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06RABAT1754	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: Haddouch, Zouhair DOB: March 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: D 318616 Rank: O-4 Unit: 37 BIS/Zone Sud Purpose: To attend the Specialized [...]	2006-09-21 14:12:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM

06RABAT1755	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: Hafidi, Charif DOB: May 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: P 53480 Rank: O-4 Unit: GEI, Ouezzane Purpose: To attend the International Def [...]	2006-09-21 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT1758	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: Said Alaoui, Moulay Abdellah DOB: January 3, 1959 POB: Fes, Morocco CIN#: B 612134 Rank: O-5 Unit: Military Hospital - Rabat Purpose: To a [...]	2006-09-21 14:23:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT176	WORLD BANK PROGRAMS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank (WB) is one of the longest serving development assistance programs in Morocco and currently has 16 outstanding loans to the GOM worth a total of approximately $500 million. It seeks to help modernize Moroccan institutions through technical analysis and lending [...]	2006-02-03 07:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MO
06RABAT1761	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: Toumi, Abdelghani DOB: March 6, 1966 POB: Taounate, Morocco CIN#: G 201681 Rank: 0-4 Unit: 1 Base - Sale Purpose: To attend the Logistics Re [...]	2006-09-21 14:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT1763	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUESTED FOR POLITICAL OFFICER [...] Embassy Rabat requests country clearance be granted to Political Officer Ian McCary October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of attending the USNATO POL/MIL conference. Traveler information is as follows: Name: Ian McCary Title Deputy Political Counselor DOB: 10/11/68 TS clearance SIPDIS Ph [...]	2006-09-21 15:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MO OTRA MARR
06RABAT1764	ARAB MAGHREB UNION - POSSIBLE UNGA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Political Director of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) confirmed to polcouns in a September 20 meeting that the AMU fully endorses the proposed AMU Ministerial on the margins of UNGA (reftel),but noted that AMU SYG Ben Yahia's physical absence from N.Y. (he has not been invited t [...]	2006-09-21 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
06RABAT1766	MOROCCO'S AMBASSADOR HEADED BACK TO VATICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is sending its Ambassador back to the Vatican, five days after recalling him in protest over Pope Benedict's September 12 remarks about Islam. The controversy over the Pope's remarks appears to have already peaked in Morocco. Meanwhile, the state press agency has relea [...]	2006-09-22 07:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KIRF PREL MO
06RABAT177	CODEL DUNCAN MEETS WITH MINISTER DELEGATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a January 24-26 visit to Morocco, Codel Duncan met with Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri and toured the Port of Casablanca on January 25. Fassi Fihri underscored Morocco's desire for fostering dialogue with the U.S. Congress and, by extension, [...]	2006-02-03 10:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP MO
06RABAT1770	MOROCCO: CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 22, Poloff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the United States and Russia agreed to its preference (ref A) to hold the first Global Initiative meeting in Morocco on October 3 [...]	2006-09-22 15:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
06RABAT1771	MOROCCO: CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 22, Poloff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the United States and Russia agreed to its preference (ref A) to hold the first Global Initiative meeting in Morocco on October 3 [...]	2006-09-22 15:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
06RABAT1774	BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MEET [...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the thirteen member Business Executives for National Security (BENS) group met with Abdallah Saleddine Tazi, Director of American Affairs, Wassane Zailachi, Chief of the North America, Mexico and Central America Division, Karim Halim, Counselor in the Directorat [...]	2006-09-22 18:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PINS ECON MO
06RABAT1775	WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS HEAD TO BRING NOTHING NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: CORCAS Chairman Khalihenna Ould Er Rachid told Ambassador he would travel to Washington September 23, for meetings beginning September 25. He planned to focus on explaining Moroccan efforts and progress toward pulling together an autonomy plan for the Sahara. Ambassador repeate [...]	2006-09-22 18:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1793	MOROCCO: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO REFUEL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) On September 25, poloffs notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USG's intent to repatriate Moroccan detainee Ben Moujan and the request to refuel the aircraft en route to other destinations (reftel). Counselor for Bila [...]	2006-09-26 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER PREL MO
06RABAT1801	MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with other highlights of recent economic developments, including: A. Altadis's purchase of the remaining 20 percent of the National Tobacco Monopoly. B. The creation of a new fund (Oleo Capital) to support t [...]	2006-09-27 15:34:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS
06RABAT181	VISITING THE PRISON IN LAAYOUNE, WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Prison conditions in Morocco and the Western Sahara are a major human rights concern and are frequently discussed by the USG and international human rights organizations. Poloff raised the possibility of visiting prisons throughout the country with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) [...]	2006-02-03 14:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT1821	PAT2006NOVEMBER: MOROCCO [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 13:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR
06RABAT1825	MOROCCO: 2007 UN PANEL OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON [...] (U) In an October 2 meeting with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Affairs Azzeddin Farhane, Poloffs urged the GOM to support the final draft of the report of the 2004 Panel as the basis for the 2007 Panel's work, and passed the non-paper conveyed reftel. Farhane thanked pol [...]	2006-10-02 15:51:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PARM PREL CDG MO
06RABAT1861	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION SCORECARD [...] On October 5, DCM and econoff delivered Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard talking points to the MFA's Director of the Americas Desk, Ambassador Abdellah Tazi. Tazi accentuated the positive after learning how Morocco's promotion from MCC's Low Income Country (LIC) category to t [...]	2006-10-05 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA MO
06RABAT1862	EU PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT TO THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 29, a clutch of European diplomats informed Poloffs that two European Union (EU) parliamentarians (MEP's) planned to visit the Western Sahara the following week, having previously visited Tindouf [...]	2006-10-05 20:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS PHUM MO EU
06RABAT1865	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Reftel demarche was delivered to Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 5. (Note: Bourita was not in the country prior to Sep [...]	2006-10-06 10:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT1868	TRADE AGREEMENT MONITORING AT EMBASSY RABAT [...] (SBU) Since the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement on January 1, 2006, the U.S. Mission in Morocco has made monitoring of Moroccan compliance with the agreement a top priority. We carry out this responsibility through an interagency team, chaired by the Embassy Economic [...]	2006-10-06 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP MO
06RABAT1874	MOROCCAN PLANS FOR S MEETING NEXT WEEK ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador,s urging that the proposed delegation bring a concrete autonomy plan to Washington, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri indicated they would not be able to present a written draft plan. There are still many complex internal issues to be resolved, so they [...]	2006-10-06 18:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS MO AL
06RABAT1875	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-06 18:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KBNC PARM MO
06RABAT1882	MOROCCAN ULEMA PUSH QARADAWI OFF THEIR TURF [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Qaradawi, the prominent Egyptian cleric, has been attacked by Moroccan newspapers this Ramadan after he issued a fatwa concerning interest-bearing loans in Morocco. The controversy put the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD),which had hosted Qaradawi in Morocco [...]	2006-10-10 10:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL EG
06RABAT1883	ISLAMISTS TAKE OFF ON ROYAL AIR MAROC [...] (C) Summary: The newspaper of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has accused Royal Air Maroc (RAM) of "denying its employees the right to pray" and "forcing pilots to break their fasts." The charges are a disingenuous twist on recent administrative steps by the airline. The char [...]	2006-10-10 10:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER MO
06RABAT1890	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MOROCCO WELCOMES AND OFFERS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6, Ambassador Riley thanked Minister Delegate Taieb Fassi Fihri for agreeing to host the Initial Partner Nations (IPNs) meeting on October 30-31 of the Global [...]	2006-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
06RABAT1919	NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 11:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP PARM PREL MO
06RABAT1921	WESTERN SAHARA: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) On October 13, Johannes Vander Klauuw, the country director for the UNHCR, called to say that Morocco has agreed to resume the confidence building measures (CBM's) in the Western Sahara. The CBMs have been stalled since May when family visitation flights were to go between Dakhla in the [...]	2006-10-13 12:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT1922	RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 13:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP MO
06RABAT1923	DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 13:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN MO
06RABAT1925	UNGA ISSUES [...] (C) On October 13, Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the issues raised in reftel A and to emphasize the US' denial of Venezuela's election to the Security Council, reftels A and B. [...]	2006-10-13 15:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RABAT1933	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism advance team members Megan Dieter, David Weekman, and James Warden to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006. 2. POC is Political Officer Marcel Martinez who can be reached [...]	2006-10-16 14:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	WMDT OTRA MO
06RABAT1951	KING'S OPENING SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary: In his annual speech to open parliament's fall session, King Mohamed VI on October 13 highlighted both his commitment to reform and determination to maintain overall control. He said next year's legislative elections must be open, transparent, and legitimate. He said the 2007 l [...]	2006-10-18 19:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL PHUM ECON MO
06RABAT1962	MEPI SMALL GRANTS REPORT FOR MOROCCO [...] Per reftel and telecoms with the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Tunis Regional Office, post has been asked to report on two MEPI small grant proposals that are now complete - the Zagora Women's Computer Technology Workshop and the Tangier American Legation Museum literacy and vocati [...]	2006-10-19 17:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KMPI MO
06RABAT197	WESTERN SAHARA: MFA REVIEWS PARTY LINE, COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 23, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Morocco Desk Officer Robert Ewing and Poloff paid a courtesy call on MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita said he had to "correct some misunderstandings" concerning the Western Sahara and undertook a long argument ba [...]	2006-02-07 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1974	POLISARIO COMMANDER READY TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK [...] (C) At a Polisario "base" east of the berm separating Moroccan and Polisario forces, a Polisario Political/Military commander told an Embassy team and MINURSO commander October 12 that he and his comrades were flexible and prepared to talk, but could not compromise the Sahrawis' right to self- [...]	2006-10-20 15:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO MA WI
06RABAT1975	POLISARIO COMMANDER READY TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK [...] (C) At a Polisario "base" east of the berm separating Moroccan and Polisario forces, a Polisario Political/Military commander told an Embassy team and MINURSO commander October 12 that he and his comrades were flexible and prepared to talk, but could not compromise the Sahrawis' right to self- [...]	2006-10-20 15:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO MA WI
06RABAT1976	PHOSPHATE CONVEYER SABOTAGED IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (U) Moroccan press has reported that the long conveyer belt which carries phosphate ore from mines at Bou Craa, about 70 KM south of Layoune, to Layoune port on the Atlantic coast was damaged by a sabotage attack October 10. Press reports blame the Polisario for the attack. 2. (C) During [...]	2006-10-20 15:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MA
06RABAT1977	MOROCCO AND UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 16:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP
06RABAT1979	MOROCCAN ROAD SHOW ON WESTERN SAHARA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Immediately following intensive meetings in DC (October 11-13) to discuss the government of Morocco's (GOM) autonomy plans for the Western Sahara (reftels A, B),the delegation headed to various capitals. The delegation went to Paris, where they were met by President Jacques Chirac. [...]	2006-10-20 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO UN
06RABAT1982	WESTERN SAHARA FLAG FLAP: SEEING RED IN LAYOUNE [...] (C) Summary: During our visit to Western Sahara, embassy team heard from both sides about a high-profile dispute over the lowering of the Moroccan flag over MINURSO Headquarters. As reported in the press, this had prompted protests in front of MINURSO, and had complicated the often-testy relati [...]	2006-10-23 12:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MA WI
06RABAT1983	SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS OUTLINE GRIEVANCES AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) During a mid-October visit to Western Sahara, Sahrawi human rights activists indicated profound alienation from Moroccan authorities and deep skepticism about any autonomy package the GOM might be preparing, charging that human rights practices in the region were getting worse. They viewe [...]	2006-10-23 13:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO MA WI
06RABAT1984	WESTERN SAHARA: TECHNOCRAT TAKES THE REINS OVER [...] (C) Summary: The newly appointed Wali (governor) of Layoune, territorial seat of Western Sahara, told visiting Embassy team he was sent to build up the Sahara rather than impose order. Polcouns underscored the U.S. view that an agreed settlement was the best way forward and emphasized that an [...]	2006-10-23 13:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MA WI
06RABAT1986	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit as co-chair of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) comes as the U.S. and the Moroccan government are further energizing our bilateral relations. Since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casabla [...]	2006-10-23 16:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KGIC EAID ECON KPAO PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MO
06RABAT1987	UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN IN [...] (C) In an October 23 meeting with Nasser Bourita, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Multilateral Affairs, A/Polcouns urged that Morocco vote against items 63 (a) and 67 (b),in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (reftel). 2. (C) Bourita replied that Morocco understood U.S. c [...]	2006-10-23 16:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA LE IS MA PHUM PTER
06RABAT1998	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, Robert G. Joseph and delegation listed in reftel, for the purpose of attending the first Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting in Rabat, Morocco, October 29 to Novemb [...]	2006-10-27 10:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	WMDT OTRA MO
06RABAT2	ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERWHELM UNHCR IN RABAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 30, Poloffs from Rabat and Casablanca met with UNHCR Head of Mission, Johannes van der Klaauw, at UNHCR headquarters in Rabat to discuss the status of refugee seekers in Morocco and UNHCR,s future plans. Van der Klaauw highlighted the challenges with the dramatic [...]	2006-01-03 08:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MO PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI
06RABAT201	CARTOON CONTROVERSY: MOROCCANS ANGRY BUT REACTING [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Danish cartoon controversy, reaction in Morocco has been uniform -- amongst the Moroccan government, the Supreme Council of Ulemas, the political parties, demonstrators, and shopkeepers -- in condemning the drawings and their affront to the Prophet. A Febr [...]	2006-02-07 19:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL MO DK
06RABAT2010	(C-NE6-01369) POLISARIO COMMANDER READY TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK [...] (C) At a Polisario "base" East of the berm separating Moroccan and Polisario forces, a Polisario Political/Military commander told an Embassy team and MINURSO commander October 12 that he and his comrades were flexible and prepared to talk, but could not compromise the Sahrawis' right to self-d [...]	2006-10-30 11:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PGOV MO AG KPKO WI
06RABAT2015	REALLOCATIONS OF GWOT FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 12:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PARM MO
06RABAT2016	WESTERN SAHARA: SENIOR MOROCCAN OFFICIAL UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: In an October 27 telephone conversation, Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador the GOM was upbeat on the status of the Western Sahara process following the visit of a senior Moroccan delegation to Washington earlier this month. Fihri seemed resigned to continuing Alge [...]	2006-10-31 13:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO
06RABAT2023	MOROCCO AND THE NATO-MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION CENTER [...] (C) Embassy would like to take this opportunity to remind US Mission to NATO that, in addition to countries mentioned ref A, Morocco has also expressed tentative interest in hosting the NATO-Middle East Cooperation Center. Should other potential host countries decide in the end not to host th [...]	2006-10-31 14:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL MARR MO
06RABAT2050	MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE REGARDING UPCOMING [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Hassan Hami, Chief of Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 3. Hami, spoke unofficially because Mohammed Azeroual, the Di [...]	2006-11-03 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IO IS IZ LE SY ECON MO
06RABAT2061	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR A BOYCOTT [...] (C) Summary: A wave of agitation has given new life to an existing "boycott" of cooperation with the US, and has now become linked to the glorification of Hizballah. Six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged to boycott all programs and activities of the Mission. The largest, the [...]	2006-11-06 11:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT2063	MOROCCO ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND 100 PERCENT [...] (U) On November 3, Poloff presented reftel demarche concerning Morocco's support for the U.S. request and draft decision document to extend the 100 percent destruction deadline to MFA Chief of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane. In response, Farhane said he did not envision any pro [...]	2006-11-06 13:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW MO
06RABAT2064	MOROCCO PROVIDES UPDATE ON CWC NATIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff met November 3 with Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge Morocco to fulfill its Article VII national implementation obligations, including the implementation of national legislation that criminalizes activiti [...]	2006-11-06 13:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW MO
06RABAT2073	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: IHOURANE, Abdendi DOB: May 12, 1970 POB: Khemisset, Morocco CIN#: E 410016 Rank: O-3 Unit: 1 Base - Sale Purpose: To attend the Legal Aspe [...]	2006-11-07 16:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2076	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, poloff delivered talking points to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Morocco to support the Australian amendment to the Cuba em [...]	2006-11-08 14:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
06RABAT2082	DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ: INTERIM MOROCCAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, Chief of Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 7. Hami declined substantive comment on the issue, indicating that it is being handled directly at a higher level by Mohammed Azerou [...]	2006-11-09 11:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ MO
06RABAT2087	MOROCCAN APPROACH ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Due to limitations of availability, Polcounselor raised ref A demarche with MFA IO/UN Director (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita early November 9, highlighting the importance of a strong stand on human rights against these major violators. Bourita thanked us for the information received in [...]	2006-11-09 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO
06RABAT2095	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BENMOUSSA, Brahim DOB: November 14, 1976 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: BK 150820 Rank: Civilian Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Rabat Purp [...]	2006-11-10 14:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2096	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FIZAZI, Ahmed DOB: July 22, 1963 POB: Oujda, Morocco CIN#: D 179002 Rank: O-4 Unit: Army HQ - Rabat Purpose: To attend the Infantry Office [...]	2006-11-10 14:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2103	MOROCCAN CONCERNS ABOUT IRANIAN AND ALGERIAN [...] (C) Summary: T Senior Advisor Jim Timbie met with Nasser Bourita, Morocco's top International Organizations official, on October 31, to convey USG concerns about Iran and other items on the international non proliferation agenda. Bourita advised that the GOM shares the USG's concerns and said [...]	2006-11-14 08:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP PREL MO IR
06RABAT2122	MOROCCO: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] In response to demarche request in reftel C, the Embassy recieved diplomatic note numbered 4344 from the MFA on November 16, 2006 noting Morocco's support for the candidature of Mr. Michael Matheson as a member of the International Law Commission at the elections to be held during the 61st ses [...]	2006-11-16 14:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ILC UNGA MO
06RABAT2123	SAHRAWI ACTIVIST HAIDAR'S SAFE RETURN TO LAYOUNE [...] (SBU) Aminetou Haidar, the prominent Sahrawi human rights activist, returned to her home in Layoune on November 15, following an extended trip abroad. According to an account posted on the website of the Polisario Front, confirmed by Embassy contacts in Western Sahara, Haidar arrived at Layou [...]	2006-11-16 14:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT2124	SAHRAWI ACTIVIST HAIDAR'S SAFE RETURN TO LAYOUNE [...] (SBU) Aminetou Haidar, the prominent Sahrawi human rights activist, returned to her home in Layoune on November 15, following an extended trip abroad. According to an account posted on the website of the Polisario Front, confirmed by Embassy contacts in Western Sahara, Haidar arrived at Layou [...]	2006-11-16 14:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT2134	DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor pursued the issue of Moroccan debt relief for Iraq in a November 16 meeting with Ambassador Mohammed Azeroual, Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Azarwal noted that the GOM has been in repeated contact with Iraqi officials o [...]	2006-11-17 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ MO
06RABAT2140	MOROCCO: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL SEESION OF [...] (SBU) In a November 17 meeting, Poloff raised with the Moroccan Government USG concerns about the text of a draft resolution condemning recent Israeli actions in Gaza, and urged that the Moroccan delegation in New York vote against it. Drawing from reftel points, poloff outlined the U.S. vie [...]	2006-11-17 16:51:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MO PREL KISL
06RABAT2144	IRAN'S PROPOSED TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH THE IAEA [...] (SBU) In a November 17 meeting, poloff urged Morocco, which sits on the IAEA Board of Governors, to oppose any technical cooperation with Iran that involves the heavy-water research reactor at Arak, drawing on points conveyed reftel. 2. (SBU) Noting that the GOM is also concerned about Ira [...]	2006-11-17 17:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP MO IR
06RABAT2149	IRAN BRIEFING: MOROCCO OPPOSED TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 10:41:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PINR KNNP IR MO
06RABAT215	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (C) Summary: The US Mission and the Moroccan government warmly welcome your upcoming visit. We believe King Mohammed will see the visit as reinforcement of our solid relationship with Morocco, a relationship the King considers very important. Morocco continues cooperation with us to counte [...]	2006-02-09 14:03:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MARR MO OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT2156	MOROCCO AT THE BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI MO
06RABAT2157	ATTENDANCE AT LEBANON'S NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION [...] (SBU) POLOFF MET WITH HASSAN HAMI, OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR ARAB AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 21 TO URGE THAT MOROCCO NOT SEND ITS AMBASSADOR TO THE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION HOSTED BY PRESIDENT LAHOUD AND URGED THAT MOROCCO ESCHEW THE EVENT ALTOGETHER IF PRIME [...]	2006-11-21 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE MO
06RABAT2158	DEMARCHE ON ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel demarche last week in separate meetings with Houda Marrakchi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Ouadghiri, Director of the Moroccan Copyrights Office (BMDA),and Aziz Bouazzaoui, Director of the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPI [...]	2006-11-21 17:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV MO
06RABAT2168	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: NAGUIME, Samir DOB: February 8, 1970 POB: Meknes Morocco CIN#: D 403735 Rank: O-3 Unit: Forces Auxiliaries HQ's - Rabat Purpose: To attend th [...]	2006-11-24 09:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2169	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT DEFENDS ITS TOBACCO POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor met on November 15 with Abdelaziz Talbi, Morocco's Director of Public Enterprises and Privatization, to review the GOM's decision to extend Morocco's monopoly on the wholesale distribution of tobacco from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2010. Reiterating the U [...]	2006-11-24 16:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV MO
06RABAT2170	MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with the following other economic highlights: A. Moroccan Ports In Compliance With International Security Standards B. FTA Wheat Quotas Unfulfilled C. Parliament Debates Anti-Money Laundering Law D. Ryan [...]	2006-11-24 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ELAB ETRD KTEX MO
06RABAT2172	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS SPECIAL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Special Envoy Dr. Gregg Rickman, to travel to Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11 , 2006 for the purpose conducting meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2 [...]	2006-11-27 13:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2176	REVISIONS TO ELECTORAL CODE INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: Revisions to Morocco's electoral code passed on November 23 include a new threshold political parties must cross if they wish to compete in the 2007 parliamentary elections. This threshold could exclude a half dozen, and maybe more, of Morocco's 28 political parties, but the bill [...]	2006-11-27 16:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
06RABAT2183	DIPLOMATICNOTE RECEIVED: AMENDING THE 505 [...] (U) Thiscable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received Diplomatc Note 003685 from the Ministry of Foreign Affais November 28, 2006 in response to reftel A and . The Note was transmited in both Arabic and Eglish. In the following note, the Moroccan [...]	2006-11-29 15:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV MO XA
06RABAT2184	HIGH-LEVEL GOM SUPPORT FOR NEW CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT VIOLENCE [...] Summary: The Fourth National Campaign to Fight Violence Against Women was officially launched in Rabat November 27 by the Secretariat of State for Family Affairs, Childhood and the SIPDIS Handicapped. The attendance at the launch of the Prime Minister and other key GOM officials underlined [...]	2006-11-29 16:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL MO
06RABAT2189	HIGH-LEVEL GOM SUPPORT FOR NEW CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT VIOLENCE [...] Summary: The Fourth National Campaign to Fight Violence Against Women was officially launched in Rabat November 27 by the Secretariat of State for Family Affairs, Childhood and the SIPDIS Handicapped. The attendance at the launch of the Prime Minister and other key GOM officials underlined [...]	2006-11-30 10:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL MO
06RABAT2196	USG SUPPORT FOR BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND [...] (U) Per reftel, talking points were delivered to Dr. Abderraham Benmamoun, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, on November 30. Benmamoun was well briefed on the Bamako Avian Flu conference and said he would lead the Moroccan delegation, which would also include Dr. Abderrahman L [...]	2006-11-30 14:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO PREL EAID
06RABAT22	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MOROCCO: STATUS REPORT #3 [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through December 31, 2005. Update narratives contain [...]	2006-01-05 14:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT2201	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached a [...]	2006-12-01 14:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2203	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 14 - 15, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached at: Phon [...]	2006-12-01 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2205	NATURAL GAS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AT CENTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and private industry came together last month for a one-day conference on Moroccan energy policy, stressing the need for Morocco to reinforce its energy sector and render it more competitive. Diversification of supply was the key message articulated by Prime Minister [...]	2006-12-01 16:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV MO
06RABAT2206	MISSION MOROCCO PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Mission Avian Influenza Working Group met on November 6 to review guidance in reftel and has worked since that date to prepare the guidance it recommended and disseminate it to Mission personnel. An administrative notice was issued to publicize the most recent M/MED information on avian [...]	2006-12-01 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC FKLU SKSAF KSEO MO
06RABAT221	CARTOON CONTROVERSY; NORDIC DIPLOMATS COMMENT; [...] (C) During a February 8 office call to discuss the aborted Nordic mission to Western Sahara (septel),Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lena Richter Strand told Polcouns that reaction so far against Nordic countries in Morocco in response to the cartoon controve [...]	2006-02-09 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KISL MO PGOV PREL
06RABAT2218	MOROCCO'S POLITICAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) A senior MFA official confirmed to us that Iraqi FM Zebari is due in Morocco for a 2-3 day visit on December 8. The Moroccans cautioned the USG against allowing Iraqi Sunnis to become marginalized from the political process and to be wary of any Iranian role in stabilizing the country. The [...]	2006-12-06 14:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO IZ
06RABAT222	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON TRACK [...] (C) Over dinner February 8, Ahmed Hajji, Director of the Agency for the Development of the Southern Provinces, told Polcouns that he was basically satisfied with implementation of the agency's five-year, USD 800 million plan launched in late 2004 to develop "the southern provinces," which incl [...]	2006-02-09 16:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MO PBTS PREL
06RABAT2222	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS DAMON [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Damon Stevens to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11, 2006 for the purpose of attending meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2. Control Officer for the visit is [...]	2006-12-07 09:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2237	ELECTORAL CODE AMENDMENT PASSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of debate between the Ministry of Interior and the political parties, the amendments to the new electoral code have been adopted by Parliament. The new law bars parties that failed to win at least 3% of the vote in the 2002 elections from running in the 2007 election [...]	2006-12-09 15:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
06RABAT2241	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's draft bill on anti-money laundering was formally presented to parliament by Justice Minister Bouzoubaa on November 20, and will be taken up by the chamber's Justice Committee the week of December 11. Key parliamentarians predict passage of the measure, but are divided [...]	2006-12-12 08:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MO
06RABAT2248	MOROCCAN PRO REFORM STIRS OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: A new Moroccan port reform law went into effect December 5, amidst strong opposition from stevedores (longshoremen). The new law, designed to increase port efficiency and competitiveness, divides the present Ports Authority (ODEP) into two entities: a National Ports Agency (ANP),[...]	2006-12-13 10:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT MO
06RABAT225	NEW CEO OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION VISITS [...] (U) Summary. New Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO, Ambassador John Danilovich, visited Morocco January 24- 27 to review and discuss the country's progress in preparing its compact proposal to use MCC funds. Danilovich and his staff met with Prime Minister Driss Jettou, the GOM's M [...]	2006-02-10 10:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON SOCI KMCA MO
06RABAT2252	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SIT-IN IN LAAYOUNE ATTACKED BY [...] (SBU) To commemorate International Human Rights Day, the Sahrawi Association for Grave Human Rights Abuses (ASVDH),held a sit-in in Laayoune on December 10. The ASVDH stated that they had received the appropriate Government of Morocco (GOM) approvals, i.e., notification of an event 48 hours [...]	2006-12-13 15:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT2253	ISLAMISTS STAGE DEMONSTRATION [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On December 8, the families of 350 Islamist prisoners staged a demonstration in front of the Consultative Council for Human Rights (CCDH) offices in Rabat. The demonstration was organized by the Annasir ("helpe [...]	2006-12-13 15:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MO

06RABAT2254	WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY IDEAS EMERGE DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "CORCAS" autonomy plan that its president announced he would submit to the King was not broadly approved by Sahrawis, even among CORCAS itself. In the event CORCAS had legitimately approved, it still would have meant little, as CORCAS itself is not a representative [...]	2006-12-13 15:15:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PBTS PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT2255	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 15:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MO
06RABAT2259	MOROCCO/IRAQ: NO REVELATIONS BUT ZEBARI GETS [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East and International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual briefed Polcouns December 13 on the December 6-8 visit to Morocco of Iraqi FM Hoshiyar Zebari. Azeroual said Zebari paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament Abdel Wahed Radi [...]	2006-12-14 12:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR SY MO
06RABAT2280	MOROCCO'S 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Morocco achieved significant reductions in cannabis production and cultivation, although it remains one of the world's major producers and exporters of cannabis. According to the Agency for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development of the Northern Prefectures and Provinces of the King [...]	2006-12-18 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MO
06RABAT2282	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOSEPH [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Joseph Mulinare, Medical Officer, DBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Rabat, Morocco January 15-27, 2007 for the purpose of providing technical assistance, and to participate in a mission in order to provided technical assistance to the nutrition [...]	2006-12-18 13:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA MO CDC
06RABAT2286	MOROCCO'S NEW POLLING LAW - A STEP BACKWARDS? [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is considering a new law that would for the first time formally regulate polling and public opinion research. A copy of the draft bill obtained by the Embassy imposes a requirement that all public opinion polls be vetted and approved in advance by [...]	2006-12-19 15:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MO
06RABAT2296	URGING MFA TO REACH OUT ON SAHARA AND DEFEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 14:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT2299	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Ambassador joined with Russian ambassador to present GI agenda and other information reftel December 13 to MFA Secretary-General Omar Hilale, who led the Moroccan SIPDIS delegation at the Initial Partners meeting in Rabat. Hilale confirmed that Morocco would attend the Ankara meeting [...]	2006-12-20 17:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC KNNP PTER PREL MO
06RABAT23	AIRLINE DESIGNATIONS UNDER MOROCCO OPEN SKIES [...] Post delivered contents of reftel to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Transportation under cover of a diplomatic note on Dec. 20, 2005. A copy of the note was faxed on Dec. 21 to EB/TRA/AN attention Laurence Jones and to the Department of Transportation attention David Modesitt per reft [...]	2006-01-05 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA MO
06RABAT2306	GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 14:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS MO
06RABAT2327	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: EL QORCHI, Driss DOB: 19 October 1965 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 252614 Rank: O-4 Unit: Gendarmeri HQs Rabat Purpose: to attend the Marshall [...]	2006-12-26 11:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2328	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: EL KHABBAZ, Abdellah DOB: December 31, 1962 POB: Douar Jarf, Morocco CIN#: G 121751 Rank: E-9 Unit: 2 Base - Meknes Purpose: to attend the Ad [...]	2006-12-26 11:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2329	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: OUHDIF, Aziz DOB: 1973 POB: Khenifra, Morocco CIN#: I 300059 Rank: O-3 Unit: 2 Base - Meknes Purpose: to attend the Squadron Officer School a [...]	2006-12-26 12:02:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2334	DEMARCHE: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 15:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC PREL UNGA
06RABAT2335	TIP CONFERENCE IN UAE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG MO
06RABAT2336	UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 16:29:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP MO
06RABAT2337	MOROCCAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON PRESS AND POLLING [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with Moroccan Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzouba, the Ambassador urged that pending amendments to the press code encourage journalistic responsibility without impinging on freedom of expression. The Ambassador also expressed concern that a proposed law regulati [...]	2006-12-26 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EFIN MO
06RABAT2344	MINISTER OF INTERIOR TOUGH ON PRESS REFORM AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley raised freedom of expression issues, the Western Sahara and elections with Interior Minister Benmoussa December 27. Following up on earlier senior contacts, Ambassador argued for liberalization of the press code and against the new draft law on polling. Repeatedl [...]	2006-12-28 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT2347	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from July 1-September 30. Activities included a project officer training session at post, a monitoring visit by staff from MEPI's Regional Office in Tunis, a training seminar for MEPI Program Officers in Tunis and two ne [...]	2006-12-28 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT2348	DEMARCHE: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On December 28, econoff passed points coveyed in reftel to Abdellatif Bendahane, Director of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bendahane was unaware of the Liberia forum, but spoke very positively abou [...]	2006-12-29 08:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MO
06RABAT2351	MOROCCO-EU OPEN SKY AGREEMENT FEEDS TOURISM BOOM [...] (U) Summary: Morocco's booming tourist industry received a boost on December 12 with the signing of a new EU-Morocco open sky agreement. The agreement replaces all existing Moroccan bilateral aviation agreements with European Union (EU) member states and supports the GOM's goal of doubling th [...]	2006-12-29 17:12:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MO
06RABAT238	WESTERN SAHARA: DISSIDENTS SAY NO TO AUTONOMY, NO [...] (C) Summary: Continuing our dialogue with Sahrawi civil society, emboffs and NEA/MAG Desk Officer met with a group of Sahrawi dissidents at the Laayoune home of prominent activist Mohammed Dadach for an hour the evening of January 25. The dissidents were members of the "Association for Sahr [...]	2006-02-10 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT24	MOROCCO'S EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: The Equity and Reconciliation Commission's (IER) mandate ended November 30, bringing to a close the IER's almost two-year investigation into human rights abuses in Morocco between 1956 and 1999. The IER's final report was submitted to King Mohammed VI on December 1. On Decembe [...]	2006-01-05 18:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT240	WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO'S HOPES AND FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During NEA/MAG desk officer's January 23-27 visit to Morocco and the Western Sahara, Poloffs and desk officer met over dinner with Francesco Bastagli, the Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Western Sahara and SIPDIS MINURSO Chief of Staff Philippe Elghouyal on January 2 [...]	2006-02-10 17:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM
06RABAT248	WESTERN SAHARA: NORDICS PONDER NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lene Richter Strand called on Polcouns February 8 for a read-out of the embassy's late January visit to Laayoune (Refs A-D),and in turn updated Polcouns on the latest Nordic thinking on how to respond to what they view as u [...]	2006-02-13 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT261	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised prices on some fuel products on Feb. 9 in a bid to relieve pressure high international oil prices are putting on the state's subsidy mechanism. Premium grade gasoline rose by 1.5 percent to $1.17 per liter and diesel fuel rose by 12 percent to $1.03 per [...]	2006-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV MO
06RABAT276	MINISTER SURVEYS MOROCCO TRANSPORT REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Transportation and Public Works Karim Ghellab gave Ambassador a tour d'horizon of the reforms Morocco is making to its transportation sector, liberalizing its ports (septel),signing an Open Skies agreement with the European Union, and constructing a mammoth new transs [...]	2006-02-17 09:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTN EAIR EWWT ECON MO
06RABAT277	G-8 EMBASSIES MEET ON MOROCCO COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from G-8 embassies in Rabat discussed counter-terrorism efforts in Morocco at a Feb. 2 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting hosted by the Russian Embassy in Russia's capacity as G-8 president. Attendees spoke highly of GOM counter-terrorism efforts but ag [...]	2006-02-17 09:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAO SNAR MO
06RABAT283	WESTERN SAHARA: THE WALI EXPOUNDS ON THE CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, NEA/MAG desk officer and emboffs met with Driss Sharqi, the Wali of the Laayoune region of the Western Sahara. The discussion covered autonomy (septel),Sahrawi demonstrations, the impact of the Equity and Reconciliation's (IER) final report, the development sit [...]	2006-02-17 17:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT29	REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, FREE TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: PM Jettou January 3 told visiting Rep. Tom Lantos that Morocco appreciates U.S. efforts in the Middle East and Iraq, where positive results are beginning to take shape, and that Morocco would continue to do its part in the war on terror. Jettou was also encouraged by the appro [...]	2006-01-06 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT290	G-8 EMBASSIES MEET ON MOROCCO COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from G-8 embassies in Rabat discussed counter-terrorism efforts in Morocco at a Feb. 2 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting hosted by the Russian Embassy in Russia's capacity as G-8 president. Attendees spoke highly of GOM counter-terrorism efforts but a [...]	2006-02-17 17:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAO SNAR MO
06RABAT308	IRI POLL SHOWS VOTERS HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2005 poll of 1500 Moroccans administered by the International Republican Institute (IRI) under the auspices of its MEPI/USAID program found that Moroccans are disillusioned with the [...]	2006-02-22 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMPI KDEM MO
06RABAT31	THE KING CALLS FOR TURNING TO THE FUTURE [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) King Mohammed VI delivered a televised speech to the Moroccan nation on January 6, following midday prayers. The five-minute speech was announced in the press the previous day to maximize interest. In attendance [...]	2006-01-06 18:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT311	MOROCCO WILL DESIGNATE ALL U.S. AIRLINES UNDER [...] Post received diplomatic note number 0518 dated February 20, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepting Ref A proposal for a blanket designation of all U.S. air carriers under the October 2001 Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Morocco. 2. Unofficial embassy t [...]	2006-02-23 12:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA MO
06RABAT314	ISRAELI LABOR LEADER VISITS MOROCCO FOR INTERNAL [...] (C) During a February 22 meeting with DCM, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Director for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual discussed the February 17 visit of Israeli labor party leader Amir Peretz to Morocco. Azeroual noted that Peretz -- whom he called a "Moroccan" as [...]	2006-02-23 17:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MO
06RABAT315	MOROCCO ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (S) DCM met February 22 with newly appointed Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Director for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss reftel requirements regarding potential Moroccan donations for Iraqi and Afghan security forces. Azeroual asserted that the Iraqis would [...]	2006-02-23 17:13:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	AF IZ MARR MO MOPS PINS PREL PTER MASS
06RABAT316	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BELKHEIR'S VIEWS ON WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted Algerian Ambassador Larbi Belkheir for an informal tea and conversation on the Western Sahara and Morocco-Algeria relations the afternoon of February 16. Belkheir had just returned from Algiers the previous day. Present were Algerian DCM Ginad Boumedienne, NE [...]	2006-02-23 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT321	SNAPSHOTS OF MOROCCO: MEKNES AND BACK TO RABAT [...] (U) Meknes, Morocco's seventh largest city with a population of more than half a million, is located an hour and one-half southeast of Rabat and is easily accessible by a modern toll road with little traffic and at a minimal cost (USD 3) for expatriates. The drive is through foothills and agr [...]	2006-02-24 12:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT322	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled for training starting on March 5, 2006 for two weeks in Atlanta, GA: Name: 0-4 Kharchafi, Aziz DOB: 8 December 1966 POB: Casabl [...]	2006-02-24 13:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO
06RABAT326	WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCO SEEKS US INTERVENTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has asked at the highest levels that the U.S. demarche Algeria to help prevent a march of Sahrawi and European civilians across the berm in the Western Sahara, and the heavily land-mined area adjacent to the berm, reportedly planned by the Polisario to occur in conjuncti [...]	2006-02-24 14:53:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL
06RABAT327	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled for training starting on April 2, 2006 for one week in Washington, DC: Name: 0-5 Boui, Mohamed DOB: 1959 POB: Taounate, Morocco [...]	2006-02-24 15:12:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO
06RABAT328	REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled to attend the "Intelligence in Combat Terrorism" course at Ft. Huachuca, AZ from April 3-22, 2006: Name: 0-4 Kazouz, Anas DOB: 2 [...]	2006-02-24 15:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO
06RABAT330	DELIVERY OF MESSAGE TO GOM ON TSCTI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan delivered reftel message on Morocco's inability to participate in a seminar on terrorism in the trans-Sahara region cosponsored by the African Center for Strategic Studies (part of NDU) and the African Union (AU) to MF [...]	2006-02-24 15:34:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG WI AU MO
06RABAT331	MOROCCO ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) DCM met with newly promoted MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations and Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual February 21 to discuss reftel demarches regarding assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and potential meetings with Hamas. DCM emphasized that a new [...]	2006-02-24 15:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL MO
06RABAT333	MFA DISCUSSES NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, PRESS FREEDOM [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan met separately with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani and MFA Director of American Affairs Salahuddin Tazi to dis [...]	2006-02-24 15:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT335	FURTHER MOROCCAN VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) DCM used the opportunity of a February 21 meeting with MFA Director General of Multilateral Relations and Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss GOM views on Iran. (NB: Azeroual served as Moroccan Ambassador to Iran from 1993 to 2000 and speaks Farsi.) Azeroual s [...]	2006-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT336	MOROCCO: DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloffs met February 21 with MFA Director of United Nations and International Organizations Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel points on the appointment of the next UN Secretary General (SYG). Per guidance [...]	2006-02-24 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN MO
06RABAT337	MOROCCO: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS' REPORT ON [...] (C) Poloffs met February 21 with MFA Director of United Nations and International Organizations Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel points on the UN Special Rapporteurs' report on Guantanamo. Poloff delivered to Bourita a copy of reftel points in non-paper format. In response, Bourita commented [...]	2006-02-24 17:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO MO PREL PTER
06RABAT341	WESTERN SAHARA: US INTERVENTIONS CONCERNING [...] (C) Ambassador Thomas T. Riley called Foreign Minister Benaissa to update him on the steps taken by the USG (reftel) regarding a potential Polisario organized march on the berm in the Western Sahara on February 27. The Ambassador informed the Foreign Minister that the Department of State, E [...]	2006-02-24 19:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL
06RABAT344	WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO UPDATE AS OF MORNING OF [...] (C) Following up on reftels, Polcouns called MINURSO political officer Alexandyr Sporys the morning of February 27 for an update on weekend activity in Tifariti and a status report on expected activity in Tifariti and Tindouf on February 27 and 28 to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the foun [...]	2006-02-27 12:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT355	WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO REPORTS CONTINUED CALM IN [...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexandr Sporys telephoned Polcouns at 8 pm local time February 27 to brief on the day's activities in Tifariti. Sporys said MINURSO peacekeepers based in Tifariti had observed part of the day's festivities in keeping with MINURSO's mandate. MINURSO estimated th [...]	2006-02-28 13:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT356	AML: PROSPECTS FOR PARLIAMENTARY PASSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the controversial draft bill has been languishing in interministerial vetting for three years, Government of Morocco (GOM) officials say the government will push through parliament new anti-money laundering (AML) legislation this spring. Citing a full legislative agen [...]	2006-02-28 13:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PGOV MO
06RABAT357	HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- THE CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. With funding ending March 31, Post seeks an opportunity to express support for the continuation of the American Bar Association "Human Rights Clinical Legal Educat [...]	2006-02-28 16:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT358	WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI CLAIMS POLISARIO HOLDS AN [...] This cable is sensitive by unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Dahi Akai, President of the Association of Those Who Disappeared by the Polisario. Akai presented a letter in Arabic for the Secretary requesting assistance for an American allegedly hel [...]	2006-02-28 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MO PBTS PGOV PHUM
06RABAT359	GOM REFUGEE POLICY: LIMITED INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale told Polcouns February 22 that the GOM had "no objection" to an international refugee resettlement program out of Morocco provided it remained low-key, with as little media attention as possible to avoid attracting more would-be refugees to Morocco. He s [...]	2006-02-28 21:36:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MO PGOV PREF PREL
06RABAT36	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1 to December 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's meeting with Global Rights, English ACCESS Microscholarships, capacity building using ICT, Nomadic Craft Caravan, a Family C [...]	2006-01-09 14:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT360	WESTERN SAHARA: MFA SAYS CBMS IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) During a February 22 meeting (reftel),MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale told Polcouns that the family visits program, a key element of the US-funded confidence-building measures in the Western Sahara, was in jeopardy as a result of politicization of the program by the Polisario. Hilale [...]	2006-02-28 22:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT367	AVIAN FLU: NO TIME TO PANIC [...] (U) Summary: Although no cases of Avian Influenza have been detected in Morocco, the malady has many Moroccans quaking in their boots. The issue regularly dominates front page news, rumors of outbreaks circulate at lightening speed, and consumption of chicken has plummeted, putting the $1.4 [...]	2006-03-01 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KFLU CASC MO
06RABAT385	GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...]	2006-03-02 11:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID MO
06RABAT386	GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...]	2006-03-02 11:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID MO
06RABAT389	WESTERN SAHARA: PREPARING THE GOM FOR AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the MOI and MFA on February 17 in Rabat, and reiterated during the embassy's February 22 meeting with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale, visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan urged GOM officials to be expansive in their thinking on autonomy to make it real and cred [...]	2006-03-02 14:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT39	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Government of Morocco poverty figures indicate that from 1999 to 2004 the number of Moroccans living below the poverty line - defined as a monthly household income of $187 for a family of 5.6 people living in an urban setting, or $194 for a family of 6.4 people living in a rural setting - has [...]	2006-01-09 17:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN SENV MO
06RABAT398	MOROCCO: IS THE GOVERNMENT STRANGLING THE PRESS? [...] (C) Freedom of the press continues to be a significant political and human rights issue in Morocco, and the mission continues to discuss the issue with the GOM at high levels, and to raise concerns as we see them. The GOM's latest tack appears to be one of levying heavy fines on offending p [...]	2006-03-03 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS MO
06RABAT399	CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN JUDICIAL REFORM [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The American Bar Association (ABA) has MEPI and DRL funds to implement "rule of law" reform changes in Morocco. One of the MEPI funded programs is "judicial development" (reftel A). In light of th [...]	2006-03-03 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT40	CODEL LANTOS VISITS PARLIAMENT, MEETS REFORMERS, [...] (SBU) As part of his January 2-5 visit to Morocco, Congressman Lantos (D-CA) visited and toured the Moroccan Parliament, met with Moroccan reformers, and discussed recent political, social and religious reforms with the Minister of Islamic Affairs. Lantos was accompanied by his wife Annette L [...]	2006-01-09 17:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP MO
06RABAT402	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Fishing, which employs nearly one in ten Moroccans, brought in nearly $400 million in 2005, a 12 percent increase over the previous year. The highest growth came from catches brought into the ports of Tan Tan in southern Morocco and Laayoune, in the Western Sahara. -------- Bull Run ---- [...]	2006-03-03 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS EAIR EINV ECPS MO
06RABAT403	ARAB MAGHREB UNION: LETTERS TO SECRETARY RICE AND [...] (U) Post received on March 3 the following letters to Secretary Rice and NEA A/S Welch from Secretary General of SIPDIS the Arab Maghreb Union Habib Ben Yahya. The originals have been pouched to NEA/MAG. 2. (SBU) Begin letter (as received) to Secretary Rice: Dear Madam, On the oc [...]	2006-03-03 17:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MO
06RABAT431	WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY, INTEGRATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: During the mission's last visit to the Western Sahara in late January, and in a subsequent conversation with the Mayor of Laayoune in Rabat, emboffs have had opportunities to engage with local officials, NGOs, and other contacts concerning their views on autonomy, integration, [...]	2006-03-08 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT432	PRESS FREEDOM: MOROCCO NEEDS TO AVOID A BLACK EYE [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, DCM raised freedom of the press in Morocco, noting that recent actions against journalists in Morocco (reftels) appeared at odds with the country's increasing democratization. It appeared the GOM was taking a [...]	2006-03-08 18:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT433	WESTERN SAHARA: DCM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SERIOUS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, which also covered freedom of expression (Ref A),DCM underscored the need for Morocco to produce a serious, credible autonomy plan that could serve as the basis of negotiations with the Polisario as well as A [...]	2006-03-08 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT441	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON SECURITY CZAR YASSINE MANSOURI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Director General of the DGED (Direction General des Etudes and Documentation) on March 8 at DGED headquarters in Rabat. While ostensibly a courtesy call in recognition of Mansouri's appointment as head of DGED in 2005, the meeting provided the opportunity to [...]	2006-03-09 18:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MO PBTS PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT442	DEPUTY FM FASSI FIHRI VENTS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Ambassador telephoned Deputy FM Fassi Fihri midday on March 8 to inform him about the cancellation of A/S Welch's planned March 13-14 visit to Morocco. A fifty-three minute conversation ensued. Fassi Fihri pressed regarding the rest of the trip, and the Ambassador said A/S Welch still mi [...]	2006-03-09 18:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT443	DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Azeroual on March 3. Post will report any substantive response septel. ****************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea [...]	2006-03-09 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MO
06RABAT448	UPDATE ON ICRC ACTIVITIES IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Over lunch March 2 in Rabat, visiting ICRC Regional Representative Bernard Pfefferle and Polcouns discussed the following issues: Western Sahara -------------- 2. (C) Pfefferle sought latest US views on the political situation in the Western Sahara. Polcouns said the US believe [...]	2006-03-10 14:44:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MO PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT453	FTA Implementation: First Bumps in the Road [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first 75 days of FTA implementation Moroccan and U.S. businesses have experienced a few difficulties. The most pressing and disturbing implementation difficulties have been in the area of agricultural trade, including an unfavorable rules of origin determination f [...]	2006-03-13 10:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR BEXP KIPR KTIA MO
06RABAT461	WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTIES KICK [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On March 10-11, the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD),teaming up with the smaller Forces Citoyennes party (FC),held a conference at the Tour Hassan Hotel in Rabat entitled "Regionalization and Autonomy: Models and Options." International experts fro [...]	2006-03-14 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT469	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF [...] (SBU) Econoff met March 14 with Moroccan Ministry of Finance official Abdelaziz Khaoua discuss terrorism finance-related issues and to deliver reftel demarche concerning the charities discussion at the MENA-FATF plenary in Cairo next week. 2. (SBU) Khaoua was receptive to demarche and co [...]	2006-03-15 16:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KFTN PTER XF MO
06RABAT48	PJD'S OTHMANI ON PARTY SPLIT, WESTERN SAHARA, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: During a January 6 meeting with Emboffs, Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) Secretary General Saad Eddin Othmani Othmani downplayed the reported split within the PJD describing it as a handful of individuals the party wanted to get rid of. He highlighted the party [...]	2006-01-10 15:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT484	MOROCCO-TURKEY RELATIONS: A ROBUST AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: During a recent two-hour lunch with Polcouns, Turkish Embassy First Secretary Turker Ari painted a diverse portrait of Morocco-Turkish relations, touching on a series of planned and already executed high-level visits, extensive relations between the two countries' Islamist parti [...]	2006-03-17 16:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL MAS MO PGOV PREL
06RABAT49	MOROCCO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICY [...] Econoff met Jan. 10 with Mohammed El Kadiri, Technical Director for Moroccan national telecoms regulator ANRT to discuss Moroccan spectrum management policy per request in Ref A. Answers below are keyed to questions in Reftel. 2. A) The authority responsible for spectrum management in Mor [...]	2006-01-10 17:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON MO
06RABAT490	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said March 14 that Morocco plans to move "in the medium-term" towards a more flexible exchange rate system. Jouahri said the country's increasing openness to trade warrants a transition to an as-yet-unspecified exchange regime, a move the IMF has c [...]	2006-03-20 14:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ECPS MO
06RABAT497	GOM PROPOSES HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION TO BRIEF [...] (C) Summary: Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri told Ambassador Riley March 20 that he and Moroccan Amb. to the UN (and until recently Interior Minister) Moustapha Sahel proposed to travel to Washington this week or early next to brief U.S. officials informally on King [...]	2006-03-20 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MO
06RABAT498	STAFFDEL PHELAN'S WESTERN SAHARA MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Phelan and EconCouns visited Laayoune, Western Sahara on March 18 as swarms of workers readied the city ) festooned with Moroccan flags -- for King Mohammed VI's imminent arrival. MINURSO officials briefed Phelan on the mission's activities, previewed the draft SYG re [...]	2006-03-21 08:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OREP MO
06RABAT50	REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) met with FM Benaissa for 90 minutes on January 4 at the MFA. Benaissa lauded US-Morocco relations and outlined many of the accomplishments of King Mohammed in the area of womens rights, equity and reconciliation, and press freedom. Benaissa was gloomy about Iraq, [...]	2006-01-10 17:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT504	Initial FTA Success Stories - The First 90 Days [...] Summary: As expected, increased foreign direct investment has led FTA successes in the early days. Yet anecdotal evidence shows U.S. and Moroccan exporters are making use of the FTA's market access provisions to explore new market opportunities. U.S. FTA-related technical assistance has bo [...]	2006-03-21 17:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR BEXP KIPR KTIA MO
06RABAT505	STAFFDEL PHELAN AT MOROCCAN MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: Staffdel Phelan met senior Moroccan MFA officials, including Bilateral Affairs Director Amrani, to discuss Western Sahara, reform, FTA, MCA and other issues of mutual interest. Phelan emphasized the need for a concrete, practical Western Sahara autonomy proposal that could se [...]	2006-03-21 17:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP MO
06RABAT506	Initial FTA Success Stories - The First 90 Days [...] Summary: As expected, increased foreign direct investment has led FTA successes in the early days. Yet anecdotal evidence shows U.S. and Moroccan exporters are making use of the FTA's market access provisions to explore new market opportunities. U.S. FTA-related technical assistance has bo [...]	2006-03-21 17:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR BEXP KIPR KTIA MO
06RABAT507	MFA, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OBJECT TO MEPI [...] (C) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs Fassi Fihri and Communications Minister Benabdallah told Ambassador Riley March 20 that media outlets accepting MEPI grants or other foreign funding would constitute a violation of Moroccan law, punishable by fines and imprisonment. They e [...]	2006-03-21 18:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO KMPI KPAO PHUM PREL
06RABAT516	OFFICIAL MOROCCAN VIEWS ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Gerard Cheyne met with GOM officials during his March 3-10 visit to Morocco and Western Sahara to discuss the possibility of launching a limited resettlement program and the CBM family visit exchanges occurring in the Western Sahara. Chey [...]	2006-03-23 10:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS PREL PHUM UNHCR PGOV MO EG
06RABAT517	HUMAN RIGHTS: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW AGAINST [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On March 16, the GOM announced parliament's passage of a new law against torture, according to the English-language Morocco Times. The Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bouzoubaa, reportedly said, "The new law aga [...]	2006-03-23 11:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
06RABAT519	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: MOROCCAN RESPONSE [...] (C) DCM met March 22 with MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations Mohamed Azeroual to stress the importance of ref(a) issues for the upcoming Arab League (AL) meeting in Khartoum. Azeroual confirmed that FM Benaissa will lead the Moroccan delegation as King Mohammed is currently "busy [...]	2006-03-23 16:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU MO
06RABAT527	MOROCCO PORT REFORM: EYE ON THE FTA [...] Summary: Morocco is making wide-ranging reforms to its port sector, a key piece of an economy which handles 98 percent of the country's of foreign trade. A law passed in December 2005 opens the sector to private operators, breaking the state's monopoly over commercial cargo services and cre [...]	2006-03-24 16:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT ETRD MO
06RABAT530	MOROCCO SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On Thursday March 23, 2006, Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 961 from the Moroccan MFA, requesting USG support for its candidature to the newly-created UN Human Rights Council (reftel). A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxed separately to NEA/MAG. 2. Begin text of GOM transl [...]	2006-03-24 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO PHUM PREL
06RABAT531	MEPI MEDIA GRANTS PROGRAMS ALARM THE GOM; EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-25 03:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OIIP PHUM SCUL KMPI KPAO KIRC MO
06RABAT539	WESTERN SAHARA: A TOUGH SPEECH CAPS A MOMENTOUS [...] (C) King Mohammed spent five days in the Western Sahara, March 20-25, his first visit to the disputed territory since March 2002. The timing of the visit, coming amidst a public consultation process on autonomy and private diplomacy by Moroccan Deputy FM Fassi Fihri with Paris and Washington, [...]	2006-03-27 19:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT540	THE BERBER (AMAZIGH) IN MOROCCO, PART I [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff and PAO traveled from Rabat to Al-Akhawayn University, located in the foothills of the Middle Atlas mountain range, south to Erfoud in the anti-Atlas, west to Agdaz and north to Ouarzazate and through the High Atlas range to Marrakesh from March 10 through March 17 on a c [...]	2006-03-28 11:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT552	WESTERN SAHARA: THE MFA HELPS UNVEIL THE NEW [...] (C) Summary: The MFA requested the Ambassador's attendance at a meeting on March 28 with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale and other Western Hemisphere ambassadors. The subject of the meeting was the King's recent speech (reftel) and the formation of the "Conseil Royal Consultatif pour les Affaires S [...]	2006-03-28 17:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT557	SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA, MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 20, Spanish Ambassador Planas Puchades told Ambassador Riley that Spain continued to encourage Morocco to produce a credible autonomy plan for the Western Sahara. He dismissed alleged splits within the Polisario, suggesting the recently emerged faction "Line of Martyrs [...]	2006-03-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL SNAR
06RABAT558	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa the afternoon of March 28. Ambassador expressed appreciation for the strong relations between the USG and the ministry and encouraged the MOI to go forward with anti money laundering legislation as well as a letter of agreement [...]	2006-03-29 15:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT561	WESTERN SAHARA: INFORMAL MINURSO VIEWS ON CURRENT [...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexander Sporys (please protect) visited Rabat March 22-24 for consultations with the P-5, Spanish, and South Africans at the request of SRSG Bastagli. Sporys called on Polcouns March 23. SRSG Bastagli is expected in Rabat for follow-on discussions in early Apr [...]	2006-03-29 18:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL

06RABAT565	MOROCCO'S POLITICAL PARTIES: LAPDOGS OR DEMOCRATS? [...] (C) Summary: The series of splits, mergers, and coups that have dotted Morocco's already fractured political landscape since November 2005 attest to the fact that posturing for the 2007 parliamentary elections is in full swing. They also speak volumes about the force that King Mohammed VI's [...]	2006-03-30 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
06RABAT567	THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART II: ERFOUD AND RISSANI [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables drawn from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas from March 10-17. Erfoud is a medium-sized town, which is quickly becoming a tourist hub for the region, whereas Rissani is a small town on the road sou [...]	2006-03-30 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL
06RABAT574	MOROCCO REJECTS U.S. S&T PROPOSAL [...] (U) Post received diplomatic note number 1110 dated March 29, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejecting the latest U.S. proposal for Article VIII of the Science and Technology Agreement currently under negotiation. Post submitted the U.S. proposal on March 21 per instructions in R [...]	2006-03-31 13:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL KSCA EAID MO
06RABAT606	DEMARCHE ON ALGERIAN/MOROCCAN MIGRATION CONFERENCES [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 4, DCM met with Ambassador Youssef Amrani, MFA Director-General of Bilateral Relations, to deliver reftel demarche. Amrani's immediate response to the demarche was that the USG's position on the conf [...]	2006-04-05 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SMIG AG WI MO
06RABAT607	MFA DISCUSSES NATO AND THE UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) At an April 4 meeting with Ambassador Youssef Amrani, MFA Director-General of Bilateral Relations, the DCM discussed the GOM's understanding of its relationship with NATO. Amrani, who just returned from a positive experience at a NA [...]	2006-04-05 12:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MO
06RABAT615	THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART III: ASSOCIATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a series of cables from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas (south side of the Atlas Mountains) from March 10-17. The area discussed is part of the Meknes-Tafilalt region (reftels) and, like the Erfoud area, it [...]	2006-04-06 16:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL MO
06RABAT616	SEVENTEEN ACTIVISTS IN THE WESTERN SAHARA: BEATEN [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, seventeen Sahrawi prisoners were brought to court from Laayoune prison for their trials. According to the Polisario website and Sahrawi activist Brahim Afari who called Polcouns April 4, the prisoners were "severely beaten" in vans on the way to the court. One acti [...]	2006-04-06 17:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT617	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met April 3 for an hour and a half with Islamist-referenced Party for Justice and Development (PJD) Secretary General (SYG) Saad Eddine Othmani at PJD party headquarters. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff while Othmani was joined by PJD Depu [...]	2006-04-06 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT618	EMBASSY OFFICERS DISCUSS FOREIGN POLICY WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited Morocco's prestigious Al-Akhawayn University on April 3 to meet with faculty and discuss US-Morocco relations and human rights with undergraduate and graduate students as part o [...]	2006-04-07 08:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT62	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Contents --PPS Consolidates Socialist Alliance, Prepares Congress --Eid al-Adha: Prayer, Sacrifice, and Pardon --Morocco and Kuwait Join Forces to Promote Moderate Islam --King Supports Moroccan Children's Parliament --Morocco Creates Young Scientist Academy --Vietnam Opens Embassy in [...]	2006-01-13 17:02:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT630	UNHCR REMAINS UPBEAT ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Over lunch March 30, UNHCR Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told Polcouns that he remained optimistic at UNHCR's capacity to resettle abroad several hundred individuals in Morocco whom UNHCR had determined to be refugees. Following the visit of Cairo-based refugee coordinator (Re [...]	2006-04-07 14:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT633	PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT HOSTS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) hosted a conference March 31-April 1 on "U.S. Decision-Making and Its Impact on Moroccan-American Relations." Participants included party leaders as well as rank and file PJD members, select diplomats, academics and NGOs. Gues [...]	2006-04-07 15:17:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT635	THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART IV: WESTERN ANTI-ATLAS [...] (C) Summary: From March 10-17, Poloff and PAO were on a combined outreach and reporting trip in the anti-Atlas, south of the Atlas mountains on the edge of the Sahara Desert. This cable is the fourth in a series. The population of the western section of the anti-Atlas is larger, and, the as [...]	2006-04-07 16:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL MO
06RABAT637	WESTERN SAHARA: BASTAGLI MAKES THE CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, SRSG Bastagli argued that tighter and more robust operations over the last six months had made MINURSO a more effective force. Violations of the ceasefire were down 50 percent. Confidence-building measures remained essential to UN [...]	2006-04-07 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT638	MCA: MOROCCO HOLDS NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 28-29, the GOM hosted a national consultative workshop with NGOs, local associations, academics, private sector representatives and members of the international donor community as part of its consultation process for developing a compact proposal to access funds from [...]	2006-04-07 18:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID ECON SOCI MO
06RABAT639	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1 to March 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington and MEPI Tunis, a regional conference on the family code, political and judicial reform, women's rights, literacy training, English ACCESS Micro s [...]	2006-04-07 18:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT640	MOROCCO: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING [...] (C) A/Polcouns met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel request to solicit Moroccan troop and/or equipment support for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Sudan. Bourita raised two issues with Moroccan participation in suc [...]	2006-04-10 16:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV SU MO
06RABAT642	MOROCCO: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) A/Polcouns met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to deliver reftel message that the U.S. will not run for a seat on the new UN Human Rights Council this year. Bourita responded with a request for the U.S. to support Morocco's bid to b [...]	2006-04-10 16:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RABAT661	THE BARCELONA PROCESS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Currently, the European Union (EU) has over $1.5 billion in ongoing projects in Morocco under the Barcelona Process (BP). These projects cover issues related to economics, social services, environmental protection and human rights. The European Commission (EC) in Rabat repor [...]	2006-04-13 16:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV SOCI MO
06RABAT662	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOCIALIST UNION OF POPULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 3 with for an hour with Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) party leader and Minister of Territory Development, Water, and Environment Mohamed El Yazghi at the recently completed USFP party headquarters in Rabat. The Ambassador was [...]	2006-04-13 16:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT663	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL RALLY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 5 with National Rally of Independents (RNI) party leader and former prime minister Ahmed Osman at his residence in Rabat. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff (notetaker),while Osman was unaccompanied. This is the fourth in a round o [...]	2006-04-13 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT665	ABU MAZEN VISITS MOROCCO; HAMAS NEXT? [...] (C) FM Benaissa invited Ambassador to the MFA the morning of April 13 to discuss the visit of Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen (note: Abu Mazen arrived in Morocco April 12. King Mohammed held a dinner for him the evening of April 12 in Casablanca, attended by Arab diplomats and seni [...]	2006-04-13 18:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL
06RABAT668	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through March 31, 2006. Update narratives contain bot [...]	2006-04-14 11:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT671	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM CLAIMS IT'S NOT STALLING ON [...] (C) Following up on SRSG Bastagli's April 6 comment that Morocco had turned off a third attempted visit to the Western Sahara by the UN High Commission for Human Rights (reftel),Polcouns called MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita the afternoon of April 13 to get the official Moroccan [...]	2006-04-14 15:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT676	IS THERE AN AMAZIGH (BERBER) IDENTITY IN MOROCCO? [...] (C) Summary: While the constitution of Morocco recognizes ethnic and religious diversity, it is also clear that citizens are to think of themselves as Moroccan, not as members of separate ethnic or religious groups. Recent Amazigh history in Morocco (reftel A),however, points to the perse [...]	2006-04-14 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT678	MOROCCO: CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES AT THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 17:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KTBT MO
06RABAT679	MOROCCO: FORMATION OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Reftel letter from the Secretary was delivered to the office of Foreign Minister Mohamed Benaissa on April 14. Post also delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director of UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on April 14. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************** [...]	2006-04-14 17:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RABAT680	DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - AFRICAN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director of UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on April 14. Post will report any substantive response septel. **************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat ************* [...]	2006-04-14 17:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR PHUM UNCHR UN MO
06RABAT697	MOROCCO: PARTICIPATION IN COESPU'S SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Poloffs met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel request encouraging Moroccan participation in upcoming COESPU classes. Poloff delivered to Bourita a copy of reftel points in non-paper format. In response, Bourita ex [...]	2006-04-18 09:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR IT MO
06RABAT714	AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) As requested Ref B, the Ambassador called on Moroccan Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri the afternoon of April 17 to follow up on his April 13 discussion with FM Benaissa regarding the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Khalid Mishal to Morocco (FM Benaissa is traveling in South America and was th [...]	2006-04-19 15:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT718	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISTIQLAL PARTY LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 4 with Istiqlal party leader and Minister of State Abbas El Fassi at his residence over lunch. The Ambassador was accompanied by Polcouns, Poloff (notetaker),and PolLES, while El Fassi was joined by Istiqlal Upper House Caucus Leader an [...]	2006-04-20 10:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT719	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH POPULAR MOVEMENT UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 10 for one hour with Popular Movement Union (UMP) president and former Minister of Defense Mahjoubi Aherdane and UMP secretary general and Minister of Agriculture, Rural SIPDIS Development and Sea Fisheries Mohand Laenser at Aherdane's [...]	2006-04-20 10:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MO
06RABAT722	WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri for two hours the afternoon of April 17 to deliver points on the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Mishal (Refs A and B). Most of the meeting was consumed by a discussion on the Western Sahara, however, as Fassi Fihri recapped his re [...]	2006-04-20 11:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT728	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARAB MAGHREB UNION SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 19 with Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General Habib Ben Yahia to discuss the AMU's role in regional integration, the Western Sahara, counterterrorism and human rights. Ben Yahia explained that the AMU works well at the ministerial and technical levels wh [...]	2006-04-20 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT729	SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is engaging in a disingenuous process to delay movement toward a negotiated settlement of the Western Sahara conflict. Its domestic consultations on autonomy for the Western Sahara cannot be taken seriously, and have thus far excluded those who might offer differing p [...]	2006-04-20 18:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KPKO UNUS MO AG
06RABAT73	MOROCCO 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 07:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
06RABAT730	MONEY LAUNDERING BILL PASSES COUNCIL OF [...] (U) On April 19, Morocco's long awaited draft Anti- Money Laundering (AML) bill was approved the Moroccan Council of Government (the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Driss Jettou). After clearing the Council of Government, a Ministerial Council, presided over by King Mohammed VI, will then [...]	2006-04-21 08:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MO
06RABAT732	ELECTRICITY (IS) NOT STATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Director of Moroccan state electricity company Younes Maamar described to Ambassador on April 18 the government's plans to deregulate the electricity sector, stressing the GOM's urgency to diversify its energy sources and his personal preference that Morocco move forward with nuc [...]	2006-04-21 10:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC ECON SENV KNNP MO
06RABAT734	WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCANS NERVOUS ABOUT IMPENDING [...] (C) Deputy FM Fassi Fihri telephoned the Ambassador late afternoon April 20 to express concern about the contents of the SYG's report on the Western Sahara, soon to be released, as well as impending action on the Western Sahara by the UN Security Council. Fassi Fihri understood that the Secur [...]	2006-04-21 11:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT736	HUMAN RIGHTS CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- SPENDING MONEY [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. (SBU) Summary: On April 18, Poloff and Laboff visited the Human Rights Clinical Legal Education program at Hassan II University in Mohammedia, loc [...]	2006-04-21 12:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT742	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] An EU-Morocco fisheries agreement signed in July 2005 has been delayed due to opposition from some EU governments about whether the deal should include fishing grounds off the disputed Western Sahara. Last year, after six years of talks, the GOM signed a $160 million, four-year deal that wou [...]	2006-04-21 15:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIS EWWT KFLU KHIV MO WS
06RABAT748	MOROCCO: MFA VIEWS ON COESPU PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Following up on reftels, Poloff met April 20 with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim to discuss Moroccan participation in COESPU's second round of classes in May. Confirming the Moroccan Gendarmerie [...]	2006-04-21 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR IT MO
06RABAT779	GOM SEEKS US SUPPORT IN BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note and aide-memoire seeking US support for Morocco's candidacy to the Human Rights Council. As the aide-memoire is a comprehensive summary of how the GOM views its [...]	2006-04-26 16:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT786	INTERIOR MINISTER'S FIRST INTERVIEW OFFERS GLIMPSE [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Coming on the heels of his recent visit to France, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa provided April 19, 2006 the Moroccan French-language daily L'Economiste his first official interview since being appointed [...]	2006-04-27 11:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER MO
06RABAT787	MOROCCO: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita and urged Morocco to oppose the candidacy of Iran and other serious human rights abusers during the May 9 vote for the UN Human Rights Council. Bourita said that Iran [...]	2006-04-27 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MO
06RABAT788	MOROCCO: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - US [...] (SBU) On April 27, poloff discussed reftel U.S. extension request to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita expressed surprise that the U.S. was requesting an extension, noting that it was usually the Russian [...]	2006-04-27 11:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
06RABAT789	MOROCCO ON INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel impact of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) charged with investiging the UN's Oil-for Food program on April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. According to Bourita, the issue needs to be viewed "globally," and [...]	2006-04-27 12:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ MO
06RABAT808	Misuse of Life Sciences Research - Morocco [...] On April 25, post delivered reftel demarche and questions regarding misuse of life sciences to Dr. Khalid Temsamani, National Coordinator of Materials Science at the Department of Scientific Research at the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education. Temsamani provided responses and point of cont [...]	2006-04-28 12:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER KTIA MO
06RABAT816	SCENESETTER FOR FM BENAISSA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) FM Benaissa is coming to Washington May 2 after a bruising few weeks for Morocco on the Western Sahara. The latest UN resolution was a narrowly dodged bullet, from Morocco's point of view. The MFA in Rabat and Moroccan Embassy in Washington both lobbied vigorously to avoid a resolution [...]	2006-04-28 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT85	MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post offers the following information on Moroccan non-governmental organizations that provide support or services to the victims and families of the Casablanca terrorist attacks on May 16, 2003, or are engaged in activities designed to blunt the appeal of Islamic ex [...]	2006-01-19 15:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KAWC KPAO MO
06RABAT880	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Economic and commercial issues dominated Chinese President Hu Jiantao's April 23-25 visit to Morocco - his first stop on a three country Africa tour following his trips to Washington and Riyadh. Responding to Moroccan fears of China's domination of manufactured exports, particularly the text [...]	2006-05-04 11:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EAGR KIPR KTEX MO
06RABAT897	MOROCCO: MENA-FATF CHARITIES PAPER DEMARCHE [...] (U) Econoff met May 5 with Moroccan Ministry of Finance (MOF) official Mr. Abdelaziz Al Khaoua, head of banking and financial sector issues, to discuss terrorism finance-related matters and to deliver reftel demarche concerning the Government of Morocco (GOM) position on the MENA-FATF Chariti [...]	2006-05-08 14:02:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KFTN PTER XF MO
06RABAT908	AMAZIGH (BERBER) CONFERENCE DEMANDS [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Le Reporter (April 20),a weekly French-language magazine format journal, reported the results of the April 7 and 8 Amazigh (Berber) conference held in Meknes. (Note: Meknes is located east of Rabat in the Mekne [...]	2006-05-10 08:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT911	MOROCCO: UN DEMOCRACY FUND INVITATION FOR GRANT [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel fund on April 27 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita expressed interest in the fund and said that it was likely that the GOM would be interested in participating. He said he would review the information and pro [...]	2006-05-10 13:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA MO
06RABAT913	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT [...] (SBU) MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita told Polcouns May 10 that the May 15 visit of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) was going forward, and the program had been prepared. The delegation, which would not include Louise Arbour, would arrive [...]	2006-05-10 18:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MO PBTS PHUM PREL PINR
06RABAT918	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MOROCCO: IS IT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Constitutional reform is regularly brought up by contacts and is occasionally a topic in the press. Reform, however, does not mean the entire constitution but rather portions of it which directly relate to the interest or interests of a particular group. Whereas Moroccans desc [...]	2006-05-11 13:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT922	IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES - MOROCCO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 16:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ABLD PHUM ETTC MO
06RABAT961	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Overall GDP grew by 5.7 percent annually at the end of the first quarter of 2006, while non-agricultural GDP grew by four percent, a consistent figure over several quarters. A report by the Moroccan Government's High Planning Commission said GDP was helped by strong performance in constructio [...]	2006-05-18 13:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EAGR ELAB MO
06RABAT968	MOURAD EL HAMYANI DEPORTATION [...] (S) Embassy Rabat provides the following background concerning the possible deportation of Moroccan terrorist suspect Mourad El Hamyani to Morocco. The Moroccan police have an arrest warrant for El Hamyani for criminal activity, including armed robbery with the intent to use the profits to f [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MO PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT970	ICRC SEES PROGRESS WITH GOM ON HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Over lunch May 18, ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle told Polcouns the ICRC was generally pleased with progress on the humanitarian issues it is working with the GOM, and especially with progress on resolving the issue of the disappeared between Morocco and the Polisario Front. [...]	2006-05-19 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT971	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDY IN MOROCCO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of National War College (NWC) students and faculty, led by Commandant Major General Teresa Marne Peterson and Deputy Commandant Ambassador Marcelle Wahba, visited Morocco May 13-18, [...]	2006-05-19 18:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO MARR MO MOPS PGOV PREL
06RABAT985	MEPI RESPONSIBILITIES REVISITED [...] In ref A, post requested clarification of project officer responsibilities related to MEPI grants and information on available/appropriate training in order to carry out these duties effectively. Recently, post's project officers have received delegation of authority notices from MEPI's Regi [...]	2006-05-23 11:12:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID KMPI MO
06RABAT986	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY OF PROGRESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met May 19 for one hour with Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) secretary general Ismail Alaoui at the party's headquarters SIPDIS in Rabat. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff (notetaker),while Alaoui was joined by PPS executive commi [...]	2006-05-23 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MO
06RANGOON1010	FEAR AND INTIMIDATION AT WORK IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu on July 18 to determine whether there was genuine regime interest in re-engaging with the international community as UN U/SYG Gambari had indicated. Kyaw did not respond directly, but made it clear that his ability to meet wit [...]	2006-07-20 06:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1012	PROGRESS ON TRANSNATIONAL TIP SLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 07:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM PREL BM
06RANGOON1013	SURRENDER OF SHAN STATE ARMY-SOUTH BRIGADE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 07:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR PINS BM
06RANGOON1014	BURMA,S NGOS OPERATING IN AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 08:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON1017	BURMA'S BUDGET, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB published its 2006-07 budget, as well as 2005-06 supplemental expenditures in the minimally distributed Burma Gazette. Although accurate amounts and totals are impossible to determine, categories with the largest expenditures in both years are clear: state-owned enterpr [...]	2006-07-21 03:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV BM
06RANGOON1036	IN BURMA, SMALL NGO EFFORTS SCORE BIG IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While international NGOs and organizations in Burma face increasing pressure on their activities (reftel),local initiatives to improve health and educational and meet other basic development needs are growing. These projects, often organized by NLD-affiliated civic leaders and [...]	2006-07-21 09:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1042	KAYAH STATE - BURMANS IN AND KARENNIS OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Catholic Bishop Sotero Phamo of Loikaw, the capitol of Kayah State, briefed Charg on July 21 on daily life in his diocese. Ethnic Burmans have taken over leadership of the state and businesses, backed by nearly a dozen Burmese Army battalions. Kayah residents, predominately ethn [...]	2006-07-24 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREF PINS BM
06RANGOON1050	BURMA: MANUVEURING FOR CHANGE [...] (S) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) doctor met with Charge July 20 to discuss recent developments. He has not seen her since June 10 when she was ill, but expects to see her again by early August. He indicated that plans to use Martyr's Day, July 19, to launch public protests against the [...]	2006-07-25 05:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1057	INSPIRING THOSE WHO SEEK CHANGE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Ludu Sein Win shows what can be done in Burma today, contradicting the many who have concluded that nothing can be done. He defied his police monitors to write a well-articulated plea for change that appeared May 23 in the International Herald Tribune. Increasing desperation has [...]	2006-07-25 10:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1061	JOHNNY COMES MARCHING "HOME" TO BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB confirmed rumors that Johnny Htoo, former child soldier and co-leader of Karen rebel faction "God's Army," surrendered to the SPDC with eight others on July 19. Along with his twin brother Luther, he briefly led local Karen compatriots to resist the Burmese Army in the la [...]	2006-07-26 08:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON1065	DISCORD AMONG BURMA'S KAREN INSURGENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The power vacuum created by the grave illness of Karen National Union (KNU) leader General Bo Mya has opened a serious split between the KNU and its armed faction, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). While the KNU feels pressured by exile groups to continue the fight, the [...]	2006-07-27 10:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC BM
06RANGOON1075	BURMA'S WOMEN'S AFFAIRS FEDERATION TOUTS ITSELF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation (MWAF),an organization closely linked to the GOB, claims to prevent human trafficking and assist victims, its primary focus seems more geared to propaganda. Its small operating budget limits its effectiveness. The organization has [...]	2006-07-31 09:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KWMN BM
06RANGOON1076	CHINA WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS FROM BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Political Section chief in Rangoon told emboffs that China does not consider trafficking in persons (TIP) between China and Burma to be a serious issue, but she called drug trafficking China's "number one headache," and indicated that illegal logging complicated bilateral [...]	2006-07-31 10:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SENV SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON1077	MIN KO NAING TRIES TO UNIFY BURMA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Ko Naing, former political prisoner and leader of the "88 Generation Students," used the July 19 Martyrs' Day holiday to show support for the NLD in an ongoing effort to mend the fractured relationship between the NLD and student groups. Min Ko Naing is taking on a more act [...]	2006-07-31 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1097	BURMA: THE REGIME HARDENS ITS POSITION ON ASEAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma's ruling Generals are the hardest of the hardliners. They have made decisions to harden their positions on ASEAN, the democratic opposition, and the ethnic minorities. Only high-ranking UN representatives may be allowed access to Aung San Suu Kyi; visiting ASEAN representa [...]	2006-08-02 11:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1098	IMF TEAM VISITS BURMA FOR ARTICLE IV CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visited Burma July 10-21 for annual Article IV consultations. Charge met with them privately during their visit plus hosted a separate roundtable for the team with Burmese private sector business and economic observers. The IMF team re [...]	2006-08-03 03:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV IMF BM
06RANGOON1115	A BURMESE GENERAL GETS HIS COMEUPPANCE [...] (C) Summary: Charge and DATT met with LTG Myint Swe August 2 to see what kind of dialogue we could maintain. It became clear that Myint Swe's previously expansive view of his areas of authority (reftels) has been considerably reduced. Now he's just a general responsible for embassy security [...]	2006-08-08 03:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1122	POL TEMPLATE...DO NOT ERASE! [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 11:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1123	STUDENT ACTIVISTS COMMEMORATE THE 1988 UPRISING [...] (C) Summary: Over 500 democracy activists and supporters gathered in Rangoon on August 8, the 17th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, to commemorate their fallen comrades in a religious ceremony held at Thaikpan Monastery in Rangoon. The event, organized by the 88 Generation Stude [...]	2006-08-08 11:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1124	BURMA: CHARGE MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After several requests and cancellations, Charge finally met with Minister for Home Affairs Maung Oo to stress the importance of meaningful progress toward democracy, the release of political prisoners, and greater access to Burma for journalists. The Minister lamented the West [...]	2006-08-08 11:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1136	WA TURNING TO CHINA RATHER THAN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Wa are rapidly being pulled into China's orbit and will resist any new concessions to the Burmese regime that would restrict their current relative autonomy. While they will talk with the Burmese, the Wa have no intention of ever giving up their arms. The ban on opium cul [...]	2006-08-10 07:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON1170	BURMA: 11 AIDS ACTIVISTS AND 20 MONKS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: Eleven HIV/AIDS activists close to the 88 Students Generation Group were arrested August 13 for not properly registering to spend the night at a monastery where they were preparing a ceremony for HIV/AIDS victims. Members of Min Ko Naing's Students Group and the NLD gathered at t [...]	2006-08-14 10:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KHIV PREL BM
06RANGOON1182	BURMA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 08:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA BM
06RANGOON1195	THREE DISEASES FUND DONORS MOVE AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Three Diseases (3D) Fund in Burma should become operational by December 2006. The UN is recruiting Fund staff and the UK just announced a $38 million funding commitment to the 3D Fund, while the Netherlands committed one million euros. The six donor nations -- UK, EC, [...]	2006-08-18 14:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1196	BURMESE HARASSMENT CONTINUES PAST DEATH [...] (U) On August 12, ex-political prisoner and NLD member Ko Than Lwin died of complications related to HIV/AIDS. Ko Than Lwin had contracted HIV/AIDS in jail after being arrested in 1998 and sentenced to 14 years in prison for distributing copies of the opposition journal "New Era." He was rele [...]	2006-08-18 14:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM KHIV
06RANGOON1208	ADDITIONS TO BURMA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO UNGA [...] The GOB sent us 2 additional names for their representation at the 61st UN General Assembly. They are: His Excellency U Kyi Thein, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Delhi Member Daw Myat Myat So, Director, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of National Plann [...]	2006-08-22 03:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA BM
06RANGOON1216	LOOKING FOR RICE IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB closely monitors rising rice prices to avoid social unrest if Rangoon residents can't find, or can't afford, enough rice - Burma's staple food. Recent official efforts to control rice prices include a virtual ban on rice exports from May through July of this year and the [...]	2006-08-23 02:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON124	TECHNOCRATS WILLING TO ENGAGE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (C) Summary: The first visit of USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor based in Bangkok, prompted a rare level of access and engagement by GOB counterparts. Eager for information as well as support, experts at the Ministries of Health and, especially, Livestock and Fisheries discussed [...]	2006-01-31 01:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1240	FEW TAKERS FOR LAND IN BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, the Naypyitaw City Development Committee (NCDC) announced that it will accept applications to buy residential plots and small business sites in Burma's new capital. By tightly regulating private development in the new capital, the GOB aims to provide services to t [...]	2006-08-30 08:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1241	RESPONSES ON KARENNI NATIONAL DEFENCE ARMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little information is available about the Karenni National Defence Army (KNDA) outside of open sources. Post has no information or evidence that the KNDA has engaged in any activities that are considered acts of terrorism, nor has it posed any threat to U.S. national security or [...]	2006-08-30 09:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PTER BM
06RANGOON1249	BURMA: AI UPDATE - AUGUST 30, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has reported no new cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since a February/March 2006 poultry outbreak, which was contained in April. Donors, including USAID, support targeted WHO and FAO activities to improve local capacity to address AI. Although the GOB continues to cooperate [...]	2006-08-31 08:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1269	AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN GOOD HEALTH, BUT NOT FREE [...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) had another meeting with her doctor on August 24, two and half months after she last saw him. According to Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),she remains in good health and keeps busy with meditation, listening to the radio, and walking around her compound. H [...]	2006-09-06 08:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1287	RESPONSES ON CHIN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has no evidence that Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) has ever planned or engaged in violence to achieve its objectives, nor that it poses any threat to the United States. The CNLD is an ethnic political party with no armed faction. The CNLD has held discussions wi [...]	2006-09-08 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER BM
06RANGOON1288	RESPONSES ON THE ARAKAN LIBERATION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has no information that the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) has engaged in any activities that are considered acts of terrorism, nor do we have any information that it poses any threat to U.S. national security or to the security of U.S. nationals or allies. Little information [...]	2006-09-08 06:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PINS PTER BM
06RANGOON1323	UNFPA PROPOSES TO EXPAND ITS BURMA PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: At its September 13 Executive Board meeting in New York, UNFPA plans to propose a new four-year program for assistance in Burma that expands its current projects into new areas, including emergency obstetric care and expanded HIV/AIDs prevention, according to UNFPA's representa [...]	2006-09-13 07:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1327	PREPARING GAMBARI FOR HIS NEXT VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Post supports U/SYG Gambari's efforts to foster dialogue in Burma, but another trip stage-managed by the regime would be counterproductive. The regime's extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest shortly after Gambari's last visit was a slap in the face of the UN. Gambari nee [...]	2006-09-13 10:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1346	NGOS IN BURMA TRY TO STAY FREE OF INTERFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Seven months after the GOB issued new guidelines designed to regulate international and local NGOs operating in Burma, no one is sure which rules apply to which NGOs, but most organizations continue to face increased scrutiny and restrictions on their activities. Lack of coordi [...]	2006-09-18 06:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAID BM

06RANGOON1354	CHINESE IN RANGOON NOT EAGER TO MOVE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: the Charge d'Affaires a.i. and the Political Counselor of the Chinese Embassy told DCM on September 15 that China has no plans to move its embassy from Rangoon to Burma's isolated new capital. They believe that the Russians may take advantage of an upcoming visit by Russia's D [...]	2006-09-18 09:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH BM
06RANGOON136	YAWN: BURMESE REGIME RECESSES NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime recessed its National Convention (NC) on January 31, ending the third session of an indefinite process to produce a new constitution that accords the military preeminent governing powers. The GOB did not announce a date to reconvene the NC, although a senior g [...]	2006-02-01 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1360	CHALLENGES IN REMOTE SOUTHERN CHIN STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: One visit to Mindat District in southern Chin State is enough to confirm it is one of the least developed areas in Burma. The impoverished majority Christian population faces widespread officially sanctioned religious discrimination. Lack of employment options remains a major [...]	2006-09-19 05:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID ECON BM
06RANGOON1361	SPDC AND UNICEF DISCUSS CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPDC Secretary-1 Lt. Gen. Thein Sein recently told UNICEF that Burma is making progress on reducing child soldiers in its military, although UNICEF admits it has no mechanism to verify these claims. The regime continues to refuse UNICEF's request for regular, unannounced visits to [...]	2006-09-19 05:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KOCI BM
06RANGOON1363	RESPONSES ON KAYAN NEW LAND PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has no information or evidence that the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP) has engaged in any activities that are considered acts of terrorism, nor has it posed any threat to U.S. national security or to the security of U.S. nationals or allies. The KNLP was a founding member of the [...]	2006-09-19 08:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PTER BM
06RANGOON1375	BURMA'S FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS PERSEVERE [...] (C) Summary: Years in Burmese prisons have not dampened the will of many political prisoners to work within the country to promote change. Despite a tough adjustment period to life on the outside, former prisoners once active in the pro-democracy movement still hold tightly to their beliefs. [...]	2006-09-20 09:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KPAO BM
06RANGOON1376	LITTLE PROGRESS ON FORCED LABOR IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: ILO Burma Liaison Officer Richard Horsey said the GOB is making slow progress on the two outstanding issues raised at the June International Labor Conference (ILC): a moratorium on prosecutions of forced labor complainants, and agreement on a mechanism to handle forced labor compl [...]	2006-09-20 10:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
06RANGOON1377	OPPOSITION ELATED BY UNSC ATTENTION TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The UNSC's decision to place Burma on its September agenda was greeted warmly by leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD),student activists, and ethnic parties in Burma. The regime reacted by praising China, Russia, and other countries who opposed UNSC action and blast [...]	2006-09-20 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON138	BURMA: WORLD VISION MOVES FORWARD AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months ago, the future of World Vision International (WVI) aid programs in Burma looked bleak. The GOB had ordered WVI to close some projects and restricted expatriate staff from conducting field visits. In the past three months, however, the GOB's cooperation has measurably [...]	2006-02-02 05:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1382	COURT DISMISSES CASE CITED BY ILO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 06:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
06RANGOON140	BURMESE AND SHAN FORCES FIGHT IT OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent GOB "news" conference announced the surrender of elements of the insurgent Shan State Army - South in northern Shan State. However, the GOB neglected to mention that the surrender followed a serious battle, in which a DEA source claims the Shan killed dozens of Burmese A [...]	2006-02-02 07:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON1417	NO MOVEMENT AT THE TOP IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, Agence France-Press (AFP) wire service reported that the regime's top two generals planned to hand over their military roles to subordinates. The report has so far proved to be groundless. GOB controlled media continue to show both commanders in uniform performin [...]	2006-09-26 00:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM
06RANGOON1432	BURMA: TOP OPPOSITION LEADERS DETAINED BY REGIME [...] (C) Summary: At 6:30 a.m. on September 27, Police Special Branch officers came to the homes of the leaders of the 88 Generation Students -- Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Htay Kway -- and NLD MP elect U Hla Theing, and took all four to separate locations for questioning. SB questioned U Hla [...]	2006-09-27 09:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1436	BURMA: REGIME CONTINUES TO DETAIN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: 88 Generation Student leaders Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, and Htay Kywe remain in detention today at a Police Special Branch office in Rangoon. Min Ko Naing has been in contact with members of his group and communicated that he is being pressured to sign statements about the regime [...]	2006-09-28 08:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON146	ILO REP PUSHING FOR GOB ACTION TO MATCH PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Burma has reacted to international concern over their 2005 treatment of the ILO Liaison Officer (ref B),swiftly approving his latest request for in-country travel to look at forced labor issues and taking his personal security seriously for the first time. On th [...]	2006-02-03 04:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
06RANGOON1461	(C) REGIME DETAINS TWO MORE PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS; [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 30 the GOB detained two more leaders of the 88 Generation Students pro-democracy group. In a meeting with emboffs shortly before his arrest, 88 Generation leader Pyone Cho said their organization is preparing for the potential long-term detention or arrest of sever [...]	2006-10-02 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1466	REGIME MAKES IT HARDER TO DO BUSINESS IN BURMA [...] (U) Summary: Traders who still try to do business in Burma now face additional headaches from long customs clearance delays, visa uncertainties, and unpredictable new policies. The regime's surprise June crackdown on corruption within the Customs Department froze trans-border trade briefly and [...]	2006-10-03 08:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1471	BURMA'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SMALL AND [...] Summary: Employment levels and company profits in the Burmese garment and textile sector decreased steadily over the past three years, and accounted for less than five percent of total trade earnings in 2005. Since most garment exports are produced using imported goods, the chief economic im [...]	2006-10-04 07:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX BM
06RANGOON1472	FATF TEAM INSPECTS GOB FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: USG members of a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team visiting Burma last week confirmed FATF will recommend that Burma be dropped from the Non Compliant Countries and Territories (NCCT) list at the upcoming FATF Vancouver plenary on October 12-13. FATF inspectors said GOB [...]	2006-10-04 09:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PTER ETTC KTFN BM
06RANGOON1474	UN REMAINS CAUTIOUS IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. The UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Burma shared with us yesterday an internal UN report on U/SYG Gambari's Friday September 29 UNSC briefing, which indicates that Gambari's next visit to Burma may focus more on continuing a dialogue with the ruling military regime than pushin [...]	2006-10-04 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1475	BURMA REGIME PRESSURES CEASE-FIRE GROUPS TO OPPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official GOB media is publishing daily notices by ethnic cease-fire groups that condemn the UNSC decision to place Burma on its agenda. Several cease-fire groups told us privately that they issued the notices under pressure and privately thanked the United States for its initiati [...]	2006-10-04 14:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1485	BURMA: UPDATE ON DETAINED PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Nine days after the detention of Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, and Htay Kywe and five days after the arrest of Pyone Cho and Min Zeya, the regime is taking a harder line, while public frustration is rising. Articles appearing today in the regime's mouthpiece daily paper indicate the [...]	2006-10-05 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON15	INDEPENDENCE DAY: REGIME SUBDUED, OPPOSITION BUOYED [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime and the democratic opposition commemorated Burma's independence anniversary on January 4 with sharply contrasting and separate events. The SPDC focused on criticizing those who oppose the regime and on heralding its own achievements since assuming powe [...]	2006-01-05 10:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PINS ASEC BM
06RANGOON1503	AI RESPONSE IN BURMA REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),together with the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) and Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) hosted donor and training workshops in Rangoon on September 28-29. U reps used the donor me [...]	2006-10-11 01:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
06RANGOON1512	KACHINS BET ON THE NATIONAL CONVENTION PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) delegate to the National Convention believes the ethnics must try to strike the best possible deal with the regime via the National Convention and try to amend the constitution later, following a period of confidence building. He thinks [...]	2006-10-13 04:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1518	DEADLINE LOOMS FOR GOB ACTION ON FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary: ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey has been able to maintain regular contact with the Ministry of Labor over the past three months and has begun discussions on a mechanism to address forced labor charges in Burma. Horsey said the GOB's reaction to the draft text has been generally [...]	2006-10-13 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1519	BURMA: MFA DEMARCHES CHARGE ON UNSC DISCUSSION [...] (U) On October 10, Deputy Director General of the MFA's International Organizations Division, U Hla Myint, called in the Charge d'Affaires to deliver a lackluster protest against U.S. comments during the September 29 UNSC discussion on Burma. Noting that the Foreign Minister had instructed h [...]	2006-10-13 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON152	GOB PLANS DRACONIAN REGULATIONS FOR UN/NGOS [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime plans invasive new guidelines increasing its control over UN agencies and NGOs and further restricting the delivery of international assistance. If implemented, the draconian regulations would assign GOB ministries sweeping authority, including oversight of all [...]	2006-02-06 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1520	KAYAH: A VIEW OF BURMA'S SMALLEST STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite obstacles to travel, emboffs made a rare visit to Loikaw, capital of Kayah State, on September 26-29. Local businesspersons, religious leaders, and humanitarian workers described the very rigid controls by authorities on their movements and activities. Tourism is non-exi [...]	2006-10-13 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS EAID BM
06RANGOON1521	A WHITE REVOLUTION IN BURMA? [...] (C) Summary: Detained pro-democracy leaders Min Ko Naing, Htay Kywe, and Ko Ko Gyi contacted members of their organization via cell phone on October 12, instructing them to begin demanding that the GOB release them. Meanwhile, the 88 Generation Students have obtained over 210,000 signatures [...]	2006-10-13 10:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1536	KNU AND SPDC RE-ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit to Rangoon by a team representing the Karen National Union (KNU) was not to negotiate a cease-fire agreement, but to re-establish communication links for future negotiations with the regime. The KNU representatives said they would return in two to three weeks, but [...]	2006-10-17 09:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON154	GOB PLANS DRACONIAN REGULATIONS FOR UN/NGOS [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime plans invasive new guidelines increasing its control over UN agencies and NGOs and further restricting the delivery of international assistance. If implemented, the draconian regulations would assign GOB ministries sweeping authority, including oversight of all [...]	2006-02-07 00:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1542	THE DRY ZONE SPILLS OVER: FLOODS, AIDS AND TIP [...] (C) Summary: Recent heavy rains created havoc across Burma's central Dry Zone. Dams burst, Mandalay airport's main access road flooded, and many other roads washed away, leaving dozens of villagers drowned and transportation crippled. Excessive rains severely damaged peanut crops, a primary [...]	2006-10-18 06:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL GTIP SOCI BM
06RANGOON155	YAWN: BURMESE REGIME RECESSES NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime recessed its National Convention (NC) on January 31, ending the third session of an indefinite process to produce a new constitution that accords the military preeminent governing powers. The GOB did not announce a date to reconvene the NC, although a senior g [...]	2006-02-07 01:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1559	LETTER FROM NLD TO GAMBARI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman and Secretary of the National League of Democracy (NLD) asked the Embassy to pass copies to Secretary Rice and Ambassador Bolton of a letter they sent to SIPDIS Ibrahim Gambari, Under Secretary General at the United Nations. We have abridged the text to focus on [...]	2006-10-20 08:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON156	BURMESE AND SHAN FORCES FIGHT IT OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent GOB "news" conference announced the surrender of elements of the insurgent Shan State Army - South in northern Shan State. However, the GOB neglected to mention that the surrender followed a serious battle, in which a DEA source claims the Shan killed dozens of Burmese A [...]	2006-02-07 01:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON157	AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GLOBAL FUND IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Six Western donor countries seek to establish a new fund addressing Burma's "Three Diseases" of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and TB. A "formulation team" of consultants will visit Burma for three weeks in February to establish the parameters for the program, which the UN Office for Project [...]	2006-02-07 02:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1571	GOB DEFENDS ITS GUIDELINES ON HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (SBU) Summary: GAO Senior Analysts met with Burmese government officials during their 10-day visit to discuss the GOB's new guidelines for humanitarian assistance issued last February. The guidelines have caused confusion and apprehension in the IO/INGO/NGO community. The Director General of [...]	2006-10-25 05:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON1572	MIN KO NAING MARKS HIS BIRTHDAY IN JAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Ko Naing's family marked his October 18 birthday in Rangoon while he and four other 88 Generation Student leaders remained in regime detention. GOB media railed against the 88 Generation Students "wear white" campaign protesting the detentions, while Mandalay authorities rush [...]	2006-10-25 06:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1588	ILO SPECIAL ADVISOR DEPARTS BURMA EMPTY HANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: ILO Special Advisor Francis Maupain briefed us on his unsuccessful negotiations with GOB officials on October 20-21 to try to establish a credible mechanism for ILO investigations of forced labor complaints. After reaching tentative agreement with the GOB permitting the ILO unfet [...]	2006-10-25 08:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1593	EMBASSY RANGOON CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 09:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BM
06RANGOON1609	TRYING TO GET A POLITICAL DIALOGUE GOING IN BURMA [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) confidants have proposed a means to resume a political dialogue, which UN U/SYG Gambari might suggest to Than Shwe when they next meet in Burma. Apparently ASSK wrote a letter to Than Shwe in 2004 proposing a way forward whereby she would step back from the NLD party [...]	2006-10-30 08:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM UN
06RANGOON1615	WFP'S NEW PROGRAM FOCUSES ON BURMA'S NEEDIEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Under a new Country Director, the World Food Program (WFP) will continue to supply food to three of Burma's most vulnerable regions in Shan and Rakhine States, and Magwe Division. WFP plans to consolidate these three programs and expand operations slightly to include selected v [...]	2006-10-31 10:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1622	BURMA TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON ICRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shortly after the arrival of a new head of delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),the GOB informed the INGO that it could no longer work to support detainees in Burma directly, warned ICRC to stay away from border areas, and ordered two ICRC field offi [...]	2006-11-03 05:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1624	PRAYING FOR CHANGE IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 88 Generation Students began a weeklong prayer campaign on October 29, calling on Burmese of all faiths to pray for the release of all political prisoners, as well as for flood victims in central Burma and for peaceful national reconciliation. The prayer campaign culminates on [...]	2006-11-03 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1633	BURMA: 2006-2007 INCSR PART II [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 09:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN BM
06RANGOON1670	BURMESE REGIME FILES CHARGES AGAINST OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Reliable Embassy sources have told us that on November 6 the regime charged Min Ko Naing and the four other detained 88 Generation Student (88GS) leaders under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, a catch-all law the regime uses to prosecute most political prisoners. The UN has not y [...]	2006-11-09 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1678	GAMBARI FINDS LITTLE GIVE IN BURMESE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: UN Under Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari made a second visit to Burma November 9-12 to try to get a political dialogue going and increase the space for humanitarian assistance. It does not appear at this time that he made much, if any, progress. He met with Burma's senior mili [...]	2006-11-13 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1679	BURMA: AI UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: GOB authorities have not reported any new cases of Avian Influenza in Burma since the outbreak in poultry in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions was contained in April 2006. On October 30, the government imposed a ban on the import and use of AI vaccine, as well as on animal bones and [...]	2006-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1686	CI TO PROTECT BURMESE TURTLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Burma's unpredictable environment for NGO activities, Conservation International (CI) recently received provisional GOB approval for two major projects to address threats to a number of animal species in Burma, including the critically endangered Burmese Star Tortoise and [...]	2006-11-15 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1701	GAMBARI'S MEETINGS IN BURMA - UNCENSORED [...] (C) Summary: UN U/SYG Gambari delivered a strong message to Burma's senior generals that the regime must choose between taking concrete steps toward democracy or face further action in the UNSC, according to UN Resrep Charles Petrie. General Than Shwe angrily denied that there was a humanitar [...]	2006-11-16 11:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1704	EYES ON BURMA'S PRIZE: NATURAL GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: New oil and gas discoveries off Burma's northwestern coast have prompted intense international maneuvering as representatives from India, China, Thailand and South Korea vie for investment options, production contracts and purchasing rights to the resources. Although the GOB has [...]	2006-11-17 02:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON171	GOB SENDS MIXED MESSAGES ON UN/NGO RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, the GOB issued new guidelines to UN agencies and INGOs regarding the delivery of international assistance in Burma. In contrast to a draft version of draconian new requirements issued a few days ago, the new guidelines appear "vague, redundant, and fairly non-contr [...]	2006-02-07 10:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1711	CHINESE AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a long exchange with the Chinese Ambassador, Charge d'Affaires emphasized that the U.S. and China should use their cooperative and constructive relationship to work together to find mutually acceptable ways to promote change in Burma. The Chinese Ambassador emphasized Chi [...]	2006-11-17 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1713	GOB TRIES TO SQUEEZE TAXPAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Eager to squeeze out more revenues, Burma's military regime has pushed tax officials to clamp down on tax evaders. Government efforts to increase tax collection have increased revenues somewhat, but many still bribe their way out of payments. End Summary. Salaries Rise, Taxe [...]	2006-11-20 06:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BM
06RANGOON1717	BURMA: NLD REACTS TO GAMBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a short meeting with U/SYG Gambari during his November 9-12 visit to Burma, the NLD "Uncles" repeated their desire for a genuine dialogue with the regime. They told us Gambari seemed better briefed on the political situation in Burma this visit, in contrast to their meeti [...]	2006-11-21 02:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1722	A TALE OF TWO SITTWES: BURMA'S ETHNIC TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Non-Buddhist ethnic minorities in Burma's Rakhine State face the worst of times, with a flat economy, no citizenship rights, and no freedom to seek better opportunities elsewhere. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),World Food Program (WFP),UN High Commission on [...]	2006-11-27 09:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON1727	ILO TAKES A HARD LINE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey said the ILO Director General would deliver a letter on November 24 to SYG Annan and U/SYG Gambari, summarizing Burma's lack of progress on forced labor. The letter will state that Burma is not cooperating to find a mechanism to address forced [...]	2006-11-27 11:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB BM
06RANGOON1741	THAIS LOOKING FOR NEW DIRECTIONS IN BURMA [...] (C) Pol/econ chief met with Thai Embassy poloff Pornpan Mah November 28 to discuss Thai PM Surayud Chulamont's visit to Burma. Pornpan said Thailand is no longer willing to be on the front-line defending the regime's actions to the international community, but will in the future carefully co [...]	2006-11-29 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1743	ICRC WON'T GIVE UP ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The recent announcement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that the GOB was forcing them to close their five field offices in Burma was not timed to coincide with Gambari's briefing to the UN Security Council, ICRC officials insist. They issued the statement [...]	2006-11-30 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1762	THE GOB'S LONG-WINDED DEFENSE AGAINST UNSC ACTION [...] (U) Summary: the GOB called a last-minute press conference in Nay Pyi Taw on November 29 to try to refute UNSC discussion of the regional threat Burma poses through the spread of refugees, diseases and narcotics to neighboring states. Two Cabinet Ministers, joined by a Deputy Minister and the [...]	2006-12-01 11:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR BM
06RANGOON1766	AUNG SAN SUU KYI FINALLY SEES HER DOCTOR [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Tin Myo Win, aka Douglas, met with his most famous patient, Aung San Suu Kyi, on November 16, almost three months after his last visit August 24. He expects to see her again on December 21. He found her in good health, confirmed by an ultrasound examination. Douglas also re [...]	2006-12-04 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1767	BURMA REGIME AND KAREN MISTRUST CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussion between Karen delegates to the National Convention (NC) reveals that the ruling regime mistrusts both the Karen National Union (KNU) and the proxy army it created to fight the KNU, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA). The KNU reportedly has invited the DKB [...]	2006-12-04 10:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON1769	BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 05:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1776	BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5 [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has not reported any new cases of AI since it contained the March - April 2006 poultry outbreak through extensive culling. The GOB continues to work with donors to improve its surveillance, reporting, and response capabilities. David Castellan, a short-term advisor to FAO [...]	2006-12-07 02:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1777	BURMA: OPPOSITION WINS HEARTS ON WORLD AIDS DAY [...] SUMMARY: The National League for Democracy (NLD) and members of the 88 Generation Students (88GS) used World AIDS Day to show compassion and care for HIV/AIDS victims and their families and to help raise greater awareness among the public. The NLD honored over 100 HIV/AIDS health workers and [...]	2006-12-07 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1783	GOB TRIES TO WHITEWASH EXTENSIVE FLOOD DAMAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Closely-held GOB reports confirm that severe flash floods in central Burma in October damaged over 200,000 acres in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions and Shan State. Despite unofficial reports of significant human deaths and crop losses, the GOB has not officially acknowledged tha [...]	2006-12-08 08:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR BM
06RANGOON1785	BURMA: THE REGIME FINDS ITS OWN "88 GENERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 09:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON179	BURMESE PRIME MINISTER'S AGENDA IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Burmese Prime Minister General Soe Win will make his first bilateral visit to China February 14-18 where he will seek to maintain mutually beneficial economic relations; tap PRC largesse for more grants and loans; and flaunt the legitimacy that the relationship provides the regime [...]	2006-02-09 09:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL ECON CH BM
06RANGOON1794	BURMA: ICRC UPDATE [...] (C) ICRC Head of Delegation Pierre-Andre Conod told us today that, during a December 8 meeting in Nay Pyi Taw with the Minister of Home Affairs, he obtained permission to keep ICRC's five field offices open in Kyengtung, Taunggyi, Hpa-an, Moulmein, and Mandalay, but did not obtain permission [...]	2006-12-12 10:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1803	BURMA'S BUSINESS ENVIRONEMNT: "BETTER THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's economic mismanagement continues to erode Burma's business environment. The regime makes unreasonable and arbitrary decisions with little thought of the economic consequences. For example, all business transactions must be conducted in the remote new capital of Nay [...]	2006-12-18 06:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1807	BURMA'S RICE SUPPLY SHRINKS AFTER OCTOBER FLOODS [...] (U) Rumors are have circulated around Rangoon about an impending rice shortage as Burmese officials move rice stocks to provinces in central Burma hit by severe flooding in October. In addition, smuggling, inflated production estimates, poor storage, and inadequate buffer stocks exacerbate th [...]	2006-12-18 10:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR EAID BM
06RANGOON1812	OPPOSITION LEADER MISSES ANOTHER BIRTHDAY PARTY [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, friends and relatives marked the 45th birthday of Ko Ko Gyi, detained 88 Generation Students (88GS) leader, at a Rangoon monastery, making offerings to the monks and feeding approximately 800 supporters who participated. Military Intelligence monitored the event, [...]	2006-12-19 08:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1814	RESTRICTING PRAYERS FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: After Shwedagon Pagoda officials harassed worshippers in November at their weekly prayers for Aung San Suu Kyi, thirteen participants wrote a letter of complaint to regime leaders. Authorities ordered the worshippers to request advance permission for future prayers, but allowed t [...]	2006-12-20 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1818	BURMA PUMPS OIL AND GAS POTENTIAL FOR CASH NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Development of Burma's oil and gas reserves continues apace, from existing facilities upgrades to new exploration deals. The government needs hard currency and correctly sees the sector as its best source of revenue. End Summary. Upgrades of Existing Facilities ------------ [...]	2006-12-22 06:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG BM
06RANGOON1828	BURMA: THE KNU AFTER GENERAL BO MYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The death of Karen insurgent leader General Bo Mya did not come as a surprise, but leaves the Karen National Union (KNU) without a strong, charismatic leader. Sidelined by poor health in recent years, Bo Mya continued to influence KNU leaders and policy. It is uncertain if the re [...]	2006-12-27 04:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON1829	BURMA: THREE ETHNIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RETURN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The recent case of three Kachin women who were trafficked to China to be brides for Chinese men illustrates how the lack economic opportunity for Burma's ethnic minorities makes them increasingly vulnerable to human traffickers. After being lured to the Chinese border by an acqua [...]	2006-12-27 04:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM BM
06RANGOON206	BURMESE PM GOES TO CHINA WITH A LONG SHOPPING LIST [...] (C) Summary: When he makes his first bilateral visit to China on February 14-18, Burmese Prime Minster Soe Win will seek an agreement on closer cooperation on drug trafficking, a donation of 100 used train cars, and Chinese views on the GOB's draft industrial zone law. These agenda items are in [...]	2006-02-13 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH BM
06RANGOON207	NLD SHOWS UNITY WITH ETHNICS ON UNION DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: At ceremonies marking Burma's 59th Union Day, the NLD quietly unveiled a new plan for national reconciliation. NLD Chairman U Aung Shwe said that the NLD would endorse the ruling SPDC (the State Peace and Development Committee) as a legitimate interim government if the SPDC agree [...]	2006-02-13 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON213	REQUEST TO SEE AUNG SAN SUU KYI DENIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Lwin, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Americas Division, told the Embassy on February 13 that the Charge would not be allowed to meet with imprisoned NLD Secretary General Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) "at this moment" because she remains "under restriction." Min [...]	2006-02-14 07:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON214	U.S. DOLLAR MOVES UNDERGROUND IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Banks in China, Japan and Singapore are now refusing to handle Burma's government and commercial dollar-denominated business, forcing many companies to transfer their business transactions to their personal offshore accounts to keep cash flowing. Meanwhile, the ruling regime is [...]	2006-02-14 07:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON223	BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS TO TALK [...] (C) Summary: Charge met February 14 with Deputy Foreign Minster Kyaw Thu at his request. Repeatedly emphasizing his interest in assisting Charge feel comfortable in Burma, he leisurely addressed a wide range of topics, including the problems of inadequate food and slow construction in Pyinman [...]	2006-02-16 05:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PREL BM
06RANGOON235	BURMA'S VAST INTERNMENT CAMP: NORTHERN RAKHINE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a country where everyone is oppressed by the military, some are treated worse than others. In general, the ethnic minorities are treated worse than the ethnic Burman majority, and non-Buddhists face more restrictions on their religious practices. Charge visited Northern [...]	2006-02-17 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON244	BURMA'S INADEQUATE IPR REGIME [...] (U) Burma is, and should remain, on the 2006 Special Mention List for Special 301 Review. Following is an update on the current IPR protection situation in Burma. Overview --------- 2. (U) Burma does not have adequate IPR protection. Patent, trademark, and copyright laws and regulations a [...]	2006-02-22 05:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SNAR BM
06RANGOON246	NLD'S FLEXIBLE OFFER TO THE BURMESE REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: NLD leaders have low expectations that the Burmese regime will respond favorably to their February 12 proposal to convene the Parliament elected in 1990 in return for the opposition's recognition of the ruling regime as a transitional government. The NLD is nonetheless encouraged [...]	2006-02-22 07:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON248	COMMUNAL RIOTS IN MAGWAY DIVISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Communal rioting erupted between Buddhist and Muslim communities in central Burma on February 16. Sources report that three people died and ten others sustained injuries as Buddhist Burmans attacked Muslim and Indian shops, homes, and mosques. Authorities imposed a news blackou [...]	2006-02-22 09:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON KISL BM
06RANGOON249	MORE FROM BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu requested Charge meet with him again February 22 - alone. He apparently wants to continue a dialogue (ref A),made more difficult by his move to Pyinmana and difficult to do by phone because, he said, others could be listening in. Again referrin [...]	2006-02-22 23:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON253	AMERICAN CENTER HELPING NLD EDUCATE ACTIVISTS AND [...] (C) Summary: our American Center (AC) in Rangoon has attracted extra attention from both pro-democracy activists and the ruling regime as our programs reach more people. Representatives from Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD) contact the AC daily and regularly use our Information Re [...]	2006-02-23 23:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO BM NLD
06RANGOON257	BURMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRENCE MARKIN [...] Embassy Rangoon grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. Terrence C. Markin, Political Officer, to Burma March 15-17, 2006 for consultations. 2. Control officer for this visit is Timothy Arnts, Regional Affairs Chief, phone: (95) (1) 379-880 ext. 4219. Additional point of c [...]	2006-02-24 08:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BM
06RANGOON258	BURMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL HONNOLD [...] Embassy Rangoon grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. Michael J. Honnold, Refugee Coordinator for Southeast Asia, to Burma March 8-10, 2006 for consultations. 2. Control officer for this visit is D. Dean Tidwell, phone: (95) (1) 379-880 ext. 4259, or email at TidwellDD@sta [...]	2006-02-24 09:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BM
06RANGOON259	BURMA: CONVERGING ON AI ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor, on a second visit to Rangoon, encouraged WHO and FAO to identify needs and strengthen their capacity to investigate and respond to AI outbreaks in Burma. The GOB updated its national response plan, but some responsible ministries st [...]	2006-02-26 23:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON260	BURMESE ARMY GETS TOUGH WITH CEASE-FIRE GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese military recently detained four Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers near Bhamo, Kachin State. The Burmese accused them of traveling outside their territory while armed. Separately, a Burmese unit opened fire on Shan State Army - North (SSA-N) troops inside the SS [...]	2006-02-26 23:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON27	THE NLD SUGGESTS A TRIPARTITE "SUPREME BODY" [...] (C) Summary: Burma's leading opposition party, the NLD, recently floated a proposal for a "supreme leading body"--comprised of the military regime, political parties, and ethnic nationalities--to govern a transition to democracy. Although the NLD has no specific plan for the proposal, party [...]	2006-01-09 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON270	BURMA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 03:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM
06RANGOON272	ICRC WON'T GIVE UP ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed to international media on February 27 that Burma's ruling regime is now blocking ICRC access to the country's prisons and detention camps. ICRC officials told us on Feb. 28 that they publicly acknowledged their ongoing [...]	2006-03-01 07:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON287	OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN MANDALAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy held a highly successful "Outreach Week in Mandalay" February 26-March 2. The Charge led over a dozen Embassy staff to Burma's second largest city and conducted a broad range of meetings and outreach activities with NGOs, business leaders, political parties, religi [...]	2006-03-03 06:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON289	IN MANDALAY, TRADE UP AND TOURISM DOWN [...] (U) Summary: Enough people make money from trade with China to keep upscale retailers busy in Mandalay, Burma's second largest city. However, due to rising prices and the poor state of the economy, residents are increasingly price sensitive, making it tougher to prosper there. Europeans, the [...]	2006-03-03 06:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON290	MANDALAY: DIPLOMATIC VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy "Outreach Week in Mandalay" (ref A),the Charge called on the Indian and Chinese Consuls General to exchange views on local political and economic developments. Despite the close relationship that China and India enjoy with the Burmese regime, both Consuls need [...]	2006-03-03 06:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BM CM IN
06RANGOON299	MANDALAY: NON-BUDDHISTS NEED NOT APPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of our Mandalay Outreach Week (ref A),we met with Christian leaders in Mandalay on March 1 to discuss religious issues in central Burma. They described the tight restrictions local authorities place on religious meetings and church construction, as well as general GOB di [...]	2006-03-06 08:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BM SK
06RANGOON3	BURMESE REGIME CORRUPTS YOUTH AND COERCES SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on Dec. 22 with NLD women leaders (including four Members-elect of Parliament) representing Rangoon, Mandalay, and Mogok cities; Bago Division; Karen State; Shan State; and Mon State. The NLD matriarchs, some who had snuck out of their homes, covertly boarded trains fo [...]	2006-01-03 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID ECON BM

06RANGOON312	NATURE, GOVERNMENT CONSPIRE AGAINST RICE FARMERS [...] (U) Summary: In 2005, unpredictable new export restrictions, higher fuel prices, political interference in planting decisions, and a shorter than usual summer monsoon added new problems for Burmese rice farmers. Rice exports increased 90% over the previous year to 220,000 metric tons as a GOB [...]	2006-03-08 00:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BM
06RANGOON319	EU HUMANITARIAN AID IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Union has established an EU Humanitarian Aid office in Rangoon to improve coordination of its 8 million euro aid projects in Burma. The new office supports humanitarian projects in health, water and sanitation, nutrition, and protection. The EU Humanitarian Aid offi [...]	2006-03-08 06:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON325	YUDHOYONO VISIT TO BURMA: LIGHT AND FLUFFY [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono's March 1-2 visit to Burma appears to have been purely protocol and devoid of any substantive political message to regime leaders. SPDC Chairman Than Shwe gave the Indonesian President a standard recitation of regime achievements and its road map t [...]	2006-03-08 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ID
06RANGOON345	SUSPECTED AI OUTBREAK AMONG BIRDS IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 12, GOB officials informed FAO and WHO officials of a suspected outbreak on March 8 of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry farm in Mandalay Division. Specimens collected by a joint-ministerial investigation team from Rangoon tested positive f [...]	2006-03-14 23:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO CASC KFLU BM
06RANGOON355	BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 15 UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. In response to a suspected AI outbreak on March 8 in Pyi-gyi-dagun Township, Mandalay authorities have banned all sales of chickens, ducks, and eggs. A Bangkok-based USAID expert on AI and an Embassy Rangoon FSN agricultural specialist will join a FAO and WHO assessment team tra [...]	2006-03-15 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON356	ALL SMILES: INDIAN PRESIDENT VISITS BURMA [...] (C) Summary: For the second week in a row, a regional head of state visited Burma and allowed the ruling generals to bask in perceived legitimacy. Indian President Kalam's March 8-11 visit was the first-ever to Burma by an Indian head of state. The two countries concluded MOUs on petroleum [...]	2006-03-16 06:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EAID BM IN
06RANGOON359	BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 16 UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, NIAH Bangkok confirmed that chicken specimens from Burma tested positive for the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus (AI). The Bangkok laboratory faxed the information to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries the same day, and at 9:00 p.m. on March 15, the GOB made its fir [...]	2006-03-16 23:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON362	VILLAGERS REVIVE THE IRRAWADDY DELTA'S FOREST [...] (U) Summary: A Burmese domestic NGO, the Forest Resource and Environment Development and Conservation Association (FREDA),uses village-based programs to slow rampant deforestation in the southern part of Irrawaddy division. Residents have cut down 86% of the forest cover for firewood, buildin [...]	2006-03-17 05:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV BM NGO
06RANGOON363	SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior regime leaders, in their latest self-sufficiency scheme, have ordered Burmese around the country to plant seven million acres of physic nut in a misguided effort to reduce Burma's reliance on imported diesel fuel. This high profile campaign does not have any support from [...]	2006-03-17 05:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SENV EAGR BM
06RANGOON364	BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The FAO/WHO assessment team is on the ground in Mandalay to investigate confirmed cases of AI at poultry farms in the district. Supplementary supplies of PPE and disinfectant arrived in Rangoon on March 16 and some have already reached the field investigation teams in Mandalay. [...]	2006-03-17 08:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON366	BURMESE IDPS AND REFUGEES NEED MORE HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visiting PRM team discussed refugee and IDP issues with IOs and donor counterparts in Rangoon March 8-10. UNHCR described its activities in northern Rakhine State and efforts to improve access to eastern border areas. ICRC outlined its lack of access to prisons and labor camps, [...]	2006-03-17 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON368	BURMESE FUTURE LOOKING DIRE [...] (C) Summary: Leon de Riedmattan, outgoing head of the Swiss NGO Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Burma, hosted a lunch March 15 for western Ambassadors. De Riedmattan, whose visa has been halted after nine years of efforts to promote national reconciliation, offered a grim assessment of th [...]	2006-03-19 23:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ELAB BM
06RANGOON370	CHIN STATE'S UNEASY COHABITATION WITH THE REGIME [...] (U) Summary. Burma's ethnic minority Chin population, long victims of the Burmese regime's "Myanmarization" program, has reached a stage of uneasy but peaceful cohabitation with ruling authorities in its home state. In underdeveloped Chin State along Burma's western border with India, ethnic [...]	2006-03-20 08:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON ETRD CVIS KFRD BM IN
06RANGOON372	BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 20 [...] (U) SUMMARY. No human cases of AI have been reported in Burma to date. A joint FAO/WHO assessment team, accompanied by USAID Bangkok Infectious Diseases Advisor and Embassy's FSN agricultural specialist, visited hospitals and poultry farms in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions on March 17-18 to [...]	2006-03-20 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON384	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER DIES IN BRUTAL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A former political prisoner and student activist during the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, Thet Naing Oo, died on March 17 following a public beating by police and fire brigade officers. His family placed a death announcement in local newspapers and on March 20 held a funeral atten [...]	2006-03-21 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
06RANGOON394	RISING PRICES HIT BURMA'S POOR...AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Rising prices in February again hit Burma's poor hard, with significant increases in the cost of basic foods, transportation, and fuel. A slight, but unexpected, depreciation of the kyat increased the price of imported consumer goods. Dry season power shortages increased, lead [...]	2006-03-23 04:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BM
06RANGOON399	BURMA AI UPDATE - MARCH 23 [...] (U) SUMMARY. FAO Bangkok reported a possible new AI outbreak among poultry in Shan State, but local contacts have not yet been able to confirm. Foreign donors have yet to respond to the GOB's request for additional assistance, although Australian animal testing equipment en route before the [...]	2006-03-23 23:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON403	BURMA GIVES ILO THE COLD SHOULDER [...] (C) Summary: Labor Minister U Thaung told ILO Special Advisor Francis Maupain that the GOB will not negotiate how it handles claims of forced labor and made it clear the GOB will not take any significant action to address the international community's forced labor concerns. According to ILO L [...]	2006-03-24 06:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ECON BM
06RANGOON406	PYINMANA: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Months after announcing the sudden relocation of Burma's capital, the military regime continues efforts to build a new city to house thousands of civil servants who have already moved and are attempting to carry out government operations at remote, unserviced locations. There are [...]	2006-03-24 08:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON419	THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A BURMESE ECONOMIST [...] (SBU) Summary: U Myint, a retired UN economist, freely offers economic advice to regime leaders and democratic activists. He doubts senior leader Than Shwe receives any of it because he "does not listen to anyone." Were Than Shwe to heed Myint's advice, Burma would concentrate less on tradit [...]	2006-03-28 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON43	BURMESE ARMY RAIDS KACHIN CEASE-FIRE UNIT [...] (C) Summary: On January 2, a Burmese Army (BA) company, after sharing drinks and food with known members of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO),attacked and killed five members of the cease-fire group. Senior KIO and Burmese regime officials met on January 8 in Rangoon to discuss the [...]	2006-01-11 09:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS SNAR ECON BM
06RANGOON437	BURMA AI OUTBREAK SITE ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint FAO/WHO team, accompanied by a USAID Regional Infectious Diseases advisor and a FSN from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),assessed an AI outbreak in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, Burma, on March 17-18. Government of Burma (GOB) officials reported cases to the OI [...]	2006-03-30 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON445	BURMESE DON'T BUDGE FOR ASEAN [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid made a brief March 23-24 visit to Burma on behalf of ASEAN, but could only gain access to second-tier regime officials who recited the standard party line on the SPDC's road map to democracy. The Malaysian Embassy tells us that Hamid appeale [...]	2006-03-31 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM MY
06RANGOON446	EMBASSY'S MANDALAY WEEK - ONE MONTH LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after the Embassy's outreach week in Mandalay, the regime continues to react. Security officials interrogated 50 local residents who had contact with Emboffs during our February 27 - March 2 visit to outreach week in Mandalay, and the GOB ordered many Burmese newspapers [...]	2006-03-31 11:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON447	GOB STIFFS NLD COMPROMISE OFFER [...] (C) Summary: After six weeks of silence, the GOB finally reacted to a National League for Democracy proposal for political compromise with an official editorial that accused the party of attempting to "grab power." NLD leaders called the editorial "unhelpful" and told us they were disappointe [...]	2006-03-31 11:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV BM ASSK NLD PHUM PREL
06RANGOON451	NLD AND ETHNICS: DIFFERING VIEWS ON FEDERALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the recent PD-sponsored visit of a U.S. federalism expert, senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party leaders asserted that they do not consider ethnic minority states capable of properly forming and running their own subnational administrations in a post-transition [...]	2006-04-03 09:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM NLD
06RANGOON452	KACHIN YOUTH EVOLVE INTO A POLITICAL ENTITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Burma's northernmost state, diverse political, religious, military, and ceasefire groups struggle to address the needs of the Kachin people, who face extensive discrimination from Burma's ruling military regime (ref A). One group of activists who seem to be breaking out and fo [...]	2006-04-03 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM
06RANGOON456	WAGE INCREASE DOES NOT APPEASE CIVIL SERVANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Just three days before its annual military showcase on Armed Forces Day, the government announced a significant increase in public sector wages: a 400% jump for the lowest civil service positions and 1,167% for senior levels. Workers will receive the raises at the end of April. [...]	2006-04-04 05:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON459	BURMA AI UPDATE - APRIL 4 [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 31, WHO/FAO Burma briefed UN agencies and diplomatic missions on the country's AI situation. A Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MLF) director gave a chronology of the AI outbreaks in central Burma, which began on March 3, and the GOB's efforts to control the disease [...]	2006-04-04 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON460	UNODC SEEKS FUNDING FOR BURMA OPIUM SURVEYS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNODC-Burma is seeking USG support to help cover a budget shortfall of $100,000 to complete its ongoing 2006 opium yield survey, as well as additional funding in the amount of $260,000 to conduct its 2007 survey. These surveys offer the most reliable evidence to measure progres [...]	2006-04-05 04:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
06RANGOON461	NLD TRAINS MEMBERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS / AIDS AWARENESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the National League for Democracy (NLD) completed the first module of its distance-learning "Human Resource and Development Program," an initiative of Aung San Suu Kyi. This course trained 96 NLD activists from throughout Burma. Embassy Rangoon helped the NLD plan t [...]	2006-04-05 04:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD ASSK
06RANGOON462	SOMETHING BETTER THAN NOTHING:FIGHTING TIP IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: High level GOB attendance gave the first anti-Trafficking in Persons National Seminar the visible support needed for lower level officials to implement Burma's new Anti-Trafficking Law. International NGOs had unprecedented input on the drafting process, the first time the curr [...]	2006-04-06 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM BM
06RANGOON471	APRIL 7 SITREP: IED INCIDENT AT INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Embassy personnel spent April 7 following up on the April 6 discovery and dismantling of an improvised explosive device (IED) on the campus of the USG-sponsored International School of Yangon (ISY). The device was packed with what local security personnel determined was 1.5 pounds of exp [...]	2006-04-07 11:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV BM
06RANGOON475	REQUEST FOR A SCIENCE FELLOW IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Post requests that a Science Fellow from the Smithsonian Institution or the Environmental Protection Agency be placed at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon to assess and prepare a detailed report on the regional environmental impact of the ruling military regime's policies, especially actions [...]	2006-04-10 09:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER KSCA OTRA SENV TSPL BM
06RANGOON477	THE PRESSED, SUPPRESSED, AND OPPRESSED IN BURMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB continued its harassment of ordinary citizens as well as pro-democracy advocates through pressure, intimidation, arbitrary detention, arrest, and imprisonment. Scattered crackdowns of individuals around the country on various charges during late March demonstrate that t [...]	2006-04-10 10:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON505	NLD HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR DIALOGUE [...] (S) Summary: NLD leaders expressed disappointment, but not surprise, that the SPDC failed to respond directly to their February proposal for a way out of the country's political impasse. They plan to issue a statement within the next few days again appealing for a genuine dialogue with the r [...]	2006-04-20 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON516	FORMER STUDENT LEADER STAYS THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing--former pro-democracy student leader, political prisoner, and current activist--is struggling with the challenges of readjusting to life outside of solitary confinement and the pressures of meeting the expectations of his many followers and supporters. As in 1988, h [...]	2006-04-24 00:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON521	KAREN-BURMESE CLASHES CREATE REFUGEES AND IDP'S [...] (C) Summary: Over the last few weeks, Burmese Army units struck at over a dozen villages and roadside locations around the town of Bawgalagyi in northern Karen State in a new push to wrest control of the Karen hold there. According to an Embassy contact, this has resulted in a new wave of IDPs [...]	2006-04-25 02:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PINS MOPS BM TH
06RANGOON530	NLD: REGIME NEEDS LEGITIMACY TO ADDRESS WOES [...] (C) Summary: In a departure from previous party policies, the NLD issued a statement on April 21 that emphasized Burma's urgent need for humanitarian assistance and underscored that the ruling military regime requires legitimacy in order to deal immediately with the "calamities and pandemics [...]	2006-04-25 09:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON543	ANOTHER CHAT WITH BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu on April 25 to continue discussions in the hope of gathering more insights into the opaque regime. He did not disappoint. We discussed a range issues from his recent trip to China to obtaining multiple entry visas for regional of [...]	2006-04-26 04:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER BM CH
06RANGOON56	REGIME POSES OBSTACLES TO ICRC PRISON ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has imposed new restrictions, including the meddling of regime-controlled organizations, that hamper the ability of ICRC to access and inspect the country's vast gulag of prison detention facilities and labor camps. These restrictions "have slowed down considerably the f [...]	2006-01-17 10:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PM
06RANGOON576	NLD BASHING TRUMPS COUNTERDRUG SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary: According to attendees at an April 26 drug burn in eastern Shan State, the GOB's Minister of Information and other senior officials hijacked the law enforcement event to pursue an ongoing political campaign to paint exile groups as terrorists and to denigrate recent efforts by the [...]	2006-04-28 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR BM
06RANGOON588	CYCLONE MALA HITS HARD, DIES QUICKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma dodged another bullet from Mother Nature when Cyclone Mala hit landfall on April 29, quickly weakened into a tropical storm, and then completely petered out. Before arriving on the western coast of Burma, however, the cyclone created substantial rainfall and heavy winds t [...]	2006-05-01 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SENV CASC BM
06RANGOON591	SOUTHERN KAREN FOCUS ON ECONOMIC WOES, NOT FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Local residents during our recent visit to the H'pa-An capital region of southern Karen State expressed no pressing concern with recent skirmishes between Burmese military and Karen National Union (KNU) units in the northern part of the state. Numerous contacts characterized the [...]	2006-05-02 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON601	RANGOON EARTH DAY ENCOURAGES CIVIC PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Earth Day 2006 gave Post a chance to support the efforts of private individuals who, by addressing environmental issues, show citizens how they can take more control over their futures from the repressive ruling regime. Embassy employees donated funds for mangrove reforestation, a nasce [...]	2006-05-04 08:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON602	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: "WE SEEK CLOSER TIES TO BURMA" [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador, a four-year veteran in Rangoon, described Russia and Burma as at the "beginning of a new stage in bilateral cooperation." The two countries recently exchanged senior level visitors "to reinvigorate relations." The Ambassador described sanctions as counte [...]	2006-05-04 08:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS PHUM PGOV BM RS
06RANGOON603	GOB GRANTS UNHCR RENEWED ACCESS TO KAREN STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, UNHCR signed an MOU with the Ministry of Border Areas reinstating access to southeast Burma, including Karen State. UNHCR's country representative, baffled but grateful for the GOB's reversal oQUNHCR access, said that his agency plans to establish a field presence [...]	2006-05-04 08:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON604	OFFICIALS UPDATE VISITING FAS REPS ON AI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory visit, APHIS Area Director Ned Cardenas and FAS Agricultural Attache Russ Nicely received an open, thorough update from Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials about current GOB efforts to contain the recent Avian Influenza outbreak. [...]	2006-05-05 00:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON612	BORDERS OVER DEMOCRACY: INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ambassador dropped by May 4 to chat with Charge. He offered insights into how India views it relationship with Burma: by and large a friendly neighbor in comparison to Pakistan, Bangladesh, or China. While he agrees that political reform is needed and will come even [...]	2006-05-05 11:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM IN
06RANGOON617	ICRC: DIMINISHING ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Burma operations remain in a state of flux as the organization faces increased GOB restrictions on access to detention facilities and border areas. It must also cope with the interference of Government-affiliated organizations. To make matters worse, the Ministry of Healt [...]	2006-05-08 10:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON622	UNDP STRUGGLES INSIDE, AND OUTSIDE, BURMA [...] (C) Summary: UNDP officials told us that implementation of new GOB regulations for aid agencies and NGOs has been uneven and unpredictable. The GOB has not yet enforced compliance with the most restrictive of the new regulations, and some government entities have proven more flexible than ot [...]	2006-05-09 08:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON623	BURMA UNPREPARED TO FIGHT AI IN HUMANS [...] (SBU) Summary: WHO Country Director Dr. Adik Wibowo reported that Australia will donate A$1,000,000 (approximately $770,000) and the Asia Development Bank plans to donate US$1,000,000 to combat AI in Burma, but stressed that more work is needed to handle an AI epidemic effectively. On a recen [...]	2006-05-09 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON624	FOOD SHORTAGES AND ROADWORK IN NORTHERN KAREN [...] (C) Summary: A recent trip to Taungoo near northern Karen State provided a new dimension to the ongoing conflict between the GOB and the Karen National Union (KNU). The GOB has halted all transportation of food and other goods into the area of northern Karen, resulting in food shortages in K [...]	2006-05-09 09:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PREF BM
06RANGOON650	CABINET SHUFFLE: RIDE OF THE MAJORS-GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime announced on May 15 its first senior GOB cabinet shuffle in over a year. In a series of nine orders, signed by SPDC Secretary-1 Lt Gen Thein Sein, the regime ousted two veteran Ministers, militarized the entire leadership of the Ministry of Immigration, split t [...]	2006-05-16 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON668	SOCIAL PROJECTS BENEFIT PIPELINE VILLAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The controversial pipeline running from the Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea to Thailand is expected to produce over $800 million in revenue this year for its joint venture partners TOTAL, UNOCAL, PTTEP (the Thai government petroleum company),and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Ente [...]	2006-05-19 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SOCI PGOV BM
06RANGOON669	NLD LEADERS TO MEET WITH GAMBARI, AND SUNDRY PARTY [...] (C) Summary: NLD leaders were scheduled to meet with UN U/SYG Gambari on May 19, but only learned of the meeting one day in advance--a likely reflection of the regime's desire to control the visit as closely as possible. On May 27, the NLD will commemorate its 1990 election victory, draw atte [...]	2006-05-19 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON678	RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S 212(F) ACTION REQUEST [...] Summary: The Burmese pension system provides a negligible ongoing benefit that should not affect the consideration of a retired applicant who would have been subject to 212(f) review before retirement. Regarding retired applicants and 212(f) review, we recommend: 1) that retired senior civil [...]	2006-05-22 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	BM CVIS
06RANGOON679	UN U/SG GAMBARI VISIT SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: UN Under Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari visited Burma May 18-20. He did manage to see Aung San Suu Kyi for 45 minutes, although no one had expected it. He also visited the senior generals in their new capital and heard promises of greater openness. Gambari downplayed the si [...]	2006-05-22 10:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM UN
06RANGOON698	NORTH KAREN STATE - WHERE DO YOU RUN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Rangoon-based Karen contact who recently visited Taungoo discussed security conditions in nearby Karen State. Fighting erupted in northern Karen State in early 2006 after the Burmese army started moving into traditional Karen-controlled areas. Authorities established a food em [...]	2006-05-26 07:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
06RANGOON699	ILO REP PESSIMISTIC BEFORE LABOR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the annual International Labor Conference (ILC),ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey has seen no signals that the new openness that UN Under Secretary General Gambari thought he saw during his meeting with Senior General Than Shwe would extend to forced labor. Horsey [...]	2006-05-26 09:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON700	NLD REACTION TO GAMBARI VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 10:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON704	UNFPA IN BURMA: MAINTAINING STATUS QUO [...] (SBU) UNFPA's efforts to build capacity among reproductive health care providers, provide contraceptives, raise awareness and conduct research have provided valuable, effective assistance at the local level. GOB involvement has been mainly supportive. The key issues to address at the upcomin [...]	2006-05-30 07:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SOCI BM
06RANGOON707	GOING IT ALONE IN SOUTHERN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese government, having gained an upper hand over insurgents and perceiving no local political threats, generally neglects the southern Burmese seaport of Dawei. The coastal border region, however, blessed with a robust fishing industry and productive agricultural sector, [...]	2006-05-30 09:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON EAID SOCI BM TH
06RANGOON710	ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK: ASSK NOT RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Burmese regime extended the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, re-sealed the street that runs in front of her Rangoon compound, and detained several supporters. ASSK thus began the fourth consecutive year of her current confinement. ASSK's NLD party issued a statement [...]	2006-05-30 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON713	DRUG OUTREACH PROJECTS IN NORTHERN SHAN STATE [...] (U) Summary: UNODC-supported Outreach Projects appear effective in dealing with demand for narcotics and harm reduction for residents of northern Shan State. The GOB cooperates with NGOs to address drug abuse and associated problems, including high HIV/AIDS infection rates, but does not addre [...]	2006-05-31 07:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
06RANGOON727	NLD THANKS SECRETARY RICE FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qe National League for Democracy (NLD) passed a letter to the Secretary via Embassy Rangoon. The text of the letter appears below; the Charge will hand carry the original to Washington this week. In a June 2 meeting, NLD leaders reiterated concern that the UNSYG may request his [...]	2006-06-05 08:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OPDC BM
06RANGOON728	BURMA: 2006 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in late 2005 (ref B),in preparation for the FY 2007 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2006 Certification Report Ca [...]	2006-06-05 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
06RANGOON73	JAPAN QUIETLY NUDGES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Hideaki Mizukoshi, Director of Southeast Asia in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Charge that he urged the GOB to activate a dialogue with the international community and start talking with Aung San Suu Kyi. He told the GOB that Burma's lack of progress on democracy and [...]	2006-01-18 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON732	BURMA: DEMOCRACY AWAITS ANOTHER DAY [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon's Pol/Econ Chief departs post this week, ending a three-year tour and having spent six of the past eight years on Burma-related assignments. We asked him to share a few unvarnished views on the current situation. He observes that the prospect for meaningful improvement in [...]	2006-06-05 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON738	FORMER STUDENT LEADERS DISCUSS NEXT MOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former student activists and political prisoners Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi shared their views on U/SYG Gambari's visit and their own political strategies in a meeting on June 1. They praised USG efforts on Burma in the U.N., which they said would encourage the Burmese people. Th [...]	2006-06-06 09:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON745	GOB RELEASES ONE LABOR RIGHTS PRISONER [...] (C) Summary: The GOB, facing increased scrutiny of its forced labor practices at the annual International Labor Conference (ILC) in Geneva, responded on June 6 by releasing Su Su Nway, who was imprisoned in 2005 in retaliation for bringing a successful forced labor lawsuit against authorities. [...]	2006-06-07 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON752	BURMA: REGIME TOUGHS GET TOUGHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent actions by regime authorities show a trend of strengthened surveillance and control of movement and meeting by opposition parties and the general public. In May, Rangoon officials started a campaign to photograph all household members in selected Rangoon communities. Tow [...]	2006-06-08 09:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF BM
06RANGOON762	BURMA'S ROAD TO PROSPERITY LEADS TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On a visit to Muse, the main border crossing point for trade with China, emboffs observed how trade enriches the Burmese towns along the route, and has spawned development on the Chinese side of the border. The GOB retains only a small percentage of potential revenue generated [...]	2006-06-09 09:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CM BM
06RANGOON775	DESPITE REGIME SECRECY, AUNG SAN SUU KYI RECOVERING [...] (C) Summary: According to National League for Democracy (NLD) officials and her doctor, NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi has now recovered from a recent illness that drew worldwide concern. Despite the ruling regime's tight control over information about her illness, which began on June 8, her do [...]	2006-06-12 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON777	AT THE BURMA/INDIA BORDER: CHINESE GOODS AND TIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent trip to the Burma/India border in Sagaing Division revealed that, as elsewhere, Chinese products dominate border trade. Tight official security in Tamu restricted our movement and access to Burmese citizens in this area where some insurgents remain active. Unlike som [...]	2006-06-13 02:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BM
06RANGOON778	BURMA BUSINESS REPS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent meeting with visiting EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel, Burmese business representatives described the many challenges they face in the current business environment, including multiple exchange rates, lengthy bureaucratic delays, constant power shortages, rising costs, [...]	2006-06-13 02:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BM
06RANGOON79	REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON U.N. ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime appears poised to curtail the residency of a UN-sponsored mediator and confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi and impose new restrictions on UN agencies and international NGOs. The UN agencies and INGOs have devised creative measures to adapt to restrictions, but the re [...]	2006-01-19 03:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON799	SPDC ROAD SHOW GOES TO KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another of its carefully choreographed road shows for local diplomats and hand-picked media, the Burmese ruling regime showcased its "peace and development" program in pacified areas of Karen State and characterized the Karen National Union as a "terrorist organization" solely [...]	2006-06-14 11:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON806	SU SU NWAY: RELEASED TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY [...] (C) Summary: NLD activist Su Su Nway emerged from her surprise June 6 release from Insein Prison committed to continue her efforts to eliminate forced labor and gain freedom for other political prisoners. She faced isolation and threats in prison, but continued to fight for human rights at ev [...]	2006-06-15 10:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL ECON BM
06RANGOON816	BURMESE CELEBRATE ASSK'S BIRTHDAY DESPITE CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 61st birthday within the walls of her compound in Rangoon, where she remains under house arrest. The NLD marked the day with a gathering of hundreds of supporters at party headquarters who attended a speaking competition, gave donations to the chi [...]	2006-06-19 11:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON82	BURMA'S PRO-AMERICAN KACHIN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge traveled to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northernmost Burma, Jan 8-10 and met with interlocutors from a variety of different organizations representive of the Kachin people, one of Burma's seven main ethnic minority groups. She heard the same themes repeat [...]	2006-01-20 00:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON843	BURMA/TIP: MUTED REACTION TO THE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB officially reacted to the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report through a critique in the state press June 20. Although it was given front-page attention, regime criticism of the Tier 3 ranking was restrained, reflecting the SPDC's expectation to retain Tier 3 ranki [...]	2006-06-21 10:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON846	GOB "PERMITS" EIGHT DEPUTY MINISTERS TO RETIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB announced on June 16 the "retirement" of eight deputy ministers and one Supreme Court justice. Five of the retiring deputy ministers were military officers and two were ex-military. The GOB has not announced their replacements yet, but these retirements will create space f [...]	2006-06-22 07:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON848	KAREN STATE: JUST ANOTHER DRY SEASON OFFENSIVE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a GOB-organized trip for diplomats to Karen State June 8-10, a former Burmese Army battlefield commander recalled the Burmese Army's 1983-84 dry season offensive against the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the KNLA's major miscalculation that enabled the Burmese [...]	2006-06-22 08:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON849	ILO READY FOR GOB ACTION ON COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, immediately upon his return from the International Labor Conference (ILC),ILO Country Liaison Officer Richard Horsey requested a meeting with Labor Minister U Thaung to follow up on the commitments on forced labor made by the GOB in Geneva. Horsey singled out the USG [...]	2006-06-22 10:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON BM
06RANGOON87	FORMER STUDENT LEADERS: MOBILIZING THE MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Kyi, former student leaders of Burma's 1988 pro-democracy movement, have become increasingly active in the year since their release from lengthy prison terms. GOB authorities have eased off their surveillance in recent months, prompting the two activists to [...]	2006-01-23 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON876	BURMA MISSES A COPPER PLATED OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Economic mismanagement keeps Burma from cashing in on the global rise in copper prices. The experiences of Ivanhoe, the Canadian firm in a joint venture with the GOB to extract and export copper, illustrate the difficulties most firms face doing business in Burma. End summary. [...]	2006-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD BM
06RANGOON887	UN RANGOON PROBES FOR OPENING IN BURMESE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Onder Yucer, the temporary UN Resident Coordinator in Rangoon met with Charge on June 27 to discuss his efforts to persuade the GOB to loosen restrictive guidelines on humanitarian organizations, as well as the UN's role in negotiating some sort of political transition. He met Ju [...]	2006-06-28 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON904	BURMA READY TO START TALKING TO ILO [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minster of Labor told ILO Liaison Officer that the GOB is ready to begin discussions with ILO representatives in Geneva. ILO members at the recent International Labor Conference (ILC) deferred further action against the GOB on the condition that it resume talks to dev [...]	2006-07-03 02:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON905	JAPAN SHIFTS FOCUS FOR ASSISTANCE TO BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: After giving assurances that it will channel official foreign aid in Burma through NGOs, the Japanese government continues to provide some targeted financial and technical assistance directly to the GOB. However, the bulk of its support goes through the UN. Japan thus remains B [...]	2006-07-03 02:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON911	SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER IN KACHIN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the death of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) Chairman Tu Jai, the Central Committee moved quickly to ensure a smooth leadership transition. Three rival Kachin factions participated in the funeral. Kachin sources expect the new leader, former Vice Chairman Lanyaw C [...]	2006-07-03 06:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON918	RENOWNED MANDALAY WRITER FRAIL BUT STILL VOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite her age of 90, well known Mandalay author and political critic "Ludu" (People's) Daw Ahma remains outspoken, respected widely among the Burmese, and an irritant to the regime, as shown by a recent interview with the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). She points to thousan [...]	2006-07-03 10:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON919	ICRC DRAWS DOWN FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burma office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to reduce further its expatriate and local staff in light of continued restrictions on independent prison visits and access to vulnerable populations in conflict zones in border areas absent any indicat [...]	2006-07-03 10:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON924	WORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Burmese law prohibits strikes, many worker successfully staged strikes for wage increases in 2005 and 2006. Lab and management peacefully resolved most strikes, and GOB officials intervened in some cases to press for resolution. As long as the strikes stay apolitical, [...]	2006-07-05 06:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON93	HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER CUTS OFF NGOS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB's Ministry of Home Affairs, without explanation or advance warning, issued orders on January 20 to six international NGOs to cease their operations in northern Shan State. The six NGOs, who collaborate with UNODC on alternative income and harm reduction projects, are qui [...]	2006-01-24 09:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON94	NO REWARD FOR OPPOSING FORCED LABOR IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Labor advocate and pro-democracy activist Su Su Nway, jailed since October for her successful efforts to sue GOB officials on forced labor charges, recently spent time in a prison hospital for deteriorating health. Her lawyers have appealed her conviction and expect an initial ru [...]	2006-01-24 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PREL BM
06RANGOON946	NLD IN CENTRAL BURMA: TREADING WATER [...] (C) Summary: Facing repressive measures by regional authorities, the NLD struggles to maintain minimal activities in the key central divisions of Mandalay and Magwe. Elder party leaders shrugged off the effects of the SPDC's public campaign to coerce NLD resignations, but hope for "outside he [...]	2006-07-06 04:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON952	LAMPOONING THE ECONOMY LANDS SHAN YOUTH IN JAIL [...] (C) Summary: Public lampooning of price hikes and the poor economy by youth during a recent festival in the Shan State landed eight, including a member of the regime,s mass-member organization Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA),in jail for presenting a security threat. While th [...]	2006-07-06 08:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON963	ILO PRESSURE LEADS TO LAWYER'S RELEASE [...] (SBU) On July 9, authorities released U Aye Myint from Bago prison. In June, International Labor Organization (ILO) members set Aye Myint's release by the end of July as one test of the GOB's willingness to address forced labor. Aye Myint credits the ILO pressure for his release. End Summary [...]	2006-07-10 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON964	RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONER UNDER TIGHT WATCH [...] SUMMARY: The regime has increased its surveillance and harassment of prominent NLD Youth member Su Su New, released from prison a month ago. Security personnel will likely tightly monitor her to thwart her activities, but they will probably stop short of re-arresting her or restricting her m [...]	2006-07-10 11:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD

06RANGOON970	NLD RESIGNED ABOUT COERCED RESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 11:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON974	US-ASEAN TIFA POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 10:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON975	NAY PYI DAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of Burma's new capital city, Nay Pyi Taw, continues. Gradually foreigners are getting to see the under-construction city, but plans to invite all of the Ambassadors are still on hold pending further progress. The current impression is of a vast green empty space s [...]	2006-07-12 11:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON978	NO DECISION YET ON UNGA DELEAGTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA BM
06RANGOON981	BURMESE REGIME REACTS TO POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The government daily newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar (NLM),has recently intensified the quantity and degree of its rhetoric against its political opposition in an ongoing series of multi-page articles. The articles also attempt to counter charges that Burma represents a th [...]	2006-07-13 07:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RECIFE40	SWEETER ENERGY? NORTHEAST HOPES FOR ETHANOL [...] Summary: Sugar has dominated Brazil's Northeast for centuries, but the boom in ethanol production for fuel has yet to fire up their economy. Only 15 percent of Brazil's ethanol comes from the Northeast compared to 85 percent from the South, even though the harvest seasons are complementary and [...]	2006-03-13 17:14:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG BR
06REYKJAVIK102	ICELAND: ADDITIONAL IRAQ ASSISTANCE NOT [...] (SBU) Post briefed Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson March 23 on the President's budget requests for Iraq (ref A). Asked the current Icelandic thinking on additional assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, Gudjonsson referenced Reykjavik's recent d [...]	2006-03-23 17:09:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK107	ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]	2006-03-29 11:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK118	ICELAND: 3/30-3/31 TALKS SET STAGE FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation met in Reykjavik 3/30-31 with senior Icelandic officials to describe the operational framework for the defense of Iceland following the upcoming realignment of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Icelandic delegation expressed keen interest in [...]	2006-03-31 18:22:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK119	ICELAND: COAST GUARD DIRECTOR SHUT OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: In informal conversation 3/31 Icelandic Ministry of Justice Deputy Permanent Secretary disclosed to Embassy that Coast Guard Director Georg Larusson has lost the confidence of Minister of Justice Bjarnason because he is not seen as a team player. This explains why decisions about [...]	2006-04-03 18:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PINR IC
06REYKJAVIK120	ICELAND REACTION: OPTIMISTIC TONE FOLLOWING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government and news media of Iceland, for the most part, have echoed FM Haarde's cautious optimism over the round of bilateral defense talks in Reykjavik 3/31. The two leading newspapers published editorials praising the talks for providing the first step toward clarifying t [...]	2006-04-03 18:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK125	ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on April 4 to Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson, Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division. Gudjonsson affirmed that Iceland agrees with U.S. points and will support intensified dialogue (ID) on NATO membership with Georgia. A Georgian delegation head [...]	2006-04-05 10:20:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG IC
06REYKJAVIK130	ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER BEARING UP WELL UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde has spent early April trying to diffuse criticism from press and politicians who accuse him of failing to predict the U.S. decision to draw down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),and who say he is too passive in letting the U.S. defi [...]	2006-04-11 16:05:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK134	INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO DISSECT ICELANDIC [...] Summary. Over the past two months, credit rating agencies and other international financial firms have released a torrent of reports raising questions about the state of the Icelandic economy and the activities and stability of Iceland's major banks. These reports have been widely covered i [...]	2006-04-12 14:29:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON IC
06REYKJAVIK140	APRIL 2006 DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS: ICELAND'S RED [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with Icelandic Government personnel and the first three meetings of a bilateral working group managing base closure issues offer indications of GOI expectations for the EUCOM briefing 4/26 in Reykjavik. Although the Icelandic leadership understands the classifie [...]	2006-04-24 11:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK141	ICELAND TO SUPPORT GUATEMALAN UNSC BID [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 14:26:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT UN VE IC
06REYKJAVIK142	AUSTRALIA GROUP: ICELANDIC LEGISLATION STUCK IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 17:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC IC
06REYKJAVIK143	ICELAND: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT FOR NATO'S 'GLOBAL [...] (C) Post presented ref A points to Icelandic MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson April 24. Gudjonsson stated that Reykjavik has not adopted a formal position on the U.S.-UK proposal for a NATO "Global Partnership," adding that: -- In principle, cooperation with NATO shou [...]	2006-04-25 10:48:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK150	4/26-27 DEFENSE TALKS: ICELAND LOOKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM briefed Iceland Chief Defense Negotiator Albert Jonsson 4/26 on the Draft Concept Plan (the Conplan) for the Defense of Iceland. Jonsson responded 4/27 that the Conplan was fundamentally acceptable as a plan but did not go far enough toward meeting Iceland's political nee [...]	2006-04-27 19:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK158	ICELAND DEFENSE: FM HAARDE DEFENDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 4/29 parliamentary briefing on bilateral defense talks earlier in the week, FM Haarde continued to emphasize that the U.S. and Icelandic governments are moving forward constructively to develop new defense arrangements in preparation for the upcoming closure of Naval Air S [...]	2006-05-03 17:19:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK162	ICELAND/HUMAN RIGHTS: SKEPTICAL OF IRAN, BUT [...] (SBU) Since April post has regularly discussed the new UN Human Rights Council (refs A and B) and Iranian human rights violations (refs C and D) with Icelandic MFA Minister Counselor Nikulas Hannigan, who is both the International Institutions director and Middle East director in Iceland's sma [...]	2006-05-09 15:07:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IR IC
06REYKJAVIK167	ICELAND TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON MOP-3 FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 08:20:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO IC
06REYKJAVIK187	ICELANDIC ACADEMIC CLAIMS U.S. BASE SHUTDOWN TIED [...] (C) Summary: An Icelandic historian's assertion that the U.S. would not be shutting down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) had former PM and FM David Oddsson not retired from politics has excited the media and driven the country's leading politicians into a round of recriminations. The sugg [...]	2006-05-26 18:06:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPAO ECA IIP IC
06REYKJAVIK205	Icelandic PM Halldor Asgrimsson to Leave Post; [...] (U) Summary: In a move apparently designed to resuscitate his party's hopes of surviving 2007 parliamentary elections, Halldor Asgrimsson announced 6/5 that he would resign both as Icelandic Prime Minister and as Progressive Party (PP) Chairman. The dates for his departure remain unclear whi [...]	2006-06-08 16:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR IC
06REYKJAVIK206	ICELAND: TAPPED OUT ON TRUST FUND FOR NTM-I [...] (SBU) Post passed ref A talking points on pledging additional funds to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq to Icelandic MFA officials May 24 and discussed them with Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson June 9. Gudjonsson expressed surprise that Washington would be demarching Reykjavi [...]	2006-06-09 15:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IC
06REYKJAVIK207	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: ICELAND TO CONSIDER NEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 16:42:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK208	ICELAND WILL NOT ATTEND PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] Having forwarded a copy of the Polish invitation May 31, post spoke with MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson June 9 to reiterate the significance of the Proliferation Security Initiative High Level Political Meeting as well as the planned high level of U.S. representation. [...]	2006-06-09 17:21:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IC
06REYKJAVIK210	Iceland Appoints First Female Foreign Minister; [...] (U) Summary: Outgoing PM Asgrimsson and incoming PM Haarde announced 6/10 results of their talks regarding a new Icelandic cabinet to take office 6/15: current Minister of Industry and Commerce Valgerdur Sverrisdottir, an international relations neophyte, will become Foreign Minister. Haarde [...]	2006-06-13 07:47:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR IC
06REYKJAVIK218	ICELANDERS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings with Embassy officials June 13 and 14, Icelandic MFA officials indicated agreement on most key issues for the June 19-30 first session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). The Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples may prove to be a sticking point, as Nordic soli [...]	2006-06-16 11:18:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK22	FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND [...] Summary: Iceland is comparatively a low-fraud country. No identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or immigrant visas currently exist in Iceland. End Summary 2. This cable updates the country fraud summary for Iceland per ref A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: As a prospe [...]	2006-01-18 18:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK224	MDA: ICELAND WILL BE SUPPORTIVE AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Post discussed points from refs A and B with Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 14 and 19, respectively. Following consultation with the MFA PermSec and the Icelandic Mission in Geneva, Davidsdottir replied as follows: -- Iceland wi [...]	2006-06-19 15:41:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IC IS
06REYKJAVIK226	ICELAND: WEDGWOOD UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION [...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 13. Davidsdottir responded June 19 that the GOI would probably make its decision on which candidates to support for the UN Human Rights Committee in August. She adde [...]	2006-06-20 16:56:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK264	ICELAND SHARES U.S. OUTLOOK ON POST-CASTRO CUBA [...] On July 19, post delivered reftel points to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister Counsellor Nikulas Hannigan. Hannigan said that although GOI has disagreed with U.S. economic sanctions, it does share common goals with the U.S. for a future democratic Cuba in a post-Castro environmen [...]	2006-07-20 09:10:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PHUM PREL PGOV EI
06REYKJAVIK294	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPERS STICKING IT OUT IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Iceland will probably maintain or even expand its peace monitoring mission in Sri Lanka following the withdrawal of EU peacekeepers, despite renewed media questioning of the appropriateness of Icelandic participation in peacekeeping in combat zones. T [...]	2006-08-14 18:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO CE IC
06REYKJAVIK305	LEBANON: ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTION AND DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) To date, the Government of Iceland (GOI) has announced donations of ISK 24 million ($340,000) in humanitarian aid to Lebanon. The pledges were divided between a 27 July tranche to UN agencies and local NGO Church Aid Iceland, and a 15 August tranche split between the World Food Program an [...]	2006-08-25 16:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL LE SW IC
06REYKJAVIK308	ICELAND WILL SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK312	Iceland: Progressive Party Elects New Leadership; Clears [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 19 congress, the Progressive Party (PP - the minority member in Iceland's ruling conservative coalition alongside PM Haarde's Independence Party),replaced former PM Asgrimsson as party chair with Minister of Industry and Commerce Jon Sigurdsson. Party rank and file [...]	2006-08-30 17:37:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR EAGR IC
06REYKJAVIK331	ICELAND/NAM SUMMIT: ICELAND ATTENDING HAVANA NAM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iceland is attending the NAM Summit in Havana primarily to campaign for a 2009-2010 UN Security Council seat, and claims no interest in NAM membership or increased engagement with the Government of Cuba. The GOI did not receive a landing clearance request in connection with Be [...]	2006-09-13 17:12:00	Embassy Reykjavik	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM UNSC CU IR BO IC
06REYKJAVIK357	Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]	2006-09-27 07:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK359	Iceland: Press and Politicos Respond to Defense [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic press reaction to the Prime Minister's September 26 announcement of the results of defense talks with the U.S. (Reftel) has been measured and largely favorable. Opposition party expressions of discontent center on two points: 1) the Government's failure to make public [...]	2006-09-27 18:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK364	ICELAND DEFENSE: TECHNICAL AGREEMENT TO CLOSE U.S. BASE SIGNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister signed the bilateral "Technical Agreement" on the closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),as well as an agreement amending the classified annexes to the 1951 U.S.-Iceland defense agreement, at 1236 GMT on 29 September. The last U.S. military p [...]	2006-09-29 16:56:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL EAIR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK40	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK401	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK405	ICELAND FOLLOWING NORDIC LEAD ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Poloff presented reftel demarche to Icelandic MFA Counselor for Human Rights Ingibjorg Davidsdottir on October 25. Davidsdottir, who transferred from the Icelandic mission in Geneva this summer, was familiar with the text and the joint U.S.-Australian-New Zealand position, but apologetic [...]	2006-10-31 16:47:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA IC
06REYKJAVIK406	ICELAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 16:48:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA LE IS IC
06REYKJAVIK421	ICELAND WILL SUPPORT MATHESON FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 15:01:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ILC UNGA IC
06REYKJAVIK428	Iceland: Water Damage at former U.S. base poses first [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-formed corporation overseeing redevelopment of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) site is inheriting an additional problem in the form of serious water damage from frozen pipes in a number of residential buildings. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, wh [...]	2006-11-21 18:34:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK431	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]	2006-11-27 11:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK452	ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...]	2006-12-21 07:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK50	ICELAND IN NO RUSH TO ASSIST NEW PALESTINIAN [...] Post discussed reftel points with Icelandic MFA Head of International Institutions Division Nikulas Hannigan February 10. Hannigan took note of U.S concerns about a new Palestinian Authority government that has not committed to non-violence, and he affirmed that Iceland generally supports the [...]	2006-02-13 16:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EAID IS IC
06REYKJAVIK51	ICELAND: NEAR-TERM UNESCO CONVENTION RATIFICATION [...] Summary: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity is not on Iceland's legislative agenda; nor has it attracted Icelandic civil society or media attention. End summary. 2. Post can find no reference to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conven [...]	2006-02-14 11:30:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO ETRD IC
06REYKJAVIK62	ICELAND: HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC NATO NPG IC
06REYKJAVIK63	ICELAND JOINS EU IN CONDEMNATION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK68	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Kieransl@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Polofficer (FO-02) 20 hrs - Polassistant 60 hrs - DCM [...]	2006-03-02 12:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
06REYKJAVIK69	ICELAND TO MAKE NEW DONATION TO NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 15:47:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK88	ICELAND WILL NOT HOST HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 17:06:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS IC
06REYKJAVIK89	ICELANDIC STATEMENT ON AKBAR GANGI: ONLY IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 17:15:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR IC
06REYKJAVIK91	SUMMARY OF ICELANDIC MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH US [...] Summary: Ambassador held a March 16 marathon of interviews with seven media outlets (reftel A) to explain reasons behind the U.S. Government's decision to realign Naval Air Station Keflavik and withdraw its four F-15 fighters and search and rescue helicopters by the end of September 2006. The [...]	2006-03-17 18:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK93	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 18-20, 2006: U.S. [...] Summary: Weekend media reaction to the U.S. decision to realign Keflavik Naval Air Station (NASKEF) took a sober turn as politicians and pundits assessed the cost of this development to their state's security and treasury. The national newspaper of record, whose editor is close to former PM [...]	2006-03-20 17:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK97	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 21-22, 2006: U.S. REMOVAL [...] Summary: March 21 press coverage of the U.S. decision to remove most assets from the base at Keflavik was punctuated by PM Asgrimsson's statement that the U.S. decision had created a "climate of distrust between the two countries." Coverage also focused on NATO SECGEN Scheffer's comments that [...]	2006-03-22 15:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK98	ICELAND: JUSTICE MINISTER FRUSTRATED -- AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Icelandic Justice Minister 3/22 as part of post's roll-out of the U.S. decision to remove fighter aircraft and CSAR helicopters from Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Minister expressed deep disappointment at the "unilateral" decision and listed [...]	2006-03-22 16:01:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MASS IC
06RIGA1006	(C) LATVIA INFORMED OF RESULTS FROM 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 13:00:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA LG
06RIGA1040	LATVIA'S 2007 BUDGET [...] Summary: In a relatively swift approval process, Latvia's parliament adopted its 2007 budget on December 19. The budget, featuring a 26 percent increase in expenditures (mostly growing public sector salaries and increased government investment),a projected 23 percent increase in revenues, and [...]	2006-12-22 14:10:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD LG
06RIGA1056	TWO LATVIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] SUMMARY. The deaths of two Latvian soldiers in Iraq December 27 has topped all news in Latvia in the aftermath. Despite nearly 80 percent public opposition to the mission, senior officials have clearly stated that Latvia will remain in Iraq. Opposition political leaders, and even some membe [...]	2006-12-29 15:38:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PREL IZ LG
06RIGA202	LATVIA'S RULING COALITION IN DEADLOCK OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Since Transport Minister Ainars Slesers's March 15 dismissal for his alleged involvement in a vote- buying scandal in the city of Jurmala (reftel),Latvia's governing coalition has been unable to appoint a successor due to the tough stance taken by the coalition's senior member, [...]	2006-03-24 15:31:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA246	LATVIA TO CONTINUE WITH MINORITY GOVERNMENT AS [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis now leads a minority government. The New Era party, the governing coalition's largest, left the government April 7 in the culmination of a three-week government crisis characterized by competing claims of corruption and government malfeasance. New Era lef [...]	2006-04-07 15:41:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LG
06RIGA496	(C) LATVIAN REQUEST FOR U.S. AIR SECURITY [...] (U) This is a request for guidance from Washington agencies. See para 3. 2. (C/NOFORN) In a letter to Ambassador Bailey, the GOL has presented a request for USG assistance with air security for the period of the NATO Summit in Riga, November 28-29, 2006 (see para 4 below). In making this [...]	2006-06-26 10:49:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS ASEC NATO LG
06RIGA518	LATVIA ON WTO GENEVA MEETING [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Maija Manika, MFA U/S for Economic Issues June 28. Manika will accompany Economics Minister Stokenbergs to Geneva. Manika said that Latvia was among the EU member states urging a more flexible approach by the commission, but acknowledged that lar [...]	2006-07-03 07:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EUN WTO LG
06RIGA519	AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the security situation in Iraq; energy security; Latvian-Russian bilateral relations; the NATO Summit; the recent visit of Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga to the U.S.; and Russia's desire to [...]	2006-07-03 07:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG ECON WTO RS LG
06RIGA523	LATVIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON NATO, IRAN, UN AND [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with pol/econ chief, Latvian PolDir Klava talked about Latvia's goals for the Riga summit, Iran, UN and OSCE issues. Latvia strongly supports NATO opening an intensified dialogue with Georgia, and closer NATO relations with Georgia and Ukraine will be an import [...]	2006-07-05 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM NATO UN OSCE IR LG
06RIGA524	LATVIAN DEFMIN REASSURED ON ROTATAION OF LATVIAN [...] (C) Summary: As flagged by Embassy Baghdad, the Government of Latvia has been very concerned in recent days about what they believed to be a delay in the return home of their contingent rotating out of service in MNF-I. Thanks to quick coordination, we have been able to allay GOL concerns an [...]	2006-07-05 14:47:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV IZ LG
06RIGA526	LATVIA LOOKS TO MAJOR INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY Latvia is shifting from being a recipient of foreign aid to being a donor. Their recently published development cooperation policy plan for 2007, envisions a roughly four-fold increase in development assistance, focused on Georgia and Moldova, with additional assistance to Ukrain [...]	2006-07-06 07:54:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV GG MD LG
06RIGA527	PM'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON LATVIAN POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Summary: Latvia's October elections should produce a politial alignment similar to the coalition currently in office, although the nationalist Fatherland and Freedom could significantly increase its seats, according to the PM's chief of staff, Jurgis Liepnieks. Liepnieks, a consummate po [...]	2006-07-06 07:55:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LG
06RIGA533	LATVIAN PRESIDENT VETOS CONTROVERSIAL LABOR LAW [...] SUMMARY. Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga returned to the Saeima (parliament) a bill to amend the Labor Law, which did not include sexual orientation as one of the protected categories in employment. The language of the law appears to violate an EU directive that Latvia must incorporat [...]	2006-07-07 11:18:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EUN LG
06RIGA534	Latvian response to North Korean Missile Launch [...] Pol/econ chief delivered ref A points to Signe Jansone, A/S-level official at the MFA responsible for Asia. Jansone said that Japanese charge had been in just prior to make similar points. Latvia shares our concern on the launches and fully supports the NATO (ref B) and EU statements on the [...]	2006-07-07 13:48:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN LG
06RIGA535	Afghanistan PRT Conference: Latvia [...] (U) Ambassador Bailey and Canadian Ambassador Poulin jointly delivered ref A invitation to Latvian MOD Slakteris July 5. Slakteris pledged to send a representative to the conference in Budapest, but given the minister's trip to Washington the following week, it might be at a rather low level. [...]	2006-07-07 13:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AF LG
06RIGA552	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM ON 311 DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Latvian Prime Minister Kalvitis greatly appreciated an advance briefing by Ambassador Bailey July 12 on U.S. Treasury decisions to sanction one Latvian bank for taking insufficient measures to combat money laundering and to lift the threat of sanctions on a second bank, bringing [...]	2006-07-13 14:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD PHUM KCRM LG
06RIGA561	Afghanistan PRT Conference: Latvia - updated [...] (U) Latvia will send the following individuals to the PRT conference in Budapest: Mr. Edgars Rinkevics, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense Ms. Zane Vasule, Snr. Desk Officer, International Operations and Crisis Management Division, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-07-17 13:34:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AF LG
06RIGA566	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 17 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Economics Minister Stokenbergs discussed outstanding trade issues Liepajas Metallurgs and Coca-Cola, building bilateral trade links, and Latvia's relations with Russia. While we had little to offer on Liepajas Metallurgs, Stokenbergs wa [...]	2006-07-18 14:38:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PINR OFPD RS LG
06RIGA573	LATVIA IN AGREEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Vilmers Henins, A/S-level equivalent in the MFA for Russia and the former Soviet states. Latvia has "absolutely the same position" on this issue, he said, and agrees that Moscow is the key to resolving this. Henins expressed concern, ho [...]	2006-07-20 08:15:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL OSCE MD RS LG
06RIGA577	NAZERBAYEV'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Latvia by Kazakh President Nazerbayev was mainly focused on building economic ties between the two countries. The Kazakhs already have a heavy investment in a grain port in Latvia and would like to use the oil terminal at Ventspils to ship their oil. The two countri [...]	2006-07-21 08:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON OSCE RU KZ LG
06RIGA584	PEOPLE'S PARTY EMBROILED IN THIRD-PARTY CAMPAIGN AD [...] SUMMARY. The People's Party, the senior partner in Latvia's minority coalition government, has come under the scrutiny of the press and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) over a series of TV commercials that praise the party's cabinet ministers. The clips do not make reference to the elections [...]	2006-07-24 06:22:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM LG
06RIGA619	DAS KRAMER TALKS BELARUS, MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings in Riga July 24, DAS David Kramer discussed Belarus, Moldova and Russia with key Latvian officials. Latvia is closely watching Belarus' relations with Russia and trying to improve people to people contacts. NGO representatives who work with Be [...]	2006-08-02 11:59:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID RS MD BO LG
06RIGA628	LATVIA ON DRAFT LEBANON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 13:20:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UNSC LG
06RIGA633	SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LATVIAN MFA,S REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Latvia believes that the recent incident alleging that one of its diplomats in Minsk was distributing pornography was a set up meant to retaliate against Latvian support for Belarusian NGO's and Belarusian opposition forces, notably while Latvia was the EU presidency representa [...]	2006-08-08 09:02:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PINR EUN BO LG
06RIGA653	LEBANON/LATVIA/UNIFIL: POLITICALLY TOUGH, VERY [...] (C) Pol/econ chief and DATT delivered reftel points to Kaspars Ozolins, MFA A/S equivalent for security policy, and Signe Jansone, MFA A/S equivalent for the Middle East, on August 16. Ozolins, while noting Latvia's support for UNSCR 1701, stressed that Latvia's military forces are currently [...]	2006-08-16 15:02:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL UN LE LG
06RIGA656	RUSSIA URGES ROBUST OSCE OBERSERVATION OF OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: An ODIHR election assessment team visited Latvia August 3-4 to assess the overall state of Latvia's election system prior to October parliamentary elections in order to make recommendations on an OSCE election observation mission. As part of this assessment, the team met with re [...]	2006-08-18 04:20:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE RU LG
06RIGA657	RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES VISITS LATVIA [...] SUMMARY. At the invitation of Ambassador Bailey, a three-person team from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) visited Latvia July 24-28. The team visited a number of hospitals and orphanages to assess the quality of care and look for possible areas of cooperation. They also met with repr [...]	2006-08-18 05:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI OPRC LG
06RIGA662	COCA-COLA STILL FIGHTING LATVIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, COCA-COLA HAS MET WITH GOL OFFICIALS AT BOTH THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION MINISTRIES TO PRESS THE GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW PROPOSED REGULATIONS ON SOFT DRINK SALES IN SCHOOLS. ON AUGUST 2, POST ARRANGED FOR THE MINISTER OF ECONOMICS TO VISIT COCA-COLA'S [...]	2006-08-18 14:47:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV BEXP PREL LG
06RIGA680	LATVIA LOOKS TO COMMISSION CONSENSUS ON CHINA IPR [...] (SBU) Pol/econ off met with Zaiga Liepina, Ministry of Economics Deputy State Secretary, on August 22 to request support in the possible WTO dispute with China on IPR. Liepina stated that Latvian business has a very small representation in China, so Chinese IPR practices do not have much of a [...]	2006-08-25 06:16:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH LG
06RIGA686	LATVIA: NO NEW AID AT LEBANON DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Pol/econ off met on August 25 with Signe Jansone, MFA A/S-level official responsible for the Middle East to deliver demarche on Latvian attendance and financial commitments at the August 31 Stockholm Donor Conference on Lebanon. She said that the Latvian delegation will be headed by Maij [...]	2006-08-28 04:17:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL LE LG
06RIGA690	LATVIA IN TUNE WITH BASIC PRINCIPLES ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Pol/econ chief drew from reftel points to brief Latvian PolDir Ilgvars Klava on our current thinking on Kosovo August 28. Klava said that Latvia was fully in agreement with the basic principles outlined by the USG and strongly supported Ahtisaari's mission. He underscored that Kosovo nee [...]	2006-08-29 05:57:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UNSC YI LG
06RIGA691	LATVIA: BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ANNUAL UPDATE [...] Post has designated Thomas (Les) Johnston, Pol/Econ Officer, as the contact responsible for oversight of the Blue Lantern program in-country. 2. Contact information: Thomas (Les) Johnston Phone: 371-703-6287 Fax: 371-782-0047 [...]	2006-08-29 10:15:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC JM
06RIGA698	LATVIAN VIEWS ON POSSIBILITY OF EU/RUSSIA [...] (C) In a meeting with pol/econ chief August 28 on other issues, Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klava raised the topic of ongoing discussions in the EU on potential joint peacekeeping efforts with Russia. According to Klava, this topic would be discussed at the September 1 - 2 Gymnich. Klava said [...]	2006-08-31 06:15:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN RU LG
06RIGA699	BORIS YELTSIN'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Boris Yeltsin's visit to Latvia to mark 15 years since the restoration of independence is viewed by GOL officials as another positive sign in relations with Moscow. Originally a private visit, both Latvian and Russian sources agree that it was upgraded at the request of President P [...]	2006-08-31 10:39:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU LG
06RIGA719	LATVIA FIRM ON NEED FOR FULL SERBIAN COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 05:10:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC SR LG
06RIGA732	(C) SECOND REQUEST ON LATVIAN REQUEST FOR U.S. AIR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C/NOFORN) Ref A relayed request from Latvian MOD Slakteris, on behalf of GOL, for USG to provide air security assistance for the NATO Summit to be held in Riga November 28 - 29. To date, post has received no formal response from Washington. [...]	2006-09-12 14:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL ASEC KTIA NATO LG
06RIGA733	LATVIA: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON [...] (C) Pol/Econ Off met on September 11 with Signe Jansone, MFA A/S-level official responsible for the Middle East, to deliver demarche on maintaining momentum in Lebanon. Jansone agreed that it is very important not to return to the pre-conflict status quo in Lebanon. She said that it remains [...]	2006-09-12 14:15:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER LE LG
06RIGA734	POLICING HATE CRIMES - LATVIAN NGO HOSTS SEMINAR [...] Summary. On August 28, the Latvian Center for Human Rights (a local NGO) hosted a seminar titled Policing Hate Crime. Approximately 20 police officers and 20 representatives from the Latvian government and NGOs attended. The daylong event covered a range of issues, but the most valuable we [...]	2006-09-12 14:21:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC EUN LG
06RIGA736	LATVIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 12:59:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UNGA LG

06RIGA738	LATVIAN VIEWS ON GAERC [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered points in refs a and b to Veronika Erte, MFA A/S-level official responsible EU affairs September 13. Erte noted that the Latvian cabinet had approved Latvia's GAERC positions at a cabinet meeting on September 12, but nevertheless welcomed hearing USG views. There [...]	2006-09-13 15:03:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU LG
06RIGA743	LATVIA ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 15:07:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LG
06RIGA761	The rules for Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections [...] Summary. Latvia will hold its fifth post-Soviet elections to the Saeima, the 100-member parliament, on Saturday, October 7. The country uses a modified proportional representation system and any party that collects at least five percent of votes cast nationally wins seats in the Saeima. Out [...]	2006-09-21 04:16:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM LG
06RIGA762	The players in Latvia's parliamentary elections [...] SUMMARY. Latvia enters the 2006 Saeima (parliament) election race with a minority government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party) that includes the center-right People's Party, centrist Greens and Farmers Union and conservative First Party. The country will likely emerge fro [...]	2006-09-21 04:17:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA775	LATVIA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR IMSO DIRECTOR [...] Pol/Econ Off spoke with Aigars Krastins, Head of the Maritime Department in the Latvian Ministry of Transportation, on September 22 regarding our candidate for Director of the International Mobile Satellite Organization, Steven Lett. Krastins stated that he had received copies of the diplomati [...]	2006-09-25 05:14:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS LG
06RIGA780	LATVIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered ref A points to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klava on September 25. Klava, noting that Latvia was not a member of the HRC, took copious notes and nodded his head vigorously at several points, but did not give a formal indication of the GOL's position. He did, howev [...]	2006-09-25 15:03:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN LG
06RIGA792	WHAT'S AT STAKE IN LATVIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: While Latvia's parliamentary elections October 7 are unlikely to bring about a major near term change in foreign policy, the elections merit USG attention for two reasons. First, they will give us indication of whether Latvia will continue to press forward on efforts to strengt [...]	2006-09-29 05:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL LG
06RIGA799	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO [...] Madam Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit Riga October 10 - 13. Latvia today is a very different place than it was when you helped establish the Peace Corps program here after Latvia regained it's independence in 1991. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership [...]	2006-10-02 14:09:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL OVIP CHAO ELAINE LG
06RIGA802	CENTER-RIGHT PARTIES LEAD IN RUN UP TO LATVIA'S [...] Summary: Latest opinion polls conducted just days before Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections suggest that center-right parties are likely to retain power with increasing discussion that current Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis will remain at the helm of the next government. However, due t [...]	2006-10-04 10:37:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LG
06RIGA820	LATVIA AND RUSSIA TO SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Economics Minister Stokenbergs will travel to Moscow October 13 to sign bilateral agreements on economic cooperation and establishing an intergovernmental commission to manage the bilateral relationship. The signing of these agreements represents the end of several mont [...]	2006-10-10 07:18:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON GE RU LG
06RIGA822	LATVIA EXTENDS AFGHANISTAN MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 11:02:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV NATO AF LG
06RIGA823	LATVIA'S ELECTIONS: LITTLE CHANGE BUT SOME SURPRISES [...] Summary: Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections provided an endorsement for the current minority government of PM Aigars Kalvitis. The three parties in the current coalition won 51 seats in the 100 seat Saeima (parliament),although they will likely invite in a fourth party to add to the [...]	2006-10-10 11:05:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LG
06RIGA832	LATVIAN VIEWS ON GAERC - FOCUSED ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel demarche to Veronika Erte, A/S-level official responsible for EU issues at the MFA, on October 12. The GOL adopted its GAERC positions in cabinet on October 10. Latvia will be represented at the GAERC by its Ambassador to the EU. 2. (C) Georgia - Althou [...]	2006-10-12 14:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EUN GG RU LE LG
06RIGA836	SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETINGS WITH GOL OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's visit to Latvia provided an opportunity to discuss economic growth and job creation, relations with Russia and the recent Latvian elections with senior governmental officials. All interlocutors noted the challenge for Latvia of the out migra [...]	2006-10-13 14:10:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB ECON MARR CVIS OVIP CHAO ELAINE RU
06RIGA847	LATVIAN MFA ON BELARUS AND GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Belarus has dropped the charges against the Latvian diplomat accused in July of distribution of pornography and transferred the evidence to Latvia under the bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty. While this should allow some stabilization in the bilateral relationship, includ [...]	2006-10-17 11:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BO GG RU LG
06RIGA848	LATVIAN VIEWS ON LEBANON/SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 11:10:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET	PREL PINR LE SY LG
06RIGA849	LATVIA SUPPORTS FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 11:10:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KN LG
06RIGA852	LATVIA/RUSSIA: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Latvian visit to Moscow October 13 to sign two bilateral agreements went well and the GOL was encouraged by the positive reception by Econ/trade minister Gref. Absent was the usual Russian complaints on treatment of ethnic Russians in Latvia. The Russians expressed a desire [...]	2006-10-18 07:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG GE RS LG
06RIGA855	Remaining state shares in Ventspils Nafta sold to Vitol [...] On October 5, the Latvian government sold its entire 38.62% stake in Ventspils Nafta (VN),a large holding company known mainly for its oil terminal and extremely convoluted shareholding structure. Besides the oil transit business, VN owns a number of real estate businesses, several printing a [...]	2006-10-18 14:03:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ETRD PGOV LG
06RIGA857	Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review Recommendation: Latvia [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia's performance since April 2006 on IPR-related issues shows continued improvement in the number of police raids conducted, amount of goods seized or destroyed, and IPR cases brought to prosecution. However, Latvia has not shown improvement in a number of areas that were hi [...]	2006-10-19 14:25:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON LG
06RIGA859	LATVIA'S ELECTIONS: MODERATE HARMONY CENTER BEATS HARDLINE [...] Summary. One of the major upsets in Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections was the poor showing of hard-line For Human Rights in a United Latvia (PCTVL) list versus its main rivals in the race for the votes of the Russian-speaking electorate, the moderate Harmony Center (SC) ticket. Even t [...]	2006-10-20 05:48:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI LG
06RIGA870	TRUTH TO POWER: KALVITIS SPEAKS BLUNTLY TO PUTIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to the Latvians, PM Kalvitis got to the heart of the matter with Russian President Putin at the EU dinner in Lahti on October 20, asking why, if energy was not a political tool, there is no Russian oil in the Latvian port of Ventspils and the Lithuanian facility of Ma [...]	2006-10-23 15:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG RS LG
06RIGA885	LATVIA BANS DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF [...] Summary: Latvian President Vike-Freiberga has signed amendments to Latvia's Labor law adding sexual orientation to the categories of people protected from employment discrimination and the law takes effect October 25. The President had vetoed an earlier version of the law that omitted this gr [...]	2006-10-25 13:54:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB EUN LG
06RIGA913	LATVIANS TO TOW EU LINE AT ITU [...] Pol-Econ Off met with Guntis Macs, Deputy State Secretary with the Ministry of Transportation, to deliver copies of the diplomatic notes and demarche on the US candidacy for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council and the US candidate for the ITU's Radio Regulations Board, Jul [...]	2006-11-02 11:14:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS ITU LG
06RIGA923	SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Mr. President, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Soviet [...]	2006-11-06 16:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PRESIDENT LG
06RIGA924	LATVIA: JEWISH PROPERTY RESTITUTION MOVING FORWARD [...] Our lobbying efforts of recent weeks appear to have helped unblock stalled progress on Jewish property restitution (reftel). On November 6, the Latvian cabinet approved the draft legislation for Jewish Property Restitution for heirless properties. The legislation will now be moved to the Saei [...]	2006-11-07 12:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI LG
06RIGA927	LATVIA: 2006-2007 INCSR SUBMISSION, PART I - DRUGS [...] The following is Embassy Riga's submittal for the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control: 2. I. Summary. Drug use in Latvia is characterized by continued prevalence of synthetics. Ecstasy is the most common narcotic in Latvia, [...]	2006-11-07 15:33:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR LG
06RIGA933	LATVIA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACIES AT ITU [...] (U) Embassy received on November 6 diplomatic notes from the MFA stating that the GOL will support the USG candidacy at the Council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and will also support the US candidate for the ITU's Radio Regulations Board, Julie Zoller. BAILEY [...]	2006-11-09 08:46:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS ITU LG
06RIGA938	LATVIAN PARLIAMENT INSTALLS NEW CENTER-RIGHT MAJORITY [...] SUMMARY. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) voted 58-41 on November 7 to approve a new center-right government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis of the People's Party. The new government took office immediately after the vote. The four-party coalition consisting of the People's Party (TP),[...]	2006-11-13 15:04:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LG
06RIGA939	LATVIA AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] PolEconOff met with Agnese Gaile, Head of the Gender Equality Unit in Latvia's Ministry of Welfare and with Elina Celmina, Deputy Head, on November 9 to share the fact sheet on the September Women's Empowerment Working Session per reftel. Embassy has also provided the fact sheet to three NGOs [...]	2006-11-13 15:05:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA LG
06RIGA945	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Madame Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Sovi [...]	2006-11-20 09:07:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP SECRETARY RICE LG
06RIGA959	LATVIA: PARLIAMENT PUNTS ON NEXT PHASE OF JEWISH [...] Summary: The Saeima (Latvian parliament) on November 23 rejected a draft bill that would have provided financial assistance to the local Jewish community to compensate the losses suffered during the Holocaust and the Soviet occupation of Latvia. The government's bill failed because abstention [...]	2006-11-24 15:02:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI LG
06RIGA993	LATVIA SUPPORTS WORKING THROUGH ICAO ON AVIATION EMISSIONS [...] (U) Pol/Econ Off met with Arnis Muiznieks, Latvian Transportation Ministry's Aviation Department Director, on December 4 to deliver reftel's non-paper. Muiznieks stated that the GOL was still finalizing its position regarding the EU Commission's proposal to include aviation emissions from non- [...]	2006-12-05 15:21:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON SENV LG
06RIODEJANEIRO234	Petrobras Seeking Alternatives to Bolivian Gas [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Consul General, Petrobras officials indicated that they did not anticipate that the Bolivia-Brazil crisis will lead to any short or medium term disruption in gas supply to Brazil. Petrobras, however, will accelerate the development of gas reserves in the Sa [...]	2006-05-24 16:41:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL BR
06RIODEJANEIRO262	Visit of U.S. NRC Commissioner to Rio de Janeiro [...] (SBU) From 10-12 May 2006, Consulate hosted Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a series of meetings with nuclear regulatory counterpart officials at the Brazilian National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN),the Brazil-Argentine Agency for the Acc [...]	2006-06-12 09:50:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA KNNP BR
06RIODEJANEIRO445	AMBASSADOR'S ENERGY AND BIO-FUELS DISCUSSIONS IN RIO DE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some oil and gas companies in Brazil, notably Shell and Petrobras, are embracing bio-fuels as part of a diversified energy product mix, Shell Brazil CEO Diaz told the Ambassador in an August 21 meeting. On August 22, Petrobras CEO Gabrielli said his company is expanding its etha [...]	2006-09-06 14:06:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV SENV PREL EINV BR
06RIODEJANEIRO446	AMBASSADOR'S BRAZIL-BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA GAS DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras CEO Sergio Gabrielli and Shell Brazil CEO Vasco Dias told Ambassador Sobel in meetings on August 22 that Brazil's priority in upcoming negotiations over gas supplies from Bolivia was to ensure continuity of supply. Despite its unhelpful role in Bolivia, the CEOs did no [...]	2006-09-06 14:08:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV PREL EINV BR
06RIODEJANEIRO455	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH BNDES AND FIRJAN [...] Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by the CG, Principal Commercial Officer, and Conoff met on August 21, with the President and senior officials of the Brazilian National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES),a federal agency which is the chief source of long-term funding for projects to pro [...]	2006-09-11 11:37:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG PGOV BR
06RIODEJANEIRO601	BRAZIL'S EMBRAER: SEEKING A U.S. DEFENSE RUNWAY FROM [...] (U) Summary: On October 21 Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Ambassador, and the Consul General met with Embraer President & CEO Mauricio Novis Botelho and Executive Vice President for Defense and Government Market, Luiz Carlos Aguiar, to revi [...]	2006-11-01 16:57:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR MARR BEXP BR
06RIODEJANEIRO84	The State of Rio de Janeiro's Biodiesel Program [...] Summary. In terms of monetary support for biodiesel, the state of Rio de Janeiro is out in front of the Brazilian federal government. The Rio State program includes research, tax breaks, and production support, combined with more ambitious targets in terms of the percentage of biodiesel mixe [...]	2006-02-24 10:53:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG BR
06RIYADH1	PARDONED SAUDI DISSIDENT OUTLINES GRADUALIST [...] (C) Ali Al-Dumaini, one of the three reformers pardoned by King Abdullah in August, described himself and his colleagues as "reformers, not revolutionaries." Although in Al-Dumaini's view the Al Saud do not have a vision for reform, reformers are not seeking a new form of government but rath [...]	2006-01-02 05:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SA
06RIYADH123	DHAHRAN DIGEST 4 [...] (C) One of post's Shi'a contacts, Mohammad Alltaleb, who doesn't mince words and, if his stories are true, is equally brazen in his actions, says he recently applied to the local branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs to start a self-help organization, with the goal of seeking MEPI funding. [...]	2006-01-08 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG SCUL KWMN SA
06RIYADH1375	NO WOMEN AMONG SAG APPOINTEES TO EP CHAMBER OF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on March 1 its six appointees to the board of the Eastern Province (EP) Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EPCCI): Nasr Al-Hajry; Ghasan Al-Nimr (a Shi'a; also a member of the Ta'awun slate); Halal Al-Twerki (a cousin of Minister Naimi's chi [...]	2006-03-06 05:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KMPI SA
06RIYADH1377	SHI'A "INDEPENDENTS" DISCUSS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C) A group of Shi'a independents again stressed to ConOffs their community's national identity, desire for reform in the Kingdom, and lack of political ties to Iran. They noted that the SAG is allowing the Shi'a community to build an active but small-scale and unofficial civil society, cente [...]	2006-03-06 06:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH1380	FEMALE SHI'A ACTIVIST: PRESSURE FOR REFORM MUST [...] (C) Summary: Aliya Al-Fareed (protect),longtime Shi'a political activist, discussed the state of reform in Saudi Arabia with PAO and PolOff in her home in Al-Safwa near Qatif. Al-Fareed was recently appointed to the National Society for Human Rights; she is the only woman among the five memb [...]	2006-03-06 11:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH1461	SHI'A ACTIVIST SAYS SHIRAZIS ARE MODERATING [...] (C) Shi'ite political activist Mohammed Al-Shoyoukh told PolOff that Saudi Hezbollah countenances only "peaceful" means to achieve its social and political goals. He said that the "Shirazis," who include the most politically active Shi'a such as Hassan Al-Saffar and Jafar Al-Shayeb, have been [...]	2006-03-08 08:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SA
06RIYADH1542	POST-ABQAIQ MINISTER OF INTERIOR FORMALLY REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Summary and Action Request: Post requests Department's prompt review and guidance in responding to the Saudi government's formal request for helicopter support and security consultations, for the security of oil facilities in the Kingdom. Foreign Mini [...]	2006-03-12 15:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER MASS MARR ASEC PREL EPET ETRD SA
06RIYADH1706	SHI'A CIVIL SOCIETY, LOOKING TO THE STARS [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with the Qatif Astronomy Society on March 13th 2006 provided a snapshot of how civil society can operate in the Shi'a areas of Saudi Arabia. The Qatif Astronomy Society was begun locally with 12 founding members in February 2003, and has no license or official authoriza [...]	2006-03-15 13:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF SA
06RIYADH1741	SHI'A LEADER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Jafar Al-Shayeb, President and elected member of Qatif's municipal council and one of five people appointed to the Dammam branch of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),shared with CG and PolOff on March 15 his philosophy that "every positive initiative should be utilized." He d [...]	2006-03-18 11:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH175	CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMMING IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Summary: Cultural and sports programming in Saudi Arabia can effectively support MPP objectives and USG interests. Cultural programming has been especially useful in providing access to the 'hard to reach' groups of women and youth, and in challenging negative stereotypes of the United Sta [...]	2006-01-16 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SA
06RIYADH186	FEMALE CONSULATE STAFF PARTICIPATE IN EID CALLS [...] (C) For the first time in Consulate history, two female Mission staff members participated in most of the Consulate's calls over the recent Eid Al-Adha. Consulate staff traditionally call on the Emir of the Eastern Province (EP),the EP head of the Saudi Arabia National Guard (SANG),and a n [...]	2006-01-18 10:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
06RIYADH1920	'CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY' IS OFF-LIMITS FOR A [...] (C) Nawal Al Yousif (protect),a Shi'a journalist and founder of www.saudiyat.net, noted in a meeting with the PAO on March 17, 2006 that mentioning a constitutional democracy in her writing crossed a red line with the Saudi Ministry of Interior. "The Mubahith (Investigative Police) came to s [...]	2006-03-21 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI KIRF KPAO SA
06RIYADH1982	DHAHRAN DIGEST 5 [...] (SBU) During a recent lunch with PolOff, an appointed member of the Al-Ahsa municipal council who is also an American-educated professor of plant physiology fielded two phone calls from students. The first was from a female graduate student who needed help on some laboratory research she was [...]	2006-03-22 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PREL SA
06RIYADH2146	SAUDI LEADERS UPBEAT ON U.S.-SAUDI MILITARY [...] (S) Summary and Comment: During separate meetings on March 22 with visiting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, Saudi leaders spoke favorably of the U.S.-Saudi military relationship. King Abdullah, although deeply unhappy about Iraq and the issue of helicopter support fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH2542	Avian Flu: Saudi Arabia Closing Small Poultry [...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the WHO representative, Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),and Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed that the SAG has established necessary preparations for avian flu, including action plans, an emergency "hotline" number, monitoring and testing sites for migratory birds, a [...]	2006-04-09 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR SA
06RIYADH2544	Cultural Norms and Non-Transparency Hamstring [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings with public health officials during the visit of regional ESTH officer to Saudi Arabia provided a snapshot of Saudi health issues: a population increasingly afflicted with costly illnesses of the wealthy - obesity, diabetes, and heart disease - and a health system tha [...]	2006-04-10 04:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KHIV SA
06RIYADH2560	Saudi Science Research - Gathering Strength [...] Summary: Academic and scientific researchers in Saudi Arabia are hungry for more contact with American counterparts and believe that the Saudi research system is increasingly operating up to international standards. Improved education and upcoming research opportunities fQ women, including the [...]	2006-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TBIO SENV KHIV CVIS SA
06RIYADH2563	Environmentalism Slowly Comes to Saudi Arabia [...] Summary: Saudi environmental and natural resource institutions were late in getting established and remain small in size and influence. Meetings with the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) and the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development highlighted that pub [...]	2006-04-10 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KFLU SA
06RIYADH2682	EP CORPORATE BANKER UPBEAT ABOUT IMPACT OF WTO [...] (SBU) Zaki Al-Yahya, Eastern Province-based Assistant General Manager in Samba's Corporate & Investment Banking Group, painted an upbeat picture about recent developments in the banking sector in a conversation with EconOff April 10. As a lender to many of the major EP businesses who serve as [...]	2006-04-12 08:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SA
06RIYADH2683	VISITING PRIEST DETAINED BY SAG IN DAMMAM, [...] (C) According to two sources in the Eastern Province's (EP's) expatriate Indian Roman Catholic community, a Catholic priest was detained by the SAG on April 5 while presiding over an evening service at a large compound or farm in Dammam. The priest, an Indian national from Kerala who was vis [...]	2006-04-12 12:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH275	ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE SHI'A "SHIRAZIS" [...] (C) Kamal Al-Khattee, son of a former Shi'a judge in Qaif, discussed with PolOff the evolution of the Shi'a faction known as the "Shirazis," who include Hassan Al-Saffar, Jafar Al-Shayeb, Tawfiq Al-Sayf, and others. According to Al-Khattee, they moved from Iran to Syria and elsewhere in the 1 [...]	2006-01-23 07:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH2793	POTENTIAL NEW REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (C) In a conversation on April 13, two expatriate analysts at Saudi Aramco told PAO and EconOff that Aramco and the SAG were in the process of making a significant change to their revenue-sharing practices. In the past, they explained, Aramco had reserved from its revenue stream the amount n [...]	2006-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV SA
06RIYADH2840	SAUDI SHI'A EXPRESS ANGER AT PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S [...] (U) In the week since President Mubarak remarked in an interview with Al-Arabiyya that Shi'a were "mostly loyal to Iran and not the countries they are living in," PolOff and PAO have asked many of post's Saudi Shi'a contacts about the Shi'a community's reaction. To a person, our contacts said [...]	2006-04-18 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH2893	GULF WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: CIVIL SOCIETY, SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary: Jameyat Fatat al Khaleej is one of the oldest women's charitable societies in Saudi Arabia, and provides an example of a civil society organization welcomed by the government. Founded and run by women from the Eastern Province's most prominent business families, and with close [...]	2006-04-19 14:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KPAO KMPI SA
06RIYADH3147	ARAMCO VP THINKS KARAN GAS DISCOVERY WILL PROVE "A [...] (C) Summary: Yousef Rafie, Saudi Aramco's Senior VP for Gas Operations, expanded on press reports of Aramco's recent discovery of gas in the Karan field, saying that the exploratory well was drilled into the first layer of the deep Khuff formation and was producing dry gas. He estimated res [...]	2006-04-27 10:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
06RIYADH3301	CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE EP: THE ICE IS SLOWLY [...] (C) Government influence and oversight pervade the Eastern Province's (EP's) older civil society organizations. The SAG provides part of their funding, appoints or approves board members, and regulates their by-laws. Yet the ice is slowly breaking. The government is beginning to relinquish [...]	2006-05-02 08:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KMPI KDEM SA
06RIYADH3306	HASAWI SHI'A DETAIL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations with PolOff in Al-Ahsa on April 25, two groups of Shi'a leaders and activists discussed discrimination and restrictions on their religious freedom, as well as steps they had taken to address some of these problems. Abdulaziz Al-Bahrany, the patient and [...]	2006-05-02 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3312	THE SAUDI SHI'A: WHERE DO THEIR LOYALTIES LIE? [...] (S) Some Sunni Arab leaders, including Egypt's President Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah, have recently publicly questioned the loyalties of Arab Shi'a populations in the Middle East. Privately, senior Saudi officials raise similar concerns. Given the ongoing sectarian conflict in Iraq, [...]	2006-05-02 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS SA
06RIYADH3315	HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE: LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: Higher education in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia offers limited opportunities for students, particularly women and Shi'a. What is available is of questionable quality, suffering from centralized and religious control, poor student preparation, and difficulty in recruitin [...]	2006-05-02 15:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH3346	BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY, ONE DISCUSSION AT A TIME [...] (C) Summary: In the past year, Consulate officers have observed increasing numbers of small civil society groups forming in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Also notable is that many of the groups have started to cooperate and interact with each other in pursuit of larger goals. As an [...]	2006-05-02 16:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KPAO KMPI SA
06RIYADH3491	SAUDI-U.K. RELATIONS IMPROVING [...] (C) Summary. During a May 1 dinner, a British Polof who coordinated U.K. Embassy Riyadh,s recent high-level visits commented on the significant improvement in Saudi-U.K. relations over the past two years. He said that Saudi Arabia,s imprisonment and torture of five Britons from December 2 [...]	2006-05-07 15:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SA
06RIYADH3589	SHI'A CLERIC DISCUSSES SLOW BUT SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) In a meeting with PolOff on April 28, Shi'a cleric Faisal Al-Awami gave a broadly positive account of changes in Saudi Arabia over the past 10 to 15 years. Al-Awami, who, like many of his politically and religiously active Shi'a colleagues, studied in Iran and Syria starting in the early [...]	2006-05-10 08:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL KIRF SA
06RIYADH3673	QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUES TO [...] (C) In a conversation with the CG on April 29, Isa Al-Muzel, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, described his work at the council as "going well, but frustrating." He said that the biggest problem council members faced at the moment was rooting out institutionalized corruption i [...]	2006-05-14 12:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH3720	SAG DETAINS HARD-LINE SHI'A CLERIC RETURNING FROM [...] (C) Post contacts and the Saudi Shi'a-run Rasid News Network (www.rasid.org) report that the Saudi Mubahith detained Shi'a cleric Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr on the evening of May 11 as he was entering Saudi Arabia from Bahrain over the King Fahd Causeway. Al-Nimr is from Awamiya, a small oasis town [...]	2006-05-15 12:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH3766	ARAMCO CONSULTANT DOUBTS ARAMCO CAN MOVE PAST 12.5 [...] (C) An American expatriate who is a senior consultant to Saudi Aramco on oil drilling operations told the CG recently that he doubted Aramco would be able to develop a maximum sustainable oil production capacity (MSC) "much beyond" 12.5 million barrels per day after 2009. (Note: Aramco's cur [...]	2006-05-16 06:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
06RIYADH3852	ARAMCO CEO: THE OIL ERA IS NOT OVER [...] (C) At a dinner on May 14 hosted by businessman Badr Al-Suwaidan, President and CEO of Al-Bilad, and attended by the CG and FCS Off, Abdullah Jumah, CEO of Saudi Aramco, commented in response to a query that U.S. energy policy is "confusing" and "has no logic." He claimed that the U.S. was s [...]	2006-05-20 08:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH3889	DETAINED SHI'A CLERIC RELEASED; A SECOND [...] (C) The SAG released detained Shi'a cleric Nimr Al-Nimr in the evening of May 15, according to his brother Mohammed Al-Nimr. Al-Nimr had been in SAG custody since May 11 (ref A). A small delegation of family and others had met with the Eastern Province's vice governor, Prince Jiluwi, earlier [...]	2006-05-20 14:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH390	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador met with SAG U/S for Political Affairs Prince Turki Saud al-Kabir on January 28 to deliver reftel points and paper. (Note: FM Prince Saud al-Faisal was accompanying King Abdullah on four-country Asian travel and is not expected back in the Kingdom until 2/5.) Ambassador stress [...]	2006-01-29 10:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC SA IR
06RIYADH3974	BETWEEN OIL WELLS AND THE SEA: A POLITICIAN SHOWS [...] (SBU) "Over there you can see one of Aramco's wells," Nabih Al-Ibrahim, a Saudi Aramco engineer and an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, told PolOff and PAO, gesturing to his left as the group drove down the main access road into his home town of Awamiya off the Dhahran-Jubail high [...]	2006-05-22 10:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR SA
06RIYADH3977	CHRISTIAN EXPATRIATE DOCTOR TOLD TO LEAVE KINGDOM [...] (C) Mission and DRL contact Roy Markara told PolOff on May 18 that Dr. Florence Isaac, a Christian doctor of Indian origin who has been working in the Kingdom for a number of years, had her medical license suspended and was told by the SAG that she had to leave the Kingdom before June 16. Acc [...]	2006-05-22 12:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3978	SAUDI REFORMER DISCUSSES THE CREDIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Long-time reformer Ahmed Al Mulla discussed the current state of Saudi reform with the Consul General on March 28th 2006. Linking the loss of credibility of Saudi sheikhs with their cooperation with the government, he noted a new sheikh whose message is clear-- the Middle East suf [...]	2006-05-22 12:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4180	DHAHRAN DIGEST 6 [...] (C/NF) In the course of a day trip to Jubail on May 28, the CG learned that Bechtel, which has the management contract for Jubail, has decided to allow families of its expatriate workers to return. As a result, there will be forty new American children joining school in Jubail in the fall. [...]	2006-05-29 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SA
06RIYADH42	AL-HASA SHI'A WELCOME U.S. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ, [...] (C) Members of the Shi'a community in Al-Hasa welcomed U.S. intervention in Iraq, saying an almost unqualified "thank you" during lunch with Acting CG and PolOff. Although noting some progress in the SAG's campaign against home-grown terrorism, they said that the government's campaign for to [...]	2006-01-03 11:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL SA KIFR
06RIYADH4224	SAG RELEASES ARRESTED FILIPINO CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Mrs. Minerva Cabel (strictly protect),wife of arrested Filipino Christian pastor Francisco Cabel (strictly protect),informed Poloff May 29 that her husband was released May 25 (reftels). She stated that the SAG had given her husband one month before they will deport the entire family. [...]	2006-05-30 13:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4231	SAG DECREE ON RELIGIOUS POLICE GAUGES PUBLIC [...] (U) Recent media and Web site reports carried news of a decree issued by the Ministry of Interior May 24, which some interpret as an effort to curtail the seemingly unlimited and undefined authority of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also known as the religi [...]	2006-05-30 15:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM SA
06RIYADH4539	EP SANG COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ [...] (C) Prince Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) in the Eastern Province (EP),told the CG on June 5 that he did not think the "problem between the world and Iran," as he described it, would come to war. The Iranians are "merchants," he [...]	2006-06-07 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS SA
06RIYADH4543	A POSSIBLE RETREAT ON SAUDIZATION? [...] (C) At a lunch hosted by senior EP businessman Yusuf Al-Dossary and his brothers, Al-Dossary told the CG that he expected an imminent but quietly implemented retreat on Saudization employment policies. Al-Dossary, a member of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EPCCI) board, [...]	2006-06-07 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EINV SA
06RIYADH4627	COORDINATED MOVES: FOUR BROTHERS PLAY LOCAL EP [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch with Consulate staff on June 6, Yousef, Khalifa, Khalid, and Mohammed Al-Dossary, brothers with a variety of business interests and political activities (ref A),described several aspects of the Eastern Province (EP) political situation. Yousef said that EP Emir Princ [...]	2006-06-11 06:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH4638	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED TO SAG [...] (C) ADCM raised reftel points during 6/12 meeting with MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Prince Turki al-Kabir Al Saud. APolCouns attended as notetaker. U/S Turki expressed concern over reftel point referring to deferring Israel/Palestine discussion at inaugural HRC meeting, particula [...]	2006-06-12 12:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH4719	LEAHY VETTING FOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL MOHAMED MUTLK [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Mutlk G. Al Dhafari, who has been identified to participate in DOD training. The course in which Lt Col Al Dhafari will participate is the National [...]	2006-06-13 05:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PHUM PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH4723	SHI'A CLERIC ASKS U.S. TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE [...] (C) Sheikh Mohammed Hassan, introduced by a post contact as a leading Saudi follower of Karbala-based Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Al-Mudarassi, told PolOff in a June 11 meeting that the U.S. should play a more active role in calling for reform in Saudi Arabia. "All reform in the Kingdom is taking [...]	2006-06-13 08:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH4724	A LOVE FEST: THE "KING OF HEARTS" VISITS THE EP [...] (U) King Abdullah visited the Eastern Province (EP) June 10-12, provoking great public displays of adoration and allegiance and some private questioning about his commitment to reform. The King's agenda included a ceremonial opening of planned industrial city Jubail-II, launching of numerous [...]	2006-06-13 09:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH4775	SAG RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: JUNE OIC BAKU [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, MFA Office Director for International Organizations. Al-Rassi will be the SAG representative at the OIC conference and was keenly interested in the US position reflected in the reftel demarche. In particular, he appreciated t [...]	2006-06-14 14:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA
06RIYADH4776	SAG RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, MFA Office Director for International Orgnizations. Al-Rassi confirmed that SAG agreed that providing financial assistance to Yemen through the GCC is important in ensuring regional stability. When asked whether they plan on pr [...]	2006-06-14 14:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER SA
06RIYADH4818	SAG DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, Office Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 14. Al-Rassi noted the US position, and was interested to know the number of times that each country had served on the UN Security Counc [...]	2006-06-17 14:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV SA
06RIYADH4854	TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE -- SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) PolOff, in coordination with the New Zealand and Australian Embassies, delivered reftel demarche May 31 to Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, First Secretary, International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Rassj responded that the SAG had not yet formed a position on the [...]	2006-06-18 13:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH4914	SAUDI HEZBOLLAH FIGURE OFFERS A SLIGHTLY TOUGHER [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with PolOff and PolFSN, Ahmed Al-Nimr (Ahmed),brother and office manager of Shi'a cleric Sheikh Hassan Al-Nimr (Hassan),explained that Hassan would not meet with American diplomats because "he would lose the respect of people on the street, who would ask why he met w [...]	2006-06-19 12:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SA
06RIYADH4919	REMAINS RETURNED, FAMILIES OF GTMO DETAINEES CALL [...] (U) Following the deaths of the three GTMO detainees, Abdulaziz Suleiman al-Rubaish, whose brother is currently detained at GTMO, contacted the Embassy and asked to meet with the Ambassador. PolMilOff met al-Rubaish at the Embassy front gate and accepted a letter addressed to President Bush f [...]	2006-06-19 14:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWC SA XF
06RIYADH4960	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT [...] (SBU) Post attempted to contact FM Saud Al-Faisal on June 19 to deliver ref a demarche. He is currently on vacation in an intentionally remote location. We delivered demarche by diplomatic note directly to the FM's Chief of Staff, who agreed to forward to the FM. Please note that Post del [...]	2006-06-20 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SA
06RIYADH4961	SAG NOTIFIED OF PSI WARSAW MEETING PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) On June 14 A/PolCouns gave Abdulrahman al-Rassi, Office Director for MFA's International Organizations Department, a list of Middle Eastern states the USG expects will participate in the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) High Level Political Meeting in Warsaw, Poland. A/Pol [...]	2006-06-20 11:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XF

06RIYADH4966	NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on April 23 of the upcoming Administrative Review Board on the status of the Saudi detainees named in Reftel. We will notify the Department of any response from the SAG. OBERWETTER [...]	2006-06-20 12:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH4967	SAG NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on April 23 of the upcoming Administrative Review Board on the status of the Saudi detainees named in Reftel. We will notify the Department of any response from the SAG. OBERWETTER [...]	2006-06-20 12:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH4997	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCEPTS FORMAL ROLE ON HUMAN [...] (C) Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb, President of the unregistered Human Rights First Society, told the CG on June 17 that he had accepted a formal role with the government-affiliated Human Rights Commission (HRC) run by Dr. Turki Al-Sudairy. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Sudairy had offered him a position [...]	2006-06-21 04:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5036	QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER ADVOCATES PATIENTLY [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with PolOff, Dr. Riyadh Al-Mustafa, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, detailed his and the council's efforts to improve Qatif's services and infrastructure. Al-Mustafa, whose constituency is the town of Qatif itself, said that the council's first priori [...]	2006-06-23 08:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH5042	USD EDELMAN'S MEETINGS WITH THE KING AND CROWN [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed the U.S.-Saudi defense relationship, regional security, helicopters, Iran, Iraq, and visas during separate meetings with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan on June 6. Both the King and Crown Prince were supportive of [...]	2006-06-24 14:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP SA PTER PREL PARM PINR
06RIYADH5079	USD EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT MOI PRINCE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed detainees, helicopters, infrastructure security, Iraq, and border security during a June 6 meeting with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Prince Muhammad bin Naif. Prince Muhammad confirmed that the SA [...]	2006-06-25 04:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	SA MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PTER ENRG
06RIYADH5082	U/S EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ASST MINISTER OF [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed the U.S.-Saudi defense relationship, Iran, and regional security during his June 6 meeting with Prince Khalid bin Sultan, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation for Security Affairs. The overall tone of the meeting [...]	2006-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL PINR PTER
06RIYADH5083	INTERNET JOURNALISM CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AMONG EP [...] (C) Hussein Al-Alak, a Qatif-based journalist for online Rasid News Network (www.rasid.org; the premier Internet forum for Saudi Shi'a),discussed with PolOff and PAO on June 20 the growing influence of Internet journalism among the Shi'a. Because the government has permitted much greater fre [...]	2006-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SA
06RIYADH5105	SAUDIS NAME NEW IRAQ BORDER LIAISON OFFICER [...] (S) General Saleh bin Ali al-Muhayya, Chief of General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation (MODA) sent a letter (classified "secret/urgent") to CHUSMTM May 30 on the appointment of a new Saudi-Iraq border liaison officer. The new officer is LTC Khalid bin Mohamed al-S [...]	2006-06-25 15:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PBTS PGOV PREL PINR SA IZ MARR MOPS
06RIYADH5106	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 27 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah June 27. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-06-25 16:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5111	TRIBAL LEADER PLAYS POLITICS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE [...] (C) In a June 21 meeting with Consulate Dhahran and Embassy Manama PolOffs, Essa Al-Dossary, self-styled deputy sheikh of the Al-Dossary tribe in the Eastern Province (EP) and the Kingdom of Bahrain, described to PolOffs the nature of his influence on both sides of the causeway. Al-Dossary e [...]	2006-06-26 12:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA BA
06RIYADH5114	KING LAUNCHES ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah recently completed his first national tour since becoming King. Traveling with his Cabinet, the King visited the Ha'il, Al Qassim, Medina and Eastern provinces promoting government support for economic, industrial, health and educational development of the regions [...]	2006-06-26 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH5135	THE TRANSLATED TEXT OF THE WARNING AND STATEMENT [...] (U) What follows is post's Arabic translation of the "Warning and Statement" published by 61 Saudi conservative religious scholars as discussed in septel. 2. (U) BEGIN TRANSLATED TEXT: Statement addressed to the Rulers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The statement was posted on: http://ww [...]	2006-06-27 14:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA PINR
06RIYADH5136	SAUDI CONSERVATIVES LAUNCH COUNTER-REFORMATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Following a series of reforms seen as challenging the prominence of the religious establishment in Saudi Arabia, 61 religious scholars published an open letter, called "A Warning and a Statement," to the Kingdom's rulers. This manifesto warned the SAG against a 'gang' of people [...]	2006-06-27 14:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV SA KISL PINR PREL
06RIYADH5167	MAJLIS AL SHOURA REJECTS FUNDING FOR THE RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 10:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH5173	A TALE OF TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS: THE DIVERGING [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the SAG announced its appointees to the municipal councils (reftel),the experiences of the Greater Dammam Municipal Council (GDMC) and the Qatif Municipal Council (QMC) illustrate two diverging paths in this experiment in partially elected local government. Th [...]	2006-06-30 07:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SA
06RIYADH5220	14 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TRANSFERED TO SAUDI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, 14 Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Saudi authority, including a non-Saudi citizen, Ahmad Sadik Turkestani. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has told EmbOffs that all of the detainees will be further incarcerated in the Kingdom until the SAG rules [...]	2006-07-02 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL KAWC MOPS PTER SA XF
06RIYADH5264	SAG REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) On July 2, Post received via diplomatic note a request from the Saudi Foreign Ministry seeking USG assistance to secure a temporary license from the Treasury Dept's Office of Financial Assets Control (OFAC) to allow Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal to fly aboard a private, corporate [...]	2006-07-02 15:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA
06RIYADH5266	POST SEEKING CLARITY ON GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) Post is seeking the Department's clarification of the relationship between the proposed Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) (Ref A) and other bilateral and regional security initiatives that have been previously proposed to the SAG. We have identified no less than 13 security-related initiativ [...]	2006-07-02 16:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS SA
06RIYADH5274	MOI REQUESTS GTMO SUICIDE NOTES TO QUELL MURDER [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) has asked the USG for the suicide notes written by the two deceased Saudi Guantanamo detainees, Yasser al-Zahrani and Manie al-Otaibi. The MOI wishes to provide copies of these letters to the family members of the [...]	2006-07-03 11:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PREL KAWC SA
06RIYADH5277	MIXED SAUDI REACTION TO KUWAITI ELECTIONS [...] (U) On June 29, the Kuwaiti Parliament held elections, in which women were allowed to run as candidates and vote for the first time. There were twenty-seven women candidates, but none were elected. Saudi media reported mixed reactions to the results. Most Saudi media reported that the electi [...]	2006-07-03 13:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH5278	RIYADH RECORD: JUNE 21-30 2006 [...] (U) This cable serves as the inaugural edition of the Riyadh Record, which will provide weekly summaries of key political events in the Kingdom. 2. (S) SUMMARY: During the course of the past few weeks, there has been an increase in the dialogue between supporters of King Abdullah,s reforms [...]	2006-07-03 13:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL SA PINR
06RIYADH5314	DHAHRAN DIGEST 7 [...] (SBU) Dr. Abdullah Al-Kadi, director of Al Bir, the largest charitable organization in the Eastern Province (EP),estimated to the CG that there were 3.7 million residents in the EP, of whom 20 percent (740,000) were expatriates. Al-Kadi, a U.S.-trained architect and urban planner, has constr [...]	2006-07-05 05:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET SOCI PINR PGOV SA
06RIYADH5315	DISCUSSION GROUPS GROW, CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPS [...] (C) Summary: Shi'a journalist Merza Al Khuwaildi discussed the range of new discussion groups in Saudi Arabia, in a June 28 meeting with the Consul General. Considered the vanguard of civil society in Saudi Arabia, these home-based, informal, grass-roots groups have enjoyed more freedom over [...]	2006-07-05 06:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF SA
06RIYADH5316	SETBACKS FOR SAUDI BUSINESSWOMEN IN THE EP [...] (C) Summary: Director of the Businesswomen's Committee at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hana Al-Zuhair recounted recent setbacks for businesswomen. In a meeting on June 27 2006, Al-Zuhair told the PAO about a mixed-gender meeting held at the Chamber in April, to discuss [...]	2006-07-05 06:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KPAO SA
06RIYADH5317	SHIELD S10-06: SAG DENIES CHEM-BIO GEAR IMPORTED [...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed the Embassy via diplomatic note dated June 6, 2006 that the Ministry of Interior did not import chemical and biological items from Iran, per Reftel. However, the note did acknowledge that the SAG imported one sample protective vest and one [...]	2006-07-05 06:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW IR SA
06RIYADH5322	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER VISITS KINGDOM ON FIRST TRIP [...] (C) Traveling on his first trip abroad as Prime Minister, Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki visited Saudi Arabia July 1-2 seeking Saudi support for economic development, reconciliation, and improving security to stabilize Iraq. Saudi news sources reported that PM Maliki was received by the Crown Prin [...]	2006-07-05 12:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5451	HASAWI SHI'A CONTINUE ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN RIYADH [...] (C) In separate meetings with PolOff and PAO on July 8, Hasawi Shi'a activists Sadeq Al-Ramadan and Mohammed Al-Jubran discussed Shi'a advocacy efforts with the SAG. Al-Ramadan mentioned that he was part of a small delegation that visited the Vice Minister of Information and several other min [...]	2006-07-10 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA
06RIYADH5456	MAJLIS AL SHOURA REJECTS FUNDING FOR THE RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH5513	SHI'A TRADITIONALIST LAMENTS SHIRAZI ASCENDANCY IN [...] (C) Kamal Al-Khatti, a Riyadh-based social researcher formerly employed by Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd and son of Qatif's late and revered Judge Abdulhamid Al-Khatti, told the CG and ConOffs that the Shirazis (ref A) now dominated Qatif and the Saudi Shi'a community politically, but that a laten [...]	2006-07-11 11:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5516	RIYADH RECORD: JUNE 30-JULY 7 2006 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Majlis al-Shoura rejects an appeal to revote on the religious police funding proposal, while at the same time rejecting a proposal for them to wear publicly-identifiable uniforms. Six women were added as part-time consultants on women's issues to the Shoura Council, bringing the [...]	2006-07-11 12:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH5546	KING EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (S) During Ambassador Khalilzad's recent visit to the Kingdom (reftels),King Abdullah talked at length about SAG concerns about the influence exerted by Iran and its surrogates in Iraq and the region. King Abdullah told his guests that "justice is missing" in Iraq, and that there is "no eq [...]	2006-07-12 06:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV IZ SA
06RIYADH5547	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for the visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and his delegation to Saudi Arabia on July 23. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support costs. Country cl [...]	2006-07-12 08:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5548	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY TREASURY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah July 23. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-07-12 09:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5601	SAUDI ARABIA ISSUES STATEMENT ON SECURITY [...] (U) NIACT precedence justified due to urgency of the message conveyed by the Government of Saudi Arabia. 2. (SBU) On July 14, the Saudi Foreign Ministry urgently contacted and delivered to the Ambassador the following official Saudi statement expressing its views on the situation in Palestine and [...]	2006-07-14 00:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG SA
06RIYADH5707	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY CALLS FOR CLOSURE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (U) On July 15 and 16, several Saudi newspapers published a letter to President Bush from the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. A member of the NSHR gave the Ambassador a [...]	2006-07-18 07:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM SA
06RIYADH5709	SAUDI SHI'A REACT TO CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) Based on Internet postings and conversations with contacts since the confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel erupted last Wednesday, Saudi Shi'a are unanimous in condemning Israel's response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of the two Israeli soldiers, and most Saudi Shi'a seem supportive of Hezb [...]	2006-07-18 11:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH5780	US LOBBYING FIRM SEEKS GREATER VOICE FOR TAWAFUQ, [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (C) Summary: Mark Alsalih, an Iraqi American from the Washington lobbying firm MITA, requested Embassy's assistance on July 17 to make an introduction to Director of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency Prince [...]	2006-07-19 15:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5839	FM CRITICAL OF US INACTION, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (S) In a July 19 press conference Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal emphasized the need for an immediate cease-fire and criticized Israeli aggression in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. He described the situation as "a real catastrophe that is taking place before the people's eyes and n [...]	2006-07-23 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH5904	TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN THE EP: [...] (C) Opportunities abound in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (EP) for ConGen Dhahran to expand its work with EP residents to help them transform Saudi Arabia's future. Since September 11, EP residents have claimed, and the SAG has tolerated, much greater latitude to discuss the country's and p [...]	2006-07-25 08:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM SA
06RIYADH5907	CROWN PRINCE SIGNS TWO DEFENSE AGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) Crown Prince Sultan, who is also the Saudi Minister of Defense and Aviation, reportedly signed two defense agreements with France during his July 20 visit to Paris. Media reports have suggested that these agreements could lead to Saudi purchase of French tanker aircraft, helicopters, and [...]	2006-07-25 12:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS BEXP SA
06RIYADH5947	SAG REMOVES SHI'A JUDGE IN QATIF [...] (SBU) The SAG removed Ghalib Al-Hammad as judge of the Shi'a court in Qatif, replacing him with associate judge Sulaiman Abu Al-Makarem effective July 19. Al-Hammad had only held the post for 7 months (ref B),and his abrupt sacking engendered speculation and criticism within the Shi'a commu [...]	2006-07-26 11:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SA PGOV PHUM
06RIYADH5949	SAG REMOVES SHI'A JUDGE IN QATIF [...] (SBU) The SAG removed Ghalib Al-Hammad as judge of the Shi'a court in Qatif, replacing him with associate judge Sulaiman Abu Al-Makarem effective July 19. Al-Hammad had only held the post for 7 months (ref B),and his abrupt sacking engendered speculation and criticism within the Shi'a commu [...]	2006-07-26 11:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SA PGOV PHUM
06RIYADH5952	KING ABDULLAH AND PRESIDENT MUBARAK DISCUSS [...] (C) King Abdullah and Egyptian President Mubarak met July 25 to consult on the Lebanon crisis. Stating that Saudi Arabia and Egypt hold identical views on the situation in Lebanon, both leaders called for an immediate cease-fire, warning that continued Israeli aggression could engulf the entire reg [...]	2006-07-26 14:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SENV LE SA
06RIYADH6	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FREE TO TRAVEL, [...] (C) Summary: Ibrahim Mugaiteeb, President of the Saudi NGO, "Human Rights First" (HRF),informed poloff that the SAG had returned his Saudi passport, and will allow him to travel to Germany to receive medical attention. Mugaiteeb also stated that he had met with the chairman of the National [...]	2006-01-02 11:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH6003	SAUDI RED CRESCENT TO SEND HUMANITARIAN CONVOY TO [...] (U) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message responds to Lebanon Task Force and Embassy Tel Aviv requests for assurances and information, to be shared with the IDF, concerning the planned travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. [...]	2006-07-29 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE EAID SA
06RIYADH6005	SAG RESPONSE: NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal July 29 by telephone to discuss reftel demarche, which Post had earlier transmitted via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Minister responded that the Saudis would not provide troops for peacekeeping effor [...]	2006-07-29 15:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA LE
06RIYADH6037	TFLE01: SAUDI HUMANITARIAN CONVOY STILL PLANNING [...] (C) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message responds to Lebanon Task Force and Embassy Tel Aviv requests for assurances and information, to be shared with the IDF, concerning the planned travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. [...]	2006-07-29 20:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID LE SA
06RIYADH6038	CONSERVATIVE SAUDI CLERICS DEBATE SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Last week, three revered Wahhabi sheikhs issued advisory opinions in their own capacity on the question of support for Hizballah. On July 17, prominent Wahhabi Sheikh Abdullah bin Jabreen issued an advisory opinion, reported as a fatwa declaring it impermissible for Muslims to s [...]	2006-07-30 07:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6040	TFLE01: SAUDI HUMANITARIAN CONVOY TO BEIRUT [...] (C) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message concerns the travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. 2. (C) Poloff conveyed reftel E information to Emboff at the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon (Saudi POC) early on the morning of July 30 [...]	2006-07-30 09:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID LE SA
06RIYADH6058	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS AND VISA [...] (C) Ambassador Oberwetter discussed three issues with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal via telephone on July 29. First, they discussed the issue of the Saudi humanitarian aid convoy to Lebanon (Ref A). The Ambassador assured the Foreign Minister that Post staff was working in coordination with Saudi [...]	2006-07-30 16:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CMGT SA LE
06RIYADH6103	RIYADH RECORD: JULY 21-29 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi mood, as reflected in critical statements issued by clerics and appearing on internet chat sites, is becoming increasingly anti-U.S. Debate abounds among religious scholars who continue to raise the issue of Shi'a versus Sunni and the question of whether Saudis should support [...]	2006-08-01 15:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6153	SAG STATEMENT TALKS OF UNIFYING ARAB POSITION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The SAG cabinet issued a statement on the Lebanese and Palestinian crisis July 31 following a meeting chaired by King Abdullah. The statement called for a joint Arab and Islamic stand against Israel and reiterated the need for an immediate cease fire. It also urged collaboration [...]	2006-08-02 11:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL LE SA
06RIYADH6335	TRIBAL LEADERS MAKE AMENDS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi press this week covered what is likely a regular, but nonetheless rarely reported event, the traditional process of reconciliation between two tribes engaged in a potentially violent dispute. Though such events are usually far from the local headlines and almost never the [...]	2006-08-08 07:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH6338	EGYPTIAN DCM GIVES READOUT ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) Egyptian DCM Hossam Kassem told the DCM on the evening of August 7 that the Arab League Foreign Ministers' meeting in Beirut had gone well from its members' point of view, and that there were three criticisms leveled against the draft UNSC resolution on Lebanon. The foreign ministers re [...]	2006-08-08 13:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV LE SA
06RIYADH6339	SAUDI CONSERVATIVES CALL FOR BOYCOTT ON US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning July 31, two prominent conservative websites posted articles calling for a boycott on U.S. consumer goods and services, ranging from fast-food franchises to shampoo brands, to begin on August 4. There was already an ongoing cellular telephone text messaging campaign. [...]	2006-08-08 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD SA LE
06RIYADH6343	SAUDI ACADEMIC WARNS THAT LEBANON FOMENTS EXTREMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On August 6 a politically mainstream Saudi academic and journalist, Dr. Ali Sa'ad al-Musa, published an open letter to President Bush in the widely-read al-Watan newspaper, warning that he and millions of other moderates in the Middle East are becoming extremists as [...]	2006-08-08 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6372	SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP CALLS FOR FRIDAY PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The London-based, Saudi opposition group accused of having links to al-Qaeda, the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia ('MIRA'),called for political gatherings to be held Kingdom-wide at 44 specified mosques beginning this Friday, August 11. MIRA, composed of religious conserva [...]	2006-08-09 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6440	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for a delegation led by Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Principal Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ambassador James SIPDIS Jeffrey to visit the Kingdom August 14-15 to dis [...]	2006-08-13 11:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH6467	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAUDI RESPONSE OF IIRO'S [...] (C) Summary: As a result of the August 3 UN 1267 designation of Abd Al-Hamid Sulaiman Al-Mua'jjil (AKA Abdul Hamid Sulaiman Al-Mujil),the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has confirmed its prior actions to freeze his assets and restrict his travel. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of [...]	2006-08-14 07:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH6472	RENEWED STIRRINGS OF POLITICAL OPPOSITION ACTIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 9, Dr. Saad al-Faqih, leader of the London-based, Saudi opposition group, Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA),called for Kingdom-wide political demonstrations to be held on Friday August 11 immediately prior to Friday prayers (Ref A). Al-Faqih, a Saudi dissid [...]	2006-08-14 13:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL SA
06RIYADH6473	RIYADH RECORD: JULY 30-AUGUST 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG provided humanitarian assistance to victims of the crisis in Lebanon through air and land convoys as well as increased financial assistance. The Saudi public's discontent increased with the SAG's perceived support for U.S. policy in Lebanon, and protesters of U.S. suppor [...]	2006-08-14 13:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6477	WEBSITE REPORTS LEBANON CRISIS CAUSING SPLIT IN [...] (S) The Saudi website "Al-Haramayn," citing various media sources, has claimed that the SAG's reaction to the Lebanon crisis has sparked tension among senior members of the royal family. Specifically, it alleges the existence of a split between King Abdullah on the one hand, and Crown Prince [...]	2006-08-14 14:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6520	ANTI-BUSH POEM EPITOMIZES CURRENT SAUDI PUBLIC MOOD [...] (C) BACKGROUND: Poetry runs in the blood of the Saudi people. They have historically utilized poetry to express public opinion over social, political, and cultural issues. They also use poetry to curry favor with their rulers, local and regional, as well as share their criticisms in an open forum. [...]	2006-08-16 12:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL SA
06RIYADH6571	SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WARNS TERRORISM HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: A headline on the front page of the August 15 edition of the English language Arab News read, "Kingdom Warns Against Linking Islam With Fascism," referring directly to President Bush's August 11 statement on the foiled terrorist plot in the U.K. President Bush's comment, that th [...]	2006-08-19 13:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6574	SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WARNS TERRORISM HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: A headline on the front page of the August 15 edition of the English language Arab News read, "Kingdom Warns Against Linking Islam With Fascism," referring directly to President Bush's August 11 statement on the foiled terrorist plot in the U.K. The Arab News article reported th [...]	2006-08-19 16:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6581	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SAJID MOHAMED [...] (SBU) On May 30, 2006, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Sajid Mohamed Badat to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. Complimentary opening -- T [...]	2006-08-20 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR SA
06RIYADH6668	170 SAUDI AND MUSLIM SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: 170 Muslim scholars from more than seventeen countries, including twenty-nine Saudi citizens, issued an open statement on August 4 entitled "Statement and Appeal from Scholars of the Islamic Nation." The statement condemned Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon and Palestine, and crit [...]	2006-08-22 06:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA LE
06RIYADH6727	THE YEAR IN REVIEW: KING ABDULLAH MARKS FIRST YEAR [...] (C) August 1 marked the one year anniversary of King Abdullah's ascension to the throne. The King has generated considerable popularity by delivering political, economic, and social programs intended to improve the welfare of Saudi citizens. Utilizing the windfall from surging oil prices, [...]	2006-08-24 18:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PINR ECON EFIN ETRD
06RIYADH6730	COURTS IGNORE SHARIA RULING, ANNUL MARRIAGE BASED [...] (U) Three years and two children into a happy marriage, a Saudi couple in Al-Jouf, a city in the northern part of the Kingdom, have seen their marriage annulled on the grounds that it violated social custom. According to several media reports, the woman's half-brother filed the lawsuit in Aug [...]	2006-08-24 18:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL PCUL SA
06RIYADH6737	RIYADH RECORD: AUGUST 5-11, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: One hundred seventy Muslim scholars, including 29 Saudis, called for unity in the Islamic Nation and condemned the Israeli 'aggression' in Lebanon and Palestine. Saudi opposition activity continues to stir in the Diaspora with a revitalization of the London-based Movement for Is [...]	2006-08-26 08:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6813	US/SAUDI REGULATORY TRAINING: SAUDI'S CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Saudi equivalent of our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),the Capital Market Authority (CMA),is in its third year of existence, and focused on educating its young, technocratic Saudi workforce. The CMA's main goal for 2007 is to utilize U.S. schools and inst [...]	2006-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ECIN PREL CVIS SA
06RIYADH6814	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR SEC OFFICIALS TO [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Ethiopis Tafara, Dr. Robert M. Fisher, Mr. Timothy Warren and Mr. Ester Saverson Jr. for a training seminar for Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority from September 9-15, 2006. 2. Due to recent se [...]	2006-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SA SEC
06RIYADH6818	WEBSITE REPORTS MEETING OF THIRD GENERATION ROYALS [...] (C) A moderate Saudi-based and owned website reported on August 15 that Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz held a meeting with key princes of the royal family's third generation in his Riyadh palace earlier this month. Notable attendees were his son Prince al-Waleed, one of the wealthiest businessm [...]	2006-08-27 15:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6925	RADIO SILENCE FROM NEW SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Several media outlets reported a statement on August 7 issued by Prince Talal Muhammad Al-Rasheed, a deposed royal and Saudi dissident residing in Paris, which announced the formation of the Saudi Democratic Opposition Front. The group, which is reportedly both secular and triba [...]	2006-08-30 10:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6926	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SAG SAYS SAME OLD, SAME [...] (C) Summary. Government of Saudi Arabia (SAG) MFA Human Rights POC Torki Al-Madi told Acting Political Counselor and PolOff during an August 16 courtesy call that the UN Human Rights Council is not an improvement on its predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission, especially since the U.S. i [...]	2006-08-30 11:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH6927	AL-MUA'JJIL'S TRAVEL BAN IN FULL EFFECT & IIRO [...] (U) This is joint Riyadh and Consulate Dhahran cable. 2. (C) Summary: A press report and a Consulate visit to the closed offices of IIRO's Eastern Province Branch indicated that the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has kept its word on actions against recent designee, Abd Al-Hamid Sulaiman [...]	2006-08-30 12:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH6933	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR U.S. TREASURY [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Ahmed Elbashari for an on-site review of Saudi Arabia's Financial Intelligence Unit from September 15-20, 2006. 2. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support [...]	2006-08-31 11:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN PREL PTER KCRM ETTC KTFN SA
06RIYADH6940	KING ABDULLAH AND FOREIGN MINISTER PRESS COMMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Recent statements to the press by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal appear to be a concerted effort by the SAG to address strong public criticism of its position on the Lebanon crisis and ties to the U.S., as well as accusat [...]	2006-09-03 11:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6976	POLITICAL POETRY PRAISES HEZBOLLAH [...] (C) Al Hayat newspaper published on August 26 a political poem entitled "Lebanon," which was written by Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibee, Minister of Labor and key advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Al-Qusaibee, a famous poet and writer in the Arab world, is commonly known as a [...]	2006-09-04 06:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL SA PHUM
06RIYADH6980	CONVERSATION WITH NEO-TRIBALIST WOMEN'S ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media reporting about the rise in the number of official and unofficial female proselytizers in the Kingdom has generated much debate. The number of "unsanctioned" female preachers is increasing, and their lack of supervision by authorities breeds uncertainty about the me [...]	2006-09-04 13:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PCUL PHUM KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH7	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD SEEKS POST-IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, and General Intelligence Presidency director Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz on December 27, to seek Saudi support in Iraq for building an Arab Sunni-Kurdish-Alawi coalition to engage the [...]	2006-01-02 12:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH7058	TERRORIST FINANCE: SAG ON ABOUSOFIAN, YASSIN [...] (U) This contains an action request at paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA's counselor for counterterrorism, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed, told us August 29 that it will take appropriate action on the 1267 Designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik. He asked for updates on the closing of the IIRO branch [...]	2006-09-06 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA ID RP
06RIYADH7097	SAUDI REACTION TO SENTENCING OF HOMAIDAN AL-TURKI [...] (S/NF) The August 31, 2006, sentencing by a Colorado court of Homaidan Al-Turki to 28 years to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid has provoked calls for a boycott of U.S. products and the return of Saudis studying in the U.S. Some Saudi contacts even fear that this [...]	2006-09-10 11:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC ELAB FBI KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH7190	MUST LOVE DOGS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Saudi attitudes toward animals exemplifies the way in which conservatism and tradition have collided with progressive thinking and western ideas to create a paradox within Saudi culture. Muslims are guided by the Qura'an and teachings of the Prophet Mohammad to be kind to animal [...]	2006-09-12 12:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PCUL PHUM PGOV PREL KISL SA
06RIYADH7191	RIYADH RECORD: AUGUST 19-31 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Youth summer camps in the Kingdom elicited controversy from one of their lectures on the negative aspects of the West and how Saudi journalists act as the West's "agents." The Ministry of Commerce licensed the first female engineer in Saudi Arabia; the hope is that many more wi [...]	2006-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH7193	PROPOSED CHANGE IN WOMEN'S PRAYER AREA IN MECCA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The General Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques Affairs issued a proposal on August 25 for shifting the prayer place of women within the circumambulation area -- the uncovered circle surrounding the Kaaba ("House of God"),which is called the mataf-- in the Grand Mosque of Mecca. [...]	2006-09-13 05:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KWMN
06RIYADH7211	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD - SUCCESSFUL 9/12 MEETING [...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY. Ambassador Oberwetter and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on September 12 to seek support on a range of issues relating to Iraq. The King expressed his concern about Iranian influen [...]	2006-09-16 09:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR SA
06RIYADH7447	RIYADH RECORD: SEPTEMBER 1-15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Court of Grievances postponed a hearing on the novel "Girls of Riyadh" after the news of the proposed hearing sparked robust debate in the media. The proposal to shift the women's prayer area in Mecca has been rejected. The SAG demands clarification from the Vatican follo [...]	2006-09-24 14:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KWMN KISL SA
06RIYADH7498	POST'S BLUE LANTERN POINTS OF CONTACT [...] (U) As of October 15, Embassy Riyadh's Blue Lantern primary point of contact will be: Mr. Joel Wiegert Political-Military Officer Tel: 966-1-488-3800 ext. 4327 Fax: 966-1-483-0042 Alternative point of contact is Mr. Irfan Qaiyumi, who will remain at post until April, 2007: Mr. Irfan [...]	2006-09-26 11:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC KSEP US SA
06RIYADH7501	SAUDIS SHOW HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN MEGAPORTS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: The SAG appears to be seriously considering implementing the Megaports Initiative (MI) to provide radiological/nuclear materials detection equipment in the Kingdom's two largest ports of Jeddah and Dammam. During their September 8-13 Megaports outreach visit to the Ki [...]	2006-09-26 14:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH7628	SAUDI ATTENDANCE AT GCC+2 FOLLOW-UP MEETING IN [...] (C) On September 28, 2006, CDA Rundell delivered the reftel demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizur Obaid Mandani. Dr. Mandani confirmed that Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal will attend both the Secretary's October 2 meeting with King Abdullah in Jeddah and the GCC 2 Oct [...]	2006-09-28 15:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA
06RIYADH7629	DRL DAS ERICA BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with dozens of Saudi women representing a broad spectrum of opinions and backgrounds during her September 12-14 visit to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi women unanimously agreed that Saudi [...]	2006-09-28 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SA
06RIYADH7834	TERRORISM FINANCE: TALIBAN [...] (S/NF) Post has reviewed the draft strategy to counter both Taliban and funding sources outside of Afghanistan and the mechanisms used to transfer the funds into Afghanistan. Post is aware of donors located in the Kingdom who contribute to the Taliban, however Post has no evidence of deep-pock [...]	2006-10-04 11:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA AF XF
06RIYADH7837	SAUDI ARABIA OFFERS POSITION PAPER ON THE PEACE [...] (C) During Secretary Rice's October 2 visit to Jeddah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal provided the following position paper on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to NEA Assistant Secretary Welch. 2. (C) Begin Text: Position Paper On the Peace Process October 2006 The danger [...]	2006-10-04 16:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SA
06RIYADH7838	USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Riyadh's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Saudi Arabia. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operat [...]	2006-10-05 14:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN ETTC SA IZ
06RIYADH7987	RIYADH RECORD: SEPTEMBER 16-30 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against the controversial novel "Girls of Riyadh" has been dismissed. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice met for three-days, rejecting alleged calls from the West to dismantle the organization. The Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affai [...]	2006-10-10 14:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWMN KISL SA
06RIYADH7990	IRAQI DELEGATION VISITS KSA TO DISCUSS IRAQ [...] The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance confirmed to us on October 9 that an Iraqi technical delegation came to Saudi Arabia on October 7 to discuss Iraqi debt to Saudi Arabia. 2. According to Deputy Minister of Finance Al-Bazi'y, three Iraqi delegates from the Ministry of Finance v [...]	2006-10-11 10:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8	SHI'A JUDGE IN AL-HASA SEEKS GREATER RESOURCES [...] (SBU) Acting CG and PolOff paid an introductory call on Sheikh Mohammad Al-Luwaimi, President of the Shi'ite Endowments and Inheritance Court in Al-Hasa, on December 28. Al-Luwaimi is the only judge in the only Shi'ite court serving the Shi'a population of Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Easter [...]	2006-01-02 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL SA
06RIYADH8003	WAMY SECRETARY-GENERAL PREACHES NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Secretary-General Dr. Saleh al-Wohaibi told PolOffs in an SIPDIS August 27 meeting that, despite negative publicity surrounding Islamic charities, WAMY has nothing to hide. Al-Wohaibi talked about WAMY's international programs, but focu [...]	2006-10-11 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC KISL SA

06RIYADH8173	A/DCM DISCUSSES USG REVIEW OF SAUDI TEXTBOOKS WITH [...] (C) A/DCM solicited continued SAG cooperation in support of a USG review of Saudi textbooks during an October 9 meeting with Minister Plenipotentiary Hazem Karakotly, assistant to Director General for International Organization Affairs Ambassador Dr. Turki bin Mohammed Saud al-Kabir al Saud. [...]	2006-10-15 15:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KISL KIRF SA
06RIYADH82	AL-HASA BUSINESSMEN SEEKING GREATER INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Businessmen in Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Eastern Province (EP) that comprises a large oasis and extensive, oil-rich desert areas, told Acting CG and PolOff repeatedly over the course of a day-long visit on December 27 that Al-Hasa needs new investment, especially in infrastructure. [...]	2006-01-04 15:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV SA
06RIYADH8233	USG DISCUSSION WITH MINISTER OF COMMERCE [...] (C) Summary: On 20 September 2006, Ambassador James Oberwetter, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Director General of the U.S. Commercial Service (DG),Israel Hernandez, and Commercial Counselor, Nasir Abbasi met with Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hashim [...]	2006-10-16 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR SA
06RIYADH8234	PRESIDENTIAL ADVOCACY LETTER DELIVERED TO KING [...] (C) Summary: On September 19, Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion, Israel Hernandez, delivered the President's letter advocating for two U.S. companies, Boeing and General Electric (GE),bid for the upgrade of Saudi Arabian Airline (Saudia) and the Royal fleet, to [...]	2006-10-16 07:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD BEXP PREL PTER MOPS SA
06RIYADH8252	SAUDI ARAMCO TRIMS CRUDE ALLOCATIONS AS IT CUTS PRODUCTION [...] (S) Saudi Aramco has cut some allocations to major oil company customers, per a contact in a position to know who has reported consistently and reliably in the past. For November, Aramco has provided crude allocations to customers consistent with an approximate five percent reduction in pro [...]	2006-10-16 15:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	NOTAG SA
06RIYADH8253	ARABIAN CHEVRON,S VIEWS ON THE REFINERY DISPUTE [...] (C) This is a response to an action request, Ref B, for additional background for a 17 October meeting between P and Chevron CEO Reilly regarding a SAG disagreement with Kuwaiti plans to construct a refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) shared by the two countries. Executives from A [...]	2006-10-16 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU SA
06RIYADH8314	TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSC 1267 DESIGNEE, SULIMAN [...] (U) United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 Designee, Suliman H. Al-Buthe (aka Solaiman Al-Buthi) was featured in an article published in the Saudi Gazette, a mainstream Saudi publication censored by the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG). Al-Buthe, the Assistant General Manager [...]	2006-10-17 15:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL SA
06RIYADH8384	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST REPONSE ON SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia has information linking the proposed South African designees to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, there are no special sensitivities regarding these proposed designees. We believe Saudi Arabia will take the necessary actions, once the UN 1267 Committee adopts [...]	2006-10-18 13:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SF PK SA
06RIYADH8395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANCES FRAGOS [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),Homeland Security Council, Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend; Senior Director for Combating Terrorism Strategy, National Security [...]	2006-10-21 10:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL PGOV ECON SA
06RIYADH8399	DEMARCHE ON UN COUNTERTERRORISM DIRECTORATE [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered by hand to MFA duty officer on October 21. Post will follow up as appropriate after Eid al-Fitr. OBERWETTER [...]	2006-10-21 15:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER USUN SA
06RIYADH8401	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT I: STAB AT [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to conduct a final on-site assessment [...]	2006-10-22 09:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH8402	REFTEL DEMARCHES OF EID GREETINGS DELIVERED [...] (U) Reftel demarches of Eid al-Fitr greetings were delivered to the MFA by hand on Saturday, October 21. The Eid greetings were delivered to King Abdullah, Crown Prince Sultan, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, and Organization of Islamic Conference Secretary-Gerenal Ihsanoglu. OBER [...]	2006-10-22 09:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8404	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT II: POWER [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8406	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT III: [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8407	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT IV: [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8414	MAKKAH DECLARATION - WHERE HAVE ALL THE SHI'A [...] (U) Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a religious leaders signed on October 20 the "Makkah Declaration," which forbids Sunnis and Shi'a to kill each other (reftel). Many are likening the ten-point declaration to a "fatwa," or religious ruling, although the signatories have not described the document as suc [...]	2006-10-24 13:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH8415	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-10-24 20:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8416	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-10-24 20:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8432	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SECRET SERVICE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for U.S. Secret Service Special Agents: Advance Team Christopher Caruso, Faisal Alshami and Ross Yerger; midnight shift team Gillian Penswick and Scott Keenan; and working shift James Brian Dunlop, Andrew Ad [...]	2006-10-28 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL SA
06RIYADH8492	REVISED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANCES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),Homeland Security Council, Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend; Director for Combating Terrorism Strategy, National Security Counci [...]	2006-10-29 12:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC ECON SA
06RIYADH8634	CONCURRENCE - NON-PRO COURIER TO/FROM RIYADH O/A [...] (S) CHIEF OF MISSION RIYADH HAS BEEN BRIEFED AND APPROVES JOHN H. BURNS JR, OFFICIAL PASSPORT NUMBER 802064694, AS A NON-PROFESSIONAL COURIER. HIS ARRIVAL HAS BEEN COORDINATED AT POST. CHIEF OF MISSION AUTHORIZES THE TRANSPORT OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL IN DIPLOMATIC POUCH 2. (U) THE EMBASSY [...]	2006-11-01 14:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ADEP ASEC PTER
06RIYADH8671	KING'S "LANDMARK" TOUR OF SOUTHERN REGION YIELDS [...] (U) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Azziz arrived in Najran on October 31 for his first visit to the region since ascending the throne. Najranis, who closed their shops and held a festival in honor of the King, prepared for months for the visit. In conjunction with [...]	2006-11-04 15:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SA
06RIYADH8718	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATOR OFFICER [...] (C) Embassy Riyadh's Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) is Robert Silverman, Economic Counselor, phone number (01) 488-3800, extension 4237 and email address RJSilverman@state.sgov.gov. The current Deputy TFCO is Lubaina Qaiyumi, Economic Officer, phone number (01) 488-3800, exte [...]	2006-11-06 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8723	RIYADH RECORD: OCTOBER 16-31 (C-NE6-01865) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi religious leaders signed the Makkah Declaration on October 20, which forbids Sunnis and Shi'a from killing each other. King Abdullah issued a new succession law on October 20, which formalizes the succession process through the establishment of the Allegiance Committee. P [...]	2006-11-06 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH8787	SAUDI ARABIA RESPONSE TO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] (U) Post delivered reftel Fact Sheet on Summary Recommendations of the Women's Empowerment Working Session to Talal Barri at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 6. He indicated interest in the follow up activities to the Working Session. Post also delivered reftel Fact Sheet via dip [...]	2006-11-07 12:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA SA
06RIYADH8788	FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHES [...] (C) On November 6, Deputy Political Counselor (DPC) delivered reftels (A, B, C, D) demarches and talking points to Saudi MFA, International Organization Affairs, UNGA Issues, Mr. Talal Berri. The issues raised were: the UNGA Third Committee (Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Burma, and North Kore [...]	2006-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL MOPS PINR PTER USUN
06RIYADH8799	SAUDI PUBLIC REACTION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S [...] (C) Saudi public reaction to the November 5 sentencing to death of Saddam Hussein has been mixed. While there are those who question the legality of Hussein's trial and the credibility of the proceedings, others agree with the verdict and sentencing. At the same time, some Saudis have expres [...]	2006-11-08 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH8808	UPDATE ON HADI AL-MUTIF [...] (S) PolOffs met on November 6 with Human Rights First Society (HRFS) President Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb to discuss the October 31 and November 1 visit of King Abdullah to Najran and his pardon of Ismaili prisoners, ostensibly including Hadi Al-Mutif. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Mutif has not been [...]	2006-11-08 14:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL KIRF SA
06RIYADH8811	UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]	2006-11-12 04:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EPET PTER ENERG SA
06RIYADH8813	UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]	2006-11-12 04:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENERG PTER SA
06RIYADH8815	PETITION SUPPORTS MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Culture and Information received a petition signed by 160 reform-minded scholars supporting Minister of Information Iyad bin Amin Madany. The signatories constituted a broad cross-section of Saudi society, including men and women, Sunni and Shi'a. The statement [...]	2006-11-12 10:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PKISL SA
06RIYADH8825	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST'S RESPONSE ON THE RADICAL [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia supports the aim of the Radical Ideologue Initiative to sanction individuals and entities that provide both monetary/material support and ideological support to terror organizations (ref a). This initiative underlines the international community's need to counter t [...]	2006-11-13 06:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH8826	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST'S RESPONSE ON THE RADICAL [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia supports the aim of the Radical Ideologue Initiative to sanction individuals and entities that provide both monetary/material support and ideological support to terror organizations (ref a). This initiative underlines the international community's need to counter t [...]	2006-11-13 06:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH8835	FACILITATING GREATER SAG ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ - A [...] (S) This constitutes Post's response to Ref A. The situation in Iraq remains of great concern to Saudis across the political, economic, and social spectrum. The press reported on November 13 that Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Naif called Iraq a "major base for terrorism," adding that the [...]	2006-11-13 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8836	SAUDIS BOLSTER TROOP NUMBERS FOR ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) In a series of meetings with the Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) from November 10-11, a joint State/Energy visiting delegation learned that the Saudis have made progress in improving security at critical energy facilities. A force of more than 35,000 soldiers, temporarily drawn from [...]	2006-11-13 13:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8839	SAUDI ARAMCO CRUDE ALLOCATIONS FOR NOVEMBER DECLINE [...] (S) In line with recent announcements by Saudi Aramco regarding cuts in crude oil allocations to major oil company customers (reftel),a contact from another major energy firm who has reported consistently and reliably in the past, informed us Saudi Aramco had cut crude allocations to his fi [...]	2006-11-13 14:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET ENERG SA
06RIYADH8840	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI MFA, MOJ, [...] (C) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met on September 12-13 with the Majlis Al-Shoura (MAS) and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Justice (MoJ). These meetings were follow-up to the July 25 - 27, 2006, meeting of [...]	2006-11-14 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM OTRA PINR SA
06RIYADH8841	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI HUMAN [...] (SBU) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met the National Society for Human Rights, the Human Rights Commission, and the Human Rights First Society during her September 12-14 visit to Riyadh. Participants in all three meetings raised U.S. treatment of Homaidan Al-Turki (reftel)and Guantanamo Bay deta [...]	2006-11-14 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OTRA PGOV PHUM SA
06RIYADH8858	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-11-15 11:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8860	SAUDI MFA DEMARCHED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS, CPC [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations, human rights lead, Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, on November 15 regarding Afghan Hajj flights (Ref A),Saudi Arabia's November 13 redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (Ref B),and UN [...]	2006-11-15 16:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EAIR ECON KIRF UNHRC AF SA
06RIYADH8861	SAUDI ARABIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE MATHESON [...] MFA human rights point of contact Talal Berri told PolOff on November 15 that the SAG will support U.S. candidate Matheson for re-election to the UN International Law Commission (reftel). OBERWETTER [...]	2006-11-15 16:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ILC UNGA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH8863	DELIVERY OF CASH COURIER TRAINING PROPOSAL [...] (C) On November 5, non-paper from reftel was delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed, Counselor for Counterterrorism matters. Simultaneously, non-paper was delivered through U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation's liaison channels to [...]	2006-11-18 05:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8900	A SAUDI'S VIEWS ON THE U.S. AND RULE OF LAW IN KSA [...] (S) Echoing several other commentators and analyses, Saudi commercial lawyer and diplomat Dr. Waleed Nasser Al-Nuwaiser (strictly protect) told PolOff on November 8 that the heart of most problems in Saudi Arabia is the absence of rule of law. He stressed that the USG should emphasize the n [...]	2006-11-21 07:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KISL EPET SA IZ
06RIYADH8921	THE NEW SUCCESSION LAW PRESERVES THE MONARCHY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SUCCESSION STRUGGLE AMONG THE AL SAUD FAMILY HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO SAUDI ARABIA'S STABILITY. THE FIRST TWO SAUDI STATES COLLAPSED PARTIALLY AS A RESULT OF SUCCESSION PROBLEMS. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF KING ABDULAZIZ IN 1953, A FIERCE POWER STRUGGLE AMON [...]	2006-11-22 04:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH8926	TRANSLATED TEXT OF NEW SAUDI SUCCESSION LAW [...] (U) KING ABDULLAH ISSUED A NEW SUCCESSION LAW ON OCTOBER 20 TO FORMALIZE THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A CROWN PRINCE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ALLEGIANCE COMMISSION (REFTEL). THE BASIC LAW OF 1992 -- ESSENTIALLY THE CONSTITUTION -- WAS AMENDED TO REFLECT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND AUTHORITY OF [...]	2006-11-22 15:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH8987	THE SAUDI ARABIAN FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 9. 2. (U) Summary. EconOff met with the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SA FIU) on November 5 and December 4, 2006 to discuss the status of their Egmont application and technical assistance. In attendance at the m [...]	2006-12-04 12:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8989	MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]	2006-12-04 13:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8990	MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]	2006-12-04 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9	SAUDI VIEWS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) director Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz sought and shared views on Iran and Syria during a December 27 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad. They told the Ambassador that while it was possible t [...]	2006-01-02 14:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IR SA SY IZ
06RIYADH9031	COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH SAG REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At Post's invitation, Colorado Attorney General (AG) John Suthers visited the Kingdom from November 14-17 to explain the Homaidan Al-Turki case to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Saudi government officials, and the Al-Turki family. The very successful visit highlighted the [...]	2006-12-09 14:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH9051	TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (U) On December 9, we delivered the following demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Counselor for Counterterrorism matters, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed: --STATE 142684: Domestic USG Designation of Islamic Resistance Support Organization (IRSO); --STATE 148861: Terrorist Finance: Domestic US [...]	2006-12-11 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH9056	THE CAPITAL MARKET AUTHORITY'S NEED FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary. From September 11-14, experts from the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) provided a three-day technical assistance seminar on market oversight and enforcement strategies to Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA). The CMA freely shared information and actively engaged wit [...]	2006-12-12 10:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON SA
06RIYADH9065	TERRORIST LISTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER ETTC EFIN SA
06RIYADH9066	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG'S RESPONSE TO ABOUSOFIAN [...] (SBU) On December 4, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Abousofian Abdelrazik (AKA Abu Sufian Abdulraziq) to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. [...]	2006-12-13 07:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
06RIYADH9067	SAUDI ARABIA'S WAR ON TERROR -- NOT OVER YET [...] (C) While the SAG continues to make progress on its counterterrorism efforts (Ref A),recent events in the Kingdom clearly illustrate that the war on terror is far from over. On December 7, armed men opened fire on a guard post at Jeddah's maximum-security Al-Ruwais prison, killing two secur [...]	2006-12-13 11:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH9068	THE REHABILITATION OF KING SAUD AND HIS TRIBAL [...] (C) Saud bin Abudulaziz was the eldest surviving son of the Kingdom's founder Abudulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. He became Crown Prince and Viceroy of the Nejd in 1933. Upon his father's death in 1953, he became King. He was deposed by his brothers in 1964 and died in exile a few years lat [...]	2006-12-13 13:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IZ
06RIYADH9078	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend at his farm outside Riyadh November 15, the King focused on the multiple threats from Iran. He said he had sent strong messages to President Putin and Presi [...]	2006-12-13 15:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ECON IR SA
06RIYADH9079	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, 2006, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with SAG Islamic Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz bin Mohammed Al al-Sheikh to discuss SAG re-education of imams and mosque speakers bot [...]	2006-12-13 15:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KISL KIRF PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9083	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH CROWN [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Fran Townsend met on November 15 with Crown Prince Sultan, who immediately steered the conversation to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. He noted the ongoing violence and raised the Arab Peace Plan proposed by [...]	2006-12-14 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN KTFN SA
06RIYADH9085	DHAHRAN DIGEST 8 [...] (U) This cable is a continuation of a regular series of updates from the Eastern Province (EP) designed to capture some of the EP's local color and items of USG interest that are not necessarily appropriate for a topical cable. ---------------------------------------- PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FA [...]	2006-12-15 09:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET KIRF PA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH9088	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-16 07:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KISL KIRF PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9089	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH CROWN [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Fran Townsend met on November 15 with Crown Prince Sultan, who immediately steered the conversation to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. He noted the ongoing violence and raised the Arab Peace Plan proposed by [...]	2006-12-16 07:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN KTFN SA
06RIYADH9093	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-16 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ECON IR SA
06RIYADH9095	xxxxxxxxxxxx ON IRANIAN THREATS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-16 14:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EFIN PTER IZ IR SA
06RIYADH9106	PLANS FOR THE FEBRUARY JOINT WORKING GROUP ON [...] (S) On 16 December, Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saud al-Semari, Director of the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) modernization program, and Khaled al-Ageel, Manager of the MOI's Industrial Security Directorate, to discuss plans for a February 2007 meeting of [...]	2006-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9107	DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED ON DELAY OF RSS WORKSHOP [...] (U) As per reftel request, on 16 December Mission delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the delay of the regional workshop on safe management of radioactive sealed sources (RSS) until April, 2007. Mission also requested the MFA pass this information to th [...]	2006-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ENERG TRGY SA
06RIYADH9134	SAG ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] On December 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Talal Berri of the SAG MFA International Organizations Directorate. On December 18, PolOff hand-delivered and faxed reftel non-paper to the MFA. Mr. Berri could not state whether the SAG would support maintaining the UN Scale of Assess [...]	2006-12-20 13:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC PREL UNGA SA
06RIYADH9155	KATRINA ASSISTANCE, COMING TO CLOSURE [...] (U) As per reftel request, on 17 December, Mission delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) formally requesting information on the status of disbursements of the outstanding $48 million of $100 million the SAG pledged for Hurricane Katrina assistance. We request [...]	2006-12-24 10:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EPET SA
06RIYADH9173	ENTHUSIASTIC SHOURA COUNCIL ASKS SENATOR NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Enthusiastic Majlis Al Shoura members acknowledged the positive U.S. - Saudi bilateral relationship but asked Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) during a meeting on December 17 for increased engagement by members of Congress with the Council. Meeting participants agreed that any enhance [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9174	CROWN PRINCE REITERATES SAUDI NONINTERFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9175	SAUDI MOI HEAD SAYS IF U.S. LEAVES IRAQ, SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9179	DEPUTY MOI TO SENATOR NELSON:THE KEY TO WINNING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy Minister of Interior Mohamed bin Naif told Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) that the key to winning the war on terror is defeating the terrorists' ideology. He echoed the senator's other interlocutors in supporting Iraqi unity and the SAG's noninterference policy. The Deputy M [...]	2006-12-26 12:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9182	DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED FOR DELTA CODE SHARING [...] (U) On December 23, Mission delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) regarding the Delta Code sharing with KLM. Captain Mohammed Berenji, Vice President of GACA, responded verbally and reiterated his approval of the Del [...]	2006-12-26 13:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SA
06RIYADH9183	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG'S RESPONSE TO UN 1267 [...] (SBU) On December 4, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of twenty names to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaeda. Complimentary opening -- The Minist [...]	2006-12-26 13:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
06RIYADH9184	TERRORIST FINANCE: UN 1267 DOCKRAT DESIGNATION [...] (U) On December 27, non-paper from reftel was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Ministry of Interior. Post will report any substantive Saudi response. GFOELLER [...]	2006-12-26 13:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH9204	AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE INVITATION RESPONSE [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided a response to the reftel on 11 December 2006 thanking us for notifying them of the Avian Flu conference in Bamako, but regretting the SAG could not participate. The MFA also informed us the SAG has donated $1 million USD to the U.N. Food and Agricultur [...]	2006-12-27 09:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID SA
06RIYADH9205	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST VIEWS ON NGO KOMPAK [...] The Mission Counterterrorism Committee discussed reftel during its monthly December meeting and determined we have no relevant input. The charity in question does not operate in the KSA, nor are we aware of any other nexus with the KSA. GFOELLER [...]	2006-12-27 09:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06ROME1005	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CASPIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Summary: In March 17 meetings, GOI officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities, and the Prime Minister's office concurred with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's assessment of the risk to Italian and European energy security of Gazprom's dominance of natural gas shipments t [...]	2006-04-04 04:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET RU IR QA IT
06ROME1006	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: On March 28, USMISSION UN ROME met with FAO Animal Production and Health (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation (TCE) Divisions staff to discuss Azerbaijan; global Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) expert needs; personal protective equipment (PPE) needs in the West [...]	2006-04-04 07:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO
06ROME1019	BERLUSCONI-PRODI DEBATE SHOWS CONTRAST: NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many commentators give PM Berlusconi a slight edge over challenger Romano Prodi in last night's second candidate debate. Berlusconi was more poised than in the first debate and offered a surprise proposal to eliminate local property taxes on every family's first home--a proposal [...]	2006-04-04 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IZ IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1023	ITALY: SLOW DOWN ON ID FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on April 4, MFA NATO Office Head Gianni Bardini told polmiloff that Italy considers it premature to invite Georgia into Intensified Dialogue (ID) with NATO at the April 13 meeting between Georgia and the Allies. Bardini said that, while Italy is open to think [...]	2006-04-04 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG IT NATO
06ROME1024	ITALY RESPONSE TO WHA SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] On March 31, per instructions in reftel, Rome delivered talking points to Dr. Vittorio Silano, Head of the Ministry of Health's Department of Innovation. On April 4, we received a reply from Dr. Maria Grazia Pompa, Head of Office V (Infectious Diseases and International Prevention) of the MO [...]	2006-04-04 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TBIO PREL IT WHO
06ROME1025	ITALY'S FLEDGLING ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Pisanu's hand-picked Muslim Consultative Council continues to be controversial after its first two meetings. Criticism by both the right-wing Northern League Party and some members of the Muslim community convinced Pisanu to cancel the next meeting until afte [...]	2006-04-05 08:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV PTER IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1034	ITALY'S POST ELECTION LOTTO-MINISTRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Italy's April 9-10 national elections begin a political process that probably will not produce a new government until mid-May to mid-June. Presidents of the two legislative houses must be elected followed by a replacement for President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi before [...]	2006-04-05 13:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1071	VICTORY FOR GMOS HAS LITTLE POLITICAL/ECONOMIC [...] On March 17, the Italian Constitutional Court struck down a 2005 law prohibiting "coexistence," growing genetically-modified crops next to organic ones, and mandating criminal penalties for farmers violating the 2005 legal prohibitions. The law had had the practical effect of banning genetic [...]	2006-04-07 15:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD IT
06ROME1083	TRADE VICE MINISTER PLANS "COURAGEOUS" TRADE OFFER [...] (C) Summary. During an April 3 courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli, Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso was cautiously optimistic of a narrow center-right victory in this week's elections. He admitted that GOI positions on trade and the WTO have been driven by politics until now, but said a cent [...]	2006-04-10 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME1090	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] USMISSION UN ROME staff covered the USDA/Washington April 3-6 meetings with FAO on providing U.S. experts for FAO's global efforts to combat Avian Influenza. A separate reporting cable will be issued. During some free periods this week, USMISSION UN ROME held brief discussions with FAO Anim [...]	2006-04-11 07:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1093	PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 08:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME1107	NEXT STEPS IN ITALY'S CONTESTED ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In elections that showed Italy split down the political middle, center-left challenger Romano Prodi has apparently won a razor-thin majority over PM Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian Senate. His edge in the Chamber of Deputies was also close, but the voting bloc will be more subs [...]	2006-04-11 16:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT
06ROME111	CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE FOR ROME, TURIN, MILAN [...] (SBU) On December 14 and 16, Embassy Rome, the Olympic Coordination Office in Turin, and Consulate Milan underwent a coordinated Crisis Management Exercise (CME) facilitated by the Foreign Service Institute's Office of Crisis Management Training. According to FSI, this was the first time a CME [...]	2006-01-12 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CA IT OCS ACS POSTS FOR RSO
06ROME1115	ITALY WAITS FOR VERIFIED ELECTION RESULTS: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Romano Prodi has declared victory in Italy's parliamentary election while current PM Silvio Berlusconi has cautioned that infinitesimally close results call for caution until final results have been fully verified according to standard procedures. Two aspects [...]	2006-04-12 13:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT
06ROME1149	AVIAN INFLUENZA: U.S. ASSISTANCE TO THE FAO/OIE [...] Summary: A USDA administrative team from FAS and APHIS visited FAO HQ in Rome April 3-6 to survey FAO resource needs and determine how best to provide personnel resources to assist with HPAI emergency response efforts. FAO is moving forward with plans to establish a Crisis Management Center [...]	2006-04-14 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1150	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE GC 0084-06 [...] EconOff and EconFSN visited Intermark Sistemi, SRL, headquarters April 12, and met with Administrative Director Francesco La Mesa. Founded in 1972, Intermark Sistemi recently split into two groups, Intermark Sistemi- focusing on the Italian market, and Intermark AvioSistemi (AvioSistemi)- wo [...]	2006-04-14 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC IT BLUE LANTERN
06ROME1159	COESPU AT SIX MONTHS: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS, U.S. [...] Summary and Action Request. The Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vicenza, part of the larger Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (a Presidential initiative),has trained 127 gendarme peacekeepers from six countries in its first six months. New courses are se [...]	2006-04-14 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IT
06ROME1162	ITALY: CERTIFIED VOTE RESULTS EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) A consensus is developing that the Italian Court of Cassation will issue certified election results next Tuesday, April 18, though reports that the recount could take a few days longer persist. UDC Party Secretary Lorenzo Cesa told the press that election results would not change, and FI [...]	2006-04-14 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME117	ITALIAN MFA U/S MANTICA VISITS SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA's Undersecretary for Africa Alfredo Mantica met with Somali TFG PM Ali Gedi in Jowhar January 5, as Somali President Yusuf and Speaker of Parliament Hassan were signing the Aden Declaration in Yemen. According to the MFA, Gedi expressed support for the Declaratio [...]	2006-01-12 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO IT UN
06ROME1173	GOI IN RECEIPT OF POINTS ON ELECTRIC CABLES [...] Embassy faxed reftel talking points on the EU Draft Commission Decision proposing fire safety standards for electrical cables to Amadeo Teti, Ministry of Productive Activities Director General for International Trade Agreements, on March 31. Subsequent repeated efforts to contact Mr. Teti we [...]	2006-04-18 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
06ROME1174	ITALY SUPPORTS CURRENT EU BURMA POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 13 to Nicola Tassoni, MFA Deputy Southeast Asia Office Director, presenting U.S. concerns regarding some of the statements made at the EC 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, and highlighting the importance the U.S. places on coordinating our Burma mess [...]	2006-04-19 07:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	BM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL IT
06ROME1182	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP - [...] (C) Italy has a positive impression of the U.S. concept for a NATO Global Partnership and is interested in pursuing it further, but registered concerns about our presentation and approach, fearing we are moving too fast, without a clear enough sense of what partners want or expect, or of possib [...]	2006-04-19 15:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO EUN
06ROME1183	ITALIAN CASSATION DECLARES RESULTS OFFICIAL: PRODI [...] (SBU) Italy's Court of Cassation finished verification procedures for Italy's contested parliamentary elections, confirming center-left challenger Romano Prodi's electoral victory over incumbent PM Silvio Berlusconi in the critical Chamber of Deputies. Though Berlusconi might continue to prot [...]	2006-04-19 17:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS

06ROME119	IRAQ: ITALIANS WANT TO LEAD PRT, EVALUATING OTHER [...] (C) Summary. Italy would like to lead the PRT in Dhi Qar province, where it has considerable military and civilian experience. It sees this as a useful vehicle for an increasing focus on civilian activities as well as security training. Packaging the coalition's evolving role in Iraq in ter [...]	2006-01-12 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
06ROME1194	GOI SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON RUSSIAN MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) Summary. Acting EcMin met April 12 with Carlo Tripepi, Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Trade Controls to the MFA's Director General for Economic Affairs, to deliver Refs A and C talking points and non-papers. Tripepi said the GOI position on Russian membership in the Australia G [...]	2006-04-20 12:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA RS IT
06ROME1202	ITALY: BERLUSCONI STAYS MUM ON PRODI WIN [...] (C) PM Silvio Berlusconi has not yet conceded victory to opposition leader Romano Prodi even after Italy's Court of Cassation officially confirmed the electoral victory for Prodi on April 19. In the wake of the court's confirmation, congratulatory calls from world leaders began to flow into P [...]	2006-04-21 10:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT
06ROME1203	ITALY: CODEL HYDE HEARS PLANS FOR A ROBUST [...] (C) Summary. Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta told a visiting Codel Hyde delegation April 19 that, given a strong second-place showing in the elections, the center-right would play the part of a particularly robust opposition party when the new center-left government took office. He predicted t [...]	2006-04-21 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1207	PRODI AIDE SAYS NEW GOVERNMENT WILL FOLLOW EU [...] (C) Summary. Acting DCM told a senior Prodi advisor April 21 that the Center Left leader's phone conversation with the PA prime minister two days before had generated surprise and consternation in Washington, in view of US and EU policy against contact with senior Hamas officials. Prodi aide [...]	2006-04-21 15:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KPAL PTER PGOV XF IT
06ROME1208	FAIR TREATMENT OF SEAFARERS, POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KTIA AORC ELAB UK IT IMO
06ROME1209	ITALY: PRODI ADVISER TALKS GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) A senior adviser to Romano Prodi says President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has privately agreed to tap Prodi as PM-designate before Ciampi's term expires. If that happened, it could accelerate the government formation process by about two weeks, to mid-May. Levi also said he th [...]	2006-04-21 17:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KNNP PTER EUN IZ IR IT
06ROME122	AMBASSADOR PUTS DOWN MARKER WITH CENTER-LEFT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on January 11 told Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli that the Center-Left could not begin its relationship with the United States in a worse manner than to unilaterally declare a withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq in the event of a Center-Left victory in the [...]	2006-01-13 05:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1221	ITALY: PRODI ALLY LOOKS AHEAD ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Head of the Democrats of the Left (DS) International Affairs Office adviser and newly elected member of parliament Luciano Vecchi told Poloff that Prodi would strictly follow EU policy with regards to Hamas. Vecchi also confirmed the Center-Left position on Iraq, reaffirming that [...]	2006-04-24 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IT
06ROME1222	ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) April 11 PolMinCouns informed Giacomo Sanfelice, Deputy Director General for Political Multilateral Affairs, of Reftel A letter from Secretary Rice to FM Fini and explained the U.S. position on supporting candidate countries in the first UN Human Rights Council (HRC) elections. Poloff fol [...]	2006-04-24 17:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1230	ITALY BRIEFED ON U.S. KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C) April 20 Poloff briefed Raimondo de Cardona, MFA Balkans Office Director, and Maria Teresa di Maio, Kosovo Desk Officer, on U.S. Kosovo policy per reftel. De Cardona said it was useful to hear our policy laid out more comprehensively, noting that the GOI was already aware of the various c [...]	2006-04-26 11:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI EU IT
06ROME1246	ITALY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Italy, a co-sponsor of the Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) proposal, is fully on board with the concept but concerned about presentation. Italy believes the SCC must be fully co-sponsored with participating Middle East countries and does not favor launching it at t [...]	2006-04-26 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR IT
06ROME1261	ITALIAN POLITICIANS REACT WITH GRIEF AND [...] (C) Italian politicians reacted with grief, solidarity, and condemnation April 28 following the killing of three Italians and a Romanian in Nasiriya. PM Berlusconi said he was deeply grieved by the deaths and center-left leader Prodi called it a tragedy for all of Italy. One center-left party [...]	2006-04-28 05:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1272	MDA: ITALY REMAINS ON BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 09:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IT ICRC HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1303	MILANO-MANHATTAN/EUROFLY: GOI HAS NOT AUTHORIZED, [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 1, Eurofly representatives told Rome TSA attache the company will start flying an all-business-class service between Milan-Linate and New York-JFK May 8, though an official at Italian aviation regulator ENAC said the agency has yet to approve the plan. Unless instructed [...]	2006-05-02 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT
06ROME1308	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]	2006-05-03 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1317	ITALY: CHAMBER PRESIDENTS ELECTED, PRESIDENCY OF [...] (SBU) Italy's new parliament formally sat April 28 and subsequently voted Communist Renewal (RC) National Secretary Fausto Bertinotti President of the Chamber of Deputies and Daisy party leader Franco Marini President of the Senate. Both were contentious votes. As one of his first acts as Cha [...]	2006-05-03 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT
06ROME1322	ITALY'S INTERIM RESPONSE: NO IMMEDIATE FUNDS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. EconOff delivered reftel demarche April 14 to Maria Pia Dradi, Afghanistan Desk Officer for MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC); and PolOff delivered reftel demarche April 18 to Anna Della Croce, MFA's Coordinator for Afghanistan [...]	2006-05-04 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL IT AF
06ROME1324	ITALY UNCERTAIN LISTING TAMIL TIGERS WILL PROMOTE [...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref demarche on May 3 with the MFA's Enrico Valvo of the counter-terrorism office and Giuseppe Cinti, Soth Asian Office Director. Both officials fully agreed that the suicide bombing last month was an abhorrent escalation and said Italy would continue denouncing all forms [...]	2006-05-04 13:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT EUN
06ROME1325	ITALY WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 13:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL IT
06ROME1329	MIMA/EUROFLY, FLIGHTS WILL LIKELY GO FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy's aviation authority appears to be acquiescing to the MiMa/Eurofly flights. ENAC's Vice Director General, Salvatore Sciacchitano, said that, barring a decision by his agency to deny permission, Eurofly could begin operating from Linate's general aviation terminal on a fl [...]	2006-05-05 04:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT
06ROME1335	GOI PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY [...] (C) As instructed reftel, DCM and A/Ecmin met April 28 with Dutch DCM Joost Reintjes and Senior Economic Advisor Chris Schoenmakers to discuss European energy security issues and GON plans for a May 18 Conference on Transatlantic Energy Security. DCM Reintjes requested USG assistance in dete [...]	2006-05-05 13:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL IT EU
06ROME1347	IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA WARNS PRESSING TOO HARD ON QRF [...] (C) The Italian MFA does not foresee a change in Italy's policy of gradual troop reductions, in consultation with the Iraqis and coalition partners, in Iraq. Barring additional terrorist attacks, the MFA also does not expect major problems with funding renewal for the mission this summer. But [...]	2006-05-05 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1359	ITALY CONSIDERING APPROACH TO NORTH KOREAN FLAGS [...] (C) Econoff and Poloff delivered Reftel A points and information on the Italian vessel using a North Korean flag to Federico Failla, MFA Office Director for the Far East, April 28, and urged the GOI to consider a law or regulation to make it illegal for Italian nationals and companies to use D [...]	2006-05-08 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA IT
06ROME137	FM FINI'S MESSAGE TO BELGRADE LANDS ON DEAF EARS [...] (C) Summary. Italian FM Fini's recent visit to Belgrade failed to persuade Serbian PM Kostunica to accept the possibility that a decision on Kosovo's status could result in anything other than broad autonomy. Kostunica is convinced that the international community would be prevented by inter [...]	2006-01-13 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR MW YI IT EUN
06ROME141	ITALY: ELECTORAL REFORM COULD BRING DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to impacts reported REF A and B, Italy's controversial electoral reform law introduces different systems for calculating results in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In the Chamber of Deputies, the winning coalition receives a majority premium guaranteeing that [...]	2006-01-17 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1410	ITALY: GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE [...] (SBU) Senator for Life Giorgio Napolitano May 10 was elected Italy's 11th President of the Republic by a simple majority in the fourth round of voting. The center-right opposition, led by caretaker PM Silvio Berlusconi, did not support Napolitano's candidacy. Two of Berlusconi's coalition al [...]	2006-05-10 16:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT
06ROME1412	AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES ITALIAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (U) On April 27, Ambassador Spogli addressed the leaders of Confindustria, Italy's leading business association, about barriers to, and opportunities for, U.S. investment in Italy. The Ambassador spoke at the invitation of Confindustria President (and Fiat Chairman) Luca Cordero di Montezemolo [...]	2006-05-10 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IT
06ROME1413	ITALY ON USG ROLE IN WORLD BANK'S MULTILATERAL [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche April 14 to Giorgio Guglielmino, Budget Director in MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC),and highlighted the USG's role in proposing and supporting the World Bank's Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI),as well as U.S. leadership as the single [...]	2006-05-11 04:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN IT KPAO
06ROME1414	ITALY PLANS TO FULFILL UN DEMOCRACY FUND PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Gian Lorenzo Cornado, MFA Office Director for United Nations Affairs, May 10 to deliver points in reftel regarding UN Democracy Fund grand opportunities and to inquire about the status of Italy's $3 million pledge to UNDEF. Cornado noted that the GOI was aware of the grant [...]	2006-05-11 07:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA IT
06ROME1435	ITALIAN LABOR: BACK AT THE POLICY-MAKING TABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The election of two former union leaders, Fausto Bertinotti of the Communist Renewal Party as President of the Chamber of Deputies, and Franco Marini of the Daisy Party as President of the Senate, will help bring Italian unions back to the table on social and economic policy f [...]	2006-05-11 15:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IT
06ROME1440	ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] Minister Plenipotentiary Sergio Scarantino will represent Italy at the second planning meeting for the 2006 BMENA Forum for the Future in Moscow on May 29 - 30. Scarantino will attend both days of the meeting. 2. Scarantino told polmiloff that, at the meeting, he will present an Italian [...]	2006-05-12 09:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI IT
06ROME1450	GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...]	2006-05-12 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR
06ROME1466	ITALY SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF CW DESTRUCTION DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Poloff on May 10 received a response to Ref demarche from Giulio Picheca, director of the MFA's Disarmament Office. Picheca said Italy understands the rationale for the USG request and noted that there were other countries, such as Japan, in similar circumstances. Picheca said his offi [...]	2006-05-15 08:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL IT CWC
06ROME1475	ITALY PARTICIPATION AT WHA PREPAREDNESS MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, on May 15, Science Specialist delivered Secretary Leavitt's invitation to Italy's Minister of Health, plus up to two staff members, to attend the May 22 Ministerial meeting on influenza preparedness issues at the World Health Assembly (WHA). 2. (U) Italy' [...]	2006-05-16 04:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU IT WHO
06ROME1492	ITALY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) Political Minister Counselor met May 16 with MFA Middle East Deputy Luca Del Balzo to deliver reftel, urging that the Italians speak publicly about the need for the SARG to improve its human rights record and release detainees. Del Balzo responded that the U.S., the EU and Italy were in [...]	2006-05-17 11:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1493	TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY TO DESIGNATE FOUR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA. 4. 2. (S) Finance Ministry Director for Financial Crimes, Cristina Collura, told EconOff May 15 that the Government of Italy will pre-notify in June, 2006, the names of four individuals to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee members for inclusion [...]	2006-05-17 12:52:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER
06ROME1518	ITALY'S COMMUNIST CHAMBER LEADER WELCOMES USG [...] (C) Communist Renewal leader Fausto Bertinotti May 17 warmly welcomed his first official contact, as Italy's new Chamber of Deputies president, with the US Ambassador. He initiated an animated discussion of Italy's economic problems, and expressed cautious optimism that the new government co [...]	2006-05-18 10:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PGOV
06ROME1519	ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD TITLE III SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. Italy supported the EU's condemnation of recent acts of repudiation and subsequent demarches to the GOC, including protesting the harassment of dissident Martha Beatriz Roque. Italy did no [...]	2006-05-18 12:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL IT CU ETRD
06ROME1526	PRODI RATCHETS UP RHETORIC ON IRAQ, NO NEW GROUND [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, Italian PM-designate Romano Prodi addressed the Italian Senate to lay out his government's political platform. Prodi reiterated his coalition's oft-stated opposition to the war, and said his government would propose to Parliament the return of Italian troops. He step [...]	2006-05-18 17:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IT
06ROME1527	ITALY: A LOOK AT THE PRODI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Romano Prodi and his cabinet of 25 ministers were sworn in May 17 by President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano. Political commentators immediately called the government composition "more left than center", but the vital ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, Economy and Just [...]	2006-05-18 18:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IT
06ROME1539	THE NOT-SO-BEAUTIFUL GAME: CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A scandal over alleged match-rigging by the Turin football squad Juventus is snowballing into a broader investigation of corruption in Italy's football league. Many top soccer federation officials have resigned, and shares of publicly-traded teams have crashed. Some members of [...]	2006-05-19 14:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SCUL IT
06ROME1552	ITALIANS WELCOME FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI welcomed the formation of the new Iraqi Government and pledged to continue support for Iraqi reconstruction and democratic development. Newly elected Prime Minister Prodi, who was critical of the war, and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema issued individua [...]	2006-05-22 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO IZ IT
06ROME1555	COESPU: ITALIAN PROPOSALS FOR NEXT CANDIDATE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Italy recommends inviting Chile, Ghana, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro (SaM),and South Africa to participate in the Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units (COESPU) in Vicenza. In addition, Italy looks to the U.S. [...]	2006-05-23 07:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
06ROME1580	ITALY: DEFENSE MINISTER PARISI TELLS AMB. GOI [...] (C) In the Ambassador's May 23 introductory call on new Italian Defense Minister Arturo Parisi, Parisi stressed themes of friendship with the U.S., a desire to consult closely on all issues and to deal with the most sensitive ones frankly and away from the press. He assured the Ambassador of [...]	2006-05-23 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS IZ AF IT
06ROME1585	GOI INQUIRY REGARDING ITALIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests Department assistance to follow up on several pending export license requests for U.S.-origin components for the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) AGILE scientific satellite mission, which ASI would like to launch from India in October. The Min [...]	2006-05-24 11:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC TSPA KFPC ETRD IT IN
06ROME1588	ITALY WANTS TO BE MONTENEGRO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL EU [...] (C) Summary. Immediately after the Montenegrin referendum on independence, Raimondo De Cardona, director of the Balkans office of the MFA, told the Serbia and Montenegro ambassador Darko Uskokovic that Italy wants to become Montenegro's strongest EU partner and added that Montenegrin President [...]	2006-05-24 13:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT MW SR YI
06ROME1590	ITALY: NEW UNDERSECRETARY TO THE PM CALLS [...] (C) Ambassador paid an introductory call May 23 on the new Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Enrico Letta (nephew of Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta). Letta, a 1988 IV grantee and VP of Aspen Italy, has a very positive view of the U.S. and said he considers Italy's relationship with the U.S. e [...]	2006-05-24 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS IZ IN IT
06ROME1603	ITALY IN AGREEMENT ON DARFUR ACCORD, NOT EXPECTING [...] (C) Poloff met with Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA Horn of Africa Office Director, May 11 to deliver Reftel A points encouraging Italy to restrict the issuance of visas to members of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM); and May 24 to deliver Reftel B points outlining issues for follow-up to the [...]	2006-05-26 15:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SOCI PINS SU IT
06ROME1625	ITALY: PM PRODI ON CIVILIAN COMMITMENT TO IRAQ, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting with Senator Allen and the Ambassador on May 30, Italian PM Prodi said Italy was firmly committed to Iraq's future, but had to figure out how to end its military engagement while continuing to contribute to reconstruction and political development. He said he was [...]	2006-05-31 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS EUN IZ AF IT
06ROME163	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON TURKEY AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JANUARY 13, USMISSION UN ROME STAFF MET WITH JOSEPH DOMENECH, FAO CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NEEDS THERE. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE OUTLOOK FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA. FOR TURKEY, DOMENECH STATE [...]	2006-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1630	ITALY ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) DCM conveyed the main points of reftel demarche to MFA Chef de Cabinet Ferdinando Nelli Feroci and MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi on May 31. Terzi said the MFA had already seen the Secretary's statement, which it read with great interest, and EU High Representative Solana's reaction. [...]	2006-05-31 16:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IT
06ROME1631	IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG IR AORC IT
06ROME1635	PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Luciano Pezzotti, MFA Office Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on May 31. Pezzotti, who is following the process for the Italians, thanked poloff for U.S. views on the details of the temporary international mechanism to deliver humanitarian assistance t [...]	2006-06-01 12:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KPAL IT
06ROME1636	ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche with Foreign Minister D'Alema on May 31. D'Alema expressed strong support for the U.S. announcement and said the MFA was preparing its own statement, text at para. 2 below. 2. Begin text of Foreign Minister D'Alema's statement: Appreciation of Minister D [...]	2006-06-01 14:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IR IT
06ROME1637	IRAQ: ITALIAN LEADERS ASSESSING ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Italian leaders are evaluating Italy's troop presence in Iraq and seeking ways to reconcile the need to maintain a military presence for civilian force protection with the government's commitment to complete troop withdrawal. In separate discussions with Deputy FM Rutelli and De [...]	2006-06-01 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1661	LINATE AIRPORT: GOI WANTS TO WAIT ON CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary: In response to ref A letter from DAS John Byerly, ENAC Director General Silvano Manera stated his agency wants to wait on holding bilateral consultations until the new GOI has a chance to review Linate airport restrictions. End summary. New GOI Will Review Linate Rules -------- [...]	2006-06-05 13:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT
06ROME1662	AUSTRALIA GROUP: ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PLENARY [...] (S) A/EcMin delivered reftel talking points to Carlo Tripepi, MFA DAS-equivalent official responsible for Australia Group (AG) issues. Tripepi said that he will attend the Australia Group Plenary in Paris, and that the Italian delegation will come prepared to "speak, hear, and discuss." Tr [...]	2006-06-05 13:52:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AG IR IT
06ROME1666	MTCR: GOI SUPPORTIVE OF UPDATED CONTROLS FOR [...] (C) A/EcMin delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to Carlo Tripepi, the MFA's Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent official in charge of Missile Technology SIPDIS Control Regime (MTCR) issues. Undersecretary Joseph's counterpart, MFA Director General for International Economic Affairs [...]	2006-06-05 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC TSPA KSCA IT
06ROME1667	EDISON ITALIA OUTLINES THE WAY FORWARD FOR TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY NATURAL GAS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary. A/EcMin met May 25 with Roberto Poti, Edison Italia's Vice President for Corporate Development, to discuss Edison's investment in the Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector pipeline designed to ship Azeri natural gas to Europe. Edison has partnered with DEPA, Greece's state-owned [...]	2006-06-06 05:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET AZ TU GR AL IT
06ROME1680	IRAQ: ITALY CONSIDERING THREE OPTIONS: FULL PRT [...] (S) PolMilCouns met June 5 with Italian Defense Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Amerio said DefMin Parisi was at a two-day meeting of all Italy's ministers where Iraq was being discussed, and it was unclear what would come out of those discussions. That said, according to Amerio [...]	2006-06-06 09:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS IZ IT
06ROME1686	BANK OF ITALY--DRAGHI'S FIRST PERSONAL AND [...] Summary: At the Bank of Italy (BOI) annual stockholder's meeting May 31, Mario Draghi, the new central bank governor, focused primarily on the need for structural economic reforms. Emphasizing the lack of growth this decade, Draghi focused on recapturing competitiveness to achieve economic [...]	2006-06-06 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IT
06ROME17	AFTER BLOCKING SALE TO IRAN, ITALIAN MANUFACTURER [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. Acting on instructions from Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso, Director General for Commercial Agreements Amadeo Teti called on Acting EcMin December 27 to seek USG assistance in finding U.S. buyers for fast boats manufact [...]	2006-01-04 10:22:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
06ROME1708	TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY - UN 1267 SANCTIONS [...] (S/NF) EconOff delivered reftel A demarche May 17 to Cristina Collura, Finance Ministry (MoF) Office Director for Financial Crimes; Giampaolo Cantini, MFA Office Director for G8 and Global Issues; and MFA Officer Stefania Fancello, on proposing Abu Imad and Nabil el-Feki for listing by the UNS [...]	2006-06-07 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER
06ROME1726	ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The GOI is prepared to recognize Montenegro as an independent state following an EU statement on the results of the referendum but wants the international community to continue to focus on trafficking, organized crime and security issues after the dissolution of the union between [...]	2006-06-09 14:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL YI MW IZ IT
06ROME173	SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...]	2006-01-18 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN
06ROME1737	ITALY SUPPORTS FMCT BUT NOTES CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref demarche and background materials on June 8 to Paolo Cuculi, from the MFA's Disarmament and Non-proliferation office. Cuculi took on board ref points and readily acknowledged that the Italian position fully supports the US draft text for achieving an FMCT. Ambassador [...]	2006-06-12 08:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IT
06ROME1739	ITALIAN GRADS DISCUSS JOB SEEKING WOES [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Spogli hosted a "garden chat" for recent alumni of Rome's Catholic University LUMSA (Free University of the Assumption of Mary Most Holy) May 31, 2006. The dozen young adults occupied a variety of private and public sector positions. One was unemployed and still seekin [...]	2006-06-12 09:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI EIND EINV SCUL IT
06ROME1741	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLANS INCREASED ISAF ROLE [...] (C) Summary. MFA Undersecretary Gianni Vernetti and other officials told the Embassy that Italy intends to increase its military presence in Afghanistan with more special operations forces, more troops for the Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Forward Support Base (FSB),a new Trea [...]	2006-06-12 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO
06ROME1753	IRAQ: ITALY HASN'T CLOSED THE DOOR ON PRT YET [...] (S) Senior Italian diplomatic advisors told visiting Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq (S/I) Barbara Stephenson June 9 that Italy will withdraw all of its troops in Iraq before the end of 2006, but plans to remain engaged in reconstruction efforts. They were pessimistic about Italy continuing to [...]	2006-06-13 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1755	ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA SEEKING GOOD START TO [...] (S/NF) I met with FM D'Alema June 13 to preview his plans for his June 16 meetings with you. He wants to start the new Italian government's relations with us on a positive and constructive note. D'Alema said Italy can and will do more in Afghanistan, is willing to do more in Iraq under a NATO [...]	2006-06-13 15:21:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP MOPS IZ IT EUN NATO
06ROME1757	SCENESETTER: YOUR 6/16 MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM [...] (S/NF) FM (and Deputy PM) Massimo D'Alema is a key political powerhouse in the new Italian government, a nine-party coalition including the Greens and the Communists, with a razor-thin majority in the Senate. The Prodi government is trying to align Italy with what it believes is the EU line, [...]	2006-06-13 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO OVIP IT SR YI IZ IR AF
06ROME1767	ITALY WITH EU CONSENSUS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) New Zealand Deputy Head of Mission Adele Bryant, Australian Deputy Head of Mission Angus MacKenzie, and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini May 22, emphasizing our joint concerns with the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous [...]	2006-06-15 07:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL IT
06ROME1770	ITALY: MOI AMATO TALKS IMMIGRATION, IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Senator George Allen met May 30 with Italy's new Minister of Interior Giuliano Amato. Allen thanked Amato for the GoI's excellent counter terrorism cooperation. Amato discussed Italy's problem with illegal aliens arriving from Libya, the challenge of containing Iran' [...]	2006-06-15 10:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV UN IZ IN IT
06ROME179	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. Your visit will be an opportunity to visit the USG Olympics Coordination Office in Turin and review security preparations for the Winter Olympic Games. We have no current information about threats directed at Americans at the Games. Despite the presence and capability of Islam [...]	2006-01-19 10:23:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KOLY PTER PREL IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
06ROME1792	MTCR: GOI RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER [...] (C) Embassy received June 12 the following response to Ref B letter from U/S Joseph, signed by Giandomenico Magliano, MFA Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs. Text of letter follows. 2. (C) Begin text of Magliano letter to U/S Joseph. May 26, 2006. Dear Under [...]	2006-06-16 13:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA IT
06ROME1794	ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON HRC AGENDA, SEES [...] (C) June 12 Deputy Chief of Mission Anna Borg reviewed U.S. priorities and concerns in advance of the first session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) with Italian MFA Deputy Political Director Giacomo Sanfelice, as per Reftel A. The DCM highlighted the need for a procedural session and U.S. o [...]	2006-06-16 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL IT
06ROME18	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] Embassy Rome's response (Ref A) to the Department's ref B action request regarding Avian Influenza (AI) contingency planning and tripwires includes logistical and other related plans for the entire Rome tri-mission community. This message provides US Mission UN Rome- specific considerations a [...]	2006-01-04 10:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR IO UN AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1817	SCENESETTER FOR U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO ROME, JUNE [...] (C) Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Stuart Levey, to Italy, at this important juncture in U.S. - Italy relations as the new center-left government takes hold. The Embassy has scheduled three, high-level meetings on Iran; we also [...]	2006-06-20 06:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN IR IT KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
06ROME1823	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY INCLINED TO SUPPORT DUTCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 10:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR AF IT
06ROME1824	FINMECCANICA SEEKS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. On June 15, A/Ecmin met with Simone Bemporad, Finmeccanica Senior Vice President for Media Relations and International Affairs, and Camillo Pirozzi, Head of Public Affairs in Finmeccanica's Institutional Relations [...]	2006-06-20 11:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD IR IT
06ROME1849	ITALY WORKING THROUGH EU ON VENEZUELA NGO LAW [...] (C) June 19 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Acting South America Office Director Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to communicate its concerns with the Venezuelan NGO bill to Caracas. Poloff noted that the draft legislation was vague and would give great discretion to the GOV in hindering NGO [...]	2006-06-22 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV VE EAID IT
06ROME1851	ROME VISITS HIGHLIGHT BALKAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In separate visits to Rome June 20 by UN Special Envoy for Kosovo and Romanian FM Razvan Ungureanu raised the issues of Italian-Romanian cooperation in Iraq, Romanian entry into the EU and Kosovo. Italian FM D'Alema told Ungureau that Italy supported Romanian entry into the EU i [...]	2006-06-22 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT SR YI RO
06ROME1856	ITALY TELLS IRAN TO ACCEPT EU3 PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 22, visiting EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone discussed Iran, Syria, Iraq, and UN Security Council reform with MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. On June 21 in Rome, Italian FM D'Alema told visiting Iranian FM Mottaki to accept the EU3 package and that Italy, d [...]	2006-06-23 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME1858	FOURTH-ANNUAL IPR RETREAT: ITALIAN JUDGES SEE [...] Summary: Mission Italy's fourth-annual IPR judicial workshop brought together judges and prosecutors from across Italy with their U.S. counterparts to discuss the investigation and prosecution of IPR crime. The U.S. delegation included two federal judges, two federal prosecutors, and Departm [...]	2006-06-23 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KIPR CH IT
06ROME1866	ITALY'S RESPONSE: TERRORIST FINANCE TRACKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (S) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel talking points June 23 to Carlos Baldocci, Ministry of Finance (MoF) Diplomatic Advisor, (senior advisor on international affairs),and Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the MoF's Office for [...]	2006-06-23 17:34:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN IT PTER
06ROME1867	ITALY'S RESPONSE: TERRORIST FINANCE TRACKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (S) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel talking points June 23 to Carlos Baldocci, Ministry of Finance (MoF) Diplomatic Advisor, (senior advisor on international affairs),and Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the MoF's Office for [...]	2006-06-25 11:32:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN IT PTER
06ROME187	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Italy is not an important regional or offshore financial center. However, money laundering is a concern both because of the prevalence of homegrown organized crime groups and the recent influx of criminal organizations from abroad, especially from Albania, Romania, and Russia. The heavy inv [...]	2006-01-19 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT EUN UN
06ROME1870	NEW ITALIAN DEPUTY FM SENTINELLI ON AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. June 15 DCM Anna Borg met with the new Italian Deputy Foreign Minister for Development Assistance and Sub-Saharan Africa, Patrizia Sentinelli, to discuss Italian involvement in Africa and priorities for development assistance. Sentinelli was open to working with the United States [...]	2006-06-26 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID AF IT
06ROME1879	EUR/WE DIRECTOR ALLEGRONE'S VISIT TO ROME [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment. In meetings with senior Italian political party advisors, journalists and officials in Rome June 20-23, Allegrone heard many of the new Prodi government,s multiple, often conflicting policy voices, especially on Iraq and Afghanistan. Many said this cacophony w [...]	2006-06-27 07:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT
06ROME1880	ITALY VOTES NO TO BERLUSCONI-ERA CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) The controversial constitutional reform approved by the Berlusconi-led majority last November was defeated soundly in a public referendum by a surprisingly wide margin of 61.3 percent to 38.7 percent countrywide. Voter turnout was a high: 53.6 percent. The most well-known component of the [...]	2006-06-27 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV IT
06ROME1892	U/S LEVEY'S ROME MEETINGS, JUNE 21 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (S/NF) U/S Levey, during his June 21 Rome visit, met with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Justice (MOJ),Finance (MOF),and Interior (MOI),and held a press conference. Dis [...]	2006-06-28 07:01:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER IT IR
06ROME1897	ITALY WANTS PROGRESS ON UN MANAGEMENT REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 13:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA EU EUN AORC AMGT IT
06ROME1900	SCENESETTER FOR U/S ADAMS' VISIT TO ROME, JULY [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams at this important juncture in U.S. - Italy relations as the new center-left government takes hold. Your meetings at the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Italy will provide u [...]	2006-06-30 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN OVIP IT
06ROME1908	Top GOI Official - IPR Protection Is Priority for the GOI [...] Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met June 21 with Mauro Masi,Chief of Staff to Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema (D'Alema is also Italy's Foreign Minister) to discuss bilateral collaboration on IPR protection. Masi said that IPR protection is a GOI p [...]	2006-06-30 14:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KIPR CH IT
06ROME1911	ITALY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH THREAT, WILL [...] (S) Summary. June 28 Poloff and Polmiloff met with MFA Deputy Office Director for East Asia Filippo Nicosia to follow up on Ref A demarche requesting GOI regulation of DPRK flags of convenience, and to deliver Ref B points on North Korean long-range missile launch. Nicosia noted that the new [...]	2006-06-30 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA KS IT
06ROME1915	"OOPS I DID IT AGAIN" - FINMECCANICA SEEKS USG [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. A/Ecmin met June 26 with Camillo Pirozzi, Finmeccanica's Head of Public Affairs and Institutional Relations. Pirozzi requested the meeting to inform the USG of Finmeccanica's interest in selling naval guns to the Venezu [...]	2006-06-30 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC ETRD SP FR VE IT
06ROME1947	SERBIAN PM KOSTUNICA'S VISIT TO ROME [...] (C) Summary. Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica visited Rome on July 6 to meet with PM Prodi, FM D'Alema, MOI Amato, President of the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee Ranieri, and President of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Dini. Kostunica told the Italians that Serbia would co [...]	2006-07-06 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT YI SR
06ROME1952	ITALY IPR: CHANGING PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF IPR AND ENGAGING [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7 below. 2. Mission Italy has been engaging Italians on the need for good IPR protection for over a decade. We have in particular, and with some success, advocated for tough criminal penalties against pirates and effective enforcement. As a direct [...]	2006-07-07 10:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KIPR IT
06ROME1954	ITALIANS EXPRESS INTEREST IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) On July 7 DCM and Russian Charge d'Affairs Andrey Maslov delivered reftel points to Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Giacomo San Felice, G8 Director Giampaolo Cantini, and Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Filippo Formica of the Italian MFA. San Fel [...]	2006-07-07 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP RU IT

06ROME1957	ITALIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary. MFA Office Director for East Asia Federico Failla and Office Director for Non-Proliferation Filippo Formica, July 7 expressed Italy's concern over the North Korean missile launches and highlighted the GOI's commitment to the EU position, which condemned the launches and called fo [...]	2006-07-07 15:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP IT

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