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04AMMAN2359	Order for Earth Day 2004 Poster [...] Post wishes to order ten 10-poster packages for the celebration of the 34th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Please use APO shipment: CAO Donna Winton American Embassy Amman Cultural Affairs Office APO AE 09892 2. Please charge the cost of U.S. dollars 78 for th [...]	2004-03-28 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO

04AMMAN2366	MEDIA REACTION ON THE CANCELLATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 10:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2395	JORDANIANS RALLY AGAINST YASSIN KILLING; VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Jordanian expressions of anger and frustration after Israel's killing of HAMAS founder Sheikh Yassin were capped by large demonstrations throughout Jordan following Friday prayers on March 26. Security sources reported that the vast majority received prior approval from the government [...]	2004-03-29 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC IS JO KPAL PTER
04AMMAN2409	CLOGGED AQABA PORT CONTRACTED TO PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ has awarded a two-year contract for management of Aqaba,s congested container port to international port operator A.P. Moller over the objections of some members of parliament and the port workers, union. The award is good news for Jordanian industries dependent on for [...]	2004-03-30 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT ELTN ETRD IZ JO
04AMMAN2450	TRAVEL TO JORDAN OF DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR STEVE HADLEY [...] Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and his party for travel to Jordan March 31. Control officer, Embassy expediter, vehicles, and Embassy baggage handlers will meet the party on arrival. 2. Control Officer for the v [...]	2004-03-30 00:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL IS JO OVIP EDRC
04AMMAN2469	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2494	JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY LAYS OUT FTA TRADE ISSUES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the U.S.-Jordan Joint Committee meeting, Ministry of Industry and Trade official Amer Hadidi March 25 reviewed key trade issues with the TIJARA coalition of trade and business groups and sought their views on issues for the JC. Issues included accelerating [...]	2004-03-31 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTIA PREL ECON JO
04AMMAN2520	DEPUTIES EASILY APPROVE SALES TAX INCREASE OVER [...] (C) MPs on March 28 endorsed a three percent increase in the general sales tax as part of the GOJ's budgetary price and tax hike package. Apart from a few independent MPs and the members of the Islamic Action Front, a large majority of the 95 deputies present voted in favor of the legislation [...]	2004-04-01 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JO
04AMMAN2525	American Language Center, Message of Thanks from [...] I would like to extend my personal thanks to OBO Director Williams for his recent visit to Amman and especially for the OBO decision to approve up to 60,000 USD per year in leasehold funding for the American Language Center, which per reftel we will need to move from its present location for [...]	2004-04-01 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL KPAO XF JO
04AMMAN2552	JORDANIAN WOMEN ACTIVISTS AT ODDS OVER NATIONAL [...] (C) Infighting among Jordanian women's groups has hindered development of a coordinated national strategy for advancing women's rights in Jordan. Several leading women's groups boycotted a recent conference to discuss women's role in political development, saying that the organizing group -- [...]	2004-04-01 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN2553	AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE MAKES STRIDES, BUT [...] (SBU) The three-year-old Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) has made significant progress in promoting Aqaba's tandem appeal as a tourism destination and a well-equipped industrial hub friendly to foreign investors and the environment. ASEZA is based on King Abdullah's vision for [...]	2004-04-01 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KWMN PGOV
04AMMAN2554	AQABA AUTHORITIES CONFRONT SOCIAL, REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Despite significant achievements in the three years since the creation of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZA),major social and regional security issues remain. Commissioners say one of their greatest challenges is managing the delicate balance of economic openness and the needs of [...]	2004-04-01 15:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KPAL KWMN PGOV PREF
04AMMAN2574	GOJ MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON COPYRIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOJ officials report good progress in response to USG requests for copyright and software protections in line with the bilateral Free Trade Agreement. Copyright amendments are expected to be passed by the cabinet and presented to parliament before the end of June. The GOJ is [...]	2004-04-04 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN2579	JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ON WANING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister revealed that although Saudi Arabia had ended its oil donations to Jordan as of April 1, Jordan had received and expected to continue to receive further financial support from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 [...]	2004-04-04 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET JO PREL
04AMMAN2601	JORDAN AND JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 08:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JO MAR
04AMMAN2633	JORDAN AWAITS VERDICTS IN CASES TIED TO [...] (C) Jordan's high-profile prosecution of suspected terrorists linked to al-Qa'ida affiliate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is moving forward against the backdrop of intense security operations to disrupt a plot by his associates in early April (refs a and b). A verdict is expected on April 6 in the t [...]	2004-04-05 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER JO
04AMMAN2634	SECURITY IN JORDAN AND VIP VISITS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 04:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JO OREP OTRA OVIP PREL
04AMMAN2636	"MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE STUDY OF THE [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO PRINCIPAL NOMINEES: MR. MR. SAMI EL HOURANI AND MR. MAHMOUD NASER FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. THE FOLLOWING IS NOMINEES' BIODATA IN PRIORITY ORDER: FIRST NOMINEE: PERSONAL INFORMATION: A. NAME: SAMI HASHEM MAHMOUD EL-HOURANI B. DATE OF BIRT [...]	2004-04-06 06:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
04AMMAN2644	U.S.-RUSSIA CT COOPERATION AND JORDAN [...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Russian Mission have a regular dialogue at the DCM level on a range of issues, including counterterrorism. The Russian DCM participates in the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meetings, most recently hosted by Post on February 5. Although he thus far has c [...]	2004-04-06 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER JO
04AMMAN2645	JORDANIAN COURT SENTENCES 8 TO DEATH FOR FOLEY [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court on April 6 sentenced eight men to death for killing USAID official Laurence Foley in front of his Amman home on October 28, 2002. All six suspects tried in absentia, including Jordanian national and al-Qa'ida affiliate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, received t [...]	2004-04-06 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER JO
04AMMAN2655	MEDIA REACTION ON THE SHI'A "INTIFADA" IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 17:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2671	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 09:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2696	Ambassador's Fund proposal [...] Proposal Summary The American Embassy in Amman seeks a grant in the amount of $29,628.96 to conserve and present Khirbet Salameh, an ancient farmhouse founded initially in the 3rd century B.C. The purpose of this project is two-fold: to preserve and present an important cultural heritage site [...]	2004-04-08 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL KPAO XF JO
04AMMAN2701	PROPOSAL FOR INL-FUNDED JOINT ISRAELI-JORDANIAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman, with the support of Embassy Tel Aviv, requests assistance from DOS/INL to fund a mid-level Major Case Management (Law Enforcement) Course to be held in Amman, Jordan. In 1999, this course was offered as part of a joint training program between the Israelis and Jordanians, [...]	2004-04-08 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL IS JO
04AMMAN2728	EXBS: INVITATION TO GLOBAL TRANSSHIPMENT CONTROL [...] In response to reftel letter, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) has indicated its acceptance of subject invitation for six GOJ officials. Via diplomatic note and working closely with the Ministry of Planning, Embassy has sought and received positive responses for three candidates in the legal w [...]	2004-04-08 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER KSTC JO
04AMMAN2729	PARTIAL JORDANIAN DOMESTIC REFORM PLAN IN DRAFT, [...] (SBU) The Jordanians are continuing their efforts to give the reform effort a local flavor, in both the regional and their domestic agendas. Jordan is already a regional leader in innovative economic reform and liberalization. The GOJ itself has recently been more forward leaning in its calls [...]	2004-04-08 16:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ECON KMDR JO
04AMMAN2735	BASHAR AL-ASAD IN AMMAN: PROGRESS ON REFORM, MEPP [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that Bashar al-Asad's April 7 visit to Amman had been productive, with the Syrians assenting to inclusion of positive reform and MEPP language at the Arab Summit. King Abdullah told a group of House staffers just before Bashar's arrival that Syrian fir [...]	2004-04-08 17:20:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY IZ JO
04AMMAN2751	IRAQ CONSUL AGAIN ISSUING INTERIM TRAVEL DOCUMENTS [...] (C) Iraq Consul Ahmad Jirallah Al-Dabbagh informed ConsOff on April 1, 2004 that the Iraq Mission in Amman is back to issuing Interim Travel Documents (ITD) to its citizens. As of April 5, 2004, the Iraq Mission has issued a total of 377 ITDs. The Iraq Mission does not issue ITDs to those in [...]	2004-04-12 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL JO
04AMMAN2752	NGOS COPE WITH KIDNAPPING THREATS IN IRAQ, RESPOND [...] A quick survey of NGO representatives in Amman revealed that most relief agencies had pulled their international staff from Iraq in early April in anticipation of violence surrounding the April 9 anniversary of the fall of Baghdad and the Arba'aeen Shi'a pilgrimage. As IRD Iraq Representativ [...]	2004-04-12 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID IZ JO PHUM PREF PREL
04AMMAN2754	JORDAN PUBLISHES GIST OF KING'S LETTER TO [...] (U) The semi-official Arabic-language daily al-Ra'i on April 12 summarized a letter from King Abdullah to President Bush stating Jordan's support for the President's vision of a two-state solution as the only acceptable means for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and achieving stability [...]	2004-04-12 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN2764	GOJ AND MPS BRISTLE AT ALLEGATIONS BY JORDANIAN [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has denounced legislators who voted to approve a recent tax increase, prompting strong reaction from government officials. The GOJ also responded forcefully to allegations that it may have fabricated reports of a recent terrorist threat to the country. The [...]	2004-04-13 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL JO
04AMMAN277	U.S.-FUNDED ILO CHILD LABOR PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) The Ministry of Labor announced on January 5 the commencement of a one milion USD ILO project to combat child labor in Jordan. To be undertaken with the cooperation of the Ministries of Education and Social Development, it aims to rehabilitate working children under 18 years of age, helping [...]	2004-01-13 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV JO
04AMMAN2770	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 11:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2780	U.S. COMPANY WINS DEFENSE FUELS CONTRACT LOST BY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The U.S.Firm Trigeant has replaced the Jordanian-owned Shahin Group under part of a $71.8 million contract to supply refined oil products to Iraq for the Defense Energy Support Center. The Shahin Group was terminated for cause because it was unable to deliver the amount of [...]	2004-04-13 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD MOPS
04AMMAN2789	DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI JO OSCE
04AMMAN2790	JORDAN'S DPM ON IPR ISSUES, PRE-INSPECTION [...] (C) Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, when confronted with the first known U.S. exporter casualty of Jordan's pre-inspection program, promised to look into the case and said that the government is trying to work out a formula for freezing inspections of U.S. [...]	2004-04-14 05:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR JO
04AMMAN2791	JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ SURGE DESPITE ANTI-JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Jordan's exports to Iraq surged by 47% over the first two months of this year, a top Jordanian Trade Ministry official reported that Jordan still faces an anti-Jordan bias in some quarters in Iraq. He recently met with a visiting Iraqi trade official who had promised [...]	2004-04-14 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ JO PREL
04AMMAN2802	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-14 09:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2873	U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 14:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY KNNP JO IAEA
04AMMAN2874	REVISED LIBYA ARMS EXPORT POLICY: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC OPDC PARM PGOV PREL HR LY JO
04AMMAN2875	DEMARCHE ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM JO
04AMMAN2881	MUASHER SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON POINTS FROM [...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Charge April 15 that the President's April 14 statement with Israeli PM Sharon on the Gaza disengagement plan in essence closes off negotiations on return of refugees, kills the Arab peace initiative, attempts to change the status of the West Bank and Ga [...]	2004-04-15 18:54:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS US JO
04AMMAN2882	JORDANIANS WORRY CONCESSIONS TO ISRAEL PAVE WAY [...] (C) Jordanian commentators and contacts almost uniformly criticized President Bush's remarks on April 14 endorsing Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza, seeing his statements about Palestinians' right of return and Israeli settlements as an inappropriate attempt to prejudge final status issues [...]	2004-04-15 18:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN291	Support to Coalition Provisional Authority [...] Summary: In October 2003, Embassy Amman created its Iraq Support Unit to coordinate Iraq-related activities in Jordan and assist travel of official visitors through Amman to and from Iraq. To facilitate such travel, guidelines are repeated below for U.S. civilian and military personnel trave [...]	2004-01-13 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA MOPS IZ JO
04AMMAN2957	JORDANIANS REACT TO RANTISSI KILLING [...] (C) King Abdullah and the GOJ strongly condemned the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi, stating that the move would only lead to more violence and anger in the region. A spontaneous demonstration erupted at the Baqaa refugee camp shortly after news of the killing broke, but [...]	2004-04-18 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPAL PREL PGOV PTER JO
04AMMAN2982	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3026	MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 10:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3027	IRAQI ASSETS: RECOVERING ASSETS OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) POLCOUNS DELIVERED THE POINTS RELAYED IN REFTEL TO ALI Al-AYED, THE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN MINISTER MARWAN MUASHER'S PRIVATE OFFICE, AND TO PRIVATE OFFICE U.S. ACTION OFFICER MANAR DABBAS, ON APRIL 15. BOTH PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP. 2. (U) EMBASSY ALSO DELIVERED THE FORMAL DIPLOMATIC NOT [...]	2004-04-20 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ JO PREL
04AMMAN304	CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...]	2004-01-14 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO
04AMMAN3059	ARAB BANK: THE SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 14:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN IZ JO PREL
04AMMAN3060	IRAQI ASSETS FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN IZ JO PREL
04AMMAN3075	MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 10:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3098	JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER OPEN [...] While several recent erroneous reports have stated or implied that the border between Jordan and Iraq has been closed, this border has in fact remained open at all times during at least the last four months. Since the end of major combat operations in Iraq, the only closures of this border ha [...]	2004-04-21 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD JO IZ
04AMMAN3125	DEMARCHE ON UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 15:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL JO UNSC
04AMMAN3126	GOJ REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF ATTACK AGAINST [...] (U) On April 20, post received via fax a diplomatic note from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding an attack on two Jordanian citizens, one of whom was killed, on April 14 while driving a vehicle in Iraq. (A translation of the note in English is provided below in paragraph fo [...]	2004-04-21 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ JO
04AMMAN3129	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 04:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO OIC
04AMMAN3140	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 12:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3147	POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL CONFERENCE IN IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (S) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points April 22 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas said he understood the importance of our request and noted Jordan's absolute commitment to help prevent Iraq from becoming a terrorist base of operati [...]	2004-04-22 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS IZ JO
04AMMAN3148	KING'S DECISION TO POSTPONE D.C. VISIT LOWERS [...] (C) Summary. Activists have continued to express the anger and sympathy felt in Jordan after the Rantissi assassination and President Bush,s assurances to Sharon. The GOJ has aligned itself with public opinion, denouncing the Israelis' "heinous crime" in the killing and postponing an Abdulla [...]	2004-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KISL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN3149	UNAMI'S VIEW OF HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) In an April 20 donor coordination meeting UNAMI Humanitarian Officer Wojtek Wilk reported that 50,000 to 100,000 IDPs have fled Fallujah to Baghdad. He noted the problems relief agencies face providing aid in Fallujah and unconfirmed reports of a possible new movement of Iranian Kurds f [...]	2004-04-22 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID IZ PHUM PREF PREL JO
04AMMAN3157	JORDAN'S MINISTER OF EDUCATION WILL HOST MAY [...] In a meeting with PAO and CAO on April 18, Jordan's Minister of Education Dr. Khalid Touqan agreed to co-host the MEPI-sponsored Education Steering Committee on the morning of May 15. 2. The meeting will be held at the Dead Sea as a preliminary to the World Economic Forum, and is curren [...]	2004-04-24 18:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KMPI XF JO OXEC KEDU
04AMMAN3209	GOJ REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. TIES IN WAKE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns April 25, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said that King Abdullah wants to make sure the USG knows that he wants to visit Washington, and that the postponement of his April 21 meeting with the President was not in any way meant to damage U.S. [...]	2004-04-26 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON US IS IZ JO
04AMMAN3225	ABU MAHJOOB MEETS BART SIMPSON AND NEMO [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-27 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO US JO
04AMMAN3227	JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cred [...]	2004-04-27 16:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO
04AMMAN3230	JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ------------------------------ JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ------------------------------ 2. (C) Let me take this opportunity to offer my sincere appreciation for your continuing efforts in Iraq. As we [...]	2004-04-27 16:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ US JO
04AMMAN3231	JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cre [...]	2004-04-27 17:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO
04AMMAN3274	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points on the draft GA resolution on the UN Palestinian observer mission April 28 to Manar Dabbas, U.S. Action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Dabbas promised to consider the points carefully and deliver the points to Jordan's UN Mission in New York. [...]	2004-04-28 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL JO UNGA
04AMMAN3288	VARIED JORDANIAN REACTION TO TELEVISED TERRORIST [...] (C) Jordanian emotions were all over the map in reaction to the televised confessions of suspected al-Qaeda/Zarqawi affiliates who planned to unleash massive truck bombs against GOJ targets and the U.S. Embassy in Amman. The GOJ's motivations in airing the confessions appear to have been to [...]	2004-04-28 15:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KISL JO
04AMMAN3293	JORDAN-IRAQ POWER SECTOR COOPERATION: MORE SMOKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past eight months, the Jordanian Ministry of Energy (JMOE) and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (IMOE) have engaged in a series of meetings on power sector cooperation that has received substantial publicity in the Jordanian press. The talks that have been held have [...]	2004-04-29 10:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV JO IZ
04AMMAN3298	JORDAN. SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON DISCUSSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 12:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3301	GOJ'S RESPONSE TO ALLEGATION OF 1000 MISSING OR [...] (C) A member of Parliament this week alleged that there are 1000 Jordanians who are either missing or detained in Iraq. The GOJ publicly refuted the number, but the MFA formally requested USG assistance in collecting a list of all Jordanians in CPA or Coalition military custody. End summary. [...]	2004-04-29 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3303	ANOTHER GROUP OF ANTI-U.S. PLOTTERS ON TRIAL; [...] (U) Jordan's state security court in late March initiated another trial against men suspected of planning attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in Jordan. Authorities charged three men from the "Obedience and Compliance" group with possessing illegal weapons and ammunition with illicit intent [...]	2004-04-29 12:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN3305	JORDAN BRIEFED ON ESTABLISHING A U.S. MISSION IN [...] (C) Per ref, PolCouns on April 26 briefed Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. Action Officer, on the establishment of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Ayed and Dabbas took extensive notes and said they would brief the Minister. [...]	2004-04-29 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT IZ US JO
04AMMAN3306	JORDANIAN INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to a reiterated request for information on Jordan's contribution to the reconstruction of Iraq, the Jordanian Ministry of Planning provided to the Embassy a report detailing Jordan's Iraq-related activities. The report highlights several areas in which the GOJ has of [...]	2004-04-29 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN331	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-14 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3328	FINANCE MINISTER'S RESPONSE ON PRICING OIL [...] (C) John, During an April 8 call on you in Washington by GOJ Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour mentioned to you the serious impact of higher oil prices on Jordan's budget. You asked for details. When I called on Abu Hammour April 27 to discuss a range of issues, he noted that he had prom [...]	2004-04-29 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
04AMMAN3335	REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Below is the information from Embassy Amman to update OPS database with current contact information to support the Secretary and other senior department officials as they practice telephone diplomacy. Please note that all individuals listed below speak English. POST AMMAN, JORDAN [...]	2004-05-03 09:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL
04AMMAN3348	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT ASKS KING TO CALL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament delivered a petition April 27 to the Prime Minister requesting an extraordinary session to debate 88 of the remaining provisional laws approved by the GOJ during Parliament's almost two-year absence. The petition was signed by 71 of the 110 me [...]	2004-05-03 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
04AMMAN3352	GOJ BACKTRACKING ON BOMB PLOT REINFORCES PUBLIC [...] (U) The April 29 Zarqawi audiotape acknowledging sponsorship of the recent bomb plot in Amman but denying a chemical agent was involved got wide publicity in Jordan. It prompted the GOJ to walk back from previous claims that the bombers aimed to kill 80,000 Jordanians with chemical bombs (r [...]	2004-05-03 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV ASEC JO
04AMMAN3380	ISLAMISTS CONDEMN MISTREATMENT OF IRAQI INMATES, [...] (U) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the national Muslim Brotherhood, issued a scathing statement May 2 condemning U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war (POWs) and claiming that it proved American "contempt" for Islam and the Arab people. The IAF alleged [...]	2004-05-03 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3388	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI PRISONER [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-04 09:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3405	MAY 4 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: ABU GHREIB PRISON, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman followers. -------------------- UNAMI and Abu Ghreib -------------------- 2. (C) A United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) Political Officer, Alan Fellows, suggested to PolOff on May 4 t [...]	2004-05-04 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3406	IRAQ PRISON ABUSE CHARGES SHAKE JORDANIAN VIEW OF [...] (C) Shocked and consumed by heavy media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal, Jordanians tell us that the resulting damage to America's image in the region may be "irreversible." The bombardment of images of naked Iraqi men forced into humiliating sexual positions, as American personn [...]	2004-05-04 17:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN342	FY-04 FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM ON [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION REQUESTS A FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM FOR TEN DAYS STARTING THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, 2004 FOR THREE LEADING JORDANIAN SCHOLARS ON "RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE." THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE MISSION'S LONG TERM OBJECTIVES OF "DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS" AN [...]	2004-01-15 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP JO
04AMMAN3425	JORDAN HINTS AN FTA WAIVER FROM DAMAN PROGRAM WILL [...] (SBU) Post this week received a letter from Deputy Prime Minister Halaiqa, dated April 29, which attempts to walk the cat back from a previous exchange with the Ambassador (reftel) in which Halaiqa had been forward-leaning, suggesting that exemption of U.S.-origin imports from the DAMAN pre- [...]	2004-05-05 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL KTIA JO
04AMMAN3429	A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ARAB ICT ISSUES: EB/CIP DAS [...] SUMMARY: Earlier this year, Amb. David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy, attended and gave keynote addresses at annual conferences of the Arab Telecommunications Regulatory Network (ATRN) and the Arab Regional IT Association (ARAITA). On the margins of these c [...]	2004-05-05 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV JO
04AMMAN3430	JORDAN: UPDATE ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Finance Minister Abu Hammour told us that to date $170 million in frozen Iraqi assets had been released to settle Jordanian commercial claims, with an additional $60 million agreed for release last week. ($235 million has been transferred to Iraq to date.) He said the [...]	2004-05-05 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN3432	IRAQI FALCON 50: JORDAN READY TO HAND IT OVER ONCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation said that the Iraqi Falcon 50 which has been parked at Marka Airport for the past year could be turned over to Iraq once several issues are resolved. These include the fees charged for the aircraft, the need for the aircraft to be re [...]	2004-05-06 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETTC IZ JO SZ
04AMMAN3449	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-06 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN348	JORDAN: KUWAITIS DO NOT PROMISE TO CONTINUE FREE [...] (C) On the margins of a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher gave the Ambassador a readout of his recently concluded trip to Kuwait for a meeting of the bilateral Jordan-Kuwait Higher Committee. Muasher said he had been very well received ("like royalty," in fact),including extensive [...]	2004-01-15 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EPET KU JO
04AMMAN3484	JORDANIANS VENT ANGER AT U.S., WHILE OTHERS [...] (C) Strong public opposition to U.S. policies in the region and, more recently, outrage over the Abu Ghreib prisoner abuse story continue to fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in Jordan. Articles attacking the U.S. figure prominently in the press while opposition groups have stepped up their activitie [...]	2004-05-06 16:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PREL KISL KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN3485	JORDAN: CLARIFICATION ON IRAQI ASSET FIGURES [...] (C) On May 6, 2004, Charge called alone on Jordanian Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour to clarify the figures on the remaining frozen Iraqi assets he relayed in the earlier May 4 meeting (Reftel). Abu Hammour admitted to some reluctance to speaking openly in front of the Iraqis who part [...]	2004-05-06 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN3486	MFA CLAIMS AS MANY AS 35 JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN [...] (C) MFA officials told the Embassy this week that they believe there are as many as 35 Jordanians in Coalition custody in Iraq, and that the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and CPA have identified 23 detainees in Coalition custody as Jordanian. The MFA believes other Jordanians might be mis-id [...]	2004-05-06 17:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM US IZ JO
04AMMAN3488	FREE SAUDI OIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR! OR MAYBE NOT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia will provide Jordan with free oil for another year. Unfortunately, this public announcement may well endanger Jordan's informal accord with the publicity-shy Saudis. If the oil deal falls through, Jordan still faces a bleak budgetary [...]	2004-05-06 19:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN JO SA
04AMMAN349	BAQA'A REFUGEE CAMP LEADERS TELL STAFFDEL ISRAEL'S [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: GOJ-appointed leaders from Baqa'a refugee camp told staffdel Nordquist January 13 that construction of the security barrier in the West Bank is a "mockery" of the peace process and a direct threat to U.S. plans for a two-state solution. They warned that current Is [...]	2004-01-15 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
04AMMAN3494	JORDAN'S DEBT SWAP PLANS [...] The Debt/GDP (Debt to Gross Domestic Product) ratio increased by 11 percentage points during 2002 and 2003 due to the appreciation of the exchange rate of the Euro. 2. In December 2003 we had a buy-back operation concerning Jordan's stock of Brady Bonds. We also concluded debt swap agree [...]	2004-05-09 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN JO
04AMMAN350	JORDAN: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE STRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: As a new year begins, Jordan's economy continues to perform well and the business community is looking forward to continued strong activity, based in part on new opportunities in Iraq and under the U.S. FTA, as well as on good policies at home. Nevertheless, business people [...]	2004-01-15 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV JO
04AMMAN3500	SCHEDULING AFGHAN DONOR MEETING IN JORDAN MAY [...] (U) Action request for Kabul: The Jordanians have agreed to organize and host a meeting between Afghan ministers and GCC counterparts on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Jordan on May 15-17. We understand that the meeting is an opportunity for the Afghan ministers to brief GCC of [...]	2004-05-09 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL AF JO
04AMMAN3501	DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE MEMBERS ON IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points May 9 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas said he understood the importance of this matter to the U.S. and promised to immediately forward the information to Foreign Minister Muasher at the Arab League Fo [...]	2004-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AL IZ JO

04AMMAN3503	UNHCR AGAIN PUSHES FOR RESETTLEMENT OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: During a May 4 briefing, UNHCR urged resettlement countries to consider for resettlement the 1,047 Iranian Kurds who fled Iraq's Al Tash refugee camp in April 2003 and have remained camped on the Iraqi-Jordanian border ever since. UNHCR presented specific c [...]	2004-05-10 05:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM IR IZ JO
04AMMAN3504	THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ONE YEAR LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) has begun to improve Jordan's domestic human rights situation through education and influencing the GOJ's decision last year to admit several hundred refugees from Iraq. Despite centralized decision-making that has led to some internal p [...]	2004-05-10 06:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF KPAL JO
04AMMAN351	EXIM AND EB/CBA ADVOCATE FOR BOEING WITH RJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with representatives from Ex-Im Bank and the State Department, Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Majali stated that he is willing to allow a Boeing team to review RJ's estimates of the costs associated with a potential Boeing purchase so that they can form their own [...]	2004-01-15 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR BEXP JO
04AMMAN3600	PUBLIC ACCOLADES FOR KING'S WHITE HOUSE MEETING, [...] (C) Jordanians lauded King Abdullah for his May 6 meeting with President Bush, crediting the King with three specific achievements: 1) securing written U.S. guarantees to protect Jordan's interests; 2) encouraging a much-awaited presidential apology for Iraq prison abuse; and 3) influencing [...]	2004-05-10 15:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN3638	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI PRISONERS ABUSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-11 09:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3645	JORDAN'S EXPORTS THRIVE; U.S. IS NUMBER ONE TRADE [...] Jordan's exports continued to surge ahead in the first quarter of 2004, totaling 615.1 million Jordanian Dinars (JD) or about USD 860 million, according to a Ministry of Finance publication confirmed by the Department of Statistics (DOS). Of the total, about USD 140 million was in re-exports ( [...]	2004-05-11 12:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON JO
04AMMAN3677	IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN ALLEGES IRAQ-JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) The Iraq Mission in Amman alleges that Iraqi border police at the border between Iraq and Jordan are actively soliciting bribes before allowing Iraqis to pass to the Jordanian side. Iraqi border police in many cases are letting Iraqis pass without verifying the existence or authenticity o [...]	2004-05-12 08:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3690	IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS WILL DOMINATE DEAD SEA WEF [...] (C) In hosting the second World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at the Dead Sea, King Abdullah hopes to promote Jordan as an island of political stability and economic opportunity in the region, and portray himself as both a peacemaker and deal-maker. Your participation underscores U.S. suppor [...]	2004-05-12 12:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER ASEC OVIP KPAL JO
04AMMAN3717	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 13:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3733	GOJ PROGRESSING ON PLAN OF ACTION FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ministry of Political Development recently distributed a draft strategy and plan of action for political reform to selected diplomatic missions, members of Parliament (MPs),journalists and NGOs. The plan is relatively forthright in its assessment of the obstacles to the development [...]	2004-05-13 09:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN3739	MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-13 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3741	JORDAN-SOLICITING ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 6. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Jordanian Minister of Environment, Alia Bouran, welcomed the opportunity for 1- 2 of her employees to attend the Iraq environment experts workshop. (COMMENT: Post does not believe, however, that Jordan's nas [...]	2004-05-13 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ JO
04AMMAN3801	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson met May 15 with Government of Jordan (GOJ) Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to seek comments on the G-8 draft plan of support (Ref A). Abu [...]	2004-05-16 12:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN PREL ECON IZ JO
04AMMAN3803	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH JORDAN'S DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson reviewed trade issues with Government of Jordan (GOJ) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade Mohammad Halaiqa on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) May 15. Halaiqa noted the GOJ's pr [...]	2004-05-16 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EAID ECON JO
04AMMAN381	ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...] (C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have recently joined a charge against reform of the state educational curriculum and spearheaded a new drive in Parliament to sever relations with Israel. The Islamists also denounced the French gover [...]	2004-01-15 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN3822	JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 19 JORDANIANS [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 5 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) There have been persistent reports of the detention of Jordanian citizens in Iraq. Members of the Jordanian Pa [...]	2004-05-17 06:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ US JO
04AMMAN3829	ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...]	2004-05-17 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO
04AMMAN385	PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMS DECISION ON RJ FLIGHTS, [...] (C) The Iraqi Ba,ath party,s January 14 public threat to Royal Jordanian flights to Baghdad, which had only just resumed on January 9 following a month-plus long suspension, again has given Jordanian officials a severe case of cold feet over RJ,s service and their own accountability in the eve [...]	2004-01-15 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EAIR IZ JO
04AMMAN386	JORDAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS IN NEED OF TENDING [...] (S) Recent separate conversations with the Jordanian MFA and the Israeli Embassy indicate that both sides are letting an accumulation of irritants affect the tone of the overall relationship. We reminded both of the strategic partnership that is the base of Jordan-Israel relations, and reemp [...]	2004-01-15 19:06:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IS JO
04AMMAN387	UNAMI DONOR BRIEFING ADDRESSES IRAQ SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) A January 13 UNAMI donor briefing addressed security and UN strategic planning. While UNSECOORD provided a dismally pessimistic assessment of the current security situation in Iraq, UNAMI officers were optimistic about a return to Iraq in the future. They also expressed concern that ap [...]	2004-01-15 19:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN388	TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: BURNS STAFFER PROPOSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) staffer Myron Nordquist and Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) CEO Muna Nijem discussed a possible training session for Iraqi regulators to be held in Amman soon. The proposed training session could further Nijem's goal of establishing a regio [...]	2004-01-15 19:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID KPAO JO
04AMMAN389	OPPOSITION ATTACKS GOJ MINISTERS, POLICIES AS NEW [...] (S) Recent royal and government statements encouraging greater political openness have led to new and more open public and private debate on important public policy issues, including school curriculum reform, contemplated price increases, and government spending on social programs. The deba [...]	2004-01-15 19:21:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM JO
04AMMAN3907	IRAQ FY 05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] NAME: MS.AMAL UMRAN AL RUBAIEE TITLE: MANAGER, WOMENS'S CENTER COUNCIL PROJECT: RP: "YOUNG LEADERS," JULY 7-JULY 22, 2005 NOMINATING SECTION: PAO- KARBALA- R. ANDREW DICKSON III RANK 1 2. NAME: MS. NIHAL ABDULZAHRA TITLE: MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONCIL PROJECT: MRP: "GRASSROOTS DE [...]	2004-05-19 10:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE
04AMMAN391	INVITING JORDAN TO LIBERIA RECONSTRUCTION [...] PolCouns January 14 cover ref points with Basheer Zoubi, Officer in Charge of UN affairs in FonMin Mausher's Private Office. PolCouns encouraged Jordan, and a troop contributing country, to attend the Liberia reconstruction conference February 5-6. Zoubi said that Jordan would most likely a [...]	2004-01-16 10:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID EFIN AORC LI JO
04AMMAN392	LIBYA: INFORMING JORDAN OF EXTENSION OF IEEPA [...] (SBU) PolCouns covered ref points on the extension of IEEPA sanctions on Libya January 14 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of FonMin Muasher's private office, and Basheer Zoubi, Private Office officer in charge of UN affairs. PolCouns also passed to Ayed and Zoubi the text of the President's notic [...]	2004-01-16 10:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ETRD PTER MNUC PARM PREL JO
04AMMAN3951	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PAKISTANI MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister Shaikh for 15 minutes on May 15 on the margins of the WEF at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Plan o [...]	2004-05-19 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL PK EFIN JO
04AMMAN3955	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH QATARI MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Jassim Al-Thani on May 15 at the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Larson opened by seeking the views of the Qataris on the G-8 reform initiative. He passed a copy of the late [...]	2004-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET EAID QA IZ NG
04AMMAN3956	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH AFGHAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Saturday, May 15. Larson asked Abdullah to review the latest draft of the G-8 plan of support for reform. After handing over a copy, Larson outlined the scope of the initiati [...]	2004-05-19 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV AF SA
04AMMAN3957	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PNA MINISTER OF ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister al-Masri on May 15 on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Pl [...]	2004-05-19 14:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IS KPAL PREL
04AMMAN3958	MAY 19 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: NGO COORDINATION, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman. We report these views without assessing their validity. ------------------------ NGO LACK OF COORDINATION ------------------------ 2. (U) Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council rep Bushra Jam [...]	2004-05-19 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JO
04AMMAN399	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-19 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN400	JORDAN EXERCISED OVER RED-DEAD INACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jordanian Minister of Planning Awadallah vented his extreme frustration to the Ambassador over continuing squabbling and inaction on the Red-Dead Feasibility Study Terms of Reference. Awadallah blamed both the Israelis and Palestinians for the lack of movement on the project a [...]	2004-01-19 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL IS JO
04AMMAN401	KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQ, MEPP, SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (C) King Abdullah addressed his concerns on Iraq, the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Staffdel Nordquist on January 13. The King voiced concerns over the U.S. timetable in Iraq, in-fighting in the Palestinian Prime Ministry, and extremists in Saudi Arabia. [...]	2004-01-19 17:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS SA IZ JO
04AMMAN4052	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYRIA [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on the implementation of the Syria Accountability Act May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Neither Zoubi nor Dabbas made any substantive comment, [...]	2004-05-20 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD SY JO
04AMMAN4054	BRIEFING JORDAN ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD CIVILIAN [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on U.S. policy toward civilian hostages in Iraq May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Zoubi thanked PolCouns for the information, and asked that th [...]	2004-05-20 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV IZ JO
04AMMAN4061	EMBASSY AMMAN PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy Amman is pleased to submit a project proposal for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's (DRL's) consideration. Per the invitation in reftel B, post seeks funding for this proposal from DRL's FY2004 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). This proposal would build on post's [...]	2004-05-20 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM JO
04AMMAN4065	JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 10 MORE [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) The GOJ believes that as many as 38 Jordanians may be in coalition custody, 10 to 15 of which may be incorrectly [...]	2004-05-23 04:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ US JO
04AMMAN407	FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS [...] (C) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for a two-state solution, and that he expects negative movement in the peace process this year. He fears a future partitioning of Iraq if any arrangement is made [...]	2004-01-19 17:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP
04AMMAN409	JORDANIANS PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S. IRAQ [...] (C) A non-violent demonstration held January 16 in Amman garnered several hundred Jordanians who protested against Israeli policies and the U.S. presence in Iraq. In contravention of parameters pre-arranged with the GOJ, several demonstrators held up pictures of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flag [...]	2004-01-19 18:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KISL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN4115	NEW (BOGUS) ALLEGATIONS SURFACE ABOUT FOLEY [...] (C) Jordanian security contacts have dismissed a renewed claim of responsibility for the October 2002 assassination of USAID official Lawrence Foley, and say they are confident that the right people have been convicted for the crime. The Islamic Action Front (IAF)-affiliated newspaper al-Sab [...]	2004-05-23 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER JO
04AMMAN4132	GOJ CONFRONTS POSSIBLE LABOR TRAFFICKING SCAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned of several dozen third country nationals (TCNs) brought to Jordan by apparently unscrupulous recruiting agents and sent to Iraq. All have needed some assistance in returning to their home countries and in at least one case, the workers were physically abused in Ir [...]	2004-05-24 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP
04AMMAN4133	JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTER REVIEWS FTA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM and Trade Minister Mohammad Halaiqa reviewed with the Ambassador a number of trade issues, most related to the upcoming June 8 meeting of the FTA Joint Committee. Halaiqa reported that he had spoken with Israeli DPM and Trade Minister Ehud Olmert regarding accelerated tarif [...]	2004-05-26 04:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN4200	UNRWA SEEKS ADDITIONAL USD 1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Summary: In a May 19 briefing, UNRWA unveiled its draft medium-term plan (MTP),designed to make up for ten years of austerity measures and underfunding. The ambitious plan, valued at USD 1 billion over five years, includes much-needed improvements in basic education and health services [...]	2004-05-26 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG SY LE JO UNRWA
04AMMAN4230	POSITIVE JORDANIAN REACTION TO G-8 REFORM PLAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman has continued its consultations with Jordanian government officials and civil society leaders on the G-8 reform plan (refs). Feedback has been constructive, highlighting weaknesses of the civil society movement and Jordanian government strictures that could affect reform i [...]	2004-05-27 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO
04AMMAN4236	IRAQIS IN JORDAN FEAR JUNE 30 HANDOVER WILL RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are Iraqis in Jordan who fear that the June 30 transfer of authority to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) will result in an escalation of violence, and support the presence of coalition forces until a stable government is in place. END SUMMARY. -------------------------- [...]	2004-05-27 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN4238	FONMIN MUASHER ON REGIONAL REFORM, ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) FonMin Muasher expressed pleasure May 26 with the results of the Tunis Arab League summit on the subjects of Arab League reform, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and regional reform. He said the reform resolution is a good basis for a dialogue between the G-8 and Arab states on refo [...]	2004-05-27 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN4250	QIZ LABOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Employing more than 30,000 workers, more than half of whom are Jordanians, Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),are an important part of the Jordanian economy, especially the textile and apparel sector. Though working conditions are generally good, including for foreign workers, [...]	2004-05-27 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB JO
04AMMAN4251	UNHCR UPDATE ON JORDAN AND IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The UNHCR missions for Jordan and Iraq updated the diplomatic community May 24 on recent refugee developments in the two countries. In Jordan, UNHCR acknowledged that return to Iraq is the only option for 314 Iraqi-Palestinians in UNHCR's Ruweished refugee camp, while the 386 Iraqi [...]	2004-05-27 15:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM KPAL IR IZ JO
04AMMAN4252	JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY ON FTA JOINT COMMITTEE AGENDA [...] This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade senior officials briefed embassy on the proposed agenda for the June 8 Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee meeting (the JC). A key change is the GOJ's likely submission of a revised list of good [...]	2004-05-27 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN4275	Jordan's Public Debt: Government Continues to Make Progres [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-29 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON JO
04AMMAN4310	ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Energy Minister Khreisat, the al-Samra power plant construction tender has been and will remain transparent, despite complaints by U.S. contractor Black & Veatch (B&V). In a May 24 meeting, Khreisat also shared the Energy Ministry,s plans for modernization of the Z [...]	2004-05-31 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV JO
04AMMAN4329	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 10:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN4330	VISITING IMF TEAM IMPRESSED BY THE STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the end of a two-week mission, a visiting IMF team tallied a long list of indicators reflecting the current strength of Jordan's economy. Economic growth continues to build momentum and the IMF has increased its estimate for real growth in Jordan's GDP this year to 5.5%. Fi [...]	2004-06-01 10:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN435	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN4410	Jordan's Public Debt: Government Continues to Make Progress [...] Summary: According to a Ministry of Finance quarterly bulletin on public debt, Jordan's total public debt at end of March 2004 stood at $9.84 billion, 92.4% of estimated GDP for 2004, down from a figure as high as 111% in 1999. Of the total debt, about 76%, $7.47 billion, consists of foreign o [...]	2004-06-02 07:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON JO
04AMMAN4426	STAFFDEL SCHARFEN MEETINGS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21-24 visit to Jordan, Staffdel Scharfen engaged in meetings with officials from the Iraqi government, CPA, Jordanian government, and the United Nations. In these meetings the delegation dealt primarily with issues pertaining to Iraqi trade during the period of UN sanct [...]	2004-06-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC JO IZ
04AMMAN4427	MEDIA REACTION ON NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN4470	EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...]	2004-06-02 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA
04AMMAN4485	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON SUPPORTING THE IIG AND [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref A and B points on the revised draft text of the new UNSCR on Iraq and supporting the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) June 2 with Ali Al-Ayed, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ was pleased with the selection of Ghazi A [...]	2004-06-03 09:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN4493	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 11:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN4542	JORDAN PRIVATELY WELCOMES THE IIG; PRESS CRITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official GOJ reaction to the selection of Ghazi Al Yawer as the President of the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) was positive. King Abdullah issued a statement of support to the Iraqi leadership, and FM Muasher told the press that the GOJ welcomed the appointment of Al Yawer. Pre [...]	2004-06-06 10:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN4555	JORDANIAN PRESS: WHEN IN A PICKLE, PRAISE THE KING [...] (C) Summary. Given the anti-American sentiment on the street and the recent events of Abu Ghreib prison and the violence in Rafah, the Jordanian news media have not missed an opportunity over the past month to attack not only U.S. policy, but American institutions and society in general. The [...]	2004-06-06 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PA PREL KPAO IO
04AMMAN4581	ROYAL WEDDING ROCKS AMMAN [...] (U) Jordan -- or at least part of it -- was swept up in elaborate festivities May 26-28 marking the wedding of Crown Prince Hamza to his 22-year old distant cousin, Princess Noor Bint Assem, despite the prince's reported desire for a low-key event. The widely-publicized celebration makes o [...]	2004-06-06 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JO
04AMMAN4582	REMOVING HURDLES TO DEEPER U.S.-JORDAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S.-Jordanian economic and trade relations have boomed over the past five years of economic reforms launched by King Abdullah. The U.S. has become Jordan's No. 1 trade partner and Jordan's economy is strengthening on a number of fronts. However, there remains room for impro [...]	2004-06-06 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD JO
04AMMAN459	PM FAYEZ ON RELATIONS WITH GULF, ISRAEL, IRAQ [...] (C) PM Fayez told the Ambassador January 19 that he did not receive a promise from Kuwait to continue its supply of free oil to Jordan on his recent trip there, but that he would keep "chipping away." It was more important to continue the larger Saudi supply, and he hoped his family connect [...]	2004-01-20 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON EAID KU IS SA JO
04AMMAN460	AMBASSADOR RAISES TRADE ISSUES WITH DPM HALAIQA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gnehm joined by Economic Officer called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa December 31 to review outstanding trade issues. Securing a date for the FTA Joint Committee meeting was a top issue. DPM Halaiqa assured the Ambas [...]	2004-01-20 16:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR JO
04AMMAN462	FUNDING FOR BATTERY DANCE PROGRAM [...] PA AMMAN CONFIRMS ITS PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZES RABAT TO CHARGE ITS SHARE OF EXPENSES FOR USD 7,504.33 TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL DATA: APPROPRIATION: 1940113.000P ALLOTMENT: 4440 OBLIGATION NO.: 4440499001 FUNCTION: 1370 OBJECT: 4120 AMOUNT: USD 7,504.33 2. POST'S F [...]	2004-01-21 05:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL AFIN ABUD
04AMMAN4625	FY'05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM NOMINATIONS [...] THE FOLLOWING IS MISSION'S REVISED LIST OF FY 2005 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINEES AS DETERMINED BY THE IV SELECTION COMMITTEE. 2. ALL NOMINEES LISTED BELOW HAVE RECEIVED "COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL" FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE IV PROGRAMS. --NAME: MS. EVA ABU HALAWEH TITLE: DIRECTOR AN [...]	2004-06-07 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE
04AMMAN4629	INTERIOR MINISTER TAKES JORDAN'S ANTI-NORMALIZERS [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has strongly chastised Jordan's professional associations for resurrecting the previously banned "anti-normalization" committee that advocates ending Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. Habashneh also slammed the associations for attempting to enlist Lebanese H [...]	2004-06-07 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN4667	SCENE SETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S. [...] (C) King Abdullah is very pleased to have been invited to attend the G-8 Summit to discuss reform in Jordan, as well as in the Middle East. The King sees himself as a leader in the region on reform and will attempt to speak for other reform-minded Arabs during his visit. The King, however, [...]	2004-06-08 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON KDEM KPAL MASS IZ JO
04AMMAN4668	SHARING JUNE 4 REVISED TEXT OF UNSCR ON IRAQ: [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered the draft June 4 UNSCR on Iraq and related talking points per ref a on June 7 to Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Zoubi said that he was pleased with the latest changes and hoped that the Security Council would be able to [...]	2004-06-08 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN4670	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES IMF VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador June 2 that the visiting IMF team said Jordan would graduate from the IMF program "with honors." Although the IMF had raised its growth estimate for Jordan for 2004 to 5.5%, he said it could just as easily have been 6%. Bo [...]	2004-06-08 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN469	KING COVERS SYRIA, BORDER ISSUES, SECURITY [...] (S) King Abdullah told visiting Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) January 11 that increasingly sophisticated weapons continue to be smuggled across the Syrian border. He expressed concern over the security of his border with Saudi Arabia as well as Saudi stability, hoping that Saudi internal efforts [...]	2004-01-21 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN4692	CONDOLENCE LETTER ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT REAGAN [...] (U) Post received a letter of condolence from Prince El Hassan bin Talal to President Bush on the death of former President Reagan. Enclosed below is the text of the letter. The original will be sent by pouch to NEA/LEA. Royal Palace Amman, Jordan 8 June 2004 To: The Honorable Mr. G [...]	2004-06-09 10:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO
04AMMAN4693	REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY COMBATANTS AT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO
04AMMAN4694	IRAQ CHARGE IN AMMAN URGES U.S. FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq Charge in Amman Ma'an Barakat urged the U.S. to focus on the reconstruction of Iraq once the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) assumes sovereignty after June 30. He asserted that Iraqis will accept the authority of the IIG if it takes charge in civil and criminal matters. He also [...]	2004-06-09 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN4698	NO TALK OF KUWAITI OIL IN JORDAN [...] (C) REF B requested Embassy Amman's readout on a reported Jordanian claim of an understanding regarding Kuwaiti provision of oil to Jordan. In the Ambassador's recent discussions with the King, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister (Ref A),we have heard no claims of a Kuwaiti promise [...]	2004-06-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN IZ KU JO
04AMMAN4748	NAQUORA KURDS STUCK IN AMMAN [...] (U) The nearly two-and-a-half year saga of the "Naquora Kurds," Iraqi Kurds who attempted to seek political asylum in Israel and ended up stranded on the Israeli-Lebanese border under UNIFIL protection (ref),hit a new snag this week when the UN plane carrying the remaining 14 Kurds from Leban [...]	2004-06-10 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR
04AMMAN479	UNAMI OFFICIALS HINT DEPUTY SRSG FOR IRAQ WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Although the UN has not yet decided where to base Deputy Special Representative for Iraq Ross Mountain, UNAMI staff have been instructed to establish a 17-person "coordination cell" to support his activities in Amman. Mountain will oversee UN operational and program issues in I [...]	2004-01-21 09:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ASEC IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN4836	NAQUORA KURDS DEPART AMMAN, ARRIVE SAFELY IN [...] After a tense weekend of continued standoff among GOJ, Dutch and UNHCR officials (reftels),the 14 Naquora Kurds departed Amman on June 13 via a UN-chartered Russian plane and accompanied by security officials from the Iraqi Embassy in Amman. According to UNHCR officials, the plane arrived s [...]	2004-06-14 10:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR
04AMMAN4855	JORDAN TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING OF [...] (C) King Abdullah and senior GOJ officials have strongly condemned the possible trafficking of third country nationals (TCNs) into Iraq from Jordan. The Minister of Interior promised the Ambassador that he would take firm action against unscrupulous labor recruiting agents and others complic [...]	2004-06-15 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP
04AMMAN4887	UNRWA COMGEN HANSEN TESTS WATERS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 14 phone call to refcoord, UNRWA chef de cabinet Aquarone indicated that ComGen Peter Hansen may not intend to step down after his current term expires in February 2005. We believe that a fourth term for Hansen serves neither U.S. nor UNRWA interests and r [...]	2004-06-16 10:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN4953	LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Rights from cooperating with organizations belonging to "the Jewish entity and those who support it." Islamist MPs overcame an earlier committee defeat of the ame [...]	2004-06-17 10:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM
04AMMAN4981	Special Visa Procedures for Official Travelers from [...] (U) Summary: Several recent groups of travelers from Iraq have arrived at Embassy Amman with requests for visas with little or no advance notice. Regardless of the circumstances, post will do everything in its power to facilitate official business involving Iraqi travelers. However, the lack [...]	2004-06-17 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS AMGT CMGT JO IZ
04AMMAN4983	JORDAN'S BORDER PROCEDURES REGARDING SCRAP METAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Jordan (GOJ) Customs Department described procedures for handling scrap metal and spare parts at the Al Kerama border station with Iraq, a process that was upgraded in early May after the CPA issued licensing procedures in Iraq. Screening at the border includes a [...]	2004-06-17 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC IZ JO
04AMMAN5005	JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S.ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-20 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAIR XX JO ICAO
04AMMAN5007	JORDANIAN VISITS TO WEST BANK STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) The visit of two Jordanian delegations to the West Bank earlier this month has fueled speculation among some quarters about the GOJ's future role in the West Bank. On June 2-3, a group of retired Jordanian generals conducted a Track II related visit to Israel and the West Bank. Separate [...]	2004-06-21 07:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN5080	MEDIA REACTION ON THE AL-QAEDA BEHEADINGS [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5085	LETTER OF CONDOLENCE FROM KING ABDULLAH TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JO KTER
04AMMAN5086	PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE ON PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament voted June 20 to remove a controversial amendment to a human rights law that it had earlier approved which banned cooperation with Israeli organizations and "those who support it." While a strong GOJ lobbying campaign succeeded in swaying the votes of former [...]	2004-06-22 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PGOV PREL IS JO KHUM
04AMMAN5088	IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN: NO INSTRUCTIONS FOR VISA [...] (U) Recent international press articles reported that the Iraq Ministry of Interior (MOI) will require visas for all foreigners visiting Iraq after June 30. One article quoted Hadi Muhanna, Iraq MOI travel department director, that "without exception" all foreign visitors must apply for visas [...]	2004-06-22 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN5090	IRAQI REFUGEES TURN WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) UNHCR's June 20 World Refugee Day celebration -- titled "A Place to Call Home" -- took an unexpectedly political turn when Iraqi refugees turned a speech and poetry reading into a fiery rejection of voluntary repatriation and an emotional call for resettlement outside the region. UNHCR's [...]	2004-06-22 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL IZ JO UNHCR
04AMMAN5092	JORDAN'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP JO
04AMMAN5094	KING ABDULLAH DISCUSSES POLICE/MILITARY TRAINING [...] (S/NF) King Abdullah told CODEL Daschle January 20 that he shared their concerns over whether current training programs for the Iraqi military and police would allow Iraqis to assume responsibility for their own security without a significant U.S. troop presence. The King pledged that Jordan [...]	2004-06-23 05:48:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN5100	RJ CEO SEES A GOOD YEAR BUT CHALLENGES IN 2004 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali briefed ECON/C and SCO on prospects for RJ over the near-to-medium term during a June 20 courtesy call at RJ headquarters. Majali believes that despite substantial challenges to the airline resulting from higher fuel prices and uncer [...]	2004-06-23 07:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR BEXP KPRV JO IZ
04AMMAN5109	JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS ON EDGE AS CONFLICT ROILS [...] (C) The festering Palestinian-Israeli conflict has rekindled sensitivity among some Jordanians of Palestinian origin about their position in Jordanian society, highlighting their strained relationship with the dominant (but minority) East Bank Jordanian community. It also has given rise rec [...]	2004-06-23 10:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN5131	JORDAN'S EDUCATION MINISTRY EMBROILED IN CHEATING [...] (C) The Education Ministry is under fire after the GOJ announced on June 21 the suspension of Jordan's annual high school exams (tawjihi) to investigate allegations that students obtained copies of at least one of the exams in advance. The head of the GID's Anti-Corruption Unit says that at [...]	2004-06-23 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC JO
04AMMAN5278	JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT CLEARS OUT MORE CASES [...] (U) Jordan's State Security Court has ruled in a number of terrorism cases involving al-Qa'ida/Abu Musab al-Zarqawi-related anti-U.S. plots in Jordan in recent weeks. On June 23, the Court affirmed its guilty verdict (first handed down in September 2000) against ten men accused of plotting [...]	2004-06-28 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV JO
04AMMAN5281	UNAMI HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) reps warned of a looming humanitarian crisis this summer in southern Iraq in a June 24 humanitarian situation update. These warnings tempered the announcement of the United Nations Development Group's (UNDG) approval of 17 infrastruc [...]	2004-06-28 12:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5353	MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF IRAQI AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-29 11:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO

04AMMAN5385	MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 12:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5395	JORDAN ARGUES LIMITING REFORM DIALOGUE SCOPE COULD [...] (C) King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Muasher argued to A/S Burns in separate meetings June 27 that the best way for the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative to succeed is to draw in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The best way to do this, the King and Muasher argued, is to view [...]	2004-06-30 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY IZ JO
04AMMAN5397	IRAQIS IN JORDAN REACT POSITIVELY TO HANDOVER, BUT [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi contacts in Jordan see the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) as a positive step toward a better Iraq. They expect that the violence will continue in coming months, but subside as the IIG asserts its authority. These contacts maintain that security i [...]	2004-06-30 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN5399	JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER RESTRICTIONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: We understand that elements of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) have restricted all military-age men from entering Iraq through the Jordan border crossing at Karama. Our Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center (HACC) border liaison contacts said that the MEF elemen [...]	2004-06-30 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN540	ISLAMISTS RENEW DEMANDS TO CANCEL VISIT OF ISRAELI [...] (U) In a statement released to the press January 20, the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, urged the GOJ to cancel the upcoming visit to Jordan of Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom. The statement read, in part, that, "The announcement of a visit [...]	2004-01-21 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN5403	MOBILE TELEPHONY COMPETITION EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has granted a new mobile telephony license, on a preliminary basis, to a consortium of local Jordanian businessmen and Kuwaiti investors. The new entrant should further enhance the competitiveness of Jordan,s telecommunicati [...]	2004-06-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV KPRV JO
04AMMAN5405	FTA ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM STILL ON A FAST TRACK [...] This is an action cable. See last paragraph. 2. (SBU) Ambassador on June 28 paid a farewell call on Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Minister of Environment Alia Hattough-Bouran in which she raised the FTA Environmental Forum. (NOTE: The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement included [...]	2004-07-01 09:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN5415	MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 11:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5418	LETTER FROM KING ABDULLAH II TO SECRETARY OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS JO KTER
04AMMAN5419	CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI FROZEN ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (C) On June 29, ECOUNS spoke with Finance Ministry Secretary General Mohammad Mumtaz about the current status of SIPDIS the frozen Iraqi assets remaining in Jordan. As reported in reftels, Jordan is reviewing private sector claims against these assets and will transfer the remaining balan [...]	2004-07-01 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN5430	OFFICIAL/INFORMAL FOR DCM AMBASSADOR JAMES JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Post personnel have recently been in contact with a Jordanian conference organizer who has expressed his readiness to organize a conference focusing on investing opportunities in both Iraq and Jordan. The conference, tentatively planned to be held in Amman and dated October 5-7, would b [...]	2004-07-02 08:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN5431	KING ABDULLAH WELCOMES IIG; PRIVATE JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official GOJ reaction to the surprise early transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) was strongly positive. King Abdullah sent separate congratulatory messages to President al-Yawar and Prime Minister Allawi pledging Jordan's full support to ensure Iraqi [...]	2004-07-02 08:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN5471	JORDAN LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL ON IRAQI [...] (S/NF). The Jordanian government strongly supports the interests of the United States in reducing the terrorist violence on-going in Iraq, violence which Jordan has suffered from directly with the August 2003 attack on its Embassy in Baghdad. Political stability in Iraq and a peaceful envir [...]	2004-07-06 03:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN MOPS PREL PTER JO IZ
04AMMAN5475	SPEAKER EVALUATION: GOJ SPOKESPERSON TRAINING [...] Summary: PA Amman sponsored a three-day training course for newly-appointed Government of Jordan spokespersons led by IIP-arragned media expert and author Margueritte Sullivan June 7-9. Twenty-two spokespersons took part in the training, representing the Jordanian Ministries of Justice, For [...]	2004-07-06 07:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO
04AMMAN5476	OF TRIBAL SHEIKHS, ISLAMIC ZANIES AND CRUSADER [...] (U) The Ambassador visited the governorates of Kerak and Ma'an in a June 23-24 trip that highlighted the regional variety in Jordan's history, economy and topography. The Ambassador met with local officials and inaugurated USAID-funded clinics in and around the hilly city of Kerak, an histor [...]	2004-07-06 07:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JO
04AMMAN5480	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 10:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5508	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO JORDAN: IRAQ, [...] (C) King Abdullah has sought to portray Jordan (and himself) as both a peacemaker and deal-maker in the Middle East. The popular mood, however, is uneven: the invasion of Iraq and perceived stronger pro-Israel tilt in U.S. policy have shaken Jordanian popular confidence in the moral underp [...]	2004-07-06 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON PTER KPAL ASEC US JO
04AMMAN5522	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5611	2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, post updates an outstanding investment dispute by a "U.S. person" against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). Claimant A refers to Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena, California. Claimant B refers to Arab Potash Co., Ltd., which at the time the dispute arose was 52 [...]	2004-07-07 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC JO OPIC
04AMMAN5623	QUAKE SHAKES AMMAN: NO DAMAGE REPORTED [...] At 17:35 local, on Wednesday, July 7, a 4.6 magnitude earthquake was felt in Amman. The Jordan Seismological Observatory of the Natural Resources Authority and the Public Security Directorate told us that no damage has so far been reported in Amman or elsewhere. 2. The epicenter of the q [...]	2004-07-07 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AMGT EAID JO
04AMMAN5642	PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: FUNDING [...] Ambassador requests $40,000 from the PRM Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees to support two projects: a women-only internet cafe at the Women's Program Center in Baqa'a refugee camp ($20,000) and expansion of the legal aid office and women's rights awareness program at the Women's Program Center [...]	2004-07-08 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
04AMMAN5653	DOJ REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN ARMY [...] Post has collected seven documents relating to the LOGCAP contract and will preserve them until otherwise instructed. A brief description of the preserved documents as requested in Reftel follows: --E-mail message from Richard P. Collins to Patricia A. Lieberman, dated March 29, 2004 [...]	2004-07-08 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF AMGT IZ JO
04AMMAN5674	JORDANIAN CABINET SENDS MEDIA REFORM MEASURES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE JORDANIAN CABINET APPROVED JULY 6 THREE MEASURES AIMED AT LIBERALIZING PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA IN JORDAN. DRAFT REFORMS INCLUDE THE ELIMINATION OF PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW OF BOOKS; PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS FROM DETENTION OR THE CLOSURE OF PUBLICATIONS WITHOUT A COURT ORDE [...]	2004-07-08 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
04AMMAN5676	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KERAK QIZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 23 visit to the Kerak QIZ, Ambassador led the press through a tour of Camel Textile's factory-based training center helping to build skills of local Jordanian garment workers. In a separate, private tour, the Ambassador witnessed a rapidly growing garment factory [...]	2004-07-08 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ETTC EINV KTIA JO
04AMMAN5684	ACTIVISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOJ SECURITY [...] (C) Media reports of King Abdullah's purported readiness to send troops to Iraq elicited a quick "clarification" by the Foreign Ministry while prompting opposition activists to launch a petition campaign against the government's Iraq policy. One of the campaign organizers accused the King and [...]	2004-07-08 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ JO
04AMMAN5685	JORDAN: COMING TO CLOSURE ON AN ARTICLE 98 [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Ambassador raised forcefully with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher the USG's strong desire to come to closure on an Article 98 agreement in two separate meetings on July 7 and 8. The Ambassador noted that the GO [...]	2004-07-08 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL US JO KICC
04AMMAN5695	ARAB WOMEN JOURNALISTS STRENGTHEN TIES, QUESTION PRIORITIES AND PLEDGE TO REACH OUT TO THE USA [...] Summary: The third annual conference of the Arab Women's Media Center (AWMC),a Jordanian NGO, brought together 60 women from 12 Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority and Israel in late June. USG sponsorship made it possible for these women to gather in Amman; over 80 percent of the fund [...]	2004-07-09 08:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KWMN KPAL ALNEA
04AMMAN5725	GOJ APPROVAL RATING RISES IN POLL, BUT HOW LONG [...] (C) The government of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez enjoyed a rise in public approval ratings, according to an opinion poll conducted 200 days after the government's formation. The poll director attributed this development to low initial expectations and a combination of one-time factors, a [...]	2004-07-11 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ECON JO
04AMMAN5726	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador July 5 that he expected all claims on Iraqi frozen assets to be settled by mid-July and the balance remaining transferred to Iraq. On other Iraqi issues, Abu Hammour reported that Jordan had still not heard from I [...]	2004-07-11 13:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ
04AMMAN5784	TALES OF CORRUPTION CIRCULATE AROUND AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amman is rife with rumors of high-level manipulation and alleged official corruption, with stories of a multi-million dollar theft of royal jewelry in shipment from Europe and a multi-layered Kuwait oil deal that gives Palace and GID slush funds -- not just the Treasury -- part [...]	2004-07-12 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN5786	MEDIA REACTION ON THE HAGUE'S VERDICT ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN579	JORDAN'S EXPORT AND FINANCE BANK IS FIRST INVESTOR [...] Jordan,s private Export and Finance Bank (EFB) signed an agreement January 17 to purchase 49 percent of the private National Bank of Iraq (NBI) for US $8.5 million. It is the first foreign bank to take a stake in an Iraqi bank since regime change. According to EFB Chairman Ali Al-Husry in a [...]	2004-01-22 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN581	MUASHER ON ARAB INITIATIVE, TUNIS SUMMIT, [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that he is trying to revive the Arab initiative for the upcoming Arab summit in Tunis and wants to add an element of public diplomacy outreach to Israelis, but has found little interest from the Saudis or Egyptians in moving in this direction. He plans [...]	2004-01-22 15:44:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS EG SA JO
04AMMAN585	COMMERCE A/S LASH RAISES TRADE ISSUES WITH DPM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash and Ambassador Gnehm met January 10 SIPDIS with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa to review bilateral trade issues and discuss the prospects for Jordanian companies doing busines [...]	2004-01-22 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR JO WTO
04AMMAN5876	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah stressed to the Deputy Secretary his commitment to helping U.S. policy SIPDIS succeed in Iraq, described his offers of assistance to the IIG, and expressed concern about Iranian infiltration there. He emphasized concerns about instability in Saudi Arabia and the [...]	2004-07-13 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS MARR JO IZ
04AMMAN5891	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points on the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier July 13 to Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. PolCouns emphasized that all parties must remain focused on realizing President Bush's vision of two states [...]	2004-07-13 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL US IS JO
04AMMAN5892	JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT AND U.S. INITIATIVES FOR [...] Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's private office, told PolCouns July 13 that FonMin Muasher will lead the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA. Muasher plans to arrive in New York on September 19 and stay through September 30. Dabbas said that Muasher would l [...]	2004-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC JO UN
04AMMAN5893	JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GITMO INTERVIEWED BY [...] Jordan Islamist weekly Al-Sabil published July 6 a lengthy interview with, they report, the first Jordanian released from the Guantanamo detention camp in Cuba. The former prisoner described his alleged experiences at detention camps in Afghanistan and Cuba from January 2002 until April 2004 [...]	2004-07-14 02:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5894	UNAMI TO REDUCE STAFF IN AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq (A/SRSG) Ross Mountain and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Malloch Brown, the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) plans to reduce its staff profile in Amman sligh [...]	2004-07-14 02:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5918	UNRWA BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON GOVERNANCE REFORM [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: As follow-up to its June 7-8 conference in Geneva, UNRWA held informal consultations July 8 in Amman to review governance issues with key stakeholders: current and incoming Advisory Commission chairs Japan [...]	2004-07-15 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN5935	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 11:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5939	KING BACKS DECENTRALIZATION, PUSHES RELUCTANT [...] (SBU) King Abdullah has made a priority of decentralization through expanding the responsibilities and capacity of the 12 regional governorates beyond their traditional security mandate. The appointed administrative governors have not made much progress in exercising the authority granted them [...]	2004-07-15 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
04AMMAN5979	THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF M113 ARMORED PERSONNEL [...] U. S. EMBASSY AMMAN CONCURS WITH THE GOJ REQUEST FOR THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF UP TO 100 EACH M113 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TO THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT (IIG). 2. BASIS FOR REQUEST: A. ITEMS BEING TRANSFERRED: UP TO 100 EACH M113 APCS, 94 EACH .50 CA [...]	2004-07-15 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS
04AMMAN5989	JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...]	2004-07-18 04:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS
04AMMAN6039	MEDIA REACTION ON "CHAOS" IN GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6078	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST'S PD [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED JORDAN DURING MAY 2004. 2. DATE OF STAY: MAY 17 - 18, 2004. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: ONE NIGHT. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: THE SECRETARY RON IN JORDAN, MET WITH KING ABDALAH AND HIGH RANKING JORDANIAN AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS, THE PURPOSE WA [...]	2004-07-19 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP POWELL COLIN
04AMMAN610	JORDANIAN STATE SECURITY COURT PLOWS AHEAD WITH [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court this month proceeded with a number of ongoing trials involving anti-U.S. terrorist plots. The prosecution in the Foley assassination case concluded its presentation on January 20 with a call for the death penalty against the accused killers. Government [...]	2004-01-25 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN6107	MEDIA REACTION ON "CHAOS" IN GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-20 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6121	COMMERCE A/S LASH SECURES EXEMPTION FROM DAMAN [...] This is an action cable. See para 3. 2. Assistant Secretary of Commerce William Lash June 29 called on Dr. Ahmad Hindawi, head of the Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM),the lead Jordanian agency for the DAMAN product conformity pre-shipment inspection program. In respon [...]	2004-07-20 17:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL JO
04AMMAN6130	COMMERCE A/S LASH SECURES EXEMPTION FROM DAMAN [...] This is an action cable. See para 3. 2. Assistant Secretary of Commerce William Lash June 29 called on Dr. Ahmad Hindawi, head of the Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM),the lead Jordanian agency for the DAMAN product conformity pre- shipment inspection program. In respo [...]	2004-07-21 04:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL JO
04AMMAN6160	PERSONAL STATUS LAW DEFEATED, AGAIN [...] (C) Despite lobbying by activists, conservative, tribal, and Islamist members of Jordan's Lower House of Parliament joined to reject for a second time a provisional "Personal Status Law" that gives a woman the right to divorce her husband. Dubbed the "khuloe law," it also includes a provisi [...]	2004-07-21 12:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN JO
04AMMAN6171	JAF VICE CHIEF OF STAFF CRITICIZES SYRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: JAF Vice Chief of Staff General Saud Nsairat alleged that Syrian border officials are not putting forth a sincere effort to stop illegal border crossers and weapons from entering Jordan. Nsairat said Jordan needed a large x-ray machine to inspect vehicles entering Jordan through [...]	2004-07-21 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6172	JISM HEAD WAITING FOR GUIDANCE FOR DAMAN EXEMPTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM) head Dr. Ahmad Hindawi called on Charge July 21 to reiterate his commitment to revamp the DAMAN pre-inspection system to be consistent with the FTA and to request "compre [...]	2004-07-21 15:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN6173	ALLAWI HAS PRODUCTIVE VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan FM Marwan Muasher told A/S Bloomfield and Charge July 19 that the then-ongoing visit of Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) Prime Minister Allawi was proceeding positively. Both sides showed a clear political will to establish solid, positive bilateral relations and to resolve [...]	2004-07-22 04:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6179	MFA LEGAL ADVISOR ON JORDAN'S "DECLARATION" ON THE [...] (C) Charge and PolCouns queried MFA Legal Department Head Samer Naber July 21 on the meaning of Jordan's "declaration" about national liberation movements on the Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Naber clarified that the Jordanian statement was a "declaration" and [...]	2004-07-22 07:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN JO UN
04AMMAN62	MEDIA REACTION ON CHANGING THE CURRICULUM IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6211	UNMIK: JORDAN AWAITS INVESTIGATION RESULTS, [...] (C) Charge discussed the status of Jordanian police units in Kosovo July 22 with Samir Rifai, Minister of the Royal Court to King Abdullah. Charge expressed serious USG concern over the apparent pattern of improper and violent behavior of Jordanian police personnel in UNMIK. Even if the UN [...]	2004-07-22 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN6212	MEN CONVICTED IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION, CAR BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian officials on July 20 announced that two Jordanians who were sentenced to death in absentia for separate attacks in Amman -- including the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley -- had been apprehended in Iraq earlier this year. Now in Jordan, the two will face re-trial [...]	2004-07-22 14:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN6213	KING URGES GOVERNMENT TO PULL UP ITS SOCKS [...] (C) King Abdullah wrote a critical letter to Prime Minister Faisal Fayez on July 20 prodding the government to take action on the priorities that the King laid out at the formation of the government in October 2003. Debate ranges on whether the tone of the letter indicates a reaffirmation of s [...]	2004-07-22 14:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
04AMMAN6215	JORDANIAN EXTREMISTS SUSPECTED IN INFILTRATION [...] (C) On July 19 at approximately 0600 local time, Jordanian border security forces detected four individuals attempting to infiltrate northern Israel from Jordanian territory near Waqqas. A siege ensued when the gunmen refused orders to surrender and opened fire on the Jordanian security for [...]	2004-07-22 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KISL IS JO
04AMMAN6223	MEPN: ARABS, ISRAELIS WORK COOPERATIVELY TO SOLVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the heels of the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security barrier, and rising tension in the Occupied Territories, Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian technical experts participated for four days in Barcelona in a U.S.-sponsored workshop on wastewater reuse. [...]	2004-07-22 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EAID KWBG IS JO MEPN
04AMMAN6249	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...]	2004-07-23 08:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO
04AMMAN6250	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...]	2004-07-23 08:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO
04AMMAN629	MEDIA REACTION ON VP CHENEY'S REMARKS AT THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6305	MEDIA REACTION ON DARFUR CRISIS, ISRAEL'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 10:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6341	DIMONA RADIATION FEARS HEIGHTENED BY VANUNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comments made by Israeli nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu to a UK paper have inflamed public concerns in Jordan regarding Israel's Dimona reactor. The GOJ quickly countered Vanunu's claims that Jordanians - and others in the region - are at risk from leaks or other environmental [...]	2004-07-26 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL PGOV KRAD JO
04AMMAN6356	GOJ PROMISES TO CLAMP DOWN ON RADICAL CLERICS, ACT [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez pledged July 22 to take action on unaccomplished goals identified by King Abdullah. In accordance with the King's directive to "improve the living standards of citizens," Fayez promised to hold a national conference on poverty and unemployment in September [...]	2004-07-27 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
04AMMAN6360	JORDANIAN REPLACEMENT OFFICERS EN ROUTE TO KOSOVO, [...] (C) Public Security Directorate (PSD) Chief Tahseen Shurdom told Charge on July 26 that four Jordanian officers are en route to Kosovo to replace the four that are currently subject of an internal UNMIK investigation for threatening U.S. soldiers in June. Shurdom said that he understood the [...]	2004-07-27 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN6369	JORDANIAN ALLEGATIONS OF SYRIAN-AL-QA'IDA/ZARQAWI [...] (S/NF) Jordanian officials over the last several weeks have expressed their concern about alleged Syrian support for al-Qa'ida and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi operatives, pointing to ongoing smuggling activity through Jordan's northern frontier as a major worry. There is no indication available to [...]	2004-07-27 16:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SY JO
04AMMAN6370	JORDAN SEIZED BY HOSTAGE CRISIS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Two Jordanian truck drivers, who work for a Jordanian company operating in al-Qaim, were seized by militants in Iraq on July 26. The kidnappers reputedly have demanded that the company withdraw from Iraq and pay a ransom. Despite GOJ advice not to give in to the demands, their employer [...]	2004-07-27 17:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6410	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, 2004 - [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV JO
04AMMAN6416	DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points July 28 to Samer Naber, Legal Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber stressed Jordan's support for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and promised to formulate a response to our points after consulting with relevant GOJ officials. Post wi [...]	2004-07-29 07:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW
04AMMAN6435	PALACE BRINGS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Just as MPs were being criticized for not getting their work done, the Palace surprised them with a snap adjournment of their summer extraordinary session. With most decision makers traveling with the King, there has been little clarity on the strategy behind the adjournment. A second e [...]	2004-07-29 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN6436	FOUR MORE JORDANIANS REPORTED KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Jordan-Iraq hostage saga continues, as Jordanian officials scrambled to confirm press reports that militants kidnapped another four Jordanians in Iraq. The two men abducted on July 26 are not yet free despite their employer's acquiescence (at least on the surface) to the kidnappers [...]	2004-07-29 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6437	IRAQI CHARGE UPBEAT ON RECEPTION, ALLAWI VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Charge in Amman Ma'an Barakat portrayed a July 26 reception celebrating the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) as a "major success". The turnout, however, was far smaller than Iraqi National Day receptions of the recent past. Barakat said that v [...]	2004-07-29 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6438	IRAQ MISCELLANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Consul in Amman Ahmad Jirallah confirmed a July 28 media report that the mission would not place visas inside passports containing Israeli stamps. EU rep Ana Gallo Alvarez said the EU is hoping to open a Baghdad office at the end of 2005, though this date could be moved up. [...]	2004-07-29 15:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6439	FM MUASHER CLAIMS HANDS ARE TIED ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER JO UN
04AMMAN6440	REPLACEMENT FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL: JORDAN [...] (SBU) Charge reviewed reftel points July 29 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. (A separate demarche will be delivered August 1 to the GOJ's Director for Palestinian Affairs, currently out of the country, and reported septel.) Muasher agreed on the need to consult closely on candidates, an [...]	2004-07-29 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF JO
04AMMAN6441	SOCIAL SECURITY CHAIR WANTS TO SOLVE "PENSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The sustainability of the national pension fund is a source of concern to Social Security Corporation (SSC) chairman Khalid Al-Wazani - but he has a plan to address these problems. There is progress on the SSC,s proposed buyout of the stake held by the Arab Potash Company in J [...]	2004-07-29 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KPRV PINR JO
04AMMAN6454	RECALL OF AMMAN 6436 [...] (U) Please cancel, recall, and destroy all copies of AMMAN 6436. The message will be transmitted with new MRN. A corrected version will be sent septel. 2. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. HALE [...]	2004-08-01 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6456	FOUR MORE JORDANIANS REPORTED KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Jordan-Iraq hostage saga continues, as Jordanian officials scrambled to confirm press reports that militants kidnapped another four Jordanians in Iraq. The two men abducted on July 26 are not yet free despite their employer's acquiescence (at least on the surface) to the kidnappers [...]	2004-08-01 14:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6463	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6468	JORDANIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THAIS ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] Charge conveyed orally reftel talking points August 1 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. (Post also faxed the points to al-Ayed's office at the MFA.) Al-Ayed promised to have them brought to King Abdullah's attention in Bangkok. 2. Baghdad minimize co [...]	2004-08-02 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR IZ TH JO
04AMMAN6472	DEMARCHE TO GOJ ON REPLACEMENT FOR UNWRA [...] (SBU) PolOff presented ref A points to Department of Palestinian Affairs Director Abdulkarim Abulhaija on August 2, and noted that Charge had discussed the issue with Foreign Minister Muasher (ref B). Abulhaija promised to give it serious thought and consult with Muasher about possible cand [...]	2004-08-02 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF JO
04AMMAN6473	GOJ SPOKESWOMAN BRISTLES AT REPORTS OF ISRAELI [...] (U) The GOJ reacted angrily to Israeli media reports August 1 claiming that Israel is trying to block the U.S. sale of AMRAAM missiles to Jordan. Minister of State and Government Spokeswoman Asma Khader alleged that Israeli opposition to the arms deal was in response to Jordan's strong stanc [...]	2004-08-02 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL IS JO
04AMMAN6505	IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW
04AMMAN6507	JORDAN-IRAQ HOSTAGE CRISIS ESCALATES [...] (U) Jordanian officials on August 3 confirmed that yet another Jordanian has been kidnapped in Iraq, bringing the total number of hostages to seven. Foreign Minister Muasher said that the government is exerting "huge" efforts to win their release, and is keeping the families apprised of dev [...]	2004-08-03 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6508	JORDAN IPR - TWO STEPS FORWARD, A HALF STEP BACK [...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's parliament began debate on the temporary copyright law and FTA-compliant amendments to it in mid-July. Although MPs did not conclude deliberations before adjourning, the chief government proponent of the amended copyrigh [...]	2004-08-03 15:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EAID KTIA PHUM JO
04AMMAN652	JORDAN PM PLEDGES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND PRICE [...] (C) Summary. With unusual candor, Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez publicly announced oil product price and tax hikes to take effect later this year. Although Fayez softened the blow by announcing public pay increases and blaming previous governments and external forces, his political honeymo [...]	2004-01-26 18:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO
04AMMAN6545	KING'S SLAP AT PA STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah's comments about the stymied peace process during a prime-time interview with al-Arabiya has sparked controversy, prompting Palestinian officials to seek "clarification" from Amman. The King reiterated the importance of the roadmap. In response to a suggestion th [...]	2004-08-04 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN655	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (C) Embassy's preliminary investigation of TELETEC Corporation indicates that TELETEC is currently under investigation by the U.S. Customs Department. It is our understanding that this investigation is sensitive in nature and thus we suggest PM/DTCC case officer confer with U.S. Customs on th [...]	2004-01-27 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC ETTC JO
04AMMAN6555	JORDAN'S 2004 EXPORTS TO REACH USD 2.5 [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa predicted that Jordan's exports would exceed USD 2.5 Billion during 2004. Trends in domestic exports support this forecast; Jordan's total exports for the first five months of 2004 increased by 43.5% over t [...]	2004-08-05 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON JO
04AMMAN6574	FOUR JORDANIAN HOSTAGES FREED IN IRAQ [...] (U) Four Jordanian citizens kidnapped in Iraq last week have been freed as a result of the intervention of Iraqi tribal leaders and the Muslim Ulema Committee in Fallujah, according to MFA official Ali al-Ayed. Press reports indicate that Iraqi Shaykh Haj Ibrahim Jassam learned on August 3 [...]	2004-08-05 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6575	JORDAN TO HOST SECOND MEETING WITH GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli supporters of the Geneva Accord will convene in Jordan August 5-6 in the hopes of gaining momentum for their unofficial peace initiative. Foreign Minister Muasher will speak at the opening of the meeting, and Jordanian officials say they hope the effort [...]	2004-08-05 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN6576	NEW JORDAN DAILY SHAKES UP MEDIA MARKET [...] Summary: A new Jordanian daily newspaper ("Al Ghad" - "tomorrow") hit the stands August 1, billing itself as an independent (financially and editorially) alternative to Jordan's staid and risk-averse media establishment. Its owner, a marketing tycoon with connections to the Royal Family, pro [...]	2004-08-05 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV KMPI PHUM KMDR JO
04AMMAN6581	JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ ARE STRONG AND GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bilateral Jordan-Iraq trade is flourishing, even without considering the strong transit trade. Domestic exports to Iraq took off in 2003 in unexpected sectors. Iraqis' pent-up demand for tobacco and alcohol are keeping Jordanian manufacturers and truckers busy. Soaps, animal [...]	2004-08-05 17:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EFIN IZ JO
04AMMAN6587	WARNING SIGNS ON BOEING SALE TO RJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with Jordanian stakeholders in Royal Jordanian Airlines' proposed purchase of five Boeing 737s, Charge and Emboffs have received mixed signals on how salvageable negotiations between Boeing and RJ may be. This may reflect a decision by Jordanian stakeho [...]	2004-08-05 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP JO
04AMMAN6638	JORDANIAN HOSTAGE IN IRAQ RELEASED AFTER FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: A Jordanian businessman abducted in Iraq has returned to Jordan after his family paid a $100,000 ransom. The GOJ confirms it is still working "behind the scenes" -- in part through the mediation of an Iraqi tribal leader -- to secure the release of two others kidnapped on July [...]	2004-08-09 10:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER JO IQ
04AMMAN664	MEDIA REACTION ON VP CHENEY'S REMARKS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-27 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN665	MUASHER ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE SAUDIS ON OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador and PolCouns January 21 that neither Kuwait nor the UAE had yet provided all the free oil they had promised to Jordan in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Kuwait, he asserted, had committed to providing 25,000 bpd for six months, and Jorda [...]	2004-01-27 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL KU SA JO TC

04AMMAN6669	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel points on Syria-Iraq border security to Royal Court Minister Samir al-Rifai on August 3 and on August 8 to Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. Fayez confirmed he would be traveling to Damascus on August 20 for a meeting with his counterpart, primarily focused on econom [...]	2004-08-09 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ECON ETRD IZ JO PREL PTER SY
04AMMAN6691	OIL-FOR-FOOD VIOLATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit by HIRC STAFFDEL Scharfen may have uncovered hard, documentary evidence of involvement of some Jordanian banks in facilitating the payment of kickbacks during the closing years of the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. This evidence, if verified, would still leave some doub [...]	2004-08-09 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JO IZ UN
04AMMAN6726	NONVIOLENT IRAQI OPPOSITION FIGURES AIR FAMILIAR [...] SUMMARY: A two-day meeting held in Amman in late July offered an opportunity for prominent, nonviolent members of the Iraqi opposition to the coalition forces (CF) and Iraqi interim government (IIG) to meet with prominent, but predominantly non-official, Americans. The meeting produced a few [...]	2004-08-10 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL JO IZ
04AMMAN6736	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN LEADERS CRITIQUE THE KING [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinian critics of the regime -- malcontents who nonetheless voice views held more widely -- recently shared with us their analysis of King Abdullah,s standing. They attacked his political reforms as lacking in substance, and therefore uninspiring to the public an [...]	2004-08-10 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PGOV JO
04AMMAN6760	JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS ASIA SEEKING TRADE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's swing through Asia was aimed at diversifying the Kingdom's trade and investment partners and seeking bilateral assistance. The King succeeded in obtaining several grants and loans from China and South Korea; Jordan and Korea also signed a tax treaty. The King's [...]	2004-08-11 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID JO CH KS TH
04AMMAN6765	GENEVA ACCORD BACKERS CONVENE IN JORDAN; GOJ [...] (C) Summary. Geneva Accord supporters met at the Dead Sea August 5-7. They agreed to develop a response to PM Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan in the coming weeks. Prior to kicking off the meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher met with the Israeli author of the plan, Yossi Beilin, and re-stated [...]	2004-08-12 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN6767	JORDAN PSD AGREES TO LOA ON IRAQI POLICE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Discussions in Amman concluded August 4 between INL and Public Security Directorate (PSD) chief Gen. Tahseen Shurdom concerning continued training of Iraqi police. Post has since received PSD Commander Gen. Shurdom,s August 4 letter to INL PDAS Todd recording Shurdom,s agreement in prin [...]	2004-08-12 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6771	ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program debating an Israeli official. The GOJ publicly rebuked the JEA and the related Professional Associations Council (PAC),reminding them that the PAC Anti-Norm [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN6794	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR VISIT OF [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance for and warmly welcomes the visit of CEA William Block, EB/IFD/OMA Daniel Peters, and four officials from the Department of Treasury to travel to Amman August 15-20 for consultations with Iraqi officials. 2. Your control officer for this visit will b [...]	2004-08-15 06:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN6803	JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTRIST PARTY PUSHES AHEAD [...] (C) A small party that has splintered from the Islamic Action Front -- and strives to be a moderating Islamic counterweight -- has suffered internal, personality driven rivalries. Nonetheless, the Islamic Centrist Party is expected to weather a recent leadership crisis and continue to advoc [...]	2004-08-15 09:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KISL KWMN JO
04AMMAN686	QIZ'S HAVE ANOTHER BANNER YEAR [...] (SBU) Exports to the United States from Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) jumped up the charts to USD 586.6 million in 2003, a 54 percent increase over 2002. Garments represented about 95 percent of the exports, according to the confirmed statistics from the Ministry of Industry an [...]	2004-01-27 16:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX PREL IS JO
04AMMAN688	JORDANIANS NOTE THAT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH [...] (U) President Bush's state of the union address has received substantial coverage in all major dailies. While many of these reports were mostly factual in nature, several prominent articles highlighted the absence of references to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as the Democrats' c [...]	2004-01-27 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO KTER
04AMMAN6881	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6883	U.S.-BASHING LEAVES REGIONAL TRADE UNION CONGRESS [...] Summary: Trade Union leaders from across the region used a conference in Amman to denounce U.S. foreign policy. One of the few real labor issues raised was a dispute with the Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever. END SUMMARY. 2. The General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) held its Fifth G [...]	2004-08-16 12:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PREL KPAL LE IZ SU JO
04AMMAN689	SHALOM VISIT POSTPONED [...] (S) By mutual Jordanian-Israeli agreement, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's January 28 visit to Jordan has been postponed. Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Charge late January 27 that Shalom refused to come without a scheduled meeting with King Abdullah, an ultimatum M [...]	2004-01-27 17:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IS JO
04AMMAN6916	U.S. NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-17 06:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL JO AROC CDG UNGA
04AMMAN6918	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-17 06:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL JO NATO
04AMMAN695	JORDANIAN BUSINESSMAN RELATES DANGERS OF DOING [...] (C) A Jordanian businessman, Dureid Mahasneh (please protect),told PolOff January 26 of the dangers his transportation and shipping company has experienced while operating in Iraq. After paying protection money to keep his Baghdad warehouse free from attack, the facility was subsequently bu [...]	2004-01-28 07:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD IZ JO ELTD KTER
04AMMAN6951	QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES IN JORDAN: STITCHING A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) in Jordan have created thousands of semi-skilled industrial jobs, attracted foreign investment, and increased exports. Less evident are the ensuing impacts that the factories have had on individuals, families, and villages - particularly in th [...]	2004-08-18 05:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ETRD PREL KTIA ECON ELAB IS JO
04AMMAN6968	IRAQ MISCELLANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq named a new Ambassador to Jordan, Ata Abdul Wahab. Recent guidance from the Iraqi MFA on visa procedures appears to have cleared up some of the Amman Embassy,s confusion on this issue. Separately, a former Iraqi minister criticized PM Allawi,s performance. End Summary. [...]	2004-08-18 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS CPAS KFRD IZ JO
04AMMAN6973	KEEPING U.S. SYRIA POLICY OUT OF N.A.M. STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-18 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SY JO
04AMMAN6977	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN [...] Post has contacted appropriate ministries, international organizations and NGOs as requested in reftel to update the Department of Labor's 2003 "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" report. The majority of the information found in the 2003 report remains unchanged and the worst forms of [...]	2004-08-19 05:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO
04AMMAN699	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI WMD [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-28 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7094	ESTIMATED RECYCLING CARRY-OVER BALANCES FOR [...] Post reports the following status for its revenue generating programs in US Dols: English Teach Library(ARC) Post's X Allotment as of 7/31/04: 292,565 Obligations 10/1/03 - 7/31/04: 292,245 -0- Projected recycling 8/1/04 - 9/30/04: [...]	2004-08-24 04:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO
04AMMAN7135	DEMARCHE RE US CANDIDACY TO THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-24 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC
04AMMAN7153	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT POLICY, IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister reviewed how he hopes to reduce Jordan's debt burden, complying with a Jordanian debt management law setting a debt/GDP ratio of 60% by end-2006. He explored with a visiting Treasury delegation the measures he has taken and the steps he hopes to take t [...]	2004-08-26 03:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN7179	IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT [...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...]	2004-08-26 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN7196	PAN-ISLAMIC THINK TANK WEIGHS IN FOR [...] Summary. Under the auspices of Crown Prince Hamza, the Aal-al-Beit Foundation held a conference, Aug. 20 - 23, on "The Islamic System of Governance and Democracy." About 40 well-known Islamic scholars and media personalities, such as Sheikh Yousuf Al Qardawi of Al Jazeera fame, affirmed th [...]	2004-08-26 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG
04AMMAN7199	JORDANIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Strong GOJ backing for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) continues, but the GOJ has yet to comment publicly on the situation in Najaf or the new Iraqi Interim National Council (IINC). The Najaf situation draws significant negative attention here. End Summary. -------------- [...]	2004-08-26 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN72	JORDAN: COMMITMENT TO PETROLEUM PRICE HIKES [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister believes he has met the 2003 budget deficit target in substance, although a delay in receiving expected oil aid from Gulf countries will likely require a waiver of the budget deficit target when the IMF Board reviews the stand-by agreement in mid-late F [...]	2004-01-05 16:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL JO
04AMMAN7200	JORDANIAN PM'S VISIT TO SYRIA: "SOME POSITIVENESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade said the recent Jordanian visit to Syria found "some positiveness" on most economic issues, especially on trade. Jordan's main interest on the economic side was getting Syria to implement agreements already in p [...]	2004-08-26 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON JO SY
04AMMAN7203	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE - JORDAN WANTS MORE COMPANY [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher says Jordan will attend the FFF meetings September 23-24 in New York if Egypt or Saudi Arabia are also there. End summary. 2. (C) A/DCM delivered reftel points, agenda and paper on the G-8 Broader Middle East Initiative Forum for the Future to Manar Dabbas of FM [...]	2004-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KMPI JO UNGA
04AMMAN723	IRAQIS IN JORDAN SHOW LITTLE INTEREST IN RETURNING [...] (C) Summary and comment: A range of embassy contacts report that Iraqis continue to seek refuge in Jordan, with only limited returns from Iraq to Jordan. The handful of voluntary returns in the last six months was limited to new caseload refugees or individuals with particular reasons to ret [...]	2004-01-29 08:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN724	IRAQI MISSION'S CONSULAR SECTION IN AMMAN RENEWING [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraqi Consul in Amman Ahmad Jirallah Al-Dabbagh told EmbOffs that he had recently received authority to extend Iraqi passports and issue Interim Travel Documents (ITDs). He reported a constant demand from Iraqis for more consular services, including issuance of new passports. [...]	2004-01-29 08:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS IZ JO
04AMMAN725	JORDAN FDA DECISION ON OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG GENERIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan appears on a collision course with Merck Sharp and Dohme over MSD's osteoporosis drug, FOSAMAX OW, which a Jordanian drug firm called JOSWE is marketing as a generic after receiving permission last September from the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA). After info [...]	2004-01-29 08:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN728	IRAQI SUNNIS VISIT AMMAN, SEEK TO ENGAGE U.S. IN [...] (S) A group of Sunni Iraqis representing the Iraqi Peace Party told PolCouns January 22 that they want to cooperate with the CPA and Coalition Forces in Iraq, but are put off by tough security measures there. The group said that anti-U.S. violence in the Sunni triangle does not represent sup [...]	2004-01-29 08:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KISL ECON IZ JO
04AMMAN730	JORDAN: FY04 FOOD AID [...] (C) We understand that USDA and State are considering reducing Jordan's PL480 Title I allocation from $20 million in FY03 to $15 million in FY04 due to a reduction in the global amount of funding available for this program. We cannot comment on competing needs, but Washington should be awar [...]	2004-01-29 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL JO
04AMMAN7319	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 11:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7336	CABINET SHAKE-UP EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: PM Fayez has told the press a cabinet shuffle will occur soon, probably by early October. For different reasons, he and ministers heavily involved in Jordan's economic and social reform successes appear safe for now, but a degree of royal disfavor with Fayez remains evident. [...]	2004-09-01 17:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
04AMMAN7337	RJ WILL LEASE AIRBUS, BUT KING REITERATES [...] (C) An August 31 article in Al-Rai, a daily generally regarded as an official mouthpiece, cited an unidentified government official as stating that Royal Jordanian Airlines would announce, at its September 1 board meeting, its decision to acquire ten Airbus aircraft. Samer Majali, in a conver [...]	2004-09-02 05:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP JO IZ
04AMMAN7338	RE: REQUEST FOR NAMES OF AVIATION AND MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-02 06:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON JO
04AMMAN7344	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS POSTED TO EMBASSY AMMAN [...] Per reftel A, this message confirms that the relevant English language texts of the human rights reports have been posted to the U.S. Embassy Amman website. The locally prepared Arabic translation of the 2003 Human Rights Report for Jordan will be posted to the website as soon as recent damage [...]	2004-09-02 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO JO
04AMMAN7360	MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...]	2004-09-02 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN7394	DAS DIBBLE VISIT: JORDANIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Since the establishment of the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) and conclusion of the Jordan-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Jordan's economy has flourished, despite the considerable bumps during the Iraq War. Jordan's reform program has achieved fiscal and monetary stability; [...]	2004-09-07 10:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD JO FINV
04AMMAN7400	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7402	JORDAN WITHDRAWS NOMINATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM JO
04AMMAN7403	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT AND OIL PRICES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although making considerable progress on Jordan's public debt front, Jordan's Finance Minister is pushing for more. Driven by targets set by a Jordanian Public Debt Law, he seeks U.S. support in the Paris Club to support Jordan's debt swap plans as well as technical assistanc [...]	2004-09-07 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EAID JO IZ
04AMMAN7404	GOJ REFORMERS TOUT PROGRESS DURING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Key GOJ reformers presented a positive picture to S/P Director Mitchell Reiss of Jordan's pioneering progress to implement key economic, political and social reforms, but acknowledged that significant obstacles remain. Several activists, including a former Prime Minister, are no [...]	2004-09-07 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN7405	JORDANIAN CIVPOL PROBLEMS IN KOSOVO: POSITIVE GOJ [...] (C) Charge shared reftel points with Foreign Minister Muasher on September 7, emphasizing our expectations for improved leadership, management, and the proper vetting of Jordanian officers participating in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Charge also highlighted the request for periodic [...]	2004-09-07 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI JO UNMIK
04AMMAN7406	JORDAN ENDORSES UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher publicly endorsed the recent UNSC resolution on the Lebanese presidential elections during a press conference on September 6. While stressing that the resolution "must be carefully studied," he noted that Jordan had never stood against any of the Securi [...]	2004-09-07 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE JO
04AMMAN748	IRAQI POLICE GRADUATION [...] The first class of Iraqi police cadets graduated from their coursework at the Jordan International Police Training Center on January 29. The 500 cadets were greeted by the Iraqi and Jordanian Interior Ministers, CPA senior advisor Steve Casteel, senior Jordanian police, and diplomats represe [...]	2004-01-29 12:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN7506	Iraqi Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) [...] (SBU) On September 6 the Japanese Embassy in Amman hosted an information sharing meeting on the current activities of the Iraqi Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) in the run up to the October 13-14 Tokyo Donor Conference. The meeting was chaired by IRRFI Donor Committee chief Amba [...]	2004-09-09 06:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID IZ
04AMMAN7508	JORDANIAN REPLY REGARDING USG PROPOSAL TO AMEND [...] (U) Embassy received on September 7 the following letter from Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation Authority: BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. Eason, With reference to your letter of August 31, 2004, concerning the U.S. Government proposal to amend the U.S./Jordan Air Services agreement by [...]	2004-09-09 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA JO
04AMMAN7528	BOEING VS. AIRBUS: WHAT IS GOING ON?? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The past month of the Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) Boeing purchase saga has seen an increasingly clear-cut paradox. All available signs point to a clear decision by the GOJ, especially including the Palace, in favor of a continued RJ relationship with Airbus as sole provider of [...]	2004-09-09 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP PINR JO LY
04AMMAN7529	IRAQ BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian security officials at the Karameh border crossing have eased restrictions on the entry of Iraqis. Communications between Jordanian and Iraqi border officials remain poor, and Iraqi border officials are, reportedly, demanding bribes at numerous "check points" prior to f [...]	2004-09-09 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS CPAS PTER MOPS IZ JO KINR
04AMMAN7530	JORDANIAN DAILY ERRONEOUSLY LINKS USAID WITH [...] (U) The new Jordanian daily newspaper Al Ghad has acknowledged its editing staff erred on September 7 by running a photo of a crate bearing the USAID logo and a supposed pile of illegal narcotics alongside a lengthy article about drug smuggling operations between Iraq and Jordan. The black [...]	2004-09-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR IZ JO
04AMMAN7571	MEDIA REACTION ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-13 10:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7619	GOJ DETAINS, RELEASES UNLICENSED PREACHERS [...] (C) Summary: A GOJ crackdown on unlicensed preachers over the weekend ignited a furious reaction from Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which accused the GOJ of kowtowing to U.S. demands and restricting public freedoms. Intervention from the Prime Minister resulted in the release of 11 [...]	2004-09-14 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
04AMMAN7659	JORDAN'S NEW BORDER TASK FORCE AIMS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ cabinet approved a new inter-ministerial border management task force that will focus on facilitating trade and travel. The cabinet decision appointed National Customs as the lead agency in a task force comprising nine ministries and agencies. It is too soon to say whe [...]	2004-09-15 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP ETRD JO
04AMMAN7660	POLISH POLICE PRESENCE IN JORDAN AT RISK [...] (C) Summary. A high level USG approach in Warsaw is recommended to seek reevaluation of a decision to withdraw Polish trainers from the Iraq cadet program in Jordan. End summary. 2. (C) Polish Ambassador Biera (protect) confirmed to Charge on September 15 that Poland,s Ministry of Inter [...]	2004-09-15 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO PL
04AMMAN7732	JORDAN MEDIA: 9/11 EDITORIALS TURN ANGRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opinion columns published around the 9/11 anniversary in Jordan reflected a depressed and angry tone, with many writers railing against a U.S. response to the attacks they claim has undermined global security. One writer said the time for sympathy with America was over, and a [...]	2004-09-17 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KMDR KISL JO
04AMMAN7752	ISLAM AND POLITICS IN JORDAN [...] (C) There has been a steady and unmistakable increase in the influence of Islam in Jordanian society over the last two decades. The younger generation, in particular, has embraced its Islamic roots. Surprisingly, participation in the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Ac [...]	2004-09-19 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER JO
04AMMAN780	USG APPROACH TO ICJ SECURITY BARRIER CASE - [...] (U) PolCouns January 29 covered ref points on the USG approach to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case on the Israeli security barrier with Ali al-Ayed, FonMin Marwan Muasher's Private Office Director. Ayed said that the GOJ appreciates the updates on the USG's thinking on the ICJ [...]	2004-01-29 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN783	JORDAN, ISRAEL SEEK QIZ CONTENT OF EIGHT PERCENT [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 7 - 9. 2. (SBU) Government of Jordan (GOJ) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade January 29 delivered a package to the Ambassador containing a letter addressed to USTR Zoellick informing the USG that Israel and Jordan have reached [...]	2004-01-29 17:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IS JO
04AMMAN784	ASSETS: JORDANIANS SAY $50 MILLION MORE TO DFI, [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Abu Hammour committed to transfer an additional $50 million to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) in early February and to finalize a list of pending and paid claims against frozen Iraqi funds so that an Iraqi team that could travel to Amman -- ideally in mid- [...]	2004-01-29 17:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
04AMMAN7841	GOJ SUPPORTS IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION; PRESSES RELATED [...] (C) At a September 20 meeting in Amman, the Jordanian Minister of Planning confirmed that he will head the Jordanian delegation to the upcoming Tokyo IRFFI conference. He reiterated strong GOJ support for our Iraq reconstruction efforts, offered to host the second IRFFI donor conference next [...]	2004-09-21 07:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ
04AMMAN7860	JORDAN WILL JOIN IN DESIGNATION OF JTJ [...] (S) CDA met with Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai September 21 and presented the demarche and background materials provided reftel. Rifai said that Jordan would "of course" join the U.S. in seeking designation of Jamiat al-Tawhid wal Jihad. Emboffs also made reftel demarche with the Foreign [...]	2004-09-21 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN JO LVPR
04AMMAN7862	KING FACES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AS HE PROCEEDS WITH A [...] (C) Summary. The King will proceed with a cabinet reshuffle and new government mandate in October, but in two contradictory directions: reinforcement of the cabinet reformists while redoubling efforts to silence Islamists and troublesome political activists in the professional associations [...]	2004-09-21 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL JO
04AMMAN7927	IRAQ ROUNDUP: NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR AND FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-arrived Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Ata Abdul Wahab,s primary mission is to change the distorted picture many Jordanians have of developments in Iraq. Abdul Wahab last served in the Iraqi government as King Faisal II's private secretary in 1958. Separately, former Jordan Am [...]	2004-09-23 11:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO KINR
04AMMAN7959	DEATH OF PRISON INMATE AND RELATED ABUSE [...] (C) A report on abuses in Jordanian prisons, including the alleged beating death of an inmate, has prompted government and press inquiries. End Summary. -------------------- DEATH AT AL-JUWEIDEH -------------------- 2. (U) On September 19, the Jordanian press made public a report by [...]	2004-09-23 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI JO
04AMMAN7960	STATE SECURITY COURT RESUMES AFTER SUMMER HIATUS [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN7962	APPROVAL OF IRAQI POLICE TRAINING CENTER LOA [...] (U) Post received notice September 22 that the Jordanian cabinet approved the US-Jordan Letter of Agreement (LOA) (reftel) on the Iraqi Police Training Center in Jordan. This follows the August 4 letter from Jordan Public Security Directorate (PSD) chief General Tahseen Shurdom to INL in whic [...]	2004-09-26 06:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ JO KINL
04AMMAN8013	MORE ON EU SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) European Commission (EC) Iraq Delegation chief Ana Gallo Alvarez provided additional information to us on planned EU support for Iraq reconstruction and elections (ref A) during a meeting in Amman on September 21. According to Alvarez (who resides in Amman pending improvement in the secu [...]	2004-09-27 08:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ EU
04AMMAN8045	TREASURY-LED DELEGATION FINDS DEFICIENCIES IN [...] (C)SUMMARY: A visit by a Treasury-led team focused on terrorist financing and anti-money laundering issues, both with respect to broad structural concerns and specific bilateral information requests. Regarding the structural issues, the team found that the Jordanian anti-money laundering (AML [...]	2004-09-27 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV JO KTRF
04AMMAN8047	GOJ AGREES TO ALTER TAX EXEMPTION CARDS TO ENHANCE [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (SBU) Following Charge's recent meetings with Royal Court Minister Samir al-Rifai, PSD Commander Tasheen Shurdom, and Finance Minister Muhammad Abu Hammour, and a separate meeting with GID Chief Saad Khayr, the Jordanian government agre [...]	2004-09-28 05:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC JO PGOV PTER
04AMMAN8073	MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...]	2004-09-28 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO
04AMMAN8107	JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR IRAQ-RELATED AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ has launched a two-track push for increased aid for Jordan, which would also benefit Iraq. One track proposes debt forgiveness for Jordan. Jordan would then apply some of the savings from the debt forgiveness against the debt it is owed by Iraq, thereby reducing Iraq's [...]	2004-09-29 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN8110	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER - JORDAN [...] Amman TFCO is acting DCM Christopher Henzel, phone 962-6-590-6640, e-mail henzelcp@state.gov. Deputy TFCO is Economic section chief Richard Eason, phone 962-6-590-6556, e-mail easonrm@state.gov. 2. Terrorist Finance working group meetings, chaired by A/DCM, are held in conjunction with V [...]	2004-09-30 05:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL JO
04AMMAN8129	U.S. DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION FOR UN FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-30 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL JO CDG UNGA
04AMMAN8133	SHEMAILEH SCANDAL BANKS BACK FROM THE DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is clearing up the final residue of a 2002 scandal involving hundreds of millions of dollars in unsecured bad loans to 31-year-old businessman Majed Al-Shemaileh (Ref A). The Shemaileh fiasco brought down the former head of Jordan,s General Intelligence Directorate, pushed [...]	2004-09-30 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV JO
04AMMAN8135	ARAB MINISTERS LAUNCH REGIONAL GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Fifteen Arab ministers meeting in Amman, Jordan, along with representatives from the OECD and UNDP, announced September 26 the launch of a regional reform initiative focused on good governance and administrative modernization. The initiative is an outgrowth of commitments to reform made a [...]	2004-09-30 14:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI JO
04AMMAN8145	TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The textiles and apparel sector continues to increase its share of Jordan's GDP, due largely to the contribution of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and their duty-free, quota-free exports to the United States, which stood at USD 584 million in 2003. In 2002-2003, manufactu [...]	2004-09-30 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB JO
04AMMAN8146	UNRWA'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO USE ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Breaking with recent practice, UNRWA's Advisory Commission (AdComm) met in Amman on September 30 in advance of the informal fall meeting of UNRWA major donors and host governments (MDM). Incoming AdComm Chair, Jordan, chose the unusual timing to further its campaign to invigora [...]	2004-10-01 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
04AMMAN818	FY-04 FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM ON "RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE". [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION REQUESTS A FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM FROM MARCH 1-9, 2004, FOR FOUR LEADING JORDANIAN SCHOLARS ON "RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE." THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE MISSION'S LONG TERM OBJECTIVES OF "DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS" AND "U.S. SOCIETY AND VALUES." FUN [...]	2004-02-03 13:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP JO
04AMMAN8195	JORDAN: PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE [...] (U) Parliament is due to resume business on December 1. Security services continue to crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood clerics and politicians. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- -------- FALL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, CABINET RESHUFFLE DELAYED ----------------------- [...]	2004-10-03 12:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL JO
04AMMAN830	Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon Sign Phase Two [...] (u) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon witnessed the signing of agreements to begin the second phase of a pipeline to supply natural gas from Egypt to the other three countries. This phase will extend the current Egypt-Jordan pipeline north to the Rihab Power S [...]	2004-02-03 15:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN JO
04AMMAN831	UPDATE ON IRAQ-RELATED EVENTS IN JORDAN [...] Over 500 Iraqi officer candidates continue to train under Jordanian instruction. Additionally several senior officers and pilots are being trained by the Jordanians. This training is being conducted at several Jordanian bases in Zarqa, Madaba, and Mafraq. The candidates at Zarqa have moved into [...]	2004-02-03 15:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT CVIS EAID MASS JO IZ
04AMMAN832	JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS [...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...]	2004-02-03 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN8350	KING ABDALLAH FIVE YEARS ON [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdallah continues to enjoy firm backing from the Hashemites' traditional pillars of support -- the East Bank tribes and the security/military services -- as well as the economic elite. His supporters give him credit for navigating Jordan through several regional crises dur [...]	2004-10-06 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KMPI ECON JO
04AMMAN8353	REACTIONS TO ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN GAZA, U.S. VETO [...] (U) The Israeli operations in Gaza prompted demonstrations in the Baqa'a refugee camp near Amman October 5 that resulted in clashes with Jordanian security forces. The Jordanian government has continued its call for a halt to incursions in Gaza and for renewed effort on the peace process. The L [...]	2004-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL JO
04AMMAN8380	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MOPS JO
04AMMAN8401	JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Central Bank and several Jordanian and foreign banks here have reported over recent weeks attempted cash deposits of large dollar amounts by individuals who claim to be operating on behalf of Iraqi government entities or contractors operating in Iraq. The CBJ Dep [...]	2004-10-07 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KCRM KFRD JO IZ
04AMMAN8402	TENSIONS APPARANT ON HANDLING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Habashneh, taking his cue from the King, has continued to apply pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, with a series of arrests of activist preachers and threats to prosecute certain MPs. Each step he takes seems to be reversed the following day by PM Fayez, who [...]	2004-10-07 15:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
04AMMAN8403	TERRORIST FINANCING: POST IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S/NF) Post has no record of any activity of the IARA Jordan office; nor does it have any record of any activity by the IARA in Jordan. RSO sent FSN Investigator to verify the location of the IARA office in Amman given in reftel; FSNI found no IARA office at the given location nor in the rest [...]	2004-10-07 15:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN ECON ETTC
04AMMAN8404	JORDAN CAUTIOUSLY RECEPTIVE TO "STOP" INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy October 7 delivered reftel information on the "Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy" (STOP) to Mahmoun Talhouni, Director General of the National Library, who oversees Jordan's IPR Enforcement Unit. Embassy also delivered the reftel non-paper to The Ministry of Indust [...]	2004-10-07 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO KTIA JO WTRO
04AMMAN842	JORDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY IN 2003/4 [...] Post is providing the following report on actions taken by the USG in Jordan during 2003 and January 2004. This information is keyed to the requirements of reftel para 6. 2. Begin text: A) Jordan has a history of restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association, a weak [...]	2004-02-04 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM JO
04AMMAN8438	ARTIFICIAL CORAL REEFS: SHARING THE JORDANIAN [...] Summary: The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) organized and hosted a September 27-29 regional meeting in Aqaba entitled "Artificial Reefs in the Gulf of Aqaba." Keynote speaker ASEZA Environment and Health Commissioner Dr. Bilal Bashir emphasized regional cooperation, comprehen [...]	2004-10-12 05:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV JO
04AMMAN8460	TENSE ICFTU CONFERENCE FOR IRAQI TRADE UNIONISTS [...] (SBU) The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) held a training seminar on core labor standards for Iraqi sectoral unions in Amman October 3-5. While rival union leaders at least sat down in the same room, a marked improvement over the previous conference, an atmosphere of t [...]	2004-10-12 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KDEM JO IZ
04AMMAN850	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-04 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8509	CEPPS PROJECT - SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL [...] Mission welcomes the subject proposal by IRI and NDI under Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) to be carried out in Jordan between August 2004 and January 2006. We would, however, like to highlight some political sensitivities regarding assistance to and con [...]	2004-10-14 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KMPI XF JO OXEC KEDU

04AMMAN8544	ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS [...] (U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the U.S. presence in Iraq. Protesters called for "unfreezing" assets of ostensible Palestinian charities. Separately, King Abdullah p [...]	2004-10-14 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN8545	COORDINATING USG POSTURE TOWARD PRESENCE AT GOJ [...] (S) We are picking up reports that King Abdullah,s staff are inviting leading Sunni Iraqi personalities to Jordan for a conference, probably to be held in early November. As this event takes firmer shape, Embassy Amman will keep Department and our civilian and military colleagues in Iraq full [...]	2004-10-15 09:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN8580	ANOTHER PRISON RIOT PRECEDES ABUSE TRIAL [...] (U) Another riot at the Al-Juweideh correctional facility October 6 preceded the opening of the trial of eleven officers charged in connection with the September 1 death of an inmate (reftel). Violence erupted a third time at the prison October 12. End Summary. ---------------------------- [...]	2004-10-17 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KMPI JO
04AMMAN8591	US NOMINATION OF JUDGE THEODOR MERON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 13:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA
04AMMAN8592	CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S. EMBARGO: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 13:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CU JO UNGA
04AMMAN8595	MEDIA REACTION ON ANTI-SEMITISM LAW [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8596	ICT EVENTS SPOTLIGHT EMERGENT SECTOR OF JORDAN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Three recent and ongoing events have thrust Jordan,s growing information and communications tecnology sector once more into the spotlight. The industry, which has benefited from active royal patronage and substantial USAID and other donor support, has successfully carved out a nic [...]	2004-10-18 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID EINV BEXP PGOV JO
04AMMAN8600	FOREIGN MINISTER SET FOR A NEW CABINET POST; HANI [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Muasher informed us that he will leave his job with next week,s cabinet reshuffle. He has been offered a senior post to drive the King,s public sector and administrative reform agenda. Muasher, aware of the considerable obstacles to the political component of r [...]	2004-10-18 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI JO
04AMMAN8601	JORDAN INDICTS ZARQAWI - COMMUTES HIJAZI DEATH [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court indicted Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and 12 others October 17 for plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets in Amman. Separately, the Court of Cassation commuted the death sentence of Raed Hijazi October 11 to 20 years with labor. End Summary. -------- [...]	2004-10-18 16:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN8628	BIO FOR ANTICIPATED NEW FOREIGN MINISTER HANI [...] It has been widely reported that the new foreign minister in the expected cabinet reshuffle will be Hani Mulki, currently the Jordanian Ambassador in Cairo (reftel). Biographical information on Mulki follows. ---------------------- BIOGRAPHY: MULKI, HANI ---------------------- 2. A Musl [...]	2004-10-19 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL KMPI JO
04AMMAN8636	AMCIT RAED HIJAZI DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO [...] (U) AS REPORTED REF A, THE JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF OCTOBER 5, 2004 REPORTED THAT QUOTE THE CASSATION COURT ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2004, COMMUTED THE DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST (AMCIT/JORDANIAN) RAED HIJAZI, CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TERROR ACTS, TO TWENTY YEARS IN JAIL WITH LABOR AND THAT THE COURT'S D [...]	2004-10-20 08:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED
04AMMAN8686	JORDAN AND SYRIA DISCUSS BORDER DISPUTE [...] (S) Summary: Foreign Minister Muasher informed us October 18 that joint Syria-Jordan border committee discussions were focused now on possible land swaps to satisfy Syrian concerns about the fate of the 1,000 Syrian nationals living in Syrian-occupied Jordanian territory. The Jordanian-Syrian [...]	2004-10-21 09:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL KMPI JO
04AMMAN8693	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI- [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8714	JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT [...] (C) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) have requested the disbursement of unexpended Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds into an interest bearing account (IBA). The JAF believes an IBA would help long-range planning, ease the debt burden caused by delays in Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payme [...]	2004-10-21 15:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN8793	THE JORDAN-ISRAEL PEACE TREATY: TEN YEARS LATER [...] (C) At the ten year mark, the Jordan-Israel peace treaty remains a cornerstone for Jordan's security and economic strategy. Despite a rocky political relationship, intelligence and military relations between Jordan and Israel are solid. Furthermore, the treaty provided the breakthrough whic [...]	2004-10-25 19:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN8794	KING RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (C) The long-awaited cabinet reshuffle took place October 24 in line with expectations (ref A). Only three ministers were replaced, while seven other new ministers were added. The new government retains, even sharpens, a division between the reformist wing and conservative East Bankers. Biogra [...]	2004-10-26 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
04AMMAN8809	UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...]	2004-10-26 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS
04AMMAN8812	BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers October 24 and accepted the resignation of three (ref A). The expanded cabinet raised the number of ministers from 21 to 28 by separating ministerial portfolios combined when PM Fayez's first cabinet was formed in October 2003 and by creating two ne [...]	2004-10-26 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN8826	DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO HAITI: JORDAN [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A talking points October 26 to Ashraf Zeitoon, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Zeitoon said he would immediately forward the points to the military attache at the Jordanian UN Mission in New York, as well as to the Jordanian [...]	2004-10-27 07:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PREL JO
04AMMAN8832	EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ALUMNUS MEMBERS IN THE JORDAN'S [...] PRMIE MINISTER FAISAL AL FAYEZ RESHUFFLED HIS GOVERNMENT ON OCTOBER 23, 2004. TEN NEW MINISTERS WERE SWORN-IN WHICH RAISED THE NUMBER OF THE CABINET FROM 21 TO 28 MEMBERS. IT ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF WOMEN MINISTERS FROM THREE TO FOUR. 2. EXCHANGE ALUMNI MEMBERS IN THE CABINET ARE: [...]	2004-10-27 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OEXC JO
04AMMAN8858	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO CIVPOL: ROTATION [...] (U) Post received October 14 a letter (text faxed to NEA on 10/14 and provided below) from the head of Jordan,s Public Security Directorate (PSD),General Tahseen Shurdom. It provides the steps taken by the PSD in response to our request (ref). The PSD later informed post that it had replaced [...]	2004-10-27 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV YI JO UN UNMIK
04AMMAN8865	JORDAN'S NEW FM ON IRAQ, PALESTINIAN REFORM [...] (U) Charge and A/DCM paid an introductory call on Hani Al-Mulki, who was named Foreign Minister October 24 (ref A). Al-Mulki said he looked forward to continuing the close cooperation between the GOJ and USG, and expressed appreciation for the Secretary's congratulatory phone call October 2 [...]	2004-10-28 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAL JO
04AMMAN8866	JORDAN - NEW FM ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) During an introductory call October 27 on newly-appointed Foreign Minister Hani Al-Mulki, Charge raised the high priority the USG places on finalizing an Article 98 agreement. Charge noted that the GOJ had been considering A/S Bloomfield's letter, and expressed his view that the two go [...]	2004-10-28 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ JO
04AMMAN8868	ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) A Jordanian court declared illegal an anti-normalizer boycott of a member of parliament. Rumors of corruption are plaguing Islamists, whose push to oust the Interior Minister failed (in fact, may have saved him). A sit-in protesting the peace treaty with Israel drew a smaller than expect [...]	2004-10-28 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
04AMMAN8905	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON WASHINGTON VISIT, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour's main concerns remain high oil prices and hope for a debt swap increase under the Paris Club. He raised the issue during his recent meetings in Washington on the margins of the IMF/World Bank meetings, and other senior Jordania [...]	2004-10-31 11:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN EAID JO IZ
04AMMAN8939	TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA INFORMATION REQUEST - [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-01 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN CVIS PREL PTER JO ETC LVPR
04AMMAN8944	UNGA HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-01 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL JO UNGA UN
04AMMAN8945	REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR UN PENSION COMMITTEE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-01 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC JO UNGA UN
04AMMAN8998	NEW CABINET TEAM ACTIVIST ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: At the King's instigation, the newly reshuffled cabinet has embarked on a wholesale reform of the way government does business -- adopting what amounts to an MPP for government and ministries, in which mission goals, performance standards, and resource allocation are to be seaml [...]	2004-11-03 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI ECON JO
04AMMAN9013	UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the informal UNRWA Major Donors Meeting in Amman October 13-14, PRM A/S Dewey met with Commissioner General Peter Hansen to inform him that the United States does not support any extension of his tenure beyond his current term, which expires in February. Hansen claimed he had [...]	2004-11-04 16:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF JO
04AMMAN9085	BOEING IN JORDAN - STILL IN A MUDDLE, DESPITE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Boeing officials, King Abdullah reiterated his political commitment to buy Boeing aircraft and his strategic interest in a mixed fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The possible options include a purchase of four 737s by merging transition start-up [...]	2004-11-09 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP JO IZ
04AMMAN9087	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 12:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL JO
04AMMAN9092	JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. NOMINATION OF JUDGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA
04AMMAN9095	JORDANIANS AWAIT NEWS OF ARAFAT'S FATE [...] (C) News of Arafat's impending death and speculation over succession have dominated Jordanian conversations in the waning days of the Ramadan season. Many expect that an announcement of his passing will be marked in Jordan with a non-violent outpouring of emotion; this initial, sympathetic [...]	2004-11-09 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9097	NODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with NODEL Wexler, King Abdullah advocated early Palestinian elections to replace Yaser Arafat with a new generation of leaders. The King urged that a new leadership be quickly empowered to improve socio-economic conditions to bolster its legitimacy among the Pale [...]	2004-11-09 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN9112	IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY [...] Jordan does not have a government-operated export credit agency (ECA) similar to the Export-Import Bank. The closest entity similar to an ECA would be the Export & Finance Bank, a public shareholding company based in Amman that is engaged in privately funded export credits. A senior contact [...]	2004-11-10 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV JO IZ
04AMMAN9145	PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR RECIPROCITY ON E1-E2 TREATY [...] Post has reviewed the diplomatic note from the Jordanian embassy in Washington, DC, (REF) which requests that, under the relevant article in the bilateral Free Trade Agreement, the USG and GOJ jointly examine the possibility of issuing E1/E2 visas based on a five year visa issuance. Post rec [...]	2004-11-10 17:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ETRD KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN9146	DEMARCHE ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF UNESCO DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs November 10 delivered reftel demarche to key contacts in the Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To the extent that Jordan engages in the UNESCO process, we can expect a sympathetic resp [...]	2004-11-10 17:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO WTO UNESCO
04AMMAN9149	NEW INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER ON FTA JC [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ahmed Hindawi discussed with Charge follow-up on the Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee and other trade issues. Hindawi noted "very close" relations with the United States, acknowledged that some obstacles to trade might exist, but offe [...]	2004-11-11 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EAGR KTIA PREL PINR JO
04AMMAN9151	PENDING JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] ( U ) With King Abdullah likely to visit Washington on or about December 6, we provide below post,s understanding of the state of play of a number of Jordanian assistance requests, some of which have been on the table for more than a year. Ref A was post,s scene-setter for this visit. XXXX [...]	2004-11-15 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JO
04AMMAN9152	JORDAN TO PUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) At the direction of King Abdullah, one of Jordan's leading Muslim clerics issued a strong message November 9 rejecting religious extremism and terrorism while promoting principles of moderation, tolerance and dialogue. The GOJ intends to host an international conference of Muslim scholar [...]	2004-11-15 18:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL JO
04AMMAN9153	JORDANIAN PUBLIC AND MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] OUTSIDE RULING CIRCLES, POST'S JORDANIAN CONTACTS REACTED WITH SUBDUED EMOTIONS TO THE RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT BUSH. MOST REMAIN HIGHLY CRITICAL OF U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT AND IRAQ, BUT DOUBT THAT A KERRY ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE PURSUED SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT POLICI [...]	2004-11-16 06:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN9176	NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM - AMMAN [...] Post is pleased to announce the publication of the Arabic version of Watching the Wind by Susan Collins Mark, a touching narrative of the struggle for conflict resolution during South Africa's transition to democracy. 2. Per standard procedure each NEA post will receive two review copies of [...]	2004-11-16 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OPRC KIRC JO
04AMMAN9210	SUBDUED JORDANIAN REACTION TO ARAFAT'S DEATH [...] (U) The drawn-out nature of Yasser Arafat's demise, as well as the long Eid al-Fitr holiday weekend, ensured that there was a subdued response in Jordan to the Palestinian leader's death. Jordan's official reaction was correct: the PM declared a three-day mourning period nationwide and King [...]	2004-11-17 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9215	KING DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) King Abdullah endorsed Abu Mazen and dismissed Qaddoumi as an "eccentric" during a meeting with CODEL Ackerman November 11. The King was concerned about Islamist political activity in Jordan and said that it was time for moderate Muslims world-wide to be more vocal in denouncing violence. [...]	2004-11-17 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9226	ZARQAWI'S HOMETOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zarqa, Jordan,s second-largest city, is the home of the bulk of Jordan,s heavy industry and infamous terrorist Abu Mus,ab Al-Zarqawi. Zarqa has been on a losing streak for the past decade. Underrepresented in the Jordanian government and the Parliament because of its large Pales [...]	2004-11-18 12:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SENV EINV ETRD SOCI JO IZ
04AMMAN9242	BRIEFING KING ABDULLAH ON TRAINING FOR IIG SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR
04AMMAN9243	JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES TURN UP THE HEAT ON ZARQAWI [...] (U) Jordanian authorities have issued an ultimatum to convicted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, demanding that he turn himself in within ten days to face terrorism conspiracy charges. Meanwhile, the State Security Court sentenced Bilal Hiyari, a Zarqawi fundraiser, to six months in jail, but [...]	2004-11-18 17:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KTFN JO
04AMMAN9244	BRIEFING KING ABDULLAH ON TRAINING FOR IIG SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 17:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR
04AMMAN9252	POST SUPPORT FOR MEPI PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS [...] Following are answers to questions posed in reftel. 2.a. MEPI implementers are not registered as NGOs. b. Jordan's Ministry of Planning prefers that all organizations providing technical or economic assistance funded by the USG be registered under the bilateral administrative agreement. [...]	2004-11-21 08:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON KDEM KPAO PREL JO KMPL
04AMMAN9278	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-21 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN9280	GOJ DIPS IN PUBLIC APPROVAL RATING [...] (U) According to a late October public opinion poll, only 16.8% of Jordanians believed that the government would be greatly successful in achieving its priorities, down from 23.3% of those surveyed four months earlier (ref b). Asked about the October 25 Cabinet reshuffle, 58% of Jordanians t [...]	2004-11-21 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ECON KMPI JO
04AMMAN929	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING AT UNRWA [...] POST SENT ORIGINAL COPY OF UNRWA'S STAFFING PATTERN TO THE DEPARTMENT BY AIR POUCH NUMBER 7823512 ON FEBRUARY 8, 2004. ADVANCE COPY WAS FAXED TO IO/S/EA ON JanuarJANUARY 26, 2004. 2. PLEASE CONTACT REFCOORD ASSISTANT IBRAHIM BISHARAT AT 962-6-529-0101, EXT 2707 IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS [...]	2004-02-08 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREF ECON JO POL UNRWA
04AMMAN9311	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has carried out a broad range of economic reforms. These have opened Jordan to foreign trade and investment and made the economy run more efficiently. There is hardly an aspect of Jordan's economy that has not been changed, whe [...]	2004-11-22 06:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KPRV KMPI JO
04AMMAN9312	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has moved boldly to open up its economy to foreign trade and investment. Jordan has become a member of the World Trade Organization, negotiated a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, initialed an Association Agreement [...]	2004-11-22 08:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID KPRV KMPI JO
04AMMAN9328	SUPPORTING SECRETARY POWELL'S INTERVENTION AT THE [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel talking points November 21 to Auda Abu-Tayeh of Foreign Minister Hani Mulki's Private Office. Abu-Tayeh had no substantive comments on the points, but promised to share the information immediately with relevant GOJ officials, including the Jordanian delegation tra [...]	2004-11-22 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC IZ JO
04AMMAN9350	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS DEMAND GOJ CUT TIES TO IIG [...] (U) Combat in Fallujah has prompted Jordan's Islamic Action Front to step up its public rhetoric against the U.S. effort in Iraq, this time calling on the Jordanian government to sever its ties to the Iraqi Interim Government. The GOJ publicly expressed concern that the security situation wo [...]	2004-11-23 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN9370	RE: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (SBU) Jordanian military expenditures are audited concurrently by three different entities. Expenditures are audited continuously by the Jordanian Armed Forces' own internal auditors. These expenditures are also reviewed by (civilian) Ministry of Finance personnel detailed from the Office of [...]	2004-11-24 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID MARR JO
04AMMAN9411	NO PLANS TO RESCHEDULE IRAQI SUNNI ARAB CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: GOJ and Iraqi migr contacts tell post there are as yet no plans to convene the conference of Iraqi Sunni Arabs that was postponed indefinitely two weeks ago. End summary. 2. (S/NF) Per ref A, post is seeking updates on any changes in the GOJ,s thinking concerning the conference [...]	2004-11-24 19:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IZ JO
04AMMAN9437	INTERIOR MINISTER IGNITES CONTROVERSY OVER [...] (U) Jordan's interior minister had to backpedal after publicly stating that the GOJ will not consider revamping the current election law -- which favors tribal, East Bank communities at the expense of Jordanian-Palestinians citizens -- until the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is resolved. At [...]	2004-11-28 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KDEM KPAL KISL KWMN JO
04AMMAN9468	UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS DEBATE PALESTINE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA,s stakeholders endorsed a controversial plan to strengthen the Agency,s governance bodies by 2006 at their fall major donors meeting. They also gave conditioned backing to the Agency,s decision to launch its own ambitious USD 1 Billion five-year Medium Term Plan (MTP). Re [...]	2004-11-29 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID IS SY LE JO
04AMMAN9484	JORDAN AND SYRIA CLOSING IN ON BORDER AGREEMENT [...] (C) An MFA participant in the Jordanian delegation to Damascus that discussed the border dispute told PolOff November 24 that the talks were positive and claimed, "Syria has given us our land back." He cautioned that the agreement had only been initialed by the participants in the bilateral me [...]	2004-11-29 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI JO SY
04AMMAN9485	NO IRAQI POLITICAL CONFERENCE PLANNED [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PINR IZ JO
04AMMAN9486	IN JORDAN, CROWN PRINCES COME AND GO [...] (C) In a surprise move, King Abdullah relieved his brother Hamza of his duties as Crown Prince on November 28, igniting speculation among Jordanians over the King's motives. The King did not name Hamza's replacement. Until he does so, the constitution provides that Abdullah's eldest son, t [...]	2004-11-29 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JO
04AMMAN9502	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-30 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN9521	JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] ON NOVEMBER 10, 2004, POST RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA),IN RESPONSE TO OUR DIPLOMATIC NOTE NUMBER 910 DATED AUGUST 10, 2004, CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (REF. B). 2. THE MFA [...]	2004-12-01 11:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN PTER JO
04AMMAN9593	KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQI ELECTIONS AND ALLAWI VISIT [...] (S) Summary: The GOJ remains deeply worried that January 31 elections in Iraq will produce either chaos, a Shia landslide, or both. King Abdullah reiterated his support for Allawi and his readiness to help with outreach to Iraqi Sunni Arabs if Allawi wants it. Allawi generated goodwill amon [...]	2004-12-05 06:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ASEC IZ JO
04AMMAN9602	JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE - UPDATE [...] (C) Ref A previewed requests for assistance that we expect King Abdullah to pursue during his December 6 meetings in Washington with President Bush and others. Updates follow on likely requests for FMF, ESF, Gulf state support, and debt relief. 2. (C) Military assistance: Prince Faisal p [...]	2004-12-05 08:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JA JO GCC
04AMMAN9672	PM ALLAWI'S AMMAN MEETINGS WITH IRAQI [...] (S) On December 1 and 2 Iraqi PM Allawi and DPM Barham Saleh held meetings in Amman with Iraqi Sunni figures, most from Al-Anbar province, ranging from IIG-allied brothers Amer and Sheikh Majid ali Suleimein Dulaim, to prominent Sunni Arab rejectionists. The latter category included the norm [...]	2004-12-06 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	IZ JO PINR PREL
04AMMAN9678	IRAQI POLICE TRAINING - POLES SEEK MORE MONEY, [...] (U) Action requested: See para 5. 2. (U) Polish General Eugeniusz Szczerbak, First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Polish Police, toured State/INL,s Jordanian-Iraqi Police Training Center (JIPTC) outside Amman November 28. Ten excellent Polish police officers are currently serving at JIP [...]	2004-12-07 07:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MOPS PL IZ JO
04AMMAN9717	GOJ PUSHES 'AMMAN MESSAGE' ON ISLAM [...] (U) Following the GOJ roll-out of the "Amman Message" last month denouncing political abuse of Islam, the Jordanian government has taken steps to show it is serious about promoting a mainstream religious message. In addition to patronizing two large conferences on Islam, the King has increa [...]	2004-12-08 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KMPI KPAL JO
04AMMAN9762	KING OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON ECONOMY; [...] (U) King Abdullah opened December 1 a new session of Parliament with a speech focusing on the need to spread the benefits of economic growth to all Jordanians and to aggressively combat poverty and unemployment. References to political reform and democracy were muted, in contrast to the cent [...]	2004-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO
04AMMAN9777	POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY PLANNING TO SUPPORT A UN [...] (C) A mid-level Jordanian military officer informed USDAO Amman (septel) that the Jordanian military is conducting contingency planning to deploy approximately 70 soldiers to serve as UN military observers in Darfur, Sudan in January 2005 in the event the UNSC agrees to establish a peace supp [...]	2004-12-09 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO SU JO UN
04AMMAN9779	KING MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN LEADERS; JORDANIANS [...] (U) In the wake of Yasser Arafat's death and amidst preparations for the Palestinian elections, Jordanians are cautiously optimistic that a new window of opportunity now exists to move the peace process forward. The government of Jordan has pledged moral support for the upcoming vote, and an [...]	2004-12-10 10:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN979	IRAQI GC MEMBER AND FRIENDS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member, Dr. Rajaa H. Khuzai (please protect),and a group of female Iraqi Shi'a, Sunni and Christian friends, expressed to us a mixture of gratitude for the U.S. liberation and criticism for post-liberation mistakes and squandered goodwill. Dr. Khuza [...]	2004-02-09 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SOCI IZ JO
04AMMAN9851	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN9855	HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL (HEC) RESHUFFLE OF PUBLIC [...] THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION DR. ISSAM ZABALAWI ANNOUNCED THE RESHUFFLE OF SEVEN (OUT OF EIGHT) PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, EXCLUDING DR. WAJIH OWEIS, PRESIDENT OF THE JORDAN UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THE RESHUFFLE TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 3, 2004. 2. THE NEW PRESIDENTS [...]	2004-12-13 14:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OEXC JO
04AMMAN9888	MEDIA REACTION ON UKRAINE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-14 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN9891	UNRWA SUCCESSION - UNRWA STAFF AND DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. UNRWA's small cadre of reformist senior managers are resigning themselves to the growing possibility the SYG will extend Peter Hansen's tenure as UNRWA ComGen. They fear that major donors' inability to coalesce around a viable alternative, combined with the fact that [...]	2004-12-14 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN9898	IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN [...] (U) The International Organization for Migration launched its Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program for Iraq from its Amman headquarters on December 12. Eligible Iraqis living outside Iraq will have the opportunity to register and vote in 14 countries, in the national assembly election. A si [...]	2004-12-14 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC IZ JO
04AMMAN9909	US-EU DIALOGUE ON MIDDLE EAST REFORM: JORDAN [...] As instructed reftel, Charge, accompanied by A/PolCouns and USAID officers, met December 7 to discuss reform programs per reftel with Angeline Eichhorst, Head of Operations for the European Commission (EC) delegation to Jordan. Also attending were representatives from the following ten of the [...]	2004-12-15 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI XF ECON EAID PGOV PREL JO
04AMMAN9915	NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC JO
04AMMAN9916	STAFFDEL GROVE MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Staffdel Grove on December 8, Prince Faisal advocated support for Jordan's current military funding request, focusing on border security needs. He presented a positive long-term view of Iraq and highlighted opportunity in the Arab-Israeli conflict, while dismissing Syria [...]	2004-12-15 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL MASS IZ JO
04AMMAN9917	JORDAN'S NON-U.S. AID FUNDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan receives substantial non-military aid from sources other than the U.S. Government. According to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC),non-U.S. development assistance pledged in 2004 amounted to US$141 million in grants and US$111 million in soft [...]	2004-12-15 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL JO
04AMMAN9945	QIZ'S PRESS GOVERNMENT; EDGY ABOUT EGYPTIAN QIZ'S, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented series of meetings with high government officials, Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) factory owners and zone operators have been pushing hard for reforms in key areas affecting their operations, from paperwork to Aqaba Port congestion to handling of a work [...]	2004-12-16 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL KTIA JO
04AMMAN9974	ILO CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYMENT IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) The International Labor Organization (ILO) sponsored a conference in Amman on the role of employment in the reconstruction of Iraq. The Iraqi Ministers of Labor and Planning attended, as well as representatives from international organizations, donor countries, and an Iraqi labor union. [...]	2004-12-16 15:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KDEM JO IZ
04ANKARA1005	AFGHANISTAN: MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA and TGS reached an agreement February 18 to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. MFA/TGS want to move quickly: their goal is to stand up a PRT by the time of the NATO Summit. MFA/TGS have asked for Washi [...]	2004-02-20 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1007	OUTREACH TO MUSLIM AUDIENCES IN TURKEY [...] While Turkey's 20th century history is completely different from other countries in the Greater Middle East, the issues we are dealing with in this 99 percent Muslim country are at their base only different in degrees. Like the rest of the region, Turkey has been governed by an elite intent [...]	2004-02-21 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL TU
04ANKARA1036	GEORGIAN FM JAPARIDZE'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Georgian FM Japaridze reportedly gave Turkish FM Gul a positive readout of President Saakashvili's recent Moscow trip but said Saakashvili had emphasized that Georgia will remain oriented toward the West, will insist on Russian withdrawal from bases in Georgia, and will not agree [...]	2004-02-23 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU
04ANKARA1037	DEMARCHE TO RENEW ISRAEL'S WEOG MEMBERSHIP: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IS PREL TU
04ANKARA1041	ISTANBUL SUMMIT: TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF GME BUT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and polmiloff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to sound out MFA's thinking about the Greater Middle East (GME) initiative at the Istanbul Summit after the late January visit to Washington of Ambassadors Sensoy and Morali. Ceylan said that Ambassadors Sensoy [...]	2004-02-24 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1055	Turkish Foreign Trade Official on Desirability [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) In a February 10 meeting with Econoffs and Econ Specialist on Iraq-Turkey transport and fuel trade issues (septel),Sevket Ilgac, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, also described Turkish thinking [...]	2004-02-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1058	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1060	NONPROLIFERATION CONSULTATIONS: TURKEY WILLING, [...] (S) Because the Ambassador's schedule did not allow for a timely delivery of reftel points, DCM delivered them to MFA Director General for International Security Affairs Morali on February 24. DCM emphasized that the disarmament of Libya has created an opportunity to learn more about how the K [...]	2004-02-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1061	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY FLOATS IDEA FOR VOLUNTARY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Energy Haki Akil told us the Foreign Ministry is launching a new initiative to reduce the transport of petroleum and refined products through the Turkish Straits. MFA is testing the interest of oil companies in an agreement on voluntary principles that would comm [...]	2004-02-24 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1086	TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN RISING TRUCKING COSTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish officials at the Trade Undersecretariat and Turkish Petroleum International (TPIC) warned that truck transport of fuel to Iraq under the contract with SOMO may be suspended due to higher fees paid to Turkish truckers. TPIC's contract called for fuel deliveries of 90,0 [...]	2004-02-25 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL SY TU
04ANKARA1087	IRAQI ASSETS: RAFIDAIN BANK [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04ANKARA112	IRAQ BORDER: TURKEY SAYS WILL BEGIN HABUR GATE [...] (SBU) The director of Turkey's Customs service, Under Secretary Nevzat Sayglioglu, told Econ Counselor that his SIPDIS agency has taken the necessary steps, including increasing customs personnel and addressing security issues, to improve the processing of traffic between Iraq and Turkey at [...]	2004-01-08 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1120	TURKEY HOSTS POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS ON [...] MFA hosted political consultations among Black Sea Force (BLACKSEAFOR) participants in Ankara on January 19. The joint press communique (para 2 below) explains that the group decided to focus BLACKSEAFOR activities on fighting terrorism. They also discussed the need to protect the Black Sea [...]	2004-02-26 08:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA1133	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA1135	TURKEY'S ATTENDANCE AT FEB 28-29 ABU DHABI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA114	TURKISH EXIMBANK SEEKING GOT APPROVALS FOR TRADE [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with a U.S. Eximbank official, Turkish Eximbank President Kilicoglu expressed strong determination to establish a credit facility for the Trade Bank of Iraq, but said he first had to obtain approval from a cabinet-level committee, which might take until February. K [...]	2004-01-08 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD TU IZ
04ANKARA1151	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN [...] (U) Regional Environment Officer briefed Health Ministry officials on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, per instructions reftel. Kamuran Ozden, Head of the Ministry's External Relations Department, was pleased to receive the information, adding that he agreed with the U.S. glob [...]	2004-02-27 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV PREL SENV SOCI TU
04ANKARA1155	LEYLA ZANA TRIAL - LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN [...] (U) An Ankara State Security Court February 20 ruled, for the 11th consecutive time, against a defense request to release Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs for the duration of their retrial. The decision came after lead defense attorney Yusuf Alatas argued, as he has in past heari [...]	2004-02-27 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1157	Pharmaceuticals Update: Multinationals [...] (SBU) U.S. companies have complained that a new GOT pricing caps threaten the commercial viability of many of their product lines, and could lead them to delay or suspend the launch of new pharmaceuticals in Turkey. In a letter to USTR, the Foreign Trade Undersecretary maintains that the GOT [...]	2004-02-27 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-08 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1208	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-01 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1228	Economic Partnership Commission: Update on [...] (SBU) MFA U/S Ziyal and U/S Larson agreed to discuss implementation of the Economic Partnership Commission Action Plan (ref c) by telephone at 10:30 EST on March 5. Embassy recommends that U/S Larson encourage Turkey to adhere to the economic reform program; press for resolution of U.S. busi [...]	2004-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
04ANKARA1230	TGS QUESTIONS ON GME [...] (C) In response to questions from the Turkish General Staff regarding the Greater Middle East Initiative, on February 27 deputy PolMil counselor met with TGS/J5 staff officers and, drawing on reftel, briefed them on the GME concept. They had already seen the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative [...]	2004-03-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL TU XF
04ANKARA1232	TERRORIST FINANCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATION IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has been unsuccessful in locating terrorist assets in its financial institutions or on its territory. Post believes that Turkey,s failure is a consequence of inherent limitations in Turkey,s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime. Although Post and other [...]	2004-03-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
04ANKARA1233	TURKEY: 2004 ANTI TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Embassy point of contact is David McFarland, who replaces Phil Kaplan following submission of this report. Kaplan (rank: FSO-03) spent approximately 100 hours in prepara [...]	2004-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA1234	Foreign Trade Official on WTO Negotiations, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Econoff, Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Husnu Dilemre and Department Head Hasan Yalcin expressed support for USTR Zoellick's efforts to establish positive momentum in the WTO negotiations, provided some details on the Turkey - Palestine FTA, [...]	2004-03-02 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA1237	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA125	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF REQUESTS INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) At the end of a meeting to discuss operating procedures related to the use of Incirlik Air Base to rotate US personnel in/out of Iraq (OIF-2),Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy J3 for Command and Control Major General Bulent Ozer told OD [...]	2004-01-08 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR MARR MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA1258	SCENESETTER FOR U/S GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO TURKEY: [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ankara is a key opportunity to explain the Greater Middle East Initiative (GME) and to listen to Turkey's ideas about GME. Although GME has generated considerable commentary, few here understand its methods or aims. Internally, Turkey's path towards EU accession [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA126	POLICE REMOVED FROM HUMAN RIGHTS BOARDS UNDER NEW [...] (C) Summary: Under a new GOT regulation, police and Jandarma have been removed from the provincial and subprovincial Human Rights Boards, and the overall proportion of public officials on the boards has been reduced. The regulation also provides more specific guidelines on how the boards are [...]	2004-01-08 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA127	CHARGE DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS WITH MFA [...] (U) Summary: Charge and Poloff met January 6 with MFA Deputy U/S Ertay and MFA Deputy DG Topcuoglu to discuss GOT efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and the upcoming State Department TIP Report. Topcuoglu said neither the GOT nor its NGO partner have been able to secure funding to [...]	2004-01-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA1275	CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder's February 23-24 visit to Turkey, the first by a German Chancellor in 11 years, yielded vigorous-sounding assertions of support for Turkey's EU aspirations. Amid good atmospherics, Schroeder urged the Turks to keep on track on human rights and Cyprus. End [...]	2004-03-03 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL TU
04ANKARA1276	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-03 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1287	MFA VIEWS VISIT OF GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AS [...] (U) Kemalettin Eruygur, chief of the MFA Deputy Directorate General for Western Europe, told us March 1 that he believes the February 15-17 visit to Turkey of German opposition CDU-CSU opposition leaders Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schauble was helpful for both sides, although neither side shif [...]	2004-03-03 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA129	IMF CONCERNS: POPULIST MEASURES CLOUD FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: According to IMF officials and market analysts, GOT decisions to increase both minimum wage and 2004 pension payments well above projected inflation have significantly complicated the outlook for achieving fiscal targets, and possibly inflation targets as well. Fund staff estimat [...]	2004-01-09 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1293	IRAQ: TURKEY STRONGLY CONDEMNS MARCH 2 TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1294	GOT PARTICIPATION IN ICAO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TU
04ANKARA1303	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1315	IRAQ: REPORTS OF OSMAN OCALAN SURRENDER HAVE [...] (U) Turkish and Iraqi Kurd press have reported between Feb. 27 and March 4 that PKK/KADEK/KONGRA-GEL leader Osman Ocalan and between 15 and 100 of his followers may have surrendered to US forces or to the KDP, and that Ocalan is negotiating with US reps in Mosul to continue his activities ther [...]	2004-03-04 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1316	TURKOMAN BOOKS SEIZED AT IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER - KDP [...] (C) On March 2, the Turkish MFA informed Post that a shipment of 8,000 books in Arabic being sent to Turkmen in Kirkuk by the Turkoman Cooperation and Cultural Foundation were seized and the Turkish citizen drivers of the trucks carrying the books detained by KDP officials at the Ibrahim Khali [...]	2004-03-04 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1317	IRAQ: TGS DEPUTY J-3 REPORTS KONGRA-GEL FRONT [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy J-3, MG Kalyoncu, and Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey, MG Peterson, MG Kalyoncu made the following points: --The Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party, the political front for the PKK/Kogra-Gel, has opened tw [...]	2004-03-04 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1318	TURKISH PRT PROPOSAL: HMG TELLS TURKS NO [...] (C) MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evergin informed PolMilCouns March 4 that the GOT had informed the UK of its intent to establish a PRT in Maimana, Afghanistan (reftels) on March 2. On March 4, HMG responded by informing the Turks that London intended to establish a PRT there and that Norway [...]	2004-03-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA1319	IMF NEAR AGREEMENT WITH GOT ON SEVENTH REVIEW [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk, the Fund Mission is near agrement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent for the Seventh Review. On the fiscal side, the GOT and Fund have agreed on measures to plug the 7 Quadrillion TL fiscal gap: increasing the cut in discr [...]	2004-03-04 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1324	QIZ FOLLOWUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA AND [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points urging the GOT to provide a unified and official response to our Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) proposal to Mehmet Gucuk, MFA Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Affairs, and to Osman Bekaroglu, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the F [...]	2004-03-05 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA1342	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1343	IRAQ: TURKEY TO TRAIN IRAQI DIPLOMATS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1345	NATO SYG COMES HAT IN HAND DURING FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his February 18 introductory visit to Ankara NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer met with President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul, and MND Gonul. His agenda included Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism and the Istanbul Summit. According to MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan, the SYG requested Turkey co [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS TU
04ANKARA1346	BOTAS SAYS SIX MILLION BARRELS OF IRAQI OIL NOW AT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1350	TURKISH COMPETITION POLICY - EU ACCESSION REQUIRES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to officials of the Representation of the European Commission to Turkey (EC Representation),over the past six years the Turkish Competition Authority (CA) has made good progress in those few sectors where it has chosen to focus. However, many sectors remain concentr [...]	2004-03-05 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU ECIN
04ANKARA1359	DEFENSE, PROSECUTION IN TORTURE CASE BLAST U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Both the prosecution and defense in the death-in-detention case of Birtan Altinbas March 5 criticized a letter from the Secretary to FM Gul raising concerns about the trial. The attorneys accused the U.S. of interfering with the independence of the judiciary. The lead prosecuting [...]	2004-03-05 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA136	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE [...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...]	2004-01-09 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU
04ANKARA1360	IRAQ: TURKEY SLAMS TAL [...] (C) Summary: GOT reacts harshly to the terms of the TAL. It views the process as undemocractic; the result as a pure ethnic federation dividing Iraq; and the treatment of the Turkomen as belittling. The result is inconsistent with the presentation to date by the U.S. including in the recent [...]	2004-03-05 21:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA137	GOT to Announce Data Exclusivity Policy Soon: Need [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Prompted by the need to respond to the European Commission's decision last month to examine pharmaceuticals trade policies, the GOT is likely to announce its plans to implement data exclusivity protection for p [...]	2004-01-09 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA1372	TURKEY WARILY EMBRACING PSI [...] (C) TGS Deputy J-5 MG Arslan told Pol-Mil Counselor February 18 that the GOT intended to act primarily as an observer of PSI in 2004 and planned more active participation in PSI activities in 2005. Earlier Arslan had joked with PolMilOff that Turkey planned to be involved in PSI "as little as [...]	2004-03-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA1373	TURKEY WANTS TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials say Turkey wants to begin a dialogue with Syria and Iraq, leading to a comprehensive water sharing/management agreement for the Tigris-Euphrates basin, part of an effort by the Turkish government to contribute to stability in the region. They say that in the comin [...]	2004-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA1378	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP HONES IN ON TU-US [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) hosted a working level meeting of the Caucasus Working Group (CWG) February 16-17 in Ankara. The US side was led by ECJ5-E (RUE) Caucasus AO, LTC Albert Zaccor, who was accompanied by ECJ5-E Turkey AO, Lt Col Rob Hopkins. Representatives of the Embassy's Pol [...]	2004-03-08 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA1379	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-08 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1383	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: MFA WILLING TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE [...] (C) Drawing upon ref a talking points, Pol-Mil Counselor stressed to MFA NATO and Afghanistan Affairs Department officials the importance of strong allied contributions to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. He also urged Turkey to be flexible with regard to its proposed PRT as the GOT works with [...]	2004-03-09 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1385	TURKEY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-09 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SNAR TU
04ANKARA1386	Civair Safety/Security Update [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 10. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) In March 5 discussions on air safety and security issues, GOT officials told us that transport and security officials had not yet taken a policy decision on Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') emergenc [...]	2004-03-09 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
04ANKARA1393	BELBASI INSTALLATION AND THE ACTIVATION OF A NEW [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) advising that Turkey had fulfilled its procedures to ratify the agreement signed on February 8, 2000 between the US and Turkey concerning the closure of th [...]	2004-03-09 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PARM TU
04ANKARA14	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1418	TURKEY: LEADING KURDS IN ANKARA DIVIDED ON SPLITS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish DEHAP leaders in Ankara have asserted to us that apparent splits in terrorist Kongra Gel and in the Kurdish DEHAP are ephemeral. While allowing that a "misunderstanding" arose in Kongra Gel, they deny its seriousness and claim the dispute is being exaggerated by local med [...]	2004-03-09 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1420	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1422	Southeast Turkish Sunni religious leader on [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent southeast Turkey Kurdish Sunni religious leader, or sheikh, from the Nakshibendi tarikat made a call on AMCONSUL Adana PO on March 1 and generally reflected a state of malaise in the region. He said that people in the region are wary of AKP and see the party as mo [...]	2004-03-10 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA1423	Prime Minister leads AK Party press to win two [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TU
04ANKARA1436	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 5 meeting, Ambassador solicited main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal's views of March 28 local elections. Throughout the discussion, Baykal attempted to downplay the importance of the elections and seemed resigned to a poor CHP showing. [...]	2004-03-10 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1437	BANK REGULATORS GRAPPLE WITH FAILED BANK OWNERS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The recently-appointed management of the now-separate bank regulatory agencies are struggling to deal with a range of issues relating to the failed banks. Having moved decisively to seize Uzan group companies, the new Deposit Guarantee Fund Chairman told Econcouns he will try to [...]	2004-03-10 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1445	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1446	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 2 meeting, Ambassador solicited opposition Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Nesrin Nas's views on March 28 local elections. Throughout the discussion, Nas showed amazingly little concern for the poor showing she admitted her party would have, and offered no strategy for [...]	2004-03-11 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1448	TURKEY AND THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) During the February 18 US-Turkey Joint Staff Talks in Ankara, Turkish Air Force officers expressed interest in exploring ways the US and Turkey could expedite the processing of Turkey's requests to provide US-origin equipment and services [...]	2004-03-11 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS TU
04ANKARA1458	AT PM'S URGING, STATE DROPS CASE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (U) Prosecutors failed to attend the March 9 hearing of a case against the leadership of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF),apparently in line with a high-level GOT decision to allow the case to be closed. 2. (U) HRF operates five torture treatment centers in Turkey and serves as a cleari [...]	2004-03-11 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1474	TURKS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) MFA officials characterized Afghan Minister of Defense Fahim Khan's March 8-11 visit to Turkey as successful in terms of beginning the process of building lasting relations with a key Afghan figure. Fahim, who was in Ankara at the invitation of the GOT, met separately with TGS CHOD GEN Oz [...]	2004-03-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 05:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1482	TURKEY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION AT BERLIN [...] Turkey's Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Ambassador Ahmet Okcun, confirmed that Turkey will attend the Berlin meeting. He said Foreign Minister Gul hopes to lead the Turkish delegation but faces some scheduling conflicts. Okcun was pleased to hear that Secretary Powell would be in [...]	2004-03-12 06:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA1487	DEMARCHE ON UNCTAD XI TRADE ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA149	TURKEY PLEASED WITH ISRAELI CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Turkey is pleased with the decision (reftel) of the Israeli Cabinet to approve the broad outlines of the sale of fresh water from Turkey to Israel. MFA's Transboundary Waters Chief, Mithat Rende, said that Israeli working level officials had been in Ankara recently to agree on the text of [...]	2004-01-09 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IS PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1491	TURKS READY TO SEND POLICE TRAINERS TO JORDAN [...] MFA provided to us March 11 a list of 31 police trainers that the GOT is preparing to send to the Iraqi police training facility outside Amman. MFA Deputy Iraq Coordinator Ethem Tokdemir told us that they could be ready to travel as early as March 31. While most are general police trainers, [...]	2004-03-12 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ JO MARR PGOV PREL EAID TU
04ANKARA1500	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1502	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON OECD DECISION-MAKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TU
04ANKARA1507	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]	2004-03-12 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1510	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: [...] (Sbu) At a meeting March 9 with Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of strengthening Turkey's regime for combatting the financing of terrorism. In this context, the Ambassador raised the Global Relief Foundation/Marwan Haddad case, about which the Departmen [...]	2004-03-15 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PTER TU
04ANKARA1511	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE: [...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...]	2004-03-15 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA152	CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOLOCAUST [...] As requested reftel, post contacted Curriculum Board (Board of Education) officials at the GOT Ministry of Education, which determines the national curriculum and sets guidelines for all textbooks used in public and private schools in Turkey. According to our contacts, there are a) no natio [...]	2004-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TU
04ANKARA1521	GOT PROPOSES LANGUAGE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA U/S Ziyal passed Ambassador Edelman a GOT proposal for revised language on the Financial Agreement Amendment, changing "conditions" to "stipulations" and stating "the determination of which, for the U.S. side is a biding requ [...]	2004-03-15 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1532	TENSIONS REMAIN IN SOUTHEAST, DESPITE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeast Turkey want the U.S. to solve the Kurdish problem internationally as part of the Greater Middle East Initiative. They criticize the USG decision to list PKK successor Kongra Gel as a terrorist organization, arguing that the GOT should negotiate with Kongra Gel [...]	2004-03-15 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
04ANKARA1535	NON-PAPERS SUBMITTED TO MFA REGARDING IRAQI TRAVEL [...] On March 4, 2004, Chief of Section met with Haluk Aca, Head of the Visa Department at the MFA to discuss GOT acceptance of Iraqi diplomatic and service (official) passports and the Interim Travel Document for visa issuance. She also provided him a copy of the revised CPA Order [...]	2004-03-15 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT
04ANKARA1539	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1541	NORTHERN IRAQ: RAISING THE END OF PMF WITH D/CHOD [...] (S/NF) The visit to Washington of Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief General Basbug presents an excellent opportunity to discreetly suggest to the Turks that they unilaterally declare the Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq a success and close the force down, per recommendations Ref A [...]	2004-03-16 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA1542	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO IDEA OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Energy Hakki Akil asked March 12 for an initial USG reaction to the Ministry's initiative (reftel) to obtain agreement on voluntary principles committing oil companies to reduce the flow of oil throug [...]	2004-03-16 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1559	LEYLA ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS BOYCOTT TRIAL [...] (U) Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs declined to attend the March 12 hearing of their retrial, a protest against reported comments by Justice Minister Cicek accusing them of "insulting" the court. Lead defense attorney Yusuf Alatas said the defendants will not attend any more hear [...]	2004-03-16 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA1577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-16 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1578	MIXED SIGNALS--OR WORSE--ON STATE BANK [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to World Bank and IMF officials, GOT officials up through Economy Minister Babacan have agreed on a strategy to privatize the state-owned Banks. The government will withdraw some state bank capital and gradually shrink the deposit base and government securities portfo [...]	2004-03-16 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1579	TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKEY APPRECIATES USG [...] (C) PolMilCouns briefed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya March 16 on the latest USG approach to EU members on extending the EU's terrorist financing designation of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to its successors, the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK) and the Kurdistan Pe [...]	2004-03-16 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
04ANKARA1583	TURKEY'S CANDIDATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Summary. The GOT is pressing the candidacy of Dr. Sevil Atasoy to the International Narcotics Control Board. Post requests guidance. End summary. 2. On 12 March, Econoff attended a presentation at the MFA, at which Dr. Sevil Atasoy, Turkey's nominee to the International Narcotics Contro [...]	2004-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SNAR TU
04ANKARA1585	GEORGIA ASKS TURKEY TO CLOSE BORDER, FREEZE AJARAN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Embassy says GOG asked Turkey March 15 to close its border crossing with Ajara and freeze Ajaran assets. Turks have temporized and probably will not respond positively. Turkish MFA Caucasus DDG Tezgor claims the GOT (1) supports Georgian territorial integrity and sove [...]	2004-03-17 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1595	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: PROGRESS IN TURKEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer and Emboff met with government and non-government organizations in Ankara and Trabzon February 23-24 to explore Turkey's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). An MFA official anti-TIP noted progress in training programs, provision of humanitarian visa [...]	2004-03-17 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA1598	IPR Training Needs and Best Practices [...] Post's answers to reftel questions are as follows: A.1. Post IP Training: Embassy Ankara has facilitated Turkish participation in several training programs on intellectual property (IP) protection. In August 2003, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs organized a three- week int [...]	2004-03-17 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA1605	Danistay Rules Against Cargill Zoning Amendment [...] (U) Last week, the Turkish Danistay (Council of State) upheld a lower Danistay ruling, which struck down the amendments to the Iznik Lake Environmental Development Plan which enabled Cargill to build its USD 90 million corn syrup plant. The Ministry of Public Works, the Prime Ministry, and Ca [...]	2004-03-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR TU
04ANKARA1607	AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON DRAFT LETTER OF INTENT, [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy ResRep confirmed to Econoffs that the IMF and GOT have reached agreement on a draft letter of intent (LOI),with only minor follow-up steps needed for the GOT to sign the actual LOI. Not coincidentally, on March 17 the Central Bank cut overnight interest rates by 2 percen [...]	2004-03-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1624	CLASHES IN NORTHERN SYRIA CAUSE CONCERN IN SE [...] (SBU) In response to the March 12 violence in Kamisli, Syria and neighboring area, Turkish officials temporarily closed the nearby Nusaybin border gate to both entry and exit, fearing the violence would spread to the Turkish side. On March 16, consulate personnel spoke with the Nusaybin subg [...]	2004-03-18 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1630	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (U) Turkish MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu called DCM March 17 on instruction from FM Gul to pass on the contents of a phone conversation between Gul and Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) leader Faruk Abdulrahman, who called in from Kirkuk. Abdulrahman told Gul that his [...]	2004-03-18 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1643	DEFENSE IN ALTINBAS CASE PROTESTS U.S. "PRESSURE" [...] (U) Defense attorneys for police officers indicted in the death-in-detention case of Birtan Altinbas continued March 18 to argue that "U.S. pressure" is preventing them from properly defending their clients. As in the previous hearing (reftel A),the attorneys noted that the case was mentioned [...]	2004-03-18 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1644	Adana Governor, Jandarma and Air Force leadership [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the 39th Air Base Wing March 12 change of command, Adana governor Kemal Onal, as well as area Jandarma and Air Force generals, approached PO to urge the U.S. to take near-term action against KHK/Kongra Gel in northern Iraq. Adana Jandarma Major General Abdulk [...]	2004-03-18 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC TU
04ANKARA1649	IRAQI TURKMEN CULTURAL AND SOLIDARITY ASSOC. [...] (SBU) On March 17, two representatives of the Iraqi Turkmen Cultural and Solidarity Association, Abbas Turkmen and Tahsin Saaci, called on PolMilOff to deliver a letter to President Bush (text at para 3) complaining about Iraq's Transitional Administrative Law (TAL),and said their main concer [...]	2004-03-18 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1652	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GME, CYPRUS WITH TURKEY'S NSC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish NSC SecGen Sariisik welcomed hearing more about the Greater Middle East Initiative when the Ambassador called on him March 17. Sariisik and his deputy, LTG Uzun, had questions about the GME and the role the USG envisages for Turkey. They were careful in underscoring the [...]	2004-03-18 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ANKARA1665	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-19 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1674	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-19 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1675	GOT'S COUNTERPROPOSAL ON CFE INSPECTION PROCEDURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) On March 18, MFA Head of Department for Disarmament Affairs, Bulent Meric delivered the GOT's counter proposal for the CFE host country agreement proposal that was conveyed to the Turks (ref. A). The body of the letter as follows. 3 [...]	2004-03-19 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1698	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-22 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA17	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: NO IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DIP [...] (U) Post delivered the diplomatic note contained in para 5 of ref b (as amended per ref a) to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Meral Barlas January 2 (DDG Ilicak and Department Head Erginay were unavailable). Barlas read the note and said she would forward it to senior MFA officials. S [...]	2004-01-02 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1700	Persistence of Aviation-Related Gap in Border [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paras 10 and 11. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) GOT and Turkish Airlines officials told us that, despite a recent decision to institute border and customs controls at the first airport of entry, the current gap in border security may persist int [...]	2004-03-22 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
04ANKARA1709	IRAQI/CPA-TURKEY TRADE TALKS HELD IN ANKARA, MARCH [...] (SBU) Iraqi/CPA-Turkey trade talks in Ankara, March 10-11 laid out positions of both sides on a range of bilateral trade issues, including energy, water, bilateral trade agreements and the possibility of opening a second border gate. While talks on most issues were characterized by active par [...]	2004-03-23 06:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD MOPS MARR TU IZ

04ANKARA1710	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: POLLSTERS SEE HUGE [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of pollsters and political scientists predicted to Ambassador March 18 that the ruling AKP will win between 45-55 percent of the vote in March 28 municipal elections. AKP's success will create high public expectations, which the party may have trouble meeting. Meanwhile [...]	2004-03-23 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1711	AFGHAN COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Coordinator Taylor held wide-ranging and candid consultations with MFA and TGS officials in Ankara on March 12. Turkish officials stressed the theme of "Afghanistan for Afghans" throughout the talks, arguing their commitment to stabilization and reconstruction efforts ther [...]	2004-03-23 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1717	SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, Batman, Mardin, Nusaybin and Sanliurfa. The primary issues that emerged in meetings with academicians, medical and legal professionals, politicians, local ad [...]	2004-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1752	MINORITIES BOARD REVIEWING APPOINTMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: Caught off-guard by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's appointment of six non-Turkish citizens to his Holy Synod, Turkish officials are not certain how to react, but say GOT is reviewing the move. Part of the difficulty the authorities face is that Bartholomew's move exposes the [...]	2004-03-23 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1766	TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT'S NON-PRO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY TU
04ANKARA1767	TURKEY HAS HIGH HOPES FOR NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 08:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TU
04ANKARA1770	TURKEY WILL SUPPORT UNEP UNIVERSAL MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SENV TU
04ANKARA1786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1804	EARLY SNOW MELT FORCES LARGE WATER RELEASE FROM [...] An early snow-melt in north-eastern Turkey filled Turkey's Euphrates dams, forcing authorities to release a record amount of water downstream to Syria and Iraq. For ten days beginning March 11, and for the first time since building the dams, Turkey opened reservoir spillways to release as mu [...]	2004-03-25 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA1806	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 53 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-25 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA1813	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-26 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1833	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE WEST [...] (C) Summary: The ruling AKP's chances of winning municipalities in the Aegean region is hampered by the party's uninspiring candidates. Rather than build support through intense door-to-door campaigning, AKP is relying on the popularity of P.M. Erdogan and the AKP "brand" to attract voters. [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1834	AK PARTY'S WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Candidates running against ruling AK Party (AKP) in the western Black Sea region appear to be holding their own as they approach March 28 local election. At the same time they accuse AKP of using "bribes and blackmail" to influence voters. They assert AKP's national success is du [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1835	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: AKP POISED FOR [...] Summary: Hampered by unorganized, uninspiring candidates, AKP's chances in the Anatolian provinces of Konya, Aksaray, and Sivas are based more on PM Erdogan's national popularity than any local candidate or particular platform. Except in rare races where opposition is organized and effective, [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1838	COURT CONVICTS FOUR TO LIGHT SENTENCES IN ALTINBAS [...] (U) Summary: An Ankara court March 26 convicted four police officers and sentenced them to four years, five months imprisonment each for torturing and killing Hacettepe University student Birtan Altinbas in 1991. The court acquitted four co-defendants and continued proceedings against two oth [...]	2004-03-26 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1840	THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING; ANKARA'S [...] (U) Summary: Iraq and Turkey agreed in December 2003 to build a second border crossing; however, they have not been able to reach agreement on the location and associated issues, such as the connecting road in Iraq and financing (ref b). Although the backlog at the border has improved somew [...]	2004-03-27 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA1842	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF [...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]	2004-03-27 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1847	RULING AK PARTY'S BIG WIN IN LOCAL ELECTIONS: HOW [...] () Summary: Ruling AK Party's (AKP) strong but not overwhelming win in March 28 elections appears to open the way for PM Erdogan to continue to press ahead with an agenda of change and reform. At the same time, the win leaves core elements of the Turkish State -- already deeply distrustful of [...]	2004-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1854	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1861	ANOTHER INVESTMENT PROBLEM: THE CASE OF THE OIL [...] (SBU) Lawyers representing U.S.-based Toreador Resources Corporation called on the Ambassador March 22 to seek the Mission's assistance in resolving a problem that is preventing Toreador from repatriating the proceeds of its $53 million capital investment in Turkey. They explained that the [...]	2004-03-29 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET PREL TU
04ANKARA1877	PRELIMINARY TURKISH REACTION TO AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1881	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE TO GOT ON ALLIED [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA DDG for NATO and International Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan March 30. He said the USG strongly supports NATO's expansion of ISAF and SACEUR GEN Jones' statement that Allies must fill the critical shortfalls of the CJSOR before Stage I can [...]	2004-03-30 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA1917	Background for USTR Zoellick's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Turkish trade officials tell us that, in the April 5 meeting with USTR Robert Zoellick, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen plans to focus on multilateral trade issues. The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat told us it believes that USTR's January 2004 letter to counterparts has revitalized the WT [...]	2004-04-01 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX KIPR TU
04ANKARA1926	STRONGER THAN EXPECTED 2003 GDP GROWTH; MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: Final numbers released March 31 show Turkey's GNP grew 5.9 percent in 2003, well above the market consensus forecast of 5.2 percent. For 2004, there is a significant divergence of views among Turkish economists -- both inside and outside the GOT -- with some forecasting growth a [...]	2004-04-01 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA1928	SCENESETTER FOR THE APRIL 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been more than a year since the 1 March vote and 6 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is best approached from a [...]	2004-04-02 06:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CY IZ TU
04ANKARA1929	TURK TELEKOM PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Privatization Authority (PA) official, the PA is trying to apply lessons learned from the aborted privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations (Ref) to the Turk Telekom (TT) privatization: Managing the expectations of potential investors, public officials and o [...]	2004-04-02 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA1936	EXPORT CONTROL COOPERATION WITH TURKEY [...] (S) Pol-Mil counselor delivered ref a demarche to MFA DDG for Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Haluk Ilicak April 2. Noting that Turkey's strategic location makes it a high-risk country for transit and transshipment of WMD-related material, he stressed the importance of the US and Turkey [...]	2004-04-02 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1988	ILSA DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points April 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil, pointing out that development of a pipeline to carry Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey would raise serious issues related to both U.S. law (ILSA) and U.S. policy. Per reftel, A/DCM stresse [...]	2004-04-05 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG AU TU IR
04ANKARA1989	Update on Civair Safety Security; Civair [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Acting DCM pressed the Acting Transport Ministry Undersecretary for GOT action on air safety and security deficiencies in an April 1 meeting. The Undersecretary told us that the GOT was working on remedies for these probl [...]	2004-04-06 07:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR BEXP TU
04ANKARA2	BSE Notification to Turkish Government [...] ON DECEMBER 30, AGCOUNSELOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS FROM REFTEL CONCERNING BSE TO THE TURKISH DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DIRECTOR OF PROTECTION AND CONTROL, TURKEY'S VETERINARY AND QUARANTINE SERVICE. ON DECEMBER 24TH, THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY ISSUE A REGULATION BANNING I [...]	2004-01-02 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA2007	MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...]	2004-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2008	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 04:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2010	TURKISH MEDIA: REQUEST TO TAPE A PRIME-TIME [...] Post strongly supports the request of prominent Turkish national security strategist Faruk Demir and centrist daily "Aksam"'s Ankara bureau chief Nuray Basaran to tape an interview with Secretary Powell to feature as the inauguration, or one of the first broadcasts, of their new, prime-time TV [...]	2004-04-07 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2013	PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH TURKEY ON EU ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 31 Ankara meetings, EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries 1) discussed opportunities for U.S. support of Turkey's EU candidacy and 2) encouraged a renewed GOT emphasis on meeting Copenhagen criteria. Ries noted that high profile solutions including, e.g., reopening Halki Seminary, removi [...]	2004-04-07 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2025	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2026	TURKEY'S CYPRUS ENDGAME [...] (C) Summary: Assuming an April 24 approval by both Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Turkey's AKP government is poised to play out its Cyprus endgame with the military, President Sezer, and the Parliament. In a stormy April 5 meeting of Turkey's National Security Council (NSC),the military and P [...]	2004-04-07 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2031	New Intellectual Property Legislation Enters [...] (U) Legislation enacted in March contains several strong anti-piracy provisions, including a ban on street sales of all copyright products and authorization for law enforcement authorities to take action without a complaint by the rightholder. However, some in the intellectual property indust [...]	2004-04-08 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2054	IRAQ: TURKISH FM SAYS TURKEY WON'T SEND TROOPS, [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref A demarche requesting supportive public statements about coalition action against Jaysh al-Mahdi in Iraq to the Turkish MFA Iraq desk April 5. At time of delivery the Turks made no comment. On April 8, Turkish FM Gul, as reported in Refs A and B, said the future dispat [...]	2004-04-09 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA2071	Pharmaceuticals Update: GOT's Unsatisfactory [...] (SBU) The Health Ministry has proposed a data exclusivity strategy predicated on implementation at the end of 2007, and with an effective term of less than three years. The research-based pharmaceutical industry is reacting very negatively, and the Embassy has again weighed in on this issue. [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2074	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING [...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2075	PRESENTING DEPARTMENT REACTION TO MFA VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA2076	Trafficking in Persons: HRDF Reports Recent [...] To establish a network among non-governmental organizations in Turkey and regional countries affected by human trafficking; 2. To provide training for government officers to refresh and consolidate on the recent amendments of Turkish Penal Code an [...]	2004-04-09 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2077	MARKET CORRECTION DESPITE CONTINUED POSITIVE MACRO [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 8, Turkish financial markets experienced one of the few significant corrections in recent months, with interest rates blipping back up over 22 percent, the lira falling to TL 1.334 million to the dollar and the stock market falling 3.10 percent. A confluence of negative [...]	2004-04-09 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2078	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: WHAT IS THE [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's reforms in pursuit of Turkey's EU candidacy suggest there is truth in his assertions that he and AKP hew to western concepts of democracy. At the same time, many in AKP and the Turkish "secular" establishment worry that because Erdogan and other AKP founders came out [...]	2004-04-09 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA21	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...]	2004-01-05 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA2107	Iraq: Turkish Foreign Trade's Questions on [...] (U) This cable contains action requests for the Dept/CPA. See para 12. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) Foreign Trade officials formally requested additional information on the implementation of the Iraq reconstruction levy on April 15, and suggested that it be collected at final destina [...]	2004-04-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA211	USG-SOURCED WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE MIXES [...] (C) Summary: A January 9 article in the Wall Street Journal that quotes U.S. officials and misleadingly links the review of U.S. global defense posture to the commencement of the rotation of U.S. troops to and from Iraq through the Incirlik Air Base was ill-timed and has complicated the Miss [...]	2004-01-13 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAO TU IZ
04ANKARA2111	TURKEY EAGER TO OPERATIONALIZE SPACE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Col. Yavuz Goker April 7 to discuss the status of US-Turkey space cooperation. Goker said the TUAF had decided what it needed in a space program and was now considering how to get there. He outlined Turkey's goals in the field of space [...]	2004-04-12 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA2119	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION CHP LEADER BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP chairman Baykal and his allies in the party continue their campaign of denial in the face of fierce intra-party criticism. Their hold on the party leadership appears solid for now, following a marathon of recent meetings in which CHP members at all levels -- most of [...]	2004-04-13 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2137	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2138	Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...]	2004-04-13 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA214	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-13 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2143	TURKEY THREATENS RETALIATION IF KDP CONTINUES TO [...] (C) In a meeting on another subject, MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu complained to DCM about indiscriminate KDP detention of Turks/Turkomen in Iraq. Burcuoglu gave the DCM a list of the Turkomen who are, to the best of GOT's knowledge, currently being held in Iraq. One, Mr. Murat Ziya i [...]	2004-04-14 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA215	TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]	2004-01-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA2152	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...]	2004-04-14 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2153	CHP'S KEMAL DERVIS: THIS PLOUGH CAN'T SCOUR [...] (C) Summary: CHP deputy Kemal Dervis April 13 resigned as party Vice Chairman and from his position on CHP's executive board. Our contacts say Dervis will not challenge current CHP chairman Baykal and will instead engage in a "war of ideas" versus the party's statist hardliners. The ability [...]	2004-04-14 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2154	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 04:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2158	GOT RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON QIZ, BUT SEEKS [...] The GOT sent an official, positive response via diplomatic note (see para 2) to ref A points on whether to proceed with consultations with the Congress on Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) legislation. The dipnote requests that the QIZ bill drop the clause allowing the U.S. side to exclude ad [...]	2004-04-15 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA217	LIBYA: EXTENSION OF IEEPA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points concerning extension of Libya sanctions to Kemal Tuzun, MFA's head of department for the Middle East and North Africa, on January 12. Tuzun stated that the GOT welcomed recent positive steps taken by Libya in a number of areas, especially the commitment to [...]	2004-01-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KNNP LY MNUC PARM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA218	UPDATE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) In Ambassador's January 12 conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal, as well as in his recent discussions with the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Unakitan, and State Minister Babacan, the Turks have acknowledged that the complications surrounding the conditionality in the Financial Agreement are [...]	2004-01-13 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2181	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AL BK BU GR HR KSEI MD MK PREL RO SR TU EUN
04ANKARA2185	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2186	CASE AGAINST ATTACKERS OF CHRISTIAN CONVERT DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: A court in northwestern Turkey postponed for 15 months the trial of three suspects accused of severely beating a Christian convert from Islam for performing missionary work, causing him to suffer a coma. The delay was approved ostensibly in order to evaluate the extent of the vic [...]	2004-04-15 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2189	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM, TIP, AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Justice Minister Cicek, the Ambassador praised GOT human rights reforms and encouraged further progress in the run-up to the December EU Summit. He recommended the Embassy and GOT establish a regular exchange of information on trafficking in persons (T [...]	2004-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EINV KCRM KWMN JO TU
04ANKARA2192	INFORMATION ON BIFA BISCUITS [...] (U) This is a response to Reftel. 2. (SBU) Econ/Ankara made discreet inquiries through relevant Turkish authorities on BIFA Biscuits and obtained the following information. 3. (SBU) BIFA Biscuits is located in Karaman/Konya, but has an exporting office based in Istanbul. Adress in K [...]	2004-04-16 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU
04ANKARA2195	SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMY MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (Sbu) Summary: Economy Minister Ali Babacan comes to Washington after the IMF's Seventh Review and several months of better-than-expected macroeconomic performance. Senior USG interlocutors could usefully use the meetings to praise GOT accomplishments while warning against complacency, reiter [...]	2004-04-16 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP PREL TU
04ANKARA2198	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial local FSN tr [...]	2004-04-16 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2200	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2201	THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING: PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff shared U.S. proposal (ref b) for a TDA study of the Iraqi and Turkish proposals for a second border crossing. MFA DDG Sakir Fakili said Turkey had nearly completed its own study, but was open to all suggestions and would respond to the TDA idea after consulting with othe [...]	2004-04-16 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA2204	TURKISH CHOD OZKOK GIVES DELPHIC MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Most Turkish commentators interpreted CHOD Ozkok's careful April 13 remarks on Cyprus as a signal the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not oppose Turkish Cypriot or Turkish parliamentary acceptance of the draft Cyprus settlement. A number of observers, however, taking into account [...]	2004-04-16 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
04ANKARA2206	TURKEY AND NORTHERN IRAQ: KONGRA GEL (KGK) MITIGATION STRATEGY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(c) and (d). 2. (S) Summary: We agree with CPA that Turkish troops in northern Iraq could become a problem after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty, but Embassy Ankara does not believe the approach recommended in reftel will work wi [...]	2004-04-17 06:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
04ANKARA2210	TURKEY: NAMES, TITLE, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Below is Mission's response to reftel regarding updated contact information for senior Turkish officials (April 16, 2004). Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister Comment: Erdogan does not speak English. To reach the P.M., contact one of the officials listed below: (a) Chief Foreign Po [...]	2004-04-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2214	TURKISH LAWS REGARDING CARGO HANDLING [...] The Turkish Customs Undersecretariat provided information in response to questions on cargo handling posed in reftel. The following is an informal Embassy translation of Customs' written response. 2. Begin Embassy Translation of Customs U/S Note: Shipping/Cargo Manifests: Carg [...]	2004-04-19 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PARM PREL EWWT KNNP TU
04ANKARA2218	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2004-04-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2224	TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC AMBASSADORS ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S briefed UNSC member state ambassadors on April 19 about possible UNSC action over the next several days. Ilkin explained that the SYG will issue a report, and the agreement will go to the UNSC to endorse the Foundation Agreement and authorize a UN peacekeeping force [...]	2004-04-20 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2226	EXBS: PROGRAM ADVISOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM EAID KSTC TU
04ANKARA2231	TURKISH MFA LAYS OUT SERIOUS BUT FIXABLE PROBLEMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott Turkish MFA officials laid out objections to the timing and language of the draft UNSCR on Cyprus. The Turks prefer a UNSCR be passed after the [...]	2004-04-20 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA224	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP CAUSING STIR OVER INCIRLIK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP is trying to make hay over the public disclosure of the arrangement to allow U.S. troops to rotate out of and to Iraq using Incirlik air base. CHP M.P.s argue that the decision is against the constitution and complain that the AK Party Government still refuses to sh [...]	2004-01-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA226	PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...]	2004-01-14 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2268	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2282	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2283	CONTINUING TURKISH CONCERNS WITH DRAFT CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin called Ambassador Edelman on April 21 to express continuing Turkish concerns about the effect of the current draft Cyprus UNSCR. Ilkin expressed three concerns; MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman expressed the same concerns in a separate call to poloff. 2. (C) F [...]	2004-04-21 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2289	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche April 21 to MFA Deputy Director General in charge of the OIC/ICFM Mehmet Kemal Bozay. Bozay said he would forward the U.S. points to the Turkish delegation in Malaysia, which is led by State Minister Besir Atalay and includes MFA Deputy Director General for the [...]	2004-04-21 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ XF
04ANKARA2291	TURKEY'S GREYING WOLVES: RIGHTIST-NATIONALIST MHP [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of rightist-nationalist MHP are spinning March 28 municipal election results as a victory. According to at least one MHP official, however, the party had expected a better showing. Although MHP leaders profess a desire to bring the party into the mainstream, party policie [...]	2004-04-21 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2292	UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON-PROLIFERATION: TURKS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL
04ANKARA2293	AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY [...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...]	2004-04-21 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2294	TURKISH STATE SECURITY COURT RE-CONVICTS LEYLA ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; VERDICT WILL BE APPEALED [...] (U) Summary: An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) April 21 re-convicted Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs charged with being members of the terrorist PKK, ending a contentious 13-month retrial that has been widely criticized by human rights advocates and EU parliamentarians as unfai [...]	2004-04-22 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA23	MFA U/S Ziyal Letter to U/S Larson on EPC [...] MFA transmitted a letter from Undersecretary Ziyal to U/S Larson via diplomatic note on the Economic Partnership Commission. In the letter, Ziyal affirms the importance of the economic reform program, addressing investment issues, moving forward on a Turkey Qualifying Industrial Zone, and co [...]	2004-01-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA2304	MARITIME SECURITY COLLECTIVE: YES FROM TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAIR ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA231	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Iraq 2. Cyprus Can't We be More Transparent? Sami Kohen observed in the mass appeal Milliyet (1/14): "There is no meaning and no benefit in equating the use of Incirlik air base for the US troop rotation with the March 1 decree. The TGS and the Government already announced that the Jun [...]	2004-01-14 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2321	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2324	TURKISH MARKET SWINGS OVER CYPRUS REFERENDUM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat today in the final day of trading before Saturday's referendum in Cyprus. The relative calm came after a week in which the IMKB-100 bounced up and down as sentiment shifted on prospects for a favorable outcome to the vote. A strong rally lat [...]	2004-04-22 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2327	OPPOSITION CHP: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND [...] (C) Summary: Unable to look at the beam in their own eye to understand their own responsibility for CHP's serious decline, CHP leader Baykal and others in his circle are looking for a mote in the U.S.'s eye as they accuse the USG of actively seeking Baykal's ouster. All the while rebels in CH [...]	2004-04-23 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2330	PRESIDENTIAL CABINET CHIEF ATACANLI ON CYPRUS, [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, President Sezer's Cabinet Chief (also Senior Foreign Policy Adviser and Spokesman) Atacanli told Ambassador that Sezer remains concerned with making a Cyprus agreement primary EU law, and with implementation of the agreement's property arrangements. In the event of [...]	2004-04-26 07:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2332	TURKISH MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS IN RUN-UP TO POTUS [...] As we approach the June 26-29 POTUS visit to Turkey for bilateral meetings in Ankara and the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkish press interest in the visit is building. The embassy has received numerous requests from Turkish media outlets to interview USG principals in the run-up to the visit, a [...]	2004-04-26 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OVIP TU

04ANKARA2334	INDUSTRY MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CARGILL [...] (SBU) On April 21, the Ambassador met with Industry and Commerce Minister Ali Coskun to press for resolution of U.S. company disputes, particularly Cargill,s zoning issue. Highlighting the importance of foreign direct investment for raising living standards and the opportunities to showcase th [...]	2004-04-26 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV TU
04ANKARA2335	New Intellectual Property Legislation [...] In March, the Turkish Parliament enacted copyright- related legislation which bans street sales of all copyright products, authorizes law enforcement authorities to take action without a complaint by the rightholder, but reduces sanctions for pirates (reftel). The following unofficial trans [...]	2004-04-26 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2336	INFORMATION ON TURKISH FOREIGN FREE TRADE [...] (U) THE TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON TURKISH FREE ZONES (FZS) RULES AND APPLICATIONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN TRADE'S WRITTEN RESPONSE: 2. (U) BEGIN INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION: A. WITH TH [...]	2004-04-26 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
04ANKARA2341	TURKEY'S WAY FORWARD ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the wake of the GCs' "no," we need to move toward an eventual GC "yes" to the Burgenstock agreement. On the Turkish side, we should help Ankara preserve the its delicate balance for Cyprus settlement; encourage the Erdogan government to continue its "one step ahead" pol [...]	2004-04-26 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2345	EXBS: DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TRAINING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EXPERTS FROM DOE/NNSA AND DOE LABS HELD NUCLEAR EXPORT-RELATED CONSULTATIONS AND TRAINING IN TURKEY THE WEEK OF MARCH 15, 2004. THE USG TEAM PRESENTED A 2-DAY NUCLEAR-RELATED COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION TRAINING (CIT) SEMINAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKISH GOVERN [...]	2004-04-26 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2346	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with Minister of Health Recep Akdag, the Ambassador reiterated U.S. pharmaceutical companies' concerns about data exclusivity and the pricing decree under consideration by the GOT. The Minister pushed back, claiming that there were differences of interpretation o [...]	2004-04-26 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SENV
04ANKARA2359	SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu)Last week's Turkish market correction picked up steam this week with a strong sell-off in equity and currency markets and an uptick in Government securities' interest rates. Despite the Central Bank halting its foreign exchange purchase auctions, the TL hit 1.43 million to the USD Tuesday [...]	2004-04-27 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2360	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS U.S. ACTION AT UN, U.S. HELP [...] (C) Summary: In an April 27 meeting with DCM, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin requested that the U.S. push the UNSC for a Presidential Statement placing blame on the Greek Cypriots for failure to reach a Cyprus settlement. He also asked that the U.S. make concrete gestures toward Turkish Cypri [...]	2004-04-28 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2362	TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin urged UNSC country representatives on April 26 to support lifting the embargo on the "TRNC" and other measures to ameliorate the situation of the TCs following the GC "no" on April 24. He said Turkey is not asking for recognition of the "TRNC." Ilki [...]	2004-04-28 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2388	Some Turkish Ports May Miss ISPS Deadline [...] In an April 13 meeting with Econoff, Okay Kilic and Nihat Asan, Department Heads at the Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat, said that Turkish ships should be in compliance with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) by July 1, b [...]	2004-04-28 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD TU
04ANKARA2391	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2392	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2403	CYPRUS NEXT STEPS: GOT POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman April 28. He undertook to convey them to all other MFA officials involved on Cyprus before SRSG DeSoto's arrival in Ankara. In addition to meetings with MFA officials, DeSoto will meet with PM Erdogan and FM Gul. [...]	2004-04-29 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY ECON ETRD EU PREL TU
04ANKARA2404	DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche April 28 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun. He undertook to send reftel points, which we provided in written form, to the Turkish delegation in New York for their comment. The MFA will decide its position after receiving the delegation's opini [...]	2004-04-29 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL TU
04ANKARA2406	TURKEY CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN THE WILTON [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KPAO TU
04ANKARA2407	ESTABLISHING A US MISSION IN BAGHDAD: TURKEY [...] (SBU) On April 26, PolMilOff briefed Turkish MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erarslan on plans for establishing a US Mission in Baghdad. Erarslan's only comment was to ask whether the US Mission would retain control over elements of Iraqi sovereignty, and referred to recent public statements b [...]	2004-04-29 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA2419	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2422	TURKEY: MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO GME POINTS, [...] (C) In an April 29 meeting, Emboff delivered reftel talking points and draft papers to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Section Chief Hasan Sekizkok. Emboff 1) reviewed GME points raised by U/S Larson and A/S Burns during their April 13 briefing, 2) solicited tangible GOT input on developin [...]	2004-04-29 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PREL EAID XF PK TU
04ANKARA2424	TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Ambassador Edelman delivered reftel points to Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal on April 29. The Ambassador emphasized that although the draft Statement is not perfect from Turkey's perspective, the Turks should not let that stand in the way of agreeing to a good statement. The Ambassador specifical [...]	2004-04-29 16:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2425	PARLIAMENT TO REVIEW CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: The Turkish Parliament is set to review a 10-article package of constitutional amendments designed to bring Turkey closer to the Copenhagen Criteria for EU membership. The amendments would: abolish the State Security Courts (SSCs); open the military budget to court audit; remove [...]	2004-04-30 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2441	STICKER SHOCK: 50 BILLION EURO PRICE TAG TO BRING [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Representation in Ankara is pressing forward with pre-accession assistance of Euro 250 million in 2004, rising to Euro 1.4 billion in 2011, if accession negotiations are on track. However, in one sector, the environment, the cost to bring Turkey up to E [...]	2004-04-30 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN EU SENV TU
04ANKARA2446	SOUTHEAST TURKEY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PESSIMISTIC, [...] (C) Summary: Reporting officers traveling in southeast Turkey April 19-22 heard negative economic outlooks from a broad array of contacts, as well as reports of some continuing religious freedom restrictions. Contacts said implementation of the recently passed Turkish EU reform packet laws [...]	2004-04-30 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2452	FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OSCI TBIO TU
04ANKARA2453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2454	MFA'S LATEST PROPOSAL ON WORDING FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has passed back its latest counterproposal on wording for the proposed amendment to the U.S.-Turkish Financial Agreement (the FA). In the latest version from the MFA, Turkey is only proposing changes to the third paragraph to the latest U.S. draft amendment (version 13a, d [...]	2004-04-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA2457	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. TURKISH FM ABDULLAH GUL HOSTED A LUNCH FOR AMBASSADOR EDELMAN AND UK AMBASSADOR PETER WESTMACOTT TO THANK THEM FOR USG AND HMG EFFORTS TO SECURE A CYPRUS SETTLEMENT BEFORE MAY 1. AMBASSADOR EDELMAN ALSO HAD A SEPARATE 30 MINUTE MEETING TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES IN PREPARATI [...]	2004-05-03 09:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AM CY IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2465	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: MFA/TGS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns April 30 that MFA had just sent up for Foreign Minister Gul's approval the proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar. Ceylan, reiterating what his colleague told us a week earlier (reftel),emphasized that Takhar was the unanimous rec [...]	2004-05-03 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2467	GERMAN POLICE LIAISON'S TAKE ON TERROR FINANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. According to Heinrich Reiser, the German Police Liaison to Turkey, Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, MASAK, is not effective. Reiser considers the Turkish National Police (TNP) a much more effective partner in fighting terrorism financing and narcotics. End Summary. 2. [...]	2004-05-03 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER SNAR TU
04ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2475	TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH [...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...]	2004-05-03 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2477	TAXATION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA2484	TURKISH PARTICIPANTS IN EXBS EXECUTIVE FORUM IN [...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. On May 4, Embassy received a diplomatic note advising us of the Turkish participants in the subject forum. They are: Mr. Bulent Meric, Head of Arms Control and Disarmament Department, MFA (Head of Delegation) PPT: TR-Z 01886 [...]	2004-05-04 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP PARM TSPL KSTC PREL TU
04ANKARA2489	TURKS REORGANIZING MILITARY PROCUREMENT WHILE [...] (U) This report contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told the Ambassador April 30 that, despite his own efforts to limit the impact of EU-mandated reforms on his organization, he was hopeful [...]	2004-05-04 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PINR TU
04ANKARA2490	BANKING REGULATORY UPDATE: COURT RULING [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 29 the Turkish Court of Accounts reaffirmed its earlier decision overturning the bank regulatory agency's 2001 takeover of Demir Bank and Kent Bank. While the decision provides yet another example of a questionable ruling by a Turkish court and damages the credibility [...]	2004-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2492	TURKISH PARTICIPANTS IN MAY 11-14 TRANSSHIPMENT [...] On May 4, Embassy received a diplomatic note advising us of the Turkish participants in the subject conference. They are: Yusuf Guney, Head of Department, Undersecretariat for Customs Cagla Tansu, Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mehmet Ridvan Us, Foreign Trade Expert, Undersecr [...]	2004-05-04 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2505	Interior Ministry U/S on Aviation Security, [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting with Interior Ministry Undersecretary Harput, DCM raised the continuing gap in border controls for international passengers transferring to domestic flights, police protection for the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, and the Bedoian investment case. Mustafa Bal, h [...]	2004-05-04 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC EINV TU
04ANKARA2506	Special 301 Demarche Delivered; New Legislation [...] (SBU) Embassy informed MFA and Foreign Trade officials of reftel decision to elevate Turkey to the Special 301 Priority Watch List on May 3. DCM made reftel points on the decision in a conversation with MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Kilic, but Kilic had no immediate response [...]	2004-05-04 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-04 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2522	TURKEY/ARMENIA: STALEMATE STRANGLING GOODWILL [...] (C) Following Ambassador Edelman's April 30 meeting with FM Gul (ref A) we re-raised with Caucasus Department Head Adali Embassy Yerevan's proposal to open the border to participants in the upcoming Kars-Gyumri Symposium (ref B). (Ankara Polcouns raised this on April 22 with Adali's boss, DDG [...]	2004-05-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA2541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-05 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2542	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: FM GUL INFORMS NATO SYG [...] (C) MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns May 5 that NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer called FM Gul yesterday (5/4) about summit preparations. The SYG took advantage of the call to also urge Turkey to work with Italy to establish a PRT in Herat. Ceylan recalled that Turkey had had polmil t [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2543	TURKISH MFA ON GEORGIA/AJARA [...] (C) On May 4, the GOT issued a public announcement about Georgia saying that Turkey is following with concern developments in Georgia and Ajara; noting that Turkey considers Georgian stability important; calling for the sides to act with moderation; welcoming the Georgian MFA's May 2 announc [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL TU
04ANKARA2544	TURKISH DETAINEES AT GTMO -- MFA REQUESTS [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) MFA INR official Emma Beskarbes telephoned Pol-Mil Counselor May 5 to inquire about front-page stories (based on an article that appeared in the Washington Post on May 2) that there are 10 Turkish citizens among the 750 individuals being [...]	2004-05-05 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA255	TURKEY AND SOFA ARRANGEMENTS WITH QATAR [...] (C) Deputy PMA Counselor informed MFA Americas Department Head Cihad Erginay on January 9 that the USG had not negotiated any SOFA arrangements with the Government of Qatar (GOQ) on behalf of U.S. allies. He added the USG would not approach the GOQ on Turkey's behalf and advised that the GOT [...]	2004-01-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2560	TURKEY SAYS "NO THANKS" TO TDA FEASIBILITY STUDY [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Sakir Fakili told EconCouns May 5 that, while Turkish authorities appreciated the U.S. offer (reftel) for TDA to conduct a feasibility study on a second Turkish-Iraqi border crossing, they felt such assistance was unnecessary given that [...]	2004-05-06 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2562	AMENDED UNGA RESOLUTION ON PALESTINIAN OBSERVER [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun May 6. Tuzun had already seen the amended version of the draft resolution. He said the decision on this vote will be made at the highest level of the MFA. He undertook to transmit our talking points to FM Gu [...]	2004-05-06 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL
04ANKARA2577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-06 17:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2589	IRAQ: TGS OPEN TO SUPPORTING OTHER COUNTRIES' [...] (C) Summary: Seoul is exploring the possibility of deploying its troops to Iraq through Turkey. The Turkish military is supportive, but has encouraged the Koreans to seek a political decision from the GOT before planning on transiting Turkey. If the ROK pursues this route, we expect the Tur [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA259	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR URGES U.S. TO PRESS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti convoked econoffs to raise concerns that Prime Minister Erdogan's Washington visit could reinforce the GOT perception that the U.S. will back Turkey financially regardless of the quality of GOT economic policies. He urged that U.S. leaders include [...]	2004-01-15 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2590	IRAQ: TURKISH PRESS REACTION TO ABU GHRAIB ABUSE [...] (SBU) Abuse of prisoners by US forces at Abu Ghraib has dominated the Turkish press since the photos were published last weekend. Drawing from reports in US publications, all major papers and broadcast news channels have reported on the abuses in detail. They have also reported fairly and ac [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC KMDR PHUM MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2594	IRAQ: TURKISH OFFICIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND NGO [...] (SBU) While Turkish officials have not complained to us about the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the Turkish press, Parliament and NGO community are vocally expressing their disgust with the news. Several groups have peacefully demonstrated in front of the US and UK Embassies in Ankara. [...]	2004-05-07 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MOPS MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2599	CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...]	2004-05-07 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2600	RULING PARTY, "SECULAR" OPPONENTS CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party has introduced a bill that would make it easier for graduates of imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools to enroll in university programs other than theology. AK's opponents deride the bill as a threat to the secular State. The opposition Republica [...]	2004-05-08 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA261	GOT OVERHAULING CRIMINAL LAW SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: An experts committee is conducting a thorough overhaul of three major Turkish laws that determine what constitutes a crime, how crimes are punished, and how the judiciary functions in criminal matters. The committee will propose a wide range of reforms, including: eliminating rape [...]	2004-01-15 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA262	Police Working on DHS Emergency Aviation [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 8. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) Turkish police officials told us that they are working on a system to ensure that the GOT can deploy an armed law enforcement officer to civilian flights if requested by the U.S. Transportation Security Admi [...]	2004-01-15 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
04ANKARA2623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2628	TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATES SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish markets' sell-off accelerated Monday with equities, the lira, and, especially government securities falling sharply. The increase in interest rates on government debt was very large for a single day, with rates over 30 percent for the first time in 2004. In Turkey's cas [...]	2004-05-10 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA263	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-15 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2660	TURKS INFORMED OF USG APPROACH TO CYPRUS ON THE PKK [...] (C) On May 11, PolMil Counselor informed Turkish General Staff J-5 Greece/Cyprus Chief Adm. Mucahit Sislioglu about reftel approach to the GOC regarding the PKK; on May 11 Deputy Polcouns informed MFA Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Necip Eguz. EDELMAN [...]	2004-05-12 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
04ANKARA2663	NEW DRAFT LAW REMOVES BARRIER TO UNIVERSITY [...] (C) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government will press ahead with its new draft higher education law despite open opposition from the military and higher education establishment. Under the existing law, higher education has been under the purview of the controversial Higher Education Council (YOK) [...]	2004-05-12 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2664	TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...]	2004-05-12 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR
04ANKARA2667	RULING AK PARTY, OPPOSITION CHP, AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: MPs from ruling AK Party clashed with the opposition CHP and women's rights advocates in debates over a constitutional amendment on gender equality. Parliament adopted an AKP measure with expanded language on the equal rights of men and women, while rejecting a CHP proposal suppo [...]	2004-05-12 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2680	BOEING FEELS PRESSURE IN THE TURKISH MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Boeing representatives continue to be concerned over attempts by a senior official of the AKP cabinet to pressure the company into hiring one of his associates as Boeing's representative in Turkey. Boeing is currently competing with EADS-Airbus for the potential sale of 19 narro [...]	2004-05-12 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	BEXP ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA2685	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS USG WEBSITE [...] On May 5, Turkish MFA Americas Department Head Ilicak presented us a dipnote noting that the Department of Commerce's website www.aesdirect.gov used "historic, ancient and archaeological" place names for certain Turkish cities as well as their current Turkish ones, e.g., "Constantinople" and [...]	2004-05-12 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
04ANKARA2686	NEW QUOTA SYSTEM NOT SOLUTION FOR RICE BAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 27, TMO announced the creation of a quota system intended to liquidate their stocks and allow limited rice imports. Rice importers who purchase TMO stocks will be allowed to import an equivalent (paddy equivalent) quantity. Since August of 2003, the Turkish Ministry [...]	2004-05-12 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA2691	ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]	2004-05-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2694	GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY PROMULGATES POLICY FOR [...] The Government of Turkey (GOT) has recently promulgated clear guidelines for the transiting of deportees through their airports. These procedures are in effect immediately and apply to all countries that move deportees through Turkey (Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in most instances). BICE must [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR
04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2697	ADVANCING OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN TURKEY AHEAD [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reason: 1.4(b,d) 2. (C) Summary: We have time to make one more hard push to advance our core economic interests in Turkey ahead of the end-June Presidential visit and NATO Summit. We need to use every opportunity during this period to enc [...]	2004-05-12 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2698	TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR [...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...]	2004-05-12 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2699	MEETINGS WITH BANK REGULATORY BODY CHAIRMAN,IMF [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank regulatory board Chairman Bilgin and IMF Deputy ResRep Klingen expressed concerns about a recent court ruling over the failure of Demir and Kent Banks, which could open the door to failed banks owners getting new banking licenses. Bilgin and Central Bank Vice-Governor Basc [...]	2004-05-12 17:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA2717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-13 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2719	TURKEY INCHING TOWARD MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: NP PDAS Susan Burk met with a Turkish interagency group May 12 in Ankara followed by a call on MFA DG for International Security Affairs Turan Morali to push for more active Turkish participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Turks noted that they were pl [...]	2004-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2721	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to become the transit hub for Caspian and Middle East natural gas to Europe. Turkey is pushing two pipeline projects to export gas to Europe and exploring options f [...]	2004-05-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA2736	AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]	2004-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2737	TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BK CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA2738	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC GM KSEP KVPR PTER TU
04ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2743	SHARING THE GMEI SUPPORT PLAN: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A points and ref B Plan of Support on May 14 to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar and Middle East Department Section Chief Sekizkok. Per ref A, we modified ref B cover letter to include a paragraph reading "We are conveying this to you at this point to [...]	2004-05-14 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU KMPI
04ANKARA2744	EU ANKARA OFFICE PREPARING KEY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU Commission office in Ankara is preparing the first draft of a report that will guide the Council when it reviews Turkey's candidacy at the December Summit. Contacts say the report -- to be released September 29 -- will significantly influence the Council's decision, though [...]	2004-05-15 05:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2758	Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...]	2004-05-17 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU
04ANKARA2769	LETTER FROM TURKEY MINISTER OF STATE TUZMEN TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA2770	GOT PREPARING FOR EVENTUAL ICC MEMBERSHIP, [...] (U) Action request -- para 4. 2. (U) Levent Sahinkaya, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told us April 22 that the GOT intends to eventually become a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He denied press reports indicating that Turkey will j [...]	2004-05-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM TU
04ANKARA2774	UPCOMING UN AND U.S. ACTION ON CYPRUS [...] (C) With the SYG's report on the Cyprus negotiations and the referendum set to come out soon, it is important that we engage in a full-court press for a strong follow-on UNSCR despite the formidable UNSC obstacles and other political hurdles. The SYG's report, and the resulting UNSC debate an [...]	2004-05-17 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2791	GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN [...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...]	2004-05-17 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU IS
04ANKARA2798	TURKEY CANNOT RAISE REPRESENTATION AT MAY 27 NSG [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENRG TRGY TU
04ANKARA2799	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: MFA REQUESTS STATUS REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) MFA/Americas official Netka Noyan telephoned deputy pol-mil counselor May 17 to inquire about the status of Turkey's request to provide F-16 pilot training to Singapore (refs C-F). The MFA subsequently sent the Embassy a diplomatic note [...]	2004-05-18 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR SN TU
04ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2821	REDUCED AEGEAN AIR ACTIVITY: NEED WE JUMP IN? [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2822	AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]	2004-05-18 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2823	TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...]	2004-05-20 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA2834	INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on June 9. Ambassador stressed our appreciation for the constructive Turkish contribution to work on the Democracy Assistance Group and willingness to be a co-spon [...]	2004-05-20 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL TU
04ANKARA2839	AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18 [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]	2004-05-20 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2842	Dillingham Pulling Out of Turkey [...] In an April 27 letter to the Ambassador, Dillingham Construction International Inc. (DCII) advised that, due to the judicial system's failure to uphold its rights, it will pull out of Turkey and refrain from bidding on future projects. DCII's experience in Turkish courts creates serious doubt [...]	2004-05-20 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD TU
04ANKARA2857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2874	FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2876	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS PROPOSE ENDING PMF PROVIDED [...] (S/NF) On May 21, Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk passed PolMilCouns a non-paper (text at para 2) announcing Turkey's decision to end the Turkish-led Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq, provided arrangements are made for the PMF's Iraqi memb [...]	2004-05-21 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA2878	S/P REISS RAISES GME, IRAQ, IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 7 meetings in Ankara, S/P Director Mitchell B. Reiss discussed USG policies toward 1) the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; 2) the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI); 3) Iranian nuclear ambitions; and, 4) NATO,s Istanbul Summit. Turkish MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal, Policy Plan [...]	2004-05-21 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU

04ANKARA2879	GOT Turns Down DVC Proposal; Suggests a TIFA [...] On May 20, the Embassy received a response to our diplomatic note proposing a digital video conference (DVC) between U.S. and Turkish experts on intellectual property issues. Following the December 2003 Economic Partnership Commission meeting, the USG and GOT had agreed to expert-level meetin [...]	2004-05-21 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-21 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2884	Land mine attacks, hostile contact in Southeast [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA2894	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2897	SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE: [...] (C) We delivered ref A points, orally supplemented with unclassified points from ref B, on May 24 to Turkish MFA SIPDIS Middle East Department Head Tuzun. Tuzun noted this is a unilateral USG action which does not involve third countries. The GOT believes this is not a constructive way to [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SY TU
04ANKARA2898	TURKS "NOT GETTING ANYWHERE" WITH RUSSIA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman told us May 24 that the GOT expects no change in Russia's Cyprus policy, despite FM Gul's May 20 visit to Moscow. Gul went to Moscow with an OIC delegation but met one-on-one with FM Lavrov to discuss Cyprus. MFA U/S Ziyal told Ambassador Edelman [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2901	TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]	2004-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2906	BLAIR VISIT TO ANKARA: MARKING A DEEPENING OF [...] (U) Summary: During a brief but concentrated visit to Turkey May 17, UK PM Blair assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer the UK will back Turkey's EU bid and work to end the isolation of Turkish Cypriots. Blair and Erdogan agreed on a UK-initiated "Action Plan" to hold annual PM-level bilateral [...]	2004-05-25 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA291	IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION IN WASHINGTON ON TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2913	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2914	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...]	2004-05-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA2915	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ON IMF, U.S. MONEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs May 24 that the GOT would decide soon about both the U.S. Financial Agreement and the future IMF role. Econoffs delivered ref a financial points. Despite the recnt market downturn, Canakci was confident about Treasury's financing position for [...]	2004-05-25 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA2916	IRAQ: TURKEY DESIRES ANTI-TERRORISM PARA IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Ali Tuygan told the Ambassador May 25 that the new Iraq Interim Government (IIG) should not include IGC member Mahmoud Othman (whom Turkey suspects of having ties with the PKK/Kongra Gel) but should included significant Turkoman representation. Regarding the draft [...]	2004-05-25 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU PTER
04ANKARA2946	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING TURKEY FOR A LARGER [...] (C) The Ambassador deployed reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ali Tuygan on May 25, noting that Turkey was receiving similar messages from SACEUR Gen Jones. He recalled previously discussing Turkey's contribution of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) with U/S Ziyal (ref [...]	2004-05-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
04ANKARA2947	AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]	2004-05-27 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2948	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During President Saakashvili's first-ever May 20-22 visit to Turkey, he expressed satisfaction with the GOT's position on Ajara and asked the Turks to help convince Russia to give up its Georgian bases, according to Georgian DCM Tabatadze. His GOT interlocutors expressed support [...]	2004-05-27 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GG PREL TU
04ANKARA2974	IRAQ: TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) DCM presented Ref B points on introducing the draft Iraq UNSCR to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu May 26, and discussed the text of the draft. Burcuoglu said it was important to Turkey that the UNSCR offer a high degree of visible sovereignty to the Iraqis and that t [...]	2004-05-27 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2977	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA300	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: TURKS REITERATE THAT ROTATION [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Ilicak summoned Pol-Mil Counselor to the MFA January 15 to reiterate the GOT's understanding that the activities related to the rotation will be conducted in accordance with the rules/principles outlined by the Turks. The MFA appears to have done so in response to [...]	2004-01-16 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3008	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-01 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3009	TURKISH PROPOSAL FOR EXBS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA3033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 18:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3048	TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-06-02 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3050	IRAQ: TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH IIG, SEES REVISED UNSCR [...] (C) DCM spoke with MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu June 2 to convey Ref A and B points on support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) and the revised draft of the UNSC Resolution on Iraq. On the UNSCR draft, Burcuoglu noted that a number of Turkey's recommendations ( [...]	2004-06-02 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3059	TURKISH POLITICS: PRESIDENT VETOES BILL ON [...] (U) Summary: As expected, President Sezer May 28 vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for graduates of technical and vocational high schools, including imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools, to enroll in university programs other than their area of high school specialization. PM [...]	2004-06-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3060	TURKEY REVIEWING CFE HCA [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE TU
04ANKARA3061	MEK DETAINEES: TURKEY NONCOMMITTAL, CONSIDERING [...] (C) PolMilOff and ConOff delivered Reftel demarche along with list of names of MEK detainees claiming ties to Turkey to MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Kileli June 1. Kileli said she would circulate the information to the relevant GOT authorities (MFA Terrorism, Refugee and Immigration Departm [...]	2004-06-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM IR IZ TU
04ANKARA3077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3079	IRAQ ASSISTANCE: TURKEY WAITS FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Rifat Okcun, the GOT's coordinator for assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, told Econoff that he was disappointed with the Iraqi Government presentation to the May 25-26 Doha meeting and the apparent lack of donor coordination. He added that Turkey will wait until s [...]	2004-06-03 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA3088	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-04 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3100	BLUE LANTERN: INFORMATION FOR CASE NUMBER 05-919744 [...] ON 26 MAY 2004, EMBASSY RECEIVED A TURKISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIP NOTE (2004/ALGY/223961),WHICH CONTAINED A RESPONSE TO OUR INQUIRY FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO REF B HELICOPTER PARTS ORDER FOR BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-919744. 2. THE MFA CONFIRMED THAT THE TURKISH LAND FO [...]	2004-06-04 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU KOMC GM
04ANKARA3108	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-04 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3117	PSI: TURKEY COMMITTED TO EARNING CORE GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT is committed to earning membership in the PSI and asks what it would take. They also ask how Russia made the cut given Ankara's belief that Moscow has not participated in PSI activities. MFA DG Morali expressed some d [...]	2004-06-07 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA3120	US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP (HLDG): OSD [...] The Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) have been unable to reach SIPDIS agreement on acceptable dates to convene meetings of the HLDG's Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) and the Security Cooperation Working Group (SCWG). 2. Para 4 below c [...]	2004-06-07 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3123	U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...]	2004-06-07 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3130	CYPRUS FOLLOW-ON: U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS' JUNE 4 [...] (C) Summary: Turks express reservations on two points in UNSYG's Cyprus good offices report but grudgingly agree the report is helpful. Turkey sees the Russians as unhelpful in the UNSC and seeks a UNSC outcome that does the most to end northern Cyprus' isolation -- probably a simple UNSC en [...]	2004-06-07 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA3136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3137	DEFINING A "HIGH TECH" QIZ [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turks have sent mixed messages on what they would like to see in U.S. legislation on Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ). In an April 13 diplomatic note (ref C),the GOT gave an official and positive response to our proposal to move forward with legislation including [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3138	IRAQI ASSETS: TURKISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS NONE EXIST [...] (SBU) On 26 May, DCM met with MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Middle East & Africa) Taksin Burcuoglu to press for a response to Refs B & C. Burcuoglu replied that "until now Turkey has been unable to find" the bank accounts. Burcuoglu further stated that the situation is [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04ANKARA3149	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA315	TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO IRAQ -- ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Energy Ministry Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us January 16 that Turkey continues to look for ways to help Iraq meet its electricity deficit, but needs more information about the amount and duration of Iraq's electricity shortfall. He said that Turkey will have a surplus of elec [...]	2004-01-16 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA3156	MOD'S DEFENSE BUDGET STATEMENT MIFFS TGS [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul surprised TGS with his statement to the Greek MOD that Turkey would slash its defense spending by $10 billion. TGS believes this was in part an attempt by the government to allocate resources to domestic priorities at the military's expense. End summary. 2. (U) M [...]	2004-06-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA3158	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION WITHIN THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Disgruntled deputies from main parliamentary opposition CHP and other CHP dissidents have are calling for a convention to elect a new leader in place of current CHP boss Deniz Baykal. Procedural hurdles and the absence of a clear alternative to Baykal, however, are hobbling any s [...]	2004-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA316	JUDGE IN ZANA CASE BARS AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM NEXT SESSION [...] (U) An angry judge ordered that members of the audience attending the retrial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs January 16 be banned from the next hearing for applauding the defendants. The incident occurred after the Ankara State Security Court (SSC) refused, for the tenth con [...]	2004-01-16 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3162	ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
04ANKARA317	BREAKTHROUGHS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA APPEAR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali reaffirmed that Turkey linked opening the Armenian border and full diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) (reftel). Although MFA officials will travel to Yerevan in February [...]	2004-01-19 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA32	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3203	IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...]	2004-06-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3206	COURT RELEASES ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; APPEAL [...] (U) Turkey's High Court of Appeals June 9 ordered the release of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their appeal. The Court made its decision one day after the defendants' attorney filed a formal release request. The Court is scheduled to take up the appeal [...]	2004-06-09 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3234	AMBASSADOR, FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting to discuss USG recommendations aimed at strenghthening Turkey's regime to combat terrorist finance, Finance Minister Unakitan stressed the importance that his government attaches to the issue, but unfortunately turned for discussion of the details to MASAK Pr [...]	2004-06-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV ETRD TU
04ANKARA3236	TURKEY BEGINS BROADCASTS IN KURDISH, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: June 7 state-owned TRT broadcasting company began airing news and cultural programs on radio and TV in Kurdish and three other languages traditionally spoken in Anatolia, in a long-delayed GOT effort to comply with EU free speech requirements. Contacts say PM Erdogan and FM Gul o [...]	2004-06-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3240	Turkey's New Importers Associations [...] (SBU) Summary: A variety of private businesspersons suggest that the GOT's imminent creation of mandatory associations of Turkish importers could impede trade and might be inconsistent with Turkey's WTO obligations. The Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FT) dismisses these allegations, [...]	2004-06-10 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3251	Turkey Agr Policy - Two Steps Back [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past two years, Turkey has implemented regulations that have increasingly restricted imports of agricultural products. Turkey's recent imposition of a new quota system for corn is the latest in a series of moves that have restricted trade. Moreover, Turkish officials [...]	2004-06-10 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA3254	NORTHERN IRAQ: KURDS, TURKS AND THE PMF - URGENT [...] This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (S/REL UK) This message seeks to clarify for readers of Ref A the players involved in the Turkish-led, but Iraqi staffed Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) and the state of play with the Turks in ending the PMF's tenure. The PMF, established by the US [...]	2004-06-10 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS IZ
04ANKARA3257	UPDATE ON THE (STALLED) PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-10 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EIND ECON TU
04ANKARA33	TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 48 AND 49 (LT AND JEM [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-14 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3336	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Corridor, raised concerns about Iranian gas exports to Europe, expressed support for Bosphorus bypass pipelines, and pressed the GOT to accelerate energy sector [...]	2004-06-14 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU
04ANKARA3347	TERRORIST FINANCE: HARAMAIN BRANCHES (LIST 56) AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 06:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3358	U.S. ICAO Council Candidacy Demarche [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR TU
04ANKARA340	INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]	2004-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3409	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, IMF RESREP FRET ABOUT GOT [...] (C) Summary: In June 13-14 conversations, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti and IMF ResRep Brekk complained about the GOT's approach toward a possible follow-on Fund program. Brekk said the government was in effect asking the Fund how much it could provide, without making any policy commitmen [...]	2004-06-15 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3412	POST THOUGHTS ON WORLD BANK LOAN [...] (C) Summary: The first tranche of the PFPSAL3 loan going to the World Bank board June 17 overlaps substantially with the IMF program on fiscal and banking issues and, in several areas, is justified on the basis of the GOT's renewed engagement with the Bank and agreements on actions to be take [...]	2004-06-15 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3419	BOSPHORUS BYPASS PIPELINES -- THE SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Government supports construction of a bypass pipeline to reduce the rising volume of oil tanker traffic through the Turkish Straits. Two consortia are promoting bypass projects in Turkey -- one via Thrace and the other from Samsun to Ceyhan -- and have applied for [...]	2004-06-16 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA342	AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...]	2004-01-20 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3427	TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TURKISH MFA AVERS DEEP [...] (C) June 14 Polcounselor delivered reftel points, TIP backgrounder and Turkey TIP Narrative to MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman. DDG Otman averred deep disappointment in Turkey's designation. TIP officer reviewed reasons for Turkey's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, noting that much of Tu [...]	2004-06-16 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3429	MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank Regulatory Board (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin told econcouns June 14 that his priority is preparation for the lifting of the blanket guarantee on deposits July 5, specifically monitoring to ensure there is no flight of deposits from private to state-owned banks. Bilgin rev [...]	2004-06-16 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA3435	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3437	GOT SUPPORTS IMO NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL TU
04ANKARA3438	TERRORIST FINANCE: BARAKAT (LIST 58) [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA348	TURKISH P.M. ERDOGAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: HOW STRONG A LEADER IN THE FACE OF STRONG CHALLENGES? [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3482	WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT TRAINING (WTDS) AT KONYA: TGS [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug said that TGS was prepared to continue discussions on USAFE's proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Weapons Deployment Training (WTD [...]	2004-06-21 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3484	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]	2004-06-21 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA3495	REQUEST TO USE INCIRLIK AS CARGO HUB IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug confirmed that he had received a letter from EUCOM's GEN Wald (dated June 16) earlier that day requesting the use of Incirlik Air Base (IAB) [...]	2004-06-21 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3499	GLOBAL FORCE POSTURE REVIEW: STATIONING OF F-16S [...] (S) An inter-agency delegation led by State PM A/S Bloomfield consulted with MFA and TGS officials June 17 on the USG's latest thinking on the Global Defense Posture (GDP) review. A/S Bloomfield said the purpose of the visit was to continue the consultations that began last December, to provi [...]	2004-06-21 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3503	GOT MOVES SLOWLY TO COMPLETE 8TH REVIEW, NOT READY [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Odd Per Brekk told us June 21 that the IMF mission working on the 8th review expected to leave June 22 (later than expected),but he still was not sure whether they would resolve all issues before their departure. The main outstanding issue concerns the GOT's insistence on c [...]	2004-06-21 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3511	TGS CONCERNS ABOUT KIRKUK, PKK AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Ambassador met with DCHOD Ilker Basbug at latter,s request on June 21 for a tour d'horizon of current issues in the lead in to the President's visit to Ankara and the NATO Istanbul Summit. Basbug clearly wanted to make several points related to Iraq and U.S. Turkish relations. KIRKUK [...]	2004-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR TU IZ AF
04ANKARA3519	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF CWC [...] (U) We delivered Reftel non-paper to MFA Arms Control Department Head Bulent Meric on June 11. On June 22, MFA Arms Control Officer Omur Unsay called PolMilOff with the following reaction: Turkey has completed preparing its draft implementing legislation that will now require parliamentary ap [...]	2004-06-22 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ABUD TU
04ANKARA3545	Turkish Response to ICAO Council Candidacy [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR TU
04ANKARA355	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3552	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE (GDP) REVIEW: TURKS NOT [...] (S) MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin told the Ambassador June 23 that the Turks would not have a more informed view of the potential request concerning stationing of F-16s in Turkey before the NATO Summit next week. (Note: MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting State PM A/S Bloomfield at the close of their Jun [...]	2004-06-23 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3553	NATO IN IRAQ: PRELIMINARY TURKISH VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Initial Turkish reaction to a NATO role in Iraq is positive, although no decisions on the GOT's position have yet been made. An MFA official told us that he saw merit in the Alliance offering training both inside and outside Iraq. He was sympathetic to French arguments that th [...]	2004-06-24 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3575	TURKEY EXTENDS DECREE ALLOWING USE OF TURKISH [...] (C) On June 23, 2004, Turkey's Council of Ministers (COM) extended for one year the decree allowing the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations in Iraq. The President signed the decree later that day. The decree does not require parliamentary approval. [...]	2004-06-24 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3576	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S) On 23 June, Pol Counselor delivered Ref demarche to MFA DDG Safak Gokturk. Gokturk described the inquiry as "serious" and said that he would pursue it. On 24 June, Econoff delivered same demarche to Ahmet Arda, MFA Department Head, Offi [...]	2004-06-24 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA TU
04ANKARA3577	GOT CONDEMNATION OF MURDER OF PAUL JOHNSON [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA TU
04ANKARA3578	IRAQ: TURKS CLAIM COALITION USING EX-PKK IN IRAQ [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 2. 2. (S/NF) On June 23 the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Ankara received a letter (text at para 3 below) from Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 LTG Yalcin alleging that 30 former PKK operatives now in the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP's) special fo [...]	2004-06-24 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3581	TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES -- LIST 59 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PTER TU
04ANKARA3584	IRAQ: TALABANI MEETS TURKISH FM GUL, PROPOSES [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUU) leader and former Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member Jalal Talabani met PolMilOff June 22 and briefed on what he called his "excellent, friendly" meeting earlier that day with Turkish Deputy PM/FM Gul. He told Gul that the PUK condemned all violent [...]	2004-06-24 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3585	UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...]	2004-06-24 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA3589	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3594	GOT ABOLISHES STATE SECURITY COURTS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament passed legislation June 17 closing the State Security Courts (SSCs),special courts designed to try "crimes against the State." The courts had been widely criticized, including by the EU, for pro-prosecution bias. A number of human rights attorneys argue that the legis [...]	2004-06-25 08:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3603	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA361	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 18 CONVERSATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN EARLIER SCHEDULED FAMILY BRUNCH ON JANUARY 18, AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED PM ERDOGAN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON EXTENSIVELY WITH DEPUTY PM AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH GUL. FM GUL LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AS AMBASSADOR WALKED THROUGH THE POINTS IN REFS A AND B LINE BY [...]	2004-01-21 04:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU

04ANKARA3618	AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]	2004-06-25 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA3619	TURKEY OFFICIALLY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON THE [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. On June 25, the Embassy received diplomatic note number 2204/KOKD/262781, dated June 23, 2004, requesting information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fal [...]	2004-06-26 09:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA362	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DSHOD BASBUG, JANUARY 19, 2004 [...] (S) AMBASSADOR HOSTED TGS DEPUTY CHIEF GENERAL ILKER BASBUG TO DISCUSS THE PM'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE U.S., NORTHERN IRAQ AND CYPRUS ON JANUARY 19. BASBUG WAS SUFFERING FROM A PROLONGED HEAD COLD AND EXPRESSED RELIEF THAT HIS JANUARY 16 (FIRST OF ITS KIND) OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE WAS BEHIND HIM [...]	2004-01-21 04:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3624	TURKISH OFFICIALS CRITICIZE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) Summary. Officials at the Turkish National Police (TNP) and Ministry of Justice have pointedly criticized Turkey,s financial intelligence unit as being uncooperative and poorly run. End summary. ---------------- Police Official Derides MASAK ... ---------------- 2. (U) On 18 J [...]	2004-06-28 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER TU
04ANKARA3631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3662	IMF, TURKEY EXPECT TO SIGN LOI FOR 8TH REVIEW NEXT [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep told us June 28 that the recently-completed Mission had resolved most outstanding issues, although the work was harder and took longer than expected. He predicted they would sign the Letter of Intent for the 8th Review next week, enabling the IMF Board to complete the review [...]	2004-06-29 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3675	TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...]	2004-06-29 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3676	EXPLOSION ON THY PLANE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: A bomb detonated on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 today in Istanbul following its arrival from Izmir as it was being cleaned. There are conflicting reports as to the number of injuries to cleaning crew and the explosive used. End Summary. 2. (SBU) News agencies reported an [...]	2004-06-29 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3677	"THE LAST COMMUNIST TOWN IN TURKEY" [...] (Sbu) Summary: A trip to two Black Sea towns dominated by steel and coal parastatals, provided a glimpse of two very different state-owned companies. The coal company is a perennial money-loser with backward technology, a politically powerful, highly-paid, unionized labor force, with nary a [...]	2004-06-29 17:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EIND PGOV TU
04ANKARA3724	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3728	THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE [...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]	2004-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA3732	PM ERDOGAN ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE THREE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) The Turkish press is reporting that PM Erdogan asked President Bush during their June 27 meeting in Ankara to release the three remaining Turkish nationals under detention at GTMO. The President reportedly said he would look into the matte [...]	2004-07-01 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA3736	GOT REACTION TO TSA EMERGENCY AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and TSA personnel briefed GOT agencies, airport authorities, carriers and the airport security contractor on the June 29 Emergency Amendment and Security Directive. GOT officials said they would cooperate in implementing the new requirements, but maintained that screen [...]	2004-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3740	PSI AND NPT: TURKS "DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED" AT LACK [...] (C) Action Request at Para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) While delivering Refs A and B, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff were treated to an unexpected and emotional reaction to U/S Bolton's PSI letter from usually stoic MFA Director General for Disarmament and Security Affairs Haluk Ilica [...]	2004-07-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL TU IR
04ANKARA3753	LEYLA ZANA HOSTS LUNCH FOR EU, U.S. DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: Leyla Zana and the three other recently-released DEP deputies hosted a lunch on July 5 for diplomats from the EU and U.S. Although Zana and the other deputies said people in southeastern Turkey do not want violence, some EU diplomats -- and we -- left the lunch frustrated that [...]	2004-07-06 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA3756	SUPPLEMENT TO ANKARA 2003 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] With respect to the additional information requested in Ref A, Post advises as follows: 2. All of the 45 vehicles provided to the TMO between 1989-93 remain operational. They are used for poppy planting control throughout Turkey. 3. Regarding the request for information concerning "comm [...]	2004-07-06 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
04ANKARA3758	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS ANNOUNCE END OF PMF - TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (S/REL UK) On July 2, the Turkish MFA spokesman announced that "the duty of the Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) is terminated." (Full statement at para 4.) Upon seeing press reports that the Turks with the PMF were returning to Turkey, we contact [...]	2004-07-06 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS IZ
04ANKARA3764	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...]	2004-07-07 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA377	Update on Investment Issues Facing U.S. Companies [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's recent meetings with economy ministers, the Embassy has pressed GOT authorities hard to resolve the numerous disputes involving U.S. companies. We have stressed that progress in these cases will help make the Prime Minister's visit to Washington a succes [...]	2004-01-21 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR KIPR TU
04ANKARA3779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3782	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA380	RFG: TURKEY IMPOUNDS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) This is an urgent action request; see para 2. In response to reftel email indicating the IAEA had received reports from Turkish officials that five trucks containing presumably orphaned radioactive material had been intercepted attempting to cross [...]	2004-01-22 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM TU
04ANKARA3802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3827	RESTRUCTURING TURKEY'S INDUSTRY--A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told participants in a defense technology conference on June 24 that the Turkish defense industry should be restructured. He encouraged Turkish firms to collaborate on both design and production and to develop connectio [...]	2004-07-09 17:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL TU
04ANKARA3828	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3857	ECOSOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA386	QIZ NONPAPER DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3866	ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA SAYS EU [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-13 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TU
04ANKARA3896	IRAQ: SEEKING RESPONSE TO TURKISH REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. Ref A requested guidance on how to respond to a Turkish diplomatic note dated June 23, 2004, seeking information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fallujah [...]	2004-07-14 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3900	MFA DISPUTES REPORT THAT TURKEY AND IRAN AGREED ON [...] (U) According to a report carried by the Turkish online news service Zaman and several Iranian news outlets, Iran has offered to reduce the price of its natural gas exports to Turkey if Turkey agrees to facilitate the transport of Iranian gas to Europe. The report added that the deal was rea [...]	2004-07-14 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3901	IRAQ: TURKS ALLEGE US CONTACTS WITH PKK - REQUEST [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 3. 2. (S/NF) On July 8, Turkish military officials passed Embassy via the Intelligence Fusion Cell a note (text to be provided septel via IIR from DAO Ankara) alleging that US officials held conversations with PKK leaders on June 17, offered to place an are [...]	2004-07-14 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3921	UNGA INITIATIVES DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TURKISH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC TU
04ANKARA3922	UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP; [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP TU
04ANKARA3944	ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS
04ANKARA3945	IRAQ/KIRKUK:GOT GIVES DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS TO [...] (S) An interagency Turkish fact-finding mission visited Kirkuk July 6-11 (see Ref B) at the invitation of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Jalal Talabani. On July 14, the head of the mission, MFA Deputy Special Representative for Iraq Ethem Tokdemir, gave PolMilCouns the talking point [...]	2004-07-15 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3948	IRAQ/KIRKUK:MFA STATEMENT ON TURKEY'S FACT-FINDING [...] The MFA Spokesman made the statement in para 2 to the press on July 14, addressing the Turkish fact-finding delegation that visited Kirkuk July 6-11. (Comment: This statement is calmer in tone than the points the GOT passed to us privately, reftel. End Comment.) 2. Begin informal Embass [...]	2004-07-15 21:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA3950	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY STILL CONSIDERING PRT FOR [...] Turkish press reported July 15-16 that Turkey had decided to send a 200-man PRT to Takhar, Afghanistan. We contacted the Turkish MFA July 16 seeking confirmation/clarification. MFA informed us that while no decision has yet been taken, Turkey is indeed reconsidering its formerly withdrawn pro [...]	2004-07-16 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3976	ARE SE TURKEY PROTESTS AGAINST PKK TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-16 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC IZ TU
04ANKARA3979	TURKISH GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE AGAINST NEW [...] (C) Morning July 16 MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Baki Ilkin telephoned Charge to express GOT's urgent concern about new language on the "Armenian Genocide" inserted July 15 to House foreign ops appropriations bill. Reading the text of the "Armenia Genocide" reference, Ilkin noted he was about t [...]	2004-07-16 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
04ANKARA3988	TURCO-ISRAELI RELATIONS REMAIN ACTIVE BUT [...] (C) Summary: July 13-15 visit to Turkey of Israeli Deputy PM Olmert demonstrated that Turco-Israeli relations have broadened beyond the mil-mil/intel ties that have hitherto formed the core of the relationship. In the Israeli view the visit cast in sharp relief the rivalry (which we have prev [...]	2004-07-19 07:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU IS
04ANKARA3989	CHARTING A WAY FORWARD ON US-TU MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: At the July 8 Missile Defense Technical Experts Group meeting in Ankara, the US and Turkey agreed that the completion of the joint architectural study of Turkey called for a new look at bilateral cooperation in the area of missile defense. The two sides agreed to three new studie [...]	2004-07-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM TU
04ANKARA3995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]	2004-01-02 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA4009	TURKEY: MFA SEEKS CONSENSUS OF OIL COMPANIES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA continues to oppose issuing licenses now to the companies that have applied for Turkish Straits bypass pipeline routes through Turkey. Instead, the Ministry wants to forge a consensus among the oil companies on "Voluntary Principles" to reduce their traffic in the [...]	2004-07-20 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU
04ANKARA402	GOT STICKS TO HARD LINE ON BOT ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Energy Minister Guler's recent public comment that he had a "secret plan" to resolve the BOT energy disputes by the end of the month, we see no sign of progress. In fact, the companies and the government are not even seriously discussing possible compromises. Instead, [...]	2004-01-22 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL US
04ANKARA4021	TERRORIST FINANCING:ANKARA:APPROACH TO EU ON [...] (C) On 8 July, Econ Counselor delivered ref demarche to MFA Research and Intelligence DDG Hakan Okcal, who is responsible for both PKK and terrorist financing issues. Okcal described the USG intervention with EU countries as furthering the USG/GOT common strategy, and said that it was "very he [...]	2004-07-20 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
04ANKARA4032	USG POLICY ON CONTACT WITH THE PKK [...] (S) During a July 19 meeting on another subject, MFA DDG for Intelligence and Research Hakan Okcal asked polmilcouns whether he had any news about the PKK. Okcal confirmed that he knew that the Turkish General Staff had relayed some information the previous week (ref b). Drawing on ref a, po [...]	2004-07-21 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA4047	JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO THE 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
04ANKARA4061	TURKEY TO SEND EXPERTS TO PSI MEETING IN [...] (U) During a July 19 meeting on a different subject, MFA acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric informed us that the GOT will send a delegation of experts to participate in the PSI Operational Experts Working Group (OEWG) as well as the Denmark Container Workshop in Copenhagen. This delegatio [...]	2004-07-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC TU
04ANKARA4072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4094	EXBS: U.S. COMMENTS ON NP COOPERATION AND [...] Post delivered the U.S.text of the EXBS agreement and reftel talking points to the MFA on July 20. MFA Acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric agreed to consider the two proposed changes to the last Turkish draft. 2. Meric did not evince significant concern with the change in Article 3, si [...]	2004-07-22 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
04ANKARA4095	TURKEY READY FOR FOR 8TH IMF REVIEW, 2005 STILL UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF Executive Board has scheduled its eighth review of Turkey's performance under its stand-by program for July 30. The Board will also discuss an IMF staff "Article IV" report on Turkey's economic developments and policies over the last three years. Turkish officials a [...]	2004-07-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA4109	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Caspian natural gas exports through Turkey to Europe, but cautioned about Iranian gas transitting Turkey. Guler noted Turkey's difficult relationship with Iran [...]	2004-07-23 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4110	AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY ISSUES AT [...] (U) Summary: Caspian Basin Energy Development Ambassador Steven Mann met with energy officials on the margins of the June 16-17 Tale of Three Seas Energy Conference in Istanbul. (Septel reports on Mann,s meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Guler.) Mann was joined by Turkish MFA Deputy U/S A [...]	2004-07-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4112	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S. [...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]	2004-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4116	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTRY VIEWS ON ELECTRICITY TO [...] Summary: According to Energy Deputy U/S Cimen, Turkey remains interested in exporting electricity to Iraq. However, a necessary first step is for private companies to conclude a long-term supply contract with Iraqi officials. Turkey has excess generating capacity for a few more years, but ex [...]	2004-07-23 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA4118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4119	GOT REQUESTS EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF US EXPORT [...] This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Disarmament Bulent Meric convoked polmilcouns on July 19 under instructions "originating with military authorities." Meric requested the USG expedite the processing of an export license application by Mil- [...]	2004-07-23 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL TU
04ANKARA4125	TURKEY IN ACCORD WITH USG ON DUAL-HATTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S. proposal to "dual-hat" the U.S. MNF-I Commander in Iraq for NATO's training mission for Iraqi security forces. MFA officials (rightly) predicted France would object. Turkey has offered to train Iraqis in Turkey, but may consider sending "two or three" li [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA4126	BACKLOG AT TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER THREATENS U.S. [...] (C) There has been a recent increase in the backlog of trucks seeking to cross the Turkish border from Iraq. The most recent report from the U.S. Army Movement Control Team stationed on the Iraqi side of the border showed that the backlog had reached over 7,000 trucks. This jump represents [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA4127	DAS KENNEDY HIGHLIGHTS REFORM AT TURKISH TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kennedy highlighted to the Turkish Treasury chief the importance of Turkey keeping its economic recovery on track by continuing and intensifying reforms and attracting long-term investment. Although the GOT has not yet decided on what form its relationship with the IMF [...]	2004-07-26 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA4131	IRAQ, THE TURKS AND US [...] (S) After four years in Ankara as the Iraq watcher/Operation Northern Watch POLAD, and seven TDYs to Iraq before, during and after the war, Embassy PolMilOff offers the following observations about dealing with Turkey on matters relating to Iraq. Working with the Turks on Iraqi issues can be [...]	2004-07-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA4132	IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]	2004-07-27 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS
04ANKARA4133	DAS KENNEDY: DISCUSSIONS ON IRAQ, CYPRUS, AND EU [...] (C) Summary: In July 20/21 Ankara meetings at the Turkish MFA and General Secretariat for EU Affairs, EUR/DAS Laura Kennedy solicited evaluations of 1) Turkey's prospects for a definite date to begin EU accession negotiations; 2) steps forward in the wake of the Greek Cypriot rejection of the [...]	2004-07-27 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA TU CY IZ EU
04ANKARA4134	TURKEY: LABOR FEDERATIONS UNLIKELY TO TAKE ACTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU TU
04ANKARA4141	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following Human Smuggling Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http:/ [...]	2004-07-28 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA415	TURKS IN INITIAL STAGES OF PLANNING FOR SUMMIT [...] (S) DCM spoke with MFA's Summit Task Force Head Ambassador Apaydin January 22 and relayed reftel request for a briefing on Summit security, emphasizing that this request was separate from other discussions we had had with the GOT about security for our own delegation. Apaydin said a High Level [...]	2004-01-23 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ASEC MARR TU
04ANKARA4179	TURKEY: MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- PCC REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Ref (B) details the context in which the Mission pursues outreach to Muslim audiences in Turkey. That information is excerpted, with minor updates, in para 2 and 3, while the rest of this message examines audiences and strategies for outreach. 2. (SBU) While Turkey's 20th century [...]	2004-07-28 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL
04ANKARA4186	MERSIN REFINERY FIRE CONTROLLED [...] (U) A FIERCE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 25 AT ATAS OIL REFINERY IN MERSIN. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, A TANK CONTAINING SOME NINE THOUSAND CUBIC METERS OF CRUDE OIL WAS ABLAZE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF THE REFINERY. MERSIN F [...]	2004-07-28 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET TU IZ
04ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4194	SECOND REQUEST: STATUS OF TURKISH NATIONALS AT GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. three. 2. (S) At their June 27 meeting in Ankara, PM Erdogan raised the issue of three Turkish nationals still held at GTMO with President Bush. Ref a requested the Department to provide us with an update on the status of the remaining Turks [...]	2004-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA42	1/6/04 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following are recent developments related to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey: ----------------- IOM Pilot Program ----------------- 2. (U) The Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has drafted a proposal for a USD 1.2 million pilot projec [...]	2004-01-06 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF PREL PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4212	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS PKK SEEKS TO INTIMIDATE TURKISH [...] (S) MFA Director for Counterterrorism Ahmet Yildiz called in PolMilOff July 26 to discuss PKK/Kongra Gel activities in northern Iraq. Specifically, he brought to our attention a report from Turkish intelligence that in early July the PKK sent a group of 25-30 terrorists to Kirkuk to attempt to [...]	2004-07-29 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4215	FAHIM REMOVAL FROM AFGHAN VP TICKET: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AF PREL TU
04ANKARA4227	SUDANESE FM ISMAIL VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail visited Ankara July 26-27, meeting with Turkish FM Gul and Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dulger. One MFA official speculates the trip was designed to influence Turkey, the current OIC SYG, but Ismail reportedly did not directly ask [...]	2004-07-29 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU TU
04ANKARA4233	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4265	CYPRUS: MILITARY EXERCISES MAY BE AN ISSUE THIS [...] (C) TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu warned polmilcouns July 28 not to assume Turkey would cancel this fall's exercises on Cyprus. "The situation is different this year," he said. Whereas last year Turkey was optimistic about achieving a settlement on the island and wanted [...]	2004-07-30 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY TU
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4269	KFOR: TURKEY NOT LIKELY TO LIFT CURRENT CAVEATS, [...] (C) On July 30, PolMilOff called on Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, to deliver ref a demarche. Coskun responded that after the March violence in Kosovo, Turkey revised its caveats for both SFOR and KFOR in an effort to be more effective and [...]	2004-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA4270	TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-02 06:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4274	TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...]	2004-08-02 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA4284	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 24-26, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 24-26, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Ozgur Gundem, [...]	2004-08-02 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4285	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 27, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 27, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman, Evrensel, Vak [...]	2004-08-02 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4291	TURKS PREPARING NEW ATTACK HELICOPTER TENDER [...] (U) Defense industry and journalist sources expect SSM to issue a new RFP for attack helicopters this week. The previous tender was canceled last May after a seven-year process in which Bell Helicopter's Cobra was selected as the preferred aircraft (reftel). Under the procurement model at th [...]	2004-08-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA4303	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 28, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 28, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Ozgur Gundem, Va [...]	2004-08-03 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4317	TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...]	2004-08-03 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY

04ANKARA4318	LETTER REGARDING 19TH POLITICAL MILITARY WORKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TU

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