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05TELAVIV5054	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

05TELAVIV5055	SPIEGEL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON BORDER CROSSINGS AND [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, told the Ambassador on August 12 that the MOD continues to work with the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to agree on the definition and number of roadblocks in the West Bank (WB). [...]	2005-08-16 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5065	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5072	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH DELIVERS MESSAGE [...] Summary. President Bush granted an exclusive interview to a national Israeli television station on August 11. Using the interview to convey a strong message to the Israeli public, President Bush emphasized U.S. support for Sharon's disengagement plan, spoke about Abbas's handling to date of t [...]	2005-08-16 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR KPAO MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5077	SECOND MEETING OF THE EGYPT-ISRAEL QIZ COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: The second meeting of the Egypt-Israel Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) committee met on August 14 in Jerusalem. The GOE claimed that more than USD 61 million worth of QIZ products have been sent to the U.S. during the period under review, consisting of at least USD 8.6 million [...]	2005-08-16 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5078	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 16, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the second day of disengagement, Neve Dekalim settlement remained a stronghold of resistance to evacuation. Settlers and thousands of anti-disengagement activists blocked IDF troops from entering to distribute eviction notices, although the IDF was able to negotiate and br [...]	2005-08-16 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5082	NSA EILAND SAYS DISENGAGEMENT GOING WELL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland and Deputy Director Eran Etzion assessed that it seems disengagement "is going to be easier than expected." The majority of the discussion centered on what would happen after diseng [...]	2005-08-17 04:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5091	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5093	KNESSET MEMBERS VISIT GAZA SETTLEMENTS, SOME [...] (C) Knesset members who support disengagement as well as those who oppose it have been visiting the Gaza settlements since the disengagement process began August 15. Some have gone to show support for the settlers, while others have gone to show sensitivity to the settlers, but also to suppor [...]	2005-08-17 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV5099	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the third day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police began to evacuate several settlements by force, meeting almost exclusively non-violent resistance. While most settlers continued to leave their homes either voluntarily or after brief non-violent refusal, Israeli Polic [...]	2005-08-17 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV51	WB/G SITREP: SEVEN DEAD, SIX WOUNDED IN BAYT [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF tank fire killed at least seven Palestinians and injured six more January 5 in Bayt Lahiya, as IDF soldiers attempted to target militants launching rockets at Israeli settler targets. One Israeli child was lightly wounded January 4 when Palestinian militants fired mortars [...]	2005-01-04 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5103	(S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...]	2005-08-18 07:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5104	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward met with Minister of Defense Mofaz and his key staff on August 16 to review the status of settler evacuation from Gaza, and to discuss the status of an Israel-Egyptian protocol on troop deployments along Egypt's border with Gaza. A/ [...]	2005-08-18 07:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC KWBG KPAL PINS ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5105	EIVAL GILADY ON GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res) Eival Gilady, a special advisor to PM Sharon on disengagement, met August 16 with Assistant Secretary (A/S) Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer to discuss progress in Gaza disengagement. Gilady said that the Prime Minister's disengagement plan was proceeding more [...]	2005-08-18 07:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL ETRD EG IS KBTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV511	NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT NOF [...] (C) Summary: Israel is permitting construction to continue at the new northern West Bank settlement of Nof HaSharon (reftel). Residents of Nirit, an adjacent Israeli town west of the Green Line that opposes the establishment of the new settlement, and the private contractor developing the si [...]	2005-01-28 12:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5113	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5124	THE ISRAELI TOURISM SECTOR, JANUARY TO JUNE 2005 [...] (U) Summary: The number of tourist entries from January to June 2005 increased 27.3 percent year-on-year. The Bank of Israel (BOI) is forecasting a total of 1.9 million visitors this year contributing to a 0.2 percent increase in GDP. The BOI and Bank Leumi are citing a calmer security situ [...]	2005-08-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5132	CORRECTED COPY: DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fourth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating Kfar Darom, Kfar Yam, and Neve Dekalim. The security forces encountered some resistance in these settlements, particularly from young infiltrators from outside of the Gaza Strip who barricaded t [...]	2005-08-18 16:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5133	SHINUI LIKELY TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN BORDER [...] (C) A recently-finalized agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing some 750 Egyptian border guards to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border after disengagement is likely to receive Knesset approval with the support of Shinui. Shinui MKs Ilan Leibovitch, Eti Livni, and Ilan Shalgi, told Poloff Aug [...]	2005-08-18 16:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5137	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that Egypt and Israel had reached a general agreement on the deployment of 750 Egyptian Border Guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Israeli DefMin Mofaz is e [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5138	NEA A/S WELCH'S AUGUST 16, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Amos Yaron updated NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward August 16 on the status of post-Gaza disengagement issues. On the disposition of settler housing, Yaron asked the USG to continue its efforts to identify a program manager to oversee removal [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5139	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5154	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 19, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fifth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the settlement of Gadid. At the beginning of the day, ten families and over 300 infiltrators remained, but the evacuation was complete by around 1500 hours. The GOI also began demolishing homes i [...]	2005-08-19 14:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5155	FM SHALOM TELLS A/S WELCH THAT ISRAELIS MUST SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 17 meeting, FM Silvan Shalom told Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador that disengagement is proceeding better than expected, but still carries a heavy price for Likud politicians. Shalom expressed concern that Palestinian extremists could launch attacks agai [...]	2005-08-21 17:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS UNGA GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5157	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 21, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the seventh day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the remaining southern Gaza Strip settlements of Katif and Atzmona and some remaining families in Shelo/Shalev/Slav -- after a day (August 20) of inaction due to the Sabbath. The Israeli cabinet [...]	2005-08-21 17:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that this afternoon in the settlement of Netzarim, the IDF and police are completing their evacu [...]	2005-08-22 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV518	GOI LAWYERS ON ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW: HA'ARETZ [...] (C) Summary: GOI lawyers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) told Deputy Economic Counselor on January 26 and 27 that recent changes to the Absentee Property Law (APL) are not aimed at large-scale expropriations of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem a [...]	2005-01-28 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5186	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eighth day of disengagement, the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlers concluded without incident. The evacuation proceeded smoothly with little of the protest that marked the evacuations of Kfar Darom or Atzmona. Removal and relocation of agricultural equipment from G [...]	2005-08-22 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5197	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...]	2005-08-23 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5213	SPIEGEL AND OCHA DISCUSS LOCATIONS TO EASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, and David Shearer, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),on August 17 discussed the progress made by their technical teams on bridging the gap between the tw [...]	2005-08-23 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5219	IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY UPDATES A/S WELCH ON [...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 meeting, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff MG Moshe Kaplinsky told Assistant Secretary Welch, the Ambassador, and Security Coordinator General Ward that disengagement is proceeding ahead of schedule. Kaplinsky praised ongoing GOI-PA security coordination and expressed hop [...]	2005-08-24 05:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5224	SHARON TO CONGRESSIONAL GROUP: ABBAS MUST ASSURE [...] Prime Minister Sharon met for 45 minutes August 22 with an AIPAC-sponsored Republican congressional delegation led by Rep. Roy Blunt. Rep. Blunt began the meeting by congratulating Sharon on the success to date of the disengagement plan, and he asked Sharon to explain Israel's thinking regar [...]	2005-08-24 09:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL OREP PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5233	GOI'S EFFORTS AGAINST TERROR FINANCE IN GAZA; GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and NSC officials briefed econoff and poloff August 11 on the GOI's post-disengagement efforts against terror finance in Gaza. An Israeli National Security Council official said an alternative to the Hamas social service network in Gaza, operated by the Palestinian Authority [...]	2005-08-24 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5239	SHARON EMBARKS ON THE ROAD TO RE-ELECTION [...] (C) Ariel Sharon's ability to hold on to the Likud leadership and win re-election as the only prime minister ever to evacuate settlements and settlers will depend on his ability to extend the honeymoon with the Left and Center created by his successful disengagement, deal with critical budget [...]	2005-08-24 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KWBG GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5253	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Vice PM and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert as saying, after his meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington Wednesday, that the PA must [...]	2005-08-25 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5257	PLAN FOR POLICE STATION IN E-1 IS READY FOR [...] (C) Israeli press reported today, August 25, that the plans for the new Judea and Samaria Police Headquarters, which will be relocated from Ras al-Amud to the E-1 neighborhood of Ma'ale Adumim, are complete and awaiting approval from the Planning Council. Col. Oded Herman of the Ministry of [...]	2005-08-25 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5258	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 25, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli disengagement is proceeding, with demolition of remaining settlements underway. Israeli focus has now turned to the situation of evacuees in Israel, and on political maneuvering post-disengagement. A gun battle that ensued during an Israeli operation near Tulkarm overn [...]	2005-08-25 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5261	DETAILS OF CANCER LAWSUITS RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) confirmed to emboffs on August 24 that four former employees have filed lawsuits charging that they developed cancer as a result of exposure to radiation in the Dimona and Soreq nuclear facilities. The IAEC provided to embof [...]	2005-08-26 06:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MNUC TRGY IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5265	ISRAEL'S ARAB SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Israel's Arab population significantly lags behind the Jewish population in income, level of education, level of health care, and employment rate. This message provides an overview of the vital economic statistics of the Israeli-Arab sector, which comprises approximately 20 perce [...]	2005-08-26 07:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5275	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]	2005-08-26 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5279	AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN ISRAEL - A MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI is putting together plans for dealing with a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) and will share those with Embassy once available. The Ministry of Health has purchased USD 10 million worth of the Tamiflu vaccine and has been in contact with international agencies [...]	2005-08-26 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV5285	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on August 28 an agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border. Meanwhile, Israeli pundits and the weekend press ponder the impact of disengagement. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot reported A [...]	2005-08-26 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5302	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the suicide bombing that occurred outside Beersheva's central bus station on Sunday morning. Two security guards were seriously wounded and 61 other [...]	2005-08-29 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5307	Through Israeli Eyes Only: Gaza journalists on the media [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with EMBOFF on 25 August, three Gaza journalists gave similar reasons for what they described as the "Israeli-only" media coverage of disengagement. Fear of kidnapping, as in the case of the French journalist seized on 15 August and freed on 22 August, k [...]	2005-08-29 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	GZ IS KWBG KPAO OPRC GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5308	MINISTER RAMON TELLS A/S WELCH USG MUST KEEP [...] (C) Summary: On August 21 Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon updated A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, Acting AID Mission Director Harden and Econoff on the GOI's position on Gaza crossings, particularly the impasse over Rafah. Ramon stressed that Minister of Defense Mofaz remains "totally [...]	2005-08-29 13:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV531	PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT FUND EARNINGS MAY SEED GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) will vote February 10-12 on whether to cash out on over USD 300 million of capital gains made on worldwide investments. Board members are split over the vote, reportedly fearing that PA MinFin Salaam Fayyad will appropriate earnings for his o [...]	2005-01-31 05:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5319	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel's Leadership ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Likud has started its process of toppling PM Sharon. The party's Central Committee will vote on September 26 on a proposal to advance the Likud' [...]	2005-08-30 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5324	LIKUD PRIMARIES NOT A FAIT ACCOMPLI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 29 decision by a Likud Party internal "court" has kicked off a process that could result in early party primaries, but -- press reports notwithstanding -- does not compel them to be held. The court decision validates a petition by supporters of Bibi Netanyahu demandin [...]	2005-08-30 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV534	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Burns and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister SIPDIS Peres outlined GOI efforts to revitalize the Palestinian economy. Noting the unexpected success of PA Prime Minister Abu Mazen's steps toward improving the security situa [...]	2005-01-31 08:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5343	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 30, 2005 [...] (SBU) The IDF continues to make steady progress in implementing the GOI disengagement. Hamas and Fatah personnel clashed near Rafah. Otherwise few notable security incidents took place in the last twenty-four hours. The GOI appears to have agreed to a phased handover of settlement areas i [...]	2005-08-30 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV535	OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and the USG to use creative means of engagement such as developing QIZs when assisting the Palestinians so as to tie Palestinian economic fortunes to continued good relations with Israel. Despite advocating such ties, Olmert rejected any [...]	2005-01-31 08:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5350	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At noon today, Israel Radio reported that at least 640 people who participated in a mourning procession in Baghdad [...]	2005-08-31 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5359	EU HIGHREP SOLANA PRAISES DISENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana's discussions with Israeli officials on August 28-30 focused on using the success of disengagement to foster movement on the roadmap. Despite a generally positive atmosphere, Solana made little progress [...]	2005-08-31 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL EU IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5360	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: The Knesset approved (58-23) the Israeli agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border, and the GOI plans to sign the agreement on September 1. Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman briefed General Ward on his August 31 meeting with P [...]	2005-08-31 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5363	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...]	2005-09-01 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5364	SHARON'S POST-DISENGAGEMENT DILEMMA: POLLS SHOW [...] A welter of political polling prompted by the eve-of- disengagement resignation of cabinet minister Binyamin Netanyahu indicates that while Prime Minister Sharon is capable of "taking the country" in national elections, some factions within his Likud party would like to deny him the chance. [...]	2005-09-01 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5375	DRUZE LEADER FROM GALILEE SAYS ECONOMIC AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unemployment and education are key concerns of the Druze community in Northern Israel according to a Druze business and community leader. He indicated that the Druze want a successful and strong Israel and have contributed by serving in Israel's military which is the only signif [...]	2005-09-01 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5404	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Meeting of Israeli and Pakistani Foreign Ministers 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on the "historic" meeting between FM Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpa [...]	2005-09-02 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]	2005-09-06 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV544	DOE DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPORT CONTROLS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed a visiting DOE delegation on nuclear export-control measures during meetings in Tel Aviv on January 18-20. In recognition of their adherence to the NSG Guidelines and promulgation of new export control legislation, the Israelis requested U.S. help in obt [...]	2005-01-31 10:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV545	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Yediot and Maariv bannered, an anti-disengagement rally held opposite the Knesset last night, to demand a national referendum or elections. The event, which gat [...]	2005-01-31 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5452	SPIEGEL: TALK OF EXPANDING ARIEL AND MA'ALE [...] (C) Israeli and Palestinian media reported today, September 6, that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved the construction of 3,000 housing units in Ariel. Israeli officials were quoted as saying that the 3,000 units would be built over the next ten years, and that the population of Ariel wo [...]	2005-09-06 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV5458	ASHKELON DESALINATION PLANT OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: The Ashkelon desalination plant began providing potable water for the Israeli national water grid in mid-August, according to Gustavo Kronenberg, general manager of the private consortium that built and is operating the plant. By the end of this year, Ashkelon, the largest reve [...]	2005-09-07 07:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV5515	DISENGAGEMENT: GAZA BUSINESSMEN BOTH HOPEFUL AND [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, nine businessmen from the Gaza Strip stressed that freedom of movement for people and goods was essential to achieving economic prosperity after disengagement. They claimed that the GOI's proposal for a trilateral border crossing at Ke [...]	2005-09-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL EINV EAID IS PTER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5518	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. Egypt ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and his senior ministers decided this morning that the IDF would withdraw from the Gaza Strip on September 12 through 15. [...]	2005-09-07 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5542	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5562	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer was quoted as saying in a farewell interview broadcast this morning on Israel Radio that the U.S. administration is still wa [...]	2005-09-09 10:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5575	ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement official, all categories of criminal activity are on the rise. The illegal drug trade, organized crime, murder, and extortion present major challenges to the Israeli police. While countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South Americ [...]	2005-09-09 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5581	PEACE NOW ANALYZES THE DISENGAGEMENT PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, Secretary General of Peace Now, said that the disengagement from the Gaza Strip had gone very well, and in particular praised the IDF soldiers and the police for the way in which they negotiated with settlers throughout the evacuations. He said that he had fa [...]	2005-09-09 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5597	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]	2005-09-12 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV561	MFA LEGAL ADVISOR REAFFIRMS GOI POLICY NOT TO [...] (C) Summary. Following up on a January 30 Ha'aretz article implying that the GOI intended to utilize the amended Absentee Property Law (APL) to make large-scale seizures of Palestinian property, MFA Legal Advisor Ehud Kanaan restated the GOI's intention not to do so. Unfortunately, the addit [...]	2005-01-31 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5614	LABOR'S LEADERSHIP RACE CONTINUES TO FIZZLE AS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's September 11 withdrawal from the Labor Party leadership race further consolidates support for Shimon Peres in party primaries to be held either November 8 or 9, with the final date still to be determined. Polls, including on September 9, consistently sh [...]	2005-09-13 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5641	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the disorder in the PA and along the Philadelphi route. While some media, like Jerusalem Post (banner: "Egypt, PA Vow to Stop Gaza Infiltrator [...]	2005-09-14 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5663	TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AT QALANDIYA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy and Consulate General officers visited the Qalandiya crossing on August 31 and September 7 to observe the ongoing construction taking place at the long-existing and always much-contended checkpoint there. Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense advis [...]	2005-09-14 14:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
05TELAVIV5672	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...]	2005-09-15 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5698	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Officials from the MFA, Environment Ministry, and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) plan to meet post-disengagement to discuss whether and how to go forward with the Environmental Experts Committee (EEC). Progress on restarting the EEC, suspended [...]	2005-09-16 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV570	ISRAEL'S COMMITMENTS TO THE USG AND THE WORLD BANK [...] (S) Summary. As of the end of January 2005, the GOI had shown various levels of commitment to fulfilling its "Weissglas" commitments to the USG. It is following through more consistently on its promise to engage on the World Bank process dedicated to facilitating a viable, post-disengagement [...]	2005-01-31 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5703	MFA SEEKS WAY TO HELP LUTHERAN HOSPITAL TO STAY [...] (C) MFA Director of the Division for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal (protect) told Embassy Poloffs and visiting NEA/IPA Poloff September 14 that the GOI wishes to find a "discreet way" to ensure that the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, run by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF),remains in [...]	2005-09-16 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRC ECON IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5705	IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) Senior Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) officials Gideon Frank and Eli Levite told the Ambassador September 8 that a renewed international push on Iran, including referral to the UN Security Council, is necessary, because, based on the response to date of the international community [...]	2005-09-16 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5706	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech PM Sharon delivered in Hebrew to the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The major media focused on Sharon's conciliatory words, as he reached out to the P [...]	2005-09-16 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5708	ECF UPDATES ON BARRIER AND DESCRIBES MAJOR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Sounding an alarmist note regarding GOI settlement plans in a September 1 meeting with econoff, Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) officials (protect) urged the USG to intervene to prevent the building of the police station in E-1 and said that a planned "new Jewi [...]	2005-09-16 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV571	WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS FIVE PALESTINIANS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the absence of incursions or demolitions in the Gaza strip, the IDF accidentally shot and killed a 10 year-old girl and wounded another 7 year-old Palestinian child in Rafah January 31. As many as 32 Palestinians, including passersby, were injured in violent clashes th [...]	2005-01-31 17:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5716	GAZA: SECURITY DETERIORATES, PA HESITATES BUT [...] (C) Summary: A Norwegian diplomat who has covered the Gaza Strip for the past two years sees the security situation deteriorating even further in the coming months. He believes that a variety of armed groups, including factions within Fatah, will continue to seek illicit financial and politi [...]	2005-09-16 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ECON EAID KDEM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5723	GAZA STRIP: EUPHORIA OR ANARCHY? [...] (SBU) A PA Ministry of Interior contact told poloff September 16 that the situation in Rafah remains "a big mess," with movement of Egyptians and Palestinians across the border through up to seven openings. The MOI contact, who visited Rafah on September 15 and remained in touch with his cont [...]	2005-09-16 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5734	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5740	SHARON ENERGIZES ON NECK-AND-NECK LIKUD PRIMARIES [...] (C) With polls showing him either barely winning or barely losing the fight over whether to hold early Likud leadership primaries, Prime Minister Sharon returned from his successful United Nations visit to engage in an unprecedented flurry of internal party lobbying to staunch the efforts of [...]	2005-09-20 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5742	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]	2005-09-21 08:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV575	ISRAELI BUSINESS LEADER ENVISIONS A [...] (C) Summary: Dov Lautman, chairman of the board of the Israeli textile giant Delta, talked to EconCouns January 23 about economic prospects for a post-disengagement Gaza Strip. Emphasizing that it is impossible to "predict the future" of security and politics, Lautman argued that donors must [...]	2005-02-01 06:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5771	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with a comment made by PM Sharon before 150 Likud Central Committee members at his Jerusalem residence last night: "I don't want to [...]	2005-09-21 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5779	FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...]	2005-09-22 09:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5794	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]	2005-09-21 03:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5796	EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA [...] (S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian government to stop what he said is a possibly imminent agreement to sell Pantsir ground-to-air missiles to Syria. Eiland said the deal could be signed as early as next week dur [...]	2005-09-23 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5797	GAZA CROSSINGS: GOI TIGHTENS INSPECTIONS OF GOODS [...] (U) This cable was cleared with ConGen Jerusalem 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to last week's unrestricted flow of people and goods through the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border, the GOI recently implemented additional measures regulating the flow of goods through the Karni crossin [...]	2005-09-23 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN ETRD PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5798	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting September 25, Foreign Minister Shalom told Ambassador Jones that the United States remains Israel's best friend and that he hopes for continued USG support to expand Israel's ties to the Arab world, an area on which he has focused. He offered no pre [...]	2005-09-25 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5799	MOFAZ: CALM ALLOWS GOI TO HOLD OFF GAZA ACTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Ambassador Jones September 25 that the day's calm, after some than 36 hours of Qassam rocket launches and IDF counterattacks, is allowing the GOI to stand back and avoid any further strikes on Palestinian targets. He said any possible ground forc [...]	2005-09-25 16:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5800	NSA EILAND ON POST-DISENGAGEMENT STEPS FOR MOVING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Advisor Giora Eiland briefed NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 21 on steps Israel and the Palestinians can take over the coming year to build on the success of Israeli disengagement. DAS Dibble raised the situation at Rafah, and Eiland cited major poin [...]	2005-09-26 05:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PINS PGOV KDEM IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5801	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...]	2005-09-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5802	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]	2005-09-26 07:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

05TELAVIV5818	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Likud Infighting 2. Gaza Violence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Ambassador Richard H. Jones as saying this morning, upon presenting his credentials to President Moshe Katsav at the Residence of the President in Jer [...]	2005-09-26 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV582	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Under the banner "The Stick and The Carrot," Maariv led with a report that the U.S. administration has conveyed messages to the GOI, according to which a Palestinian state would be establi [...]	2005-02-01 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV583	WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE 12 MORTAR SHELLS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, IDF fire reportedly injured one Palestinian in the Rafah refugee camp. According to the IDF, Hamas militants fired 12 mortar shells at various locations throughout the Strip in response to the January 31 shooting of a Palestinian girl in Rafah, an incidicent [...]	2005-02-01 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV5848	ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: THE OCTOBER 2000 RIOTS AND [...] The mid-September decision by the Department of Police Investigation in the Ministry of Justice to pursue no indictments in the police killings of 12 Israeli Arabs and one Palestinian during the October 2000 riots has given rise to embarrassment in official circles, and little public expressi [...]	2005-09-27 07:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5849	GAZA: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Gaza, the stronghold of the radical Islamist terrorist organization HAMAS, presents exceptional challenges for USG efforts to combat violent extremism. Our strategic approach is to promote Palestinian democracy, strengthen the rule of law, reform the security sector, offer economic alter [...]	2005-09-27 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV5853	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's surprise victory at the Likud Central Committee last night. The proposal to move up the party primaries was rejected, 1433 votes to 1329 (5 [...]	2005-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5863	SHARON PUSHES BACK CONTENDERS, KEEPING PRIMARIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon's victory in the September 27 Likud Central Committee vote over early party primaries staunches for now the efforts of leadership contender Bibi Netanyahu and his anti-disengagement cohorts, allowing Sharon to move ahead with his political agenda -- and the [...]	2005-09-27 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5864	AMB. JONES' 9/26 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S/NF) In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad indicated that his September 25 meetings in Egypt to discuss the Rafah passage on the Egypt-Gaza border yielded no breakthroughs. Gilad said the Israelis prefer to open Rafah passage a [...]	2005-09-27 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5866	POSSIBLE POST-DISENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Predictions about the universe of post-disengagement possibilities can be grouped into three possible scenarios and two remote options, according to a range of Israeli observers. The first scenario -- the roadmap scenario -- is the official position of the Government of Israel [...]	2005-09-28 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG KPAL PINS PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5868	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5892	BOI FOLLOWS FED AND RAISES INTEREST RATE TO [...] (U) On September 25, the Bank of Israel (BOI) announced a .25 percent increase in interest rates, bringing the short-term rate to 3.75 percent. This was the first change since the Central Bank lowered rates by 0.2 percent to 3.5 percent at the end of January, 2005. In its September 25 press [...]	2005-09-29 07:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5897	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV59	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5900	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA HEAD OF UN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General and Head of the UN and International Organizations Division Aharon Leshno Yaar told NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI plans to ignore Palestinian efforts to prevent adoption of a new symbol of the International Committee [...]	2005-09-29 12:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS LE GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5903	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Jacob Keidar told Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI hopes, SIPDIS in the aftermath of disengagement from the Gaza Strip, to improve its relations with Arab states in the Gulf and North Africa [...]	2005-09-29 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS MO SENV TS LE BU MU RS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5905	SHARON ADVISOR TOURGEMAN ON CONTACTS WITH THE PA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 27, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign policy adviser, Shalom Tourgeman, stressed the importance of the political process with the Palestinians. He said the GOI is preparing a list of possible steps to assist PA President Mahmud Abba [...]	2005-09-30 03:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5913	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-30 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5932	THREAT OF LEGAL APPEAL, PUBLIC CRITICISM COMPEL AG [...] (C) Summary: Israeli-Arab political and advocacy leaders reacted with cautious optimism -- and some suspicion -- to the Justice Ministry Police Investigative Department's (PID) September 28 announcement that it will re-examine the investigation of police officers involved in the October 2000 k [...]	2005-09-30 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV594	ISRAELI PRESS REPORTS CLAIM ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Ha'aretz and radio station Kol Israel report Tuesday February 1 that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has "instructed the government to immediately halt" applying the Absentee Property Law in East Jerusalem. Mazuz is reported to have done this through a letter to Finance [...]	2005-02-01 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5941	ISRAEL/WBG: EU OFFICIAL OUTLINES EXPANDED POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 30, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte outlined EU plans to expand its police program in the West Bank and Gaza and EU preparations for a possible third-party role at the Rafah crossing. Otte al [...]	2005-10-03 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KWBG KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5945	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV595	HAMAS WINS BIG IN GAZA ON "CLEAN GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Summary: The Hamas sweep in the local-level Gazan elections of January 27 does not indicate a mandate for Hamas overall or broad-based support for continued armed struggle against Israel, according to numerous Embassy contacts. While Fatah compiled a list of candidates perceived as corrup [...]	2005-02-01 14:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5951	MINISTRY OF FINANCE DG BACHAR CREDITS U.S. LOAN [...] (C) In a September 29 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister of Finance Director General Joseph Bachar, was very upbeat about the prospects for the Israeli economy. While cautious about predicting that the good times would continue, he noted the positive effect of the calm of the past year, [...]	2005-10-03 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EAID ECON IS PREL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5956	PA-HAMAS CONFRONTATION IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza City on October 2 between Palestinian Authority (PA) policemen and Hamas gunmen. Three Palestinians were killed -- a senior police officer and two civilians -- while at least 51 were wounded, many of whom were bystanders. Two police stations in Gaza Ci [...]	2005-10-03 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KWBG KPAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5983	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...]	2005-10-06 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6006	ISRAEL MOVES AHEAD WITH PATENT TERM EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. The proposed Patent Term Extension (PTE) Revision which passed an initial reading in the Knesset in July 2005, could become law as early as November 2005 and is almost certainly assured a quick approval. Debate is expected to resume in the Knesset Judicial Committee on October 1 [...]	2005-10-07 08:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6010	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Bush's Address to the National Endowment for Democracy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Hatzofe) reported that, addressing the National Endowment for Democracy [...]	2005-10-07 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6020	WATER OFFICIALS DISCUSS COOPERATION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: At Trilateral Water Talks in Tel Aviv September 22 Israeli and Palestinian water officials agreed to discuss possible new water supplies for Gaza, including the purchase of water from the Israeli grid for the former settlement areas and the possibility of larger quantities from t [...]	2005-10-07 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6021	SASSON CALLS FOR U.S. TO "SAVE ISRAEL FROM [...] (C) Summary: EconCouns met with Talia Sasson (strictly protect) on September 28 to discuss implementation of her recommendations on curbing illegal settlement activities in the West Bank. Sasson reported a lack of progress in the inter-ministerial committee charged with implementing her rec [...]	2005-10-07 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6022	MOD ADVISOR SPIEGEL SAYS HE HAS NO PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, told Ambassador Jones on September 27 that one of the most difficult problems in dealing with the passages is the lack of a Palestinian Authority (PA) counterpart with whom to coordinate technical matter [...]	2005-10-07 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6025	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...]	2005-10-11 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6075	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language newspapers bannered the issue of the fate of the Syrian regime following the "mysterious" suicide of Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan on Wednesday. Y [...]	2005-10-14 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6084	KIDNAPPING OF KNIGHT RIDDER JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The October 12 kidnapping of an American reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, and a British photographer, Adam Pletts, near Khan Yunis is symptomatic of the lawlessness that prevails in the Gaza Strip, according to Embassy Fatah contacts in Gaza. An influential Fatah-affiliated lawyer in Gaza City [...]	2005-10-14 16:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PGOV PINS PTER US UK GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6103	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In their lead stories, all media reported that nearly simultaneous drive-by shootings, one at the Gush Etzion Junction and the other at the settlement of Eli in the [...]	2005-10-17 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6124	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas is expected to demand U.S. intervention in halting Israeli construction and dismantling illegal outposts in the West [...]	2005-10-19 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6127	PM OFFICE DG SAYS RETURN TO ROADMAP VITAL TO [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Ilan Cohen, the Director General of the PM,s Office, said that Israeli society needed to heal the serious rifts that had been opened by the disengagement from Gaza. On the peace process, he said that there would be no West Bank disengagemen [...]	2005-10-19 13:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6133	ISRAELI COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICIALS MEET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli MFA and NSC officials briefed staffers from the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the GOI's efforts against terrorism and terrorism finance. MFA officials stressed the importance of the U.S. role in urging European nations to designate Hizballah [...]	2005-10-20 04:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KTFN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6146	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 08:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6160	ISRAEL SEEKING REGIONAL COORDINATION ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI is hoping to use an existing health grouping to pull together a meeting of health ministers to coordinate regional preparations on avian influenza. The Turkish Health Minister reportedly has agreed to host such a gathering. GOI officials hope that there can be some US [...]	2005-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL IS CY EG JO KPAL KWBG TU ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6166	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Germany: New Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on President Bush's meeting with PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas at the Wh [...]	2005-10-21 08:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6170	ISRAELI NGO PROPOSING TO TRACK INFECTED MIGRATORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel is making a proposal to the GOI Ministries of Agriculture and Health to set up a surveillance system focused on migratory water fowl which are more likely than over migratory birds to be carriers of the H5N1 strain of avian influ [...]	2005-10-21 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR PREL ECON IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6171	EMBLEM: GOI DOES NOT ENDORSE MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Israeli MFA Director for international organizations and human rights Daniel Meron informed post that the Government of Israel (GOI) does not endorse the September 27 declaration by Dr. Noam Yifrach, chairman of the MDA executive committee, which the Swi [...]	2005-10-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6176	PERES: GAZA DISENGAGEMENT INCOMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Premier Peres said that advancing the peace process and combating poverty in Israel would be the most important issues in the lead up to elections late next year. He stated that the GOI's disengagement from the Gaza Strip would be i [...]	2005-10-24 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6177	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that in a letter sent to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the foreign ministries of Britain, Russia, and th [...]	2005-10-24 09:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6186	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 08:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6196	BAHA'I LEADERS DESCRIBE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 19 meeting, the two highest-ranking officers of the Baha'i International Community, Secretary-General Albert Lincoln and Deputy Secretary-General Murray R. Smith, told the Ambassador that SIPDIS the Government of Iran still persecutes members of the Baha'i faith, [...]	2005-10-27 08:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF IR IS TU AE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6197	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6219	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6221	ISRAELI-ARAB LEADERS CALL ISRAEL HOME, BUT WANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli-Arab speakers at an October 20 roundtable with the diplomatic community underscored their solidarity with West Bank and Gazan Palestinians, but stressed that most Israeli Arabs would prefer to remain in Israel -- but with equal rights -- rather than join any future Pal [...]	2005-10-28 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6228	SHARON STAYS HIS COURSE FOLLOWING HADERA BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: The October 26 suicide bombing of the Hadera market by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) that claimed the lives of five Israelis and wounded 20 has resulted in a cycle of violence that -- barring significant additional casualties -- experience indicates will be short-term. As it h [...]	2005-10-28 17:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6238	AVIAN INFLUENZA: GOI ASSISTING PA; GROUPS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli officials are in daily contact with their counterparts from the Palestinian Authority and have been testing birds on behalf of the PA. GOI veterinary officials have provided their Palestinian counterparts with antigens to detect avian influenza. GOI and PA veterinary o [...]	2005-10-31 09:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL ECON KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6241	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...]	2005-10-31 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6246	STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]	2005-10-31 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6247	SHARON POSTPONES PROBLEMATIC KNESSET VOTE ON [...] (C) Summary: With only hours to go before an October 31 Knesset vote on -- and possible defeat of -- his Cabinet nominations of three Likud loyalists, including Ehud Olmert as finance minister, Prime Minister Sharon postponed the vote by a week in order to rally support and gauge his next step [...]	2005-10-31 17:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS KDEM ELECTIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6250	GOI LARGELY PLEASED WITH SWISS VISIT ON MDA [...] (C) MFA DDG for International Organizations Affairs Roni Ya'ar told the Ambassador October 31 that GOI meetings with visiting Swiss FM Calmy-Rey were productive and remained focused entirely on MDA issues. Ya'ar said that Calmy Rey was on "good behavior" during her visit and did not expand h [...]	2005-10-31 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6256	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...]	2005-11-01 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6262	UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...]	2005-11-01 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6263	SPIEGEL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON EASING MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that terrorists had taken advantage of the removal of some obstacles to movement in Gush Etzion to perpetrate the October 16 deadly shooting attack against Israeli se [...]	2005-11-01 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6264	EC DEL HEAD IN ISRAEL SAYS EU IS AIMING FOR 11/15 [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting at the European Commission Delegation's office in Tel Aviv, EC Delegation Head Ambassador Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal told Ambassador Jones that the EU's objective is to have the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border opened by November 15. Cibrian-Uzal said his EC Dele [...]	2005-11-01 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6266	AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR CELEBRATES RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jones hosted over 80 Muslim, Christian and Jewish guests for an interfaith Iftar dinner on October 27 to break the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Iftar brought together Israeli-Arab leaders from the political, business and social-action arenas. At [...]	2005-11-01 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM KMPI KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6270	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...]	2005-11-02 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6279	VPM OLMERT PREDICTS HIS OWN POLITICAL FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 introductory meeting Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (who also is acting Minister of Finance and Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor) told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy was performing well, and that his challenge was to figure out how to spend a r [...]	2005-11-03 07:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KIPR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6297	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]	2005-11-03 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV631	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met this morning with PM Sharon, who updated him on current security contacts with the Palestinians and the upcoming Sh [...]	2005-02-02 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV633	NEW DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT FUELS DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A recent study claiming that the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza is overestimated by up to 1.5 million people has made headlines in Israel and provided ammunition to opponents of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan. The new numbers, howev [...]	2005-02-02 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6332	SHIMON PERES ASKS ADMINISTRATOR JOHNSON FOR EPA [...] Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres has written to USEPA Administrator Johnson requesting that a team of 2-3 EPA experts visit Israel for one week to advise on sustainable solutions for the Ramat Hovav chemical industry and hazardous waste disposal site located in the Negev. Embassy has provide [...]	2005-11-03 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EIND KSCA PGOV IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6333	EMBLEM: GOI REJECTS MDA STATEMENT BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Israeli MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron told poloff November 1 that the Government of Israel (GOI) has made clear to the Swiss its rejection of the widely disseminated oral statement by MDA Chairman Noam Yifrach, but has not [...]	2005-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV6337	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...]	2005-11-04 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6353	PERES MAY NEED SECOND ROUND VOTE TO TAKE LABOR [...] (C) Summary: A November 3 poll and Labor Party sources indicate that Shimon Peres' anticipated first-round victory over contender Amir Peretz in the November 9 Labor Party primaries could be in jeopardy absent a high voter turnout and the withdrawal of the two other contenders. Rattled by Pe [...]	2005-11-04 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6355	ISRAEL SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH TO CSD ENERGY ROUND [...] (U) The Ministry of Environment shares U.S. views on the recent Water Round of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and looks forward to working closely with the U.S. and other like-minded parties in the Energy Round. MOE officials have made the following points to ESTH officer [...]	2005-11-04 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EAID AORC IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6357	LIVNI DISCUSSES THIRD PARTY, HAMAS, OUTPOSTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador on November 3 that, although "the numbers do not show it yet," Sharon will find a majority for his ministerial nominations because most Likud members do not want new elections. She said that it is significant that Israel has ac [...]	2005-11-04 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]	2005-11-07 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6385	SHARON PICKS SHOWDOWN WITH LIKUD REBELS [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon brought dissension in Likud to a head November 7 when he knowingly pushed forward his package of Cabinet nominations to predictable defeat in the Knesset. In a -- notably -- prepared speech to the Knesset after it voted down the nominations of Ehud Olmert, Roni Bar- [...]	2005-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6386	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France Riots 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with political developments at the Knesset on Monday. They reported that eight Likud "rebels" voted with the opposition to defeat by 61- [...]	2005-11-08 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6396	RAMON SUPPORTS WEST BANK-GAZA RAIL LINK AS AN [...] (S) In a November 8 meeting, Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon confirmed to Ambassador Jones that the GOI would accept the initiation of a technical feasibility study for what the GOI prefers to call a "transportation connection" between Gaza and the West Bank. Ramon presented proposed t [...]	2005-11-08 15:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON IS KWBG PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6397	MOD'S AMOS GILAD SAYS HE WILL PUSH TO GET GAZAN [...] (C) Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Director Amos Gilad told the Ambassador November 8 that (a) he will work vigorously to ensure that this year's harvest from Gaza is allowed to pass through the Qarni crossing between Gaza and Israel so that it can be distributed to markets beyond; and (b) he will [...]	2005-11-08 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KPAL KWBG MARR MASS EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6405	LABOR UNIONS LOSE POWER AND INFLUENCE, RELY ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Histadrut labor federation leaders told poloff October 31 that the movement has lost power to influence legislation since Histadrut's 1994 divorce from the Labor Party, which formerly served as its surrogate in the Knesset. To reverse the organization's declining impact on pub [...]	2005-11-08 17:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6413	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...]	2005-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6425	GOI ISSUES TENDERS TO BUILD IN HAR ADAR AND QARNEI [...] (U) Press reported today, November 9, that the Israel Lands Authority issued a tender for 80 plots to construct single-family houses in Har Adar settlement, northwest of Jerusalem. According to the tender, which was published in Yediot Aharanot, the plots of land will be from 501 to 833 squa [...]	2005-11-09 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6442	UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ISRAEL EXPLAINS PROBLEM WITH [...] (C) Following reftel (B) demarche, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Central Europe and Eurasia (A/S-equivalent) Mark Sofer contacted poloff to discuss Israeli difficulties with the Third Committee resolution on Uzbekistan. According to Sofer, Israel does not intend to co-sponsor the re [...]	2005-11-10 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS UZ GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6444	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that Histadrut Labor Federation Secretary-General, Knesset Member Amir Peretz, defeated Vice Premier [...]	2005-11-10 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6460	PERETZ VICTORY TO BRING LABOR VOTE ON COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than 12 hours after Amir Peretz's surprise victory over Shimon Peres for the Labor Party chairmanship, the party leadership is moving ahead November 10 with plans for a meeting in two weeks of the party's 3,000-member Central Committee to vote on whether to remain in Prime M [...]	2005-11-10 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6467	EMBLEM: ICRC DESCRIBES TIMELINE, PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 8 - 10 conversations with Poloffs, ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrej Motyl expressed continuing ICRC and Swiss commitment to convening the December 5 - 6 conference on the Third Protocol, but also articulated [...]	2005-11-14 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6468	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV648	ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ CANCELS CHANGES IN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and MOIT Minister Olmert confirmed to the Ambassador February 1 that AG Mazuz has reversed the GOI decision of July 2004 concerning application of the Absentee Property Law to East Jerusalem. He also passed us a copy of Mazuz's decision. Separately, Deputy [...]	2005-02-02 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV649	WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI POLICEMAN INJURED AND FIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Israeli policeman in the Old City was injured trying to prevent Jewish youth from stoning Arabs, and eight international activists were injured while protesting construction of the separation barrier, on February 1. Five Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Ban [...]	2005-02-02 14:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV651	WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV6512	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Agreement on Movement and Access" 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported on the "Agreement on Movement and Access," which was brokered on Tuesday [...]	2005-11-16 09:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6516	ISRAEL/WBG: EU ENVOY ADVOCATES "SOFT" OPENING FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Mark Otte advised that the GOI and PA were close to a final agreement on re-opening the Rafah crossing. The only major obstacle remaining was the lack of agreement on how [...]	2005-11-16 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EU IS KPAL KWBG PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6519	SOME OUTPOSTS READY FOR EVACUATION; GOI [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense, told the Ambassador on November 4 that the GOI has taken all of the administrative and legal steps necessary to dismantle nine illegal outposts and the nine permanent houses in Amona outpost. He said th [...]	2005-11-16 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV652	MAZUZ ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW DECISION RILES [...] (SBU) The Absentee Property Law controversy continued to receive press play February 3, although at a less intense level than previously. AG Mazuz's January 31 decision to overturn application the Absentee Property Law (APL) to East Jerusalem led to a predictable outcry by Ministers Sharansk [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV653	WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV6530	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 08:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6532	SHARON, PERETZ TENTATIVELY AGREE ON EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz and Prime Minister Sharon tentatively agreed November 17 to call for national elections sometime between the end of February and the end of March, with both seeking to capitalize on their current political strength in the polls and move forward with their [...]	2005-11-17 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV654	URI SAGUY ON NEED FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE [...] (C) Retired IDF intelligence chief MG (ret) Uri Saguy told the Ambassador February 2 that Israel needs active U.S. involvement "desperately" to move forward with the Palestinians after disengagement because the Israeli political system is "stuck," and the current coalition is heading toward a [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SY ISRAEL RELATIONS PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6545	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...]	2005-11-18 07:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6550	(C) LABOR MINISTER SAYS LABOR WILL LOSE TO SHARON; [...] (C) Labor MK and Science Minister Matan Vilnai told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 16 that "thousands" of Labor Party members will vote for Prime Minister Sharon in 2006 elections rather than support new Labor Chair Amir Peretz. Vilnai said the "Peretz revolution" was "too much from the left" a [...]	2005-11-18 08:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6552	AMIR PERETZ: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz told DAS Danin November 18 that he will focus his upcoming election campaign on socio-economic issues, rather than on peace and security. He stressed the importance of the Labor Party serving as a real opposition party and added tha [...]	2005-11-18 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6557	A/S LOWENKRON'S CONSULTATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron discussed a range of democracy and human rights reform issues with senior MFA officials Yoram Ben-Zeev, Aharon Leshno Yaar and Harry Kneiy-Tal. Topics included the November 14 BMENA Forum for the Future meeting in Bahrain, internal develop [...]	2005-11-20 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS IR TU AE GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS

05TELAVIV6576	SHARON QUITS LIKUD EN ROUTE TO MARCH ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon resigned from the Likud Party at mid-day November 21, announcing that he will head a new party that observers anticipate will carry him to a new four-year term as prime minister. The resignation came only hours after Sharon asked President Katsav to dissolve th [...]	2005-11-21 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6578	ISRAELI NSC CHIEF: GOI "ALONE" IN CONFRONTING [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Chairman Giora Eiland told Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) on November 14 that the GOI feels "alone" in opposing any Hamas participation in the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. The GOI felt obliged to state publicly [...]	2005-11-21 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6579	GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN MA'ALE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli press reported on November 17 that the Israel Lands Authority issued two separate tenders for the sale of 13 plots in Ma'ale Adumim. The plots range from 431 to 1,067 square meters, and will cost between $69,000 and $125,000. In addition, Minister of Construction and Ho [...]	2005-11-21 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6580	LIVNI PONDERS LIKUD INTERNAL POLITICS AND HAMAS' [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG PTER IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6586	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 07:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV659	NOF HASHARON WALKS, TALKS, AND ACTS LIKE A NEW [...] (C) Summary. In recent conversations in Washington, PM Advisor Dov Weissglas has asserted that the construction of the new community of Nof HaSharon does not constitute building a new settlement, but instead is construction of a "new neighborhood" of Alfe Menashe, a settlement in the West Ba [...]	2005-02-03 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6606	UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER [...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...]	2005-11-22 13:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6615	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Israeli Elections 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. American Jewry ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the upcoming elections. Leading media reported that President Moshe Katsav announced that he will sign an e [...]	2005-11-23 07:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6617	BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: According to Nimrod Novik, the senior vice president of the Merhav Group, "all systems are go" for the export of USD 2.5 billion worth of Egyptian natural gas to Israel over the next two decades. Novik, whose company is the Israeli partner in the deal, noted that the Egyptians had [...]	2005-11-23 08:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6619	SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Codel Lieberman November 22 that he is disappointed that Prime Minister Sharon has left the Likud, and that it is hard to say what will happen in the general elections four months from now. Shalom predicted that he and former Prime Minister Be [...]	2005-11-23 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG TS IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6624	KATSAV SETS MARCH 28 ELECTIONS, GIVES SHARON ROOM [...] Summary: Knesset representatives and President Katsav agreed November 23 to schedule elections for March 28, and to dissolve the Knesset by presidential decree, a measure that will allow Prime Minister Sharon to appoint new ministers during the period until elections without Knesset approval. [...]	2005-11-23 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6626	U.S. TREASURY DISCUSSES WITH GOI ESTABLISHMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli military intelligence officials headed by Brigidier-General Kuperwasser met with Treasury policy advisor Lebenson, Post's Defense Attach and econoff to discuss a U.S. Treasury initiative to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) or Financial Follow-up Unit (FFU),a [...]	2005-11-23 12:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6627	GOI TOURISM OVERVIEW AND PROJECT INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Tourism (MoT) Marketing Director Levi told econoff that 1.7 million tourists have visited Israel this year, and brought three billion dollars to the Israeli economy. He stressed that although U.S. travel warnings for Israel have been eased, the warnings have hurt the [...]	2005-11-23 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6628	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE [...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...]	2005-11-23 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6639	AMBASSADOR JONES'S COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In their introductory meeting on the day of the Labor leadership election, Interior Minister Ofir Pines-Paz told the Ambassador that regardless of who wins, it was not a foregone conclusion that Labor would stay in the coalition because it has two major disagreements with Likud. [...]	2005-11-25 06:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV664	ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: MAZUZ DECISION UNLIKELY [...] (C) In a conversation with Deputy Economic Counselor February 3, Deputy Attorney General Blass discounted the possibility of a serious challenge to AG Mazuz's January 31 decision on the Absentee Property Law. Although he was unaware that Finance Minister Netanyahu had told Ha'aretz February [...]	2005-02-04 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6641	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv, Yediot, and The Jerusalem Post, published the results of three polls that show improvement in the rating of PM Sharon's party Kadima (Forward). Were elections hel [...]	2005-11-25 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6659	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. Palestinian parliamentary elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that Shimon Peres is considering joining Ariel Sharon, who may offer Peres a future position as "special ambassad [...]	2005-11-28 07:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6667	BEDOUIN PROFESSOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT GOI TOURISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has several projects in the planning stages designed to improve the Bedouin employment situation in the Negev. Michal Uziyahu from the Negev Development Authority (NDA) said one tourism plan divides the Negev into six regions and calls for the GOI t [...]	2005-11-28 10:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6669	ISA CHIEF DISKIN VIEWS RAFAH AS TEST CASE [...] (C) Summary: During a November 18 meeting with NEA DAS Robert Danin, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Yuval Diskin said that a successfully managed passage at Rafah would encourage the opening of other passages and would benefit Qarni. Diskin expressed concern about Fatah and its leader M [...]	2005-11-28 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6671	GOI UNDERTAKES HOME DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Over the past several days, we have received reports of GOI demolitions of at least ten Arab homes in East Jerusalem for a lack of building permits. Ha'aretz November 23 reported that the Justice Ministry [...]	2005-11-28 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6673	"KADIMA" ATTRACTING CROSS-SECTION OF POLITICAL [...] Summary: Prime Minister Sharon continues to court national and local politicians from across the political spectrum to join his new party, "Kadima." Former Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres is considering whether to join Sharon and is to announce his decision on November 30. Sharon currently [...]	2005-11-28 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6680	MFA OFFICIALS ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Danin that there are two important questions regarding Middle East peace efforts -- how engaged the U.S. can be in the process when it is tied up in Iraq and elsewhere, and how to keep Israelis engaged when they will be diverted by the upcoming election. [...]	2005-11-29 09:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV6683	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that former Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres has finalized his decision to leave the Labor Party, Prime Minis [...]	2005-11-29 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV669	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV670	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...]	2005-02-04 11:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6708	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All Israeli media led with pre-election stories on the movement of key figures between political parties and on public opinion polls. The Jerusalem Post reports that Professor Uriel Reichman, Shinui fou [...]	2005-11-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6710	KADIMA TAKES BITE OUT OF THREE PARTIES; PLATFORM [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's Kadima Party continues to siphon off high-profile politicians from other parties, and its support in the polls is climbing. Labor Party MK and Shimon Peres's close confidante, Dalia Yitzik, announced late November 28 that she is joining Kadima. The natio [...]	2005-11-30 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV6717	Chief Justice Lauds Post's Judiciary Programs, [...] (U) Summary: At a program planning meeting November 29, 2005 in his chambers, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak and National Court Administration President Judge Boaz Okun told the PAO, American Center Director, and PD rule of law program specialist that he places a high value [...]	2005-12-01 09:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6719	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli elections 3. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report on Shimon Peres' quitting Labor and political activity and endorsing PM Sharon's Kadima. The Jerusalem Post reports that "former prim [...]	2005-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6720	AVIAN INFLUENZA: NO CONFIRMED H5N1 IN ISRAEL; [...] (U) INTRO AND SUMMARY: This message is Post's response to Ref A questions regarding the GOI's efforts to prepare for avian and pandemic influenza, and its capability to respond to an AI epidemic. Questions are answered in the order provided in reftel. To date, there have been no/no confir [...]	2005-12-01 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6743	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media extensively covered remarks made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the annual editors' convention at Sokolov House in Tel Aviv on Thursday, addressing the major issues concerni [...]	2005-12-02 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6751	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 [...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...]	2005-12-02 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6760	EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...]	2005-12-02 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6762	Bank Leumi Privatization a Great Success for [...] (U) On November 15, in a dramatic success for the GOI's three-year-long privatization drive, the Cerberus and Gabriel private investment groups (also known as Barnea Investments),headed by former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle, won the tender and purchased 9.99 percent of Bank Leumi from the [...]	2005-12-02 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6763	Fischer Takes Command: BOI Rate Hike Counters [...] (SBU) In an expected move, the Bank of Israel (BOI) announced a 0.5 increase in interest rates on November 28, bringing the base rate to 4.5 percent. This was the Central Bank's third consecutive monthly hike, and the most pronounced, following increases of 0.25 percent at the end of both Sep [...]	2005-12-02 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6766	EMBLEM: WHY THE GOI NEARLY BALKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Israel did not oppose the recent MDA-PRCS agreements, the issue hits the GOI at an unusually volatile transitional moment in Israeli domestic politics. During this tenuous period an issue such as this that touches on security, or the status of East Jerusalem and the settle [...]	2005-12-02 17:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6778	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]	2005-12-05 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6797	GOI-PA CONTACTS ON CONVOYS FROZEN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Major General Yossef Mishlev, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) advised that the GOI has a plan for re-establishing bus convoys between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The "pilot plan" proposes a single [...]	2005-12-06 16:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN ETRD PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6798	ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON NOVEMBER 14 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Jacob Toren told the Ambassador December 5, only hours after the deadly Netanya suicide bombing, that his people are sparing no effort to implement their undertakings vis-a-vis the Palestinians per the November 14 agreement brokered by Secretary Rice. Toren co [...]	2005-12-06 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6799	SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack, the Security Cabinet decided to cancel special travel privileges for Palestinian VIPs, to resume targeted killings, and to combat terrorism and arms smugglin [...]	2005-12-06 17:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6815	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Race ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Jerusalem Post and other media reported the IDF is gearing up for a crackdown on the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, wishing to apprehend "all of the terrorists" there. The [...]	2005-12-07 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6846	LABOR MK HERZOG: "SHARON STOLE HANEGBI," AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor MK and former Housing Minister Isaac (Itzchak) Herzog discussed the ever-evolving Israeli political scene, including then breaking news that acting Likud Party Chairman and Minister-without-Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi had decided [...]	2005-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6847	KATSAV'S VATICAN VISIT POSITIVE, BUT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Division Director for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal briefed Poloff November 28 on President Moshe Katsav's November 17 Vatican meetings and on the status of GOI-Vatican negotiations toward a concordat on fiscal and legal matters. Tal, who traveled with Katsav, was upbeat about t [...]	2005-12-08 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6848	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2005, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]	2005-12-08 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6855	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]	2005-12-09 09:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6872	ISRAEL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov told poloff December 4 that: -- Israel continues to be interested in active participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (Proliferation Security Initiative) and ot [...]	2005-12-09 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6874	(C) FM SHALOM DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch on December 8 met with FM Silvan Shalom to discuss regional and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Shalom expressed concern about the security situation, claiming that there had been an increase in infiltrations by terrorists and weapons smuggling sin [...]	2005-12-10 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS TS EG LE AG JO IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6875	MOFAZ TELLS A/S WELCH HE WILL SHUT KARNI, EREZ IF [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador December 9 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has done nothing to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access since both sides met with the Secretary November 15. He underscored repeatedly that security conce [...]	2005-12-10 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6876	GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...]	2005-12-10 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6877	ISRAELIS DELIBERATELY "AMBIGUOUS" ON PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland and Deputy National Security Advisor Eran Etzion told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 9 that the GOI has adopted a deliberately "ambiguous" approach to Palestinian Authority (PA) elections "so the PA can't blame Israel for the p [...]	2005-12-10 16:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV KPAL KDEM KPKO LE SY IS IR TU AE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6884	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Pressures Israel on Safe Passage Agreement 2. Sharon's Kadima Political Moves 3. Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 4. Defense Establishment Expected View of Egypt ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Army Radio reported [...]	2005-12-12 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6886	MOJ LIVNI WANTS ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni raised concerns about the role of Hamas in the upcoming Palestinian elections with A/S Welch on December 8. Livni said she fears Hamas will get more legitimacy from these elections, which will weaken PA President Abbas and damage the concept of d [...]	2005-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6891	SPIEGEL OUTLINES GOI PLAN TO REMOVE SOME OBSTACLES [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense (MOD),briefed the Ambassador and Embassy staff on the GOI's three-phase draft plan for the reduction and removal of obstacles to movement in the West Bank. In Phase I, the GOI plans to remove a total o [...]	2005-12-12 16:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6911	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Program ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ Major media reported on the Mehlis report, which was delivered yesterday to the UN Security council, claiming that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence knew about the plot to assass [...]	2005-12-13 12:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6920	PHANTOM EFFORT TOWARD NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Israeli press is decimating forests and spewing ink in its speculation over the claimed efforts of mostly unnamed -- but apparently desperate -- Likud MKs to garner support for a new government in the 15 days remaining before the Knesset's December 29 dissolution. For such an effort t [...]	2005-12-14 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6923	UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambassador December 12 that UNDOF has "no money, no manpower, and no resources" with which to employ new technologies or to expand its mission. Sharma reported th [...]	2005-12-14 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6924	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...]	2005-12-15 04:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6946	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz led with a report by Akiva Eldar that on Wednesday, Israel succumbed to international pressure and informed the U.S. that it plans to complete preparations on Friday for operatin [...]	2005-12-15 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6970	SUMMARY OF ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SEMINAR ON [...] On December 1, 2005, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) held an export control seminar for the local high-tech and defense industries. The seminar, "Export Controls for Category 6 Technologies of the Wassenaar Arrangement," attracted over 200 participants, among them many Israeli hi- tech exporter [...]	2005-12-16 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETTC ETRD IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6971	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a regional financial center like Hong Kong or Switzerland due to a lack of financial activity with its neighboring countries. Israel's financial activity is mainly conducted with the financial markets of the U.S. and Europe, and to a lesser extent with Asia. Less than a quarter [...]	2005-12-16 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP KTFN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6972	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...]	2005-12-16 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6996	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...]	2005-12-19 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV70	POSSIBLE UTJ DECISION AGAINST COALITION LEAVES [...] (C) Religious reservations over disengagement, concerns over the independence of its religious school system, and issues of trust -- not only money or political benefits -- are the core issues preventing the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party from completing PM Sharon's desired Likud-Labor-UTJ [...]	2005-01-05 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7002	ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...]	2005-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7003	ISRAEL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following proposed draft for the Israel section of the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. This draft has been cleared with ConGen Jerusalem, which is producing a report on the Palestinian Authority (septel). ------------------ GENERAL ASS [...]	2005-12-19 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7008	SHARON'S HEALTH BECOMES ELECTION ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's hospitalization December 18 for a mild stroke has raised questions of age and health in the current pre-election political climate and raised differing preliminary views as to what effect Sharon's health problems will have on the Kadima party's future. Pol [...]	2005-12-19 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7016	NETANYAHU LEADS A WEAK, RIGHT-LEANING LIKUD AS [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu will likely call for a party decision as to whether Likud should quit the government, and may still try to recruit 61 MKs to create an alternative government to avoid early elections. Observers assess that the latter has littl [...]	2005-12-20 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7022	POVERTY HYPE REFLECTS DECLINE OF SOCIALISM IN [...] (S) In advance of the upcoming elections, many politicians, reporters, and advocacy groups have been trumpeting "poverty" as the most important issue facing Israeli society. In reality, apart from a few isolated pockets, Israel does not face grinding "third world-style" poverty as a systemi [...]	2005-12-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7023	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel TV and Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised PM Sharon's courageous moves in an interview with CNN, as, in the words of both statio [...]	2005-12-21 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7029	GOI ISSUES TENDERS IN ARIEL AND QARNEI SHOMROM [...] (U) Press reported Monday, December 19, that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) issued a tender for 117 units on two sites in the East Beit quarter of Ariel settlement. According to the tender, which was published in Ha'aretz, one site is 2,465 square meters and will have 27 hou [...]	2005-12-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7030	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 VISIT TO [...] (U) Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Linton Brooks visited Israel December 6-9 for a series of discussions of ongoing cooperation between NNSA and the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). IAEC Director Gene [...]	2005-12-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM PINR PGOV PTER EAID TRGY TSPL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV7046	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Taiwan Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outraged Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum on Tuesday when she praised PM Sharo [...]	2005-12-22 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV706	FORMER CIVIL ADMINISTRATION HEAD REVEALS [...] (C) Summary: The former head of the Civil Administration, Brigadier General (ret.) Dov "Fuffi" Sedaka, detailed the complex approval process for construction of new settlements and settlement neighborhoods in a January 30 meeting with Embassy economic officers. He made clear that no matter [...]	2005-02-04 13:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV707	RETROACTIVE APPROVALS FOR SETTLEMENT BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. As reported septel, former head of the Civil Administration, Brigadier General (ret.) Dov "Fuffi" Sedaka, detailed the complex approval process for construction of settlements to Embassy economic officers in a January 30 meeting. During the meeting, he also explained that the b [...]	2005-02-04 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7072	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the IDF responded with artillery fire and aerial strikes to Sunday's Qassam fire. A Qassam rocket nearly missed a kindergarten in Kibbutz Sa'ad [...]	2005-12-27 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All leading media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the firing from Lebanon of at least four Katyusha rockets at Israeli communities -- particularly Kiryat Shmona -- la [...]	2005-12-28 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7090	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...]	2005-12-29 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7096	PERETZ: REMOVE ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS, SPEED UP PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz, who has tried to focus the Israeli electorate on economic issues (reftel),recently criticized the proliferation of Israeli outposts and expansion of settlements in the West Bank as damaging to Israel's international reputation and to prospects [...]	2005-12-29 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7098	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...]	2005-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7099	CONFERENCE PROMOTES NEGEV AND NEW MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Globes business daily newspaper hosted several hundred private and public officials at a business conference where the GOI promoted its Negev Development Plan. A panel of prominent GOI officials lead by former Vice Premier Shimon Peres presented the development plan, which ca [...]	2005-12-30 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV71	GOI RESPONSE TO DATA EXCLUSIVITY DEMARCHE [...] (S) Ambassador Kurtzer delivered points in reftel to Vice PM and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert on January 4, 2005. Olmert objected to the language used in the demarche, but he accepted the principle that if the data exclusivity legislation is withheld from passage by the [...]	2005-01-05 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7100	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH EHUD BARAK AND SHIMON [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, in separate meetings, told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) that they are optimistic about the impact of Kadima on the peace process, and both predicted the Labor party would be marginalized under the leadership of Amir P [...]	2005-12-30 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7102	ISRAELI AVIAN FLU-RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY [...] SUMMARY: On October 13, 2005 Israel banned all imports of poultry products from Turkey following a reported case of AI there. Israel currently bans the import of poultry and poultry products from areas where AI cases have been confirmed - Southeast Asia, Croatia, Russia, and Romania. The su [...]	2005-12-30 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV711	WB/G SITREP: PIJ AND AAMB INJURE FOUR IDF [...] (SBU) In the West Bank on February 3, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades wounded four IDF soldiers in a shooting attack south of Hebron. Eight international activists were lightly injured in clashes with the IDF when protesting the construction of the seamline barrie [...]	2005-02-04 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV7112	ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...]	2005-12-30 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV7113	A PRE-ELECTIONS PRIMER: PARTY PRIMARIES, POLLS AND [...] Summary: Less than ninety days ahead of Israel's general elections, the political landscape the three major parties will maneuver through is clear. December 29 marks the passage of the statutory 21 days since publication of the presidential order to dissolve the 16th Knesset, a formality th [...]	2005-12-30 16:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV723	PERES PURSUES DIRECT TALKS ON GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (S) Summary: DPM Shimon Peres is moving quickly to initiate direct negotiations with the PA on Gaza Disengagement economic issues. Following the template established by the World Bank process, Peres met February 2 with Mohammed Dahlan and Sa'eb Erekat to set a path toward face to face negoti [...]	2005-02-07 08:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV73	WB/G SITREP: EIGHT ARRESTED IN WEST BANK; IN GAZA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Violence continued in Gaza January 4-5 with 11-12 IDF soldiers reportedly injured by Qassam rocket attacks and eight Palestinians, including six members of the same family and one militant, killed by Israeli gunfire. In the West Bank, eight Palestinians were arrested, including [...]	2005-01-05 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV731	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-07 11:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV75	JORDANIAN CONSUL SAYS JORDAN WANTS PRISONERS IN [...] (C) Jordanian Consul Mohammed Abu-Wandi told political counselor January 5 that ongoing discussions with FM Shalom over both Shalom's desire to visit Amman and the return of a Jordanian ambassador to Tel Aviv focus on Israel's release of some 13 Jordanian "security" prisoners. Abu-Wandi said [...]	2005-01-05 16:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV752	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-08 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV76	NASSER YUSIF ON POSSIBLE SECURITY ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Force BG Nasser Yusif told poloffs recently that, if called upon to join an Abu Mazen government as interior minister, he would bring the green-uniform public security forces, Force 17, and the naval or coastal police under his personal operational control, an [...]	2005-01-05 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER ASEC GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV786	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-09 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV803	DEFENSE MINISTRY DENIES VERACITY OF FEB 8 HA'ARETZ [...] (U) A February 8 article in Ha'aretz quotes a senior security official as saying that Israel will evacuate illegal outposts in the West Bank only after the implementation of the disengagement plan in the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank. According to the security official, the GOI's com [...]	2005-02-09 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV816	ANOTHER WEST BANK AMCIT SETTLER'S ACCOUNT [...] (SBU) On 24 Jan 2005 Conoff spoke with an American citizen resident of the West Bank settlement of Elkana. The American citizen was at the Embassy in Tel Aviv renewing the U.S. passports of her children and was willing to discuss the subject of life in Elkana. 2. (SBU) The American cit [...]	2005-02-10 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC SOCI KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY
05TELAVIV820	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-10 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV826	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FM SHALOM RESURRECTS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's late-breaking campaign for a national referendum on disengagement has exacerbated divisions within Likud over disengagement, but will fail given steadfast opposition from Prime Minister Sharon and a Likud-proof majority of Knesset members. Likud [...]	2005-02-10 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV839	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...]	2005-02-11 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

05TELAVIV85	YOSSI GAL AND ILAN BARUCH DISCUSS AHLC, WORLD BANK [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Yossi Gal and Ilan Baruch of the MFA's Economic Affairs division Wednesday, December 28 to discuss Israeli follow-up from the Oslo AHLC, World Bank-proposed monitoring and benchmarks, and GOI and Israeli private-sector contact with the Palestinians on sett [...]	2005-01-06 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV87	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Yediot highlighted issues related to the opposition to the disengagement plan. Maariv bannered a call by PM Sharon on IDF soldiers to resist pro [...]	2005-01-06 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV881	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV886	WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 14, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants launched three shooting attacks at IDF and Israeli settler targets February 11-14, including one in which militants fired on Israeli laborers who were putting up a fence along the Kissufim Road. No injuries were reported. The GOI agreed February 14 to th [...]	2005-02-14 15:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV891	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH SHIMON [...] (C) Summary. Senator Allen and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Shimon Peres discussed their mutual interest in nanotechnology as well as ways to bolster the Palestinian economy. Peres stressed the importance of moving quickly on improving freedom of movement within Palestinian areas and [...]	2005-02-15 09:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV895	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Former Lebanese PM Hariri ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The newspapers -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- banner either threats against PM Sharon or the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri in [...]	2005-02-15 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV904	NETANYAHU AS FINANCE MINISTER: CONFOUNDING THE [...] (C) Summary. Upon assuming office in 2003, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implemented a series of far-reaching economic reforms aimed at overcoming Israel's economic crisis of 2001-2002, the worst in its history. Originally drafted under Netanyahu's predecessor Silvan Shalom, they encom [...]	2005-02-15 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI PREL EIND ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV916	WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 15, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian driver said that an Israeli car fired shots at his vehicle north of Nablus on February 14, damaging his vehicle but causing no injuries. The IDF arrested a total of eight Palestinians throughout the West Bank February 14-15. In Gaza, unknown assailants opened fi [...]	2005-02-15 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV922	PALTRADE OFFICER ON SETTLEMENT GREENHOUSES, PAPA [...] (C) Summary: PalTrade cash crops officer Hashim Al-Hussaini spoke to Econoff February 9 on Gazan agribusiness and job creation post-disengagement. On settlement assets, Hussaini emphasized the need for direct GOI-PA security coordination in order to safeguard greenhouses and other infrastru [...]	2005-02-15 15:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG EAID IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV930	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Member George Allen met with Ministry of Defense Deputy Director General for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad February 13. Gilad focused on GOI efforts to coordinate with Egypt on security aspects of the disengagement plan, in particular [...]	2005-02-16 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV934	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanon Bombing 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced Tuesday, a day after the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, that the U.S. recalled it [...]	2005-02-16 12:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV946	WB/G SITREP: TWO AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and killed two Al-Aqsa militants in the West Bank, while an Israeli settler killed a 15-year-old Palesinian in Ramallah. In Gaza, militants fired mortar shells at Morag and Neve Dekalim. No injuries were reported in either attack. End Summary. --------- West [...]	2005-02-16 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV955	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Senator Allen and Finance Minister Bibi Netanyahu discussed the present situation between Israel and the Palestinians and Gaza disengagement. Netanyahu was guardedly optimistic about prospects for further steps toward accommodation with the PA noting that Abu Mazen faced seriou [...]	2005-02-17 07:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON OVIP KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV959	(C) APPOINTMENT OF NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE [...] (C) Dutch NATO Permanent Representative Robert Serry told the Ambassador February 17 that he is meeting with Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials to lobby for his candidacy to become the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East. Serry said that the Palestinian leadership had ex [...]	2005-02-17 09:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV960	EU COPPS STRESS DONOR COORDINATION WHILE BUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The director of the EU's police reform program, Jonathan McIvor, told the DCM and emboffs February 15 that a lack of credibility among the population is the biggest problem facing the PA police, due in large part to the fact that it is militants rather than the police that "st [...]	2005-02-17 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV961	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon Bombing ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted Wednesday's approval by the Knesset, 59-40, with 5 abstentions, of the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law, empowering the government to pay 3.8 billion [...]	2005-02-17 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV969	WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 17, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, settlers west of Hebron attacked a group of Amcit (Christian Peacemakers) and Italian peace activists who were escorting Palestinian shepherds grazing animals, beating up and injuring two activists, according to humanitarian NGOs. PA Labor Minister Ghassan Khat [...]	2005-02-17 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05THEHAGUE1057	DUTCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROTECTING THE UN IN [...] (S) Ambassador Sobel raised reftel request directly with PM Balkenende on April 11, and followed up with DefMin Kamp and the PM's Foreign Policy Advisor Rob Swartbol on April 13. PolMilOff also discussed this issue with MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on Apr [...]	2005-04-19 12:22:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ NL
05THEHAGUE1063	CHR 61: DUTCH REJECT POLITICAL MOTIVATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 07:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NL UNHRC EUN
05THEHAGUE1073	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH MOSTLY TRACK U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adriaan Palm (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) on April 21 and participated in the Dutch briefing on the GAERC later the same day, where Canada and Australia also took part. Palm said this GAERC would have an abbreviated agenda and adjourn [...]	2005-04-21 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1176	SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. [...] (C) On April 28, Post conveyed ref A points to Angelique Eijpe, Policy Officer for Syria, Directorate for North Africa and Middle East Affairs, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post followed up the next day with Eijpe, who said that the GONL shares the U.S. view on the need to maintain pres [...]	2005-05-02 08:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY NL
05THEHAGUE1201	ONE YEAR SOFA FOR NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA [...] (SBU) In accordance with ref A, Embassy Legal Counselor exchanged diplomatic notes on May 3, 2005, concluding an exercise specific status of forces agreement with the Netherlands to provide privileges and immunities for U.S. forces in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. The agreement entered [...]	2005-05-04 09:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER ASEC KTIA MARR MOPS PREL NL NA
05THEHAGUE1434	NETHERLANDS/EU: WHERE'S PLAN B? DUTCH BRACE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: With polls showing a clear majority opposed to ratifying the EU Constitutional Treaty, the Dutch government is belatedly stepping up its efforts to obtain a ""Yes"" vote in the June 1 referendum. At the same time, Prime Minister Balkenende is actively distancing his government from the [...]	2005-05-26 16:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1536	DUTCH REFERENDUM YIELDS HUGE NO [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-02 14:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1554	SUDAN/NETHERLANDS: NGO AND DUTCH ANGER OVER ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Sudan's arrest of the Country and Darfur directors of the NGO Artsen zonder Grensen/Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) angered the NGO and the Dutch government, which has called in the Sudanese Ambassador to protest. The NGO confirms the men are free for now but [...]	2005-06-03 11:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU NL
05THEHAGUE1555	NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH STRADDLING THE FENCE [...] (C) In a meeting with POLOFF on June 3, Jan Jaap Groenemeyer, senior advisor on Cuban issues at the Dutch MFA, took issue with Ref A demarche points describing the EU's new approach to Cuba as a failure. He asserted that results were more mixed: some prisoners had been released but new ones [...]	2005-06-03 12:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CU NL SP
05THEHAGUE1556	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/ANTILLES: POTENTIAL DUTCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINS MARR SNAR NL NA VE
05THEHAGUE1559	NATO: AIRLIFT TO THE AU IN DARFUR -- DUTCH [...] (C) PolMilOff made reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on June 3. Gabrielse called the demarche timely as "things were moving quickly" within the EU. He said Dutch MFA Director-General for Security Policy Maurits Jochems had spoken with his UK coun [...]	2005-06-03 14:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SU NL NATO
05THEHAGUE1560	THE NETHERLANDS ON SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A demarche points to Dutch MFA Arms Transfer Policy Office Director Paul van den IJssel on June 1 (reported ref B) and followed up with him and action officer Marijn van Blom on June 3. Van den IJssel said that after the recent NPT RevCon, a positive result at the [...]	2005-06-03 14:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE161	NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]	2005-01-21 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE164	NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]	2005-01-21 16:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1647	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOT UNDECIDED ON ATTENDING [...] (C) On June 1, Ambassador Sobel raised the June 22 US-EU International Conference on Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Per ref a, Ambassador Sobel urged Bot to attend the conference and to take advantage of the opportunity to announce additional Dutch contributions to the Iraqi Transition [...]	2005-06-13 06:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NL EUN
05THEHAGUE167	DUTCH MFA ON U.S. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Affairs Chief Paul Wilke and MFA Deputy Director of Juridical Affairs Liesbeth Lijnzaad on January 11 and followed up with Lijnzaad on January 21. As reported preliminarily ref B, Wilke said that in general, the Netherlands shares U.S. [...]	2005-01-25 07:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT NL
05THEHAGUE1786	NETHERLANDS/MSF: DUTCH SEEK JOINT DEMARCHE IN KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-23 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE1853	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: SEEKING ALLIES TO CONTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain concerned about Chavez's intentions and are seeking allies to contain and moderate his regional and domestic policies. The Dutch hope Venezuela's social and political traditions will limit his ability to become a "new Castro," but they are worried about his in [...]	2005-06-30 08:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NL EUN VELS
05THEHAGUE1855	PSI: DUTCH SUPPORT ELIMINATING CORE GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-30 12:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE1876	NETHERLANDS: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, DCM, and POLCOUNS met with Dutch FM Bot on June 30 for a tour d'horizon discussion of outstanding issues. Bot praised the excellent (and improving) state of U.S.-Dutch relations, but identified four irritants to be addressed through ongoing consultations: Dutch d [...]	2005-07-01 12:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IR AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1919	WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH [...] Poloff met Hein van der Hoeven (MFA desk officer in the Department for UN and IFI Affairs) on July 6, 2005 to deliver reftel diplomatic note and request Dutch support for the United States at the elections to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO. 2. Van der Hoeven appreciated the timely [...]	2005-07-07 10:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE1925	PALESTINIAN SECURITY/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH DONATION [...] (SBU) Acting POLCOUNS and Poloff discussed reftel demarche with the MFA on June 30 and July 7. Astrid Zonneveld (MFA Action Officer for security policy) told A/POLCOUNS that the GoNL would provide up to 500,000 euro to support the Ward Mission, drawing on the Security Policy Bureau's discre [...]	2005-07-07 13:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL KWBG IS NL PKPAL
05THEHAGUE1926	U.S.-NETHERLANDS EWGPP MOU SIGNED [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-07 14:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM OTRA RS KNNP TRGY NL NRG
05THEHAGUE1937	UN REFORM/NETHERLANDS: DISLIKE FOR G4 FRAMEWORK [...] (C) Charge and Acting PolCouns met Dutch MFA Director for UN Affairs Karel van Kesteren July 8 to share ref A points. The GONL has not decided how it will vote on the resolution, holding open the option of working for amendments. Van Kesteren said that as the resolution currently stands, the [...]	2005-07-08 14:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL UNSC
05THEHAGUE1941	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN reform. The Dutch thought Syria was improving its behavior in Lebanon in response to international pressure and suggested they are doing their best under the circ [...]	2005-07-11 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE1965	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 10:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER NL UNGA
05THEHAGUE1987	NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: DUTCH CONSIDERING OPTIONS [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Tanja Roling (MFA, Uzbekistan/Kyrgystan regional desk officer) on an urgent basis July 15. She appreciated the advance information and promptly shared it within the MFA. The Dutch are already processing earlier requests from the UNHCR to resettle som [...]	2005-07-15 10:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL NL KG UZ
05THEHAGUE1988	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON JULY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Poloff participated in the Dutch pre-briefing for the GAERC to be held in Brussels on July 18-19. It will emphasize the fight against terror, in light of the recent London bombings. On Lebanon and Syria, the Dutch believe the situation in Lebanon is "very fragile" and that the [...]	2005-07-15 10:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1990	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH OPEN [...] (C) Poloff met Welment van Aardenne (MFA, Senior Policy Advisor, UN department) to discuss reftel points (refs a and b) on July 14 and July 15. Poloff emphasized both the anticipated strength of the USG's engagement in the upcoming discussions on establishing the Peacebuilding Commission (P [...]	2005-07-15 10:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR KPKO NL UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05THEHAGUE2018	NETHERLANDS/UNSC REFORM: DUTCH COULD SUPPORT G-4 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 14:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL UNSC UNGA
05THEHAGUE2020	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR SHERRI HOLLIDAY FROM AMB. [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 07:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT NL
05THEHAGUE2023	NETHERLANDS/CAMBODIA: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 09:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC PREL CB NL
05THEHAGUE2039	NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: FOLLOW UP ON RESETTLING [...] (C) Acting PolCouns followed up reftels with Anna Brinks (MFA, refugee assistance officer) on July 22, who revealed that the Dutch still have about 50 open places from their 2005 refugee quota of 500. For these spots they could consider individual cases "on a case by case ("dossier") basis" [...]	2005-07-22 12:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NL KG UZ
05THEHAGUE2041	SYRIA/LEBANON/NETHERLANDS: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with Angelique Eijpe (MFA, Senior Policy Officer, Middle East Department) on July 22. Eijpe appreciated the points, noting that the Netherlands is actively following the border blockage and had already raised similar points bilaterally with the Syrian go [...]	2005-07-22 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD JO NL PGOV PREL SY
05THEHAGUE2044	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DUTCH FM THINKING TOUGH ON [...] (C) FM Bot told the Ambassador on July 20 he would welcome a briefing by WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on August 23 or 24 as part of the Netherlands increasing engagement on Venezuela. He made clear that he wanted to be helpful on Venezuela and is willing to adopt a strengthened posture, includin [...]	2005-07-22 16:36:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PHUM EPET NA NL VZ
05THEHAGUE206	NETHERLANDS/CUBA/EU: STILL A CHANCE TO RESIST [...] (C) Dutch interlocutors informed Poloff on January 27 that the Czech Republic continues to pose obstacles to implementing the COLAT's proposed revisions to the EU's strict "June measures" against the Cuban regime. If the Czechs remain firm, this could make it difficult for the January 31 GA [...]	2005-01-27 14:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL CU EZ EUN
05THEHAGUE2064	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH THINKING ON ISAF III; FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DATT and ODC Chief met with Dutch CHOD Gen. Dick Berlijn on July 19. Gen. Berlijn reviewed Dutch thinking on participation in ISAF III, including a PRT consisting initially of 1000 personnel (later to be expanded to 1200) deployed most likely to Uruzgan province. Later disc [...]	2005-07-27 08:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NL PGOV PREL NATO
05THEHAGUE2080	S37-05: NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UAE [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to Hedda Samson (Senior Policy Officer, Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation, MFA) on July 28. Samson stated she would pass the points on to the appropriate agencies, including the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the intelligence services. 2. (C) Sams [...]	2005-07-29 07:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC IR PARM PREL SU AE CBW NK
05THEHAGUE2126	NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: MORE ON DENIED DUTCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 05:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER UZ NL
05THEHAGUE2136	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/ANTILLES: DUTCH WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Prime Minister Balkenende's chief foreign policy advisor, concerns about Venezuelan interference in the Dutch Antilles and Aruba have recently risen to the top of the Dutch list of foreign policy priorities. A Chavez visit to the Netherlands is not currently under consider [...]	2005-08-03 10:36:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EPET NA NL VZ
05THEHAGUE2137	WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH [...] On August 1, Post received Diplomatic Note no. DVF/CI-312/05 from the Dutch MFA confirming Dutch support for the U.S. candidacy to the World Heritage Committee in response to ref b demarche and Embassy dipnote of July 5, 2005. Para 2 contains full text of Dutch dipnote. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF [...]	2005-08-03 12:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE2156	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS: WORKING TOGETHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support the establishment of a Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights (CHR),but have specific questions regarding numbers and criteria for membership. The Dutch believe that the new Council should be a standing body with the status of a "princip [...]	2005-08-05 09:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV NL USUN
05THEHAGUE2157	NETHERLANDS/GUANTANAMO: DUTCH REMAIN TROUBLED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain concerned about the lack of access by UN special rapporteurs to Guantanamo. According to the senior Dutch MFA official dealing with Human Rights, the issue has become a "political problem" in the Netherlands and could complicate efforts to cooperate with the EU o [...]	2005-08-05 09:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO NL
05THEHAGUE2175	NETHERLANDS/EU: FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES AND TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Dutch MFA official, the Dutch hope to see the debate on EU finances concluded during the British EU presidency, but will hold out for a system that lowers the Netherlands' high per capita contribution. On Turkey, the Dutch continue to support starting acces [...]	2005-08-05 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2185	NETHERLANDS: PREPARATIONS FOR MTCR PLENARY SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-08 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2186	MTAG 5-96: NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-08 16:19:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC MNUC NL PARM PREL MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2252	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RETURN OF DUTCH DONATION FOR IRAQ MISSING PERSONS ACTIVITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff met Dirk Klaasen and Sari Holthuis (MFA, Department of Political Affairs) and shared the detailed explanation and apology contained in reftel, regarding the unspent 300,000 grant from the Government of the Netherlands to [...]	2005-08-15 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ NL PHUM
05THEHAGUE2256	NETHERLANDS: MTCR PAPERS FOR SEPTEMBER PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 14:55:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2257	NETHERLANDS: AUSTRALIA GROUP BIOLOGICAL AGENTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL CBW
05THEHAGUE2271	NETHERLANDS: MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN/IAEA, AFRICA, [...] (U) This is a action request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. On Iran, de Groot suggested there are no alternatives at present than co [...]	2005-08-17 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL AF PARM PREL IR NATO
05THEHAGUE2272	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT ISAF UN MANDATE, LEERY OF [...] (C) DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA regarding the expiration of ISAF,s U.N. mandate. De Groot noted that the Dutch are satisfied with the U.N. mandate as it currently stands [...]	2005-08-17 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR NL PREL NATO UNSC
05THEHAGUE2300	NETHERLANDS: ASSURANCES ON UZBEK REFUGEES IN [...] Polmiloff discussed talking points per reftel at the MFA working level on August 19, stressing the need by the Kyrgyz Procurator General for an explicit assurance by the Netherlands (and Finland and Sweden) that the 15 Uzbeks detained in Kyrgyzstan are recognized as refugees under national law [...]	2005-08-19 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KG NL PREF PREL UZ
05THEHAGUE2309	AMBASSADORâ€™S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...]	2005-08-22 17:01:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN
05THEHAGUE2318	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DUTCH WILL RAISE VENEZUELA [...] (S) Summary. The Dutch are increasingly concerned about Venezuelan activities and see their engagement as a first step in putting these concerns on the EU's agenda. The Prime Minister and key members of his cabinet are seized with the issue and willing to elevate discussion within the EU. Th [...]	2005-08-24 10:16:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	NL VE PREL PGOV
05THEHAGUE235	DUTCH ISAF AND OEF DEPLOYMENTS [...] (S) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA and MOD officials on January 26 and 28 to discuss the current status of Dutch commitments to NATO's ISAF mission and Operation Enduring Freedom. The GONL is not contemplating use of its contingent in NRF IV in support of the parliamentary elections in Afgh [...]	2005-01-31 16:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE2414	TFUS01: STATUS REPORT ON DUTCH OFFERS OF [...] This is an action request. See paras 4-10. 2. Summary: The Dutch Parliament on September 6 issued a brief statement expressing condolences for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and declaring its support for relief efforts. The Dutch have made several offers of assistance to the hurricane-a [...]	2005-09-06 15:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL MARR CASC US NL AMER
05THEHAGUE2427	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: NO PLANS TO MEET AT UNGA [...] (S) On September 7, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points separately to Tessa Terpstra (Acting Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer, Dutch MFA) and Karel van Kesteren (Director of the MFA's Department of UN and International Financial Organizations Affairs.) POLCOUNS also asked directly whether the Dutch an [...]	2005-09-07 11:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER SY NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2434	NETHERLANDS: MAJOR MILITARY REORGANIZATION [...] Summary: The Dutch military has implemented a major reorganization that strengthens the role of Chief of Defense Gen. Dick Berlijn by giving him operational control over the Army, Air Force and Navy -- powers that previously rested with the service chiefs. The three services fought a losing b [...]	2005-09-07 14:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2435	NETHERLANDS: PREPARATIONS FOR MTCR PLENARY IN [...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff discussed reftel A points with Ceta Noland (Policy Advisor, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 6. Noland stated that the Dutch can support the U.S. proposal on North Korea, as it allows states to pursue its goals on a "case by case basis" acco [...]	2005-09-07 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA NL MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2444	NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...]	2005-09-08 13:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL
05THEHAGUE2446	THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER [...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]	2005-09-08 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2452	IRAQI CONSTITUTION--GETTING THE WORD OUT [...] (SBU) Post has shared the Iraqi constitution information contained in reftel with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, think- tank, and media contacts. In discussions with government contacts embassy officers stressed the importance of establishing a positive political environment for the constitutio [...]	2005-09-09 11:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO NL IZ
05THEHAGUE2455	4,500 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN NETHERLANDS [...] Dutch police have seized 4,500 kilos of cocaine - the largest cocaine seizure on record in the Netherlands - at the port of Rotterdam. Police kept the August 3 seizure under wraps until the September 4 arrests of 13 suspects from the Netherlands and Colombia. 2. The cocaine, hidden insid [...]	2005-09-09 13:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO NL VZ
05THEHAGUE2463	NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: DUTCH LOSING PATIENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Dutch MFA official (Pieter de Gooijer),the Dutch support starting EU accession talks with Turkey on October 3, but are losing patience with all sides. The MFA assumes there will be a September 26 GAERC and is planning accordingly. PM Balkenende is facing [...]	2005-09-09 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2465	NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH THOUGHTS ON NATO INFORMAL [...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff met with Sebastian Reyn (Deputy Director, Department of General Policy Affairs, MOD) September 9 to discuss Dutch thinking leading up to the September 13-14 NATO Informal Defense Ministerial in Berlin. Reyn handed over an 11-point paper (provided below) that Dutch Defens [...]	2005-09-09 16:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NL NATO EUN
05THEHAGUE2478	NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to Paul Wilke (Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 12. Wilke appreciated the additional information, noting that the Dutch security services were investigating the case based on our August demarche. He stated he would pas [...]	2005-09-13 13:59:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC IR PARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2515	STATUS OF BEMBE EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not taken a formal position on the Bembe extradition case but is clearly uncomfortable with several aspects of it. A senior MFA official told Charge September 14 the ministry's role to date has been limited to providing factual information to [...]	2005-09-15 10:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL XA AO NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE2523	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR [...] (C) On September 14, POLOFF shared reftel points with Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force, and requested contact information for SLM representatives in the Netherlands. Kloth provided this information on September 15. 2. (C) On S [...]	2005-09-16 10:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU NL
05THEHAGUE2544	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOOK CLOSED ON IRAQI NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Per refs, post orally advised the Dutch MFA on August 18 that the State Department had authorized the return of a 300,000 Euro grant from the Dutch government to support the establishment of an Iraqi Bureau of Missing Persons (project POBB8817). After verifying that the funds had been [...]	2005-09-20 08:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IZ NL XG XT
05THEHAGUE2554	NETHERLANDS/ANTILLES/VENEZUELA: CONCERNS REMAIN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA provided post with a non-paper on September 19 summarizing the Dutch approach to Venezuela. The paper reiterates that infringements of Dutch sovereignty in the Caribbean will not be tolerated, and stresses that this message will be communicated directly through high- [...]	2005-09-20 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL VE NA
05THEHAGUE2555	NETHERLANDS: UAV SALES TO IRAN [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered ref A points to Ceta Noland (Senior Policy Advisor, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 20. Noland appreciated the new information, and stated she would pass it on to the Dutch intelligence service and the Financial and Economic Investigation Agenc [...]	2005-09-20 16:12:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR NL PREL
05THEHAGUE2556	BEMBE EXTRADITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: According to Renee Jones-Bos, Director General for Regional and Consular Affairs at the Dutch MFA, the MFA expects to limit its role in the Bembe extradition to responding to specific questions posed by the court during Bembe's September 13 hearing and will not take a political p [...]	2005-09-20 16:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO AO NL PBTS XA PREL
05THEHAGUE2557	NEW DUTCH MFA SECTION: TERRORISM AND NEW THREATS [...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has created a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit within the Department of Political Affairs. According to Fred Olthof, the newly-designated head of the unit, the reorganization is intended to consolidate into one office several counter-terroris [...]	2005-09-20 16:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER NL
05THEHAGUE2561	NETHERLANDS: LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH ON FUEL SUPPLY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 13:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2564	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: URGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On September 21, POLOFF shared reftel points with Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force. Kloth was very interested in the points and promised to share them with her colleagues at the Dutch Embassy in Khartoum. 2. (SBU) Kloth [...]	2005-09-21 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID NL
05THEHAGUE2565	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STRATEGY FOR MOVING [...] (C) Summary: According to Lo Casteleijn (Director, General Policy Affairs, MOD),the Dutch government is expected to make a positive decision by the end of October to deploy 1,000 - 1,2000 troops to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan in support of ISAF Stage III. Casteleijn hoped that parliamen [...]	2005-09-21 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2580	NETHERLANDS: IDENTIFICATIONN OF COMMERCIAL SOURCES [...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. In response to reftel, Post identified three possible Dutch sources of vegetarian MREs. The companies have confirmed that they produce MREs for private and public organizations. However, they were unable to confirm current stocks of vegetar [...]	2005-09-23 05:49:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT NL BEXP KS JA XG
05THEHAGUE2582	PRIME MINISTER ETIENNE YS' VISIT TO THE UNITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 25-30 visit of Prime Minister Etienne Ys to the United States comes at a contentious moment in Dutch - Antillean relations. Officials in The Hague have expressed frustration with the Ys government's handling of several sensitive issues (including managing the inflow [...]	2005-09-23 09:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NA NL
05THEHAGUE2584	NETHERLANDS: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (U) On September 21, POLOFF delivered ref A points to Monique Korzelius, Deputy Head of the International Cultural Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. 2. (C) Korzelius confirmed, per ref B, that the Dutch endorse the EU's position advocating passage of the draft Convention. She said she was [...]	2005-09-23 12:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE2585	NETHERLANDS: ASD FLORY'S VISIT TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Your trip to the Netherlands comes at a time when Prime Minister Jean-Pieter Balkenende's coalition government faces the lowest poll figures in Dutch history. Much of the public and parliamentary criticism focuses on the government's ambitious economic reform programs, but Dutch military deploy [...]	2005-09-23 13:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NL MOPS
05THEHAGUE2587	DUTCH MINISTER NICOLAI'S UPCOMING VISIT TO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Minister for European Affairs Atzo Nicolai views his first visit to the U.S. as an opportunity to strengthen transatlantic ties by cultivating a solid working relationship with senior USG interlocutors. A consummate European insider and political survivor, Nicolai could be [...]	2005-09-23 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2594	DUTCH 2006 BUDGET: REFORM, GROWTH, AND UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With early indications of a long- awaited economic recovery as a backdrop, the Netherlands' center-right governing coalition presented a draft 2006 budget that seeks to ensure continued economic growth through additional structural reforms of the country's welfare system and [...]	2005-09-26 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE2599	THE DUTCH MUSLIM COMMUNITY: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands is the second largest in Europe as a percentage of total population (5.8 percent). It is also one of the least-well integrated and most alienated, and according to polls looks less favorably on the United States than Muslim communities elsewher [...]	2005-09-27 08:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO

05THEHAGUE2640	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ANTICIPATE TURKEY, CROATIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch anticipate Turkey and Croatia to dominate discussion at the October 3 GAERC, and are cautiously optimistic that a positive decision on Turkish accession talks will emerge from the meetings. The Dutch are standing firm on "full cooperation" with the ICTY as a prerequisi [...]	2005-09-30 11:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2646	NETHERLANDS/60TH UNFC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] On September 30, POLOFF presented ref A points to Mark Verschuur, Deputy Director of the International Law Division of the Dutch MFA. Verschuur indicated general approval of the points and said that he believed his colleagues at the Dutch Mission to the UN, to whom he promised to send the poi [...]	2005-09-30 14:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NL UNGA CDG
05THEHAGUE2648	DUTCH COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY: Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Dutch have steadily constructed a solid framework of counter-terrorism (CT) laws. The Netherlands has ratified and implemented all UN conventions and protocols on terrorism as well as all legal instruments in the Eu [...]	2005-09-30 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2651	THE NETHERLANDS: COMBATING EXTREMISM THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GONL is fully trying at the national and local levels to combat Islamic extremism on Dutch soil. The government's approach involves a two-pronged effort. First, the Dutch are promoting social integration in order to shrink the pool of potential recruits for extremist groups. Se [...]	2005-09-30 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL NL
05THEHAGUE2665	NETHERLANDS: ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 14:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS UP NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2666	NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO INVITE ON FUEL SUPPLY [...] Post delivered ref A letter to the office of Hugo Siblesz (Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) on September 30. On October 4, Charge followed up directly with Siblesz. Siblesz said the Dutch definitely plan to participate in the October 12 and 13 London meetings on fuel supply assura [...]	2005-10-04 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2674	NETHERLANDS: ICJ ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On October 3, Charge and POLCOUNS met with Hugo Siblesz, Director General of Political Affairs at the MFA, to urge the Dutch to support Judge Thomas Buergenthal's reelection to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),drawing on reftel points. A diplomatic note was presented earlier to [...]	2005-10-05 14:49:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NL UNSC UNGA
05THEHAGUE2675	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTIVE ON SUA AMENDMENTS [...] Poloff discussed reftel points October 4 with Dr. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Deputy Head, Legal Affairs Department, International Law Division, MFA),who will head the Dutch delegation to the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on October 10-14. 2. Lijnzaad said that she wou [...]	2005-10-05 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA NL
05THEHAGUE2693	NETHERLANDS/ANGOLA: COURT SEEKS MORE INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Hague District court adjourned the extradition hearings for Antonio Bento Bembe until November 14 and asked the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to provide additional clarification of the circumstances under which Bembe came to the Hague. If the court finds that the [...]	2005-10-06 10:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PBTS XA PREL AO NL
05THEHAGUE2694	NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON CESSATION OF VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) On October 4, Charge raised reftel points on the need to counter the recent increase in violence in Sudan with Hugo Siblesz, Director General of Political Affairs at the MFA. Siblesz agreed that the situation was worrisome, and that it was important for parties to weigh in with both the [...]	2005-10-06 10:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF SU EAID NL
05THEHAGUE2696	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH NON-COMMITTAL ON FIRST [...] (C) On September 6, POLOFF discussed reftel points on the proposed Mexican draft resolution on ad hoc committees in the UNGA First Committee (UNFC) to Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division at the MFA. Wiegman explained that the Dutch do not yet have [...]	2005-10-06 11:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC AORC NL
05THEHAGUE2702	NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO INVITE ON FUEL SUPPLY [...] Polmiloff delivered reftel A letter to the Office of Robert de Groot, Head of the MFA's Department of Security Policy, on October 5. 2. Polmiloff received the same day the following response from the Office of Hugo Siblesz to U/S Joseph's September 26 letter (ref B) inviting him to particip [...]	2005-10-06 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2705	ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) This cable responds to ref a request for information on Islamic Extremism in the Netherlands. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Within the relatively large Dutch Muslim Community, Islamic Extremism represents a worrisome and growing trend. Dutch security and intelligence services estimate that about 5 p [...]	2005-10-06 17:12:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV SOCI ASEC KISL NL
05THEHAGUE2708	NETHERLANDS: ASD FLORY'S VISIT TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: During his September 30 visit to The Hague, ASD Peter Flory met with Lo Casteleijn, MOD Director for General Policy Affairs, and Pieter de Gooijer, MFA Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, to discuss Afghanistan, the NATO Training Mission in Iraq, Kosovo, and NATO reform [...]	2005-10-07 09:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE2723	DUTCH REFLECTIONS ON THE OCTOBER 3 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA interlocutors on October 4, the Dutch were pleased that the October 3 GAERC started accession talks with Turkey, and "can live with" the insertion of "absorption capacity" to the negotiating framework. Although it took them by surprise, the Dutch believe Carla de [...]	2005-10-07 16:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2724	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ NOT INVITED TO THE [...] (C) On October 7, POLOFF raised reftel concerns regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's upcoming visit to Europe with Dimitri Vogelaar (Senior Desk Officer for Venezuela, MFA). Vogelaar said he was aware that Chavez planned to attend the Ibero-American Summit in Salamanca, Spain. He had [...]	2005-10-07 16:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE EU NL
05THEHAGUE2756	SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...]	2005-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2758	NETHERLANDS: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (U) On October 7, Post delivered ref A letter on USG concerns regarding the draft UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions to Dutch FM Bot. On the same day, Charge and POLCOUNS delivered ref a demarche points, along with a copy of the letter, [...]	2005-10-12 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC SCUL ETRD NL UNESCO BHUM
05THEHAGUE2792	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: COORDINATED TROIKA PLUS [...] (SBU) On October 13, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Carlijn Pouwels and Hagar Lightvoet (Policy Officers, Sudan Task Force, MFA). POLOFF noted that the U.S. was urging the Presidency of the Government of National Unity (GNU) to form the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (EAC) and asked t [...]	2005-10-14 16:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM NL SU
05THEHAGUE2793	DUTCH ARREST SEVEN IN COUNTER-TERRORISM RAI... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the largest single counter-terrorism action in the Netherlands since the 9/11 attacks, a newly formed rapid intervention team arrested six men and one woman in The Hague, Amsterdam and Almere on October 14. Among those arrested were Jermaine Walters, the brother of (American) H [...]	2005-10-14 18:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2802	NETHERLANDS/PKK: DUTCH DEMARCHED ON COMBATTING [...] (S) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche on reducing European support to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Pim Dumore, Director of the Dutch MFA's Political Affairs Department, on October 13. On October 14, POLCOUNS followed up with Fred Olthof, Director of the Dutch MFA's Office of New Thr [...]	2005-10-17 15:46:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR EFIN KCRM TU NL
05THEHAGUE2827	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR - SLM [...] (SBU) On October 18, POLOFF shared reftel proposal to move the Abuja peace talks forward with Hagar Lightvoet (Policy Officer, Sudan Task Force, Dutch MFA). Lightvoet greeted the news enthusiastically and promised to share the proposal with Fred Racke, Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Africa. Li [...]	2005-10-18 13:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU NL
05THEHAGUE2829	NETHERLANDS/NSG: U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel talking points and questions/answers to Paul Wilke (Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) October 18 . Wilke said he would pass the points to the Dutch delegation in preparation for the October 19-20 NSG Consultative Group in Vienna. He add [...]	2005-10-18 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IN NL
05THEHAGUE2845	NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support promoting civil society in Belarus and are prepared to pursue this objective bilaterally. At the same time, they do not want to appear out of step from an EU consensus, and in general prefer constructive engagement over isolation. The Dutch recognize that rel [...]	2005-10-20 13:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID BO NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2850	PROSECUTORS ON DUTCH TERROR ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary. Dutch prosecutors responsible for terrorist cases confirmed during an October 17 lunch that the timing of the arrests of seven terror suspects on October 14 was driven by intelligence information indicating the threat of an imminent attack; they did not provide details on the s [...]	2005-10-20 15:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PTER NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2853	NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL/UNGA: DUTCH FOLLOW EU LEAD [...] (SBU) The Dutch are cosponsors of the Holocaust Remembrance Resolution and will follow the majority EU position by abstaining from voting on the renewal of the mandates of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (Committee),the Division for Palestinia [...]	2005-10-20 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IS NL UNGA
05THEHAGUE2855	NETHERLANDS: DASD THOMAS VISIT TO THE HAGUE FOR [...] (C) Summary. DASD for Resources and Plans James P. Thomas visited The Hague for consultations with Dutch MOD and MFA officials October 10 on the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Thomas provided an overview of the ongoing QDR and sought Dutch views and comments. He emphasized the importance of adop [...]	2005-10-21 06:48:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2859	DUTCH GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL INJUNCTION AGAINST [...] Justice Minister Donner has approved filing an appeal of The Hague District Court's October 12 injunction against the Minister's extradition order for Mohamed Awad, wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges. The state attorney is expected to file the appeal with The Hague Appellate Court on October [...]	2005-10-21 12:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL
05THEHAGUE2860	NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...]	2005-10-21 13:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2861	NETHERLANDS: AFGHANISTAN DESECRATIONS COMPLICATE [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol told Charge October 21 that the desecration of remains by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan "complicates but does not threaten" Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III. He noted that current discussions in Canberra on partnering with Australi [...]	2005-10-21 13:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2870	MISSION HOSTS FIRST IFTAR DINNER [...] On October 20, 2005, Embassy The Hague Charge d'Affaires Blakeman hosted a well-received Iftar dinner at the Charge's residence, the first ever by the Mission. Forty-five key contacts attended, including many Dutch Muslim leaders. The Charge read President Bush's Ramadan message to the gathe [...]	2005-10-24 05:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
05THEHAGUE2892	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: DUTCH WILL PROVIDE FIELD [...] Emboffs delivered reftel A points to Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Pakistan relief coordinator Joost Andriessen, as well as Western Hemisphere department staff. 2. Andriessen told econoff the Netherlands had pledged 17 million Euros (USD 20.5 million) "so far." He did not rule out [...]	2005-10-25 11:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK NL
05THEHAGUE2897	PUSHING THE DUTCH TO HELP ON WTO/AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) On October 24, Charge called Helen van Dongen, Deputy Director of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),to urge continued Dutch activism within the EU for an improved market access offer ahead of the October 27 Five Interested Parties (FIPs) meeting in Geneva. Van Dongen sai [...]	2005-10-25 15:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD NL WTRO EUN KPAO
05THEHAGUE2898	DUTCH IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Dutch Minister for Immigration and Integration Rita Verdonk reiterated to Charge her strong interest in visiting the U.S. Verdonk said she was interested in a program that covered both the immigration and integration sides of her portfolio. She suggested a January 2006 timefr [...]	2005-10-25 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CASC CVIS PTER PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE2904	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ISAF STAGE III PLANS KEEP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Head of Conflict Prevention and Crisis Operations Joop Nijssen described recent Dutch-Australian discussions on a possible ISAF Stage III partnership in Uruzghan province as "extremely positive". Australian troop contribution offers exceeded Dutch expectations, while di [...]	2005-10-26 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR AF NL REL EUN
05THEHAGUE2905	DUTCH WANT "SHARED RESPONSIBILITY" FOR INTERNET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dutch Foreign Ministry contacts appear more receptive to USG concerns about the risks posed by the EU's recent proposal to create an "international cooperation model" for internet governance to further innovation of the Internet and freedom of information issues. Working-level [...]	2005-10-26 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS KIPR NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2912	ROTTERDAM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary. The sprawling port of Rotterdam and its substantial petroleum refining and storage facilities is critical to the European economy. The Dutch government considers the port one of seven "critical infrastructure" sectors in the Netherlands, and considerable public and private secto [...]	2005-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS
05THEHAGUE2913	US VISIT BY CROWN PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) On October 25, 2005, the Dutch press reported that FM Bot announced during October 24 meetings in Washington that Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander (aka Prince of Orange) planned to visit Washington D.C. on November 8, 2005. According to the press reports, the Crown Prince intends to mee [...]	2005-10-26 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV KPAO NL
05THEHAGUE2928	NETHERLANDS: DESPITE COURT DECISION, DUTCH VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Unification Church (DUC) is concerned that Dutch immigration authorities may deny Rev. Sun Myung Moon a visa to visit the Netherlands on Nov. 2. Although the Dutch invoked an exception clause to the Schengen Treaty framework to grant Rev. and Mrs. Moon visas in the pa [...]	2005-10-27 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CVIS NL GM
05THEHAGUE2934	NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE [...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...]	2005-10-28 08:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2942	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: FIRST STATE VISIT SINCE THE [...] (C) Summary: Described as the first Russian state visit to the Netherlands since Czar Nicholas II, the Dutch plan to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 1-2 with full "pomp and circumstance." The MFA expects a positive visit with "good atmospherics" but little progress on su [...]	2005-10-28 12:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NL RS
05THEHAGUE2947	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POTENTIAL DELAY ON ISAF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Dutch government may delay its planned November 4 presentation to Cabinet on Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III due to security concerns. A delay at this stage would mean a later debate in parliament, but would not necessarily push back the actual deployment. [...]	2005-10-28 16:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL AF MAAR
05THEHAGUE2948	NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: ONE YEAR AFTER VAN GOGH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly one year after the murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamic extremist Mohammed Bouyeri, the GONL is still struggling to craft a strategy to address rising radicalization of its large and disenfranchised Muslim population. An October 26 conference i [...]	2005-10-28 17:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2959	NETHERLANDS: DEFEATING THE SWISS PROPOSAL FOR UNSC [...] (C) On October 31, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Marieke Tillemann (Deputy Director, International Law Division, MFA). Tillemann was unaware of the Swiss proposal, but promised to raise the issue with her colleagues at the Dutch Mission to the UN and bring their attention to U.S. concerns [...]	2005-10-31 16:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NL UNGA
05THEHAGUE2973	NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DASD WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 14, DASD for African Affairs Theresa Whelan met with several representatives of the Dutch MFA and MOD. Discussion during the two meetings included GONL and USG involvement in SSR and DDR initiatives in South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, as well as mutua [...]	2005-11-01 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP NL XA MASS MARR PGOV
05THEHAGUE3008	NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: MOHAMMAD B'S NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-04 10:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE3009	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) On November 1, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points and Secretary Rice's statement on the results of the SIPDIS Constitutional Referendum in Iraq to Willemijn Kallenberg (Iraq Desk Officer, Dutch MFA). In response to POLCOUNS' questions, Kallenberg said she was not aware of any "official [...]	2005-11-04 10:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM IZ NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3010	NETHERLANDS/CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: NO PLANS TO [...] On November 3 Econoff raised reftel points with Ms. Prachee Brandenburg, Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Transport. Brandenburg said the GONL had no immediate plans to ratify the convention or protocol. 2. Brandenburg explained that The Netherlands had participated in the negotiations [...]	2005-11-04 13:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD NL
05THEHAGUE3031	NETHERLANDS/CLIMATE CHANGE: DUTCH PESSIMISTIC [...] Summary: While hoping for a "clear mandate" for devising a post-Kyoto climate initiative, Dutch environment officials are pessimistic about the Montreal UN Climate Change Conference (COP-11). They expect the U.S. and large developing countries to obstruct consensus, but say the GONL will work [...]	2005-11-08 13:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL NL
05THEHAGUE3032	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: GONL PLEDGES ANOTHER 5 MILLION EUROS [...] Econoff met with Joost Andriessen (Humanitarian Affairs Director, MFA) at the first available opportunity on November 7 to get an update on Dutch contributions to earthquake relief and inform him of U.S. efforts. 2. Andriessen said the GONL had pledged a second 5 million euro (USD 6 milli [...]	2005-11-08 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL NL PHUM
05THEHAGUE3033	AVIAN FLU: DUTCH ASSESS PREPAREDNESS [...] SUMMARY: The GONL has initiated a series of steps to enhance its ability to deal with a possible outbreak of avian influenza. Measures include a nationwide evaluation of regional preparedness, stockpiling anti-viral treatments, information campaigns to answer common questions about the virus, [...]	2005-11-08 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO NL FAO WHO OIE
05THEHAGUE3036	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH GRANT ENTRY TO REV. MOON [...] (SBU) The Dutch Unification Church (DUC) appears to have successfully used the Dutch court system to reverse the Dutch Immigration and Nationalization Service's (IND) decision to deny visas to Unification Church founder Reverend Moon and Mrs. Moon -- at least for now. As reported reftel, the [...]	2005-11-08 16:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CVIS NL
05THEHAGUE3037	DUTCH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge on November 8, Dutch POLDIR Hugo Siblesz confirmed that Defense Minister Kamp is driving the review of Dutch commitments to ISAF Stage III and stressed that additional support from partners -- including the U.S. -- will be critical to a successful Dutch dep [...]	2005-11-08 17:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF NL
05THEHAGUE3043	EXTRADITION: NETHERLANDS: ANTONIO BENTO BEMBE SKIPS [...] Summary: A Dutch prosecutor informed the Embassy on November 8 that Antonio Bento Bembe, an Angolan national wanted in the U.S. on charges of kidnapping, has not reported to the police since November 5 despite court orders requiring him to report in daily. Bembe's whereabouts are unknown. P [...]	2005-11-09 10:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL
05THEHAGUE3053	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 8, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Marwienke Tillema (Deputy Director, International Law Division, MFA). POLOFF conveyed to Tillema U.S. gratitude to the EU for co-tabling the Turkmenistan resolution and explained that, despite U.S. desire to co-sponsor and assist with lob [...]	2005-11-09 15:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NL UNGA
05THEHAGUE3054	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: WHAT THE DUTCH WANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch officials have compiled a list of conditions for deploying to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan under ISAF Stage III which they shared with SACEUR on November 8. A key Dutch request is that U.S. forces remain at current levels in Zabol and two northern firebases in Uruzghan [...]	2005-11-09 17:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3055	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: PUTIN VISIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A handful of substantive exchanges punctuated Russian President Vladimir Putin's November 1-2 state visit to the Netherlands, which otherwise was dominated by protocol. Putin's meetings with PM Balkenende, Dutch Parliamentary leaders, senior government officials and industry a [...]	2005-11-09 19:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PHUM NL RS
05THEHAGUE3064	NETHERLANDS/PARIS RIOTS: COULD IT HAPPEN HERE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are concerned that riots similar to those in France are unlikely, but could erupt in the Netherlands given a dramatic trigger event, especially between police and Muslim youth. Embassy contacts emphasized that differences between the French and Dutch immigrant communities and [...]	2005-11-10 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL NL PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL SOCI KPAO
05THEHAGUE3069	ONE YEAR AFTER MURDER OF THEO VAN GOGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the murder of Theo van Gogh passed with lightly attended memorial events, but the most durable memorial is a heated and constant discussion in the government, the press and on the streets about integration, Islam, immigrants, and terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2005-11-10 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE3075	NETHERLANDS/ENERGY SECURITY: DUTCH HOPING FOR [...] On November 9, Reinout Vos, division head in the MFA,s Economic Cooperation Department, told emboffs the GONL is hopeful Deputy Secretary Zoellick will attend a transatlantic energy security conference it is organizing February 6-8, 2006 in The Hague. Vos said Foreign Minister Bot, who person [...]	2005-11-14 14:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PREL ECON NL IEA
05THEHAGUE3088	NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU [...] (C) On November 11, Charge delivered reftel points to Marnix Krop (Director-General for European Cooperation, MFA). On November 14, POLOFF followed up with Hester Jongman (Policy Officer, Civil-Military Affairs, MFA). Jongman welcomed the points, but was skeptical that an European Gendarmeri [...]	2005-11-15 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3100	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONTINUING DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch military and diplomatic contacts say that Defense Minister Kamp feels he has not yet received sufficient assurances from the U.S. to proceed with a proposed Dutch troop deployment to Oruzgan under ISAF Stage III. Kamp hopes to talk directly to SecDef Rumsfeld to res [...]	2005-11-16 16:35:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3109	NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS [...] (U) The Dutch plan to continue, and perhaps increase, their contribution to the OAS Mission in Colombia. On November 17, Dimitri Vogelaar (Venezuela Desk Officer, MFA) shared this information with POLOFF in response to ref A points. 2. (C) FM Bot's recent visit to Bogota has renewed Dutch [...]	2005-11-17 14:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID NL CO
05THEHAGUE3112	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: SEEKING PARITY TO OUR [...] (S) On November 16, Polcouns shared reftel concerns of Venezuelan arms acquisitions with Robert de Groot (Head of the Office of Security Policy, MFA). De Groot said the Dutch understood U.S. concerns and were also troubled by Venezuelan activities. He added that the Dutch would continue to lo [...]	2005-11-17 14:49:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MASS NL VE
05THEHAGUE3113	EXTRADITION: NETHERLANDS: ANTONIO BENTE BEMBE CASE [...] Summary: The Hague District Court dismissed the extradition case of Antonio Bente Bembe on November 15, as he was no longer in custody and appeared to have fled the country. Because Dutch law requires that the person to be extradited be physically present in the Netherlands when the extraditi [...]	2005-11-17 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL
05THEHAGUE3121	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the November 21-22 GAERC, the Dutch will advocate for a "non-binding regime for civ-mil coordination" that favors development of national capacities and express concern on Iran. While the Dutch are proud of EU involvement in the Iraqi elections, they do not advocate for a [...]	2005-11-18 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ETRD SR SY UP YI NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3128	MISSION OUTREACH DURING RAMADAN [...] (U) Summary: Embassy staff participated in 19 outreach events during Ramadan this year, including hosting mission's first-ever Iftar dinner, attending small Iftar gatherings hosted by Muslim families in Amsterdam, participating in the country's first nationwide Ramadan festival, and hosting an inte [...]	2005-11-21 08:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL SOCI NL
05THEHAGUE3130	REQUEST FOR RESCHEDULE DATE - NCD THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 09:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ACOA AMGT AMTC ASEC
05THEHAGUE3136	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: DEMARCHE ON OSCE SCALES OF [...] Polmiloff discussed reftel points November 21 with Senior Policy Advisor Arjen van den Berg (Security Policy Department, MFA). Van den Berg was aware of U.S. reservations regarding the draft narrative text, and planned to discuss reftel points with the Dutch mission to the OSCE. He added that [...]	2005-11-21 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ABUD AFIN EU PGOV OSCE
05THEHAGUE3141	NETHERLANDS/SOUTH AFRICA: READOUT OF DAVID [...] (C) Summary: DOD Regional Director for Southern Africa David Radcliffe's November 10 visit to The Hague successfully followed up DASD Whelan's earlier meetings here by capitalizing on renewed Dutch interest in South Africa. Radcliffe's discussions with Dutch MFA and MOD interlocutors spurred [...]	2005-11-22 11:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP NL MASS XA
05THEHAGUE3144	DUTCH DEMARCHE ON SECRET PRISONS, CIA PLANES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a formal request for information regarding recent news reports of secret USG prisons and CIA-contracted planes landing at Dutch airports. Both issues have figured prominently in the Dutch press in recent weeks and promise to be topic [...]	2005-11-23 06:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER NL CIA
05THEHAGUE3145	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH MAY SEND UNMIS TROOPS [...] (U) The Dutch recently moved a step closer to committing troops to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). According to press reports, the Dutch cabinet on November 18 reached internal agreement to deploy 15 military observers, 15 police officers, and 5 staff officers to UNMIS for a one-y [...]	2005-11-23 06:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MARR SU NL
05THEHAGUE3156	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONSIDERING UN AIRCRAFT [...] (C) The Dutch will consider the UN's request for aircraft to support the UNAMI mission, but will seek assurances on security, according to the MFA. On November 23, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche points to Willemijn Kallenberg (Senior Policy Advisor, North Africa and Middle East Department [...]	2005-11-23 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR IZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE3159	NETHERLANDS/TACTOM: PARLIAMENT GIVES GO AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government secured parliamentary approval November 22 to purchase 30 tactical tomahawk (TACTOM) missiles for two of its new LC frigates at a cost of approximately 57 million EURO. The Netherlands will become only the third country to acquire TACTOM after the United Stat [...]	2005-11-23 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR NL PREL
05THEHAGUE3164	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STAGE III PLANS STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government has not yet made a decision on participation in ISAF Stage III in Uruzghan province. Prime Minister Balkenende, Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp decided November 23 to postpone a decision on Dutch participation until Balkenende returns the follo [...]	2005-11-23 17:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3168	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH UNABLE TO HELP ON UN [...] (C) The Netherlands lacks the capacity to provide aircraft to support the UNAMI mission. Willemijn Kallenberg (Senior Policy Advisor, North Africa and Middle East Department, MFA) told Poloff November 25 that the Dutch received last week at the UN a request similar to reftel points. Willemijn [...]	2005-11-25 07:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR IZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE3169	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IRAN-RELATED BRIEFING DELIVERED [...] (S) On November 16, Washington-based analysts, accompanied by Charge, POLCOUNS, and MPP Deputy Chief, delivered a classified briefing on Iran's nuclear weaponization program to senior Dutch MFA officials. The Dutch side included Hugo Siblesz (Political Director),Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Pol [...]	2005-11-25 08:26:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP IR EU NL
05THEHAGUE3191	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends the President continue suspension of Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act with regard to the Netherlands. Renewed suspension of the LIBERTAD Act for the Netherlands is in the national interest and will expedite a transition to dem [...]	2005-11-28 17:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL
05THEHAGUE3206	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: DUTCH MAY CONSIDER SENDING [...] (SBU) The Netherlands is receptive to the Bolivian government's call for bilateral assistance to the Organization of American States (OAS) mission to monitor the December 18 general elections. The Netherlands has provided US$100,000 to the mission and has pushed for EU support of the mission. [...]	2005-11-30 17:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NL BL
05THEHAGUE3213	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER DRAFT [...] (C) The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding the draft NGO law under consideration by the Russian Duma and have raised the issue bilaterally and through European fora, according to MFA officials. On November 28, EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo raised reftel points with MFA Director for Southeast and [...]	2005-12-01 13:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL NL RS
05THEHAGUE3214	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SUPPORT PLANNED [...] (C) The Dutch believe enhanced U.S. - Russia dialogue regarding regional policy issues "could only be good for the region." Henk Voskamp (Deputy Director, Southeast and Eastern Europe Division, MFA) shared this information with poloff in response to reftel points on November 30. The Dutch sh [...]	2005-12-01 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS NL
05THEHAGUE3221	NETHERLANDS/NATO: RESPONSE TO NAC COMMUNIQUE CFE [...] (C) The Dutch continue to support efforts to revise International Staff language on Russian withdrawal from Moldova in the December 2005 NAC Communique. MFA Chief of the Arms Control Division Matthijs Wolters told Polmiloff December 1 that the Dutch see the EITHER option as doing more to enco [...]	2005-12-02 06:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NL NATO
05THEHAGUE3230	THE NETHERLANDS AT A CROSSROADS, SAYS HEAD OF [...] The Netherlands is at a crucial point in its history, torn between its traditional openness and tolerance and a newer, more inward-looking anxiety based on fear. So said Herman Wijffels, chair of the Social-Economic Council (SER),who told the Charge that decades of overly generous social in [...]	2005-12-02 13:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NL
05THEHAGUE3236	NETHERLANDS/FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NEXT STEPS [...] On November 23, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points on next steps for the Foundation for the Future to Joke Buringa (Deputy Head, Gulf States Division, North Africa/Middle East Department, MFA). In reviewing reftel timeline, POLCOUNS noted the upcoming meeting in Amman and the December 5 deadlin [...]	2005-12-02 15:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI NL
05THEHAGUE3240	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PM FAILS TO ALLAY CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende was unable win full Cabinet support December 2 for Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III, a setback that surprised many who thought the Dutch leadership had answered most political concerns after meetings this week with Assistant Secretaries Fried and Flory an [...]	2005-12-02 18:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO
05THEHAGUE3247	NETHERLANDS: EXCESS F-16 INQUIRY [...] (C) The GONL is not/not interested in selling F-16s to Pakistan -- either directly or through the United States. Dutch MOD State Secretary Cees van der Knaap told Charge and ODC Chief December 2 that the re-sale issue is very clear: the Dutch will not sell F-16s to Pakistan, and will not be as [...]	2005-12-05 14:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL ETTC MARR PK BE PREL MAS
05THEHAGUE3291	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch are supporting the December 15 Iraqi elections by providing voting facilities in the Netherlands and will send six election monitors to Iraq. The Dutch MFA is actively engaged in the training of Iraqi jurists and diplomats, and will shortly revise its travel advisory [...]	2005-12-09 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL PROV
05THEHAGUE3294	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dutch share the majority of reftel U.S. concerns with regard to the upcoming GAERC meeting. MFA interlocutors expect the unresolved EU budget to cast a shadow on the December 12 GAERC but claim the Balkans, Africa, and the "European Neighborhood Policy" will dominate discussi [...]	2005-12-09 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3298	NETHERLANDS: RECORD-BREAKING XTC SEIZURES IN [...] (U) Summary. Dutch police, in coordination with Belgian, German and Spanish officials, raided multiple illegal drug sites in November 2005, leading to the dismantling of the largest MDMA (ecstasy) laboratory ever discovered in The Netherlands and the interception of a significant quantity o [...]	2005-12-12 10:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NL BE SP UK GE
05THEHAGUE3304	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: MOVING FORWARD AT A SNAIL'S PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet has delayed taking a decision on a proposed ISAF III Dutch deployment until December 19. Senior government officials will seek to use this time to convince remaining Cabinet members (primarily junior coalition partner D-66 ministers) and to build support for th [...]	2005-12-12 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO
05THEHAGUE3305	2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy - MDMA),and a substantial consumer of most illicit drugs. The current Dutch center-right coalition has made m [...]	2005-12-12 14:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
05THEHAGUE3306	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) The Dutch share U.S. concern about the draft NGO law before the Russian Duma and have taken steps similar to those put forward reftel. On December 9, Joris Geeven (Senior Policy Officer, Human Rights Division, MFA) told poloff in response to reftel demarche that the Dutch formally expresse [...]	2005-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU NL
05THEHAGUE3325	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: COALITION/NATO SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 12:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROV KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL
05THEHAGUE3338	2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Karen Enstrom at enstromkl@state.gov. As requested reftel, Post will [...]	2005-12-16 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER ETTC NL
05THEHAGUE3340	KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands boasts an array of organizations claiming to represent Muslim interests. The Dutch media and government frequently look to spokesmen from these groups to express "Muslim" views on integration initiatives and other matters. Some post con [...]	2005-12-16 15:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO
05THEHAGUE3342	TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED PLACEMENT IN DUTCH PAPER [...] The Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) is interested in running the Op-Ed provided reftel. However, the paper's editors have suggested some changes to the text, which Post has forwarded to EB/ESC/TFS for approval. 2. ACTION REQUESTED: Post reque [...]	2005-12-16 16:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3372	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CMS PENNY MOHR [...] Country clearance is granted for the January 28- February 1, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Penny Mohr, Health Economist, ORDI, OA, CMS, HHS to present information about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit and its interface with comparative effectiveness and cost effectiveness. 2. [...]	2005-12-21 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
05THEHAGUE3380	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON TURKEY, ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed Turkey, Energy Security, and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in meetings with Marnix Krop (Director General for European Cooperation, MFA),Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) and Kees van R [...]	2005-12-22 07:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN TU NL
05THEHAGUE3381	READOUT OF DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza's recent visit to The Hague featured lively discussion on integration and counter-radicalization issues currently the focus of intense debate in the Netherlands. Counterparts from Dutch Ministries and Dutch Parliament described the antecedent [...]	2005-12-22 07:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL NL
05THEHAGUE3392	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 14-18, 2005 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Arthur Nienhuis, Member, National Cancer Advisiory Board, National Cancer Institute, NIH to attend the Annual Meeting of Investigators at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and present a lecture on his research [...]	2005-12-23 11:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL

05THEHAGUE3394	AVIAN INFLUENZA - NETHERLANDS TRIPWIRES AND [...] This message responds to the tasking in ref A to develop mission-specific tripwires and responses regarding avian influenza. We believe that the Netherlands is relatively well prepared to respond to such an epidemic, and that our most probable response to a significant outbreak of human H5N1 [...]	2005-12-23 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NL AMER
05THEHAGUE3396	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LANDRIEU [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator David Vitter, Representative Bill Jefferson, Herman Gesser and Adam Sharp, Senator Landrieu's Staff Members; Drew Willison and Roger Cockrell, Professional Staff Members, SAC-EW; Kyle Ruckert, Chief of Staf [...]	2005-12-23 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN NL
05THEHAGUE3406	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT -- DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) On December 23, Post delivered reftel points concerning the USG intention to amend its previous designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LET) to Eric Ligthart, Deputy Director, Financial Integrity Department, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF). The MOF will forward the information provided to the [...]	2005-12-28 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS NL EUN
05THEHAGUE362	DUTCH MFA ON GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING OPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-08 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EU NL
05THEHAGUE363	NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: DUTCH WILL PLAY IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are encouraging EU partners to remain flexible on the issue of UN reform in the run-up to the 2005 UNGA, according to Karel van Kesteren (MFA, UN Director) and his deputy, Pieter Ramaer. The Dutch have come around to the view that a Democracy Caucus in UN fora could [...]	2005-02-08 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR AORC NL UNSC UNGA KINR
05THEHAGUE393	NL/EU CONSTITUTION: DUTCH REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is committed to holding a referendum on the EU Constitutional Treaty -- most likely in late May or early June -- and also to obtaining a positive outcome. Some members of parliament have criticized the government for setting aside funds for a "yes" campaig [...]	2005-02-10 16:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NL PREL EUN
05THEHAGUE406	YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe. A former Dutch permrep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot's appreciation of the transatlantic relationship appears to have deepened and strengthened du [...]	2005-02-11 11:23:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL NL EUN NATO
05THEHAGUE423	NETHERLANDS/HIZBALLAH - DUTCH SUPPORT DESIGNATION [...] (C) Jules Gerzon (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) confirmed that the Netherlands supports designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the February 16 meeting of the EU Clearinghouse. Dutch efforts to lobby EU Member States have had a mixed reaction, he added, noting that some stat [...]	2005-02-14 12:57:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC PTER EFIN NL EUN
05THEHAGUE427	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparing a positive agenda for the President's visit, the EU is actively seeking forward-looking ways to engage with the U.S. on a range of issues while the Luxembourg Presidency struggles to control an agenda where 25 Heads of State/Foreign Ministers want a chance to speak. T [...]	2005-02-14 16:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK NL
05THEHAGUE448	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the upcoming Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Geneva, the Dutch want a resolution on Sudan regardless of the status of UNSC action. They expect no AU action on the DRC, which means the EU will likely have to sponsor a resolution. They think an EU resolution on Zimbabwe [...]	2005-02-16 10:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL AORC EUN
05THEHAGUE451	YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe, which he is prepared to help ensure is a success. Although a longtime former Dutch PermRep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot demonstrated his support f [...]	2005-02-16 12:50:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL NL EUN NATO
05THEHAGUE48	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH HOPE FOR RESULTS FROM NEW [...] (C) Although no longer in their EU Presidency role, the Dutch will not play spoiler but will continue to work for a consensus EU policy toward Cuba. This task is made difficult by the fact that there remains a wide range of opinions among EU partners, according to Jan Jaap Groenemeyer (MFA, [...]	2005-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL CU EUN
05THEHAGUE484	DUTCH UNVEIL THEIR 14-BIT ADC PARTS CONTROL PLAN [...] all 14-bit ADCs that are to be supplied under this contract will solely be used for the manufacture of base stations or parts thereof for civilian communication purposes; 2. telecommunication equipment or assembled parts of such equipment containing these 14-bit ADCs can only be sold to tele [...]	2005-02-22 09:08:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC KSTC PARM NL CH
05THEHAGUE530	IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH ON FEBRUARY 28 BOG MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR NL IAEA
05THEHAGUE540	VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Dimitri Vogelaar, MFA Venezuela/Colombia/Peru Desk officer on February 25. Vogelaar said that the EU Heads of Mission (HOMs) in Caracas had discussed this issue in preparation for the March 8 COLAT meeting in Brussels and concluded that it was not an issue [...]	2005-02-28 12:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL VE CO NL
05THEHAGUE74	NETHERLANDS/CUBA/EU: EU LIKELY TO CHANGE POLICY [...] (C) Following up reftels demarche, Poloff met January 13 with Jan Jap Groenemeyer (MFA, Cuba Desk),who confirmed the January 31 GAERC would likely approve relaxing the EU's June 2003 measures to encourage more positive movement from the Cubans; the EU Presidency is drafting "conclusions" for [...]	2005-01-13 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL CU EUN
05THEHAGUE789	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S APRIL [...] (C) My staff and I are eager to welcome you to the Netherlands for your first visit here as Deputy Secretary. Your trip reinforces the message of transatlantic cooperation delivered by the President and Secretary Rice, and will help focus the Dutch, in particular, on taking practical steps on the i [...]	2005-03-24 12:03:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV NL EUN NATO
05THEHAGUE829	RECONFIGURED DUTCH CABINET EXPECTED TO SURVIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Balkenende coalition government remains intact despite a cabinet crisis prompted by the March 23 resignation of Deputy PM De Graaf. Although De Graaf's party (D66) moved quickly to replace him and to conclude an accord with the two other coalition parties to avoid a govern [...]	2005-03-30 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR NL
05THEHAGUE831	NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche points to Stella Kloth, Sudan desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kloth responded that Minister of Development Assistance Agnes van Ardenne would be leading the Dutch delegation to the Oslo conference, but was not able to inform post of any [...]	2005-03-30 15:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON NL SU
05THEHAGUE865	PSI: DUTCH ON AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE866	DASD WAXMAN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH GONL ON TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, DASD for Detainee Affairs Matthew Waxman met with senior Dutch MFA and MOD officials and a broad GONL interagency team concerning the treatment of detainees in the Global War on Terror. These consultations grew out of a recent request from FM Bot to Secretary Rice a [...]	2005-04-01 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR AF NL
05THEHAGUE883	DUTCH CABINET SURVIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated (reftel,) the rank and file of the Democrats-66 (D66) party, the junior member of Prime Minister Balkenende's coalition government, voted overwhelmingly at an April 2 extraordinary party congress to remain in the coalition despite the resignation of D66 Deputy PM [...]	2005-04-05 06:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR NL
05THEHAGUE932	UPDATED PRE-ADVANCE TEAM SCHEDULE FOR THE [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes White House Site Survey Team led by Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance Todd Beyer. 2. Per your request, we have created a notional itinerary for the White House Site Survey on April 13- 14. All times are notional. We welcome [...]	2005-04-08 06:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PREL NL OVIP BUSH GEORGE
05THEHAGUE956	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) Poloff met Marit van Zomeren (MFA Afghanistan Desk) April 6 to request augmented Dutch support for subject elections (reftel). Referring to a comprehensive list of Dutch contributions in Afghanistan for the 2001-2005 period (outlined below),van Zomeren said the GoNL had disbursed to UN [...]	2005-04-11 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF UNSC
05THESSALONIKI7	NORTHERN NOTES JANUARY 2005 [...] (U) In a case that marks the first reported sentence handed down under Greece's 2002 Anti-trafficking law, a Kavala court convicted a 40-year-old trafficker, Petros Kokkalidis, to 12 years and 10 months of imprisonment and fined him 52,625 Euros. [Note: The anti-TIP legislation came into forc [...]	2005-02-03 17:03:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON SMIG ZL GR AMB
05TOKYO1292	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a March 2 meeting with visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, VFM Yachi said Japan supported the inclusion of Australia, New Zealand and India in the East Asia Summit and explained limitations to support from individual East Asian countries for greater U.S. involvement [...]	2005-03-04 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH KN JA ASEAN
05TOKYO1293	MOFA CHINA DIVISION DIRECTOR ON JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA China Division Director Izumi told POL Deputy March 3 that Japan had strongly protested the PRC's proposed anti-secession law aimed at Taiwan, citing recent hopeful steps and the need for a peaceful resolution of the cross-Strait issue as arguing against such legislation. [...]	2005-03-04 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JA ASEAN
05TOKYO1331	VIEWPOINT OF THE SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN TOKYO [...] (C) ROK Deputy Chief of Mission in Tokyo, Choo Kyu-ho, accompanied by First Secretary Jeong Woon-jin, conveyed his embassy's viewpoints on North Korea, China, and the status of Japan-ROK bilateral relations at a March 7, 2005 lunch with the Charge. DCM Choo presented a rather dismal assessment [...]	2005-03-07 09:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JA KS KN CH MNNUC
05TOKYO1349	U.S.-JAPAN INFORMAL POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL: [...] (C) Summary: During informal policy planning talks with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister Tsuneo Nishida on March 2, Director of Policy Planning Stephen D. Krasner discussed East Asian architecture, China, North Korea and the President's democratization agenda. Nishida said Ja [...]	2005-03-08 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	ECIN PREL PARM PINR KDEM CH TW KN JA ASEAN
05TOKYO1351	U.S.-JAPAN INFORMAL POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL: [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Nishida and Foreign Policy Bureau Deputy Director General Tsuruoka made an impassioned case for Japanese permanent UNSC membership during a March 2 dinner with visiting S/P Director Krasner. They outlined Japan's strategy as hinging on a three-stage [...]	2005-03-08 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA UNSC
05TOKYO1415	AMBASSADOR HILL DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda opened a breakfast meeting with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea and U.S. Representative to the Six-Party Talks (6PT) Christopher Hill on March 10, 2005, by thanking him for his efforts on the North Korea issue. Hosoda raised the T [...]	2005-03-10 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KN KS JA
05TOKYO1440	FOURTH U.S.-JAPAN COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Following brief opening remarks by CTWG co-chairs, Political Section Deputy Reynolds and MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Director Shinsuke Shimizu, Cabinet Secretariat Assistant Counselor Hiroyuki Yamaya kicked off the fourth U.S.-Japan Counterterrorism [...]	2005-03-11 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS ETTC KVPR KFRD PTER SENV JA
05TOKYO1458	CHARGE DISCUSES BSE, DOMESTIC POLITICS WITH LDP'S [...] (C) Summary. Over dinner with the Charge March 9, LDP Diet members Hidenao Nakagawa and Hiroshige Seko agree that the process for resuming the importation of U.S. beef should be accelerated and that Japan's consumers should be allowed to make their own choices. Nakagawa expects the Diet to pa [...]	2005-03-14 05:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ETRD JA
05TORONTO2601	VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER [...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 28 SEPTEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: CG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, ATF, FBI, DHS/ICE, DHS/Pearson. 3. Terror [...]	2005-10-03 12:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TORONTO2602	Not SARS, Not Avian Flu - Ontario Health Officials [...] SUMMARY: In a press conference on Saturday October 1, Ontario health officials announced that a respiratory illness that had killed four residents of a Toronto nursing home and affected over 70 of its staff was not SARS or avian flu-related. On Monday, October 3, Ontario's Commissioner of E [...]	2005-10-03 16:25:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA
05TORONTO2609	Canada Asks U.S. to Change Rule on Insurance [...] During a September 26 financial services roundtable discussion with Consulate and embassy officials, leaders of the Canadian insurance industry advised that the Government of Canada would soon request changes to the U.S. policy on the certification of insurance coverage for cross-border motor [...]	2005-10-06 11:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TBIO CA
05TORONTO2614	16 Dead in Toronto "Mystery" Flu Illness [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, the reported death count in a "mystery" flu-like virus outbreak in a Toronto-area nursing home climbed to 16, making it the city's worst respiratory outbreak since SARS killed 44 Canadians in the spring of 2003. Public health officials emphasize that they have ru [...]	2005-10-06 17:40:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA KPAO
05TORONTO2615	Toronto "Mystery" Flu Illness Identified as [...] On October 6 late in the afternoon Ontario public officials announced that the mystery illness in Toronto that has attracted international media attention and killed 16 seniors in a nursing home had just been identified as a particular strain of Legionnaire's disease that could only be detect [...]	2005-10-07 12:47:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CA CASC KPAO
05TORONTO2631	Throne Speech To Be Overshadowed by Finance [...] (U) A widely anticipated self-congratulatory provincial Liberal government throne speech today (October 12) to mark Premier McGuinty's mid-term and set the tone for the next election in October 2007 will likely be overshadowed by the resignation, announced last night, of Ontario Finance Minis [...]	2005-10-12 14:13:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO CA
05TORONTO2634	Canadian Financial Services Sector: U.S. [...] (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtables for ConGen Toronto with industry sector experts in venture capital [...]	2005-10-12 15:46:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN KTIA PREL CA US
05TORONTO2638	The Canadian Financial Services Sector: [...] (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtables for ConGen Toronto with industry sector experts in venture capital [...]	2005-10-12 15:52:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL CA US
05TORONTO2680	Sorbara's Resignation Trumps Lackluster [...] (SBU) The 23-page October 12 throne speech delivered in an hour-long monotone by Ontario's Lieutenant Governor James Bartleman contained only a few new initiatives: a money-back guarantee to provide birth certificates within 15 days for on-line requestors; and raising the age of mandatory edu [...]	2005-10-13 14:56:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO CA
05TORONTO2697	The Canadian Financial Sector: U.S. Life [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see paragraph 9. 2. (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtable [...]	2005-10-14 11:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL KPAO CA US
05TORONTO2704	ONTARIO COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ontario Community and Social Services Minister Pupatello emphasized the importance the Ontario Government places on relations with the United States during an October 13 courtesy call the Consul General paid on her. Pupatello digressed from issues associated with her portfolio [...]	2005-10-17 10:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ENRG PGOV SENV CA US
05TORONTO2705	Canadian Financial Services Sector: Capital [...] (U) This cable contains a request for SEC guidance, see paragraph 14. 2. (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration issue perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance spon [...]	2005-10-17 12:26:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL CA US
05TORONTO2737	Ontario Signs Deal to Refurbish Two Nuclear [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Ontario government announced an agreement with the private Bruce Power consortium to refurbish two nuclear reactors at a capital cost of C$4.2 billion dollars. The resulting 1,500 megawatts (MW) of additional electricity will alleviate Ontario's tight power [...]	2005-10-18 11:53:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ELAB PGOV SENV CA
05TORONTO2770	Ontario's Minister of Colleges and [...] Summary: Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities, Christopher Bentley, discussed the province's headline- grabbing high school drop out rate following recent curriculum reform, education funding, and tighter regulations for private colleges during a meeting October 17 with Co [...]	2005-10-20 12:01:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV KPAO PHUM SOCI CA
05TORONTO2778	AMBASSADOR BRIDGE OWNERS UNVEIL BIG PLANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20 the Detroit Free Press reported that the Ambassador Bridge owners have proposed giving the City of Detroit $30 million to &extend the lease8 on the Detroit Windsor Tunnel and buy some land at the foot of the bridge. Ambassador Bridge owners say they plan to construct [...]	2005-10-21 10:13:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PBTS PREL CA
05TORONTO2804	Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program Benefits [...] Summary: Seasonal Mexican Workers form the backbone of Ontario's multi-million dollar greenhouse farming sector. Mexico's bilateral agreement with Canada defines its sole official guest worker program. The program has expanded over the past thirty years throughout Canada, but workers are conc [...]	2005-10-25 11:56:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM CA MX
05TORONTO2805	Update on Plans for New Detroit River Crossing [...] (U) Action request contained in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a closed-door session on October 19, 2005 in Detroit, the Corradino Group described to U.S. federal and state government officials the status of the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) study of potential new border cross [...]	2005-10-25 14:44:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PBTS PREL CA
05TORONTO2838	Bringing Order to the Border: The Niagara [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a ConGen Toronto-hosted October 13, 2005, dinner meeting in Toronto, border and law enforcement officials from the Buffalo/Niagara region expressed pride in the continued effectiveness of cross- border cooperation in combating transnational crime. The guests, which also incl [...]	2005-10-31 08:46:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PTER PINR KPAO PREL CA
05TORONTO2907	Monthly Visas VIPER report OCTOBER 2005, [...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 02 NOVEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: ACG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, FBI, DHS/ICE, Secret Service. 3. Terroris [...]	2005-11-04 10:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TORONTO2966	ONTARIO PUSHES FOR TOUGHER GUN LAWS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 15:34:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PGOV CA
05TORONTO2967	Ontario Experts Discuss Environmental Politics and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the upcoming COP-11 meeting in Montreal, Ambassador Wilkins participated in a November 14 PA-organized meeting at the University of Toronto with leaders of environmental NGOs and academics concerned with environmental issues. Among the topics discussed were t [...]	2005-11-17 15:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV KPAO PREL CA
05TORONTO2968	Dominion Institute Project on American Myths [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. On November 12, under an $80,000 grant from the Canadian Donner Foundation, the Dominion Institute, the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute and the National Post jointly launched the first of a five-part series multi-media projec [...]	2005-11-17 16:15:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PINR KMDR OIIP PREL CA
05TORONTO3042	PROPOSED DETROIT WINDSOR TUNNEL TAKEOVER EXCITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Serious opposition on both sides of the border has been sparked by the Detroit International Bridge Company (DIBC) late October proposal to give Detroit $30 million in exchange for control of the U.S. side of the Detroit Windsor Tunnel and purchase of 10 acres of land to construc [...]	2005-11-23 15:10:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ELTN PGOV CA
05TORONTO3086	Bringing Order to the Border: Detroit- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRO: The Detroit-Windsor border crossings are preparing for a large increase in the volume of passenger traffic heading for special events in Detroit in January and February. Earlier concerns about processing times for buses entering the U.S. for special events (reftel) a [...]	2005-11-28 15:41:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PBTS PGOV PREL CA
05TORONTO3133	Ontario Environment Minister Traveling to Montreal [...] (U) See action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario Environment Minister Broten asked ConGen Toronto to help her set up meetings with U.S. environmental officials at the COP-11 meetings in Montreal next week. Post believes it would be useful for a U.S. official to meet with Brote [...]	2005-12-01 12:41:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV KPAO PREL CA
05TORONTO3195	GUNS AN ELECTION ISSUE IN GREATER TORONTO AREA [...] (SBU) Summary: A November poll of Greater Toronto Area (GTA - population 5 million) voters revealed they considered crime to be their second most important issue in the context of the Canadian federal election campaign. Not coincidentally, Toronto is experiencing an unprecedented wave of fat [...]	2005-12-07 16:31:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CA
05TORONTO3209	BRINGING ORDER TO THE BORDER: ONTARIO'S BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Kergin, Ontario,s Special Advisor on Border Issues, told the Consul General on December 6 that he is working to facilitate trade while maintaining high security standards at the border as mutually reinforcing objectives. He said the Detroit River International Crossing [...]	2005-12-09 14:25:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS CA
05TORONTO3250	Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention [...] (U) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A large convention for Islamic youth will take place in Toronto December 23 to 26. Organizers expect about 12,000 to 15,000 people to attend - about 1,000 people will likely travel to Canada from the U.S. Since the convention is occu [...]	2005-12-14 15:20:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KISL KPAO PREL CA
05TORONTO3314	FACT FROM FICTION ON TORONTO'S FINGER-POINTING ON [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: With a gun crime spike in the Toronto area, provincial and city political leaders have supported the Liberal party's December 8 presumed vote-getting proposal for a nation-wide gun ban. The existing Canadian Firearms Registry has long been supported in Ontario, [...]	2005-12-22 15:34:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PGOV CA
05TRIPOLI209	LIBYANS PLEASED WITH SAUDI DECISION [...] (C) August 10 COM spoke at some length with Ambassador to the UK Mohammad al-Zway and his colleagues about the Saudi decision to pardon and expel three Libyans accused of an assassination plot again then-Crown Prince Abdullah (reftel). Zway had just returned from Sirte; he flew there August 8 [...]	2005-08-15 07:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LY SA
05TRIPOLI221	SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH QADHAFI AUGUST 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a conversation with Senator Lugar on August 20, Colonel Qadhafi complained that Libya had not been properly recognized and rewarded for its decisions on WMD. He suggested that the most appropriate "rewards" would be defensive weapons to protect the country against the threa [...]	2005-08-31 14:10:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PTER PHUM LY BU
05TRIPOLI224	CELEBRATING 36 YEARS OF QADHAFI [...] (C) Summary: A hundred thousand or more Libyans gathered on Martyrs Square in Tripoli August 31 to commemorate the 1969 revolution which brought Colonel Qadhafi to power. Qadhafi passed up the opportunity to address the multitude, but he appeared on the reviewing stand for half an hour to re [...]	2005-09-03 13:17:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LY
05TRIPOLI243	LIBYA SENDS OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO BAGHDAD TO EXPAND TIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 14:52:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ LY
05TRIPOLI285	GUANTANOMO DETAINEES: LIBYANS PROVIDE DIPNOTE RESPONSE [...] (S) We received a draft MOU in response to reftel dip note regarding the proposed transfer of Libyan national, Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin,also known as Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita to the exclusive custody and control of the Government of Libya, under circumstances satisfactorily confirmed [...]	2005-11-30 07:38:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PREL PTER KAWC LY
05TRIPOLI290	THE NORTH AFRICAN BRIGADE OF THE AFRICAN UNION PEACE AND [...] (S) According to press reports, army chiefs of staff from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and "the Western Sahara Republic," announced November 17 the creation of a joint military force. We obtained additional information about the agreement in November 29 meetings with the Egyptian Embassy an [...]	2005-12-01 11:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	MARR PREL EG AG MO TS WI CA LY
05TRIPOLI332	UNHCR OPERATIONS STRUGGLING IN LIBYA; BUT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) During a series of meetings over the last three months, the Tripoli-based UNHCR representative, Mohamed Hantosh Alwash, has conveyed information about local operations and ongoing negotiations with the Libyan government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. UNHCR's primary interlocutor [...]	2005-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KPAL LY
05TRIPOLI4	LIBYA ON LINE POISED FOR GROWTH [...] (C) Summary: Director and Founder of Libya On Line (LOL),Moawiya Maghur, describes the genesis and fast growth of Libya's most weighty Internet portal, and estimates that more than 20 per cent of Libyans under the age of 35 access the Internet on a regular basis. LOL offers a range of products [...]	2005-01-09 09:32:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV LY
05TRIPOLI51	(U) LIBYA - FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) The U.S. Government resumed direct bilateral relations with Libya on June 28, 2004, after a 24-year gap, following Libya's decision to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction programs and Missile Control Technology Regime-class missiles. 2. (U) Libya remains among the countries conside [...]	2005-03-01 16:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG LY
05TUNIS1045	TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Tunisia has a lot of things going for it as a country, but the speedy clip of political liberalization is not one of them. The good news about Tunisia is that there is no organized extremist opposition that we know of. The bad news is that there is no organized opposition of any kind. Al [...]	2005-05-12 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI ECON PGOV KPAO AMGT TS WSIS
05TUNIS1047	ANONYMOUS COMMUNIQUES ALLEGE RCD DISCONTENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Two communiques highly critical of President Ben Ali have been issued in recent months from a newly formed group calling itself the "Destouriens Democrates." Its anonymous authors claim to be members of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party who are dissatisfied w [...]	2005-05-18 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
05TUNIS1048	TUNISIA'S ENERGY CZAR EXPLAINS POSITION ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Econoff's meeting with the head of Tunisia's electricity monopoly reveals that a U.S. investor, EnerCiel, will likely need to seek relief through the court system or reach a compromise given the hardening of legal positions and the difficulties EnerCiel is facing with moving forwa [...]	2005-05-19 06:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
05TUNIS1067	TUNISIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-20 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT TS
05TUNIS1081	LEGAL OPPOSITION LACKS POLITICAL SKILLS, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. Although results of the May 8 local elections showed a ten per cent gain in the number of municipal seats held by Tunisian opposition parties, none of these parties, either alone or in a coalition, have any significant, measurable amount of public support. In discussions during [...]	2005-05-23 14:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM TS MEPI
05TUNIS1085	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS DIVIDED OVER ASSOCIATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PGOV KDEM TS KMEPI
05TUNIS1091	Embassy Engages Tunisian Journalists on World Press [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Embassy, with financial and logistical support from Internews, provided training for over 70 Tunisian journalists on the issue of on-line journalism. On May 3, the Embassy hosted a small hands-on workshop, led by American expert [...]	2005-05-24 13:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO SOCI KMPI TS ECIP
05TUNIS1092	Mixed Tunisian reactions to Foreign Policy [...] SUMMARY: While both of the Tunisian participants in the April 2005 Foreign Policy IV program were favorably impressed by American society, their impressions of the content of the program were quite varied. Ahlem ben Ali, a Tunisian journalist, related that she had learned many interesting a [...]	2005-05-25 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TS
05TUNIS1093	Media IV Program Positively Effects Tunisian [...] SUMMARY: Abderraouf Mkadmi, an editor at the most widely-read and anti-American Tunisian daily newspaper, returned from the March "Role of the Media" program with profound respect for the American people. Mkadmi noted that, upon his return to Tunisia, he was struck at the negative ramificat [...]	2005-05-25 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TS
05TUNIS1128	TUNISIA: REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING THE PEACE [...] (C) In a meeting on several topics May 26, the Ambassador delivered the points on Arab League regional support for advancing the peace process to MFA Secretary of State for American and Asian Affairs Chtioui. The Ambassador covered points reftel, stressing that the time was right to move agg [...]	2005-05-31 12:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS
05TUNIS1203	Tunis Weekly Public Diplomacy Outreach Report, June [...] On June 2, 40 high schoolers and two of their English teachers from Kelibia, a small fishing port one and a half hours from Tunis, visited the American Center as part of an educational field trip during which they spent half a day at the Embassy, touring the IRC, surfing the net and admiring t [...]	2005-06-06 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC TS
05TUNIS1204	GENERAL JONES MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with MFA Deputy Foreign Minister for American and Asian Affairs Chtioui June 3, General Jones urged continued Tunisian cooperation with EUCOM and NATO as both entities expanded their scope to include Africa. Chtioui said Tunisia was ready to work together in a numb [...]	2005-06-06 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TS EU
05TUNIS1235	TUNISIA HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS: 05/25 - 06/08 [...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes significant human rights developments during the previous two week period. Topics covered are: -- Case of Mohamed Abbou -- Arab Institute of Human Rights Funding Problems -- Formation of "Committee for the Defense of Victims of Terrorism Law" -- Amnesty Int [...]	2005-06-09 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO KMPI TS
05TUNIS1257	EVE OF TIFA COUNCIL: WHERE DOES TUNISIA STAND ON [...] (C) Summary. Tunisia has taken the fundamental decision to liberalize its economy after decades of state-control, but progress has been deliberate and mostly limited to sectors that do not threaten the GOT's prerogative or ultimate "sovereignty". The GOT justifies its approach in terms of mi [...]	2005-06-06 13:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS EFTA
05TUNIS1282	ABBOU APPEAL TRIAL: SENTENCE UPHELD, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, the Court of Appeal in Tunis upheld the three and a half year sentence of lawyer/activist Mohamed Abbou (ref a). The trial was disorderly, and at times chaotic, with over 120 lawyers attempting to defend Abbou. Embassy human rights officer attended the trial along [...]	2005-06-13 14:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO KMPI TS
05TUNIS1314	MEPI: IRI PRESENTS AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR TUNISIA; GOT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: International Republican Institute (IRI) MENA Director Tom Garrett outlined proposals for increasing IRI engagement with Tunisia to MFA DG Atallah on June 14. IRI would like to hold a regional conference on public opinion polling in Tunis in September, plans to incre [...]	2005-06-16 14:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	TS KDEM PREL PHUM MEPI
05TUNIS1324	STATUS OF REQUEST FOR SOFA IN TUNISIA [...] (C) We have no Status of Forces Agreement currently with the GOT. In connection with training exercise Flintlock, we have signed an MOA (administrative agreement) that is valid for the duration of the exercise (June 3-17, 2005). We have a waiver from EUCOM for the Tunisia portion of Fl [...]	2005-06-17 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TS
05TUNIS1379	MEETING WITH SAMIA ABBOU [...] (C) Summary: Abbou supporters continue to seek USG intervention in the case of jailed lawyer/activist Mohamed Abbou (ref A). According to his wife, Abbou refused to bring his case before the Supreme Court because it would be giving too much legitimacy to what he and his supporters believe is [...]	2005-06-23 09:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
05TUNIS1438	TUNISIA: UN REFORM DEMARCHE [...] (C) In a meeting on several topics June 29, the Ambassador offered MFA Director of Americas and Asia Department Hatem Atallah (A/S equivalent) a comprehensive summary of U.S. priorities on UN reform, covering support for the Democracy Fund, management reform, the creation of a Human Rights Co [...]	2005-07-01 12:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS UN UNSC
05TUNIS1439	UK REP ON BMENA DEVELOPMENTS, LEBANON [...] SUMMARY: UK Coordinator for Outreach to the Arab World Nick Abbott offered an update on UK coordination of BMENA activities to MEPI Regional Office Director. The four civil society components are coming together: UK organizing Transparency, U.S. Rule of Law, Bahrain Businesswomen, and hope [...]	2005-07-01 14:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM PREL LE TS
05TUNIS1442	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2005 [...] Post's Visa Viper Committee met on Friday, July 1, 2005. The Ambassador chaired the meeting, which was attended by Consular, Pol/Econ, ODC, DAO, ORA, Public Affairs, Management, FSI Arabic language field school, and MEPI representatives. We reviewed the recently disseminated revised procedures [...]	2005-07-01 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT TS
05TUNIS1455	ELECTION FOR NEW CHAMBER OF ADVISORS: NO SURPRISES [...] (U) Summary: RCD loyalists won all contested seats in predictable elections on July 3 for the Chamber of Advisors, a second Parliamentary chamber created by a 2002 constitutional amendment. While GOT spokesmen congratulated the country on a substantive step towards democracy, most Tunisians w [...]	2005-07-01 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI TS
05TUNIS1456	AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO TUNISIA'S SECOND CITY - [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and Econoff traveled June 27 to Sfax, Tunisia's second largest city and the economic hub, to deliver messages on USG economic and political reform policies, on our latest development under our trade and investment dialogue, and to survey USG assistance to Sfax's high-t [...]	2005-07-05 14:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EAID TS
05TUNIS1458	GOT REACTION TO ICANN POLICY; WSIS RELATED ISSUES: [...] THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH GOT MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES MONTASSAR OUAILI JULY 6 TO DISCUSS THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECISION TO RETAIN OVERSIGHT AND VETO POWER ON THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS (ICANN.) OUAILI WAS LESS CONCERNED [...]	2005-07-05 14:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ECPS TS EDRC
05TUNIS1484	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 7, 2005 [...] (U) During the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce's (TACC) recent conference on Free Trade, June 29-30, Tunisian Minister of Commerce Mondher Zenaidi, said that the GOT will continue integration with the world economy to support Tunisia's socio-economic development. Zenaidi noted that an F [...]	2005-07-07 13:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR TS ENIV
05TUNIS1495	USTR NOVELLI ADVANCES US-TUNISIA TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Trade Representative Catherine Novelli, in Tunis June 14-15 for the second TIFA Council meeting, firmly emphasized to Minister of Development and International Cooperation Jouini that the U.S. wants to expand our free trade community and is working at a modest pace, b [...]	2005-07-08 06:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS EFTA
05TUNIS1503	BEN ALI CONDEMNS LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (U) All major press July 8 carried President Ben Ali's message to Britain's Queen Elizabeth and PM Blair, in which he "condemned the odious crime" which had resulted in horrible damage and loss of life, and "expressed Tunisia's sympathy for the United Kingdom, the families of the victims and [...]	2005-07-08 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TS
05TUNIS1915	TUNISIAN JOURALISTS REACT NEGATIVELY TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 05:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OIIP TS KPAO PHUM
05TUNIS1934	NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE WELCOMES STRONG BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 12:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV TS

05TUNIS2075	JEDDAH LESSONS LEARNED - FOLLOW-UP [...] (S/NF) Ambassador chaired a meeting of Embassy Tunis Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 09/13/2005 to discuss reftel, Jeddah Lessons Learned. Also present were DCM, RSO, RMAS, PA, MEPI, FSI, MGT, DAO, ODC, MED, P/E. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Tunis EAC reviewed and discussed reftel in detail, con [...]	2005-09-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT
05TUNIS2353	GOT SPINS FM ABDALLAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 13:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
05TUNIS2418	CONTINUED GLOWING TUNISIAN PRESS COVERAGE OF FM [...] The glowing Tunisian press coverage of FM Aballah's visit to the US (detailed in reftel) continued with placements of another article on FM Abdallah's activities in the US in all but one daily newspapers on the weekend of October 22-23. While headlines differed slightly, the text of the accomp [...]	2005-10-31 15:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV ECON TS
05TUNIS2420	FM ABDALLAH CRITIQUES EMBASSY VISITS TO HUNGER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with the Foreign Minister on October 31 to discuss recent visits by the Embassy to the group of eight civil society leaders currently on a hunger strike to protest the lack of freedom of expression and association in Tunisia, and to demand the release of political p [...]	2005-10-31 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TS
05TUNIS2564	THE DICHOTOMY OF ISLAM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tunisian religious views cut across a wide spectrum of beliefs and adherence. From atheists to Christians to Muslims to Jews, Tunisians are diverse in their religious views. While Islamic extremists may have enjoyed strong popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, since then [...]	2005-11-29 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS
05TUNIS2807	TUNISIA: UPDATE FROM MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) The Ambassador December 27 reviewed a number of bilateral defense-related issues with Tunisian Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane, and briefed him on the November EUCOM Mediterranean Ambassador's conference in Stuttgart. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of linking Tunisian funding [...]	2005-12-27 15:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR TS
05TUNIS768	TUNISIAN LABOR UPDATE: UGTT SHOWS A MORE [...] (C) Summary. Labor negotiations between labor, private employers, and government take place every three years in Tunisia. The three parties negotiate 51 separate collective bargaining contracts covering Tunisia's entire active work force. Since 1990, Tunisia has had this unique system of un [...]	2005-03-25 09:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM TS
05TUNIS826	VISIT TO WIFE OF IMPRISONED LAWYER PROMPTS [...] (C) Summary. At the invitation of university economics professor and PA contact Fedhi Jerbi, Polcouns April 6 visited the wife and family of Mohamad Abbou, the lawyer who was arrested March 1 for writing an online article harshly critical of President Ben Ali and his decision to invite Prime [...]	2005-04-19 11:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM KISL TS
05TUNIS839	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH THE TUNISIAN MINISTER OF [...] Summary: On April 15, the Ambassador met with Minister of Transportation Abderrahim Zouari, with Robert Jubach of the National Weather Service (NWS),and with Dr. Moncef Rajhi, the Director of the Tunisian National Institute of Meteorology (NIM) to brief him on a workshop NWS and NIM had join [...]	2005-04-20 15:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KSCA SENV TPHY KMPI TS
05TUNIS840	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HOLDS FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: Two visiting Human Rights Watch (HRW) staffers successfully held a press conference April 20 to release a new HRW report on solitary confinement of Tunisian political prisoners. The 39-page report is based on interviews of political prisoners conditionally released in the Novembe [...]	2005-04-20 17:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
05TUNIS864	TUNISIA: MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 15:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PGOV KTIA TS
05TUNIS869	TUNISIA'S PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR: THE GOT BEGINS TO [...] On April 15, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the Ambassador's call on the Minister of Public Health on April 7 to discuss "data exclusivity" concerns under Special 301 review. 2. Post's unofficial translation of the note follows. [...]	2005-04-27 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV TS
05TUNIS879	BEYWATCH: NEWS FROM TUNISIA [...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted predominantly by Post's entry level officers. We believe the different perspectives offered in each of the following paragraphs will (taken together) accurately reflect what we consider to be the country's paradoxical nature -- Tuni [...]	2005-04-28 13:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TS
05TUNIS894	ICRC REACHES AGREEMENT ON PRISON VISITS WITH GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: After a year of negotiations, the GOT signed an agreement with the ICRC to allow prison visits. This is a highly significant development for the human rights situation in this country. End Summary ICRC Announces Final Agreement On Tunisian Prison Visits --------------------- [...]	2005-04-29 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS TS ICRC
05TUNIS896	GOT RUSHES CONVICTION TO COINCIDE WITH ICRC [...] (C) Summary: A Tunisian court sentenced dissident lawyer Mohamed Abbou to a prison term of three years and six months following his one-day April 28 trial for two charges. Abbou was arrested in early March for publishing on the website/listserve "Tunisnews" an article attacking President Ben [...]	2005-04-29 17:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS KDEM TS ICRC WSIS
05TUNIS898	FREE TRADE WITH THE U.S.: ARE THE TUNISIANS READY? [...] (SBU) Summary. Booz Allen Hamilton's Emad Tinawi visited Tunis April 4 ) 8, to consult with U.S. Embassy and GOT officials, private sector representatives, and academics on U.S.-Tunisian trade and investment issues. Tinawi's visit, as a private sector consultant to the Department, aimed to a [...]	2005-05-02 09:38:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TS
05TUNIS909	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post has made appropriate inquiries to establish the legitimacy of a transaction for the export of AB205 Bell helicopter spare parts to Tunisia and concludes that it is a legitimate transaction. In addition, the post has investigated concerns regarding the end user, the Tunisian Army, a [...]	2005-05-02 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC TS
05TUNIS944	AMB. RAISES CONCERNS ON ABBOU CONVICTION; NEW [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador reiterated USG concerns about the recent conviction of dissident lawyer Mohamed Abbou to MFA DG Hatem Atallah May 4. Attallah offered a familiar refrain: Abbou broke the law; the GOT is fully committed to democratic reform; Washington should understand that only the [...]	2005-05-04 15:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL TS
05USNATO3	NATO MOVES FORWARD WITH LANDMARK BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 16:59:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO KNNP PARM MNUC
05VANCOUVER1310	FY 2005 IVLP EVALUATION: JOHNNY HLIBCHUK; JANUARY 6-27; MRP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Program evaluation for FY2005 Vancouver Voluntary Visitor Program grantee Johnny Hlibchuk follows. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) DATE OF PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR AND QUARTER: January 6-27, FY 2005, First Quarter 3. (U) MPP THEME ADDRESSED: Combating Terrorism and International Crime [...]	2005-10-06 15:33:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05VANCOUVER1470	ORGANIZED CRIME IN BC IS ON THE RISE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of organized crime groups in BC has more than doubled in the past two years, severely challenging BC law enforcement and the judiciary. Almost every global ethnic crime group known to law enforcement now has a base in Vancouver. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMG),or He [...]	2005-11-15 18:13:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS SNAR SOCI
05VANCOUVER1502	CENTRIST SULLIVAN WINS MAYORAL RACE IN VANCOUVER [...] (U) Begin Summary: Sam Sullivan of the Non Partisan Association defeated Jim Green of Vision Vancouver by a margin of less than four thousand votes in the city's mayoral elections on Nov. 19. The race, part of British-Columbia-wide municipal elections, saw the return of the centrist NPA to dom [...]	2005-11-29 00:40:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
05VANCOUVER1503	BRITISH COLUMBIA IS GLOBAL LEADER IN FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY [...] Summary. British Columbia (BC) has the world's largest concentration of fuel cell and hydrogen technology research and expertise. CG and DPO recently visited Ballard Power Systems, a private company, as well as the National Research Council Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, and Fuel [...]	2005-11-29 21:02:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ENRG CA EIND
05VANCOUVER1521	ALIEN SMUGGLING OPERATION THWARTED [...] U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) personnel arrested a group of twelve people attempting to enter the U.S. near Oroville, Washington, on December 1. The group, consisting of seven women and five men, was arrested in a van near the Washington-British Columbia border minutes after entering t [...]	2005-12-02 21:26:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM CVIS KWMN CA KS
05VANCOUVER1524	MARIJUANA FLOURISHES IN B.C. AS METHAMPHETAMINE CRISIS [...] Summary: The number of individual marijuana grow operations, or grow-ops, in British Columbia has leveled-off since 2000, but they continue to increase in size and sophistication, according to a June 2005 RCMP report and a study by the University College of the Fraser Valley's Department of [...]	2005-12-05 19:07:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	CA SNAR PREL ECIN
05VANCOUVER1558	UTAH AG SEEKS ALLY IN B.C. AGAINST FDLS [...] (U ) Summary: On December 8, 2005, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff met in Vancouver with British Columbia Attorney General Wally Oppal. Shurtleff traveled here to discuss the possibility of mutual cooperation in matters related to the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). [...]	2005-12-09 23:18:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PHUM KWMN PGOV PREL CA
05VANCOUVER1602	TEST OF SIPDIS CAPTION [...] Test 1. 2. No action is required. LUKENS [...]	2005-12-19 22:44:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	ACOA
05VANCOUVER1614	CSI VANCOUVER: RUNNING SMOOTHLY WITH CANADA'S FULL SUPPORT [...] (U) The Port of Vancouver was one of the US Department of Homeland Security's original Container Security Initiative ports in 2002. US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials explained that out of 10,000 or so shipments that come into the port per month, only about 2 to 3 percent are stoppe [...]	2005-12-22 00:26:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	CA KCIP SNAR
05VATICAN102	POPE ENCOURAGES DIALOGE OVER ARROGANCE; URGES [...] (SBU) In the face of the natural and manmade catastrophes that afflicted the world over the past year, Pope John Paul II's New Year address to the Vatican diplomatic corps set out four challenges facing world leaders that closely parallel priority U.S. policy goals: the defense of life, the c [...]	2005-01-13 05:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VT
05VATICAN130	ITALIAN EC MINISTER BUTTIGLIONE ADDRESSES [...] (U) Italian Minister of European Community Policies Rocco Buttiglione described a rising tide of secularism in Europe that he claimed was ironically having a positive effect on ecumenical and inter-religious relations in a January 11 appearance before an audience of the Vatican press corps an [...]	2005-01-14 14:21:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI VT
05VATICAN142	VIETNAM WARMING TO RELATIONS WITH HOLY SEE? [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-14 16:37:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM VT
05VATICAN181	JEWISH LEADERS HAIL POPE'S EFFORTS TO BUILD [...] (SBU) The largest group of Jewish leaders ever to travel to the Vatican lauded Pope John Paul II's efforts on behalf of reconciliation between Jews and Christians in a January 18 meeting. The group cited the Pope's numerous gestures toward the Jewish community as the Holy See marks the 40th [...]	2005-01-19 16:25:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IS VT
05VATICAN194	IRAQ: RELEASED ARCHBISHOP CALLS FOR U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-20 15:30:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR IZ VT VTPREL
05VATICAN2323	POPE BENEDICT XVI PONTIFICATE PREVIEW PART THREE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 09:35:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR VT
05VATICAN253	CATHOLIC AID ORGANIZATIONS: TSUMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-25 15:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID SENV SOCI CE ID IN ML MY TH VT
05VATICAN307	Ambassador's Farewell Assessment of U.S.-Holy See [...] (U) Madam Secretary, As I leave my [post today concluding nearly three and a half years as Ambassador to the Holy See, I want to report that I believe our relationship with the Vatican has emerged as a very important bilateral partnership. It has become increasingly valuable to our efforts [...]	2005-01-31 10:38:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF VT
05VATICAN37	IRF AMBASSADOR HANFORD REVIEWS THREATS AND NEXT [...] (SBU) During his December 1 - 4 visit to the Vatican, Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford reviewed U.S. religious freedom concerns and priorities with Holy See Foreign Minister Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo and other senior officials. Vatican officials highlighted [...]	2005-01-05 14:19:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT
05VATICAN382	UKRAINE: VATICAN OPTIMISTIC, DEFENDS CARDINAL'S [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Ukraine Monsignor Julio Murat defended Ukrainian (Greek Catholic) Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, insisting that he had "no choice" but to speak out against abuses during his country's recent election controversy. According to Murat, Husar's public statements were [...]	2005-02-04 14:17:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL RS SOCI UP VT
05VATICAN400	ORTHODOX AND CATHOLICS PURSUE CULTURAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Holy See officials have told us recently they are encouraged by "small signs" of progress in Orthodo 2.(SBU) Holy See Country Director for Russia Monsignor Julio Murat told us that he has seen an increasing openness on the part of some Orthodox to the Vatican in recent months on cultura [...]	2005-02-07 08:09:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI VT RU
05VATICAN440	VATICAN: HUNGARIAN CHURCH-STATE RIFT MERITS ATTENTION [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Central Europe Monsignor Michael Banach (protect throughout) acknowledged mild though persistent tensions between the GoH and the Catholic Church, adding that issues relating to the funding of Catholic Schools and differing interpretations of the 1990s agreemen [...]	2005-02-18 07:32:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	VT HU SOCI PHUM PREL
05VATICAN441	IRAQI EXPAT PRIEST MARKED FOR REVENGE [...] (C) Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See, told us recently that his name had been published on a list of alleged collaborators with the Hussein regime published in the Iraqi Shi'a newspaper Al-Hawza. The paper specifically accused Najim passi [...]	2005-02-18 07:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT
05VATICAN443	SUDAN: VATICAN HESITANT ON AU-UN TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us February 10 that the Holy See was optimistic regarding Darfur, but hesitant about the proposed African Union (AU) - UN Sudan Tribunal. He maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be the most effectiv [...]	2005-02-23 09:54:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL SU VT
05VATICAN444	INDIA: JESUITS SEE RISING HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Father Lisbert D'Souza, South Asia Regional Director at the Jesuit Curia in Rome said February 16 that recent attacks against Christians in India were motivated by increasing Hindu fundamentalism. D'Souza distinguished between simple banditry and religiously motivated attacks, and [...]	2005-02-24 10:51:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	VT IN KIRF PGOV
05VATICAN446	CHALDEAN PATRIARCH: INCREASED SECURITY, RELIABLE ELECTRICITY [...] (C) Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly told Charge February 17 that the coalition's failure to date to provide reasonable security and reliable electricity were the biggest obstacles to acceptance of U.S. efforts by the Iraqi people. The lack of security led many to conclude [...]	2005-02-24 12:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT
05VATICAN447	DARFUR: SANT EGIDIO READY TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Community of Sant'Egidio representatives told the Charge February 24 that they were willing to work with the Darfur rebels to help them become better prepared for the Abuja negotiations. In confidential talks that could be held at its Rome headquarters, Sant'Egidio proposed a preparatory [...]	2005-02-24 17:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU VT
05VATICAN450	VATICAN GRAPPLES WITH UNCERTAINTIES OF AN INCAPACITATED [...] (SBU) Pope John Paul II's February 24 tracheotomy will leave the already frail Pope further debilitated and unable to speak for some period of time. His deteriorating condition has already generated extensive media speculation about the possibility of a Papal resignation and the impact of seve [...]	2005-02-25 16:30:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI VT
05VATICAN452	SUDAN: VATICAN HESITANT ON AU-UN TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us February 10 that the Holy See was optimistic regarding Darfur, but hesitant about the proposed African Union (AU) - UN Sudan Tribunal. He maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be the most effectiv [...]	2005-03-01 07:15:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL SU VT
05VATICAN453	VATICAN SUPPORTS AND WILL ADVOCATE FOR U.S. AMENDMENT TO CSW [...] (C) Per reftel, Charge met March 2 with Holy See Undersecretary for Relations with States Monsignor Pietro Parolin to urge the Vatican to lobby key countries in favor of the U.S. amendment to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Declaration prior to the March 4 vote in New York. 2. ( [...]	2005-03-03 12:05:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VT
05VATICAN454	VIETNAM: JESUIT OFFICIAL SEES POSITIVE SIGNS FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (C) The Jesuit Curial Official responsible for Asia, Father Joseph Doan, told Emboffs recently that, despite Vietnam's recently floated desire to establish full diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he doubted the GOVN would do so until China first took that step. Despite this hurdle, Doan [...]	2005-03-07 13:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT VM KIRF
05VATICAN455	ISRAELI DIRECTOR FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS SEES AGREEMENT [...] (C) During a recent visit to Rome, Israel's MFA Director for Inter-Religious Affairs Barkan told Charge that agreement in principle on how to resolve the outstanding issues between the Holy See and Israel had been reached in a mid-February negotiating session between the two sides. There wer [...]	2005-03-07 18:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN456	POPE RETURNS TO VATICAN TO CONTINUE RECUPERATION; WILL KEEP [...] (U) Pope John Paul II returned to the Vatican in the early evening of March 13, after spending 18 days in Rome's Gemelli hospital. The Pontiff underwent a tracheotomy to facilitate his breathing and subsequent therapy to allow him to speak with a tube in his throat. Television coverage o [...]	2005-03-16 18:14:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI VT
05VATICAN460	VATICAN OPPOSES COVIC DISMISSAL OR RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-29 16:34:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR PREL VT
05VATICAN461	WEAKENED POPE MISSES EASTER SERVICES [...] (C) For the first time since his 1978 election to the papacy, Pope John Paul II was unable to participate in the Vatican's Holy Week and Easter celebrations, suggesting that his condition continues to deteriorate following his February surgery. Despite a series of indications that the Pope h [...]	2005-03-29 18:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VT
05VATICAN463	TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART I: THE ELECTION OF A NEW POPE [...] (U) On Monday, April 18 following nine days of official mourning after the burial of Pope John Paul II, 115 cardinals will gather in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. This cable -- the first in a series looking toward the conclave -- outlines the election procedures and provide [...]	2005-04-13 14:04:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN465	TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART II: CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH [...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal Electors come together in the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a new Pope, they will vote to elect the individual they believe is best suited to lead the Catholic Church at this moment in history. Who that person is will depend in part on what the Cardinal electors be [...]	2005-04-15 14:07:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN466	TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART III: THE CANDIDATES [...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, there will be no clear favorite. Despite intensive media speculation and a series of media bubbles for various candidates, heading into the conclave no candidate appears to have an i [...]	2005-04-18 16:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR VT
05VATICAN467	POPE BENEDICT XVI SUCCEEDS JOHN PAUL II [...] (SBU) The Roman Catholic College of Cardinals elected German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Supreme Pontiff April 19. Ratzinger, 78, has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI. Despite media speculation that Ratzinger had the support of many cardinals, his election was a surprise to many, given indications th [...]	2005-04-19 19:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR VT
05VATICAN468	POPE CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT IN OFFICE -- FOR NOW [...] Pope Benedict XVI has reappointed Cardinal Angelo Sodano as Secretary of State (head of government) and confirmed all other curial positions -- for the time being. It is traditional for the new pope to maintain the status quo at the Vatican until he takes stock of how he plans to shape hi [...]	2005-04-22 13:52:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN473	HOLY SEE PRESSES DIALOGUE; EAST TIMORESE JESUIT CRITICAL OF [...] (C) The Holy See's Deputy Foreign Minister told Charge May 2 that the situation in East Timor was a source of great concern, and that they were encouraging the bishops and Nuncio to pursue dialogue with the government to resolve the situation. He and an East Timorese Jesuit, Joao Piedade, conc [...]	2005-05-04 06:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPKO VT
05VATICAN475	BENEDICT XVI: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW PONTIFICATE - PART [...] (U) This cable is the first of a series previewing the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. It examines the factors behind Benedict XVI's election and the implications of this choice for the Holy See. Subsequent cables will examine the approach the new Pope is likely to take on international iss [...]	2005-05-12 16:44:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR VT
05VATICAN477	POPE REACHES OUT TO CHINA [...] (C) In his first formal foreign policy discourse, Pope Benedict XVI called for closer relations with China at a May 12 audience for ambassadors accredited to the Holy See. Without citing China directly, the new pope made a public push for a cause that the Vatican has been promoting for some [...]	2005-05-18 16:23:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT CH TW
05VATICAN479	BENEDICT XVI: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW PONTIFICATE - PART [...] (U) This cable is the second of a series previewing the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. The first part (ref b) examined the reasons for the election of Pope Benedict and initial signals on directions for his papacy. This second cable examines the approach he is likely to take on major issu [...]	2005-05-23 15:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR VT
05VATICAN480	POPE NAMES AMERICAN TO KEY POST [...] (SBU) In the first new appointment of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI named San Francisco's Archbishop William Levada as his successor as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF),the Holy See's primary doctrinal guardian. Levada becomes the highest placed American Cu [...]	2005-05-26 11:27:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR PGOV VT
05VATICAN482	CODEL SMITH AND VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW IRAQ, [...] Senator Gordon Smith and a delegation of Senators discussed Iraq, Israel and the church in Europe in a May 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. Lajolo stressed U.S.-Holy See engagement for common goals in a stable Iraq, Middle East Peace settlement, and an outward-looki [...]	2005-06-08 14:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM XG IZ IS VT
05VATICAN483	ASST. SECRETARY FRIED REVIEWS EUROPE AFTER THE "NO" VOTES [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried met with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister equivalent Msgr. Parolin June 6 to review U.S. priorities in Europe and share U.S. concerns that Europe could turn inward in the e of recent negative votes in France and Holland. Parolin affirmed the Holy See's de [...]	2005-06-14 13:52:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT XG TU
05VATICAN484	CHINA AND THE HOLY SEE: SANT'EGIDIO PURSUE INFORMAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Valeria Martano of Vatican-linked Sant'Egidio Community discussed the group's ongoing initiative to promote Catholic dialogue with China in a meeting with Poloffs May 20. Sant'Egidio's initiative focuses on resolving internal differences between the underground and Patriotic churches to la [...]	2005-06-14 16:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH VT
05VATICAN487	HOLY SEE AND RUSSIA FLIRTING WITH DIPLOMATIC UPGRADE [...] (U) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's June 7 visit to the Vatican sparked renewed speculation upgrading the status of their diplomatic relations. A statement issued by the Holy See's press office said Lavrov, Vatican Secretary of State Sodano, and FM Lajolo discussed the "cordial" bilateral rela [...]	2005-06-30 15:37:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF RS VT
05VATICAN489	AFTER TENSIONS, VATICAN SEEKING MORE CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Charge that the Vatican had decided to pursue the path of dialogue and offer "an outstretched hand" when dealing with the government of Venezuela, despite past tensions. In response to ref (a) and (b) points and inquiries, Parolin [...]	2005-07-01 14:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET VE VT EUN
05VATICAN494	VATICAN BOOKS IN THE BLACK [...] (U) The Holy See ended 2004 with a budget surplus for the first time in four years, showing a profit of nearly $3.7 million. The budget covers all government departments and activities, as well as the Holy See's embassies and diplomatic offices around the world. During 2004, the Vatican [...]	2005-07-12 07:01:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN VT
05VATICAN500	VATICAN CONFIRMS IT PRESSURED FILIPINO BISHOPS [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for the Philippines Monsignor Luis Montemayor confirmed July 14 that the Vatican pressured the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) not to support protests calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Montemayor noted that t [...]	2005-07-15 16:28:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP VT
05VATICAN503	HOLY SEE SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Vatican MFA's Monsignor Francis Chullikatt told us July 22 he agreed that it made sense to take a comprehensive approach to UN reform rather than to reform the UNSC first and approach remaining reform issues in a "piecemeal" fashion. He confirmed the Holy See's support for a restructuri [...]	2005-07-27 13:47:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR KPKO VT UN
05VATICAN507	UK IRKS HOLY SEE WITH EMBASSY CHANGES [...] (C) The UK has rubbed the Holy See the wrong way with two recent moves that many at the Vatican have taken as slights - or worse. First the British irked the Vatican by moving its embassy to the Holy See into the compound housing its mission to Italy - a diplomatic faux pas at the Vatican. [...]	2005-08-09 16:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK VT
05VATICAN508	VENEZUELA: VATICAN NOT READY TO CHANGE TACTICS [...] (C) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin affirmed to the Charge August 9 the Vatican's preference for outreach and dialogue with President Chavez rather than confrontation. Parolin took the same approach he had in a June 30 meeting with Post's former Charge on the subject (ref a),despite [...]	2005-08-10 08:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	VT VE PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM
05VATICAN511	GUANTANAMO: POINTS PASSED TO VATICAN [...] (C) Per reftel, Charge raised issue of Guantanamo and detainees during an August 9 introductory call on Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin and provided a copy of points in ref para 4. Parolin indicated that he would review the issue and provide a response later. 2. (C) Embas [...]	2005-08-12 17:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL VT
05VATICAN512	OPTIMISM ON CHINA FROM DEPUTY FM PAROLIN (C-ALS-00716) [...] (C) Vatican Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin told the Charge August 9 that there were signs that Beijing might eventually be open to some official Vatican presence in China as a first step towards diplomatic relations. According to Parolin, an initial Holy See representative would have some o [...]	2005-08-16 13:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT CH
05VATICAN513	ANTI-CONVERSION LEGISLATION CONCERNS VATICAN; JESUIT HAS [...] (C) Vatican Country Director for Sri Lanka Monsignor Bernardito Auza told us recently that the Vatican was concerned about pending anti-conversion legislation in that country. He emphasized the "dangerous" effect such legislation could have on schools, orphanages, old age homes, hospitals, and [...]	2005-08-17 10:13:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF KISL VT CE
05VATICAN514	VATICAN: LOOKING AHEAD ON BIOTECH [...] (C) Recent conversations between Holy See officials and USAID and EB representatives visiting the Vatican confirmed the cautious acceptance of biotech food by the Holy See. Vatican officials asserted that the safety and science of genetically modified foods would eventually be non-issues at the [...]	2005-08-26 07:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
05VATICAN515	TURKISH DIPLOMAT SOUR ON RELATIONS WITH VATICAN [...] (C) Turkish diplomat Ali Riza Ozcoskun (protect) complained to us recently about the poor state of Holy See - Turkish relations, charging that there is simply no dialogue between the two states. He went over the well-known stalemate, explaining that the Catholic Church sought certain legal as [...]	2005-08-26 12:15:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
05VATICAN516	DEL PONTE MAKES ""UGLY IMPRESSION"" AT THE VATICAN [...] (S/NF) Holy See Balkans Director Maury described to us August 22 the ""undiplomatic behavior"" of ICTY Chief Prosecutor del Ponte on her recent visit to the Vatican foreign ministry (HAGUE 2263). Maury said the Vatican would not respond to the strong letter sent by del Ponte to the pope after [...]	2005-08-26 14:10:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET//NOFORN	KIRF PREL SOCI NL BK HR VT OSCE
05VATICAN519	VATICAN: MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP LAJOLO [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'affaires a.i. called on Vatican FM-equivalent Lajolo September 3 and raised a number of issues, including Venezuela, China, Turkey/Islam, UN reform, Israel, Iraq. End Summary. 2. (U) Charge paid an introductory 30-minute call on September 3 on Archbishop Giovanni La [...]	2005-09-09 16:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT VE IS CH TU IZ
05VATICAN526	POST LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECT FUNDING INITIATIVE PROPOSAL [...] Post Language Officer and POC: Fleur Cowan, CowanFS@state.gov, Tel: 0039-06-4674-3439 Fax: 0039-06-575-8346 2. Description of proposed program and budget: Language school weekends: Italian language schools, with their flexible and tailored curriculum, (such as Il Sasso in Montepulciano us [...]	2005-10-17 09:48:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AMGT KFLO VT
05VATICAN529	VATICAN: UK TAPS NORTHERN IRISH CATHOLIC AS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The UK has selected Francis Campbell, a 35-year-old Catholic from Northern Ireland, as ambassador to the Holy See. We understand that Campbell will become the first Catholic to represent the UK at the Vatican since the Reformation. Campbell is a former diplomat and advisor at 10 Downing [...]	2005-11-08 16:42:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VT UK
05VATICAN530	VATICAN POSITIVE ON RUSSIA TRIP [...] (C) Holy See FM Lajolo told the Ambassador November 3 that his recent trip to Russia had been a useful step forward for Vatican relations with Russia and the Orthodox Church (ROC). Lajolo said he raised with Russian FM Lavrov the Holy See's perception that Russia was captive to the Orthodox C [...]	2005-11-08 16:52:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF VT RU
05VATICAN534	BOSNIA: VATICAN BACKING CARDINAL [...] (C) Vatican Director for the Balkans Monsignor Maury expressed support November 11 for Cardinal Vinko Puljic in his current stances on politics and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Maury said he was not surprised that Puljic had refused to participate in a planned inter-religi [...]	2005-11-17 09:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PREL SOCI BK HR VT
05VATICAN535	HOLY SEE MAKES POINT ON BOSNIA'S CATHOLICS [...] (SBU) On the heels of Poloff's meeting with Vatican Balkans Director Monsignor Miguel Maury (ref a),Holy See FM Giovanni Lajolo called in the Ambassador November 14 to deliver an aide memoire (complete text faxed to EUR/WE, DRL/IRF and EUR/SCE) on the situation in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH). [...]	2005-11-17 11:13:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	BK KIRF PREL SOCI HR VT
05VATICAN538	VATICAN UNHAPPY WITH LAWSUITS [...] (C) Holy See Secretary of State (Prime Minister equivalent) Cardinal Angelo Sodano took the bulk of his initial meeting November 12 with the Ambassador to register his displeasure with the several lawsuits filed in U.S. courts that have been served at the Vatican. Sodano complained about the [...]	2005-11-25 09:07:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	VT PGOV PBTS PREL
05VATICAN539	IRAQ: PATRIARCH CONCERNED ABOUT CONSTITUTION, CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador met November 15 with Emmanuel III Delly (protect),Patriarch of Babylon and head of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The Chaldeans claim some 1.3 million members in Iraq and elsewhere. Delly was in Rome to see Pope Benedict XVI and for a meeting of Chaldean bishops. ------------- [...]	2005-11-25 11:04:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT
05VATICAN541	VATICAN: MEDIA REACT TO PRESIDENT'S RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (U) President Bush's call for increased religious freedom, and particularly "the need for [China] to invite leaders from the Vatican to come and discuss religious freedoms" was widely covered in Italian and Vatican-based news media. In a press release supporting President Bush's statements, th [...]	2005-11-29 16:32:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KIRF PHUM PREL VT CH
05VATICAN542	ANOTHER VOICE IN VATICAN SUPPORTING BIH BISHOPS [...] (C) The Vatican's Monsignor Petar Rajic (protect) gave us yet another indication of Holy See support for the Catholic bishops of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) November 22, expressing his support for their statement calling for constitutional change in the country, and general support for Bishop Pe [...]	2005-11-29 18:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PREL SOCI BK HR VT
05VATICAN543	VATICAN LOOKS TOWARDS CHINA - WITHOUT COMPROMISE [...] (U) The Holy See has sent clear messages to China recently that hint at improving relations, but which maintain the integrity of its position on religious freedom and autonomy. Both Pope Benedict XVI and Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano expressed displeasure at Beijing's intransigence [...]	2005-12-01 07:13:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL VT CH
05VATICAN544	AMBASSADOR MILLER'S VATICAN MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary. During his October visit to Rome, Ambassador John Miller met with Holy See officials in two Pontifical Councils to promote Vatican engagement on trafficking in persons. Ambassador Miller also attended a half-day conference co-sponsored by Embassy Rome and Embassy Vatican, and met [...]	2005-12-01 15:27:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI VT
05VATICAN545	VATICAN REACHES OUT TO PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS [...] Pope Benedict XVI feels close to AIDS sufferers and their families and has affirmed the commitment of the Catholic Church to caring for those with HIV/AIDS. The Pope described statistics on HIV/AIDS as "truly alarming." Benedict drew attention to World AIDS Day at his weekly general audi [...]	2005-12-01 16:26:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SOCI KHIV KWMN VM VT
05VATICAN548	POPE CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN SUDAN AND GREATER [...] Pope Benedict XVI issued an appeal for national reconciliation in Sudan during an audience November 28 with Khartoum's Cardinal Archbishop, Gabriel Zubeir Wako. After greeting the cardinal's delegation, the Pontiff made the following statement: Begin text The cessation of the civil w [...]	2005-12-06 09:11:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SU VT
05VATICAN551	ISRAEL: HOLY SEE CITES PROBLEMS FOR PILGRIMS [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Holy See MFA Country Director for Israel Monsignor Franco Coppola raised the Vatican's concerns about freedom of movement for pilgrims to Bethlehem December 5. Coppola claimed that while people staying in Jer [...]	2005-12-09 14:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PREL KIRF VT PHUM
05VATICAN552	IMMIGRATION ON FRONT BURNER FOR MEXICAN BISHOPS, VATICAN [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for the U.S. and Mexico Paolo Gualtieri received with interest points on the President's plans for immigration reform and applauded the President's initiative in tackling the problem. He told us that every group of Mexican bishops visiting the Vatican this fall [...]	2005-12-12 17:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL VT MX
05VATICAN553	SANT EGIDIO ASSEMBLES AFRICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS [...] (SBU) The Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community brought together justice ministers from several African states in November to consider their respective governments' positions on the death penalty and other issues involving their penal systems. Sant'Egidio's Mario Giro told us that the participation [...]	2005-12-13 16:03:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN554	CUBA: VATICAN SEES NO CHANGE IN DIRECTION [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Cuba Monsignor Nicolas Thevenin told us recently he did not think Castro's recent meeting with Cardinal Ortega and the Cuban bishops (reftel) was a sign of any change in direction or major new initiative for the dictator. Thevenin, who recently returned to t [...]	2005-12-13 16:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PHUM PREL KIRF VT KDEM SOCI
05VATICAN555	VATICAN EXAMINES CHURCH-STATE DYNAMIC IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Venezuela Monsignor Thevenin (protect throughout) told us recently he saw little change in the church-state dynamic in the country. When asked about new archbishop of Caracas, Thevenin said he was "not a fighter" and would not be aggressive against Chavez. [...]	2005-12-13 16:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	VE KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN557	EAST TIMOR: VATICAN EXAMINES ROLE OF CHURCH, BISHOPS [...] (C) This is the first of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May protests incited by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. This first message will focus on the Holy See's official position, as laid out by Holy See East Timor [...]	2005-12-15 12:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT
05VATICAN558	TOGO: SANT'EGIDIO STILL ENGAGED [...] (C) Mario Giro, West Africa expert for the Vatican-linked Community of Sant'Egidio, told us recently that the Community remained in close contact with the Togolese government and the Union of Forces for Change (UFC) and hoped for further face-to-face talks in Rome between the two groups. Fol [...]	2005-12-16 13:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	TO PHUM PREL PGOV VT

05VATICAN559	SANT'EGIDIO EXPRESSES CONCERN ON GREAT LAKES [...] (C) Don Matteo Zuppi, Great Lakes expert of the Vatican-linked Community of Sant'Egidio, expressed concern December 14 that the presence of Rwandan refugees in the Congo was a lingering problem that could infect the whole region. "The numbers of refugees are not great," he said, "but the sit [...]	2005-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VT RW CF
05VATICAN561	EAST TIMOR: JESUIT VIEWS CHURCH, BISHOPS [...] (C) This is the second of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May anti-government protests led by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. Ref (D) presented the perspective of the Holy See's Country director for East Timor. In [...]	2005-12-20 09:43:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT
05VATICAN562	VATICAN WARY OF LEFTIST LATINOS [...] (C) The Ambassador shared ref (a) points on Venezuela's nefarious influence in the region with Holy See internal affairs chief (Vatican number three) Archbishop Leonardo Sandri December 17. Some points were news to Sandri, but he was not surprised and said he shared U.S. concerns about Chav [...]	2005-12-23 11:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL VT MX VE
05VATICAN563	VATICAN EMPHASIZES CONCERN ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN IRAQ [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Iraq Coppola told us shortly before the recent Iraqi elections that the Vatican remained very concerned about the religious freedom provisions of the new Iraqi Constitution. His main concern was the well-known clause that states that no law can be passed tha [...]	2005-12-23 11:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VT
05VATICAN565	POPE'S CALLS FOR JUST WORLD ORDER, ATTENTION TO TERRORISM, [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI used his first Christmas message to the city of Rome and the world (Urbi et Orbi) to focus attention on the threat of terrorism and the humanitarian crises around the world. (Complete text of the speech was emailed to EUR/WE.) With an audience of hundreds of million [...]	2005-12-28 16:41:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SU VT
05VATICAN89	POPE URGES GENUINE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-11 16:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CU VT
05VIENNA101	EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Latin American Kornelia Weihs on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Weihs (who had just returned from the COLAT EU working group meeting in Brussels) on January 12. Weihs told us that the Luxembourg Presidency [...]	2005-01-12 13:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CU AU EUN
05VIENNA1026	Austro-Hungarian Stock Exchange Alliance [...] An Austrian consortium, led by the Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE),has acquired a majority share in the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE). The VSE aims to form a broader "Central European Stock Exchange" alliance, including the VSE, BSE, and stock exchanges in Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Ljubljana, [...]	2005-03-30 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON AU XH
05VIENNA1028	GOA VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR HIPCS AND IRAQ, [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Director of the Austrian Development Agency, on March 10 to discuss reftel points and background paper. Econ Unit Chief followed up on March 25 with Thomas Wieser, Director General in the MoF's Economic Policy and Financial [...]	2005-03-31 06:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AU IZ
05VIENNA103	AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON NATO MINISTERIAL - [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for South and Southeast Asia Peter Storer on January 12. We expressed appreciation for Austria's ISAF contributions, and reiterated our hope that Austria would further engage in this important international mission by supporting and/or pa [...]	2005-01-12 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF AU NATO
05VIENNA1033	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On March 30, we delivered reftel talking points to Africa Director Caroline Gudenus in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Bureau. Gudenus called back after hours to say that Under-Secretary for Development Assistance (USAID Director-equivalent) Irene Freudenschussreichl would attend the [...]	2005-03-31 09:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MARR SU AU
05VIENNA1062	AUSTRIA IN LINE WITH EU CONSENSUS ON CHR CUBA [...] (SBU) On March 22, following receipt of ref a, Embassy Vienna provided a copy of the draft Cuba resolution to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau and requested Austria's support for EU co-sponsorship. On April 1, Acting head of the Human Rights Bureau Ingrid Pech told EconPolOff that the de [...]	2005-04-01 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN
05VIENNA1064	GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF [...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...]	2005-04-01 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
05VIENNA1065	CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN [...] In a March 31 speech commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Austrian statehood, Chancellor Schuessel underlined the crucial role American power and generosity played in securing Austria's re-emergence as a nation in the post-World War II period. Schuessel added that it is well documented [...]	2005-04-01 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AU
05VIENNA1073	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE STABILITY PACT, LISBON [...] (C) The GoA understands the political necessity behind the recent Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) reform and believes the SGP can still be an effective mechanism to ensure sound fiscal policies. Nevertheless, the GoA fears the recent reforms will lead to more "exceptional" spending by Member [...]	2005-04-04 09:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL AU EUN
05VIENNA1075	TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO.2: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Following is keyed to information requested in reftel: A) Amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373; the legal authority under which the action was taken; and what additional domestic actions have been taken against the d [...]	2005-04-04 11:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS AU
05VIENNA1097	AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK - STILL LEAN [...] The two leading Austrian economic institutes now forecast real GDP growth of up to 2.1-2.2% in 2005 and 2.3-2.5% in 2006. The institutes stress that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery is still export-driven, as investment and private consumption remain weak. The continued s [...]	2005-04-05 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA1101	FREEDOM PARTY LEADERSHIP QUITS - NEW MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an April 4 press conference, the entire Freedom Party (FPO) national leadership announced it was quitting the FPO to found a new movement. The "Alliance for the Future of Austria" (Buendnis Zukunft Oesterreichs - BZO) will have Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider as chairman. [...]	2005-04-05 10:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA1103	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-05 11:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA112	INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS - [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA Middle East Africa Bureau on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Middle East desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on January 12. Lapuh agreed with our assessment that successful elections would represent a critical turning point for Iraq. [...]	2005-01-12 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PREL PHUM IZ AU
05VIENNA1124	CHR 61: REQUEST TO AUSTRIA FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE [...] On April 5, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented reftel points to Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's Americas director. Lennkh noted (per ref b) that Austria had supported EU co-sponsorship of this year's Cuba resolution in the UN Human Rights Commission. He said that Fidel Castro's [...]	2005-04-06 11:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AU UNHRC EUN
05VIENNA1136	NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On April 7, Econ Unit Chief met with Ingrid Sager, Head of the MFA's Eastern European Development Assistance Division, to encourage Austrian participation in the New Eurasia Foundation (FNE). Sager said that Austria, unfortunately, would not contribute to the FNE. She added that, because of [...]	2005-04-07 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL AU
05VIENNA1151	AUSTRIA FAVORS LESS STRINGENT POST-KYOTO TARGETS [...] (SBU) At the March 22-23 European Council meeting, Austria initiated a remarkable about-face, arguing for lower emission reduction targets after 2012. In the run-up to the summit, Austria pressed for setting no emission reductions goals at all. There is an open discussion within the GoA bet [...]	2005-04-08 06:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EIND ECON PGOV AU
05VIENNA1152	AUSTRIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO RECOMMEND AUSTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting requested by the Ambassador, Austrian Defense Minister Platter informed Ambassador that while he must still obtain approval by the government and the Standing Committee in Parliament, he will propose sending approximately 70 Austrian soldiers to Konduz, Afghanistan, [...]	2005-04-08 06:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AU
05VIENNA1153	VIENNA FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 227,737 95,021 148,400 243,42 [...]	2005-04-08 07:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA1154	ZAGREB FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Zagreb follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-227 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 54,723 25,843 28,880 54,7 [...]	2005-04-08 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD HR
05VIENNA1155	PRAGUE FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Prague follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-228 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 56,447 32,002 43,100 75,1 [...]	2005-04-08 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD EZ
05VIENNA1156	SARAJEVO FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 37,126 16,240 23,300 39, [...]	2005-04-08 07:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD BK
05VIENNA1157	BUDAPEST FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 0 [...]	2005-04-08 07:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD HU
05VIENNA1161	A/S WAYNE'S LETTER ON OECD REFORM CONVEYED TO GOA [...] On April 8, we conveyed Assistant Secretary Wayne's letter and reftel non-paper to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery. Magloth said that her deputy, Robert Stoeger, and Hubert Heiss, Director General in the Chancellery's Coordination Directorate, wo [...]	2005-04-08 12:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AU OECD
05VIENNA1186	LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - FOLLOW UP [...] Post conveyed reftel B demarche on March 11 to Manfred Bialonczyk, Head of the Aviation and Navigation Office in the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, and to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Neither [...]	2005-04-12 11:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER AU
05VIENNA1187	Austria's 2006 Budget - Analysis [...] (U) On April 7, Parliament adopted the GoA's 2006 Budget Bill. For 2006, the GoA predicts a federal budget deficit of 2.2% of projected GDP (EMU's Maastricht definition) and a corresponding consolidated public sector budget deficit of 1.7%. The government's second- highest deficit since 200 [...]	2005-04-12 11:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN AU
05VIENNA1192	FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Embassy discussed ref (a) points on April 5 with Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's A/S-equivalent for the Americas (ref b). We also conveyed the information to Peter Storer, Director for South and Southeast Asia, and followed up with him on April 11. Storer, whose office is coordi [...]	2005-04-12 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF AU UNSC
05VIENNA1221	TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION - [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Bilal AL- HIYARI designation (List 69) demarche on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's offi [...]	2005-04-14 08:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA1222	TERRORISM FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION - DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, Post submitted LET submission to 1267 Committee on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's office. Post also s [...]	2005-04-14 08:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA1224	GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK: VIENNA [...] (S) Summary: Austria contributes constructively to the fight against terrorism. Austria is training and equipping Iraqi police, it has been an ally against terrorist financing, and it leads major programs to strengthen border policing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Austria is currentl [...]	2005-04-14 09:12:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER PREL AU
05VIENNA1234	AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE ON CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] FAS/Vienna delivered talking points on April 14, 2005 to Dr. Reinhard Blauensteiner, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, and to Dr. Berhard Jank, Federal Ministry for Health and Women. Dr. Jank is the Austrian representative who will participate in th [...]	2005-04-14 13:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA1235	DEMARCHE ON BUSH-SHARON MEETING AND GAZA [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Ralph Scheide and Israel/Palestine desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on April 14. Scheide welcomed the President's reaffirmation of the road map as the guiding document for [...]	2005-04-14 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ AU WB EUN
05VIENNA1239	UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL: AUSTRIA TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 06:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREF PREL IS AU EUN
05VIENNA1298	HAIDER'S NEW MOVEMENT PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its founding convention on April 17, the Freedom Party (FPO) spin-off, the "Alliance Future Austria" (BZO),elected Carinthian governor Joerg Haider as chairman. Haider underscored the commitment of BZO ministers and legislators to the governing coalition with Chancellor Sch [...]	2005-04-19 12:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1310	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES - AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 15:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL AU
05VIENNA1312	AUSTRIANS SKEPTICAL AFTER 10 YEARS OF EU [...] A recent poll by the Austrian Association for European Politics (OGE) revealed that the Austrian public remains highly skeptical of the EU. A significant majority of Austrians do not believe EU membership has brought the benefits they expected, such as higher growth, lower inflation, and red [...]	2005-04-21 06:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN ECON ETRD AU EUN
05VIENNA132	SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION: [...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...]	2005-01-14 09:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN
05VIENNA1326	APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 20 to Austrian MFA EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken. Riecken told us that MFA was in the process or working out its positions on the draft Council conclusions. He noted tha [...]	2005-04-21 12:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU AU EUN
05VIENNA1340	LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - AUSTRIAN REACTION [...] This message includes a request for guidance in paragraph 3. 2. On April 21, Manfred Bialonczyk, Civil Aviation Director General in the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, told us that the GoA is taking a pragmatic view of the lighter ban and accepts the ban of lighter [...]	2005-04-21 14:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER AU
05VIENNA1359	GOA: OECD MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA PREMATURE [...] (C) During an April 22 meeting with Econ Unit Chief, Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery, stated the GoA agreed that it was premature to discuss Russian OECD membership. The GoA position, according to Magloth, tracked closely with USG views (reftel). [...]	2005-04-25 10:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AU OECD NATO
05VIENNA1376	Austrian Imams Outline Ambitious Goals at [...] (U) Austrian Imams held a conference April 24 in Vienna. The Islamic community's spiritual representatives adopted a declaration stressing the commitment of Muslims to be an integral part of Austrian society, condemning extremism and terrorism, and emphasizing the rights of women in Islam. [...]	2005-04-26 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AU
05VIENNA138	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]	2005-01-14 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VIENNA1383	DOE ITER LETTER DELIVERED TO GOA [...] On April 26, post conveyed reftel letter from DoE Science Director Orbach to GoA officials responsible for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) issues. We delivered the letter to Martin Sajdik, Director General of Economic Affairs and European Integration in the MFA, and M [...]	2005-04-27 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA AU EUN
05VIENNA139	AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] Embassy Vienna's updated contact information for leading government officials is as follows: Post: Vienna, Austria Date of Submission: January 14, 2004 Head of State: Univ. Prof. Dr. Heinz Fischer Title: Federal President Office Tel: (43)(1) 53422-201 (or -202, -204) Office Fax: (43) [...]	2005-01-14 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
05VIENNA14	POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE: ADDITIONAL USD [...] The Ministry of Health recently notified the Embassy that the GoA would make an extradordinary contribution of USD 100,000 to the WHO/UNICEF-led Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI). Citing USG promotion of the PEI (ref A),MoH Chief of Staff Clemens Auer thanked the USG for its efforts and co [...]	2005-01-04 14:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO AU WHO
05VIENNA140	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: US PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL EARLY [...] (U) On January 14, post delivered reftel talking points and paper to Franz Hoerlberger, Unit Chief for Humanitarian Aid in the MFA's Development Assistance Section. Hoerlberger, who will attend the January 18-22 World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, welcomed the USG proposal. He sa [...]	2005-01-14 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV AU UNESCO
05VIENNA1401	FREEDOM PARTY: NEW LEADER, TRIED-AND-TRUE THEMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Freedom Party (FPO) delegates elected Vienna state chairman Heinz Christian Strache as new FPO national chair at a special convention in Salzburg April 23. Strache, blasting the founder of the FPO spinoff party BZO (Alliance Future Austria),Joerg Haider, as a betrayer, pledge [...]	2005-04-29 07:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1425	AUSTRIAN WEAPONS DELIVERY TO IRAN - MFA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Green Party foreign policy spokeswoman Ulrike Lunacek submitted a parliamentary inquiry to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on February 24, 2005 asking for an explanation of the GOA's approval of the shipment of 800 Steyr 50 caliber high-powered rifles to Iran. Lunacek quotes A [...]	2005-05-02 07:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1438	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] (U) On April 25, we conveyed reftel talking points to appropriate offices in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DAO will present talking points to the Ministry of Defense at earliest opportunity. 2. (SBU) On May 2, EconPol Unit Chief followed up with Hubert Hrabcik, [...]	2005-05-02 16:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PTER AU WHO
05VIENNA1439	EXTENSION OF TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 28 to the Bilateral Affairs Director at the Interior Ministry (MoI),Brigadier General Kurt Hager. Hager noted that any foreign deployment, including to the Amman police academy, required a Counci [...]	2005-05-03 05:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS PTER SNAR SOCI AU
05VIENNA1447	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-03 11:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA1461	SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...]	2005-05-04 12:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN
05VIENNA1464	TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION TO [...] (C) On May 4, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financi [...]	2005-05-04 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM AU KFTN
05VIENNA1470	TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN DESIGNATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 6, post conveyed reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financial Market A [...]	2005-05-06 09:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN
05VIENNA1472	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT: [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Middle East/Africa Bureau Ralph Scheide on May 3. Scheide noted that Chancellor Schuessel had sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister al-Ja'afari, and that President Fischer had sent a greeting to Presiden [...]	2005-05-06 13:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA1482	AUSTRIA REQUESTS U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador met Parliamentary President Andreas Khol on May 3, at Khol's request, to discuss progress in claims processing under the General Settlement Fund (GSF) for Holocaust victims. Khol reported that decisions on cases were moving much more quickly now with the additional st [...]	2005-05-09 06:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA1484	2005 - Austria's Year of Commemoration [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the "Jubilee Year" of 2005, Austria is observing a number of significant anniversaries. Most prominent are the 50th anniversary of the Austrian State Treaty and the 60th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Austrian Republic after the end of World War II. Austria also [...]	2005-05-09 10:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA1498	BWC 2005 WORK PROGRAM MEETINGS ON CODES OF [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche and associated non-paper to acting head of MFA Nonproliferation Bureau Dorothea Auer on May 6. Auer thanked us for the information and responded that it was clear that any "universal" code of conduct was a non-starter. She also thought it unlik [...]	2005-05-09 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AU CBW EUN
05VIENNA1561	Austrian Parliament ratifies EU Constitution [...] (U) On May 11, the Austrian parliament voted to ratify the EU Constitution. Only one MP, Barbara Rosenkranz (Freedom Party),voted "no." In the debate that preceded the vote, government representatives stressed that the EU Constitution would bring the member states together to shape a socia [...]	2005-05-12 13:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU EUN
05VIENNA1593	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On May 12, Econ Unit Chief deliverd reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division. Habermayer said the GoA shared USG concerns that most initial offers lacked ambition. Habermayer admitted that the EU's initial serv [...]	2005-05-13 14:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AU WTO
05VIENNA1595	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON ICAO LEADERSHIP AND REFORM ISSUES [...] On May 13, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the MFA. Kraut confirmed that there were on-going discussions within the EU regarding possible reforms for ICAO. Kraut said the EU was discussing the [...]	2005-05-13 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC AU ICAO
05VIENNA1635	TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) On May 17, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Peter Maerschalk, Deputy Director of the Financial Markets Unit in the Ministry of Finance. Maerschalk promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Minist [...]	2005-05-18 12:54:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN
05VIENNA164	AMBASSADOR URGES NEW INTERIOR MINISTER TO HALT [...] (S) Summary: In his first meeting with new Interior Minister Liese Prokop on January 18, the Ambassador praised the excellent cooperation the U.S. has enjoyed with the Ministry on law enforcement, anti-terrorism, and Embassy security issues. He explained in detail U.S. concerns regarding Au [...]	2005-01-20 12:44:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA165	AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: FURTHER SHIPMENTS [...] (S) After the Ambassador's January 18 meeting with Austrian Interior Minister Liese Prokop (reported septel),Helmut Krehlik (strictly protect),head of the Economics Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, called Econ Unit Chief to ask for an urgent appointment. Krehlik said that Ste [...]	2005-01-20 13:06:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA1653	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met on May 18 with Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, to present reftel points and discuss the May 23-24 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments concerning the point [...]	2005-05-19 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS CH SU AU EUN
05VIENNA1669	AUSTRIA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF SOVEREIGNTY [...] On May 15, Austria commemorated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. The recreation of the proclamation of Austrian freedom at the baroque Belvedere Palace had all the emotional significance of the U.S. bicentennial, but on an Austrian scale. Key to the event was [...]	2005-05-20 09:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA1702	EMBASSY VIENNA ENERGY AND RESOURCES REPORTING [...] Following information is keyed to reftel request: Energy and Natural Resources Reporting Officer: Phillip Nelson ETD: 08/2008 Phone: (43)-1-31339-2299 Fax: (43)-1-31339-2916 Email: nelsonpr@state.gov Local Address: 16 Boltzmanngasse 1090 Vienna Aus [...]	2005-05-23 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EMIN ENRG AU
05VIENNA1703	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: USG PROPOSED COPUOS SPACE [...] On May 20 Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel text to Florian Lorenz, Head of the MFA's Multilateral Scientific Cooperation and Space Affairs Unit. Lorenz welcomed the USG proposals, noting the EU and USG normally coordinated closely on space mitigation issues. Lorenz said the USG proposals [...]	2005-05-23 14:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA AORC AU UNPUOS UNGA
05VIENNA1704	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY: AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) On May 20 Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helge Plank, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Services Unit. Plank acknowledged that the GoA shared USG concerns with language on "cultural goods and services" in the current convention draft. He [...]	2005-05-23 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA1705	AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA171	AUSTRIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] In researching reftel questions, post obtained information from publicly available sources, as well as from GoA officials in the Ministry for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management (MoA) and in the Austrian Patent Office. 2. There are no access restrictions for natural r [...]	2005-01-20 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO AU
05VIENNA1715	FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 09:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU
05VIENNA1726	BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) EconPolCouns and Poloffs met on May 20 with Spedition Welz representatives Andreas Praehauser, deputy manager for customs procedures, and Rainer Wirthenstaetter, director of logistics, at the firm's customs office on Franz-Sauer-Strasse 48 in Salzburg. Praehauser and Wirthenstaetter pro [...]	2005-05-24 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AU
05VIENNA1732	CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO
05VIENNA1740	U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Political Unit Chief discussed ref (A) information on May 23 with Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Africa and the Middle East Ralph Scheide and Director for Gulf Affairs Oskar Wuestinger. Scheide observed that the U.S. and EU now appeared to have a "compl [...]	2005-05-25 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ AU EUN UN
05VIENNA175	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns met with Foriegn Ministry EU Affaris director Werner Almhofer on January 21 to present reftel points. Almhofer made the following substantive replies: 2. (SBU) Tsunami: Almhofer expressed some frustration with the European public's dissatisfaction with the response of t [...]	2005-01-21 14:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH AU EUN
05VIENNA1770	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns discussed reftel points on May 31 with Caroline Gudenus, the DAS-level head of African affairs in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Middle East and African Affairs. 2. (SBU) Gudenus noted that the EU Presidency had issued a statement referring to the EU election [...]	2005-05-31 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET AU
05VIENNA1776	AUSTRIA'S GOVERNMENT AND JEWISH COMMUNITY REACH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, the Austrian Jewish Community (IKG) and the GOA announced that pending questions regarding the IKG's restitution claims had been resolved. In addition, a solution was on the way to address the IKG's demands for the ongoing financing of the community. IKG President [...]	2005-06-01 08:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA1778	SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL ILO 2006-2007 BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 09:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ELAB AU ILO
05VIENNA1779	CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 09:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO
05VIENNA178	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO SA/LW DEMARCHE [...] On January 21, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Norbert Hack, Counsellor in the MFA's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division. Hack said that Austria intended to support the EU position on this issue. Hack added that all sides would have to compromise to ensure passage of the propose [...]	2005-01-21 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM AU CDG UN
05VIENNA1793	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on June 1 to Norbert Hack, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director of the Disarmament and SIPDIS Non-Proliferation Department. Hack will represent Austria at the June 6-17 negotiating session in New York. 2. (C) Hac [...]	2005-06-01 13:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU PREM
05VIENNA1826	AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Over the past six months, Austria continued to criticize Cuba's human rights record in international fora, including in the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) (ref B). On April 14, 2005 Austria co-sponsored the USG's CHR resolution on the situation of human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) [...]	2005-06-03 11:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU AU
05VIENNA1886	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU [...] Acting DCM delivered ref (a) points on June 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS 2. Scheide said the June 22 conference was "on the schedule" of Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. He said he ha [...]	2005-06-07 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA1895	AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA1917	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS REFERENCE TO IPR AT U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the GoA's COTRA delegation in Brussels and followed up June 8 with Gabriela Habermayer, Austria's 133 Committee representative. Habermayer agreed that U.S.-EU cooperation on IPR, especially in the developing world, was an area of positive collaboration tha [...]	2005-06-09 09:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN AU
05VIENNA1924	AUSTRIA: PARTIES PREVENT KAMPL FROM ASSUMING [...] (SBU) On June 8, all parties in Austria's parliament agreed on a strategy to prevent a controversial nationalist from becoming president of the Upper House as of July 1. The deputy, Siegfried Kampl, unleashed a storm of protest in April when he complained of "brutal persecution" of Nazis aft [...]	2005-06-09 13:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA1935	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY: [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...]	2005-06-10 09:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN
05VIENNA1942	AUSTRIA REJECTS LICENSE FOR ASSAULT RIFLE EXPORT [...] (S) On June 7, Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Western European Affairs Herbert Krauss (strictly protect) asked to meet with us to follow up on a May 18 briefing for Austrian officials on nonproliferation issues. Pol Unit Chief met Krauss (whose bureau also currently handles military transit [...]	2005-06-10 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL IR AU
05VIENNA1966	AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF [...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA1969	AUSTRIA: LEADERS EXPRESS SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's political establishment is underlining its deep skepticism of Turkish EU membership. First, Chancellor Schuessel (conservative People's Party - OVP) reiterated the position he took at the December 2004 EU summit: that the EU should conduct "open-ended" negotiations wit [...]	2005-06-14 12:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN
05VIENNA2005	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO CHALLENGE TO DONORS TO FIGHT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 15 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent). The Ambassador pointed out the initiative of the President and Prime Minister Blair in pledging significant funds to address African humanitaria [...]	2005-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV EAGR PREL XA AU
05VIENNA2007	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to Christoph Mueller and Margarethe Koegeler from the Federal Chancellery's Office of Political Coordination (OPC) on June 13. Koegeler is also Deputy Head of the GoA's Bioethics Commission. The OPC has worked closely with the MFA to establish the Go [...]	2005-06-15 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AU UNESCO KSCI
05VIENNA2008	SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] (C) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA Human Rights Bureau Director Engelbert Theuermann on June 15. Theuermann said the GoA had already notified the Swiss Government that it supported a diplomatic conference to adopt the Third Additional Protocol. Theuermann added that the GoA was sa [...]	2005-06-15 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL AU ICRC

05VIENNA2024	WCO FRAMEWORK - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points to the Austrian equivalent of a customs director general, Wolfgang Nolz, Section Chief of the Taxation and Customs Section in the Ministry of Finance. We followed up with Alfred Nepf from the Department for Customs Policy and International Customs Relation [...]	2005-06-17 09:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AU CTM
05VIENNA2035	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DRAFT CONFERENCE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa. SIPDIS 2. (C) Scheide took note of the U.S. position that the Iraq conference statement should include the phrase [...]	2005-06-17 15:12:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EIND IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2036	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Director (assistant secretary equivalent) for the Middle East and Africa, Ralph Scheide. 2. (U) Scheide thanked us for the suggestions, and noted that Austria is engaged in several areas which appear [...]	2005-06-17 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EIND IZ EUN
05VIENNA2056	DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered ref (a) message on June 20 to Austrian Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Mayr-Harting undertook to deliver the contents of the message to the Austrian delegation (Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Middle East director Ralph Scheide). 2. (S) Mayr-Harting said t [...]	2005-06-20 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL IZ SY AU
05VIENNA2093	AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] Under cover of a note verbale dated June 16, 2005, the GOA has addressed the suggested changes in the German text of the Mutual Legal Assistance Protocol and agrees to the changes in Article 5(2) (an alternative German wording was later provided informally and will be communicated via septel) [...]	2005-06-22 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA2118	LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR - [...] Post discussed reftel questions with Martin Lukanowicz, Director of the Business Analysis Division in the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Regulator (RTR). 2. With regard to fixed line service in Austria, Lukanowicz stated that there are no licensing fees, no capitalization or bonding [...]	2005-06-24 11:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2121	AUSTRIA HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MOLDOVA'S EUROPEAN [...] On June 22, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy hosted a conference on "Moldova's European Options." Two Moldovan ministers, European political analysts, and diplomatic representatives discussed Moldova's relations with the EU and the Transnistrian conflict. Moldovan Foreign M [...]	2005-06-24 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS AU
05VIENNA2126	AUSTRIA'S GROWTH FORECAST OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] According to a recent forecast from the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO),the Austrian economy should grow at an average annual real rate of 2.3% during 2005-20009. WIFO cautioned that further Euro appreciation would negatively affect this projection, and that sustained growth [...]	2005-06-24 13:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA2130	EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-24 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN
05VIENNA215	AUSTRIA: NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER: HAUBNER IN, [...] (C) Summary: Ursula Haubner has replaced Herbert Haupt as Austria's Minister for Social Affairs. Haubner, who had served as State Secretary (junior minister) in the same ministry, had replaced Haupt as Freedom Party (FPO) leader in October 2003. The move was largely a decision of the Freedo [...]	2005-01-26 10:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA2195	FAO/WHO CODEX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and Dr. Karen Hulebak's CV to Dr. Erhard Hoebaus, Austrian FAO/WHO Codex Contact Point, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Water. 2. Dr. Hoebaus plans to attend the Codex session scheduled for July 4-9. Dr. Hoebaus knows Dr. H [...]	2005-06-29 12:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AORC AU FAO
05VIENNA2197	AUSTRIAN AVIATION SECTOR INTENSIFYING RELATIONS [...] In 2004, the AUA group (Austrian Airlines, LaudaAir and Austrian Arrows) carried a record number of passengers and operating profits rose by 25 percent. The outlook for 2005 is dim because of overcapacity in the European market and higher-than-projected fuel costs. Both AUA and the Vienna Ai [...]	2005-06-29 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR AU ICAO
05VIENNA2199	AUSTRIA: CARINTHIAN STATE LEGISLATURE BLOCKS [...] (sbu) On June 29, The Carinthian State Legislature blocked controversial nationalist Siegfried Kampl (formerly BZO, now an Independent) from becoming president of the Federal Upper House. In a special session all but one of the 33 State Legislators present voted to drop Kampl. Instead, BZO M [...]	2005-06-29 14:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA2210	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on June 29 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's DAS-equivalent for Latin American affairs. 2. (C) Melan said he had heard nothing about a possible high-level Venezuelan visit to Europe. He noted that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula [...]	2005-06-30 09:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE AU EUN
05VIENNA2211	BORDER MANAGEMENT: AUSTRIA HOSTS FOURTH MEETING ON [...] Summary. On June 6-7 2005, in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, the Austrian Ministry of Interior (MOI) hosted the fourth meeting of the Central Asian Border Service Initiatives Group (CABSI),a component of the European Commission's border management program for Central Asia (BOMCA). Representative [...]	2005-06-30 10:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR PBTS PREF ETTC KCRM AU ECRM
05VIENNA2244	VISAS VIPER MAY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 13:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2247	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON UN REFORM [...] Summary: Austria welcomes U.S. initiatives for UN reform. In conversations with the Foreign Minister and the MFA's International Organizations director, we found broad Austrian agreement to U.S. objectives regarding reftel concepts on development, reform of the Commission on Human Rights, d [...]	2005-07-05 14:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC
05VIENNA2252	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Plassnik told Ambassador Brown that Austria strongly agreed with the U.S. on the need to reform and strengthen the UN. In particular, Austria supports increased emphasis on rule of law issues as the key to ensuring stability in developing countries, sees a need [...]	2005-07-05 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC
05VIENNA2253	MFA LEGAL ADVISER HANS WINKLER BECOMES AUSTRIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 14:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA2254	AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN DEMANDS CHARGES AGAINST [...] (U) A Greens parliamentarian has asked the Austrian state prosecutor's office to open a criminal case against Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmedinejad for involvement in the 1989 murders of three Kurdish leaders in Vienna. Pilz claims to have received information from a person he has ident [...]	2005-07-05 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR AU
05VIENNA2270	AUSTRIA-IRAN: NO FORMAL INVESTIGATION YET INTO [...] (C) Spokespersons for the Vienna State Prosecutor's Office and for the Austrian Justice Ministry have told us that no/no investigation is yet open into the alleged involvement of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in the 1989 murders of three Kurdish leaders in Vienna. This contradi [...]	2005-07-06 12:12:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AU
05VIENNA2276	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on July 6 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's EU Correspondent and ESDP Coordinator. 2. (C) Riecken had the following reactions to our points: -- On China, the EU is preparing for the EU-China Summit in New York in early Sept [...]	2005-07-06 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
05VIENNA2282	BUDAPEST FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 [...]	2005-07-07 10:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD HU
05VIENNA2283	PRAGUE FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Prague follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-228 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 75,102 49,855 23,020 [...]	2005-07-07 10:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD EZ
05VIENNA2284	SARAJEVO FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 39,540 25,601 9,475 [...]	2005-07-07 10:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD BK
05VIENNA2285	VIENNA FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 243,421 166,069 69,405 [...]	2005-07-07 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA2286	ZAGREB FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Zagreb follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-227 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 54,723 41,725 13,650 [...]	2005-07-07 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD HR
05VIENNA2313	LONDON BOMBINGS: AUSTRIANS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY: [...] Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has declared Austria's solidarity for the United Kingdom and sympathy for the victims of the July 7 bombings in London. "Europe will not be intimidated. It will close ranks," he declared. President Heinz Fischer expressed shock and outrage, calling the attacks [...]	2005-07-08 15:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA2314	AUSTRIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON G-4 FRAMEWORK [...] The Ambassador outlined U.S. concerns regarding the G-4 framework resolution (ref a) with MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who participated in the Ambassador's July 1 discussion with Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on UN reform (ref b). Kyrle said his government agreed that UNSC expans [...]	2005-07-08 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KUNR AU UNSC
05VIENNA2317	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): TEXTS [...] On July 7, EconPolCouns provided copies of reftel U.S. proposals to Dorothea Auer of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's non-proliferation bureau. Auer undertook to convey the texts, covering propellant tanks for liquid rocket engines and thermal batteries, to Austrian experts in preparation for [...]	2005-07-11 08:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU MTCRE
05VIENNA2324	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 7 to Wolfgang Lapuh, acting head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (SBU) Lapuh said Austria had been prepared to provide training on constitutional issues to Iraqis, and had offered this to the Iraqi [...]	2005-07-11 13:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2327	UPDATE ON EXTENDING THE MANDATE OF AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Poloff met on July 11 with Brigadier Kurt Hager, the Austrian Interior Ministry's Director of Bilateral Affairs. We asked for an update on Hager's efforts to secure an extension of the mandate of Austria's police trainers at the Iraqi Police Academy in Amman through th [...]	2005-07-11 14:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KCRM MARR SOCI SNAR AU
05VIENNA2331	KOSOVO: AUSTRIA HOSTS "FREEDOM OF RELIGION" [...] On July 9, EconPolCouns attended a conference on "Freedom of Religion and Principles of Self-Administration of Religious Institutions," with specific reference to Kosovo. Under the auspices of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, the University of Vienna, and the Foundation Pro Oriente, participant [...]	2005-07-11 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI AU YI
05VIENNA2332	VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] ConGen delivered demarche per reftel on Friday, July 7, to Dr. Heinrich Pawlicek, head of the Interior Ministry's office responsible for passport matters. Our contact expressed some concern about compiling the requested information in the four weeks of peak vacation season, but promised to as [...]	2005-07-12 06:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AU
05VIENNA2336	TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) On July 11, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and entity name to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, [...]	2005-07-12 08:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU
05VIENNA2337	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE DEAD SEA IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 11, we raised ref (a) points with Lydia Saadat, the head of Planning and Program Activities for Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Mediterranean in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Cooperation section. Saadat told us that the Austrian Ambassador to Jordan wou [...]	2005-07-12 09:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IZ JO AU
05VIENNA2344	VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] Per Reftel para 9, Post provides the following information regarding Austrian Lost and Stolen Passport (LASP) reporting procedures. This information concerns current procedures. 2. QUESTION a.Which office(s) at your post receive information on lost and stolen passports? If offices other [...]	2005-07-12 13:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AU
05VIENNA2345	SHIELD S08-02, S63-02, S21-04: GOA RESPONSE TO USG [...] (S) On July 1, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Economic Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, underscoring USG concerns with plans to build an Iranian Trade and Technology Center in Austria. Krehlik (strictly protect) said certain Austri [...]	2005-07-12 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU IR CBW
05VIENNA2347	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS CONCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE [...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 12 to Helmut Tichy, the DAS-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Legal Division. Tichy's deputy, Michael Postl, is Austria's negotiator on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terorrism (CCIT). 2. Tichy said Austria suppor [...]	2005-07-12 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER AU UNGA
05VIENNA2349	DOWNWARD REVISION FOR AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 to 1.8-1.9%, and for 2006 to 1.9-2.3%. The institutes stress again that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery remains export-driven, but there is a possibility that investment and private [...]	2005-07-13 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA2380	U.S.-EU WINE NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel talking points on July 11 to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division and to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's EU Coordination and Planning Division. Kordik promised to provide comments at a later d [...]	2005-07-15 06:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA2397	OECD DEMARCHE ON WORKING PARTY FOR GOVERNANCE [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points on June 29 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Federal Chancellery. On July 14, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Magloth to discuss the USG proposal. The GoA, according to Magloth, supported OECD reform that would make t [...]	2005-07-15 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT AU OECD
05VIENNA2400	AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit GoA views on a multilateral conference. Litschauer said the GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but onl [...]	2005-07-15 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AU EUN OSCE
05VIENNA2403	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CREATING UN [...] (SBU) On July 15, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points and draft resolutions to Peter Huber in the MFA's International Organizations Division. Huber said the GoA supported the creation of a UN Peacebuilding Commission along the lines of the USG proposal. The EU also wan [...]	2005-07-18 06:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR KPKO AU UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05VIENNA2410	YUSHCHENKO IMPRESSES AUSTRIANS DURING VISIT [...] (U) During a July 12-13 visit to Austria, Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, parliamentary leaders, and a group of Austrian businessmen. Ukraine's efforts to integrate more closely with the European Union featured p [...]	2005-07-18 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP AU EUN
05VIENNA2412	TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA; List 70T) designation demarche on July 18 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Anelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrorism f [...]	2005-07-18 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA2420	AUSTRIA OPPOSES G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN [...] (SBU) On July 18 Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to Peter Huber from the MFA's International Organizations Division. Huber reiterated what senior MFA officials had previously and consistently told us (refs B-D): the GoA would not support the G-4 Framework Resolution [...]	2005-07-19 09:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AU UNGA
05VIENNA2423	HIGH-LEVEL AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The MFA's International Organizations Division has informed us that the following GoA officials will attend the High-Level Event (HLE) and the 60th General Assembly: A. Head of State --President Heinz Fischer will attend the HLE. --Spouse may or may not attend. --Arrive Sept [...]	2005-07-19 10:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP AU UNGA
05VIENNA2437	DEBATE ON AUSTRIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (U) In the aftermath of the London terror attacks, public debate in Austria has focused on the situation of its Muslim community. Interior Ministry officials stress that there are only a few radical elements in the community and that the GoA is closely monitoring extremist elements. The off [...]	2005-07-20 10:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA2441	AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL CALLS FOR AN EU [...] Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has proposed an EU-wide tax on financial cross-border transactions. Schuessel said he believes the tax would provide increased financial autonomy for the EU's budget and close the unresolved financing gap in the 2007-2013 financial framework. Despite ov [...]	2005-07-20 12:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA2530	AUSTRIA: TELECOMS UPDATE [...] tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Western Wireless is for sale following Alltel's takeover of Western Wireless. Interest in tele.ring has dropped noticeably after the Lower Austrian state government imposed a new tax on mobile phone masts effective January 1, 2006 [...]	2005-07-27 14:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2544	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) On July 28, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, Chief of the MFA's Near Eastern and Africa Division (DAS-equivalent). Scheide said that the GoA fully supported UNSCRs 1559 and 1595, and expected Syria to implement the resolutions. Scheide agreed that Sy [...]	2005-07-28 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY AU
05VIENNA2545	FOURTH WORLD WATER FORUM - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered reftel points to Aloisia Woergetter, Head of the MFA's Environment and Sustainable Development Bureau, on July 26. Woergetter said the GoA shares the USG's basic goals regarding the Fourth World Water Forum (WWF4). She noted, however, that Austria does not believe [...]	2005-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV AU
05VIENNA2555	MLAT AND EXTRADITION PROTOCOL SIGNING JULY 20 [...] On July 20, the Ambassador and Austrian Justice Minister Karin Miklautsch signed U.S.-Austrian agreements on extradition and mutual legal assistance. (Note: Since July 23, Minister uses married name Karin Gastinger.) The Austrian Ministry of Justice Chef de Cabinet Michael Schoen, MOJ Protoco [...]	2005-07-29 12:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA2557	TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION [...] (SBU) On July 27, we conveyed reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Department of Multilateral Trade. We followed up with Habermayer on July 29. Habermayer said that Austria favors re-starting negotiations on a legally binding health amendment to TRI [...]	2005-07-29 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR AU WTO
05VIENNA2604	VISAS VIPER JULY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 11:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2608	C-CN5-00226: ALBANIAN CRIMINAL GROUPS IN AUSTRIA [...] (C) Below is Post's response to C-CN5-00226 on Albanian organized crime. 2. (C) What is the nature and extent of Albanian organized criminal activity in Austria? -- Post's information on ethnic Albanian organized crime elements operating in Austria derives largely from its Au [...]	2005-08-03 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SNAR AU
05VIENNA262	AUSTRIA PLANS POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) At a January 28 meeting, Foreign Ministry Middle East director (assistant secretary-equivalent) Ralph Scheide told EconPolCouns that Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would issue a positive statement Monday, January 31 on the Iraq elections. Scheide's draft (which the Foreign Minister ha [...]	2005-01-28 13:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ AU
05VIENNA2626	EU/TURKEY: AUSTRIANS SHARPEN CRITICISM, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian attitudes are hardening on Turkey's prospects for EU accession. Polls show only ten percent of Austrians support Turkish entry. In recent statements, leaders across the spectrum have voiced increasing skepticism regarding Turkish EU membership. Finance Minister Grasse [...]	2005-08-04 13:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN
05VIENNA2646	AUSTRIA'S VISA WAIVER PROGRAM CERTIFICATION [...] ON AUGUST 4, POST RECEIVED THE REQUESTED EXEMPLARS OF EACH TYPE OF THE MACHINE-READABLE PASSPORTS AUSTRIA WILL BE ISSUING IN OCTOBER 2005. (NOTE: AUSTRIA CHOSE NOT/NOT TO INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY PASSPORTS WITH THE EXEMPLARS BECAUSE THEY WILL SHORTLY BE REPLACED WITH MACHINE-READABLE EMERGENCY [...]	2005-08-05 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AU
05VIENNA2647	SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE: [...] Post sent reftel letter of invitation and draft schedule for the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior, Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution a [...]	2005-08-05 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KSTC MASS ETTC AU
05VIENNA2662	ENGAGING AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna has provided a non-paper based on reftel points to Austrian MFA State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent) Hans Winkler. The Public Affairs Section will post this information to Embassy's public website. Charge will also present the material to Chancellor Schu [...]	2005-08-08 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL AU
05VIENNA2663	U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel (and a specific MFA request for a briefing),Acting Econ/Pol Couns met with MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation Alexander Kmentt to discuss U.S-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation. Kmentt said he had been studying the initiative [...]	2005-08-08 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL
05VIENNA2670	AUSTRIA HOSTS 4TH INFORMAL BALKANS SUMMIT [...] Summary: The Austrian Government and the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe hosted leaders from six southeastern European countries from 2-3 August for the 4th informal "Balkans Summit." Participants discussed the region's expectations for EU membership, establishing a common [...]	2005-08-09 09:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN AL BK HR MK RO SR AU EUN
05VIENNA2684	IRAN EXILE GROUP SAYS NEW REGIME DETERMINED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) claimed at an August 8 press conference in Vienna that the new Iranian regime was determined to continue its nuclear program "to build the bomb." An NCRI official argued that the "cat and mouse game" with [...]	2005-08-10 06:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV ETTC IR AU UNSC EUN
05VIENNA2696	AUSTRIAN SUBSIDIARY OF WESTERN WIRELESS SOLD [...] On August 9, T-Mobile, a subsidiary of the German Telekom's T-Mobile group, bought tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Alltel/Western Wireless, for Euro 1.3 billion. With the purchase of tele.ring, T-Mobile solidified its place as the number two mobile pho [...]	2005-08-11 06:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2698	CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...]	2005-08-11 09:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN
05VIENNA2699	AUSTRIA'S 2006 EU PRESIDENCY: CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel brings a formidable toolbox of political skills and savvy to his task of directing Austria's EU presidency in the first half of 2006. Ever conscious of the inherent limitations of stepping into the Presidency from one of the EU's sm [...]	2005-08-11 09:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA2702	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and non-paper on August 10, 2005 to Dr. Bernhard Jank, Austrian Federal Ministry for Health and Women, Department for New and Genetically Modified Food, FAO/WHO-Codex Alimentarius, Food Additives and Non- Food-Products. Dr. Jank plans to attend [...]	2005-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON AU
05VIENNA2716	U.S.-E.U. WINE NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIAN POSITION [...] Summary: On August 11, Dr. Rudolf Schmid, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Wine Department, provided written comments in response to reftel talking points. The response noted that Austria supported the European Commission in all previous proceedings of the U.S.-EU wine negotiati [...]	2005-08-12 10:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA2717	AUSTRIANS SUPPORT EU MEMBERSHIP, BUT SKEPTICISM GROWING [...] According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Austrians support EU membership, roughly the same percentage resulting from the 1995 membership referendum. However, support for the EU is at the lowest level since 1997, confirming an increasingly skeptical attitude towards the EU and its institutions. [...]	2005-08-12 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA2752	EU-TURKEY: AUSTRIANS ON CONSISTENT LINE; WON'T [...] (C) The Austrian position on Turkey's EU accession (as reported ref b) has been fairly consistent over the past several months and is not likely to change prior to October 3. Austria does not and will not want to reopen the December 2004 decision to begin talks this autumn. Austria [...]	2005-08-17 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN TU AU EUN
05VIENNA2753	EU PRESIDENCY - FUNDING FOR IT EQUIPMENT [...] Post requests the following additional equipment, listed in approximate priority order (highest to lowest),in USD, to support post's requirements during the Austrian EU Presidency from January-June 2006. ITEM EACH Dollar TOTAL Unclassified Equipment List [...]	2005-08-17 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA2786	GOA UNVEILS PACKAGE TO FIGHT RISING [...] The GoA recently announced a Euro 1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) stimulus package of employment and growth initiatives. The GoA also plans to introduce a combination-wage model to subsidize low-paid jobs. Economists view the GoA's package as positive, but note that only GDP growth in e [...]	2005-08-19 14:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA28	AUSTRIA ORDERS ANOTHER HAGUE RETURN ENFORCED & [...] SUMMARY: AUSTRIAN COURTS HAVE AGAIN ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, THIS TIME TO HER FATHER IN POLAND. THIS MARKS THE THIRD TIME IN 2004 THAT THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, DESPITE INVOCATION OF ARTICLE 13B, WHI [...]	2005-01-05 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI AU
05VIENNA2827	DEMARCHE ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Austrian Foreign Ministry's Southern Europe head and its director for Common Foreign and Security Policy told us August 22 that Austria considers the October 3 start date for Turkey's EU accession talks absolute. Austria is seeking language in the negotiating framew [...]	2005-08-23 14:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN
05VIENNA2828	PRE-GYMNICH DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points on August 22 to MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Director Andreas Riecken. Riecken said that the UK Presidency had not circulated a final agenda for the meeting. Given the ostensibly informal nature of the Gymnich, it was diffic [...]	2005-08-23 15:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL IS HR IR AU EUN
05VIENNA288	IRAQ ELECTIONS: AUSTRIANS MAKE POSITIVE [...] Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a positive statement on January 31 on the Iraq elections (para. 3 below). Plassnik highlighted the "courage" and "will to democracy and peace" of the Iraqis, in defiance of terrorist attacks. 2. Following our meeting with MFA Middle East D [...]	2005-02-01 10:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ AU
05VIENNA2893	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU
05VIENNA2922	HAITI ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On August 30, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Klaus Koegler, Head of the MFA's European Union Development Policy Unit. Koegler pointed out that Austria currently had no bilateral assistance programs in Haiti and would not be able to help Haiti meet the anticipated financing [...]	2005-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AU HA EUN
05VIENNA2924	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (S) Austrian President Heinz Fischer would attend the High Level Event in New York, Scheide said. The Syria [...]	2005-08-31 15:28:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY AU
05VIENNA2925	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID HA AU
05VIENNA2926	AUSTRIA ON IRAQ DRAFT CONSTITUTION -- VIENNA [...] EconPolCouns discussed reftel points with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level director of Middle East and African affairs. Scheide said Austria shared the sentiments the British Presidency had issued on behalf of the EU. Sheide added that he had provided input to Fore [...]	2005-08-31 15:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ AU
05VIENNA2928	FY 2005 TRAINING REPORT [...] VIENNA: ---------- EMPLOYEE: QUINTIN GRAY COURSE: GERMAN LOCATION: U.S. EMBASSY DATE: 10/1/2004 - 9/30/2005 NO. OF HOURS: 50 COST: 0 INSTRUCTOR: STAFF EMPLOYEE: SARAH D. HANSON COURSE: GERMAN LOCATION: U.S. EMBASSY DATE: 10/1/20 [...]	2005-09-01 09:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA2931	MTAG 5-96: POTENTIAL UAV COOPERATION BETWEEN AN [...] (S) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said he [...]	2005-09-01 12:20:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA2932	SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN [...] (S/NF) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A nonpaper to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Auer and Krehlik [...]	2005-09-01 12:23:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL AU IR
05VIENNA2940	FOOD AID AND THE WTO: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On August 25-26, Post conveyed reftel nonpaper on proposed reform recommendations for the FAO's Consultative Subcommittee on Surplus Disposal (CSSD) to Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division; to Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture [...]	2005-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU WTO AID
05VIENNA2944	TURKISH EU ACCESSION: CYPRIOT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, EconPolCouns met with the Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary-level Director for Southern European Affairs, Clemens Koja, to receive a readout of the Cypriot Foreign Minister Georgios Iacovou's August 30 visit to Vienna and to discuss Turkey's accession talks wi [...]	2005-09-02 10:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN
05VIENNA2945	INTERPOL REQUEST FOR BIOTERRORISM TRAINING [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 2 to Tibor Benczur-Juris, Director of the Office for International Relations, in the Interior Ministry's Federal Agency for State Protection and Counterterrorism. 2. Benczur-Juris agreed that Interpol's Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative w [...]	2005-09-02 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM TBIO PTER AU
05VIENNA2955	TFUS01: AUSTRIAN OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR [...] Summary: Top Austrian officials have made specific offers to the Ambassador for disaster assistance. The Austrian military has made a specific offer of a Disaster Relief group to provide capabilities including water purification, decontamination, and search and rescue support. In [...]	2005-09-03 11:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA2956	TFUS01: NEEDS LIST PASSED TO AUSTRIA -- AUSTRIA [...] Ambassador contacted Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (in the absence of the Foreign Minister) on September 4 to convey ref (a) and (b) needs list and secretary's statement on Hurricane Katrina. On behalf of the Minister, Kyrle undertook to work on supplying U.S. needs [...]	2005-09-04 13:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA2957	TFUS01: AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER, CONSULAR [...] On September 5, EconPolCouns met with Christian Berlakovits, the Austrian MFA's Consular Affairs head, to discuss Austria's offers of assistance to the U.S. and its efforts to provide consular assistance to its own citizens. ------------------------- Austrian Assistance Offer --- [...]	2005-09-05 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS AEMR CASC MARR AMGT US AU KHLS
05VIENNA2970	VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 11:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2987	VWP BIOMETRIC CERTIFICATION DEMARCHES [...] SUMMARY: IN RECENT DAYS POST HAS RAISED THE POINTS IN REF B AT VARIOUS LEVELS WITHIN THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT. OUR INTERLOCUTORS INFORM US THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR AUSTRIA TO MEET THE OCTOBER 26 DEADLINE. THE AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BELIEVES THIS ISSUE WILL BECOME A MAJOR SOURCE OF TENSION [...]	2005-09-08 07:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU FR IT
05VIENNA2990	VIENNA FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 235,474 202,035 33,439 235,47 [...]	2005-09-08 08:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA2991	PRAGUE FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final GA/MPCC review for Prague follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-228 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 72,875 59,937 12,93 [...]	2005-09-08 08:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD EZ
05VIENNA2992	SARAJEVO FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 35,076 30,763 3,975 34, [...]	2005-09-08 08:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD BK
05VIENNA2993	ZAGREB FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Zagreb follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-227 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 55,075 49,364 5,805 55,1 [...]	2005-09-08 08:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD HR
05VIENNA2994	AMBASSADOR BROWN'S MEETING WITH FONMIN PLASSNIK, [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Plassnik in advance of her September 9 meeting with the Secretary in Washington to review topics that are expected to be discussed. These included: -- Hurricane Katrina: The Ambassador thanked the Minister for Austria,s offers of a Di [...]	2005-09-08 09:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CVIS AU
05VIENNA3007	BUDAPEST FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final GA/MPCC review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 [...]	2005-09-09 08:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ABUD HU

05VIENNA3011	AUSTRIAN INTERIM RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL [...] On September 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points on the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff. Auer thanked the USG for promoting increased cooperation on avian and pandemic influenza. Auer said Austria [...]	2005-09-09 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AU EUN
05VIENNA3017	TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale"): Addr [...]	2005-09-11 00:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3018	TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale" [...]	2005-09-11 00:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3019	CODESHARING TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - [...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel questions with Ingrid Seyrlehner, Director of Air Transportation Affairs in the Austrian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and with her deputy, Dieter Gaupmann. They informed us that Austria and the Russian Federation operate under a 1993 Air Services Agree [...]	2005-09-12 07:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AU
05VIENNA302	STATEMENTS FOR CARTAGENA CONFERENCE: DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna received reftel points at COB on February 1 and conveyed them immediately to Austrian MFA Americas Bureau. Pol Unit followed up on February 2. MFA informed us that the points had reached them after the departure for [...]	2005-02-02 10:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO AU
05VIENNA3024	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (U) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A and B talking points to Thomas Nader, Director (A/S-level) of the MFA's Multilateral Development Cooperation Division on September 6 and to Thomas Wieser, Director General (U/S-level) of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets [...]	2005-09-12 10:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN AU UNGA
05VIENNA3025	ALPBACH ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPE NEEDS MORE [...] The August 18-September 3 European Forum Alpbach's Reform Symposium focused on the flagging Lisbon Agenda, moribund EU growth rates, labor market inflexibility, and Germany's bleak economic outlook. Politicians, academics, and subject experts called for more democracy and closer po [...]	2005-09-12 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN ECIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3026	Austria Plans to Amend General Settlement Fund [...] MFA's International Law Division shared with us a draft amendment to the General Settlement Fund (GSF) Law. The purpose is to facilitate early payments by the GSF to Holocaust victims as soon as legal peace exists. It also would extend the filing period for the Arbitration Panel on [...]	2005-09-12 11:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3030	UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOUCMENT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna carried out reftel demarche to MFA A/S-equivalent (Acting) for International Organization Affairs Dr. Helmut Boeck on September 7. Boeck said that the Austrian delegation in New York had welcomed the evident interest their U.S. counterparts had shown in having a true give- [...]	2005-09-12 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU UNGA
05VIENNA3060	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff, on September 8. APHIS also discussed avian flu issues with Johann Herzog, Ministry of Health Advisor for Veterinary Affairs, Medicine, Biotechnology, and Food Safety; and with Johan Damoser, A [...]	2005-09-14 12:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI AU KSTH WHO
05VIENNA3062	AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...]	2005-09-14 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN
05VIENNA3064	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA REQUESTS EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (the third- ranking MFA official) raised the issue of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as the first order of business in his meeting with visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker. In a follow- up to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik's pointed comments to Amb [...]	2005-09-14 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV FR IT AU EUN
05VIENNA3085	REDESIGNED U.S. $10 NOTES: EMBASSY VIENNA POC [...] Embassy Vienna point-of-contact for issues relating to the redesigned U.S. $10 notes is Econ Unit Chief Phillip Nelson; phone (43)-1-31339-2299; fax (43)-1-31339-2916; email nelsonpr@state.gov. Brown [...]	2005-09-15 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KPAO AU
05VIENNA3098	TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the addition of Al-Akhtar Trust International Movement to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list demarche on September 16 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl and Anelik [...]	2005-09-19 10:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN
05VIENNA3100	EUROPEAN ESTH CONFERENCE - EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Post nominates FSN Specialist Alexander Schratt to participate in the October 5-6 ESTH Conference in Copenhagen. Following information is keyed to information requested in reftel: Name: Alexander Schratt Title: Economic Specialist D/POB: April 24, 1962, in Baden-Baden, Germany Telephone [...]	2005-09-19 13:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL KSCA OTRA AU
05VIENNA3117	Death of Simon Wiesenthal [...] Simon Wiesenthal died of general organ failure on September 20 in Vienna at the age of 96. The Austrian political leadership, from Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel to all parliamentary party leaders, expressed their deep regret, praising Wiesenthal as a key figure in the fight to keep [...]	2005-09-20 10:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV PREL IS AU
05VIENNA3129	TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (list 72T) demarche on September 20 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in [...]	2005-09-21 10:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN
05VIENNA3135	MTAG: INTERIM AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF [...] (S) On September 15, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Falschleiner in the Ministry of Economy's office responsible for dual-export controls, requesting the GoA to investigate the Austrian firm WFL Millturn Technologies' offer of spare parts to the Beijing Power Machin [...]	2005-09-21 11:42:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3142	ALPBACH POLITICAL FORUM: EU UNABLE TO PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: The EU, a self-conscious "soft power," is unable or unwilling to use the potential for political clout that stems from its economic might. At the same time, EU membership holds considerable attraction for countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, and is an important inc [...]	2005-09-21 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN ELAB TU SR AU EUN RU CZ
05VIENNA3144	USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE: EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Embassy Vienna is pleased to accept the invitation to attend the 2005 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference and will send the following participant: Michael R. DeTar Political Unit Chief Security Clearance: Top Secret tel: 43 1 31339 2114 fax: 43 1 31339 2916 e-mail: detarmr@state.gov 2. [...]	2005-09-22 06:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR PREL AU NATO EUN
05VIENNA3157	AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Brown paid his farewell call on Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel on September 22. Discussion focussed on Austrian views of Croatian and Turkish accession to the European Union. Schuessel thanked the Ambassador profusely for his work in Austria over the l [...]	2005-09-23 06:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU EUN
05VIENNA317	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETING [...] Under cover of a note verbale, Embassy has just received a formal Austrian response to the latest November 15, 2004 proposals for completing the texts of the extradition and mutual legal assistance protocols. In a telephone conversation our contacts at the MFA suggested these were only minor [...]	2005-02-04 07:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA3201	Parliament Committee Approves GSF Amendment [...] (U) On September 22, the Austrian Parliament's Constitutional Committee approved the draft amendment to the General Settlement Fund (GSF) Law (reftel). The change would make possible advance payments to survivors once legal peace exists. The plan is for the full parliament to adopt the law i [...]	2005-09-27 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3202	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON LITE DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, urging Austria to support an EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LITE) as a terrorist organization. Froehlich said that Austrian views on [...]	2005-09-27 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PREL PTER AU
05VIENNA3203	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (S) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and nonpapers to Rudolf Unterkoefler, Head of the Ministry of Interior's Economic and Financial Investigations Division and to Josef Mahr, Head of the Austrian FIU, and separately to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's J [...]	2005-09-27 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC AU
05VIENNA3245	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 3 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on September 28 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Union "correspondent." ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) Riecken noted continuing discussions between the British Presidency and his colleagues in Brussels on [...]	2005-09-29 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL PREL TU AU EUN
05VIENNA3246	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ilona Hoyos, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's head of UNESCO affairs. We reviewed U.S. concerns about the text of the preliminary draft convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a [...]	2005-09-29 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3269	CONSERVATIVES LOSE GOVERNORSHIP OF STYRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the state election in Styria on October 2, Chancellor Schuessel's conservative People's Party (OVP) suffered a significant defeat at the hands of the opposition Social Democrats (SPO). The OVP failed to hold Styria's governorship for the first time in the post-Wo [...]	2005-10-03 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA327	EU RICE DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel, Embassy Vienna delivered the EU Rice talking points to our contacts at the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Economics. Embassy Vienna's primary contacts, Hans Kordik, Head of Division III (EU- Coordination and Planning),Ministry of Agriculture and Gabriela Habermayer, Hea [...]	2005-02-04 13:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA3273	AUSTRIAN REPRESENTATION AT IPAPI SOM IN WASHINGTON [...] According to Gisela Polte, Head of the MFA's Energy, Nuclear Safety and Health Unit, an official from the Austrian Embassy in Washington will represent the GoA at the IPAPI Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) October 6-7. Polte promised to notify post and the department, as soon as the MFA had de [...]	2005-10-03 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI AU WHO FAO
05VIENNA328	AUSTRIAN BANK HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS TO EU OF [...] (U) A recent study by Austria's largest bank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, concludes the EU would benefit economically from Turkish membership and that costs would be approximately the same as the costs from the May 2004 enlargement. There are certain caveats associated with Turkish membershi [...]	2005-02-04 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL TU AU EUN
05VIENNA3292	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ON RUSSIA, IRAQ AND ITS BOEING [...] (SBU) Walter Reimann, Austrian Airlines' (AUA) Director of International Relations and Governmnet Affairs, confirmed to post recently that AUA would focus on markets in China, India, and, especially, in Eastern Europe, where AUA has more destinations than any carrier. AUA would like [...]	2005-10-05 12:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AU
05VIENNA3298	AUSTRIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT BUERGENTHAL FOR ICJ [...] Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel diplomatic note, Buergenthal CV and talking points on October 5 to Acting U/S-equivalent for International Legal Affairs Helmut Tichy. Tichy noted that the national group to which Austria belongs had decided not to put forward a nomination. This left three WEO [...]	2005-10-05 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AU UNSC UNGA
05VIENNA3304	VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 07:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA331	AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: COMPANY HEAD [...] (S) Ambassador and DCM called on Ambassador Hans-Peter Manz, the Chancellor,s diplomatic advisor, at Manz,s request on February 2 to discuss the Steyr-Mannlicher sale of sniper rifles to Iran (reftels). Manz said his government wanted to avoid creating any wrong impressions in Washington: t [...]	2005-02-04 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3310	VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3314	COMBATING EXTREMISM: EMBASSY EFFORTS IN AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) The Austrian political leadership is generally satisfied that radicalized Muslims do not pose an imminent threat to security in Austria. Austrian media have shared that confidence and have rarely demanded more be done to root out extremism. Austria counts around 340,000 Musl [...]	2005-10-06 14:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV KMPI AU EIAD
05VIENNA3320	EMBASSY VIENNA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Following information is keyed to reftel request: A) TFCO --Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips --(43)-1-31339-2201 --phillipsge@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO --Economic Unit Chief Phillip R. Nelson --(43)-1-31339-2299 --nelsonpr@state.gov C) Given the inter-agency dimension [...]	2005-10-07 12:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL AU
05VIENNA3321	Austrian Response to DHS letter on VWP [...] Per Reftel A, Post transmitted the text of DHS' certification letter response to the Austrian central VWP contact, Heinrich Pawlicek. Pawlicek, who had meanwhile obtained an electronic copy of the signed original, was eager to point out that the problems in reading the ID card are [...]	2005-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3322	URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL [...] Charge delivered the Secretary's letter on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention and presented ref (a) demarche to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johnanes Kyrle on October 7. (The Austrian Foreign Minister and State Secretary were out of the country.) Emil Brix, the Austrian MFA' [...]	2005-10-07 13:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL PHUM AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3323	UNFC DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION:AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points and a copy of the U.S. draft compliance resolution to MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for International Organization Affairs Helmut Boeck on September 30. Pol Unit Chief followed up on October 5 with MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothe [...]	2005-10-07 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AU CDG UNGA EUN
05VIENNA3324	ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS UP AU NATO
05VIENNA3325	MTAG 5-96: AUSTRIAN FIRM OFFERS GRAPHITE TO [...] (S/NF) On September 7, post delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economy and to Alexander Kmentt, Deputy Head of the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said an official from "another English-sp [...]	2005-10-07 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3329	SPO Wins Absolute Majority in Burgenland [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In state elections in Burgenland on October 9, the Social Democrats won an absolute majority. This followed a victory in Styrian state elections on October 2 (reftel). The state chapter of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's People's Party (OVP) saw a modest increase in s [...]	2005-10-11 09:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA335	AUSTRIAN HEALTH CARE REFORM: SMALL STEP TOWARDS [...] (SBU) On January 1, the GoA launched the first steps of a comprehensive health care reform. The reform aims to slow exploding costs, which now represent 9% of GDP. The reform includes the establishment of centralized Health Care Agencies, which should reduce the complex regional bureaucrati [...]	2005-02-04 16:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD ECON BEXP AU
05VIENNA3358	MTAG: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF CNC [...] (S) On October 12, Econ Unit Chief followed up on ref A with Gerhard Erdpresser, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Anti-Dumping, Dual-Use and Wassenaar Arrangement Division. Erdpresser thanked the USG for the information in ref B and said the MoE had carefully checked the spare parts s [...]	2005-10-14 06:59:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU CH MTCRE
05VIENNA337	SPACE DEBRIS MITIGATION DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN [...] On February 4, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel text to Florian Lorenz, Head of the MFA's Multilateral Scientific Cooperation and Space Affairs Unit. Lorenz said the GoA appreciated the USG approach on space mitigation guidelines in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Lorenz [...]	2005-02-07 08:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA AU UNPUOS UNGA
05VIENNA3375	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- SEC. [...] Charge transmitted ref (a) letter and talking points from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Austrian Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein on October 14. The Economics Ministry undertook to consider the letter as Austria prepared its position for votes the following week. (Note: Per refs (b) [...]	2005-10-14 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3383	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA PLANS TO EXTEND [...] The Ministry of Interior told Embassy informally that Austria is planning on a new approach to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline. (Travelers with valid machine-readable passports issued prior to 10/26/05 are not subject to biometric requirements, and would not be required to obtain visas). T [...]	2005-10-17 14:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3397	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP [...] Following up on delivery of Secretary Gutierrez's letter on Friday, October 14 (ref a),EconPolCouns and Senior Commercial Officer met on October 18 with Gabriela Habermayer, head of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division of the Austrian Ministry for Economics and Labor. 2. Haber [...]	2005-10-19 08:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3398	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR EU MEMBER STATES [...] (U) Post delivered ref (a) points on October 17 to key trade officials in the Ministries of Economics and Agriculture. In a preliminary discussion on October 17, the Economics Ministry's Multilateral Trade Division head, Gabriela Habermayer, told us she would ensure that the Austrian delegat [...]	2005-10-19 08:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD AU WTRO
05VIENNA3402	AUSTRIA EAGER FOR CLOSE COORDINATION ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: Austria welcomes the U.S. approach to promote democracy in Belarus, and looks forward to close coordination during its EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. It will be necessary to identify the targets for outreach, with a focus on opinion-leading elites. An appr [...]	2005-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO AU EUN
05VIENNA3407	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE -- URGENT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Upon receipt of ref (a),Embassy formally delivered the diplomatic note on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention to the Austrian government, via the Foreign Ministry. EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief concurrently delivered copies of the diplomatic note and ref (a) talking po [...]	2005-10-19 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3417	Parliament Approves Future Fund Law [...] On October 19, the Austrian Parliament approved the Law on the Future Fund and the Scholarship Foundation, which will disburse part of the surplus of the Reconciliation Fund for Nazi-era forced and slave laborers. However, according to MFA sources, the GoA postponed action on the GSF amendme [...]	2005-10-20 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3418	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON ISRAEL AT UNGA -- HOLOCAUST [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on October 20 to Helmut Boeck, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary level head of International Organizations affairs. SIPDIS 2. Boeck confirmed that Austria is a cosponsor of the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Resolution. He said the [...]	2005-10-20 13:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS AU UNGA
05VIENNA3420	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON ISRAEL AT UNGA -- OPPOSING [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Austrian the Foreign Ministry's acting International Organizations head, Helmut Boeck, on October 20. 2. Boeck expressed appreciation for our timely approach on this issue. He said the EU was coordinating member state positions on these issues in [...]	2005-10-20 13:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS AU UNGA
05VIENNA3424	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA HAS NEW PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. Summary: The Austrian Interior Ministry officials has produced another proposal to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline for Level 1 compliance with the changed Visa Waiver Program (VWP) requirements. The GOA believes that it could now produce a " [...]	2005-10-21 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3427	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...]	2005-10-21 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO
05VIENNA3431	SPO WINS ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN VIENNA ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On October 23, The Social Democrats (SPO) increased their absolute majority of seats in the state legislature of Vienna (Austria's most populous state),but narrowly missed winning over 50 percent of the popular vote. In the last of three state elections held in October, Chan [...]	2005-10-24 12:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA3441	AUSTRIA ON BMENA -- BUILDING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] On October 24, Charge delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General and acting deputy Foreign Minister. 2. Kyrle recalled that Austria had made a generous pledge at the Madrid Iraq conference in October 2003, and said the Austrian cabinet wou [...]	2005-10-24 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU XG XF AU
05VIENNA3442	DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON EU'S AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] In response to ref (a),Charge delivered our request for Austria's support to key Austrian officials. 2. On Friday, October 21, Charge urged Agriculture Minister Josef Proell to support reductions in tariffs to a zone between the U.S. and the G-20 positions. Proell, who was going [...]	2005-10-24 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA3443	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref (a) points on October 24 to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who is currently acting deputy Foreign Minister. Charge expressed appreciation for Austria's deployment of a military unit of 60 troops with water purification equipment to the [...]	2005-10-24 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREL AU
05VIENNA3462	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: STEYR-MANNLICHER BUSINESS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. 2. (S) Auer undertook to investigate the issue of plans by Steyr-Mannlicher to export weapons technology to Iran thro [...]	2005-10-27 11:16:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	AU ETTC PARM PREL
05VIENNA3463	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dorothea Auer, Austrian MFA Director (assistant secretary) for Non-Proliferation, and Alexander Kmennt, Auer's DAS-level assistant for nuclear non-proliferation, on October 25. 2. (C) Auer and Kmennt were grateful for the detailed de [...]	2005-10-27 12:12:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IN AU
05VIENNA3464	MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO [...] (S/NF) PolUnit Chief and EconUnit Chief followed up recently with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Head of the MFA's Export Control Division, to discuss the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare P [...]	2005-10-27 12:42:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3470	AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT: SUMMARY COMMENTS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL AU WHO FAO
05VIENNA3471	PSI -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PSI REGIONAL [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. SIPDIS 2. Auer said she would coordinate with her colleagues in the Defense Ministry and in law enforcement agencies to determ [...]	2005-10-27 15:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM AU
05VIENNA3487	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian Foreign Ministry political director Thomas Mayr-Harting and MFA Middle East director Ralph Scheide. We also passed reftel points to Austrian MFA EU correspondent Andreas Riecken. [...]	2005-10-28 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM IR AU
05VIENNA3488	IRAQ: AUSTRIAN STATEMENT SUPPORTING [...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA Director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting and with Austrian MFA Middle East Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (SBU) Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement notin [...]	2005-10-28 16:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU
05VIENNA3489	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on October 28. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments on our points: -- On Iran, there will be a conclusion calling on the need to maintain contact with civil society. The conclusion will [...]	2005-10-28 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL IZ SY EAGR ETRD AU EUN
05VIENNA3490	AUSTRIAN GAS AND OIL INTERESTS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV, in cooperation with four partner companies, is moving forward with plans to construct the $6 billion Nabucco gas pipeline from Turkey to an Austrian hub. Remaining challenges include price negotiations with Iran, Turkey's lukewarm support for the project, [...]	2005-10-31 08:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC ENRG EPET AU
05VIENNA3493	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON AIR SERVICE TO IRAQ, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Recent discussions with Austrian economic officials and Austrian Airlines (AUA) revealed Austrian interest in intensifying commercial contacts in northern Iraq. AUA recently received rights to provide regularly scheduled flights to Iraq and hopes to initiate service in 2006. Austrian busin [...]	2005-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID AU IQ
05VIENNA3495	AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH OUTLOOK REVISED [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes again have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 slightly to 1.7-1.8%, and for 2006 to 1.8-2.1%. High energy prices necessitated the modest downward revision. The Austrian economy remains dependent on exports, as consumer spending and [...]	2005-10-31 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3496	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO THE ECJ BIOTECH RULING [...] Following the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling against the state of Upper Austria's complete ban against GMOs, the state government is considering alternative strategies to keep Upper Austria "biotech free." Upper Austria will look to "best practices" from other Austria [...]	2005-10-31 11:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON XG AU
05VIENNA3542	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...] (U) Charge presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Irene freudenschuss-Reichl, the Under Secretary-level Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Section. 2. (SBU) Freudenschuss-Reichl said Austria's national contribution for earthquake relief in Paki [...]	2005-11-03 17:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREL AU
05VIENNA3564	AUSTRIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SWISS PROPOSAL ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche to MFA A/S-equivalent for UN Affairs Helmut Boeck on November 2 and followed up with Boeck's deputy, Peter Huber, on November 4. Huber told us that Austria's priority was preserving the effectiveness of the Security Council. Austria was unenthusi [...]	2005-11-07 12:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU UNGA
05VIENNA3569	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE ON BELARUS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA A/S for Eurasian Affairs Hans Porias on November 4, stressing that the U.S. hoped the EU would specifically call on Lukashenko not to run again. Porias told us that he believed that the Council Conclusions on Belarus were essentially final [...]	2005-11-07 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN
05VIENNA3576	VISAS VIPER OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 12:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3586	WTO -- DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON EUROPEAN [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Josef Mayer, the Under Secretary-level Chief of the Austrian Economics Ministry's Trade Section. Charge and Agriculture Counselor delivered ref (a) demarche on November 4 to Werner Wutscher, Secretary General (Deputy Minister) of t [...]	2005-11-08 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EU AU
05VIENNA3594	WSIS - AUSTRIA BACKS EU POSITION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoA backs the EU position on Internet governance, but stresses the private sector predominance. The GoA does not aim at a change of the existing Internet governance structure, but seeks a problem solving mechanism in form of a "public private partnership." END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2005-11-09 13:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC AU
05VIENNA3614	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: OECD SEC GEN SELECTION [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel points on November 10 to Ulrike Magloth, the Director for International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery (Prime Minister's office). Magloth has responsibility for OECD affairs in the Austrian government. 2. (C) Magloth said Jose Angel Gurria had vi [...]	2005-11-10 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN AU OECD
05VIENNA3615	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON OECD/ACTION STATEMENT ON [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on November 9 to Thomas Wieser of the Austrian Finance Ministry, Rudolf Scholten of the Austrian Control Bank, and Ulrike Magloth of the Chancellery (Prime Minsiter's office). Charge followed up on November 10 with Magloth, whom the others identified as [...]	2005-11-10 16:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL AU EXIM
05VIENNA3636	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] Summary: ConGen and Consular Legal Assistant called on Austrian Ministry of Interior contacts on Nov. 14 to present results of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) review (ref A). ConGen took the opportunity to obtain samples of the new foil being inserted in Austrian passports for travel to the U.S [...]	2005-11-15 12:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA364	DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AND EU [...] Per reftel, Embassy Vienna delivered the wood packaging materials talking points to our contacts at the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Economics. Embassy Vienna's primary contacts; Hans Kordik, Head of Division III (EU-Coordination and Planning),Minis [...]	2005-02-08 13:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA3651	PARLIAMENT APPROVES ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO [...] On November 16, the Austrian parliament unanimously approved advance payments to Holocaust victims from the General Settlement Fund (GSF). A Green-sponsored motion to decouple the government-funded portion of the GSF from attainment of legal peace in the U.S. attracted no support f [...]	2005-11-16 13:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNAR AU
05VIENNA3672	AUSTRIA ON THE NOVEMBER 21 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, on November 17 concerning the November 21 meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC). Riecken had the following substantive comme [...]	2005-11-17 17:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ KPAL PREL AU EUN
05VIENNA3674	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -- AUSTRIA [...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Georg Woutsas, Counsellor in the MFA's Transport Department. Woutsas, along with Viktor Siegl from the Ministry of Transportation, will represent Austria at the November 21-December 2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly. [...]	2005-11-18 12:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA AU IMO
05VIENNA3679	STEYR-MANNLICHER PLANS TO PHASE OUT ASSAULT [...] According to press reports, Steyr-Mannlicher GmbH plans to phase out production of military weapons at its Austrian facility. Steyr-Mannlicher will also reportedly divest its Malaysia-based production during the first quarter of 2006 and sell its weapons production technology. The [...]	2005-11-18 15:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC EIND ECON AU
05VIENNA37	AUSTRIAN EXPORT OF SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN -- [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador raised the transfer of Steyr-Mannlicher sniper rifles to Iran with Foreign Minstry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes SIPDIS Kyrle on January 7. Kyrle stressed that the Foreign Ministry had verified the end-user as an Iranian government en [...]	2005-01-07 13:39:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL PINR IR AU
05VIENNA3702	TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIAN [...] (S) On November 22, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, F [...]	2005-11-22 11:52:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3703	UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - AUSTRIA SHARES [...] On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department. According to Theuermann, Austria plans to vote with the U.S. in favor of the UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Turkmenistan, North K [...]	2005-11-22 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL AU UNHRC
05VIENNA3704	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...]	2005-11-22 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC
05VIENNA3709	CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: AUSTRIA TO WAIT FOR EU [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post discussed Cape Town Convention demarche with Helmut Tichy, Head of the MFA's International Law Unit, and with Martin Adensamer, Head of the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) International Civil Law Department. Tichy told us that the MFA would proceed with ratifi [...]	2005-11-22 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA AU
05VIENNA372	NPT 2005 REVCON PREPARATIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Bureau on February 2. PolOffs followed up on February 4 with Robert Zischg, MFA director for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Disarmament, and Arms Control. Zischg's likely successor, Alexander Kmentt, also participated. Zischg [...]	2005-02-08 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP AU NPT IAEA EUN
05VIENNA3735	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLUMBIA: [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points November 18 to Andreas Melan, Deputy Chief (DAS-equivalent) in the MFA's America's Division. Econ Unit Chief followed up on November 23 with Melan, the GoA's Latin American expert. Melan noted that there was no direct EU support for the OAS Mission, altho [...]	2005-11-25 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CO AU OAS
05VIENNA3737	AUSTRIA: STEYR-MANNLICHER CONTINUES BUSINESS WITH [...] (S) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A points November 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was not surprised that Steyr-Mannlicher President Wolfgang Fuerlinger wanted to sell weapons production technology to Iran. Krehlik [...]	2005-11-25 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA3744	NEW DIRECTOR AT AUSTRIAN CENTRAL AUTHORITY FOR [...] SUMMARY: Director of the Austrian Central Authority Werner Schuetz, an architect of the Hague Child Abduction Convention, will retire shortly. He is replaced by a judge with a far different background. Post offers suggestions on how we might seize this opportunity to change the dynamics wit [...]	2005-11-28 13:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI AU
05VIENNA3745	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CHARGE FIRM WITH [...] (S/NF) During a November 25 discussion with Economic Unit Chief, Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Import and Export Division, said that the GoA would almost certainly charge the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare Parts company with violating Austria's Foreign Trade A [...]	2005-11-28 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3746	AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (C) Andreas Melan, the MFA's Latin America DAS-equivalent, told us November 23 that Austria continues to promote human rights and democracy issues bilaterally and in international fora. He stressed that the GoA based its Cuba policy on the EU's two points of focus: intensifying contacts with [...]	2005-11-28 14:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU AU
05VIENNA3762	EUR A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with Austrian interlocutors, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried outlined the strategic agenda for U.S. engagement with the Austrian EU Presidency. Most of our work concerns areas outside the EU. One key is the "frontiers of freedom" in Europe in an area analag [...]	2005-11-29 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU

05VIENNA3766	UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR POST TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN KCRM PTER AU

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