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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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05SANTODOMINGO4267 | UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4268 | DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 22:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAID DR EFIN EAIR |
05SANTODOMINGO4269 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOINS PETROCARIBE [...] (C) Summary: A senior Dominican cabinet official says that President Leonel Fernandez and his team resisted pressures from Venezuelan Vice President Vicente Rangel and from Cuba's President Castro and nevertheless secured the generous PETROCARIBE financing deal from Venezuelan President Cha [...] | 2005-09-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET DR VE PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4276 | SANTO DOMINGO: AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICER [...] Embassy econ officer responsible for aviation and/or maritime issues, including transportation security, is Jehan Jones. Her office phone number is 809-731-4469; fax number is 809-686-4038; email address is jonesjs2@state.gov for unclassified emails and jonesjs@state.sgov.gov for classified [...] | 2005-09-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON |
05SANTODOMINGO4277 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): THE DOMINICAN [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised the topic of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention in call August 31 on MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Amb. Michelle Cohen, when urging ratification of various treaties, including several on terrorism and on intellectual proper [...] | 2005-09-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PARM ABUD PTER KTIA |
05SANTODOMINGO4292 | DOMINICAN FUEL CONSERVATION PLAN DOES LITTLE TO [...] On September 11 Dominican President Leonel Fernandez issued a second, not much improved version of a promised energy conservation plan meant to reassure the country that the government is reacting to the recent sharp rises in gasoline and diesel prices. Instead of imposing modest restrictions [...] | 2005-09-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ENRG EPET ETRD UNGA |
05SANTODOMINGO4293 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL FIGUEROA WAIVES [...] (U) On September 9, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Figueroa (aka Rafael Antonio Beato Pena) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on a sealed federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Following the issuance of [...] | 2005-09-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO4325 | DOMINICAN BANKING #10: BANCREDITO CIVIL CASES SENT [...] This is number 10 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003: Bancredito Civil Cases Sent to Trial - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nearly two years after the Dominican Central Bank first sought to arrest Manuel Arturo Pellerano for bank fraud, Reviewi [...] | 2005-09-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO434 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy in the Dominican Republic and U.S. Strategy 2. The Dominican Republic enjoys a democratically elected government and a robust, multi-party system. Freedom of the press and religion are largely respect [...] | 2005-01-28 22:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM ELAB KPAO DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4378 | CIVAIR: MONTREAL CONVENTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] On September 9 EcoPol counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA international organizations director Michelle Cohen and urged that the Dominican Republic ratify the Montreal Convention. Embassy sent a diplomatic note containing the same request on September 13. 2. On September 16 [...] | 2005-09-21 22:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4386 | DOMINICAN CUSTOMS SUSPENDS EXPRESS CLEARANCES FOR [...] Summary. A Dominican government initiative to reform customs handling and to institute closer controls against fraud briefly disrupted express courier services to and from the Dominican Republic September 15-20. After exchanging with the government formal commitments to cooperate, three in [...] | 2005-09-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BEXP EFIN KCOR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4387 | DOMINICAN POLICE COMMAND AND TRAINING CLOUDED BY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Guzman Fermin (protect source) told DCM on September 19 that Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda is undermining the authority of recently named police chief Gen. Rafael Santana Perez. Guzman warned of problems in the chain of command. Guzma [...] | 2005-09-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR VE CU SNAR PGOV KCOR PHUM PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4449 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - COM CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests country clearance for Ms. Jehan Jones to travel to Nassau, The Bahamas from 2-5 October 2005. The purpose of travel is to accompany Ambassador Hans H. Hertell to the Caribbean Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. Please meet and assist at airport [...] | 2005-09-28 19:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT DR OTRA |
05SANTODOMINGO4473 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - DR NAVY PATROL BOATS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-30 18:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN PHUM EXIM |
05SANTODOMINGO4479 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] Summary: Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98% of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are from the FTZs. In 200 [...] | 2005-09-30 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4481 | TWO CHINAS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR TW CH PREL ETRD EINV |
05SANTODOMINGO4496 | CHALLENGING CUBA'S CANDIDACY ON ECOSOC - DOMINICAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche para 4 reftel to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on September 28, urging the Dominican Republic to become a candidate for election to ECOSOC in October. Morales said that the Dominican Republic has registered to run for ECOSOC membership in 2007. Thi [...] | 2005-10-03 22:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CU DR PREL PHUM |
05SANTODOMINGO4497 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION - DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 22:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUM DR ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4498 | INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] In response to Ref A demarche, delivered September 12 (Ref B),Embassy received September 30 a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry with the following text (informal translation from Spanish): "(Complimentary opening),in view of the traditional ties of cooperation between both our coun [...] | 2005-10-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI |
05SANTODOMINGO456 | DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas told the DCM January 28 that President Fernandez will present the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) for ratification during the annual presidential address to Congress on February 27, saying that that agreement is [...] | 2005-01-31 20:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN KIPR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4567 | DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PUSHES CAREER TRACK FOR [...] (U) Summary. On September 28, General Secretaries of the three dominant political parties in the Dominican Republic met publicly to respond to Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito's draft document calling for political agreement on the implementation of a career track within the Public P [...] | 2005-10-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR |
05SANTODOMINGO4606 | DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo's response on our democracy promotion strategy for the Dominican Republic is keyed to lettered sub-ticks in para 6 reftel: A. Most important outcomes of the Democracy and Governance reform agenda for the Dominican Republic 1) Government develops, approves an [...] | 2005-10-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4611 | DOMINICANS ANGERED BY VERDICT AT INTER-AMERICAN [...] (U) On October 8 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its 91-page decision ordering the Dominican government to pay USD 26,000 in compensation to families of two Dominican children of Haitian ancestry to whom officials refused to issue birth certificates. The mother of each child [...] | 2005-10-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL DR OAS |
05SANTODOMINGO4620 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SENATE PRESIDENT VOWS TO BLOCK [...] Summary: Senate President Andres Bautista told the DCM on October 11 that he will not put onto the Senate agenda a legislative proposal inimical to patent and trademark law submitted in August by the president of the Senate Commission on Industry, Commerce and Free Trade Zones Alejandro Santo [...] | 2005-10-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR |
05SANTODOMINGO4650 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4651 | DOMINICAN FM AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON [...] The Ambassador spoke by telephone with Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who is currently visiting Spain with President Leonel Fernandez. The Foreign Minister said that he would have instructions issued to the Dominican delegation to support the U.S. position. HERTELL [...] | 2005-10-14 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SCUL ETRD OPDC DR UNESCO BHUM |
05SANTODOMINGO4652 | UNSTRAW - PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with 19 NGOs. The embassy is familiar with several of the NGOs and none is known to have the mission of promoting pedophilia. Political officer conducted a review of NGOs affiliated with INSTRAW and found [...] | 2005-10-14 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI |
05SANTODOMINGO4653 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #1: LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL [...] This is the first in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL CONSULTATION Over the weekend of October 9-10, with a hastily organized grand national seminar Dominican President Leonel Fernndez [...] | 2005-10-14 20:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD DR EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4668 | AVIAN FLU INITIATIVE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano confirmed to DCM October 4 that the Dominican Republic would cosponsor the U.S. draft resolution, "International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza: Statement of Core Principles," in the 60th UNGA (Ref A). Liriano said she would see wheth [...] | 2005-10-18 12:46:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO DR KSCA |
05SANTODOMINGO4670 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN WTO - DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) DCM on October 4 delivered Ref A talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano. She had no immediate response, but promised to pass the information to the appropriate Dominican Government officials. Based on our prior contacts (Ref B),Embassy understands that the Dominic [...] | 2005-10-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KIPR DR ECON |
05SANTODOMINGO4671 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: DOMINICAN [...] (S) Drawing on reftel talking points, DCM on October 4 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano our request that the Dominican Republic consider assisting in resettlement of the 15 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who have been approved for release from detention at Guantanam [...] | 2005-10-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | MOPS PREL DR PTER PHUM PREF PINR |
05SANTODOMINGO4673 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JEANNETTE MERCEDES WAIVES [...] On October 14, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jeannette Mercedes to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York based on federal indictment 03-CR 1030 (SHS) charging her with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Mercedes is alleged to have entered [...] | 2005-10-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO4689 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #2: OFFICIAL PASSPORTS, INC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR DR EAID |
05SANTODOMINGO4690 | MEMCON: THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DOMINICAN [...] (C) On September 29 President Leonel Fernndez received the Ambassador for two hours in the Palace. Fernndez had just finished a four-hour meeting on energy and was unaccompanied. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and USAID director. Topics discussed, mostly at USG initiative, were: [...] | 2005-10-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO ETRD SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO471 | DOMINICAN INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Interior Secretary Franklin Almeyda, meeting with the Ambassador, Embassy staff, and City of New York Police Department (NYPD) officials January 27, expressed his intention to work with the Embassy and U.S. police advisers to fight corruption and boost efficiency in the [...] | 2005-02-01 18:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KJUS SNAR KCOR PTER EFIN PGOV PREL BEXP ASEC DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4724 | ISRAEL AT UNGA I & II - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on October 20 delivered reftel demarches on Israel at the 60th UNGA (Holocaust Remembrance Resolution and opposing anti-Israel bias) to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen. We thanked her for the Dominican Republic's offer to co-sponsor the Holocaust Resolution. We also urged that [...] | 2005-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | IS DR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4725 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - REGIONAL PROTESTS PRECEDED BY [...] On October 19 protests in central streets shut portions of the major provincial city of Santiago and surrounding areas. Demonstrators demanded changes in the government,s economic policies and price reductions on basic food products, gas, and electricity. The strike stopped many of the publ [...] | 2005-10-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV DR ASEC |
05SANTODOMINGO4743 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #3: DOMINICAN JUSTICE [...] (SBU) This is the third in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Justice Revived: Plan RENOVE and Esther Agelan Casasnovas - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justice Esther Agelan Cas [...] | 2005-10-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR PGOV CJAN |
05SANTODOMINGO4744 | DOMINICANS STEP UP ENFORCEMENT OF BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: The Dominican Telecommunications Authority (INDOTEL) submitted to the Embassy on October 5 the third quarterly television broadcast piracy report for 2005. The Dominican government is punctually meeting the reporting deadlines and taking action to address the problem of broadcast pi [...] | 2005-10-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR |
05SANTODOMINGO4759 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CBI BENEFITS FOR THE 2005 [...] The Following information is keyed to reftel questions. ------------------------------------------- WTO and Free Trade Commitments ------------------------------------------ 2. The Dominican Republic signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States on Augus [...] | 2005-10-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON DR ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO4767 | WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] ON OCTOBER 21, 2005, THE FAS OFFICE IN SANTO DOMINGO CONFIRMS DELIVERY OF CORRESPONDENCE TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR ROMERO IN REFERENCE TO THE AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, AS SPECIFIED IN THE ACTION REQUEST IN CALE 180474. KUBISKE [...] | 2005-10-25 15:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4776 | BASEBALL: A DOMINICAN CULTURAL OBSESSION [...] Baseball season has begun in the Dominican Republic. Baseball is much more than a sport or even a national pastime; it represents the pulse of the Dominican culture. Baseball began as a recreational activity for sugar cane workers and has become the most famous Dominican export. One in six p [...] | 2005-10-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR SOCI CVIS |
05SANTODOMINGO4777 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARISMENDY TAVERAS EXTRADITED TO [...] On October 21, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Arismendy Taveras to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, where he is the subject of superseding federal indictment S1 04-CR-808, charging multiple counts of conspiracy to import and distri [...] | 2005-10-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO4778 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EL PASO SETTLES DISPUTE WITH [...] U.S. firm El Paso International recently resolved the dispute in which Dominican firm Carib Consult was petitioning the Dominican Supreme Court to ignore international arbitration rulings and to uphold a lower court judgement against El Paso. The Embassy has been actively involved in the case [...] | 2005-10-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN ENRG EINV BEXP |
05SANTODOMINGO4794 | MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS: [...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note dated October 21 from the Dominican Republic's MFA accepting the proposed language change to the 1974 bilateral agreement on net proceeds from sales of items provided under grant military assistance, to conform to Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance [...] | 2005-10-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR DR KTIA PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4805 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II # 4: OUTSPOKEN REFINERY [...] This is the fourth cable in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez: Outspoken Refinery Director Replaced After Gas Leak - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President Leonel Fernandez dismissed outsp [...] | 2005-10-27 20:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4814 | DEMARCHE TO DOMINICANS ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] On October 28 Charge contacted both Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso and Dominican ambassador to the United States Flavio Dario Espinal concerning U.S. concerns on draft declaration for the OAS summit. She raised the need to ensure that there is a consensus document and expressed USG concer [...] | 2005-10-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM ECON PGOV DR OAS |
05SANTODOMINGO4815 | RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FINANCING PATROL BOATS FOR [...] Following ref inquiry from Exim concerning the uses for the 4 Swiftship patrol boats proposed for Eximbank financing, Embassy Santo Domingo has reviewed relevant information, including the text of the letter provided by Secretary of Armed Forces Sigfrido Pared Perez. The Embassy has no knowle [...] | 2005-10-28 17:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN SNAR MARR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4829 | RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FINANCING PATROL BOATS FOR [...] (SBU) Concerning anti-narcotics capabilities of Dominican navy, pls review ref classified reporting from the Defense Attache. KUBISKE [...] | 2005-10-31 13:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN SNAR MARR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4868 | 2005 WHA ECONOMIC OFFICERS' CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send EcoPol counselor Michael Meigs to the Econ Officers' conference. He is scheduled to attend the CCAA so he expects to arrive at the Doubletree on December 7 PM. KUBISKE [...] | 2005-11-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ETRD EFIN EAID |
05SANTODOMINGO4890 | ICJ ELECTIONS FOLLOW-UP: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LIKELY [...] Embassy o/a October 3 delivered a diplomatic note requesting the support of the Dominican Republic for Thomas Buergenthal's re-election to the International Court of Justice. On November 2, MFA deputy director for UN affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us that, of the three candidates f [...] | 2005-11-02 22:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4891 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER DICUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 17, 2005, FBI Director Mueller made a series of courtesy calls on senior Dominican justice and intelligence officials, several of whom participated in a same-day working lunch hosted by President Fernandez (SEPTEL). Attorney General Dominguez Brito, Chief of the Natio [...] | 2005-11-03 11:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KPAO PINR PREL SNAR DR CU |
05SANTODOMINGO4941 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN EXTREMISM - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered para 4 reftel demarche via non-paper to MFA Africa and Middle East Affairs director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla on November 2, emphasizing our request that the Dominican Republic issue a statement rejecting President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent inflammatory rhetoric again [...] | 2005-11-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR PTER PHUM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4944 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #7: PRD EXPELS A MAVERICK [...] This is the seventh cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. PRD Expels a Maverick and a Deserter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Months after Senator Ramiro Espino of Samana Province and Senator Tonty Rutinel Doming [...] | 2005-11-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV PINR |
05SANTODOMINGO4946 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #6: HAITIAN MIGRANT [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series on political events in the second year of the administration of Leonel Fernandez. Haitian Migrant Regularization "Under the Radar" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - While a recent migration-related decision of the Inter-American Court of Hu [...] | 2005-11-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DR HA |
05SANTODOMINGO4979 | DOMINICAN BANKING #12: MORE BANK FRAUD, THIS TIME [...] (U) This is number 12 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. More Bank Fraud, This Time at Progreso - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Another Dominican bank has turned up a potentially huge and probably fraudulent hole in its balance sheet, despite the IMF-manda [...] | 2005-11-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO5004 | DOMINICAN INDUSTRIAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN [...] (SBU) Summary. The intentional gas release by the National Refinery (REFIDOMSA) on October 24 revealed how poorly the Dominican petrochemical industry regulates itself. It also revealed how ill prepared the city of Santo Domingo and the Dominican government are in preparing for or responding [...] | 2005-11-10 20:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR ECON ETRD TBIO |
05SANTODOMINGO5038 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...] | 2005-11-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO |
05SANTODOMINGO5050 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim assessement for trafficking in persons (TIP) addresses the questions in paragraph 6(I) of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic emphasizes TIP issues in public communications and has made some progress in enforcement. Institutional changes include the c [...] | 2005-11-15 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5053 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE COSME WAIVES EXTRADITION [...] On November 4, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose M. Cosme (aka Fausto Candelario Ortiz) to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut based on series of federal indictments charging narcotics offenses: superseding indictment 3:01CR224 (AWT) charged co [...] | 2005-11-16 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO5068 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND [...] On November 15, 2005, US law enforcement officials returned alleged Paulino Castillo gang members Lidio Arturo Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin, as well as alleged Hidalgo gang member Cristian de Jesus Gaston Ramos, to the Southern District of New York for trial based on a variety of federal i [...] | 2005-11-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO5102 | IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE: DOMINICAN [...] (C) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel demarche to Dominicn Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasizing the importance of voting against a no-action motion and in favor of the UNGA Third Committee resolution on Iran. Morales said the Dominican Republic would vote wit [...] | 2005-11-18 18:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM |
05SANTODOMINGO5111 | WTO MINISTERIAL ALERT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMARCHE [...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on November 16, and urged that the Dominican Republic speak up in support of the U.S. agriculture proposal in WTO meetings and with EU member governments. We also left those points and similar points in pre [...] | 2005-11-18 21:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD DR PREL KIRF KPAO ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5112 | SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA - [...] (SBU) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasized what is at stake, and urged the Dominican Republic to consider a contribution to the OAS mission in Colombia. We left the basic talking points as a non-paper. Morales seemed [...] | 2005-11-18 21:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER CO DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5113 | UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Embassy on November 8 delivered Ref A para 5 talking points on U.S. voting priorities in the UN Third Committee to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen as a non-paper, and emphasized in conversation with her that approval of the Iran resolution was our top priority and that the Dominican [...] | 2005-11-18 21:56:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM DR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO5123 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #8: CHASING THE RED ROOSTER [...] (SBU) This is the eighth cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Chasing The Red Rooster -- A Scramble For Electoral Alliances - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] | 2005-11-21 20:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5127 | COMPLIANCE WITH OIG RECOMMENDATIONS, 2005 [...] Following reports on follow-up actions taken to comply with the formal recommendations made by the OIG team that inspected Embassy Santo Domingo this year. 2. Recommendation 1: Embassy Santo Domingo should develop a strategy for implementing a program to eliminate or reduce the discrimin [...] | 2005-11-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASIG DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5140 | EXTRADITION OF LIDIO NIN-TERRERO, TIRSO CUEVAS-NIN AND CRISTIAN GATON-RAMOS TO THE UNITED STATES ON 11-15-2005. CCX: KA-03-0015, YNC1K CCX: KA-04-0004, XEC1I CCX: KA-04-0023, XEC1I CCX: CT-02-0040, YNC1J CCX: G5-02-0109, YNC1K CCX: G5-04-0001, YNC1K CCX: G1-03-0009, [...] (SBU) On 11-15-2005, Lidio Arturo NIN Terrero, Tirso CUEVAS Nin and Cristian GATON Ramos were extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic. 2. (SBU) NIN-Terrero, CUEVAS Nin, and GATON Ramos were transported to the Las Americas International Airport (LAIA),in Santo Domingo fr [...] | 2005-11-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR NOTAG |
05SANTODOMINGO5156 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Following is Embassy's response to action requests in paras 5-6 reftel: 2. Quotations on the meaning of human rights and freedom: Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, First Lady of the Dominican Republic: (Begin original Spanish text, as published on http://www.primeradama.gov.do/ver discurs [...] | 2005-11-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL DR KPAO ODIP PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5157 | ISRAEL AT UNGA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | IS PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5187 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy's answers to country-specific questions about avian and pandemic influenza (AI) follow and are keyed to the subheads and ticks in para 4 reftel: A. Preparedness/communication: -- The country does not yet have a plan orstrategy for preventing avian influenza from becoming a pandemi [...] | 2005-11-29 19:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV DR ECON EAGR EAID PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO5202 | DOMINICAN BANKING #13: MORE FRAUD FOUND AT PROGRESO [...] (U) This is number 13 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. (C) Summary. Investigators have discovered a new additional hole of 7 billion pesos ($220 million) in phony assets at Banco de Progreso, in addition to the 8 billion peso unfunded liability for commercial paper at [...] | 2005-11-30 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO5213 | DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES HARD FOR CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: Aiming for a January 1 implementation date for CAFTA, the Dominican Republic is working quickly to meet requirements. The Fernandez administration recently created a task force made up of public and private sector trade experts, many of whom have CAFTA negotiating experience, to [...] | 2005-12-01 17:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PREL DR CAFTA |
05SANTODOMINGO5339 | ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (C) Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA South America director Juany Mejia de Gil, requesting the Dominican Republic's collaboration with the international effort to ensure free and fair elections in Bolivia and democratic stability for that nation. 2. (C) On Decemb [...] | 2005-12-10 18:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | BO PGOV PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5340 | ANTI-ISRAEL BODIES AT THE UN: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA UN director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing U.S. disappointment over the Dominican Republic's change of its vote from "abstain" in previous years to "yes" on the resolution regarding the Division for Palestinian Rights. Political officer [...] | 2005-12-10 18:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS DO UNGA |
05SANTODOMINGO5353 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ROBERTO MATEO RIVERA [...] On December 1, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Roberto Mateo Rivera to the United States for sentencing in the US District Court for the Eastern District Court of New York, where he had previously plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine as charged in federa [...] | 2005-12-12 17:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO5388 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RE-ELECTION TO THE UNHRC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5389 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CANDIDACY TO THE COUNCIL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5395 | LETTER FROM MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR [...] SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, 2005, ACTING AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR PAUL HOFFMAN AND SENIOR AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST CARLOS SUAREZ MET WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AMILCAR ROMERO, TO DISCUSS ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT AVOCADOS AND THE DOMINICAN REQUES [...] | 2005-12-16 20:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5409 | CUBA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A tasking and updates the information provided in our last report six months ago (Ref B). President Fernandez in the second year of his administration has made no significant change in his low-profile approach to Cuban issues. As in previous years, t [...] | 2005-12-16 21:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETRD ETTC PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5410 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FACES VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) President Leonel Fernandez intended his first, brief visit to Port au Prince to serve as a reinforcement of bilateral relations and a boost to the Interim Government as it prepared for January elections. The Dominicans cut the event short as demonstrations outside the presidential palac [...] | 2005-12-16 23:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PGOV HA PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO5411 | Draft Dominican Republic International Narcotics [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-19 12:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO542 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez confirmed to the Ambassador on January 27 that he had been helping mediate between the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, and he found both interested in lowering tensions. He remained concerned that the candidacy for OAS SYGEN Francisco [...] | 2005-02-04 12:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO DR |
05SANTODOMINGO556 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OUTLINES TO DAS SHAPIRO [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez spoke at length with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro on January 14 on Dominican concerns about Haiti, Haitian reconstruction, and cross-border security issues. Fernandez and his administration will engage closely with t [...] | 2005-02-04 19:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN BEXP ENRG PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO559 | DOMINICANS RESPOND TO TELEVISION BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: During the Embassy's January 31 demarche on television broadcast piracy (ref a),Under Secretary of Industry and Commerce Marcelo Puello told DCM that his Ministry took the requirement of stopping television broadcast piracy seriously and had sent the report to USTR on January 7 wit [...] | 2005-02-04 20:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EINV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO560 | UPDATED SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 20:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV PINR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO564 | CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CARTAGENA [...] (U) This is a response to a Reftel action request. 2. (U) The Government of Dominican Republic has no specific legislation or laws dealing with genetically modified organisms. The Dominican Republic is a large consumer of U.S. genetically modified agricultural products used mainly as fee [...] | 2005-02-04 22:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO DR |
05SANTODOMINGO579 | PRC PRESSES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Chinese Communist Party delegation met with members of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and other Dominican political parties from January 24-27, seeking to strengthen ties to the Dominican Republic and pressing for formal diplomatic recognition. The delegation call [...] | 2005-02-07 21:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW |
05SANTODOMINGO612 | AMERICAN AIRLINES DISPUTE WITH DOMINICAN AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers have raised with Dominican authorities the American Airlines (AA) notification that it will end ground-handling services for all other carriers at Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport (AILA) and will assume self-handling of its flights on April [...] | 2005-02-09 17:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL DR CA |
05SANTODOMINGO614 | DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...] | 2005-02-09 18:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA |
05SANTODOMINGO691 | TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION HEARINGS - RETURN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 11, 2005, two fugitives were returned from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Denny Alberto Sandoval, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District o [...] | 2005-02-11 19:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO709 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON BROADCAST PIRACY, LAW [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez discussed the Dominican economy, CAFTA, broadcast piracy, Haiti and police and intelligence reform during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador. Fernandez believes the new IMF Standby Agreement is as important for creating confidence as it is [...] | 2005-02-11 23:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | EFIN KIPR ETRD DR |
05SANTODOMINGO754 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARGENTINE PRELIMIINARY PAPER [...] Embassy officer followed up our fax to the MFA of reftel non-paper and annex in a meeting with MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen. She expressed appreciation for the information and indicated the MFA had received the Argentine preliminary paper on t [...] | 2005-02-15 16:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ELAB ETRD KSUM AR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO758 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON MEXICO HUMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy officer delivered talking points in paras 5-6 reftel to MFA director for UN affairs Michelle Cohen and separately to deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, who will go to Geneva for the annual UN Human Rights Committee meeting. Embassy expressed particular appreciation for the [...] | 2005-02-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU MX DR |
05SANTODOMINGO759 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Haiti policy points (para 6 ref A) to MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen and OAS affairs coordinator Johanna Calderon on February 11. They expressed appreciation for the information, underscored the Dominican Republic's parti [...] | 2005-02-15 16:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HA DR |
05SANTODOMINGO777 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 20:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC DR |
05SANTODOMINGO799 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-16 18:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO860 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 20:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO899 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 19, 2005, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Paulino Castillo, reftels A and B, is wanted to stand trial in th [...] | 2005-02-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO923 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT- DOMINICAN [...] Following is the Investment Climate Statement for the Dominican Republic, chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide. (begin text) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE UPDATE A.1. Openness to foreign investment The Dominican government welcomes foreign investment. However, some [...] | 2005-02-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KTDB EINV ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO970 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends maintaining the Dominican Republic on the Special 301 Watchlist. IPR infringement problems remain at levels similar to those of last year, with some call for optimism in the area of television broadcast piracy, a long-term problem. A broadcast piracy court [...] | 2005-02-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO971 | DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...] | 2005-02-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM |
05SAOPAULO1076 | WORKERS PARTY ELECTIONS GO TO SECOND ROUND; LULA [...] (U) Summary: Party leaders are claiming a large turnout in Sunday's internal election of the ruling Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),while the press is reporting widespread irregularities. Leaders of moderate and leftist factions are trading accusations of fraud. President Lu [...] | 2005-09-20 18:15:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO1110 | WORKERS PARTY ELECTIONS FIRST ROUND RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: On September 27, the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) released the final results of its September 18 internal election. In the race for national party president, Ricardo Berzoini, candidate of President Lula's moderate majority faction (Campo Majoritario - CM) gar [...] | 2005-09-29 14:50:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO1158 | CONVERSATION WITH JOSE DIRCEU, OCTOBER 9, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: While transiting through Sao Paulo, Brasilia TDY poloff attended an October 9 lunch with friends at which Federal Deputy and former Lula Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu was present. During their 30-minute conversation, Dirceu shared his views on the political crisis, the future of the [...] | 2005-10-13 19:58:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV BR |
05SAOPAULO1321 | H2B VISAS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (U) As noted in Ref A, Brazil has seen a dramatic rise in temporary work visas (H2B) in the last year. The Sao Paulo applicants generally fall into three categories: 1) young, educated Brazilians heading to resorts, ski areas and Indian casinos for several months to make some money (the good),[...] | 2005-12-01 10:05:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT BR |
05SAOPAULO1344 | BRAZILIAN COPS BUST IMMIGRANT SMUGGLING RING [...] (U) SUMMARY. A year long investigation into immigrant smuggling, dubbed Operation America, resulted in 30 arrests on November 28 and the breakup of a smuggling network responsible for moving 3,500 illegal Brazilians through Mexico to the U.S. each year. The arrests were widely reported in the [...] | 2005-12-07 10:01:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KFRD CVIS CMGT BR |
05SAOPAULO1356 | INCREASED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT SAO PAULO'S [...] (U) Two incidents involving American citizens within the last month at or near Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International airport have highlighted what has already been perceived by many as a significant rise in criminal incidents targeting travelers moving through the airport. In both cases the vict [...] | 2005-12-09 18:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BR CA KCRM SC |
05SAOPAULO1372 | ELDER STATESMAN DELFIM NETTO DISCUSSES PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: PMDB Congressman and elder statesman Antonio Delfim Netto told CG that while President Lula remains personally popular, he needs to start courting the PMDB and the smaller &left light8 parties if he hopes to get re-elected in next October,s elections. Netto said the PSDB/PFL elec [...] | 2005-12-15 13:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR BR |
05SAOPAULO1376 | PT Criticism Creates Dilemma for President Lula [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A senior PT advisor told CG that the party leadership made a mistake in issuing a recent resolution publicly criticizing President Lula's economic policies. The advisor attributed this political blunder to long- standing int [...] | 2005-12-16 13:09:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO1379 | SAO PAULO CONSULATE FSN ASSAULTED AT GUNPOINT [...] (U) On Wednesday, 12/14/05 at approximately 2130 hours, a locally employed Brazilian staff member was assaulted at gunpoint while stopped in traffic in her vehicle. According to the victim's accounts, 2 males and an elderly female approached her vehicle at a traffic light. One of the males ask [...] | 2005-12-16 17:07:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BR CA KCRM SC |
05SAOPAULO21 | SERRA'S HONEYMOON CUT SHORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Jose Serra of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) was inaugurated as Mayor of Sao Paulo on January 1, in a ceremony that took on the tone of a PSDB political festival. Virtually all the stars of the Sao Paulo wing of the PSDB party, including former President Fernando [...] | 2005-01-06 10:08:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BR |
05SAOPAULO283 | THE TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is version II of the Brazil TIP report, incorporating answers to questions raised by version I, and additional information. This report was a coordinated effort between Sao Paulo and Embassy Brasilia, which supplied much of the new information. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Brazil conti [...] | 2005-03-11 10:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TIP |
05SAOPAULO624 | AMBASSADOR VISIT TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by officers from Consulate General Sao Paulo, visited Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, May 1- 3. During the visit, Ambassador met with the governor and the mayor; toured the modern General Motors and Dell Compute [...] | 2005-05-23 20:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD KIPR EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINR BR |
05SAOPAULO872 | BREAK-UP OF LEBANESE DRUG RING IN BRAZIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 17, 2005, the Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) broke up a Lebanese-organized drug ring based in Sao Paulo and operating in a number of cites in southern Brazil. 8Operation Tamara,8 (thedate fruit in Portuguese,) involved coordinationwith the German federal police and U.S. [...] | 2005-07-22 11:19:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | SECRET | SNAR PTER ASEC PGOV ETTC EFIN SOCI BR |
05SAOPAULO875 | AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEBATE CONTINUES IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On June 10-11, government officials, non- profit organizations, educators, interested citizens, and representatives from 20 public Brazilian universities met in Sao Paulo for a two-day nation-wide conference to discuss nascent affirmative action programs in higher education. Man [...] | 2005-07-22 14:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ECON PHUM BTIO EINV SOCI BR TIP |
05SAOPAULO920 | SAO PAULO MAYOR SERRA'S SIX MONTH RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: At the conclusion of his first six months in office, Sao Paulo Mayor Jose Serra (Social Democratic Party of Brazil or PSDB) enjoys a more positive public evaluation than any of his 5 predecessors, yet reviews of his performance to date remain mixed. Of his 15 campaign promise [...] | 2005-08-03 20:15:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KIPR KDEM ECON PHUM BTIO EINV SOCI BR |
05SAOPAULO971 | Sao Paulo journalists discuss corruption scandal [...] Summary: At the end of July/early August, IO Sao Paulo held a series of individual meetings with prominent journalists to discuss the corruption scandal unfolding in Brazil. Various journalists commented that they believe President Lula da Silva (Lula) may not have been aware of the corruptio [...] | 2005-08-16 12:10:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO BR |
05SINGAPORE1028 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: PERSPECTIVE FROM SINGAPORE [...] (S/NF) Singapore has been a reliable and highly capable partner in the global war on terrorism, as it shares our concerns about terrorism and possesses the political will and capabilities to confront it. Over the last several years, Singapore has publicly supported our CT efforts, even provid [...] | 2005-04-06 09:37:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL SN |
05SINGAPORE1178 | "SINGAPORE REBEL" DOWN FOR THE COUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: The withdrawal under government pressure last month of the film "Singapore Rebel" from the Singapore International Film Festival has brought its subject, opposition figure Dr. Chee Soon Juan, once more into the local headlines. This may be one of Chee's last curtain calls now t [...] | 2005-04-15 09:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SN |
05SINGAPORE1197 | NOT YOUR FATHER'S SINGAPORE: THE CASINO DECISION [...] (U) Summary. Singapore announced today that it will build two casinos, one downtown and one on Sentosa island. The long-expected decision caps off a year of public discussion in which the government has permitted more dissent than usual, though still with limits. End Summary. 2. (U) Prim [...] | 2005-04-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SN |
05SINGAPORE1311 | AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS IN SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary. Although Singapore has not detected avian influenza infections in either poultry or human beings, it is preparing to address this growing regional threat. After its successful control of the 2003 SARS outbreak, the GOS is confident it can respond adequately to a bird flu epi [...] | 2005-04-27 03:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED EAGR ETRD SN |
05SINGAPORE1436 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: INVENTORY OF USG ACTIVITIES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-10 03:23:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SN |
05SINGAPORE1543 | SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA SIGN LAND RECLAMATION [...] A costly two-year dispute with Malaysia over Singapore's land reclamation activities in the Johor Strait ended on April 26 when Singapore Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh and Malaysia Secretary-General Tan Sri Ahmed Fuzi Abdul Razak signed the "Settlement Agreement of the Reclamation Case". Sing [...] | 2005-05-17 02:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV MY SN |
05SINGAPORE1706 | Financial Action Task Force Scenesetter: [...] (SBU) Action request and summary. Singapore is beginning to make some progress in mapping out legal and regulatory changes to implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Revised 40 Recommendations on anti-money laundering (AML) and Special 9 Recommendations on countering the financing o [...] | 2005-06-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR SN |
05SINGAPORE178 | SFA: AMB LAVIN CALLS ON DEFENSE MINISTER TEO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Lavin reviewed with Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean progress to date in negotiations on the U.S.-Singapore Strategic Framework Agreement, in a meeting December 30. The Ambassador expressed the frustration the U.S. government felt at the current stage of discussions, in [...] | 2005-01-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS SN |
05SINGAPORE1788 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 12:30PM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin DAS Marie Huhtala, EAP D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Chris Kava [...] | 2005-06-07 08:35:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SN |
05SINGAPORE1789 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 5:00PM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin E/P Counselor Laurent Charbonnet (Notetaker) SINGAPORE --------- [...] | 2005-06-07 08:37:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON KNNP ETTC CH TW KS IN IZ |
05SINGAPORE1790 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 11:30AM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin DAS Marie Huhtala, EAP D Executive Secretary Ross Wilson Deputy Spo [...] | 2005-06-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SN |
05SINGAPORE1986 | PROMOTING MAINSTREAM ISLAM: THE SINGAPORE MODEL [...] (C) Summary. Concerned about the potential threat of Islamic extremism to Singapore's multi-religious, secular society, the government of Singapore (GOS) is promoting its brand of "mainstream" Islam and a Singaporean Muslim identity. Using its standard tools of incentives, co-optation, and c [...] | 2005-06-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SN |
05SINGAPORE2023 | AMBASSADOR BOYCE'S JUNE 27 MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce and Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, exchanged perspectives on Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's leadership style, prospects for a peaceful resolution to Thailand's problems in the South, Thaila [...] | 2005-07-01 02:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR TH ID BM SN |
05SINGAPORE2058 | SINGAPORE POLITICS: OPENING WINDOWS, SWATTING FLIES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Technology, social change, and hopes for creativity-driven economic growth engines have pushed Singapore's government to adapt its style, but little has fundamentally changed. From a well-publicized debate on whether to allow casinos to essays calling for political li [...] | 2005-07-06 01:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SN |
05SINGAPORE2073 | VISIT BY SEN. CLINTON TO SINGAPORE (JULY 5-7) [...] (C) Summary: Singapore's senior leadership discussed the challenges of combating Islamic terrorism, the need for moderate Muslims to speak out, and the importance of success in Iraq in meetings with visiting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). GOS leaders told the Senator that cross-Strait re [...] | 2005-07-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SN |
05SINGAPORE2077 | SINGAPORE AND INDIA SIGN COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC [...] Summary. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) signed June 29 in New Delhi by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong solidifies a growing trade relationship between India and Singapore. This is India's first free trade agreement t [...] | 2005-07-07 01:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KTDB EAIR SN IN |
05SINGAPORE2155 | SINGAPORE CITES OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. Singapore's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),the Suspicious Transaction Reports Office (STRO),told its U.S. FinCEN FIU counterpart that it was willing to share financial crimes-related information, but that it would be unable to do so unless such information were traceable to [...] | 2005-07-14 01:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR SN |
05SINGAPORE2245 | SINGAPORE REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO YUAN, RINGGIT [...] The reaction in Singapore to the news that Beijing and Kuala Lumpur would no longer peg their currencies to the dollar was welcoming but cautious. While press articles reflected clear relief that a politically charged issue has been resolved, lack of information on the details of the new cur [...] | 2005-07-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD SN MY CH |
05SINGAPORE2420 | SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH [...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you to Singapore next week. My staff and I are working to ensure a very positive and productive visit. Your visit comes at an ideal time to: -- thank Singapore for its strong commitment to the Proliferation Security Initiative and global counterproliferation [...] | 2005-08-11 07:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ETTC PREL OTRA SN |
05SINGAPORE2456 | SINGAPORE ELECTS, UM, SELECTS ITS PRESIDENT [...] (U) Singapore's Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) announced August 13 that it had certified incumbent President S.R. Nathan, alone among four applicants, as eligible to contest this year's presidential election. Only Nathan, 81, will participate in the Nomination Day ceremony August 17, [...] | 2005-08-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SN |
05SINGAPORE2501 | UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH PRESSES SINGAPORE ON [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph visited Singapore August 15 and 16 to attend the opening ceremony of the Singapore-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative exercise, Deep Sabre. The Under Secretary engaged his hosts in bilateral discussio [...] | 2005-08-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC KNNP MNUC KN IR MTCRE |
05SINGAPORE2524 | FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS -- SINGAPORE INPUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is satisfied that the Government of Singapore (GOS) would rapidly respond to halt the spread of an influenza pandemic within Singapore. The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed an "Influenza Pandemic Readiness and Response Plan" that is available for public view [...] | 2005-08-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SOCI TBIO ECON KHIV EAGR ETRD SN |
05SINGAPORE2536 | SINGAPORE TIGHTENS REGULATIONS FOR MONEY CHANGING [...] Singapore's parliament on August 15 approved changes to the Money-Changing and Remittance Business Act, last amended in 2002, designed to strengthen the government's ability to combat money laundering and terrorist finance-related activities in the money-changing and remittance sector. The r [...] | 2005-08-23 10:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EFIN ETTC ECON EINV ETRD KTFN SN |
05SINGAPORE2584 | SINGAPORE CONSIDERS TOUGHER HIV LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore is considering legislative changes that put the onus on individuals to be aware of their HIV status and responsible for protecting others from infection. This comes on the heels of Singapore's increase in HIV cases in 2004 from 1,192 to 1,503 infections among the count [...] | 2005-08-29 06:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV TBIO PHUM ECON SN |
05SINGAPORE2609 | POLICE CONTINUE TO HARASS INDEPENDENT FILM MAKER [...] (SBU) The Singapore Police continue to harass independent film maker Martyn See, who made a 26 minute documentary on opposition politician Dr. Chee Soon Juan (Reftel). Under government pressure, See was forced to withdraw his "Singapore Rebel" film from the Singapore International Film Festiv [...] | 2005-08-30 09:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SN |
05SINGAPORE2894 | ALL SMILES, LITTLE SUCCESS IN WU YI VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Singapore's ties with China remain strained, despite the favorable press coverage of Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi's September 19-21 visit to Singapore. In a frankly negative read-out, the PRC Embassy told us many Chinese officials still do not trust Singapore and complained that [...] | 2005-09-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SN CH |
05SINGAPORE2906 | SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVES ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Singapore-based financial analysts believe that Indonesia's economic problems are not a harbinger of another Asian financial crisis, and that the risk of contagion is small given Indonesia's much stronger fundamentals compared to 1997-98. Although generally optimistic about Indon [...] | 2005-09-30 10:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL IN SN |
05SINGAPORE2971 | SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Singapore from October 19-20. This will be an excellent opportunity to thank Singapore for its close counterterrorism cooperation and identify ways in which we can expand the relationship. Sense of Vulnerability ---------------------- 2. (C) Singapor [...] | 2005-10-07 07:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN ETTC ECON SN |
05SINGAPORE3017 | UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S OCTOBER 12 VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky focused on Singapore's influenza preparedness, its leadership role in the region on this emerging disease, and the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) during a busy half-day visit to Si [...] | 2005-10-14 07:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TBIO KHIV EAGR ECON SN |
05SINGAPORE3118 | SINGAPORE INPUT -- OIL SUPPLY VULNERABILITY [...] (S/NF) Post believes that the Government of Singapore (GOS) is taking reasonable measures to ensure the physical security of its oil refining complex on Jurong Island. GOS officials consider terrorist threats the most likely source of disruption to the supply of crude oil reaching Singapore a [...] | 2005-10-24 23:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS SN |
05SINGAPORE312 | MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 1 OF 2 [...] (C) Summary: Concerned about preventing racial and religious conflict in Singapore, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) actively co-opts talented Muslims, especially potential critics. In addition to holding a modest number of senior positions in the government, representatives from Singap [...] | 2005-02-03 01:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SN SOCI |
05SINGAPORE3146 | MUSLIM RELIGIOUS TEACHERS TRYING TO REEDUCATE JI [...] (C/NF) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has for the first time publicly thanked Muslim religious leaders trying to reeducate suspected Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorists detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA). The head of the Religious Rehabi [...] | 2005-10-27 09:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV SN |
05SINGAPORE3147 | GOS HOLDS THE LINE ON FREE SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: The GOS continues to narrowly define the parameters of free speech in Singapore -- extending into the internet -- and constraints on public protest remain firmly in place. The convictions of three Singaporeans for racist comments made on the internet are the latest indication tha [...] | 2005-10-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SN |
05SINGAPORE3160 | U.S.-SINGAPORE PROLIFERATION TALKS IDENTIFY FUTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On October 17-18, the U.S. held productive talks with Singapore on a broad range of nonproliferation and counterproliferation issues. The U.S. delegation, co-led by ISN/MTR Director Van Diepen and OSD/ISP/NPP Director David Cooper, was impressed by the level of preparedness and [...] | 2005-10-28 10:00:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC SN |
05SINGAPORE3324 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is the draft chapter on Singapore for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that, as in the past, Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report. Per reftel instructions, we have emailed the text of the draft repor [...] | 2005-11-21 08:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SN |
05SINGAPORE3352 | ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon, accompanied by Charge Fergin, met separately on November 14 with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to discuss bilateral security cooperation and regional issues, most prominently, China. In open and relaxed discussions, both leaders [...] | 2005-11-23 07:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP |
05SINGAPORE3375 | SINGAPORE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Please find below Embassy Singapore's submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC is Senior Political Officer Christopher Kavanagh, email: KavanaghCR@state.gov. 2. Begin Text of Draft Report: Singapore continued to oppose terrorism strongly and worked vigorously to [...] | 2005-11-28 05:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SN |
05SINGAPORE3397 | SINGAPORE'S MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER VISITS [...] (SBU) Singapore's highest ranking Muslim official, Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi, made an official visit to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Kuwait from November 7 to 13. Abdullah's delegation included a cross-section of ruling party MPs -- R. Ravindran (a Hindu of Indian desc [...] | 2005-11-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD SN |
05SINGAPORE3416 | SINGAPORE TO EXECUTE AUSTRALIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On Friday, December 2, Singapore will execute Australian citizen Nguyen Tuong Van for heroin smuggling. Local media have covered the many different pleas for clemency from Australia as well as criticism of Singapore's tough punishments. At the same time, the media have relayed [...] | 2005-12-01 07:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AS SN |
05SINGAPORE343 | MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 2 OF 2 [...] (U) This cable completes the biographic reporting on Singapore's 12 Muslim MPs. Reftel covered five of them and reviewed the role they play in Singapore and how they are perceived by the Muslim community. The biographies are designed to be stand-alone documents, so acronyms and organizations [...] | 2005-02-07 06:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SN SOCI |
05SINGAPORE3443 | SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILL [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your December 14-15 visit to Singapore. Singapore's leadership highly values access to senior Washington policymakers and will regard your visit as a testament to the importance we attach to the relationship. They will be very interested in your views on developments in [...] | 2005-12-06 07:39:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SN |
05SINGAPORE3468 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT ON SINGAPORE'S DOMESTIC [...] (U) Summary. The government of Singapore reacted immediately and briskly to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) exhaustive December 6 report on abuse of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore. The government-linked media has covered the report and reactions from the government and local communi [...] | 2005-12-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM ELAB KWMN SN |
05SINGAPORE3469 | SINGAPORE 2005 INCSR REPORT PART I -- DRUG AND [...] Paragraph 2 contains Embassy Singapore's submission for the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part I - Drug and Chemical Control. Part II will be submitted septel. 2. Begin Text: I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) effectively enforces its stringen [...] | 2005-12-11 23:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR SN |
05SINGAPORE3489 | NO MIRANDA IN SINGAPORE: RIGHT TO COUNSEL [...] (U) Summary: While Singapore is proud of its tough, law-and-order reputation, legal circles are actively discussing liberalizing a criminal defendant's right to counsel and the government-linked media is covering the debate. Under current practice, the police may detain a person for two weeks [...] | 2005-12-13 06:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SN |
05SINGAPORE3509 | SINGAPORE 2006 INCSR SUBMISSION PART II - MONEY [...] Per reftel instructions, Post hereby submits the draft of Part II of the 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We have also emailed the text of the draft report, in MS Word format and showing changes from last year's version, to INL. Re [...] | 2005-12-15 06:15:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PTER ETTC KTFN EFIN ECON SNAR SN |
05SINGAPORE3516 | U.S.-SINGAPORE MLAT DISCUSSIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see para 17. 2. Summary: On December 7, 2005, Singapore and U.S. delegations met in Singapore to continue discussions related to a possible bilateral Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). Negotiators had met twice before, in discussions in April 2004 a [...] | 2005-12-15 09:45:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA KJUS KCRM PGOV SN |
05SINGAPORE3518 | MLAT NEGOTIATING DYNAMICS [...] (C) Singapore wants to sign a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the United States, but doesn't want it to serve as a model for a Singapore-Indonesia MLAT, MFA Americas Directorate Director Simon Wong told L/LEI's David Buchholz December 8, during a read-out on the MLAT negotiations of [...] | 2005-12-15 10:00:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA KJUS KCRM PGOV SN |
05SINGAPORE3614 | SINGAPORE MOVES CLOSER TO CHILD SEX TOURISM LAW [...] (U) Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan condemned child sex tourism in November as "intolerable, and incompatible with being a Singaporean." Speaking at the Regional Conference on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Balakrishnan also told the press t [...] | 2005-12-29 07:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN PREL SN |
05SINGAPORE3618 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PM LEE HSIEN LOONG [...] (SBU) Summary. During the Ambassador's introductory call, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong concurred that U.S.-Singapore relations were very strong and agreed to work together to help the relationship blossom further. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to resolving [...] | 2005-12-30 02:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PTER SN |
05SINGAPORE370 | USTR CONCLUDES FIRST REVIEW OF U.S.-SINGAPORE FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first annual review of the U.S.- Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) held February 2, representatives from the USG and GOS expressed general satisfaction with implementation of the FTA during its first year. AUSTR Barbara Weisel noted Singapore's recent efforts to e [...] | 2005-02-11 01:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN ECPS EINV KIPR EAGR SENV SN |
05SINGAPORE506 | SPECIAL 301 - SINGAPORE: RECOMMEND NO CHANGE IN [...] Post recommends maintaining Singapore's current Special 301 status in 2005, i.e., not on the watch list or priority watch list. Singapore has implemented, or is in the process of implementing, a number of significant commitments under the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that not onl [...] | 2005-02-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SN WTRO USTR |
05SINGAPORE721 | MARCH 1 "RMSI" MARITIME SECURITY WORKSHOP: MAKING [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, the USG hosted an informal workshop on the five "RMSI" elements of maritime security for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The meeting marked the first time the United States has met exclusively with the Malacca Strait littorals on maritime security. The [...] | 2005-03-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EWWT PTER SN CH JA MY ID |
05SINGAPORE740 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is first of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. The Embassy point of contact for this report is Colin Willett: phone (65) 6476-9492, fax (65) 6476-9389, email willettc@state.gov. Due to the length of our submission, we have split it into four cables. P [...] | 2005-03-14 08:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE742 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is the second of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. Para 2 covers the questions on investigations and prosecutions, and para 3 answers the questions on protection and victim assistance. Investigations and Prosecutions ------------------------------- [...] | 2005-03-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE743 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is the third of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. It details all the sources Emboffs used in compiling the submission. -------------------------- Diplomatic Representatives -------------------------- 2. (SBU/NF) Embassy maintains contact with con [...] | 2005-03-14 08:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE744 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] This is the fourth of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore,s 2005 TIP submission. It covers Embassy's nomination of Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, Foreign Manpower Management Division for Best Practices in combating trafficking in persons. 2. The two populations most vulnerable to [...] | 2005-03-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE760 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SINGAPORE'S ABILITY TO COOPERATE [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A's questions concerning Singapore's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. 2. (U) AMOUNT OF ASSETS FROZEN, FORFEITED OR SEIZED: To date, Singapore has not identified any assets in Singapore of persons pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and [...] | 2005-03-15 08:35:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS SN |
05SINGAPORE820 | SINGAPORE TIP UPDATE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (C) On March 16, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs provided us with full-year 2004 numbers on detentions, arrests, and prosecutions for offenses related to sex-trafficking, as well as additional information on Singapore's law enforcement efforts. Please note that the MHA provided this in [...] | 2005-03-17 09:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE887 | SINGAPORE'S OUTREACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: For the past year, the Singapore government has talked up a campaign to expand the country's economic and political ties with the Middle East. On the economic front, the GOS wants to expand trade and investment beyond its traditional partners. Politically, Singapore seeks to div [...] | 2005-03-23 03:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV KTFN PREL PTER SN XD XF XI |
05SINGAPORE910 | SINGAPORE'S ASIA-MIDDLE EAST DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: As part of its effort to be a bridge between the Middle East and Asia, Singapore is sponsoring an Asia-Middle East dialogue (AMED) in June. AMED is intended to promote economic interaction between Asia and the Middle East, and to provide a platform for "moderate" Muslims from bot [...] | 2005-03-24 09:58:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PTER SN XD XF XI |
05SOFIA1000 | STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE PRESSING [...] SUMMARY: The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe's semi-annual Regional Table Meeting May 17-18 in Sofia pushed countries in South East Europe to make a greater political and resource commitment to the Pact's regional initiatives. The meeting was the first serious discussion countries have [...] | 2005-06-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PHUM PARM BU |
05SOFIA1020 | SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIA'S JUNE 25 GENERAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria holds general elections on June 25, the sixth since communism collapsed in 1989. The election will likely come down to a race between the ruling National Movement for Simeon II (NMSS) and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). The NMSS began the 30-day official campaign [...] | 2005-06-07 13:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1031 | BULGARIAN REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) The GOB has not adopted any special decisions on the Ethiopian elections and will follow the EU's position on the issue, according to a nonpaper delivered to us on June 6 from the MFA Africa Directorate. The MFA did not address directly the questions in reftel, but has pledged itself to su [...] | 2005-06-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM ET BU |
05SOFIA1032 | BULGARIA: PRESIDENT TO STAY ENGAGED ON BULGARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Purvanov met Ambassador on June 8 to discuss his recent trip to Libya to pursue the release of the Bulgarian medics. Purvanov said Qadhafi recognizes the seriousness of the problem of the medics, would like to find a solution, but does not seem to have a plan. He thanke [...] | 2005-06-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LY BU |
05SOFIA1033 | CLASSIFIED BULGARIAN ARMS EXPORT REPORT REVEALS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a classified government report passed to us by a reputable NGO, the GOB summarizes the amounts and locations of all authorized Bulgarian arms exports for the period 2002-2003. The report has not been officially released yet and remains secret even though EU regulations requir [...] | 2005-06-09 08:16:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC BU |
05SOFIA1036 | BULGARIA: NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE JUNE 25TH ELECTION [...] SUMMARY: Bulgaria holds general elections on June 25 to elect 240 members of parliament for a four-year term. The MPs are elected through a system of proportional representation in 31 electoral regions, and parties must win a minimum four percent of the nationwide vote to enter parliament. T [...] | 2005-06-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1054 | BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR ELECTION LOTTERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A government plan to use a lottery to boost voter turnout in the June 25 election has stirred controversy in Bulgaria, drawing criticism towards PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg's ruling party during the election campaign. The state-funded lottery - giving out prizes to those who vote - i [...] | 2005-06-13 12:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1101 | BULGARIA: ANOTHER SCOLDING ON ARMS DEALS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Milkov confirmed in a meeting with Ambassador on June 14 that Bulgaria sold 100 T-55 tanks to Eritrea. According to Milkov, the GOB has not approved further military sales to Eritrea after this delivery in 2005 and insisted that the GOB now [...] | 2005-06-21 06:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ETTC ER ET BU |
05SOFIA1110 | BULGARIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN SETTING UP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) Bulgaria's Ambassador designate to Iraq, Col. Valeri Rachev, requested USG assistance in securing an office in the Green Zone for a temporary Bulgarian Embassy to Iraq during a meeting with Ambassador on June 21. Rachev said the GOB [...] | 2005-06-22 13:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ BU |
05SOFIA1114 | BULGARIA: SOCIALISTS LEAD POLLS FOR SATURDAY'S VOTE; LATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) retains a comfortable lead over the ruling party for the June 25 general election according to all reputable opinion polls released as the 30-day campaign draws to a close. Surveys show the Socialists appear poised to win the most s [...] | 2005-06-23 04:28:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1134 | BULGARIAN SOCIALISTS WIN: COALITION TALKS BEGIN; EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) won the June 25 general elections, though by a smaller margin than expected, and face tough coalition talks on the formation of the government. Official results show seven parties, including extreme nationalist group "Ataka", passed the four pe [...] | 2005-06-26 13:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1144 | SOCIALIST LEADER FAVORS LARGE COALITION; SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Ambassador on June 27, a confident Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader, laid out his party's views on a future government in anticipation of negotiations to form a coalition. At this point, Stanishev favors a large coalition, inc [...] | 2005-06-28 04:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1207 | (U) BULGARIAN ORGANIZED CRIME (C-CN5-00054) [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref A request for information about organized crime in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Where direct sources are not cited, connections are largely based on information from operational contacts and open-source publications. ----------------------- OVERVIEW AND ACTIVITIES [...] | 2005-07-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KCRM PGOV EINV ECON KCOR BU |
05SOFIA1217 | BULGARIAN COALITION TALKS STALL AS SIMEON TRIES TO KEEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP),which won a plurality in the June 25 general elections, so far is struggling to hammer out a coalition deal to form the new government. The Socialists say the best option for a stable government is a three- party coalition including the defea [...] | 2005-07-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1239 | BULGARIA: EXTREME NATIONALIST PARTY ENTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extreme nationalist political group Ataka (Attack) won 8.7 percent of the vote in June's general election and became the fourth largest political party in the new parliament which commenced in Sofia July 11. If, as expected, the first three parties form a coalition governme [...] | 2005-07-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA124 | DEFENSE MINISTER PLEADS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Svinarov called the Charge to his office January 19 to repeat a now- familiar refrain: the current government must demonstrate to its electorate that there are tangible benefits to its deployment of troops in Iraq. The alternative, according to Svinarov, will b [...] | 2005-01-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ BU |
05SOFIA1280 | PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...] | 2005-07-15 16:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1318 | BULGARIAN COURT REJECTS JEWISH COMMUNITY PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY: In a July 6 decision, the details of which were not available until July 20, Bulgaria's highest court rejected the property claim of the Jewish community over a valuable piece of land in downtown Sofia that was nationalized during Communism and used for hotel construction. The deci [...] | 2005-07-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL KTIA BU |
05SOFIA1325 | COALITION TALKS FAIL: SOCIALISTS PREPARE WEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY. High-stakes coalition talks between the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and that of outgoing PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha collapsed July 22 with the Simeon Movement (NMSS) announcing it would not participate in a BSP-led government. The Socialists, who won a small plurality in th [...] | 2005-07-22 15:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1329 | BULGARIAN SOCIALISTS PRESENT MINORITY GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Socialist PM-designate Sergei Stanishev presented his cabinet choices July 24, drawing candidates from his own party as well as his coalition partner, the mainly ethnic-Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, and outside technocrats. The proposed list seeks to garner public [...] | 2005-07-25 16:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1339 | BULGARIA: OPPOSITION WALKOUT BLOCKS VOTE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A coordinated walkout by every member of the opposition to Bulgaria's proposed Socialist-led government forced parliament to adjourn July 26 without voting on the new cabinet. While the Socialists and their junior coalition partner may still be in the race, their odds are sign [...] | 2005-07-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1363 | BULGARIA: AS SOCIALISTS FAIL AMID POLITICAL CHAOS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A hostile opposition rejected the minority government of Socialist PM-designate Sergei Stanishev in a dramatic 117 to 118 vote shortly before midnight July 27. The Socialists, who overplayed their hand with an elaborate scheme to secure votes for their proposed minority governm [...] | 2005-07-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA137 | O/I DAVIES Q KUNEVA TALKING POINTS [...] (C) The following text is sent as an O/I to EUR/SCE because Embassy Sofia's classified e-mail system is not working. DAS Glyn Davies meeting with Bulgarian Minister for European Affairs Meglena Kuneva on Jan 24 CONTEXT Bulgaria's next step in the process towards EU accession (planned for [...] | 2005-01-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT BU |
05SOFIA1373 | ANOTHER BULGARIAN CRIME BOSS SHOT DEAD IN DOWNTOWN [...] Three organized crime figures were shot dead at a popular ice cream shop in downtown Sofia - close to the former chancery - on Saturday evening, bringing to over two-dozen the number of OC-related killings in the last 24 months. Anton Miltenov (&The Beak8),Ivan Todorov (&The Ghost8),and Nik [...] | 2005-08-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA1375 | BULGARIA?S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2005 REMAINS [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian economy showed encouraging growth of 6 percent in the first quarter of 2005, cementing experts? views that the economy will continue to grow in 2005 despite the political turmoil surrounding the formation of the new government. The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) issued [...] | 2005-08-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV BU |
05SOFIA1380 | BULGARIA: SIMEON'S PARTY HAS SLIM CHANCES TO FORM A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg's party, which ranked second in the June elections, is struggling to forge a coalition deal with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). However, given the deep bitterness that emerged during the BSP's failed attempt to form a government, talks between Simeon' [...] | 2005-08-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA139 | BULGARIA/IRAQ: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR A "QUICK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov called January 21 for a "quick but not premature" withdrawal from the multinational force in Iraq, urging parliament to bring the Bulgarian troops home by the end of 2005. Purvanov, who addressed Parliament and the diplomatic corps on the third [...] | 2005-01-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ BU |
05SOFIA1398 | BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES HIGHER ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: The situation in Bulgaria is slowly improving after weeks of heavy rains and flooding. However, conditions remain dangerous in some areas, and on August 4 the government declared a state of disaster in three municipalities. There have been 17 flood-related deaths and more than 60 [...] | 2005-08-08 03:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1404 | ANOTHER WAVE OF HEAVY RAINS WREAKS HAVOC, LEAVES [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government has declared a state of emergency in 23 municipalities as another wave of heavy rains hit the country over the weekend. The disaster left five people dead and blocked major motorways and railways with mud and debris. The number of buildings, homes and brid [...] | 2005-08-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1429 | BULGARIA: AS SIMEON'S PARTY FAILS TO FORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg's party August 11 abandoned its attempt to form a government after failing to strike a coalition deal with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). The two parties have been at odds over forming a cabinet since the Socialists won the June general elections but [...] | 2005-08-12 12:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1448 | BULGARIA: THREE-PARTY COALITION FINALLY FORMS A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly eight weeks after general elections, the three largest parties in parliament are poised to form a coalition government. In an extraordinary session scheduled for later today (August 16),Parliament is expected to approve the Bulgarian Socialist Party's (BSP) Sergei Stan [...] | 2005-08-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA1450 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES BULGARIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Action request Para 7 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an extraordinary session of parliament on August 16, the largest coalition in Bulgaria's post-communist history approved the nomination of Socialist leader Sergei Stanishev as prime minister. Stanishev was backed by MPs from a three-party coalitio [...] | 2005-08-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1477 | NEW BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin told Charge' August 22 that Bulgaria would not follow the "Spanish model" in its withdrawal from Iraq. Instead, the Bulgarian departure, planned to take place before the end of the year, will be done in close consultation with the U.S. and other Coa [...] | 2005-08-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EINV ETTC OVIP LY IZ BG |
05SOFIA1504 | BULGARIA: MEDIA AND POLITICIANS FAN ANTI-ROMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The emergence of the extreme nationalist party Ataka has paralleled a surge in anti-Roma reporting that is adding to a troubling increase in ethnic tension. Ataka won a surprisingly high nine percent of the national vote in June and continues to fan negative attitudes towards R [...] | 2005-08-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KTIA BU |
05SOFIA1527 | BULGARIA ISSUES STATEMENTS SUPPORTING IRAQI [...] (SBU) In response to reftel points delivered by DCM to Deputy Foreign Minister Lyubomir Kyuchukov and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Zlatin Trupkov August 29, President Purvanov's office and the MFA released the following supportive statements (informal translation provided by Embassy So [...] | 2005-08-31 12:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ BU |
05SOFIA1545 | BULGARIA: AS FLOOD WATERS FALL, EXTENSIVE COSTS [...] SUMMARY: Though government officials are still completing on-site damage assessments, their preliminary estimate of flood losses stands at one billion leva (USD 625 million) and 10 deaths. A recent USDA report shows the agricultural sector has sustained substantial damage, estimated at USD [...] | 2005-09-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1546 | BULGARIAN POLICE RAID PIRATE CD PRODUCER, ARREST [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian police broke up a large-scale Optical Disc Media (ODM) bootlegging operation, involving production and distribution of pirated goods. Following a well-planned investigation, the police raided two illegal production sites August 31, seizing over 70,000 pirated discs wi [...] | 2005-09-02 10:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1548 | BULGARIAN PM CONFIRMS INTENTION TO REMAIN ENGAGED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a weekly parliamentary question and answer session, Prime Minister Stanishev confirmed his government's intention to remain engaged in Iraq despite the withdrawal of its military contingent by the end of 2005. Stanishev added that an interagency commission will suggest possible [...] | 2005-09-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ BU |
05SOFIA1554 | BULGARIANS FOCUSING ON IRAQI FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Summary: In their Sept. 7 introductory meeting, new Bulgarian FM Kalfin told Ambassador Beyrle that Bulgaria considers it very important to be "loyal, predictable and remain involved in Iraq," and hopes to have its position regarding follow-on Iraqi military participation ready for disc [...] | 2005-09-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU IZ MARR MOPS NATO |
05SOFIA1561 | SENATOR HAGEL MEETS NEW BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Hagel was the first Washington official to meet the new government after the June elections. He stressed energy and investment issues, Bulgaria's strategic importance as an ally in the region that extends eastward, and Bulgaria's need to improve its investment climate by [...] | 2005-09-08 16:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OVIP PREL OREP ENRG MARR EINV LY BU |
05SOFIA1565 | BULGARIA REQUEST FOR FY06 USDA PL-480 TITLE I [...] Name and Address of Applicant Government of Bulgaria Contacts: Brian Goggin Agricultural Attache Sofia Bulgaria Telephone: (3592) 939-5704 Email: Brian.goggin@usda.gov 2. Country of Donation Bulgaria 3. and 4. Kind and Quantity of Commodities Requeste [...] | 2005-09-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID BU |
05SOFIA1566 | DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT THE UNGA HIGH LEVEL EVENT: [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Emil Yalnazov, head of the MFA's UN Directorate on 7 September. Yalnazov agreed that the specific proposals contained in the Declaration are "also complicated for us" and conveyed that the GOB was not likely to support any binding application of the [...] | 2005-09-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN KPAO BU UNGA |
05SOFIA1568 | BULGARIA TO RESPOND SHORTLY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 04:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BU |
05SOFIA1578 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS PLANS TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov told Amb. Beyrle September 9 that an interagency working group would be ready to receive USG experts soon to discuss the timing and manner of withdrawing Bulgaria's contingent from Iraq, as well as a possible follow-on mission. He also expressed [...] | 2005-09-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO |
05SOFIA1597 | ECONOMY MINISTER: BULGARIA TO STAY THE MACRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Beyrle made an introductory call on Roumen Ovcharov, the new Minister of Economy and Energy, on September 12. He stressed USG support for Bulgaria's EU accession in January 2007, as well as continued close cooperation on economic and commercial issues. In the ensuing [...] | 2005-09-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KIPR ENRG EFIN ETTC PREL BU EUN |
05SOFIA1598 | BULGARIA: CHARISMATIC INTERIOR MINISTRY CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Interior Ministry Chief Secretary General Boiko Borisov, one of Bulgaria's most popular officials, submitted his resignation September 14, citing planned legislative amendments that significantly curbed his position's powers. In a letter to the President and the PM, Borisov sai [...] | 2005-09-15 15:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ASEC PINR BU |
05SOFIA1618 | BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS CONTROVERSIAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Interior Minister Rumen Petkov argued in his first meeting with Ambassador Beyrle for both deeper and more formal cooperation on intelligence and law enforcement matters. He called for the signing of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) or a memorandum of understanding on law [...] | 2005-09-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM PINR BG |
05SOFIA1639 | BULGARIANS REACT TO IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Summary. A Washington engagement team presented Bulgarian security officials September 21 with three possible follow-on missions in Iraq. The expert-level Bulgarian interagency group was receptive and positive, but repeatedly noted the difficult political decision that awaits the governme [...] | 2005-09-21 17:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO |
05SOFIA1675 | BULGARIA PUSHING TO RESOLVE IRAQ & SHARED BASES [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Kalfin told Amb. Beyrle September 28 that Bulgaria intends to have selected a follow-on mission in Iraq prior to the October 17 Bush-Purvanov meeting in Washington. He said that Bulgaria wishes to focus on the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement during next week [...] | 2005-09-29 16:09:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL BG IZ LY |
05SOFIA1681 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN BULGARIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria,s Muslim minority has been a target for recruitment by foreign extremist groups since the early 1990s, and local media have reported sensational accounts of purported radical Islamic activity. Despite these reports, the vast majority of Bulgaria,s roughly 13 percent Muslim min [...] | 2005-09-30 12:49:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KMPI EAID BU |
05SOFIA1683 | BULGARIA WANTS TO CONSULT WITH EU BEFORE COMMITING [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Off and Agricultural attache delivered the talking points regarding the International Partnership on Avian Influenza and upcoming Senior Officials meeting to the Ministry of Health and Agriculture Ministry respectively. Dr. Angal Kunchev, the head epidemiologist at MOH, and Rado [...] | 2005-09-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO |
05SOFIA1685 | BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS HE WILL DISBAND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov's appointment of a "Citizen's Advisory Council" consisting largely of retired Communist-era security officials has caused a domestic political uproar in Bulgaria that has forced the Socialist-led government into some quick backtracking. Petkov told A [...] | 2005-09-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM BG |
05SOFIA17 | BULGARIA'S BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION: CARTAGENA [...] Bulgaria ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2000. In 1996 Bulgaria set out a Biosafety Decree regulating biotechnology work for contained use, and field testing. Commercialization and trade (both imports and exports) were not subject to this decree. Therefore, the legislation [...] | 2005-01-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO BU |
05SOFIA1704 | BULGARIAN TROOPS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN IRAQ THROUGH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Stanishev told Ambassador October 5 that Bulgaria will likely maintain its contingent in Iraq through the December 15 elections. The decision regarding a follow-on military activity is still under discussion and will next be considered in the coalition government,s [...] | 2005-10-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU IZ MARR MOPS NATO |
05SOFIA1715 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL BU NATO BULGARIA ENDURING FREEDOM |
05SOFIA1719 | BULGARIA PROPOSES MINIMAL FOLLOW-ON MISSION IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 8 2. (S) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed DCM Oct. 7 that Bulgaria,s follow-on military activity in Iraq would consist of 40 soldiers dedicated to the NATO Training (NTM-I) and Multi-National Security Transition Command (MNST [...] | 2005-10-07 12:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL BU IZ NATO |
05SOFIA1729 | ISLAM AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN BULGARIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's large Muslim community is predominantly moderate and traditional, though both foreign and indigenous Islamic extremists are active in the country. Bulgaria's government is officially tolerant, but Muslim minorities and their problems are often ignored by central authori [...] | 2005-10-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR BU |
05SOFIA1741 | BULGARIAN PRESIDENT'S AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 17 WHITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Beyrle met the evening of October 10 with President Purvanov at the President's request to discuss Purvanov's upcoming visit to Washington. Purvanov provided a non paper outlining "key points" for his meeting with President Bush (ref A and para 4 below). He confirmed [...] | 2005-10-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR MOPS EINV OVIP IZ LY BG |
05SOFIA1748 | BULGARIA REQUESTS NEW EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (U) This is a guidance request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Post has received an official request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin negotiations on a revised extradition treaty. Political and Consular officers raised the issue in consultations with MFA counterparts last we [...] | 2005-10-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KCRM KJUS BU |
05SOFIA1749 | BULGARIA 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Since our 2004 report, Bulgaria has made significant progress in implementing a national strategy to fight child labor abuses. The GoB has signed an agreement with the International Labor Organization (ILO),established a child labor unit within the Ministry of Labor and Social Poli [...] | 2005-10-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BU USAID |
05SOFIA1765 | BULGARIA AGREES TO DEFER IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Based on ref A demarche, the Bulgarian government agreed to postpone decision regarding its Iraqi follow-on mission until after President Purvanov,s meeting with President Bush. Rayko Raychev, chief of staff to Foreign Minister Kalfin told DCM that the Council of Ministers, which had bee [...] | 2005-10-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO |
05SOFIA1767 | BULGARIA SCRAMBLES TO RESPOND TO NEARBY THREAT OF [...] (SBU) Bulgarian authorities are intensifying efforts to respond to a possible outbreak of avian flu in Bulgaria after several cases of bird flu were confirmed in neighboring Romania and Turkey over the weekend. So far no cases of avian flu have been discovered in Bulgaria. Officials from the [...] | 2005-10-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO |
05SOFIA1785 | BULGARIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC - PERHAPS OVERLY SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All eyes are on Brussels on the eve of the October 25 European Commission (EC) progress report on Bulgaria's EU accession. The government is engaged in a complex strategy of playing down the public's expectations, encouraging parliament to pass the necessary legislation - partic [...] | 2005-10-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BU EUN |
05SOFIA1795 | DEMOCRACY BUILDING: SUCCESS STORIES AND BEST [...] Democracy building in Bulgaria has been a lengthy process with multiple dimensions. The USG has been actively involved with different aspects of the reform efforts and can claim excellent results and success in many areas. There are two areas where the USG is a pioneer in terms of providing [...] | 2005-10-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM BU |
05SOFIA1796 | PROGRESS ON U.S. MILITARY ACCESS, BUT TOUGH ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made significant progress toward concluding a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia October 6-7. Significant work remains to be done, however, in the areas of freedom of movement and c [...] | 2005-10-17 14:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA1799 | BULGARIA: U.S. WTO AG PROPOSAL [...] We delivered reftel demarche and fact sheet to Bulgarian trade official Diana Naydenova on October 17. The GOB is currently reviewing the U.S. proposal with its future EU colleagues. Naydenova feels agriculture is the most advanced topic in the discussions. She said the EU proposal put forth [...] | 2005-10-18 03:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD BU WTRO |
05SOFIA1808 | BULGARIA CONFIRMS MANPADS COMPONENTS SHIPPED, [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GOB confirmed that 50 MANPADS components were shipped to Egypt after the conclusion of a U.S.-Bulgarian bilateral agreement intended to take Bulgaria out of the commercial MANPADS business. The GOB maintains it never committed to preventing this sale and claims a misunderstan [...] | 2005-10-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS MARR BG |
05SOFIA1826 | SOFIA MAYOR'S ELECTION TESTS RULING COALITION STABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria will hold mayoral by-elections October 29 in Sofia and seven other cities where mayors were elected to parliament in the June general elections (Ref. A). The partners in the Socialist-led government have failed, however, to agree on joint candidates, turning the by-election [...] | 2005-10-24 03:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1847 | TOP BULGARIAN MONEY LAUNDERER SHOT DEAD IN SOFIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Controversial banker Emil Kyulev, owner of Bulgaria's biggest financial group DZI, was shot dead in in central Sofia October 26. The killing of Kyulev is the latest in a series of apparent organized crime-related assassinations in recent months. It comes only a day after the [...] | 2005-10-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1856 | E.C. REPORT TURNS UP THE HEAT ON BULGARIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Commission (EC) in its October 25 monitoring report confirms that Bulgaria should be able to accede to the EU on January 1, 2007, provided that promised reforms are implemented. However, behind this relatively positive overall assessment lies a very harsh assessment [...] | 2005-10-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BU EUC |
05SOFIA1858 | BULGARIA NARROWS ITS MILITARY PRIORITIES, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MOD has finally managed to narrow from eleven to three its list of top-priority modernization projects. Multi-role fighters are not among them. The decision reflects belated acceptance by the MOD of the Finance Minister's argument that there is not enough money in next year' [...] | 2005-10-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL BU NATO |
05SOFIA1860 | BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINSTER DISCUSSES LIBYA, IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador October 27 that Bulgaria would be ready "soon" to continue discussions regarding a follow-on mission for Bulgarian soldiers in Iraq. We will follow up with the MFA the week of October 31. On the fate of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced t [...] | 2005-10-28 15:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KCRM LY IZ BU |
05SOFIA1866 | BULGARIAN REACTION TO IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL [...] Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel talking points to Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, October 28. The Ministry referred him to the text posted on October 27th on their website. 2. Begin text posted on Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website. "Th [...] | 2005-10-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM IZ BU |
05SOFIA187 | BULGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SIGNS SUSPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a letter from the Ambassador questioning the adequacy of the process used to select the winning bidder, Defense Minister Svinarov signed January 28 a deal worth up to USD 400 million for the purchase of 18 Cougar and Panther helicopters from EADS. Sikorsky Helicopter was [...] | 2005-01-31 15:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL BEXP ETRD KCOR BU NATO |
05SOFIA1873 | BULGARIA: COALITION ALLIES BACK RIVAL CANDIDATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's colorful former Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Boiko Borissov won the largest number of votes in the October 29 Sofia by-election, but fell short of the 50 percent needed for an outright victory. He will now face a run-off against Socialist (BSP) MP Tatyana Donche [...] | 2005-11-02 04:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1874 | FY 2006 PROPOSALS FOR INL-MANAGED SEED FUNDED [...] SUMMARY: Post herein submits proposals to continue four INL-managed projects using FY 2006 funding: Resident Legal Advisor (RLA); Forensics Laboratories Project; the Criminal Law Liaison (CLL); and Embassy Rule of Law Assistant. Post also proposes transforming the Regional Criminal Justice [...] | 2005-11-02 04:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1881 | BULGARIA DENIES ENTRY TO REV. MOON [...] SUMMARY: Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon was denied permission to enter Bulgaria on October 26 after the MOI deemed his presence "undesirable," citing inability to provide security following the shooting of high-profile banker Emil Kyulev. 2. (SBU) Moon had planned to arrive on Oct [...] | 2005-11-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL KIRF BU |
05SOFIA1882 | BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: IS IT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the high-profile killing of banker Emil Kyulev, Bulgarian authorities have begun a crackdown on organized crime, including the arrest of two notorious crime figures. It is not yet clear whether this is a genuine effort to deal with the problem of organized crime or [...] | 2005-11-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EINV ECON KCOR KCRM BU |
05SOFIA1889 | BULGARIAN FIRST LADY'S LETTER TO MRS. BUSH [...] Bulgarian President Parvanov's Foreign Policy Advisor, Mr. Zlatin Trapkov, requested a meeting November 4 to deliver a copy of a letter from Mrs. Zorka Parvanova, Bulgaria's First Lady, to Mrs. Laura Bush. Below is the text of the letter. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Laura, Please, accept [...] | 2005-11-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1892 | BULGARIAN PRESIDENT PARVANOV'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] Bulgarian President Parvanov's Foreign Policy Advisor, Mr. Zlatin Trapkov, requested a meeting November 4 to deliver a copy of a letter from President Parvanov to President Bush. Below is the text of the letter. 2. BEGIN TEXT. The Republic of Bulgaria November 4, 2005 The [...] | 2005-11-04 19:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1902 | BULGARIA: PRESIDENT SIGNALS A MEK DECISION IS CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Parvanov mirrored the General Staff's forward-leaning position on Bulgaria's follow-on activities in Iraq, indicating the government is now leaning toward the MEK mission at Camp Ashraf. He also expressed his optimism for a p [...] | 2005-11-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR KCRM IZ BU |
05SOFIA1916 | BULGARIAN REACTION TO IP ACTION PLAN; NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government's reaction to our proposed intellectual property (IP) action plan (REF A) has been generally favorable. More than ever, the GOB appears eager to demonstrate progress on IP issues largely because the EU has identified it as a key area of concern. Despi [...] | 2005-11-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1925 | 2006 BUDGET PROMISED INCREASED SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government approved on October 31 the consolidated draft budget for 2006, which is now undergoing Parliamentary committee hearings. The government plans a balanced budget and introduces a package of measures aimed at sustaining strong economic growth. The budget [...] | 2005-11-15 09:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI BU |
05SOFIA1942 | PRESS REACTION: DELAY IN LIBYAN CASE EVOKES MIXED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The November 15 decision by the Libyan Supreme Court to postpone judgment on the case of five Bulgarian medics until January 31st 2006, has provoked a mixed reaction in Bulgaria. Government leaders, while relieved at having averted confirmation of the death sentences, have voice [...] | 2005-11-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV LY BU |
05SOFIA1945 | BULGARIA SEEKS BALANCED APPROACH TO KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria supports a balanced approached to negotiations over Kosovo's future status and believes that all options should be considered. Sofia sees the prospect of EU integration for Kosovo, and other West Balkan countries, as the key factor in bringing stability and development to [...] | 2005-11-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA1950 | 2006 NTE UPDATE FOR BULGARIA [...] The following is Embassy's input for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Bulgaria. The text -- including the ranking of barriers -- has been sent electronically to USTR and State (EB). RANKING OF BARRIERS: The following are general range estimates of what the increase in U.S. e [...] | 2005-11-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON KIPR BEXP EAGR PGOV BU |
05SOFIA196 | FY-05 TV CO-OP PROPOSALS FROM SOFIA [...] PA Sofia proposes to participate in the PA/OBS TV-Co-op projects this year, with proposals from Bulgaria's national broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT). The Director of BNT's News Division is herself a former participant in the TV Co-op program, and is well aware of the overall r [...] | 2005-02-01 12:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP BU |
05SOFIA1962 | BULGARIA'S PREPARATION FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel: A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION --Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs? If the country has a strategy, how capable is it of implementin [...] | 2005-11-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO |
05SOFIA1971 | MOVING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON U.S. MILITARY ACCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress toward a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia on November 16-17. The U.S. and GOB reached agreement in principle on mos [...] | 2005-11-25 10:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA1987 | U.S.- BULGARIA SECURITY RELATIONSHIP: PUSHING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.- Bulgaria security relationship is strong and shows no signs of weakening after the August formation of a three-party coalition including the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). Despite our concerns in the pre-election period, the coalition remains a solid ally supporting [...] | 2005-11-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA2003 | Bulgarians Making False Asylum Claims, Part II [...] Summary: As noted reftel, we are seeing growing numbers of following-to-join (Visas 92) Immigrant Visa cases where it is obvious the original successful asylum seekers based their claims on fraud, lies, forged documents and false pretenses. On November 14 alone we received five such cases. [...] | 2005-12-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2025 | BULGARIA'S "ATAKA" PARTY BECOMING INCREASINGLY ANTI- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rhetoric of the extreme nationalist party Ataka has become increasingly anti-American in recent weeks, with much of the party's wrath focused on proposed joint military facilities and Bulgaria's participation in the Iraq coalition. Neither high-profile infighting in Ataka' [...] | 2005-12-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PINR SOCI BU RU |
05SOFIA2026 | GOVERNMENT FINALIZES DEAL WITH AES ON MARITSA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Bulgarian government signed December 7 the underlying financial agreements with AES and four financial institutions to construct a new 670 MW coal-fired power plant. The financial agreements represent the biggest ever greenfield investment in the Bulgaria [...] | 2005-12-09 14:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL ETRD PGOV BU |
05SOFIA2036 | BULGARIA: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Per reftels, Post provides its submission for the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Bulgaria. Begin text of 2005-2006 INCSR for Bulgaria: Part I - DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL I. Summary Bulgaria is a major transit country, as well as a producer of illic [...] | 2005-12-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP BU |
05SOFIA2051 | BULGARIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following submission provides Post's contributions to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2005" report. 2. Bulgaria remains a steadfast member of the global coalition against terrorism. No significant acts of terrorism occurred in Bulgaria in 2005. Bulgaria is not a sp [...] | 2005-12-14 04:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2054 | BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: The Bulgarian government has little to show for its effort to crack down on organized crime six weeks after the killing of controversial banker Emil Kyulev. The police and Interior Ministry have yet to conduct a thorough investigation of the murder, possibly out of concern about r [...] | 2005-12-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON KCOR KCRM BU |
05SOFIA2055 | Entertainment Recruiter's Likely Ties to Visa Fraud [...] We have noted a pattern of visa abuse that strongly implicates Magic Star Entertainment (MSE) -- 142 Estates Circle, Lake Mary, FL 32746, phones (407) 322-9211 and (407) 322-9322, email Kristo500@aol.com, website www.magic- star.com -- in alien smuggling, using the P1 visa category. MSE's pres [...] | 2005-12-14 13:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2056 | BULGARIA SEEKS TO PLAY POSITIVE ROLE IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Kosovo talks about to begin, Bulgaria is actively working to build confidence among the participants and create a positive environment for negotiations. The Bulgarian Minister of Culture last week hosted a meeting with his Serbian and Kosovar counterparts to discuss pr [...] | 2005-12-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA2063 | RUSSIA PLAYING ENERGY HARDBALL WITH BULGARIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Stanishev's Foreign Policy Advisor, Valentin Radomirski, told the Ambassador December 12 that a Gazprom representative gave Stanishev "an ultimatum" to either renegotiate the current agreement on the purchase of natural gas or face a cutoff. In face-to-face meeti [...] | 2005-12-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG MARR BU RU |
05SOFIA2069 | New Validation Study Shows Lower Than Expected [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2076 | BULGARIA HAILS SUCCESSFUL IRAQI VOTE, PLEDGES COOPERATION [...] Bulgaria's government congratulated the Iraqi people on the successful conduct of the December 15 parliamentary elections and said it was ready to continue its cooperation with the new Iraqi leadership. In a special public statement issued December 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dimiter Tsanch [...] | 2005-12-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO IZ BU |
05SOFIA2089 | SHADES OF GRAY: BULGARIA'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's thriving underground economy is one of the few cloudy areas in an otherwise bright macroeconomic outlook. Most experts estimate the gray economy is responsible for 30-40 percent of GDP. Likewise 14 to 25 percent of the labor force are employed in the gray economy, [...] | 2005-12-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR KCRM BU EUN |
05SOFIA2120 | BULGARIA: ECONOMIC CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON, BUT TOO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Having already risen above the 2005 forecast of 3.5 percent, Bulgaria's inflation rate is expected to jump dramatically to 8.4 percent in the first quarter of 2006 thanks to higher fuel prices and an increase in excise taxes to match EU minimum levels. However, inflation is exp [...] | 2005-12-29 16:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV BU |
05SOFIA2123 | BULGARIA: BASING PROSPECTS ON TRACK DESPITE PUBLIC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-30 10:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU RU |
05SOFIA217 | BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT IN SHOCK AS UNITED [...] (C) Summary. The government is in shock at the rapid escalation of the political crisis that began earlier this week with the collapse of the BulgarTabak privatization deal (reftel),with the Prime Minister telling the Ambassador this evening that he is "very worried." The turmoil gained mom [...] | 2005-02-03 17:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA228 | BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT FIRES SPEAKER: DEATH KNELL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Parliamentary speaker was ousted February 4 in the opposition's first step in a march to bring down the government. Debate on a motion of no confidence is scheduled to begin February 9, when the opposition will have to muster at least 2 more votes to achieve success. A key Pa [...] | 2005-02-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA242 | BULGARIA RULING PARTY SEALS DEAL TO AVERT POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's ruling coalition signed February 7 a cooperation agreement with the New Time (NT) party that secured majority support for Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha's government in the upcoming no-confidence vote. Under the deal, the ruling party, its junior coalition partner, and the [...] | 2005-02-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA267 | FOUR MORE BULGARIAN TROOPS TO JOIN NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ BU NATO |
05SOFIA27 | BULGARIA PUSHES FOR MILITARY SALES TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another sign that Bulgarian political leaders are agressively looking for concrete benefits from their military participation in Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Lydia Shuleva met with Ambassador and the Iraqi Ambassador to Bulgaria, Hayder Al Barrack, on Jan [...] | 2005-01-05 15:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV PL IZ BU |
05SOFIA283 | BULGARIAN DEFENSE EQUIPMENT SALES TO IRAQ AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: We continue to support procurement of military equipment for the security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan as a major USG priority, but aspects of this process at the local level have raised concerns about potential weapons diversion. Embassy has encountered at least one case wh [...] | 2005-02-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IZ AF BU |
05SOFIA288 | BULGARIAN PM SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE VOTE: STRONGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg survived the biggest challenge yet to his nearly four-year- old government, defeating a vote of no confidence in Parliament on February 11. The government survived the motion with 128 votes to 106 and four abstentions. The rejection of the mo [...] | 2005-02-11 16:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA302 | BULGARIA: STAYING COMMITTED IN IRAQ IN 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador's discussions with Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov and Foreign Minister Solomon Passy indicate that Bulgaria does not plan any dramatic shift in its Iraq troop commitments through 2005. Passy and Svinarov recommend that the future of Bulgarian troop commitme [...] | 2005-02-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ BU |
05SOFIA333 | BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER RESHUFFLES CABINET ON [...] (SBU) Summary. As he departed for Brussels on February 21, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha sacked three cabinet ministers, including his influential Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Lydia Shuleva. Shuleva's departure was expected in the wake of last week's confidence vo [...] | 2005-02-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD BU NATO |
05SOFIA345 | 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - BULGARIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on the amount of pirated goods flowing through Bulgaria and the lack of necessary government action despite repeated prodding by all levels of the embassy and industry, we feel that this government lacks seriousness in addressing intellectual property rights (IPR) violati [...] | 2005-02-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR BU |
05SOFIA35 | PRESIDENT REQUEST CLOSER CONSULTATION ON [...] (C) Summar. Presiden Purvanov said that Bulgarian forceswould remain in Iraq and asked for closer policy-evel coordination, especially with regard to theredeployment of its battalion in Karbala. He ured the U.S. to maintain pressure on the Libyan rgime to release the five Bulgarian medical [...] | 2005-02-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS IZ LY BU ARR |
05SOFIA357 | BULGARIA FORMALLY CONFIRMS FIVE TROOPS WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ BU NATO |
05SOFIA358 | PRESIDENT REQUEST CLOSER CONSULTATION ON [...] (C) Summar. Presiden Purvanov said that Bulgarian forceswould remain in Iraq and asked for closer policy-evel coordination, especially with regard to theredeployment of its battalion in Karbala. He ured the U.S. to maintain pressure on the Libyan rgime to release the five Bulgarian medical [...] | 2005-02-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS IZ LY BU ARR |
05SOFIA382 | BULGARIA TO SEND 30 MORE TROOPS TO ISAF [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian parliament passed a motion on 24 February that will send an additional 30 troops to participate in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). This will raise Bulgaria's total ISAF troop commitment to 65. Bulgaria also has 7 soldiers participating in Operation Endu [...] | 2005-03-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR AF BU NATO |
05SOFIA422 | BULGARIA: FOLLOW-UP LETTER REQUESTING DUELFER [...] This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. Post received the letter in paragraph 3 on 1 March from the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission investigating the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal. 3. Begin text of letter: Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly 1 March 2005 To [...] | 2005-03-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR IZ BU |
05SOFIA423 | BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] After months of intensive lobbying by Embassy Sofia, the Parliament ratified with an overwhelming majority March 1 the U.S.-Bulgarian agreement defining the legal status of the Anglo-American School (AAS) in Sofia. With its status defined in law, AAS can now begin construction of a new camp [...] | 2005-03-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL KTIA BU |
05SOFIA436 | BULGARIAN LEADERS ASSERT SOLDIER KILLED BY U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and President Georgi Purvanov called the Ambassador to their offices March 7 to assert that the Bulgarian soldier killed in Iraq on March 4 died as a result of friendly fire by U.S. forces. In separate, back-to- [...] | 2005-03-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG |
05SOFIA508 | BULGARIA LOOKING TO SELL ELECTRICITY TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bulgaria's new Minister of Energy, Miroslav Sevlievski, asked March 15 for U.S. assistance in facilitating a deal that would provide Bulgarian electricity to Iraq through Turkey. In a meeting with the DCM, he suggested that the deal would provide up to 300 MW to the Bosporus g [...] | 2005-03-17 04:33:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ETRD PGOV IZ TU BU |
05SOFIA524 | BULGARIA/IRAQ: POLITICS FORCING MOVE TOWARD EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Svinarov's public statement that Bulgaria may pull its troops out of Iraq by year-end is strong evidence that election-year politics are forcing the government to move rapidly toward an exit strategy. Despite Svinarov's comments, no such decision has in fact been [...] | 2005-03-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU |
05SOFIA548 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF BULGARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy's meeting with you on March 25 is an opportunity to shape Bulgaria's commitment to the Iraq coalition as the government searches for an exit strategy. Passy has consistently been the most pro-American voice in this government on the full [...] | 2005-03-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EFIN LY IZ BU EUN |
05SOFIA557 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Your visit to Sofia comes in the midst of a highly politicized review of Bulgaria's military participation in Iraq. With Parliamentary elections scheduled for June, the government has clearly decided that an Iraq exit strategy must be announced before the campaign season begins. [...] | 2005-03-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON LY IZ BU |
05SOFIA604 | BULGARIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CONSIDERS DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Council of Ministers (CM) is considering a proposal on March 31 to withdraw its troops from Iraq on 31 December 2005 in accordance with the GOB's understanding of UNSCR 1546. During a meeting with Foreign Minister Solomon Passy on March 30, Passy informed Deputy Sec [...] | 2005-03-31 13:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU |
05SOFIA616 | BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT SENDS IRAQ EXIT STRATEGY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Council of Ministers (CM) approved and sent to Parliament on March 31 a proposal to set 31 December 2005 as the deadline for the end of Bulgaria's military participation in the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The CM also asked Parliament to reduce the country [...] | 2005-04-01 13:33:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU |
05SOFIA623 | BULGARIA: SOCIALISTS RETAIN STRONG LEAD FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Support for Prime Minister Simeon Saxe- Coburg and his ruling party has slowly but steadily increased over the past year, and the former king was named by a plurality as the preferred candidate to lead the next government, according to a survey by the International Republican I [...] | 2005-04-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA626 | BULGARIA: NEXT STEP ON NEGOTIATING A DOUBLE [...] SUMMARY. Bulgarian tax authorities will meet with officials from U.S. Treasury in Washington on April 19-20 to review technical issues and determine when formal negotiations of a Treaty for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTT) should begin. Deputy Secretary Zoellick lent his support to a [...] | 2005-04-04 10:32:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL BU |
05SOFIA677 | BULGARIA OFFERS TO PROVIDE DEFENSE ARTICLES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past year, Bulgarian political leaders have aggressively looked for concrete benefits from their military participation in Iraq. Most recently, the Prime Minister raised the issue with Deputy Secretary Zoellick (ref A). Post has noted that contracts and subcontracts awarded [...] | 2005-04-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV PL IZ BU |
05SOFIA72 | NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BU |
05SOFIA74 | BULGARIAN PRESIDENT PURVANOV REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) The Chief of Staff to President Purvanov, Andrei Karaslavov, called on the Ambassador to request a meeting between the two presidents. Purvanov prefers the first half of this year. 2. (SBU) Karaslavov noted that Bulgaria has been the most stalwart coalition ally in Iraq, but is the on [...] | 2005-01-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA766 | CONTINUED CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Bulgarian criminal activity already has a direct and increasing impact on the United States, which is likely to continue even after Bulgaria's planned EU entry in 2007. Embassy Sofia requests continued U.S. criminal justice assistance following SEED graduation in FY06. Current U.S [...] | 2005-04-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PREL BU |
05SOFIA780 | BULGARIA SIGNS EU ACCESSSION TREATY, BUT MUCH WORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria signed the EU Accession Treaty on April 25 paving the way to join the Union on January 1, 2007. The Bulgarian government plans immediate submittal of the treaty to Parliament for ratification prior to the late May election recess. Despite Bulgaria's solid progres [...] | 2005-04-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BU |
05SOFIA808 | BULGARIA'S SOCIALIST PARTY: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS OR [...] (C) SUMMARY. If opinion polls are correct, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is likely to play a leading role in the next government. Street protests drove the last BSP government from power in 1997 amid hyper-inflation and the collapse of the banking system. More than eight years later, [...] | 2005-04-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MARR IZ BU |
05SOFIA836 | BULGARIA: AS GOVERNMENT TAKES TO THE CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BU |
05SOFIA859 | BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES EU ACCESSION TREATY, RULING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's parliament ratified May 11 the EU accession treaty, as another step on the way to join the European Union on January 1, 2007. The document, signed in Luxembourg on April 25, passed with 231 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions. To come into force, the trea [...] | 2005-05-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BU EUN |
05SOFIA874 | BULGARIA: 2005 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 5. 2. On April 29, we informed Deputy Minister Parvanov, Ministry of Economy, and Chavdar Zhenchev, MFA's America's Directorate, of the decision to place Bulgaria on the Watch List for 2005. We delivered the points in reftel verbally, and left them as a non-paper. [...] | 2005-05-13 06:48:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD |
05SOFIA91 | BULGARIA: U.S. MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES [...] U.S. market access priorities in Bulgaria (ranked with a value from one to five, with one a top priority for U.S. service suppliers in host country and five a very low priority for U.S. service suppliers): -3-Legal services -3-Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services -3-Taxation servic [...] | 2005-01-14 04:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BU WTO |
05SOFIA922 | BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PURVANOV CONFIRMS TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: President Georgi Purvanov will travel to Libya later this month to raise the case of the Bulgarian medics. According to his staff, the President has tentatively scheduled the trip for May 27-28. During the visit, Purvanov plans to meet with Qadhafi and the medics in Tripoli [...] | 2005-05-20 12:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU LY OPDC PREL EUN |
05SOFIA924 | U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress in concluding a supplemental SOFA with the GOB during talks in Sofia May 16-17. Amb. Loftis also presented the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and identified the military facilities of interest [...] | 2005-05-20 14:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV BU |
05SOFIA931 | THE "KING'S MOVEMENT": BULGARIA'S BEST HOPE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Though current polls show it lagging behind the Socialists in the June 25 elections, the ruling National Movement Simeon II (NMSS) may play an important role in the next Bulgarian government -- either as the junior partner in a Socialist-led government or the core of a disparate [...] | 2005-05-25 11:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU PGOV PREL |
05SOFIA933 | TOP GENERAL DISCUSSES WAY AHEAD FOR BULGARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of his renewed mandate, Bulgarian Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) General Nikolai Kolev gave us an overview of the direction of the Bulgarian Armed Forces for the next calendar year during a meeting on May 16. Kolev sees Bulgaria as a strategic partner of the U.S., wi [...] | 2005-05-25 13:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS BU |
05SOFIA957 | BULGARIAN COURT REGISTERS NEW CHIEF MUFTI, BUT [...] SUMMARY: The 18-month leadership dispute within Bulgaria's Muslim community is closer to being resolved with the recent official court registration of a new Chief Mufti (the spiritual head of the denomination) and Supreme Council. The new leadership is supported by the ethnic-Turkish polit [...] | 2005-05-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF BU |
05SOFIA999 | NATO-AFGHANISTAN: BULGARIA WILL NOT LIFT ISAF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF BU NATO |
05STATE107000 | NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY DEPLOYS TO 50 MORE POSTS [...] During the remainder of the 2005 calendar year, up to 50 more posts will be provided assistance to add content to their classified homepages on SIPRNet through the Net- Centric Diplomacy program. Assistance to selected posts will include a scanner, software, training, and temporary staff augme [...] | 2005-06-08 20:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AMGT AINF PREL ECON CMGT ACOA KPAO OIIP |
05STATE123806 | SECRETARY'S CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO CHIEF [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Rice to Chief Executive Donald Tsang. The Department of State does not plan to release the text of the Secretary's message but has no objection if the Government of Hong Kong wishes to do so. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin Te [...] | 2005-07-01 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL HK |
05STATE13048 | Status Report on SMART [...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. Reftels describe the Department's progress toward a new integrated messaging system. SMART (State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset) remains the Department's highest priority information technology initiative. [...] | 2005-01-24 16:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM |
05STATE131486 | LEAHY VETTING GUIDANCE/ACES UP AND RUNNING [...] Summary: The Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES),which is the Department's new software application to compile and track human rights abuses worldwide, is now operational. ACES is a clearinghouse of human rights- related reporting, which will facilitate the management of human rights abuse a [...] | 2005-07-14 23:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP MASS PINR PREL AADP |
05STATE149626 | STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3-10. SUMMARY 2. (S) The Saudis have been aggressive in their public condemnation of the 7/7 London bombings, the murder of the Egyptian diplomat in Baghdad, and the Sharm al-Shaykh attacks. We should urge the Saudis to sustain the public [...] | 2005-08-12 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL UK JO GCCC |
05STATE152885 | CURRENT STATUS OF SMART [...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. The purpose of this announcement is to provide an update on the status of SMART, the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset, which has been designed to consolidate cables, e-mails, and memos on a single platf [...] | 2005-08-18 16:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM |
05STATE15400 | FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) Status of the coalition: Many MNF partners are considering troop reductions or withdrawals after Iraq,s January elections. Others have mandates that will expire this summer and will be more diffic [...] | 2005-01-26 22:35:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IZ MARR MOPS PREL UNSC |
05STATE176974 | TALABANI DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQI [...] (U) September 14, 6:00 P.M., New York, UNGA 2. (U) Participants: USG --- NEA A/S C. David Welch NEA PDAS Elizabeth L. Cheney Prem Kumar (NEA/I/POL notetaker) Iraq ---- President Jalal Talabani Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari President,s Chief of Staff Kameron Karadaghi U.S [...] | 2005-09-23 21:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL UN IZ RU SY |
05STATE183800 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 5 - 6. 2. (C) Background. There are 22 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity under USG control at Guantanamo. DoD has determined that 15 of the 22 are no longer of intelligence/law enforcement value, and have been approved for release. [...] | 2005-10-04 00:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05STATE200834 | THE SECRETARY'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang exchanged views on the importance of democratic reform during their October 28 meeting. The Secretary said that the United States understood that Beijing placed constraints on Hong Kong but observed that people come naturall [...] | 2005-11-01 01:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV HK CH |
05STATE219156 | SMART UPDATE [...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. This message is another in a series of updates on the status of SMART, the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset. SMART is designed to consolidate cables, e- mails, and memos on a single platform integrated wi [...] | 2005-12-03 00:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM |
05STATE225765 | POSTING OF LEAHY VETTING GUIDE [...] The Deparment is pleased to announce that a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Leahy Vetting is now posted on the Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES) website at http://aces.state.sgov.gov/. This document serves as a practical user's guide for implementation of the Leahy Law at posts an [...] | 2005-12-15 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS KCRM SNAR |
05STATE226504 | GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF NEW SIPRNET DISTRIBUTION [...] The Department has established a new distribution caption, SIPDIS (5FAH-2 H-440),to facilitate inter-agency information sharing via post classified homepages on the US Government Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet). At present 180 posts and bureaus have classified homepages on [...] | 2005-12-16 20:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ACOA AOMS PINR KCCP SIPDIS GUIDANCE |
05STATE26545 | MTAG: TAIWAN ENTITIES SUPPORTING PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM; FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFERS TO SYRIA (C) [...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei please see para 4. 2. (S) Background: We want to raise with Taiwan concerns about Pakistan-based machine tools procurement agent K.M. Enterprise acquiring computer numerically- controlled (CNC) machines from the Taiwan manufacturer She Hong Ind [...] | 2005-02-14 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TW PK SY |
05TAIPEI1026 | DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SPECIAL BUDGET: PREPPING FOR [...] (C) Summary. The revised Defense Procurement Special Budget is still under discussion within the Executive Yuan (EY) in preparation for formal submission to the Legislative Yuan (LY). The Special Budget proposal that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) sent to the EY in February reduced [...] | 2005-03-09 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS TW |
05TAIPEI1027 | TAIWAN ON EXBS TRAINING [...] (U) Action Request para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: AIT met with Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Director Peter Ho on March 8, 2005 to discuss arrangements for the March 22-25 EXBS Training on export control laws and regulations. Ho expressed eagerness for the training and hoped that it will go [...] | 2005-03-09 09:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ECON PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1028 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW" [...] SUMMARY: News about China's anti-secession law, whose terms was unveiled Tuesday (3/8) when the bill was presented to the National People's Congress, was prominent on the front pages of all major dailies in Taiwan. While all the newspapers cited Taiwan officials criticizing the law as a step b [...] | 2005-03-09 23:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1029 | Taiwan Markets Calm After China's Anti-secession [...] (SBU) Taiwan's financial markets shrugged off China's "Anti-Secession Law" on March 8. The NT Dollar (NTD) appreciated against the U.S. dollar (USD),while the stock market index declined slightly. Foreign portfolio investors increased net stock purchases. Local economic observers believe [...] | 2005-03-09 23:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1037 | ANTI-SECESSION LAW: BALANCING GAME [...] (S) Summary: Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) officials tell AIT that President Chen Shui-bian believes the USG's public reaction to the PRC Anti-Secession Law draft will help moderate public demands for a strong official response from Taipei. Nevertheless, officials say there remains s [...] | 2005-03-10 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1038 | SMALL PRO-TIBETAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI [...] (U) On Thursday 10 March 2005, approximately ten members of the Tibetan Youth Congress gathered near the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) to stage a protest marking the forty-sixth anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese communist rule. The small band of protesters arrived [...] | 2005-03-10 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1045 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW" [...] SUMMARY: As newspapers in Taiwan continued their coverage of China's "anti-secession law" March 10, the focus moved to the U.S. role in the situation. Comments by White House Spokesman Scott McClellan and State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher describing the "anti-secession law" as "unhelp [...] | 2005-03-11 00:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1052 | UNDERAGE MARRIAGE IN TAIWAN [...] (U) Following is AIT Taipei/Kaoshiung's preliminary report on child marriage in Taiwan. The report is according to reftel sections, beginning with A. In accordance with the USG's one-China policy, the use of the word country in reference to Taiwan is not used in this report. A) (U) What is [...] | 2005-03-11 05:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI KWMN TW |
05TAIPEI1055 | TAIWAN CONFIRMS ADHERENCE TO 12 CT CONVENTIONS AND [...] (SBU) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on March 4 provided AIT official documentation confirming Taipei's adherence to the 12 international counterterrorism (CT) conventions and protocols. In December 2004, the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) requested AIT verify that Taiwan [...] | 2005-03-11 07:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1070 | TAIWAN'S SPLIT PERSONALITY ON TRADE POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan displays a split personality when it comes to trade policy. Open trade is desirable for the manufacturing and industrial sectors, but on agriculture, Taiwan takes a decidedly protectionist approach. Despite a dramatically improved environment in bilateral trade over the [...] | 2005-03-11 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1071 | TAIWAN BFDA PROMISES TRANSPARENCY ON PHARMA [...] Summary: Taiwan's Director of the Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis confirmed to AIT and a visiting Department of Commerce official March 9 that his bureau was fully responsible for the development and implementation of pharmaceutical validation and site inspection requirements. He promised t [...] | 2005-03-11 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1072 | TAIWAN'S "GREEN" PARTY PICKS ECONOMICS OVER THE [...] (C) Summary. The Kyoto Protocol coming into force on February 16th has led Taiwan's policy makers to espouse a renewed commitment to work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions within Taiwan. However, the Kyoto Protocol is not driving changes in Taiwan's environmental policies. Taiwan has fa [...] | 2005-03-13 22:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KNNP SENV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1074 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW" [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan continued to report on China's "anti-secession law" March 11 by focusing on President Chen Shui-bian's articulation of gratitude to Washington for its concern about the legislation and for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's comments on it [...] | 2005-03-13 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1076 | PROSECUTORS CONFIDENT IN CHEN SHOOTING [...] (SBU) Summary. In a conversation with AIT/K, Tainan Prosecutors investigating the 19 March 2004 shooting of President Chen and Vice President Lu expressed confidence that their investigation had narrowed to a single, most likely perpetrator -- Chen Yi-hsiung, an unemployed 64-year-old man fr [...] | 2005-03-13 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1079 | SMALL ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI [...] (U) On Friday 11 March 2005, activist ZHOU Qingjun and five followers from his self-proclaimed Republic of China Patriotic Alliance staged a brief anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) Consular section. The demonstrators arrived around 1015 hours local ti [...] | 2005-03-14 03:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1080 | CROSS-STRAIT - UNILATERAL ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION [...] (C) In the positive atmosphere following the Lunar New Year charter flights, recent moves by the Taiwan government have suggested that it was on the verge of further liberalization across a range of cross-Strait economic policy areas. These include the creation of an offshore dollar-denominat [...] | 2005-03-14 04:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN TW CH |
05TAIPEI1085 | TAIWAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan issued a strong formal reaction to the PRC National People's Congress (NPC) March 14 passage of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu, speaking for the government, condemned the PRC move as "provocative" and in violation of the will of th [...] | 2005-03-14 10:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1086 | TAIWAN SEEKING CLOSER TIES TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is seeking closer political, economic, and security ties with Israel. Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials are accelerating their campaign to use NGOs and think-tanks to promote Taipei's interests in Israel. Despite Israel's one-China policy, Tel Aviv perm [...] | 2005-03-14 22:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TW IS |
05TAIPEI1090 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Major newspapers in Taiwan continue to scrutinize the progress and possible impact of China's anti-secession law. Taiwan newspapers played up comments made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that maintain that the law clearly raises cross-Strait tensions and several reported on po [...] | 2005-03-14 23:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1091 | ECONOMICS COULD DIMINISH PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) The next Chairman of the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) believes that Chinese airlines are not interested in cross-Strait charter cargo flights because they don't have the capacity to compete with China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Air. He says that CAL has unrealistic expectations of the lo [...] | 2005-03-15 01:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON CH TW |
05TAIPEI1107 | TAIWAN: 2004 TRADE PERFORMANCE [...] Summary: Taiwan's global trade in 2004 totaled USD 341.9 billion, a record. Both global exports and imports registered historic highs of USD 174 billion and 167.9 billion, respectively, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Finance (MOF). However, due to a faster rate of growth in imports than [...] | 2005-03-15 07:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTDB TW |
05TAIPEI1110 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Reactions to China's passage of the Anti- Secession Law dominated news coverage in Taiwan newspapers March 15, as major Chinese-language dailies dedicated an average of six pages to the issue. In addition to denunciations of the law by Taiwan officials and politicians, all major news [...] | 2005-03-15 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1112 | SPECIAL BUDGET POLITICS: NO PLAN TO SPLIT PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) officials denied March 11 press reports that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is preparing to remove PAC-III anti-air systems from the special defense procurement budget package awaiting approval by the Legislative Yuan (LY). The Chen adminis [...] | 2005-03-15 12:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PGOV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1125 | NEW KAOHSIUNG MAYOR ON CROSS-STRAIT AND OTHER [...] (C) In an initial call by AIT/K Branch Chief on newly appointed Kaohsiung Acting Mayor Chen Chi-Mai, Chen described himself as a DPP moderate who sees expanded cross-Strait economic ties as the best way to build confidence across the Strait. Widely seen as a protege of President Chen, Mayor [...] | 2005-03-16 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1137 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Leading newspapers in Taiwan continued their coverage March 16 of the impact of China's Anti- Secession Law and the U.S. role in the matter, although local politics appeared on the front pages of some of the newspapers. All newspapers carried stories regarding Taiwan Premier Frank Hs [...] | 2005-03-16 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1145 | TAIWAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT INFORMATION OFFICE DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The appointment of Yao Wen-chi (aka Pasuya Yao) to be Taiwan,s new Government Information Office (GIO) Director represents another move by Premier Frank Hsieh to position his long-time aides in key EY positions. Yao is a long-time AIT/K contact and previously served as Kaohsiung [...] | 2005-03-16 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI115 | TAIWAN: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] AIT 2004-2005 PART II INCSR Responses follow: 2. Taiwan is not considered an important regional or offshore financial center. Money laundering in Taiwan is not generally related to narcotics trafficking. Most illegal or unregulated financial activities are done to avoid taxes or conceal [...] | 2005-01-13 04:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN TW |
05TAIPEI1151 | PREMIER CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSE AIDES TO KEY [...] (C) Summary. According to long-time allies of Premier Frank Hsieh, Hsieh will continue to move key staff from the Kaohsiung City Administration to the Executive Yuan. However, political considerations are forcing a slow pace in the announcements. Sources told AIT/K that former Kaohsiung Cit [...] | 2005-03-16 08:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1152 | Taiwan's 2004 Balance of Payments [...] In 2004 Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) posted a surplus of US$26.6 billion, resulting from its trade surplus, earnings from foreign exchange reserves, and capital inflows prompted by continued Taiwan Dollar (NTD) appreciation against the USD. The stronger NTD appears to be cutting into [...] | 2005-03-16 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1153 | PRESIDENT CHEN COMMENTS ON ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used a March 16 speech to an overseas Taiwanese group to make his first public comments on the Anti-Secession Law since its passage on March 14. Declaring the PRC legislation an "invasion law," Chen provided a six point position that highlighted Taiwan ob [...] | 2005-03-16 11:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1164 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: News coverage of major Taiwan newspapers March 17 focused on follow-up U.S. reaction and Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's first public statement on China's Anti-Secession Law. All newspapers reported that the U.S. House of Representatives was poised to approve a resolution March 16 t [...] | 2005-03-17 07:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1171 | MARKETS STEADY AS TAIWAN REACTS TO ANTI-SECESSION [...] (SBU) Taiwan's stock market showed a significant drop March 14 and 15 as the PRC passed the Anti-Secession Law and Taiwan's officials reacted. The NT dollar also lost value. However, it is unclear whether these declines were a result of the Anti-Secession Law or completely unrelated factors. [...] | 2005-03-17 08:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1173 | ANTI-SECESSION LAW: TAIWAN CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Taipei is aggressively courting international support in its opposition to Beijing's Anti-Secession Law. Taiwan diplomats and representatives abroad have been tasked with lobbying host governments, and President Chen has given interviews to the foreign media. On March 15, Mini [...] | 2005-03-17 09:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1176 | AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN REPORTS PEACEFUL [...] (U) On Wednesday 16 March 2005, activist ZHOU Qingjun and five followers from his self-proclaimed Republic of China Patriotic Alliance staged a brief anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) Consular section. The demonstrators arrived around 1500 hours local [...] | 2005-03-17 23:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI118 | LIEN CHAN ON SPECIAL BUDGET, CROSS-STRAIT, AND PFP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan told AIT Director on December 12 that the KMT Legislative Yuan (LY) caucus intends to pass half (approximately USD nine billion) of the USD 18 billion as soon as the legislation is resubmitted in the next LY session, beginning February 1. On the cross-Strai [...] | 2005-01-13 06:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1183 | LY PRESIDENT WANG JOINS KMT CHAIRMAN RACE [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng declared his candidacy for the KMT Chairman race on March 17. Wang's long-expected announcement came a day after the KMT formally decided to postpone the election date from May 28 to July 16. Wang's opponent, Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying [...] | 2005-03-18 06:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1185 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan continued March 18 to report on China's Anti-Secession Law by focusing on the U.S. House of Representatives' successful passage of a resolution Thursday demanding that the Bush administration express grave concern about the Anti-Secession La [...] | 2005-03-18 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1187 | ANNIVERSARY PROTEST OF MARCH 19 SHOOTING LARGELY [...] (C) Summary: Pan-Blue officials have told AIT that the planned March 19 rally to protest the one-year anniversary of the shooting of President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu is primarily to placate KMT Chairman Lien Chan. Though there are widespread doubts among Pan-Blue -- and n [...] | 2005-03-18 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1188 | SECRETARY'S BEIJING VISIT: TAIWAN HOPES FOR MIX OF [...] (S) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen asked AIT March 18 that Secretary Rice deliver a firm message to PRC leaders over the recent enactment of the Anti-Secession Law during her upcoming visit to Beijing. At the same time, Chiou hoped the Secretary would u [...] | 2005-03-18 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1191 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT SURGES 51.1 [...] Taiwan's investment in the PRC rose by 51.1 percent in 2004 accounting for 67 percent of overall outbound investment from the island according to statistics from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Both the number of investment projects and their average value increased. However, PRC d [...] | 2005-03-21 04:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN TW CH |
05TAIPEI1195 | Southern Taiwan Reaction to Anti-Secession Law: [...] (SBU) In the political heartland of Taiwan's independence movement, Southern Taiwan political leaders have reacted strongly to Beijing's passage of the "Anti-Secession Law" (ASL),with acting Kaohsiung City Mayor, Chen Chi Mai and Kaohsiung County Magistrate Yang Chiu-hsing taking leading role [...] | 2005-03-21 05:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1200 | MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S BEIJING TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-21 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1201 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET FACING POLITICAL MINEFIELD [...] (C) Summary: A Pan-Blue leadership vacuum, political posturing by key legislators, and a hostile media environment may pose major barriers to early legislative action on the government's proposed special defense procurement budget. The Executive Yuan (EY) on March 16 slashed the funding reques [...] | 2005-03-21 10:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1216 | TAIWAN INVESTMENT IN PRC - NOT JUST FOR EXPORT [...] (U) A survey of Taiwan enterprises in the PRC shows that 55 percent of their total output by value was sold within the PRC. More than half of those surveyed cited the expanding PRC domestic market as a primary reason for investing. In addition, the survey showed that 50 percent of inputs were [...] | 2005-03-22 07:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN TW CH |
05TAIPEI1217 | US/TAIWAN HOLD FIRST ANTI-TRUST WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: Representatives from the US Department of Justice and Fair Trade Commission and representatives from the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission held a Digital Video Conference (DVC) March 16. This was the first meeting under the auspices of the U.S./Taiwan Anti-trust Working Group. The TFTC [...] | 2005-03-22 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI1224 | MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S BEIJING TRIP [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies continued March 22 to report on U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Beijing by focusing on a press conference she attended there Monday in which she said the Anti- Secession Law is not a welcome development and Beijing should adopt measures to reduce [...] | 2005-03-22 08:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1225 | TAIPEI WELCOMES SECRETARY'S PUBLIC REMARKS IN [...] (C) Taiwan officials have expressed appreciation for Secretary Rice's public remarks on the Anti-Secession Law and SIPDIS Taiwan Relations Act during her March 20-21 visit to Beijing. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu told AIT the Secretary's statements were "wonderful" and [...] | 2005-03-22 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1226 | TAIWAN - MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, AIT/T offers the following information on maritime security issues in Taiwan. Taiwan's cooperation with the U.S. on maritime security issues is excellent, due in part to the importance of the shipping industry to the island's economy and Taiwan's exclusion from in [...] | 2005-03-22 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC |
05TAIPEI1229 | MARCH 19 RALLY ATTACKS CHEN, SOONG, AND MA [...] (C) Summary: The KMT's March 19 rally was more significant for the drama behind the scenes than what unfolded on stage. Although originally organized to protest the DPP government's handling of last year's election eve shooting of President Chen and VP Lu, the rally deteriorated into a pair [...] | 2005-03-22 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1233 | TAIWAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY SEARCHES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-23 05:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI130 | CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. According to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),Beijing this afternoon, January 13, accepted Taiwan's proposed delegation to participate in negotiations on direct cross-Strait charter flights around the Chinese New Year. At this still early point in the negotiation proces [...] | 2005-01-13 10:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI134 | SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW NOTIFICATION - [...] Econ Chief met January 13 with Taiwan Intellectual Property Office Deputy Director General Jack Lu to deliver reftel points and delivered the same message in a call to Ministry of Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Steve Chen. Chen and Lu welcomed the news that Taiwan would be downgraded from t [...] | 2005-01-13 23:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON IPR |
05TAIPEI1343 | TAIWAN POLITICS AND EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) The State NP EXBS (Export Control and Border Security) training on Export Control Laws and Regulations began on March 22 with 38 participants representing 16 different Taiwan Executive Branch agencies, one Legislative Yuan (LY) Member, and one LY staffer. After official opening remarks [...] | 2005-03-23 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI135 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS, [...] Cross-Strait Charter Flights A) "Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait Seize the Opportunity to Break the Ice and Create a Win-Win Situation" Journalist Chu Chien-ling observed in the centrist, pro- status quo "China Times" (1/13): ". Judging from the interactions [between the two sides of t [...] | 2005-01-14 00:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI136 | STEEL AND CEMENT - DEEPENING CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (C) Taiwan,s steel industry is exporting a large portion of its output to the PRC, accounting for as much as 50 percent of Taiwan,s steel exports. As is the case for many other Taiwan exports to the Mainland, Taiwan steel is mainly used to manufacture consumer goods for re-export to markets i [...] | 2005-01-14 01:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI1366 | MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S BEIJING TRIP AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1376 | CROSS-STRAIT LIBERALIZATION ON HOLD UNTIL MAY [...] (C) Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Department of Economic Director Fu Don-cheng confirmed that cross-Strait economic liberalization and government-sponsored exchanges are on hold until at least May. He said that the recent goodwill measures offered by the PRC on passenger charter flights, agr [...] | 2005-03-25 04:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAIR ETTC EFIN CH TW |
05TAIPEI1402 | UMC ANNOUNCES DEAL WITH PRC'S HE JIAN [...] (C) Semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) announced a deal whereby it would receive 15 percent of He Jian Technology Co. It is not yet clear whether this deal will help UMC resolve accusations that it illegally provided assistance to the PRC competitor in violation of [...] | 2005-03-25 09:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC TW CH |
05TAIPEI1403 | 3/26 RALLY AIMS TO CONTAIN ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian announced on March 24 that he would participate, but not speak at, the March 26 "Use Peace and Democracy to Protect Taiwan" rally in Taipei. Presidential aides say the rally is aimed at releasing public anger over the PRC's March 14 enactment of the Anti-Se [...] | 2005-03-25 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI1404 | WHERE HAVE ALL THE BUSES GONE? -- THE 326 PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) plans for a one-million-person rally on March 26 to protest China's Anti-Secession Law are running into logistical problems. While Southern Taiwan DPP offices and officials have found no shortage of supporters willing to participate, they fear a [...] | 2005-03-26 01:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1407 | CHEN SHUI-BIAN: RESILIENT, IN CONTROL, BUT BOXED IN [...] (C) Summary. In the three months since he led his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) into its December legislative election setback, President Chen Shui-bian has stepped back from the confrontational public rhetoric he brought to both the presidential and legislative campaigns last year. His [...] | 2005-03-28 06:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1409 | Taiwan's Next Step in Chunghwa Telecom [...] Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh has revived Taiwan's stalled privatization plans by ordering the sale of another 17% of government equity in Chunghwa Telecom Company (CTC),Taiwan's largest telecomm firm. The planned transaction will reduce government ownership in CTC to below 50%. Revenue from t [...] | 2005-03-28 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1413 | Taiwan State-owned Bank for Sale [...] (U) In mid-March 2005, two foreign consortia bid on the Changhwa Commercial Bank (CCB),slated to become the first Taiwan state-owned bank sold to foreign investors. If the bid price is too low, Taiwan may reconsider the proposed sale. The sale of CCB to foreign investors is a key part of T [...] | 2005-03-28 07:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1421 | PROCUREMENT STILL A CHALLENGE IN TAIWAN [...] (U) Summary: The public procurement process in Taiwan remains a longstanding irritant for US firms. Several recent cases of US firms running into problems with the procurement process, including allegations of improper political influence in the tendering process, indicate that this issue s [...] | 2005-03-28 07:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON BEXP ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI1426 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW, CROSS- [...] Summary: All major Taiwan newspapers carried extensive coverage over the weekend of the massive protest in Taipei March 26 against China's new Anti-Secession Law. All Taiwan newspapers described the rally in front of Taipei's Presidential Office as a peaceful demonstration, although their rep [...] | 2005-03-28 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1434 | FALSE MARRIAGES USED FOR TRAFFICKING IN TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kaoshiung County Police officials are investigating an organized crime case involving six Cambodian women who were trafficked to Taiwan and forced into prostitution. The women were promised jobs in a factory in Southern Taiwan and trafficked to Taiwan under false marriages. A [...] | 2005-03-28 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
05TAIPEI1436 | MARCH 26 RALLY CONCLUDES PEACEFULLY, ROCKY ROAD [...] (C) Summary: The March 26 "Love Peace, Protect Taiwan" rally organized to protest the PRC's Anti-Secession Law (ASL) proceeded peacefully. The Pan-Green claimed it mobilized almost one million people, but actual numbers are difficult to determine and subject to an ongoing partisan debate. Pr [...] | 2005-03-28 12:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI1437 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WARNS OF DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang told AIT on March 28 that Taipei will need some time before returning to the path of engagement with the PRC. Huang said that the government has concluded that Beijing timed the release of the Hsu Wen-lung letter (Septel) an [...] | 2005-03-28 12:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1438 | BEIJING PRESSURES PRO-DPP BUSINESS LEADER TO [...] (S) Summary: Long-time pro-DPP business leader Hsu Wen-lung penned a letter to a Taiwan newspaper on March 26 endorsing the PRC's position on "one China." Hsu's move was widely interpreted by the media and political world as a sign of mounting PRC pressure on Taiwan business leaders. Presiden [...] | 2005-03-28 12:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1499 | TAIWAN PROPOSES LATE-APRIL/MAY FOR MEGAPORTS VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-29 06:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM EWWT OTRA TW |
05TAIPEI1511 | TAIWAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALREADY PREPARED FOR PRC [...] (C) Taiwan's business community agrees that Chi-mei's Hsu Wen-lung issued his pro-"one China" statement March 26 due entirely to PRC pressure. However, it also agrees that the statement will not affect the level or growth of Taiwan investment in the Mainland. Taiwan investors had already lea [...] | 2005-03-29 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TW CH |
05TAIPEI1512 | TAIWAN MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON TIP [...] (U) Action Request see paragraph 7. 2. (U) AIT officers visited the Hsinchu Detention Center on March 29 and found the situation considerably improved for TIP victims since the November 2004 G/TIP visit. Ministry of Interior (MOI) authorities have made substantial efforts to improve protec [...] | 2005-03-29 10:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
05TAIPEI1514 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET REMAINS STUCK IN PROCEDURE [...] (C) Summary: The KMT and People First Party (PFP) rejected the government's request to place the special defense procurement budget on the Legislative Yuan (LY) calendar during a March 29 meeting of the Procedure Committee. This was the second week in a row that the committee refused to place [...] | 2005-03-29 11:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1525 | SOONG'S WEAKENING GRIP OVER THE PFP [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong's attempts to carve out an independent political niche for himself in Taiwan may be under threat from growing disunity within his party. The February 24 meeting between Soong and President Chen Shui-bian may have prolonged Soong's political survival but t [...] | 2005-03-30 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1526 | MILITARY OFFICERS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A year-long investigation into a illegal loan-sharking operation run by two Taiwan Army officers has resulted in a number of arrests and revealed additional involvement in prostitution, human trafficking and illegal weapons sales, according to local prosecutors. Kaohsiung pro [...] | 2005-03-31 00:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC TW TIP |
05TAIPEI153 | Taiwan: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2004, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct [...] | 2005-01-14 06:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1554 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: The coverage of the major Taipei dailies March 30 focused on KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kun's visit to China aimed at promoting cross-Strait relations. The major Chinese-language newspapers ran, either on their front pages or one of the first few inside pages, the news that Preside [...] | 2005-03-31 00:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1560 | Taiwan's Growth Continues Slowing [...] The slowing trend of Taiwan's economic growth has continued from the second half of 2004 into the first two months of 2005. Export growth has declined steadily. Industrial production has gone from growth to decline, while unemployment has edged-up for the first time in the past seven months. [...] | 2005-03-31 01:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1563 | TAIWAN: RESPONSE ON BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05- [...] Concerning the purchase application package of DTC CASE number 05-948068, for end user Chung Shan Institute of Science (CSIS). 2. Mr. W. Z. Chen who signed the Ring Line purchase orders is the company's chairman. Ms. Felisa Chang, W.Z. Chen's secretary, confirmed that CSIS is the end u [...] | 2005-03-31 07:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC KSEP TW |
05TAIPEI1571 | TAIWAN'S NEW COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICE [...] (C) AIT/T Deputy Director Keegan hosted officials from Taiwan's new Counterterrorism Office (CTO) to lunch on March 29 in order to learn the function of the office and how AIT might interface with it. Taiwan participants included National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General (Ste [...] | 2005-03-31 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1572 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION DENOUNCES KMT-CCP AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials denounced a 10-point joint statement worked out in Beijing March 30 between KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang and PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin. Pan-Blue officials hailed the KMT-CCP meeting as the start of a new offensive to wrest [...] | 2005-03-31 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1575 | TAIWAN LACKS DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO COUNTER BEIJING [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan lacks a viable foreign policy strategy to counter Beijing's growing international clout and global campaign to isolate Taipei. Taiwan foreign policy experts anticipate that a domestic crisis could be brewing as Taipei becomes diplomatically marginalized around the world a [...] | 2005-04-01 03:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1582 | Economic Briefing for March 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in March 2005: --Taiwan's economic performance in Q1 of 2005 --Privatization of two large state-owned enterprises --Legal-regulatory workshop for export control --High-Speed Rail Continues Efforts to Raise Capital --Ta [...] | 2005-04-01 08:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1591 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Coverage of the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies continued to focus on KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang's visit to China and the ten-point consensus reached between the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Several newspapers reported on either their front or first few pages t [...] | 2005-04-01 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1592 | Results of 2005 South China Reporting Conference in [...] (SBU) Reporting officers from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Kaohsiung joined AIT/T ECON, POL, FAS, FCS, JOs and CLASS students at the 2005 South China Reporting Conference held in Taipei March 24-25. After welcoming remarks from AIT/T Deputy Director Keegan, the 25-30 participants in t [...] | 2005-04-01 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI1594 | CROSS-STRAIT TRADE - TAIWAN'S SURPLUS GROWS, [...] (C) Taiwan's exports to the PRC grew by 27.2 percent in 2004 as its imports from the Mainland grew even more rapidly at 52.2 percent. Components shipped to Taiwan firms assembling electronic consumer goods in the PRC dominated Taiwan's exports at 57 percent, but similar products also made up [...] | 2005-04-04 03:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV TW CH |
05TAIPEI1620 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-04 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1625 | POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES OVER KMT-CCP ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration has heightened its criticism over the KMT's recent rapprochement with Beijing, accusing the opposition party of undermining national sovereignty and warning of legal sanctions. KMT officials tell AIT they will not be deterred in their effort to overturn wh [...] | 2005-04-04 11:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1626 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION ISSUES SEVEN POINT STATEMENT [...] (C) Taiwan National Security Advisor Chiou I-jen contacted AIT Director by phone on April 5 to inform him that President Chen Shui-bian had just concluded a meeting to discuss how to respond to the recent contacts between the KMT and Beijing, especially the recent trip of KMT Vice Chairman Chia [...] | 2005-04-05 14:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PREL TW US |
05TAIPEI1640 | TAIWAN'S FOURTH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - HURDLES [...] (C) Summary. While the chances of completing the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) have improved under the second Chen Administration (refs a and b),serious challenges remain. Contractors for the project describe its management as beset by mass confusion and poor planning. While the Chen A [...] | 2005-04-06 05:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KNNP SENV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1644 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT [...] Summary: Coverage of the Taipei dailies April 6 centered on the cross-Strait relations and local politics. All the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported on their front pages that President Chen Shui-bian decided in a meeting Tuesday that the government will utilize laws to deal with [...] | 2005-04-06 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI165 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-14 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1671 | FM CHEN REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR VATICAN VISIT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mark Chen contacted AIT on April 6 to ask for USG assistance with President Chen Shui-bian's planned trip to the Vatican on April 8 to attend memorial services for Pope John Paul II. FM Chen said that the Holy See has received approval from the Italian government to grant [...] | 2005-04-06 23:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI168 | REALITY CHECK ON DPP-PFP COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong is struggling to recover from a political setback and is using everything within his means. Soong has fueled rumors of a DPP-PFP alliance and is hoping to use a visit to Washington to sanction his role as a national leader in Taiwan. The DPP, having fal [...] | 2005-01-14 10:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1684 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION WARNS KMT, BEIJING OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration's April 5 "Seven Point" statement was aimed at laying down a marker for both Beijing and the KMT ahead of a proposed meeting between PRC President Hu Jintao and KMT Chairman Lien Chan, according to a readout provided to AIT on April 6. Taiwan officials said [...] | 2005-04-07 11:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1690 | CROSS-STRAIT TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS GIVE PRC [...] (C) In recent reporting, AIT/T has identified three important trends in cross-Strait trade and investment. First, even as the PRC becomes an ever more important trading partner for Taiwan, Taiwan's relative importance as a trading partner and source of investment for the PRC is diminishing. Se [...] | 2005-04-08 05:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ETTC TW CH |
05TAIPEI1691 | MORE "EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT" COULD AFFECT [...] (C) After the April 5 meeting of senior Chen administration and DPP officials on cross-Strait relations, the Taiwan government has announced a new emphasis on the "effective management" portion of its "active opening, effective management policy" (ref B). "Difficult to manage" policies will b [...] | 2005-04-08 05:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TW CH |
05TAIPEI17 | TAIWAN: 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Taiwan was $14.2 billion in 2003, up $385 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports during the same period were $ 17.4 billion, down 5.1 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were $31.6 billion, down 1.7 percent. Taiwan is the 9th la [...] | 2005-01-04 06:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTDB TW KPRP |
05TAIPEI1705 | TAIWAN CUSTOMS OFFICERS GET NINTENDO TRAINING [...] Following the disbanding of the Export Monitoring System (EMS) on December 31, 2004, entertainment software companies have been concerned that Taiwan Customs would be unable and unwilling to take action to protect intellectual property to the same standard as the EMS. At the urging of AIT, Ta [...] | 2005-04-08 07:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON TW IPR |
05TAIPEI1706 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: AIT/T Acting Director Keegan delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen and to Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh in separate meetings on April 7. Both Ministers expressed Taiwan's strong commitment to strengthen Taiwan's export controls. Minister M [...] | 2005-04-08 08:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1708 | USTR CALLS ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: The USTR Director for Taiwan and Hong Kong met with government officials and US business representatives in Taipei to discuss ongoing bilateral trade concerns and the delay of proposed meetings under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Eliminating barriers to ag [...] | 2005-04-08 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI1709 | KMT DEFENDS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH CCP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Mainland Affairs Director Chang Jung-kung told AIT that the KMT and PRC are building a cooperative relationship that is based on their shared opposition to Taiwan independence. Chang stated that the KMT and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have a tacit agreement not to discuss [...] | 2005-04-08 11:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1724 | KMT VICE CHAIR CHIANG SEEKS USG HELP IN FORGING [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang urged the USG to intervene in public and private to urge the Chen administration and KMT leadership to cooperate on cross-Strait policy. Chiang, who provided the Director a readout of his recent trip to the Mainland, expressed concern that mounting d [...] | 2005-04-11 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1725 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT MEDIA EXCHANGES, [...] Summary: Most major Taipei dailies started covering April 11 a Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) announcement made the previous day that Taiwan would temporary ban China's Xinhua News Agency and the People's Daily from sending journalists to Taiwan. The pro-unification "United Daily News" was [...] | 2005-04-12 02:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1750 | KMT VICE CHAIR CHIANG PROVIDES READOUT OF BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang provided the AIT Director a readout April 11 of his late March visit to the Mainland. Chiang said that he was not involved in the planning for the visit and only learned about arrangements for senior level meetings with PRC officials in Beijing just [...] | 2005-04-12 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1751 | TAIWAN ACTIVELY TACKLES TIP CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Action request: see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Since AIT and G/TIP's November 2004 visit, Taiwan immigration authorities have demonstrated at both the Hsinchu and Ilan Detention Centers that they have adopted a comprehensive screening process for trafficking in persons (TIP) vic [...] | 2005-04-12 09:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TW ASEC TIP |
05TAIPEI1752 | PRC MEDIA BAN: MAC ADMITS MISTAKE BUT POLICY STANDS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are trying to contain negative political and media fallout from an April 10 announcement that Taipei would ban journalists from PRC-owned Xinhua and the People's Daily in retaliation for Beijing's enactment of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC [...] | 2005-04-12 10:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH TW TIP |
05TAIPEI1753 | CHINA WATCHERS' VIEWS ON KMT-CCP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Senior China Watchers and former Taiwan government officials met with AIT on April 8 to discuss the late March KMT-CCP meeting and "Ten-point consensus." Despite the range of political views held by the academics -- from deep blue to medium green -- the China Watchers agreed that [...] | 2005-04-12 10:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1756 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT MEDIA EXCHANGES, [...] Summary: Major Chinese-languages Taipei dailies started to comment April 12 on a Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) announcement Sunday that Taiwan would temporary ban China's Xinhua News Agency and the People's Daily from sending journalists to Taiwan. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" edit [...] | 2005-04-12 23:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1769 | MEDIA REACTION: JAPANESE HISTORY TEXTBOOK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 08:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1780 | TAIWAN'S INADEQUATE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: On April 8 Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) gave AIT a report on its investigations into the She Hong Company and Eumatech Company machine tool shipments to Syria, as we had requested in refs C and D. The results of the BOFT investigations, while welcome, suggest that the [...] | 2005-04-14 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1781 | CHI MEI FOUNDER STATEMENT DICTATED BY BEIJING [...] (C) Chi Mei Group senior executives confirmed to AIT/K that the text of Chi Mei Founder Hsu Wen-lung's March 26 statement in support of "one China" had been dictated in full by Beijing authorities and Hsu had not requested nor negotiated any changes to the text. They said Mainland authoritie [...] | 2005-04-14 22:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV ETRD CH TW |
05TAIPEI1785 | MEDIA REACTION: JAPANESE HISTORY TEXTBOOK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 01:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1796 | TAIWAN NEGLECTING CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is neglecting Central and Eastern Europe in favor of traditional European Union (EU) members in the west. Despite substantial efforts by Central and Eastern European governments to promote ties with Taipei, Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials told AIT that [...] | 2005-04-15 05:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1797 | VICE PREMIER URGES U.S. TO STUDY FTA WITH TAIWAN [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting, Taiwan's Vice Premier Wu Rong-I told AIT/T Econ Section Chief that Premier Frank Hsieh would maintain most of the economic policies of his predecessor. He also outlined the government goals for financial reform, which focus on bank consolidation, and fiscal policy [...] | 2005-04-15 06:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW CH |
05TAIPEI1803 | SPECIAL BUDGET REMAINS IN POLITICAL LIMBO [...] (C) Summary. Rising political discord among Taiwan political parties is complicating prospects for passage of the Defense Procurement Special Budget in the Legislative Yuan (LY). The political parties are largely focused inward on the domestic political debate and jockeying for short-term p [...] | 2005-04-15 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR TW |
05TAIPEI1817 | TAIWAN NEWSPAPER COMMENTS ON UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-18 07:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1821 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ANTI-SECESSION LAW, [...] Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns' remarks before a Congressional hearing Thursday that the United States has spoken out very vigorously against the Anti-Secession Law have received wide coverage in the major Taipei dailies April 16. Both the centrist "China Times" and pro [...] | 2005-04-18 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1826 | CHEN SHUI-BIAN: SURPRISES AHEAD? [...] (C) Summary. The moderate "presidential" persona that President Chen Shui-bian has cultivated for the past four months masks a hard driving political tactician who continues to work backstage to destroy the opposition Pan-Blue majority coalition. The &reconciliation8 agenda of this moderate [...] | 2005-04-18 10:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1827 | MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS CONTINUE AHEAD OF LIEN [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian and KMT Chairman Lien Chan used public fora in Taipei and Singapore to trade another round of public accusations. During an April 16 speech, President Chen asked mockingly if the KMT's upcoming talks with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were aimed at lo [...] | 2005-04-18 10:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1828 | PFP LEGISLATOR EMBRACES KMT BANNER [...] (C) Summary: Popular People First Party (PFP) Legislator Chou Hsi-wei announced April 13 that he is rejoining the KMT and intends to participate in the KMT Taipei County Magistrate primary race. The PFP responded by announcing it would expel Chou. While Chou did not specify why he was leavi [...] | 2005-04-18 10:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1840 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-JAPANESE DISPUTES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-19 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1841 | VATICAN ASKS TAIWAN NOT TO SEND SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor Lin Jin-chang told AIT April 19 that the Vatican Foreign Ministry has requested that Taiwan not send any ranking official to ceremonies to inaugurate the next Pope. Lin said the Vatican's list of "ranking officials" includes the President, Vi [...] | 2005-04-19 22:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TW VT |
05TAIPEI1849 | SOONG ON SPECIAL BUDGET AND UPCOMING PRC VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with the AIT Director, People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong said his party would allow the USD 18 billion Special Defense Budget to pass at the end of the current Legislative Yuan session in late May/early June despite lingering doubts over portion [...] | 2005-04-20 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1851 | LOBBYING FOR BEEF: TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND [...] (C) Summary. The fifteen-month odyssey to end the Taiwan ban on U.S. beef imports concluded April 16, with the formal announcement that the ban was lifted. The first beef shipments are expected to arrive in Taiwan by the end of April. Even at the last moment, when the battle appeared won, [...] | 2005-04-20 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1853 | TAIWAN'S REVISED TECH PROTECTION BILL [...] (C) Summary and comment: At a Cabinet meeting on April 13, Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) passed a "Sensitive Technology Protection" bill that is a more comprehensive, tougher version of the "Technology Protection Bill" that has been stalled in the Legislative Yuan (LY) for over two years. Whi [...] | 2005-04-20 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI1863 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, SINO- [...] Summary: The upcoming trips to China by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong have received wide coverage in the Taipei dailies April 20, as to be expected after Taiwan's Presidential Office April 19 announcement put the visits in a somewhat different light. The Presidential Off [...] | 2005-04-21 03:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1867 | CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS AND TAIWAN'S POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian had hoped to use passage of the Anti-Secession Law to convince the Taiwan public of Beijing's unalterable animosity and to delay discussion of any cross-Strait initiatives until after the May 14 National Assembly elections or perhaps much longer. While Che [...] | 2005-04-21 06:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1871 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO PFP TO STEAL KMT [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisors assert that Beijing's April 18 invitation to People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong was a vindication of the government's hard-line stance towards the KMT's attempts to open a separate dialogue with the PRC. Presidential Office Deputy Secretary Genera [...] | 2005-04-21 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1872 | KMT CHAIRMAN ON SPECIAL BUDGET AND PRC TRIP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan told the AIT Director on April 21 that the KMT's support for passage of the Special Defense Budget at a reduced funding level remained unchanged from what he pledged to the Director during their January 12 meeting. Lien said, however, that all negotiations [...] | 2005-04-21 10:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1873 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taipei dailies' April 21 coverage of the forthcoming China visits by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong focused on Lien's and KMT Secretary-General Lin Feng-cheng's remarks Wednesday SIPDIS that both sides of the Strait have been ruled separately. The centrist "C [...] | 2005-04-22 01:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1878 | BABY STEPS TOWARD TAIWAN BANK CONSOLIDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The announcement on April 19 of a merger plan approved by the boards of both Shinkong Financial Holding Corporation and Macoto Bank is a small step toward much needed bank consolidation in Taiwan, and one that government and investment bankers alike hope will serve as a catalys [...] | 2005-04-22 06:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1881 | TAIWAN'S NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE: TUNING UP A [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing a severe budget shortfall for 2005 that is projected to increase dramatically in coming years, the Taiwan Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) and the Department of Health in April began to implement several measures designed to increase revenue and cut expenses. [...] | 2005-04-22 08:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI1890 | TAIWAN'S FIXED NETWORK LICENSING: AGAIN, NO BIDDERS [...] Summary: In two consecutive open seasons, Taiwan's Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) has received no interested applications for fixed network licenses. The 2005 spring open season for applications closed on March 31, 2005. Industry watchers are pessimistic about the prospect [...] | 2005-04-22 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1892 | KMT MAINLAND AFFAIRS CHIEF ON LIEN'S PRC TRIP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Mainland Affairs Director Chang Jung-kung told AIT on April 21 that the primary purpose of KMT Chairman Lien Chan's upcoming PRC visit was to reach a cross-Strait peace consensus rather than to talk about trade liberalization. Chang pointed out that economic issues had alrea [...] | 2005-04-22 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1893 | CHEN ENDORSES KMT VISIT, LIEN TO CALL CHEN BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Office Spokesman announced on April 21 that President Chen Shui-bian endorses KMT Chairman Lien Chan's upcoming visit to Mainland China. The statement came hours after Presidential Office Secretary General Yu Shyi-kun and his KMT counterpart, Lin Fong-cheng, agre [...] | 2005-04-22 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1898 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As newspapers in Taiwan continued their coverage April 22 of the upcoming China trips by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong, the focus shifted to the U.S. attitude toward the trips. The centrist "China Times" ran a banner headline on its front page that read: "Secret [...] | 2005-04-23 00:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI19 | POST-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: DPP DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: In the December legislative elections in Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gained both seats and vote share and remains the largest party in the Legislative Yuan (LY). Nonetheless, almost all media accounts described it as a "defeat" for the DPP, and almost all side [...] | 2005-01-04 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI1901 | DOH DRAFTING REGS FOR TAIWAN'S NATIONAL BLOOD LAW [...] AIT met with the Director General of the Bureau of Medical Affairs (BOMA) Hsueh Jiu-yuan and staff April 19 to discuss the status of draft implementing regulations for the National Blood Law passed in December 2004. An initial draft of the regulations has been prepared, AIT/T is preparing a [...] | 2005-04-25 07:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI1907 | SEIZURE OF COUNTERFEIT MICROSOFT CERTIFICATES [...] WORKING ON A TIP FROM MICROSOFT AND AFTER AN INVESTIGATION LASTING SEVERAL MONTHS, TAIWAN'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU (CIB) RECENTLY RAIDED A MARKETING FIRM AND AN OFFICE LOCATED IN TAIPEI CITY AND COUNTY, SEIZING COUNTERFEIT MICROSOFT CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICATION (COA). FOUR SUSPECTS [...] | 2005-04-25 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD TW IPR |
05TAIPEI1910 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: The major Taipei dailies over the weekend provided a great deal of coverage on the upcoming China trips by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong, with two new angles: President Chen Shui-bian's change of attitude about the visits, and the role of the United States with [...] | 2005-04-25 22:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1919 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FIRST QUARTER [...] (U) During the first quarter of 2004, EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL) both made progress in establishing air cargo ventures in Mainland China. The airlines also applied for permission to fly through PRC airspace on flights to Europe and other parts of Asia. Taiwan's Investment Commission fi [...] | 2005-04-26 07:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW |
05TAIPEI192 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS, [...] Cross-Strait Charter Flights A) "[We] Sincerely Hope that Cross-Strait Two-way Charter Flights for the Chinese New Year Will Fly through Clouds and Open a New Page for Win-win Situations for Both Sides [of the Taiwan Strait]" The conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" editorial [...] | 2005-01-18 23:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1923 | UMC CHAIRMAN FINED, INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE [...] (U) Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced on April 20 that it would fine United Microelectronics Co. (UMC) Chairman Robert Tsao NT$ 3 million (USD 95,000) for two separate violations of failure to disclose important information to stockholders. The information concerned UM [...] | 2005-04-26 08:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1924 | UMC CHAIRMAN FINED, INVESTIGATION CONTINUE [...] (U) Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced on April 20 that it would fine United Microelectronics Co. (UMC) Chairman Robert Tsao NT$ 3 million (USD 95,000) for two separate violations of failure to disclose important information to stockholders. The information concerned UM [...] | 2005-04-26 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI1925 | LIEN DEPARTS AFTER FRIENDLY CALL WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan departed Taipei for the Mainland April 26, a day after he spoke by phone with President Chen Shui-bian about his controversial trip. Lien told the President that he would not do anything to infringe on the government's authority and promised to convey any s [...] | 2005-04-26 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1928 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan's departure for China today and his telephone conversation with President Chen Shui-bian yesterday concerning his China trip received extensive coverage April 26 in the major Taipei dailies. The pro-unification "United Daily News" carried a front-page headline [...] | 2005-04-27 05:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1939 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused April 27 on the violent clashes at CKS Airport between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green supporters Tuesday morning when they "saw off" KMT Chairman Lien Chan as he embarked on his eight-day trip to China. The centrist "China Times" [...] | 2005-04-27 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1956 | MEDIA REACTION: LIEN CHAN'S CHINA TRIP [...] Summary: While the Taipei dailies continued to report April 28 on the aftermath of the violent clashes that took place at CKS International Airport between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green supporters Tuesday when KMT Chairman Lien Chan departed for his trip to China, newspapers also focused on the meet [...] | 2005-04-28 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1960 | FALLOUT OVER AIRPORT VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The April 26 clash between Pan-Green and Pan-Blue radicals at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek (CKS) International Airport over KMT Chairman Lien Chan's visit to Mainland China continues to dominate the Taiwan media, attracting almost as much attention as Lien's ongoing visit itself. The violenc [...] | 2005-04-28 09:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1963 | TAIWAN'S RFID INDUSTRY - LOTS OF HYPE, LIMITED [...] (SBU) Taiwan industry and government is seriously interested in the economic potential of radio frequency identification technology. Much of the focus is on logistics/supply chain management systems that would require a universal standard and inexpensive tag manufacturing. Taiwan observers b [...] | 2005-04-29 02:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND AA TW CH |
05TAIPEI1968 | LIEN IN BEIJING: CHEN TO OFFER LOW-KEY RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration plans a low-key reaction to KMT Chairman Lien Chan's Friday meeting with PRC President Hu Jintao in order to keep open options for a inter-party summit after Lien's return. Officials are generally relieved that Lien received no substantive "deliverables" d [...] | 2005-04-29 12:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1969 | DPP FACTION EMBARKS ON CROSS-STRAIT INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Away from the media glare given to the recent Pan-Blue cross-Strait initiatives, the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) moderate New Tide faction has opened talks with PRC authorities about establishing a cross-Strait cooperation mechanism to tackle financial crimes. New Tide el [...] | 2005-04-29 13:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1974 | Environmental Sustainability Index - Taiwan [...] (SBU) Summary. In January 2005, Yale, Columbia and the World Economic Forum published a joint study that ranked Taiwan as the world's second worst economy in terms of environmental stewardship. The low ranking troubles policy makers in Taiwan because of significant environmental progress in [...] | 2005-05-02 06:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SENV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI1975 | TAIWAN GOVERNMENT HEARS INDUSTRY'S VOICE OVER [...] Summary: Given the economic and consumer advantages offered by Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) announced April 15, 2005 that it would opt for a light-touch policy that will embrace innovation, competition and consumer interests. DGT ha [...] | 2005-05-02 06:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON TW WTRO |
05TAIPEI1977 | PRESIDENT MOVES TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian moved on May 1 to regain control over the cross-Strait agenda in the wake of the Lien Chan visit to Beijing. Chen announced that he will use the upcoming visit of People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong to convey a message to PRC President Hu Jintao, [...] | 2005-05-02 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI1979 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taipei dailies continued to cover KMT Chairman Lien Chan's China trip May 2, the focus has moved to President Chen Shui-bian's remarks Sunday en route to the Marshall Islands made with regard to PFP Chairman James Soong's upcoming visit to China. The front-page stories of the cent [...] | 2005-05-02 23:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI20 | CHEN CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: In his New Year's Speech, Chen Shui-bian called for reconciliation and cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties in order to stabilize domestic politics and promote cross-Strait peace. Chen suggested that the Pan-Green and Pan-Blue start dialogue on the areas on whic [...] | 2005-01-04 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2001 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET: MOVEMENT IN MID-MAY? [...] (C) Summary: Ruling and opposition party officials express cautious optimism that the Legislative Yuan (LY) will take action on Special Defense Procurement Budget shortly after the May 14 National Assembly election. President Chen Shui-bian will try to meet with the two Pan-Blue leaders, eit [...] | 2005-05-03 07:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2003 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taiwan dailies continued to cover KMT Chairman Lien Chan's China trip May 3, the focus has shifted to President Chen Shui-bian's speech Monday to the Parliament of the Marshall Islands with regard to cross-Strait confidence-building measures. The pro- unification "United Daily New [...] | 2005-05-03 07:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2004 | SOONG CONFIDANTE ON UPCOMING PRC VISIT [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong is reportedly under pressure from Chen Shui-bian's recent "revelations" of their private conversations and from KMT efforts to portray KMT Chairman Lien Chan's visit to the PRC as enjoying the backing of the United States. While Soong is personally comfor [...] | 2005-05-03 08:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2011 | (U) TAIWAN BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE MAINLAND [...] (C) AIT/Taipei offers the following information in response to ref C regarding PRC pressure on Taiwan businesses operating in the Mainland. We have highlighted four examples of such pressure -- Chi Mei, Acer, Quanta, and Evergreen. We also note that many firms report the same kind of difficu [...] | 2005-05-03 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR EINV PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2022 | MEDIA REACTION: LIEN CHAN'S CHINA TRIP [...] Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan's return from his trip to China and President Chen Shui-bian's comment on Lien's trip Tuesday were the spotlight of the Taipei dailies May 4. The front-page news story of the pro- unification "United Daily News" and the page-two news stories of the pro-independ [...] | 2005-05-04 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2025 | TAIWAN PROPOSAL ON EXPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with AIT on April 29, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) presented an outline proposal for parameters of the new export control procedures and the "rapid evaluation mechanism" for end-user checks (ref A). BOFT said it would greatly increase the scope of its export [...] | 2005-05-04 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2026 | Economic Briefing for April 2005 [...] (U) This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in April 2005: --Taiwan Stock Market Up on KMT Trip to China --New Insurance Director General --Changhwa Bank Privatization on Hold --More Funds for High Speed Rail -- Taiwan Flat Panel Production --A Flurry of [...] | 2005-05-05 01:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI203 | "CHINA TIMES" ARTICLE DETAILING SENSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 23:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2039 | SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) AIT Econoff met May 4, 2005 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),APEC Task Force Chief Lisa Li-hsin Chuang to deliver reftel demarche requesting that Chinese-Taipei support the U.S. radioactive sources initiative at the Sen [...] | 2005-05-05 05:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSTC PARM ETTC EAID ETRD ECIN |
05TAIPEI2041 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan May 5 dailies focused on two aspects of cross-Strait relations: China's unfriendly gestures toward Taiwan, and Taiwan's moves to test to what extent China will show its goodwill toward Taiwan. With regard to China's unfriendly gestures, the pro- independence "Liberty Times," Ta [...] | 2005-05-05 07:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI205 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' VISIT TO [...] Summary: In an availability with selected representatives of the media in Taiwan, Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) voiced strong concern over Taiwan's failure to pass a special budget for arms procurement from the United States. 2. The issue and Lantos' remarks were covered by nine major internationa [...] | 2005-01-19 03:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2058 | AIT 2005 EARTH DAY BEACH CLEAN-UP [...] (U) Summary. Econ/ESTH, PAS and CLO along with the Taipei American School's (TAS) Key Club worked together to organize AIT's participation in a Taiwan government sponsored beach-clean up event in commemoration of Earth Day 2005. Thirty two people from the AIT community (including Americans, [...] | 2005-05-06 06:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSEP KPAO AORC PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2061 | NSC WARNS OF ENHANCED PRC INTEL COLLECTION IN THE [...] (S) National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General Henry Ko told AIT that Philippine intelligence officials recently warned their Taiwan counterparts that Beijing has formally requested the establishment of two new consulates, one in Davao, Mindanao and the other in Loag, on the nort [...] | 2005-05-06 07:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PINR RP CH TW |
05TAIPEI2063 | KMT CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON HIS HU JINTAO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 6 meeting, KMT Chairman Lien Chan told the AIT Director that he met with PRC President Hu Jintao four times during his April 29 visit to Beijing. Lien said that he and Hu talked at length at two of the four meetings. At a closed door meeting between Lien and Hu along w [...] | 2005-05-06 12:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2066 | PRIMER ON MAY 14 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Taiwan public and media remain largely disengaged over the upcoming National Assembly (NA) election despite the fact that there are only eight days left, in part because Taiwan's political parties have ran a very low-key campaign. This, the final NA, is being elected to vote [...] | 2005-05-09 00:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2075 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: President Chen Shui-bian's key moves in an attempt to quell the strong criticism against him within the DPP were the spotlight of the Taipei dailies May 7-9. All the major Taiwan newspapers reported in their front pages May 9 Chen's exclusive and live interview with the Sanlih TV cha [...] | 2005-05-09 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2076 | PRESIDENT CHEN TRIES TO BALANCE CONFLICTING [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend, President Chen Shui-bian moved dramatically to address discontent within his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) base over his stance on recent Pan-Blue contacts with Beijing. DPP anger is not limited to Chen's endorsement of Lien Chan's recent visit, but is also [...] | 2005-05-09 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2077 | CHEN SCORES SMALL VICTORY WITH FIJI VISIT [...] (C) President Chen Shui-bian achieved a small symbolic victory when he made an unannounced visit on May 4 to Fiji, which officially recognizes the PRC. Following his scheduled three stop South Pacific island tour to visit Taiwan diplomatic partners Kiribati, the Marshal Islands, and Tuvalu, P [...] | 2005-05-09 22:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI2078 | PHARMACEUTICAL VALIDATION: A METHOD? OR MORE [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from PhRMA accompanied AIT to meetings with Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) officials to discuss pharmaceutical validation issues on April 28. AIT intervention salvaged a heated exchange between PhRMA, Taiwan,s Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis (BFDA) and local [...] | 2005-05-09 22:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2085 | CHUNGHWA TELECOM PRIVATIZATION WITHIN SIGHT [...] (U) Summary: Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) announced April 25 that it will accept applications until May 17, 2005 from firms interested in facilitating placement of government-owned shares in the New York Stock Exchange. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC),CHT,s biggest shareh [...] | 2005-05-10 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2114 | CHEN CAMPAIGN OFFENSIVE DRAWS CRITICISM FROM ALL [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian has continued to lash out at his political opponents in an effort to retake the agenda in the lead-up to the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election. On May 9, Chen singled out former President Lee Teng-hui for criticism, accusing Lee of hypocrisy for dema [...] | 2005-05-10 10:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2118 | POLLING FOR EFFECT: EYE INTO TAIWAN POLITICS AND [...] Summary. Lien Chan visited Mainland China April 26-May 2, and James Soong is currently visiting, both with near unanimous endorsement from "Blue" (KMT and PFP) voters and considerable support from neutral, and even a slice of "Green" (DPP),voters. Support for Lien,s trip actually increased [...] | 2005-05-11 03:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2121 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S WEEKEND TV [...] Summary: As Taiwan dailies continued May 11 to cover the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's weekend TV interview, the focus also fell equally on PFP Chairman James Soong's planned meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday and next Saturday's ad hoc National Assembly election. The [...] | 2005-05-11 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2122 | BEIJING BLOCKING TAIWAN EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE PRC [...] (SBU) Summary. PRC reluctance to accept back its own citizens detained in Taiwan as illegal immigrants, including many TIP victims, creates unnecessary hardship for both groups and a heavy financial burden on the Taiwan government. Contrary to claims by Beijing authorities (reftel) that the [...] | 2005-05-11 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
05TAIPEI2124 | UNITED AIRLINES CONCERN ON FORCE MAJEURE DELAY [...] (SBU) United Airlines raised concerns with AIT/T about Taiwan's Civil Aviation Law, which imposes compensation liability on airlines for delay due to causes beyond the control of the airline (force majeure). AIT agrees with United that the relevant regulation is not consistent with the Montre [...] | 2005-05-11 09:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2125 | TAIWAN'S PREPARATIONS FOR WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. AIT's Deputy Director met with John Chen, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Organizations Director General, to discuss issues related to Taiwan, the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the World Health Assembly (WHA). Chen and a delegation will tra [...] | 2005-05-11 09:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI2126 | CHEN ENDORSES SOONG QINGHUA SPEECH, PREPARES FOR [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian welcomed People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong's references to Taiwan in Soong's May 11 speech to Beijing's Qinghua University. Chen used a significantly milder tone than other ruling party officials, who criticized Soong's assertion that independen [...] | 2005-05-11 10:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2127 | TAIWAN CONCERNED OVER PRC-JAPAN FRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Taipei remains optimistic over current trends in Japan-Taiwan relations, but officials express concern that Beijing may demand concessions over Taiwan as a condition to reducing short-term frictions between Tokyo and Beijing. Taiwan officials note that Beijing has shifted the focus [...] | 2005-05-11 10:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2133 | BAD NEWS FOR TAIWAN FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On May 6 Taiwan,s Chang Hwa Commercial Bank announced it had failed to bridge differences with foreign bidders for a controlling stake in the bank, and would indefinitely postpone attempts to sell equity through issuing Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). This failure represents a [...] | 2005-05-12 00:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2135 | MA YING-JEOU FORESEES CROSS-PARTY RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 10 meeting with the AIT Director, Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou said he was confident that President Chen Shui-bian's recent attacks on Pan-Blue leaders were merely pre-National Assembly (NA) election rhetoric and that Chen would tack back to the center afterward. Ma al [...] | 2005-05-12 03:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2142 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies continued May 12 to spend pages reporting on PFP Chairman James Soong's speech at Beijing's Tsinghua University Wednesday and his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao today. The pro- unification "United Daily News" printed a banner headline on its front page that s [...] | 2005-05-12 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2143 | COUNTERFEIT PHARMA NOT A PRIORITY FOR TAIWAN DOH [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 2004 passage of amendments to Taiwan's Pharmaceutical Law that increased penalties for trafficking in counterfeit pharmaceuticals, Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) is now beginning to look for ways to address concerns about pharmaceutical piracy and the [...] | 2005-05-12 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR TW ETRD IPR |
05TAIPEI2144 | COMING WEEKS OFFER KEY OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS [...] (C) Summary: The period following the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election is expected to offer a critical window for movement on both domestic and cross-Strait policy. President Chen Shui-bian plans to renew his push to create a cross-party consensus behind greater cross-Strait economic, an [...] | 2005-05-12 11:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2163 | ENSURING TAIWAN INSURANCE [...] (C) Summary: The challenges facing Taiwan's insurance sector include high guaranteed benefits, low earnings on investments, and intense competition. Downward pressure on the Taiwan insurance sector's overall capital position is made more worrisome by the lack of a market exit mechanism and i [...] | 2005-05-13 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2164 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION DISAPPOINTED BY SOONG-HU [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian publicly rejected People First Party (PFP) James Soong's "two sides, one China" formulation, announced following Soong's May 12 meeting with PRC leader Hu Jintao. National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen told the AIT Director on May 13 [...] | 2005-05-13 10:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2165 | TAIWAN MOFA CRITICISES PRC POSITION AT WHA [...] (C) Victor Chin, Director General of North American Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, forwarded to AIT late on May 12 a press release in Chinese that, he said, had been issued earlier in the day. 2. (C) The press release responds to the PRC diplomatic note that has been c [...] | 2005-05-13 11:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2166 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: On election eve, the National Assembly (NA) election remains largely overshadowed by media focus on cross-Strait relations, Soong's PRC visit, and President Chen's relations with other political leaders. Nevertheless the major parties have launched a last minute effort to mobili [...] | 2005-05-13 12:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2167 | WANG ON SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET, PRC CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with the AIT Director, Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng said that the KMT is committed to early action on the Special Defense Budget, but warned that James Soong and the PFP may continue to block the budget. Wang said he has secured support from KMT Ch [...] | 2005-05-13 12:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2173 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies gave extensive coverage and editorial reporting May 13 to the meeting between PFP Chairman James Soong and Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Chen Shui-bian's response to the meeting in a TV interview Thursday. Almost all Chinese- language newspapers in Taiwan r [...] | 2005-05-13 13:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2183 | DPP PREVAILS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) surpassed expectations, securing 127 seats (43 percent) in the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election. The KMT failed to achieve its goal of emerging as the largest party, winning 117 seats (39 percent). The DPP-KMT's combined 83 perc [...] | 2005-05-14 12:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2187 | TAIWAN DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE WHO-PRC MOU [...] (C) Summary. AIT conveyed to Taiwan NSC and MOFA (per ref telcon) concern that Taiwan might make public the WHO-PRC MOU on Taiwan's participation in the International Health Regulations. Vice Foreign Minister Kau called AIT from Geneva to assure AIT that they did not have a copy of the MOU and [...] | 2005-05-16 00:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EU PREL TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2195 | MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AND [...] Summary: A surprise election victory for Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party and a new round of cross-Strait disputes over the World Health Organization issue were the highlights of Taiwan dailies May 14-16. All major Taiwan newspapers reported May 15 on their front [...] | 2005-05-16 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2202 | LIEN, SOONG VISITS - TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (SBU) Few Taiwan business leaders have reacted publicly to the visits of opposition party leaders Lien Chan and James Soong to the PRC. In private, their reaction has varied broadly from enthusiastic optimism to frustrated skepticism. The Taiwan Stock Market has shown some gains recently tha [...] | 2005-05-16 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2205 | TAIWAN: HIV/AIDS SPREADING AT AN ALARMING RATE [...] (U) Summary. The number of HIV/AIDS infections in Taiwan has skyrocketed over the past year. In fact, with 1,606 new cases in 2004, the new infection rate was 77 percent higher than in 2003. The primary cause of the spike in cases is due to an increased number of infections among intravenous [...] | 2005-05-17 02:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2207 | MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AND [...] Summary: Major Taiwan newspapers May 17 carried on their front pages the report on Taiwan's failure to gain participation in the World Health Assembly as an observer. Taiwan`s biggest newspaper, pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a banner headline in the first page that read: "21 Countries V [...] | 2005-05-17 06:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI221 | "LIBERTY TIMES" ARTICLE DETAILING SENSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2212 | REVERBERATIONS FROM MAY 14 ELECTION: CONFIDENCE [...] (C) A DPP riven by internal bickering one week ago has emerged from its May 14 National Assembly election plurality more confident -- in some cases, overconfident. In the latter category, Vice President Annette Lu claimed May 14 was a decisive victory for Taiwan sovereignty, a rejection of th [...] | 2005-05-17 10:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2213 | TAIWAN SCHOLARS URGE CAUTION OVER EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan cross-Strait specialists warn that there could be a domestic backlash in both the PRC and Taiwan if the two sides do not manage expectations for a cross-Strait political breakthrough in the wake of recent opposition visits to the Mainland. During a May 16 closed door meeti [...] | 2005-05-17 11:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2214 | PFP HARDLINERS RESIST COOPERATION WITH DPP [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the People First Party's (PFP) devastating showing in the May 14 National Assembly election, party hardliners tell AIT they intend to challenge Chairman James Soong over the PFP's recent alliance with President Chen Shui-bian. Several PFP legislators, including Ch [...] | 2005-05-17 11:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI222 | TAIWAN WORKING OUT CHARTER FLIGHT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Taiwan authorities and airlines are moving quickly to implement the agreement reached by Taiwan and PRC negotiators January 15 on cross-Strait Lunar New Year charter flights. Only Taiwan investors in the PRC, their families and Taiwan employees will be able to buy tickets, despite protests [...] | 2005-01-19 08:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2224 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID AND CROSS- [...] Summary: As Taiwan dailies continued to cover Taiwan's failure to join the assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) for nine consecutive years May 18, the focus has shifted to Beijing's attempt to block the revisions of the International Health Regulations and President Chen Shui-bian's [...] | 2005-05-18 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2229 | POST-PRC SOONG ON SPECIAL BUDGET, CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a May 17 meeting with the AIT Director, People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong stated that his party will continue to block the Special Defense Procurement Budget and all other proposals initiated by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) until Chen Shui-bian pub [...] | 2005-05-18 10:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2243 | PRC'S CROSS-STRAIT AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVE - [...] (C) The PRC has offered to eliminate tariffs on ten of the twelve categories of fruit that can be legally imported from Taiwan to the PRC. In addition, Beijing announced it will expand the number of permitted import categories to 18. The Taiwan government is insisting that government-to- go [...] | 2005-05-20 07:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2246 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S INAUGURATION [...] Summary: As May 20 is President Chen Shui-bian's first inauguration anniversary of his second term, several Taiwan dailies covered, among other issues, Chen's approval rating, his constitutional reform plan and the 2008 presidential race. The pro-unification "United Daily News" printed an opi [...] | 2005-05-20 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2271 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies concentrated their coverage this past weekend on cross-Strait relations, while their focus shifted Monday to report on their front pages that President Chen Shui-bian ordered the DPP caucus in the Legislative Yuan to overturn the "Law on the National Assembly's Exer [...] | 2005-05-24 00:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2275 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENT BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 06:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2281 | TSAI YING-WEN ON STATUS AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Former Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairwoman Tsai Ying-wen told the AIT Deputy Director that Taiwan-PRC relations are once again back where they were before the PRC Anti-Secession Law derailed earlier progress. President Chen's harsh criticisms of Pan-Blue opposition leaders over the [...] | 2005-05-24 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2289 | Mediocre Growth Returns to Taiwan [...] Taiwan's economy in Q1 2005 posted its worst performance since the middle of 2003, due mainly to a slowdown in export growth and the first decline in manufacturing production in the past three years. Nevertheless, a stronger local currency partly offset the impact of higher energy prices and [...] | 2005-05-25 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2290 | Taiwan Reacts to Treasury Department's FX Report [...] In response to the U.S. Treasury Department's "Report to the Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies" released on May 17, Taiwan Central Bank Governor Perng Fai-nan sent a letter to AIT/T Director Paal. Governor Perng said that Taiwan's foreign exchange (FX) policy is no [...] | 2005-05-25 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2310 | NO PROGRESS ON CROSS-PARTY RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng told AIT on May 25 that he has seen no improvement on the state of cross-party relations since his May 13 meeting with the AIT Director. Wang said that he has met with People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong since the latter re [...] | 2005-05-25 11:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2311 | BOEING ASKS CHINA AIRLINES TO LAUNCH 747 ADVANCED [...] (C) Summary: Boeing executives are optimistic that China Airlines will accept its invitation to be a launch customer for the new 747 Advanced model. The proposed package would include CAL's purchase of as many as 24 747 aircraft and the Boeing purchase of much of CAL's Airbus fleet. Recent p [...] | 2005-05-26 03:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2313 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN TIES [...] Summary: All the major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan focused their front-page news coverage May 26 on local politics, with one significant exception: the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, reported on the United States and cross-Strait relations on its front pa [...] | 2005-05-26 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2321 | COMMENTARY ON TAIWAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-26 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2333 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-27 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2335 | TAIWAN: GETTING PAST THE ANTI-SECESSION LAW? [...] (C) Meeting with the AIT Director May 27, Executive Yuan Secretary General Lee Ying-yuan said that the DPP leadership SIPDIS recognizes the current opportunity presented by the slight softening of the Chinese position on cross-Strait contacts and will move to take advantage of the chance to [...] | 2005-05-27 10:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2337 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SET TO APPROVE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) will convene in Taipei on May 30 to consider a package of constitutional reforms that leaders in both the DPP and KMT hope will encourage development of a two-party political system and discourage radical amendments to the constitution. The high ratif [...] | 2005-05-27 12:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2365 | Taiwan Economic Stimulus & New Bank Branches [...] Immediately following the release of weak economic data for the first quarter of 2005 (reftel),Premier Frank Hsieh announced a program to increase funding for home buyers and small & medium enterprises by NT$600 billion. Some NT$400 billion of the support comes from government agencies. How [...] | 2005-05-31 09:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2376 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 01:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2420 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY [...] (U) The United States has maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979. The TRA commits the United States to offer defensive weapons to Taiwan, now the second largest purchaser of U.S. weapons systems in the world. Taiwan is governed by a multi-party [...] | 2005-06-02 09:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA TW |
05TAIPEI2421 | DPP CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HIS OWN FUTURE [...] (C) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang plans to start distancing himself from President SIPDIS Chen Shui-bian, according to a senior aide. DPP Deputy Secretary General Yen Wan-ching said that Su, who plans to SIPDIS depart for first visit to the U.S. as party chai [...] | 2005-06-03 02:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2430 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, PRESS [...] Taiwan dailies June 3 carried reports on President Chen Shui-bian's intention to meet with China's President Hu Jintao. Pro-unification "United Daily News" carried a banner headline on its front page that read: "Bian Expects to Attend APEC to Meet with Hu Jintao." The banner headline on the [...] | 2005-06-03 09:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2433 | COAST GUARD ASKS FOR USG INTERVENTION OVER SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: TAIWAN COAST GUARD MINISTER SYU HUEI-YOU MET WITH AIT DIRECTOR JUNE 3 TO REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE OVER RECENT SUSPECTED PRC INCURSIONS AROUND THE DISPUTED PRATAS ISLAND, CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY TAIWAN. SYU PROVIDED BACKGROUND ON THE RECENT INCIDENT INVOLVING TAIWAN COAST GUARD VESSEL [...] | 2005-06-03 13:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2434 | Economic Briefing for May 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Lowest Growth since 2003 -- FRF Funds Increased, But Not Enough -- Plans to Relax Cross-Strait Investment Restrictions -- ICPI Discusses Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reform -- HIV/AIDS Infections Skyrocke [...] | 2005-06-06 00:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI244 | Taiwan Financial Reform Sinks in Political Mire [...] (SBU) It appears unlikely that Taiwan's legislature (LY) will provide supplemental funding for the Financial Reconstruction Fund (FRF) before the scheduled end of the current session on January 21, 2005. The failure to re-fund the program will cripple efforts to consolidate Taiwan's financia [...] | 2005-01-20 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI246 | TECRO HQS GETTING DOWNSIZED [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) has slashed Taipei's Coordination Council for North American Affairs TECRO Headquarters (HQS) budget and approved a plan to reassign almost all TECRO personnel and responsibilities to other government ministries. Taiwan officials assert that the mo [...] | 2005-01-20 22:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2472 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations [...] Taiwan dailies June 4-6 carried reports on two topics in particular: U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's criticism of China's military expansion and President Chen Shui-bian's willingness to meet with China's President Hu Jintao in the United States. With regard to the first topic, bo [...] | 2005-06-06 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2475 | TAIWAN TO REQUIRE EXPORT LICENSES FOR MACHINE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Taiwan plans to impose a positive requirement that Taiwan firms obtain an export license before shipping machine tools, including reexports, to North Korea. Board of Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Wu provided a [...] | 2005-06-06 10:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL PTER PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2476 | MA TAKES EARLY LEAD IN KMT RACE [...] (C) Summary: Despite attempts by KMT elders to draft Lien Chan for a third term, the two candidates for the KMT chairmanship, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng, have begun their official campaigns in earnest. While Lien is not expected to formally ann [...] | 2005-06-06 10:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2477 | TAIWAN'S FOREIGN POLICY ALIENATING SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's relationship with Southeast Asia has deteriorated as Taipei's foreign policy has alienated some governments and allowed Beijing to increase its leverage. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is trying to encourage closer economic and political ties to Southeast Asi [...] | 2005-06-06 10:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI2479 | TAIWAN STONEWALLS PRC TOURISTS, PANDAS AND FRUIT [...] (C) Summary. Taipei continues to hold at arm's length Beijing's offers of accommodation conveyed during the Lien and Soong visits. Taipei officials insist that offers of tourism, pandas, and fruit be handled via government-to- government, or even virtual state-to-state (i.e., WTO),negotiat [...] | 2005-06-07 03:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2486 | TAIWAN REACTION TO TIP DOWNGRADE: SUBDUED IN [...] (SBU) Public reaction to Taiwan's downgrade from "Tier 1" to "Tier 2" in the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report has been surprisingly subdued. Press coverage, in fact, was so light that AIT did not proceed with inviting the Taiwan media to a coffee with the Deputy Director on June 6. On [...] | 2005-06-07 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
05TAIPEI2487 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations, US Arms [...] Taiwan dailies June 7 carried reports on three main topics: China's military buildup, constitutional amendments, and a junior-high school exam in Taiwan. With regard to the first topic, the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's largest daily, and the pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" reve [...] | 2005-06-07 08:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2490 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS: [...] Summary. Taiwan's ad hoc National Assembly (NA) overwhelmingly approved a constitutional revision package June 7 with far-reaching implications for Taiwan's political party system. This completes a process begun in August 2004 to modify the Legislative Yuan (LY) and change the rules for alt [...] | 2005-06-07 10:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2501 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations, Taiwan's [...] Taiwan dailies June 8 focus their front-page news coverage on two main domestic political issues: a non- existent scandal made up by a city councilor, and the passage of constitutional amendments. The pro-independence "Liberty times," Taiwan's largest daily, and the conservative, pro-unifica [...] | 2005-06-08 05:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2509 | SCHEDULING EXPORT CONTROL VISITS WITH TAIWAN [...] (U) Action request in para. 11. 2. (S) Summary. AIT/T Deputy Director met June 8 with Wang Hsi-tien, Deputy Director General of Taiwan's National Security Council (NSC),to discuss ongoing cooperation on export controls. Taiwan is feeling pressure to send a high-level nonproliferation [...] | 2005-06-08 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2510 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET UNDER THREAT FROM PFP [...] (C) Summary: The People First Party (PFP) is threatening to derail all Legislative Yuan (LY) deliberations, including action on the Special Defense Procurement Budget, until President Chen Shui-bian formally apologizes for accusing PFP Chairman James Soong of meeting with a PRC official in the [...] | 2005-06-08 10:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2521 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT - STILL WAITING FOR THE [...] (C) Taiwan government plans to liberalize regulations on investment in the Mainland continue to suffer delay. Despite the recent announcement that Taiwan would modestly relax investment capital ceilings, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commissi [...] | 2005-06-09 01:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL ETTC CH TW |
05TAIPEI2526 | TAIWAN'S TAKE ON GOVT PROCUREMENT AND GPA [...] Summary: AIT met with Deputy Director General Su Ming-tong of Taiwan,s Public Construction Commission (PCC) June 3 to discuss their reaction to criticisms raised by U.S. business in the AmCham annual White Paper, Taiwan,s efforts to enter the WTO GPA and the effect of planned privatization o [...] | 2005-06-09 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2527 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-09 08:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2530 | TAIWAN/JAPAN TERRITORIAL DISPUTE IN FISHING GROUNDS [...] (C) Summary. On June 8, five Taiwan fishing vessels fishing in the Diaoyutai/Senkaku islands area were expelled by Japanese patrol ships. In response to the Japanese action, Taiwanese fishermen staged a protest sending a fleet of 40 fishing vessels to the region. The Taiwan Coast Guard inter [...] | 2005-06-10 01:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS TW PREL ESTH |
05TAIPEI2546 | TAIWAN: NOT ENOUGH FUNDS FOR BANK RESOLUTION [...] (U) Summary: On May 31, 2005, the Legislative Yuan (LY) provided additional funding to extend the life of the Financial Reconstruction Fund (FRF). Much of the additional funding is earmarked for specific uses, including a bailout of shareholders in a credit association favored by the opposit [...] | 2005-06-10 01:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2553 | Congressman Kennedy and Vatican Representative in [...] (SBU) Congressman Mark Kennedy (R-MN) met with Apostolic Nunciature Charge D'affaires Monsignor Ambrose Madtha on June 6, 2005. Madtha estimated there were currently 300,000 Catholics in Taiwan and 5-10 new priests came out of Taiwan's seminaries every year. Growth of the Catholic populatio [...] | 2005-06-10 07:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PREL CH TW TIP |
05TAIPEI2554 | Congressman Kennedy Urges LY Chairman Wang Jin-pyng [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Mark Kennedy (R-MN) met with Taiwanese Legislative Yuan Chairman Wang Jin-pyng on June 4, 2005. Wang expressed his hopes for a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement (FTA) and asked the Congressman for his support. Congressman Kennedy, in turn, raised concerns over the S [...] | 2005-06-10 07:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINS PREL MASS ETRD CH TW |
05TAIPEI2555 | President Chen Tells Congressman Mark Kennedy He [...] (SBU) Congressman Mark Kennedy from Minnesota's Sixth District met with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian June 5 during a two-day trip to Taiwan. Kennedy praised Taiwan opening its beef market to U.S. imports and progress on the protection of intellectual property. He recommended relaxation of [...] | 2005-06-10 07:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINS PREL MASS ETRD EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI2556 | Congressman Mark Kennedy and Foreign Minister Chen [...] (SBU) Congressman Mark Kennedy from Minnesota's Sixth District met with Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen (Chen Tan-sun) June 5 during a two-day trip to Taiwan, covering many of the same issues he discussed with President Chen and Legislative Yuan Chairman Wang Jin-pyng (reported septels). Con [...] | 2005-06-10 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINS PREL MASS ETRD EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI2557 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations [...] Taiwan dailies focused June 10 on the election for the new president of National Taiwan University (NTU),and U.S. President George W. Bush's comments on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" and the conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" both reported [...] | 2005-06-10 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2565 | CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM - INDUSTRY HAS HIGH [...] (C) The PRC has announced plans to allow the general public to visit Taiwan as tourists. The reaction in Taiwan's tourism industry has been enthusiastic, with Taiwan's tourism stock index increasing 37 percent since late April. A mixed Taiwan government reaction has delayed rapid implementat [...] | 2005-06-10 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CH TW |
05TAIPEI2566 | PREMIER TO SPEAK ON CROSS-STRAITS [...] (C) Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Joseph Wu called AIT Deputy Director at about Friday, June 10, to say that Premier Hsieh Chang-ting will be in Taichung Monday to celebrate the Dragoon Boat Festival. He will give a speech that express Taiwan's willingness to move forward on three issu [...] | 2005-06-10 10:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ETRD PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2572 | Taiwan Supports WCO Framework of Standards to [...] On June 8, Econoff delivered reftel talking points on the World Customs Organization Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade to Taiwan Directorate General of Customs, Clearance Operation Department Deputy Director William Wang (Wang Liang) and four other Directorate General [...] | 2005-06-12 23:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2574 | TAIWAN'S NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Regional Security Officer (RSO) met with a member of Taiwan's newly formed Counter-Terrorism Office (CTO) to discuss potential training and program participation on counter-terrorism initiatives. The structure and function of the Counter- [...] | 2005-06-13 03:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2589 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2595 | PREMIER HSIEH SPEAKS ON CROSS-STRAIT OPENING. [...] (C) MAC chairman Joseph Wu sent us Sunday his proposed text for the Premier's remarks reported reftel. After opening with a recitation of all the difficulties that the PRC has posed for cross-Strait contacts, the speech then says that Taiwan is ready to move forward on cross-Strait charter ca [...] | 2005-06-13 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD TW CH |
05TAIPEI2596 | TAIWAN POLICY ELITES DIVIDED OVER FUTURE CONTACTS [...] (S) Summary: Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor for cross-Strait affairs Chen Chung-hsin asserted that senior policymakers remain deeply skeptical over Beijing's willingness to engage in official discussions with the Taiwan government. Chen told former U.S. NSC Asia Directo [...] | 2005-06-13 10:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2599 | REGIONAL ECONOMIES MIXED VIEWS ON TAIWAN FTA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials agree that a Free Trade Agreement with the United States would have only a small economic impact for Taiwan, but believe that such an agreement will open the door to other, more economically meaningful trade agreements. However, representatives from trade office [...] | 2005-06-13 23:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON TW |
05TAIPEI260 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S SECOND TERM, MIDEAST [...] Bush's Second Term A) "[Condoleezza] Rice Has Endorsed the Neo- conservatism" The "International Outlook" column of the centrist, pro- status quo "China Times" commented (1/21): "Secretary of State appointee Condoleezza Rice's congressional confirmation hearing showed that neo- conserv [...] | 2005-01-21 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2601 | TAIWAN STILL ANTI NUCLEAR POWER [...] (c) Summary. In the run up to Taiwan,s June 20-21 National Energy Conference, anti-nuclear forces within the Executive Yuan are standing their ground. Many energy experts within and without the government were hoping that the Conference would result in the ruling DPP party rethinking its ant [...] | 2005-06-14 07:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KNNP SENV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2611 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 07:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2621 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies June 15 were dominated by the Michael Jackson trial as well as the domestic issue of taxation. The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" carried a banner headline on its front page that read: "In Opposition To The Government's Plan To Tax The Rich, Foxconn CEO Terry Gu [...] | 2005-06-15 06:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2626 | DOH DODGES A POTENTIAL TRADE/HEALTHCARE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: With the June 21 medical device registration deadline fast approaching, Taiwan,s Department of Health (DOH) still has thousands of applications pending but has issued just over 200 licenses. Without licenses, manufacturers feared they would be prohibited from importing products [...] | 2005-06-15 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2638 | "THREE-IN-ONE" ELECTION: TAIWAN PARES DOWN AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Prompted by voter weariness over Taiwan's plethora of elections, the Executive Yuan (EY) announced that the December city/county magistrate election will be combined with two other local elections. These elections should indicate where Taiwan's fragmented political party syste [...] | 2005-06-15 09:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2641 | TORENTIAL RAINS POUND SOUTHERN TAIWAN [...] Summary. Torrential rains have pounded southern Taiwan for several days, severely damaging agricultural operations and disrupting both air and ground transportation. At least seven people have died in storm related incidents and 2,000 people are trapped in mountainous areas in Pingtung County [...] | 2005-06-15 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2650 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Affairs [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies focused June 16 on the dispute between Taiwan and Japan regarding their overlapping exclusive economic zones, and China's plan that would allow Taiwan people to work in China. The conservative, pro- unification "United Daily News" carried a headline banner on its fron [...] | 2005-06-16 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2651 | G/TIP DELEGATION JUNE 8-12 VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP made Taiwan its first stop in Asia after the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The delegation responded to questions about Taiwan's downgrade to Tier 2 and reviewed improvements Taiwan has made in screening TIP victims, providing victim protection, a [...] | 2005-06-16 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
05TAIPEI2653 | AMCHAM WHITE PAPER FOCUSES ON HUMAN RESOURCE AND [...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei's (Amcham) 2005 White Paper focuses primarily on human resources and public health. It urges steps that would enable firms operating in Taiwan to hire more foreign employees, including PRC nationals - both to relieve manpower shortages and inte [...] | 2005-06-16 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV TW |
05TAIPEI2654 | CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS: TESTING THE WATERS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are cautiously optimistic over the PRC State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) response to Premier Frank Hsieh's June 13 offer to designate non-governmental bodies to start talks on cross-Strait economic links. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) issued a statem [...] | 2005-06-16 09:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW |
05TAIPEI2655 | PRATAS ISLAND: TAIWAN'S STRATEGIC WEAKEST LINK? [...] (C) Summary: The May 27 confrontation between Taiwan Coast Guard vessels and a suspected PRC research ship off the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island has focused minds in the Taiwan government on the strategic risks associated with the disputed South China Sea island. Given its location between [...] | 2005-06-16 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2658 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Affairs [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI266 | CHEN WARNS PRC OF CONSEQUENCES OVER ANTI-SECESSION [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian announced on January 20 that Taiwan may pass an "Anti-Annexation Law" or hold a public referendum if the PRC proceeds with plans to enact an Anti-Secession Law in March. Chen told a Japanese newspaper that there are growing calls to hold a referendum on th [...] | 2005-01-21 09:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2669 | ADVOCATING FOR HOLTEC: NUCLEAR SAFETY & THE AEC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, AIT/T Economic and Commercial Chiefs met with Ouyang Min-sheng, Chairman of Taiwan's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to deliver reftel talking points on behalf of Holtec International Corporation. In addition to the nuclear safety issues, AIT/T emphasized Washington [...] | 2005-06-20 03:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TRGY ENRG BEXP KNNP TW |
05TAIPEI2672 | (C) TAIWAN REPORTS ITALIAN MANUFACTURERS WILLING [...] (C) On June 20, AIT/T Economic Section Chief met with Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Chief Secretary Peter Ho to discuss the disposal of 39,500 kg of phosphorus pentasulfide (P2S5) seized by Taiwan authorities in August 2003. AIT/T had delivered information on how to destroy the chemical to [...] | 2005-06-20 07:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2673 | TAIWAN'S STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION: NEW [...] (C) Summary. Taipei has portrayed the selection of former Premier Chang Chun-hsiung to be Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chair as an effort to restore SEF as a major player in cross-Strait relations. In his June 13 speech proposing to move forward cross-Strait dialogue, however, Premier [...] | 2005-06-20 07:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2675 | RMB Appreciation No Help for Taiwan [...] (U) Because of Taiwan's massive investment in the PRC, the two economies cooperate more than compete in world export markets. Thus export orders to Taiwan firms will not benefit from a revaluation of the Renminbi (RMB). Although a revaluation could affect some investment decisions by Taiwan [...] | 2005-06-20 08:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI268 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FOURTH QUARTER [...] Taiwan chipmakers PowerChip and ProMos submitted applications to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commission for permission to build semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the PRC. If approved these two plants together with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s ( [...] | 2005-01-21 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW |
05TAIPEI2682 | TAIWAN WANTS TO DO EXPORT CONTROLS RIGHT [...] (C) AIT/T believes that Taiwan wishes to move forward in implementing an effective export control regime, largely due to sustained US interest in this topic. On April 7, when AIT/T Deputy Director demarched the Ministers of Foreign and Economic Affairs regarding export controls, both Minister [...] | 2005-06-20 08:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2689 | MA CAMPAIGN FALTERING [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's campaign for the KMT Chairmanship appears to be faltering, despite Ma's continued lead in the polls. Early optimism within Ma's camp has evaporated as the KMT machine, backed by Lien Chan and his advisors, has mobilized behind Legislative Yuan (LY) Spe [...] | 2005-06-20 09:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2690 | "CHINA TIMES" COMMENTARY DISCUSSES THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-21 00:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2691 | TAIWAN: ENTEROVIRUS UPDATE [...] Summary. Thus far in 2005, Taiwan has 70 confirmed cases of enterovirus, representing a two-fold increase compared to the same period last year. Six of the 70 cases have resulted in death. All of the cases have occurred in children aged 5 and younger. Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC [...] | 2005-06-21 01:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO OTRA SENV SOCI TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2702 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-21 08:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2703 | DRY-STORAGE CASKS: TAIWAN POWER WILL COMPLY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 17, AIT/T met with Edward K. Chen, Acting Chairman and President of Taipower, to deliver reftel talking points regarding nuclear safety issues and Taiwan's tender for dry-storage casks. In addition to the nuclear safety issues, AIT/T emphasized Washington agencies' conc [...] | 2005-06-21 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TRGY ENRG BEXP TW |
05TAIPEI2704 | TAIPEI SEEKS TO DEFUSE FISHING DISPUTE WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is seeking to quickly settle a recent row with Japan over a disputed fishing zone in waters between Taiwan and Japan. Taipei says that the two sides are likely to hold a round of talks in late June/early July to agree on an expanded joint fisheries area that should mitigate [...] | 2005-06-21 22:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2719 | TAIWAN MAY TIGHTEN EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (S) As reported in ref A, AIT/T Econ Officer delivered the demarche requesting Taiwan assistance to investigate possible cases of sensitive technology being sold to Pakistan and Syrian entities. On the margins of the demarche, Wally Su, the head of the Board of Foreign Trade Export Control W [...] | 2005-06-22 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI2731 | TAIWAN DOH ISSUES EMERGENCY EXTENSION FOR MEDICAL [...] The Taiwan Department of Health issued an administrative notice on June 20 that allows the emergency importation of medical devices for an additional six months. Medical device manufacturers that have applied for registration of their products but have not yet received licenses will be allowe [...] | 2005-06-23 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2732 | CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS - INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) On June 13, Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh announced that the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TaiTRA) could lead delegations on behalf of the Taiwan government in cross- Strait negotiations on direct charter flights and fruit trade, respecti [...] | 2005-06-23 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAIR PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2738 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. [...] Cross-Strait Relations "Only When China Establishes a Democratic and Free System and Eliminates the Differences [between the Two] Can Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait Create a Win-Win Situation" The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" [circulation: 150,000] editorialized (6/23): ". If [we] [...] | 2005-06-23 10:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2741 | TAIWAN DISCOURAGES EXCHANGE RATE SPECULATION [...] (U) Summary. Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) is trying to discourage exchange rate speculation on the new Taiwan dollar (NTD) by administrative measures and a campaign suggesting that, based on economic fundamentals, the NTD should not appreciate against the US Dollar (USD). Some US$8 b [...] | 2005-06-23 10:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2742 | COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS SOLD ON INTERNET [...] SUMMARY: PROMPTED BY AN INVESTIGATIVE NEWS REPORT THAT INTERNET SALES OF THE POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUG REDUCTIL (MANUFACTURED BY ABBOTT LABORATORIES) INCLUDED COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS, SPECIAL AGENTS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU RAIDED A RESIDENCE IN TAIPEI COUNTY MAY 24 AND ARRESTED ONE SUS [...] | 2005-06-23 22:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD TW IPR |
05TAIPEI2743 | IC PACKAGING AND TESTING - PRESSURE BUILDING TO [...] (C) Integrated circuit (IC) packaging and testing is a key component in Taiwan's semiconductor economy with approximately USD 5 billion in revenue in 2004. Despite industry pressure, the Taiwan government still prohibits packaging and testing firms from investing in the PRC because it fears s [...] | 2005-06-24 01:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC CH TW |
05TAIPEI2745 | PRESIDENT PLANS TO ISSUE NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen announced on June 17 that President Chen Shui-bian would release the first annual National Security Report later in the summer. Chiou told AIT that the report would be prepared by the NSC and cover foreign policy, defe [...] | 2005-06-24 06:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2747 | TAIWAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CURRENT MINISTER OF EDUCATION TU SHENG-CHENG IS CURRENTLY VISITING THE U.S. AND PLANS TO MEET THE U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION NEXT WEEK. FOLLOWING IS A DESCRIPTION OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL MINISTER AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULT ISSUES HE HAS FACED, INCLUDING A PROGRAM OF EDUCATIONAL [...] | 2005-06-24 06:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2750 | TAIWAN ASSERTS VATICAN SUBTLY SIGNALING BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials contend that the Holy See and Pope Benedict XVI are subtly encouraging Beijing to resume an official dialogue, which was suspended by the PRC in 2000. While there has been no progress in the deadlock over Beijing's refusal to allow the Vatican complete jurisdicti [...] | 2005-06-24 07:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI2752 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: As the Taipei dailies continued to keep their eyes on local politics and a local public security incident, the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, carried a news story on page two that reported on Acting Under Secretary of Commerce Peter Lichtenbaum's testimony [...] | 2005-06-24 08:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2768 | Taiwan's Higher Education--Initiatives to Improve [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taiwan's higher education system has grown rapidly in the past ten years, leaving it over-expanded and under-funded. Educators and employers have recognized the need for higher education to improve in quality and become more internationalized if Taiwan is to develop a more soph [...] | 2005-06-24 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO SCUL SOCI TW |
05TAIPEI2769 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM, ROUND II: CONSOLIDATING [...] (C) President Chen announced constitutional reform "Round Two" just hours after the National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment package on June 7. This further constitutional "re-engineering" is intended to create a "timely, relevant and viable" constitution by 2008, when Chen steps [...] | 2005-06-24 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI278 | ACTION REQUEST - U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commission Deputy Executive Secretary Emile Chang asked AIT to provide information on U.S. export regulations for semiconductor manufacturing equipment sold to entities in the PRC. [...] | 2005-01-24 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV ETRD ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI2786 | PREMIER HSIEH FRUSTRATED OVER FAILURE OF [...] (C) Summary: A longtime aide to Premier Frank Hsieh told AIT that Hsieh is increasingly frustrated by the partisan gridlock in Taiwan politics. Corey Chen, a close political advisor to the Premier, told AIT that Hsieh is now convinced that opposition leaders will not cease their obstructionism [...] | 2005-06-27 22:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI279 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S INAUGURAL SPEECH, U.S.- [...] Bush's Inaugural Speech A) "Bush's New Unilateralism and the Iran Crisis" Commentator Nan Fang-shuo wrote in the "Weekly Comment" column of the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (1/24): ". We can say that the Bush administration is facing the reality that the United States has beco [...] | 2005-01-24 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI280 | TAIWAN CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS AFTER CHINESE NEW [...] (C) Summary. With the Taiwan public,s largely enthusiastic reception of the January 15 Chinese New Year cross-Strait charter flight agreement, ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Kuomintang (KMT) have each sought to claim credit for the &breakthrough8 and belittle the ot [...] | 2005-01-24 09:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH TW |
05TAIPEI2814 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF [...] Summary: Following the full-page- and multi-page- coverage in major Taipei dailies this past weekend concerning the official announcement of the second case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States, AIT Taipei held a press conference Monday (6/27) featuring Director Dougl [...] | 2005-06-28 08:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2822 | CHUNGHWA TELECOM POSTPONES PRIVATIZATION PLANS [...] (U) Summary: Chairman Ho-chen Tan told a Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) shareholders meeting on June 21 that continued concerns over employee benefits would delay until August the planned privatization of CHT through the sale of 17% of CHT shares. However, Ho-chen insisted that CHT remains committed [...] | 2005-06-28 08:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECPS ELAB TW |
05TAIPEI2824 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF [...] Summary: Following the full-page- and multi-page- coverage in major Taipei dailies this past weekend concerning the official announcement of the second case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States, AIT Taipei held a press conference Monday (6/27) featuring Director Dougl [...] | 2005-06-29 00:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2833 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-29 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2835 | Soft Business Performance Spills to Q2 of 2005 [...] Taiwan's soft economic performance from the first quarter of 2005 spilled over into the second quarter. Weak world demand for Taiwan products has driven y-o-y export growth in May 2005 to a new low and manufacturing posted its most significant contraction since SARS attacked Taiwan in early [...] | 2005-06-29 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2839 | REDRAWING THE LINES: THE STRUGGLE OVER NEW [...] (U) Summary: On June 7, Taiwan's ad hoc National Assembly approved a constitutional revision package which, as part of a broad package of reforms, will reduce the number of representatives from 225 to 113, and will increase the number of legislative districts from 29 to 73. The debate has jus [...] | 2005-06-30 07:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2853 | MEDIA REACTION: THE RISE OF CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 23:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI286 | CONGRESSMAN LANTOS PRESSURES TAIPEI ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary. House International Relations Committee (HIRC) Minority Ranking Member Tom Lantos (D-CA) visited Taiwan from January 15-18 to receive a human rights award from President Chen Shui-bian and to meet with high-level Taiwan officials. In meetings with President Chen, Vice Presiden [...] | 2005-01-25 04:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2868 | Oil and Interest Rates Weaken Taiwan Dollar [...] Summary. The New Taiwan dollar (NTD),along with other East Asian currencies, depreciated significantly against the US dollar (USD) June 29. Analysts blame high oil prices and the market's expectation of higher US benchmark interest rates. There are probably also seasonal factors affecting [...] | 2005-07-01 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2869 | Taiwan Focus on High-Tech Labor Shortage [...] SUMMARY: Following several years of rapid expansion, high-tech companies have recently experienced difficulty finding skilled workers in Taiwan. Expanded access to higher education has led to a decrease in the number of applicants for production jobs, and the opening of a new science park in [...] | 2005-07-01 08:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2875 | TAIWAN BANK M&A MAY PICK UP STEAM [...] Summary: Following the failure to privatize Changhwa bank, Taiwan authorities are making measured moves to encourage bank consolidation and proceed with the second-stage of financial reform. While it appears unlikely that the reform plan will achieve its stated benchmarks established in Oct [...] | 2005-07-01 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2881 | PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS ON CROSS-STRAIT POLICY, [...] (C) Summary: Two close confidantes of President Chen Shui-bian told AIT that the President is comfortable with the current state of cross-Strait relations. In separate conversations, Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General Ma Yung-cheng and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor [...] | 2005-07-04 23:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2883 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA THREAT [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies carried July 1 a Japan-based "Daily Yomiuri" report which said the United States, citing a possible surprise assault on Taiwan by China's special forces as a realistic scenario, has told Japan that it will be difficult to reduce or [...] | 2005-07-04 23:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2887 | PRESIDENT ENDORSES INCREASE IN DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian endorsed a proposal to move Taiwan's defense spending towards 3.0 percent of GDP during a closed-door June 29 National Security Council (NSC) meeting attended by the Premier and other senior Executive Yuan (EY) officials. NSC officials who proposed the inc [...] | 2005-07-05 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW |
05TAIPEI2908 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-05 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2909 | EZPEER NOT GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT [...] Summary: Taipei's Shilin District Court on June 30 announced its decision on the criminal copyright infringement case based on a complaint brought by the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) against peer-to-peer (P2P) software provider EZPeer. The Court ruled that provi [...] | 2005-07-05 09:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI2910 | TAIWAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON FOOD AID IN WTO [...] AIT Econ and Agriculture officers presented reftel talking points to Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Economic and Trade Affairs Section Chief, Hsueh Hsiu-mei and Council of Agriculture International Cooperation Division/WTO Affairs Director Shiou Dong-chong. Hsueh and Shi [...] | 2005-07-05 22:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2929 | TAIWAN SEES RED OVER WTO BLUE BOOK [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials publicly claimed to be surprised by World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretary General Supachai's decision to release the long delayed "Blue Book" directory of WTO Permanent Representatives without listing diplomatic titles of Chinese Taipei staff. However, MOFA [...] | 2005-07-06 23:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2936 | Economic Briefing for June 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Soft Economy Continues in Q2 -- BenQ Acquires Siemens Cell Phone Unit -- EVA Air-Boeing Business Ties Remain Strong -- Taiwan Holds Energy Conference with Mixed Results -- EZPeer Not Guilty in P2P IPR C [...] | 2005-07-07 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW IPR ESTH |
05TAIPEI2950 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - SECOND QUARTER [...] (U) During the second quarter of 2005, Taiwan semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),which is under investigation for its affiliation with PRC semiconductor firm He Jian, called on the government to speed up its investigation into the case. The Taiwan Provincial [...] | 2005-07-08 07:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2960 | MEDIA REACTION: LONDON BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2968 | PAN-BLUES RETURN TO BEIJING TO CONTINUE PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: On July 7, a joint delegation of KMT and PFP representatives began a two-day trip to Beijing to continue talks aimed at allowing Taiwan fruit growers to export duty-free into the PRC market. The PRC continues to snub the official Taiwan government entity responsible for negotiatin [...] | 2005-07-10 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2974 | TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND P2S5 [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel U.S. comments on Taiwan export license applications to Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on July 7. BOFT will do further investigation of the proposed sale to Pakistan before deciding whether or not to grant a license. Su [...] | 2005-07-11 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IT |
05TAIPEI2975 | MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, G-8 [...] Global War on Terrorism A) "Terrorist Attacks in London Will Re-direct the [Discussion of] Global Issues" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" [circulation: 600,000] editorialized (7/9): ". In the wake of [last Thursday's] terrorist blasts in London, the G-8 Summit, whose focus or [...] | 2005-07-11 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2983 | TAIWAN SEEKS COMMENT ON EXPORT APPLICATION [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On July 8, AIT/T received a request from Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) for U.S. comment on an export license application for 36,000 kg of sodium cyanide ordered by a manufacturer in Iran. We will forward by cl [...] | 2005-07-11 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR |
05TAIPEI2984 | TRADING SCANDAL DAMAGES TAIWAN'S FSC [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Taiwan High Court Prosecutors' Office is currently probing Lee Chin-cheng, Director of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Examination Bureau (EB),on his possible connection to an illegal insider trading operation involving other government officials, and [...] | 2005-07-11 22:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2989 | SENATOR ROCKEFELLER'S TRIP TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: During his May 28-30 visit to Taiwan, Senate Finance and Intelligence Committee Member John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) met with President Chen Shui-bian, Premier Frank Hsieh, and Foreign Minister Mark Chen. In these meetings and in his public speech to an economic think-tank, Senator [...] | 2005-07-12 07:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD MARR OVIP PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2990 | MEDIA REACTION: FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported in their inside pages July 12 on the visit by former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Randy Schriver to Taipei. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, carried a news story on page four with the he [...] | 2005-07-12 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2997 | Dioxin Threatens Taiwan's Food Supply [...] Summary. Two major incidents of dioxin contamination have come to light in recent months. In one case, researchers under contract with Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) determined that dioxin levels in sludge from Tainan's Chufakang and Luermen Rivers is more than fift [...] | 2005-07-12 23:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI30 | MEDIA REACTION: TSUNAMI RELIEF, U.S.-CHINA- [...] Tsunami Relief "Relief Efforts for South Asia's [Tsunami Disaster] Must Be Based on Human Rights and Also Serve Diplomatic Purposes in Order to Win the [International Community's] Respect" The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" said in an editorial (1/5): ". The United States' relief effo [...] | 2005-01-05 07:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3006 | MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported July 13 on President Chen Shui- bian's meeting with visiting former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Randy Schriver and his awarding Schriver a medal for his contribution to U.S.- Taiwan relations. The pro-independ [...] | 2005-07-13 09:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3007 | KMT MACHINE VS. GRASS-ROOTS: MA LIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Summary: The July 16 Chairmanship election marks the first time in the KMT's 110-year history that its highest position will be put to a popular vote. This election also marks the first time that a former KMT Chairman, Lien Chan, could remain active in the party, albeit behind the scenes. [...] | 2005-07-13 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3008 | CHAIRMAN MA COULD BRING CHANGE, BUT SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: Lien Chan is slated to step down as KMT Chairman following the outcome of the July 16 contest between Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and KMT Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng. If Lien continues to control KMT finances after he steps down, as many within the KMT expect, he wil [...] | 2005-07-13 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3018 | EU MISSIONS IN TAIWAN ENCOURAGING MODERATE STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of EU member states in Taipei have begun to coordinate their efforts to convince EU and home country officials that Europe must look beyond economics in its ties with the PRC, particularly with regards to the arms embargo. Beginning in 2004, EU missions in Taipei s [...] | 2005-07-14 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI3030 | NSC OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY "OFFENSIVE WEAPONS" IN [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) officials dismissed recent press reporting that the upcoming National Security Report (see Ref A) will include references to "offensive weapons." They did, however, acknowledge that the report will very likely include a passing reference to [...] | 2005-07-15 05:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI3041 | MEDIA REACTION: FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Summary: Local politics and the arrest of one of Taiwan's most wanted fugitives remained the focus of attention for the major Taipei daily newspapers July 14. The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" was the only Chinese-language newspaper that reported on a Central News Agency (CNA) interview w [...] | 2005-07-15 07:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3048 | TAIWAN IT INDUSTRY DISCUSSES STANDARDS WITH PRC [...] (C) A delegation led by opposition politicians but composed mainly of Taiwan information technology (IT) manufacturing executives visited Beijing July 5-6 to discuss industry standards with PRC officials and executives. The discussions yielded few concrete results. However, Taiwan firms agree [...] | 2005-07-15 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINV ETRD PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI3057 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage July 16-19 of Typhoon Haitang hitting Taiwan and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying- jeou winning the KMT chairmanship election, almost all major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan also reported on People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Zhu Chenghu's remarks las [...] | 2005-07-19 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3058 | NEW KMT CHAIR MA YING-JEOU FACES CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou won a landslide election as the next Kuomintang Chair, winning 72 percent of the vote to Speaker Wang Jin-pyng's 28 percent. Though Ma publicly agreed with Wang's statement that the Chair race and the 2008 presidential race are separate issues, most o [...] | 2005-07-19 23:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AA |
05TAIPEI3072 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: While the Taipei dailies continued July 20 to focus their coverage on the aftermath of Typhoon Haitang and local politics, it is noteworthy to see that the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, printed a banner headline on its front page that read: "United States j [...] | 2005-07-20 23:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3073 | TYPHOON HAITANG SLAMS TAIWAN [...] (U) Summary. Typhoon Haitang, the largest typhoon to hit Taiwan in five years, brought strong winds and torrential rains to Taiwan July 17-19. No part of Taiwan escaped unscathed with eastern and southern Taiwan suffering the greatest damage. At least 8 people died, 31 have been injured and [...] | 2005-07-20 23:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3075 | MEGAPORTS TEAM GETS POSITIVE RECEPTION IN [...] Taiwan officials expressed strong support for the Megaports Program during the visit of U.S. Department of Energy officials William Kilmartin and Jeffrey Miller. Kilmartin and Miller identified no major obstacles to implementing the program in the Port of Kaohsiung. AIT/T passed a draft AIT [...] | 2005-07-21 02:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PTER PARM TW |
05TAIPEI3076 | TYPHOON HAITUNG CONTINUES TO POUND SOUTHERN TAIWAN [...] Summary. While rains have abated in northern Taiwan, Typhoon Haitang and subsequent heavy rains are continuing to pound southern Taiwan. In addition to the impacts reported in reftel b, the storm has caused extensive damage to roads and bridges, destroyed several homes and stranded residents [...] | 2005-07-21 02:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3085 | MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave significant coverage July 21 to the Pentagon's annual report on the military power of the People's Republic of China (released Tuesday in DC). All the major Chinese- language newspapers in Taiwan reported on the contents of the report on their front and first [...] | 2005-07-21 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3095 | TAIWAN REJECTS EU PROSPOSAL FOR GPA ACCESSION [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 7. 2. (C) Summary: On July 19, AIT passed USTR-provided copies of the latest EU proposed language designed to allow Chinese Taipei's accession to the WTO Committee on Government Procurement (GPA) to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade and to the Nation [...] | 2005-07-21 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI3096 | RAISING TAIWAN UTILITY PRICES: IF NOT NOW, THEN [...] (C) Summary. Problems in Taiwan,s water and power infrastructures abound. Water prices in Taiwan are lower than in Malawi and impede Taiwan from improving its extremely low sewage treatment rate of about 8 percent; if new power plants are not built by 2010, Taiwan will again face power short [...] | 2005-07-21 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3097 | MA SEEKS REFORM; WANG WITHHOLDS COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary: On July 20 and 21, AIT Director Paal met with both the winner and the loser of the July 16 election for KMT Chair. Taipei Mayor and KMT Chairman-elect Ma Ying-jeou was cautiously optimistic about prospects for reforming the KMT, and for hammering out a working agreement with LY Pr [...] | 2005-07-21 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3098 | BEIJING PRESSING TAIWAN IN CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary. Central American Ambassadors in Taipei tell AIT that it is increasingly difficult for their countries to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan due to Beijing's campaign to exert economic and political pressure in the region. The PRC is offering lucrative economic incentives, spons [...] | 2005-07-21 10:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI3100 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC INITIATIVES STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) Taiwan National Security Council Senior Advisor Chen Chung-shin told econoff July 20 that progress on cross- Strait economic initiatives was unlikely until late August or into the fall. On prospects for cross-Strait charter flight discussions, Chen said that Taiwan and PRC authorities had [...] | 2005-07-22 03:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV PREL TW CH |
05TAIPEI3105 | USTR TOURS THE HORIZON WITH TAIWAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed USTR Taiwan Director Tim Wineland, accompanied by AIT/T and AIT/W, met with the full range of Taiwan's trade policy players during his first visit to Taipei July 11 and 12. Discussions touched on agricultural trade policy, prospects for passage of telecommunicatio [...] | 2005-07-22 06:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI3116 | MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language dailies in Taiwan July 22 focused on the appreciation of China's Renminbi (RMB) and the Pentagon's annual report on the PRC's military power. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" (Taiwan's biggest daily),the centrist "China Times," and the pro-unification [...] | 2005-07-22 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3117 | MIXED RESULTS FOR TAIWAN FSC'S FIRST YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The first anniversary of the establishment of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in July coincided with the removal of Lee Chin-chen as head of its investigative unit because of his suspected involvement in an insider trading scheme (ref a). During a lunch with AIT o [...] | 2005-07-22 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3118 | Effects of RMB Appreciation on Taiwan [...] SUMMARY. The renminbi's (RMB) appreciation of 2% against the US dollar (USD) on July 21 has caused the NTD and other Asian currencies to strengthen against the US dollar. However, market intervention by Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) has reduced the NTD appreciation to less than other [...] | 2005-07-22 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI312 | FRANK HSIEH APPOINTED PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian announced January 25 the appointment of Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh (Changting) to head the Executive Yuan (EY). Chen said that Hsieh's cabinet would bring stability to Taiwan's political scene by emphasizing cross-partisan consultations. Hsieh echoed thi [...] | 2005-01-25 09:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3122 | TAIWAN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY EAGER TO GET [...] (C) Taiwan's petrochemical industry is increasingly focused on cross-Strait trade and investment, with exports to the PRC accounting for up to 50 percent of total output. However, Taiwan's prohibition against investment in the PRC in naptha crackers is holding back even more high-value upstre [...] | 2005-07-25 01:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EPET CH TW |
05TAIPEI3123 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE: RESEARCH ON LOCAL USE OF [...] Summary: A broad survey of Taipei retail groceries shows that most products marked with the geographic indicators (GI) listed in reftel are actually from the region implied by the name. The biggest "offenders" in Taiwan are imported cheeses. Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office has responded [...] | 2005-07-25 01:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON TW IPR |
05TAIPEI313 | TAIWAN PASSES DATA EXCLUSIVITY BILL [...] Summary: After striking a compromise the last week of the legislative session, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) passed a bill that will provide protection for pharmaceutical data in accordance with Taiwan's WTO commitments under TRIPS. The new law will protect test data for new drugs with new [...] | 2005-01-25 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI3132 | MEDIA REACTION: RENMINBI REVALUATION, CROSS- [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage of local politics and the return of an injured Taiwan super- model from China to Taiwan, the major Chinese language Taipei dailies also spent pages July 23-25 reporting on the impact of the revalued Renminbi on Taiwan, President Chen's offer to attend this [...] | 2005-07-25 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3139 | TAIWAN: ADVANCED SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING SPACE [...] (S) Summary. AIT ESTOFF met with National Space Program Office (NSPO) Director Lance Wu on July 22 to deliver reftel demarche. Taiwan has already approved a budget to purchase remote sensing images. Taiwan plans to "co-own" images rather than to lease them. Taiwan does not plan to hold an [...] | 2005-07-25 09:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI314 | PFP POLITICAL PROSPECTS AWAIT SOONG'S RETURN [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong delayed his rumored January 21 return to Taiwan, generating further questions about his intentions and leaving unresolved PFP prospects in the Legislative Yuan session beginning February 1. PFP Vice Chairman Chang Chao-hsiung announced that PFP officials w [...] | 2005-01-25 10:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3141 | DOD CHINA MILITARY REPORT DEMARCHE TO TAIWAN NSC [...] (C) AIT presented the DOD China Military Report demarche to National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-Jen and Vice Minister of National Defense (VMND) Michael Tsai (Ming-hsien). Both expressed appreciation for and SIPDIS concurrence with the report, and both said they are w [...] | 2005-07-25 23:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI315 | TAIWAN LOSING CARIBBEAN TO PRC CHECK BOOK DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Beijing's efforts in the Caribbean resulted in another victory in the check-book diplomacy battle on Thursday January 20, when the PRC announced it had established diplomatic relations with Grenada. While Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials say they have not offi [...] | 2005-01-25 23:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3150 | Taiwan Tax Reform Proposals [...] (SBU) This cable will be the first in a series on Taiwan tax reform proposals drafted by summer intern David Craig. This first cable will examine the problems related to Taiwan's current tax regime. Taiwan's regressive tax system places a burden on a narrow-base of tax-paying individu [...] | 2005-07-26 08:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3152 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT TALKS ON TAIWAN [...] Summary: In addition to covering local politics, almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported July 26 on President Chen Shui-bian's remarks Monday that China's opening to the sale of Taiwan fruit is a "United Front" scheme that is aimed at helping the Pan-Blue alliance win the [...] | 2005-07-26 08:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3154 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT 1ST HALF OF 2005 - MOVING [...] (C) Taiwan government data on Taiwan investment in the PRC showed that the total value of investment for the first six months of 2005 fell by 22 percent. While investment fell substantially in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas and Fujian Province, which have been the destinations of the vast [...] | 2005-07-26 08:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TW CH |
05TAIPEI3160 | TAIWAN-JAPAN FISHING DISPUTE NOT HINDERING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan and Japanese officials insist that their fishing dispute will not affect Tokyo-Taipei security ties or their bilateral relationship. Both sides are preparing for another round of talks in Tokyo on July 29, but neither is optimistic there will be a breakthrough because sign [...] | 2005-07-27 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI3166 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX-PARTY TALKS, CROSS-STRAIT [...] Summary: Amid the extensive July 27 coverage of a game-rigging/player-bribery scandal in [Taiwan's] Professional Baseball League, all the major Chinese- language Taipei dailies also ran articles on remarks President Chen Shui-bian's made during a video conference with members of the Foreign C [...] | 2005-07-27 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3178 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: While the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies continued July 28 to focus their coverage on the game-rigging/player-bribery scandal in Taiwan's Professional Baseball League, they also reported on the outbreak of a deadly but unidentified disease in Sichuan, the escalating incidence o [...] | 2005-07-28 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3179 | WANG JIN-PYNG CUTS OFF FROM NEW KMT CHAIR MA [...] (C) Summary. Following his crushing defeat by Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou in the July 16 KMT Chair election, embittered Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng has cut contact and cooperation with Ma. Wang, however, still holds out hope that he can win the KMT 2008 presidential nomination [...] | 2005-07-28 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3180 | KMT IN "WAIT AND SEE" MODE PENDING LIEN CHAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Since Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Chair election victory on July 16, there has not yet been any noticeable shift in the direction of the party. Ma, who does not assume office until August 19, has begun to travel around the island to thank supporters, to build KMT momentum for the December [...] | 2005-07-28 09:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3182 | GROWING TAIWAN IDENTITY AFFECTS DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. The growing "Taiwanese" identity has important implications for cross-Strait relations and for the future of Taiwan's political system. Over the past fifteen years, the number of people identifying themselves as &Taiwanese8 has nearly tripled to around 45 percent, while those w [...] | 2005-07-29 00:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3191 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies July 29 focused their coverage on cross-Strait relations, local politics, and President Chen Shui-bian's declaration on Taiwan's determination to safeguard the nation's territory (made on a visit to Pratas Island). The major Chinese- language newspapers' reports on [...] | 2005-07-29 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3193 | REDISTRICTING: SOMEBODY HAS TO DO TO IT [...] (U) Summary: The constitutional reform package passed by the National Assembly on June 7 requires Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) electoral districts to be redrawn. The Central Election Commission (CEC) is presently managing the task, which by law must be completed one year before the Decembe [...] | 2005-08-01 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3195 | LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOM SECTOR [...] Reftel requested information regarding addressees telecommunications licensing regime for fixed-line networks. Although Taiwan does not require application or administrative fees for license applicants, Taiwan's licensing regime does impose conditions on entrants in the form of capital and bu [...] | 2005-08-01 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS TW |
05TAIPEI3197 | Taiwan Population Focus - Quantity vs. Quality [...] (U) SUMMARY: Like other economies in East Asia, Taiwan has experienced a decline in births and an aging population. In the Taiwan government and press, there have been two contrasting approaches to the issue of low fertility. Some, including the Ministry of the Interior, Academia Sinica, and [...] | 2005-08-01 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL SOCI TW |
05TAIPEI3198 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies, in addition to covering local politics July 30-August 1, also carried extensive coverage of the Japan-Taiwan fishery talks, the aftermath of China's announcement regarding duty-free entry of Taiwan fruit, the outbreak of melioidosis in southe [...] | 2005-08-01 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3199 | Taiwan: Seized Phosphorus Pentasulfide Loaded for [...] (SBU) Summary. On 28 July, 2005, AIT/K Econoff and Economic Assistant observed the entire process of loading and moving 158 barrels of phosphorus pentasulfide which had been held in Kaohsiung Customs impound warehouse, located outside Kaohsiung Harbor, since its seizure by Taiwan Customs from [...] | 2005-08-01 23:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PTER EWWT TW IT |
05TAIPEI3201 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN DEMARCHE [...] (S) Summary: AIT delivered ref A demarche on July 28 to National Security Council Deputy Secretary General Wang Hsi-tien and on July 29 to Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Yiin Chii-ming. Both officials welcomed a U.S. export control delegation to come for discussions on August 10 [...] | 2005-08-02 00:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI3217 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX-PARTY TALKS AND U.S.-CHINA [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 2 on cross-Strait issues and a Government Information Office's (GIO) decision to deny seven cable TV channels broadcasting license renewals, effectively suspending their operations beginning August 3. The centris [...] | 2005-08-02 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3221 | Taiwan Tax Reform II - The Numbers [...] (SBU) This cable examines Taiwan government expenditures and revenues. According to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS),the 2005 projected total government expenditures equal NT$1.635 trillion; total revenues equal NT$1.402 trillion. The estimated annual bud [...] | 2005-08-02 09:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI323 | TAIWAN PROPOSED PLASTICS BAN MAY OPEN WAY FOR U.S. [...] Summary. Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) is considering banning the use of certain plastics for food packaging. Costco and other food retailers are concerned about the potential impact of such a ban on costs and the availability of goods. In meetings with AIT, however, both C [...] | 2005-01-26 05:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTDB SENV TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3233 | Taiwan Population Focus 2: Foreign Brides [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL SOCI KCRM TW |
05TAIPEI3240 | PRESIDENT CHEN REITERATES "REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, in extemporaneous comments to a pro-independence visiting delegation on August 2, reiterated publicly the phrase "the Republic of China (ROC) is Taiwan," a statement first presented in his Double Ten speech last year. Presidential insiders insis [...] | 2005-08-04 00:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3247 | "CHINA TIMES" INTERVIEWS RETIRING KMT CHAIRMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3261 | WHO GUIDELINES ON TAIWAN PARTICIPATION [...] (c) Summary. Taiwan Center for Disease Control (TCDC) has received a letter outlining terms for Taiwan's participation in WHO activities. Terms include: Taiwan participation be on a case-by-case basis determined by written invitation by WHO, that "experts" participate in their personal cap [...] | 2005-08-07 23:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV TBIO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3262 | CHINA OUTMANEUVERING TAIWAN IN AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: The PRC is promoting an economic and political campaign in Africa to expand its regional influence, secure natural resources, and pressure Taiwan's diplomatic partners. Taiwan officials and African diplomats resident in Taipei state Beijing is offering economic incentives to gove [...] | 2005-08-08 01:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI3282 | Taiwan Education: Lee Yuan-tseh's Perspective [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an interview with AIT, Nobel Prize winner and education reform leader Lee Yuan-tseh gave his perspective on issues in Taiwan higher education. Lee expressed concern that colleges continue to upgrade to university status, leading to more mediocre institutions and students. H [...] | 2005-08-08 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KPAO SCUL SOCI TW |
05TAIPEI3283 | BLAME GAME IMMOBILIZES KMT ON DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: KMT legislator and KMT Chairman-elect Ma Ying-jeou advisor Su Chi told AIT that no compromise is possible on the Defense Procurement Special Budget until President Chen Shui-bian and his government make meaningful concessions. Su acknowledged that Taiwan needs to improve its def [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3284 | COULD 2004 REFERENDUM HINDER MISSILE-DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The March 20, 2004 referendum on improving Taiwan's missile defenses is still causing repercussions within the Taiwan political community. KMT legislator Su Chi told AIT that many within the KMT see the failure of the referendum as the public's rejection of increased missile-def [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3286 | PREMIER HSIEH AND CHAIRMAN SU MANEUVER FOR 2008 [...] (C) Summary: There are early signs of tension emerging between Premier Frank Hsieh and DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang as they begin to jockey for the party,s presidential nomination in 2008. The outcome of the local elections in December may help determine which of the two frontrunners will b [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3287 | RENEWED HOPE FOR TAIWAN BANK CONSOLIDATION [...] (C) Summary: On July 22 Taishin Financial Holding Company (Taishin) won a 22.5% of equity in the state-owned Changhwa Commercial Bank (CCB) with a bid price 46% higher than the floor price set by CCB and twice the value foreign investors had assigned to CCB shares in May of this year (ref A). [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3288 | INSIGHT INTO EAST ASIA MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (S) Summary. A Hong Kong private investigator discussed with AIT Econ on July 14 his ongoing investigation into three unlicensed Taiwan money brokers that have been sending U.S. dollar bank and travelers' checks to his client, a Hong Kong bank. The investigator had come to Taiwan to determin [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN RP TW |
05TAIPEI3289 | TAIWAN ECONOMIC BRIEF JULY 2005 [...] (U) This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Economic Growth -- Tax Reform -- China's Lenovo Breaks Taiwan Barrier -- High-speed Rail -- Boeing Delivers New Aircraft to EVA Think Tanks Lower Economic Growth Estimated for 2005 ------------- [...] | 2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3290 | TAIWAN SOLIDARITY UNION CELEBRATES FOURTH [...] (U) Summary: The fourth anniversary of the fiercely pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) brought President Chen Shui-bian and his "deep-Green" critic, former President Lee Teng-hui, on stage together for the first time in several months. While the two men were outwardly cordial to [...] | 2005-08-08 18:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3291 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage of local politics and Typhoon Matsa that hit Taiwan last Friday, the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies also focused their reporting August 5-8 on the arms procurement bill that is currently stuck in the Legislative Yuan, and other cross-Strait issues. [...] | 2005-08-08 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3292 | TAIWAN: BELATED PROGRESS ON CROSS- [...] Summary. In an August 3 press conference, Premier Frank Hsieh announced that Taiwan authorities will grant approvals to Taiwan carriers overflying China's airspace, and are willing to negotiate with China on passenger/cargo direct charter flights. Most political parties and companies are happ [...] | 2005-08-08 22:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TW |
05TAIPEI3293 | "UNITED DAILY NEWS" EDITORIAL ON TAIWAN'S CROSS- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-08 22:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3294 | PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE EXPLAINS SUBTLE MESSAGE IN TSU [...] (S) President Chen Shui-bian spoke to the fourth anniversary of the Taiwan Solidarity Union August 6 (reported septel),echoing many of the themes he sounded in his remarks to the Formosa Foundation on August 2 (reftel). Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang called AIT DDIR [...] | 2005-08-08 23:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PGOV PREL TW US |
05TAIPEI3298 | Taiwan Tax III - Alternative Minimum Tax [...] (SBU) This cable examines Taiwan's proposed Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Premier Frank Hsieh has stated the purpose of the proposed AMT is to establish a fair taxation system. The proposed AMT is set at 10% for corporate entities with income exceeding NT$2 million and 20% for individuals [...] | 2005-08-09 08:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3307 | TAIWAN CUSTOMS PLAYING NINTENDO'S GAME [...] (U) Summary: In response to a request for equipment for use by Taiwan Customs to detect shipments of counterfeit entertainment software, Nintendo North America (NA) provided 16 Nintendo game systems to be used by Customs officials at Chiang Kai-Shek (CKS) International Airport. The donated [...] | 2005-08-09 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI3309 | Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tries to [...] Summary: Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (Mark) Chen Tan-sun led a delegation to Chad and Burkina Faso July 8-14 to reinforce Taiwan's interest in further developing diplomatic relations with Africa. Taiwanese businessmen have established small operations in the two African countr [...] | 2005-08-09 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3313 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Most Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 8 on local issues such as the water shortage in Taoyuan County, a junior high school student overpowering an armed bank robber, and a child abuse case. The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" was the only Chinese-language [...] | 2005-08-09 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3316 | Taiwan Financial Services, Personnel Key [...] (U) SUMMARY: Taiwan's financial services sector is expanding quickly and experiencing high turnover. Senior staff at a number of American banks and holding companies expressed general satisfaction with the quality of local staff, saying skills are improving as the sector grows. Bringing PRC [...] | 2005-08-09 22:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI332 | NEW PM HSIEH CHANG-TING: THE VIEW FROM KAOHSIUNG [...] (C) Begin Summary. The January 25 appointment of Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) as Taiwan's new Premier was long-rumored, but still surprised some in the South who saw Hsieh as one of President Chen's chief competitors. The move was a natural step for Hsieh, however, who had served [...] | 2005-01-26 22:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI3322 | SAY IT ISN'T SO: BASEBALL GAME-FIXING SCANDAL [...] Summary. Taiwan's devoted baseball fans have been thrown a curve ball by a high-profile baseball scam involving players accused of throwing games for betting syndicates. Thus far, ten people, including a catcher and a coach, have been arrested in this, the second professional baseball scand [...] | 2005-08-10 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL CASC TW |
05TAIPEI3323 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies continued August 10 to focus their coverage on the water shortage in Taoyuan, and the newly released results of Taiwan's college entrance examination. Almost all the major Chinese- language Taipei newspapers also reported in their inside pages that the Pan-Green p [...] | 2005-08-10 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3325 | TAIWAN'S REVIEW OF CABLE TV STATION SPARKS [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) announced July 13 that the operating licenses of 21 of 70 cable TV channels whose broadcasting licenses were up for renewal had failed to pass the initial review process. On July 31, the GIO announced that it would not renew the licenses - [...] | 2005-08-10 22:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3343 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS, U.S. ARMS [...] Summary: The water shortage in Taoyuan, which has now turned into a political issue, was the front-page headline story in most major Chinese-language Taipei dailies August 11. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, on the other hand, ran a banner headline on its page f [...] | 2005-08-11 08:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3344 | TAIWAN'S GIO DEFENDS BROADCAST LICENSING POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's Government Information Office insists its July 31 decision not to renew seven television broadcast licenses was justified by these broadcasters violations of licensing terms spelled out in the 1999 Satellite Broadcasting Law. GIO dismissed allegations that the decision [...] | 2005-08-11 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PGOV PHUM TW TIP |
05TAIPEI3345 | SCT TALKS: NOTHING SPECIAL ON SPECIAL BUDGET [...] (C) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) presentation to the formal opening round of U.S. Security Cooperation Talks (SCT) in Taipei on August 9, 2005, stated that Taiwan plans to increase its national defense spending to 3 percent of GDP, an annual increase of 50 billion NTD (USD 1.7 billi [...] | 2005-08-11 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TW |
05TAIPEI3346 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OFFICE OPENS: EXERCISE IN [...] (C) Summary: On August 1, President Chen Shui-bian inaugurated a Constitutional Reform Office (CRO) in the Office of the President. This is to be the first step in his "second stage" of constitutional reforms, following on the heels of the constitutional revision package enacted in early Jun [...] | 2005-08-11 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3347 | EARLY ASSESSMENT OF DPP STRATEGY AND CHANCES IN [...] (U) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) views Taipei County as its pivotal battleground in the December city/county chief elections. Even though public opinion polls show, and most political leaders expect, the election will be extremely close, nevertheless, the DPP has e [...] | 2005-08-11 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3349 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS, U.S. ARMS [...] Summary: The water shortage in Taoyuan, which has now turned into a political issue, was the front-page headline story in most major Chinese-language Taipei dailies August 11. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, on the other hand, ran a banner headline on its page f [...] | 2005-08-11 22:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3370 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] Summary: As the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies August 12 continued to provide extensive coverage of the water supply situation in Taoyuan and incoming Typhoon Sanvu, the centrist "China Times" carried news stories about Taiwan's military buildup and cross-Strait transportation on its fr [...] | 2005-08-12 07:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3372 | Taiwan Seized large amount of Endangered Tiger [...] Summary. On July 1, 2005 at the Port of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Customs seized a large amount of tiger bones that were smuggled into Taiwan from Jakarta. Local law enforcement agents are questioning the importer, the owner of local Chew Long Trading Co., who may be charged for both conducting [...] | 2005-08-12 07:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR TW KS ETRD SENV ESTH |
05TAIPEI342 | TAIWAN'S CONTAINER PORT SECURITY ABOVE AVERAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe Transportation Systems Center visited the ports of Kaohsiung and Taichung from January 11-21 2005 to assess Taiwan's current container terminal port security practices. The representatives noted that security in [...] | 2005-01-27 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON TW |
05TAIPEI343 | SEMICONDUCTORS - TAIWAN FIRMS FACING CHINA,S [...] (C) With a market downturn expected to continue in 2005, Taiwan semiconductor manufacturers will be increasingly concerned about competing in the PRC chip market with local firms. Relatively new PRC firms like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporations (SMIC) and Grace Semiconduct [...] | 2005-01-27 09:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ECON EINV ETRD CH TW |
05TAIPEI344 | DPP'S SOONG STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Senior Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials say they will continue contacts with People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong as part of an effort to divide and demoralize the Pan-Blue coalition. DPP strategists believe that the DPP and Soong share a number of short-term [...] | 2005-01-27 10:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI347 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S INAUGURAL SPEECH, U.S.- [...] Bush's Inaugural Speech A) "Taiwan Will Not Be Alone on Its Road to Fight against Totalitarianism and Tyranny" The pro-independence "Liberty Times" editorialized (1/27): ". Honestly speaking, President Bush's inaugural address for his second term may be viewed as the most idealistic [...] | 2005-01-28 01:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3491 | China Petrochemical Development Again Cited For [...] Summary. China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC),already facing soil and groundwater pollution problems in its plant in Anshun, Tainan City (see reftel),was cited after a recent survey conducted by Kaohsiung City's EPA (KEPA) that determined that total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH [...] | 2005-08-22 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3496 | MA TAKES THE REINS [...] (U) Summary: On August 18, Ma Ying-jeou was sworn in as the Chairman of the KMT. His predecessor, Lien Chan, was designated as "Honorary Chairman." The National Congress approved a measure allowing its 1,600 members to directly elect the members of the Central Standing Committee (CSC). The [...] | 2005-08-22 09:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3509 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY EXERCISE [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 20-22 mainly on the KMT's 17th Party Congress, in which Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou took over the helm of the party, and the possible future outbreak of an avian flu in Taiwan. In general, the newspapers in Taipei [...] | 2005-08-23 05:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3517 | CHINESE TAIPEI SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON UNESCO CDC [...] Econoff met with Deputy Director of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division, Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),Amelia Dai, August 22 to deliver reftel points. Dai said Chinese Taipei shares U.S. concerns regarding the possibility that the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (CDC) could [...] | 2005-08-23 07:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI3522 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY EXERCISE [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave extensive coverage August 23 to the 17-hour riot by Thai workers in Kaohsiung and the Government Information Office's (GIO) clarification regarding its delay in distributing to local charity groups the money collected for last December's tsunami relief efforts. [...] | 2005-08-23 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3525 | Thai Workers Cause Riot in Southern Taiwan [...] Summary. A riot erupted when Thai laborers were angered by their Taiwanese employers late Sunday night on August 21, 2005. The disruption was instigated by Taiwanese employers' application of stringent regulations on the Thai workers. Executives of the Huapan Manpower Consultant and Manageme [...] | 2005-08-23 22:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3527 | TAIWAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE MAJOR ALIEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Local authorities are actively investigating a Taiwan-based alien smuggling ring that uses Taiwan national ID cards and passports belonging to aboriginal people from eastern Taiwan to smuggle illegal Mainland Chinese aliens into the United States and Canada. Information routine [...] | 2005-08-24 03:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ASEC PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3533 | Fake Viagra from China Seized in Southern Taiwan [...] SUMMARY. Officials of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB),Kaohsiung County station, recently raided a trading company and its affiliated retail shop in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, and confiscated a large quantity of ecstasy and counterfeit Viagra. The company's owner was arre [...] | 2005-08-24 08:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC EWWT ETRD PREL TW KS ESTH |
05TAIPEI3540 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Major Taipei dailies continued August 25 to cover the aftermath of a riot by Thai laborers in Kaohsiung, and also provided substantial reporting on the issue of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The pro- independence "Liberty Times," "Taiwan Daily" and the centrist "China Time" all carried [...] | 2005-08-25 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3551 | DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SPECIAL BUDGET: A PRIMER ON [...] (C) Summary. A reduced and reconfigured Defense Procurement Special Budget will be re-introduced in the regular Legislative Yuan (LY) session that begins September 13. The Presidential office informed AIT yesterday, August 24, that President Chen personally was responsible for the decision [...] | 2005-08-25 09:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR TW |
05TAIPEI3566 | Diseased Pork Items Sold to Local Markets in [...] Summary. Inspectors of Chiayi's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) recently raided an illegal abattoir in Chiayi County in southern Taiwan and seized over 10,000 kg of diseased pork items. The two brothers who ran the abattoir were arrested. The arrested suspects confessed tha [...] | 2005-08-26 07:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3568 | Media Reports on Seizure of Counterfeit US Dollars [...] Summary. Taiwan's television and print media reported extensively on the seizure of counterfeit US dollars at the port of Kaohsiung on August 23. Most press reports portrayed on August 23 (TV) and August 24 (print) the seizure as a cooperative effort between Kaohsiung Customs and US CSI Team [...] | 2005-08-26 07:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON TW ASEC AMGT |
05TAIPEI3571 | POLITICAL JUJITSU: CAN PFP LEVERAGE KMT IMAGE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Ma Ying-jeou immediately reached out after his August 19 inauguration as KMT Chairman to urge PFP Chairman James Soong and other former KMT members to come back to the party. At Ma's insistence the KMT removed the party rules barring disciplined or expelled members from serving a [...] | 2005-08-26 09:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3573 | TAIWAN AGREES TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN IN NP [...] (S) Summary: The U.S. team led by NP/CBM Director Vann Van Diepen August 10-11 obtained Taiwan's agreement to cooperate to improve Taiwan's export controls over the long term, and all six points in the near term portion of the U.S. "gameplan" concerning Iran and North Korea (ref A). Point o [...] | 2005-08-26 23:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI3574 | Taiwan's Q2 Balance of Payments [...] Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) in Q2 of 2005 posted a surplus of US$6.45 billion, pushing foreign exchange (FX) reserves to US$253.62 billion. The BOP would have run a deficit if Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) had not increased its short-term liabilities through repurchase agreemen [...] | 2005-08-28 23:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3580 | FACTIONS IN TAIWAN'S RULING DPP -- AN OVERVIEW [...] (C) Summary. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) comprises four factions. This report gives an overview of the characteristics, functions and current status of each faction. Information is drawn from published materials, internal DPP documents, and interviews with contacts both in [...] | 2005-08-29 07:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3586 | Additional Pollution Incidents in Southern Taiwan [...] Summary. In a series of investigations into industrial pollution in Southern Taiwan, Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) completed research on 175 unoccupied industrial factories and found five major incidents of soil and groundwater pollution that resulted from the produ [...] | 2005-08-29 07:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3596 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY [...] Summary: Amid extensive coverage August 27-29 on local politics and the aftermath of a riot by Thai laborers in Kaohsiung, major Chinese-language Taipei dailies also provided moderate amounts of reporting on U.S.-Taiwan relations and the China-Russia joint military drills. The pro-independenc [...] | 2005-08-29 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3597 | TAIWAN: REPEAT WATER PROBLEMS LEAD TO PERSONNEL [...] Summary. Water supply problems two years running in northern Taiwan's Taoyuan County led to three officials losing their posts. Minister of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Ho Mei-yueh saved her job by delivering running water within her deadline. Pump failures at a second pumping station built after [...] | 2005-08-29 22:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3598 | HEALTH MINISTER SAYS TAIWAN WORKING TO PREPARE [...] Summary. In accordance with reftel A, AIT Director Paal delivered Undersecretary Dobriansky's avian influenza (AI) demarche to Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) Minister Hou Sheng-Mou on August 26. Paal thanked Taiwan for making AI a high priority and encouraged Taiwan to take even more pre [...] | 2005-08-29 22:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3600 | TAIWAN WILL FURTHER INVESTIGATE SUSPECT EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on August 26. AIT also delivered and explained the AIT-developed license template. BOFT said it will further investigate the cases mentioned in the talking points. BOFT praised the template's "s [...] | 2005-08-30 03:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR |
05TAIPEI3606 | U.S. ORGANIC EXPORTERS HAVE A GROWING MARKET IN [...] (U) Summary: U.S. exporters of organic products will see a growing market in Taiwan. In the past, inadequate labeling rules have made it difficult for consumers to determine whether a product was truly organic. Three new changes could increase consumer confidence in organic products. First [...] | 2005-08-30 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PINR EINV TW |
05TAIPEI3611 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 30 on local politics and the surge in crude oil futures. Nonetheless, the pro- independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan biggest daily, spent half of its page five reporting on Taiwan's arms procurements. The newspaper [...] | 2005-08-31 00:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3612 | Underground Radio Stations [...] Summary. In October 2004, the Taiwan Government Information Office announced that a new radio frequency reallocation policy would come into effect to legalize underground radio stations. Although the policy has been in effect for almost a year, underground radio stations that applied for a b [...] | 2005-08-31 04:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMDR TW |
05TAIPEI3615 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 31 on local politics and warnings about the approach of Typhoon Talim, which will very likely hit Taiwan Wednesday evening. The pro- unification "United Daily News," nonetheless, ran a banner headline on its front pa [...] | 2005-08-31 07:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI362 | TAIPEI AGONIZES OVER RESPONSE TO ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials say they fear that action on the proposed Anti-Secession Law will deal a major blow to the government's diplomatic, cross-Strait, and domestic political interests. Concern over the PRC law is fueled by an internal assessment that the PRC law will cri [...] | 2005-01-28 06:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3623 | TAIWAN MINIMUM TAX: FICTION TRUER THAN FACT [...] (C) Summary: Corning, the largest U.S. investor in Taiwan, privately denied press reports that it would shift planned investment to South Korea over pending tax changes. Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) and Legislative Yuan (LY) DPP caucus held on August 29 reached a compromise on the tax bill t [...] | 2005-08-31 07:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3638 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 1 - 2 on the damage caused by typhoon Talim, and the death of a visiting Chinese official, Zhu Xiangdong, at a spa on Yangmingshan outside Taipei. Several Taipei dailies also reported on the schedules of former Pr [...] | 2005-09-02 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3642 | Preliminary report on candidates running for [...] Summary. Although the registration for candidates running for the year-end mayoral/magistrate elections has not yet begun, both the KMT and DPP have already announced their candidates. Following are the biographies of the candidates nominated thus far, and a synopsis of the current outlook. [...] | 2005-09-02 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3661 | NO REAL PROGRESS ON CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Unofficial exchanges continue between Taiwan and China over economic initiatives launched in the wake of China visits by KMT and PFP leaders in May. Progress, however, remains slow as Taiwan continues to hold out for discussions between officials from Taiwan and China to finaliz [...] | 2005-09-02 10:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV EAGR PREL TW CH |
05TAIPEI3663 | CHEN SHUI-BIAN VERSUS MA YING-JEOU, AND TAIWAN'S [...] SUMMARY. Over the next several months President Chen Shui-bian and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou will compete to shape Taiwan's future. Each has chosen a strategy, and the victor will be determined by whose party wins two critical elections in December 2005 and Mar [...] | 2005-09-03 01:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PREL TW US |
05TAIPEI3664 | TFUS01: TAIWAN OFFERS MEDICAL TEAM, SUPPLIES [...] (U) AIT Acting Director David J. Keegan on September 4 delivered reftel list of priority needs to the Taiwan government through Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division of North American Affairs Secretary General Victor Chin. SecGen Chin delivered that information to Taiwan Minister of Fo [...] | 2005-09-04 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US ESTH |
05TAIPEI3666 | Indigenous Dengue Fever Cases Reported In [...] Summary. On August 19, 2005, the Taiwan CDC announced the island's first cases of indigenous Serotype III dengue fever. The outbreak occurred in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. Between the date of the first reported case and August 30th, there have been a total of four confirmed cases [...] | 2005-09-06 02:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3667 | Economic Briefing for August 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in August 2005: --Poor economic performance 1H, mixed expectations 2H --The CBC's ensures BOP surplus in Q2 --Chunghwa Telecom privatized amid opposition --Taiwan attempts to cut budget deficit --GE first foreign compa [...] | 2005-09-06 02:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3674 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 3 - 6 on Council of Labor Affairs Chairwoman Chen Chu's attempt to resign from her current position, and efforts to secure the release of crewmen aboard three Taiwan fishing boats being detained by Somali militias [...] | 2005-09-06 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3675 | PAN-BLUE DIVERSIFIES CROSS-STRAIT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Hoping to continue the momentum established by his May 2005 "five point consensus" with Beijing, and only two days before stepping down as KMT Chairman, Lien Chan announced a KMT plan to send local KMT officials to meet with their Chinese Communist Party (CCP) counterparts. Lien [...] | 2005-09-06 10:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3703 | MEDIA REACTION: HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage September 7 of a corruption scandal involving a local prosecutor and the aftermath of a recent riot by Thai workers in Kaohsiung, almost all major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported that the U.S. arms procurement bill was blocked by the Pan-Blue legis [...] | 2005-09-07 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3711 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 8 on local politics and a meeting between KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and PFP Chairman James Soong Wednesday, in which both sides failed to reach a consensus on whether the Pan-Blue legislators should review the U.S. [...] | 2005-09-08 08:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3712 | RESPONDING TO CHINESE BAN ON TAIWAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) AIT Taipei received word from Taiwan Ministry of Justice on September 6 that the application for a Hong Kong visa for Prosecutor Sun Chih-yuan had been denied by the Hong Kong authorities. The MOJ requested assistance from AIT. Shortly thereafter, we received word from the Taiwan Intelle [...] | 2005-09-08 09:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI3713 | TAIWAN PREPS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. With the exception of one H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) illegal shipment of ducks, which was caught and destroyed, Taiwan has thus far managed to avoid H5N1 HPAI. Nonetheless, drawing on its experience with SARS in 2003, Taiwan has made extensive preparations to combat [...] | 2005-09-08 23:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3714 | TAIWAN EXPORTS TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on September 6. BOFT provided results of its preliminary investigation in Eumatech and a copy of its SHTC exporter watch list (para 5). AIT received information in a letter from BOFT on its furt [...] | 2005-09-09 01:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR |
05TAIPEI3715 | Southern Taiwan's Crippled Newspaper Industry [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past five years, branch offices of national Taiwan newspapers as well as local Kaohsiung- based newspapers have suffered financial losses that have crippled operations in southern Taiwan. Local newspapers have been unable to maintain any semblance of their original id [...] | 2005-09-09 01:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3717 | TAIWAN'S AIR CARRIERS BEGIN FLIGHTS OVER [...] Summary: On September 5, four Taiwan air carriers have started to fly through China's flight information region (FIR) to South Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The PRC granted overflight permission to the four carriers on September 2 less than one month after Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh anno [...] | 2005-09-09 01:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL TW CH |
05TAIPEI372 | TAIWAN USING NGOS FOR IRAQI HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan has been active since 2003 providing Iraq humanitarian assistance and educational training through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in cooperation with the NGO Mercy Corps. Taipei is eager to become more involved politically and economically in Iraq, but has been for [...] | 2005-01-29 06:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI373 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET ACCESS [...] AIT has reviewed the reftel list of service sectors and submits provides the following rankings in terms of: A) U.S. market access priorities (1 being the highest, 5 the lowest); and B) Taiwan's current level of market openness for each sector (high, medium, low). [...] | 2005-01-29 06:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW ETRD |
05TAIPEI3742 | TAIWAN AFFIRMS PREPARING FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA A TOP [...] (U) Following up on delivery of ref A demarche, AIT Acting Director also delivered the demarche to Executive Yuan (EY) Secretary General Lee Ying-yuan and National Security Council SIPDIS (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen on September 2. ADIR thanked Lee and Chiou for making Avian Influen [...] | 2005-09-09 07:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED CASC SENV TBIO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3752 | TAIWAN FIRMS TO INVEST IN PRC [...] Summary: Three Taiwan transportation firms, China Airlines, Wan Hai Lines and Yang Ming Marine, will join together to buy a 37 percent stake in China-based Yangtze River Express (YRE),a logistics and transportation company. Together the firms will invest approximately USD 58 million. CAL [...] | 2005-09-09 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV TW CH |
05TAIPEI3763 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] Summary: The coverage of major Chinese-language Taipei dailies September 9 focused on the delayed inauguration of Taiwan's first high-speed railway, local politics, and cross-Strait issues. Both pro- independence newspapers "Taiwan Daily" and "Liberty Times" carried reports on their front and [...] | 2005-09-09 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3766 | TAIWAN MONEY BROKER BLUES [...] (SBU) Hong Kong professional money laundering investigator Peter Gallo (reftel) has written a letter to warn AIT about possible negative consequences of USG efforts to crack-down on unlicensed money brokers. AIT/Econ thought the letter contained some interesting points and that it might also [...] | 2005-09-12 06:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK |
05TAIPEI3772 | Taiwan FSC Road Shows in October 2005 [...] Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) will conduct road shows in New York and London in October 2005 to attract foreign investors to Taiwan. Foreign investors will be encouraged to participate in merge & acquisition (M&A),and securities trading. The major theme of the road shows [...] | 2005-09-12 07:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3773 | TAIWAN WEAK ON SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION [...] Summary: In preparation for upcoming AIT/TECRO bilateral meetings on fisheries, AIT has reviewed Taiwan's efforts to reduce sea turtle bycatch. Taiwan has not kept comprehensive records on sea turtle bycatch, modified its fishing gear, or educated its fishermen to prevent sea turtle bycatch. [...] | 2005-09-12 07:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS SENV TW JA ESTH |
05TAIPEI3776 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL QUICK RESPONSE TIMES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
05TAIPEI3777 | P2P OPERATOR KURO FOUND GUILTY IN TAIPEI COURT [...] On September 9, Taipei District Court found Peer to Peer (P2P) website operator Kuro guilty of enabling users to violate Taiwan's copyright law. Almost two years after Taiwan prosecutors filed a criminal case based on complaints from the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (I [...] | 2005-09-12 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI3778 | TAIWAN'S DEFENSE SPECIAL BUDGET: MOVEMENT EVERY [...] (C) Summary. Taipei's decision to shift PAC-III missiles from the Defense Procurement Special Budget into the regular defense budget was intended to enhance prospects for legislative passage of both the Patriots and the reduced Special Budget package of P-3C's and submarines. This appeared [...] | 2005-09-12 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TW |
05TAIPEI3779 | TAIWAN,S HIGH-SPEED RAIL DELAYED ONE YEAR [...] (C) Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) announced September 8 that the inauguration of the high-speed rail will be delayed exactly one year to October 31, 2006. Reports indicated that delays in construction of the signal and communications components of the core electrical machinery ( [...] | 2005-09-13 01:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3783 | CORRECTED MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO [...] Summary: The coverage of major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused September 10-12 on local politics; a Taipei District Court ruling in which Kuro, Taiwan's most popular peer-to-peer software company, was found guilty of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement; a local feud over sp [...] | 2005-09-13 02:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3793 | Aftermath of Thai Labor Riots: Political [...] Summary. In the aftermath of the labor riots involving Thai workers on Kaohsiung City's Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) system (reftel),the response to the riots has been mostly political, with the DPP generally seeking to get the issue behind them. The KMT on the other hand is gradually ratchetin [...] | 2005-09-13 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3796 | PRC-VATICAN RELATIONS: TAIWAN ON THE SIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been relegated to an observer as the Vatican and the PRC gradually improve ties and slowly work towards diplomatic relations. Taipei's relationship with the Holy See has the full attention of Taiwan government officials, and President Chen Shui-bian has directed the Mi [...] | 2005-09-13 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SCUL TW |
05TAIPEI3799 | EVOLVING TAIWAN ROLE IN GREATER CHINA ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: A number of forward-looking Taiwan business people see that Taiwan's economy is in the midst of another major shift in its evolution from manufacturing toward a service and knowledge-based economy. While other Pacific Rim economies are becoming big players in venture capital in [...] | 2005-09-13 22:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR PREL TW CN |
05TAIPEI3803 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Most of the pages of the major Chinese- language Taipei dailies September 13 contained articles on the Executive Yuan's announcement the previous day of the appointment of a new acting Kaohsiung Mayor, Minister of Labor Affairs, and Cabinet Secretary- General; the impact on Taiwan of [...] | 2005-09-13 23:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3804 | TAICHUNG CAMPAIGN TRAIL: KMT LOSING ITS GRIP? [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Deputy Director Keegan traveled to Taichung City to meet with incumbent Taichung City Mayor Jason Hu, his DPP opponent Lin Chia-lung, and DPP candidate for Taichung County Commissioner Chiu Tai-san. Taichung City and County have traditionally been KMT territory, but [...] | 2005-09-14 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3805 | KMT INSIDERS WATCH MA START AND STUMBLE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Deputy Director on August 24 (reported septel),Taichung Mayor Jason Hu said the recent KMT 17th National Congress was poorly organized, and blamed senior KMT holdovers from Lien's chairmanship for failing to prepare for the procedural and logistics challenges created [...] | 2005-09-14 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3807 | TAIWAN DOH PROMISES DATA EXCLUSIVITY REGULATIONS [...] AIT accompanied members of PhRMA, the Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) to meetings with Taiwan's Department of Health, Bureau of Pharmaceutical Affairs (BOPA) and Bureau of Food and Drug [...] | 2005-09-14 10:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TW IPR ESTH |
05TAIPEI3808 | FOREIGN POLICY DISCOMFORTS; DPP DISCOMFORTS [...] (C) Former Taiwan Foreign Minister Tien Hung-mao told AIT earlier this week that he has become increasingly uncomfortable with the &green8 tilt of MOFA and its diplomatic representation abroad since he left office in February 2002. More and more, he complained, Taiwan,s representatives and a [...] | 2005-09-14 10:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3809 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: TAIWAN HEEDS AIT AND COMPLAINS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) held a briefing for foreign offices in Taiwan on H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on September 12. The briefing was given by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dr. Lee Jen-chyuan, Director of the Center for Disease Control Steve Kuo, and Director [...] | 2005-09-14 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3822 | Great Southern Expectations for KMT Chairman Ma [...] Summary (SBU): Although Speaker of the Legislative Yuan Wang Jin-pyng's main constituency is in Kaohsiung County, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, much to the surprise of most KMT supporters, defeated Wang Jin-pyng in the KMT Chairman election in Southern Taiwan. Voters here, putting a n [...] | 2005-09-15 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3825 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH-HU MEETING [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 15 on the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao in New York Tuesday, the failure of Taiwan's U.N. bid, and the opposition parties' boycott of legislative affairs in the Legis [...] | 2005-09-15 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI383 | TAIWAN'S NEW PENSION PLAN: NEW BENEFITS AT HIGHER [...] Summary: In July 2005, Taiwan's new "Labor Pension Act" will go into effect. Once in effect, Taiwan's retirement payment system will be transformed from a lump-sum payment to an annuity system that will affect 6 million employees. Under the new Act, each employee will have a portable account [...] | 2005-01-31 07:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI3835 | TAIWAN TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE HIGH SEAS DRIFT NET [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. Per ref A, AIT ECONOFF discussed the reported sightings of high seas driftnet vessels with Taiwan Deep Sea Fisheries Deputy Director Chen Yu-Chen. AIT left a written copy of the questions posed in ref A, as well as the pictures sent by ema [...] | 2005-09-15 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PREL PHSA TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI384 | TAIWAN PRAYER BREAKFAST DELEGATION HEAD WU LI-PEI: [...] Wu Li-pei, Senior Advisor in the Office of President Chen Shui-bian, was born in Changhua County, Taiwan, in 1934. He earned a B.A. in Economics at the National Taiwan University (1957) and, after his brother was arrested by the Nationalist Government, moved to the U.S., where he later earned [...] | 2005-01-31 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI385 | US-CHINA TRADE IMBALANCE (C-AL5-00044) [...] (U) Taiwan export manufacturing firms have made massive investments in the PRC, with especially strong 50 percent growth in investment during 2004. In the key industries of electronics and information technology products manufacturing, a pattern of triangular trade has emerged. Taiwan firms e [...] | 2005-01-31 08:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON ETRD EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI3854 | MAC DENIES REPORT ON CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER [...] (U) The September 16 edition of Taiwan,s United Daily News carried a front page story citing an unnamed source who claimed that Taiwan would soon announce progress on cross-Strait charter flights, including an informal agreement with the Mainland to implement charter cargo flights first and th [...] | 2005-09-16 10:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI3855 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-18 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3856 | Aftermath of Thai Labor Riots: Investigations and [...] Summary. In the aftermath of the labor riots involving Thai workers on Kaohsiung city's Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) system (reftel),various civil and criminal investigations have begun, with some preliminary reports issued. Despite the fact that the laborers remain the target of a criminal inve [...] | 2005-09-19 03:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3867 | TAIWAN MONEY BROKERS USE BANCO DELTA ASIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-19 07:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK |
05TAIPEI3877 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENTS, U.S.- [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 17-19 on the outcome of the German elections, and local issues such as the sighting of a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine in the Taiwan Strait in July, and President Chen Shui-bian's upcoming trip to Central Ameri [...] | 2005-09-19 23:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI388 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-31 23:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3880 | PFP LEGISLATOR LIU YI-JU PUSHES CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: People's First Party (PFP) Legislator Christina Liu (Yi-ju) is a harsh critic of the Chen Administration's economic policies and believes that better cross-Strait relations are an urgent economic priority for Taiwan. At the same time, although she belongs to the same party as p [...] | 2005-09-20 22:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR PREL TW CN |
05TAIPEI389 | TV CO-OP PROPOSALS FOR TAIWAN (2005) [...] THE FOLLOWING, IN DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY, ARE TWO CO-OP PROPOSALS FROM AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN/TAIPEI AND KAOHSIUNG. PAS ASKS THAT PROJECTS BE FUNDED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PREFERENCE. PROPOSAL 1: PRESS FREEDOM AND THE FCC IN THE U.S. 2A. AIT/TAIPEI PROPOSES A TV CO-OP WI [...] | 2005-01-31 23:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3891 | THE 2006 KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL RACE -- LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SEPTEMBER 15TH ARRIVAL OF KAOHSIUNG'S NEW ACTING MAYOR YEH CHU-LAN, SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR AND FORMER VICE-PREMIER, HAS FUELED LOCAL SPECULATION ON THE 2006 KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL RACE. LOCAL KAOHSIUNG POLITICIANS REACTED TO YEH'S APPOINTMENT WITH EVERYTHING FROM SURPRISE TO [...] | 2005-09-21 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3896 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. ARMS SALES [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 21 on Premier Frank Hsieh's administrative report before the Legislative Yuan and his argument with KMT Legislator and former Kaohsiung Mayor Wu over the city's mass rapid transit system; a scandal concerning a Tai [...] | 2005-09-21 23:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI39 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-06 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3900 | Tainan Mayoral Election Heats Up [...] The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) party announced it will nominate Chien-Lin Hui-chun to run for Tainan Mayor in the upcoming mayoral election. Chien-Lin is a Policy Advisor to the Presidential Office and Chief of TSU's party office in Tainan City. She served as Tainan City Legislative Yuan [...] | 2005-09-22 03:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3911 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENTS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 22 on Taiwan independent Legislator Li Ao's speech delivered at Beijing University Wednesday; the death of a three-year- old boy who was left unattended in a kindergarten van; President Chen Shui-bian's transit in [...] | 2005-09-22 23:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3916 | National Tainan University Campus Becomes Flash [...] On September 12 Taiwan's Ministry of Education approved National Tainan University's expansion plans on the condition that the school return two thirds of its campus land that is located in the heart of the city. The Ministry intends to take the land in exchange for the monies needed by the s [...] | 2005-09-23 01:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW SCUL |
05TAIPEI3917 | TAIWAN PUBLIC OPINION WITH REGARD TO U.S. [...] Summary: U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Richard Lawless' speech at the 2005 U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference Monday, which was delivered by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Security Cooperation Operations Principal Director Edward Ross, has sparked considerable discus [...] | 2005-09-23 01:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3931 | TAIWAN'S FREE TRADE ZONES - WAITING FOR TENANTS [...] (C) Since establishing its first free trade zone (FTZ) in Keelung Harbor in October 2004, Taiwan has added four more FTZs in the ports of Kaohsiung, Taichung and Taipei, as well as Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport. Many businesses have expressed interest in the zones, but relativ [...] | 2005-09-23 08:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL CH CT |
05TAIPEI3944 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies centered their coverage September 23 on President Chen Shui-bian's invitation to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a dialogue; the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense' report that China has built a model of Taiwan's military airport in Guangdong Pro [...] | 2005-09-23 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3945 | THE INNER CIRCLE: PRIMER ON POLICY MAKING IN [...] (S) Summary. A close inner circle of trusted associates both advises Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on foreign policy and has the most accurate information on those issues. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the National Security Bureau (NSB) have been largely excluded from policy [...] | 2005-09-23 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3947 | SEPTEMBER 25 RALLY IN TAIPEI TO DEFEND TAIWAN, [...] (C) Summary. A group of pro-independence organizations plan a march and rally on Sunday, September 25, to "Strengthen National Defense and Defend Taiwan." The stated purpose of the rally is to demand the Legislative Yuan (LY) pass the long-delayed Defense Procurement Special Budget. In the [...] | 2005-09-26 03:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TW |
05TAIPEI3951 | TAIWAN'S ICRT STRUGGLING TO KEEP ITS FREQUENCY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-26 04:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KMDR KPAO OPRC TW |
05TAIPEI3952 | RULING DPP PESSIMISTIC ON DECEMBER ELECTIONS: [...] (C) Summary. Leaders of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have been expressing pessimism about the party's prospects in Taiwan's December local elections. KMT operatives, on the other hand, have let it be known they are confident the party will do well in December. Though DPP le [...] | 2005-09-26 06:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3957 | MONEYCHANGERS IN TEMPLES AND JEWELRY STORES [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In what is being billed as an attempt to promote tourism, Taiwan's Central Bank of China (Central Bank) plans to revise regulations to permit jewelry stores and handicraft shops to offer currency exchange services. The Central Bank has assured AIT it will limit tr [...] | 2005-09-26 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK |
05TAIPEI3961 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENTS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 24-26 on a rally in support of the U.S. arms procurement bill and a demonstration organized by the Anti-Arms Procurement Alliance that were both held on Sunday; a proposal by President Chen Shui-bian to set up a US [...] | 2005-09-26 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3962 | SEPTEMBER 25 RALLIES FOR AND AGAINST DEFENSE [...] (C) On Sunday, September 25, 20,000-40,000 people marched in support of the USD 11.6 million Defense Procurement Special Budget. The march and rally following were organized by the "Hand-in-Hand to Protect Taiwan Grand Alliance," the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),and several pro [...] | 2005-09-26 10:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI3967 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENTS, U.S.- [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies centered their coverage September 27 on the suicide of a well-known local psychiatrist; the controversy sparked by President Chen Shui-bian's proposed "Jung Pang" project (to set up a US$250 million fund for financing development in Central Americ [...] | 2005-09-27 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3982 | TAIWAN CUSTOMS SLOW TO CHANGE THERMISTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tyco thermistor case remains unresolved. In making a revised proposal to Customs September 20, Tyco reps discovered that Customs has already forwarded the bulk of pending cases to the court system, making a negotiated settlement more difficult. The Ministries of Finance [...] | 2005-09-28 07:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI4 | "UNITED DAILY NEWS" COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT CHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-03 07:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4006 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies gave extensive coverage September 29 on alleged shady recruitment practices related to the hiring of Thai workers for the construction of the Kaohsiung mass rapid transit system; an extortion scandal linked to a local TV star; and the possible dio [...] | 2005-09-29 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4024 | Survey Shows Local DPP Administrations Receive [...] "The Commonwealth" magazine published in its latest issue the results of a performance survey of Taiwan's 25 city mayors and county magistrates. The survey found that ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) mayors and magistrates received overall lower performance ratings than did oppositi [...] | 2005-09-30 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4029 | Economic Briefing for September 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in September 2005: --Overview: Oil prices dampen growth --Strikes stymie Taiwan's financial reform --Avian flu alert --Cross-Strait exchanges increase --Taiwan attempts WTO consultations with China --RMB appreciation affects [...] | 2005-09-30 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI4039 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations "The New Stakeholder Relationship between the United States, China and Taiwan" Wu Rei-kuo, Deputy Executive Chief of the Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation, commented in the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" [circulation: 400,000] (9/30): ". Th [...] | 2005-09-30 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4040 | TAIWAN MAY DELAY BEEF IMPORT DECISION [...] (C) Summary. AIT/T has heard disturbing reports that Taiwan may be contemplating delaying a decision on reopening its market to beef imports because of upcoming elections. The October 3-4 visit of Ron DeHaven, Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) would be a [...] | 2005-09-30 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP TW |
05TAIPEI4043 | THE DPP ON THE DEFENSIVE NINE WEEKS BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: With just nine weeks remaining before Taiwan's December 3 county magistrate/city mayor elections, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is on the defensive because of criticism over scandals and lackluster government performance. DPP candidates are trying to compensate [...] | 2005-09-30 10:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4059 | AIT/TIPO HOST SEMINAR ON STOPPING INTERNET PIRACY [...] AIT and the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) jointly organized a two-day seminar for 88 judges, prosecutors, TIPO staff, and law-enforcement personnel on "Combating Internet Piracy." The seminar was funded by donations from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),the [...] | 2005-10-03 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON TW |
05TAIPEI4060 | TAIWAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings on September 28-30, AIT briefed senior Taiwan officials from the National Security Council (NSC),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Department of Health (DOH) on the U.S. initiative to establish the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Inf [...] | 2005-10-03 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL TW KSTH WHO |
05TAIPEI4061 | TAIWAN GEARS UP FOR ITS FIRST EVER "THREE-IN-ONE" [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan will hold its first island-wide comprehensive local election on December 3. With steadily declining voter turnout in recent years due to voter fatigue over Taiwan's frequent elections, the government decided to combine voting for county magistrates/city mayors, county/ [...] | 2005-10-03 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4062 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENTS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies centered their coverage October 1-3 on Typhoon Longwang (that hit Taiwan Sunday); the bombings in Bali, Indonesia Saturday; Taiwan's year-end "3-in-1" elections; and President Chen's unexpected stopovers in Abu Dhabi and Bali. The pro-unification [...] | 2005-10-04 03:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4067 | AIT PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Summary. This cable reports on AIT's preparations to respond to a potential avian influenza (H5N1) pandemic. The basic assumption is that AIT would draw down and drastically reduce its services in the event of an outbreak. Based on reftel D, AIT will revisit our current plans, which include [...] | 2005-10-04 03:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW WHO |
05TAIPEI4068 | MTAG: TAIWAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON XTRA AND SHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW SY PK |
05TAIPEI4069 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies gave extensive coverage October 4 to local issues such as the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps' integrative efforts within their separate alliances with regard to nominations for the year-end "three-in-one" elections; the follow-up probe into the alle [...] | 2005-10-04 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4071 | TAIWAN'S SCIENCE PARKS - REACHING THE LIMITS OF [...] (C) With the continuing success of Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) and lack of available real estate for its further expansion, the Taiwan government's National Science Council, which oversees HSP, has built two completely new science parks and ten satellite campuses. The new science parks [...] | 2005-10-04 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN TW |
05TAIPEI4085 | Limited New Taiwan Dollar-Renminbi Exchange Begins [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan implemented a trial program allowing new Taiwan dollar (NTD) and the PRC's renminbi (RMB) exchange services in Kinmen and Matsu on October 3. This is a small step that was approved only after a long delay. However, it may be an indication of further financial cross-Stra [...] | 2005-10-05 06:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TW CH |
05TAIPEI4089 | TAIWAN THREATENED BY THE PRC'S QUEST FOR OIL [...] (C) Summary: Some Taiwan government officials feel "threatened" by the PRC's proactive campaign in Africa and the Middle East to secure petroleum resources and are seeking to develop a new energy policy to counter Beijing. In recent months, Taipei has sought to sign energy deals in Africa and [...] | 2005-10-05 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TW |
05TAIPEI4090 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IN THE MID-EAST, BOMBINGS [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage October 5 of the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps' nominations for the year-end "three-in-one" elections and some local scandals, all major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported in their inside pages that the pan-Blue alliance blocked the U.S. arms procureme [...] | 2005-10-05 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4091 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL NON-PRO FOLLOW-UP [...] (S) Action Request para 4. Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su told AIT via phone on October 5 that he expected the list of Harmonized Tariff System (HS) items requiring export/re-export/transit/transshipment licenses would be ready by October 20 (re [...] | 2005-10-05 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4092 | TAIWAN MOFA AGREES TO CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT [...] (S) AIT Deputy Director met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Victor Chin October 5 to request assistance in resettling the Chinese Uighurs who have been approved for release. Using the talking points provided reftel, DDIR summarized the situation; he [...] | 2005-10-05 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4094 | PHRMA AND TAIWAN AGREE ON COMPUTER VALIDATION [...] Summary: AIT and the Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers Association (PhRMA),accompanied by representatives of Japanese and European pharmaceutical associations, met with Taiwan's Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis (BFDA) to discuss pharmaceutical validation requirements. The positive tone [...] | 2005-10-05 22:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI4107 | CHUNGHWA TELECOM PRIVATIZATION MEANS BUSINESS AS [...] Summary: the privatization of Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on August 10 reduced the percentage of stock controlled by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) to 48%, but will have little practical effects in the near term on company operations. The current MOTC-appointed Board of [...] | 2005-10-06 23:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ECPS TW |
05TAIPEI4124 | TAIWAN ASSERTS IT HAS NO PLANS TO ENGAGE SUDAN [...] (C) In light of the PRC's efforts to expand business ties and promote energy deals in Sudan, AIT consulted Taiwan National Security Council (NSC),Presidential Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) officials about Taipei's own policies and activiti [...] | 2005-10-07 23:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI4125 | TAIWAN GOVERNMENT BAILS OUT HIGH-SPEED RAIL AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan has leaned on government entities to bail out the financially strapped Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC). The China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF),the major shareholder of China Airlines, and the CTCI Foundation, both Taiwan government entities, will [...] | 2005-10-07 23:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI4128 | TAIWAN SCREENS CERTAIN AIR PASSENGERS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] In response to an alert issued by the World Health Organization (WHO),the Taiwan Center for Disease Control (TCDC) announced on October 6 new screening requirements for Avian Influenza. Beginning October 10, all passengers on flights from Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia will be as [...] | 2005-10-07 23:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW WHO |
05TAIPEI4139 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage October 8-11 on: President Chen Shui-bian's "Double Ten" address; the follow-up probe into the alleged shady recruitment practices regarding the Kaohsiung mass rapid transit system; Taiwan's year- end "3-in-1" elections; an [...] | 2005-10-11 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI414 | CHEN OFFERS MIXED MESSAGES ON CROSS-STRAIT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian delivered contradictory messages on his cross-Strait policy agenda during a January 31 meeting with AIT Board Director David Brown in Guam. Chen characterized the recent charter flight agreement as a "new beginning" in cross-Strait relations and praised B [...] | 2005-02-01 07:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CH TW |
05TAIPEI4144 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: PINGTUNG COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. PINGTUNG, IN TAIWAN'S SOUTHEAST CORNER, IS SET FOR A THREE-WAY BATTLE DOMINATED BY AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ON A SPENDING SPREE AND BY THE INVISIBLE FORCE OF KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU. IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE THAT SPURRED AN EARLY BEGINNING TO THE RACE, PRO-KMT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE [...] | 2005-10-11 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4145 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: TAINAN CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH A TWO-TIME KMT LOSER HEADING THE MAYORAL TICKET, THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE BELEAGUERED CANDIDATE IS THE RECENT ENTRY OF A TSU CANDIDATE WHO COULD SPLIT THE PAN-GREEN CAMP. HOWEVER, THE DPP INCUMBENT IS SWEATING LESS OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF THE KMT COMING FROM BEHIND TO GRAB A [...] | 2005-10-11 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4147 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: KAOHSIUNG COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH AN AIR OF EXUBERANT CONFIDENCE POURING FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS IN KAOHSIUNG COUNTY, THE DPP BELIEVES THE COUNTY MAGISTRATE ELECTION IS ALREADY SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED. THE INCUMBENT HAS A NEAR 70% APPROVAL RATING AND AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT. AT THE SA [...] | 2005-10-12 01:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4156 | Food Supply in Southern Taiwan Faces Scrutiny [...] The food supply in Taiwan has come under increasing scrutiny following reports of more dioxin-contaminated duck and fish products (reftel A),commercially raised fish contaminated with the carcinogen, malachite green, and large additional amounts of diseased pork (reftel B). Moreover, most o [...] | 2005-10-12 06:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW IND AGR |
05TAIPEI4158 | TAIWAN'S DECEMBER ELECTION: REFERENCE GUIDE [...] On December 3 Taiwan will hold key local "three-in-one" elections for (1) county magistrates and city mayors, (2) county and city councilors, and (3) township and village chiefs. The county magistrate and city mayor elections, however, are receiving the lion's share of media attention as a t [...] | 2005-10-12 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4159 | PAN-BLUE OPPOSITION TO DEFENSE SPENDING: A [...] (C) Summary. The long-stalled Defense Procurement Special Budget has become increasingly identified in Taiwan domestic politics with the "Pan-Green" agenda of maintaining distance from the PRC and relying on the U.S. to protect Taiwan. At the same time, the opposition "Pan-Blue" coalition, [...] | 2005-10-12 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4160 | TAIWAN MAY PRODUCE OSELTAMAVIR IF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (C) Reftel reported on indications from senior officials that Taiwan may be capable of and intending to develop the ability to produce the anti-viral drug oseltamavir (trade name tamiflu),with or without permission from the patent holder, in the event of a breakout in Taiwan of human to huma [...] | 2005-10-12 22:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED EIND TBIO TW |
05TAIPEI4161 | TAIWAN'S AIR CARGO MARKET LOSING ALTITUDE [...] (U) Taiwan's international air cargo volume grew by a minuscule 0.7 percent in the first half of 2005 after a decade of nearly uninterrupted strong growth. Although transit cargo increased, exports and imports both declined. July monthly figures showed declines across all three categories. [...] | 2005-10-12 22:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD CH TW |
05TAIPEI417 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, ZHAO [...] Cross-Strait Relations A) "PRC Favors ROC Status Quo" The conservative, pro-unification, English-language "China Post" noted in an editorial (2/1): "Beijing's latest overtures to Taiwan were all drowned out in Saturday's fanfare over the first direct commercial flights between the two [...] | 2005-02-01 22:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4176 | CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN OECD EXPORT CREDIT TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR TW CH EXIM |
05TAIPEI4178 | Taiwan's Cash Cards [...] Cash card debt write-offs by Taiwan banks have increased sharply since June of this year mainly due to card-issuing banks trying hard to live up to a new, stricter non- performing loan (NPL) definition. Some observers worry that the sharp increase in cash card cancellations could create a cr [...] | 2005-10-14 00:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4187 | TAIWAN FINANCIAL REFORM BECOMES POLITICAL CONTEST [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's second stage financial reforms have become the subject of a heated political contest and media debate. Opposition parties have been able to capitalize on misgivings raised by labor union opposition to privatization and an opaque bidding process as an effective way to cas [...] | 2005-10-14 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4188 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies centered their coverage October 14 on President Chen Shui-bian's meeting with DPP politicians Thursday evening to discuss the party's reform plans, and Academic Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh's remarks before the Legislative Yuan with regard to Ta [...] | 2005-10-14 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4189 | "NEW DPP MOVEMENT": TRYING TO REGAIN THE HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Tuan Yi-kang, convener of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) New Tide Faction, told AIT that he created the "New DPP Movement" to help Luo Wen-jia, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate for Taipei County Magistrate, win election on December 3 by burnishing Luo's re [...] | 2005-10-14 11:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4190 | TAIWAN'S APEC DIPLOMACY: ROUND TWO [...] (C) Summary. For the second time in as many months, Taiwan launched an APEC initiative that met quick refusal in Beijing. First, it was President Chen Shui-bian's July 22 announcement that he intended to personally represent Taiwan at the November APEC leaders' meeting in Pusan, which Beijin [...] | 2005-10-14 11:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TW APEC |
05TAIPEI4200 | TAIWAN STRUGGLING WITH BEEF ISSUE [...] (C) AIT Director and Deputy Director raised the beef import issue with Premier Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) at dinner on October 11. AIT/T emphasized the need for Taiwan to follow a rigorous science-based review of its current ban on imports of U.S. beef and not to allow political considerations [...] | 2005-10-16 22:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP TW |
05TAIPEI4205 | TAIWAN ADDRESSES FOREIGN WORKER ABUSE [...] Summary: The Thai labor riots (ref A, B and C) have highlighted the need for changes in Taiwan's treatment of foreign workers. NGOs report that Taiwan employers are able to mistreat foreign workers because of inadequate laws. Mistreatment includes high broker fees, labor trafficking, and arbi [...] | 2005-10-17 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL |
05TAIPEI4206 | Taiwan Bans Vietnam Workers Due To High Runaway [...] Summary: Taiwan has banned foreign workers from Vietnam since January 2005. The official reason is the high percentage of Vietnamese workers that run away from their employers once they enter Taiwan. NGOs claim that, many workers flee as a means to escape abuse because the Vietnamese trade o [...] | 2005-10-17 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL |
05TAIPEI4207 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - THIRD QUARTER 2005 [...] The third quarter of 2005 saw several noteworthy developments in cross-Strait relations on the following topics: --Travel Agent Association of Taiwan to coordinate discussions on tourism. --Ministry of Economic Affairs recommended liberalization of export controls on semiconductor manufactu [...] | 2005-10-17 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EAIR EFIN ETTC PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI4210 | CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS AND TOURISM - [...] (C) Taipei Airlines Association Chairman Tony Fan told AIT/T that he has met at least twice with PRC aviation counterparts in Macau and has contact with them regularly by phone, e-mail and fax. However, the two sides remain divided on several issues. The PRC has been reluctant to give Taiwan [...] | 2005-10-17 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI4225 | TAIWAN CLAIMS VENEZUELA AND CUBA SUPPORTING [...] (C) Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials assert, based on information from Central American leaders, that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro are covertly funding opposition parties in El Salvador and Nicaragua in hopes of replacing pro-USG administ [...] | 2005-10-18 08:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI4227 | MEDIA REACTION: RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO CHINA [...] Summary: The second part of a TV interview with President Chen Shui-bian, which was aired Monday evening, carried the front-page headlines in most major Chinese-language Taipei dailies October 18. (The first part of the interview was broadcast on Sunday night.) Almost all major Taipei newspap [...] | 2005-10-18 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4229 | Taiwan Betting on Lower Crude Oil Prices [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's first gasoline price war broke out in September after world crude oil prices reached record highs. Privately owned Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (Formosa) raised prices by almost 10 percent because of increased costs. However, government owned Chinese Petroleum Co [...] | 2005-10-18 23:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG TW |
05TAIPEI4230 | TAIWAN RETAILERS FOCUSED ON PRC MARKET [...] (C) Taiwan's economic ties with the PRC increasingly extend beyond manufacturing, and Taiwan retail activity in the Mainland is growing rapidly. The members of Taiwan's Association for Chain Store and Franchise Promotion (ACFP) count 26,000 stores, restaurants, entertainment facilities and ot [...] | 2005-10-19 00:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI4235 | Alleged Vote-buying Already Rampant in the lead up [...] (U) On October 5, 2005, more than 200 prosecutors, police and investigative authorities searched the campaign offices of Soong Li-hua, an Independent candidate running for Pingtung County magistrate, as well as the residences of Soong's supporters and campaign workers. Carrying out searches [...] | 2005-10-19 06:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4246 | AIT VISITS TAIWAN'S NUCLEAR SAFETY OPS CENTER [...] (C) Summary: AIT ECONOFF met with officials from Taiwan,s Atomic Energy Council (AEC) to discuss arrangements for the upcoming 2005 AIT/TECRO Joint Standing Committee on Civil Nuclear Cooperation. AEC officials provided a surprise tour of the new Nuclear Safety Duty Center (NSDC). A 24 hour [...] | 2005-10-19 08:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PARM KNNP TW IAEA |
05TAIPEI4247 | TAIWAN WANTS TO EXPLAIN EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-19 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4249 | CAL PASSES AGAIN ON BOEING LAUNCH CUSTOMER DEAL [...] (C) China Airlines has deferred decision on Boeing's offer to sell it up to 24 of its new 747 Advanced model under special terms as a launch customer. Boeing's Taiwan representative blamed lack of focus among the members of the Board of Directors and lack of support from the board's Chairman. [...] | 2005-10-19 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI4250 | FORMER PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) In response to reftel request, AIT is providing the following background notes on the visit of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to the U.S., and events leading up to it. 2. (C) The Director met with former President Lee on August 30 to discuss Lee's planned U.S. visit. At that ti [...] | 2005-10-19 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4251 | OPPOSITION TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: President Chen, under pressure over charges of corruption and cronyism, has shifted to full campaign mode, accusing the opposition of being co-opted by Beijing. During a television interview on October 17, Chen termed the People First Party (PFP) "Cross-Strait Peace Promotion Bil [...] | 2005-10-19 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH |
05TAIPEI4262 | TAIWAN'S DECEMBER ELECTIONS: COOPERATION AND [...] (U) Summary: With Taiwan's local elections six weeks away, both Pan-Blue and Pan-Green coalitions have been working to cooperate on candidates to eliminate intra-coalition competition. After several months of off-again-on-again negotiations, the Pan-Green camp's Democratic Progressive Party [...] | 2005-10-20 09:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4264 | AVIAN INFLUENZA SMUGGLED INTO TAIWAN FROM CHINA [...] (SBU) AIT received news late on October 20 from the Taiwan Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine under the Council of Agricultural (COA) that of the 1500 birds being smuggled from China on a Panamanian-flagged vessel that were seized by Taiwan Coast Guard on October 14, [...] | 2005-10-20 22:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW WHO |
05TAIPEI4272 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM/AVIAN [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies centered their coverage October 20 on DPP Legislator Lin Cho-shui's proposal to trim the budget for the financial support of former presidents and vice presidents- [limiting the timeframe to 10 years of public support for former presidents, and re [...] | 2005-10-21 01:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI429 | NEW TAIWAN PREMIER BRINGS STAFF FROM KAOHSIUNG [...] (C) Aides to newly-appointed Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh told AIT/K Hsieh will move slowly and with caution in making cabinet changes as well as in assembling personal staff. Hsieh has, however, already named several aides from the Kaohsiung City Government to new positions on his personal staf [...] | 2005-02-02 23:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4290 | MEDIA REACTION: RUMSFELD'S CHINA TRIP, AVIAN [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies gave extensive coverage October 21 on the Council of Agriculture's (COA) confirmation of the first case of avian flu in Taiwan, and the follow-up probe into the alleged Kaohsiung mass rapid transit system scandal. The COA's confirmation that some [...] | 2005-10-21 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI4292 | TAIWAN WOOING LATIN AMERICA ALLIES WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's US $250 million "Co-Prosperity Project" is a new foreign policy strategy aimed at bolstering Taiwan's standing with its diplomatic partners in Latin America and countering Beijing's growing economic ties. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials explain that the initi [...] | 2005-10-21 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW |
05TAIPEI4295 | TAIWAN AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: This is a periodic update to our baseline report on Taiwan's efforts to combat avian flu (ref D). In recent days, Taiwan authorities discovered H5N1 avian flu virus in a shipment of birds smuggled from China. The stock market declined on avian flu concerns. Authorities conducte [...] | 2005-10-23 22:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW WHO |
05TAIPEI4299 | MEDIA REACTION: AVIAN FLU, CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] "As Long as Taiwan People Support in 2008 Their Own Regime and Develop [Taiwan's] Economy Wholeheartedly, China Could Never Annex Taiwan" The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" [circulation: 100,000] said in its editorial (10/24): ". Taiwan has faced a dilemma of domestic disturbance and fo [...] | 2005-10-24 07:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI43 | CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS - STILL TAXIING, [...] (C) Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) asked Taiwan airlines to conduct cross-Strait Lunar New Year charter flights and authorized the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) to negotiate arrangements for such flights with the PRC. MAC is prepared to arrange a TAA-led delegation to travel to th [...] | 2005-01-06 10:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI4305 | Port of Kaohsiung Sixth Container Terminal Faces [...] (U) Summary. The planned development of Kaohsiung's Sixth Container Terminal (Ref A) is facing major obstacles due to weak investor interest in the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project. Additionally, in the wake of the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit corruption scandal (Ref B-F) and the financial pr [...] | 2005-10-24 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD ECON TW |
05TAIPEI4309 | PROSPECTS DIM FOR POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRC TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung, told the Director on October 20 that the SEF welcomes a visit by PRC Taiwan Affairs Office Director Chen Yunlin and hopes that Chen will meet not just with the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) but also with government author [...] | 2005-10-25 01:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI4310 | MAC OFFICIAL WELCOMES PRC HIGH-LEVEL VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Mainland Affairs Council Economics Division Director Fu Don-cheng called the scheduled October 28 arrival of the PRC's China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) Director General Shao Qiwei "ministerial level," and the highest level visit of a PRC official to Taiwan. MAC has pu [...] | 2005-10-25 01:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI4316 | PROSPECTS DIM FOR POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRC TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung, told the Director on October 20 that the SEF welcomes a visit by PRC Taiwan Affairs Office Director Chen Yunlin and hopes that Chen will meet not just with the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) but also with government author [...] | 2005-10-25 02:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI4329 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] "Former President Lee Teng-hui Spoke for 23 Million Taiwan People in the United States" The pro-independence, Taiwan's largest daily, "Liberty Times" [circulation: 600,000] editorialized (10/25): ". [F]ormer President Lee Teng-hui emphasized in Washington D.C. that Taiwan is already a sov [...] | 2005-10-25 07:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4330 | TAIWAN TO ABOLISH THE ANTI-PIRACY COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. See para 6. 2. Jack Lu (Wen-hsiang),Deputy Director General of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO),requested a meeting with AIT October 24 to relay TIPO's intention to abolish the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (ACC) and to request U.S. comments. T [...] | 2005-10-25 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TW |
05TAIPEI4331 | TAIWAN DPP LEGISLATORS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: At an AIT-hosted lunch on October 20, two DPP Legislators criticized the "arbitrary" deadlines and cuts in the number of financial institutions the Chen Administration has called for in Taiwan's second stage of financial reform, but they strongly supported the overall goals of en [...] | 2005-10-25 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL KCRM TW |
05TAIPEI4332 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length the [...] | 2005-10-25 09:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4335 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length the [...] | 2005-10-26 01:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4336 | TAIWAN DPP LEGISLATORS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: At an AIT-hosted lunch on October 20, two DPP Legislators criticized the "arbitrary" deadlines and cuts in the number of financial institutions the Chen Administration has called for in Taiwan's second stage of financial reform, but they strongly supported the overall goals of en [...] | 2005-10-26 01:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL KCRM TW |
05TAIPEI4337 | TAIWAN TO ABOLISH THE ANTI-PIRACY COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. See para 6. 2. Jack Lu (Wen-hsiang),Deputy Director General of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO),requested a meeting with AIT October 24 to relay TIPO's intention to abolish the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (ACC) and to request U.S. comments. T [...] | 2005-10-26 01:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TW |
05TAIPEI4341 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: PENGHU COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE PENGHU'S LONG-STANDING REPUTATION AS SOLIDLY BLUE, OBSERVERS CALL THIS A NECK-AND-NECK RACE. THE GREGARIOUS DPP CANDIDATE CHEN KUANG-FU STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THIS ELECTION RIGHT AFTER LOSING THE LAST MAGISTERIAL ELECTION AND BY BUILDING UP HIS GRASSROOTS BASE IN PENGHU [...] | 2005-10-26 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4343 | MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA'S OP-ED ON TAIWAN [...] SUMMARY: (U) The lead story in Taiwan dailies October 26 is passage of the National Communications Commission bill in the Legislative Yuan, the reactions from the pan-Green alliance, and the consequences of the passage of the bill. 2. (SBU) Taiwan dailies October 26 covered the issue of the [...] | 2005-10-26 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4356 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: CHIAYI COUNTY [...] (U) IN CHIAYI COUNTY FACTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN STRONGER THAN PARTIES. SINCE THE LAST MAGISTERIAL ELECTION IN 2001, HOWEVER, THE DPP HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL INROADS IN THE COUNTY. INCUMBENT MAGISTRATE CHEN MING-WEN, FORMER KMT -- NOW DPP MEMBER, SUCCEEDED IN THE 2001 ELECTION THROUGH THE PERSONA [...] | 2005-10-27 01:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4357 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: CHIAYI CITY [...] SUMMARY. (C) CHIAYI CITY IS MORE THAN JUST ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED THESE DAYS. A FUNEREAL GLOOM LOOMS OVER THE DPP'S TINY CITY OFFICE, AND THE MERE SUGGESTION THAT PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MIGHT BE BROUGHT INTO TO ROUSE THE PARTY FAITHFUL ON BEHALF OF MAYORAL CANDIDATE CHEN LI-CHEN SENDS GHOST [...] | 2005-10-27 01:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4368 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan dailies October 27 focused on legislative amendments regarding pensions for Taiwan farmers that will be passed in the Legislative Yuan before the year- end elections (December 3),and Taiwan's reaction to Senegal's resumption of diplomatic ties with China. Taiwan's Foreign Mi [...] | 2005-10-27 08:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4381 | TAIWAN'S PEOPLE'S FIRST PARTY: SNAPSHOT OF A PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE WEAKENED AND DEMORALIZED PEOPLE'S FIRST PARTY (PFP) APPEARS SET TO SLIP FURTHER IN POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN THE UPCOMING DECEMBER LOCAL ELECTIONS. WITH JUST ONE LIKELY AND ONE POSSIBLE ELECTION VICTORY, THE PFP WILL BE FURTHER MARGINALIZED AND ITS FUTURE FURTHER CLOUDED. CHAI [...] | 2005-10-28 06:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4387 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan dailies October 28 focused on the latest development of a local scandal: local prosecutors reportedly will summon today former Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Chen Che-nan to further investigate his role in the Kaohsiung MRT scandal. 2. Editorials and Commenta [...] | 2005-10-28 08:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4395 | CROSS-STRAIT ENTRY PERMITS - PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS [...] (C) The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (Amcham) has been taking concrete steps to work with Taiwan authorities to improve the system for approval of entry permits for Mainland employees of firms located in Taiwan. Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development has taken the lea [...] | 2005-10-28 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB CH TW |
05TAIPEI4396 | MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRATIONS FACE DECEMBER DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Medical device manufacturers continue to face administrative difficulties in securing registration documents from the Department of Health (DOH),but are optimistic that registration will be completed for almost all products by the December 20 deadline. DOH has a timeline for [...] | 2005-10-28 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON TW |
05TAIPEI4399 | Relocation of National Tainan University further [...] Taiwan's Education Minister Tu Cheng-sheng on October 23 announced at the site of the National Tainan University's future campus in Chiku, Tainan County that the university's relocation project will be started in 2006 and completed in 2014 with NT$5.7 billion from the Executive Yuan (EY). Min [...] | 2005-10-31 00:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4403 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAIPEI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Kuomintang (KMT) both view Taipei County as the most important contest in the December 3 local elections and a key indicator of relative party strength following the KMT's election of Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou as i [...] | 2005-10-31 10:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4404 | TAIWAN VACCINE DIPLOMACY OVERRATED [...] (C) As reported in Ref A, on Oct. 17, 2005, Michael Kao, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that Taiwan was preparing to propose at next month's APEC summit in Busan, South Korea to produce and distribute avian flu vaccine to APEC countries. This is part of a series of moves by Taiwan [...] | 2005-10-31 23:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW WHO |
05TAIPEI4405 | Southern Taiwan Farmers Expect China's Fruit [...] Summary: Farmers' Association representatives in Tainan and Pingtung Counties said that China's offer of tax free importation of certain species of tropical fruit from Taiwan is largely a political ploy. They point out that Taiwan is a net importer for several of the fruits, and al [...] | 2005-11-01 02:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4413 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan dailies on November 1 focused on President Chen Shui-bian's comments during a National Security Council meeting on October 31 that urged the international community to monitor the transparency of bird flu control in China. Taiwan dailies also focused on the battle between th [...] | 2005-11-01 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI4415 | DEFENSE SPECIAL BUDGET: OPTIONS FOR RECONFIGURA- [...] (SBU) Summary. The Defense Procurement Special Budget is stuck in legislative limbo until at least the December 3 Taiwan local elections. Government and opposition leaders offer varying explanations about what changes are, or are not, possible. As the U.S. seeks to understand and influence [...] | 2005-11-01 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MASS MARR TW |
05TAIPEI4418 | Economic Briefing for October 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in October 2005: --Economic performance in Q3 --Office Space --Capital outflow weakens NT Dollar --Renminbi exchange liberalization --PRC Tourists in Taiwan --Semiconductor facility utilization --Taiwan students consider Chi [...] | 2005-11-01 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4423 | NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION BILL PASSES, [...] (C) Summary: A bill to create a National Communications Commission (NCC) was approved by Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) on October 25. The bill establishes a two-step process to select 13 commissioners who will have oversight for Taiwan's telecommunications and broadcasting policy. What was [...] | 2005-11-01 23:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI4433 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies on November 2 continued to provide extensive coverage on the row between the Government Information Office (GIO) and a local cable station, TVBS, over whether or not the station complies with local laws governing foreign ownership of media outlets [...] | 2005-11-02 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4439 | THE KAOHSIUNG METRO SCANDAL: HOW HIGH WILL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SCANDAL OVER THE KAOHSIUNG METRO THAT BEGAN WITH A RIOT BY THAI LABORERS HAS LASTED FAR LONGER THAN THE NORMAL TAIWAN MEDIA CYCLE OF 72 HOURS. SOME ARE BEGINNING TO SPECULATE IT MAY EVEN FORCE THE RESIGNATION OF TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT. CHARGES OF CORRUPTION AND DAILY REVELATION [...] | 2005-11-02 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4440 | CAMPAIGNING ON CROSS-STRAIT TENSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH US |
05TAIPEI4441 | TAIWAN STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE ROK TIES [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are frustrated by the Republic of Korea's (ROK) close ties to the PRC. They assert that Taipei's efforts to engage Seoul have been spurned because of PRC pressure and the ROK's goal of rapprochement with Pyongyang. ROK diplomats in Taipei complain that Taiwan Pr [...] | 2005-11-02 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI4443 | DPP Candidates Suffer Setback [...] Recent newspaper polling indicated that southern DPP candidates have suffered a serious setback in terms of popularity after the opposition exposed a picture of former Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-general Chen Che-nan gambling with former KRTC Vice Chairman Chen Min-hsien in a Korean [...] | 2005-11-02 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI445 | "TAIWAN DAILY" COMMENTARY GENTLY CRITICIZES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-03 05:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4457 | Southern Taiwan Labor Unions Remain Solidly in [...] Summary. Representatives of local labor unions in southern Taiwans Pingtung, Kaohsiung, and Tainan Counties said that, despite recent scandals involving senior DPP members, their membership would support DPP candidates in the coming elections. The representatives said that laborers believe t [...] | 2005-11-03 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4461 | Taiwan Stock Market Doomed? [...] On October 17, a prominent China Times article by a local political science professor described the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) as having no future. The article claimed that the growing number of de-listings and worsening performance indicated that TSE would cease to exist as a functioning m [...] | 2005-11-03 23:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4469 | WITH ONE MONTH TO GO, TAIWAN'S PAN-BLUE PARTIES [...] (U) Summary. With one month to go, several analyses of public opinion polls indicate Pan-Blue parties Kuomintang (KMT) and People First Party (PFP) have a substantial lead in the run up to December 3 local elections. The DPP informed the press that its own public opinion polls show DPP leadi [...] | 2005-11-04 06:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4470 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: KEELUNG CITY, A [...] (U) Summary: The race for Keelung City Mayor is largely an internecine Pan-Blue fight between Kuomintang (KMT) incumbent Mayor Hsu Tsai-li and People First Party (PFP) legislator Liu Wen-hsiung. While Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Wang Tuo withdrew from the race and endorsed [...] | 2005-11-04 06:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4477 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: TAITUNG COUNTY/THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. TAITUNG COUNTY IS HAVING THE ULTIMATE LOCAL TAIWAN ELECTION (REFTEL). NEITHER CANDIDATE IS ENDORSED BY A MAJOR PARTY. BOTH ARE BEDEVILED BY ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTION. NOTHING COULD HAVE SEEMED MORE NATURAL TO LOCALS. WHILE THE KMT HAS A STRONG HOLD IN TAITUNG, PARTY-AFFILIAT [...] | 2005-11-04 08:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4479 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN IDENTITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4480 | TAIWAN BOFT: G10 WANTS TOUGHER AGR PROTECTIONS [...] (C) BOFT Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs Jack Hsiao spoke with AIT about Taiwan's response to the US request for additional pressure on the EU to improve their agriculture offer at the WTO on November 2. Hsiao appreciated the US position but noted that Taiwan and the rest of the G- [...] | 2005-11-04 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TW WTO |
05TAIPEI4481 | TAIWAN LEVEL 4 PATHOGENS WARD [...] (S//NF) Action request para 3. On November 3, NHDetect CEO and President David Trudil discussed with AIT COMM and ECON officers a formal advocacy request that his company is submitting through the USDOC Advocacy Center regarding its bid on the first phase of a planned level 4 pathogens ward. [...] | 2005-11-04 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | AMED ETTC PARM TW MTAG CBW |
05TAIPEI4482 | TVBS DRAWS GOVERNMENT'S FIRE [...] (C) Summary: In what many hear interpret as a politically motivated attempt to quiet allegations of ruling party corruption, the Government Information Office has alleged that television station TVBS has violated Taiwan law restricting foreign ownership of satellite broadcasters to less than [...] | 2005-11-04 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW KCPS |
05TAIPEI4484 | MAC GIVES POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PRC CHARTER [...] (C) Summary: Pu Zhao-zhou, Director of the China Civil Aviation Administration's (CCAA) Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau Affairs Office, sent a letter to Tony C.C. Fan (Zhi- qiang),Chairman of the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) proposing that if Taiwan and PRC cannot reach an agreement to proc [...] | 2005-11-06 23:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI45 | TAIWAN LY SPEAKER ON CROSS-STRAIT PROPOSAL, [...] (C) January 2 Taiwan Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told AIT/K Branch Chief that he saw little hope for his proposal to lead a LY delegation to Beijing, as he expected it to be blocked by President Chen. Wang had announced December 31 that, if he were re-elected Speaker, he woul [...] | 2005-01-06 22:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4501 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN, KOIZUMI CABINET [...] Summary: As major Chinese-language Taipei dailies continued November 5-7 to dig up more scandals related to the shady recruitment practices regarding the Kaohsiung mass rapid transit system, coverage also focused on the year-end 3-in-1 elections, the Government Information Office's row with TV [...] | 2005-11-07 23:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4508 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: ILAN COUNTY [...] (C) Summary. The race for Ilan County Magistrate is one of the tightest of the December 3 city/county elections and is being closely watched as an indicator of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) staying power in northern Taiwan vs. the opposition Kuomintang's (KMT) growing momentum. D [...] | 2005-11-08 08:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4517 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, AVIAN FLU [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage November 8 on the arrest of a famous poet who threatened Premier Frank Hsieh by phone last week, local scandals, and Taiwan's financial assistance to Senegal, which severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan in late October. Almost [...] | 2005-11-08 23:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI4529 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX-PARTY TALKS, U.S. ARMS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies centered their reporting November 9 on the Government Information Office's announcement Tuesday that it would fine TVBS, a local cable TV station, NT$1 million dollars for its illegal ownership structure that has violated the Satellite Broadcast L [...] | 2005-11-09 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4550 | TAIWAN CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's government is continuing efforts to enhance Taiwan-Japan-US cooperation and views the rise in Tokyo-Beijing tensions as an opportunity to strengthen ties with Japan and the US in order to counter the PRC. AIT attended a recent Taiwan government s [...] | 2005-11-10 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4552 | TAIWAN'S RULING DPP: DIFFICULT TIMES AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Many local observers expect the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) to make significant gains in the December 3 local elections at the expense of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Several DPP contacts, moreover, have expressed pessimism to AIT about the party's prospects o [...] | 2005-11-10 10:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4553 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: HSINCHU CITY AND [...] (U) Summary: The Kuomintang (KMT) candidates for Hsinchu City Mayor and Hsinchu County Magistrate, both of whom are incumbents, lead their Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) challengers by wide margins. The election atmosphere in Hsinchu City is not very competitive or intense, and the KMT sh [...] | 2005-11-10 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4559 | Prosecutors make little headway preventing [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite increasing enforcement of election laws in Taiwan and the decline of traditional forms of vote buying, this practice continues to play a role the upcoming 3 in 1 elections (reftels) in southern Taiwan. While the traditional practice appears to be on the decline, in par [...] | 2005-11-14 04:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4571 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language newspapers focused their coverage November 11-14 on Taiwan's upcoming 3-in-1 elections; the Presidential Office's probe into its former Deputy Secretary-General Chen Che-nan's misconduct; the Examination Yuan's decision to reduce pension payments to civil servan [...] | 2005-11-14 23:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4572 | TAIWAN PRAISES PRC TOURISM VISIT [...] (SBU) Shao Qi-wei, Director of the PRC's China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) wrapped up a ten- day trip to Taiwan on November 6. The Taiwan government took every effort to make Shao's visit a success, including removing items labeled "Republic of China" from sites visited and express [...] | 2005-11-14 23:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CH TW |
05TAIPEI4573 | CHINA AIRLINES PRESIDENT WEI BECOMES CHAIRMAN [...] (C) China Airlines (CAL) President Philip Wei was named the airline's next Chairman on November 11, and press reports indicate he will be replaced as president by Mandarin Airlines President Ringo K.S. Chao. Boeing's office in Taipei told AIT that the firm is pleased by Wei's appointment. Th [...] | 2005-11-15 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON TW |
05TAIPEI458 | TAIWAN'S PROPOSED IPR COURT CONSIDERS EXCLUDING [...] Summary: The Judicial Yuan committee charged with establishing an intellectual property court met January 20 to discuss whether to include all types of cases: administrative, civil and criminal, or to exclude criminal cases. Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) representatives made a [...] | 2005-02-03 08:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD TW IPR |
05TAIPEI4585 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S TRIP TO ASIA [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage November 15 on the upcoming 3-in-1 elections, local scandals, and a Council of Agriculture announcement Monday that H7N3, a highly pathogenic strain of avian flu, was found in southern Taiwan. Both the centrist "China Times [...] | 2005-11-15 08:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4586 | PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: MIAOLI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: In the complicated race for Miaoli County Magistrate, Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Liu Cheng-hung, a Taiwanese, faces two main Hakka opponents: DPP candidate Chiu Ping-kun and People First Party (PFP) Legislator Hsu Yao-chang, who is running as an independent. While all polls sho [...] | 2005-11-15 10:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4598 | TAIWAN'S DEFENSE BUDGET AND ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. The cancellation last week of funding for PAC-III missiles and of preparatory funds for the Defense Special Budget was in part a product of the increasingly contentious political campaign for Taiwan's December 3 elections. There is still scattered talk of possible forward movem [...] | 2005-11-16 09:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS TW |
05TAIPEI4599 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAICHUNG CITY AND [...] (U) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) candidates for Taichung City Mayor and Taichung County Magistrate, both incumbents, are comfortably ahead of their challengers according to published public opinion polls. In Taichung City, the campaign atmosphere is muted with little visible election competiti [...] | 2005-11-16 23:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI4601 | MEDIA REACTION: SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN JORDAN [...] Summary: As major Chinese-language Taipei dailies continued to report November 16 on the upcoming 3-in-1 elections and local scandals, coverage also focused on a Reuters report which quoted the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as saying more than 50 birds imported from [...] | 2005-11-16 23:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4602 | IS IT VOTE-BUYING OR VOTE-SELLING IN CHIAYI COUNTY? [...] (C) EVEN KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE ON NOVEMBER 12, WHEN 10,000 KMT SUPPORTERS ARRIVED TO HELP HIM INAUGURATE THE CHIAYI COUNTY KMT MAGISTERIAL CANDIDATE'S OFFICE. TO DATE, THIS IS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT FOR ANY KMT ELECTION RALLY DURING THE 3 IN 1 ELECTIO [...] | 2005-11-16 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4604 | TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: POSITIVE REACTION [...] (S) AIT delivered ref a talking points to Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on November 15. Su gave a very positive response to the news that we have requested our representatives in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Kingdom to d [...] | 2005-11-17 03:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG |
05TAIPEI4609 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S KYOTO SPEECH, APEC, BIRD FLU [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies gave considerable front or second page coverage on November 17 to U.S. President George W. Bush's speech delivered in Kyoto on Wednesday, in which he lauded Taiwan as a model of freedom for China. Coverage also focused on the pan-Blue legislators' move to slash the Mai [...] | 2005-11-17 23:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI4614 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S KYOTO SPEECH [...] Summary: As major Chinese-language Taiwan dailies on November 18 continued to report on local scandals, campaigns for the upcoming 3-in-1 elections, and a planned merger between two local banks to form Taiwan's largest bank, coverage also focused on the APEC meetings in Pusan and U.S. Presiden [...] | 2005-11-18 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4621 | Southern Taiwan's Tainan County Agricultural [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent press conference, executives of Tainan County's farmers' and fishermen associations and the County's thirty-one lower level farmers' associations expressed public support for DPP Tainan County Magistrate Su Huan-chih's re-election bid. The County's grass root agri [...] | 2005-11-18 08:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4624 | RECHI CASE DRAWS ATTENTION TO LIMITS ON PRC [...] (C) Investigations of possible illegal investment transactions by Rechi Precision Co., Ltd., the world's third largest manufacturer of compressors for refrigerators and air conditioners, have attracted attention to Taiwan's regulations that limit investment in the PRC to a percentage of net wo [...] | 2005-11-18 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON CH TW |
05TAIPEI4627 | Taiwan Pension Reform [...] Summary: Taiwan's Examination Yuan on November 10 cut monthly government pensions to a maximum of 85-95% of pre- retirement pay. The change cost the ruling Party little in terms of political support because most retired civil servants belong to the opposition, but they will further polarize [...] | 2005-11-20 23:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4632 | PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAINAN COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S HOME COUNTY IS VIEWED BY BOTH THE KMT AND THE DPP IN THE SOUTH AS AN "INDEX" ELECTION. IF DPP CANDIDATES CANNOT WIN EASILY WHERE THE DEEPEST GREENS FLOURISH, SOME BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO HOPE OF WINNING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. RECENT [...] | 2005-11-20 23:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4633 | Southern Taiwan's Tainan County Agricultural [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent press conference, executives of Tainan County's farmers' and fishermen associations and the County's thirty-one lower level farmers' associations expressed public support for DPP Tainan County Magistrate Su Huan-chih's re-election bid. The County's grass root agri [...] | 2005-11-21 03:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4645 | TAIWAN: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI4646 | KMT SPOKESWOMAN OUTLINES PARTY'S PRE AND POST [...] (SBU) AIT's Public Affairs Section (PAS) is looking at media strategies and public platforms of Taiwan's main political parties in the run-up to the December 3 elections. This is the first in a series and will be followed by a snapshot of the DPP. During a November 18 meeting with AIT at oppo [...] | 2005-11-21 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI4647 | Taiwan Economy: Swamp of Negativism [...] (SBU) Summary: As AIT/T has reported in recent cables (refs),public trust in Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been seriously undermined by news of scandal, corruption, and mismanagement over the past several weeks. The erosion of trust in Taiwan institutions and of con [...] | 2005-11-21 08:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI4652 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S ASIA TRIP [...] Summary: The Taiwan dailies gave extensive reporting and editorial coverage November 19-21 to the APEC summit in Pusan and U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Beijing, with a special emphasis on Bush's summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao Sunday. Coverage also focused on the campaigns [...] | 2005-11-21 23:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI4655 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S ASIA TRIP [...] Summary: The front-page headline story for almost all major Chinese-language Taiwan dailies November 22 was the indictment of 18 Taiwan officials, businessmen and 4 Thai laborers in the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp scandal, among who, most notably, is former Presidential Office Deputy Secretar [...] | 2005-11-22 08:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |