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04ROME1229	GETTING TO YES ON AN ITALIAN-LED AFGHAN FSB [...] (C) The Government of Italy, at very high levels, has indicated a willingness to contribute more to Afghanistan and to support ISAF expansion beyond Kabul. The Italians concur that rapid action to stabilize Afghanistan is of the highest political priority; they also share our conviction that [...]	2004-03-26 18:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM

04ROME1236	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF INTERSESSIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A FORMAL INTERSESSIONAL MEETING (OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP [OEWG]) OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET IN RO [...]	2004-03-29 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
04ROME1274	INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: ITALY [...] Italy has the kind of wide-open media environment characteristic of most modern democracies. As in other countries, most Italians get their news and information from television news programs. There are seven main broadcast evening news programs, with two prime-time newscasts - one public (RA [...]	2004-03-31 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP IT
04ROME1277	IRAQ: ITALY TO GIVE USD TEN MILLION TO THE UN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 15:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1278	EUROPEANS MAY BE FROM VENUS, BUT PRODI IS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 17:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1296	2003 driftnet enforcement data - no violations in [...] Summary: On January 22, Department and Embassy Rome officers met with Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for fisheries. The U/S was very familiar with the driftnet problem and urged his Fisheries people to pass the 2003 enforcement data to the [...]	2004-04-01 14:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT
04ROME1340	FAO Twenty-Third Africa Regional Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: The subject conference was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1 - 5, 2004, and was attended by USDA U/S Eric Bost and staff, by Ambassador Mattie Sharpless, and by Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome DCM Michael Cleverley and Agricultural Minister Counselor. Conference h [...]	2004-04-05 14:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR EAID EAGR ETRD KHIV XA FAO
04ROME1342	EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: ITALY WEARING POKER FACE [...] (U) PLEASE SEE ACTION REQUESTS IN PARAS 7 AND 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. ITALY WILL FACTOR ITS DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. INTO FORMULATING A POSITION ON WHETHER TO AGREE TO LIFT THE EU EMBARGO. PM BERLUSCONI IS LIKELY TO BE LOBBIED HARD BY CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO WHEN HE VIS [...]	2004-04-05 16:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME1343	ITALY ON ANTI-COALITION VIOLENCE IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: (C) Italian officials agree on the need to respond firmly to al-Sadr's challenge to the Coalition's authority. MFA noted the importance of not allowing Jaysh al-Mahdi to establish a "territorial presence." The Italians also believe that Iran should share our interest in containing a [...]	2004-04-05 17:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT IZ MARR MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1362	CD INITIATIVE IN EAST TIMOR: ITALY SEEKS MORE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. POST DISCUSSED REFTEL REQUEST FOR ITALIAN EXPERTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES (CD) INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN EAST TIMOR WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MARGHERITA BONIVE [...]	2004-04-06 16:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL IT
04ROME1370	FAO'S EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN 2003, FAO DELIVERED $211 MILLION IN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY SECTOR TO CRISIS AREAS AROUND THE GLOBE. FAO PROVIDES SEEDS, TOOLS, FERTILIZER AND FISHING GEAR; ASSISTS IN CROP PROTECTION AND LIVESTOCK REPLENISHMENT; REACTIVATES VETERINARY AN [...]	2004-04-07 10:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
04ROME1392	WFP HELPS LAUNCH LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL FEEDING [...] An international school feeding congress - "Networks Beyond Borders," attracted more than 800 participants from 19 countries. The event included an industry fair with 40 companies from the Americas and workshops on nutrition, food safety and technology, school feeding programming and research [...]	2004-04-08 08:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1399	UNDP WORLD ALLIANCE OF CITIES AGAINST POVERTY FORUM [...] SUMMARY. THE WORLD ALLIANCE OF CITIES AGAINST POVERTY (WACAP) HELD ITS 4TH FORUM IN ROME FROM MARCH 31 THROUGH APRIL 2, 2004. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO EXAMINE HOW ELECTED MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES MIGHT SHARE AND SEEK WAYS OF ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS) AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. ON [...]	2004-04-08 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF UNDP WFA
04ROME1415	USAID/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITS WFP PROGRAMS [...] US MISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE TIM LAVELLE VISITED PERU MARCH 27-31, AND TRAVELED TO THE PERUVIAN ANDEAN REGION OF HUANCAVALICA TO REVIEW WFP OPERATIONS. WFP'S PROGRAM IS RIGHTLY FOCUSED IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS, WHERE POVERTY RATES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE THAT OF COASTAL REGIONS. WFP'S PROGR [...]	2004-04-09 11:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1417	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES TREATY PASSES [...] FAO announced on March 31 that 48 countries had ratified the International Treaty (IT) for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (see ref A). Simultaneous submission of instruments of ratification at the end of March by 12 EU countries and the European Community carried the IT over [...]	2004-04-09 11:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME1423	ITALY WILL BE GENEROUS TO CYPRUS; NO FIGURE READY [...] (U) MFA'S TURKEY/GREECE/CYPRUS OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVANNI RICCIULI TOLD POLOFF THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS FRANCESCO BASCONE WILL HEAD THE ITALIAN DELEGATION TO THE APRIL 15 CYPRUS PRE-DONORS'CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS. 2. (C) RICCIULI EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE US P [...]	2004-04-09 14:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT CY EUN
04ROME1424	SOUTHERN IRAQ: KEEPING ITALY COMMITTED [...] (C) BERLUSCONI IS STANDING FIRM ON IRAQ AND THE NEED TO CONFRONT MUQTADA AL-SADR IN SOUTHERN IRAQ WHERE ITALIAN TROOPS ARE OPERATING. THE PRESIDENT'S LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS TO THE PRIME MINISTER, YOUR CONTACT WITH GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER (REFTEL) TO FOREIGN MINIS [...]	2004-04-09 14:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR OPDC IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1425	ITALY: NO WAY TO UNSC "REFORM" [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for IO: please see summary and paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is very concerned that a new UN reform push in New York will end with Italy frozen out of an expanded UNSC that includes both Germany and Japan. Italians fear that SYG Annan and th [...]	2004-04-09 16:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC
04ROME1428	Joint WFP and FAO Letter regarding deepening cooperation [...] Summary. The US Mission Rome has recently been made aware of a joint letter issued by WFP and FAO on November 27, 2003, that describes how their respective organizations might enhance cooperation and requests all WFP and FAO offices in the field and at headquarters to become engaged in enhance [...]	2004-04-13 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF UN
04ROME1437	IRAQ: WFP PROCUREMENT/LOGISTICS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The delivery of a minimum of 2.9 million metric tons of food commodities into Iraq, in the period April- September 2004, represents a significant operational undertaking on the part of both World Food Program (WFP) and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT). This task will require a carefully [...]	2004-04-13 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1459	CWC: COORDINATING WITH ITALY ON RABTA CONVERSION [...] (C) Summary. Italy is concerned that using a technical change to the CWC to help Libya with its conversion request (as described ref A) could result in an overly lengthy process. Italian officials, after consulting with the OPCW Technical Secretariat, are recommending that an attempt be made [...]	2004-04-14 10:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IT CWC
04ROME1472	ITALY SUGGESTS MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR OSCE [...] (C) FOLLOWING UP ON REF A CONVERSATION, MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI TOLD POLOFF THAT THERE WAS LITTLE SUPPORT AMONG OSCE MEMBER STATES FOR LANGUAGE IN THE OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE DRAFT DOCUMENT LINKING ANTI-SEMITISM TO ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL. HE CLAIMED THAT ITALY COULD LIVE [...]	2004-04-14 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI IT OSCE
04ROME1488	FAO Donor Conference on the Desert Locust Emergency [...] Summary. Following up on its February notice (reftel),FAO held a donor conference, on April 8, 2004, regarding the serious on-going outbreak of desert locusts concentrated in Northwest Africa. According to conference presentations, about United States Dollars (USD) 17 million has been spent [...]	2004-04-15 10:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF UN
04ROME1496	BETWEEN PLAGUE AND FAMINE: ASSISTANCE AND [...] On the margins of FAO's March 1-5 Regional Africa Conference in Johannesburg, FODAG DCM Michael Cleverley and Agricultural Minister Counselor Geoffrey Wiggin discussed and visited World Food Program (WFP),Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),NGO, and USAID operations in South Africa, Swa [...]	2004-04-15 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
04ROME150	ITALY WELCOMES PROPOSED DEFENSE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4. 2. ECONOFF DELIVERED REF. A INVITATION FROM PM DAS ROBERT MAGGI TO DIEGO UNGARO, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS, ON JANUARY 8. UNGARO WAS GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE PROPOSED DIAL [...]	2004-01-15 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC IT
04ROME1506	EU GYMNICH - ITALY WILL PUSH FOR UN IRAQ [...] (C) Iraq will be at the top of the agenda at the EU Informal Foreign Ministers' meeting (Gymnich) in Tullamore, Ireland. Italy's view is that the IC will have to make a long term military commitment to provide a secure environment in Iraq, and will push "soon" for a new UN resolution to provide [...]	2004-04-16 09:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT EUN MEPP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1509	ITALY: VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR CALLED IN ON CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary. Italy responded quickly to the recent crackdown in Vietnam by summoning the Vietnamese Ambassador and stressing that all rights be respected and that international access be granted to the Central Highlands region. Ambassador Thu Le Vinh confirmed to MFA Deputy Director General fo [...]	2004-04-16 12:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL VM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME1526	ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SEEKS DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (C) Italy expects to be a top candidate for a deputy commander position in the post-June 30 Iraq mission, Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino told Ambassador Sembler on April 19. During the meeting, which Martino requested, Martino reaffirmed Italy's commitment to the mission in Iraq and [...]	2004-04-19 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1527	ITALY/IRAQ; FIRM ON TROOPS; WORKING ON HOSTAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italian authorities expressed their strong agreement with points in reftel demarche; they are determined to stay the course with the Italian military deployment in Iraq. With the Italian public still shocked by the brutal murder of an Italian citizen taken hostage, the government [...]	2004-04-20 05:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1546	ITALY OPPOSES CUBA RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO AND MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR, CARLO CAMPANILE TOLD POL M/C THAT ITALY STRONGLY AGREES WITH REFTEL POINTS AND QUESTIONS CUBA'S CREDENTIALS AND MOTIVATION. MFA OFFICIALS STATED THAT ITALY WILL OPPOSE [...]	2004-04-20 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU IT UNHRC
04ROME1565	ITALY SUPPORTS DRAFT NONPRO UNSCR AND US NPT [...] (C) ITALY SUPPORTS THE LATEST VERSION OF THE DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON NONPROLIFERATION (REFTEL A),ACCORDING TO PIERO SARDI IN THE ITALIAN MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT OFFICER. THE EU WILL MAKE A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT DURING THE APRIL 22 OPEN SESSION, SARDI TOLD POL-MIL OFFICER DURING AN A [...]	2004-04-21 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL IT NPT UNSC IAEA
04ROME1566	IRAQ: ROMAN BREAKFAST:BERLUSCONI SERVES HAM, PRODI [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM BERLUSCONI REACTED TO ZAPATERO'S WITHDRAWAL DECISION BY PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST AND CLAIMING THAT ITALY IS NOW AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ALLY IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE. IT WILL STAY THE COURSE BUT PUSH FOR AN ENHANCED UN ROLE TO ASSIST WITH IRAQ'S POLITICAL TRANSITION. ROMANO PRODI, NOW [...]	2004-04-22 05:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1579	ITALIANS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CONSTABULARY INITIATIVE [...] (C) POLMIN COUNSELOR DISCUSSED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO ON APRIL 21. BISOGNIERO CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL SERVE AS THE MFA'S POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE. HE SAID THE APRIL 22-23 POLITICAL DIRECTORS' DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS [...]	2004-04-22 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO IT
04ROME1590	EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: MORE ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) EMBASSY OFFICERS ON APRIL 7 AND APRIL 22 FURTHER ENGAGED ITALIAN OFFICIALS (REF A COVERS OUR INITIAL CONTACTS) TO PRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT EU CONSIDERATION OF LIFTING ITS ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA. DIEGO UNGARO, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSF [...]	2004-04-23 07:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS IT EUN
04ROME1591	TAIWAN/DPRK CHEMICAL SEIZURE - ITALY SEEKING [...] (S) ECONOFF RAISED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA NON-PROLIFERATION COORDINATOR CARLO TRIPEPI ON MARCH 8. (WE ALSO LEFT THE POINTS AT MFA WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO, DISARMAMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVANNI IANNUZZI, AND EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR CRISTINA RAVAGLIA.) THE [...]	2004-04-23 10:48:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL TW KN IT AS TH CBW
04ROME1593	ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EU INTEGRATION LUIGI MATTIOLO TOLD POLOFF THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT BALKANS ISSUES TO TAKE UP MUCH OF THE FM'S TIME AT THE GAERC; THERE HAD BEEN A "BROAD, PRODUCTIVE" EXCHANGE AT THE GYMNICH ON APRIL 16/17, SO THE GAERC CONCLUDING STATEMENT WILL LIKELY ENDORSE THOSE RE [...]	2004-04-23 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN
04ROME1594	BRIEFING ITALY ON MILITARY/DUAL-USE PROCUREMENT [...] (S) INR Analyst Dr. Thomas Zarzecki, EUR/PRA officer Mark Cassayre, and Emboffs met with Italian officials March 30 to provide an intelligence briefing on military/dual-use procurement efforts in Europe by Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism. The briefing included information about the [...]	2004-04-23 11:17:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME1596	FM FRATTINI TELLS IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI TO TOE THE [...] (C) POST READ WITH INTEREST READOUT (REF) INDICATING THAT IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY IRNA REPORTED THAT FM FRATTINI TOLD IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI THAT IRAN'S POSITION ON COOPERATING WITH THE IAEA WAS "DEFENSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE" AND "CREDIBLE". ACCORDING TO MFA IRAN DESK OFFICER FEDERICA FERRARI BRA [...]	2004-04-23 13:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT IR KNNR IAEA
04ROME1636	ITALY NOT PRESSING FOR ALBANIAN TROOPS TO JOIN [...] (C) CONTACTS AT THE MFA, MOD AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AND PRIME MINISTER NANO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ALBANIAN TROOPS JOINING WITH ITALIAN FORCES IN SOME THEATRE TO GIVE THE ALBANIANS MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. NONE OF OUR CONTACTS REFERRED [...]	2004-04-26 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1640	ITALY: WAIT AND SEE ON VIETNAM HIGHLANDS/REFUGEES [...] (C) MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR STATED THAT ITALY IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM AND HAS DEMARCHED BOTH THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR TO ITALY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA (REF B). HE ADDED THAT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED TWO CASUALTIES IN THE APRIL 10- [...]	2004-04-26 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL VM CB IT
04ROME1641	HMONG RESETTLEMENT: LOW PRIORITY FOR ITALY AND EU [...] (C) MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY IS AWARE OF THE INTERNAL RESETTLEMENT PROBLEM OF THE HMONG PEOPLE AND THE "FAR FROM SATISFACTORY" HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN LAOS, HE DOES NOT FORESEE THE ITALIANS OR THE EU TAKING ANY ACTION A [...]	2004-04-26 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL LA IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME1648	ITALY: Telecommunications Sector and Internet [...] Italy's telecommunications market is highly developed, liberalized, and mature, particularly in the mobile phone segment. Limited problems remain in the sector, particularly with overlapping EU and national laws, and with regional environmental regulations. Also of some concern is the GOI's c [...]	2004-04-27 10:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON IT ECIP
04ROME1649	C-RE4-00182: G8 SUMMIT AGENDA ISSUES - ITALIAN [...] (U) The Political, Economic, Consular and Science sections have provided the following responses to ref a request for Italian views on G8 Summit Agenda proposals. GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE (GME) ------------------------------------ 2. (C) The Italians have been very supportive of the [...]	2004-04-27 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PINR PREL IT KPRP
04ROME1656	ITALIANS OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY OPPOSES EVEN PAYING LIP-SERVICE TO THE UN PALESTINIAN OBSERVER'S RESOLUTION REGARDING MISSION STATUS AND IS WORKING TO CONVINCE ITS EU PARTNERS NOT EVEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PALESTINIANS. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HOLD A COMMON EU POSITION, HOWEVER, AND THE ITALIANS RECOMMEN [...]	2004-04-27 13:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL IS IT UNGA PREL
04ROME166	UPDATE ON SALE OF FAST BOATS AND BOAT ENGINES TO [...] (S) Summary. Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) officials outlined to us on January 14 a three-pronged strategy for dealing with the export of fast boats and related items to Iran. In the short term the MPA will inquire with Italian customs authorities about the status of the immi [...]	2004-01-15 17:26:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME1672	WORLD FOOD OPERATIONS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] US MISSION ROME STAFF MET WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S ASSOCIATE FRIDAY, APRIL 23 TO HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS RAISED IN REFTEL SPECIFIC TO W DURING THE APPROXIMATE HOUR-LONG MEETING, WFP OFFERED ASSURANCES THAT WFP ALSO STATED THAT REFTEL INFORMATION IS OBSOLETE AND OFFERED DETAI -------- OVERVIE [...]	2004-04-28 10:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID CD SU WFP
04ROME1681	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) INFORMATION IN REFTEL WAS SHARED APRIL 27 WITH PAOLO VAIRA OF THE MFA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICE. VAIRA AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICE, GIAMPAOLO CANTINI, ALREADY HAD SEEN A COPY OF THE U.S. DEMARCHE, WHICH HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED BY THE EU COMMISSION - JIM CLOOS - TO MEMBER [...]	2004-04-29 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PTER EUN TU IT
04ROME1683	ITALY: CONFIDENT OF EU SUPPORT FOR OAS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) DANIELE RAMPAZZO, MFA SOUTH AMERICA OFFICE DIRECTOR, REPORTED THAT ITALY AND THE EU STRONGLY SHARE USG VIEWS ON THE NEED TO KEEP THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) AND THE CARTER CENTER FUNCTIONING AS OBSERVERS IN VENEZUELA. HE SAID THAT ITALY AND OTHER EU MEMBER STATES ARE URGIN [...]	2004-04-29 08:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM VE IT PGOV PREL
04ROME1692	ITALY ON BOARD WITH IRAN/IAEA BOG VIEWS; MORE [...] (C) MFA DIRECTOR FOR NON-PROLIFERATION GIOVANNI IANNUZZI SAID THAT ITALY AGREES COMPLETELY WITH US VIEWS ON IRAN'S INTENTIONS FOR ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND THAT THE IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING SHOULD REINFORCE INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS AS EXPRESSED REF A. "WE COULD HAVE WRITTEN THEM OURSELVES" [...]	2004-04-30 06:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR IAEA
04ROME1707	ITALY SEEKS ACTIVE QUARTET ROLE IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy would like to see a "substantial" statement emerge from the May 4 meeting of Quartet foreign ministers and would like the Quartet to assume a more active role. The Italian MFA is circulating a non-paper (text in para 5) calling for more robust Quartet and EU activity to [...]	2004-04-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS GZ IT MEPP
04ROME1710	NAMES TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING GOVT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) INFORMATION BELOW IS SLUGGED TO QUESTIONS REFTEL. 3. (SBU) A. POST: EMBASSY ROME DATE OF SUBMISSION: MAY 3, 2004 B. NAME OF HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: SILVIO BERLUSCONI. TITLE: PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (PRI [...]	2004-05-03 09:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IT
04ROME1718	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; NEWLINE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ATTACHE', ROME, INDICES CHECKS REVEALED THAT NEWLINE TECHNOLOGY IS A SUBJECT OF A CURRENT INVESTIGATION SUSPECTED OF DIVERTING U.S. GOODS FROM THE U.A.E. T [...]	2004-05-03 14:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETTC AE EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME1756	ITALIAN PRT-FSB DECISION RESTS WITH PM BERLUSCONI [...] (C) Summary. Italy's ability to contribute a Forward Support Base (FSB) or Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in western Afghanistan depends on whether the Prime Minister's office can free up scarce resources to fund the effort, according to Embassy contacts at the MFA, MOD and the PM's Off [...]	2004-05-05 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1757	ITALIANS STILL OPPOSED TO PALESTINIAN UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY REMAINS OPPOSED TO THE UN PALESTINIAN OBSERVER'S RESOLUTION REGARDING MISSION STATUS AND CONTINUES WORKING TO CONVINCE ITS EU PARTNERS NOT EVEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PALESTINIANS. SOME EU MEMBERS, HOWEVER, VIEW THE NEW VERSION MORE FAVORABLY. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) POLOFF [...]	2004-05-05 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL IS IT UNGA PREL
04ROME1781	World Food Program Discussions with Libya on [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 05:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP
04ROME1805	IRAQ: ITALY LIKELY TO DISPERSE E30 MILLION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: GIANNI GHISI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AT THE MFA, TOLD ECONOFFS THAT ITALY WILL DISBURSE EURO 30 MILLION OF ITS EURO 200 MILLION MADRID PLEDGE IN 2004. EURO 10 MILLION WILL GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION FUND FACILITY, WHILE THE REMAINING 20 MILL [...]	2004-05-08 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1806	IRAQ: ITALY TRAINS IRAQ TV JOURNALISTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN STATE BROADCASTER RAI HOSTED TEN TELEVISION JOURNALISTS AND TECHNICIANS FROM THE IRAQI MEDIA NETWORK FOR A TWO-WEEK TRAINING SESSION IN JANUARY. THE TRAINING PROVED USEFUL FOR THE IRAQIS, ACCORDING TO LUIGI SAITTA, A RAI NEWSROOM DIRECTOR WHO OVERSAW THE TRAINING. SAITT [...]	2004-05-08 10:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IT IZ KPAO XF IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1814	PALESTINIAN UNGA RESOLUTION: ITALY DID ALL IT [...] (C) MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI TOLD POL M/C ON MAY 6 THAT ITALY HAD DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO CONVINCE OTHER EU MEMBERS TO OPPOSE THE PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ACCORDING TO FERRARI, THE ITALIAN UN PERMREP PUBLICLY DENOUNCED THE RESOL [...]	2004-05-10 14:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL IS IT UNGA PREL
04ROME1833	ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI PKO [...] (C) MARIO BALDI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA UN OFFICE, STATED THAT THE DPKO FOR HAITI REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY GIAMPIERO MASSOLO, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND GIAMPAOLO DIPAOLA, MOD CHIEF OF DEFENSE. BALDI SAID THAT ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PKO IN HAITI. HE EXPLAINE [...]	2004-05-12 05:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA IT UN
04ROME1836	ITALY - TAIWAN: NO SUPPORT FOR WHA OBSERVERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 08:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TW IT WHO
04ROME1843	GROWING THE WFP DONOR BASE [...] WFP CONVENED AN INFORMAL CONSULTATION AT ITS HEADQUARTERS ON MAY 5, 2004, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS WITH MEMBER COUNTRIES ITS PLANS TO EXPAND ITS DONOR BASE. EMERGING (NON- TRADITIONAL) AND NEW DONORS CONTRIBUTED U.S. DOLLARS (USD) 151 MILLION AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THIS PAST YEAR [...]	2004-05-12 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF EFIN AORC WFP
04ROME1846	ALLEGATIONS OF ALITALIA CODE SHARING AT LINATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TRANSPORT MINISTRY DG FOR CIVIL AVIATION SANSONE TOLD ECONOFFS APRIL 28 THAT HE HAD INVESTIGATED THE ALLEGATIONS OF ALITALIA CODE-SHARING WITH OTHER EU CARRIERS OUT OF LINATE AIRPORT AND HAD FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS TAKING PLACE. SANSONE HAD SPELLED OUT THE RULES FOR LINA [...]	2004-05-12 13:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP IT EUN AVIATION
04ROME1852	ITALY: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND NONPROLIFERATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy is likely to establish a Forward Support Base (FSB) and contribute to the existing US-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Herat as requested by the US (reftel B),according to Prime Minister Berlusconi's Diplomatic Advisor Giovanni Castellaneta. In a May 12 meetin [...]	2004-05-12 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1853	CWC: ITALIAN POSITION ON RABTA CONVERSION, CW [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy now agrees with the U.S. that partitioning the Rabta CW production facility to facilitate conversion is not feasible. It also is in sync on using a technical change to the CWC to ensure that Libya--and other states in the future--can convert CWPFs to legitimate uses. Ita [...]	2004-05-12 17:14:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL IT CWC
04ROME1871	ITALY WANTS TO SEE GPS-GALILEO SIGNED AT U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) TRANSPORT MINISTRY FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR EMILIO MARAINI TOLD SCI COUNSELOR MAY 12 THAT ITALY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT COMPLETING THE GPS-GALILEO AGREEMENT IN TIME FOR SIGNATURE AT THE JUNE 26 SUMMIT. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION OF THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES (AND WITH SCI COUNSELOR STILL IN TH [...]	2004-05-13 16:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL IT EUN
04ROME1893	CIVAIR ITALY ON U.S.-EU AGREEMENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) ALDO SANSONE, TRANSPORT MINISTRY DG FOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION, TOLD ECONOFFS MAY 13 THAT ITALY WAS WATCHING THE U.S.-EU NEGOTIATIONS WITH CONCERN. IN HIS VIEW, "THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY AN INTRA-EU PROBLEM." SANSONE EXPLAINED THAT THE COMMISSION HAD REQUESTED A BROAD MANDATE FOR THE U.S [...]	2004-05-14 15:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT EUN AVIATION
04ROME1898	SUBJECT: ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) MFA Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff on May 12 that as the May 17 GAERC would be the first in which Ministers of Defense from all 25 Member States would participate, discussion of ESDP issues would likely generate lively debate, and conclusions [...]	2004-05-17 06:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT EUN ICC MEPP
04ROME191	ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI HEADING BACK TO THE DOCK [...] (C) Summary. A suspended corruption trial against PM Berlusconi will resume this Spring. A new three-judge panel that will decide his case may be more favorable to him than the team it replaced. Berlusconi's defense lawyer told the Embassy he thinks the trial will wrap up quickly and that t [...]	2004-01-16 19:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1911	ITALY'S BERLUSCONI UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE; [...] (C) The Berlusconi Government is under increasing political pressure in the build-up to June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections. A combination of global and domestic events -- Iraqi prisoner abuse and Italy's purported knowledge thereof, heavy fighting in Italy's sector of Iraq, [...]	2004-05-17 15:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1923	SOMALIA PEACE PROCESS - ITALIANS SEEK US SUPPORT [...] (C) Bruno Cabras, MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, requested a meeting with Pol M/C to discuss EU actions on and request US assistance for the Somalia National Reconciliation Conference. Cabras stressed that the peace process must result in a minimal level of stability and governan [...]	2004-05-18 13:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO IT UN
04ROME1928	ALENIA SPAZIO AND CHINA - DETAILS ON CONTINUED AND [...] (S) Summary: Alenia Spazio (AS) CEO Maurizio Tucci and Director General Carlo Penazzi told emboffs May 13 that contacts between the company and Chinese space officials over the last six months had revealed several potential areas of further cooperation: telecommunications; manned space program [...]	2004-05-19 07:38:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL TSPA IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME1935	ITALY ENACTS CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA SECTOR REFORM BILL [...] Summary. President Ciampi signed the new text of the Berlusconi government's controversial media reform bill - known as the Gasparri Law - on May 4, after having rejected an earlier version on grounds of unconstitutionality (ref b). Critics argue that the law was designed exclusively to all [...]	2004-05-19 11:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD PGOV IT EUN
04ROME1938	LIBYA: U/S BOLTON MEETING WITH AMB. AL-OBEIDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 17, UNDERSECRETARY JOHN BOLTON CALLED ON LIBYAN AMBASSADOR TO ROME ABDUL ATI AL-OBEIDI TO DISCUSS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON LIBYA'S WMD COMMITMENTS. AL-OBEIDI SPOKE SOFTLY AND REGRETTED THAT THE US HAD PUBLICLY SINGLED OUT SYRIA AS ONE OF THE STATES WITH WHICH LIBYA WAS CEASIN [...]	2004-05-19 12:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT LY PARM PREL MTCR
04ROME1950	IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) ECONOFF RAISED REF A POINTS WITH GIANNI GHISI, COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AT THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. ECONOFF ALSO DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO CARLO MONTICELLI, G7 FINANCIAL SOUS-SHERPA AT THE FINANCE MINISTRY. GHISI SAID HE AND GUGLIELMO GIORDANO, [...]	2004-05-19 14:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1955	SNAPSHOT OF ITALY'S ECONOMY BEFORE UPCOMING [...] Because of a marked decline in domestic demand and exports, the GOI has just decreased 2004 GDP growth estimates from 1.4 to 0.9-1.0 percent. A key economic ratio - budget deficit/GDP -- continues to climb upward, because the deficit is growing faster than the economy (as measured by GDP gro [...]	2004-05-20 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EUN NATO
04ROME1964	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION: [...] Summary: Post would like to bring to Department's attention the International Development Law Organization (IDLO),a Rome-based intergovernmental organization founded twenty years ago by former USAID employees. Through training and technical assistance to the judicial sector of developing nati [...]	2004-05-20 12:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KJUS KISL UN
04ROME1966	U/S BOLTON MEETS WITH ITALY'S G-8 SHERPA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALIAN G-8 SHERPA CASTELLANETA TOOK U/S BOLTON'S POINT ON THE NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON IRAN, AND EXPRESSED ITALIAN DISPLEASURE OVER "EU THREE" ATTEMPTS TO ARROGATE EU POLICY ON THIS ISSUE. HE ADDED THAT IRAN MAY BE "MORE OPEN" AT PRESENT, PERHAPS DUE TO MOUNTING INSTABILITY [...]	2004-05-20 14:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP IR IT IAEA
04ROME2029	ITALIAN PEACEKEEPING TRAINING ASSISTANCE TO 3RD [...] IN RESPONSE TO REF A, EMBASSY QUERIED CARABINIERI, ARMY, AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS ON ITALIAN CAPABILITIES TO TRAIN THIRD COUNTRY PEACEKEEPERS. THE CARABINIERI, WE WERE INFORMED, HOLD A TWO WEEK DOCTRINAL TRAINING COURSE FOR GENDARME-LIKE OFFICERS BIANNUALLY AT THEIR OFFICERS TRAININ [...]	2004-05-25 11:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PINS PREL IT UN
04ROME2050	IRAQ: SECURITY CONCERNS PUT E-GOV PROGRAM IN LIMBO [...] (C) Italy's Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MIT) is ready to send a team to Baghdad to start work on a Euro 11 million project to build an Intranet system for the Iraqi government. According to an aide to MIT Minister Lucio Stanca, however, the Italian Foreign Ministry will not approve [...]	2004-05-26 05:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINT PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2083	OPCW AMBASSADOR JAVITS DISCUSSES RANGE OF ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. OPCW Ambassador Eric Javits discussed Italy's concerns over the timing of converting Libya's Rabta Chemical Weapons production facility, the Working Capital Fund, the OPCW budget format and universality with Italian officials in Rome on May 10. End Summary. RABTA ----- 2. [...]	2004-05-27 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IT CWC
04ROME2091	MFA OFFICIALS TELL EUR DAS BRADTKE AND STEPHENS [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretaries Bradtke and Stephens had productive exchanges with MFA officials on the present situation and way ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, and discussed prospects for a robust Istanbul summit agenda. Bradtke stressed the importance [...]	2004-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IT AF EUN NATO
04ROME2092	REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SENSTITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. 3. (SBU) THE OFFICE OF THE ICE ATTACHE IN ROME IS ASSISTING OUR OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, WITH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ILLEGAL EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN AND IRAQ FROM THE U.S. FIRM "AMIR TTT INC." THE INVESTIG [...]	2004-05-27 15:14:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME2096	SUDAN - DARFUR MOVING WFP FOOD [...] Summary. The World Food Programme (WFP) tells us that the two existing supply routes for feeding the hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees and internally displaced people are in danger of immediate disruption due to the soon-to-begin rainy season. The organization would like to open a ro [...]	2004-05-27 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID MOPS PINS SU WFP
04ROME2115	IRAQ: ITALY HOPES FOR EARLY SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE PLANNED VISIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH IN EARLY JUNE, ITALY WANTS TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON IRAQ,S NEW POLITICAL PHASE AND THE CONSENSUS AND DETERMINATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IRAQIS IN THAT PROCESS. ITALY HOPES FOR AN EARLY ADOPTION OF A SECURITY COUNCIL [...]	2004-05-28 16:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT IZ UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2122	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY EDGING BACK ON PRT/FSB [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS EDGING BACK FROM A COMMITMENT TO A PRT AND FSB IN AFGHANISTAN, PENDING GREATER CLARITY OF ITS ROLE IN POST-JUNE 30 IRAQ. WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT BERLUSCONI'S GOVERNMENT WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN A PRT - AND THINK AN FSB IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION - BUT DO NOT [...]	2004-06-01 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2123	WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT MEANS FOR BERLUSCONI [...] (S) The President's visit to Rome takes place one week before Italians vote for their 78 representatives to the European parliament and some local officials on June 12-13. The results of the vote will be interpreted as an early test of how Berlusconi is likely to fare in national elections t [...]	2004-06-01 17:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	IT IZ PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2125	POST-CONFLICT ANGOLA FUNDING SHORTFALLS [...] ON MAY 27, 2004, AT THE SECOND ANNUAL SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, MIKE SACKETT, WFP'S REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA, CONFIRMED THAT PER REFTEL, AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS FUNDING SHORTFALL IN ITS ANGOLA PIPELINE ARISES FROM THE LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM DONORS. 2. SACKETT ALS [...]	2004-06-03 08:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF AO WFP
04ROME2168	MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...]	2004-06-08 09:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2171	Commerce DAS Eric Stewart Visit to Rome [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. On May 25, 2004, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of Commerce for Europe, Russia, and the Independent States Eric Stewart held discussions with Government of Italy (GOI) counterparts and met with local business representatives on trade and market access and compl [...]	2004-06-08 09:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IT ECIP
04ROME2190	CIVAIR: ITALIAN VIEWS ON U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affairs, as well as Alitalia, all confirm that Italy has serious concerns about accepting a first-step U.S.-EU air services agreement. However, our discussions with all three entities revealed a range of rationales for the GOI's current re [...]	2004-06-09 09:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT EUN AVIATION
04ROME2192	FMCT/CD: ITALY WELCOMES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (S) POLMILCOUNS ON JUNE 7 MET WITH MFA ARMS CONTROL OFFICE DIRECTOR FILIPPO FORMICA TO CONVEY REFTEL POINTS. COUNSELOR PIERO SARDI AND POLMILOFF WERE IN ATTENDANCE. FORMICA'S RANK ON THE MFA'S LINE CHART IS TECHNICALLY LOWER THAN THAT OF A DAS, BUT HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AND LEVEL OF EXPERTISE [...]	2004-06-09 10:32:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC KNNP PARM PREL TSPA CDG
04ROME2196	ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] The WFP Annual Session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of the positive Sudanese signing of the Naivasha Protocols (GOS-SPLM/A),and an unprecedented level of displacement and violence in Sudan's Darfur region. Coming off a record level of total support in 2003 (U.S. dollars (USD) $2.6 [...]	2004-06-09 12:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR UN
04ROME22	PRODI LAUNCHES UNOFFICIAL CANDIDACY FOR ITALIAN PM [...] (U) ROMANO PRODI IN A JANUARY 2 INTERVIEW WITH THE CENTER-LEFT DAILY LA REPUBBLICA LAMBASTED THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT FOR ITS HANDLING OF ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY SEMESTER. TAKING OFF THE KID GLOVES HE HAD KEPT LOOSELY TIED SINCE LAST JULY, PRODI BLAMED THE CENTER-RIGHT COALITION FOR CONTRIBU [...]	2004-01-07 09:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2217	ITALY ON US PROPOSALS FOR STRENGTHENING THE IAEA: [...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL PAPER TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR ARMS CONTROL GIOVANNI IANNUZZI ON JUNE 9. ITALY FULLY AGREES WITH THE PROPOSALS REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, WHICH IT CONSIDERS A "PILLAR" OF THE IAEA. ITALY CAN SPEAK MORE SERENELY NOW THAT IT HAS FINISHED ITS OWN IMPLEMENTAT [...]	2004-06-10 09:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP TRGY MNUC IT IAEA
04ROME2218	WFP food diversions in Cambodia [...] WFP has uncovered a major case of commodity theft related to food for work (FFW) distributions in Kampong Speu cluster. An external team headed by an international consultant (a former WFP staff member who speaks Khmer),and two engineers seconded by Red R Australia, is carrying out physical v [...]	2004-06-10 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME2222	WFP AIR OPERATIONS [...] Summary. WFP is addressing the findings of the external auditor regarding air operations in advance of its next Executive Board meeting. End summary. 2. Review of the WFP's Air Operations, a Report of the External Auditor, was presented but not discussed at the Annual Session of the WFP E [...]	2004-06-10 13:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAIR WFP AVIATION
04ROME2224	U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT: GOI VIEWS AS "NOT [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING UP ON REF. A DISCUSSIONS, ECMIN MET THE MORNING OF JUNE 10 WITH EMIGLIO MARAINI, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO TRANSPORT MINISTER LUNARDI, SHORTLY BEFORE THE TWO WERE TO DEPART FOR THE TRANSPORT COUNCIL IN LUXEMBOURG. MARAINI ESSENTIALLY CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAD HEARD IN OUR EARLIER MEE [...]	2004-06-10 13:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT EUN AVIATION
04ROME2243	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] In an abbreviated Board session (one and a half days),the Executive Board approved country programs for Sierra Leone and Madagascar, a budget increase for WFP's development efforts in Uganda, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Myanmar (Returnees and vulnerable groups in norther [...]	2004-06-10 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2245	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI AND BERLUSCONI IN THE [...] (U) Italy's June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections are the latest contest, albeit indirect, between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his once and likely future challenger, European Commission President Romano Prodi. Italy's next national elections will almost certainly not o [...]	2004-06-10 17:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS

04ROME2248	STATUS OF US MILITARY PROJECTS UNDERWAY AT ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Whatever final decisions are made with regard to the US military's Global Posture Review (GPR),changes emanating from the GPR will build upon numerous milcon and other projects already underway within Italy. Careful coordination will be required to ensure that these current proj [...]	2004-06-14 05:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME227	ITALY: UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH FOUR. 2. (SBU) FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION DOLLARS WERE UNFROZEN AND TRANSFERRED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ (DFI) ON DECEMBER 18. ACCORDING TO ROBERTO CICIANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MONEY-LAUNDE [...]	2004-01-22 12:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2272	DARFUR: ITALY COMMITMENT EURO 4.4 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is contributing a total of Euro 4.4 million (approx $5.4 million) to relief efforts related to the crisis in Darfur. Officials at the MFA's Directorate of Development Cooperation told USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick Schieck that Italy does not rule out further contri [...]	2004-06-14 11:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU IT AF WFP UN
04ROME2274	FOOD SECURITY IN GUATEMALA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: Travel of U.S. Mission Rome's Alternate Permanent Representative to Guatemala provided an opportunity for review of selected projects of the World Food Program (WFP),the UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in rural are [...]	2004-06-14 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV GT XK WFP FAO IFAD
04ROME2277	FOOD SECURITY IN NICARAGUA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: U.S. Mission Rome Alternate Permanent Representative traveled to Nicaragua May 2-5 to review efforts by the UN agencies to work with the host government and other donors to address food insecurity in this low- income, food-deficit country that has been hit by recurring natural disa [...]	2004-06-14 13:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV NU XK WFP FAO IFAD
04ROME2280	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: A SETBACK FOR BOTH BERLUSCONI [...] (SBU) Based on close-to-final results from the European Parliament and local elections, center-right and center-left ran almost a dead heat in Italy, with vote shifts occurring within coalitions. Voters rebuked Prime Minister Berlusconi; his Forza Italia party dropped fairly significantly. [...]	2004-06-14 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2298	FAO LAUNCHES SPECIAL FUND FOR EMERGENCY AND [...] Summary: In April 2004, FAO completed arrangements to establish a Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities. The aim of this Special Fund is to enable FAO to respond rapidly to emergency situations, ensuring ready access to funds at the onset of an emergency, before agreement [...]	2004-06-15 10:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC EAGR KUNR ABUD FAO
04ROME2309	ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AND COUNCIL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials briefed poloffs on positions Italy will take during GAERC and Council meetings during the week of June 14. European Neighborhood Policy debate will continue at both GAERC and Council meetings. The unanimous UNSC approval of the new Iraq resolution has prepared the [...]	2004-06-15 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IT MEPP EUN
04ROME2319	PUBLIC LAW 480 FOOD FOR PEACE PANEL AT ANNUAL [...] USUN-Rome organized (on the margin of the Annual Session of the WFP Executive Board) a panel to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Public Law 480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act that was signed into law in 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ambassador Tony Hall h [...]	2004-06-16 12:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2322	U.S.-ITALY EXPORT CONTROL TALKS: EMBASSY THOUGHTS [...] (S) Summary. The June 23 U.S.-Italy export control talks in Rome provide an important opportunity to encourage the GOI to address more flexibly the control of troublesome exports that do not fall clearly under any multilateral regime, such as the export of Italian fast boats to Iran. The GOI lo [...]	2004-06-16 14:05:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME2331	2003 GLOBAL FOOD AID: BARELY COPING WITH [...] WFP has released its annual Global Food Aid report entitled "2003 Food Aid Flows," which highlights, despite a year of extraordinary emergencies, the steady downward trend in total food aid tonnages, particularly since 1999. For 2004, international prices for food aid commodities continue the [...]	2004-06-17 12:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2349	GOI SUPPORT FOR U.S. ICAO CANDIDACY APPEARS LIKELY [...] ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO ERCOLANO, NEW COUNSELOR IN THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTORATE FOR ECONOMIC AND MULTILATERAL COOPERATION, ITALY IS UNOFFICIALLY LIKELY TO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES BID FOR RE-ELECTION TO PART 1 OF THE ICAO COUNCIL. ERCOLANO POINTED OUT THAT ITALY IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF LOB [...]	2004-06-17 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON IT FAA
04ROME2363	IRANIAN DIPLOMAT SOUNDS OUT THE BRITS [...] (S) ON JUNE 17, UK EMBASSY POL COUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL (STRICTLY PROTECT) BRIEFED POLOFF ON HIS MEETING THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH IRANIAN EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY ALI GHOLAMPOUR. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN CAMPBELL'S OFFICE IN THE UK EMBASSY. 2. (S) ACCORDING TO GHOLAMPOUR, IRAN IS "THANKFUL" THA [...]	2004-06-18 12:08:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2371	Further World Food Program Discussions with [...] (SBU) WFP received a letter dated June 14 from Mohamed Fakheri El-Kreikshi, Director-General of the Economic Department, regarding the agreement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with WFP's request for a waiver for all taxes and fees applicable to WFP cargo in transit. Libya's letter seeks confirm [...]	2004-06-18 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP
04ROME2389	ELECTION RESULTS: SOMETHING GAINED, SOMETHING LOST [...] (U) In Italy's EU elections, the governing coalition obtained a total of 45.4 percent of the votes, compared to 46.1 percent obtained by all parties on the center left. The remaining 8.5 percent went to other smaller parties. mainly center-right oriented. The center-left now holds 37 seats, [...]	2004-06-18 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2391	MEETING OF UNIDROIT FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on June 15 to consider the organization's 2005 budget. U.S. did not block consensus on the proposed budget of 1.979 million euros, which represents a 4.2 percent increase over 2004 [...]	2004-06-21 05:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ABUD UNIDROIT
04ROME2395	ETHIOPIA FOOD SECURITY VISIT: FAO PROJECTS [...] Summary: During an 8-day trip to examine food insecurity in Ethiopia, members of a delegation led by Ambassador Tony P. Hall made field visits to two projects funded by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): (1) a vegetable seed distribution site in Shebedino Woreda, Southern Nation [...]	2004-06-21 05:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN EAID AORC ET FAO
04ROME2418	GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST: U.S. PRIVATE- [...] Summary: The Global Crop Diversity Trust is an independent international endowment that aims to provide permanent funding for the world's major crop diversity collections, which provide the foundation for future improvements in agricultural productivity. The Trust has garnered firm pledges o [...]	2004-06-22 12:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO IPGRI
04ROME2427	GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST: ESTABLISHMENT [...] Provided below, for the record, is the text of a letter from FAO Director General Jacques Diouf, dated February 13, 2004, inviting member governments to sign the Agreement that establishes the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Signature does not imply any financial commitments to the Trust. Reft [...]	2004-06-22 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO IPGRI
04ROME2436	FAO SPEAKS OUT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (U) Summary: FAO's recent report on the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) concludes that agricultural biotechnology has the potential to benefit small, poor farmers in developing countries. It cautions, however, that biotechnology is no panacea, and that socio-economic impacts, food saf [...]	2004-06-23 09:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV EAID KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME2442	LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF, DATED JUNE 23, 2004, FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: "MS. CAROL BELLAMY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF UNICEF HOUSE 3 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA NEW YORK CITY, NEW YO [...]	2004-06-23 11:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR WI AG WFP UNICEF
04ROME2452	ALBANIANS MAKING THE ROUNDS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (C) ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS, ALBANIAN EMBASSY DCM SAKO MIROSH CONTINUED HIS GOVERNMENT'S PUSH (REFTEL) FOR A FORWARD LEANING STATEMENT AT THE ISTANBUL SUMMIT, WHICH WOULD EXTEND ALBANIA, CROATIA AND MACEDONIA "THE MEMBERSHIP INVITATION IN THE NEXT ENLARGEMENT SUMMIT." SAKO PRESENTED TO A/POLMIN [...]	2004-06-24 07:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL HR MK IT NATO
04ROME2463	"UNTIED FOOD AID" - WFP STUDY FOR UNCTAD [...] (SBU) The WFP Secretariat has shared with the US Mission a paper prepared for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) entitled: "Food Aid and the Untying of Aid: Opportunities and Challenges for the Least Developed Countries." The key premise for the untying of food aid [...]	2004-06-24 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF ETRD WFP UN UNCTAD
04ROME2464	IRAQ POST-HANDOVER: GOI SUPPORT STRONG AND [...] This message contains an action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Citing the parallel goals of strengthening Iraqi security services and forging an overarching Iraqi national identity from a highly regionalized reality, the GOI has described a comprehensive plan to provide assistance t [...]	2004-06-24 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ECON EAID IT IZ PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2467	ITALIAN ROLE IN RELEASE OF BRITISH MILITARY [...] (C) UK EMBASSY POLCOUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 24 THAT ITALY PLAYED A "VERY HELPFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE" IN SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE EIGHT UK MILITARY PERSONNEL HELD BY IRAN. TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN PM BLAIR'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR NIGEL SCHIENWALD AND PM BERLUSCONI'S NATI [...]	2004-06-25 04:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2487	USAID DEPUTY ADMINSTRATOR SCHIECK VISITS THE [...] Summary: during his trip to Rome for the World Food Program Executive Board meetings, USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick W. Schieck met with International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Director General William Loris. Loris reviewed the organization's current programs, including those [...]	2004-06-25 15:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC KJUS KISL IDLO
04ROME2489	ITALY - EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] (C) We raised reftel points with senior Italian officials at meetings on June 23, 24 and 25. They acknowledged that there may be a gradually emerging EU consensus on lifting the EU China Arms Embargo, but said that there is no deadline and that the EU does not want to signal to Beijing that t [...]	2004-06-25 17:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ETTC EU CH IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME2493	GOI BUDGET SUPPORT FOR HAITI UNLIKELY WITHOUT [...] SUMMARY: THE GOI IS OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF HAITI (IGOH),PROVIDED THIS ASSISTANCE IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL TRUST FUND BY AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT CAN MONITOR ITS EFFECTIVENESS. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ITALIA [...]	2004-06-28 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL HA IT
04ROME2517	ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) MISSION BELIEVES RENEWING THE TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER WOULD ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASED US-ITALIAN COOPERATION ON CUBA AND HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON ALREADY STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ITALY. ITALIAN POLICY TOWARDS CUBA FOLLOWS THE EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA, WHICH IS BAS [...]	2004-06-28 15:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME254	GOI PROVIDES TECHNICAL DETAILS ON FAST BOATS AND [...] (S/NF) AS FOESHADOWED IN REFTEL, THE GOI HAS SHARED WITH US -- ON A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BASIS -- DETAILED INORMATION FROM BOTH FB DESIGN AND ISOTTA FRASCHINI OTORI REGARDING THEIR EXPORTS TO IRAN. WE WERE OLD THAT NEITHER COMPANY IS AWARE THAT THE INFORATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO THE USG. [...]	2004-01-23 18:35:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME2555	OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV - ITALIANS SUPPORT GOALS, [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR ANDREA ORIZIO TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 30 THAT ITALY FULLY AGREED THAT TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS, SUCH AS TRAVEL/VISA BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS WAS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES TAKEN BY THE OHR, AND FOR ACHIEVING OUR [...]	2004-07-01 15:15:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC IT ICTY EUN
04ROME2590	ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) MFA SYRIA DESK OFFICER ALESSANDRA PASTORELLI TOLD POLOFF THAT ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERNS OVER THE RECENT UPTICK IN POLITICALLY RELATED DETENTIONS IN SYRIA. THE SUBJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN DEPTH AT EU MIDDLE EAST WORKING GROUP (COMEM) MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS. AT NEXT WEEK'S COMEM, ITALY WI [...]	2004-07-02 14:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME2630	NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES ITALIAN STYLE: FINANCE [...] (C) FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI WAS FORCED OUT OF OFFICE JULY 2 BY DEPUTY PM FINI, WHO THREATENED TO QUIT THE GOVERNMENT ABSENT TREMONTI'S RESIGNATION. FINI'S PUSH FOR MORE POWER OVER ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING HAD BEEN STYMIED BY TREMONTI. BERLUSCONI, IN A SURPRISE MOVE, NAMED HIMSELF A [...]	2004-07-06 18:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2631	ITALIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A DELEGATION LED BY LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR., A/S FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS, DISCUSSED ITALY-SPECIFIC GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW (GPR) PROPOSALS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS FROM THE DEFENSE GENERAL STAFF AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON JUNE 16. CHIEF OF DEFENSE (CHOD) ADMIRAL GI [...]	2004-07-07 05:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2643	UPDATE ON WFP DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION [...] THE FIELD PHASE OF THE JOINT EVALUATION OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) ENABLING DEVELOPMENT POLICY (EDP) IS NEARLY COMPLETE. THE NEXT AND FINAL PHASE OF THE EVALUATION IS TO BE CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER 2004. DESPITE PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE EVALUATION ITSELF, AS WELL AS MISSION EFFORTS TO [...]	2004-07-07 13:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ADRC WFP
04ROME2653	BERLUSCONOMICS - THE RECORD UNDER TREMONTI'S [...] SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO STAY AT THE HELM OF ITALIAN ECONOMIC DECISION- MAKING, FOLLOWING THE FORCED RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI (REF A). WHILE THERE IS PRESSURE FOR THE PM TO APPOINT A PERMANENT SUCCESSOR SOONER, BERLUSCONI HAS H [...]	2004-07-07 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2657	BIOTECHNOLOGY: WFP INTERNAL GUIDANCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN AN INTERNAL "CORPORATE MESSAGE" RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED TO ITS STAFF WORLDWIDE, SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) STRESSED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS NEUTRAL IN THE DEBATE ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS. EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT (1) WFP [...]	2004-07-08 07:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD SENV AORC WFP
04ROME2659	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM REPORTS ON USAID-FUNDED JUNIOR [...] FOLLOWING HER MEETING IN WASHINGTON, DC, WITH USAID FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER CARELL LAURENT, WFP HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER ANNA COPE REPORTED TO US PROGRESS IN WFP'S EFFORTS TO SECURE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM USAID TO FUND ADDITIONAL WFP JPOS. THE MEETING, WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 1, 2004, WAS A [...]	2004-07-08 07:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ADRC WFP
04ROME2690	ITALIAN VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA: IRAQ TO DOMINATE [...] (C) MFA DIRECTOR FOR EU CFSP LUIGI MATTIOLO PREDICTED THAT FMS WILL FOCUS ON IRAQ AT THE JULY 12-13 GAERC, POSSIBLY EATING INTO SOME OF THE TIME CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. HE NOTED THAT IRAQI PM ALLAWI "PLUS A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION" FROM THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT WILL ATTEND A WO [...]	2004-07-09 15:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04ROME2692	ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME [...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...]	2004-07-12 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2745	ITALY - HIGH-LEVEL CONCERN RE UNSC REFORM [...] (C) This cable contains action requests. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Italy is becoming increasingly concerned about any UN reform that could result in a permanent UNSC seat for Germany and/or Japan. The Italians fear that an increase in the number of peranent U [...]	2004-07-14 15:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC
04ROME2746	World Food Program Update on Opening New [...] (SBU) As requested ref A, Mission spoke 07/12 with WFP and conveyed information. WFP has not been considering the shipment of commodities from Libya (Al Kufrah) by road directly into northern Sudan down to Darfur because of serious security constraints, which would require substantive Sudanese [...]	2004-07-14 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP
04ROME2763	ITALY SAYS CURRENT ICJ/SECURITY BARRIER RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories Luca Sorgi told poloff that Italy found unacceptable a number of paragraphs in the current Arab Group draft resolution calling for UNGA endorsement of the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier. He mentioned speci [...]	2004-07-15 14:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IS IT UNGA ICJ
04ROME2765	ITALY - DOUBTS ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FORCE [...] (C) Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, expressed doubts and concerns regarding an expanded international protection force for Darfur. He stated that introducing such a force at this stage may be premature and that internationalizing the presence on the ground may not be wise. He s [...]	2004-07-15 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME2768	WFP'S VIEW ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP senior officials on Iraq food commodity operations on June 27 and July 2. If current ration levels are maintained, the Iraq Public Distribution System (PDS) is likely to experience shortages in a number of commodities throughout the coming months, according t [...]	2004-07-16 07:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2774	ITALY - FOLLOW UP ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) After consulting on ref A demarche with MFA colleagues and the Dutch EU Presidency, Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, toned down the skepticism expressed in ref B by stating that Italy and the EU are pr [...]	2004-07-16 12:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT EUN
04ROME2781	WFP BRIEFING ON DARFUR AND SOUTHERN SUDAN - JULY 13 [...] (SBU) WFP conducted a Sudan humanitarian needs briefing for Rome-based permanent representatives at its Headquarters on July 13. Security remains a profound concern, with examples of humanitarian workers being detained anywhere from a few hours to a few days. WFP estimates that 1.2 million peo [...]	2004-07-16 15:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SU WFP UNHCR
04ROME2789	GOI PASSED PASSES A DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] As previously announced by PM Berlusconi, the Italian Cabinet passed on July 9 by decree law a euro 7.5 billion, or 0.6 percent of GDP deficit reduction package, as under pressure from the EU European Commission had requested. The package includes euro 4.2 billion in structural spending cuts, [...]	2004-07-19 10:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN
04ROME280	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: TREATY COULD ENTER [...] SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE FAO SECRETARIAT, AS OF 26 JANUARY SOME 34-35 COUNTRIES HAD SUBMITTED RATIFICATION INSTRUMENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY (IT) FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. THE EC IS EXPECTED TO DO SO IN MID MARCH 2004, CONCURRENTLY WITH AT LEAST A HANDFUL [...]	2004-01-27 12:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME2810	RIGHT TO FOOD: INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: The third (and supposedly final) session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome from 5 to 10 July 2004. [...]	2004-07-20 12:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN FAO
04ROME2815	ITALY: AN INTERLUDE IN THE UNENDING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Italy's governing coalition may have reached a moment of respite from disagreements, which have plagued it since the spring elections. The interlude may not endure long, but as one contact joked, "Berlusconi would certainly make history if his were the first government to fall during [...]	2004-07-20 15:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2829	U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) On June 23, 2004, U.S. and Italian goverment delegations held consultations on a range o export control and technology transfer issues, s a follow-up to discussions held in July 2003. Bth sides appeared satisfied with the quality of he information exchange. Discussion included the EU/China [...]	2004-07-21 14:23:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PREL EIND PARM TSPA IT CH IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME2836	Treasury DG Domenico Siniscalco Appointed New [...] (SBU) After two weeks' debate within the Coalition following former Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation, PM Berlusconi appointed Domenico Siniscalco, Treasury Department Director General since 2001, as new Finance Minister on July 16. Over this two-week period, Coalition parties could no [...]	2004-07-22 04:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2839	WFP AND FAO EFFORTS TO IMPROVE WORLDWIDE EMERGENCY [...] Summary. The recent G8 summit at Sea Island, Georgia, ended with a pledge by G8 leaders that their governments would coordinate with FAO and WFP to improve worldwide emergency assessment and response systems. FAO and WFP continue to work with stakeholders to improve emergency needs assessmen [...]	2004-07-22 10:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF UN
04ROME2845	UPDATE ON USG/WFP CARGO PREFERENCE EXEMPTION FOR [...] Summary. WFP, USAID and USDA are close to reaching an agreement on a mechanism to implement separate tracking of US cargo preference premium payments to conform to WFP auditor recommendations and ensure that WFP does not apply its indirect support cost (ISC) rate against the cargo preference [...]	2004-07-22 11:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC EWWT WFP ACABQ MARITIME
04ROME2853	RUSSIA/ITALY: LAVROV REASSURES FRATTINI ON UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their July 15 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and Russian FM Lavrov reviewed preparations for the annual Russia-Italy Summit, which will take place in Moscow "sometime in November." Frattini underlined Russia's need to "adopt western standards" concerning business regulations [...]	2004-07-22 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IT UNGA RU
04ROME2854	JAPANESE DONATION OF 250,000 METRIC TONS FOR WFP'S [...] (SBU) WFP advised US Mission that Japan will donate 250,000 tons of cereals to WFP's 2004 emergency operation (EMOP) in North Korea, with delivery over the period August- September/October 2004. The value of the donation is up to U.S. $80 million. Final details of the transaction have been sen [...]	2004-07-23 04:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
04ROME2867	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONSIDERS INSURANCE-BASED [...] WFP convened an informal briefing at its headquarters on the topic of hunger insurance on July 13. The purpose of the briefing was to gauge donor sentiment towards the idea of funding such insurance through premiums in an effort to shift risks associated with natural disasters away from crisi [...]	2004-07-23 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ADRC WFP
04ROME2872	World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of [...] (SBU) US Mission has received copy of the World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the transit of humanitarian assistance through Libya into Chad, Sudan and other African countries, signed in Tripoli on July 15, 2004. The MOU permits all forms of humanitarian assis [...]	2004-07-23 15:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP
04ROME2873	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: DIOUF STACKS THE [...] (C) Summary: At the FAO Conference in November 2005, member governments will elect a Director General (DG) for a six-year term, beginning January 2006. The incumbent, Jacques Diouf (Senegal),who has been in office since 1993, as a still-unannounced candidate, has already garnered endorsem [...]	2004-07-23 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR FAO
04ROME2874	SUDAN: ITALY SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION DRAFT AND [...] (SBU) MFA East Africa Office Director Stefano Dejak told poloff that Italy appreciated the strong US interest in the Darfur crisis and was looking forward to continued and enhanced cooperation bilaterally and through the EU. He had reviewed the UNSC resolution draft and confirmed that Italy w [...]	2004-07-26 05:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SU IT EUN
04ROME2875	ITALY WARNS AGAINST MARGINALIZATION OF THE EU IN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA warned that US "acquiescence" in Israel's efforts to exclude the European Union from engagement in the peace process is undermining the EU's credibility in the region, which will impede progress on the Roadmap and serve to further the divide between the Israelis a [...]	2004-07-26 05:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IT EU UNGA
04ROME2876	ITALY: ROBERTO CALDEROLI NEW MINISTER FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As expected, Prime Minister Berlusconi named Northern League National Coordinator and Senate Vice President Roberto Calderoli the new Minister for Reform and Devolution on July 20. Calderoli replaces League Secretary Umberto Bossi, who resigned the previous day to [...]	2004-07-26 08:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2885	GOI RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III [...] (C) Summary. Italy judged PrepCom III as failing to deliver on both substantive and organizational issues. The GOI welcomed US explanations of the US Article VI record, but suggests that the US now should also seek more concrete steps to convince Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries of its [...]	2004-07-26 12:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IT NPT
04ROME2893	GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER, [...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...]	2004-07-26 14:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2912	ITALIAN SUGGESTIONS ON COALITION STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Embassy Rome delivered ref A message and draft statement July 27 to MFA officials Deputy PolDir Bisogniero and Director-General (A/S equivalent) for Middle East Sessa. Because both officials were occupied with the current Italian Chiefs of Mission conference, they conferred and delivered t [...]	2004-07-28 04:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2913	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: MIL PLANNING FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Following the NAC decision reported in ref A, operational planning has accelerated for the deployment of one Italian NRF land battalion plus a command element to provide election security support in Afghanistan. Italian military officials have told ODC Rome that the 3rd Alpini battalion b [...]	2004-07-28 04:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2926	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: INDIA'S PERMREP FLOATS POSSIBLE INDIAN CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 10 below. 2. (C) Summary: Indian Permrep Himachal Som requested a meeting with Ambassador Hall on July 26 to discuss options for a possible Indian candidacy to succeed Senegal's Jacques Diouf as Director General (DG) of FAO. Som said the GOI support [...]	2004-07-28 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR IN FAO
04ROME2933	WFP'S SCHOOL FEEDING EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) WFP's school feeding programs in Iraq are ongoing. During the academic year 2003-2004 in the three northern governorates, WFP provided technical assistance to the local authorities to guarantee a smooth continuation of school feeding activities targeting over 700,000 students. Between Ma [...]	2004-07-29 04:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC EFIN IZ WFP
04ROME2935	UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...]	2004-07-29 07:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR
04ROME2961	ITALY'S VIEWS ON NEW AGENDA [...] (C) POLMILOFF on July 29 conveyed reftel points to MFA Nonproliferation/Arms Control Office Director Filippo Formica, Formica's deputy Piero Sardi, and MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. Brauzzi said he fully agreed with our point that NATO Allies should use the High Level Group (HLG) [...]	2004-07-30 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL RS NATO UNGA
04ROME2962	FMCT: ITALY WELCOMES U.S. PROPOSAL BUT STICKLER ON [...] (C) POLMILOFF on July 29 conveyed ref A points to MFA Nonproliferation/Arms Control Office Director Filippo Formica. Formica welcomed the U.S. proposal, noting that it was an important evolution in the USG's approach to nonproliferation. He said that it was essential to move forward with neg [...]	2004-07-30 14:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM PREL TSPA IT CDG
04ROME2964	FAST BOATS TO IRAN: COMPANY PRESSES GOI [...] (S) The Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) continues to be pressed by Italian fast boat manufacturer FB Design to allow it to resume business with Iran, according to Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements - Foreign Trade. Teti himself contacted econoff July 28 to [...]	2004-07-30 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC EIND PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME2967	WFP EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR KENYA [...] Summary. WFP is soliciting contributions for its new emergency operation (EMOP),"Food Assistance to Drought-affected People in Kenya," covering the period from August 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005. The estimated cost of $42.9 million would provide 166,000 metric tons of commodities for 2. [...]	2004-07-30 15:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF KE WFP UNHCR
04ROME2969	WFP SCHOOL MILK PROPOSAL FOR CHINA [...] WFP plans to phase out its operations in China at the end of 2005, and remains hopeful that China will become a major food aid contributor in the future. In 2001, WFP approached USDA related to a one-time 100,000 metric ton donation of Dry Skimmed Milk powder to support Chinese school feeding [...]	2004-07-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR CH WFP UN
04ROME2993	INFORMAL PRIVACY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON INTRA-EU [...] (SBU) On July 16, Italy,s Privacy authority hosted an informal meeting, in preparation for a formal session in Brussels this fall, to address PNR issues. Participants included EU Privacy Authorities, the European Airline Association and several European airlines. The morning conference, whi [...]	2004-08-03 09:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS IT EUN
04ROME3024	PROJECT ONE BILLION - PATRONAGE FROM THE UN [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. Background: Project 1 Billion (P1B) - named for the more than 1 billion persons affected by mass violence embodied in the experience of war, ethnic conflict, torture and terrorism - has been under way since an initial meeting of officials fr [...]	2004-08-05 04:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA IT UN
04ROME3055	ITALIAN LABOR UNIONS HAVE CONDEMNED HUMAN AND [...] (U) Italy has three primary labor union confederations, the General Confederation of Italian Labor (CGIL),the Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions (CISL),and the Italian Union of Labor (UIL). All three are more or less left-leaning, with CISL (with roots in Catholic social doctrine) t [...]	2004-08-06 14:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU IT ILO HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME3060	JUDICIARY HAMPERS B767 ENGINE FIRE INVESTIGATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 10:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV IT ICAO AVIATION
04ROME3061	US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...]	2004-08-09 12:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME307	CHR-60: ITALIANS SHOP STRATEGIES ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) Italian MFA Human Rights Director Giuseppe Calvetta reviewed with us January 27 ministry thinking on several CHR-related elements following the January 21 meeting of EU human rights experts (COHOM). Iran ---- 2. (C) The Irish presidency would be contacting Tehran in the coming days [...]	2004-01-28 17:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME3092	AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR U.S. FIRMS WITH INTERIOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Interior Minister Pisanu July 29 to discuss the DOE Megaports Initiative (septel). He used the occasion to advocate for three U.S. firms with business before the Ministry of Interior: Lion Apparel, Motorola, and MD Helicopters. Lion Apparel ------------ 2 [...]	2004-08-10 13:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP IT ECIP
04ROME3105	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: MATERIAL TRANSFER [...] Summary: The Expert Group on the Terms of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) will hold its first meeting on 4-8 October in Brussels, hosted by the European Commission (EC). The standard MTA will specify the terms for access and benefit sharing under the multilateral system envis [...]	2004-08-11 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME3115	ITALY SHARES US CONCERNS OVER RISING TENSIONS IN [...] (SBU) On August 10, MFA Russia/NIS desk officer Lucia Pasquilini told poloff that Italy supports a more active EU role in addressing the growing tensions in Moldova/Transnistria. Italy supported and awaits the conclusions from EU Director General Cooper's fact finding mission to Moldova Augus [...]	2004-08-11 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PBTS MD IT UN
04ROME3116	U/S BOLTON'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH LIBYAN OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary. U/S Bolton July 10 told Libyan officials that Libya had to end military cooperation with Iran as a sine qua non of concluding Phase III cooperation. The Libyans responded that all ongoing activity was linked to closing out existing contracts, which would be terminated on Septemb [...]	2004-08-11 19:16:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC LY IAEA
04ROME3125	ITALIAN AGRICULTURE: MIXED [...] Summary. Reactions of Italian agricultural opinion leaders to the WTO framework agreement reached in Geneva July 31 were generally positive. The majority hold tenaciously to the hope that geographical indications should be addressed in the WTO. Government, farmers' organizations, political [...]	2004-08-12 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EU IT FAO
04ROME3135	ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR 59TH UN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 11:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON IT KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA UN
04ROME3136	ITALIAN VIEWS ON UNSC REFORM, WEOG ROTATION FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy appreciates the Ref C enunciation of USG views on UN Security Council reform, which it views as a matter of vital national interest, and fully agrees that effectiveness be the standard by which reform is judged. Italy also will support the USG goal (Ref A) of reaching agree [...]	2004-08-13 15:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL IT UNSC
04ROME3138	DEMARCHE ON US GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] (C) A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Italian MFA and Prime Minister's office on August 13. The MFA, which was already aware of the main elements of GDPR, urged that the President's and other USG public statements stress that decisions will be made in close consultation with [...]	2004-08-14 10:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3153	ITALY RENOMINATES FAUSTO POCAR TO ICTY; REQUESTS [...] On August 13, Embassy received a Note Verbale (see para 2) from the MFA requesting USG support for the reelection of Prof. Fausto Pocar to the International Criminal Tribunal for the ex-Yugoslavia (ICTY). The MFA also transmitted an updated curriculum vitae for Pocar, which post has faxed to [...]	2004-08-16 14:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM IT ICTY
04ROME3166	ITALIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. President Bush's speech on military transformation received limited initial government reaction and media coverage in Italy. Most headlines focused on US troop reductions in Europe, with several articles commenting that the planned changes signify NATO's decreased importance in [...]	2004-08-17 13:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3190	BLAIR-BERLUSCONI VACATION-VISIT CONTINUES - NO [...] (C) Prime Ministers Berlusconi and Blair and their wives continue to enjoy their vacation at Berlusconi's home in Sardinia. Italian press has reported extensively on their activities. Despite speculation from throughout the Italian media that the PMs discussed a role for Italy as "mediator" [...]	2004-08-18 13:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3200	ITALY: EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR BIOMETRIC [...] Consul General informed Min. Adriano Benedetti, MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Political Migration, July 26 that Congress had passed legislation granting a one-year extension of the Visa Waiver Program biometric passport requirement and that the bill had gone to President Bush f [...]	2004-08-19 07:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT PREL IT
04ROME3224	ITALY WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT IRAN ON OUT OF [...] (U) Post conveyed ref points in the MFA to the Office of Iranian Affairs, the Office of Under Secretary for Asia Margherita Boniver, and to Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Enrico De Maio. We also delivered the points to the Prime Minister's office. 2. (C) De Maio said [...]	2004-08-20 13:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IR IT UN
04ROME3232	SINISCALCO UNVEILS ITALY'S CONTROVERSIAL FOUR-YEAR [...] The July 29 release of Italy's four-year economic blueprint opens Italy's annual budget process. The release follows the political turmoil surrounding Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation and the appointment of the new Minister Siniscalco. The DPEF, which sets budgetary guidelines for the [...]	2004-08-20 14:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
04ROME3239	ITALY ENGAGED IN TEHRAN IN EFFORTS TO SECURE OUT [...] Post received further information regarding Italy's efforts to secure Iranian cooperation for out of country voting for the upcoming elections in Afghanistan from the MFA's desk officer for Iran, Federica Ferrari Bravo, on August 23. Ferrari Bravo said that Italy is well aware of the problem [...]	2004-08-23 10:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF IR IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME3240	ITALY SUPPORTS ASEM PARTICIPATION FOR BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-23 10:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM IT EUN
04ROME3262	Civair: Italian Response to U.S.-Linate [...] On July 23, Embassy delivered ref A talking points on U.S. carrier complaints regarding Alitalia/Air France codeshare operations at Milan's Linate Airport to Aldo Sansone, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transport. In Sansone's response, he denies illegitimate and disc [...]	2004-08-24 15:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IT AVIATION FAA
04ROME3283	Parmalat Tussles With Major Creditors and Former [...] Following GOI approval of a restructuring plan based on a debt-to-equity swap in late July, Parmalat Commissioner Enrico Bondi opened his legal campaign in August against some of the world's largest banks for their alleged role in helping Parmalat Finanziaria (or "Parmalat," Parmalat's holding [...]	2004-08-26 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR IT KPRP
04ROME3285	IAEA: ITALY AGREES TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA continues to prefer a strategy that avoids risking breaking off all dialogue with Iran, but at the same time acknowledges that the situation in the IAEA is getting worse. While Italy did not explicitly say it would vote against a referral to the UNSC, it does not [...]	2004-08-26 16:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL IT IAEA

04ROME3381	ITALIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Charge, accompanied by PolOff, met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo and NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi on September 1 to convey points from Ref A demarche. Italy shares US views on most of the issues that EU Foreign Ministers w [...]	2004-09-03 04:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IT EUN
04ROME3399	ITALY TALKING TOUGH ON IRAN -- WITH THE EMPHASIS [...] (C) Pol M/C discussed Ref A non-paper with Paolo Dionisi, Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi, on September 3. Dionisi, commenting that the US always delivers a tough message on Iran, said that Italy also will send a tough message to Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council R [...]	2004-09-03 16:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL IT IAEA
04ROME3401	ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...]	2004-09-07 08:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3465	GOVERNMENT OF ITALY OBJECTIONS TO U.S. AIR CARRIER [...] Econoff and post FAA representative met September 7 with Ente Nazionale per L'Aviazione Civile (ENAC) Deputy Director General Sciacchitano to deliver reftel points. Sciacchitano confirmed to Econoff that ENAC had "suspended" its attempts to force Delta and Northwest Airlines, among other airli [...]	2004-09-10 06:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IT FAA AVIATION
04ROME3477	ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL FUND FOR AIDS [...] (SBU) Information received by the Office of the Global Fund (GFF) for AIDS has raised questions about whether the Government of Italy will fulfil its 2004 pledge of a E 100 million contribution to the fund. Post has been actively working with contacts throughout the Government to find out th [...]	2004-09-10 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID TBIO IT UN
04ROME3480	ITALIAN RESPONSE TO 9/13 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A/DCM and A/PolMinCouns discussed Ref A points with MFA Deputy Political Director Claudio Bisogniero on September 10, as did PolOff with MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo on September 9. We have also raised Ref A with various other Italian government interlocutors (Refs B [...]	2004-09-13 04:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04ROME3520	ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...]	2004-09-14 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA
04ROME3527	PROPOSED SUPPORT TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY [...] Embassy Rome strongly supports Johns Hopkins University's request on behalf of the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center for an FY 2005 ASHA grant of $100,000 to procure books and journals and to pay the salaries of three professors (reftel). ConGen Florence and Embassy Rome have long had a [...]	2004-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID IT
04ROME3530	ITALY ON LARGE AIRCRAFT SUBSIDIES TALKS WITH EU [...] On September 13, Economic Minister Counselor presented the demarche on large commercial aircraft subsidies to Foreign Ministry Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation, Giandomenico Magliano, and Office Director Diego Ungaro. EcMin also conveyed the demarche separ [...]	2004-09-14 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EIND ETRD IT EUN FAA AVIATION
04ROME354	ICAO CAEP 6: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SALVATORE MINEO, ITALY'S CAEP REPRESENTATIVE AND ENAC (NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY) DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, MET JANUARY 30 WITH SENIOR FAA REPRESENTATIVE AND SCIENCE COUNSELOR. MINEO IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CAEP 6 DUE TO ILL HEALTH, BUT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY PAOLO [...]	2004-01-30 18:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON SENV IT AVIATION
04ROME3541	SPECIAL TRUST FUND FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PLANT [...] Summary and Recommendation: U.S. Mission received a letter dated 26 August 2004 from FAO's Assistant Director for Technical Cooperation, soliciting USG support for the newly established Special Trust Fund for the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). The concept of a voluntary f [...]	2004-09-15 13:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD AORC ABUD IPPC FAO
04ROME3567	ITALY-ERITREA: MESSAGE ON BORDER ISSUE FALLS ON [...] (U) Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA East Africa Office Director, briefed PolOff on the recent meeting between Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini and Eritrean Foreign Minister Ali Said Abdella. Pignatelli said that the ministers focused primarily on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia [...]	2004-09-17 06:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ET ER IT UNMEE
04ROME3570	MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS FAO EVALUATION, KEY [...] (U) Summary: At a "Geneva Group" meeting for Rome- based representatives of major donor governments convened by the U.S. Mission on 14 September, participants strongly supported a U.S.-led proposal for an independent external review of FAO, although they expressed some differences on tactic [...]	2004-09-17 11:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID PREL KUNR FAO
04ROME3590	IRAQ: ITALIAN PLANS FOR TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy may not be able to make its planned Euro 10 million disbursement to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) prior to the Tokyo meeting due to chronic budget difficulties. Our judgment is that this is a matter of timing, and that the 2004 pledge is [...]	2004-09-20 04:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3591	FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Agusta Westland September 9 regarding the order of helicopter spare parts for Italy. According to Paolo Colombo Speroni, the head of Agusta's spare parts sales department, there is no employee at Agusta named Mario Beretta; Agusta did not place any such order for spare [...]	2004-09-20 04:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC IT BLUE LANTERN
04ROME3592	REPATRIATING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL FROM ITALY - [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. ---------------- SUMMARY ---------------- 2. This report is further to ref A report of Secretary Abraham's call on Prime Ministry Under Secretary Letta August 25. In that call, U/S Letta asked Secretary Abraham's personal help to p [...]	2004-09-20 04:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL KNNP KSCA IT
04ROME3593	ITALY AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS: ENGAGING [...] Summary: EcMin presented MFA officials with Ref. B diplomatic note seeking better cooperation on aviation incident investigations and laid out possible operational solutions. MFA officials noted that the independence of the Italian judiciary made it difficult for the MFA to prescribe a specif [...]	2004-09-20 05:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IT AVIATION FAA
04ROME3642	ITALY MOVING ON EU BATTLEGROUPS WITH AN EYE TOWARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO EUN
04ROME3647	ICAO - ITALY'S ADDITIONAL RESPONSES TO BUDGET AND [...] Italy's civil aviation authority (Ente Nazionale per L'Aviazione Civile (ENAC)) Deputy Director Salvatore Sciacchitano provided Econoff with the following additional written responses (in English) to Ref A and B points. Embassy has edited the text for readability. 2. Begin text -We agree [...]	2004-09-22 08:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR IT ICAO
04ROME3666	SOMALIA: ITALY SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN JOINT [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) Bruno Cabras, MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, requested a meeting with A/DCM on September 21 to request U.S. participation in the protocol joint monitoring committee designed to supp [...]	2004-09-22 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO IT UN
04ROME3669	Sparring with FAO over Locusts [...] (U) Summary. Over the past several weeks we have been active in promoting a better international response to the Sahel desert locust emergency. On September 10, 2004, USUN Rome invited permanent representatives of potential donor countries and countries affected by the current outbreak of d [...]	2004-09-22 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3670	CWC/ITALY'S SCHEDULE 2 FACILITY AGREEMENTS: [...] (U) Summary. Most of the USG's suggestions (reftel) for improving Italy's facility agreements (FAs) were judged by Foreign Ministry technical experts to be either superfluous (because already covered by the FAs) or undesirable (because they would introduce unwanted flexibility into the conduct [...]	2004-09-22 16:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CW IT CWC
04ROME3681	Exchanging Letters with FAO over Locusts [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the text of Ambassador Hall's letter to FAO DG Diouf on September 16, 2004 follows: "I am writing to express the United States' concern over FAO's response to the locust plague in the Sahel. While I know that other donors share aspects of this concern, these views are not [...]	2004-09-23 11:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3698	ITALY/TURKEY: CONFIDENT TURKEY WILL RECEIVE A [...] (C) On September 23, MFA Director for Turkey/Cyprus Affairs Renato Ricci told poloff that while his government was still confident that Turkey would receive a "yes" on a date to begin EU accession negotiations at the December Council, recent moves to include criminalizing adultery in the cou [...]	2004-09-24 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT TU EUN
04ROME3708	(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS ON OPPOSITION REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (CHP) (C-RE9-01066) [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING ON THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (AKP) AND OPPOSITION BEFORE AND AFTER LOCAL ELECTIONS PROVIDED BY EMBASSY ANKARA AND CONGEN ISTANBUL. ANALYSTS HAVE USED THE REPORTING IN AN ARRAY OF CURRENT PRODUCTION AND BRIEFINGS TO P [...]	2004-09-24 14:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL ETTC EIND IT GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3767	PEACE CORPS FAO COOPERATION: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome received a response letter to its September 10th, 2004 letter (reftel) regarding the termination of the 1962 Agreement between the United States and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the Use of Peace Corps Volun [...]	2004-09-29 14:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO
04ROME3774	CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bloomfield, and delegation to visit Rome from October 5-6, 2004. To secure hotel accommodations, please provide fiscal data for charge purposes or credit card information for each individ [...]	2004-09-29 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3792	GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...]	2004-09-30 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3832	ALITALIA: RESTRUCTURING PLAN CLOSE TO APPROVAL [...] (U) Summary: Alitalia, the Italian government, and labor unions are expected to sign a final agreement soon on the restructuring of Italy's flag carrier. The airline will be split into two companies, one to continue the core flight operations, the other to take over Alitalia's ground service [...]	2004-10-04 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB EU IT KPRV PGOV FAA AVIATION
04ROME3841	30TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] Summary. The annual session of FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) discussed the world food security situation and follow-up to the World Food Summit (WFS),noting uneven progress among countries and regions. The Committee: -- asked that a working group of experts be convened to [...]	2004-10-05 08:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID PHUM FAO
04ROME3847	EU/LIBYA ARMS EMBARGO - ITALY WON'T RISK [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiol/ told poloff on October 1 that he saw "little or no chance" that the October 11 GAERC will not approve the COREPER recommendation that Qhe EU arms embargo be lifted in its entirety. Qrocess to partially l ift September in an effort tools it needed [...]	2004-10-05 10:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IT EUN
04ROME3849	ITALIAN PRT/FSB ON BACK BURNER FOR NEAR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Facing budget cuts and with a military straining to meet its current obligations overseas, Italy will not consider deploying a PRT/FSB in the near term. However, Italy has not ruled out leading a PRT/FSB at some point in the future. Italy will keep the possibility on the back bu [...]	2004-10-05 13:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME385	ITALY: STATUS OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (SBU) Finance Ministry officials provided Embassy with updated list of Iraqi assets frozen and held in Italy. This list was reviewed and approved by the inter-ministerial Financial Security Committee at its January 29 meeting. 2. (SBU) Information is presented below as follows: bank in Ita [...]	2004-02-04 10:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3862	G8 SUMMIT COMMITMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY [...] Summary. USUN-Rome organized a panel discussion entitled, "Planting the Seeds for Africa's Future: G8 Partnerships to Raise Agricultural Productivity Through Capacity Building," on Sept. 21 in the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on World Food Security (CFS). [...]	2004-10-05 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID AORC ETRD KPAO KSUM XA FAO
04ROME3882	ITALY ASKS FOR AFRICAN FOCS AND FURTHER U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 10:50:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3885	30TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] Summary. The annual session of FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) discussed the world food security situation and follow-up to the World Food Summit (WFS),noting uneven progress among countries and regions. The Committee: -- asked that a working group of experts be convened to [...]	2004-10-06 11:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID PHUM FAO
04ROME3911	ITALY: LIBYAN JEWISH COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation of Italian Jews, expelled from Libya in 1970 and now Italian citizens, has accepted an offer to visit Tripoli October 10-14. The will discuss possible compensation for property and monies seized when Jews were expelled after 1967. Qadhafi's son Sa'adi offered the [...]	2004-10-07 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT KIRF LY PHUM PREL
04ROME3917	ITALY AGREES ON NEED FOR IMMEDIATE AID FOR CYPRUS, [...] (C) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told Poloff on October 4 that Italy concurs with the US view (REFTEL) that increased economic development in North Cyprus will aid reunification. To that end, Italy supprts rapid disbursal of the Commission's propoed Euro 259 million aid pack [...]	2004-10-08 08:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECIN TU CY IT EUN
04ROME3927	EU GAERC - ITALY CONFIRMS MINISTERS WILL ENDORSE [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo confirmed to poloff that EU Ministers would endorse the COREPER decision to lift completely the ban on arms exports to Libya at the October 11 GAERC. Mattiolo underlined that this would not mean a rush of sales of lethal weapons to Tripoli. There [...]	2004-10-08 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM IT EUN
04ROME3933	IRAQ/ITALY- ITALIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON PLANS [...] (C) At their Oct. 6 meeting with Italian MFA DG Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn discussed Iran and Iraq, as well as Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) issues (septel). Massolo underscored Italy's concern with Iranian nuclear ambitions. He sought details on the mix of MNF and Iraqi f [...]	2004-10-12 08:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT IR IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3955	BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary: The Italian Coast Guard confirms receipt of focal plane arrays. End summary. 2. Per reftel this message provides information regarding post-shipment end-use check on License 05-888338 for authorizing export of twenty indium antimonide focal plane arrays to the Italian Ministry of [...]	2004-10-13 15:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN
04ROME3958	APPROACH TO ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON CHINA ARMS [...] (S) Summary: MFA officials told PM DAS Suchan and JCS BG Remington that while Italy is "not out in front" it will likely join EU consensus to lift the China embargo, assuming that a review of China's human rights situation shows that "the conditions are right." PM Berlusconi's diplomatic advi [...]	2004-10-13 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PHUM CI IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME3969	ITALY DEFENDS ITS NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a political imperative to stop waves of illegal immigrants, the Italian government has stepped up cooperation with Libya and adopted a policy of quickly returning to Libya immigrants who land illegally in Sicily. Responding to UN, NGO and opposition criticism, Italian [...]	2004-10-14 17:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL PREF IT LY EUN
04ROME3979	LOCUST EMERGENCY: DONORS' MEETING AT FAO, [...] Summary: At FAO Headquarters on 13 October, Director General Jacques Diouf and FAO Secretariat staff briefed representatives of donor governments and affected states on progress in bringing the locust emergency under control. FAO reported that the locust plague is "the worst in fifteen year [...]	2004-10-15 11:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC MASS SENV XI XY FAO
04ROME3985	GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO [...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...]	2004-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3989	IRAN: ITALY APPRECIATES US THINKING ON UNSC OPTIONS [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel non-paper with Giovanni Iannuzzi, head of the MFA's nonproliferation office, on October 15. Iannuzzi responded very positively to the non-paper, which he had shared with MFA DG for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo the evening before Massolo's depart [...]	2004-10-15 16:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL IT IAEA
04ROME3990	CIVAIR: ITALY STAYS FIRM ON LINATE CODESHARE [...] (U) Acting Ecmin, Econoff and Econ FSN met October 8 with Aldo Sansone, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transportation, to deliver Ref A follow-on demarche regarding Italian refusal to allow U.S. carriers to conduct third-country code-share operations between the U.S. an [...]	2004-10-15 17:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA IT AVIATION FAA
04ROME3992	MEETING OF UNIDROIT FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on October 8 to consider the organization's 2005 budget. A draft resolution on arrears was considered but eventually dropped after lengthy discussion. U.S. did not block consensus [...]	2004-10-18 04:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ABUD UNIDROIT
04ROME3998	ITALY REGARDING U.S. ACTIONS TO TERMINATE LARGE [...] (U) Post delivered ref A demarche on October 6 to senior Italian government trade officials Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA); Federico Eichberg, Senior Advisor to Foreign Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso; and Sandro Fanella, Direct [...]	2004-10-18 04:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IT EUN
04ROME3999	ITALY SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING OSCE SPECIAL REP FOR [...] On October 15, MFA OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told EUR/OHI Director Don Braum (in Rome for the Holocaust Education Task Force) that Italy fully supports US view that a special representative for anti-Semitism should be established in the OSCE. EU representatives met at 25 to discus [...]	2004-10-18 07:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IT OSCE EUN
04ROME4000	BUREAUCRATICS WILL KEEP ITALY FROM SECONDING [...] (SBU) OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told poloff that a bureaucratic complication would make it impossible for Italy to second observers to monitor upcoming elections in Ukraine. He said that Italian legislation authorizing such funds came with a string attached - money for transportatio [...]	2004-10-18 08:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UP IT OSCE
04ROME401	IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REF B, EMBASSY REPORTED THAT THE GOI WAS NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE ITS MADRID-PLEDGED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY FOR IRAQ (REF E). WE HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED ITALY'S OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES [...]	2004-02-04 17:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME402	PM BERLUSCONI LOOKING FOR EXIT STRATEGY ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The end of Italy's EU Presidency has compelled PM Berlusconi to address longstanding demands by two junior coalition partners for more say over policy making. The painstaking attempt to appease them without a major cabinet reshuffle may finally be drawing to a close. Vice PM [...]	2004-02-04 17:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME4026	MINI PRESSURIZED LOGISTICS MODULES (MPLMs) -- [...] Action request: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has contacted Embassy Science Section seeking the U.S. response to an Italian Note Verbale dated April 18, 2001 (see paragraph 2) that would implement the U.S.-Italy MOU on mini pressurized logistics modules, signed in Rome by the I [...]	2004-10-18 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA IT
04ROME403	ARGENTINE BONDS - ITALIAN BANKERS TAKE A TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: All we want is for Argentina to agree to fair and equitable negotiations with foreign bondholders, Nicola Stock (please protect),president of the Global Committee of Argentina Bondholders (GCAB),told econoffs February 3. However, the GCAB seriously doubts Argentin [...]	2004-02-04 18:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON IT
04ROME4035	RSVP EXTRANCHECK PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NIKON INSTRUMENTS [...] ON OCTOBER 15, 2004 DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER LINDA ARCHER AND COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST BARBARA LAPINI VISITED THE COMPANY NIKON INSTRUMENTS SPA AND MET WITH LORENZO VANNINI, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR, AND ENGINEER GIANCARLO CAPPANI, CONSULTANT. 2. CS ITALY OFFICIALS WERE WELL RECEIVE [...]	2004-10-19 14:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC IT BEXT
04ROME4039	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON COMPANIES [...] Per reftel request, post completed Blue Lantern checks on the following Italian defense brokers. Post can provide additional documentation on these four companies and conduct additional inquiries as needed. Please contact AmEmbassy Rome Blue Lantern Coordinator Gregory May, maygc@state.gov. [...]	2004-10-19 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN
04ROME4056	ITALY SYMPATHETIC ON VENEZUELA BUT PREFERS EU TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 13:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4058	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 15:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP
04ROME4059	TRIPOLI ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR [...] (C) Summary: The delegation of Italian-Libyan Jews who visited Tripoli October 10-14 described their trip as a success and were jubilant at having seen and been welcomed in their homeland. The trip provided the Libyans with an opportunity to evaluate their visitors; the group did not meet w [...]	2004-10-20 15:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF IT LY
04ROME4060	ITALY INSISTS CODE OF CONDUCT AND "TOOLBOX" WILL [...] (C) MFA Office Director for North Africa Pasquale D,Avino told Poloff that Italy shares the same goals and concerns as the U.S. (reftel) regarding Libya, with slight differences in approach. Rome therefore won't take any "imprudent" actions towards Tripoli in terms of providing arms, but at [...]	2004-10-20 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM LY IT EUN
04ROME4093	ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB - [...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...]	2004-10-22 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4106	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP
04ROME4141	ITALY/BIOTECH: PROPOSED COEXISTENCE DEGREE COULD [...] (C) Summary. Agriculture Minister Alemanno has once again asked the Italian Council of Ministers to approve a decree-law on the coexistence of GM and non-GM seeds planted in Italy. Like the draft that Alemanno attempted (unsuccessfully) to push through in November 2003, the vague text of the [...]	2004-10-26 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA IT
04ROME4165	CUBAN RESOLUTION AGAINST US EMBARGO: EU/ITALY WILL [...] (U) Paolo Miraglia, MFA Central America and Caribbean Office Director, told PolOff that, although highly concerned about the human rights situation in Cuba, Italy will support the EU position and vote in favor of the Cuban resolution. Miraglia stated that the Dutch presidency will deliver an e [...]	2004-10-27 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4180	ITALIAN POSITIONS ON NOVEMBER 2 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that the PSC was busy preparing documentation on Iraq for the GAERC and follow-on Council meeting. He also confirmed that Iraqi PM Allawi will have lunch with the Council at 25 plus 3 on November 5. Member States are firming up an econ [...]	2004-10-28 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04ROME4186	127TH FAO COUNCIL, 22-27 NOVEMBER 2004: LOOKING [...] (U) Summary: The upcoming FAO Council will provide an opportunity principally for members to review the world's food and agricultural situation, to track progress in the activities of FAO and the World Food Program (WFP),and to discuss FAO program, budget and administrative issues. The we [...]	2004-10-29 09:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME4194	The Italian Banking Sector: a Decade of [...] Since the mid-1990s, the Italian banking sector has undergone significant consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among major banks. The consolidation was the largest in Europe in terms of assets, and was driven in large part by domestic privatization efforts, Italy's entry into the Eu [...]	2004-10-29 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
04ROME4198	ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 09:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4216	ITALIAN CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C met with MFA Office Director for the Gulf States Luigi Maccotta on October 29 to discuss Iraqi PM Allawi's November 3-4 visit to Rome and the upcoming international conference on Iraq in Egypt. Maccotta had requested the meeting to present Italy's non-paper for the confe [...]	2004-11-03 08:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IT NATO
04ROME4252	NATO/IRAQ: ITALY OPPOSED TO CAVEATS ON NATO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Pol-Mil Officers discussed reftel demarche with Giovanni Brauzzi, head of the MFA's NATO office, on November 4. Brauzzi said that Italy agrees with the principle that NATO member states should not impose national caveats on agreed NATO missions, but noted that in practical terms [...]	2004-11-05 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4263	IRAQ: ITALY URGES MORE EU INVOLVEMENT, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary. In their November 4 meeting in Rome, and on the eve of Iraqi PM Allawi's Brussels meeting with EU leaders, Italian PM Berlusconi and his Iraqi counterpart held a friendly meeting in which they discussed the current situation in Iraq and strategies for securing greater EU and othe [...]	2004-11-05 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4268	TOUGH BARGAINING ON ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIOS [...] (C) Negotiations to fill Government positions, including that of Foreign Minister, resulting from Rocco Buttiglione's nomination and subsequent withdrawal as Italy's European Commissioner are caught up in domestic politics, especially an internal coalition struggle over the Government's tax [...]	2004-11-05 17:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME4276	ITALIAN PRT/FSB BACK IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 4 discussion with PolMil Officers, MFA NATO Office Director said that Italy is going forward with plans to contribute to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and/or Forward Support Base (FSB) in Afghanistan. He stressed, however, that Italy cannot go it alone and [...]	2004-11-08 10:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4280	ITALIAN VIEWS ON ISRAELI WEOG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C discussed reftel demarche with key MFA officials on November 5. While our Italian interlocutors are sympathetic to Israel's membership in consultative groups at selected UN agencies, it is unlikely to take action in the absence of EU consensus and pending the outcome of UN [...]	2004-11-08 14:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL AORC KIPR IS IT UNEP WIPO ILO IAEA
04ROME4296	FAO COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS: COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT [...] Summary. Over the past several months one of this Mission's highest priorities has been to achieve Permrep and Secretariat agreement to launch a comprehensive independent SIPDIS external evaluation of the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Through such an evaluation, we hope to [...]	2004-11-09 10:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME43	ENERGY U/S CARD VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BILATERAL ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: Department of Energy Undersecretary Robert Card stopped in Rome December 10 to meet with key Italian energy sector officials, en route to the COP-9 conference in Milan. Key issues discussed included generation choices, gas supply, greenhouse gas emissions, dependency on energy imports [...]	2004-01-08 10:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG IT
04ROME430	IRAQ: UPDATE ON ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS [...] (C) ECONOFF MADE REF B POINTS FEBRUARY 5 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, URGING GOI SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING FACILITY FOR IRAQ. MACCOTTA NOTED THAT WHILE THE GOI WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL- [...]	2004-02-06 10:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4313	GIANFRANCO FINI: ALMOST CERTAINLY ITALY'S NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, both Deputy Prime Minister Fini and Prime Minister Berlusconi's personal assistant confirmed that Fini will be named Italy's next Foreign Minister. We expect Fini to be a reliable replacement for Franco Frattini and to maint [...]	2004-11-09 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME4320	ITALY FULLY BACKS U.S. ON THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 08:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4375	ITALY'S SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION REMAINS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-16 14:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IT EUN
04ROME4376	FRENCH DEFMIN AT ROME'S NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE - [...] (SBU) French Minister of Defense Michele Alliot Marie addressed the NATO Defense College in Rome November 12. She urged concerted efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to narrow the transatlantic gap, citing the urgency of our common challenges and the importance of tackling them together. A [...]	2004-11-16 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IT NATO EUN
04ROME4404	EU STRATEGY ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Middle East director outlined the state of discussion among EU members for an initiative on Israeli-Palestinian peace. Italy is seeking to insert stronger messages to the initiatives: for Israel, the need to publicly declare readiness for negotiation, and for the Pale [...]	2004-11-17 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IT KPAL PREL EUN
04ROME4406	CODEL LANTOS MEETINGS IN ROME ON LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. En route to Tripoli, Congressman Lantos met with Italian officials responsible for Libya, the Italo-Libyan Jewish community, and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome. Italians reaffirmed their commitment to abide by the EU code of conduct in selling equipment to Italy and expressed [...]	2004-11-18 08:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM LI IT EUN
04ROME4412	ITALY: IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERDUE LABOR MARKET [...] Summary: The Italian Ministry of Labor has approved regulations to implement much-needed labor market reforms designed to increase flexibility and reduce illegal employmen. Through a system of public and private contract options, part-time and contract worker will now be eligible to receiv [...]	2004-11-18 11:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL IT
04ROME4421	ITALIAN VIEWS ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Russia/CIS Office Director Marco Marsilli agreed with US views (ref a) that if activities in the run-up to and during the second round of elections do not meet OSCE/ODIHR standards, the US and EU must coordinate on raising concerns with Ukrainian officials and the Central Election Commissi [...]	2004-11-18 14:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP IT EUN
04ROME4426	GIANFRANCO FINI IS (FINALLY) ITALY,S NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gianfranco Fini was (finally) appointed Italy's new Foreign Minister on November 18, following constant speculation on this outcome since the October 30 resignation of Rocco Buttiglione as Italy's nominee to the new European Commission and his replacement by ex-FM Franco Fratti [...]	2004-11-18 18:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME4430	ITALY CREATES NEW OFFICE TO COMBAT RACIAL [...] (U) At a well-attended press conference November 16, Stefania Prestigiacomo, Minister for Equal Opportunity, announced the creation of a new office in her ministry to combat racial and ethnic discrimination in Italy. The Ufficio Nazionale Antidiscriminazioni Razziali (UNAR),which was found [...]	2004-11-19 10:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4431	ITALY CONCURS ON NEED FOR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told poloff that Italy was already working with its EU partners on a "substantial" voluntary contribution for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Italy views this effort as part of a broader stabilization program, which includes [...]	2004-11-19 11:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY IT EUN UNFICYP
04ROME4443	ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-19 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV IT
04ROME4444	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 22 GAERC [...] (C) EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo said that ministers would have an extended discussion of Middle East issues over lunch on November 22, including a wide-ranging exchange of views on how the EU should enhance its role in the Quartet post-Arafat. Italy's views on the content of the Council s [...]	2004-11-19 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04ROME4454	ITALY: HHS A/S HORN PROMOTES TIP INITIATIVES [...] This is an action request. G-TIP, please see para 8. 2. Summary: HHS A/S for Children and Families visited Rome to discuss pro-family initiatives and trafficking in persons with Italian and Vatican officials and NGOs. A lunch hosted by the DCM prompted several TIP initiatives, including [...]	2004-11-22 17:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IT
04ROME4471	IPR: COMMERCIALIZING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, ITALY [...] Summary: The GOI, hoping to encourage more innovation at Italian universities, is considering its own version of the Bayh-Dole Act. The Economist has described the Bayh-Dole Act as "possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century." Enacted [...]	2004-11-24 10:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR IT
04ROME4474	ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Mission believes renewing the Title III Libertad Act waiver would enhance the possibility of increased US-Italian cooperation on Cuba and have a positive impact on already strong bilateral relations with Italy. Italian policy towards Cuba follows the EU Common Position, which is b [...]	2004-11-24 11:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT UN
04ROME4534	ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE ON OSCE MONITORING [...] (U) MFA OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told poloff that an OSCE election observer mission for Iraq as proposed reftel was in line with Italy's view that the organization's expertise should be exploited for "out of theater" missions. He agreed that ODIHR could provide invaluable assistance [...]	2004-11-30 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ IT OSCE
04ROME4542	ITALY HOSTS INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel demarche, Poloff attended the November 25 inauguration ceremony of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome. The one-hour event, which drew a wide-range of Ambassadors from various Middle East and North African countri [...]	2004-11-30 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMPI KDEM IT UNGA
04ROME4544	IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...]	2004-11-30 16:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS
04ROME4562	AFGHANISTA: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref Q and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Qrauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would shae them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. Q0. On Brauzzi noted that ItRT force [...]	2004-12-01 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4563	CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 16:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ
04ROME4580	AFGHANISTAN: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref A and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would share them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. 30. On the PRT and FSB, Brauzzi note [...]	2004-12-02 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN

04ROME4582	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL'S TRIP TO DARFUR [...] Ambassador Tony Hall led a delegation of staff and journalists to Sudan's Darfur states on November 18 through 20. The purpose of the visit was to witness first-hand the dire situation and to observe U.N. operations, principally those of the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricul [...]	2004-12-02 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04ROME4599	ITALY'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] The underground economy has been a consistent part of post-war Italy, and is a result of the country's systemic inefficiencies, in particular its bureaucracy, high taxation, and rigid labor market. Recent estimates place the size of the underground economy at about 15-17 percent of Italian G [...]	2004-12-03 16:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
04ROME4620	IN THE DESERT OF LIBYA, AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL [...] During a visit to al-Kufrah on November 22, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed the first shipment of U.S. food assistance moving through the "Libyan Corridor" on its way to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The first 40 truckloads of an estimated 350 made their way on the 2,800 kilometer journey start [...]	2004-12-06 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04ROME4646	EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO; MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi told DCM that there was "nothing new" in what Italy said to the Chinese on the EU arms embargo during the Italo-China Summit. He said that Italy would support lifting the embargo in Brussels, but that support would be linked to positive signals [...]	2004-12-06 18:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR IT CI EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4648	ITALIAN REQUEST TO UPDATE NICKEL EXPORT AGREEMENT [...] Action Request -- See Paragraph 5. 2. The GOI recently contacted embassy regarding their interest in updating a 1982 agreement on issuance of certificates of origin for the export of nickel-bearing material to the U.S. The agreement was intended to ensure that such exports did not contain [...]	2004-12-07 05:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETTC IT CU EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME4673	USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...]	2004-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP
04ROME4678	Italy: WTO Government Procurement Agreement Market [...] This message responds to reftel A request for our suggestions on possible areas for expansion of Italy's market access commitments under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). 2. The following are Embassy responses to questions A to D of reftel A para 5. [...]	2004-12-09 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD IT WTO
04ROME4682	ITALY ON EU GAERC/COUNCIL AGENDA: TURKEY WILL [...] (C) The MFA's Director for EU Integration, Michele Quaroni, told poloff that consensus was building around a Council conclusion with an unconditional date to begin Turkish accession negotiations. He was not sure whether the date would be during the first or second semester of 2005. France may [...]	2004-12-10 08:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG RW IT EUN
04ROME4699	ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: ENCOURAGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 12:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4719	ITALY: TIP UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Laborcouns delivered ref a points on TIP benchmarks for 2005 to representatives of the Ministries of Justice, Interior and Equal Opportunity, stressing the importance of Washington's interest in improved statistics and expanded victims' assistance and public awareness campaigns. [...]	2004-12-14 11:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF IT
04ROME4769	FAO/NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] At a Briefing Session at the FAO on December 15, 2004, member countries were invited to send participants to the "FAO/Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!", to be held in The Hague,January 31 -February 5, 2005. The stated conference aim is the [...]	2004-12-16 17:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID AORC EAGR NL FAO
04ROME4793	OPERATION BALKAN VICE V - ITALY ON BOARD WITH VISA [...] (S) MFA Balkans Office Director Andrea Orizio told Poloff on December 17 that Italy was "on board" with USG view that imposing travel entry/travel bans and freezing assets of PIFWC's and their material supporters are important tools for achieving our shared objective to stabilize the region. I [...]	2004-12-17 16:06:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK IT ICTY EUN
04ROME4796	FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALY AFTER MEETING OF IRAQI DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has disbursed approximately Euro 65 million ($86.3 million) in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq for 2003-2004, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials responsible for Iraq reconstruction aid. This total includes Italy's long-delayed 2004 paym [...]	2004-12-17 17:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4797	ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree result from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italian b [...]	2004-12-20 05:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO
04ROME4809	ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree resulted from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italia [...]	2004-12-20 12:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO
04ROME4840	ITALIAN POSITION ON EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE [...] On December 20, Franco Macor of the Italian Mandatory Consortium for Spent Batteries and Lead Waste (known by the Italian initials COBAT) responded to reftel request for information on Italy,s views regarding the EU battery directive. 2. What is Italy's position on the ban of lead/cadmium [...]	2004-12-22 09:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD EUN
04ROME4856	IRAQ: SUMMARY OF ITALIAN RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY [...] Luigi Maccotta, Deputy Director of the Iraq Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided Econoff with the following summary, in English, of Italian humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq. This document updates a previous summary Maccotta passed to Econoff in Jan [...]	2004-12-22 14:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4872	CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY - ITALY [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Per ref A, on December 10, SCI Specialist discussed Italy's views on biosafety with Marco Vetrano, Director of the Biosafety Division of the Italian Ministry of Environment. Vetrano stated that Italy ratifi [...]	2004-12-27 06:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ETRD TBIO EAID IT
04ROME4888	ITALY - NAMES TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Information below responds to questions and formatting instructions reftel. 3. (SBU) COUNTRY: Italian Republic DATE: 12/27/04 HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LAST NAME: Berlusconi FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Silvio CONVE [...]	2004-12-28 06:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IT
04ROME4908	TFXO01: EARLY WFP RELIEF EFFORTS - CREATION OF [...] USUN Rome Humanitarian Affairs Counselor Earl Gast and Program Specialist Philip Lamade were briefed by senior World Food Program (WFP) management on December 28, 2004. WFP apprised USUN Rome of its active engagement in mobilizing a task force in response to the disastrous tsunami following th [...]	2004-12-29 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF MOPS EAGR XO WFP
04ROME4915	AIREUROPE SUBSIDIARY OF BANKRUPT VOLARE GROUP [...] On November 19, Italian authorities shut down the insolvent Volare Group Airlines, including the regional budget carrier VolareWeb and the charter carrier AirEurope. On December 27, the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) granted AirEurope a provisional license to commence international [...]	2004-12-29 17:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IT AVIATION FAA
04ROME4922	AT ELEVENTH HOUR, ITALY APPROVES 2005 BUDGET [...] ON DECEMBER 29, PARLIAMENT PASSED THE 2005 BUDGET AFTER A LONG DEBATE TO RECONCILE THE COMPETING DEMANDS OF GOVERNING COALITION PARTNERS FOR PORK; PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOR A TAX CUT; AND FINANCE MINISTER SINISCALCO FOR A 2005 BUDGET DEFICIT BELOW THE STABILITY PACT THREE-PERCENT BUDGET [...]	2004-12-30 09:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
04ROME540	TRILATERALISM: ITALY NOT ANNOYED, BUT, FOR NOW, [...] (C) Summary: The last thing Europe needs is a new troika. That's the consistent line taken by Italian government officials, in both public statements and conversations with Embassy Rome staff. The UK-French-German "trilateral" initiative (as described reftel) is divisive, diverts attention [...]	2004-02-13 10:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GM UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME548	ITALIANS SHADOWBOXING OVER UNSC REFORM [...] (C) FOR SOME AS-YET UNKNOWN REASON, THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT IS ALARMED THAT UNSC REFORM EFFORTS MAY AGAIN BE GATHERING STEAM. OUTGOING MFA POLDIR GIANCARLO ARAGONA CHOSE TO OPEN A SESSION WITH VISITING U.S. G-8 POLDIR DAVIES ON PLANS FOR THE U.S. G-8 CHAIRMANSHIP (SEPTEL) WITH A LENGTHY RIF [...]	2004-02-13 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME549	OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...]	2004-02-13 14:38:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN
04ROME561	ITALY: COLOMBIA NEEDS TO BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE ITALIAN MFA'S VIEW, COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT URIBE RETURNED TO BOGOTA WITH MIXED RESULTS FROM HIS EUROPEAN VISIT. HIS ADDRESS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED DUE TO CONTINUED EUROPEAN INSISTENCE ON BETTER PERFORMANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES. [...]	2004-02-13 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME563	ITALIAN BIOTECH POLICY [...] SUMMARY. Italian biotech policy and policy-making appears to growing less transparent and more confused. The NK603 dossier is only the latest example. The Embassy believes it is unlikely that a Feb 17 GOI interagency meeting of technical experts will develop a consensus view. In our e [...]	2004-02-13 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ETRD EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME568	ITALIAN VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR WTO TALKS IN 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the European Commission's lead, the GOI generally agrees with USTR Zoellick's initiative, as expressed in his January 11 letter to trade ministers, to ensure that 2004 not be a lost year for trade negotiations. However, Italy was disappointed that the letter made no m [...]	2004-02-17 08:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IT WTO
04ROME59	SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) ON JAN. 7 ECON COUNSELOR CALLED ON GABRIELE CHECCHIA, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (INDUSTRY) MARZANO, TO CONTINUE REFTEL A DISCUSSION OF FB DESIGN'S EXPORT TO IRAN OF FOUR FAST BOATS. ECON COUNSELOR SAID WE UNDERSTOOD TWO BOATS WERE ALREADY IN IRAN, AND THAT TH [...]	2004-01-08 18:10:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME610	GOI PLANS TO PROVIDE LIMITED FUNDS FOR SIERRA [...] (C) SEBASTIANO FULCI, MFA WEST AFRICA OFFICE DIRECTOR INFORMED POST THAT ITALY PLANS TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 150,000 EURO FROM ITS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS BUDGET FOR THE SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT. ITALY PROVIDED 180,000 EURO IN 2001 AND 260,000 EURO AT THE END OF 2003. 2. (C) FULCI EXPLAI [...]	2004-02-18 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINS EAID SL IT KWCI UNSC
04ROME620	AD-HOC TASK FORCE ON ANIMAL FEED MEETING IN MAY [...] SUMMARY: THIS IS A BACKGROUND MESSAGE FOR THE SUBJECT MEETING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 17-19, 2004 IN COPENHAGEN. THIS TASK FORCE IS DRAFTING A CODEX CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR ANIMAL FEEDING. THE LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT CODEX DOCUMENT INCLUDES PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH US APPROAC [...]	2004-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FAO
04ROME624	PM BERLUSCONI SAYS HE IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 17, ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI SAID HE WOULD BE A CANDIDATE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY (EP) ELECTIONS IN JUNE, BUT THAT, WIN OR LOSE, HE WOULD REMAIN IN HIS POSITION AS PRIME MINISTER. ITALY HAS NO LAW THAT PREVENTS A MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT FROM RUNNING FOR [...]	2004-02-19 16:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME638	ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY [...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...]	2004-02-20 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME639	UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL -- ITALY STRAPPED FOR FUNDS [...] (C) POL M/C DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI. FERRARI WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT COULD COME UP WITH MORE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE UNWRA, GIVEN THAT IT IS ALREADY STRAPPED TRYING TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS MISSIONS ABROAD, [...]	2004-02-20 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL IT UNRWA
04ROME647	EU-CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - ITALIANS PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFFS MET WITH AND DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA U/S FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS, MARGHERITA BONIVER. BONIVER AGREED THAT CHINESE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY AND THAT LIFTING THE EMBARGO AT THIS TIME WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE C [...]	2004-02-20 17:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM CH TW IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME659	IRAQI ASSETS: ASSISTANCE IN RECOVERING RAFIDAIN [...] (U) INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REF A WAS DELIVERED TO ROBERTO CICIANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON MONEY-LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES, FINANCE MINISTRY, ON FEBRUARY 20. HE INDICATED HE WOULD SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ITALY'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, THE UFFICIO ITALIANO DEI CAMBI (UIC). [...]	2004-02-23 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL IZ IT UNSC
04ROME667	IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] ITALY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS, COSIMO CALIENDO, AND HIS DEPUTY, DR. GIORDANO, WHO REPRESENTED ITALY AT THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING, TOLD SCIENCE COUNSELOR FEBRUARY 17 THAT ITALY HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING ON THE BALLAST WATER TREATY. THEY FELT THA [...]	2004-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO
04ROME668	MFA U/S BONIVER ON AFGHANISTAN: PRT, RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Charge, MFA U/S Boniver conveyed the GOI's irritation at the USG's last-minute request that Italy lead a PRT in Afghanistan somewhere other than Ghazni, despite months of planning prompted by a specific U.S. request. She said Italy hoped to mainta [...]	2004-02-24 05:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN
04ROME688	PSI: ITALY STUDYING SUA AMENDMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 17:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IT MARITIME
04ROME703	ITALY TO PROPOSE A NATO POLITICAL STRATEGY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his speech to the NAC scheduled for March 3, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini plans to present a comprehensive set of priorities for NATO, according to MFA contacts. Many of the points addressed in Frattini's speech, and the Italian concept paper it is based on, are li [...]	2004-02-25 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME709	MISSION ITALY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 watch list. Overall frequency of copyright piracy has remained essentially stable since 2000, when Italy's copyright law was enacted. Nonetheless, total losses due to piracy are mounting, and Italy's piracy and counterfeiting ra [...]	2004-02-25 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD IT
04ROME731	ITALY'S ONGOING CONCERNS REGARDING U.S. [...] Summary. GOI officials continue to raise concerns about the U.S. Bioterrorism Act (BTA),in particular the burden it places on Italian small- and medium-size exporters, whose products make up a significant portion of Italys food exports. Officials from three ministries emphasized to Embassy [...]	2004-02-26 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME740	NEW FORM OF BSE DISCOVERED IN ITALY [...] Summary. Researchers from several Italian institutions published, in the National Academy of Science, findings that they have identified a second type of mad cow brain- wasting disease, BASE. The U.S. press has given this story much more attention than the Italian press. Italian media report [...]	2004-02-27 06:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EU IT
04ROME758	ITALY SUPPORTS UNDC "IMPROVEMENT SESSION" [...] (C) POLMILOFF MET WITH MFA DISARMAMENT AND NONPROLIFERATION OFFICE DIRECTOR FILIPPO FORMICA AND COUNSELOR PIERO SARDI ON FEBRUARY 28 TO DISCUSS REFTEL DEMARCHE (CONVEYED ON FEBRUARY 24). FORMICA OPENED BY EXPRESSING HIS FRUSTRATION THAT ITALY, WHICH CHAIRED THE UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION LAS [...]	2004-02-27 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL IT UNDC CDG
04ROME77	ITALY POISED TO CONTRIBUTE PRT FOR GHAZNI [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY IS LIKELY TO STAND-UP A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO COVER PARTS OF GHAZNI PROVINCE, ACCORDING TO MOD AND MFA CONTACTS, BUT WOULD PREFER TO DO SO UNDER NATO COMMAND. ITALY WOULD LIKE USG INPUT (AND WILL SEEK NATO/SHAPE INPUT AS WELL) ON THE LI [...]	2004-01-09 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME770	ITALIAN HEALTH MINISTER POSITIVE ON PRESIDENT'S [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE TO SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE ITALIAN MOH, MINISTER OF HEALTH GIROLAMO SIRCHIA WROTE TO EMBASSY SCIENCE COUNSELOR ON FEBRUARY 25, REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF. 2. BEGIN TEXT (INFORMAL TRANSLATION): I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE RECE [...]	2004-02-27 17:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID PREL IT
04ROME776	ITALIAN MINISTRY TRIES TO BLOCK FUTURE FAST BOAT [...] (S) SUMMARY: With FB Design's fast-boat contract with Iran effectively fulfilled, the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities has sent a stern letter to the company, warning it to do no further business with Iran without formal ministerial review. The legal force of the letter is unclear, [...]	2004-03-01 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME792	IRAN/IAEA: ITALY (STILL) SEES THE GLASS AS HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALTHOUGH ITALY HAS NOT YET FORMED A FINAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DG'S FEBRUARY 24 REPORT ON IRAN, THE HEAD OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR DISARMAMENT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE ARE SOME "VERY DISTURBING" BREACHES. ITALY WILL CONSULT FURTHER WITH ITS EU PARTNERS BEFORE DRAWING ANY FINAL CONCLUSI [...]	2004-03-02 06:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IT IAEA
04ROME798	ITALY SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON PRT LOCATION [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. Italy has requested clarification of the USG's position regarding the location of an Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Giovanni Brauzzi, MFA NATO Affairs Office Director, called Pol-Mil Officer on March 1 to say that comments made by State [...]	2004-03-02 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME8	US MISSION/ROME 2003 SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS - AS [...] (SBU) Kim: Thanks for the opportunity to lay out our past year's accomplishments. In short, it was an extraordinary year where our Mission, like many other IO posts, found ourselves in the middle of some of the most difficult challenges on our country's foreign policy agenda. In 2003 US Missio [...]	2004-01-02 14:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF
04ROME80	EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...]	2004-01-09 18:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME801	NINTH SESSION OF FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE HELD ITS NINTH SESSION IN BREMEN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 10-14, 2004. GREG SCHNEIDER (U.S.) WAS ELECTED TO CHAIR THE MEETING; RICHARD SISSON OF AUSTRALIA SERVED AS RAPPORTEUR. THE FAO SECRETARIAT PRESENTED A REPORT ON THE RECEN [...]	2004-03-02 13:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD EAGR AORC FAO
04ROME815	FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The WFP Board first regular session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs. In 2003, WFP received U.S. dollars (USD) 2.6 billion in donor contributions in support of its operations worldwide (plus an additional USD 1.2 billion from the Oil- for-Fo [...]	2004-03-03 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR
04ROME818	GEORGIAN FOOD PIPELINE CONCERNS [...] SUMMARY: WFP HAS PROVIDED A FUNDING PROPOSAL TO THE US MISSION ROME THAT PROPOSES AN EXCEPTIONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO GEORGIAN HOUSEHOLDS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY RISING WHEAT FLOUR AND BREAD PRICES. WITH THE PRICE OF BREAD KEPT ARTIFICIALLY LOW AND THE SUPPLY OF SMUGGLED FLOUR DWINDLING, A SHORT [...]	2004-03-03 12:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF GG WFP
04ROME849	WFP BOARD APPROVES INDONESIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Indonesia. The project 10069.1, entitled Assistance to Recovery and Nutritional Rehabilitation, is for three years (July 2004-June 2007),and covers 2.1 million benef [...]	2004-03-04 12:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME855	ITALY OPPOSES SANCTIONS FOR BURMA [...] (C) MFA SOUTHEAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR, MARCO DELLA SETA, REPORTED THAT ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON BURMA. SINCE BURMA HAS A TRADITIONAL ECONOMY AND IS NOT A MAJOR TRADING PARTNER WITH THE EU, THE GOI BELIEVES SANCTIONS WOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE GOVERNMENT AND INSTEAD, HU [...]	2004-03-04 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM IT EUN
04ROME860	AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...]	2004-03-04 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME868	WFP BOARD APPROVES ARMENIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Armenia. The project 10053.1, entitled Relief and Recovery Assistance for Vulnerable Groups, is for two years (July 2004-June 2006),covering 110,000 beneficiaries pe [...]	2004-03-05 08:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME876	WFP BOARD APPROVES SUDAN (ERITREAN REFUGEES) [...] (SBU) The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Sudan (Eritrean refugees). The project 10122.1, entitled Food Assistance for Eritrean Refugees, is for two years (April 2004 - March 2006) with a total cost to [...]	2004-03-05 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME879	WFP BOARD PPROVES NEPAL PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Execuive Board, at its first regular session (Februar 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Nepal. The project 10058.3, entitle Food Assistance to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal,is for twelve months (July 2004-June 2005),and overs 99,600 beneficiaries. Total cos [...]	2004-03-05 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME887	BLAIR REASSURES BERLUSCONI: "NO DIRECTORATE" [...] (C) UK DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION SCOTT WIGHTMAN TOLD POLMIN THAT WHILE REF REPORTS ON PM BERLUSCONI'S MARCH 4 LUNCH WITH PM BLAIR IN ROME ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AN AMICABLE ENCOUNTER, BERLUSCONI DID VENT HIS ANGER AT BLAIR OVER THE FRENCH-GERMAN-BRITISH "TRILATERAL" INITIATIVE TO STEER EU POLI [...]	2004-03-05 18:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT UK EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME896	WFP BOARD APPROVES CAMBODIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Cambodia. The project 10305.0, entitled Assisting People in Crisis, is for thirty months (July 2004- December 2006),and covers 2,491,710 beneficiaries. Total cost to [...]	2004-03-08 13:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME897	WFP BOARD APPROVES REPUBLIC OF CONGO PROTRACTED [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for the Republic of the Congo (ROC). The project 10312.0, entitled Assistance to Populations Affected by Conflicts, is for two years (July 2004 - June 2006) with a total [...]	2004-03-08 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME902	MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...]	2004-03-08 14:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME927	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...]	2004-03-09 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME936	ITALIAN LOWER HOUSE SET TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME952	WFP BOARD APPROVES BENIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT VALUED [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved Benin's development project 10308.0 entitled Promotion of Formal and Non-Formal Education of Children and Youth. The project is for five years (July 2004-June 2009),with a total cost to WFP of USD 16.5 million, a [...]	2004-03-11 12:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME955	WFP BOARD APPROVES THE GAMBIA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved The Gambia development project 10311.0 entitled Support to Basic Education in Rural Vulnerable Regions. The project is for three years, with a total cost to WFP of USD 6.92 million. Beneficiaries are estimated at [...]	2004-03-11 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04ROME960	ITALIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) POST DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, AMB. ENRICO DE MAIO, AND ALSO DISCUSSED THEM WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR, COUNS. ALESSANDRO GAUDIANO. WE ALSO DELIVERED THE POINTS TO THE OFFICE OF MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA MARGHERITA BONIVER. ITALY S [...]	2004-03-11 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME969	ITALY: FUNDS FOR MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD APPROVED [...] AS EXPECTED, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MARCH 10 APPROVED EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL ITS MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ (REF. B). THE CHAMBER DID NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE ON FEBRUARY 18 (RE [...]	2004-03-11 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME973	IRAQ: WFP WARNS OF POSSIBLE BREAKS IN FOOD PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: During February 26 meetings in Rome with the Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, officials of the World Food Program (WFP) warned that difficulties in the management and coordination of food contracts and deliveries with authorities in Baghdad, if [...]	2004-03-12 07:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME978	ITALY UPGRADES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MEASURES AND [...] The GOI approved February 13 a legislative decree implementing the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2001/97/CE). The legislative decree requires notaries, lawyers, auditors, certified public accountants, accountants, and labor advisers to report suspicious financial activity to the Uffi [...]	2004-03-12 09:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME987	CHR-60: ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND SHARES BROADLY U.S, OBJECTIVES FOR CHR-60, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE CALVETTA REITERATED TO US MARCH 11. THE U.S. DEL TO THIS YEAR'S SESSION OF THE COMMISSION WOULD SEE STRONG AGREEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM ITS ITALIAN COUNTERPART, HE PREDICTED. 2 [...]	2004-03-12 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM AORC IT UNCHR HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME994	ACTIVITY REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE POLITICAL, POL-MIL AND LABOR SECTIONS FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT IT
04SANAA100	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE [...] The Combating Child Work Association has concluded its training project titled "Awareness-Raising Program Among the Working Children's Community". The awareness sessions were conducted from 20 August until 22 December 03. 2. PAO and PAS attended the opening ceremony of the [...]	2004-01-11 13:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1018	MEETING WITH INFORMATION MINISTER AND NATIONAL TV CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 24, PAO held meetings with the Director of Yemen TV and the Minister of Information to brief them on upcoming media training programs sponsored by the Embassy and to discuss further cooperation in the information sector. Both interlocutors expressed readiness to work w [...]	2004-05-01 12:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP YM
04SANAA102	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE [...] The Handicap Rehabilitation Society for Children has concluded its awareness mobile sessions project titled "Inclusion of Disabled Children in Public Schools". 2. The PAO and PAS attended the Handicapped Rehabilitation Society opening ceremony for its project "Inclusion [...]	2004-01-11 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1027	DELIVERED URGENT DEMARCHE: UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-02 13:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL YM UNGA DEMARCHE
04SANAA1085	MEPI GRANT RECIPIENT DECLINES AWARD IN [...] The Yemeni Female Media Forum declined acceptance of a MEPI small grant in the amount of $16, 500 in protest of U.S. policies in the region. The president of the Forum, Ms. Rahma Hujaira, also withdrew herself as a nominee for the International Visitors Program. Several Yemeni papers and we [...]	2004-05-03 07:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL YM
04SANAA1091	ROYG RESPONSE TO U.S. SENATE APPROVAL OF U.S.-IAEA [...] Pursuant to action request in reftel a, Post informed the Chairman of the National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) Moustafa Bahran of U.S. Senate approval of U.S.-IAEA additional protocol via letter, using background and points from reftel a, on or about April 14, 2003 (ref b). 2. On or ab [...]	2004-05-03 12:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY KNNP YM IAEA
04SANAA1092	PSI: UPDATE ON ROYG CONSIDERATION OF STATEMENT OF [...] (u) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (c) Following up on a 4/22 meeting and email exchanges, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 5/2 to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) St [...]	2004-05-03 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM YM
04SANAA1137	DELIVERED TO DFM: DEMARCHE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1138	DELIVERED TO DFM: URGENT DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1166	AMBASSADOR'S 5/12 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: WEF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on FM Qirbi 5/12 to urge his attendance at WEF Amman and discuss AL attitudes toward reform post-Cairo and pre-Tunis. Qirbi will not/not attend WEF Amman. Yemen will be represented by DFM Mustafa Noman, who has been a receptive interlocutor on GMEI and warrants [...]	2004-05-15 07:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL IZ YM
04SANAA1172	PRESIDENT SALEH ACCEPTS SEA ISLAND INVITATION [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM called upon Foreign Minister Qirbi 5/16 to discuss President Saleh's acceptance of the G-8 Sea Island invitation (ref e-mails). Qirbi asked about the formal invitation, travel arrangements to the U.S. and the proposed agenda. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the known deta [...]	2004-05-16 10:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL YM
04SANAA1178	DPM SOFAN: YEMEN WILLING TO HOST PROPOSED G-8 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-16 14:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV YM COM
04SANAA1189	DELIVERED TO MFA: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO UNGA KSCI YE DEMARCHE ENVIRONMENT
04SANAA1191	EXTRANCHECK REPORT: PRE-LICENSE CHECK FADEL [...] (u) Summary. Reftel c requested a pre-license check (PLC) of the cargo trucks and spare parts of the Republican Guard of Yemen. Despite repeated attempts, Post did not get the full cooperation of the Republican Guard and was not able to access facilities to conduct the PLC as requested by De [...]	2004-05-18 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC YE
04SANAA1193	GME: REFORM YEMENI-STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Sanaa continues to engage government, civil society and business leaders on the Greater Middle East draft proposals (ref a). While most interlocutors express opposition to the idea of reform being "imposed from outside the region," the discussion generated by the GMEI appe [...]	2004-05-18 12:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1261	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (S/NF) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes your first visit to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials keen to hear from you the Washington perspective on bilateral and regional CT cooperation as well as the broader GWOT. Since 9/11 Saleh has met with President Bush in Washi [...]	2004-05-25 15:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
04SANAA1280	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE [...] The Society for the Development of Women and Children SOUL has concluded its training project titled "Institutional NGOs Capacity Building" This project was performed in three phases: The first phase was the institutional assessment of local organizations t [...]	2004-05-31 10:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1458	DNSA TOWNSEND 05/26/04 MEETING WITH ROYG SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: On 5/26 DNSA Townsend reviewed CT cooperation with MOI al-Alimi, PSO Director al-Gamish and NSB Officer Saleh and highlighted recent inconsistencies in the relationship. Dominating discussion, Alimi affirmed the strength of the CT partnership, and noted that differences of opinio [...]	2004-06-15 07:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV ETTC PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA146	REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The Sanaa Inter-Governmental Regional Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court was held January 10-12, sponsored by No Peace Without Justice (an EU-affiliated NGO),the ROYG, the European Union and several European govern [...]	2004-01-14 14:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1475	TIP: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES ROYG [...] (U) Summary: DCM called on Minister of Human Rights Amat Alim al-Suswa 6/14 to deliver country narrative and talking points in reftel on the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The Minister detailed further actions taken by the ROYG to combat TIP, including the formation of an [...]	2004-06-16 11:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ELAB ASEC KFRD PHUM SMIG YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA148	SANAA EAC MEETING - JANUARY 14, 2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core Emergency Action Committee on 1/14 to discuss a shooting incident in Aden involving Yemeni security personnel and SOC/Yemen personnel. EAC members agreed, following initial investigation of the incident and apology offered to the Ambassador [...]	2004-01-15 10:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA1490	SANAA EAC MEETING - 19 JUNE 2004 [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador convened an EAC 6/19 to discuss the security situation for official and non-official Amcits in light of the killing of Amcit Paul Johnson in Riyadh (ref a). ORCA reported no specific threat information for Yemen. Post disseminated a Warden Message 6/19 containing [...]	2004-06-20 08:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA1492	YEMEN: PRIORITIZATION OF CT PROGRAMS [...] (c) Embassy Sana'a welcomes the opportunity to engage with AF Bureau on counter-terrorism issues and on developing a more comprehensive CT strategy for the region. Post is concerned with border and maritime security as well as the movement of people and arms between Yemen and East Africa, par [...]	2004-06-20 11:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA1512	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE TO [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 6/19 and per reftel guidance briefly reviewed ROYG obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Noman was familiar with issue, noting that 2-3 months ago he [...]	2004-06-22 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ABUD AROC CWC CBW OPCW YM
04SANAA1537	PARLIAMENT CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Over the course of several months, Members of Parliament (MPs) have conducted an investigation into government corruption regarding an oil deal that dates back to 1997. The investigation was spearheaded by two members of the Oil and Resources Committee, one from the r [...]	2004-06-26 12:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM KDEM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA1565	AMERICAN NGO REPRESENTATIVE FORWARDS INCITEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 6/22/04, a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) representative forwarded an incitement letter to the RSO, explaining that copies were delivered anonymously to an Islah party leader. The letter calls for supporting Jihad with money and fighting Jews and Christians. Th [...]	2004-06-27 08:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM

04SANAA1578	YEMEN'S NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (NATEC): [...] (u) This is an action request; see paragraphs 4-6. 2. (c) Summary: In a 6/23 meeting with the Ambassador, Yemen's National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) Director Moustapha Bahran renewed earlier requests for assistance on border security and radiological detection equipment (reftels). [...]	2004-06-29 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG KSTC PARM PREL YM IAEA
04SANAA1635	DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: The Al-Quds Girls Public School in Sanaa received a computer lab with brand-new equipment through a Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) grant. After an American Embassy delegation visited the school, reports appeared in local newspapers stating that the female principal for [...]	2004-07-07 12:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1690	RELIGIOUS GUIDANCE CONFERENCE CALLS FOR MODERATION [...] (U) Summary: After several delays (reftel),Sanaa was the venue for a significant religious gathering June 20-24, the "Mutamar al-Irshad al-Awal" (First Guidance Conference),which brought together Muslim clerics, scholars, and ministers of religious affairs from Arab and Muslim states. The m [...]	2004-07-13 07:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1721	ECONOMIC REFORMS STALLED; IMF DELIVERS TOUGH [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Senior Ministry of Planning official Nabil Shaiban confirmed that President Saleh has decided to delay economic reform, but reiterated the ROYG's long-term committment to implementation. The decision comes in spite of the recent IMF mission headed by Senior Economist Saad [...]	2004-07-19 08:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID AADP YM COM
04SANAA1729	ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER: [...] (c) At the opening of a 7/18 meeting, Dr. Ahmed Alwan Mulhi, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) preempted subject demarche by launching a tirade against the U.S. position on Israel and "ineffective" U.S. efforts to persuade [...]	2004-07-19 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1730	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE [...] On 7/18, Pol/Econ Chief met with Dr. Ahmed Alwan Mulhi, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to deliver talking points on U.S. initiatives for the 59th UNGA. Mulhi agreed that Yemen is generally supportive of promoting econo [...]	2004-07-19 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA1731	G-8 DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 7/12 and delivered reftel demarche and provided a copy of Non-proliferation paper from Sea Island G-8 conference. Noman was attentive, but unable to provide a substan [...]	2004-07-19 13:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1733	ARTICLE 98 NOT YET RATIFIED: DFM NOTES "TIMING IS [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 7/11 and delivered message in reftel on the importance of Article 98 ratification. Noman said that he was aware that the issue had been discussed twice in Parliament [...]	2004-07-19 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KICC PTER YM
04SANAA1738	AMBASSADOR HULL'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (C) President Saleh received me July 20 for my farewell call. In his remarks, he expressed satisfaction with US-Yemeni relations and particularly the progress on counter terrorism in Yemen over the past three years. Saleh added appreciation for my efforts and acknowledged that he had at time [...]	2004-07-20 12:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM OPDC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1771	SA'DA FIGHTING: UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S) After an estimated 400-500 deaths, a large number of injured on both sides and roughly 400 al-Houthy supporters detained, the fighting in the Sa'da region in the north of Yemen remains inconclusive. A cease-fire was recently announced by the Government but non-official accounts indicate t [...]	2004-07-26 17:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA1936	BLOODY CLASHES CONTINUE BETWEEN ROYG AND SHIA [...] (C) Embassy sources contradict press accounts that ROYG forces encircled extremist Shi'ite leader Hussein al-Houthi in the northern region of Marran on August 5. Rather it seems fighting has intensified in the past few days and continues to be particularly bloody for the ROYG. 2. (C) L [...]	2004-08-08 15:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA194	AMBASSADOR,S 1/19 MEETING WITH SHEIKH AL-AHMAR: [...] (C) Summary. In a 1/19 meeting with Ambassador, Sheikh al-Ahmar appealed for more high-level contact with the Embassy and stoutly defended the bona fides of Sheikh Zindani and al-Iman University which the Ambassador disputed. The Islah leader,s unusually conciliatory approach appears calcula [...]	2004-01-24 14:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA1959	ADEN SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: On an 8/4-8/6 introductory visit to Aden, CDA met Deputy Governor Shaif, representatives of political parties, businessmen, security and Coast Guard officials and members of civil society. The recent firing of a corrupt official running the Aden Free Zone, some increase [...]	2004-08-11 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV YM COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1961	YEMEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONDEMNING HOSTAGE [...] (C) Summary. Charge delivered demarche on condemning hostage taking and murders in Iraq to Yemeni Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa No'man on August 11. DFM No'man agreed to draft a public statement for President Saleh's approval. End Summary. 2. (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche on A [...]	2004-08-11 15:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1962	ROYG REQUESTS U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN FIGHT [...] (S) Summary. Yemeni Minister of Defense and his Intelligence Chief made a surprise appearance at Charge's August 11 meeting with Foreign Minister al-Qirby to request U.S. intelligence assistance in the ROYG's continuing struggle against the forces of Shi'ite extremist leader al-Houthi in no [...]	2004-08-11 16:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PGOV PTER MCAP YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1965	CHARGE DELIVERS BULGARIA YEMEN MANPADS DEMARCHE [...] (S) Summary. Charge delivered reftel demarche to Yemeni Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense on August 11. Both denied the ROYG was engaged in, or had any information about an illicit third-party arms deal for Bulgarian SA-14 MANPADS. End Summary. 2. (S) Charge delivered reftel d [...]	2004-08-14 05:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1966	SANAA EAC MEETING 08/11/2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The CDA convened an EAC meeting on August 11, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to recent incidents in the Al-Jawf region and to remind the Embassy community to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting and to report all security related incidents imm [...]	2004-08-14 05:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA1967	CHARGE DELIVERS BULGARIA YEMEN MANPADS DEMARCHE [...] (S) Summary. Charge delivered reftel demarche to Yemeni Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense on August 11. Both denied the ROYG was engaged in, or had any information about an illicit third-party arms deal for Bulgarian SA-14 MANPADS. End Summary. 2. (S) Charge delivered reftel d [...]	2004-08-14 05:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1968	BLUE LANTERN REPORT 05-929192 [...] The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance requested Post assistance with Blue Lantern case 05-929192, a check on Aston Aviation and its C-130 parts transaction with the Yemen Air Force, Ref. Brigadier General Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahmar, the Commander of the Yemen Air Force, an [...]	2004-08-14 05:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC
04SANAA1977	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (SBU) On his second working day in Sanaa, Ambassador Krajeski presented his credentials to President Ali Abdallah Saleh in a ceremony that included seven other Ambassadors, some of whom had waited three months to be invited to present their papers. The ceremonies, full of all the appropriate p [...]	2004-08-16 10:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
04SANAA2003	YEMEN: ROYG NOTIFIED OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief notified Deputy Director of the Yemeni National Security Bureau Ammar Saleh of the enemy combatant determination of Yemeni national Mahdi, Fawaz Na'aman Homoud Abdullah. Saleh expressed concern should the detainees nationality become a press item, saying, "Obviously we do no [...]	2004-08-18 13:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2006	YEMEN: AL-HOUTHI INSURGENCY CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (S) Summary. The conflict continues between ROYG forces and armed-supporters of rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi. The fighting remains concentrated in the northern Marran mountains, although some fighting has been reported in urban centers in the Sa'da governate. Although the crisis has yet t [...]	2004-08-18 15:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KISL PARM PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2009	YEMEN REQUESTS U.S. ROLE IN MANPADS BUY-BACK REMAIN SECRET [...] (S) Summary. Citing potential backlash from the tribes, price gouging by the merchants, and opposition from the street, National Security Bureau Deputy Ammar Saleh asked that any U.S. provided technical and financial assistance to buy-back illicit Yemeni MANPADS be kept secret. Ammar also sha [...]	2004-08-21 10:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PARM PREL PREF YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2015	YEMEN CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TDA REPORT [...] Summary. In Yemen, children augment family and household incomes as street vendors and workers in family businesses or on the family farm. Slavery, child prostitution and trafficking are not major issues in Yemen. Some donors express concern that child trafficking may be on the rise. Govern [...]	2004-08-21 13:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA2021	YEMEN: A TALE OF TWO (TERRORISM) TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ongoing trials for 15 al-Qa'ida associates (Trial One) and the USS Cole (Trial Two) defendants are expected to end in the last week of August. While Trial One has been chaotic and presided over by an ineffective judge, the USS Cole trial exemplifies effective U.S.-Yemen cooperati [...]	2004-08-22 04:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2046	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS G-8 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador delivered invitation to FM Qirbi to attend the September 23-24 G-8 Forum for the Future preparatory meeting on the margins of the UNGA. Qirbi accepted the invitation, stressing that it is important for the Forum to produce results and not just words on pap [...]	2004-08-23 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
04SANAA2047	AMBASSADOR NOTIFIES MFA OF YEMENI ENEMY COMBATANT [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-23 13:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2053	AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSSES MANPADS BUY-BACK AND [...] (C) Summary. On August 22 Ambassador raised the upcoming visit of PM A/S Bloomfield with Foreign Minister al-Qirbi. Discussion centered on A/S Bloomfield's visit, the need to control MANPADS and SA/LW in Yemen, and ROYG support for the Interim Iraqi Government (reftel). Guantanamo demarch [...]	2004-08-23 14:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MARR MOPS OPDC PREF YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2055	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S BLOOMFIELD TO YEMEN [...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes the visit of PM Assistant Secretary Bloomfield to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials ready to discuss the proposed USG buy-back and destruction assistance for illicit Yemeni MANPADS. The ROYG wants this program, and they want to [...]	2004-08-24 04:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MASS PREL ASEC PTER YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2215	GROUP TERRORIST TRIAL VERDICT AND SENTENCING TO BE [...] (C) Assistant Prosecutor Ali al-Samet confirmed to Emboff that the verdict and sentencing for 15 defendants in the Limburg Trial (trial one) will be announced on Saturday August 28. The defendants are all believed to be al-Qa'ida associates and are charged with involvement in: -- the 9/02 e [...]	2004-08-25 12:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2216	YEMEN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 12:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL YM CDG UNGA DEMARCHE
04SANAA2225	UPDATE ON SA'DA FIGHTING [...] (C) Despite repeated government claims that the fighting in Sa'da is in its final stages, the last week has been increasingly bloody for both sides. The ROYG has stopped discussing casualty rates publicly, but local media reports that 15 soldiers were killed on August 24 including Lt. Col. [...]	2004-08-25 12:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KISL PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2274	SANAA EAC MEETING 08/28/2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core EAC meeting on August 28, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to potential tensions in Yemen. Attention to Emergency Action Plan (EAP) awareness and updating were also addressed. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilan [...]	2004-08-29 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA2307	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT ISSUES WITH VICE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabo Mansour Hadi on August 28. Discussions centered on U.S. - Yemeni cooperation in the GWOT. Hadi emphasized that long-term success in the war against terror in Yemen would also require improved social services, ec [...]	2004-08-30 06:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2328	ROYG TO APPEAL LIGHT SENTENCES IN GROUP TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary and comment: Deputy Attorney General Sharaf al-Mahbashi and Chief Prosecutor Saeed al-Aqel told DCM on 8/29 that the prosecution has already filed for an appeal over the 8/28 Trial One (reftel) sentences for the now convicted al-Qa'ida associates. The prosecutors will seek harsher [...]	2004-08-30 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2344	YEMEN REQUEST - FY05 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE, PL480 [...] Summary: USDA food assistance in Yemen is enhancing infrastructure, funding agricultural research projects, and teaching horticultural marketing and livestock management skills. Since 2000, USDA assistance constituted the bulk of USG development aid to Yemen. In conjunction with USAID techni [...]	2004-09-01 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ASEC YM ECON COM
04SANAA2345	FIRST KIDNAPPING IN THREE YEARS RESOLVED QUICKLY [...] (C) Summary: Five oil workers were kidnapped on 8/31 in Ma'rib governorate for three hours. The Ma'rib Governor sent in troops who, after brief gunfire, freed the three hostages. All men are safely back in Sanaa. While Post has no/no indication that the kidnapping was terrorist related, it m [...]	2004-09-01 14:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ECON YM COM ENERGY
04SANAA2346	PRESIDENT SALEH TO A/S BLOOMFIELD "NO NEW MANPADS" [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. discussed proposed U.S. MANPADS buyback and destruction initiative with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on September 1. Saleh not only agreed to move forward with the modalities of the buyback [...]	2004-09-02 11:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MASS MOPS OVIP PARM PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2385	YEMENI WOMEN DEMAND GREATER PARTICIPATION IN PARTY [...] Summary: On August 25 nineteen female members of the three major Yemeni political parties overcame substantive political differences to sign a joint-declaration calling on their parties to accept a quota for women candidates in the 2006 municipal and 2009 parliamentary elections. The culminat [...]	2004-09-07 13:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI PGOV KDEM PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2387	PM BA JAMMAL (VAINLY) AFFIRMS HIS ROLE TO [...] (C) Summary: In a 9/6 introductory call on Prime Minister Ba Jammal, Ambassador was treated to a wide-ranging and somewhat rambling review of Yemen's development obstacles and affirmed the ROYG's support for G8 reform initiatives. Ba Jammal is widely rumored to be on his way out, but held cour [...]	2004-09-07 15:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM KBIO DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA2388	NOTICE OF TWO YEMENIS COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-08 05:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2389	DPM SOFAN WARMLY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation warmly welcomed Ambassador to Yemen on 9/6. After reviewing recent progress in development cooperation and touching on the negative economic effects of the al-Houthi problem, Sofan and Ambassador discusse [...]	2004-09-08 05:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA EAID ECON LE YM COM
04SANAA2408	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS THERMOBARICS, STATE SPONSORED [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador took the opportunity of his introductory meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman to deliver refs A and B. Noman listened carefully to both messages and asked questions, but offered no immediate response. Discussions on G-8 BMENA process covered septel. E [...]	2004-09-12 05:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER PINR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2411	YEMEN ASKS TO HOST FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SUMMIT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador discussed ROYG plans to participate in follow-on initiatives to the Sea Island G-8 BMENA Plan of Support for Reform with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa No'man on September 7. No'man confirmed Foreign Minister Qirbi's p [...]	2004-09-12 05:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
04SANAA2421	ROYG FORCES KILL REBEL CLERIC AL-HOUTHI IN [...] (C) Summary. Anti-American rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi was killed on September 10 in an early morning raid on his cave hide-out in the Sa'da Goverornate. The ROYG has announced an end to the 10-week insurgency, which resulted in well over 1000 deaths. ROYG forces have already begun red [...]	2004-09-12 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2436	ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Pol/Econ Deputy delivered ref A demarche and passed along FAA training catalogue to Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA) Chairman Hamed Ahmed Farag on 9/13. Farag thanked the USG for the FAA training materials and reiterated his earlier support, ref B, for USG ICAO initiatives. [...]	2004-09-14 12:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2437	YEMEN AGREES TO SIGN MOU ON MANPADS BUYBACK [...] (C) National Security Bureau Deputy Ammar Saleh confirmed to DATT, COS, and Pol/Econ Chief that the ROYG was ready to sign an MOU on the USG buyback and destruction of Yemeni MANPADS. End Summary. 2. (C) Ammar informed emboffs that the President had given a green light to the USG MANPAD [...]	2004-09-14 13:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PTER YM PARMS COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA244	U.S. RECORD 2003-04: SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (u) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2003-04 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record" per reftel b. Because last year's report on Yemen contained programs that were ongoing throughout 2003-04 (ref a),Post's input consists of updated language on ongoing pro [...]	2004-02-02 16:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM YM HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2458	ROYG SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY TO UNIVERSAL POSTAL [...] MFA responded positively to retel demarche by diplomatic note on September 15. Test of MFA note follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin Text: The Ministry has the pleasure to inform that based on the distinguished friendship and cooperative relations between the two countries, it has decided [...]	2004-09-17 09:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS PREL YM
04SANAA2472	AL-SOSWA READY TO LEAD THE WAY IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: On 9/06 Human Rights Minister, Amat al-Aleem Al-Soswa, told Ambassador that dealing with other, more established ministries can be challenging and that Yemen still has a ways to go to improve its human rights situation. Soswa touched on her efforts to protect freedom of the press, th [...]	2004-09-20 10:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2486	NOTIFICATION OF ENEMY COMBATANT REVIEW - TWO [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-22 08:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2489	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]	2004-09-22 08:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04SANAA2498	YEMEN: OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER CLOSED, EDITOR [...] (U) Summary: On September 6, a Sanaa court closed opposition newspaper as-Shura for six-months and sentenced its editor Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani to one year in prison for violating the 1990 Press Law. This latest incident, in what some are calling a bad year for freedom of the press in Yemen, [...]	2004-09-22 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2501	DFM NOMAN DISCUSSES BMENA, IRAQ, PRESS FREEDOMS [...] (C) Summary. On September 21 Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman discussed with DCM the BMENA Forum for the Future Summit, ROYG support for the IIG, and recent Presidential statements and actions to rein in the Yemeni press. Noman also offered condolences for the murder of American hosta [...]	2004-09-22 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ KDEM PTER YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2504	YEMEN: POSTING OF DRL REPORTS COMPLETED [...] Per reftel, all four current DRL reports concerning Yemen in English have been updated on Post's public website. 2. Arabic translation is currently posted for the 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR). 3. In consultation with the Public Affairs Section, Post understands that the Director of NE [...]	2004-09-23 10:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2505	YEMEN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process. Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Yemen Central Security Force Counter Terrorism Unit or other members of this unit as of t [...]	2004-09-24 09:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2506	GENERAL SMITH DISCUSSES MIL-MIL COOPERATION WITH [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-25 05:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA2509	AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES MEPI ASSISTANCE TO UNDP PROGRAM [...] (U) On September 20 Ambassador, AID Rep and United Nations Development Program Resident Representative Flavia Pansieri signed a 1.59 million USD agreement to support the UNDP Decentralization and Local Development Support Project. Deputy Prime Minister and Minster of Planning and International [...]	2004-09-27 05:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM PGOV DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2520	YEMEN MANPADS BUYBACK: WE HAVE A DEAL [...] (S) Summary. On September 28 the ROYG signed an agreement with the USG that will affect the purchase and destruction of a minimum 1,435 Yemeni MANPADS. Foreign Minister Dhabbi and Ambassador commented on the agreement's symbolic and strategic importance to the bilateral relationship and U. [...]	2004-09-28 15:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARMS PTER MARR PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2521	WHY ECONOMIC REFORM IS FAILING IN YEMEN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On September 25 Parliament and the Shura Council voted by a clear majority to reject the ROYG's five year economic plan, which included several hotly debated economic reform proposals. The economic package failed because there was no presidential initiative, no strate [...]	2004-09-29 06:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KMCA KMPI PGOV YM COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA2542	ROYG NOTIFIED OF TRANSFER TO GITMO OF YEMENI [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 06:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2543	YEMEN BLUE LANTERN ANNUAL UPDATE [...] POST BLUE LANTERN POC: Julie Kim Johnson, Economic and Commercial Officer; phone 011-967-303-155, extension 2719 (IVG 469-2719); e-mail: JohnsonJK@state.gov; fax 011-967-303-183; estimated departure date Summer 2006. 2. LOCAL CONDITIONS: The various ROYG military branches and agencies re [...]	2004-10-04 06:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KSEP YM
04SANAA2556	FM QIRBI WANTS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO EXPAND [...] (S) Summary: In a follow-on meeting from his recent visit to UNGA, FM Qirbi raised questions on BMENA process with Ambassador on October 4. Noting successful and positive meetings in Washington, Qirbi promised to look into recent irritants in the bilateral relationship including recent setbac [...]	2004-10-06 07:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
04SANAA2559	SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 2, 2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) convened an EAC meeting on October 3, to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues followed by a review of the Emergency Action Plan. EAC members concluded the meeting in agreement that no imminent threat was discer [...]	2004-10-06 11:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA256	YEMEN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ON U.S. MILITARY [...] (s) Summary/comment: DCM and Acting Defense Attach delivered reftel b demarche and diplomatic note to Major General Ali Mohamed Saleh, Deputy Chief of Station for Operations at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) on January 27, with Pol/Econ Chief as notetaker. Major General Saleh had already recei [...]	2004-02-04 08:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PBTS PHSA YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2561	YEMEN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA REFORM RESOLUTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 12:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2600	ROYG REFUGEE CRACKDOWN: A SHIFT IN POLICY? [...] (C) Summary. Reports of a ROYG crackdown on undocumented refugees are circulating amidst rumors the Ministry of Interior (MOI) released an internal report calling for more stringency in dealing with undocumented refugees in Yemen, particularly from the Horn of Africa (HOA). It is yet unclear [...]	2004-10-13 12:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF YM GTIP HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2602	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (C) Post offers the following response corresponding to the letter of the questions asked in reftel. (a) Contact information for TFCO: Post's Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer is DCM Nabeel Khoury. Post's Terrorist Financing Action Officer is Pol/Econ Deputy Jill Hutchings, who may b [...]	2004-10-13 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL TERFIN
04SANAA2696	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US NOMINEE TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-17 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM YM UNGA DEMARCHE
04SANAA2697	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (S) On October 16 Ambassador expressed to FM Qirbi USG concerns about Iranian interference with the UN, OIC - endorsed political process in Iraq. Iran's provision of support to insurgents, including terrorists, said Ambassador, directly threatens the security of Iraq and the region. He req [...]	2004-10-17 12:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR IZ IR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2698	CSRT AND ARB NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED, ROYG REQUEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Notifications of Combatant Status review Tribunal (refs A-C),and Final Determination of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notifications (refs D and E) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 16. 2. (C) As in the past, Noman accepted notification o [...]	2004-10-17 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2699	RAMADAN RELEASES DEMARCHE DELIVERED, ROYG AGREES [...] (S) Summary. On October 16 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi and called on the ROYG to live up to its CT commitments (reftel). Ambassador stressed that ROYG failure to provide the USG with prior information on Ramadan releases of terrorism-related security detain [...]	2004-10-17 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2707	SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 17, 2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) convened an EAC meeting on October 17, to address security concerns as post moves closer to the U.S. election date and enters Ramadan, raising the possibility of major attacks. COM stated there was currently no information that there will be a [...]	2004-10-18 08:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA2712	MEETING WITH MOI AL-ALIMI: HOLD ON AL-BANNA AND [...] (S/NF) Summary. At 18 October meeting with Minister of Interior al-Alimi, Ambassador urged continued detention of Jaber al-Banna and Hadi Dulqum. Alimi said there were no current plans to release either of the detainees and promised to inform Ambassador prior to any decision to release them. [...]	2004-10-19 08:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2723	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2724	IRAN/IAEA: OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (U) On September 16 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman concerning options for member nations to address Iran's nuclear program at the UNSC in preparation for the November IAEA meeting. 2. (SBU) Noman responded that he believes Iran has reach [...]	2004-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP IR YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2725	YEMENI OPPOSITION JOURNALIST REMAINS IN DETENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite mounting pressure on the ROYG to release opposition newspaper editor Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, he remains in prison. The local press reported that the ROYG offered Khaiwani freedom in exchange for an apology for publishing articles that the ROYG considers personal attac [...]	2004-10-23 04:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2742	YEMEN'S TENDERING SYSTEM - A TEST OF PATIENCE [...] Summary: Yemen's non-transparent government procurement process tops the list of frustrations for Western companies interested in investing in Yemen. The poorest and least developed country in the Middle East, government projects offer one of the better ways for foreign companies to invest in [...]	2004-10-26 04:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
04SANAA2753	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NOMAN ON RAMADAN RELEASES [...] (S/NF) Pol/Econ chief discussed pending Ramadan prisoner releases with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 27. Thanking the ROYG for providing the USG a list of potential Ramadan releases in advance, Pol/Econ Chief urged Noman to continue in this cooperative vein by taking seriou [...]	2004-10-27 15:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2754	INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI ON RAMADAN RELEASES [...] (S/NF) Summary. DCM pressed Interior Minister al-Alimi on October 26 not to proceed with ROYG plans to release all 138 security detainees, Hadi Dulqum, and Jaber al-Banna in a Ramadan Amnesty in the next days and weeks. A decision to go forward, said DCM, may have serious consequences for [...]	2004-10-28 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2757	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ADEN AND TAIZ [...] Summary. Ambassador visited the port city of Aden and the city of Taiz October 11-13. Aden and Taiz, the two former capitals of North and South Yemen respectively, are the two largest and most commercially vibrant of Yemeni cities outside the capital Sanaa. NGOs, social activism, commercial [...]	2004-10-30 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT SOCI PGOV PHUM KMPI YM
04SANAA2767	HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ASSISTANCE TO YEMEN HELPS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Summary and Action Request. Funds for the USG Yemeni Humanitarian Demining Program (HDP) may be cut entirely in FY 05. Approaching its seventh year, Yemen's HDP (YHDP) is an example of how USG humanitarian assistance can successfully help [...]	2004-10-31 07:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KHDP YM
04SANAA2771	NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-31 11:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2775	IPR IN YEMEN: NEW LAWS AND ENHANCED ENFORCMENT NEEDED [...] Summary. Intellectual Property Rights Laws in Yemen need to be updated to meet Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Standards (TRIPS),and existing laws should be enforced. Although it is not a major transit point or purchaser for illicitly produced goods and is not on USTR Sp [...]	2004-11-01 06:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR YM COM
04SANAA2782	LABOR RIGHTS IN YEMEN: LAW VERSUS REALITY [...] Summary. As is common to poor underdeveloped countries with former socialist influences, Yemen has many laws on the books to protect the rights of workers. In practice, however, the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) party has neutralized the major trade unions by placing party-appointed [...]	2004-11-01 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KDEM KMPI PHUM YM
04SANAA2783	INVESTMENT CLIMATE CHANGES, CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR [...] Summary. Corruption and non-implementation of existing laws and regulations make the investment climate appear nontransparent and arbitrary to most foreign investors. Concerns over security and ROYG non-movement on a critical economic reform package (ref A) create an inhospitable picture for [...]	2004-11-01 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV YM KMPF COM
04SANAA2784	WTO UPDATE FOR YEMEN - FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING [...] Summary/Comment. While accession to the World Trade Organization is still five to seven years out, with the first working party meeting to be held in Geneva on November 30 Yemen will enter a new, more difficult stage of trade negotiations. Through the Integrated Framework (IF) process sponsored [...]	2004-11-01 13:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KMPI YM COM
04SANAA2785	Services in Yemen: Legally Open For Investment [...] Summary and comment: Insurance, telecommunications and the banking industry are all possible fields for American investment in Yemen. The insurance industry is steadily growing and open to investment. With only 1.3 million fixed lines, potential exists for the telecommunications services to e [...]	2004-11-01 13:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KMPI YM COM
04SANAA2790	YEMEN ASKS US TO STAY OUT OF KHAIWANI CASE [...] (C) Summary. At November 1 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Dhabbi expressed concern that the US plans to join European missions in criticizing the ROYG publicly for the detention of journalist al-Khaiwani. Ambassador responded that no such discussion had taken place and the US would not at [...]	2004-11-02 12:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM YM
04SANAA2803	DFM NOMAN DEPRESSED OVER RISING CORRUPTION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: In a candid and wide ranging discussion on November 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman advised Pol/Econ Chief and Deputy that Post should convey to high-level ROYG officials the perils of corruption. Noman advised the Embassy to communicate to journalists and businessmen mo [...]	2004-11-03 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KMCA YM ECON COM
04SANAA2832	ACTION COMPLETED: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE [...] Embassy Sanaa completed reftel action request. September 7, 2004 media notice on the Seed Initiative was sent by PD to normal newspaper distribution throughout Yemen on September 29, 2004. The notice was picked up by at least the Annahar, a weekly independent publication. Annahar has a week [...]	2004-11-08 12:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KPAO YM
04SANAA2833	CUSTOMS MAKING PROGRESS [...] Summary: Yemen's existing customs and tariff schedule is calculated under the Brussels Definition of Value, which is not compliant with WTO standards. As part of the ROYG's economic reform package, reductions to customs and tariffs are being considered, but further revisions will be required f [...]	2004-11-08 12:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD YM COM
04SANAA2834	YEMEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GTRI PARTNERS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 12:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP PTER TRGY DEMARCHE
04SANAA2836	YEMEN 2004 RAMADAN STRATEGY [...] Per reftel, Post reports the following Ramadan programming for 2004. 2. Third Annual PD Iftar. Post,s major event was its annual Iftar dinner on 11/03. Invitees included ROYG officials, NGO heads and representatives, media and cultural contacts, as well as embassy staff. The Ambassador co [...]	2004-11-08 12:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF
04SANAA2837	CSRT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ENEMY COMBATANT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 12:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2850	FM QIRBI AGREES TO RAISE GOSS CALL WITH SALEH [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ambassador delivered Eid al-Fitr greetings (ref A),discussed the planned Ramadan amnesty and reviewed the upcoming BMENA forum with Foreign Minister Qirbi on November 8. Qirbi agreed to discuss with President Saleh the possibility of a CIA director call. FM raised Saleh's ref [...]	2004-11-09 11:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2861	ACTION TAKEN: DEMARCHE ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) On November 9 Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA diplomatic attach Selwa al-Rifai. Rifai said that due to the Eid holidays no one was available to give an indication as to how ROYG would vote on the resolutions. 2. (C) Rifai stated that while Yemen supports Human Rights resol [...]	2004-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2862	TOP 3 YEMEN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: WATER, WATER, [...] Summary/comment. Several critical environmental issues face Yemen: overgrazing, soil erosion, desertification, sandstorms and summer dust storms. The most crucial issue, however, is the lack of potable water which affects the majority of Yemen's workers and future export sectors. By most es [...]	2004-11-09 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR SENV EWWT YM ENVIRONMENT
04SANAA2863	JOURNALISTS ON KHAIWANI: NO RELEASE ANTICIPATED [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 15:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV YM
04SANAA2869	SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 26, 2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: On October 26, 2004, the Chief Of Mission chaired a core Emergency Action Committee meeting with COM, DCM, ORCA, DATT, FPD, LEGAT, SOC-Yemen, OMC, CONS, POLECON, PDO and RSO in attendance. The topic of discussion was the possible release of 138 prisoners from Republic of [...]	2004-11-11 10:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM

04SANAA2870	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. GOALS FOR GLOBAL FUND [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-13 13:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KHIV YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2936	COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...]	2004-11-24 10:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2938	COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...]	2004-11-24 10:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2939	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG [...] (U) Summary: On November 23, EmbOffs met with separately with Deputy Foreign Minister Noman and Deputy Finance Minister Ghalib to deliver draft agenda (ref A) and discuss ROYG planning for the December 11 Forum for the Future meeting in Rabat (ref B). Both officials assured us that the nece [...]	2004-11-24 10:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KDEM KMPI YM COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2940	TRANSPARENCY OF MILITARY SPENDING IN YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the standards defined by the 1997 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, the military budgets in Yemen is not transparent. The MOD is not accountable to any civilian auditing authority, and has only limited control over revenues and expenditures within branches [...]	2004-11-24 10:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID YM
04SANAA2941	ANTI-SEMITISM IN YEMEN [...] There have been no reports incidents of anti-Semitic acts against Jews or Jewish property in Yemen since July 1, 2003. 2. There are between two and three hundred Jews remaining in Yemen. The ROYG issued a press release in June accusing Jews living in northern Yemen of backing the rebellio [...]	2004-11-24 10:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2942	VP HADI SHARES ROYG CONCERNS ABOUT ERITREA [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi convoked Ambassador on November 23 to express ROYG concerns over a November 21 exchange of gunfire between Yemeni troops and four suspected Eritrean military boats off the Yemeni Hunaish Islands. Hadi pressed Ambassador for information on wha [...]	2004-11-24 10:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MOPS ER YM
04SANAA2946	UPDATE ON YEMEN PRISONER RELEASES [...] (S) Summary. Post believes that the 28 plus 2 Ramadan detainees who's release we objected to have been put on an "extended hold" pending transfer from PSO custody to that of the Attorney General (AG). As of November 24, however, we have received no confirmation from the AG that the transfer [...]	2004-11-27 06:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2965	LETER TO SECSTATE FROM YEMEN PRIME MINISTER [...] Post received a thank you letter for the Eid al-Fitr greeting from Secretary Powell to Prime Minister Bajammal (reftel). 2. Begin text of letter from Prime Minister Bajammal to Secretary Powell: SIPDIS Mr. Colin Powell, Secretary of the State of the United States of America Bes [...]	2004-11-29 09:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL YM
04SANAA2972	IS A KHAIWANI RELEASE IMPENDING? [...] (C) Summary. In separate discussions on 11/21 with a member of the as-Shura Council and a close Presidential advisor, Ambassador was told "in strictest confidence" that Saleh has decided to release imprisoned As-Shura opposition newspaper editor-in-chief, Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani "very soon." [...]	2004-11-29 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2985	ASSESSMENT OF THE YEMENI CENTRAL SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) This message is in response to reftel request for additional information on USG assistance for the Yemeni Central Security Forces for the purpose of assessing the best funding mechanism. USG training for the CSF-CTU is an integral part of U.S.-ROYG cooperation in the GWOT. ----------- [...]	2004-11-30 14:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2994	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINR YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2996	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered ref A and B demarches on keeping weapons out of Sudan (ref A) and encouraging support for full participation in Iraqi elections to Deputy Foreign Minister Noman on December 1. Pointing to President Saleh's on-again, off-again support for Coalition and IIG efforts, [...]	2004-12-01 13:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC SU IZ YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA3023	YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH WANTS WASHINGTON TRIP [...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador December 6 to request that he convey Saleh's strong desire to visit Washington to personally congratulate President Bush on his reelection and meet with newly appointed senior officials. Citing important new developments in the region "that can onl [...]	2004-12-06 15:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV KJUS PINR YM PARMS COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3025	SANAA EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 6, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 19:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA3062	LIMBURG AND COLE CASES ON APPEAL, BANNA STILL ON [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf al-Mahbashi told Legatt on 10/06 that the Limburg appeal began with arguments from the first eight appellees, that briefs have been submitted to Court of Appeals in the Cole case although the court has not yet set a date to hear arguments, a [...]	2004-12-12 05:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3070	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament and head of the Islah opposition party Abdullah al-Ahmar on December 11. Al-Ahmar refused to address pressing domestic issues, including much-needed economic reforms, Parliament's agenda, and Islah's political agenda, in [...]	2004-12-12 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA3085	MESSAGE ON INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A message and policy statement on inauguration of President George W. Bush to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on December 13. Noman was unaware of any ROYG plans to request to send a special delegation. KRAJESKI [...]	2004-12-14 09:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC YM
04SANAA3086	UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS NEED SUPPORT IN [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on December 13. Ref B demarche was delivered November 9 (ref C). 2. (C) Noman said he received the same demarche from the Dutch December 13. The DFM confided that he agreed with the USG position on both t [...]	2004-12-14 09:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IR YM DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA3094	AL-JAZEERA TV PROGRAM: "THE UNTOLD WAR STORY" - [...] SUMMARY: Al-Jazeera TV broadcast a documentary on Thursday, December 9, 2004, titled "The Untold War Story" addressing the impact and repercussions of U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation at the economic, social and political levels. The documentary included impressions from a wide varie [...]	2004-12-15 10:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO YM PTER KMDR MARR MOPS PNIR COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3098	DPM SOFAN SEEKS U.S. POLITICAL COMMITMENT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy PM and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan reviewed development cooperation and sought strong political support for Yemen's WTO accession bid from visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble on December 15. Sofan complained of a lack of Sa [...]	2004-12-18 05:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV YM COM
04SANAA3099	YEMEN BIOSAFETY STATUS - CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] Ref A asked posts to help identify a small number of countries in order to engage them in more detailed bilateral discussions over the coming months over issues related to the Cartagena Protocol. Since the conclusion of the February 2004 First Meeting of Parties (MOP-1) to the Cartagena Proto [...]	2004-12-18 05:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO YM ENVIRONMENT
04SANAA3105	YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]	2004-12-18 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3106	YEMEN: ADDENDUM TO THE 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is the text of Post's addendum to the 2004 Yemen submission to the annual terrorism report. The text of the report and the addendum have also been forwarded to CT POCs via e-mail. Report sent septel. The M/V Limburg Trial --------------------- 2. For more detailed information on [...]	2004-12-18 12:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3118	DAS DIBBLE MEETINGS WITH ROYG MINISTERS: YEMEN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Visiting NEA/ARPI Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble met separately with Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi, Minister of Interior Alimi, and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Sofan on December 15. The Ministers worked from the same talking poi [...]	2004-12-18 14:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR ECON KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3130	PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADER ON MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. Pol/Econ Deputy had a wide ranging discussion with Abdul Wahab Thabet, Chairmen of the Thabet brothers, the second largest company in Yemen. Thabet vigorously criticized three of the most powerful ROYG ministers for corruption, and stated that on economics President Saleh, "does [...]	2004-12-20 10:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PGOV PINR YM COM
04SANAA3144	NEW CHAPTER IN YEMEN-ERITREA RELATIONS? [...] (SBU) Summary. The December 8-10 visit to Sanaa by Eritrean president Isayas Afewerki is being touted as marking "a new page" in Yemen-Eritrea relations. Since a fishing dispute over the Hunaish Islands erupted into armed conflict in 1995, Yemen-Eritrea relations have been icy. Although the [...]	2004-12-22 07:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER ET YM HOA
04SANAA3151	ROYG MAKING TENTATIVE STEPS TO STEM CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) A recent series of local press articles may signal that the ROYG is finally taking initial steps to address corruption, particularly in the area of diesel smuggling, one of the main reasons Parliament was able to successfully stall implementation of an economic reform package. In a meeting [...]	2004-12-26 11:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KMPI KCOR YM KMCC COM
04SANAA3152	CT ACTION GROUP DEMARCHE ON 12 CONVENTIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-26 12:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3153	DEMARCHE ON DARFUR FOR VIP VISITORS TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Prime Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi on December 25. (Note: Foreign Minister Qirbi has already departed for Khartoum. End Note.) 2. (C) Emphasizing that the government of Sudan has repeatedly violated its pledges to the AU to cease offensi [...]	2004-12-26 12:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL ER ET DEMARCHE
04SANAA3155	YEMEN 2004-2005 INSCR REPORT [...] (SBU) SANAA'S UPDATE FOR THE 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) IS AT PARA TWO. COMMENT: SANAA NOTES NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE 2003 MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, AND HAS TAKEN NO ACTION ON ENFORCING THE UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS ON ABDUL MAJID ZINDANI. END C [...]	2004-12-26 13:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SNAR PTER KSEP KCRM YM TERFIN COM
04SANAA3168	SALEH PLAYING HOA STATESMAN, WANTS USG STATEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Immediately following his return from the Sanaa Forum for Cooperation in Khartoum, Foreign Minister Qirbi convoked Charge on December 28 to ask for U.S. political support for a number of initiatives endorsed by the participan [...]	2004-12-28 15:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ODIP ER ET SU YM
04SANAA3169	YEMEN LOOKS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-28 15:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ YM
04SANAA3170	SANAA EAC MEETING 12/28/2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened a core EAC meeting on December 28, 2004, to share information regarding the recent attempt to attack Embassy personnel and to assess recent threat information. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting an [...]	2004-12-28 17:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA358	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- 10 FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: On 10 February 2004, the Ambassador hosted a meeting of the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) local mission representatives at the Residence to discuss and coordinate member-nations' ongoing counterterrorism training and assistance efforts with the Republic of Yemen governm [...]	2004-02-11 16:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA359	YEMENI ISLAMIC MODERATE ON THE RELEASE OF [...] (c) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief, Counter-terrorism Coordinator and Political Specialist (as translator) met with Judge Hamoud al-Hitar, leading cleric of the ROYG committee responsible for the dialogue with security detainees, on February 9. Concerning the dialogue, al-Hitar said that there are [...]	2004-01-30 15:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR YM KICC
04SANAA368	INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS TO [...] (sbu) As a follow-up to the recent CJTF-HOA Political/Military Officers conference hosted at Camp Lemonier, January 20-21, Embassy Sana'a would like to extend an invitation to appropriate information officers at CJTF-HOA in Djibouti to meet with Post public diplomacy officers in Sana'a. 2. [...]	2004-02-16 08:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OIIP YM PMIL
04SANAA381	FM AL-QIRBI ON YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER ISSUES [...] (c) In February 16 meeting (other subjects ref b and septel),Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi elaborated on the current border dispute between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Qirbi affirmed that President Saleh is traveling to Saudi Arabia on February 17 to discuss the issue with the Saudi Leadershi [...]	2004-02-18 04:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS YM
04SANAA393	SCENESETTER FOR SANAA VISIT [...] (U) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes the visit of GEN Abizaid and his staff. You will find that operational counterterrorism cooperation between the USG and the ROYG has increased since your last visit. 2. (SBU) The grant transfer patrol boats for the Yemen Coast Guard arrived on 15 Februar [...]	2004-02-18 12:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MARR YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY TERFIN
04SANAA396	FM QIRBI ON WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (s) In a February 16 meeting (ref a),CDA reviewed Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi's successful visit to Washington February 2-6. Noting the positive meetings Qirbi had with the FBI Director and DCI, CDA said that arrangements should proceed soon for teams from the CIA and FBI to visit Yeme [...]	2004-02-18 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS PTER ETRD YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA397	SIT-IN BY ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES AT UNHCR SANA'A [...] (SBU) Summary. A group of former refugees composed of Mengistu-era Ethopian naval officers have maintained a 24/7 sit-in at Sanaa's UNHCR office for eight days demanding consideration for resettlement in the US or another third country. The sit-in began on Tuesday, February 10, after a UNHCR [...]	2004-02-18 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF YM
04SANAA414	BEHIND THE SCENES ON YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER COOPERATION [...] (s) Summary: President Saleh told CDA on February 19 that DCI George Tenent played a major role in facilitating the new border agreement between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Both countries agreed to halt new construction and begin joint Ministry of Interior patrols. A resolution was a political n [...]	2004-02-24 09:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
04SANAA448	SANAA EAC MEETING - 28 FEBRUARY 2004 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 28, 2004 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of muted public reaction to the terrorist financing designation of Sheikh Zindani (refs A and B) and recent threat repor [...]	2004-02-26 22:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC TERFIN
04SANAA459	MEPI EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE "PARTERNSHIP SCHOOLS" [...] On January 27, 2004, Post met with the Vice Minister of Education, Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Habtoor, to discuss the MEPI Partnership Schools Initiative. Dr. Habtoor was responsive to the Partnership Schools concept and will provide further feedback and guidance after consultations within the Ministry [...]	2004-03-01 11:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA YM
04SANAA472	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO MEET WITH U.S. [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On 1 March, the Ambassador met with the ROYG Minister of Human Rights, Amat-al-Alim Al-Soswah, to present the 2003 Human Rights Report in English and Arabic. 3. The Minister requested a meeting with the U.S. Delegation to the UN C [...]	2004-03-02 08:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA477	NO NEW SECURITY THREAT IN YEMEN; FRENCH NOT CLOSING [...] (C) SUMMARY. French DCM told DCM 3/2 that media reports of French diplomatic closure in Sanaa due to new local security threats are in error. The recent Zawahiri audiotape prompted Paris to advise French embassies worldwide to review security. In Yemen, this instruction prompted an ongoing [...]	2004-03-02 14:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV FR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA488	MEDIA REACTION ON US TREASURY DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of the 2/24 terrorist financing designation of Shaikh Abd-al-Majid al-Zindani, Head of both Al-Iman University and the Advisory (Shura) Council of the leading Yemeni opposition party Islah, has generally been highly critical. A few papers offered muted support, reprin [...]	2004-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA498	ROYG CONDEMNS 3/2 ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD AND KERBALA [...] (C) DCM contacted Presidential translator/advisor Mohamed Sudam and conveyed reftel demarche evening of 3/3. Sudam noted that the absence of FM Qirbi (in Cairo for AL Ministerial) likely accounted for lack of immediate comment from the MFA, adding that ROYG would indeed denounce "these terrib [...]	2004-03-04 11:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KISL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA505	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS OUTLINES PRIORITIES; HRR [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador presented to the Minister of Human Rights on 3/1 the 2003 U.S Annual Report on Human Rights Practices on Yemen in Arabic. Already familiar with the report, the Minister said that her Ministry welcomed the report's findings. Overall, the Minister described it as provi [...]	2004-03-07 12:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV YM HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA506	FM QIRBI ON ARAB LEAGUE, GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on ROYG Foreign Minister 3/7 to discuss developments with Arab League reform and the Greater Middle East Initiative upon the FM's return from the Cairo AL ministerial. Qirbi highlighted the drafting of a charter committing the Arab League to political and econo [...]	2004-03-07 12:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA507	PRESIDENT SALEH'S SON: ALIVE AND WELL IN SANAA [...] (u) Colonel Ahmed Ali Saleh, President Saleh's oldest son and Commander of the Yemen Special Forces, made a public appearance on March 6 at a graduation ceremony for the Republican Guard and Special Forces. DATT, who attended the ceremony, confirms that Saleh appeared to be unharmed. Saleh's [...]	2004-03-07 13:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PARM PREL PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA521	ONGOING AGGRESSIVE CT OPS IN ABYAN [...] (S/NF) Summary/Comment: Yemeni counterterrorism (CT) operations by Central Security Forces (CSF) and Ministry of Defense forces have been ongoing in the Abyan region for approximately one week. ROYG informed Post of the capture of al-Qaida element Raouf Naseeb on 3/3. Minister of Interior [...]	2004-03-08 14:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA53	NOTICE OF ALL-CARGO INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT [...] (u) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (u) Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff delivered information in reftel to Hamed Ahmed Farag, Chairman of Yemen's Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA),Mohammed al-Madhagi, CAMA Advisor and Chief of the Technical Advisory Burea [...]	2004-01-06 12:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC YM
04SANAA54	TEXTS OF DHS EMERGENCY AVIATION AMENDMENTS [...] (sbu) Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff delivered texts of three aviation emergency amendments provided in reftel to Hamed Ahmed Farag, Chairman of Yemen's Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA),Mohammed al-Madhagi, CAMA Advisor and Chief of the Technical Advisory Bureau. Noting that Ye [...]	2004-01-06 12:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER ASEC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA545	DHAMAR MOSQUE ATTACK NOT ANTI-WESTERN TERRORISM [...] (C) Post confirmed with Ministry of Interior (MOI) that the mosque attack in Dhamar 3/5 has no/no relation to anti-Western or other terrorism. As reported in local and international press (ref),Abdallah Ahmed Yahia Zeid Ghassan killed five persons and injured 30 when he attacked a Dhamar m [...]	2004-03-06 09:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL YM
04SANAA546	UPDATE ON SIT-IN BY ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES AT UNHCR [...] (C) Summary. The sit-in by Ethiopian refugees reported in reftel remains unchanged after nearly one month. A group of refugees continues to camp outside UNHCR's Sana'a offices in the road adjacent to the residence of the DCM. Contacts with Yemeni officials indicate willingness by the ROYG to [...]	2004-03-10 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA589	SANAA EAC MEETING - 13 MARCH 2004 [...] (S/NF) CDA convened an EAC meeting on 3/13 to review security conditions in light of the Abu-Hafs Al-Masri Brigades statement, ref a. The statement claims responsibility for the 3/11 Madrid bombings and calls for attacks in Yemen. EAC agreed the statement does not warrant any increase to Po [...]	2004-03-15 09:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM
04SANAA611	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -- YEMEN [...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to ref A questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) Ref A para 18 (Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons) A. Yemen may be a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally trafficked persons. [...]	2004-03-16 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA620	OFFICIAL REPUBLIC OF YEMEN REACTION TO THE SIGNING [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PGOV IZ YM
04SANAA622	SANAA EAC MEETING - 16 MARCH 2004 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on 3/16 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of the recent thwarted attack on the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. EAC examined Post's already stringent and comprehensive se [...]	2004-03-17 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA626	FEBRUARY 9, 2004, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni Muslims are predisposed to oppose U. [...]	2004-03-17 17:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA662	03/21/2003 DEMONSTRATION -- GETTING THE FACTS [...] (C) Summary: On the anniversary of the start of the war against Iraq, Yemeni opposition newspapers are recalling the March 21, 2003 demonstration near the U.S. Embassy that resulted in several persons killed and injured after clashes erupted between armed demonstrators and ROYG security forc [...]	2004-03-21 13:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM YM
04SANAA671	ROYG PAPERS ON GMEI AND IRAQ/ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) ROYG Foreign Minister convoked Ambassador on 3/22 to pass for USG comment two papers on Iraq/Israel-Palestine and the Greater Middle East Initiative (full text paras 7 and 8, originals faxed to NEA/ARP) developed by the ROYG for [...]	2004-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM
04SANAA673	SANAA EAC MEETING - 22 MARCH 2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 22, 2004, to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of Israel's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (reftel). Ambassador commenced the EAC with an [...]	2004-03-23 09:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA680	3/20/04 ABIZAID MEETING WITH SALEH: CT OPS IN [...] (C) Summary. During his 3/20/04 visit to Sanaa, GEN Abizaid, accompanied by Ambassador and senior staff, called on President Saleh. Saleh asked about ongoing Pakistani CT operations in Waziristan. He asserted that good intelligence and money to spread around were more effective in tribal re [...]	2004-03-24 08:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER EAID IZ AF PK YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA683	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 13:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA685	SANAA EAC MEETING 03/24/2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 24th, 2004, to review the security situation in regard to potential tensions in the region as a result of the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. EAC members noted no specific threats but recommended that the American com [...]	2004-03-24 16:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA694	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER [...] SUMMARY: The assassination of Ahmad Yassin 3/22, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, received widespread reaction at various levels of Yemeni society including the government, political parties and the media. Newspapers, including government, opposition and indepe [...]	2004-03-27 04:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
04SANAA704	EXPULSION OF YEMENI DIPLOMAT [...] MFA Protcol Director, Mohamed Taha Mustafa, called in DCM on March 28,2004 to discuss the pending expulsion from the U.S. of Yemeni diplomat Abdulla M. Al-Socotry. Ambassador Taha Mustafa reviewed the facts of the case explaining that the ROYG considers the expulsion decision "harsh," but wou [...]	2004-03-29 06:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS YM
04SANAA710	MEPI WOMEN'S PROGRAM GRADUATES CREATE SUCCESS [...] (U) Summary: Alumnae of MEPI regional programs immediately put lessons learned to work to advance women's interests in Yemen. Less than one week after Doha, a female journalist won a seat on the 12-member board of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate using tactics gained in the conference. Poli [...]	2004-03-29 10:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA718	MEPI FY 2004 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (u) Post welcomes the MEPI FY 04 funding recommendations (ref a) and appreciates the opportunity to comment. Post is pleased to see the continuation of a number of successful programs, including MEET the U.S., WTO accession training, and political parties strengthening. Reftel a requests com [...]	2004-03-31 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO EAID ECON PREL YM COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA720	ROYG POLICE END SIT-IN BY ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES AT [...] (U) Summary. Following a partial closing by UNHCR of its offices in Sana'a and a threat to close permamently, Yemeni police intervened on March 19 to end the sit-in by Ethiopian refugees which began February 10, thus ending the potential security threat posed to the adjacent residence of the [...]	2004-03-31 12:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA723	YEMENI FM: POSTPONEMENT OF PLANNED AL SUMMIT IN [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador met with FM Qirbi on 3/31 primarily to discuss the reasons for the postponement of the Arab League summit planned for March 29-30 in Tunis. Qirbi characterized the March 27 announcement as a last-minute "surprise." Citing heated discussions on secondary issues, debat [...]	2004-03-31 13:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM
04SANAA724	IMPROVED YEMEN-SAUDI COOPERATION, BUT STILL NO [...] (c) Summary: Saudi Poloff al-Mqhm told Pol/Econ Chief on 3/27 that there is strong interest in Saudi-Yemen cooperation, including projected committee meetings to develop a joint strategy for border security. He confirmed that because of concerns over smuggling, the SAG opted to construct a " [...]	2004-03-31 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA726	NEA/ARP DEPUTY DIRECTOR WILLIAMS 3/13-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his 3/13-15 visit to Yemen, Deputy Director of NEA/ARP Tom Williams discussed the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI) and Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) with the Deputy Foreign Minister, who critiqued the MCA process and indicators. The DFM also noted his primary con [...]	2004-03-31 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID PARM PHUM KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA728	PRESENTATION OF INCOMING LEGATT TO MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On 27 March 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Minister of the Interior Rashad al-Alimi to present newly arrived LEGATT and discuss security subjects. Alimi warmly welcomed LEGATT, and listed a number of issues on which MOI sought cooperation with LEGATT. Also present at the m [...]	2004-04-03 04:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA80	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-10 11:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA822	MFA RECEIVES GUIDANCE ON U.S. POLICY WITH RESPECT [...] (s) On April 7, Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel guidance on U.S. policy on nations' non-lethal military equipment exports to Libya with MFA's Deputy Chief of the Arab World Department, Plenipotentiary Minister Saleh al-Nashad. As in previous meetings, al-Nashad expressed interest in U.S. inte [...]	2004-04-07 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KSTC PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC OVIP YM
04SANAA823	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK FADEL AL-HUSSEINI [...] (u) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (u) Post received original PLC request in reftel on March 8. The purchaser is the Fadel Al-Husseini Trading Group. The enduser is the Republican Guard of Yemen. The enduser site is the training and storage facilities of the Yemeni Repu [...]	2004-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC YE
04SANAA837	LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION: USS COLE DEFENDANTS - [...] (SBU) Ambassador, accompanied by LEGATT and NCIS rep, carried out demarche reftel with Minister of Interior Alimi on Wednesday, April 7. Ambassador noted his intention to reiterate points to prosecutor general early week of April 10. Alimi confirmed that prosecutor general is appropriate in [...]	2004-04-10 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CJAN YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA855	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON THE HRR, TIP, AMNESTY [...] (c) Summary: On 4/10, Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswah at her request to discuss the ROYG's response to the 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR),additional ROYG actions to quantify and combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the Amnesty Internatio [...]	2004-04-13 09:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG ASEC ELAB KWMN KFRD PGOV YM KRIC HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA860	AMBASSADOR'S 4/10 MEETING WITH AMNESTY [...] (sbu/nf) Summary: In a lengthy 4/10 meeting with Ambassador, a four-person Amnesty International delegation appealed for increased information and access for the families of Yemenis detained at Guantanamo. The far-ranging and amicable discussion included Yemen's progress on the mutually-rein [...]	2004-04-13 13:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA867	YEMEN TO TRY TERRORISTS/COLE BOMBING SUSPECTS [...] (U) Summary: On 11 April 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Attorney General (AttGen) Dr. Abdullah Al-Ulfi to discuss progress on turning over terrorist cases for prosecution, formally request rendition of Cole Bombing suspects Al-Badawi and Al-Quso, and to request/offer USG participation in [...]	2004-04-14 11:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA877	PSI: REQUEST TO ENDORSE STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION [...] (c) On April 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Two Americas Office Abdul-Malik Abdul-Ghani Saleh and his Deputy, Dirham al-Saidi to review the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) and request that the ROYG make [...]	2004-04-17 10:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM YM
04SANAA906	YEMEN MAY ATTEND OIC MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 4/21. Saying that he just signed off on a memo regarding Yemen's participation, Noman strongly hinted that Yemen would be represented at the [...]	2004-04-21 12:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ YM OIC
04SANAA907	DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNSC DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA956	GMEI: SUPPORT COMBINED WITH ADVICE FROM DFM NOMAN [...] (c) Summary: On 4/21, Pol/Econ Chief delivered talking points (ref b) and GMEI paper package (ref c) to DFM Noman. While pledging to support the reforms, Noman's initial reaction included a reminder that the USG's credibility vis a vis reform is being adversely impacted by the Administration's [...]	2004-04-27 05:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PREL EAID XF PK YM
04SANAA96	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE [...] The Communication Training & Qualifying Institution (CTQI) has concluded its training project titled "Advocacy and Media Campaign." Conducted from 04-15 October 2003 for 20 participants from ten NGOs working with women and human rights issues on how to use media to prepare [...]	2004-01-11 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA960	MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAMS [...] Per reftel, Embassy Sanaa would like to be included in the Maritime Security Collective. 2. Point of contact for Embassy Sanaa is Pol/Econ Chief, Mary Brett Rogers, who can be contacted at the following phone numbers: Embassy: (967) (1) 303-155 extension 2236, cell phone (967) 7321-8475 [...]	2004-04-27 10:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA97	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR Al-ZAHRA [...] Al-Zahara Association, Dhamr governorate, has concluded its project titled "Training and Capacity Building for NOGs". The duration of the project was from 23-31 August 03. Thirty-two participants from Dhamar and Albaida governorates attended the workshop and learned ab [...]	2004-01-11 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA98	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR Al- [...] Al-Mara'wa Social and Health Association has concluded its project titled "Girls' Education: Awareness and Advocacy Program". The Association conducted two workshops in ten selected rural areas with dense population in Al-Marawa district in accordance with the terms o [...]	2004-01-11 13:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANJOSE3369	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2004 - 2005 PART I, DRUGS [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2004-2005 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica serves as a transshipment point for narcotics from South America to the United States and Europe. The bilateral Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force in late [...]	2004-12-17 19:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CS
04SANTODOMINGO1052	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] Summary: Embassy on February 6 hosted a coordination meeting of local embassies of nations involved in the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG). Poloff and NAS officer briefly sketched U.S. plans as CTAG chair for 2004 and ongoing U.S. law enforcement assistance programs relevant to countert [...]	2004-02-19 19:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL SNAR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1088	DOMINICAN PARIS CLUB NEGOTIATOR WILL NOT VISIT [...] DCM delivered talking points on Paris Club rescheduling and comparability of treatment for private sector creditors to Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel on February 20. Prior to discussing the non-paper Despradel emphasized that the GODR is determined to stick to the terms of the IMF progr [...]	2004-02-20 20:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1094	DOMINICAN REACTION TO HAITI CRISIS [...] (SBU) Dominicans are apprehensive about the unraveling of Haiti, defensive about possible overflow onto their territory, and unwilling to take in any quantity of refugees. Reactions in the Dominican Republic to the unraveling of neighbor Haiti are mixed. The GODR has reinforced the border wi [...]	2004-02-20 23:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO1174	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Hipolito Mejia heard out the Ambassador's request for the country to sponsor the Cuba resolution at the March session of the UNHCR but declined to make any commitment. Mejia said in the course of changes to be announced on national day he will remove several [...]	2004-02-24 22:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1293	DOMINICAN IS THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE [...] Dominican sociologist Ruben Silie was unanimously elected the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on February 12. His term will be four years. The ACS is an organization for consultation and cooperation among its 25 member states and three associate members. Its c [...]	2004-02-26 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1299	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #23 - POLITICS AFFECTS THE [...] (SBU) This is cable number 23 in our presidential election series. Politics affects the Supreme Court President Mejia's PRD appears to be positioning itself to pack the Supreme Court with PRD party members, less than three months before the presidential election, If Mejia loses the May 16 electio [...]	2004-02-26 20:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1300	DOMINICAN ELECTION #24: POLLS AND PARANOIA [...] (SBU) This is number 24 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: The Dominican Election: Polls and Paranoia Many Dominicans fear a stolen presidential election. With each succeeding poll that confirms opposition PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez's commanding lead over Presi [...]	2004-02-26 23:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1319	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #25: MEJIA'S [...] (SBU) This is number 25 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: PRESIDENT MEJIA'S PUGNACIOUS CAMPAIGN SPEECH ON NATIONAL DAY In his ceremonial annual address to Congress on Independence Day February 27, President Mejia came off more as a feisty election campaigner on the defe [...]	2004-03-01 20:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ENRG DR

04SANTODOMINGO1328	"JOSELITO.COM" KINGPIN CAUGHT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) On February 28 Embassy DEA office cooperating with Dominican national drug control authorities (DNCD) located and arrested drug kingpin Jose Arismende ALMONTE PENA, head of a narcotics smuggling ring shut down on November 12 in a joint operation in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Almonte [...]	2004-03-01 22:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR
04SANTODOMINGO1343	EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO 90-DAY GOALS [...] (SBU) Following are Embassy Santo Domingo's goals for the first quarter of CY 2004 and a status report: Rule of Law Obtain removal of at least one official believed to be complicit in trafficking or corruption -- Miguel Vasquez, Atty Gen Cespedes, Ambassador to Argentina, Guido Gomez Status as [...]	2004-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT DR
04SANTODOMINGO1361	CANARD; ALLEGED TRAINING OF HAITI INSURGENTS IN [...] Embassy advises that Boston Globe reporter Bryan Bender (e-mail bender@globe.com, tels 202-857-5060, cell 202-369-6856) drafted on February 29 a text based on allegations of unidentified sources (including one "Haitian official") that Haitian insurgents received training and weapons from U.S. [...]	2004-03-02 20:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO147	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #13: NEW FEINT: THE LAW [...] Following is no. 13 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. NEW FEINT: PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENTS WITH THE LAW OF "SLOGANS" "We are steeped to the marrow in impulsiveness, always reacting to immediate circumsta [...]	2004-01-08 21:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO148	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL [...] Text of Dominican Republic draft 2002-2003 INCSR follows. Part One: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for South American drugs, mostly cocaine and heroin, moving to the United States and Europe. The Government of the Dominican [...]	2004-01-08 22:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO150	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER EVALUATION [...] On December 23 NAS Director and emboffs visited the drop-in center for victims of domestic violence in Bani to gauge its progess since inception in 2001. Center director Bibiana Nunez continues to run the center with limited resources but appears motivated to sustain the center's needed prese [...]	2004-01-09 12:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1515	CANARD II: DOMINICAN RIFLES FOR HAITI [...] Secretary of the Armed Forces Soto Jimenez told the press on March 5 that the Dominican Republic has received no rpt no arms from the USG and commented that the figure of 3,500 weapons used in questions to WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega might correspond to annual licensed imports of arm [...]	2004-03-06 17:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1518	DOMINICAN ELECTION #26: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL - FELLO [...] (U) This is no. 26 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL; FELLO IS RUNNING MATE (U) PRD Secretary General Rafael "Fello" Subervi Bonilla has agreed to become President Mejia's running mate in the May 16 election" for the sake of PRD unity and keeping the p [...]	2004-03-08 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1567	DOMINICANS SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. POSITION FOR MARCH [...] Upon receipt of reftel March 9 the Ambassador telephoned Dominican Foreign Minister Guerrero Prats, who expressed interest in U.S. position. At Guerrero Prats' request, Embassy delivered text of non-paper immediately to help MFA formulate the Dominican instructios. 2. Ambassador also rai [...]	2004-03-10 12:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV DR CU PHUM
04SANTODOMINGO1597	DOMINICAN LABOR MINISTER IS CANDIDATE TO CHAIR ILO ANNUAL MEETING [...] Dominican Labor Minister Milton RAY Guevara called on the Ambassador on March 6 to solicit U.S. support for him within the Americas group to chair the annual ILO session in June. In the normal course of rotation, the Americas are to provide a chair. Ray indicated that the long-serving Labor [...]	2004-03-10 20:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB AORC ILO DR PINR
04SANTODOMINGO1657	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NO REPLY ON U.S. POSTIONS FOR [...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the GODR Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2004. In follow-up conversations on March 9 and 11, Ambassador Abreu apologized for her inability to c [...]	2004-03-12 14:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM IO PREL AORC
04SANTODOMINGO1658	DRUG KINGPIN EXTRADITED FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, Jose Arismendy Almonte Pena (a.k.a. Joselito.com) was extradited from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) worked closely with the DEA to arrest the fugitive at the only tollbooth on the highway between Santiago to Santo [...]	2004-03-12 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1683	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Trafficking in women has been a serious problem in the Dominican Republic for the past 15 to 20 years, due mainly to the feminization of migration starting in the 1980s. The exodus of women primarily to Europe and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons has made them extremely vulnerabl [...]	2004-03-12 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO1685	CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY DOMINICAN [...] Summary. International Women's Day was celebrated in various fora in the Dominican Republic. On March 8 President Mejia, accompanied by the First Lady, the Vice President and the Secretary for Women, presided over an elaborate ceremony at the National Palace to present 24 women with merit awa [...]	2004-03-12 21:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KSEP OPDC PREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1696	GODR PRESIDENT MEJIA PUBLICLY DENIES AIDING [...] (U) President Mejia commented extensively on March 11 to a journalist from Hoy newspaper, a respected daily in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. insisting that the GODR was not involved in helping Haitian rebels in any manner. 2. (U) Begin unofficial translation: MEJIA DENIES SUPPORTING [...]	2004-03-15 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1697	DOMINICAN ELECTION #27: CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND [...] (SBU) This is no. 27 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND A VIGIL FOR LEONEL'S VP CANDIDATE After Rafael "Fello" Subervi accepted President Mejia's offer of the vice presidential slot (Ref A),the ruling PRD mounted a rally of thousands [...]	2004-03-15 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1703	NEW DOMINICAN REGULATIONS ON BROADCASTING AND IPR [...] A special supplement March 12 in the HOY newspaper publishes for public comment (30 days) Resolution 029-04, a comprehensive set of regulations governing TV services and licensing of broadcasters. Most of the supplement is very technical, but of note is Chapter 1, Article 2.1: (unofficial tra [...]	2004-03-15 14:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR EINV
04SANTODOMINGO1723	(CORRECTED COPY) DOMINICAN ELECTIONS NO. 28: [...] (SBU) This is the 28th in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Election Series #28: Running Past One Another: Styles of the Leading Candidates There will almost certainly be no debate between Hipolito Mejia and Leonel Fernandez, even though civic organizations and comment [...]	2004-03-16 12:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1816	MEETING WITH GODR OFFICIALS ON STATUS OF NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: GODR is still on track to produce ICAO compliant passport in April. GODR Passport Office has established new Anti-Fraud Unit. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On March 9, 2004 Consul General and FPM met with Director of GODR Passport Office, Mr. Elias Wessin Chavez. Purpose of the meeting [...]	2004-03-19 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CPAS CVIS CASC KFRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO1823	DOMINICAN ELECTION #29: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY [...] (SBU) This is no. 29 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY AND PLD Leonel Fernandez's March 16 announcement that Rafael Albuquerque would be his vice-presidential running mate surprised nearly everyone. It could prove to be an astute choice. The p [...]	2004-03-19 21:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1835	DOMINICAN ELECTION #30: OAS LAUNCHES OBSERVER [...] (SBU) This is No. 30 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: OAS LAUNCHES ELECTION OBERVER MISSION Senior advisor Santiago Murray kicked off the U.S.-funded Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission during a March 15-19 visit to Santo Domingo. Murray [...]	2004-03-22 18:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1848	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEE [...] U.S.Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector Samuel Perry to travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The purpose of the visit is to perform 14 CFR part 121 enroute inspection, cargo and line station inspection for Arro [...]	2004-03-11 14:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
04SANTODOMINGO1866	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOSTLY ON TRACK TO MEET IMF [...] (SBU) The GODR will likely meet International Monetary Fund fiscal targets for March, but faces difficulty meeting the target for reductions in the monetary base, according to the IMF's local representative March 19. IMF Mission's recent visit to Santo Domingo was brief and confirmed GODR le [...]	2004-03-23 17:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO1873	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: HEALTH WORKERS STRIKE - AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: A public health workers' strike has virtually shut down outpatient services at Dominican public hospitals for five days beginning March 22, following similar but shorter work stoppages since January. Government, civil society, and the press, while acknowledging a need for better [...]	2004-03-23 21:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB DR
04SANTODOMINGO1933	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA WRITES TO ASK FOR [...] (SBU) On March 25 the Foreign Ministry delivered the original of a letter from President Mejia for President Bush, under cover of a note from the Minister. Following is Embassy's unofficial translation. Embassy is faxing copy to WHA/CAR and to Treasury; original follows to SES-CR by pouch. [...]	2004-03-25 18:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN OPDC
04SANTODOMINGO194	DOMINICAN PROGRAM WITH IMF: HIGH HURDLES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 7 Econoff and USAID Economist called on IMF ResRep Ousmene Mandeng (PLEASE PROTECT) to review current status of IMF proposed program. The GODR has completed legislative action on budget items included as conditionalities and is close to complying with requirements [...]	2004-01-09 23:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1943	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC APPROVES NEW POLICE LAW [...] Summary. As part of the March 2 ceremony celebrating the 68th anniversary of the National Police, President Mejia signed the National Police Institutional Law (Law 96-04),also known as the Police Reform Bill. One of the most significant changes under the new law is the transfer of the Metro [...]	2004-03-25 21:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1950	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PROMISES ARTICLE 98 AND [...] (U) Summary. On March 24 Dominican Attorney General Victor Cespedes Martinez promised the Ambassador that he would act swiftly on the Article 98 agreement, facilitate extradition requests and work to improve the handling of narcotics/narcotrafficking cases in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. [...]	2004-03-26 18:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN DR KCRM KJUS SNAR PREL MARR
04SANTODOMINGO1963	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #31: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE [...] (U) This is number 31 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR ELECTIONS (SBU) The Dominican military leadership has assured us the military will be on "model" nonpolitical behavior during the election and previewed preparations for provid [...]	2004-03-26 20:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO1965	DOMINICAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF ON HAITI, NEXT [...] (C) In conversation with DATT and poloff on March 22 Dominican Armed Forces Secretary LTG Soto Jiminez expressed concern over "gangs of criminals" that he said controlled the Haitian side of the northern border with the Dominican Republic. Dominican security forces along the border consequent [...]	2004-03-26 20:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1986	DOMINICAN ELECTION #32: BATTLE OF THE POLLS [...] (SBU) This is no. 32 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: BATTLE OF THE POLLS Two polls published today, March 29, both show a much tighter presidential race, indicating that President Hipolito Mejia has picked up considerable support. Polls were done the same week in Mar [...]	2004-03-29 17:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1989	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #33: BALAGUER'S GHOST [...] (SBU) Following is no. 33 in our series on the Dominican elections: Balaguer's Ghost Avaunt! And quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with. - - Macbeth, Act 3, scene 4 The message tha [...]	2004-03-29 19:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2026	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT LOCKS OUT AIR TRAFFIC [...] (U) At 0600 this morning March 31 Civil Aviation officials replaced civilian air traffic controllers at the national center (SDQ) with military air traffic controllers. The military controllers are instituting precautionary intervals for incoming, departing, and overhead traffic; some flights [...]	2004-03-31 19:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELAB DR MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2072	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS [...] Many civilian air traffic controllers returned to work today after the Dominican Civil Aviation Authority and Dominican Air Traffic Controllers Union reached an agreement early today. Representatives from both parties explained to econoff that agreement was reached at 1:30 am after many hours [...]	2004-04-02 19:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAIR ELAB MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2078	DOMINICAN ELECTION #34: CORRUPTION AND THE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 34 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: CORRUPTION AND THE CANDIDATES The heat of the campaign and the insistence of the Ambassador and U.S.-funded civic groups have finally brought the explosive issue of corruption into open debate. On March 26 t [...]	2004-04-05 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2100	RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE AGAINST [...] EcoPol counselor is delivering ref demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Pichardo this afternoon and Defense Attache has already made the same points with Secretary of the Armed Forces MG Soto Jimenez. Embassy will SIPDIS report their responses as appropriate. KUBISKE [...]	2004-04-06 11:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS DR
04SANTODOMINGO2183	CTAG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A talking points to GODR Foreign Ministry Head of the International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate response. Embassy Santo Domingo held a CTAG meeting on February 6, 2004 (reftel B),we do not plan to hold ano [...]	2004-04-07 17:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2186	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO MIAMI AND [...] Embassy has received Diplomatic Note DVP 8445 from the Secretariat of State for Foreign Relations of the Dominican SIPDIS Republic advising of President Hipolito Mejia's travel plans to Miami and New York April 10 through the 12 and requesting proper airspace and landing permissions. Attac [...]	2004-04-07 21:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OTRA OVIP DR
04SANTODOMINGO2223	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #5; BANINTER/BANCREDITO [...] (SBU) This is cable # 5 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS BANINTER and Bancredito Back in the News and in the Campaigns Presidential candidates are trading barbs over responsibility for the massive B [...]	2004-04-08 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2263	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #35: WHAT THIS ELECTION IS NOT [...] (SBU) The following is #35 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Elections # 35 - What It's NOT About In the Dominican presidential elections set for May 16, none of the leading political parties believes in blaming the United States for Dominican woes or sees any advantage i [...]	2004-04-12 19:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2294	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #36: THE PLD PLATFORM, IN [...] (SBU) Following is no. 36 in our series on the Dominican elections. Dominican Elections #36: The PLD Platform, in Brief Leonel Fernandez's Partido de Liberacion Dominicana is the only one of three parties to have produced a formal election platform. The full text in Spanish is available [...]	2004-04-13 21:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2297	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY SPENCER [...] (SBU) The Country Team and I look forward to your April 15 visit. The last twelve months has in many aspects been the most difficult time for the country in at least twenty years. Dominicans are distrustful of their politicians and their institutions, are suffering from the prolonged effects [...]	2004-04-14 10:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ENRG OVIP
04SANTODOMINGO2318	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS FONMIN TO VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) Dominican President Hipolito Mejia instructed ForMin Frank Guerrero Prats at 16:00 today, Wednesday, to tell the Dominican delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission to vote in favor of the Honduras-sponsored resolution on human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) The Ambassador had asked for [...]	2004-04-14 21:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO232	GODR PRESIDENT MEJIA ON IMF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ambassador,s points drawn from reftel A, President Mejia expressed strong support for staying the course toward resumption of the IMF standby, including maintaining a market-based exchange rate policy. He seeks greater flexibility on the part of the international [...]	2004-01-12 22:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO233	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #14: SLOGANS AND A [...] (SBU) Following is no. 14 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: SLOGANS AND A SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS The controversy over a proposed election law change (reftel) is heading for a climax. On January 10 President Mejia announced that he would extend the current specia [...]	2004-01-12 22:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO2366	DOMINICAN ELECTION #37: SECURITY AN ISSUE, OAS ON [...] (C) This is no. 37 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: (U) Election Security at Stake, OAS Observers Active, Leonel Still Leads (SBU) At 30 days before the election, the violent deaths of two persons in the campaign prompted the big three presidential candidates to sign [...]	2004-04-19 11:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO2381	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO.200400520 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-19 19:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF DR TBIO
04SANTODOMINGO2386	DEMARCHE ON CUBA/GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister Miguel Pichardo on Monday, April 19th. Pichardo said that the GODR is waiting for the text of the resolution to be finalized before deciding how it will vote. Charge stressed that a vote against the resolution was in order [...]	2004-04-20 10:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2440	GODR WILL VOTE WITH USG ON CUBA/GUANTANAMO BAY [...] SUMMARY. (C) President Mejia told the Ambassador on April 20, that the GODR would vote with the USG against the UNCHR Cuban sponsored resolution condemning U.S. detainee policy at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. If the German sponsored procedural motion to adjourn the Cuba/Guantanamo Bay resolutio [...]	2004-04-21 10:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2459	GODR NO COMMENT ON UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON- [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, the Foreign Ministry's Director of International Organizations, on April 21. No immediate response was forthcoming. If a substantive response is delivered, Embassy will report septel. KUBISK [...]	2004-04-21 23:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2489	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No objection to proposed study. HERTELL [...]	2004-04-23 15:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO2504	REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 19:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2513	SECRETARY OF ENERGY ABRAHAM PROPOSES TO "SHED MORE [...] Summary. United States Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham visited the Dominican Republic April 15 on his way to the Sixth Western Hemisphere Energy Minister's Meeting in Trinidad & Tobago, April 19 - 21. The Secretary met with Embassy personnel, private sector representatives, and Presiden [...]	2004-04-23 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ENRG OVIP PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2524	DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS [...] (SBU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far only Leonel Fernandez's PLD has published a platform for the May 16 presidential elections. Newspapers of April 26 indicate that Mejia's PRD will release a document in the next f [...]	2004-04-26 12:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2525	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #41: FERNANDEZ AND ESTRELLA [...] (SBU) This is no. 41 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Fernandez and Estrella Attack Mejia's Economics, Preach Austerity Leonel's Paradoxical Proposals PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez, spoke April 21 before the American Chamber of Commerce (full text avai [...]	2004-04-26 13:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO2526	DOMINICAN ELECTION # 40: FERNANDEZ CONFIDENT BUT [...] (SBU) This is no. 40 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: FERNANDEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD BUT CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO RESTORE PROGRESS On April 13 at luncheon with the Ambassador PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez spent the first third of the encounter focusing o [...]	2004-04-26 13:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO2575	DIPNOTE 11048 - PRESIDENT MEJIA NOTIFIES [...] On April 27 Embassy received from the Foreign Ministry formal notification of withdrawal from Iraq by the Dominican Quisqueya Batallion, dated April 26. Text follows: (Complementary intro...) and refers to the situation of the Ad Hoc "Quisqueya" Task Force, currently in Iraq. As it is kno [...]	2004-04-28 13:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV DR IZ
04SANTODOMINGO2580	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #42: PLD PROMISES TO THE USG [...] (SBU) Following is number 42 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD Promises to the USG In mid-March PLD campaign manager Danilo Medina led a four-person PLD delegation to Washington, where they met with NSC personnel and asked for an appointment at the Department of State. Sin [...]	2004-04-28 13:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2601	DOMINICAN SECRETARY FOR ARMED FORCES SENDS EMBASSY [...] On April 28, Embassy received official correspondence from Secretary of Armed Forces, Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, stating the Dominican Republic's intention to remove their troops from Iraq. His letter is dated April 20 but was almost certainly written on April 26 or April 27. 2. An image o [...]	2004-04-29 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR MOPS OPDC PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2607	ROCK ASH SHIPMENTS FROM PUERTO RICO TO DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A controversy over rock ash shipments from a Puerto Rico power plant owned by U.S.-based energy company AES has become a topic of local comment. The Dominican Environment Secretariat confirms that the local firm that imported the product for construction in the north obtained [...]	2004-04-29 16:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP SENV DR ETRD EWWT EIND
04SANTODOMINGO2619	ILO: CUBA AND VENEZUELA REPRISALS AGAINST [...] Dominican Minister of Labor Milton Ray Guevara mentioned to EcoPol counselor on April 28 at the dedication of a Dept of Labor sponsored program that the Venezuelan and Cuban missions in Geneva are lobbying against his candidacy to chair the ILO annual meetings, specifically because they perce [...]	2004-04-29 22:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ELAB DR CU
04SANTODOMINGO2718	CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY: DOMINICAN EXPENDITURES FOR [...] Embassy has extrapolated general costs for Dominican Quisqueya battalion August 2003 to May 2004 as follows: Salaries $75,000 monthly x 10 months for $750,000 Incentive pay, total 120,000 Ammunition and training costs 12,000 Miscellaneous travel [...]	2004-05-05 22:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC MOPS
04SANTODOMINGO2722	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #43: PLD CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 43 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD CANDIDATE FERNANDEZ LOOKS TO EIU FOR POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS Judging from the consultant company he keeps, PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez is anything but a radical in economic matters. Rather than rely exclusively on in-h [...]	2004-05-06 13:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO2742	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #44: CANDIDATES ON MACRO AND [...] (SBU) Following is number 44 in our Dominican elections series: Candidates on Macro and Financial Policy In April all three of the principal candidates for the Dominican presidency addressed the American Chamber of Commerce on their visions for economic policy for 2004-2008. The full te [...]	2004-05-06 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO2743	LETTER AND SUMMARY OF DEFICIENCIES AT LAS AMERICAS [...] Embassy officers delivered he TSA letter in English on Friday, May 2 to the Airport Security Agency (CESA),the airport operator AERODOM and to the Civil Aviation Agency. English translations of the letter and the annex were delivered to all the above on Monday, May 5. HERTELL [...]	2004-05-06 23:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO2744	IMF TEAM REPORTS STRONG EFFORT BUT MISSED TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund review team members commented May 5 that despite strong effort, the GODR has failed to meet the Fund Standby Agreement performance criteria on monetary, fiscal and debt levels. IMF representatives pointed to higher-than-expected first quarter infla [...]	2004-05-07 11:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN ENRG
04SANTODOMINGO2753	ESTABLISHING US MISSION BAGHDAD DELIVERED TO GODR [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 15:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT MOPS
04SANTODOMINGO2754	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #45: INSTITUTIONS - YOU CAN'T [...] (SBU) Following is number 45 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Institutions - - You Can,t Tell the Players without a Program The Dominican elections authority is one of the least well established in the hemisphere, a legacy of the long years of dictatorship, personali [...]	2004-05-07 16:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2761	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #47 (REVISED): THE EXPENDITURE [...] (SBU) This is no. 47 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: The Expenditure Cost of Democracy Dominicans have lived in an increasing tempest of campaign advertising over the past eight months. Just how much money is being spent is unclear, as is the origin of private con [...]	2004-05-07 20:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO2821	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 06: "RAMONCITO" GOES TO [...] (U) This is cable # 6 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS "RAMONCITO" SENT TO TRIAL IN THE BANINTER CASE --------------------------------------------- --------------- What's new: a summary of the bank [...]	2004-05-10 16:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2843	DOMINICAN ELECTION # 46: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR [...] (SBU) This is cable # 46 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR ------------------------ Heading for third place ------------------------ In the last week before the presidential election, Reformista candidate Eduardo Estrella continues to work t [...]	2004-05-11 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2918	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #47: THE EXPENDITURE COST OF [...] (SBU) This is no. 47 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: The Expenditure Cost of Democracy Dominicans have lived in an increasing tempest of campaign advertising over the past eight months. Just how much is being spent is unclear, as is the origin of private contribut [...]	2004-05-14 12:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2925	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #48: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 16 [...] (SBU) Following is number 48 in our Dominican elections series: Scenesetter for May 16 Presidential Vote Celebrations and Movement Santo Domingo was the scene on successive days this week of tumultuous street rallies for the three major presidential candidates. The atmosphere was that [...]	2004-05-14 16:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2933	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #49: LEONEL FERNANDEZ -- [...] (SBU) This is cable #49 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. FERNANDEZ: THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT? (SBU) Lawyer turned politician, Leonel Fernandez once reigned over the small island nation of the Dominican Republic. Times were good - tourism and exports were up, the [...]	2004-05-14 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2937	DOMINICAN ELECTION #50: OBSERVERS - MUCHOS OJOS [...] (U) This is no. 50 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION OBSERVERS - MUCHOS OJOS We expect as many as 250 international observers, including 160 associated with the OAS Electoral Observation Mission, to be in the Dominican Republic to monitor the presidential voti [...]	2004-05-14 22:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO2968	DOMINICAN ELECTION #51: LEONEL SWEEPS THE ELECTION [...] This is no. 51 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION RETURNS: LEONEL SWEEPS THE ELECTION Leonel Fernandez Reyna, former president (1996-2000) and PLD candidate in the May 16 election, won a sweeping electoral victory May 16 and is scheduled to be inaugurated August [...]	2004-05-18 23:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3004	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT LOOKS FORWARD TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez assured the Ambassador on May 19 that he anticipated close and collaborative relations with the United States. Economic issues will occupy much of his time. Dominican relations with Cuba are a relatively low priority for him. Fernand [...]	2004-05-20 12:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3056	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #52: DEMOCRACY WINS [...] (SBU) Following is number 52 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Democracy Wins - - - - - - - - Voting was calm and orderly across the Dominican Republic during the 12-hour polling period on May 16, in what many consider to have been the best-conducted vote in national [...]	2004-05-24 10:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3197	FLASH REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
04SANTODOMINGO3297	IRAQ: SUPPORTING THE IIG - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points June 4 to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Poloff emphasized the importance of the Dominican Republic, as a member of the Coalition, expressing firm support for the new Iraqi authorities publicly and in international [...]	2004-06-04 18:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ DR
04SANTODOMINGO3312	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic per reftel. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 13 claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR),down from [...]	2004-06-04 19:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON KIDE EINV
04SANTODOMINGO3313	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #1: TAKING REPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) Following is number 1 in our series on the Dominican presidential transition: Taking the Responsibility for the Mess - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Both sides of this transition are apprehensive of taking blame for the pain necessarily associated with th [...]	2004-06-06 03:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3357	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BASEL CONVENTION NOTIFICATION [...] Embassy Santo Domingo received on June 7 a diplomatic note transmitting a may 25 letter from the Dominican Ministry of the Environment advising of the transboundary movement of a total of 1924 kg of liquid and solid latex for incineration by the firm Perma Fix Environmental Services of Orlando [...]	2004-06-08 17:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3358	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #2: POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP [...] (SBU) This is no. 2 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP (SBU) Following Leonel Fernandez's sweep of the May 16 presidential election, the three major political parties are grappling with their futures -- the winning [...]	2004-06-08 17:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3422	DEMARCHE, ECLAC CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, DELIVERED TO [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA deputy director of international organizations Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, with a request that they be shared with the Dominican delegation to the Ninth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Mexico City Jun [...]	2004-06-09 22:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3424	DOMINICAN GRUPO M SHUTTING DOWN MANUFACTURING [...] SUMMARY. Dominican apparel company, GRUPO M, is close to shutting down their apparel plant in Ouanaminthe, Haiti due to "Workers' Struggle," a group of activist employees who have made the plant inefficient and ineffective. GRUPO M President, Fernando Capellan, stated that the company plans [...]	2004-06-14 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO DR ELAB ETRD EINV HA
04SANTODOMINGO3548	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2004 [...] Following is the narcotics certification report card 2004 for the Dominican Republic, requested Ref A (the 2003 report card is in Ref B). 2. The United States Government (USG) worked with the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) to continue progress on establishing a regular and pred [...]	2004-06-17 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO355	ELECTIONS # 15 - PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AS [...] Following is no. 15 in our series on the Dominican elections. CONGRESS POSTPONES DISCUSSION ON "SLOGAN LAW" Dominican President of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Pacheco, postponed the January 15 congressional committee session when a block of Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC) congre [...]	2004-01-15 22:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO356	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN SANTO DOMINGO [...] Peaceful demonstrations were staged today in Santo Domingo outside the hotel housing USTR-GODR negotiations on a free trade agreement and outside the National Congress. Both were orderly and relatively limited in scope. 2. At the Jaragua Hotel, headquarters for the January 12-16 opening [...]	2004-01-15 23:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3617	GODR PUBLIC FINANCING STRAINED [...] (SBU) Central Bank Manager Apolinar Veloz told Econoff June 18 that GODR non-financial public sector finances are seriously off track from the IMF agreement for the first trimester of 2004. Veloz's remarks track with what Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel reported to the DCM June 1. SI [...]	2004-06-18 22:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO3626	DOMINICAN TRANSITION # 3: SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND [...] (U) This is cable no. 3 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND TAX REFORM ----------------------------------------- Fiscal reform, necessarily the hot topic ----------------------------------------- As the power outage [...]	2004-06-22 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3627	RECOMMENDATION ON FINANCING OF MARINE PATROL [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO3629	ELECTRICITY SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic's electricity sector has witnessed a steady decline in energy production over the last month, with blackouts in many areas reaching 15 to 20 hours daily. The situation is expected to intensify Tuesday, June 22, when AES' Andres plant goes off-line for lack of [...]	2004-06-22 10:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON ENRG EINV
04SANTODOMINGO3667	USG REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS HITS [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo delivered the Dominican Republic section of the 2003 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Foreign Ministry on June 14; the Embassy press release on the subject made all the dailies the next day. The story grew as on June 16, in response to a written question, [...]	2004-06-22 13:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3694	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ATTENDANCE AT 59TH UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 12:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP DR
04SANTODOMINGO3749	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #4: PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT [...] (SBU) This no. 4 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT TO VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ (U) Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez stopped over in Caracas to call on President Hugo Chavez June 20- [...]	2004-06-25 17:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EPET DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO3825	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY [...] (U)The Dominican Government this year provided decisive support to the cause of improving prospects for human rights and democracy in Cuba. Secretary Powell sent a letter to President Mejia (Ref B) thanking him for the Dominican Republic's "yes" vote on the Cuba resolution in the 60th Human R [...]	2004-06-29 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO3841	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED [...] (SBU) Embassy understands the importance of the resettlement of protected Cuban and Haitian migrants presently at Guantanamo Naval Base and will offer all appropriate assistance. The Dominican Republic is in the midst of a government transition and inauguration day for the new administration [...]	2004-06-29 15:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL SMIG MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3906	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #5: PACT BECOMES FACT [...] (SBU) This no. 5 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. (SBU) Dominican Transition: Pact Becomes Fact The transition teams really are cooperating. The government is likely to deliver a PLD-shaped tax reform to Congress by the targe [...]	2004-07-01 20:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN DR SP
04SANTODOMINGO391	CHR 60 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to GODR Deputy Desk director for International Organization, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, on January 16, 2004. Ambassador Abreu said the GODR supports Australia as Chair of the 60th session. She will share our request with the Head of International Organi [...]	2004-01-16 21:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM DR

04SANTODOMINGO3925	EXTRADITION CASE OF JOHNNY MARTINEZ [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo responds to reftel A questions as follows: a. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record of receiving any request for assurances or any other requests from the GODR regarding Johnny Martinez's extradition to the United States. b. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record o [...]	2004-07-02 14:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3978	NOMINATION TO REGIONAL LABOR RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Embassy nominates Jay R. Raman, a political officer with labor reporting responsibilities, to attend the WHA Regional Labor Rights Training Seminar to be held in Panama City on 9-10 September 2004. 2. Jay Raman began a one year rotational assignment in the Political Section of AmEmb Santo D [...]	2004-07-07 19:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO3979	ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION PROGRESS IN DOMINICAN [...] The Dominican Senate gave its approval to ratification of the Article 98 bilateral agreement on June 15 and forwarded the proposal to the lower house of Congress (Chamber of Deputies) for action. The same day, the DCM urged Chamber Speaker Alfredo Pacheco (PRD) to ensure prompt approval and e [...]	2004-07-08 10:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO4001	TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, in the form of a non-paper in Spanish. She undertook to pass the document to the Dominican delegation before their July 7 departure for [...]	2004-07-08 21:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR KCRM KDEM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4006	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #6: POLITICS DRIVES WAGE [...] (SBU) This is no. 6 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICS DRIVES WAGE DEMANDS The grim joke in recent months is that the supermarket has become the "house of horrors," especially for the middle class. The double sting of [...]	2004-07-09 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN PGOV PINR ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO4014	DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT POSTPONES TRIAL FOR ALIEN [...] (U) On July 7 the Dominican Supreme Court once again postponed trial proceedings for PRD Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia, accused of alien smuggling in a July, 2000 incident. According to news reports, the chief prosecutor asked for a delay in order to issue a summons to several k [...]	2004-07-09 14:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO406	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #16: OAS OBSERVER MISSION IN [...] (SBU) Following is number 16 in our Dominican presidential election series: OAS PROPOSES ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION OAS Special Adviser Santiago Murray, from the Secretariat General's Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, on January 15 called on the Central Election Board (JCE) and thi [...]	2004-01-20 17:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV EAID
04SANTODOMINGO4087	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #7: CONGRESS CONTINUES, [...] (SBU) This no. 7 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic: CONGRESS CONTINUES, DESPITE DISARRAY When President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) takes office August 16, the present National Congress will be only halfway through its four-year [...]	2004-07-13 18:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO414	DOMINICAN ELECTION #17: MEJIA'S PRD PRIMARY - A [...] (SBU) This is number 17 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA'S PRD PRIMARY - A VICTORY FORETOLD President Mejia, running virtually unopposed in the ruling PRD's presidential primary January 18, won about 95 percent of the vote, with his sole opponent Frank J. T [...]	2004-01-20 23:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4200	REACHING OUT TO GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS ON CUBA: [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 18:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO4260	TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA [...] On July 20, Embassy delivered information in reftel to the Vice Secretary in the GODR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the GODR Superintendent of Banks. Embassy will forward any response received. HERTELL [...]	2004-07-21 19:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN ETTC PTER TD KTFN
04SANTODOMINGO4319	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RATIFIES ART. 98 BILATERAL [...] (U) As Congressional leaders had assured us (reftel),the Dominican Republic on July 22 ratified the bilateral DR-U.S. agreement under Article 98 of the International Criminal Court treaty. The Chamber of Deputies plenary approved the measure, following the June 15 approval by the Senate (ref [...]	2004-07-23 22:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS DR
04SANTODOMINGO4323	REGISTRATION FOR JAY R. RAMAN TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy registers Jay R. Raman, a political officer with human rights reporting responsibilities for Embassy Santo Domingo, to attend the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor conference on human rights to be held in Washington on 28-29 September 2004. 2. Raman is planning to arrive [...]	2004-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4350	EMBASSY PRESENTS TIP ACTION PLAN TO DOMINICAN [...] On 23 July 2004 Poloffs met separately with Dominican MFA international organizations deputy Rhadys Abreu de Polanco and consular affairs director Dulce Rosario de la Maza to discuss the TIP issues set forth in reftel and to present the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for the Dominican Republic. [...]	2004-07-27 18:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4392	TRANSITION #8: DOMINCAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX [...] (SBU) This is number 8 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. DOMINICAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS Fifteen days ago President Mejia sent Congress the PLD-drafted fiscal package. The Fernandez team projected its proposal would [...]	2004-07-29 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4403	DOMINICAN DOCTORS STRIKE FOR SALARY INCREASE; [...] SUMMARY. Public sector physicians and the GODR have clashed on wages and hospital conditions, leading to several strikes and protests and a continuing reduction of medical services, especially for the poor. Doctors demand better salaries and better conditions in the hospitals, while the Dom [...]	2004-07-30 14:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB DR
04SANTODOMINGO4418	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE MID [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Climate Mid Year Update for the Dominican Republic tasked reftel 2. (begin text) CHAPTER 7: Investment Climate Investment Climate The following is the (preliminary) 2005 Investment Climate Report for the Dominican Republic.(as of July 2004) [...]	2004-07-30 20:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON KIDE EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4421	TRANSITION #9 - DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S [...] (SBU) This is number 9 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S RESPONSIBLE, EVERYONE SUFFERS The slow-motion collapse of the electricity sector during the countdown to the August 16 presidential election has finally re [...]	2004-07-30 21:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4422	U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-01 19:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4425	INVITATION TO GTRI CONFERENCE IN VIENNA DELIVERED [...] Embassy on July 29 delivered reftel talking points inviting the Dominican Republic to participate in the Global Threat Reduction Initiative Partners Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 18-19, and text of proposed joint statement, to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys [...]	2004-08-02 13:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY PTER AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4501	TRANSITION #10 - THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LEONEL [...] (U) This is cable number 10 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments. President-elect Fernandez - Two weeks from power 2. (C) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador in a private meeting on August 3, 2004, that his govern [...]	2004-08-04 17:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG MCAP DR
04SANTODOMINGO4502	WHA SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 17:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO4514	DOMINICAN TRANSITION 11: STUDENTS PROTEST [...] (U) This is no. 11 in our series on the Dominican Republic's transition to a new administration: STUDENTS PROTEST VIOLENTLY AGAINST MEJIA 2. (U) Police estimated that 200 students protested violently at the inauguration by President Mejia of a new central library at the Autonomous Univers [...]	2004-08-05 14:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4515	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO4531	DOMINICAN TRANSITION 12-PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ NAMES [...] (U) This is number 12 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez adminstrations. President-elect Fernandez- Two weeks from power. 2. (U) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez on August 4 announced appointments to his administration, mainly in positions related to [...]	2004-08-05 16:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG MCAP PGOV PINR PREL EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4534	AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT CRS PROVISIONS [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Carlos Alvarez Guzman. Embassy will forward any response received. MARSHALL [...]	2004-08-05 21:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EAIR
04SANTODOMINGO4579	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) On August 6 poloff delivered points para 3 reftel to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, and urged the GODR to issue a statement supporting a free, fair, and transparent process in the Venezuelan presidential referendum August 15. Poloff also advocat [...]	2004-08-09 16:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO VE DR
04SANTODOMINGO4635	DOMINICAN CONGRESS STALLS EFFORT TO UNDERCUT IPR [...] Summary. On August 11 Charge and EcoPol counselor urged Dominican House of Representatives President Alfredo Pacheco to block draft legislation from the Senate intended to reduce penalties for IPR infringements and to institute automatic compulsory licensing of patents. Pacheco said that he [...]	2004-08-11 23:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4637	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #14: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This no. 14 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Lunch with Leonel (U) On August 6, the Ambassador and visiting Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) attended a lunch hosted by President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) at the office of his G [...]	2004-08-12 10:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO4665	DOMINICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) On August 11 President of the Dominican House of Representatives Alfredo Pacheco told Charge and EcoPol counselor that he expected, in the worst of cases, to obtain House approval for the first reading of the tax reform package on August 12. Congressional procedure requires two approva [...]	2004-08-12 20:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4666	DOMINICAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HOPE FOR EARLY [...] Summary. The salary dispute between the Association of Air Traffic Controllers (ACTA) and the Dominican Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) that resulted in a three-day lockout in late March remains unresolved. Although the union and the government do not have good relations now, there is hope t [...]	2004-08-12 20:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EAIR DR
04SANTODOMINGO4672	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - CODEL DODD (15-17 AUG) [...] U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Christopher J. Dodd to travel to Santo Domingo. The purpose of this trip is to attend the presidential inauguration of President-elect Fernandez from 15-17 August, 2004. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. ---- [...]	2004-08-13 16:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO469	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CICTE DELEGATION TO FOURTH [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to GODR Deputy Director of International Organizations Desk, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Polanco said that the GODR delegation to the Fourth Regular Session of the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) will be headed [...]	2004-01-23 19:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO4702	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM H. SCOTTI [...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William H. Scotti to travel to Santo Domingo from September 21 to September 23, 2004. Purpose of trip is to carry out activities relating to dependent education and assistance to American- sponsored schools. Embassy will me [...]	2004-08-17 13:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
04SANTODOMINGO4719	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #13: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This is the amplified and corrected version of ref a, part of our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Ten days before his inauguration, Leonel Fernandez spoke about his approach to the economic crisis and commented on his relations with [...]	2004-08-18 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO473	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #18: UN, EU AND OAS REPS [...] (SBU) Following is number 18 in our Dominican presidential election series: UN, EU and OAS Reps Engage Dominican Electoral Authorities A UN Mission, Soon - - - - - - - - - - UN Resident Representative Niky Fabiancic informed the Ambassador and poloff on January 12 that the UN El [...]	2004-01-23 23:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV EAID EU
04SANTODOMINGO4784	TRANSITION #14: LEONEL FERNANDEZ AT DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) This is #14 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments in the Dominican Republic. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fernandez promises Austerity, Anti-Corruption and Support for Social Concerns - - - - - - [...]	2004-08-20 17:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO483	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USTR ZOELLICK LAUNCHES FTA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Zoellick told Dominicans on January 15 that bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations offer an opportunity for new engagement, economic growth and strengthened institutions. He stressed that an FTA, free and fair presidential electio [...]	2004-01-27 16:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP OREP
04SANTODOMINGO4892	ICAO CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DOMINICAN [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to newly appointed Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Norge BOTELLO Fernandez. Botello confirmed that the Dominican Republic will support re-election of the United States to the ICAO Council and in general would support U.S. po [...]	2004-08-27 19:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR XX
04SANTODOMINGO490	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE SET FOR [...] (SBU) A national work stoppage ("huelga" in Spanish),set for January 28-29, is likely to disrupt or close down many businesses across the country and cause scattered violence in low-income neighborhoods of the capital and smaller cities. The Coordinator of Popular and Labor Organizations promo [...]	2004-01-28 00:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4904	ADDENDUM TO REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE IN VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In reftel, Embassy requested Department's concurrence in the revocation of the B1/B2 visa of now former Attorney General Victor Cespedes under section 212(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Following that cable, just two days before leaving office, Cespedes ordered the [...]	2004-08-30 20:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4916	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VENEZUELAN OIL [...] (U) This cable is an overview of the Dominican Republic's petroleum sector in response to reftel A. Venezuela in 2003 supplied only 11 percent of total petroleum imports to the Dominican Republic, a significant change from 2002 when Venezuelan imports were nearly 55 percent of the total. Oth [...]	2004-08-30 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL XK
04SANTODOMINGO4986	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RAMOS GARCIA ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (U) On 1 September 2004, the Supreme Court in regular session began hearing testimony in the alien smuggling trial of Congressional representative Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia. Because Ramos Garcia is a legislator, the Supreme Court is the court of first instance. Ramos, a former consul t [...]	2004-09-03 18:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO502	Electricity Sector Shutting Down in the Dominican [...] (SBU) Summary: As more power plants shut down, GODR and energy sector representatives in public recriminations. Negotiators are close to an agreement that would put Cogentrix back on line. End summary. 2. (SBU) Nine representatives of the electricity sector briefed the Ambassador on Jan [...]	2004-01-28 12:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO5024	DOMINICAN POLITICS: SUGAR, IPR, TAXES AND TRADE -- [...] (U) Following is the first in our series on the politics of the new Dominican administration of Leonel Fernandez. (U) Dominican Politics #1: Sugar, IPR, Taxes and Trade ) Trouble for Free Traders (U) Powerful opponents of free trade are mounting a campaign to discredit the agreement with t [...]	2004-09-07 17:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5080	DOMINICAN SENATORS TELL AMBASSADOR THEY'LL BLOCK [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador obtained from Senate and PRD leaders September 8 a commitment to delete a proposed 25 percent tax on beverages using imported high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from paragraph 9 of the pending fiscal reform legislation (reftel). The Ambassador told them the protection [...]	2004-09-10 17:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO5150	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] Embassy Santo Domingo has no foreign policy objection to proposed research. KUBISKE [...]	2004-09-15 14:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO5153	DOMINICAN TAX REFORM AND TELECOMS [...] Embassy Santo Domingo thanks Department for information about meeting on September 7 with Verizon concerning the tax package currently before the Dominican congress, as well as the September 14 message detailing efforts to date by telecoms companies in Santo Domingo. 2. The Ambassador recei [...]	2004-09-15 18:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS BEXP EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5154	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND ECON TEAM SEEK TO REASSURE [...] (U) Summary: During the September 8 visit of EXIMBANK Vice President David Miller Dominican President Fernandez and his advisors stressed that the country,s economic crisis was one of liquidity rather than insolvency. They indicated their commitment to meeting the country's debt obligations an [...]	2004-09-15 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5156	DOMINICAN AMCHAM MEETING TURNS UGLY OVER SUGAR AND [...] (SBU) At the American Chamber of Commerce,s September 13th board meeting, Charge and Embassy staff were subjected to a harsh rant by sugar interests. The meeting was to have focused on DR-CAFTA, but it became a forum for a discussion of the demands of the sugar sector for protection and the r [...]	2004-09-15 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL BEXP
04SANTODOMINGO5186	DOMINICAN POLITICS #2: FERNANDEZ, CRISIS AND [...] (U) Following is no. 2 in our Politics 2004 series, our scenesetter for the visit September 16-17 to the Domincan Republic of OAS Amb. John Maisto. Amb. Maisto will participate in public events at the MFA Diplomatic School and the "Foundation for Global Democracy and Development," both to de [...]	2004-09-16 16:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5227	GTRI PARTNERS' CONFERENCE IN VIENNA: DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-19 15:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP TRGY PTER MNUC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5242	DOMINICAN PRES. FERNANDEZ OFFERS TO RESOLVE CORN [...] (C) Summary: Visiting USOAS PermRep Ambassador John Maisto and Ambassador Hertell took advantage of a meeting planned on Summit of the Americas to tell President Fernandez and Foreign Secretary Carlos Morales Troncoso September 16 that a proposed 25 percent tax on products containing high fruc [...]	2004-09-20 18:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5302	FORMER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC THAT SENATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Former Dominican President Hipolito Mejia told Ambassador Hertell September 22 that he expects that the effort will succeed to remove from the fiscal reform bill now in the Senate the proposed 25 percent tax on beverages that use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It [...]	2004-09-22 22:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BEXP PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO535	GRULAC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate comment. Any information received on the GODR's candidate to chair the 59th [...]	2004-01-28 20:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM DR
04SANTODOMINGO536	DEMOCRACY CAUCUS AT CHR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry on January 27, 2004. Ambassador Abreu said she would pass on the information to the Director of International Organizations, [...]	2004-01-28 20:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM
04SANTODOMINGO537	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: STREETS ARE [...] (SBU) Most businesses were shuttered and schools were closed for the January 28-29 national work stoppage in the Dominican Republic, called by a coalition of community, labor, student, and political groups to protest economic and social policies. Banks and supermarkets were open but neighborho [...]	2004-01-28 22:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5372	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-28 13:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA OSCI TBIO
04SANTODOMINGO5394	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (U)As requested, following is the TFCO related information. 2. (SBU)(a) Contact information for: TFCO: Lisa J. Kubiske, DCM, (809)731-4308, kubiskeLJ@state.gov and DTFCO: Stephen S. Wheeler, Chief Econ Officer, (809)731-4293, wheelerSS@state.gov. (b) Who chairs terrorist finance m [...]	2004-09-29 14:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN
04SANTODOMINGO5425	DOMINICAN POLITICS #3: FREE TRADE, PAID JOURNALISM [...] Following is number 3 in our series on Dominican politics in 2004: Free Trade, Paid Journalism and Bad Press for the United States A small, powerful coterie of infuriated sugar barons continues to use influence and money in an effort to convince the Dominican public of the bad faith of D [...]	2004-09-30 15:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5426	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 7 - NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM [...] (U) This is cable number 7 in a periodic series on the banking system and bank frauds in the Dominican Republic. SEE ACTION REQUESTS FOR SEC AND DOJ/OIA BELOW. NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM AT ALVAREZ RENTA AND PROMISE VIGOROUS PROSECUTIONS 2. (U) Legal actions and investigations continue ag [...]	2004-09-30 15:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS DR
04SANTODOMINGO5437	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SCENESETTER FOR POSSIBLE VIP [...] Following is a backgrounder for a possible VIP visit to the Dominican Republic: (U) Background. The Dominican Republic, just 70 miles from Puerto Rico across the treacherous Mona Passage, is a heavyweight in the Caribbean, a strong trading partner, and a helpful ally in the Caribbean. The U [...]	2004-09-30 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5468	DOMINICAN POLITICS #4: FERNANDEZ AND REPEAL OF TAX [...] Following is number 4 in our series on the 2004 politics of the Fernandez administration: Fernandez and Repeal of Tax Measure President Leonel Fernandez signed and promulgated on September 28 the tax measures passed by the Dominican Congress and submitted to the Dominican Senate on Septem [...]	2004-10-01 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO5480	IMF VISIT TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVEALS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: An IMF team led by Steven Phillips (protect) to Santo Domingo this week reported that the Dominican Republic continued to face an acute crisis. The GODR had made only limited progress toward an integrated plan that could serve as the basis for resuming its IMF program. The team [...]	2004-10-01 22:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS BEXP EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5501	SECTION 102(G) PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: INSTRAW [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy obtained from the UN Institute for Training and Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) a list of 385 NGOs that have some link with INSTRAW, from being on a mailing list to, in a few cases, collaborating in research or training projects. 2. (SBU) Embassy has carefully rev [...]	2004-10-04 21:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM SOCI KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5502	59TH UNGA: U.S. DRAFT FOR 1ST COMMITTEE DELIVERED [...] Embassy Santo Domingo on October 4 delivered to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco reftel talking points (as a nonpaper) and U.S. draft resolution on improving the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First Committee (Disarmament). She undertook to [...]	2004-10-04 21:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO5503	FINAL GODR EXTRADITION CASES UNDER PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (U) On July 30, 2004, seven fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. They were as follows: a. Gornelio Serrano, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics charges. b. Humber [...]	2004-10-04 21:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5603	DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ WMD: [...] Embassy provided reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA director for U.S. affairs Roger Espaillat on October 8. He undertook to share the information with the director of Middle East affairs. Espaillat had no immediate substantive reaction, but appreciated having the points available if t [...]	2004-10-08 23:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5604	DOMINICAN INTERNAL REVENUE DIRECTOR GENERAL TO [...] (U) Summary: During a visit by Ambassador Hertell to Director General of Internal Revenue Juan Hernandez, Hernandez indicated that the Dominican Republic continues to experience difficulties with tax collections and stated his intention to clamp down on tax cheats. He responded to the Ambassa [...]	2004-10-12 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5671	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - DEMARCHE AGAINST CUBA'S [...] (SBU) EcoPol chief delivered demarche and talking points on Cuba's embargo resolution to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano on October 14. EcoPol chief recalled the Dominican Republic's help in passing the Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission. Liriano heard out the presen [...]	2004-10-15 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD
04SANTODOMINGO5672	U.S. NOMINEE FOR ICTY - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 18:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5696	DOMINICAN RESPONSE: CONVOKING A SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 16:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO5718	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN OFFICER CONTACT [...] Embassy Santo Domingo designates following officer to be responsible for oversight of the Blue Lantern Program in the Dominican Republic: Name: Stephen S. Wheeler Position: Chief, Economic Unit Telephone: 809-731-4293 Fax.: 809-686-4038 E-mail:wheelers@state.gov Estimated Departure Date [...]	2004-10-18 21:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETTC KOMC KSEP
04SANTODOMINGO5727	DEMARCHES TO DOMINICANS ON HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP [...] (U) Summary. EcoPol counselor delivered talking points urging rapid repeal of the 25 percent tax on fructose-sweetened drinks to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano on October 14. She accepted the document and undertook to pass it on. EcoPol counselor and poloff met Senator Alejand [...]	2004-10-19 17:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5740	DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: THE LAZARUS EFFECT [...] Summary (SBU) The Dominican electrical sector is still in great difficulty. Generation is running consistently below peak demand. Blackouts occur regularly, although they are less prolonged than in the last days of the Mejia administration. The government is keeping the lights through the end [...]	2004-10-20 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ENRG PGOV EINV
04SANTODOMINGO5757	DOMINICAN TEXTILES - PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCTION AND [...] Embassy Santo Domingo provides the following information in response to reftel. 2. Nominal GDP in billions of USD FY 2002 21.6 FY 2003 16.8 Nominal Manufacturing GDP (industrial production) in billions of USD FY 2002 3.48 (16.1 percent of total GDP) FY 2003 2.57 (15.3 percent of t [...]	2004-10-20 18:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX DR EINV
04SANTODOMINGO5777	DOMINICAN POLITICS #6: THE PRD: IT'S BROKE. FIX [...] (SBU) This is #6 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The PRD: It,s Broke. Fix It. (U) ** Without Hipolito Mejia to hold it together, the venerable populist PRD is not mounting a coordinated response to Leonel Fernandez's PLD administration. We look at the conten [...]	2004-10-20 22:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5779	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY VINCHO CASTILLO - STILL KICKING [...] (C) "Those who love me, love me a lot. Those who hate me, hate me a lot," declared Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) when questioned by a reporter in 2000 about his reputation for controversy. It was a good self-characterization then and remains true today. Vincho, a well known attorney wh [...]	2004-10-21 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EFIN KJUS PGOV DR CASTILLO VINICIO MARINO
04SANTODOMINGO5856	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS AMB. MAISTO ADDRESSES FREE [...] (U) U.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussions with government, private sector, and NGO leaders and the media during his September 16-18 visit to Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by Ambassador Hertel [...]	2004-10-25 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5858	NEW DOMINICAN CODE AMENDS EXTRADITION PROCESS [...] Summary. The Dominican Republic implemented a new criminal procedural code on September 27, 2004 which moves the Dominican criminal justice system from an inquisitorial system towards an accusatory system. The new code amends the procedure for handling extradition cases. The USG has reques [...]	2004-10-25 20:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5888	DOMINICAN POLITICS #7: THE VANISHING LEFT [...] (SBU) This is #7 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Vanishing Left ** Despite current economic hardships, Dominicans have shown no interest at all in radical political solutions. This year's presidential election emphasized the eclipse of the left. With a t [...]	2004-10-27 16:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR VE CU CH TW
04SANTODOMINGO593	ALIEN SMUGGLING TRIAL FOR DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN [...] (SBU) Trial proceedings against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia were postponed again on January 28 after his lawyer failed to appear in court. Lawyers for the two co-defendants did not appear either. The trial will resume at the Supreme Court on March 24. [...]	2004-01-29 23:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO594	DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]	2004-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04SANTODOMINGO5952	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON CORRUPTION, FREE TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez asked on October 21 for USG help in addressing corruption issues. He told the Ambassador that he remains strongly in favor of the free trade agreement (FTA). He gave the sugar sector an opportunity of "only three weeks" (until sometime the week of [...]	2004-10-28 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO596	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES UNHAPPY WITH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Executives from three Dominican telecommunications companies, all with majority U.S. investment, briefed emboffs January 27 on a recent presidential decree they said effectively imposes a 10 percent tax on telecommunications companies' gross revenues. They asked for USG advoca [...]	2004-01-30 11:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN PREL EINV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO5972	DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OUTLINES PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Dominican Technical Secretary of the Dominican presidency Temistocles Montas received the Ambassador and senior staff last night, October 28 to discuss a variety of topics, including the progress in discussions on a new IMF program, the Paris Club, the country,s new oil finance deal with [...]	2004-10-29 19:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5982	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the MFA on October 19. On October 29, Deputy IO Ddirector Rhadys Abreu de Polanco called to say that Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso had approved the Dominican Republic's co-sponsoring the proposed U.S. draft UNGA resolution on the international [...]	2004-11-01 12:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCIP IO PM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5985	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2004 PARIS [...] The Ambassador delivered the draft text of the Paris Club rescheduling agreement, in English only, to Technical Secretary for the Dominican Presidency Temistocles Montas on SIPDIS October 28. Emboffs asked that Montas and his staff examine it and indicate whether any changes would be reque [...]	2004-11-01 13:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KTIA EFIN
04SANTODOMINGO6028	DOMINICAN AIDS OFFICE TELLS GLOBAL FUND IT WILL [...] Summary. Appointees of the new Dominican administration told visiting representatives from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) that they will quickly improve management to qualify for the first tranche of the USD 47m grant. GFATM gave the administration until January 31. The [...]	2004-11-03 13:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EFIN KHIV
04SANTODOMINGO6052	SANTO DOMINGO PARTICIPANTS IN WHA ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send econ officers Stephen Wheeler and Mark Kendrick, arriving Wednesday, December 8 and departing Friday, December 10. HERTELL [...]	2004-11-04 17:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	XL AMGT APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO6061	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL COORDINATE [...] (U) Summary. Dominican cabinet members and senior officials, meeting as a group with the Ambassador and Embassy staff on October 20 and 22, cited several instances of recent progress in combating TIP, including the creation of a new cyber-crimes unit in the Attorney General's office, the brea [...]	2004-11-04 22:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6062	IFIS ON DOMINICAN FINANCES - TIGHT TIMETABLE WITH [...] (SBU) Despite progress on institutional reforms, the Dominican government still has a number of decisions to make before a new standby agreement can be reached with the IMF. Concerns about electricity sector reforms and and unanswered questions on fiscal problems mean that a tentative IMF Boar [...]	2004-11-05 11:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN DR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO6118	IMF POLICY PAPER - DRAFT SUMMARY OF THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6119	DOMINICAN - VENEZUELAN AGREEMENTS ON CONCESSIONAL [...] During a November 6 stopover in Santo Domingo lasting less than twelve hours, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez two agreements, the first providing favorable terms for Dominican purchase of Venezuelan petroleum products and the second encouragi [...]	2004-11-09 17:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO6134	(S) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR, IMMIGRATION [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and Immigration Director Baret discussed corruption in Dominican airports and ports on November 3, 2004. The Ambassador named names, including military officers assigned to Immigration, and urged dismissal and prosecution. Baret said prosecution was difficult, p [...]	2004-11-10 16:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	PREL SMIG KJUS MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO6198	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim trafficking in persons (TIP) assessment (paras 2-7) addresses the questions in paragraph 6L of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic has made progress in addressing TIP, particularly in the development of a comprehensive anti-TIP strategy and in increased [...]	2004-11-16 14:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6213	DOMINICAN POLITICS #8: FERNANDEZ, THE RIO GROUP [...] (C) Summary. When the Rio Group summit of November 4 got to the agenda item on Haiti, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez asked for hemispheric help in re-instilling democracy in that &narco-state,8 but he put a big front wrong in advocating the inclusion in the process of former president [...]	2004-11-16 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ENRG HA PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6226	UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on November 9 delivered demarches (refs A-B) on UNGA human rights resolutions and on November 16 the urgent demarche on Third Committee resolutions (ref C). 2. MFA UN/OAS affairs deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco told us that she would have to await the return of Deputy FonMi [...]	2004-11-17 12:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6229	OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA - DOMINICAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to MFA deputy director for UN/OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco on November 16. She said any decision on the GODR's position on the anti-Israel resolutions would have to await the return of Deputy FonMin Alejandra Liriano on November 20. We will [...]	2004-11-17 12:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS DR
04SANTODOMINGO6232	CWC - NON-STATES PARTIES ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 12:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL DR

04SANTODOMINGO6234	59TH UNGA: REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR JSPB - DOMINICAN [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche and talking points o/a October 29 to MFA UN/OAS deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. On November 16 she informed poloff that the GODR will support the candidacy of Mr. Thomas Repasch for re-election to the UN Joint Staff Pension Committee. HERTELL [...]	2004-11-17 12:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSEP DR
04SANTODOMINGO6238	U.S. NOMINEE MERON FOR ICTY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] The MFA deputy director for UN affairs, Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, informed us November 15 that the Dominican Republic will support Judge Theodor Meron's candidacy for reelection as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). HERTELL [...]	2004-11-17 12:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO6240	DOMINICAN POLITICS #9 - CHAVEZ BRINGS GENEROUS [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made an eight-hour visit to Santo Domingo on November 6, the main event of which was the signature of a bilateral agreement called the "Caracas Accord" to provide generous financing terms for 25 percent of 50,000 barrels a day of Dominican impo [...]	2004-11-17 13:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6280	ACTION REQUEST ON NEGOTIATIONS UNDER GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso received the Ambassador on November 18, heard out USG concerns from reftel concerning the requested U.S. allocation of methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol, and readily assured the Ambassador that the Dominican Republic would supp [...]	2004-11-18 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6292	DOMINICAN SENATORS SCHEDULE VOTE ON REPEAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Senate president Andres Bautista has scheduled a Senate vote to repeal the 25 percent tax on beverages sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for Saturday, November 20. This move follows the Ambassador,s delivery of USTR Amb. Zoellick,s November 16 letter to President [...]	2004-11-19 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO630	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #19: OPENING OF THE [...] (C) Following is number 18 in our series on the Dominican elections. OPENING OF THE DOMINICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PRD - Mejia brings it home (U) A nationwide work stoppage January 28-29 to protest economic conditions and President Mejia's policies (Refs A-B) has only briefly int [...]	2004-01-30 21:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6308	GODR ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS VEHICLE SCAM [...] (U) Summary. On November 18 the Dominican Attorney General filed charges against 12 former officials and members of former President Mejia's party faction, all of them with ties to El Plan de Renovacion de Vehiculos (Plan RENOVE),a government program created in 2000 by the Mejia administra [...]	2004-11-19 18:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6309	GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 18, 2004, 11 fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals and courtesy of the DEA air wing. They were as follows: a. Francisco Billini, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [...]	2004-11-19 18:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6315	WHA SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-19 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
04SANTODOMINGO6338	DOMINICAN RENOVE OFFICIALS GET BAIL [...] (U) Summary. After a lengthy hearing on November 19, 2004, the Dominican officials charged with embezzlement in the RENOVE scheme (reftel A),were released on bail and/or on their own recognizance. The cases will move forward under the new Dominican criminal procedural code. The released [...]	2004-11-23 18:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS DR
04SANTODOMINGO6339	GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 20, 2004, two fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose M. Guzman, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Eastern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. Jose Bonilla is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court [...]	2004-11-23 19:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PREL PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6413	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAILS TO PRODUCE REPORT ON [...] The Dominican Republic missed an October 5 deadline established in a side letter to CAFTA obligating the government to report on actions it is taking to stop television broadcast piracy. When the National Organization for Copyright Protection (ONDA) provided a preliminary copy of the late rep [...]	2004-11-30 20:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6415	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAILS TO PRODUCE REPORT ON [...] Note proposed Embassy action, para 9. 2. The Dominican Republic missed an October 5 deadline established in a side letter to CAFTA obligating the government to report on actions it is taking to stop television broadcast piracy. When the National Office for Copyright Protection (ONDA) prov [...]	2004-11-30 21:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6466	CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW RE SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) In response to para 6 Ref A, Embassy finds there has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last report (Ref B). 2. (SBU) The administration of President Fernandez, which took office August 16, has so far taken a low profile on Cuban [...]	2004-12-02 17:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU ETTC DR
04SANTODOMINGO6472	DOMINICAN POLITICS #10: SANTO DOMINGO, BETWEEN [...] (U) This is #10 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo, Between Taipei and Beijing (C) Summary and comment: Beijing's global campaign to isolate Taiwan has reached the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean island nation that maintains diplomatic re [...]	2004-12-02 18:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV EPET CH TW DR XE
04SANTODOMINGO6492	DOMINICAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY DEFENDS FREE TRADE [...] On December 1 Dominican Secretary of Agriculture Amilcar Romero replied to an anti-trade-agreement diatribe at a national ceremony with a reasoned defense of the free trade agreement with the United States and Central America (CAFTA) and advised ranchers and farmers that agriculture will have [...]	2004-12-03 17:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6498	DOMINICAN POLITICS #11: FERNANDEZ'S SPEECH ON HIS [...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our series on 2004 Dominican politics. Fernandez's Speech on his First 100 Days - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First announced for the 100th day of his administration, November 25, President Leonel Fernandez's speech was postponed until Monday night, November [...]	2004-12-06 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6524	U.S. COMS' HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary: In a packed three days in early October, the U.S. Government's senior HIV/AIDS team and Caribbean-based U.S. Ambassadors, with the help of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, his health team and the winners of an HIV/AIDS song contest for youth, threw the spotlight on HIV/AIDS in a [...]	2004-12-06 17:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI EAID DR
04SANTODOMINGO6564	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TRANSPARENCY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic,s military budget is determined in the national budget process overseen by the Office of the Budget, resulting in an annual national government budget bill considered and voted by Congress and signed and promulgated by the President. The military budget [...]	2004-12-07 20:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EAID EFIN MARR
04SANTODOMINGO6609	DOMINICAN VOTE TO REPEAL PROTECTIONIST TAX - [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Senate achieved a breakthrough of sorts on December 7 with a preliminary vote (19 to 1) in favor of repealing a protectionist 25 percent tax on beverages containing imported high fructose corn syrup, which for months has been a barrier to Dominican participation i [...]	2004-12-09 20:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6656	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRC REPRESENTATIVE PUSHES [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call December 10, the head of the Santo Domingo Commercial Development Office of the People's Republic of China Cai Weiquan told Charge Kubiske that his purpose in the Dominican Republic is to encourage it to switch diplomatic recognition, recognizing Beijing instead o [...]	2004-12-14 17:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV PINR CH TW DR
04SANTODOMINGO668	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #20: HURRAH FOR HIPOLITO [...] (SBU) Following is no. 20 in our Dominican presidential election series: HURRAH FOR HIPOLITO, THE PRD CANDIDATE As exprected, President Hipolito Mejia was acclaimed as the PRD's presidential candidate by thousands of delegates and government employees reportedly bused in at the party [...]	2004-02-02 22:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6699	DOMINICAN STANDOFF ON REPEAL OF PROTECTIONIST TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez on December 14 implied he would veto a bill to repeal a the protectionist 25% tax on fructose-sweetened beverages if the Dominican Senate does not remove all of the "compensatory" tax breaks for agribusiness and industry that have been added to the original d [...]	2004-12-16 11:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6734	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: Political party leader (and former foreign minister) Victor Gomez Berges told Charge Kubiske December 15 that he is interested in being considered as an alternate candidate for the OAS Secretary General job in the event the Central Americans are unable to reach a consensus. Gomez [...]	2004-12-17 22:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO6752	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the Dominican Republic during calendar year 2004. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG and others in the fight on global terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Dominican Republic was not cove [...]	2004-12-20 18:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO683	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL FINALLY COMPLIES, [...] (U) On January 30, 2004, Josefina Rojas was extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Rojas is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges in the Southern District of New York. The Dominican Republic's National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD),working with U.S. M [...]	2004-02-03 20:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO685	AES DOMINICANA TO SELL OFF ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AES Dominicana President Julian Nebreda and local generating facilities President Kevin Manning told DCM and Emboffs on February 3 that Virginia-based AES intends to sell its 50 percent share of Dominican distribution company EdeEste, which AES manages. Nebreda cited monthly [...]	2004-02-04 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ENRG EINV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO6880	DOMINICANS MAKE TIP ARRESTS; GET ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] Dominican authorities continue to crack down on illegal smuggling and trafficking operations, particularly where there is evidence of child sexual exploitation. In late December, the district attorney,s office in Santiago, the Dominican Republic,s second largest city, closed two bars known fo [...]	2004-12-29 12:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6915	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TOWARD PARIS CLUB AND THE IMF [...] (U) Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas called in Paris Club governments' local representatives on December 29 and asked them to offer financing assurances for the Dominican Republic for 2005-2006 at the next Paris Club meeting, which is scheduled for the week of January 10. Monta [...]	2004-12-30 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN PREL
04SANTODOMINGO745	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #4: BANCREDITO AND [...] This is the fourth cable in a series on the Dominican Banking Sector. BANCREDITO AND BANINTER MANEUVERS (U) Baninter and Bancredito are no more. Baninter has been dissolved and Bancredito has been sold to Grupo Leon and renamed Banco Leon. Although the legal entities no longer exist, t [...]	2004-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO790	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Human Rights Record in the DR and the US Strategy --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. President Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) took office in August 2000 after a generally free and fair election. [...]	2004-02-06 21:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO794	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: FEW GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic has returned to normal after a January 28-29 national work stoppage by labor and community groups and small leftist parties. The stoppage was successful for the opposition in gaining widespread Dominican support and successful for the government in that v [...]	2004-02-06 22:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO796	GODR VOTES WITH US ON OAS COLOMBIA PEACE PROCESS [...] Poloffs delivered urgent request for GODR to vote for a resolution to establish an OAS mission to support the peace process in Colombia. Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, deputy director of the International Organizations desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, discussed the resolution with Dep [...]	2004-02-09 11:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER AORC CO DR
04SANTODOMINGO797	GODR COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ENERGY GENERATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GODR appointed a six-member commission that includes Police General Pedro de Jesus Candelier and Secretary of Defense, Lieutenant General Jose Miguel Soto SIPDIS Jimenez, and senior GODR officials to reconcile GODR debt, determine fuel company fuel stocks, and review a sec [...]	2004-02-09 11:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO863	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UN'S INSTRAW GETS NEW DIRECTOR [...] Dr. Carmen Moreno, the recently arrived new director of the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW),briefed local diplomats on her plan to revitalize the UN entity, at a breakfast hosted by the Spanish ambassador February 3. Moreno, former Mexi [...]	2004-02-10 19:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN DR MX
04SANTODOMINGO901	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES # 21: DOMINICAN SUPREME [...] (SBU) This is cable number 21 in our series on the Dominican Presidential Elections. Dominican Supreme Court Declines Advance Review of Election Bill The tedious, messy and probably ultimately irrelevant initiative to pass a "slogan law" (ley de lemas) continued on February 9 as the [...]	2004-02-11 19:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO957	DOMINICAN ELECTION #22: LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO [...] (SBU) This is number 22 in our Presidential election series. LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO DIGS IN Dominican President Hipolito Mejia got bad news last week for his re-election bid. It should have been a good week, with the IMF approval of a new standby, a government agreement with the ele [...]	2004-02-17 11:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-PARIS CLUB: AVOIDING BURDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17 Dominican Presidency official Carlos Despradel asked the Charge to seek U.S. support in an effort to avoid burden sharing for holders of sovereign debt bonds. Having just received the portfolio for Paris Club negotiations, he is deeply concerned about the impact [...]	2004-02-18 13:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR EFIN
04SAOPAULO1130	Two for Two: Brazil's Trade Policy Machine Delivers [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-12 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO PGOV KIPR BR
04SAOPAULO1472	PT AND PSDB GAIN STRENGTH IN BRAZILIAN STATE OF [...] (U) Polls are leaning towards a PSDB win for mayor in Florianopolis, the capital of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The PSDB candidate, Dario Berger, has a 16 point lead over PP/PFL candidate, Chico Assis. State Governor Luiz Henrique da Silva (PMDB) has endorsed Berger and o [...]	2004-10-22 17:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI BR
04SAOPAULO1541	MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS IN THE SOUTH: PT [...] Summary. In Sao Paulo and the South, the PSDB was the big winner and the PT the big loser in the second round of the Brazilian municipal elections on October 31. The PT lost control of the two biggest prizes in the region, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre, the second of which the party had govern [...]	2004-11-01 20:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI BR
04SAOPAULO1745	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: Special Ambassador John Miller visited Brazil November 29-December 3 to survey Brazilian efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Ambassador Miller found that Brazilian efforts to educate and raise awareness have been outstanding in many areas, but more needs to be done ( [...]	2004-12-17 17:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL TIP
04SAOPAULO1795	GOVERNOR ALCKMIN LAUDS RESULTS OF MUNICIPAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin told the Ambassador during a December 14 courtesy call that he was confident the country was on good economic and political footing, and said he expected continued healthy growth in GDP and exports in both the state and Brazil during 2005. Al [...]	2004-12-30 15:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD EINV BR
04SAOPAULO493	SPECIAL ENVOY REICH'S MEETING WITH JOSE DIRCEU [...] (C) SUMMARY. White House Special Envoy for the Western Hemisphere Otto Reich met with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu on Sunday, March 21 at a private residence in Sao Paulo. During the course of the relaxed and open 90-minute conversation, the two touched o [...]	2004-03-26 12:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO BL CU VE BR UNHCR US
04SAOPAULO843	RACE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION [...] (U) Affirmative action measures aimed at improving the socioeconomic situation of Afro-Brazilians are fundamental to the "Movimento Negro," or Black Movement. Though affirmative action remains controversial, even among Afro- Brazilians, the controversy itself is drawing public attention to t [...]	2004-06-04 19:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EINV SOCI BR TIP
04SINGAPORE1301	IMF ON SINGAPORE'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST [...] (U) An IMF assessment praised Singapore's framework for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/TF),saying it provides a strong framework in terms of the FATF 40 recommendations and eight special recommendations. However, the IMF said there remain areas requiring attention. Key ar [...]	2004-04-28 10:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER KCRM SN
04SINGAPORE3001	SINGAPORE'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Singapore's political opposition is disunited, dispirited, and incapable of offering a credible alternative to the ruling People's Action Party (PAP). Along with the internal problems and institutional obstacles that have stunted its development, the opposition has al [...]	2004-10-18 07:17:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SN
04SINGAPORE3027	INDIAN ECONOMY: THE VIEW FROM SINGAPORE [...] Summary. On October 15, 2004 visiting Economic Officer Brian Briscombe -- who was wrapping up a week-long trip to Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad -- and embassy officers held a series of meetings with private sector analysts to discuss the Indian economy. While all expressed optimism about Indi [...]	2004-10-21 05:46:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IN SN
04SINGAPORE3211	SINGAPORE-BASED EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON THE ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Southeast Asia is better positioned than in recent memory to face the challenges presented by a slowdown in the global economy, especially in China, according to several Singapore-based economists and financial analysts. These economies inevitably will feel the pain of a down [...]	2004-11-10 10:09:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CH SN
04SINGAPORE3294	SINGAPORE PLAYS THE INDIA CARD [...] (C) Summary: Singapore is actively cultivating a closer political, military, and economic relationship with India. The GOS values India's "strategic weight" and hopes it can balance China's rising influence in the region. Singapore's defense cooperation with India has taken off this year, with [...]	2004-11-22 09:37:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SN IN EAIR
04SOFIA2338	BULGARIAN COURT RULING ENDS MUSLIM LEADERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: A recent court ruling has resolved -- at least for the time being -- the leadership dispute that has divided the top echelons of Bulgaria's Muslim community since December 2003. A new chief mufti (the spiritual head of the denomination) has been appointed; however the community's new a [...]	2004-12-09 10:33:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV KIRF BU
04STATE137635	SELECTION OF POSTS FOR INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE [...] REFTEL ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND CONTRACT STAFFING TO HELP UP TO 30 POSTS INCREASE BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING AND CABLES ON THEIR CLASSIFIEDHOMEPAGES. THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THE DOD HORIZONTAL FUSION INITIATIVE, IN COORDINATION WITH STATE'S PROGRAM TO PUBLISH C [...]	2004-06-23 17:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AMGT ECON PREL CMGT
04STATE181797	PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-24 14:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT ASEC BG
04STATE233493	BIN LADEN VIDEOTAPE [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 29, THE AL-JAZEERA NETWORK BROADCASTED A VIDEOTAPE MESSAGE FROM USAMA BIN LADEN WITH A SIMULTANEOUS ENGLISH TRANSLATION. THE TAPE, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME UBL HAS BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER 2001, INCLUDES MENTION OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TO INCLUDE IRAQ AND THE UPCOMING [...]	2004-10-30 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ASEC PTER CASC
04STATE251768	JOINT EXAMINATION OF AL RAJHI BANK THROUGH THE [...] (S) Summary and action request. This is an urgent action cable. Please pass the proposed terms of reference for the joint examination of the Al Rajhi Bank through the Joint Terrorist Financing Task Force to appropriate Saudi officials at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the Ministry of Finan [...]	2004-11-25 02:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN PTER PREL KTFN SA
04STATE265884	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 7, 2004 MEETING [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) DECEMBER 7, 2004, 4:40 P.M., IN THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. - THE DEPUTY SECRETARY - EAP A/S JAMES A. KELLY - EAP DAS MARIE T.HUHTALA - AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES [...]	2004-12-13 23:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUST PHUM PREL USUN TT ID JA NZ PO
04STATE53180	DEATH OF ABU ABBAS [...] (C) PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ABU ABBAS DIED MARCH 8 OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE IN CPA CUSTODY IN BAGHDAD. ABU ABBAS DIRECTED THE HIJACKING OF THE ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP ACHILLE LAURO IN 1985, DURING WHICH AMERICAN CITIZEN LEON KLINGHOFFER, 69 AND WHEELCHAIR-BOUND, WAS KILLED AND HIS BODY DUMPED INTO TH [...]	2004-03-10 17:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER IS IT
04STATE56273	LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM PALACIO [...] PLEASE DELIVER FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM PALACIO. THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE TEXT OF MESSAGE BUT HAS NO OBJECTION IF THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN WISHES TO DO SO. NO SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL FOLLOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT: DEAR ANA: I WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE [...]	2004-03-12 23:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SP
04STATE61816	EXCEPTION TO VANCE MEMORANDUM - APPROVAL FOR U.S. [...] (S) IN VIEW OF CHANGING WORLD CONDITIONS AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY HAS APPROVED A MODIFICATION TO THE 1977 VANCE MEMORANDUM. WHICH STATES, IN PART, THAT NO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OR FOREIGN SERVICE SHALL DIRECT, ARRANGE FOR, PERMIT, OR UNDERTAKE [...]	2004-03-19 19:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
04STATE89155	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION ADDRESSEES ARE TO DRAW FROM THE POINTS IN PARA 2-4, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO SEEK THEIR HELP IN PREVENTING A PARTY CONGRESS IN IRAQ BY KONGRA-GEL, THE TERRORIST SUCCESSOR TO THE PKK. THE U.S. WILL DO ALL IT [...]	2004-04-22 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO
04STATE99654	NEW INITIATIVE OFFERS POSTS ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE [...] Over the next several months, the Department will provide assistance to as many as 30 posts to improve their classified web presence. The Department will pay for a cleared dependent to load post's hard-copy content; provide a scanner for capturing pictures and documents; and provide on-site tr [...]	2004-05-05 01:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AMGT ECON PREL CMGT
04TAIPEI3043	TAIWAN FIGHTS AN UPHILL BATTLE TO CONTAIN HIV/AIDS [...] Summary. In response to reftel, AIT has assessed the scope and government response to the AIDS epidemic in Taiwan. The Government is committed at the highest levels to controlling its spread and based on the numbers, HIV/AIDS rates are still manageable. In close cooperation with NGOs, Taiwa [...]	2004-10-01 07:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI OTRA SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3050	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CUBAN SUGAR ASSURANCES [...] In response to our letter to TECRO on August 12 requesting information on Taiwan's policy on purchase and re- export of Cuban sugar, we received the reply from the Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT). 2. Below is the text of BOFT response from Director General Huang Chih-peng. 3. Begin text. [...]	2004-10-01 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3051	NEW INFO ON TAIWAN'S EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following-up the AIT-BOFT meeting reported ref A, on October 1 BOFT faxed to AIT additional documents related to Taiwan's export control system and correspondence regarding the Ching Hwee International Trading Company. These documents have been relayed via fax to EAP/TC and a [...]	2004-10-01 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM TW
04TAIPEI3071	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] U.S. Presidential Election A) "The United States Needs to Re-organize Its Relations with [Its] Asian Allies" Lai I-chung, International Affairs Director of the Taiwan Think Tank, said in an op-ed in the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (10/1): "Judging by the strategic traits of t [...]	2004-10-04 08:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3077	CSB PLANS MAJOR CROSS-STRAIT OVERTURE [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian announced on October 3 that he will use his October 10 National Day address make a "major statement" on cross-Strait relations that will serve Taiwan's long-term security and normalize relations across the Taiwan Strait. Chen pledged to use the speech to r [...]	2004-10-04 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3093	TAIWAN: TIME FOR TIFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan's recent change in attitude towards making efforts to resolve long-standing bilateral trade concerns with the U.S. has led to real improvements in the environment for intellectual property protection, agricultural trade, telecommunications liberalization, and pharmaceutica [...]	2004-10-05 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR ECPS PGOV IPR
04TAIPEI3094	LATIN AMERICA: TAIWAN TAKES STOCK OF NEW POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: MOFA officials are nervous over a string of recent political transitions in Latin America. Over the last 13 months, 6 of these countries -- Panama El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, and Paraguay -- have seen new governments come to power. Taiwan is adjusting [...]	2004-10-05 23:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3095	TAOYUAN FTZ - UNREALISTIC CLAIMS OF PENDING DIRECT [...] (C) The Taoyuan Free Trade Zone near Taipei,s Chiang Kai-shek airport is a key component of Taiwan,s Global Logistics Development Plan (reftel). The Far Glory Group will build the FTZ under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract. Far Glory plans to invest NT$ 21.3 billion (USD 636 million) [...]	2004-10-06 03:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EWWT ECON PREL TW CH
04TAIPEI3104	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 09:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3110	END-OF-SHOW REPORT: NEW PRODUCTS USA 2004, [...] One hundred and fifty-nine American businesses received 555 trade leads as a result of their participation in New Products USA Multi-State Catalog Show in Kaohsiung on September 23 and 24, 2004. U.S. State participants were pleased with the high quality of the attendees as well as the event's [...]	2004-10-06 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3114	DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: AIT Econ delivered ref A talking points to BOFT on October 5, and to NSC on October 6. BOFT reported that on September 30, Taiwan Customs stopped two shipments of machine tools being shipped by Ching Hwee to "COSCO Logistics" in Dalian, China (across the bay from North Korea). N [...]	2004-10-06 10:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM TW
04TAIPEI3116	MAC APPOINTS CROSS-STRAIT NEOPHYTE AS VICE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) announced October 1 that Academia Sinica Research Fellow David Huang would assume the MAC vice chairman position previously held by Alexander Huang. A specialist in European local politics, David Huang has no experience in cross-Strait affairs, a [...]	2004-10-07 03:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CH TW
04TAIPEI3129	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 08:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3139	POLITICAL POSITIONING IMPACTING FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Internal political maneuvering for the 2008 presidential nomination is increasingly spilling over into the cross-Strait and foreign policy arenas. Premier Yu Shyi-kun's advocacy of a cross-Strait "balance of terror" is the latest in a string of unauthorized statements that inside [...]	2004-10-07 10:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
04TAIPEI3140	DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TW
04TAIPEI3141	LY PRESIDENT WANG ON SPECIAL BUDGET [...] (C) At a October 6 meeting at his reception house, Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng told AIT that, with the LY expected to recess in November in order to release its members for the December 11 election campaign, there is not enough time to debate the Chen administration's propose [...]	2004-10-07 11:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3142	Taiwan's Semiannual BOP Surplus Soaring [...] Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) surplus in the first half of 2004 doubled from a year ago to US$24 billion, increasing Taiwan's foreign exchange (FOREX) reserves to US$234.6 billion. While this sharp increase is unusual, it is not likely to continue, and does not presage financial problem [...]	2004-10-08 00:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
04TAIPEI3143	Taiwan Economic Briefing for September 2004 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in September 2004. Below is a brief table of contents: Para 2 -- Taiwan's economic expansion began to slow in the third quarter of 2004, but strong exports of iron, steel and petrochemicals will sustain healthy GDP growth and [...]	2004-10-08 00:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
04TAIPEI3145	TAIWAN'S NEW PACKAGING RULE: INDUSTRY WORKING ON [...] Summary. In July 2004, Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) introduced a draft rule to limit excessive packaging. Foreign industry representatives are strongly opposed to the rule. As reported in reftel, AIT persuaded TEPA to postpone its implementation (originally schedu [...]	2004-10-08 06:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3152	TAIWAN TO INVESTIGATE SIGHTINGS OF POSSIBLE HIGH [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 08:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PREL PHSA SENV ESTH
04TAIPEI3153	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S ARMS PROCUREMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 08:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3154	DEADLY ENTEROVIRUS STRAIN STRIKES U.S. CITIZEN IN [...] Summary. AIT/T in cooperation with AIT/K has been following the incidence of the infectious disease enterovirus, which has thus far claimed 4 lives in Taiwan this year. While this year, the disease appears less prevalent than in some recent years past, it has caught AIT's attention as one o [...]	2004-10-08 08:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC TBIO OSCI OTRA SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3162	CHEN 10/10 SPEECH OFFERS CONCILIATORY MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used his October 10 National Day speech to send conciliatory messages to Beijing and opposition supporters in Taiwan. Chen reiterated a number of cross-Strait related themes from his May 20 inaugural address and proposed restarting dialogue with Beijing " [...]	2004-10-10 07:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3186	TITAS 2004 Focuses on Facing 2005: [...] Summary. The Taipei International Textile & Apparel Show 2004 (TITAS 2004) kicked off on September 21. 280 domestic/foreign companies participated in the three-day event. Aside from the exhibition, 13 seminars by various agencies including the American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN),Joc [...]	2004-10-13 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX TW
04TAIPEI3190	TAIWAN PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON PRC REJECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials tried to put a positive spin on the PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) reported rejection of President Chen Shui-bian's October 10 inaugural address. National Security Council (NSC) and Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) officials say that TAO Spokesman Zhang Mingqing's [...]	2004-10-13 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3198	TAIWAN SEIZES COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL PRESS REPORTED ON OCTOBER 2 THAT THE TAICHUNG PROSECUTORS' OFFICE RAIDED NINE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TAIWAN, SEIZING OVER 2.5 MILLION COUNTERFEIT DRUG PILLS, INCLUDING VIAGRA, REDUCTIL, AND STILNOX, AND ARRESTING FOUR SUSPECTS, INCLUDING ONE LICENSED PHAR [...]	2004-10-14 05:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3206	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S NATIONAL DAY [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-14 08:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3224	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations "The Remarks about Coming to Help Defend Taiwan in 12 Days" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" said in an editorial (10/14): "Legislator Lee Wen-chung said a high-ranking U.S. defense official has given him a guarantee that so long as Taiwan buys def [...]	2004-10-15 08:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3229	LY PRESIDENT WANG ON ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng told AIT that he expects the Pan-Blue to maintain its LY majority despite the PFP's declining popularity. Wang projected that there would be virtually no change in the balance between the two camps from the 2001 election. Wang downpl [...]	2004-10-15 10:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3231	FUGITIVE COUNTY MAGISTRATE STILL MISSING [...] (C) Summary: Yunlin County Magistrate Chang Jung-Wei disappeared on August 14, shortly after questions were raised about his involvement in a local bribery scandal. He was later declared a fugitive after ignoring repeated summonses from prosecutors. Chang claims he is the victim of a vendett [...]	2004-10-17 23:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3232	OFFSHORE TAIWAN EARTHQUAKE: NO SERIOUS DAMAGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-17 23:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TPHY SENV ECON TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3233	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S NATIONAL DAY [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3234	LY CAMPAIGN ATMOSPHERICS: DPP UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials are cautiously optimistic the Pan-Green camp will secure a narrow majority in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. The DPP's campaign strategy is focused on sowing discord within the opposition alliance and enforcing discipl [...]	2004-10-18 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
04TAIPEI3235	Taiwan Economy Slows in Third Quarter [...] Taiwan's export and industrial production growth slowed in the third quarter, but economists still expect real GDP growth of nearly 6 percent this year, and above 4.5 percent next year. Overall, the economy should be a positive factor for the ruling party in the December legislative elections [...]	2004-10-18 08:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
04TAIPEI3242	TAIWAN'S EPA NARROWS SCOPE OF DRAFT PACKAGING [...] Summary. In July 2004, Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) introduced a draft rule to limit excessive packaging. In response to industry opposition to the rule, TEPA issued a second revised draft of the rule on October 12. The second draft is much narrower in scope than t [...]	2004-10-19 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3251	SUSPECT HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET VESSELS NOT TAIWAN [...] Fisheries Agency Deputy Director-General James Sha has provided AIT with a written response to the questions posed in Ref B regarding suspected high seas driftnet fishing vessels in the North Pacific. Mr. Sha indicates that none of the vessels listed in Reftels are Taiwan-flagged, but did pr [...]	2004-10-19 08:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PREL PHSA SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3259	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTION; TAIWAN ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 08:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3263	RUNWAY ACCIDENT CLOSES TAIPEI'S SUNGSHAN AIRPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 08:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON TW
04TAIPEI3264	"STOP!" DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TAIWAN LOBBIES ON [...] Econoff delivered ref demarche to the Deputy Director General of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO),Jack Lu. Lu and his staff had just returned from training in Washington with USPTO and had already been extensively briefed on the STOP! initiative. Lu expressed Taiwan's willing [...]	2004-10-19 08:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KPAO ECON ETRD TW

04TAIPEI3265	PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE RESPONDS TO PRC SUSPICIONS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang requested a meeting with the Deputy Director October 19 to clarify concerns raised by Beijing over President Chen Shui-bian's October 10 speech. Huang, at the president's instructions, explained that Chen's statement that " [...]	2004-10-19 10:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3268	TAIWAN INVESTIGATES GEORGIAN FLAGGED HIGH SEAS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 06:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS KTIA AORC EWWT GG PHSA PREL SENV
04TAIPEI3294	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: SOUTH CENTRAL TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Yunlin is shaping up to be a battleground county in the December legislative elections. With eighteen candidates vying for six seats, both Pan-Blue and Pan-Green have nominated aggressively in the hopes of gaining territory. Furthermore, KMT County Magistrate Chang Jung-Wei's di [...]	2004-10-21 07:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3298	LY ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF [...] (C) Summary: Candidate registration for the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election campaign closed October 12 and the campaign season has begun. Neither camp is expecting any dramatic swings in the current LY balance, but most observers expect the Pan-Blue to lose its current slim majority [...]	2004-10-21 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3299	THE KMT'S LY ELECTION NON-STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: With just over a month to go before the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election, the KMT is close to abandoning efforts to formulate a coherent, coordinated strategy for retaining its current LY majority. The KMT failed to enforce discipline during the nomination process, and [...]	2004-10-21 09:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3309	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 23:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3322	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3323	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - THIRD QUARTER [...] During the third quarter of 2004, the PRC legalized tourism to Kinmen and Matsu for all Fujian residents. Taiwan legalized 81 product categories for import from the PRC. However, most are agricultural goods that will still be restricted for lack of cross-Strait sanitary and inspection agreem [...]	2004-10-22 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW
04TAIPEI3325	DEMARCHE ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS [...] (C) Summary: AIT Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to MOFA Department of International Organizations (DIO) and the Taiwan Center for Disease Control (CDC) on October 21. DIO provided additional detail about its proposal to add language to Article 65 of the draft International Health [...]	2004-10-25 00:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TBIO TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3332	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 00:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3340	ANATOMY OF A TAIWANESE LY ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Individual and party strategies for the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election will be shaped in large part by Taiwan's complex election system, which combines direct elections with proportional representation. The structures of both the direct and proportional elections promo [...]	2004-10-27 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3341	NEW CDC DIRECTOR TALKS ABOUT POST-SARS TAIWAN [...] (SBU) While delivering reftel demarche to the Taiwan Center for Disease Control on October 21, AIT became acquainted with the CDC's new director, Steve H.S. Kuo. Kuo introduced himself, saying that he just assumed his new position on October 18, after working in Washington for four years as t [...]	2004-10-27 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCI OTRA SENV TBIO TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3343	CHEN SURPRISES HEWLETT-PACKARD CHAIRMAN ON [...] (C) In what Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan has described privately as an &ambush,8 President Chen publicly called on visiting HP chairman Carly Fiorina to promote cross-Strait direct charter flights with Beijing. HP responded by publicly declining any role in dealing with political matters such [...]	2004-10-27 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL CH TW
04TAIPEI3347	KAOHSIUNG PROTESTS SECRETARY POWELL'S REMARKS [...] (SBU) A candidate in Taiwan's upcoming Legislative Yuan (LY) elections led a group of around 20 supporters to protest in front of AIT Kaohsiung the morning of October 27. The protest was noisy, but peaceful, and dispersed within half an hour, after a letter of protest was read out for televis [...]	2004-10-27 08:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL TW CH
04TAIPEI3353	FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mark Chen asked the AIT Director to a meeting October 26 to seek clarification over a set of interviews given by Secretary Powell in Beijing on October 24. Chen said the Secretary's reported statements on eventual reunification and Taiwan's lack of sovereignty de [...]	2004-10-27 08:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3354	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 08:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3360	TAIWAN: LATE-SEASON TYPHOON STRIKES TAIWAN [...] Summary. Typhoon Nock-ten struck Taiwan's northeast on October 25. Nock-ten moved more swiftly than July's Typhoon Mindulle and August's Aere and caused less damage. Nevertheless, four people were killed, one remains missing, and more than 100 were injured. Taipei was one of the hardest hit [...]	2004-10-28 04:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3367	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-28 23:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3389	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-29 07:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3402	A FRIGHTENING PROSPECT: PRC INFANTS ADOPTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 23 October, AIT Taipei received the referenced e-mail regarding the possibility of the Frank Foundation, a US-based international adoption organization facilitating the adoption of the infant children of illegal PRC mothers currently in immigration detention in Taiwan. Based [...]	2004-10-29 07:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC SMIG ASEC KFRD ELAB KCRM PREF TW
04TAIPEI3406	CROSS-STRAIT SHIPPING - INEXPENSIVE, NOT [...] (U) Businesses on both sides of the Taiwan Strait look forward to the possibility of direct marine cargo links between the Mainland and Taiwan. However, they have also been very resourceful at taking advantage of small openings and the flexibility of Taiwan, PRC and other authorities to ship [...]	2004-10-29 07:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD PREL CH TW
04TAIPEI3409	TAIPEI SEEKS TO LIMIT FALLOUT OVER SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials are working to limit media and political fallout from a set of interviews given by Secretary Powell in Beijing on October 24. President Chen Shui-bian expressed appreciation to the AIT Director on October 28 for a series of public statements by the Se [...]	2004-10-29 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3410	PFP CLAIMS IT IS STILL IN THE GAME [...] (C) Summary: A confidante of People First Party (PFP) leader James Soong told AIT that the party has emerged from an early October KMT attempt at a hostile merger with renewed vigor. PFP Spokesman Daniel Hwang admitted that the party was close to collapse in the final days of the registration [...]	2004-10-29 10:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3414	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: NORTH EASTERN TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Keelung and Ilan counties, while at odds politically, both look to be equally predictable in the December legislative Yuan (LY) elections. Keelung is about 60 percent Pan-Blue and has five candidates vying for three seats. There are only four candidates running for three seats [...]	2004-11-01 01:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3430	MOFA ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER CENTRAL AMERICA AID [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials are on the defensive in the wake of press allegations that MOFA funneled US$1.4 million to former Costa Rican president Miguel Angel Rodriguez. MOFA officials claim only $400,000 was given to Costa Rica for training programs and that Rodriguez apparently misuse [...]	2004-11-01 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TW
04TAIPEI3444	Problem Bank for Sale [...] Summary. Taiwan authorities will auction off another problem bank currently in receivership at the beginning of December, part of their on-going effort to reduce the number of banks and thereby improve the health of Taiwan's financial sector. However, creditor banks will not receive payment [...]	2004-11-02 00:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
04TAIPEI3445	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] Secretary Powell's Beijing Trip and U.S. Policy A) "President Chen Once Said He Would Make the United States Happy and Give Beijing No Excuse [to Attack Taiwan]" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" editorialized (10/31): ". Judged from whichever perspective, Secretary Powell's r [...]	2004-11-02 00:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3449	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 06:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3464	TAIWAN - TFT-LCDS, NOT THE NEXT SEMICONDUCTORS [...] (U) TFT-LCD (thin-film transistor liquid crystal display) manufacturing is a key industry in Taiwan with high expectations for future expansion. TFT-LCDs and other flat-panel displays, which are used in all laptop computers, most desktop monitors and increasingly in televisions, earned USD 1 [...]	2004-11-03 07:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3465	CHINESE TAIPEI'S APEC AGENDA: LOW-KEY MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Academia Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh will once again represent Chinese Taipei at the APEC Leaders' Meeting in November in Santiago, Chile. Academia Sinica's Michael Hsiao and National Security Council's Connie Yang believe the Chinese Taipei delegation will try to avoid any [...]	2004-11-03 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3466	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: WEST CENTRAL TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Changhua County (ten seats) and Taichung City (eight seats) are likely to be major battlegrounds in the struggle for control of the Legislative Yuan (LY) in this December's elections. Both districts have traditionally been strongholds for the Pan-Blue, but weakness in the Pan-Blue [...]	2004-11-03 09:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3483	BOFT PROVIDES MORE INFO ON EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan,s Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) officials relayed to AIT on November 1 new information that shows the Ching Hwee Company (which we discussed earlier with Taiwan, see ref B) has played a dominant role in Taiwan's machinery exports to North Korea. BOFT investigations (per re [...]	2004-11-04 05:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM TW
04TAIPEI3488	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS AND U.S. [...] U.S. Elections and U.S. Policy A) "Bush Gets Re-elected with a Narrow Margin, But the Price He Pays Is the United States' Unity and Democratic Image" The conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" commented in an editorial (11/4): "Over the past four years, [U.S. President George [...]	2004-11-04 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3494	HIGH COURT DISMISSES MARCH 20 ELECTION CASE [...] (C) Summary: The Taiwan High Court rejected a case filed by opposition leaders Lien Chan and James Soong to overturn the March 20 election. The court announced that the opposition failed to support its claims that President Chen Shui-bian won the election through illegal means. Opposition la [...]	2004-11-04 09:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3495	TAIWAN MINISTER OF FINANCE ON GOVERNMENT DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Lin Chuan discussed financial reform, taxation, and public finance during a courtesy call by AIT/T/DDIR Keegan and EAP/TC/DD Levy on October 28. Lin said that the government budget deficit was the most time-consuming of his responsibilities. He asked if ther [...]	2004-11-04 23:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON TW
04TAIPEI3505	MEDIA REACTION: BUSH RE-ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-05 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3509	TAIWAN RESPONSE TO TEXTILE TRANSSHIPMENT MOU [...] This is an Action Request. Please see Para 8. 2. Summary: AIT/T delivered reftel demarche to Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Import/Export Director Peter Ho November 5. Ho was accompanied by several staff and representatives from the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF). Ho protested [...]	2004-11-05 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND KTEX TW
04TAIPEI3517	MEDIA REACTION: NEW BUSH ADMINISTRATION; IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 07:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3521	CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAKES PROVOCATIVE OFF-THE-CUFF [...] (C) Summary: During an open-press November 7 speech to a group of pro-independence university professors, President Chen Shui-bian emphasized Taiwan as a "sovereign and independent country" and asserted that Taiwan's current constitution was "made in China, for China" and was not appropriate f [...]	2004-11-08 10:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3522	TAIWAN CONFIDENT OVER VANUATU SWITCH [...] (C) Summary. MOFA officials say they are certain that the Vanuatu government will formalize the switch in recognition from Beijing to Taipei announced by Prime Minister Serge Vohor and Foreign Minister Mark Chen on November 3 in Taipei. Taiwan officials acknowledge that Vohor's decision doe [...]	2004-11-08 22:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TW CH NH
04TAIPEI3523	CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS - AIRLINES [...] (C) Largely for symbolic reasons, the Taiwan government is pushing once again for cross-Strait charter flights to bring Taiwan investors in the Mainland home to Taiwan for Lunar New Year 2005. After losing money in 2003 and never getting off the ground in 2004, Lunar New Year charter flights [...]	2004-11-09 01:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL ECON CH TW
04TAIPEI3531	MEDIA REACTION: NEW BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 08:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3537	CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SHARKS, SEABIRDS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 01:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV AORC ESTH
04TAIPEI3551	MEDIA REACTION: BUSH-HU APEC MEETING AND U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3562	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: A TIGHT RACE IN TAIPEI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: Taipei County, with its 28 seats (one more than last election),will be the site of fierce fighting in the election battle for a majority in the Legislative Yuan this December. The Pan-Blue parties have shown remarkable restraint in coordinating their nominations, resulting in a [...]	2004-11-10 09:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3563	PRESIDENT OUTLINES FUTURE CROSS-STRAIT POLICY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen provided the Acting Director on November 10 an advanced copy of a 10-point policy statement President Chen Shui-bian planned to unveil later in the day. The policy reiterates themes from Chen's May 20 and October 10 sp [...]	2004-11-10 09:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
04TAIPEI3578	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-12 05:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3584	PFP ADVISOR BREAKS RANK, JOINS DPP CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: Former PFP International Affairs Director Raymond Wu told AIT that he intends to join President Chen Shui-bian's inter-party Cross-Strait Peace and Stability Committee after it is set up in early 2005. Wu said he would join the committee even if his political mentor James Soong o [...]	2004-11-12 08:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3604	SOVEREIGNTY ISSUES PROMINENT IN LY CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Both political camps are using national sovereignty and foreign policy issues to mobilize core supporters ahead of the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) elections. In his first weekend of campaigning, President Chen Shui-bian played all sides of the ideological spectrum, defendin [...]	2004-11-15 08:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3605	CROSS-STRAIT ENTRY PERMITS - REDUCING TAIWAN'S [...] (U) Summary: A persistent complaint of multinational firms in Taiwan is the difficulty of bringing PRC employees to Taiwan for meetings, training, research, or other temporary assignment. Some firms have learned how to work the system and bring a relatively large number of Mainland employees [...]	2004-11-15 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELAB CH TW
04TAIPEI3608	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-15 23:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3616	US COMPANIES RESPOND FAVORABLY TO TAIWAN EPA'S NEW [...] Summary. In July 2004, Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) introduced a draft rule to limit excessive packaging. In response to industry opposition to the rule, TEPA issued a revised draft of the rule on October 12. As reported in ref A, the second draft is much narrower [...]	2004-11-16 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3644	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-16 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3647	A DPP PERSPECTIVE ON TAIWAN ETHNIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) believes it could benefit in the December legislative election from its efforts to define and build a Taiwan identity that is "multi-cultural," and it aims to broaden the appeal of the DPP beyond its traditional ethnic Taiwanese base of suppo [...]	2004-11-17 00:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3651	TWO VIEWS OF TAIWAN'S MEDIA AND THEIR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. A recent report authored by the KMT's National Policy Foundation (NPF) alleges that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),via the Government Information Office (GIO),is manipulating Taiwan's media and suppressing negative press reporting through its authority to regulate the m [...]	2004-11-17 06:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TW
04TAIPEI3663	Taiwan Economic Review for October 2004 [...] This cable summarizes selected economic events in Taiwan in October 2004. Below is a table of contents: - China's Interest Rate Hike - Central Government Budget - China Airlines Privatization - Cross-Strait Economic Normalization - Problem Financial Institutions Effect of China [...]	2004-11-17 07:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
04TAIPEI3666	ICDF: TAIWAN'S USAID [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) is one of the foreign policy tools used to advance Taiwan's standing with nations that recognize Taipei. Taiwan publicly parades the ICDF as a global humanitarian organization which seeks to combat poverty and provid [...]	2004-11-17 07:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TW
04TAIPEI3667	BEIJING ACCELERATING GLOBAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials say Beijing is effectively leveraging its growing international clout to orchestrate a global campaign to isolate Taipei. Officials assert that Beijing's recent efforts have become increasingly coordinated, organized, and creative. Taiwan MOFA officials maintai [...]	2004-11-17 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TW
04TAIPEI3668	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 23:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3671	TAIWAN NGOS PLAN TO ATTEND FAO SEA TURTLE [...] In response to Reftel, AIT ESTOFF discussed sea turtle points with Fisheries Administration Senior Specialist Huang Hong-yen on November 15. Huang informed AIT that he will represent the Taiwan NGO FDCI (Fisheries Development Council International) as an observer at the meeting. He further i [...]	2004-11-18 00:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3675	2004 AIT-TECRO JSCCNC - SIDE MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. AIT and TECRO held bilateral discussions on the margins of the 20th annual Joint Standing Committee on Civil Nuclear Cooperation in Seattle (JSCCNC) (Nov 4-5). The two sides discussed: UN Security Council resolution 1540, environmental samplings from the 1980s, the International [...]	2004-11-18 03:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP TRGY ENRG TW
04TAIPEI3677	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: MIAOLI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: Miaoli County (four seats),with its large Hakka population, has been a long-time Pan-Blue stronghold. Hoping to keep it that way, the Pan-Blue has nominated its three incumbents, and will run a campaign in which ethnic politics (likely masquerading as "local roots") will feature [...]	2004-11-18 07:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3690	TAIWAN SPECIAL 301 OCR: AIT VIEWS [...] (SBU)Summary: Taiwan authorities charged with protecting Intellectual Property Rights have made substantial progress since the last review in March 2004. AIT recommends reducing Taiwan's current Special 301 classification from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List. Further reductions mig [...]	2004-11-18 08:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TW IPR
04TAIPEI3707	TAIWAN'S CULTURAL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with Taiwan artists and academics have revealed their growing concern that the ruling DPP's political drive to create a new national identity has created a battleground in the arenas of art and education. Artists and officials alike lament the fact that culture [...]	2004-11-19 07:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI TW
04TAIPEI3708	MEDIA REACTION: RICE NOMINATION AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-19 07:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3712	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: TAOYUAN COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: Taoyuan County, with thirteen seats, is the largest Legislative Yuan (LY) election district in Taiwan. As in other northern districts, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has taken an aggressive nominating strategy and at a minimum hopes to parlay its strong showing during the [...]	2004-11-19 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3723	LY ELECTION UPDATE: THE PLOT THICKENS IN YUNLIN [...] (C) Summary: Hotly contested Yunlin County (six seats) remains one of the most volatile races in the LY campaign. The fugitive Magistrate Chang Jung-wei is still missing, but he and his criminal case remain the focus of the election. Bitter infighting has broken out as candidates realize each [...]	2004-11-22 06:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3728	TAIWAN MULLING OVER THERMISTOR CLASSIFICATION [...] Summary: AIT Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Steve Chen on November 17, 2004. Chen was familiar with the case and said that Taiwan has about a month before it would need to submit a report to the World Customs Organization. Apparently, Tai [...]	2004-11-22 07:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND
04TAIPEI3730	MEDIA REACTION: BUSH-HU MEETING AT APEC, RICE [...] Bush-Hu Meeting at APEC A) "The United States Casts a Curse on the Futures of Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" editorialized (11/22): ". It seems inevitable for Washington to describe [its `consistent'] position regarding the cross-Strait situ [...]	2004-11-22 23:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3734	Scenesetter for DOT A/S Bhatia's Trip to Taiwan [...] (U) The United States' unofficial relations with Taiwan focus on regional security and trade. Taiwan is considering the purchase of USD 18 billion in military equipment from the U.S. Outstanding trade issues include intellectual property rights, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications market [...]	2004-11-23 06:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAIR PGOV OVIP TW
04TAIPEI3738	TAIWAN CURRENCY APPRECIATION [...] (C) Summary: On November 22, Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) intervened in foreign exchange markets to slow the ongoing appreciation of the New Taiwan Dollar (NTD) after the currency reached its highest levels in almost four years. Speculators are moving additional foreign capital to Ta [...]	2004-11-23 07:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON TW
04TAIPEI3740	TAIWAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials say that there is little they can do to prevent the eventual lifting of the EU arms embargo against the PRC. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials are confident that the embargo will not be lifted this year, but they expect Beijing to offer some sort of co [...]	2004-11-23 07:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TW
04TAIPEI3742	JAPAN POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials say they are willing to be patient with the glacial pace of development in formal relations with Japan because they need time to resolve a deep internal policy division over how to manage the relationship. The policy debate is driven by sharply divergent assessmen [...]	2004-11-23 08:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH TW
04TAIPEI3743	LIEN, CHEN EXCHANGE RHETORIC OVER REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-23 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3748	LUKEWARM RESPONSE FOR TAIWAN FIXED NETWORK LICENSES [...] (U) According to the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT),applications for fixed network licenses closed October 28, 2004. DGT received no applications for comprehensive network service and only one for the local and long-distance land cable leased-circuit business from a cable t [...]	2004-11-24 03:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON TW
04TAIPEI3768	TAIWAN TIFA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary: AIT/T delivered reftel demarche on TIFA talks to Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Chen on November 24. Chen was aware of the content of the demarche and understood the need to avoid characterizing the talks as discussions on an FTA. Chen recognized the U.S. desire [...]	2004-11-26 05:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3770	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: TAICHUNG COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: Spurred by Chen Shui-bian's 30,000-margin victory in Taichung County during the 2004 presidential election, the DPP expects to elect five of its six LY nominees there this December, up from the four seats it won in 2001. The KMT nominated its four incumbents and one newcomer, wi [...]	2004-11-29 00:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3771	LY ELECTION OVERVIEW: THE POLLSTERS WEIGH IN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's top polling centers are predicting a close election race between the Pan-Green and Pan-Blue camps for control of the Legislative Yuan (LY),with neither side currently expected to gain a majority. While pollsters agree that a majority for either side is unlikely, their es [...]	2004-11-29 00:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3779	LY ELECTION AT THE TWO-WEEK MARK [...] (C) Summary: The campaign for the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election is entering its final phase with neither camp assured a majority of seats. On balance, campaign officials and observers project that the Pan-Green will win a plurality, leaving it within reach of a majority with the [...]	2004-11-29 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3780	WANG ON FATE OF SPECIAL BUDGET POST LY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: LY President Wang Jin-pyng told the AIT Director November 24 that if the DPP controls the LY speakership after the December election, Taiwan's USD 18 billion special budget for the procurement of advanced weapon systems will pass but only over vigorous objections by the Pan-Blue. [...]	2004-11-29 08:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3782	CSB HITS CONSTITUTION THEMES ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian told an audience on November 27 that he will "terminate the Chinese constitution" during his second term of office regardless of international pressure. Chen, appearing on the same stage as former President Lee Teng-hui, told the group that if the voters [...]	2004-11-29 09:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3783	TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: AIT relayed ref A and ref B talking points, and ref C inquiry regarding possible export control talks on December 15-16, to Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) and National Security Council (NSC) officials. Both BOFT and NSC indicated tentative acceptance of December 15-16 date [...]	2004-11-29 23:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM TW
04TAIPEI3793	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] U.S.-Taiwan Relations "U.S. Continues Two-pronged Policy" Associate professor Yu Pen-li of the Graduate Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, said in the pro-independence, English-language "Taipei Times" (11/29): ". In the future, the new US government will face several ne [...]	2004-11-30 05:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3796	NSC SECGEN CHIOU ON CROSS-STRAIT/U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen acknowledged continued USG concerns over where President Chen Shui-bian is leading Taiwan, but asserted that Chen knows that a move towards de jure independence would mean war. Chiou said that Taiwan will continue to s [...]	2004-11-30 08:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3797	CHEN RESPONDS PUBLICLY TO USG CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used an open press meeting with a group of visiting U.S. Congressmen on November 30 to respond to the State Department Spokesman's warning over constitutional revisions. Chen stated that there has been no change to the policy line he articulated in his May [...]	2004-11-30 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3807	PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE DEFENDS CONSTITUTIONAL RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang asked AIT to convey a request for USG understanding over President Chen Shui-bian's recent constitution-related campaign rhetoric. Huang acknowledged that some of Chen's recent language had been "a little strong," especiall [...]	2004-12-01 10:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3808	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 00:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3809	"CHINA TIMES" ARTICLES ON WASHINGTON'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 00:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3826	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 07:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3838	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S SOVEREIGNTY ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-03 04:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3839	CROSS-STRAIT ENTRY PERMIT REFORMS STILL NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) recently announced a package of reforms that expands the range of firms that are permitted to apply for entry permits on behalf of their employees and loosens the restrictions on which employees qualify. However, while the reforms extend the length of stay i [...]	2004-12-03 04:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB CH TW
04TAIPEI3845	TAIWAN DREAMS OF AN INDIAN CARD [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan dreams of parlaying closer economic, political, and educational ties with India into an economic and even strategic counterweight to China's regional dominance. India seeks Taiwan investment along with manufacturing and commercial expertise but rejects the idea of forming [...]	2004-12-06 05:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL TW IN
04TAIPEI3848	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: A TALE OF TWO HSINCHUS [...] (C) Summary: With a total of six open seats, Hsinchu city (three seats) and Hsinchu county (three seats) are two northern districts where the battle between Pan-Green and Pan-Blue forces for control of the Legislative Yuan (LY) could be determined. The Pan-Blue, which currently holds a two-to [...]	2004-12-06 07:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3850	CROSS-STRAIT AVIATION - THE GOLDEN LINK STILL OUT [...] (C) Direct air transportation is the last area where the "three-links" have not been realized in either name or substance. Direct air links would cut passenger travel time by up to an hour and a half; ticket prices by more than 25 percent; and airfreight costs by 20 percent or more. Taiwan's [...]	2004-12-06 07:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL ETRD EINV TW CH
04TAIPEI3851	CHEN PLANNING NEW STRATEGY FOR UN BID [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Mark Chen told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) that he was surprised by President Chen Shui-bian's recent announcement that Taipei plans to apply for UN membership under the name "Taiwan" instead of the "Republic of China" (ROC) in 2005. Officials claim th [...]	2004-12-06 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3854	CHEN: OVERSEAS OFFICES, SOE'S TO BE CALLED [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian pledged to change the name of Taiwan's overseas offices and State Owned Enterprises from "China" to "Taiwan" by 2006 during a December 5 press conference at Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters. In the same speech, Chen reiterated his intention [...]	2004-12-06 08:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3859	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC PROSPECT, [...] Taiwan's Economic Prospect "Do Not Use [Reasons Like Taiwan's] Industry Outflow and Pro-China Attitude to Harm Taiwan's Credit Rating Again" The pro-independence "Liberty Times" editorialized (12/7): "It is regretful that while China's political and military threats have done serious d [...]	2004-12-07 06:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3865	JASON HU GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON PAN-BLUE PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Taichung City Mayor Jason Hu told the AIT Deputy Director December 1 that the Pan-Blue may well retain a working majority in the next LY session. Regardless he would urge KMT Chairman Lien Chan and those around him to resign, though they may resist. Whether or not the PFP perfor [...]	2004-12-08 01:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3866	TAIWAN'S "NON-PARTISAN" PARTY: FLASH IN THE PAN OR [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's newest and fifth largest party, the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (NPSU),is facing an uphill battle to eke out enough seats this election to remain a viable political force in the post-December Legislative Yuan (LY). The NPSU will have to exceed the expectation of most [...]	2004-12-08 01:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3867	LY ELECTION: DPP COULD GAIN BIG IN KAOHSIUNG COUNTY [...] (C) The Pan-Green could pick up two or even three Legislative Yuan (LY) seats in Kaohsiung County at the expense of the Kuomintang (KMT). Kaohsiung County's nine LY seats currently are split 5-4 in favor of the Pan-Blue, but the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is confident it can effectiv [...]	2004-12-08 01:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW

04TAIPEI3897	LY RACE TIGHTENS IN TAICHUNG CITY [...] (C) Summary: With three days left before election day, the field of viable candidates for the eight Legislative Yuan (LY) seats in the battleground city of Taichung has narrowed to nine from eighteen (See Reftel). Although the Pan-Blue camp appears poised to retain the four seats it won in the [...]	2004-12-08 09:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW

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