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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05PARIS6230 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6231 | UNESCO: AMBASSADOR'S 9/2 MEETING WITH DG [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Ambassador Oliver met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to discuss the Convention on Cultural Diversity, a call for no new instruments at the upcoming General Conference in October, management issues at a UNESCO field office in Brazil, oil for food, a [...] | 2005-09-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS6277 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Iraq Afghanistan [...] UN Summit 2. Iraq 3. Afghanistan B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of domestic stories dominate today's front pages, but the UN Summit is prominently covered, with a majority of reports emphasizing that the "reform plan remains limited" (Le Monde) that "the Summit was saved at the [...] | 2005-09-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6297 | FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a generally upbeat readout of FM Douste-Blazy's September 6-8 visit to Palestinian territories and Israel, during which he announced new French bilateral aid for Gaza, with a potential value of 40 million euros. Douste-Blazy stressed to Palestinian officials [...] | 2005-09-15 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS FR |
05PARIS630 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH TELL JAPANESE EU [...] (S) Japanese political Officer Korehito Masuda (strictly protect) told poloff that during a Jan. 31 Paris meeting between GOF MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Tsuneo Nishida and Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice SIPDIS Gourdault-Montagne, Gourdault-Montagne said that the EU [...] | 2005-02-01 19:39:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR ETTC CH FR JA |
05PARIS6303 | FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO CONTINUE HAITIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the new team of MFA officials responsible for Haiti issues: Pierre-Alain Coffinier, DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; Cecile Merle, Haiti desk officer; and Benoit Guidee, UN desk officer covering Haiti. Coffinier underlined [...] | 2005-09-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR HA KCRS |
05PARIS6311 | PM DE VILLEPIN'S PLANS FOR SOCIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister de Villepin unveiled the second phase of his economic plan, the key feature of which is the retention of the French social model. This second set of measures, which adds new budget spending, is unlikely to have real positive effects on economic growth before 2006. Mea [...] | 2005-09-16 08:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV FR |
05PARIS6314 | FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT FOR 2005 COULD BE 3% of GDP, [...] SUMMARY. The GOF is confident its 2005 budget deficit will be 3% of GDP. This would be the first time in four years that the government complied with the EU stability and growth pact limit. However, public debt (estimated at 66.2% of GDP) considerably exceeds the EU limit of 60% of GDP. Wor [...] | 2005-09-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS6315 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Afghanistan Katrina [...] UN Summit 2. Afghanistan 3. Katrina B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A variety of stories dominate today's front pages, with Le Figaro devoting its lead to the threat of an Avian flu epidemic. President Bush's call at the UN for the sharing of information between nations and Villepin's similar [...] | 2005-09-16 12:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6326 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURKINA FASO 4. FRANCE/AFRICA 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7 SUDAN 8 NIGERIA Â [...] | 2005-09-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS6328 | FRENCH SAY AGREEMENT NEAR ON EU DECLARATION ON [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ferrari expressed optimism on September 15 that the EU would soon come to full agreement on the text of a declaration on Turkish non-recognition of Cyprus. She downplayed the risks of a Cypriot veto, while indicating that France would continue to suppo [...] | 2005-09-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU CY EUN |
05PARIS6333 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...] | 2005-09-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR |
05PARIS6335 | EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...] | 2005-09-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE |
05PARIS6336 | SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...] | 2005-09-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR |
05PARIS6342 | SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...] | 2005-09-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR |
05PARIS6349 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6373 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...] | 2005-09-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
05PARIS6375 | USUNESCO: MEETING WITH UK LAWYER ON CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. USTR and Department lawyers met Monday with British and Japanese lawyers at UNESCO to discuss the preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity. The UK indicated that they do not share our concerns and are prepared to bring the convention to a vote over US opposition. Th [...] | 2005-09-19 17:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO |
05PARIS6376 | (U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...] | 2005-09-20 06:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO |
05PARIS6381 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea [...] Nuclear Issues - North Korea 2. European Issues - German Elections - European Defense B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Many front pages continue to focus on Germany's elections and the lack of political consensus they reveal. Several commentators make analogies with the political situation in Fra [...] | 2005-09-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6391 | U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (C) The French govenment supports the U.S. initiative to achieve civilian nuclear cooperation with India. In that regard, Foreign Ministry officials urge fastidious cooperation with the U.S. in advance of the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting to be in the best position to address conc [...] | 2005-09-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM |
05PARIS6407 | USUNESCO: CONTACTS BETWEEN UN AGENCIES AND [...] Mission has received letter from Director General in response to message delivered on June 28, 2005 (ref A) 2. Text of the letter is transmitted below: DG/13/05/46 16 September 2005 Dear Ambassador: I write in reference to your letter of 28 June 2005 concerning procedures to prevent co [...] | 2005-09-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UN |
05PARIS6418 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues: Iran - North [...] Nuclear Issues: Iran - North Korea 2. Iraq - British Operation in Basra 3. NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Le Monde prominently features an interview with A/S Dan Fried about the German elections, Europe and France's role in the negotiations with Iran. The interview is announced on the fr [...] | 2005-09-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6434 | FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...] | 2005-09-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC |
05PARIS6439 | FRENCH REACTION TO GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS; MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: By and large, French politicians have interpreted the results of the German elections through purely partisan lenses -- and with an eye on the 2007 presidential elections in France. They find in this weekend's results across the Rhine primarily cautionary lessons against party [...] | 2005-09-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR GM EUN |
05PARIS6442 | FRENCH SUPPORT LISTING LTTE BUT WARY OF "TIMING" [...] (C) On September 20, we delivered reftel demarche encouraging an EU listing of the LTTE as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counter-terrorism. Deruffe said the French inter-agency process had concluded that LTTE met EU criteria for being listed as [...] | 2005-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO FR |
05PARIS6447 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT WARY OF POSSIBLE WTO PRE-AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EU AND THE U.S., READY TO OPPOSE IT. [...] (SBU) AGRICULTURAL MINISTER COUNSELOR MET WITH HERVE LEJEUNE, ADVISER FOR AGRICULTURE TO FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. DURING THAT MEETING, LEJEUNE EXPRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE PRE- AGREEMENT ON WTO PARAMETERS FOR AGRICULTURE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE [...] | 2005-09-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS645 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON HERVE GAYMARD [...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...] | 2005-02-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR |
05PARIS6471 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Nuclear Threat Katrina [...] Iran Nuclear Threat 2. Katrina and Iraq - Impact on Bush Presidency 3. Iraq - Basra Incident B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Two of today's front pages (Le Figaro and France Soir) are devoted to Hurricane Rita and the state of alert declared in the Gulf of Mexico. Inside, related stories report [...] | 2005-09-22 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6478 | SURPRISE! FRENCH FARMERS ARE GROWING BIOTECH CORN [...] (U) Summary. This month, the French press revealed - to the surprise of many - that 500 to 1,000 hectares (approximately 1,000 to 2,200 acres) of genetically modified corn was being grown in Southwestern France. The GOF confirmed that French farmers had voluntarily declared 500 hectares of G [...] | 2005-09-22 13:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON BEXP FR |
05PARIS6481 | USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ACTION: URGENT [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. On Friday morning, September 23, UNESCO Executive Board (EB) will act upon a draft decision (ref) that has important bearing for U.S. efforts to prevent adoption of the "preliminary" draft Cultural Diversity (CD) Convention, as currently drafted. [...] | 2005-09-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO |
05PARIS6482 | USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO [...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...] | 2005-09-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO |
05PARIS6486 | MFA DISCUSSES COORDINATING ASSISTANCE ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez_, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, welcomed reftel demarche on promoting democratic and election reforms in Belarus, although she wondered how effective external broadcasts would be given the technical difficulties of transmitting ra [...] | 2005-09-22 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PREL BO FR RU |
05PARIS6488 | NO FRENCH COMMERCIAL SOURCES OF VEGETARIAN MRES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-22 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT US FR |
05PARIS651 | GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...] | 2005-02-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR UNSC |
05PARIS6514 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hurricanes Katrina and [...] Iran 2. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: U.S. Policies - Kyoto B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: "America in the Eye of the Cyclones" headlines left-of-center Liberation while right-of-center Le Figaro headlines "Threats to U.S. Oil." Catholic La Croix summarizes today's reporting with the headline: " [...] | 2005-09-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6527 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. GABON 4. SOMALIA 5. NIGERIA 6. SUDAN Â [...] | 2005-09-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS6530 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON NORTH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA desk officer for North Korea, Clea LeCardeur, on September 21 and to MFA action officer for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) David Bertolotti and MFA Conventional Weapons action officer Jean-Francois Guillaume on September 22. Bertolotti said [...] | 2005-09-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP FR EUN |
05PARIS6534 | UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...] | 2005-09-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV |
05PARIS6547 | (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION, [...] (C) At the final negotiating session in Paris on the draft cultural diversity convention, Israel was one of the few countries to stick with the US. (Ref A) 2. (C) On Thursday, newly arrived Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO David Kornbluth gave Ambassador Oliver a read-out of his courtesy call o [...] | 2005-09-23 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO |
05PARIS6548 | USUNESCO: INDIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] In her statement today at the Executive Board on the Canadian draft decision to move the cultural diversity convention forward, the Indian Ambassador stated her concerns about reopening the convention. In her statement, she said, "The Draft Convention, which has gone through an extensive inte [...] | 2005-09-23 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD IN UNESCO |
05PARIS6557 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-26 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
05PARIS6558 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global Economy: Cost of [...] Global Economy: Cost of Reconstruction- Iraq - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Political Debate 2. Middle East - Gaza Violence B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of stories, domestic and international, lead in today's front pages. Left-of-center Liberation dedicates its lead and a thre [...] | 2005-09-26 10:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6570 | FRANCE TO IMPLEMENT EU TAKEOVER DIRECTIVE; DECREE [...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft bill implementing the EU Takeover Directive, which will allow targeted French companies to adopt anti-takeover defenses permitted in a potential bidder's own country. This bill comes on top of a draft decree to create a list of ten "sensitiv [...] | 2005-09-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON FR EUN |
05PARIS6576 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: At a September 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, President of the National Assembly and leader of the Gaullist faction in the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Jean-Louis Debre brushed aside assertions that U.S.-French relations are on the mend and foresaw, inste [...] | 2005-09-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR GM SOCI PINR ECON |
05PARIS6579 | "FRANCE HASN'T KNOWN A DECADE WITHOUT TERRORISM" [...] (C) Summary: Although he acknowledged the danger of being "pessimistic by profession," Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's new counter-terrorism head, told POL M/C and Poloff September 23 that he believed terrorism was a serious and evolving long-term threat. France had been a victi [...] | 2005-09-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV FR |
05PARIS6580 | MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...] | 2005-09-26 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC |
05PARIS6600 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Abu Gharaib - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6614 | FRENCH AUTHORITIES BOLSTER THE EURO, ENCOURAGE [...] SUMMARY. Key EU and French authorities are talking up the euro and the attractiveness of French financial markets in an effort to increase the attractiveness of France to foreigners . At a recent event targeting Japanese investors, officials underlined progress already made by France, while [...] | 2005-09-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS6631 | Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns meeting with [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: (SBU) After opening cordialities, Minister Bussereau implicitly referred to the previous day's meeting between Secretary Johanns, USTR Portman and their EC counterparts, stating that whatever the EC negotiates will have to be approved by all 25 Member States. He str [...] | 2005-09-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS6632 | USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO |
05PARIS6633 | FRENCH MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for EU institutional affairs Setton told us September 27 that FM Douste-Blazy's September 23 proposal, at the governing center-right party's conference on Europe, for a two-speed Europe was "personal" not GOF policy. (The same holds true for Interior Minister [...] | 2005-09-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PINR EUN |
05PARIS6644 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Abu Azzam Assassination [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6648 | UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: Should [...] (U) This requests clarification of paragraph 4 of instructions (ref),which asks USDEL to call for votes. UNESCO Rule 52 provides that "voting shall normally be by show of hands." UNESCO Rule 53 allows a member state to call for a roll-call vote, with the vote of each state recorded in the [...] | 2005-09-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN UNESCO |
05PARIS665 | FURTHER FRENCH REACTION TO IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a brief February 2 discussion with us on Iraq's recent elections, the Presidency's new Middle East advisor stressed two points: 1) the need to ensure Sunni inclusion in the political process, which remains precarious, and 2) the need to help the new Iraqi autho [...] | 2005-02-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
05PARIS6660 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the third in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Labor unrest threatens production at French refineries (para 2) -- GOF response to hi [...] | 2005-09-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
05PARIS6666 | FRENCH TELECOM REGULATOR GRANTS IRIDIUM TEMPORARY [...] On September 26, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to French Telecom Regulator ARCEP, which authorizes civilian use of radio frequencies in France. ARCEP acknowledged that they had received the request for Iridium, but had not yet completed their review due to the temporary absence of a [...] | 2005-09-28 17:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
05PARIS6683 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6687 | GOF receptive to blocking WMD Financing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOF officials welcomed proposals by visiting Treasury U/S Levey to block the financing of WMD proliferators. They also described progress on new anti- terrorist legislation, which will close some loopholes while providing a framework to guarantee individual liberties. The legis [...] | 2005-09-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR |
05PARIS6694 | FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND [...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...] | 2005-09-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO |
05PARIS670 | U.S.-FRANCE DISCUSSIONS ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Summary: Following up on high-level discussions held in July 2004 (see ref B),U.S. and French delegations held three days of meetings in Paris on physical security measures for nuclear facilities and materials, agreeing on a path forward to coordinate and accelerate future bilateral coop [...] | 2005-02-02 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PREL |
05PARIS6709 | (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION, [...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, reason 1.4 (b and (d). 2. (C) The EU group at UNESCO has decided to play hardball with Israel on the cultural diversity convention. 3. (C) As reported reftels, the French have been putting stro [...] | 2005-09-29 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO |
05PARIS6710 | UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION ADVANCES [...] (U) Summary. On September 29, 2005, in a lopsided vote in which the U.S. again stood alone, the UNESCO Executive Board meeting in plenary session adopted a decision recommending that the General Conference consider and in effect formally adopt as a UNESCO convention the preliminary draft text [...] | 2005-09-30 05:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO |
05PARIS6724 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - DeLay Indictment - Turkey [...] DeLay Indictment 2. EU Membership Negotiations with Turkey (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: The French Prime Minister's monthly press conference dominates front pages and editorials today. De Villepin addressed the issue of employment, highlighting the drop in unemployment figures for the fifth [...] | 2005-09-30 10:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6726 | UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...] | 2005-09-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO |
05PARIS6727 | UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...] | 2005-09-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO |
05PARIS6735 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris' Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO) is Otto H Van Maerssen, Unit Chief for Financial Affairs in the Economic Section. (E-mail: vanmaerssenOH@state.gov. Tel: 33-43-12-24-33 and Fax: 33-43-12-20-22 ). 2. (SBU) Deputy TFCO is Political Officer Peter Kujawin [...] | 2005-09-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL FR |
05PARIS6741 | FRENCH ON OCTOBER 3 GAERC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A points on September 27 to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal Le Deunff and DAS-equivalent for enlargement and European neighborhood policy Caroline Ferrari, and followed up in conversation September 30. 2. (C) Both LeDeunff and Ferrari echoed comments in reftel B that [...] | 2005-09-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BO GG HR IZ KDEM KPAL PREL RS TU UP MD FR EUN |
05PARIS6744 | ALAIN MADELIN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HIS CANDIDACY [...] (C) At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on September 6, former French Finance Minister Alain Madelin solicited U.S. support for his candidacy to head the OECD. Madelin stressed his commitment to reform of the OECD along the lines of the U.S. proposal to that end. Madelin also made the case [...] | 2005-09-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EU FR IO PGOV PINR SOCI |
05PARIS6747 | NEW FRENCH G-8 FOREIGN AFFAIRS SOUS-SHERPA AND [...] (U) This contains a request for guidance, see para. 5. 2. (S) Summary. The French MFA's new Director for Economic Affairs (Undersecretary equivalent),Jacques Lapouge, will, like his predecessor, serve as G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa. Lapouge is a self-described EU and East Asia expe [...] | 2005-09-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
05PARIS6748 | FRANCE ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-30 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL FR UNGA |
05PARIS6749 | FRENCH SUPPORT PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-30 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK FR |
05PARIS675 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 19 JANUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 19 January 2005 meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to France, members were provided with updates and had constructive discussions of a wide-range of MTCR issues. These included a [...] | 2005-02-02 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE |
05PARIS6751 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. PLUMPY NUT 3. NIGER 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SOMALIA 6. FRANCE/AFRICA 7. SENEGAL 8. TOGO Â [...] | 2005-10-03 07:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS6752 | UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS [...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...] | 2005-10-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO |
05PARIS6756 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Terrorism - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6759 | REQUEST FOR UK TO HOST G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS [...] (C) On September 30, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, responsible for chemical and biological disarmament at the MFA. Although message was passed to Mr. Sur, Gabriel Bernier, outgoing biological weapons specialist attended. Mr. Sur understood the point [...] | 2005-10-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TBIO EAGR FR |
05PARIS676 | UMP LEADERS BRICE HORTEFEUX AND BERNARD ACCOYER -- [...] (C) The views of two leading members of the ruling, center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party highlight how the unresolved rivalry between Nicolas Sarkozy and President Chirac for leadership of the center-right is dividing the UMP's elite of elected officials. Brice Hortefeux is a [...] | 2005-02-03 05:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI FR |
05PARIS68 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING [...] IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HAS REPLACED THE ASIAN DISASTER ON MOST OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STORIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS BEING [...] | 2005-01-05 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6807 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - European Issues - Turkey [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS681 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL [...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...] | 2005-02-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR |
05PARIS6810 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and France enjoy a strong and healthy relationship in matters related to combating violent extremism, especially as regards the investigative side. Intelligence, law enforcement and judicial exchanges and cooperation are ongoing and effective, and the French government's [...] | 2005-10-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER FR |
05PARIS6813 | UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...] | 2005-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO |
05PARIS6814 | UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...] | 2005-10-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO |
05PARIS6825 | AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION [...] (SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...] | 2005-10-04 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR |
05PARIS6827 | USUNESCO: U/S DOBRIANKSY'S MEETING ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In her September 30th meeting with the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, Under Secretary Dobriansky expressed deep concern about the ramifications of certain language in the draft convention on cultural diversity. Highlighting both trade and human rights implicat [...] | 2005-10-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD UNESCO |
05PARIS683 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST IRAQ STATE OF [...] MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAQ 3. STATE OF THE UNION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO THE POPE'S HEALTH AND TO DOMESTIC STORIES, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND THE FEBRUARY 8 SUMMIT: "TRUCE AT [...] | 2005-02-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6837 | USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 05:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI |
05PARIS6841 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush Press [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6874 | FRENCH RESEARCH GETS A BUDGET BOOST [...] Summary: With an additional one billion euros for research and 3000 more jobs, the Research and Higher Education Ministry (RHEM) looks like one of the few winners in the 2006 French budget process. Roughly one-third of the increase is allocated to public research labs and university researc [...] | 2005-10-05 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL EFIN KSCA TPHY FR |
05PARIS6887 | FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE [...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...] | 2005-10-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR |
05PARIS6889 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Economic Issues - Airbus - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6890 | DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM MODERATES AND MAGHREB [...] (C) Summary: In the context of ongoing Muslim outreach (refs),Ambassador recently visited the Paris Mosque, paid separate courtesy calls on ambassadors from Morocco and Algeria -- the two leading countries of origin for the majority of French Muslims -- and met with a French-Tunisian author [...] | 2005-10-06 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER FR |
05PARIS6903 | U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...] | 2005-10-06 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC |
05PARIS6908 | FRENCH ON BURMA/UNSC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to MFA Burma desk officer Franck Vermeulen and UN/IO desk officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee offered as a "first response" (noting that the French mission to the UN was presenting the same response in New York) that the French are completely open t [...] | 2005-10-07 09:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM FR UNSC UNGA |
05PARIS6914 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East Iran European [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 09:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6927 | STRIKES HIT FRENCH OIL REFINERIES [...] SUMMARY. Strikes at Total refineries in France will continue until at least October 7, affecting production of 328,000 barrels per day. The labor dispute at SNMC (Societe Nationale Corse Mediterrannee),a state-owned ferry company, further complicated the situation by temporarily blocking ta [...] | 2005-10-07 14:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS6933 | HIZBALLAH MP APPEALS FRENCH AL-MANAR BAN; MEETS [...] (C) Summary: In the coming weeks, the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, will release a decision on Hizballah satellite television station al-Manar's appeal of its 2004 ban from broadcasting into France. Two Lebanese deputies, Hassan Fadlalah of Hizballah and Abdallah Farh [...] | 2005-10-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR LE |
05PARIS6934 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...] | 2005-10-07 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO |
05PARIS6936 | BLAIR-CHIRAC MEET, LOOKING PAST DISAGREEMENTS TO [...] (C) In an October 7 meeting between EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and French MFA Director for European Cooperation, Gilles Briatta, Briatta spoke about the discussion that took place earlier in the day between British PM Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac. Briatta said that during their m [...] | 2005-10-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN UK FR EUN |
05PARIS6938 | PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...] | 2005-10-11 06:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR |
05PARIS6939 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TV IN AFRICA 3. SUDAN 4. CHAD 5. NIGER 6. GABON 7. DROC 8. MALAWI Â [...] | 2005-10-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS6961 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - Nobel Prize [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-11 12:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6974 | HAITI: BIO INFO ON NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) As part of an office call to discuss France's "co development" policy (septel),Econ Couns and intern met on 5 October with the newly named French Ambassador to Haiti, Christian Connan. Connan said he is looking forward to his new assignment, which will start in January. He asked Econ C [...] | 2005-10-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL EAID HA FR |
05PARIS6975 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FRANCE VISIT OF DOE, GLASER [...] Country Clearance is provided for following employees of Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Nancy, France, October 17 - 25, 2005: FRED M. GLASER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH BERNARD S. COVINO RESEARCH CHEMIST NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATOR [...] | 2005-10-11 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA UK FR |
05PARIS6980 | EMBASSY PARIS' POC'S FOR IAEA ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY FR IAEA UNAUS |
05PARIS6984 | 60TH UNFC: FRANCE AGREES AD HOC COMMITTEES A BAD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-11 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CA MX AORC PARM PREL MNUC |
05PARIS6985 | FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO U.S. DEMARCHE IS [...] (C) In his October 6 and 7 meetings in Paris with MFA A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre and MOD Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot, EUR/PDAS Kurt Volker raised the SEEBRIG deployment to Afghanistan under ISAF. The intial French reaction was positive, although our [...] | 2005-10-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AF FR NATO |
05PARIS6994 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Oil for Food Scandal [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS6995 | FOREIGN INVESTMENT & NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) A parliamentary conference on foreign investment and national security on October 10 has helped to inject some market sense into Prime Minister Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda, although it also highlighted shortcomings in the French approach to protecting firms from foreign inve [...] | 2005-10-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON FR EUN |
05PARIS7012 | FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH [...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...] | 2005-10-12 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA TPHY FR |
05PARIS7023 | FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH [...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...] | 2005-10-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA TPHY FR |
05PARIS7030 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - `Oil For Food' Scandal [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7031 | CNIL TALKS TO UNBLOCK SOX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We met with CNIL to discuss its opposition to listed companies' whistleblower provisions, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL says it has developed guiding principles to resolve the conflict of law, which it soon will share informally with interested parties. END S [...] | 2005-10-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS7037 | USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO [...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...] | 2005-10-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO |
05PARIS7043 | PKK TERRORISM: FRENCH REPLY ON SUPPORT FROM EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KCRM PTER EFIN PINR PREL FR |
05PARIS7057 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 10:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7062 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. GABON 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. TOGO 6. MALI 7. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...] | 2005-10-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS7082 | Small is Beautiful? France's "Co-Development" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 20 years, the MFA's "Co- Development" Program has finally started to bear fruit. France's co-development program seeks to benefit both France and countries from which many of France's illegal migrants come by helping potential and actual migrants create their own small b [...] | 2005-10-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL FR |
05PARIS7085 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraqi Constitution [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7102 | FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH 1.5% IN 2005 [...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency forecast 1.5% GDP growth in 2005, the bottom end of the government's official 1.5-2.0% prediction. The forecast takes into account oil price increases and government programs for job creation. Corporate growth is weak, but could edge up in the second [...] | 2005-10-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS7104 | MFA RESPONSE ON URGING PA PRESIDENT ABBAS TO SEIZE [...] (C) We discussed reftel points encouraging the GoF to urge PA President Abbas to seize the opportunity on Gaza disengagement with Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian issues, and Christophe Guilhou, Cabinet Advisor to FM Douste-Blazy on Middle East issues, on O [...] | 2005-10-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS FR |
05PARIS7109 | USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...] | 2005-10-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7118 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial Middle [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7124 | FRENCH ON CHAVEZ VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Lionel Paradisi on October 17 following an October 7 meeting on Venezuela that included MFA WHA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard, and Paradisi (septel). The GoF confirmed that Chavez will visit Pari [...] | 2005-10-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV FR VE |
05PARIS7128 | USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...] | 2005-10-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7132 | AVIAN FLU: FRANCE REACTS TO THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The presence of the H5N1 virus in Romania, Turkey, and (possibly) Greece has captured front-page headlines and triggered much commentary in the French media. The French government reacted swiftly, too. Prime Minister de Villepin confirmed on October 14 the two French gover [...] | 2005-10-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR SOCI FR |
05PARIS7145 | FRENCH CUBA POLICY: HAVE THEY SEEN THE LIGHT? [...] (C) MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux provided a readout to Poloff October 17 on the October 11 meeting between French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. Chaux echoed the official press release in stating that the visit was "devoted exclusivel [...] | 2005-10-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR CU |
05PARIS7146 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial UNESCO - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7151 | DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO [...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...] | 2005-10-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR |
05PARIS7154 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: FRENCH UPDATE [...] (S) ESTH/NP officer received a brief update from Sebastien Jaunet, French MFA nuclear expert and PSI contact regarding the status of the French government's inter-agency investigation into the transfer of centrifuge equipment involving the U.S. company Data Physics, French company Actidyn Sy [...] | 2005-10-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH |
05PARIS7174 | POSITIVE GOF REACTION TO IRAQI REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy issued a positive public statement October 17 welcoming the results of the October 15 Iraqi constitutional referendum. While the FM's statement was not overly effusive, he welcomed and commended the conditions under which the referendum took place. MFA contacts r [...] | 2005-10-19 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR UNSC |
05PARIS7182 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer attempted to contact MOD officials both directly and indirectly to inquire about French company Avon Communications S.A. However, to date, the MOD has been unresponsive. The Avon company executive we spoke to (see paras 4 and 5 below) said that Avo [...] | 2005-10-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
05PARIS7188 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria EU Trade Issues - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7195 | GISCARD D'ESTAING ON FRENCH POLITICAL SCENE, [...] (C) On October 18 former President Giscard d'Estaing hosted Ambassador Stapleton to breakfast -- and to a magisterial presentation of French history and the current political scene, along with trenchant observations on Europe and transatlantic relations. Giscard said he believes that post-Iraq [...] | 2005-10-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PREL EUN POLINT |
05PARIS7197 | FM DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETS AMBASSADOR STAPLETON, URGES [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy welcomed Ambassador Stapleton to France during a October 13 courtesy call that had been repeatedly deferred by scheduling problems at the Quai d'Orsay. Joining FM Douste-Blazy were WHA A/S-Equivalent Parfait and Americas Advisor Dore; DCM Karl Hofmann and [...] | 2005-10-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED FR |
05PARIS7198 | DARFUR TURMOIL DARKENING THE OUTLOOK FOR CHAD [...] (C) France is not currently advocating a Chadian conference on Darfur, Africa A/S Equivalent Bruno Joubert declared during an October 17 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan. SIPDIS Joubert informed Africa Watcher that the Quai d'Orsay was s [...] | 2005-10-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU CD FR |
05PARIS72 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON EURL AOG AERO- [...] As requested in reftel, post conducted a site visit to French company EURL AOG Aero-Spares, to check on the bona fides of this company as a registered broker and to verify the physical location of the operation and the nature of the business that the company conducts. Following paragraphs addr [...] | 2005-01-05 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
05PARIS7201 | MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM [...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...] | 2005-10-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC |
05PARIS7202 | U/S BURNS DISCUSS INDIA NONPRO, BALKANS, CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Russian DFM Sergei Kislyak on October 19 in Paris to discuss, among other issues, India nonproliferation, the Balkans (especially Kosovo),and Secretary Rice's recent trip to Central Asia. Kislyak raised Russian concerns regarding access for its dipl [...] | 2005-10-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR IN FR KO |
05PARIS7213 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7216 | AIR FRANCE CEO ON AVIATION SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador over breakfast October 20, Air France CEO Jean- Claude Spinetta called for enhanced cooperation and greater efficiency in the operation of international aviation security programs, and highlighted Air France's strong interest in succes [...] | 2005-10-21 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ASEC CVIS FR EU |
05PARIS7220 | GOF NEARS COMPLETION OF WHITE PAPER ON [...] (C) The GOF continues to finalize its white paper on terrorism and internal security (ref B). On October 20, Poloff contacted Louis Blin, the MFA's office director-equivalent for terrorism and security, for an update. Blin said the GOF was in a period of "synthesis," in which the inter-agenc [...] | 2005-10-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER FR |
05PARIS7223 | French press minimizes US offer [...] SUMMARY: The French daily paper Le Figaro dated October 19, 2005, published an article entitled : "America supports its farmers as never before" which asserts that despite last week's proposal to make deep cuts in domestic support, US agriculture would continue to be highly distortive. END S [...] | 2005-10-21 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR |
05PARIS7225 | FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE, [...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...] | 2005-10-21 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN |
05PARIS7226 | Perspectives on WTO, Biotechnology, the [...] SUMMARY: Fred L. Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture recently met with representatives of the French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) to share perspectives on the WTO, biotechnology, the Farm Bill and biofuels. After making it clear that he did not speak for the USG, Director Dai [...] | 2005-10-21 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR |
05PARIS7230 | USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...] | 2005-10-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7234 | USUNESCO: UNESCO ADOPTS PROGRAM AND BUDGET [...] Summary: The United States voted against adoption of the 2006-07 Program and Budget for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The budget was adopted by vote, 126 in favor, 1 against (US),with no abstentions. In explaining the U.S. vote, Ambassador Oliver, U.S. [...] | 2005-10-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7236 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. ZIMBABWE 7. WTO/COTTON Â [...] | 2005-10-24 06:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS7244 | USUNESCO: 172ND EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT ON F&A [...] There was no controversy surround in the work of the F&A Commission at the 172nd UNESCO Executive Board. Agenda items 4, 6, 12, 34, 41, 49, and 53 items were requested to be forwarded to the PX Commission with no discussion in F&A. Of these USDel requested that Item 6 be discussed. 2. A [...] | 2005-10-24 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7249 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural [...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...] | 2005-10-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7275 | CONTINUED FRENCH OBJECTIONS TO FOUNDATION/FUND FOR [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: In response to ref a-b demarches, senior MFA and Elysee officials continue to voice objections to the Foundation and Fund for the Future, relying chiefly on G-8 institutional arguments put forth in the October 7 letter f [...] | 2005-10-25 08:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU FR |
05PARIS7284 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-25 12:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7301 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- GOF hopes for "dialogue" on internet governance (para 2) -- France holds its own on broadband growth, but not in Europe's top [...] | 2005-10-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
05PARIS7305 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM [...] (C) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participation of French FM Douste-Blazy at the October 31 UNSC ministerial. French MFA IO A/S-equivalent Jean-Maurice Ripert suggested to visiting IO A/S Kristin Silv [...] | 2005-10-25 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR |
05PARIS7308 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...] | 2005-10-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
05PARIS7314 | GOF PROGRESS ON SARBANES OXLEY WHISTLEBLOWER DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: We have received draft French guidelines that would permit companies to use anonymous hotlines per Sarbanes Oxley requirements, and would welcome Washington views on the draft, ideally before November 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Staff members from the French [...] | 2005-10-26 09:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON FR |
05PARIS7317 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraqi [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7328 | LUNG DISEASE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL EFFORTS [...] Summary: From October 18-22 in Paris, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) held its 36th World Conference on Lung Health, the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts from the perspective of low-income, high disease-burdened countr [...] | 2005-10-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO FR |
05PARIS7329 | NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN - FRANCE ALSO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AEMR EAID MASS PREF FR EUN NATO |
05PARIS7330 | FRENCH VIEWS ON INTERNET GOVENANCE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The French coordinator for all WSIS issues told us he hopes the U.S. posture does not preclude a "dialogue" on internet governance. He expressed concern about the use and (mis)understanding of the words "oversight" and "regulation" pointing out that the latter has a [...] | 2005-10-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT ETRD ECON ETTC FR |
05PARIS7334 | DETAILS OF EDF'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION [...] SUMMARY. The partial privatization of Electricite de France (EDF) will be done through an increase in EDF's capital and a sale of government shares to EDF's employees. The government will keep a substantial 85% stake in the company. The initial public offering of EDF's shares will start on O [...] | 2005-10-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV ENRG FR |
05PARIS734 | FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...] | 2005-02-04 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS FR |
05PARIS7349 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7352 | FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...] | 2005-10-27 11:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR VE BL CO |
05PARIS7355 | OECD/EXPORT CREDIT: STRENGTHENED ANTI-BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on export credits and credit guarantees (ECG) met October 10 and 11 in Paris to consider proposals to enhance the November 2000 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export [...] | 2005-10-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD EXIM OECD |
05PARIS7360 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MICHEL ROCARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former prime minister Michel Rocard received Ambassador Stapleton October 24. Fresh off the early-October publication of his new book, "If the Left Had Known," and a recent trip to China, Rocard sees the November congress of his Socialist Party (PS) as a historic opportunity. Offer [...] | 2005-10-27 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
05PARIS7373 | FRENCH ELECTRICITY UTILITY GIANT EDF GETS "GREEN [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delays, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin confirmed on October 24 that France's state-owned power company Electricite de France (EDF) is to be partially privatized. To limit protests from trade unions, the GOF has pledged to maintain 85 percent owners [...] | 2005-10-27 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
05PARIS7387 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 10:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7392 | FRENCH ON BURMA UNSC - BENIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM FR UNGA UNSC |
05PARIS7396 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO SAFE HAVEN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM FR NU |
05PARIS7397 | IRAQ: GOF REACTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (C) We delivered ref A statement October 28 to Bernard Chappedelaine, the MFA's Iraq desk officer, and also asked him if France would not consider any additional bilateral programs for Iraq, given the approval of the referendum on the constitution. Chappedelaine raised the long-standing Frenc [...] | 2005-10-28 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ FR |
05PARIS7398 | GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...] | 2005-10-28 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IR FR |
05PARIS7399 | LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...] | 2005-10-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE SY UNSC |
05PARIS7401 | USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...] | 2005-10-31 08:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
05PARIS7407 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7439 | ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...] | 2005-10-31 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IS FR |
05PARIS7446 | UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE [...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC),the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...] | 2005-10-31 18:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI |
05PARIS7454 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7461 | UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S [...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...] | 2005-11-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA |
05PARIS747 | OFFICIAL GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF TOGO PRESIDENT [...] (U) Both President Chirac and the MFA issued brief communiques following the death on February 5 of Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema. Informal Embassy translations of both texts follow: 2. (U) Elysee Communique (February 5, 2005): BEGIN COMMUNIQUE: -- It is with profound sadne [...] | 2005-02-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TO FR |
05PARIS7472 | UNESCO and WSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...] | 2005-11-02 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
05PARIS749 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO [...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] | 2005-02-07 12:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7491 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7496 | MFA EMPHASIZES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT ON DRAFT IRAQ [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the new Iraq UNSCR (reftel) November 2 with MFA UN/Iraq desk officer Nicolas Kassianides, who had sent instructions on the draft text earlier in the day to the French UN Mission in New York. Kassianides stressed [...] | 2005-11-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ UNSC |
05PARIS7506 | FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC |
05PARIS7510 | FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS [...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...] | 2005-11-03 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP FR |
05PARIS7521 | FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...] | 2005-11-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN |
05PARIS7525 | PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...] | 2005-11-03 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL FR |
05PARIS7527 | VIOLENCE IN SUBURBS: COMMENTS OF TERRORISM [...] (S) During a conversation November 3 with terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard, Poloff asked for his analysis of recent violence in the suburbs (ref A). Ricard began by saying that no one in the French government should be surprised by what has happened. Successive governments ha [...] | 2005-11-04 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PTER FR |
05PARIS7528 | TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON ONGOING [...] (S) Summary: Terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) discussed his office's ongoing C/T activities November 3, including the possible upcoming release of two ex-GTMO detainees and the continued investigation of three separate terrorist cells discovered in 2005. [...] | 2005-11-04 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER FR |
05PARIS7532 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7561 | SET BACK FOR FRANCE'S NUCLEAR COMPANY AREVA [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Prime Minister de Villepin cancelled the planned partial privatization of French nuclear powerhouse AREVA, generating a flurry of journalistic commentary, mostly suggesting that the non-privatization will upset the company's planned expansion to take advantage of [...] | 2005-11-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA EINV PGOV FR |
05PARIS7573 | AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS: FRENCH EFFORTS [...] Summary. The GOF continues to hone preparations for a future avian flu pandemic. On October 27, Research Minister Goulard made symbolic visits to some of France's most prestigious biological research facilities that could prove critical in any response to an H5N1 viral outbreak. On November [...] | 2005-11-04 18:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI FR |
05PARIS7574 | USUNESCO: 33rd GENERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS [...] SUMMARY: UNESCO's 33rd General Conference adopted by consensus the Convention Against Doping in Sport, designed to strengthen efforts to keep sport fair and drug-free. The convention places particular emphasis on the education of amateur athletes and the fight against doping in sport by athl [...] | 2005-11-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7577 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Paris Riots President Bush to [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-07 11:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7587 | USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION [...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...] | 2005-11-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO |
05PARIS7595 | PARIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING REGARDING [...] DCM convened the Paris CORE EAC this date to discuss the continuing spread of arson attacks throughout France. Attendees included; DCM, DCM UNESCO, RSO, CG, ACS, MGT, ORA, FBI, POL, PA, OSI, ICE, TSA, DATT, and ECON. 2. FOR BACKGROUND: RSO reiterated that over the last week there have bee [...] | 2005-11-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC FR |
05PARIS7597 | MFA ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 discussion, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran Antoine Sivan affirmed that the GoF will view the next Iraqi government as fully sovereign, but gave no indication that the GoF will increase its assistance to Iraq after December elections. Sivan expressed satisfac [...] | 2005-11-07 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR FR |
05PARIS7598 | WTO DEMARCHE: FRENCH MAINTAIN VIEWS ON AG TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs delivered ref A points to key French officials at the Elysee, the Trade Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, who continue to voice their objections to the Commission's revised proposal for the WTO Doha Round negotiations. The French approach seems to have changed very li [...] | 2005-11-07 17:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV FR |
05PARIS7599 | RAMPAGE IN FRANCE CONTINUES FOR 11TH DAY [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding massive deployments of police and President Jacques Chirac's assurances that "the absolute priority is to reestablish security and public order," violent unrest in France intensified through the weekend, with November 6 marking the eleventh night of arson and clas [...] | 2005-11-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL FR |
05PARIS7613 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Summit of the Americas [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7626 | FORMER PM JOSPIN DEFLECTS SPECULATION ABOUT [...] (C) Over lunch with Ambassador Stapleton on November 2, former prime minister Lionel Jospin said that desire for change, along with widespread disappointment with the record of President Chirac and the center-right, "puts things in place" for a center-left victory in 2007. However, he also cau [...] | 2005-11-08 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
05PARIS7630 | NEW FRENCH BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE PARISOT ON [...] SUMMARY. France's new business spokesman Laurence Parisot believes France is still "quite competitive" despite the French public's negative perception of the private sector. Parisot, who was elected as first woman president of the French employers association MEDEF in July 2005, told Ambass [...] | 2005-11-08 15:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB FR KBIO |
05PARIS7658 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France - Suburban Violence [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 12:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7667 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC |
05PARIS7675 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN: REMAIN FIRM, DON'T [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan assessed the Ahmadi-Nejad government as weakened by internal debate within Iran and lacking competence and experience, during a recent discussion with us. Sivan speculated that Ahmadi-Nejad's recent s [...] | 2005-11-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IR FR |
05PARIS7677 | USUNESCO: UNESCO'S WSIS PREPARATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 presentation to member states on UNESCO preparations for WSIS, Assistant Director General Abdul Waheed Khan discussed Internet governance, the possibility of UNESCO and ITU leading roles in post-WSIS implementation, the UNESCO "brand" at WSIS, planned UNE [...] | 2005-11-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
05PARIS7682 | THE FRENCH INTEGRATION MODEL: GOING UP IN SMOKE? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Continuing violent unrest in France -- only now diminishing after thirteen intense days -- has very publicly brought to light the ugly reality of France's persistent failure to integrate its immigrant population. Importantly, the violence has not taken on religious ove [...] | 2005-11-09 18:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI ELAB FR |
05PARIS7683 | THE FRENCH VIEW IN INITIATING THE KABUL AGENDA [...] (C) On November 8 poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon explained that France agreed with U.S. views as outlined in the points, and said he was glad to see the prominence given to the United Nations' key leadership role in the country. He [...] | 2005-11-10 10:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV |
05PARIS7688 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-10 12:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7691 | FRENCH INNOVATION EVENT: SEEKING U.S. PARTICIPATION [...] Summary: Eminent scientist and former French presidential scientific advisor Professor Jean Audouze called on Embassy recently to urge U.S. participation in the second European Research and Innovation Exhibition and associated conference to be held June 8-11, 2006 in Paris. The Embassy views t [...] | 2005-11-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL TPHY TNGD KPAO FR |
05PARIS77 | GOF WON'T BE JOINING INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points urging French support for the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) with MFA Iraq desk officer Bernard Chappedelaine January 5, after delivering reftel points to the GoF December 29. Chappedelaine reported that the GoF did not plan to participate in [...] | 2005-01-05 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PHUM IZ FR |
05PARIS7704 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Total executive notes decision-making void in Iran (para 2) -- Individuals flocking [...] | 2005-11-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
05PARIS771 | FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE [...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...] | 2005-02-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
05PARIS7715 | USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB [...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...] | 2005-11-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SU UNESCO |
05PARIS7716 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Azerbaijan Terrorism - Amman [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7725 | NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP: [...] (U) On November 8, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Julien Turenne, Chief of the Bureau of Resources and International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish. Mr. Turenne understood the points delivered, and explained that GOF has no objection to Mr. Hog [...] | 2005-11-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV AORC FR ICCAT |
05PARIS7733 | UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND [...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...] | 2005-11-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO |
05PARIS7737 | PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005 [...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...] | 2005-11-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL HA FR |
05PARIS7742 | USUNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON UNESCO'S [...] Summary. On Tuesday 8 November, the Director- General convened an information meeting on UNESCO's participation in the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP). The meeting, which was originally requested by the British Delegation during the 172nd Executive Board in September, was intended to review the [...] | 2005-11-14 17:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EFIN IZ FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7745 | FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect),briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...] | 2005-11-14 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR |
05PARIS7749 | FRANCE: IPR ISSUES UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French Intellectual Property (IPR) and cultural policy news. French Net pirates prefer U.S. films ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Almost 38 percent of French Internet users admit to illegally downloading movies, with a marked p [...] | 2005-11-15 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR FR |
05PARIS7752 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 11:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7767 | USUNESCO: UNESCO - DIRECTOR OF HUMAN [...] This is an action request: see para. 6. 2. During a meeting on November 14, Dyane Dufresne- Klaus, Unesco's Director of Human Resources, told the Charge that she would like U.S. assistance in reforming the organization's human resource system. She indicated that the current system is ju [...] | 2005-11-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN APER FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7769 | UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...] | 2005-11-15 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7771 | FRENCH ECONOMY IMPROVING, BUT UNREST MAY LEAVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. While the recent unrest in France may have dominated the headlines, the GOF has attempted to counter the negative reports with good economic news. GDP growth increased 2.8% (annualized) in the third quarter, much more than expected. The unemployment rate decreased to 9.8%, and [...] | 2005-11-15 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS7772 | USUNESCO: UNESCO SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES CULTURAL [...] SUMMARY and comment: UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector held an international symposium on "Cultural Diversity and Transversal Values: East-West Dialogue on Spiritual-Secular Dynamics" on November 7- 9. The symposium concluded with a communiqu identifying new directions for dialogue [...] | 2005-11-15 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AORC SCUL JA FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7777 | ASSAULT OF FRENCH JOURNALIST IN TUNISIA PROMPTS MEDIA OUTCRY, DOMESTIC CRITICISM OF GOF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 09:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM TS FR |
05PARIS7779 | FRENCH CUBA POLICY: WAITING FOR A GESTURE [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier clarified the French position on Cuba in the aftermath of FM Perez Roque's visit October 11 (reftel). Coffinier characterized the [...] | 2005-11-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR CU |
05PARIS7785 | ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON RESPONSE TO COE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) Amb. Stapleton received by fax a letter (full text para 4) from Dick Marty, whom the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has appointed to investigate the allegations of CIA secret detention centers in CoE member countries. The key [...] | 2005-11-16 12:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PINS FR |
05PARIS7787 | MFA EUROPEAN DIRECTOR NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EU BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: MFA EU Affairs A/S-equivalent Briatta told us November 15 that he was not optimistic the EU would reach a budget deal by year's end, in part because of Blair's weakened domestic standing, and notwithstanding the UK's fears of increasing isolation within the EU and growing unhapp [...] | 2005-11-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD FR ECON PGOV EUN |
05PARIS7788 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to China Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7792 | FRANCE ON CHAD: DEBY'S THE MAIN MAN [...] (C) Summary: For Michael Deslaimes, the French MFA Chad and Togo Desk Officer, Idriss Deby's Presidency is "indispensable" to the tenuous stability of a hodgepodge country in continual tribal ferment. Deslaimes told Africa Watcher November 15 that Deby is the right choice -- the only option [...] | 2005-11-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN CD FR |
05PARIS781 | OECD SURVEY OF SPAIN'S ECONOMY: EROSION OF [...] The Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD conducted an economic review of Spain on January 31, 2005. The last such review was held in February 2003. Mr. Angel Torres, Director General at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Spain's previous EDRC delegate, led the Spanis [...] | 2005-02-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN XG XT ZM SP |
05PARIS7812 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7813 | FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...] | 2005-11-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN |
05PARIS7814 | CNIL UNLOCKS SOX [...] SUMMARY: Bowing to pressure, CNIL Commissioners announced on November 15 that they would allow US-listed companies to enact whistleblower provisions in France, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL published an "orientation document" and promised to grant blanket approval to firms t [...] | 2005-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS7828 | PAKISTAN RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE: FRENCH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-17 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL PAK |
05PARIS7831 | FRENCH LUKEWARM TO SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. Parfait stated that the French did not share our analysis of the success of the disarmament camp [...] | 2005-11-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PTER FR CO OAS |
05PARIS7835 | ANALYZING THE CIVIL UNREST -- THE ISLAMIC FACTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The perpetrators of the urban rampaging (refs) in France are by and large of Arab-African and Black-African background. In most cases, they are also Muslims, raising the question as to what extent their religious affiliation helps explain the explosion in France's immigrant subu [...] | 2005-11-17 17:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
05PARIS7838 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - FRANCE [...] (U) Detailed GOF reactions and responses to date to the possibility of an avian flu pandemic are contained in reftels (B) - (E). The following paragraphs respond to reftel A queries. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. (U) Following news t [...] | 2005-11-17 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL FR |
05PARIS7844 | FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR |
05PARIS7850 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Prisons and [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7863 | USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] There are 335 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) maintaining official relations with UNESCO. 5 NGOs have entered into official relations with UNESCO. 2 NGOs have ended official relations with UNESCO since last year's review. Mission notified IO/SHA Sylvia Hammond by fax and e-mail. 2. [...] | 2005-11-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SOCI PHUM |
05PARIS7871 | RECOMMENDATION OF WAIVER FOR FRANCE OF LIBERTAD [...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GoF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...] | 2005-11-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC FR CU |
05PARIS7873 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...] | 2005-11-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS7885 | FRENCH CONFLICTED ON ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA, BUT [...] (S) Summary: Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel A points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi, and PolOff separately shared points with Admiral de Monval, responsible for Latin American iss [...] | 2005-11-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MASS PARM FR VE |
05PARIS7896 | FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN, [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...] | 2005-11-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN |
05PARIS7899 | MFA CABINET MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: MFA Cabinet advisor on Maghreb/Arabian Gulf issues Francois Thoizy, during a November 17 discussion on GoF policy in the Gulf and Maghreb (septel),offered unusually frank observations on domestic integration and discrimination issues, referring frequently to his status as the fir [...] | 2005-11-18 19:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI PINR XF |
05PARIS7905 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7915 | USUNESCO: UKRANIAN PRESIDENT AND FRENCH FM [...] Summary. In a ceremony at Unesco headquarters on November 16, Unesco marked its 60th anniversary. Featured speakers included Ukranian president Yushchenko, French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy and former directors general Amdaou-Mahtar M'Bow and Federico Mayor. A recurring theme in all the [...] | 2005-11-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL ETRD UP FR UNESCO |
05PARIS7920 | FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...] | 2005-11-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP |
05PARIS7922 | GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...] | 2005-11-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR |
05PARIS7935 | Unofficial translation of article from Le [...] Trade Minister Christine Lagarde has signed two recent op-ed pieces on the WTO round. The latest, published on November 21 in the Financial Times entitled "Big Cuts in Farm Tariffs are No Solution to Poverty" warns against "blindly slashing" agricultural tariffs, and proposes focusing on the [...] | 2005-11-21 18:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS794 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO [...] SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO MIDDLE EAST - EUROPE 2. MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIK, SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION AND TO PARIS TODAY ARE PROMINENTLY FRONT- PAGED WITH ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH MAHMUD [...] | 2005-02-08 11:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7947 | CESR HOLDS HEARING ON MEDIATION OPTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a public hearing organized in Paris on November 21 by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),financial market participants aired differing opinions about how and whether CESR should institute a mediation procedure for national regulators. The idea is to not s [...] | 2005-11-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS7948 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS7953 | FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC |
05PARIS7954 | FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...] | 2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC |
05PARIS7955 | DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN trade shows 2007 [...] IN ANTICIPATION OF Euronaval 2006 and the PARIS AIR SHOW 2007, the Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy Paris Country Team strongly support and encourage FULL AND DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THese IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTs. 2. Exposure and Outcomes. EURONAVAL, scheduled fo [...] | 2005-11-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD FR PINS MILI |
05PARIS7961 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 20 OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary: On 20 October 2005, ESTH/NP officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the Spanish Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on reviewing results of the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid and on briefing partners on the a [...] | 2005-11-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE |
05PARIS7971 | USUNESCO: COMMENTS ON HIGH LEVEL GROUP [...] Charge met November 22 with Peter Smith, ADG for Education. Smith made following comments in response to reftel points: -- Within 24 hours there will be two more countries on the Sherpas group: Japan and the US. This will be announced in Beijing but there will be a meeting on Sunday aft [...] | 2005-11-22 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AID UNESCO UNGA |
05PARIS7980 | PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...] | 2005-11-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
05PARIS7986 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Angela Merkel to France [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8002 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - FRENCH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP FR |
05PARIS8016 | CLIMATE CHANGE: FRENCH PREPARE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the UNFCCC/Kyoto meetings in Montreal, Embassy officers visited French environment officials to learn what was on their minds. All expressed praise for USG climate science and climate technology work, something of a change from mostly negative comments toward [...] | 2005-11-23 18:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR |
05PARIS8022 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran CIA - Alleged [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8028 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. MAURITANIA 5. CHAD 6. GABON 7. RWANDA 8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS Â [...] | 2005-11-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS8029 | NATO - FRENCH STILL RETICENT ON USE OF NAC-R [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, MOD Strategic Affairs officer Colonel Creux provided a very positive readout of Strategic Affairs Director Jean Ponton d'Amecourt's October 31 meetings at the Pentagon, the NSC, and the Department. While outstanding issues remain with the Pentagon, most notably the [...] | 2005-11-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS8032 | DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN [...] (S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at close of business, Friday, November 25, after having reviewed the question with (unnamed) MFA and Presidency senior officials during the course of the day. Thib [...] | 2005-11-25 18:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR SY |
05PARIS8034 | OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE [...] As a member of the Task Force that drafted the new EPOC Strategic Vision, the U.S. is a strong proponent of the Vision and successfully negotiated further refinements. The purpose of the Vision is to guide environmental work of the Committee over the next 5-10 years; to promote the implementat [...] | 2005-11-28 08:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD |
05PARIS8049 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Europe: Allegation of GWOT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8057 | USUNESCO -- DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. The following is the draft declaration for the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus to be held in Argentina and Uruguay February 20-24, 2006. The meeting is being organized by Unesco's Social Science Sector as part of its Man [...] | 2005-11-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AR UY UNESCO |
05PARIS8062 | FRANCE: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT SHARING PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agencies at post involved in our productive and extensive counterterrorism dialogue with the French have considered HSPD-6 requirements to explore obtaining terrorist watchlist information. We consider it highly unlikely the GOF would consent to unilateral sharing of its watchli [...] | 2005-11-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER CVIS CASC PGOV PREL PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS8063 | FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1441/AME dated 24 November 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of [...] | 2005-11-28 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KRVC EWWT FR |
05PARIS8069 | SOCIALIST PARTY ENDS MONTH-LONG DECISON PROCESS [...] France's Socialist Party (PS) -- in a convoluted, fiercely contested, but genuinely democratic process throughout November -- agreed on a document setting out the party's policy direction and renewed the membership of its governing institutions. It also created a "Presidential Commission" to [...] | 2005-11-28 18:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
05PARIS8071 | NATO Tour for Young French Political Leaders - [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...] | 2005-11-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS8072 | DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...] | 2005-11-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY |
05PARIS8074 | FRANCE: NASA/DAO MISSION CLEARANCE APPROVAL: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS TSPA FR |
05PARIS8075 | FRANCE TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON NGO DRAFT LAW DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 22, Poloff delivered ref A demarche regarding a new Russian draft law on NGOs to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space. On November 29, Charles Denier, senior desk officer for Russia, told Poloff that France was, like the U.S., very c [...] | 2005-11-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS PHUM PINR |
05PARIS8076 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Climate Change - Montreal [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS808 | FURTHER GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF EYADEMA [...] MFA spokesman on February 7 addressed the issue of Togo President Eyadema and the naming of his son as his successor (reftel). Informal Embassy translation of MFA spokesman's statement and response to questions follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: -- I recall to you the spokesman's declaration of [...] | 2005-02-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TO FR |
05PARIS8081 | USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...] | 2005-11-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS8088 | SARKOZY'S SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's security advisor, a 20-year plus veteran of the French National Police, said the recent unrest had taken the security establishment by surprise, but that the massive yet moderate response of the police prevented a major crisis of public order. [...] | 2005-11-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER FR PGOV |
05PARIS81 | DONOR SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF: FRANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Working level French officials dealing with the tsunami are very pleased with and thankful for the excellent cooperation with the USG. France will be represented "most likely at the ministerial level" at the 11 January Geneva donors' conference, however the GOF has not decide [...] | 2005-01-05 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID EFIN PREL FR |
05PARIS8103 | FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KPWR EAID AF |
05PARIS8116 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8120 | USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] The Canadian mission officially notified the UNESCO Director General 23 November that Canada had accepted (ratified) the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, recently adopted by the biennial UNESCO General Conference at its October 2005 meeting. It also registered its acceptance with the [...] | 2005-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UNESCO |
05PARIS8123 | USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...] | 2005-11-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
05PARIS8128 | Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...] | 2005-11-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS8137 | FRENCH UNABLE TO SEND BOLIVIAN ELECTION MONITORS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Bolivia Desk Officer Philippe Letrillard on November 30. Letrillard underlined that the GoF fully supported efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections in Bolivia. However, he noted that the EU was unable to send observers and expressed doubt t [...] | 2005-11-30 15:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FR BO |
05PARIS8149 | WTO TRADE TALKS: FRENCH BUSINESS BEGINS TO [...] SUMMARY. In a first public breach of the French position on agricultural trade, French business leaders -- with French Ministers of Economy and of Trade present -- openly criticized the GOF's support for the interests of the agricultural sector and maintenance of the EU's Common Agricultural [...] | 2005-11-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL FR |
05PARIS8150 | DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: FRENCH [...] (C) Poloff discussed the President's major policy speech on Iraq and the just-released U.S. strategy paper on Iraq with MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan and MFA Iraq desk officer David Cvach November 30. Sivan welcomed our briefing, and said he would incorp [...] | 2005-12-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV IZ |
05PARIS8153 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Record fine for France Telecom (para 2); -- Hefty fines for French mobile phone operators (para 3); -- France Telecom fined fo [...] | 2005-12-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
05PARIS8162 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8171 | NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...] | 2005-12-01 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ SY IR FR |
05PARIS8172 | NAC COMMUNIQUE: DESPITE RESERVATIONS, FRANCE IS [...] (C) On December 1, we delivered ref A points to Arnaud Roux, MFA Counselor following the CFE/Istanbul discussions and who also will be present at the NAC on December 2. Roux confirmed that he was aware of the debate on the use of "either" versus "or" paragraph proposals. He expressed some su [...] | 2005-12-01 18:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE FR NATO |
05PARIS8173 | MFA CABINET ADVISOR ON FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND [...] Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's advisor for Franco-German relations Heldt and German Ambassador Neubert, speaking about German Chancellor Merkel's November 23 inaugural visit to France, both predicted continuity in the Franco-German relationship while emphasizing more a marriage of reason than of [...] | 2005-12-01 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM PINR EUN |
05PARIS8186 | FRENCH CONTINUE TO BAN AL-MANAR, ALTHOUGH APPEAL [...] (S) We discussed reftel points on preventing Al Manar broadcasts with CSA (France's FCC-equivalent) and MFA contacts on December 2. We stressed the importance of France continuing its ban on Al Manar. 2. (S) Isabel Mariani, international affairs liaison at the CSA, confirmed that, as repor [...] | 2005-12-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER FR LE |
05PARIS8192 | USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...] | 2005-12-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD UNESCO KSI |
05PARIS8202 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...] | 2005-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS8203 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Allegations of CIA Flights [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8207 | (C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON [...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...] | 2005-12-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY FR |
05PARIS8217 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8240 | FRENCH REMAIN UNDECIDED ON MACEDONIA'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B points with MFA DAS-equivalent for External Community Relations Caroline Ferrari. Ferrari said that the GOF has not yet decided if it will support the granting of candidate status to Macedonia as recommended on November 9 by the Commission. Ferrari said that the [...] | 2005-12-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM FR MK DA EUN |
05PARIS8245 | USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT [...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...] | 2005-12-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO |
05PARIS8246 | FRENCH REACTION TO E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref points to the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. We spoke with Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division in the Ministry of Economy, who took note of the information but expressed skepticism that France could do anything about [...] | 2005-12-05 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM KTFN FR |
05PARIS8247 | USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...] | 2005-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO |
05PARIS8248 | USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH [...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...] | 2005-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO |
05PARIS8256 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8269 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French company Ixsea Oceano and spoke with CEO Thierry Gaiffe as well as Quality Director Nicolas Faussot. Both were very cooperative. Faussot thoroughly answered all of our questions. 2. First, Faussot confirmed that Ixsea ordered fo [...] | 2005-12-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
05PARIS8280 | USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN [...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...] | 2005-12-06 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XA UNESCO |
05PARIS8292 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8300 | SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE MERCURY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV FR |
05PARIS831 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS [...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...] | 2005-02-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8311 | NEW FRENCH ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES ON THE WAY, [...] (SBU) French Interior Minister Sarkozy's anti-terrorism bill, approved by France's National Assembly on November 29, has moved to the Senate for final approval with surprising speed. The Bill will authorize video surveillance of more public places and give the government increased powers to [...] | 2005-12-07 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON KTFN FR |
05PARIS8313 | TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE [...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Post received on December 6, 2005 faxed copy of a letter to the Secretary from the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Renee van der Linden. The transmittal sheet attached to the letter from van der Linden's Chief of Staf [...] | 2005-12-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PTER PINR PHUM FR |
05PARIS8314 | MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC |
05PARIS8318 | USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE USGS DEVINE+1 [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for Senior Advisor for Science Applications James F. Devine and acting Director Patrick Leahy to travel to Paris (12/15-12/17) to meet with UNESCO Science Staff and U.S. Mission to UNESCO. 2. Control officer is Science Attach, Nancy Co [...] | 2005-12-08 10:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV TBIO AORC FR |
05PARIS8327 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8353 | UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD [...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...] | 2005-12-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL FR UNESCO |
05PARIS8357 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE IN EUROPE - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8368 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...] | 2005-12-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS8373 | A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...] | 2005-12-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC |
05PARIS8374 | FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. U.S. Investment in France is Up ---------------------------------- Â [...] | 2005-12-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS8386 | WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] France's leading NGO dedicated to the support of terrorist victims and their families is S.O.S Attentats - S.O.S. Terrorisme. It was founded in 1986 by Franoise Rudetzki, herself a victim of terrorist attack. Its aim is to seek monetary compensation, psychological and medical care and judic [...] | 2005-12-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC SOCI FR |
05PARIS8390 | FRANCE: GOVERNMENT CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL BASIS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 meeting with a French official, Emboffs reviewed current arrangements for implementing the No-Fly system in France, and discussed GOF concerns about its legal basis in U.S. domestic law and ICAO conventions. Our contact also raised the potential applicability of [...] | 2005-12-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR FR PTER |
05PARIS8397 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8416 | UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION: [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...] | 2005-12-13 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO |
05PARIS8418 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria - Assassination of [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8426 | FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR |
05PARIS8435 | GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...] | 2005-12-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
05PARIS8441 | FRENCH OFFICIALS STRESS THE POSITIVE TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Presidency and MFA officials stressed GoF support for Iraq's political process and the Arab League reconciliation effort during December 5 meetings with visiting Deputy Senior Iraq Advisor Deutsch. French officials expressed willingness to help support Iraqi rec [...] | 2005-12-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ FR |
05PARIS8442 | FRANCE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per reftel, enclosed is the 2005 country report on terrorism for France. Embassy point of contact is Poloff Peter Kujawinski, who can be reached on either the classified or unclassified e-mail systems. France - 2005 OVERVIEW In 2005, France continued to discover and dismantle terro [...] | 2005-12-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR |
05PARIS8445 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria-Lebanon Rice European [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8454 | FRANCE FAVORS LIBERIAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL ETRD ETTC LI FR UNSC |
05PARIS8456 | UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US- [...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...] | 2005-12-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR |
05PARIS8457 | FRANCE TO DELIVER DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RS FR |
05PARIS8458 | USUNESCO: TEXT OF LETTER-UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] The following letter on Executive Board rotation was received December 14 from the Finnish delegation, the current chairs of electoral Group I. Please advise. QTE To Members of Electoral Group I Re: Meeting between the President of the General Conference and chairs of the various ele [...] | 2005-12-14 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO FR |
05PARIS8460 | FRENCH GUARDED ON RUMORS OF SUBMARINE SALES TO [...] (S) Summary: In response to information indicating French-Venezuelan contacts to discuss potential arms sales, in particular the Scorpene submarine, DCM followed up on December 13 with the SGDN Deputy head Edouard Scott de Martinville, POL/MC with MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, U/S Joseph [...] | 2005-12-14 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MASS PARM FR VE |
05PARIS8461 | NON-COMMITTAL GOF RESPONSE ON WELCOMING IRAQI [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoF and local Iraqi embassy have no public events planned in conjunction with Iraq's December 15 elections. GoF officials stress that the GoF will wait and see how the elections unfold, paying particular attention to voter participation levels, before pronouncing [...] | 2005-12-14 18:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ FR |
05PARIS8462 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET [...] (C) Summary: Council of Europe Secretary General Davis warned the Ambassador December 12, citing NATO "unresponsiveness" to repeated written queries, that he intended soon "to go public" with respect to the alleged use of KFOR-run detention centers in Kosovo for secret CIA secret prisons (this [...] | 2005-12-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS8471 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran - Ahmadinejad's [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8483 | GOF CONTINUES TO DECLINE COMMENT ON BOUTEFLIKA'S [...] (C) The GoF continues to stonewall on the health situation of Algerian President Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in Paris since November 27 (reftels). During a December 13 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reiterated he could provide no informatio [...] | 2005-12-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG FR |
05PARIS8487 | UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...] | 2005-12-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | VE FR UNESCO |
05PARIS8490 | BANKERS SHARE DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several senior French bankers have emphasized to the Ambassador their frustration at the slow pace of French structural reforms, albeit with grudging admiration for the efforts of Finance Minister Breton. They forecast continued weak GDP growth in 2006, and note the importance [...] | 2005-12-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS8499 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8502 | UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY [...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...] | 2005-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR UNESCO |
05PARIS8503 | USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] | 2005-12-16 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO |
05PARIS8505 | Despite Obstacles French Corn Growers [...] SUMMARY: Despite a recent judicial decision suspending jail sentences for 49 people found responsible for test plot destruction and the absence of a French law on coexistence of biotech and non-biotech crops, French corn growers are determined to continue planting biotech corn. They planted [...] | 2005-12-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS8509 | USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] | 2005-12-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO |
05PARIS8511 | ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD [...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...] | 2005-12-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR |
05PARIS8512 | FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS, BUT SUGGESTS IRAQ [...] (C) The following is an informal translation of the French MFA spokesman's December 16 statement on Iraq's elections: Begin text. France welcomes the important mobilization of all the components of Iraqi society during the December 15 election for the National Assembly and marks its satisf [...] | 2005-12-16 18:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
05PARIS8513 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTTON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. CHAD 8. NIGER 9. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 10. SUDAN Â [...] | 2005-12-19 08:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS8525 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-19 13:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8544 | MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...] | 2005-12-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE FR |
05PARIS8548 | FRENCH NAVAL COURTSHIP CREATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF, Thales, and state-owned shipbuilder DCN, have confirmed that the French defense electronics group has agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCN. Their messages echoed the widespread expectation that the Thales-DCN tie-in would be applauded by its architects as a first step towa [...] | 2005-12-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND MARR MASS PARM ECON FR |
05PARIS856 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE [...] SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LE FIGARO WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE "THREAT FROM RADICALISM" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER THE SHARM EL-SHEIK CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. "PUTTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK [...] | 2005-02-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8560 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8561 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRAN SEEKING GLASS-LINED [...] (S) On December 16, ESTH/NP Officers delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, who is responsible for chemical disarmament at the MFA. Mr. Sur understood the points delivered and conveyed his appreciation for the information and willingness to investigate the situation fu [...] | 2005-12-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC FR IR CBW |
05PARIS8571 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bolivia [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8573 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZES TOLL-ROAD COMPANIES [...] SUMMARY. The government announced winning-bidders for its stake in toll-ways companies, ASF, APRR and SANEF December 14. The sell-off, which aroused widespread overseas bid interest, encountered political opposition in the National Assembly. Bidders were selected on their price offers, but a [...] | 2005-12-21 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS8576 | FRENCH MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] Summary. During the run-up to the eleventh Conference of the Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal November 28-December 9, the French press relentlessly criticized the U.S. and highlighted the "intransigent" attitude of the "world's largest polluter." Comment [...] | 2005-12-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR |
05PARIS8582 | UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes [...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...] | 2005-12-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS8586 | PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...] | 2005-12-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
05PARIS86 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN [...] IRAQ 2. TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN AID AND POLITICS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POLITICS AND HUMANITARIAN AID ARE TWO KEY WORDS IN MANY OF TODAY'S COMMENTARIES, WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE MOSTLY DEVOTED TO DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION IS AN EXCEPTION WITH ITS LEAD STORY ON IRAQ A [...] | 2005-01-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8601 | UNESCO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEANS OF ENHANCING [...] Summary and Introduction: An international conference on "The Introduction of History of Science in the Higher Education Level of the Muslim Countries" took place December 15-16, at UNESCO; the conference was organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector, with the participation of the Natural Science [...] | 2005-12-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KSCA SOCI SCUL KISL TSPL FR |
05PARIS8603 | FRANCE SIGNS 80 PERCENT DEBT REDUCTION AGREEMENT [...] (U) On December 21, the GoF signed a bilateral debt reduction agreement with Iraq, in accordance with Paris Club terms agreed to in November 2004. The agreement offers an 80 percent cancellation of Iraq's debt between 2005 and 2008, disbursed in three tranches linked to implementation of Iraq [...] | 2005-12-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID IZ FR |
05PARIS8605 | FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU [...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...] | 2005-12-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR |
05PARIS8606 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KEY SARKOZY ADVISOR FRANCOIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sarkozy advisor and former Education Minister Francois Fillon told the Ambassador December 20 that Sarkozy had a chance to buck the French predisposition to vote against the ruling party in 2007 by focusing his presidential campaign on the electorate's deep-seated desire for re [...] | 2005-12-22 12:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI FR EUN |
05PARIS8608 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran International [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8610 | UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...] | 2005-12-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF |
05PARIS8613 | U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO |
05PARIS8619 | FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION [...] Summary: Even though France's President Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...] | 2005-12-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR |
05PARIS8622 | FRANCE REVISES 2005 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: The GOF revised its 2005 central government budget to include additional social expenditures and revised receipts including transfers to local authorities. The revised budget includes measures dear to President Chirac: a tax on airline tickets to help fund development aid, and tax cu [...] | 2005-12-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
05PARIS8623 | FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...] | 2005-12-22 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN |
05PARIS8626 | FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...] | 2005-12-23 06:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN |
05PARIS8627 | FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION DISSATISFIED WITH [...] Summary: Even though French President, Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...] | 2005-12-23 06:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS8631 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER EU COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on December 21, former EU Commission president Jacques Delors underlined his feeling that Europe is currently in a deep crisis, in part because of the lack of visionary European leadership, but also because of Europeans' hostility to EU enlar [...] | 2005-12-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN |
05PARIS8654 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Galileo [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8659 | AIR FRANCE DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Emboffs December 21, Air France officials expressed concern about the cost of processing visas for crewmembers. Air France estimates that it requires approximately 6000 visas per year at a cost in lost crew time and other expenses it claims could reach five [...] | 2005-12-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CVIS PTER FR |
05PARIS8673 | SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 December. While the Foreign Ministry was unaware and regretted the news that the loan had been approved, Finance Ministry officials said they see no scope for ov [...] | 2005-12-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL FR SY |
05PARIS8677 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ukraine Bush Administration [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS8683 | GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF |
05PARIS8684 | FRANCE CONTENT TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) Summary. French officials agree that the Russia- Ukraine gas dispute bears watching, but do not believe that intervention by European officials recommending gradual market solutions is warranted at this time. They suspect that commenting now might even be counterproductive. Dismissing co [...] | 2005-12-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL UP RS FR |
05PARIS8689 | REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] Mission France is pleased to have the opportunity to provide an overview of those cultural programs that best support our MPP goals and objectives. While France - and Paris in particular - is center to the cultural world, hosting thousands of these events each year without our involvement, th [...] | 2005-12-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL FR |
05PARIS8692 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...] | 2005-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
05PARIS8698 | AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN LONDON: PRELIMINARY FRENCH [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Jerome Walter, Counselor for Multilateral and Bilateral Financial Affairs at Cooperation (AID-equivalent),Ramon Fernandez, in Tresor's Office of Multilateral Affairs and Development, and to Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon at the MFA. Fernandez an [...] | 2005-12-30 13:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AF |
05PARIS878 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-11 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS879 | REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect),DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...] | 2005-02-11 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IZ SY |
05PARIS888 | FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) On February 10, Hugues de Longevialle, MFA disarmament specialist responsible for IAEA issues, provided us with initial feedback on our initiative to strengthen the IAEA (reftel),which we had conveyed earlier in the week. Longevialle cautioned that a more formal French reaction was still [...] | 2005-02-11 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM TRGY AORC FR IAEA |
05PARIS89 | IAEA: FRANCE HAS NOT TAKEN A DECISION ON A THIRD [...] (C) In the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent director for disarmament issues Francois Richier, we presented reftel demarche December 21 to the desk officer covering the office during the holidays. On January 5, we met with Richier's deputy, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, who voiced skepticism that IAE [...] | 2005-01-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC PREL FR IAEA |
05PARIS890 | U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCUSSION OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks held fruitful meetings with Director of the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy (Rosatom) Alexandr Rumyantsev to discuss a possible U.S.-Russian joint statement on counter terrorism and preve [...] | 2005-02-14 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ENRG PTER KNNP RU |
05PARIS901 | FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC PLEASED WITH U.S.- [...] (U) Summary: On February 9, 2005, the USEP Space Attache/NASA European Representative (NER) joined a European Space Agency (ESA) delegation to brief French President Jacques Chirac on the successful deployment of the European Huygens probe on the surface of the Saturn moon, Titan. Chirac wa [...] | 2005-02-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA PREL FR |
05PARIS904 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS [...] IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS 2. MUNICH SUMMIT - NATO - IRAN 3. TOGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES ARE FEATURED IN TODAY'S EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOGO (LE FIGARO),BUT THE IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO: "THE SHIITES [...] | 2005-02-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS908 | PUBLIC AFFAIRS OVERVIEW OF SECSTATE VISIT TO PARIS [...] Summary: Three dominant views emerged in the French media from a plethora of reaction to the Secretary's visit to Europe. Coverage of the Secretary's visit to Paris was extensive, and its tenor was quite warm, especially when contrasted with the Iraq-inspired chill in American-French relati [...] | 2005-02-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP FR |
05PARIS920 | IRAN-EU3: FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BOLTON'S LETTERS [...] (C) Late on 11 February, French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye's office provided us with an advance copy of Laboulaye's response to U/S Bolton on the issue of Iranian violations of the November EU3 agreement with Iran. We were told a hard copy would follow under cover of diploma [...] | 2005-02-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM FR |
05PARIS938 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK KYOTO [...] LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK 2. KYOTO PROTOCOL 3. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI DOMINATE TODAY'S EDITORIALS AND FRONT PAGES. RADIO COMMENTATOR BERNARD GUETTA ECHOES MOST EDITORIALISTS WHEN HE TITLES HIS COMMENTARY: "SYRIA'S [...] | 2005-02-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS952 | TOGO: FRENCH SUPPORTERS OF EYADEMA INVOLVED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftel notes the current involvement of two French figures in the succession controversy following Togolese President Eyadema's death, Charles Debbasch and Michel Scarbonchi. Both are well-known longtime supporters and advisors of the former President, and both have had recent [...] | 2005-02-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR TO FR |
05PARIS953 | GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...] | 2005-02-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
05PARIS963 | BIE: NEW PITCH FOR U.S. TO REJOIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wu Jianmin, the President of the International Exhibitions Bureau (or BIE, the organization responsible for organizing World's Fairs and other global exhibitions) has requested that the USG reconsider its 2002 withdrawal from the organization. He said that within the past six [...] | 2005-02-15 17:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP AORC FR |
05PARIS964 | FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...] | 2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN |
05PARIS965 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA XL FR UNSC |
05PARIS974 | FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORREL AFFAIR, WIDOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Jean-Christophe Belliard informed us on February 14 that Djibouti FM Farah's health was recovering following his stroke but that he would remain hospitalized for several weeks and would not be able to meet with FM Barnier on February 17 as ear [...] | 2005-02-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL DJ FR |
05PARIS985 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF [...] LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF HARIRI - SYRIA 2. KYOTO 3. U.S - EUROPEAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXECUTIVE LIFE IS TODAY'S TOP HEADLINE STORY, WITH LE FIGARO, LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS REPORTING THAT FRANCE IS READY TO PAY THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSION BETWEEN 525 AND 600 MIL [...] | 2005-02-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
05PARIS987 | OECD TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON TRADE AND [...] On February 7, 2005, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a technical workshop intended to seek advice from outside experts on its draft report on trade and structural adjustment. The paper is to be completed in time for the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting [...] | 2005-02-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD XG XT ZM ECON EFIN |
05PARIS993 | FRANCE ON U.S. VENEZUELAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venezuelan Desk Officer Hedi Picquart on February 16. Picquart did not have an immediate formal response to U.S. concerns about Russian weapons sales to Venezuela, but indicated that he would pass our points to French embassies in Moscow, Caracas, and B [...] | 2005-02-16 15:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL FR VE CO |
05PHNOMPENH1539 | CAMBODIAN KING SIHAMONI DONATES $20,000 FOR [...] On September 13, King Norodom Sihamoni conveyed to Charge and USAID Mission Director his profound condolences and those of King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Monineath for the destruction, suffering, and loss of life caused by Hurricane Katrina. King Sihamoni then provided a cash [...] | 2005-09-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US CB |
05PORTAUPRINCE1037 | Haiti: Announcement of Economic Revival Program [...] SUMMARY: On March 31, Minister of Economy and Finance, Henri Bazin, announced the Interim Government of Haiti's (IGOH) USD 50 million economic revival program (PROREC),a short-term development program to fill the breach until donor money flows. PROREC has three main components: a) improvemen [...] | 2005-04-14 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1039 | LAUNCH OF HAITIAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Interim President Alexandre formally launched the National Dialogue process. A preparatory committee will, within sixty days, publicize the national dialogue, help the Presidency choose a technical committee and recommend names for a 30-person steering committee. [...] | 2005-04-14 20:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1070 | HAITI ELECTIONS: CANADIAN ELECTIONS EXPERT [...] (SBU) Ron Gould, retired deputy of Elections-Canada and currently an elections consultant for the Canadian government, visited Port-au-Prince April 9-16, to review the recently increased elections budget (reftel). The government of Canada (GOC) has already made available USD 14 million to the [...] | 2005-04-18 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1072 | HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP (APRIL 16, [...] (U) I. ELECTION SECURITY (Para. 2) II. PARTY ALLIANCES: CONSTANTLY SHIFTING (Paras. 3-5) III. PARTY CONVENTIONS FILL MONTH OF APRIL (Paras. 6-11) IV. MORE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Paras. 12-13) V. CEP COMMISSIONS (Paras. 14-15) I. ELECTION SECURITY ---------------- [...] | 2005-04-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1084 | HAITI ELECTIONS: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OAS [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Ambassador Denneth Modeste and newly arrived OAS elections unit chief Elisabeth Spehar April 13, to discuss the current status of the Haitian electoral process. Ambassador Foley opened the meeting by affirming that the USG is categorically committed to the curren [...] | 2005-04-19 18:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1087 | CONGRESSMAN DELAHUNT DISCUSSES HAITI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: During his April 15-16 visit to Port-au-Prince, Representative William Delahunt (D-MA) met with CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer and Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles to discuss the nature of violence in Haiti and the threat insecurity poses for the election [...] | 2005-04-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1088 | UNSC LEAVES HAITI WITH MIXED EMOTIONS AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concluded on April 16 a four-day fact-finding visit to Haiti during which they met with IGOH officials, MINUSTAH leadership, political party and civil society leaders. UNSC members reaffirmed the international community's support for the [...] | 2005-04-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE1212 | Jacmel Crafts Sector: Struggling to Come Back [...] SUMMARY: Once touted as a model for growth, Jacmel's handcrafts sector has been shrinking for over a decade, sharing in the nationwide decline in crafts sales from USD 20 million to 2 million a year. All sales channels are hurting: tourism is down, many U.S. wholesale buyers are sourcing e [...] | 2005-05-02 18:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND EINV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1214 | AmCham meeting: Corruption and Security [...] SUMMARY: At the Ambassador's meeting with the AmCham Board of Directors, Haitian business leaders raised the lack of security, particularly the threat of kidnapping, as the top economic and business issue they face, and argued for a much tougher law enforcement response, including arms from t [...] | 2005-05-02 18:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1221 | FORMER ARISTIDE OFFICIALS UNDER DRUG INDICTMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-2003, seven high-profile members of the Aristide government or associates of the former President have been arrested on drug charges in the United States. Other officials are still under investigation for possible prosecution in the U.S. or Haiti. Press reports indicate t [...] | 2005-05-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1226 | HAITI: IACHR ASSESSMENT ECHOES OUR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently concluded a mission to assess the human rights situation in Haiti in the run-up to elections this year. The Commission issued a release at a press conference on April 18 calling for greater action from the international c [...] | 2005-05-03 19:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1274 | MAY 4 REPATRIATION OF 132 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] Summary. On May 4, the Coast Guard cutter Dependable repatriated to Haiti 132 migrants who claimed to have left Cap Haitien on Haiti's northern coast in the early morning of April 27. The Dependable interdicted the migrants in a 35-foot sail freighter 30 nautical miles east of Great Inagua [...] | 2005-05-06 19:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SMIG HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1275 | HAITI: FARRAR-CHARLES DISCUSSIONS ON APRIL 27 SHOOTINGS AND STATE OF THE HNP [...] (C) Summary: HNP Director General Charles told visiting INL PDAS Farrar that the April 27 shootings came in response to violence in the wake of an unauthorized pro-Lavalas demonstration, and he said he has ordered an investigation into the incident. Charles acknowledged that the HNP lacks sufficien [...] | 2005-05-06 19:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1280 | HAITI: NEPTUNE PROCLAIMS "FREEDOM OR DEATH" AS [...] (C) Summary. The health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to deteriorate as a result of his continued hunger strike waged in protest of his prolonged detention. Neptune resumed the hunger strike after being transferred from the UN Argentine hospital to an annex of the National P [...] | 2005-05-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1294 | HAITI: GOVERNMENT, MINUSTAH, AND POLICE BATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent increase in the number of kidnappings in Port-au-Prince has put the government and police under increasing pressure to respond. The government has raised the penalty for kidnapping to life-imprisonment and announced May 9 the establishment of a joint HNP-MINUSTAH ant [...] | 2005-05-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE1300 | HAITI'S BISHOPS WEIGH IN ON ELECTIONS, ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Catholic Bishops Conference has weighed in publicly to encourage participation in upcoming elections and to warn priests against taking active political roles. One statement calls upon voters to choose their leaders wisely, recommends parties to form alli [...] | 2005-05-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1313 | PORT-DE-PAIX: HAITI'S WILD NORTHWEST [...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Port-de-Paix on April 20 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. While petty crime is high in Port-de-Paix, the city has not had any political violence recently. MINUSTAH's Argentine forces based out [...] | 2005-05-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM EAID PINR HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1314 | OPPORTUNITY AND STABILITY IN CAP HAITIEN [...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Cap Haitien on April 20-21 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. Optimism prevailed on security; Cap Haitien is stable and has seen no political violence in recent months. Chilean MINUSTAH forces de [...] | 2005-05-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EAID HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1325 | ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN HAITI EXACERBATES [...] SUMMARY: Poor land management in Haiti, caused by poverty, has led to deforestation, land loss, and aquifer depletion. All three exacerbate poverty in Haiti by increasing the cost of food production and dependence on more expensive imported food. Though the Government of Haiti has long known [...] | 2005-05-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID SENV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1326 | Haitian Tax Collection Trails Projections [...] SUMMARY: Revenue collection for the first half of the Haitian fiscal year is about 3.3 percent behind projections, due mostly to slower than expected internal tax collection (income tax and VAT). The Director General of Taxation attributes the shortfall to on-going violence in Port-au- Prin [...] | 2005-05-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1335 | PROTESTANT HAS GOOD SHOT AT HAITIAN PRESIDENCY IF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pastor Chavannes Jeune of the National Union of Christians for the Renovation of Haiti (UNCRH) discussed his pending candidacy for president with the Ambassador. Jeune said UNCRH would field candidates at all levels and there was "extraordinary consensus" that the Protestant [...] | 2005-05-12 19:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1336 | HAITIAN GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR FEAR CAFTA-DR [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently, Haitian government and private sector officials have discussed their fears of CAFTA-DR with Emboffs, saying that it would hurt Haiti economically and politically. The Minister of Commerce told us that CAFTA-DR wou [...] | 2005-05-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1351 | Consular Visit to Jacmel [...] Summary. Jacmel, traditionally an arts center on Haiti's southeastern coast, now welcomes increasing numbers of Americans as residents or tourists. ConOff's May 9-10 visit to Jacmel found a city struggling with weak police and medical services but with a well-connected American community. [...] | 2005-05-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC HA ASEC |
05PORTAUPRINCE1353 | HAITI: SUPREME COURT ANNULS KEY PART OF RABOTEAU [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, the Haitian Supreme Court issued an unexpected ruling that effectively annulled one part of the 2000 Raboteau trial. The decision, on procedural grounds, annuls the convictions of the 15 people who were actually present during the proceedings, but leaves unclear whethe [...] | 2005-05-13 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1356 | HAITIAN POLICE CHIEF ON U.S. DONATED WEAPONS, [...] (C) Summary: Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Charg Griffiths on May 9 that he was working to withdraw 21 long-guns donated by the USG in August 2004 from use and hand them over to U.S. custody. He requested, however, to maintain a handful of the weapons in [...] | 2005-05-13 18:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1410 | PRO-ARISTIDE MARCHERS STAGE LARGE BUT PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: Roughly 5,000 supporters of former President Aristide marched without incident through the streets of Port-au-Prince on May 18. The rally was organized by the Cite Soleil and Bel Air cells of Fanmi Lavalas to celebrate the Haitian 'Flag Day' holiday and to demand Aristide's retu [...] | 2005-05-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1449 | EARTHQUAKE, AFTERSHOCKS SHAKE PORT AU PRINCE [...] SUMMARY: On May 11, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook Port-au-Prince, followed by aftershocks in subsequent days. The epicenter of the earthquake was 5 miles south of the center of Port-au-Prince. There were no reported injuries and only very minor damage. Haiti has suffered from earthquake [...] | 2005-05-25 12:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1455 | HAITI: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Interim Government of Haiti,s (IGOH) goal of completing audits of five state-owned enterprises by the end of May, as a precursor to privatization, is behind schedule. An early July completion date is more realistic. The [...] | 2005-05-25 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG ETRD PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1459 | HAITI: CORE GROUP ALARMED BY SLOW PACE OF [...] (C) Summary: UN and OAS elections advisors treated Core Group members to an alarming appraisal of the pace of elections preparations during a marathon meeting on May 20. The appraisal suggested that the government, CEP, and international community face an almost impossible task in meeting the [...] | 2005-05-25 20:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1460 | MINUSTAH SCALING DOWN OPERATIONS IN STILL VOLATILE [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH military leaders provided Core Group members an update of the situation in Cite Soleil on May 20. The presentation was notably void of achievement and indicated force rotations would oblige MINUSTAH to scale back their footprint in the zone at a time when the area has bec [...] | 2005-05-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE1487 | HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR PANICKED BY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Mevs, a member of one of Haiti's richest families and a well-connected member of the private sector elite, told Poloff on May 13 that business leaders are exasperated by the lack of security in the vital port and industrial zone areas of Port-au-Prince and are allegedly armi [...] | 2005-05-27 19:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EWWT |
05PORTAUPRINCE1489 | HAITI: NEPTUNE ANSWERS QUESTIONS BEFORE JUDGE IN [...] Former Haiti Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared before investigating judge Clunie Jules in St. Marc on May 25, four days after Neptune said he would cooperate with the investigation during a meeting with Ambassador Andrew Young (reftel). The former PM was escorted to St. Marc by MINUSTAH he [...] | 2005-05-27 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1506 | Haiti: Inflation Jumps in April [...] According to figures from the Haitian Statistical Institute, overall inflation for April 2005 was 2.37 percent (a yearly rate of 32.5 percent),over twice that of last month's 0.92 percent (yearly 11.6 percent) rate. Year-to- year inflation stands at 12.8 percent. 2. Much of April's rise [...] | 2005-06-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1515 | FRENCH COUNSUL TO HAITI KILLED IN CARJACKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of 05/31/2005 (precise time unknown),Pierre Henri-Mourral, French Honorary Consul to Haiti based in Cape Haitian, was shot and killed by unknown assailants. Henri-Morrual was returning to Cape Haitian, where he owns a prominent hotel, from a visit to Port au P [...] | 2005-06-01 19:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER |
05PORTAUPRINCE1516 | U.S. TROOPS NEEDED IN HAITI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The situation in Haiti has deteriorated to the point that elections, the central element of the transition process, are in jeopardy. MINUSTAH has failed to establish security and stability here. As much as we may pressure the UN and the Brazilians to take the more forceful appro [...] | 2005-06-01 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1537 | Haiti elections update - June 2 [...] (U) Summary: Voter registration continues to lag, but MINUSTAH and OAS are making a big push to get a significantly increased number of registration centers up and running within the next 7-10 days, and believe they are still on track for a successful registration program. The CEP's website [...] | 2005-06-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1542 | AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG PUSHES RECONCILIATION IN HAITI [...] (U) Summary: Former Ambassador Andrew Young visited Haiti May 18-20, delivering a welcome message of optimism about Haiti's future and encouraging Haitians to put mercy and reconciliation above the search for justice. In meetings with a cross-section of Haitian leaders, he shared his experi [...] | 2005-06-03 14:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1543 | PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF PAINTS GRIM SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Chief of Staff Michel Brunache describes the May 31 attack on a Port-au-Prince marketplace by pro-Aristide chimeres as a devastating blow to the IGOH, one that has exposed the government's impotence to the population. He discussed the need for a shakeup in the HNP hierarch [...] | 2005-06-03 17:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1547 | HAITIANS CONSIDER LEAVING; PUT AFFAIRS IN ORDER [...] While Haiti has yet to see a run on airline tickets and long lines at the Dominican border, many Haitians have been putting their affairs in order or at least hedging their bets. Eight locally engaged staff have resigned at USAID in the past four months, four since the kidnapping of a USAID [...] | 2005-06-03 18:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1550 | JUNE 1 REPATRIATION OF 162 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY. On June 1, the Coast Guard cutter Confidence repatriated to Haiti 162 migrants who claimed to have departed Les Cayes on 19 May. The Confidence, the USCGC Metompkin and a USCG helicopter intercepted the migrants in a 65 foot sail freighter 60 nautical miles south of Andros Island, [...] | 2005-06-03 19:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SMIG HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1564 | HAITI: NEED HELP WITH UN AND JORDAN TO BOLSTER [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The performance of many MINUSTAH troops has been feeble. We hope that the ongoing troop rotation will bring a more robust response to the worsening instability. The Jordanian contingent has been one of the most ineffective forces here. Embassy requests that t [...] | 2005-06-06 17:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE1597 | CIVPOL COMMISSIONER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH HNP COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer told PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor on June 2 that he had abandoned attempts at a "unified command" of MINUSTAH military and CIVPOL forces and had freed his Formed Police Units (FPUs) from static positions to focus on roving patrols. Beer also comp [...] | 2005-06-07 18:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1598 | OAS TO HANDOVER VETTING PROGRAM TO CIVPOL [...] (U) Summary: PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor met with OAS Ambassador Denneth Modeste on May 30 to discuss the vetting program for new Haitian National Police (HNP) recruits administered by the OAS and funded by the United States. The two agreed to phase out OAS administration of the program [...] | 2005-06-07 18:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1599 | MINUSTAH AND HNP RAID BEL AIR; GANGS RETALIATE; [...] (C) Summary: In response to the May 31 attack on a downtown public market (ref A) and subsequent threats by gangs to commit similar acts throughout Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National Police (HNP) and MINUSTAH conducted a joint operation in Bel Air June 4 that reportedly resulted in 7 deaths [...] | 2005-06-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE1609 | Haiti elections update - June 9 [...] 27 registration centers are now open, 39 more will open "within the next few days," and another 140 or so are being refurbished by UNOPS in order to be opened by June 15, according to UN and OAS officials. These last include a registration center in Delmas and one in Petionville (both in the [...] | 2005-06-09 11:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1625 | HAITIAN POLICE DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Amid escalating violence and doubts surrounding the ability of the IGOH to ensure stability, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles explained that he was having difficulty complying with Post's request to relinquish 21 long-guns to U.S.-controlled bunker [...] | 2005-06-10 19:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1628 | HAITI: BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ON IGOH'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS JUDICIAL REFORM AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the deplorable state of the judiciary, prolonged pretrial detention, and the deteriorating security situation in Haiti with Port-au-Prince Bar Association president Gervais Charles. Charles acknowledged that the Haitian judicial system faces inherent structural and pro [...] | 2005-06-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1664 | HAITIAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR SIMEUS: A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Haitian-American businessman Dumas Simeus declared his intention to run for President during a lively discussion with the Ambassador on June 10. Simeus, a self-made millionaire currently residing in Texas, said he would manage Haiti like a business and lead the country by example, [...] | 2005-06-15 18:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1665 | HAITI: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2005 [...] (U) Following is the narcotics certification report card 2005 for Haiti, requested reftel. 2. (U) The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) worked closely with the United States Government (USG) throughout 2004 to help bolster Haiti's ability to combat narco-trafficking. The highest levels of [...] | 2005-06-15 18:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL SNAR HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1666 | Grupo M Update: Source of the Problem [...] Summary: As described in reftels, a long-standing labor dispute between Dominican manufacturer Grupo M and workers in Ouanaminthe was recently settled. According to Yannick Etienne, a labor representative, the fight has its origins in the closed-door negotiations that established the Free Tr [...] | 2005-06-15 19:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1667 | HAITI: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (A) Claimant A (B) 1973 (C) According to information provided by Claimant A (a U.S. citizen who has not signed a Privacy Act Waiver),in 1970 Claimant signed a 99 year agreement with the GOH to establish a privately financed, privately administered free enterprise zone on the Haitian i [...] | 2005-06-16 14:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE HA OPIC POGV |
05PORTAUPRINCE1669 | Taiwan: Aid Gains Favor in Haiti [...] Summary. Taiwan is on schedule to spend USD 20.32 million in Haiti over FY2004 and 2005 on infrastructure development and disaster assistance. Taiwanese Counselor Sophie Lin said that it quickly disburses its money because it uses a quasi-governmental Taiwanese contractor and only subcontract [...] | 2005-06-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1786 | AMBASSADOR'S JULY 4 SPEECH: HAITIAN TERRORISTS [...] (U) Summary: In his speech at the embassy's annual Independence Day reception, Ambassador Foley rallied guests by insisting that politically motivated violence against civilians would not succeed in derailing the elections. He encouraged Haitian unity against violence and called all Haitians n [...] | 2005-07-05 19:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1789 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Foley called on newly appointed Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans on June 30 (reftel). The meeting centered on the top priorities facing the Minister in the next few months, mainly: the case of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, judicial reform, prolonged pretrial detentio [...] | 2005-07-05 19:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1790 | HNP BRIEF ON DREAD WILME GANG INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary: A Haitian National Police (HNP) contact recently provided a copy of an investigation supposedly conducted by an outside consultant to the HNP on the subject of Cite Soleil gang leader, Dread Wilme. The document, dated May 2005, gives a brief background of Wilme, his weapons, activ [...] | 2005-07-06 14:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1791 | JUDICIAL POLICE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES GANGS WITH DCM [...] (C) Summary: Newly (re-)appointed Director General of the Judicial Police Michael Lucius summarized the Haitian National Police (HNP) response to gang-led criminality in a conversation with the DCM on July 1. Lucius accused pro-Aristide former employees of state-owned enterprises (such as Tele [...] | 2005-07-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1792 | PROFILE OF HAITI'S STUDENT MOVEMENT SINCE THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1793 | HAITIAN STUDENT MOVEMENT DIVIDED BUT YOUTH [...] (U) Summary: In the year since Aristide's departure, university student groups and other youth-oriented organizations have shifted their focus from grassroots political activism (the "shock-troops" of the anti-Aristide movement - reftel) and returned for the most part to their founding princip [...] | 2005-07-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE1796 | HAITI: DREAD WILME KILLED; HNP MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. MINUSTAH troops reportedly killed wanted gang leader Dread Wilme and an unspecified number of his associates in an operation on July 6. In addition, over the past two weeks, authorities have made numerous important arrests and killed several big name bandits in Port-au-Prince. [...] | 2005-07-06 19:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2391 | OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEPTUNE [...] (C) During the September 20 Core Group meeting (septel),UN Human Rights Office head Thierry Fagart presented his analysis of the case against Neptune (NOTE: His facts were based on radio reports and his justice ministry contacts; he had yet to see the investigating judge's report analyzed by [...] | 2005-09-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2392 | HAITIAN PM REFUSES TO RESHUFFLE CEP; UPDATES ON [...] (C) Summary: PM Latortue told visiting S/CRS Carlos Pascual and WHA Patrick Duddy on September 7 that the Electoral Council (CEP) could not simply be brushed out of the way. He argued that UN Elections chief Gerardo LeChevailier lacked the necessary political finesse and was not the right pers [...] | 2005-09-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2568 | HAITI: SOCCER MATCH UPDATE [...] (U) The Haitian National Police (HNP) has completed its investigation into the August 20 events at a USAID-funded soccer match in Martissant (reftel). In a press conference on October 11, HNP Director General Mario Andresol announced in a press conference that a total of 15 officers would face [...] | 2005-10-14 20:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2569 | HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS AND A LOOMING PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue announced October 13 the following measures aimed at moving forward elections preparations: (1) The creation of a Director General (DG) in charge of a new electoral Support Committee, (2) the passage of a decree removing the Supreme Court from the appeals [...] | 2005-10-14 20:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2570 | HAITI REGISTRATION: WELCOME SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary: According to OAS officials, 3,105,000 voters had registered as of October 10. They project roughly 3.2 million will have registered by October 15. The registration site in Cite Soleil, opened on October 5, is operating smoothly and registering between 300-400 voters per day. ID ca [...] | 2005-10-14 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2571 | HAITI: IMF VOTE POSTPONED DUE TO UNANTICIPATED [...] (U) The October 14 IMF Board meeting scheduled to vote on the EPCA II program for Haiti was delayed due to new, unanticipated spending by the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH). 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor spoke to a contact in the Ministry of Finance October 15 who explained that the new spe [...] | 2005-10-16 19:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2576 | RELATIONS AMONG MINUSTAH, HNP LEADERS NO [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and HNP command rotations have injected a new set of personalities into top-level security decision-making in Haiti: Incoming MINUSTAH military forces commander Bacellar is more thoughtful and methodical than the excitable former General Heleno; UNPOL Commissioner Muir is [...] | 2005-10-18 19:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE2593 | CORE GROUP FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Core Group meeting on October 14, Special Representative of the Secretary General Juan Gabriel Valdes told participants that the IGOH had named Jacques Bernard as the Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Bernard, a former banker and agrobusinessman [...] | 2005-10-18 19:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2596 | HAITI NOT INTERESTED IN PETROCARIBE DEAL --FOR NOW [...] SUMMARY: According to some press reports, the government of Venezuela planned to send a negotiating team to Haiti to negotiate a deal to sell oil at a preferential rate via PetroCaribe. However, follow-up conversations with Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) officials reveal that Haiti is [...] | 2005-10-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2604 | JACQUES BERNARD SWORN IN AS ELECTIONS DG [...] Prime Minister Gerard LaTortue swore in Jacques Bernard as Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on October 15. According to the new bylaws of the CEP, the Bernard will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the CEP under the nine CEP members, who will act as a bo [...] | 2005-10-19 18:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2605 | HAITIAN JUDICIAL REFORM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Philippe Lamarche, head of the USAID-funded program with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC),briefed emboffs on October 3 on recent achievements within the Ministry of Justice. A technical advisor from NCSC in September had conducted an observation mission of the minis [...] | 2005-10-19 18:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2608 | HAITI ELECTIONS: SOME PROGRESS, MILES TO GO [...] Summary: S/CRS Pascual and WHA/CAR Duddy's visit to Haiti on October 12-13 focused on the need for immediate action to advance elections and maintain the February 7 political transition. The group met with UNPOL, political party leaders, the Prime Minister, the Provisional Electoral Council ( [...] | 2005-10-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2609 | OPL'S PAUL DENIS UNSYMPATHETIC TO SIMEUS CANDIDACY [...] (C) On October 19, Charge called on Presidential Candidate Paul Denis, former Lavalas leader and current head of OPL (Struggling People's Organization) to discuss electoral strategy and the current political climate. Denis stated that he views the Commission on Nationality as a good thing, [...] | 2005-10-19 19:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2617 | HAITIAN NATIONALITY COMMISSION CREATES ELECTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the newly formed "Commission on Nationality" (reftel) would not delay the elections. Dorleans, who heads the group, explained that the commission was established by the IGOH to examine the nationality of all candidates for [...] | 2005-10-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2618 | HAITI ELECTIONS: SIMEUS VOWS FIGHT TO STAY IN RACE [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Dumarsais Simeus met with Charge d,Affairs Carney on October 18 to discuss his campaign, the controversy regarding his dual nationality, and the general status of elections preparations. Simeus judged that the Supreme Court had settled the issue of dual n [...] | 2005-10-21 17:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2620 | HAITI CREATES COMMISSION FOR DEPORTEES, SEEKS [...] Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the IGOH had appointed a Commission to oversee criminals deported from the United States and was examining the possibility of creating a halfway house (Centre de Transition) for deportees in Haiti. Dorleans explained that the M [...] | 2005-10-21 17:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM HA PRM |
05PORTAUPRINCE2623 | LAVALAS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, BUT WARY OF CEP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lavalas leaders Yvon Feuille, Louis Gerald Gilles, Rudy Heriveaux, Sorel Francois and Jonas Coffy told Poloffs on October 13 that they are confident of a Marc Bazin victory in the upcoming elections. They believed that success in the Departments of the North (Cap-Haitien),Nor [...] | 2005-10-21 19:12:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2634 | HAITI'S ELECTIONS DG TAKES LEAD, WILL OTHERS FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary. Electoral Director General Jacques Bernard is working to streamline elections preparations and ignoring unworkable by-laws developed for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the newly-formed electoral support committee. Bernard expects the CEP to issue the final approved [...] | 2005-10-24 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2649 | CHARLES HENRI BAKER: SAVING THE SINKING SHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 24, Charge met with independent presidential candidate Charles Henri "Charlito" Baker at his request. Baker, a light-skinned Haitian who has been dismissed by some as the candidate of the elite, claims that the average Haitian cares not about skin color but about who [...] | 2005-10-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2652 | HAITI: 3.32 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS: ID [...] According to OAS elections officials, as of October 24 the OAS had processed 3.32 million voter records. While registration closed throughout Haiti October 22, the number of registered voters will continue to rise through the end of October as the OAS receives records from outlying rural area [...] | 2005-10-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2653 | HAITI: NEPTUNE/LA SYRIE CASE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Appeals filed by co-defendants in the La Syrie case involving former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune have suspended further action by the court. Citing legal technicalities, Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans rejected a new proposal to release the former PM either on bail or on his o [...] | 2005-10-27 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2667 | HAITI ELECTIONS: DECEMBER 18 TARGET DATE FOR FIRST [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) authorities, and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard aim to hold the first round of national elections on December 18, and have tentatively chosen January 29 for the runoff and local elections. To meet this target, the CEP must st [...] | 2005-10-28 15:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2668 | HAITI GOVERNMENT APPROVES ELECTIONS GUARANTEE [...] In a meeting at the National Palace on October 27, the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) approved the formation of the Elections Guarantee Committee (EGC). A coalition of civil society groups and political parties requested the EGC after the formation of the Support Committee (SC) to the Pro [...] | 2005-10-28 16:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2674 | Haiti: Information on Caribbean Basin Recovery [...] Per reftel, following is information for USTR to use in preparing its biannual report on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Responses are in narrative form and are keyed to the specific questions in paragraphs six and seven of reftel. 2. Responses to Questions fr [...] | 2005-10-31 17:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2690 | HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS TOWARD FIRST ROUND ON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) on October 28 promulgated amendments to electoral decrees that reduce the time necessary to prepare for national elections and preserve the possibility of holding th [...] | 2005-11-03 18:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2720 | HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTANT TO OIL DEAL WITH [...] (SBU) Post continues to see scattered press reports indicating that Haiti is considering signing an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to obtain petroleum at a discount rate via PetroCaribe. Econ Counselor spoke to an official with the Ministry of Finance, who spoke directly to Finan [...] | 2005-11-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2728 | Haiti: 14.8 Percent Inflation for the Fiscal Year [...] SUMMARY: Inflation for September 2005 was 1.38 percent (a yearly rate of 17.9 percent). Inflation for the past 12 months, coinciding with the Haitian fiscal year and the country's IMF program was 14.8 percent, which exceeded the IMF and IGOH target of 12.0 percent. Failure to meet the infl [...] | 2005-11-07 20:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2765 | FORMER PRESIDENT LESLIE MANIGAT WAITING FOR CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 31, former President Leslie Manigat told Charge that he is a natural consensus candidate around whom numerous parties will rally to counter what will likely be a strong showing from fellow ex-President Rene Preval. Manigat said that FUSION and OPL are s [...] | 2005-11-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2766 | RENE PREVAL ASKS FOR HELP WITH DISARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting on November 2, ex-President and current Presidential hopeful Rene Preval told Charge that several gang leaders in Cite Soleil are "tired, afraid and looking for a way out." According to Preval, up to six of these persons are prepared to pursue disarmament and demo [...] | 2005-11-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE2774 | HAITI ELECTIONS: PM COMMITS TO NATIONALITIES [...] (C) Summary: According to Prime Minister Latortue and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, the Committee on the National of Candidates (CENC) will formally recommend by November 8 that the CEP eliminate Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra (and minor candidate Joel Borgella) from the final list [...] | 2005-11-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2780 | HAITI ELECTIONS: STATE COMMISSION ON CANDIDATE [...] The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) published a decree dated October 27 legalizing the State Commission on the Nationality of Candidates (CENC). According to the decree, the Commission is to ensure that all candidates comply with nationality requirement in the Haitian constitution. To that [...] | 2005-11-08 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2781 | HAITI ID CARD PRINTING SLOW, DISTRIBUTION SLOWER [...] Summary: Over one million ID cards are now in Haiti, but they are not being distributed in large numbers because the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) wants to wait until voting centers are selected. Polling places are supposed to be identified on the cards. Meanwhile, card printing is beh [...] | 2005-11-08 20:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2786 | S/CRS DIRECTOR PASCUAL MEETS WITH CEP DG BERNARD [...] (C) Summary. S/CRS Director Ambassador Carlos Pascual met Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard on November 3 in Port-au-Prince to assess progress toward organizing elections. Bernard reaffirmed that a first round on December 18 was still possible, though he allo [...] | 2005-11-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2792 | HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPPORT COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESIGN [...] (U) Citing "lack of support from the executive (branch)," the six members of the electoral support committee submitted a collective letter of resignation to the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH),the Council of Wise Persons, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 4 and made [...] | 2005-11-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2801 | HAITI ELECTIONS: LARGELY PEACEFUL PREVAL MARCH [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A November 3 march in support of presidential candidate Rene Preval attracted a largely peaceful, celebratory crowd of 3000. Throughout the march, however, some participants reportedly vandalized prop [...] | 2005-11-10 19:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2805 | HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTS CRIMINAL DEPORTEES [...] SUMMARY. Although the security situation in Port-au-Prince has improved dramatically and is manageable, Interim Minister of Interior Paul Magloire opposes the resumption of criminal deportations from the US to Haiti, fearing that deportees might be enlisted to disrupt the elections, harm a [...] | 2005-11-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KHLS SMIG HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2809 | HAITI ELECTIONS: VOTING CENTERS SELECTED, ID [...] Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 8 approved a MINUSTAH-prepared list of 809 voting centers, opening the way for ID card distribution to begin. The OAS plans to start distributing ID cards November 15 throughout Haiti. Peak capacity at the ID card printing facility [...] | 2005-11-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2820 | HAITI ELECTIONS VOTE COUNT, QUICK COUNT, [...] Summary: The February electoral decree provides five days for results to move from the voting centers (BVs) to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) through the communal and departmental electoral bureaus (BECs/BEDs). MINUSTAH and the CEP have agree that throughout the process, MINUSTAH will [...] | 2005-11-14 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2824 | HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL LIST DONE, CALENDAR [...] (C) Summary. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 11 released the final list of 38 presidential candidates, excluding dual-nationals Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra With this step taken, CEP and MINUSTAH leadership and technical experts are finalizing logistical planning and [...] | 2005-11-14 20:58:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2841 | Haiti: Response to Request for Update of Worst [...] Summary. Child labor practices in Haiti mainly involve the use of children in domestic servitude, or restaveks (derived from the French words "rester avec" meaning to stay with). The centuries-old practice is also considered internal trafficking of children and involves placing poorer childr [...] | 2005-11-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HA USAID |
05PORTAUPRINCE2865 | HAITI WILL VOTE FOR THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Latortue told the DCM he instructed the Haitian delegation to vote in favor of the U.S.-sponsored resolution on Turkmenistan and the E.U.-sponsored resolution on Uzbekistan. End Summary. 2. (C) DCM spoke with Haitian Inter [...] | 2005-11-21 19:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2869 | HAITI ELECTIONS: "SE PA FOT MWEN" - IT,S NOT MY [...] Summary: In a meeting with Charge Griffiths November 19, newly appointed Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard lamented the failure of the would-be elections organizers: MINUSTAH, the OAS and the CEP. While the technical shortcomings at the CEP, MINUSTAH and the [...] | 2005-11-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2870 | HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL DATE ANNOUNCEMENT [...] Summary: Promises from the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) that the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) would announce election dates November 17 evaporated when the IGOH abruptly canceled the announcement at the last moment. The dates, which were decided in a meeting between MINUSTAH, the [...] | 2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2871 | REPATRIATION OF 250 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SMIG HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2893 | ELECTIONS HICCUP EMBLEMATIC OF LACK OF STRATEGIC [...] Summary: The PM hosted a meeting November 21 to discuss ID cards and voter lists, which became a forum for the international community and Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) to discuss the electoral calendar. Roughly 90,000 voters are not yet included on the nationwide list of voters and betw [...] | 2005-11-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2915 | HAITI ELECTIONS DATES DECIDED [...] Summary: On November 25, the Provisional Electoral Council announced their decision to hold the first round of elections January 8, the second round February 15, and local elections March 5. The new dates do not respect the constitutionally mandated February 7 power transition, but they are th [...] | 2005-11-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2916 | HAITI: NOVEMBER 22 NEPTUNE/JEAN-JUSTE VISIT [...] (C) Poloff visited former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune at the Pacot Prison Annex on November 22. Despite his continued hunger strike, now approaching day 200, Neptune appeared stronger than he did on the last visit of October 27. Neptune reported that his personal physician had not seen him in [...] | 2005-11-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2917 | SUBJECT: NEW CEP BYLAWS GIVE DG MORE POWER [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister November 21 distributed a text of an executive order with new bylaws for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) that were marked in pen as published November 17. The new bylaws rearrange the CEP by eliminating the operational and executive committees, the CEP [...] | 2005-11-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2931 | MINUSTAH Requests 11 Helicopters to Assist with [...] Post received a diplomatic note November 24, 2005, from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Please see complete text below. The first and second rounds of elections are scheduled January 8 and February 15, respectively. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in [...] | 2005-11-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE2941 | NEW DATES FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS OFFICIAL [...] Post received November 29 a copy of the Moniteur, the official government newspaper, which established new dates for the Haitian election by executive order. The edition, marked as published November 28, convenes the first round of national elections January 8, the runoff February 15, and loc [...] | 2005-11-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2942 | HAITI: UPDATE ON ARRESTS OF TWO TOP POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) completed the criminal investigation into the August 20 soccer match operation in Martissant and submitted the report to the Port-au-Prince State Prosecutor's office on November 7. The complete report contains over 900 pages of inte [...] | 2005-11-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2945 | HAITI ELECTIONS: POLITICAL PARTY LANDSCAPE [...] (SBU) Introduction: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) officially sanctioned 45 parties to participate in upcoming elections. Traditionally, most, if not all, of the political parties have been vehicles to catapult an individual into the office of the presidency. Larger, more establis [...] | 2005-11-30 17:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2946 | Haiti To Send Monitors to Bolivia if Funds [...] This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. After multiple attempts to reach interim Haitian Minister of Interior (MOI) Paul Magloire to deliver points in reftel, PolOff delivered demarche early November 30 to MOI Director General Wilner Cadet. Cadet was non-committal in his reply w [...] | 2005-12-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2959 | BUDGET FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS SWELLS AFTER DELAYS [...] (SBU) MINUSTAH and the OAS are preparing, but have not finished, an updated elections budget that accounts for the new electoral calendar (reftel). The draft budget, which includes input from both the OAS and MINUSTAH totals roughly USD 74 million. It would make MINUSTAH,s overall share of t [...] | 2005-12-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2964 | Haiti: Inflation continues in October [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-01 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2989 | HAITI ELECTIONS: PREVAL'S MEETING WITH CDA CARNEY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Rene Preval expressed satisfaction with the January 8 election date in a meeting with Charge d'Affaires Carney on November 29. He expressed confidence that he was the leading candidate, attributing his popularity to his previous term and his attempts to impro [...] | 2005-12-05 19:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2991 | HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY TASKS AND DEADLINES [...] Summary: This message summarizes the main logistical tasks to be completed in preparation for the Haitian elections scheduled for January 8 and February 19, 2006. The OAS and MINUSTAH report that 2.45 million of the 3,533,430 ID cards have arrived in Haiti. Card distribution is just beginning, [...] | 2005-12-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE2994 | HAITIAN CANDIDATES' OBSTINATE PURSUIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine Haitian political parties, essentially comprising an anti-Preval front, have agreed to support the presidential candidate among them who advances to the second round. The agreement includes Charles Henry Baker, who had previously been excluded from discussions of party [...] | 2005-12-06 20:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3003 | HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of a series of six debates between leading presidential candidates concluded December 1. A total of eight candidates squared off in the debates, organized by the local organization ECOSOF and sponsored by the US Embassy Public Diplomacy section. The three deb [...] | 2005-12-07 18:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3005 | HAITIAN ID DISTRIBUTION UNDERWAY BUT HAPHAZARD [...] Summary: Following many delays, MINUSTAH, the OAS, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) began distributing ID cards throughout Haiti December 2. The OAS plans to distribute all 3.5 million cards by December 31, but the process has started slowly and faced several obstacles. MINUSTAH sa [...] | 2005-12-07 20:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3019 | HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT MOVES IN FAVOR OF [...] (U) The Haitian news media reported on December 8 that the Supreme Court has "requested" that the (Provisional Electoral Council) CEP reinstate Haitian-American Dumarsais Simeus on the list of eligible presidential candidates. The Supreme Court does not have a quorum of five -- the death of Ju [...] | 2005-12-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3031 | HAITI ELECTIONS IN 27 DAYS: KEY TASKS AND [...] Summary: This message is the second in a series describing the main logistical tasks to be completed (reftel) in preparation for first round of Haitian elections scheduled for January 8, 2006. The OAS continues to open ID card distribution centers, but the current pace will not allow card dis [...] | 2005-12-12 19:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3041 | HAITI ELECTIONS: OUR ROLE IN ENSURING SUCCESS [...] (C) I want to highlight for you the most problematic issues remaining to be resolved and outline how we can best work through these issues. We updated the broader status of critical tasks in reftel. In essence, at the time the Haitians are getting their act together, the international player [...] | 2005-12-13 17:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3042 | HAITI: NEPTUNE REAFFIRMS RESOLVE TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 12 visit from poloff, former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared more agitated and bitter than in recent months. While he remains intellectually sharp, he seemed physically weaker since the last visit on November 22 (reftel). During the 60-minute visit, Neptu [...] | 2005-12-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3043 | HAITI'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT SENDS HALF OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) issued a presidential decree retiring five judges from the Haitian Supreme Court. While most of Haitian society appears to have accepted the action without much concern, the legal community has cried foul. The move comes on the heels of [...] | 2005-12-13 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3059 | IMPLICATIONS OF A PREVAL PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. Former President Rene Preval is the acknowledged front-runner in the Haitian presidential race, and his past association with Aristide and Lavalas the central issue of the campaign. His victory is not a foregone conclusion: his rivals have only begun to expend significant campai [...] | 2005-12-14 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3060 | HAITI: JEAN-JUSTE CALLS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a frantic action alert campaign launched by supporters of Gerard Jean-Juste suggesting he has leukemia, he appeared strong and in good health during a visit by poloff on December 12. The recently suspended priest is requesting that the IGOH release him on medical grounds [...] | 2005-12-14 19:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3068 | CUSTOMS COLLECTION: THREE-FOLD INCREASE NEAR [...] Summary: Econoff met December 8 with new director of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border crossing at Malpasse, Jeantal Clairvil, who has increased customs revenue from USD 375,000 to USD 1.3 million in the three months since his appointment. In the past shippers have avoided taxes by under-inv [...] | 2005-12-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA PKAO |
05PORTAUPRINCE3093 | REGINALD BOULOS AIMS TO ENGINEER PREVAL'S DEFEAT [...] (C) Summary. Haitian chamber of commerce president and political activist Reginald Boulos is conducting weekly polling that shows Preval with a commanding lead over Charles Henri Baker and Leslie Manigat. He is disappointed that the parties in the "Political Entente for Democracy and Modern [...] | 2005-12-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3109 | HAITI ELECTIONS: STATUS OF OBSERVER MISSIONS [...] Summary: Three major international observers missions, and a myriad of national and local observer groups are gearing up for the January 8 elections. The U.S. sponsored IFES mission will add 30 short term observers on January 3. The Elections Canada sponsored team will put 150 observers in [...] | 2005-12-21 21:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3125 | Haiti: Inflation continues in November [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-27 19:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3128 | UNDERSECRETARY BURN'S DECEMBER 20 VISIT TO HAITI [...] Summary: In Haiti December 20, Undersecretary of State Burns encouraged the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) and others to abide by the electoral calendar and conduct the first round on January 8. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General noted the only way voters could know [...] | 2005-12-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE3136 | Haiti: 2006 Investment Climate Statement [...] Per reftel, post submits the following 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Haiti. Openness to Foreign Investment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Officials at the highest level have affirmed the Government of Haiti's in [...] | 2005-12-28 20:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV HA OPIC USTR |
05PORTAUPRINCE3150 | JEAN-JUSTE REFUSES TREATMENT OFFER, NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste continues to refuse an offer by Haitian Prisons Director Marc Wilkens Jean to transfer him to Canape Vert hospital for treatment of his swollen lymph nodes. Emboff visited Jean-Juste at the Prison Annex in Pacot on December 29. Jean-Juste co [...] | 2005-12-30 19:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE542 | HAITI: SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The following responses are Post's responses to questions raised in reftel. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor [...] | 2005-03-02 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE684 | Haitian Energy Avoiding Political Shock [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Haitians view electricity production as a measure the government's effectiveness. Electricity de Haiti (EDH) and the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) are having trouble providing power. EDH is beset with problems throughout its production, transmission and commercialization [...] | 2005-03-14 20:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE688 | HAITI'S NORTHERN EX-MILITARY TURN OVER WEAPONS; [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13, more than 300 members of Haiti's demobilized military in Cap-Haitien turned over seven weapons and boarded buses to the capital. Interim Prime Minister Latortue called the event a significant step forward in implementing the September 18 agreement (ref B) and said [...] | 2005-03-15 13:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE689 | DG CHARLES UPDATE ON EX-FADH IN THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 9 meeting with the DCM, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles said that the group of ex-FADH competing for slots in the 17th promotion would be the last group of former military integrated into the HNP this year. Charles also agreed to make sur [...] | 2005-03-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE713 | HAITI: POLITICAL PARTIES MOVE TOWARD ELECTIONS PACT [...] (C) Summary: With the help of a Norwegian-funded think tank, Haitian political parties are negotiating a "code of conduct" for participating in elections later this year. The agreement under discussion would commit signatories to approximately a dozen general guidelines covering campaign "fa [...] | 2005-03-16 20:10:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE718 | HAITI ELECTIONS UPDATE - REVISED BUDGET SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH and OAS technical advisors have provided a revised budget estimating the costs for Haiti's upcoming elections at just under $61 million, leaving a projected funding shortfall of approximately $22 million based on current pledges from the IGOH and international donors [...] | 2005-03-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE776 | LAVALAS TORN BETWEEN BOYCOTTING ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Lavalas movement remains divided between leaders who argue for moving beyond Aristide and participating in elections this fall, and those who continue to call for Aristide's return and threaten a boycott of elections if their hard-line conditions are not met. The division is [...] | 2005-03-22 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE795 | SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRANSFER OF NEPTUNE/PRIVERT [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Supreme Court rejected March 18 a motion to transfer from St. Marc to Port-au-Prince the linked cases of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and co-defendant former Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert. Both are charged with involvement in the February 2004 massacre in [...] | 2005-03-23 20:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE796 | HAITIAN ELECTIONS: UPDATE ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With the publication of the electoral law, the campaign season has unofficially begun in Haiti. There have been a handful of presidential candidacy announcements, most notably that of KID's Evans Paul. We expect several more over the next few months. By June and July, most [...] | 2005-03-23 21:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE797 | SOME NATIONALISTIC REACTION TO MINUSTAH'S RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following an initially muted reaction, there has been more notable political commentary on the actions undertaken by MINUSTAH to take back police stations from ex-FADH elements (reftel). The few laudatory statements have been drowned out by nationalistic critiques of MINUSTAH [...] | 2005-03-23 21:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH |
05PORTAUPRINCE870 | HAITIANS MARK 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Two separate violent incidents took place in Port-au-Prince on 29 March, the 18th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of 1987. Ex-military gang leader Jean Rene Anthony (aka Grenn Sonnen) renewed his call for a guerrilla campaign against Haitian officials and MINU [...] | 2005-03-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ASEC HA UN |
05PORTAUPRINCE871 | HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE POISED TO TACKLE REBEL [...] (C) Summary: Following another attack against his officers on March 27, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Ambassador on March 29 that the HNP was preparing to undertake three significant operations in the coming days to root out violent gang leaders and their [...] | 2005-03-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE902 | TOWN HALL MEETING AND ACS TRAVEL IN NORTHERN HAITI [...] Summary: ACS visited the Department of the North of Haiti from 7-Mar through 11-Mar-2005. ACS traveled throughout the region meeting with nearly 70 U.S. citizens and holding a town hall meeting in the city of Pignon. In Pignon, ACS also visited a hospital, an electrical cooperative, and an [...] | 2005-04-01 19:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC HA |
05PORTAUPRINCE928 | UPDATE ON HNP TRAINING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS [...] (C) Summary: In a set of written answers to questions submitted by post to the Director General (DG) of the Haitian National Police (HNP) on March 7, Leon Charles confirmed the process under which 200 ex-FADH were to integrate into the 17th promotion in April, and outlined the verification process [...] | 2005-04-05 19:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM HA |
05PRAGUE1004 | CZECHS REPORT RUSSIAN PROTEST OVER DONATION TO [...] (U) Action request: see para 4. 2. (C) Czech MOD Director of Security Policy Borkovec told DATT on July 1 that the Russians had formally protested the planned Czech donation of small arms and grenades to the EUCOM-led Georgia Security and Stability Operations. The Russian MOD on June 30 c [...] | 2005-07-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PREL EZ GG RU |
05PRAGUE1005 | CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On June 29, Acting DCM discussed ref A demarche on Venezuela with Edita Hrda, Director of the Americas Department at the MFA. Hrda informed us Venezuelan President Chavez will not be traveling to the [...] | 2005-07-01 15:57:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EZ PV |
05PRAGUE1006 | IN-DEPTH READOUT OF EU'S CUBA COMPROMISE [...] (C) Following the June 13 GAERC on Cuba, Post received a comprehensive record of the internal EU discussion in a document given to us by our interlocutors at the MFA. This document is the Czechs' written record of what transpired at the meeting. We have translated it and are sending it to W [...] | 2005-07-01 16:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU EZ CU |
05PRAGUE1007 | CZECH RESPONSE ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Summary. On June 20, PolCouns delivered ref A demarche on U.S. priorities for UN reform to Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. In addition, we referred Mr. Kara to the June 16 On-the-Record briefing on UN reform delivered by the Under Secretary and followed up with a [...] | 2005-07-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1008 | CZECH MOD STAFF CONFIRM PLANS FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Czech MOD senior officials offered assurances that plans for extension of the Czech military police trainers currently in Iraq are continuing, and that the contingent would remain in its current status, i.e., part of MNF-I, but with the hope that they would "eventually" be move [...] | 2005-07-01 17:00:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MASS IZ EZ |
05PRAGUE1009 | CZECHS NOTIFIED OF 2005 COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-01 17:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PARM EZ |
05PRAGUE1023 | CZECH PM IN CHINA FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, DODGES THE [...] (C) Summary. On July 7, ADCM met with Ivan Busniak, foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister, to discuss Czech PM Jiri Paroubek's recent visit to Japan and China. In Japan, discussions focused on increasing Japanese investment and UN Security Council Reform. In China, the dialogue was [...] | 2005-07-08 18:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD CH EZ EUN JP |
05PRAGUE1026 | CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified-Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 8, we delivered the diplomatic note in reftel regarding the U.S. intention to seek World Heritage Committee membership with Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. Kara informed [...] | 2005-07-11 08:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL EZ EUN UNESCO |
05PRAGUE1035 | CZECH ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UNGA AND FEEDBACK ON G-4 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 8, we met with Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA to discuss ref A demarche on Czech attendance at the UNGA and September HLE. Kara said that while it was too early to conf [...] | 2005-07-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP KSEP EZ OTRA UNSC UNGA |
05PRAGUE1036 | CZECHS CONFIRM THEIR COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND [...] (U) This is an action request; see action in para 2. 2. (U) In a meeting with DAO July 8, Czech MOD Director of Security Policy Zdenek Borkovec expressed the GOCR,s great appreciation for the $6 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds (CSF). He indicated the GOCR had not changed any of its pr [...] | 2005-07-12 06:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ |
05PRAGUE1056 | CZECH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON UN REFORM, CCIT AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. On July 14, the Charge d'Affairs met with MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil to discuss reftels regarding the G-4 proposal on UN Security Council reform, support for the Comprehensive Con [...] | 2005-07-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KUNR KPKO EZ UNGA UNSC ECOSOC |
05PRAGUE1057 | CZECH REPUBLIC AGREES TO THE US-EU WINE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU EZ |
05PRAGUE1058 | CZECH'S SOLIDARITY FUND REQUEST PROCUREMENT LIST [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to the Department's request, Post is transmitting the text of the original Czech request for items under their $6 million Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation. Per reftel, Czech MOD Director of Secur [...] | 2005-07-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ |
05PRAGUE1059 | CZECH RESPONSE TO JULY 18 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 14 we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Petr Kaiser, the new Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Kaiser offered the following views on items that will be on the agenda of the July 18-19 GAERC meeting: A. Turkey: Kaiser was reluctant t [...] | 2005-07-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE106 | ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF CZECH PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Reftel reported the request of the Czech government for the U.S. government's opinion on the potential sale of a passive surveillance system (PSS) to the Air Force of Pakistan. This cable offers additional technical and background information on the system. Note: ref A mistakenly made r [...] | 2005-01-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR PK EZ |
05PRAGUE1068 | CZECHS OPEN TO URGENT TRANSFER OF SMALL GROUP OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF EZ UZ KG |
05PRAGUE1069 | CZECH PARTICIPATION AT DEAD SEA DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 12, Charge D'Affairs delivered reftel points on participation at the Dead Sea Donor's conference to Political Director at the MFA Martin Povejsil and Director of the Middle East Department Miloslav Stasek. T [...] | 2005-07-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE1072 | PRAGUE -- YEAR 2005 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION [...] (U) Per the regulations in 6 FAM 0521.2-1, the Ambassador has chosen an Embassy officer as his personnel representative to serve on our Employee Association in Prague. Management Officer Amy Hyatt fulfilled this role until her departure from post on June 10. Acting Management Officer Robert [...] | 2005-07-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AFIN APER EZ |
05PRAGUE109 | (S) MTAG 05-96: CZECH FIRM STROJIMPORT AND IRANIAN [...] (S) Poloff met January 20 with Otakar Gorgol, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA's UN Department to discuss ref A. Poloff and Gorgol, who handles many of the ministry's non-proliferation issues, have had a series of meetings about a horizontal boring machine, manufactured by the Czech firm Tos [...] | 2005-01-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC EZ IR MTCR |
05PRAGUE1090 | CZECHS OFFER PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT TO 40 UZBEK [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) Following up on ref requests for a humanitarian transfer of Uzbek refugees to a safe location, we met with Mr. Tomas Haisman, Director o [...] | 2005-07-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG |
05PRAGUE111 | CZECH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES EXTENSION OF MP [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. On January 21 the Czech Chamber of Deputies, parliament's lower house, approved the extension of the Czech military police (MP) mission in Iraq until the end of 2005. With a few exceptions, the coalition a [...] | 2005-01-24 06:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE1130 | CZECH DEPUTY PM JAHN CONSIDERS JOINING CSSD AND [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Czech Deputy Prime Minister Martin Jahn offered views on his possible political future, potential political scenarios heading into next summer's elections, and the fate of economic legislation. Jahn confirmed that PM Paroubek has asked him [...] | 2005-07-29 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR EZ |
05PRAGUE1132 | RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY ANNOUNCES CONTRACT [...] (U) On July 28, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) announced that it had signed a contract with a local developer to build a new, more secure headquarters building for its approximately 600 employees. The signing of the build-to-lease contract marked the end of a long process, begun af [...] | 2005-08-01 14:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ASEC EZ |
05PRAGUE1136 | CZECH'S WELCOME U.S. RESPONSE TO BAGHDAD CONVOY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1139 | CZECH REPUBLIC: PRIVITAZATION OF AERO VODOCHODY [...] (U) Summary. At its cabinet meeting on July 20, the Czech government approved a privatization plan for Aero Vodochody (Aero),the aircraft company formerly partnered with Boeing until their 2003 split. Following the recommendations made by Deloitte & Touche, the government will sell Aero as [...] | 2005-08-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV PREL PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1145 | U.S. ANSWERS MFA CONCERNS ABOUT EXPORTS OF CZECH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC PREL IZ PGOV EZ AF |
05PRAGUE1146 | ASDD-01 TO VIETNAM: POINTS DELIVERED, LITTLE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PTER VM |
05PRAGUE115 | NOMINATION OF PRAGUE EMBASSY FSN ANDELA KUNSTOVA [...] Post nominates Andela Kunstova, FSN Economic Specialist, for FSI course scheduled for May 2-13, 2005. A. Andela Kunstova, Grade 10 B. Born June 19, 1944 C. Nationality: Czech D. Passport No. 35476364 E. State - Embassy Prague Political-Economic Section F. Position Title: Econo [...] | 2005-01-25 15:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | APER ECON AFSI AFSN EZ |
05PRAGUE116 | CZECHS READY TO PROMOTE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: While not a member of the CHR, the Czechs are prepared to lobby in support of a CHR resolution on Cuba and would like to coordinate efforts with Washington. Specifically, the GOCR wants to know if the USG will sponsor this year's resolution. [...] | 2005-01-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CU EZ UN CHR |
05PRAGUE1161 | SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
05PRAGUE1162 | CZECH REPUBLIC: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution 2. In response to action request reftels, post has prepared an op-ed piece for placement in local press based on revised reftel talking points. Per Department instructions, we are awaiting Department approval of the text for place [...] | 2005-08-08 16:37:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1164 | CZECH REPUBLIC: VISIT OF MADELYN SPIRNAK, SENIOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the course of an intense two-day visit to the Czech republic (July 27-28),Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, Madelyn Spirnak met with senior government officials and US business leaders to advance the US position on transgenic crops and to enlist Czech aid in wo [...] | 2005-08-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD ECON EAGR PINR EZ |
05PRAGUE1167 | CZECH MFA: 10,000 ASSAULT RIFLES FOR PRIVATE USE? [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC PREL PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE117 | Czech Republic Response to EU Commission [...] Summary: The European Commission presented all EU member states with a questionnaire seeking their views on obstacles or barriers to trade and investment between the U.S. and EU and appropriate ways to remove them. The Czech MFA shared with us their responses to the questionnaire, which was [...] | 2005-01-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1176 | GOCR HEALTH CARE REFORM [...] (U) Summary. On July 7, following up on several health care reform proposals by Health Minister Milada Emmerova, the GOCR officially approved specific steps and deadlines for reform implementation. As part of these health care reforms, the government-run health insurance company, VZP (the [...] | 2005-08-11 07:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EZ |
05PRAGUE1179 | Ambassador's Op-Ed on Gitmo Detainees [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1182 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO PLANS TO GRADUATE FROM EBRD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ministry of Finance Department of International Organizations Director Lenka Loudova and Czech EBRD Member of the Board Igor Ocka made it clear that the current government has no plans to graduate from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). It is not on the [...] | 2005-08-12 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1191 | CZECH REPUBLIC: BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) During an August 10 introductory call on Vaclav Rombald, Deputy Director General and Head of the Legal Section of the Ministry of Finance International Finance Department, econoff inquired about the timing and expectations for th [...] | 2005-08-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EZ |
05PRAGUE1198 | CZECH NGO, PEOPLE IN NEED, LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAID IZ PREL |
05PRAGUE1203 | CZECH OPPOSITION ON 05 CAMPAIGN, 06 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. One hundred days after new PM Jiri Paroubek took office, and 10 months before parliamentary elections, three shadow ministers from the main opposition party, the Civic Democrats (ODS),shared with the Ambassador their expectations for the time remaining before next June's election [...] | 2005-08-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1204 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO DELEGATE TO THE CODEX AD HOC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON EZ |
05PRAGUE1209 | SMALL CZECH PARTIES AND THE 2006 ELECTION: 1 + 1 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The current consensus in political circles in Prague says that there will be only four parties in government after next June's elections and that likely scenarios include a grand coalition between the Social Democrats (CSSD) and the Civic Democrats (ODS),a minority government, [...] | 2005-08-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1222 | ISAF: CZECHS AGREE ON MANDATE, BUT CAUTIOUS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 06:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF EZ NATO UNSC |
05PRAGUE1229 | CZECHS PLAN $50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO UN DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-23 09:01:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EZ UN |
05PRAGUE123 | INFORMATION ON RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING [...] Summary: Researchers collecting specimens in the Czech Republic should be especially careful about activities in nature reserves and collection of protected endangered species. Legislative authority and agencies responsible for administration of permits are outlined para 2. End Summary. [...] | 2005-01-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TBIO EZ |
05PRAGUE1230 | CZECH ATTENDANCE AT UNGA AND HLE [...] (SBU) During a meeting to discuss the UN Democracy Fund (reftels),Czech MFA Director of UN Affairs, Jan Kara, reviewed for Pol-Econ Chief the planned Czech participation at this year's UNGA and surrounding events. The following are tentative schedules of senior Czech participants: -- Czech [...] | 2005-08-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EZ UNGA |
05PRAGUE1236 | CZECH ASSAULT RIFLES TO GO TO THE U.S., POSSIBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC PREL PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1243 | CZECHS QUESTIONING TURKISH ACCESSION, BUT LIKELY [...] (C) Summary: Czech public and official position on Turkey's EU accession has softened noticeable from late last year, when the GOCR came out clearly in favor. A petition opposing Turkish accession received 12,000 signatures last month; the Foreign Minister this week published an editorial sa [...] | 2005-08-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1245 | CZECHS ON SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH POINTS [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief met August 25 with Czech MFA Director for CFSP Issues, Petr Kaiser, to discuss ref A points in advance of the September 1-2 EU Foreign Ministers Gymnich meeting. Kaiser noted that HMG had not yet circulated a final agenda for the meeting, but he expects it will cover most [...] | 2005-08-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1247 | CZECH CABINET APPROVES 2006 FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MOPS PREL PGOV AF IZ YI BK |
05PRAGUE1252 | "DOWNGRADED VERA": LIKELY CZECH YES TO PAKISTAN, [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to formally oppose a sale of a passive surveillance system, model ASDD-01, to Vietnam. This move effectively blocks that deal for the immediate future. The GOCR is currently involved in a high-level debate on the merits of issui [...] | 2005-08-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK VM |
05PRAGUE1256 | CZECHS ON GYMNICH/TURKEY/CROATIA: NOT YET FIRMLY [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs continue to deliberate their position on Turkish EU accession and to send mixed signals. Visiting Turkish MFA officials last week heard what they wanted to hear: the GOCR supports the Oct 3 starting date and will not impose new conditions. But during an Aug 29 speech [...] | 2005-08-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU HR EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE126 | CZECH REQUEST FOR USG TRANSPORT OF ARMORED [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech government requests USG assistance in transporting two armored vehicles to Baghdad. The vehicles will be used by protective forces guarding the Czech ambassador and other Czech diplomats in Baghdad. The Czechs are prepared to cover [...] | 2005-01-27 16:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE1263 | CZECHS WELCOME IRAQI DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-30 15:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ EZ PREL PGOV |
05PRAGUE1264 | CZECH READINESS FOR POSSIBLE AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK - [...] (U) Michael Vit, Deputy Health Minister and Chief Public Health Officer, briefed Embassy officials August 29 on steps already taken, as well as those planned, to deal with an outbreak of avian flu. The Czech Republic has a plan for pandemics and that plan is now being evaluated for its effect [...] | 2005-08-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EZ KSTH WHO |
05PRAGUE1266 | CZECHS WILL NOT/NOT MEET SYRIANS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-31 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY EZ |
05PRAGUE127 | CZECH SENATE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE1275 | CZECH CORRUPTION FIGHTER UNDER ATTACK BY JUSTICE [...] SUMMARY. (C) In the midst of a very public battle between Justice Minister Pavel Nemec and the Supreme State Prosecutor (Attorney General) Marie Benesova, Benesova's number two, Deputy Attorney General Jaroslav Fenyk, contacted the Embassy to air grievances and his version of events. Fenyk pro [...] | 2005-09-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ KCOR |
05PRAGUE128 | CZECH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (U) On January 27, conveyed reftel points concerning issues to be raised at the January 31 meeting of the GAERC to Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the MFA. Strouhal's responses follow: A. (C) TSUNAMI RELIEF: Strouhal said the EU member st [...] | 2005-01-27 17:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL CU IR IZ UP CH EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1284 | CZECH REPUBLIC: TOEING THE EU LINE ON FOOD AID [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Agriculture, which has the lead on this issue, stated that the GOCR supports the EU position on this matter and that further discussion with [...] | 2005-09-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR EZ WTRO |
05PRAGUE1285 | CZECH FM LIKELY TO VISIT IRAQ IN SPRING 2006, DEF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE1287 | TFUS01: CZECH REPUBLIC RESPONSE [...] In response to Hurricane Katrina, the Czech government made a general offer of assistance on August 30 in a letter from FM Cyril Svoboda to Secretary Rice. Svoboda wrote "I would also like to assure you of our readiness to provide to the American people our help and assistance." Since then [...] | 2005-09-03 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AEMR KPAO EZ |
05PRAGUE1289 | TFUS01: CZECHS OFFER IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN HELP [...] Czech PM Paroubek and President Klaus both met Ambassador morning of Sept 5 to present list of Czech offers of immediate support for relief and assistance following Hurricane Katrina. The Czechs have notionally offered $1 million in equipment and personnel to provide immediate relief, althoug [...] | 2005-09-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AEMR EAID EZ |
05PRAGUE1295 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REACTION TO USG REPLY TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-06 16:43:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EZ |
05PRAGUE1296 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO BILATERAL AID TO HAITI BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 05:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EZ HA EUN |
05PRAGUE1297 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO CODESHARING WITH THE RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 05:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EZ RU |
05PRAGUE1302 | EMBASSY BAGHDAD DCM ENGAGES THE CZECHS ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ IZ PGOV PREL |
05PRAGUE1304 | EU/TURKEY: CZECHS REMAIN FAVORABLE, BUT NOT FIRM; [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs continue to support moving forward with the Oct 3 negotiations on Turkish accession. They are engaged in negotiating the EU's counter-declaration, with the focus not on recognition but the modalities of the Customs Union, i.e, restrictions at Turkish ports. The Czechs [...] | 2005-09-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1306 | CZECHS APPROVE $50,000 DONATION TO UN DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EZ UN |
05PRAGUE1309 | CZECH REPUBLIC: WILLING TO SEND ONE ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EZ HA PREL |
05PRAGUE1318 | TFUS01: CZECHS INFORMED OF ACCEPTANCE OF KATRINA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1322 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REACTION TO USG POSITION ON UN [...] SUMMARY: The GOCR understands the USG position on the outcome document for the upcoming UN Summit, and while not optimistic, will work towards a consensus. The GOCR does not support the "Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development," and believes the focus should be on imp [...] | 2005-09-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECIN EFIN EZ PREL UNGA |
05PRAGUE1325 | CZECH REPUBLIC: IS RUNNING IN PLACE GOOD ENOUGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the GOCR,s June 2005 economic strategy, the Czech Republic hopes to reach the EU average GDP per capita by 2013 (from USD 19,700 to USD 30,000 using PPP). To this end, the Czech economy,s near term outlook remains strong. Real GDP growth reached 4.4 percent in 2 [...] | 2005-09-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EZ PGOV |
05PRAGUE1327 | CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES CONCENRING THE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EZ KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA MTCRE |
05PRAGUE1329 | CZECH CORRUPTION: BAD, AND UNLIKELY TO GET BETTER [...] SUMMARY. In light of several recent Czech corruption scandals, post offers the following snapshot of the issue. Internal statistics, as well as assessments from Transparency International and the World Bank show the number of cases is increasing, while the government's effectiveness in combati [...] | 2005-09-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PGOV EINV KJUS EZ |
05PRAGUE1339 | INDIA NUCLEAR DEMARCHE - CZECHS THINK EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ IN KNNP PARM EUN |
05PRAGUE1343 | CZECH ACTIVIST JAN URBAN ON IRAQI JOURNALISTS, [...] SUMMARY. Poloff met with Czech journalist/activist Jan Urban after his return from Amman, Jordan, where he conducted training for 40 Iraqi journalists under a program funded with money from the National Endowment for Democracy. Urban said he would like to follow up with additional programs, i [...] | 2005-09-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SCUL EZ IZ JO KPAO |
05PRAGUE1348 | TFUS01: CZECH ASSISTANCE RECAP [...] SUMMARY: Post continues to receive active offers of assistance and support from the GOCR, City of Prague, and private individuals. The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Svoboda attended a ceremony and press conference on September 11 marking the first NATO humanitarian assistance mission stop [...] | 2005-09-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EZ PREL |
05PRAGUE1349 | CZECH ARMS TRANSFERS TO GEORGIA: PRACTICAL STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GG EZ PREL RS |
05PRAGUE135 | CZECH RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the Czech Government's position on Haiti, Iraq, Singapore, and Taiwan inclusion into the Community [...] | 2005-01-28 10:43:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1363 | CZECHS LICENSE A ONE-YEAR VERA SYSTEM LOAN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK |
05PRAGUE1371 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS ADOPTING UNESCO CONVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOCR plans to fall in line with the EU in support of adopting the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions in October 2005 without further negotiation. The Czechs candidly advised Emboffs that a high level call from the State Department will not change the Czech position. [...] | 2005-09-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EZ PREL SCUL UNESCO |
05PRAGUE1382 | CZECH REPUBLIC: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (S) Summary: Islamic extremism is rare in the Czech Republic, and Islamic authorities here are keen to ensure outside influences do not become a catalyst for indigenous radicalism. The Czech authorities do monitor for potential Islamic extremist activities. The U.S. Embassy provides training, [...] | 2005-09-26 15:53:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI EZ |
05PRAGUE1399 | CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLIDLY ON BOARD WITH BELARUS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Czech MFA and its partner NGO People in Need (PIN) are strongly committed to democracy promotion in Belarus. The GOCR and USG approaches to Belarus are fully aligned, and Czech MFA is actively engaged in molding EU policy on Belarus transition. MFA has approved USD 18,000 [...] | 2005-09-30 10:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1407 | CZECHS ON OCT 3 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are optimistic that the upcoming GAERC will find a way forward on Turkey. The GOCR has formally stated that they support launching talks with Turkey without establishing a privileged partnership or other status as an option. They also insist that there is no linkage w [...] | 2005-09-30 16:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ TU EUN |
05PRAGUE1415 | CZECH REPUBLIC: STRONG SUPPORT FOR (CERGE-EI) [...] SUMMARY: Post strongly supports ASHA financial assistance for CERGE-EI, the leading economics doctoral program in the region, fully-accredited in both the Czech Republic and the United States. CERGE-EI has the best economics library in the country, containing a wealth of American texts and [...] | 2005-10-03 08:08:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EZ |
05PRAGUE1422 | CZECHS AGREE -- THE TAMIL TIGERS ARE A TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1426 | CZECHS REQUEST GUIDANCE ON PLANNED DPRK DEL VISIT [...] (U) Action request - see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A DPRK delegation plans to visit the Czech Republic later this month on a trip organized by the head of the Czech Communist Party (and vice speaker of Parliament). The tentative itinerary includes a visit to the Temelin nuclear power plant. [...] | 2005-10-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL ENRG KN EZ |
05PRAGUE1446 | CZECHS STATE THAT UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT IS POSSIBLE, [...] (U) Action request paragraph 5. 2. (S) Poloff met on October 6 with Tomas Haisman, Director of Asylum and Migration Policies at the Czech Ministry of Interior, to discuss resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees (reftel). Haisman called the situation "shocking," but nevertheless held out ho [...] | 2005-10-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PHUM PREL MOPS EZ |
05PRAGUE1447 | CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS BEGIN TO CONSIDER COMMUNIST [...] (C) Summary: The Czech government under PM Jiri Paroubek, in order to secure passage of priority legislation, is beginning to break the long-standing taboo against cooperation with the Communist party. Debate over two high-profile pieces of legislation, along with a change in the Communist [...] | 2005-10-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1455 | IRAQ PRESIDENT JALAL TALABANI'S VISIT TO CZECH [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi President Talabani's visit to Prague focused on symbolism and achieved little in the way of concrete improvements to the robust Czech-Iraqi relations. The GOCR promised to continue supporting transition efforts, and will take steps to increase business ties. Negotiations [...] | 2005-10-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE1461 | CZECH REPLY TO UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered Secretary's letter to Czech FM Svoboda on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (ref A) to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on Oct 13. Povejsil was familiar with USG positions from previous discussions (ref B). He stated that the Czechs believe the Conven [...] | 2005-10-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO BHUM EUN |
05PRAGUE1469 | TSA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR GRANT VISITS PRAGUE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. TSA Assistant Administrator Nicholas Grant recently visited Prague to discuss the lessons learned in the simulated terrorist attack on Prague's public transportation system on September 22. Grant found a sophisticated and competent emergency response system, but identified som [...] | 2005-10-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE147 | CZECH GOVERNMENT TAKES NOTICE OF WARNINGS ON [...] Summary: U.S. pharmaceutical companies' concerns about obstacles to market access in the Czech Republic will be raised in their 2005 Special 301 submission. Embassy Prague has raised with the GOCR the pharma industry's complaints about the discriminatory effect of Ministry of Health setting [...] | 2005-02-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EZ USTR |
05PRAGUE1470 | ACTION REQUEST: CZECHS SEEK GUIDANCE ON THEIR [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Czechs have announced their candidacy for two UN positions: (1) non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term beginning in 2008, and (2) a seat on the Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) for a three-year term. The [...] | 2005-10-14 10:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EZ UN |
05PRAGUE148 | CZECH REPUBLIC TO SUPPORT MON863 BIOTECH CORN [...] On January 26, Embassy economic officer and agricultural specialist met with Karel Blaha, the Director of the Department of Environmental Risks at the Ministry of Environment. Blaha is the Czech official most involved in European Union rulemaking on issues affecting the environment such as b [...] | 2005-02-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO EZ |
05PRAGUE1490 | CZECHS ARE CO-SPONSORS OF U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-17 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EZ UN |
05PRAGUE1491 | CZECH REPUBLIC: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Econoff met October 17 with Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (Department of EU Multilateral Trade Policy and Common Trade Policy Ladislava Votavova) and delivered reftel demarche and letter from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban. The Ministry of In [...] | 2005-10-18 08:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO |
05PRAGUE1493 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER FOR CZECH [...] (SBU) The Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer for Embassy Prague is DCM Cameron Munter, 420-257-530-662 ext. 2303, email: MunterCP@state.gov. The TFCO Deputy is Richard Hinman, Political officer, tel. 420-257-530-663 ext. 2313, email: HinmanRC@state.gov. 2. (U) Post believes that a regio [...] | 2005-10-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1496 | CZECH RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL FOR WTO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Industry and Trade received our demarche with genuine welcome and said that although they would have to consult with the Ministry of Agriculture, it would be in the interest of the Czech Republic to urge the EU to seize this timely opportunity to get beyond the ag [...] | 2005-10-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EZ WTRO |
05PRAGUE1498 | VERA-E - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] (C) Foreign consignee, ERA A.S. (ERA) is familiar to the United States Government. A sample of some of the USG reporting on the company's systems can be found in Refs B-L. 2. (C) Embassy Prague closely follows ERA,s license applications to the GOCR for export of the VERA-E system. During hi [...] | 2005-10-19 09:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC ETTC EZ |
05PRAGUE1502 | NEWS REPORTS OF IRAN TRADE EMBARGO NOTHING NEW TO [...] (SBU) A Reuters press report on October 20, which claimed that Iran has stopped the imports of goods from the Czech Republic, Britain, South Korea and Argentina, was not new news to the Czech government. According to the Reuters report, the Iranians imposed the trade embargo in an effort to p [...] | 2005-10-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EZ IR ERTD |
05PRAGUE1503 | CZECH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO EUN |
05PRAGUE1504 | CZECH PM APPOINTS NEW HEALTH MINISTER [...] (U) Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek today named David Rath, currently President of the Czech Medical Chamber, to replace Milada Emmerova as Minister of Health. With less than eight months before the next general election, the move is being seen as an interim appointment. One of Rath's main tasks w [...] | 2005-10-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV EZ |
05PRAGUE1505 | CZECHS SAY &NO8 TO THE UIGHURS, BUT AGREE TO [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (S) Summary. Frantisek Bublan, the Czech Minister of the Interior, informed the DCM that the GOCR has denied our request to resettle 15 Uighur men in the Czech Republic, citing foreign policy and security concerns. Post believes the Czech decision [...] | 2005-10-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PHUM PREL MOPS EZ |
05PRAGUE1506 | CZECHS ON UNGA ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) The Czechs intend to co-sponsor the UNGA resolution on Holocaust Remembrance (ref A),according to Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA UN Department. 2. (SBU) Kara indicated that the Czechs are still examining the USG points (ref B) and consulting with other states on the UNGA resolut [...] | 2005-10-21 06:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS EZ UNGA |
05PRAGUE1514 | CZECH ELECTIONS - TOO EARLY AND TOO CLOSE TO CALL, [...] SUMMARY. (C) The Czech Republic will hold general elections next June. This cable summarizes current election trends and possible outcomes, and assesses impact on US interests in the Czech Republic. Septels will discuss in greater detail the positions of individual parties. Under the propor [...] | 2005-10-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EZ PGOV PREL |
05PRAGUE1515 | DPRK DELEGATION VISIT TO CZECH REPUBLIC INCLUDES [...] (U) Action Request in para 9. 2. (S) Summary: The DPRK parliamentary delegation visited the nuclear power plant at Temelin during their 17-22 October visit to the Czech Republic. Czech officials indicate they received a "standard VIP tour" of the facility; according to the company officia [...] | 2005-10-21 16:07:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC KN EZ |
05PRAGUE1522 | CZECHS REQUEST U.S. INFORMATION ON GEORGIA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Czech MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy Peter Kaiser Oct 19 asked Pol-Mil Off whether the United States could share information with the Czech MFA on the current effort by Georgia to build up its armed forces. K [...] | 2005-10-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | IZ EZ PREL PGOV |
05PRAGUE1526 | CZECH REPUBLIC REMAINS IN THE PROGRESSIVE CAMP ON [...] (SBU) In culmination of a multi-day campaign to urge the Czech government and industry to push hard for a positive EU response to the U.S. agriculture proposal, the DCM met October 25 with Ladislava Votavova, Director of the Department of EU Multilateral Trade Policy at the Ministry of Trade, [...] | 2005-10-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EZ WTRO |
05PRAGUE1532 | CZECHS CONTINUE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE [...] The City of Prague is soliciting Embassy guidance on how to achieve forward movement on their offer of archive restoration and retrieval for Hurricane Katrina relief. As reported reftel (para 3),the City of Prague approved CZK 16 million USD 700,000 for hurricane assistance, and they need t [...] | 2005-10-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1533 | AVIAN FLU: CZECHS DON'T HAVE THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no evidence of Avian Flu in the Czech Republic. However, due to a lack of political leadership and a delayed reaction to the potential pandemic, the government only has sufficient medical supplies and facilities to deal with a mild outbreak. A larger outbreak would o [...] | 2005-10-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED EAGR EZ PGOV TBIO WHO |
05PRAGUE1535 | CZECHS REVIEWING MI-17 PARTS REQUEST FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Pol-mil Off delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Oct 27. The Czechs do have MI-17s in their inventory. Balek had not heard Pakistan planned to ask NATO for MI-17 parts. He said the GOCR would examine the request carefully. CABANISS [...] | 2005-10-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS EZ NATO |
05PRAGUE1546 | CZECHS WILL SUPPORT JUDGE BUERGENTHAL FOR ICJ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 16:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EZ UNGA UNSC |
05PRAGUE1554 | MUSLIM OUTREACH: US EMBASSY PRAGUE HOSTS FIRST [...] Summary. On October 25, Ambassador William Cabaniss hosted an Iftar dinner at his residence, the first-ever held by the Embassy. Nearly fifty Muslim diplomats and business leaders attended, including Ambassadors from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen and Afghanistan. Notic [...] | 2005-11-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EZ KISL KPAO PREL |
05PRAGUE1557 | CZECHS WELCOME RESULTS OF IRAQ CONSTITUTIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 17:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN |
05PRAGUE1558 | CZECH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) Polec officer delivered ref A demarche on October 31 to Miloslav Stasek, director of the Middle East and Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stasek agreed that the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmadi-nejad were unacceptable. He added that he also met with [...] | 2005-11-02 17:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PHUM PREL PTER EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1559 | CZECHS SUPPORT CREATION OF FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 18:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM XF EZ |
05PRAGUE1561 | CZECH REPUBLIC ON EU CHEMICALS POLICY (REACH): [...] (U) SUMMARY: Experts at the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade believe that despite the admitted flaws in the draft EU REACH legislation, all EU member states are ready to press on with the legislation in its current format 'to get the ball rolling,' and necessary alterations to the agreement [...] | 2005-11-03 07:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON SENV EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1562 | CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES BILATERAL SCIENCE AND [...] The government of the Czech Republic approved the draft of a US-Czech bilateral agreement on science and technology on October 19. The Czech government is the first of the ten new EU members to approve a new agreement, which includes reimbursement for VAT and customs duties imposed on commod [...] | 2005-11-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI TSPL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1565 | VISITING EUR/ERA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CZECH EU [...] SUMMARY: Visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase met with the MFA European Union Section and inquired about internal GOCR coordination on EU internal and external issues, and raised the WSIS internet governance and the WTO agriculture proposal issues. On WTO, the MFA reiterated what the Minis [...] | 2005-11-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EZ ECIP WTRO |
05PRAGUE1568 | CZECHS AND THE WSIS: WHY FIX IT IF IT AIN'T BROKE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: All of the Czech players involved on WSIS echo the refrain "why fix it if it ain't broke?" and seek to maintain the status quo on internet governance. The GOCR is preparing to argue this point at COREPER in Brussels on 4 November, but are resigned to follow the final decision of [...] | 2005-11-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1571 | CZECH-CUBA CONFLICT IS HEATING UP [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (S) Summary. The Czechs are concerned they will lose their mission in Cuba as part of the fall-out from the Czech National Day incident in Havana (ref A). They are therefore trying to use the incident to rally EU support at the Nov 7 GAERC, and are [...] | 2005-11-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PHUM PREL SOCI CU EZ |
05PRAGUE1572 | CZECHS ON NOV 7 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs support tough measures against Syria, Belarus, and Cuba, but do not have the full support of their EU partners. On Iraq, the Czechs will continue their mission independent of any EU mission. In the Balkans, Czechs support the open door policy. However, due to enlarge [...] | 2005-11-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1573 | CZECHS SAY YES TO IRAQ RESOLUTION, AND NO TO SWISS [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are grateful the U.S. shared the text of the draft Iraq resolution at an early stage, and are optimistic the resolution will pass. On the Swiss proposal for reform of the UNSC working methods, the Czechs will oppose it. End summary. 2. (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief and [...] | 2005-11-04 09:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EZ UNSC UNGA |
05PRAGUE1575 | CZECH COMMUNIST PARTY: STILL HERE AND [...] Summary: (C) Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has recently turned to the Communist Party (KSCM) for parliamentary support on key legislation. This, along with the speculation that next June's general election might lead to a minority Social Democrat-led government that relied on the Communis [...] | 2005-11-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1578 | DLOUHA REPLY TO ADAMS LETTER: THANKS FOR SUPPORT [...] (U) On Nov. 3, Poloff forwarded reftel letter from Thomas Adams to Gabriela Dlouha, the Czech MFA Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator. Dlouha responded promptly, thanking the U.S. for its commitment to the Belarus radio project. She also said the GOCR will provide an initial grant of $80,000, [...] | 2005-11-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | BO EAID EZ PL |
05PRAGUE1581 | CZECHS ON PAKISTAN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION [...] (U) DCM met November 11 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to discuss Czech assistance to Pakistan. Pojar, who was until recently Director of the Czech NGO People in Need, provided the following information: -- Czech government assistance to date totals approximately $4.5 milli [...] | 2005-11-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK EZ |
05PRAGUE1586 | CZECH DRAFT LABOR CODE: APPEALS TO THE COMMUNISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a political move that has brought together the Social Democrat and Communist parties and could cool investment in the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has made his union-friendly Labor Code a "super priority" that he wants passed before the elections in June 20 [...] | 2005-11-08 12:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EZ |
05PRAGUE1587 | CZECHS VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EZ UNHRC |
05PRAGUE1588 | CZECH PARLIAMENT AGAIN REJECTS LEGALIZATION OF [...] The lower house of the Czech Parliament has rejected a bill that would have paved the way for the legal regulation of prostitution in the Czech Republic. The proposal would have permitted the GOCR to withdraw from the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and t [...] | 2005-11-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EZ KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI |
05PRAGUE1589 | CZECHS ON CHINA, RUSSIA, AND BEING HEARD IN THE EU [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase, the Czech MFA's Political Director offered the following: -- The Czech Republic played a leading role within the EU to prevent lifting of the China arms embargo, but in the context of PM Paroubek's growing closeness with [...] | 2005-11-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CH RS CU LE SY ENRG ECON EFIN |
05PRAGUE1590 | CZECHS ON TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA's Director for Transformation Cooperation believes that many international efforts to foster democratic change -- including in particular those of the EU -- suffer because the funding mechanisms chosen impede the chances for success. She believes that donors need to b [...] | 2005-11-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CU UP GG MD SR BK IZ BO BM |
05PRAGUE1600 | CZECH REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO ENABLE CIVIL [...] (C) On 9 November, PolOff met with Pavel Klucky, new MFA deputy director for international organizations with primary responsibility for non-proliferation, and reviewed Ref demarches. Klucky stated that the Czech government was in general agreement with the U.S. proposal, noting the potential [...] | 2005-11-10 12:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KNNP PARM PREL |
05PRAGUE1601 | CZECHS PROVIDE RECIPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs have been working for years to promote democracy in Belarus. Thus, talking to the Czechs about Belarus is like preaching to the choir. The Czech MFA, in the words of their Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator, supports U.S. policy toward Belarus without hesitation. She [...] | 2005-11-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KDEM PGOV BO EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1602 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ANDREW WEISS/KOTVA INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EZ KIDE |
05PRAGUE1608 | CZECH RESPONSES TO OECD SECGEN SELECTION, ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econoff met November 10 with Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Deputy Director Pavel Klima to deliver reftel A and B demarches. Klima said that during the July 21 Polish state visit, the Prime Minister signaled GOCR support former Po [...] | 2005-11-10 18:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EZ EINV |
05PRAGUE1613 | CZECH RESPONSE TO CAPE TOWN CONVENTION DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: Post contacted the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Law Department to deliver reftel demarche urging the Czech government to ratify the Cape Town Convention. The Ministry responded that most competencies regarding transportation rest with the EU and that their hands [...] | 2005-11-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA EZ |
05PRAGUE1614 | CZECH NGO WILL SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO EXPAND [...] (U) Poloffs met with Simon Panek, Director of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),and Igor Blazevic, head of PIN,s Human Rights Section, to discuss PIN,s ongoing efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East (ref A.). Panek said PIN began training Iraqi civil society in August 2005 at a center l [...] | 2005-11-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE162 | (S) MTAG-05-96: CZECH REPUBLIC BASED STROJIMPORT'S [...] (S) Two weeks after receiving a demarche (Reftels) about the possible sales of computer numerically controlled lathes from the Czech firm Strojimport to firms in Iran, the MFA has delivered its response. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department, and Otakar Gorgol, who handles MTCR issues, said [...] | 2005-02-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC EZ IR MTCRE |
05PRAGUE1621 | CZECH REPUBLIC'S CONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO U.S. [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations. The MFA responded that it would support USG re- election to the IMO Council in Category "A." However, the MFA said that support would be conditional upon the USG's support [...] | 2005-11-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EZ IMO ECIP |
05PRAGUE1623 | CZECHS ON NOV 21 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The primary focus of the Nov 21 GAERC will be the EU budget. The Czechs support the Luxembourg Compromise, but pragmatically believe no compromise will be reached in the upcoming GAERC (or even this year). The Czechs generally support EU efforts in the Middle East, the Balkans, and [...] | 2005-11-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1629 | CZECH REPUBLIC: OSCE SCALES OF CONTRIBUTION 'END [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Nov 22. Balek responded the Czech Republic would study the points carefully and would make every effort to accommodate the U.S. position. CABANISS [...] | 2005-11-23 06:16:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EZ ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV OSCE |
05PRAGUE163 | (S) NIAG 4225: POSSIBLE IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF [...] (S) In response to demarche in Reftel A, presented to the MFA on January 20, the Czech government assembled representatives from the MFA, the Office for Nuclear Security (SUJB),the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the intelligence branch (BIS). None of the representatives could find any e [...] | 2005-02-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC EZ IR |
05PRAGUE1630 | GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: CZECHS STILL AGREE TO [...] Action request at paragraphs 5 and 7. 2. (S) Summary. The good news is that the Czechs are still committed to resettling 40 Uzbek refugees in the Czech Republic (reftel),and are even willing to accept close family members of the refugees. The bad news is in the fine print: the Czechs will [...] | 2005-11-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG |
05PRAGUE1638 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (U) This cable responds to the request for information in reftel A in the same order as the original questionnaire. 2. (SBU) Preparedness/Communication: -- The GOCR has a preparedness plan for pandemics that was submitted to the WHO in 2000 and updated in April of 2004. It can be found at [...] | 2005-11-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1648 | CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
05PRAGUE1649 | CZECH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS: STRUGGLE FOR SOUL OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) in the Czech Republic, a numerically small force, have traditionally exercised an influence beyond their numbers, staking out the middle ground in order to maintain the option of forming coalition governments with larger parties either to their [...] | 2005-11-25 17:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1655 | CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SUPPORT OAS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO EZ OAS |
05PRAGUE1657 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Czechs this month marked the 16th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. As you will see during your visit this week, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transf [...] | 2005-11-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EZ |
05PRAGUE1658 | CZECH COUNTRY REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic is a staunch supporter of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. For years it sponsored the annual Cuba human rights resolution in the UNCHR, and even though it is no longer a member of the Commission, it supports the Cuba country-specific re [...] | 2005-11-29 06:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PHUM ETTC PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1660 | CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR UN REQUEST [...] (C) Poloff and DATT Nov 23 delivered reftel points to Zdenek Borkovec, Policy Director of the MOD,s Strategic Planning Division. The Czechs are unable to provide aircraft. As reported Ref B, Defense Minister Kuehnl has requested U.S. air transport for a visit to Iraq due to the Czechs' own ina [...] | 2005-11-29 10:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ EZ UN |
05PRAGUE1664 | CZECHS: DPRK'S VISIT WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, ON [...] (S) Summary: The Czech MFA understands U.S. dismay over the October 20 visit of a DPRK Parliamentary delegation to the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant, and will again oppose any similar requests for visits or for nuclear cooperation in the future. The Czechs will not directly focus on China's human [...] | 2005-11-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | EZ KN KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV PHUM CH |
05PRAGUE1665 | UPDATE ON EXTENSION OF POLICE TRAINERS AT THE [...] Pol Specialist Nov 28 confirmed with the Interior Ministry that the Czech Republic plans to extend the Czech participation in police training in Jordan. The Ministry of Interior has already allocated the necessary financing. The proposal to extend is now being reviewed in the Czech interagency [...] | 2005-11-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI |
05PRAGUE1677 | CZECH REPUBLIC: TRADE POLICY AND TRENDS AFTER EU [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Czech Republic prepares for the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong December 13-18, the Czech economy is basking in rosy statistics (reftel A). The CR is enjoying a trade surplus for the first time since becoming an independent nation in 1993, with 2005 trade surplus forec [...] | 2005-12-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO EUN EZ |
05PRAGUE1678 | CZECH REPUBLIC: HOPEFUL ON DDA BUT EXPECTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 24 member Czech delegation to Hong Kong, led by Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban, is doubtful that progress can be achieved in Hong Kong and yet remains hopeful about the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). Both the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Foreign Affairs b [...] | 2005-12-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD WTRO EUN EZ |
05PRAGUE1680 | CZECH PM ANNOUNCES HIS OWN KOSOVO POLICY [...] (U) Following a November visit to the Balkans, Czech PM Jiri Paroubek made the surprise announcement that the best solution to Kosovo's status would be a separation along ethnic lines. Paroubek floated the idea in a press interview on his return from the November 18-21 visit to the region. He [...] | 2005-12-05 11:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YI EZ |
05PRAGUE1686 | CZECH REPUBLIC'S MACROECONOMIC FAIRYTALE AND MIXED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is enjoying unprecedented GDP growth (5.1 percent in 2Q 2005),doubling of foreign direct investment from 2004 to 2005 (to USD 10 billion),the first trade surplus since the country's birth (USD 2 billion or 1.7 percent of GDP) and a possible budget surplus. On [...] | 2005-12-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EZ PGOV |
05PRAGUE1687 | CZECHS ALSO CONCEREND ABOUT RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] (C) The Czech Republic shares USG concerns about the draft Russian NGO law, and is interested in coordinating with the U.S. on practical measures that will result in changes to the legislation. Embassy discussed reftel points in recent weeks with MFA Director General for European Bilateral Rel [...] | 2005-12-06 16:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ RS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
05PRAGUE1688 | DAS MARK PEKALA FINDS COMMITTED ALLIES IN PRAGUE [...] (U) Action requests in paragraphs 25 and 26. 2. (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala traveled to Prague November 30-December 1 to meet with Czechs actively working to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, Belarus, and elsewhere; and to discuss Czech policy priorities on neighboring countries, [...] | 2005-12-07 06:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE169 | CZECH ON FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION; POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT raised ref A points on future of Iraq coalition with Czech MFA and MOD Security Policy Departments. The Czechs welcomed the information provided about current thinking on the coalition. They noted, of course, that the Czech parliament had just approved the ext [...] | 2005-02-07 08:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ EZ NATO |
05PRAGUE1699 | 16 YEARS AFTER THE END OF COMMUNIST RULE, CZECHS [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent unsuccessful initiative to ban the Czech Communist Party (KSCM),together with November's anniversary of the student protests that led to the eventual end of communist rule, and the general elections scheduled for next June, have focused public debate on the role of the l [...] | 2005-12-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1701 | CZECHS APPROVE 2006 MILITARY DEPLOYMENT PLANS [...] Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006, including the retention of 100 troops in Iraq. End Summary 2. The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006. This ti [...] | 2005-12-08 16:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EZ PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MARR MOPS |
05PRAGUE1704 | CZECHS SEEK INFORMATION ON U.S. PLANS FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Polec Chief and Poloff met December 7 with Veronika Stromsikova, Czech MFA's Director of Human Rights Department, and her deputy, Jan Kaminek. Stromsikova said the Czechs are planning their strategy for UN human rights resolutions in 2006, and would [...] | 2005-12-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PHUM EZ |
05PRAGUE1707 | IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS PRAGUE BUT [...] (C) Summary: The recent visit of an Iranian parliamentary delegation to Prague left a trail of conflicting claims and counterclaims between the Iranians and their Czech hosts. Closer investigation has revealed that most Czech officials remain skeptical about Iran, and the Iranians were unsucce [...] | 2005-12-09 16:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ PREL PGOV ETRD PINR KNNP IR |
05PRAGUE1716 | CZECH FM WILL RAISE RUSSIAN NGO LAW WITH PUTIN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points December 9 to Czech MFA Russia Desk Officer, Josef Broz, and also delivered courtesy copies to Jaromir Plisek, MFA Director General of Territorial Section 1 (including Russia and Eastern Europe),and MFA Human Rights Director, Veronika Stromsikova. [...] | 2005-12-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS EZ |
05PRAGUE1719 | IRAQ: CZECH PLANS FOR ELECTION EVENTS [...] (SBU) On December 13, Poloff delivered ref demarche on the seeking Coalition/NATO election events to Katerina Moravcova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Middle East and Africa Department and Pavel Mrazek, Iraq desk officer. Moravcova said that the MFA would certainly issue a statement of supp [...] | 2005-12-15 10:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PGOV PREL |
05PRAGUE1720 | DEMARCHE TO CZECH REPUBLIC: CONDEMNING THE [...] (C) On December 13, Poloff delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Lebanese MP Gebran Tueni to Katerina Moravcova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Middle East and Africa Department and Pavel Koblizka, Head of the MFA's Mediterranean Unit. [...] | 2005-12-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AU LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
05PRAGUE1721 | CZECHS WANT TO ADD CUBA TO U.S.- EU DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with poloffs December 7, Edita Hrda, Czech MFA Director of the Department of Americas, said the Czechs strongly support the U.S.- EU Democracy Initiative. To maximize the results of the initiative, the Czechs think the U.S. and EU shoul [...] | 2005-12-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1727 | CZECH CIVIC DEMOCRATS (ODS): RIGHT OF CENTER, LEFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the start of 2005, the Czech Republic's senior opposition party, the center-right Civic Democrats (ODS),had a comfortable lead in the polls. The party, as well as the public, assumed ODS would easily win next June's election and form a right-of-center government after eight [...] | 2005-12-15 17:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE1732 | NOTWITHSTANDING INTERPOL NOTICES, UZBEK REFUGEES [...] (C) Post has learned that the 15 Uzbek refugees selected for resettlement in the Czech Republic arrived in the Czech Republic December 15 (although this information has not yet been made public). 2. (C) This number includes six refugees who are the subject of Interpol "diffusion notices" is [...] | 2005-12-16 13:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ |
05PRAGUE1733 | CZECH SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER 15 IRAQ ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV PREL |
05PRAGUE174 | CZECH PLANS TO REMAIN THE GADFLY IN THE EU'S CUBA [...] (C) Summary. While the Czechs eventually agreed with the EU's proposal to lift the restrictive measures against Cuba at last week's GAERC meeting, they are continuing to fight for EU approval of a detailed plan for structured dialogue with dissidents and hope to establish criteria to use as a [...] | 2005-02-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ CU EUN |
05PRAGUE1753 | RUSSIAN FM TURNS DOWN REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE CZECH [...] (U) The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has, for the time being, refused a request from his Czech counterpart, Cyril Svoboda, to renew the registration of the Czech NGO, People in Need (PIN). PIN had been operating in Chechnya since 2000. But In April, 2005, PIN was told, without any [...] | 2005-12-21 16:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EZ PREL RS |
05PRAGUE1754 | CZECH SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref demarche to Michal Svoboda, Afghan desk officer for the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Svoboda said that the Czech government most likely would not be able to financially contribute to the Afghanistan Compact, however he did say that his government was intereste [...] | 2005-12-21 16:18:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EZ PGOV PREL |
05PRAGUE1755 | CZECH COURT EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR RESTITUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-21 16:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OHI PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1761 | CZECH REPUBLIC: CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN-OWNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian company OMZ, a subsidiary of the state-run firm GAZPROM, purchased the Czech firm, Skoda Nuclear Engineering (Skoda J.S),in April of 2004. OMZ has two wholly owned subsidiaries that manufacture equipment for nuclear plants. One, Izhorskie Zavody of Saint Petersburg [...] | 2005-12-23 12:58:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | KNNP PARM ETRD EZ |
05PRAGUE177 | CZECHS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] Summary and comment: The Czech government intends to run for a seat on the UN Commission on Human Rights in 2006 and seeks USG support. In a recent meeting, Czech MFA officials acknowledge that they face tough competition, with Poland and Lithuania also likely to vie for the two seats open i [...] | 2005-02-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC EZ UN |
05PRAGUE179 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): AGREEMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL PTER EZ |
05PRAGUE183 | CZECH GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESSURE TO IMPROVE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government has been looking at ways to improve its anemic trade ties to Iran. The Iranians have limited Czech imports in retaliation for broadcasts of the Prague-based Radio Farda as well as legislation passed in 2000, at U.S. request, to bar supplies to the Bushehr n [...] | 2005-02-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EZ IR |
05PRAGUE184 | CZECH PM STANISLAV GROSS: SHROUDED IN CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross is under increasing pressure from the opposition and the public to explain the unclear origin of money used in 1999 to purchase the family's luxury Prague apartment, or to resign. His inability to explain his source of financing for the apart [...] | 2005-02-09 06:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EZ |
05PRAGUE197 | MAJOR EUROPEAN TELECOMS COMPANIES MAKE PRELIMINARY [...] Five entities made preliminary offers for the Czech Republic's leading telecoms company, Cesky Telecom (CT),by the January 31 deadline for doing so. They are the Spanish firm Telefonica, Belgium's Belgacom, Swisscom, and two financial groups, a consortium of the U.S. company Blackstone Grou [...] | 2005-02-10 16:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV ETRD EZ |
05PRAGUE198 | CZECH LOWER HOUSE PASSES REFORM OF COMPANY [...] On February 9 the lower house of the Czech parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, passed a bill designed to speed up registration of companies in the so-called "commercial register", a sine qua non for doing business in the Czech Republic. Foreign and domestic businesses alike have long compla [...] | 2005-02-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE204 | FIRMS WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT ADD MORE VALUE, HAVE [...] Summary: Much of the Czech Republic's economic growth over the past several years has been attributable to significant flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) that have made the country the destination for more such investment per capita in recent years than any other country of central and [...] | 2005-02-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EZ |
05PRAGUE212 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA TEAM TO [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Bert Cochran and Gilbert Chavez to travel to Prague March 11-17, 2005. 2. Hotel reservation have been made in Marriott Hotel, V Celnici 8, Prague 1, tel: (00420)22288-8822, fax: (00420)22182-2333. Confirmation for Bert Cochran is 86 [...] | 2005-02-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC ENRG ETTC OTRA PARM PREL |
05PRAGUE213 | NEW EC DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL [...] (U) Post offers the following background and biographical information on Karel Kovanda, the current Czech Ambassador at NATO, who was appointed February 9 as European Commission Deputy Director General for External Relations. Kovanda will replace Fernando Velenzuela Marzo. His portfolio will [...] | 2005-02-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE221 | CZECHS SUPPORT EU DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE232 | FUTURE OF CZECH GOVERNMENT IN QUESTION AS JUNIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The simmering debate about shady financing of PM Gross's apartment escalated into a crisis for the Czech government on Feb 15 when Miroslav Kalousek, head of the junior coalition partner Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL),threatened to call for Gross's resignation, and the head of t [...] | 2005-02-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE237 | NPT 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE (REVCON): REQUEST TO [...] (U) Poloff gave non-paper reftel to the Director of the UN Department at the MFA and his assistant for non-proliferation, February 2. They thanked Poloff for the information on the US position and agreed to share it with colleagues who might attend the May NPT Review Conference. CABANISS [...] | 2005-02-17 11:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM |
05PRAGUE239 | CZECH PRESIDENT NAMES THREE NEW MEMBERS OF CENTRAL [...] Summary: President Klaus appointed three new members of the board of the Czech National Bank on February 11. The three are known to be close both politically and philosophically to President Klaus and the opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS). Klaus will have a majority of his appointees [...] | 2005-02-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE241 | CZECHS AND GAERC MEETING: PREPARING TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic plans to use the Feb 21 GAERC meeting to lead EU members to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization. The Czechs are also working towards taking a leading role in the EU debate over the China arms embargo. The Czechs share our optimism about improving [...] | 2005-02-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC CH IR UP MD HR KPAL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE242 | CZECH PM GROSS APPEARS LIKELY TO RETAIN HIS [...] (U) Summary: The crisis which until yesterday seemed to be threatening the unity of the current Czech government coalition (reftel) increasingly looks like just another episode in the uneasy coexistence of the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats. The governing coalition, with its one-vo [...] | 2005-02-18 06:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE26 | CZECH MEP ON REPAIRING US-EUROPE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Longtime embassy contact and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jana Hybaskova termed herself shocked by the depth of anti-American feeling she has found at European institutions such as the Council and Commission, including knee-jerk reactions opposing any U.S. involvement [...] | 2005-01-06 06:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IZ EZ MEPP |
05PRAGUE260 | CZECHS SOLICIT U.S. OPINION ON ARMS SALES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is beginning to get a number of requests from Czech arms firms wanting to sell weapons and ammunition to the government of Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has no diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, and consequently [...] | 2005-02-23 13:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EZ PARM |
05PRAGUE28 | POST RESPONSE TO OIG RECOMMENDATIONS [...] Prague submits the following responses to the formal recommendations of the referenced OIG report. 2. Recommendation No. 1: Embassy Prague should request, and the Bureau of Consular Affairs and Bureau of European And Eurasian Affairs should approve and fund, an additional Foreign Service [...] | 2005-01-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASIG EZ AMGT |
05PRAGUE318 | CZECH GOVERNMENT SOLICITS US OPINION ON ARMS SALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Republic has extensive surpluses of arms and ammunition left over from the days of the Warsaw Pact. Licensing authorities at the MFA are recieving many requests from Czech arms dealers to sell the surplus munitions to the governments in Afgh [...] | 2005-03-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AF IR EZ |
05PRAGUE337 | (C) RUSSIAN MISSILES FOR US NAVY COMING FROM [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. The US Navy has for some time been planning an open commercial purchase of 23 KH-31 (or MA-31) Russian sea-skimming missiles from a Czech arms dealer. It has come to our attention that the missiles are coming from Belarus, via a series of complicated [...] | 2005-03-09 06:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL EZ UP BO RS |
05PRAGUE338 | Child Marriage Response for Czech Republic [...] The legal age of marriage in the Czech Republic is 18 for both girls and boys. Under special circumstances, a minor over the age of 16 may be given permission to marry by a court; without court consent, such a marriage is invalid. 2. While there are some reports that the country's Roma pop [...] | 2005-03-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN EZ |
05PRAGUE341 | AMENDMENT: CZECH REPUBLIC CTRY CLR, [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Tyacke Michael, Allen Kenneth, Bolshinsky Igor, Dewes John, Moses Stanley and Thomas Jay to travel to Prague March 10 - 18, 2005. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 530 663, ext. 2320. Email: Canni [...] | 2005-03-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA |
05PRAGUE346 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with DCM Hillas, Czech Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations Petr Kolar and Czech Ambassador to Lebanon Marek Skolil stated that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position about the complete withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. The Czech MFA issued [...] | 2005-03-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PINR SY LE EZ |
05PRAGUE348 | WHAT IF THERE IS A MINORITY CSSD GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) On March 6, PM Stanislav Gross won a decisive vote of confidence from the Social Democrats Central Committee, but the ongoing crisis in the ruling three party coalition government has not ended and is likely to erupt anew after the Easter Congress of the Social Democrats (CSSD). Christian [...] | 2005-03-10 10:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE353 | AUSTRALIA GROUP - CZECH PARTICIPATION IN APRIL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EZ CBW |
05PRAGUE354 | CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED CHR TEXT ON [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Mr. Jan Kaminek of the Department of Human Rights at the Czech MFA on March 10 regarding the referenced demarche asking for feedback about a planned resolution on the state of democracy and democratic elections in the world. Mr. Kaminek told Poloff candidly that whil [...] | 2005-03-10 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EZ PDEM UNCHR |
05PRAGUE355 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-10 15:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC EZ |
05PRAGUE356 | (C) US NAVY POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES [...] (C) Poloff was shown March 10 the request for an export license filed by the Czech firm that is working to provide an initial shipment of 23 Russian-made sea-skimming missiles (KH-31) to the US Navy. The application showed the name and address of the firm in Minsk that was supplying the missiles, b [...] | 2005-03-10 16:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL EZ BO RS UP |
05PRAGUE366 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION: [...] Summary. During his February 7-8 visit to Ostrava, regional governor Evzen Tosenovsky told the Ambassador the influence of the regions is growing, and that an accommodation between Prague and the regions must be worked out within his ODS party. The Ambassador visited Vitkovice Steel, which [...] | 2005-03-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV ETRD MARR EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE376 | CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...] | 2005-03-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN |
05PRAGUE377 | CZECHS ON IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN IRAQI POLITICS [...] (C) On March 14, we met with Mr. Pavel Mrazek in the Czech MFA Middle East Department to discuss Iranian interference in Iraqi politics (reftel a). We also delivered the non-paper on Hizballah (ref b) and the statement on USG support for EU-3 diplomacy on Iran (ref c),which are discussed mo [...] | 2005-03-15 14:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IZ IR EZ |
05PRAGUE40 | CZECH VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES INVITATIONS [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's Department of United Nations Affairs, on January 6 to deliver reftel demarche regarding gaining European support for Community of Democracies invita [...] | 2005-01-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PHUM EZ |
05PRAGUE44 | CZECH POSITION ON EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA appreciates reftel effort to remind European capitals of the real issues at stake in the EU debate over its common Cuba policy. Czech efforts are currently focused on establishing a meaningful format for the structured EU dialogue with the opposition. The Czech re [...] | 2005-01-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE459 | DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SU EZ |
05PRAGUE46 | PRIORITIES FOR WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS FOR CZECH [...] Embassy Prague has reviewed the list of services sectors transmitted reftel. We submit the following rating of sectors in the Czech Republic that offer the highest potential for U.S. services providers. Ratings are from 5 (highest) to 1 (lowest). 2. --Legal services 5 --Accounting, aud [...] | 2005-01-10 16:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP EZ BMOT WTO |
05PRAGUE467 | POST FOLLOW-UP TO OIG RECOMMENDATIONS [...] Prague submits the following responses to the four remaining open/unresolved recommendations from the OIG inspection of Embassy Prague (ISP-I-04-39A),issued September, 2004. 2. Recommendation No. 1: Embassy Prague should request, and the Bureau of Consular Affairs and Bureau of European [...] | 2005-04-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASIG EZ AMGT |
05PRAGUE469 | CZECH PM GROSS SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Gross survived a no-confidence vote on April 1 thanks to abstentions from the Communist Party. Further resignations from Gross's cabinet are likely, and it is possible that the remaining coalition partner, Freedom Union, will withdraw. Despite his victory, there are inc [...] | 2005-04-01 14:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE470 | (C) CZECH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY SAYS NO TO SALE OF [...] (C) The Czech government has formally denied the license request of a Czech arms dealer to broker the sale of Russian KH-31 missiles, now in the possession of a state-run firm in Belarus, to the U.S. Navy. Poloff was told April 1st that the MFA licensing office had on March 31 sent a formal letter [...] | 2005-04-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL BO EZ RS |
05PRAGUE473 | CZECH PLANS TO LOBBY FOR CHR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Poloff contacted Jan Kaminek of the Human Rights Department at the MFA regarding the referenced request for EU Member State assistance on the Commission on Human Rights Cuba resolution. Kaminek was happy [...] | 2005-04-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EZ UNHRC EUN |
05PRAGUE474 | Czechs vote to keep UN treaty; prostitution [...] This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: The Czech Parliament has refused to permit the government from withdrawing from a UN Convention on trafficking in persons, effectively stalling the country's prior efforts to pass a prostitution regulati [...] | 2005-04-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM EZ |
05PRAGUE478 | CZECH REPUBLIC AMCHAM REVIEWS ITS AGENDA WITH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic (AmCham) priorities for the coming year include the traditional ones of commercial register reform and a new bankruptcy code. The AmCham is [...] | 2005-04-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EZ |
05PRAGUE479 | DOD COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ASD FOR [...] Embassy Prague provides country clearance for Assistant Secretary of Defense Ricardel and party to visit Prague April SIPDIS 5-6 for consultations with the Czech government on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Control officer will be DATT Ed Gallagher, phone 420-257-530-663 x2337. App [...] | 2005-04-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM PREL |
05PRAGUE480 | CZECH REPUBLIC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH [...] The following information relates to the questions e- mailed to post in conjunction with reftel. CONTACT NAME IN COUNTRY: Mr. Zdenek Cais, Specialist, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. PHONE: 420-221-922-460. E-MAIL: zdenek.cais@mpsv.cz [...] | 2005-04-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE499 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK FOR CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) The Czech Republic, despite the weak coalition government that came into power after the June 2002 elections, has been a stauch supporter of the GWOT and has responded admirably to USG requests for troop contributions to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is actively providing economic, humanitari [...] | 2005-04-07 13:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE500 | HIGH PRICE FOR CESKY TELECOM PLEASES CZECH [...] Summary: (U) The Spanish telcommunications firm Telefonica will pay $3.6 billion for Cesky Telecom (CT),much more than the government had expected to get for its share of the company at the outset of the privatization process. Telefonica will have to offer to buy out the minority shareholde [...] | 2005-04-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE509 | OVERSEAS SCHOOL SECURITY - PHASE II [...] In response to ref A, which launched phase II of the Overseas School Security Program, ref B described what we assess as the major vulnerability of the International School of Prague to a terrorist attack - the lack of access controls, particularly vehicle access, to a large parking lot adjac [...] | 2005-04-11 11:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ASCH AFIN ABUD |
05PRAGUE510 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] The company CairoCZ, which has ordered 35 American hunting rifles of various makes, is known to hunters at the Embassy. The Company was only founded late last year by Radim Polach, who had previously worked at DETEX, a Czech company with three divisions: International Sales, Detonators an [...] | 2005-04-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC |
05PRAGUE514 | CZECH ENTER DEBATE ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic is beginning to speak out against the immediate removal of the EU China arms embargo. Growing European debate over the timing and modalities of any removal of the embargo is allowing the Czechs to play a more active role in the debate and, the Czechs believe, s [...] | 2005-04-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS CH EZ |
05PRAGUE515 | HIV/AIDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: PREVENTION AND [...] Summary: The Czech Republic currently has one of Europe's lowest rates of HIV infection, despite a significant problem with prostitution and trafficking. Officials and NGOs in the country link the low incidence of HIV with active prevention campaigns, abundant and accessible anonymous testin [...] | 2005-04-12 05:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PGOV PHUM PREF EZ |
05PRAGUE519 | CZECH REPUBLIC WILL OBSERVE BAN ON LIGHTERS [...] Post delivered the demarche on DHS banning lighters on flights to, from and within the U.S. to Josef Turecky, Director General, Civil Aviation Department, Ministry of Transportation of the Czech Republic, on March 10, 2005. Based on the information in the demarche, the Czech authorities are b [...] | 2005-04-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE534 | UPDATE ON CZECH DIPLOMATIC AND RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. On April 14, we met with Ivo Silhavy, Director of the Middle East Department at the MFA, to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Silhavy described Czech-Iraqi relations as "very good and very intense," building on prior contacts with the Iraqi Minister of Culture and new Ir [...] | 2005-04-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EZ IZ IS |
05PRAGUE536 | CZECH REPUBLIC TO SUPPORT COMMISSION ON BT10 CORN [...] We discussed the impending vote in the Standing Regulatory Committee on Food and Animal Health, relating to imposing a certification requirement on U.S. corn gluten feed that may contain BT10 corn, with two officials at the Ministry of Agriculture on April 14. Both Milena Vicenova, Director [...] | 2005-04-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE546 | CZECH PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] Poloff spoke with Jan Kaminek of the Human Rights Department at the MFA regarding Czech plans for participation in the Ministerial meeting of the Community of Democracies. Although fostering global democracy has long been and continues to be a priority for the Czechs, Kaminek said that they h [...] | 2005-04-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE547 | CZECH GOVERNMENT CRISIS: PULLING BACK FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY The agreement on a new version of the old government, reached by the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the three coalition parties after 8 hours of negotiations late on the night of April 13, was rejected 15 hours later by the leadership of CSSD, the main party in the coalition. Jan [...] | 2005-04-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE548 | CZECH REPUBLIC SEES TIME AS NOT RIPE FOR RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 16:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RS EZ OECD |
05PRAGUE552 | CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, EPA: BIRNBAUM 5/6-15/05 [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Linda Birnbaum, EPA Office of Research and Development, to visit the Czech Republic, May 6-15, to participate in the bone development and toxicology project, BONETOX. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 [...] | 2005-04-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
05PRAGUE572 | THE "NEW" CZECH GOVERNMENT: OLD WINE IN AN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The three parties in the Czech ruling coalition have agreed to end a three-month government crisis and renew their cooperation. If the current proposal is accepted this weekend by the central committee of the main coalition party, the CSSD, PM Gross would resign next week and [...] | 2005-04-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE597 | CODEL WILSON (MAY 5-10) [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for to Representatives Joe Wilson and Madeleine Bordallo and Military Escort Carl Grunow to visit the Czech Republic, May 6-7. The delegation will be met at the airport by Kirk Samson, Economic officer, who will take them to their accomodat [...] | 2005-04-26 05:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN |
05PRAGUE603 | CZECH GOVERNMENT CRISIS MOSTLY RESOLVED AS PM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The crisis that began 14 weeks ago with an inquiry into the funds used by Czech Prime Minister Gross to purchase a luxury flat is nearly at an end. Gross has resigned and Jiri Paroubek, formerly his Minister for Regional Development, has replaced him at the head of a three-part [...] | 2005-04-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE610 | CZECH REPUBLIC CTRY CLR, DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HEUZE, [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Francois Heuze of the Lawrence Livermore Lab to travel to the Czech Republic, May 14-22, to participate in meetings on rock mechanics. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 5333 822, Email:CanningMA2@state [...] | 2005-04-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA |
05PRAGUE611 | CZECH REPUBLIC, BULGARIA, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO, AND [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Lawrence Drew of the US Geological Survey to visit the Czech Republic, May 2-6, to present lectures and conduct a workshop. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 5333 822, Email:CanningMA2@state.gov [...] | 2005-04-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY SENV OTRA |
05PRAGUE62 | CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, EPA: KOVALICK, 2/9-21/05 [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA official, Walter Kovalick, to travel to Brno, Czech Republic, February 9-21. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Global Affairs Officer Mark Canning, tel (420) 257 530 663, ext. 2320, e-mail CanningMA2@state.gov. Visit Prague [...] | 2005-01-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
05PRAGUE630 | USDA/ARS COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - AKIN, DANNY [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Danny Akin, Microbiologist, USDA, ARS, SAA, Athens, GA. to travel to the Czech Republic, June 1-4, to assess equipment used in measuring flax fiber standards. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning tel: (420) 257 5333 822 [...] | 2005-04-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR |
05PRAGUE632 | CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, DVA: PETER ROBERT [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Peter Sinclair, Research Biologist/Principal Investigator, VA Medical Ctr, White River Junction, VT, to attend the Bioron conference May 13-15. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning tel: (420) 257 5333 822, Email:CanningM [...] | 2005-04-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
05PRAGUE633 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Middle East Department Ivo Silhavy told Acting DCM on Apr 28 that the GOCR fully shares USG positions outlined reftel: complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon remains a priority; June elections in Lebanon require international support; and the EU ought to designate H [...] | 2005-04-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO LE SY EZ |
05PRAGUE634 | USDA CLEARANCE REQUEST: JANET HUNT [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Janet Hunt Nutritionist, Grand Forks USDA/ARS/NPA. North Dakota, to visit the Czech Republic 5/20 - 6/02, 2005 to make a presentation on women's iron absorption. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 5333 [...] | 2005-04-29 05:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR |
05PRAGUE637 | NIH/FIC -DR. MARINI- TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Joan Marini, senior investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Prague, Czech Republic, May 6-10, 2005. Purpose of her visit is to give a talk at an annual meeting on human genetics [...] | 2005-04-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA |
05PRAGUE638 | CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, USGS: COTTER +1, [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for USGS scientists Gladys Cotter and Thomas Hermann to travel to Prague (05/08-15) to attend and participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) research and technology information management committee. 2. Embassy point of [...] | 2005-04-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY TBIO SENV OTRA |
05PRAGUE64 | THE MOUSE THAT ROARED: CZECH EFFORTS IN THE MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 lunch discussion, MFA Director of Middle East Affairs Ivo Silhavy discussed the Czech role in the Middle East Peace Process and upcoming elections in Iraq. The Czechs see the Middle East as an area where they can play a role as an honest broker, making use of [...] | 2005-01-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ EZ IS |
05PRAGUE650 | GERMAN REPORTER RAISES OLD VIEWS OF CHILD [...] The Czech press in late April renewed its coverage of child prostitution in Cheb, a Czech town on the German border. Czech dailies described the account of a German television reporter who asked in a club for sex with children and was taken by one of the girls working the [...] | 2005-05-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EZ |
05PRAGUE659 | MTAG: SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING CNC [...] (S) Czech officials responsible for non-proliferation issues told poloff May 4th that the machine which is the subject of reftel was never exported to Syria. Poloff was shown a copy of the MTCR denial notification, MI-CZ-05-001, dated January 12, 2005. The notification was sent to appropriat [...] | 2005-05-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC SY EZ MTCR |
05PRAGUE66 | DSACEUR LETTER ON NTM PAVES WAY FOR CZECH [...] (C) According to President Klaus' office, the Czech government in its weekly cabinet session on January 12 decided to seek a parliamentary mandate for the continued deployment of the Czech company of MPs in southern Iraq. The MOD was charged with preparing the draft for presentation to parl [...] | 2005-01-12 16:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS EZ IZ |
05PRAGUE68 | CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post's updated investment climate statement for 2005 follows para 2. 2. THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE Maintaining an open investment climate has been a key element of the Czech Republic's transition from a Communist, centrally planned economy to a functioning market economy. The Czech Republic [...] | 2005-01-13 07:04:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EZ OPIC USTR |
05PRAGUE699 | CZECH PARLIAMENT MAY INVESTIGATE ALLEGED RENDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech press in past week has picked up the story from the "New York Times" and other American press about CIA rendering flights that have allegedly transited the Czech Republic. Opposition politicians plan to call for a Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee hearing to discuss [...] | 2005-05-11 16:04:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PINR PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE707 | THE ODS: HOW TO SELL THE DISMANTLING OF THE SOCIAL [...] Summary: The Czech Civic Democratic Party (ODS) program for the next elections promises a limited state that costs the taxpayer less, but offers less support to citizens and companies and demands they take more responsibility for their own futures. Although the party benefits mightily from t [...] | 2005-05-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EZ |
05PRAGUE720 | NEW CZECH PM PAROUBEK SURVIVES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, [...] (U) The government crisis that began in January with a questions about the source of funds used by then PM Stanislav Gross (CSSD) to acquire his apartment, came to a formal end on May 13 when the government of his successor, Jiri Paroubek (CSSD),was approved by the lower house of parliament. [...] | 2005-05-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE731 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PANS PIG FARM AT FORMER ROMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government's long-standing failure to remove a pig farm from the site of a WWII Roma concentration camp has resurfaced as a political issue following a critical European Parliament resolution and the allegation of President Klaus that the site was not a real "concent [...] | 2005-05-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EZ |
05PRAGUE744 | CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EZ SCUL UNESCO |
05PRAGUE813 | CZECHS OPPOSE CUBAN ILO CANDIDACY, SUPPORT LEANER [...] We raised the points contained reftels with Olga Rozsivalova, head of the ILO department in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, who will attend the ILO Labor Conference May 31-June 16 in Geneva as the Czech Republic's representative. 2. Regarding Cuba's and Barbados's candidacies fo [...] | 2005-05-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CU ILO BB EZ |
05PRAGUE814 | EXPELLED CZECH POLITICIAN SAYS CUBA UNDERESTIMATED [...] (C) Summary. On May 25, we met with Czech Senator Karel Schwarzenberg, who was one of the European politicians deported from Cuba during last week's opposition gathering in Havana (see reftel). Schwarzenberg who did have an opportunity to meet with some dissidents prior to his expulsion, st [...] | 2005-05-27 11:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EZ CU EUN |
05PRAGUE815 | TROUBLING SIGNALS IN LARGEST CZECH MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: The current $1 billion Czech Army tender for armored vehicles -- the military's largest procurement to date -- is designed to avert past problems with transparency, with PriceWaterhouseCoopers engaged to run the tender instead of the MOD's Armaments Directorate. The two main decl [...] | 2005-05-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | MASS PREL BEXP KCRM EZ |
05PRAGUE822 | NEW CZECH GOVERNMENT: GOOD FIRST IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Czech PM Jiri Paroubek, who won a vote of confidence on May 13 (ref A),has gotten off to a stronger than expected start. His foreign policy looks to be a continuation of that of the previous Gross Government, marked by support for transatlantic policies. Notwithstanding his [...] | 2005-05-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EZ |
05PRAGUE827 | DEMARCHE ON ANDREW WEISS CASE DELIVERED, MFA [...] On May 26 we delivered the points transmitted reftel, regarding the case of Andrew Weiss, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Present at the meeting were Jan Maisler of the MFA's Americas Department, Milan Kuchta, head of the non-European Countries office of the Department of Bilateral Econo [...] | 2005-06-01 07:17:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE EZ USTR |
05PRAGUE832 | CZECH MFA FOCUSES "LESSONS LEARNED" ASSISTANCE ON [...] Summary: The Czech MFA office designed to promote democratic transformations based on Czech experience is now in its first year of operation. Priority areas for activity are Belarus and Cuba, with the office supporting other MFA assistance in Iraq; future targets are Ukraine, Moldova, Serbi [...] | 2005-06-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EZ CU BO IZ |
05PRAGUE833 | CZECH VIEWS ON DEBATE OVER CHANGES TO EU'S CUBA [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. The Czechs expect the June review of EU Cuba policy to result in a number of tougher measures, although the package will remain less robust than it was before the current policy was adopted earlier this year. The ex [...] | 2005-06-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE835 | BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S.-Czech Bilateral Consular Working Group was held on June 1 at the Czech Foreign Ministry. Its agenda followed the elements of the visa roadmap aimed at eventual qualification of the Czech Republic for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),an important Cze [...] | 2005-06-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PREL EZ |
05PRAGUE836 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND: CZECHS WILL SIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 06:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EZ |
05PRAGUE841 | CZECHS TO STICK WITH EU ON SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ PREM |
05PRAGUE842 | EU REFERENDUM DEFEATS INTENSIFY CZECH DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Not surprisingly in a country where the government has declared passage of the EU constitution the reason for its existence, and whose President has staked out a position as one of Europe's leading critics of the agreement, the French and Dutch "no" votes have only amplified dome [...] | 2005-06-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE854 | 2005 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS [...] Poloff delivered the demarche regarding the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report on Monday, June 6, 2005, to First Deputy Interior Minister Miroslav Koudelny and to Dr. Pavel Rotyka, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice. Minister Koudelny, who is the Czech Republic's Nation [...] | 2005-06-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EZ |
05PRAGUE858 | LIBERTAD ACT: CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) As discussed in ref D reply to the previous Libertad Act tasking, the Czech Republic is one of the staunchest European defenders of Cuban dissidents and a proponent of U.S. policy towards Cuba. Refs A C detail Czech efforts to toughen the EU policy towards Cuba in a manner that will sup [...] | 2005-06-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CU EZ |
05PRAGUE860 | CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON EU AND ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 09:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE869 | CZECHS DISAPPOINTED WITH EU CUBA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] (C) The Czechs are very disappointed with their inability to win support for tougher EU measures towards Cuba. MFA Cuba Desk officer Petr Mikyska confirmed assessments provided to USEU by Solana's office (ref A) from this week's COLAT and PSC meetings. Mikyska said that, despite their optimis [...] | 2005-06-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE870 | CZECH REPUBLIC NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SEPARATE IPR OR [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to oficials at the Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Czechs are sending Ivana Holubkova (Deputy Director of the Americas Department in the MFA) and Zuzana Skalna (of the MFA trade and agriculture policy section) to Brussels on June 7 to [...] | 2005-06-08 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE888 | CZECH RESPONSE TO JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On June 9, we discussed the points in ref A demarche with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Strouhal provided the following responses: A. Kosovo: Strouhal emphasized the importance of the EU playing an active role in th [...] | 2005-06-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE889 | CZECH ARMS SALES/DONATIONS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST, SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2 (C) As the western-most country in the Soviet bloc, then Czechoslovakia became the forward ammo depot for any potential invasion of Western Europe.That fact, combined with the recent draw-down in the number of Czech troops from over 130,000 to roughly [...] | 2005-06-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PM EZ |
05PRAGUE892 | CZECH PROPOSAL FOR PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM TO VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 08:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PINR PREL EZ VM PK |
05PRAGUE896 | CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KOLAR ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech republic is promoting former Czech Ambassador to the US Alexandr Vondra to become the Special EU Representative to Bosnia, and has garnered the support of Slovakia and Poland. The Czechs are presenting a proposal on the EU on dealings with Cuba which includes developmen [...] | 2005-06-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PINR EAID IZ BK EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE913 | CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
05PRAGUE94 | ODS SECOND-IN-COMMAND PETR NECAS AN IDEOLOGICAL [...] (C) Summary. The December 2004 election of main opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) long-time defense expert and ideological visionary Petr Necas to the number two position in the party strengthens Chairman Mirek Topolanek's leadership team and bodes well for future direction of ODS. The [...] | 2005-01-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV MARR EZ |
05PRAGUE981 | CZECH FM ON IRAQ, VISAS AND DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Czech FM Cyril Svoboda on June 27 primarily to discuss an extension of the Czech military police unit in Iraq through 2006 (UN reform issues covered septel). Svoboda said that the GOCR intended to ask the parliament to extend the troop deployment this fa [...] | 2005-06-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CVIS EZ IZ |
05PRETORIA1018 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) Summary. On behalf of the United States Geological Survey (USGS),Ambassador Jendayi Frazer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chief Executive Officer of the South African Water Research Commission (WRC) Dr. Rivka Kfir on March 7, 2005. The MOU covers scientific and technical [...] | 2005-03-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV KPAO SF |
05PRETORIA1054 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - February Manufacturing Trade Indicators Improve S [...] | 2005-03-11 13:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1099 | SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE [...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...] | 2005-03-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1111 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] Per reftel, Post welcomes the opportunity to help improve the global maritime security framework. The Port of Durban is the largest of South Africa's seven ports and the busiest in Africa. Its container terminal is the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition, it is uniquely situate [...] | 2005-03-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ETRD EWWT KSTC PARM PHSA PTER SF |
05PRETORIA113 | RESTRUCTURING OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTRICITY [...] (U) Introduction: In light of recent government initiatives to restructure the South African energy industry, post will submit separate reports on the supply, distribution and transmission sectors. Each cable will serve as a general review of that sector, and be the launch-pad from which sub [...] | 2005-01-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1134 | LAN CHILE - OPEN SKIES POSTERCHILD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Department of Transportation officials facilitated a conference call between senior executives from the Chilean airline, Lan Chile; U.S. State Department and DoT officials; and South Africa,s Director of Air Transport Regulation and chief aviation negotiator Godfrey Selep [...] | 2005-03-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1160 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Major Revisions for ICT Charter?; - Secondary Ta [...] | 2005-03-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1161 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 18 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-03-18 11:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA1166 | FINAL ICT CHARTER DELAYED [...] A March 16 Business Day article reported that the information and communications technology (ICT) charter steering committee was being reorganized to draw up a new empowerment charter for the industry. However, Department of Communications Director of Policy and chair of the current consulta [...] | 2005-03-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECPS ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1175 | LOVELIFE AND GLOBAL FUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The loveLife Global Fund grant in South Africa is approaching its renewal. In response to Reftel, Embassy Pretoria is providing information about the loveLife project and about the Country Coordinating Mechanism in South Africa. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Reftel requests informati [...] | 2005-03-18 13:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID TBIO PREL SF |
05PRETORIA1220 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Vehicle Exports Increase by 49.5% in February; [...] | 2005-03-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1228 | Commission for Africa: Secretariat Briefs G8 [...] (SBU) Summary. Head of the Secretariat of the Commission for Africa described the Commission's recommendations as well received. Africa is making progress, which leads to opportunities to work toward the Millennium Development Goals. The international community needs to provide more resou [...] | 2005-03-24 13:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD EFIN SF |
05PRETORIA1255 | South African Government publishes draft [...] (U) Summary. In January, the South African Government (SAG) published for public comment a draft document on norms, standards and regulations relating to the management of predators, such as lions, leopards and cheetahs. The document lays out a national policy on the captivity and hunting o [...] | 2005-03-30 06:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA1256 | SOUTH AFRICA: BIOSAFETY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent biosafety developments and policy decisions in South Africa raise the possibility that local conditions for the approval and use of agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may worsen. A recent judicial ruling supported greater transparency a [...] | 2005-03-30 06:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO SF |
05PRETORIA1278 | SAA ADDS WASHINGTON ROUTES [...] (U) SUMMARY. South African Airways (SAA) will begin offering four weekly flights between Johannesburg and Washington D.C. as of July 1. A codeshare agreement with United is in the works while the future of the existing SAA-Delta codeshare has yet to be determined. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Sou [...] | 2005-03-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC PREL SF |
05PRETORIA1282 | SOUTH AFRICA: OESI PROPOSAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Summary and introduction. Embassy Pretoria appreciates the funding opportunity offered in Ref A and is pleased to make a proposal in support of the OES Bureau's signature initiative of Governance. The proposed activity fosters strong cooperation between South African and U.S. officials, bui [...] | 2005-03-31 04:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI SENV ETRD TSPL TBIO ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1304 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER April 1 2005 ISSUE [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Ranks High as FDI Destination for Tra [...] | 2005-04-01 08:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1306 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH APRIL 1 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-04-01 08:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA1365 | PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN [...] Summary. While Chinese and Indian apparel and textile exports to the United States continued to surge in the first month after the ending of the multi-Fiber arrangement, South African exports of these products (section 11) to the United States showed a 17% decline. A DTI official said the fl [...] | 2005-04-06 05:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX SF USTR |
05PRETORIA1384 | SOUTH AFRICA ON U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. On April 5, Econoff met with Acting Chief Director for International Economics Danel van Rensburg at the South African National Treasury to discuss U.S. views on debt relief and other development funding issues. Van Rensburg said that South Africa was supportive of the ge [...] | 2005-04-06 05:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID SF |
05PRETORIA1394 | SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES SCIENCE PARK, "THE INNOVATION [...] Gauteng Province Premier Mbhazima Shilowa on April 5 opened Africa's first internationally accredited Science Park in Pretoria. The new park is known as the "Innovation Hub" and is one of eleven projects in the province's "Blue IQ" initiative for developing economic infrastructure to attract [...] | 2005-04-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KSCA SF |
05PRETORIA1396 | SOUTH AFRICA-ENDORSEMENT OF GLOBAL FUND MULTI- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-07 12:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID PREL SF |
05PRETORIA1413 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Unemployment Rates Drop; - Increase in Jobs and [...] | 2005-04-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1441 | INDUSTRY AND REGULATOR RESERVATIONS ON RESURRECTED [...] (U) SUMMARY. For the second time in thirteen months, South Africa's Convergence Bill has been released for public comment. The Bill, originally released in February 2004, repeals the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act of 1993 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and grants increased powe [...] | 2005-04-11 11:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
05PRETORIA1469 | SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's Department of Science & Technology (DST) has begun to play a stronger leadership role on research and development (R&D) issues in energy. In the upcoming months, DST will take the lead on key USG- initiated energy initiatives, establish a new National Energy Resear [...] | 2005-04-13 11:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KNNP TRGY EAID TSPL SF |
05PRETORIA147 | SOUTH AFRICA - IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR SCIENCE [...] (U) Post welcomes the proposed Science & Technology Advisory Capacity Building Partnership and is pleased to provide feedback regarding appropriate representation from South Africa. We also support the proposed use of the Voluntary Visitor program for a follow-on week of meetings and activiti [...] | 2005-01-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL TSPL SF |
05PRETORIA1493 | SOUTH AFRICAN PARKS OFFICIAL ON ELEPHANT CULLING [...] (C) Summary. The top conservation official at South African National Parks confirmed the accuracy of press reports on his recent, well-publicized statement on the necessity of culling in order to manage the elephant population in the Kruger National Park. He reached this conclusion based o [...] | 2005-04-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV SOCI ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1505 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Surprise Interest Rate Cut; - Manufacturing Grow [...] | 2005-04-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1506 | SOUTH AFRICA'S SURPRISE INTEREST RATE CUT [...] Summary. On April 14, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced a 50 basis point reduction in its repurchase rate (equivalent to the U.S. federal funds rate) much to the surprise of South African economic analysts. SARB's justifications for reducing rates include lower inflationar [...] | 2005-04-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1507 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH APRIL 15 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-04-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA1510 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE [...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...] | 2005-04-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1574 | SOUTH AFRICAN FUEL PRICES REACH ALL-TIME HIGHS [...] On April 6, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy implemented across-the-board increases for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels. For the first time, the South Africa gasoline price breached the R5 per liter barrier ($3.14 per gallon). This follows the substantial increases (8-12%) im [...] | 2005-04-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EIND SF |
05PRETORIA1575 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel A points encouraging South Africa to submit a robust initial services offer, Sudhir Sooklal of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that South Africa does intend to meet the May deadline for submitting its offer in Geneva. He noted that when DTI Minister [...] | 2005-04-20 13:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON SF WTO |
05PRETORIA1605 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - International Economic Conditions More Important th [...] | 2005-04-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1612 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE [...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...] | 2005-04-25 05:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA164 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS [...] This cable responds to reftel with post's assessment of priority sectors for U.S. service suppliers in South Africa using reftel's methodology of priority (1-5) and informal ranking (high, medium, or low) of current level of market openness. --Legal services (2) medium --Accounting, auditi [...] | 2005-01-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA1663 | SOUTH AFRICA REQUESTS FIFTH FREEDOM AVIATION RIGHTS TO [...] (SBU) On April 27, Post received a diplomatic note from South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs dated April 19 informing the United States that South Africa has requested fifth freedom traffic rights at Accra, for the Accra-Washington route. This follows a South African Airways' March ann [...] | 2005-04-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC PREL SF |
05PRETORIA169 | SOUTH AFRICA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND [...] (U) 1. Background and introduction.: South Africa's National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act became law in mid-2004. Chapter 6 of the Act deals with Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing, and Chapter 7 addresses the issuance of permits authorizing the use or export of indigen [...] | 2005-01-14 05:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO SF |
05PRETORIA1697 | 2005 IPR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM [...] In response to reftel A request for project proposals, post submits a $18,650 budget request to conduct workshops for South African magistrates in the enforcement of South African intellectual property laws. The proposal is based on the workshops we did in 2004 and 2005 in South Africa. Wor [...] | 2005-04-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA1704 | SAG OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL PORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South African officials were receptive to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Officer Brian Gilda's presentation of the International Port Security Program (IPSP). Officials openly discussed South Africa's efforts to comply with and implement the International Ship and Port Facility Secur [...] | 2005-05-03 04:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER ECON SF IMO |
05PRETORIA1746 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER FOR PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY Ambassador Frazer met with Minister for Public Works Stella Sigcau on April 25 to discuss the government's Expanded Public Works Program, upcoming BEE charters for the construction and property industries expected in July, and possible areas for U.S. foreign assistance. The Depa [...] | 2005-05-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA176 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - November Manufacturing Production Down; - Stats [...] | 2005-01-14 09:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1766 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Signs of Slowing Manufacturing Activity; - South [...] | 2005-05-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1789 | SOUTH AFRICA: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) continues to evolve as an institution. The FIC seeks better cooperation with law enforcement, higher quality suspicious transaction reports (STRs),continued focus on training, and international status as a Financial Intelligenc [...] | 2005-05-09 05:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL KTFN KVPR SF |
05PRETORIA1887 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Barclays Deal Only Waits for Shareholder Approval; [...] | 2005-05-13 13:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1892 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MAY 13 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-05-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA1904 | MUCH IMPROVED ICT CHARTER DELIVERED TO SAG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The information and communications technology (ICT) Charter Steering Committee delivered its final draft of the ICT empowerment Charter to Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri May 5. This draft has been reduced from ninety to thirty pages and is a significant impr [...] | 2005-05-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
05PRETORIA1932 | SOUTH AFRICA: FUEL PRICES AT NEW HIGHS [...] (U) On May 4, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy again raised the price of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene. South Africa gasoline prices continued their upward spiral above the R5 per liter mark. This follows the substantial increases imposed in March (8-12%) and April (8-16%). Thi [...] | 2005-05-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EIND SF |
05PRETORIA1959 | SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS' FINAL OFFER FOR ABSA [...] (U) Summary. UK bank Barclays made its final offer for South African bank ABSA on May 9. Barclays will pay R33 billion ($5.5 billion) in cash for a 60% stake. Barclays expects to receive ABSA shareholder approval on June 13 and to close on July 13. The South African Reserve Bank will absorb [...] | 2005-05-19 08:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON SF UK |
05PRETORIA1980 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER May 20 2005 ISSUE [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - ANC to Discuss Relaxation in SA's Labor Market; - [...] | 2005-05-20 08:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA1998 | SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT, PART I OF [...] (U) Summary. In the late 1990s, South Africa launched its effort to develop public-private partnership (PPP) policies and supporting legislation to boost Black Economic Empowerment and increase services to the poor. PPPs have now evolved into one of the South African Government's primary ini [...] | 2005-05-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON SF |
05PRETORIA205 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 14 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-01-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA2082 | ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON U.S. POULTRY [...] (SBU) Deputy Econ Chief and Agricultural Counselor raised reftel points with three officials of ITAC, the International Trade Administration of South Africa, on May 26: Nomonde Maimela, Chief Commissioner; Carina Grove, Director: Trade Remedies 1; and Niki Kruger, Senior lawyer. The U.S. Emba [...] | 2005-05-27 05:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON SF |
05PRETORIA2090 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Increases Just Under Market Expectations; [...] | 2005-05-27 08:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA2103 | REMISSION OF ROYALTIES OUTSIDE OF SOUTH AFRICA [...] Summary. The South African exchange control regulations require that any remittance of money offshore that derives from the payment of royalties must receive exchange control approval from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is responsible for a [...] | 2005-05-27 14:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON SF |
05PRETORIA2161 | SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT, PART II OF II [...] (U) Summary. Faced with the dilemma of having so much capability vested in often-troubled SOEs and the slow decline of the nation's economic infrastructure, President Mbeki has set a new strategic course. The central element is to raise the level of public investment to improve the nation's [...] | 2005-06-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA2175 | SOUTH AFRICAN URANIUM PRODUCTION [...] (U) South Africa is ranked fourth in world uranium reserves and tenth in uranium production. In 2004, all uranium production came from AngloGold Ashanti's Vaal River mine and dump treatment operations. Currently, South Africa has two concentration plants,both owned by AngloGold Ashanti,that p [...] | 2005-06-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP EIND ECON MI NG WA ZA SF DRC |
05PRETORIA2177 | SOUTH AFRICA ON ICAO LEADERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel, Econoff delivered the USG non-paper to relevant South African government officials. Department of Transport (DOT) Chief Director of Air Transport Regulation Godfrey Selepe said South Africa supports a review of Council President and Secretary General roles at the Int [...] | 2005-06-03 05:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA2194 | SOUTH AFRICA: CONFERENCE PROMOTES INVESTING IN [...] (U) Summary. South African-based Investec Asset Management hosted a May 4th conference in Johannesburg focused on improving the investment climate in South Africa and Africa. About 250 people attended the posh conference which touted such high profile speakers as Cyril Ramaphosa (former ANC [...] | 2005-06-03 15:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD ECON PREL PINR XA SF |
05PRETORIA2238 | LABOR UNIONS TURN TO RETAILERS TO SAVE THE [...] Summary. According to South African industry representatives, China currently holds 86% of the apparel market for imports in South Africa. Unions blamed increased imports for contributing to job losses of up to 40 000 in the apparel and textile industry. The Congress of South African Trade [...] | 2005-06-09 04:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD SF USTR |
05PRETORIA226 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 - SOUTH AFRICA [...] In response to reftel A, here is post's 2005 investment climate statement for South Africa, chapter 6 of the next Country Commercial Guide. 2. BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2005 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The government of South Africa (SAG) [...] | 2005-01-19 05:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA2278 | SOUTH AFRICA: FUEL PRICE SPIRAL TAKES A [...] (U) On June 1, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy slightly reduced the prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from all time highs charged the previous month. The primary reason for the move was the lower price of crude oil. End Summary. Government Announces Marginal Price Decrea [...] | 2005-06-13 07:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EIND SF |
05PRETORIA2343 | ANC Document Presents Controversial Economic [...] (SBU) Summary. An ANC document proposes controversial policy changes to address poverty, unemployment and income inequality. Key suggestions include measures to promote a more competitive currency and liberalize labor market regulation. President Mbeki is likely behind the discussion docu [...] | 2005-06-17 10:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB SF |
05PRETORIA2374 | SOUTH AFRICA, BIOSAFETY UPDATE AND STATE SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8-15 visit to South Africa, State Department Special Advisor for Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak met with government officials, researchers, private sector representatives and officials from the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to discuss ag [...] | 2005-06-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO SF |
05PRETORIA2441 | NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Dow Southern Africa for the Secretary of State's 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence in SIPDIS recognition of its outstanding corporate citizenship and visionary employment practices in the face of South Africa's overwhelming HIV/AIDS health pandemic. 2. (U [...] | 2005-06-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV SF |
05PRETORIA2451 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] SUMMARY. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 25 newsletter include: - Interest rate remains unchanged - April manufa [...] | 2005-06-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA2491 | NOMINEES FOR U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE [...] Post nominates the following South African government officials for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property programs described in reftel August 8-12 and September 12-16, 2005: Maggie Venter Counterfeit Specialist National Industry Co-ordinat [...] | 2005-06-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EAID ECON SF |
05PRETORIA2492 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Spark of Hope for Stalled U.S.-SACU Free Trade Ta [...] | 2005-06-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA2565 | Challenging Other Donors to Fight Hunger and [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR SF |
05PRETORIA258 | U.S. REGISTERED AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) A U.S.-registered twin prop Aerostar (N7478S) crashed January 18 near Cornelia, South Africa in the northern Free State Province. The aircraft, owned and operated by South African national Dirk de Vos, left Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria at 4:30 pm destined for Harrismith. Cornelia Poli [...] | 2005-01-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAIR ECON ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA259 | BRAZIL'S CANDIDATE FOR WTO DG LOBBIES SOUTH AFRICA [...] Summary. Ambassador Luis Felipe de Seixas Correa, Brazil's candidate to be the next DG of the WTO, discussed the ongoing negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda on January 11. He said that development should remain at the core of the Doha negotiations and that agriculture was the most [...] | 2005-01-20 14:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA2599 | OPPOSITION TO MBEKI'S POLICIES AT ANC CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: There appeared to be a popular revolt by provincial representatives against South African President Thabo Mbeki's proposed program to legislate a dual economy and redesign the ruling ANC party on the first day (June 30) of a four-day ANC National General Council (NGC) conference [...] | 2005-07-01 15:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB ECON PINR SF |
05PRETORIA2621 | SOUTH AFRICA: HOUSING WOES LEAD TO UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past year, residents of poor communities have increasingly taken to the streets across South Africa to protest the lack of housing and local government service delivery. In some instances, police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at unruly crowds who were blocki [...] | 2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB SF |
05PRETORIA2665 | South Africa: Fuel Prices at New Record Highs [...] (U) On July 6, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy increased the prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene to all-time highs. Two-thirds of the increase was due to a weaker rand and one-third to the higher international crude oil price. End Summary. Government Announces Substantial [...] | 2005-07-07 13:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EIND SF |
05PRETORIA270 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Free Electricity to Poor More Expensive than Planne [...] | 2005-01-21 09:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA2701 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Rand, Oil Prices Offset Inflation Good News; - J [...] | 2005-07-08 13:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA2754 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chro [...] | 2005-07-13 09:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA2783 | SOUTH AFRICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY BENEFITING FROM AGOA [...] Summary. South African automotive exporters appreciate the benefits of duty-free access to the U.S. market under AGOA. Department of Trade and Industry statistics indicate that South African automotive exporters have saved R454.1 million on import duties between 2001 and 2004. BMW was the fi [...] | 2005-07-14 11:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV SF AGOA USTR |
05PRETORIA2830 | SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SAFARI NUCLEAR [...] (U) On July 18, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) issued a press release announcing the South African Government's intention to phase out the use of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) fuel in its Safari research reactor located in Pelindaba. The press release states that the remain [...] | 2005-07-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY SF |
05PRETORIA2834 | EU GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ALREADY AFFECT SOUTH [...] Summary. There are a number of examples of South African food products currently on the shelves in major retail stores in Pretoria that would be affected by the European Commission's WTO proposal(s) on Geographical Indications (GIs). South Africa already recognizes EU GIs for wine and spiri [...] | 2005-07-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD SF USTR |
05PRETORIA2854 | SOUTH AFRICA INTENSIFIES ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE; [...] (C) Summary. Over the last ten days, South Africa has become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and has intensified its diplomatic activity to find a solution to the crisis. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka traveled to Zimbabwe July 13 and met with Zi [...] | 2005-07-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF |
05PRETORIA288 | SCENESETTER FOR TRANSPORT MINISTER RADEBE'S U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Africa's Minister of Transport Jeffrey Radebe will travel to the United States January 23 to meet with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, New York City Port and Transit Authorities, FAA modal administrators, and to initiate Open Skies talks between South Afr [...] | 2005-01-24 05:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA29 | Poverty in South Africa: Two New Studies [...] (SBU) Summary. Two new studies provide additional insight on poverty in South Africa. A report by the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town provides additional evidence that South Africa has made progress in the provision of socio-economic services and infrastruct [...] | 2005-01-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI EAID SF |
05PRETORIA2923 | SECRETARY RICE'S LETTER TO MINISTERS OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Embassy is in receipt of a letter from Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad, on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, replying to Secretary Rice's letter of May 19 (refs A and B). Pahad's SIPDIS letter is dated July 11, but was not delivered to us unti [...] | 2005-07-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG TRGY OPDC |
05PRETORIA2942 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts 4.2% Economic Growth; - Weak Rand, [...] | 2005-07-26 04:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA2948 | MBEKI CONFIRMS SOUTH AFRICA CONSIDERING BAILOUT [...] (U) Summary. Following a three-day cabinet retreat, President Mbeki confirmed publicly that South Africa was considering lending Zimbabwe funds to pay its IMF arrears. Mbeki said that intense discussions with the Government of Zimbabwe on a bailout had not been concluded, and that some condit [...] | 2005-07-26 04:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ECON ZI SF KFIN |
05PRETORIA2952 | SOUTH AFRICA: CHINESE OBJECTIONS TO UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC PREL KTFN SF CH KFIN UNSC |
05PRETORIA2971 | POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. While the government's macroeconomic and stabilization effort is largely complete, South Africa faces formidable medium and long-term challenges to reduce high unemployment and widespread poverty. More than a decade after apartheid, poverty and unemployment are still dramatica [...] | 2005-07-27 11:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KMCA SF |
05PRETORIA2977 | SOUTH AFRICA: THE NEED AND PROSPECT FOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Fiscal and budgetary reforms of the past decade have built a firm foundation upon which the South African economy can build, but life for many South Africans has not improved much since the transition to majority rule in 1994. Widespread unemployment, rapid urbanization, and di [...] | 2005-07-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KMCA EFIN EINV SF |
05PRETORIA2983 | SOUTH AFRICA FORMULATES BAILOUT PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. The South African Presidency, the National Treasury, the Reserve Bank (SARB),and the Department of Agriculture are key players in putting together the bailout plan for Zimbabwe. The clear objective is to keep Zimbabwe from being expelled from the IMF. The National Treasury is [...] | 2005-07-27 15:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID CH ZI SF |
05PRETORIA3001 | SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH TELECOM PRICES, LITTLE RELIEF [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki condemned South Africa's high fixed telephone line prices in his February 2005 State of the Nation address by stating that they cost ten times more than in developed countries. Mbeki's assertion was mainly directed at Telkom, the de facto monopoly for fixed line [...] | 2005-07-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ECPS EINV PREL XA SF |
05PRETORIA3014 | ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. When South Africa grows, so does Africa. A main challenge for South Africa is how it can use its engine of trade to benefit its own poor as well as the poor on the continent. The South African government regards trade and investment with the rest of Africa with increasing poli [...] | 2005-07-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAID KMCA SF USTR |
05PRETORIA3051 | IPACT Workshops on IPR Enforcement Advance STOP - [...] Summary. This wrap-up cable reports on the seven workshops on IPR enforcement funded by INL that the U.S. Embassy organized with IPACT. The workshops succeeded in raising awareness of the seriousness of IPR issues and of ways to enforce the law more effectively in South Africa. Some 244 pro [...] | 2005-08-01 10:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD SF USTR |
05PRETORIA3141 | CABINET GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ZIMBABWE LOAN; [...] (U) The South African Cabinet announced August 3 that it is "open" to providing assistance to Zimbabwe, including "provision of a loan facility in relation to Zimbabwe's obligations to the International Monetary Fund" (full Cabinet statement on Zimbabwe loan at para 5). Government spokesman J [...] | 2005-08-05 04:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF |
05PRETORIA3145 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Recent Inflation Trends Bring Poor Economic Relief; [...] | 2005-08-05 09:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3175 | SOUTH AFRICA: OPIC LOAN TO AFRA AIR CARGO [...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria welcomes the prospect of Afra Air Cargo entering the South African and sub-Saharan Africa air cargo market. The air cargo industry in southern Africa is biased toward Europe and slaps a hefty price tag on shipments to and from the United States. Additional competition f [...] | 2005-08-08 16:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAIR ECON ZU SF |
05PRETORIA3190 | SOUTH AFRICA: FUEL PRICES CONTINUE TO NEW RECORD [...] (U) On August 3, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy increased the prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene to new all-time highs. All of the increase was due to the higher international crude oil price. End Summary. Government Announces Further Price Increases ------------------- [...] | 2005-08-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EIND SF |
05PRETORIA3233 | SOUTH AFRICA: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTOR [...] (U) On July 4, the government launched the country's first regional electricity distributor (RED) - known as RED ONE. For the moment, RED ONE encompasses only Cape Town and a few nearby municipalities in the Western Cape, but the plan is for up to 40 municipalities to voluntarily join. RED O [...] | 2005-08-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA3253 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - Gold Strike L [...] | 2005-08-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3257 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH AUGUST 12 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-08-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA3288 | SOUTH AFRICA: GAUGING SAG'S COMMITMENT TO OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's Chief Director for Civil Aviation Godfrey Selepe told Econoffs on August 16 that that he believed that any negotiations should include the U.S. concept for Open Skies as just one of the options to be discussed, and not the only one. Selepe said, "If there were a [...] | 2005-08-17 04:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SF |
05PRETORIA3298 | SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chro [...] | 2005-08-17 08:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA3369 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Treasury Plans to Increase Public Debt; - Wester [...] | 2005-08-22 09:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3475 | SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO NEW COUNTRY OPERATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. With fewer than six weeks remaining for completion of 2006 Country Operational Plans, Post was dismayed to receive significantly revised guidance on required program and budget allocations (Ref Email). Post is firmly committed to achieving 25 percent of the Presidents 2-7-10 [...] | 2005-08-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID PREL SF |
05PRETORIA3476 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Leads 2nd Quarter GDP Growth; - Oi [...] | 2005-08-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3477 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Frazer and DCM met with Minister of Minerals and Energy Lindiwe Hendricks on August 22 to discuss the path forward on nuclear energy bilateral cooperation. Ambassador Frazer framed U.S.-South African cooperation on nuclear energy in the context of the broader bilate [...] | 2005-08-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG TRGY OPDC SF |
05PRETORIA3481 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH AUGUST 26 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-08-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA3528 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC GROWTH RATCHETS HIGHER [...] South Africa's economy grew faster in second quarter 2005, primarily because manufacturing grew 7.3 percent South Africa's real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices on a quarter-on-quarter, seasonally annualized and adjusted basis increased by 4.8 percent in second quarter 2005 c [...] | 2005-08-31 07:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3543 | SOUTH AFRICA DENIES PAYING ZIMBABWE'S IMF BILL; [...] (C) Per reftel A, the IMF reported to the USG August 29 that Zimbabwe paid $120 million toward its IMF debt. South African Department of the Treasury officials that Post contacted August 30-31 were unaware of any South Africa payments on behalf of Zimbabwe to the IMF. Zimbabwean Central Bank [...] | 2005-08-31 16:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF |
05PRETORIA3588 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Money Supply and Credit Growth Discourage Future [...] | 2005-09-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3620 | South Africa: Fuel Prices Continue to New Record [...] (U) On September 7, the Department of Minerals and Energy increased the prices of gasoline and kerosene to new all-time highs, and slightly decreased the price of diesel. All of the increase was caused by the higher international price of crude oil. A stronger rand in August (the rand streng [...] | 2005-09-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EIND SF |
05PRETORIA3628 | GONO SAYS NO ADDITIONAL IMF PAYMENT; SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe will not/not make an additional $50 million payment to the IMF before the September 9 Executive Board meeting, according to Zimbabwe Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono. Gono would like to meet with U.S. officials on the margins of his IMF consultations in Washington, but [...] | 2005-09-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF |
05PRETORIA3657 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Indicator Down in August; - August [...] | 2005-09-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3811 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH SEPTEMBER 9 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-09-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA3821 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Improves in World Bank's Business [...] | 2005-09-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3823 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) This cable provides statistical data to the extent currently available and other information on South Africa's textile and apparel sector as requested in ref A for the calendar year 2004 and mid-2005. Answers to questions posed in Ref A are based on interviews with major players in the So [...] | 2005-09-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX SF |
05PRETORIA389 | REGULATOR HOLDS HEARINGS FOR PROPOSED VANS [...] SUMMARY. Telecommunications industry stakeholders attended hearings at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to comment on proposed VANS regulations. Industry remarks addressed recurring themes such as: what is a value-added network service (VANS); should the VANS [...] | 2005-01-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
05PRETORIA390 | SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON UN MILLENNIUM PROJECT [...] 1. (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, Econoff met with officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and as well as the National Treasury to deliver talking points on the Millennium Project Report, authored by Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Econoff took the opportunity to ask for their views on Mill [...] | 2005-01-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SF |
05PRETORIA3917 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH SEPTEMBER 23 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-09-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA392 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 28 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-01-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA3922 | SOUTH AFRICA: INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED DUMPING OF [...] (U) On September 22, post received a letter from the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa informing us of an investigation into the alleged dumping of feed supplements containing lysine that are imported from the United States from the Degussa Corporation, locate [...] | 2005-09-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA3923 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Blacklist Review; - IMF Report on South [...] | 2005-09-23 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3928 | SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES SUNSET REVIEW OF ANTI- [...] (U) On September 16 2005, the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa initiated in Notice No. 1737 of government Gazette No. 28011 of 2005 a sunset review of anti-dumping duties on frozen meat of fowls of the species Gallus Domesticus cut in pieces with bone-in ori [...] | 2005-09-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA3930 | SOUTH AFRICA EXPROPRIATES FIRST FARM IN LAND [...] (SBU) Summary. The South African Government initiated expropriation procedures against the first farm as part of its land reform program, but will compensate the farmer for his property. The land restitution program seeks to restore land, which was seized by the apartheid regime, to its ori [...] | 2005-09-26 05:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR SF |
05PRETORIA394 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - December Consumer and Producer Inflation Less than [...] | 2005-01-28 14:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA3967 | SOUTH AFRICA: LOOKING AT A SINGLE SADC CURRENCY [...] Summary. In a series of public speeches and press interviews over the course of the last six months, South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has advanced the prospect of a single currency for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by 2016. Mboweni sees South Africa and B [...] | 2005-09-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ETRD PREL ECON SF |
05PRETORIA4003 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Price Inflation Close to Market Expectations; [...] | 2005-09-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA4012 | ERWIN EMPHASIZES SOE ROLE IN ACHIEVING 6% GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 28th American Chamber of Commerce luncheon address, Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin focused on the state-owned enterprises' (SOE) role in boosting the GDP growth rate to 6% and the SAG's rationale for not privatizing large SOE [...] | 2005-09-30 14:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EAIR ELTN EFIN ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA404 | KOMATILAND FOREST DEAL IN DOUBT [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than a year after the South African government selected the U.S.-controlled Bonheur Consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of three-quarters of the Komatiland Forest (KLF),the deal remains unconsummated. Local saw millers, wood products companies, and trade unions [...] | 2005-01-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON SF |
05PRETORIA4076 | NEW NEPAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (U) Summary. In August 2005, Mozambican agricultural economist Firmino Mucavele was appointed the Chief Executive of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat. He replaced South Africa's Wiseman Nkuhlu, who continues to serve as South Africa's representative in the NE [...] | 2005-10-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECIN ECON EINV ETRD SF |
05PRETORIA4109 | SOUTH AFRICA: POST'S VIEWS ON ANNUAL AGOA [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued AGOA eligibility for South Africa, based on the country's general compliance with the eligibility criteria. South Africa has continued to make progress in deepening its market-based economy, respecting the rule of law, protecting worker rights, implementing [...] | 2005-10-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON EFIN PREL XA SF |
05PRETORIA4132 | South African Economic Growth Still Expanding [...] Summary. The September 2005 Quarterly Bulletin describes an expanding South African domestic economy, operating at close to its long-term potential. In the second quarter 2005, real GDP growth reached 4.8%, up from the first quarter's growth of 3.5%. Domestic demand's growth in the sec [...] | 2005-10-12 07:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA4181 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - August Manufa [...] | 2005-10-14 11:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA4215 | South Africa: SARB Leaves Interest Rates Alone [...] (U) Summary. Citing high oil prices, rising inflationary expectations, and higher global inflation as increasing the risk of inflation in South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) decided to leave interest rates unchanged at its October 12-13 meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee [...] | 2005-10-18 09:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA423 | SOUTH AFRICA: MONEY LAUNDERING AND CASINOS [...] (U) Summary. Although the gambling industry comprises a small portion of its GDP, South Africa has a relatively large gambling industry in global terms. South Africa operates an advanced system of casino regulation over its 32 casinos. The National Gambling Board conducts continual inspection [...] | 2005-01-31 15:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EFIN SOCI SF |
05PRETORIA424 | MINISTER ADDRESSES QUESTIONS SURROUNDING VANS [...] (U) Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri released a January 30 statement addressing concerns surrounding the interpretation of her Ministerial Determinations that she released September 3, 2004 regarding liberalization. 2. (U) Casaburri said, "The issue of self provisioning was [...] | 2005-01-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
05PRETORIA425 | DTI OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MNC EQUITY OWNERSHIP [...] (C) Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director of Black Economic Empowerment Jeffrey Ndumo explained to Econoff in a January 26 meeting that an imminent Statement on Ownership for Multinationals would not provide a blanket exemption to black economic empowerment equity requirements for [...] | 2005-01-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECIN ECON SF EFIN |
05PRETORIA4297 | SAG MAKES NO PROGRESS ON STALEMATE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Ali Larijani, Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC),visited South Africa October 19 for consultations on Iran's nuclear dossier with President Mbeki and Abdul Minty, DFA Deputy Director General and SAG Representative on the IAEA Board of Governors. Minty told A/ [...] | 2005-10-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP IR SF IAEA |
05PRETORIA4334 | SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Captain Allan Daniel Delahay Price (South African ID number 7410135091084) - Captain Philip Renier Pretorius [...] | 2005-10-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF |
05PRETORIA4340 | NIA IMPLICATED IN ANTI-MBEKI SPYING [...] (C) Summary: National Intelligence Agency Director General Billy Masetlha and two of his deputies on October 21 were suspended by Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils after NIA was accused of spying on Saki Macozoma, a prominent businessman and ally of President Thabo Mbeki. Press reports al [...] | 2005-10-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
05PRETORIA4352 | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary. In discussing the IMF's first ever Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF officials announced that the outlook for real GDP growth in SSA was good, with 2004 registering 5.3% growth and 2005 and 2006 expected to register growth of 4.6% and 5.3%, respectively. Risin [...] | 2005-10-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ETRD PREL ECON SF XA |
05PRETORIA4358 | SOUTH AFRICA: SAG ENCOURAGES MORE COLLABORATION [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's National Treasury conducted a review of U.S. assistance to ensure that all development assistance is South African-led and fully aligned with its development priorities. In checking its findings with U.S. agencies at post, National Treasury officials appreciated [...] | 2005-10-28 08:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV SNAR SF |
05PRETORIA4367 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Medium Term Budget: Infrastructure Spending to Spu [...] | 2005-10-28 12:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA4387 | POST PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 12:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AMED TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR PREL SF |
05PRETORIA4390 | TIP: SAG COOPERATION INCREASES UNDERSTANDING OF [...] (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released new information on trafficking patterns involving South Africa, based on information obtained following the increased awareness and cooperation of local law enforcement and non-governmental organizations. Overall, IOM has seen [...] | 2005-10-31 14:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KCRM KJUS KWMN CVIS SF |
05PRETORIA4411 | SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES APRM PROCESS [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary. President Thabo Mbeki launched South Africa's African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process on September 28 by calling on his citizens to lead by example in Africa's transformation. Mbeki admitted [...] | 2005-11-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL SF |
05PRETORIA4419 | SOUTH AFRICA: WASSENAAR MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Following up on CDA's discussion with Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad (ref B),DepPolCouns presented ref A materials to DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink on November 2nd. Combrink was surprised and pleased to learn of the U.S. decision to su [...] | 2005-11-02 11:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC SF |
05PRETORIA4435 | SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Sgt. Ayanda Moyo (South African ID number 7602065908085) - Sgt. Willem Abraham de Klerk (South African ID num [...] | 2005-11-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF |
05PRETORIA4436 | ZIMBABWE LOAN TALKS RESUME; AGREEMENT NEAR [...] (C) Summary. Talks on the proposed South African loan to Zimbabwe resumed November 3 in Cape Town, according to ICG analyst Sydney Masamvu. The two sides have agreed on the economic conditions, but are still negotiating the political terms. Mugabe has reportedly given Reserve Bank Governor [...] | 2005-11-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ZI SF |
05PRETORIA4438 | SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANIES IMPLICATED IN IRAQI [...] (U) Adding to SAG/ANC woes over the domestic political fall-out from President Mbeki's firing of former Deputy President Zuma for alleged corruption (Ref A),South African companies reportedly are implicated in the scandal-ridden UN Iraqi oil-for-food program. The Iraqi Government under Saddam [...] | 2005-11-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PINR IZ SF |
05PRETORIA4441 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 4 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...] | 2005-11-04 07:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
05PRETORIA4450 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Credit Demand High but Below Expectations; [...] | 2005-11-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA4452 | DEMARCHE -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM PK SF |
05PRETORIA4462 | FY-05 VOLVIS - JACOBUS CILLIERS RESULTS REPORT [...] BACKGROUND: Jacobus (Jakkie) Cilliers is the head of one of the preeminent security think tanks in South Africa, the Institute of Security Studies (ISS). Mr. Cilliers attended a security conference in Canada in June 2005 and was interested in the possibility of Post assisting in arranging m [...] | 2005-11-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO SF |
05PRETORIA4473 | SOUTH AFRICA: POST ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER [...] (U) Post responses follow below according to subheadings on Ref A. The Border and the Legal Environment ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) South Africa maintains declaration systems at all border points for cash and other goods. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) requir [...] | 2005-11-01 18:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SF |
05PRETORIA4477 | RESULTS REPORT: U.S. FARM OFFICIAL FINDS FERTILE [...] Activity: Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator A. Ellen Terpstra's October 29-November 1 visit to South Africa as leader of a farm trade and investment delegation resulted in print and broadcast media interviews that provided an excellent platform for explaining US agricultural trade p [...] | 2005-11-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SF |
05PRETORIA4479 | THE IBSA INITIATIVE: SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE AND [...] (U) Summary. Discussing their joint research on IBSA (India, Brazil, and South Africa) trade and investment cooperation, three panelists from each of the countries involved highlighted the lack of experience, trade barriers, the cost of doing business, and cultural differences as reasons for t [...] | 2005-11-08 09:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN PREL SF IN BR |
05PRETORIA4482 | CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION FY-2006 STUDY OF [...] Post confirms Mr. Mashele's participation in subject program, names and biodata as it appears in passport: Surname : Mashele First Name : Hlukanisa Prince Date of birth (DOB) : 04 January 1976 Place of birth (POB) : Bushbuckridge Country of birth ( [...] | 2005-11-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO SF |
05PRETORIA449 | SOUTH AFRICA: NEW BANKNOTES ISSUED [...] (U) Summary. On February 1, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) issued new banknotes with improved security features. The layout and "Big Five" animal theme of each banknote remains the same. Added are the South African Coat of Arms and use of all eleven official languages. The SARB bega [...] | 2005-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SF |
05PRETORIA4497 | SOUTH AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy verifies that, as of this date, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations on the part of individuals or subordinate units, identified reftel, to participate in training scheduled for November 11-23, 2005. HARTLEY [...] | 2005-11-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF |
05PRETORIA4505 | FY-05 SUMMER ENGLISH TEACHING INSTITUTE - [...] BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of State Summer English Teaching Institute (SETI) is a fully sponsored six-week program for South African teacher-trainers involved in English language education. Since it's inception in 1986, over 500 South African English teachers and teacher-trainers from [...] | 2005-11-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP SF |
05PRETORIA4508 | MID TERM BUDGET STATEMENT PREPARES FOR 6% GROWTH [...] (U) Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel delivered his Mid Term Budget Policy statement (MTBPS) with the South African economy facing relatively high growth, low inflation, improving global markets, and low budget deficits. Manuel's emphasis was on doubling South Africa's current long-ter [...] | 2005-11-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA4512 | SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE PASSED ON SINGLE MEMBER [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on November 8 to Gavin Morkel, Deputy Director for International Affairs at the Department of Communications (DOC). Morkel told Econoff that DOC had planned to send three representatives to the ITU meeting in Geneva on November 7-11, but later decided against [...] | 2005-11-10 06:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS SF |
05PRETORIA4520 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Highlights Inflation Concerns; - Oc [...] | 2005-11-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
05PRETORIA4521 | SOUTH AFRICA: DEFMIN IN ICU BUT STABLE AFTER [...] (SBU) Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota is in stable condition in the intensive care unit of Aslone Hospital in Cape Town after suffering an apparant heart attack the morning of November 10th. 2. (SBU) Ministerial Head of Communications Zambodla told DATT the minister is showing signs of [...] | 2005-11-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL SF |
05PRETORIA453 | READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...] | 2005-02-01 17:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EFIN XA SF |