SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE SUPPORTS [...] SUMMARY: In our first meeting with new Secretary of State for Tourism and Trade Pedro Mejia Gomez, he told us that Spain fully supported EU Trade Commissioner Lamy's efforts to move forward Doha negotiations and was not overly concerned about potential loss of agriculture subsidies, as long as [...] | 2004-05-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SENV EAGR SP |
04MADRID1842 | IRAQI ASSETS: RASHEED BANK ASSETS LOCATED IN SPAIN [...] (C) Working level contacts at SEPBLAC, Spain's financial intelligence unit, informed us that they located the suspected Rasheed Bank (REF A) assets during a recent unannounced (REF B) investigation of Banco Arab Espanol. The numbered account contained USD 25,863.79 and has been dormant since [...] | 2004-05-20 11:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
04MADRID1848 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. THOMAS HART [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Hart, Clinical Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 9-14 to present a lecture on the role of genetics and severe periodontitis at the 7th Congress of the European Academy o [...] | 2004-05-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1850 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH CLAUDE RICKEY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/EH Claude Rickey Jones to travel to Madrid May 22-June 6 to participate in the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA-11). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...] | 2004-05-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA KSCA SENV TBIO SP |
04MADRID1851 | SPAIN: APPROVAL FOR TRAINING SHIP EMPIRE STATE [...] Embassy delivered March 2 a nota verbal to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College crew of approximately 600 cadets and 75 crew officers aboard the Federal Training Ship Empire State that will stop in Barcelona from May 28 [...] | 2004-05-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR SP |
04MADRID1853 | SPAIN IPR: ABERRANT MOD CHIP RULING [...] According to an April 2004 ruling made by Barcelona Penal Court 3, the installation of mod chips (devices that allow customers to alter their video game consoles so they can operate games downloaded from the internet or from other regions) is legal. The Guardia Civil had investigated the prac [...] | 2004-05-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SP |
04MADRID1857 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: NO CHANGES TO DATE ON SPANISH [...] We discussed the status of Spain's pledge for Iraq reconstruction with Directorate General of International Finance Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido. Menendez said that her Director General and Secretary of State for Economy have not yet been able to discuss this matter with t [...] | 2004-05-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP |
04MADRID1861 | MEETING WITH MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPE AND [...] (C) PolCouns and poloff paid an initial call May 17 with the MFA's newly-named Director General for Europe and North America, former Spanish Ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania Josep (Pepe) Pons. Previously, the Directorate General for North America had been combined with the Asia portfolio, [...] | 2004-05-21 10:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
04MADRID1864 | MFA'S NEW POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) MFA Political director Rafael Dezcallar told Polcouns in a May 20 meeting that Spain wanted to be helpful on Afghanistan but likely would have to determine whether resources would be available. He indicated the GOS likely would not be able to meet all of the requests the USG has present [...] | 2004-05-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
04MADRID1865 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEPHEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Marx, Chief, Metabolic Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 24-31 to give a lecture and to chair a session of talks at the 46th Congress of Spanish Endocri [...] | 2004-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1866 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminar, Program Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, May 29-June 2 attend the International Consortium on Melanoma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remind [...] | 2004-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1867 | SPAIN: DCM WITH SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met with Spanish President Zapatero's national security advisor Carles Casajuana May 20 to brief him on our request for increased Spanish support for ISAF, urge the GOS to vote in favor of the UNSC ICC rollover resolution and share USG's initial thoughts on the UN [...] | 2004-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP NATO |
04MADRID1868 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LEONARDO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Leonardo Cohen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to serve as a keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum. [...] | 2004-05-21 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1869 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MIOTTI, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Paolo Miotti, Carolyn Williams, Sandra Lehrman, Rod Hoff, Jonathan Kagan and Margaret Johnston to travel to Barcelona, June 1-6 to attend the European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...] | 2004-05-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID1870 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...] | 2004-05-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
04MADRID1871 | NEA A/S BURNS IN MADRID [...] (C) NEA A/S William Burns paid a five-hour visit to Madrid May 18, meeting with President Zapatero's new National Security Advisor, Carlos Casajuana, and the new Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernardino Leon. The Spanish expressed a desire to work with the US on such issues as encouraging better [...] | 2004-05-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL SP MO AG IZ |
04MADRID1877 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/BUCEN ARNOLD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau (BUCEN) Dr. Arnold Reznek, Economist, Center for Economic Studies, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend the Computational Aspects of Statistical Confidentiality Conference at the Escola D'Administracio SIPDIS Publica [...] | 2004-05-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA SP |
04MADRID1878 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC AMANDA SMITH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amanda Smith, Project Manager, DHAP, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...] | 2004-05-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1884 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SERGI FERRE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 23-July 2 to meet colleagues at the University of Barcelona in relation to several projects involving receptors. 2. Embassy understands tha [...] | 2004-05-25 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1894 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CENSUS BUREAU'S [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia J. Doyle, Census Bureau staff member, to travel to Lluria, Barcelona, June 7-12 to attend the international conference Privacy in Statistical Databases 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...] | 2004-05-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA SP |
04MADRID1895 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID. V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey David V. Fitterman, Research Geophysicist, to travel to Cartagena May 29-June 5 to represent the USGS and present a paper at the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting. 2. For futher cables please note that only American [...] | 2004-05-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KSCA OTRA TPHY SP |
04MADRID1905 | NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVAIR "INTENDS" TO [...] We sent reftel A talking points in a letter welcoming Spain,s new Director General of Civil Aviation Manuel Bautista Perez and requesting an introductory appointment. To our surprise, Bautista responded notifying us of the GOS's "intent" to establish an open skies relationship. 2. An info [...] | 2004-05-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SP |
04MADRID1918 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Grant, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 25-28 to present a seminar, "Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to Drug Addiction," at the Area d'Investigacio Farmacologica Ins [...] | 2004-05-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1933 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DAVID [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, David B. Marks from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Toledo May 28-June 5 to be a speaker at a conference about a system for performing computerized speaker and language identification in support o [...] | 2004-05-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
04MADRID1939 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRS. VINAY PATHAK AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Vinay Pathak and Wei-Shau Hu, Investigators, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 7-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assi [...] | 2004-05-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID1940 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CARL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director, Basic Science Program, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 1-3 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Em [...] | 2004-05-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID1941 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC HOLLINGDALE, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Hollingdale, Dr. Michael Kurilla and Mr. David Sorrentino from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB [...] | 2004-05-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID1942 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. RICHARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Richard Koup, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid June 6-10 to participate in the workshop on Immunodominance the Key to Understanding and Manipulating CD 8 T Cell Responses t [...] | 2004-05-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID1945 | SPAIN SUPPORTS RUSSIA IN PSI CORE GROUP AND WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC OPDC PARM PREL |
04MADRID1954 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: NASSAR, MUSTAFA SITMIRYAM - AKA: "ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1956, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (UNDER DIFFERENT POB) - [...] | 2004-05-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1955 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSEFF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - BROTHER OF MOHAMMED BELHADJ WHO WAS ARRESTED BY [...] | 2004-05-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID1956 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED NOUREDDINE BOUHABILA ASSOCIATE OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", WHO WAS FORMERLY BASED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BOUHABIL [...] | 2004-05-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1984 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FTC STEVENSON AND RAMOS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Trade Commission officials Hugh Stevenson and Elena Gasol Ramos to travel to Madrid June 16-18 to attend meetings with the Spanish Data Protection Agency, Attorney General's Office and the National Consumer Protection Agency. 2. Emb [...] | 2004-05-28 08:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA SP |
04MADRID1991 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARY REICHLER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Reichler, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Valencia July 16-25 to attend the 7th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID). 2. Embassy understands that no [...] | 2004-05-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1992 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA OSUNSANMI AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Omotunde Osunsanmi and Jacqueline Diaz-Albertini, investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona June 5-16 to visit Instituto Grifols S.A. and conduct an inspection to determine compliance with FDA's Good Manufac [...] | 2004-05-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1993 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC KENNETH CASTRO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Castro, Director, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona June 4-7 to be the guest speaker at the XXXVII National Congress of Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toraxica (SEPAR). 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2004-05-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID1995 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leopoldo Raij, employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to travel to Santiago de Compostela June 9-13 to be a speaker for the 11th National/5th International Congress of Medicine. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessa [...] | 2004-05-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
04MADRID1997 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...] | 2004-05-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2005 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TDY: FS-01 LAURA [...] Laura Lochman, FS-01, 170-54-6808, requests country clearance to travel to Moscow for a TDY assignment as a Russian language student. Ms. Lochman is scheduled to arrive Moscow at 13:00, August 29, 2004, on Aeroflot 318 from Washington Dulles. Her TDY will last until completion of her Russian [...] | 2004-06-01 05:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP RU |
04MADRID2006 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...] | 2004-06-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
04MADRID2012 | SPAIN'S ECONOMY MINISTER LOOKS FOR FISCAL [...] Summary. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes described to Ambassador May 27 his role in the Zapatero government as finding a balance between the "excess enthusiasm" of his fellow ministers and maintaining the fiscal discipline committed to by President Zapat [...] | 2004-06-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PTER ETTC SP |
04MADRID2039 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID2040 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2041 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID2042 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2043 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID2055 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. B. LEE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. B. Lee Fenton Hall, Section Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-4 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Please note that ca [...] | 2004-06-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID2056 | SPAIN: T.S. EMPIRE STATE JUNE 6 BUNKERING IN [...] Embassy communicated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the change in date to June 6 for bunkering of the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College Training Ship Empire State in Ceuta. 2. Embassy received a response June 2 from the MFA. An informal translatio [...] | 2004-06-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR SP |
04MADRID2083 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA EDWIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Edwin Hedvall, Resources Team Program Operations Assistant, to travel to Calela near Barcelona, June 15-20 to attend a training course offered by engineers for disaster relief. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] | 2004-06-04 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAID SP |
04MADRID2085 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - MAY [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 3 and 17, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED ELEVEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY TWO INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND NINETEEN SUSPE [...] | 2004-06-04 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID2091 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carla Pettinelli, Chief, HIV Research Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH; and Dr. Zvi Grossman, Adjunct Investigator, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, NIH to travel to Tenerife June [...] | 2004-06-04 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
04MADRID2092 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC DENNIS DAMON AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis Damon and Andrew Persinko of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, to travel to Madrid and Salamanca June 5-13 to participate in a technical exchange on Integrated Safety Analysis Experience wi [...] | 2004-06-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH |
04MADRID2093 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA LISA NAEGER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Naeger, Microbiologist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Canary Islands June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] | 2004-06-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID2094 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA BRUNILDA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brunilda Torres, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 26-July 2 to visit Hospital Clinico Universitario and conduct a CDER high priority user fee due date, pre-approval bioresearch mon [...] | 2004-06-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
04MADRID2095 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HECTOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, Hector E. Lorenzana from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to travel to Madrid June 25-July 15 to present a paper at a scientific workshop attended by Spanish and international researchers in high-pressure [...] | 2004-06-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
04MADRID2096 | SPAIN: VIEWS ON IRAQ RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar, who now has overall Iraq responsibility in the MFA, told us June 3 that Spain appreciated the constructive and positive attitude evident in the US-UK revised text. He said Spanish President Zapatero personally had instructed Spanish UN P [...] | 2004-06-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
04MADRID2101 | SPAIN-SYRIA: ASAD VISIT TO MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar told us that Syrian President Asad during his June 1-2 visit to Madrid indicated he was fully willing to "go all the way8 with Israel to achieve peace ) but on the basis of the return of all Syrian territory. However, the Syrians said [...] | 2004-06-04 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
04MADRID2118 | SPAIN: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's energy sector. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for energy policy (para 2) -- Possible merger of gas, electricity and water companies (para 3) -- Low gas supply reserve may lead to brown [...] | 2004-06-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BTIO EPET SP |
04MADRID2133 | SPAIN: TELECOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's telecommunications and information technology sectors. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for telecom issues (para 2) -- Spain,s public television under review (para 3) -- New government [...] | 2004-06-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV EINT ETRD SP |
04MADRID2136 | SPAIN'S ZAPATERO: STILL IN CAMPAIGN MODE [...] (C) Summary: Almost three months after his electoral victory and a month and a half after formally taking office, Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) remain in campaign mode, intensely focused on winning a decisive victory for Spanis [...] | 2004-06-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID2142 | OPPOSITION ECONOMIC SPOKESMAN: WE'RE WATCHING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Popular Party's (PP) Economic Spokesman in Parliament Arias told us his party is watching closely the development of the Socialist economic policy, which he characterized as a work in progress. He described both sides of the political aisle in Spain as strongly in favor of [...] | 2004-06-08 10:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR SP |
04MADRID2144 | SPANISH EU ELECTIONS - LOOKING FOR AFFIRMATION OR [...] (C) The Spanish political scene is now focused on the June 13 European Parliamentary elections. Because of EU enlargement, Spain will elect 54 members, down from the 64 seats it received in 1999. With the EU elections coming only three months after the surprising March general elections, the [...] | 2004-06-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP EUN PSOE |
04MADRID2160 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Country Clearance is requested for the following TSA contract employee for travel to Brussels, Belgium on Thursday June 10, 2004. Traveler: Rosanne Beltran Position: Security Assistant, TSA Representative Office Madrid U.S. Passport Number: 701353785 Issued: Madrid, Spain Expires 1 F [...] | 2004-06-08 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
04MADRID2161 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY RIVERA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Rivera, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director, Structured Finance, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend a transportation conference and meet with OPIC clients regarding toll road and airport deals. 2. Embassy u [...] | 2004-06-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OTRA SP |
04MADRID2163 | SPAIN AND UNSC IRAQ RESOLUTION: PROMISE OF [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met June 8 with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos to press him not only for a yes vote on the UNSCR on Iraq, but a strong, positive explanation of the vote that also included clear support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG). As he had said publicly to the press, M [...] | 2004-06-08 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SP UNSC |
04MADRID2164 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SEVILLE, SOCIALIST HEARTLAND [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's June 3 visit to Seville, Andalusia Region President Manuel Chaves told him that Spanish President Zapatero seeks "normal, strong" relations with the US despite Zapatero's rapid withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Chaves, a long-time Socialist party "boss," [...] | 2004-06-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ECON SP MO |
04MADRID2179 | COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD'S OFFICIAL VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) VISITED SPAIN MARCH 28 TO APRIL 2, 2004 TO CONDUCT THE SECOND ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE SPANISH NUCLEAR SECURITY COUNCIL (CSN) AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INDUSTRY'S W [...] | 2004-06-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH |
04MADRID2180 | EU EXPANSION AMBASSADOR: PRO-TURKEY, DOUBTFUL ON [...] (C) We met with Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, MFA Ambassador on Special Mission for EU Enlargement, on May 28 to discuss Spanish foreign policy inside the EU and the GOS's view on further enlargement. Fuentes agreed with our assessment that with the EU Parliamentary elections coming so soon after [...] | 2004-06-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU SP EUN |
04MADRID2181 | SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Argyros, accompanied by DCM and PolCouns, met June 8 with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono to reinforce NATO's and the USG's requests for Spanish support in augmenting ISAF and coalition operations in Afghanistan. As Bono's schedule permitted this meeting only several weeks [...] | 2004-06-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
04MADRID2186 | VISA ALLOCATION - JUNE 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS |
04MADRID2187 | EXTRADITION CASE OF ALEXANDER BOIKO [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman, at Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 4316700, f [...] | 2004-06-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SP BOIKO ALEXANDER |
04MADRID2201 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO JUNE 14-15 EU FMS MEETING [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on June 10 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. On general questions regarding the EU Constitution, Mora said he thought the EU Constitution would be approved by June 25. He said the double majority populatio [...] | 2004-06-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUR |