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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07HELSINKI421	FINLAND WELCOMES PRESIDENT BUSH'S CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Following the President's new proposal on climate change, Econoff briefed Outi Berghall, Director of the International Climate Change Project at the Finnish Ministry of Environment and Vice Chair of the Kyoto Ad Hoc Working Group (AWG) on Further Commitments, as well as key contacts at t [...]	2007-06-05 11:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CLMT SENV ENRG FI

07HELSINKI427	VANHANEN-FRADKOV: A SHARP EXCHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish PM Vanhanen and Russian PM Fradkov met May 29 in Helsinki but were unable to resolve a rapidly emerging dispute over Russian tariffs on wood exports. Vanhanen also raised human rights and sharply criticized Moscow's handling of the Bronze Soldier incident in Estonia. In [...]	2007-06-06 08:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV ECON RS FI
07HELSINKI438	FINLAND ENDORSES THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] In response to Refs A and B, PolChief delivered demarches and related materials to Counselor Jani Raappani in the Finnish MFA,s Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Demarche and document delivery were coordinated with the Russian Embassy,s Counselor Vladimir Kozen. 2. [...]	2007-06-07 13:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PARM PREL KGIC FI
07HELSINKI44	FINNISH RESPONSE - SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR [...] (U) PolChief discussed subject demarche Jan. 23 with MFA Office Director for the Middle East Eija Rotinen. Rotinen welcomed the information regarding the extensive democracy and civil society outreach the US is engaging in to promote civil rights, democracy and unbiased information in Iran. S [...]	2007-01-23 14:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN FI
07HELSINKI501	FINLAND: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 10:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM KNNP IR FI
07HELSINKI509	FINNISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. CLIMATE [...] (SBU) On June 20, Ambassador Ware briefed Finnish Environment Minister Paula Lehtomaki on the President,s new initiative for developing a post-2012 climate change framework by the end of 2008. While appreciative of the U.S. proposal, Lehtomaki continued to hold to the EU,s focus on binding in [...]	2007-07-05 10:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ETRD TPHY TRGY FI
07HELSINKI51	FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new "Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NATO ministerials (reftels) with Finnish Roving Ambassador to Afghanistan Antti Koistinen and MFA Director for Security Policy Kimmo Lahdevirta on Jan. 25. I [...]	2007-01-26 09:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI
07HELSINKI514	FINNISH RESPONSE: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 12:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO FI
07HELSINKI530	GOF PREPARING REPORT AIMED AT INCREASED ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is preparing a wide-ranging proposal for increased participation in NATO/ISAF and for increased assistance to Afghanistan. Details are currently sketchy, but MFA officials expect the proposal to include an increase in Finnish troops; increased weapons and other materiel t [...]	2007-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID FI AF
07HELSINKI545	IRANIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE FALL FLAT IN FINLAND [...] (C) The Finnish Foreign Ministry effectively turned off Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's proposed June visit Helsinki, which apparently was intended as part of an Iranian public relations trip through the Nordics. According to MFA officials and other diplomatic contacts, Mottaki [...]	2007-07-17 05:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FI
07HELSINKI549	OIL SPILL EXPERT VISITS FINLAND [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki organized a two-day visit by Dr. John Devens, Executive Director of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC),on May 18-19, 2007. Dr. Devens was Mayor of Valdez, Alaska during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. One of the first NGOs of its kin [...]	2007-07-19 09:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OIIP EWWT EPET KPAO EN FI
07HELSINKI553	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU COMMISSIONER OLLI REHN [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told Ambassador Ware that French President Sarkozy's opposition will complicate Turkey's EU accession bid, but does not necessarily need to derail it if the EU manages the process carefully. Rehn was pessimistic about Kosovo, and very disappo [...]	2007-07-20 10:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN UN TU FI YI
07HELSINKI555	FINNS ON THE JULY GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI FI
07HELSINKI558	FINLAND CONSIDERING FAVS FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 10:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMFO EG IS FI
07HELSINKI560	FINLAND: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE 62ND UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 07:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FI
07HELSINKI580	FINNISH MINISTER KEEN TO EXPAND BIOGAS USAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's Minister of Trade and Industry recently returned from a two-day fact finding mission in Germany to examine German use of biogas and other renewable energy resources. This trip may signal an increased emphasis by Pekkarinen -- a strong advocate of renewable energy -- in [...]	2007-07-30 10:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI
07HELSINKI581	FINNISH RESPONSE: SAVE THE DATE: EVENT ON LITERACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 11:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA
07HELSINKI601	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH STATE SECRETARY TIILIKAINEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware and PolChief met with Teija Tiilikainen, State Secretary at the Finnish MFA, for a tour d'horizon of multilateral and bilateral issues. Topics included potential increases to Finland's NATO/ISAF commitments in Afghanistan; Kosovo; Russia; and Finland's 2008 OSCE [...]	2007-08-06 08:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN NATO FI
07HELSINKI606	FINLAND SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUG. 19-20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of Senators Arlen Specter and John Thune to Finland offers the United States important opportunities: (1) to encourage Finland to take a greater role in NATO-led crisis management and reconstruction operations, especially in Afganistan; (2) to urge Finland to join othe [...]	2007-08-07 12:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI EUN FI
07HELSINKI61	FINNAIR CEO CONSIDERS IN-FLIGHT REFUELING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ware called on Finnair CEO and President Jukka Hienonen on January 16. Hienonen raised the possibility of Finnair providing in-flight refueling for Finland,s F-18 Hornet aircraft and mentioned Finnair,s focus on routes to Asia while its North America traffic decrease [...]	2007-01-31 09:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP EIND MCAP FI
07HELSINKI614	FINNISH RESPONSE: BRIEFING OUR ALLIES ON ROLLOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 06:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF FI
07HELSINKI615	FINNISH RESPONSE: DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 06:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO RS FI
07HELSINKI626	END OF IRAQI TRAINING MISSION AT JIPTC [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 07:09:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR FI JO IZ
07HELSINKI627	FINNISH RESPONSE: KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) On Aug. 13, Ambassador Ware raised reftel points regarding next steps on Kosovo with Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva. Kanerva said that he himself is in frequent contact with President Ahtisaari and that, on the EU level, there is agreement that Ahtisaari's plan "is still the roadmap" to b [...]	2007-08-15 09:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN FI
07HELSINKI631	FINNISH RESPONSE: ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 12:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM IR FI
07HELSINKI634	FINLAND: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] In response to reftel Post has no reports of U.S. citizen expropriation claims or other investment disputes. 2. Post points of contact on related issues are the following: Primary Jane Messenger, Economic Section Chief Tel: 358-9-6162-5468 messengerjs@state.gov Alternate Riikka Aho, [...]	2007-08-16 13:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FI
07HELSINKI636	CHIEF OF THE FINNISH DEFENSE FORCES MEETING WITH [...] (C) ADM Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of the Finnish Defense Forces (CHOD),briefed the Ambassador on his recent trip to Russia, where he met with the Russian Army Chief of Staff (and Deputy Defense Minister) Yuri Baluyevsky. Kaskeala and Baluyevsky discussed, inter alia, the US missile defense initi [...]	2007-08-17 13:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GL FI
07HELSINKI639	FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have currently put the brakes on the GOF's plan to increase its military commitments to NATO/ISAF in 2008. Meaningful increases in Finnish development and counternarcotics assistance to Afghanistan ar [...]	2007-08-20 11:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI
07HELSINKI64	FINNS ASK 8 EU COUNTRIES TO JOIN IWC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the recent meeting of the pro-conservation countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to Esko Jaakkola, Environment Counsellor at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. Jaakkola, who represented the Government of Finland at the meeting [...]	2007-02-01 06:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS PREL ETRD KSCA IWC FI
07HELSINKI657	FINLAND ACKNOWLEDGES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. ICAO [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. candidacy to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to Mr. Matti Tupamaki, Director of Air Transport at the Finnish Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Although Tupamkaki did not explicitly say it, it was clear that, [...]	2007-08-30 11:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO FI
07HELSINKI659	FINNISH RESPONSE - INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 13:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA FI
07HELSINKI665	FINLAND WILL NOT JOIN GNEP [...] (SBU) Citing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the clear instrument for all nuclear issues, including multilateral fuel issues, Riku Huttunen, Head of the Energy Administration and Nuclear Energy Division in the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry told econoff that Finland was [...]	2007-08-31 13:48:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA FI
07HELSINKI675	RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOLDS IRAQ PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a respected NGO headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, hosted a seminar at an undisclosed location in Finland Sept. 1-4 aimed at reducing the violence in Iraq. Participants included leading Iraqi Sunni and Shiite civil society leaders, [...]	2007-09-05 12:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ FI PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR
07HELSINKI677	FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-05 12:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EUN
07HELSINKI682	FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Sept. 5. Mikkola offered the following: FINNISH GYMNICH PRIORITIES: IRAQ AND RUSSIA PCA --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) From the Finnish national perspe [...]	2007-09-06 12:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN
07HELSINKI686	FINNISH RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 07:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL IAEA EUN FI
07HELSINKI687	FINNISH RESPONSE: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 07:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA FR FI
07HELSINKI689	SCENESETTER: PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13-15 VISIT TO [...] (SBU): The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Helsinki and views your visit as a key opportunity to advance the most important issues on the US-Finland agenda. Afghanistan and NATO top the list, as both are the subject of intense domestic political discussion right now. Many in the new governmen [...]	2007-09-07 13:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FI PREL PGOV MARR
07HELSINKI690	FINNISH MINISTER WIRED ABOUT WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen is very interested in participating in the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) next March. According to Henri Backman, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Pekkarinen would like to see a sa [...]	2007-09-07 13:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY KPAO FI
07HELSINKI696	HELSINKI: PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT [...] (U) Finland's main human rights priority over the past several years has been the battle against trafficking-in- persons (TIP),and Post's outstanding cooperation with the GoF in this area has made it a key highlight of our bilateral relationship. Post has engaged very actively with the Finns [...]	2007-09-11 11:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL FI
07HELSINKI710	FINNLAND SUPPORTS EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Mika-Markus Leinonen, Office Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management, Sept. 17. Leinonen welcomed the fact that the US supports a joint EU-Arab border mission for Lebanon and noted that the Finnish Government is very support [...]	2007-09-17 13:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN FI
07HELSINKI715	FINLAND LOOKS TO AFGHAN PRT LEADERSHIP IN 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and other senior GOF officials told PDAS Volker and Ambassador Ware that Finland's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) gave a green light to PRT leadership in Afghanistan in 2009. The move will likely involve "alternating" leader [...]	2007-09-18 13:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI
07HELSINKI725	PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13 - 14 VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Volker visited Helsinki Sept. 13-14 for wide-ranging discussions with FM Kanerva, with MFA and MOD officials, and with senior advisors to the President and Prime Minister. Bilateral discussions focused on Finland's intention to increase its contributions in Afghanistan (sept [...]	2007-09-25 09:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI
07HELSINKI726	FINLAND - TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Following is 2006 data for Finland (1 EUR=1.25 USD) keyed to ref request: --Total inustrial production: 159.9 billion USD --Total tetile and apparel production: 1,413 million USD--Textile and apparel share of Finland's importsexports: 3.2%/0.% --Exports of textiles and appaels to the US: 39 [...]	2007-09-25 13:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX FI
07HELSINKI730	FINLAND SUPPORTS CARGO SCANNING, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning to Jyrki Linna, Olli Tuomisto and Erik Dannback, all from the Finnish National Board of Customs. Already aware of the U.S. requirement to scan all cargo by the end of 2012, Finnish officials are generally s [...]	2007-09-26 13:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER FI
07HELSINKI735	FINNISH ATTENDEE TO SPIEZ 2007 MEETING TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 11:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP ENRG PREL IAEA FI
07HELSINKI736	FINNISH RESPONSE: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 11:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU EUN FI
07HELSINKI74	FINNISH RESPONSE - WMD FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki POL, ECON and DAO have reviewed the proposed language for subject MOU and can identify no changes that would improve the likelihood of Finnish Government interest. 2. (SBU) Without having consulted host country officials, Embassy judges the likelihood of GOF interest in [...]	2007-02-06 07:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA FI
07HELSINKI746	FINNISH RESPONSE: KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 08:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BM FI
07HELSINKI75	FINLAND'S 2007 ELECTION: CONSERVATIVES MAKE THE [...] (U) January marked the unofficial opening of Finland's Parliamentary election campaign, and most of the country's eight political parties appear a bit slow coming out of the gate. To be fair, the election is still nearly two months away -- quite a long time, in the Finnish context -- and most [...]	2007-02-06 08:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FI
07HELSINKI750	HELSINKI: EXPERT ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA,S AGGRESSIVE [...] (U) Using California as a model for initiatives at the state level, former Executive Director of the California Air Resources Board, Catherine Witherspoon, presented U.S. strategies for combating climate change to a wide cross section of Finnish society, including government officials, academi [...]	2007-10-03 13:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ENRG TRGY KPAO KGHG FI
07HELSINKI751	FINLAND'S BIOGAS FUTURE HEATS UP [...] (U) On October 25, Aimo Aalto and Nina Broadstreet from the Finnish Ministry for Trade and Industry briefed Econoff on Finland's strategy to increase support for domestic production of energy from biogas/methane. Following Minister Mauri Pekkarinen,s two-day fact finding mission to Germany in [...]	2007-10-04 04:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI
07HELSINKI753	FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing a "Nordic approach" to security policy that could result in new NATO Response Force (NRF) commitments 2008; in more Nordic-led OMLTs; and in a long-term commitment to staffing the Mazar-al-Shariff [...]	2007-10-04 13:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI
07HELSINKI755	FINNISH RESPONSE: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 13:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM SOCI UN FI
07HELSINKI76	FINNISH RESPONSE - DEPARTMENT SEEKS NOMINEES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-06 12:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER MARR MOPS FI
07HELSINKI768	FINLAND: MINISTER PEKKARINEN TO ATTEND WIREC 2008 [...] (SBU) According to Finnish MFA sources, Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen will lead a Finnish delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in March 2008. The exact composition of the delegation will be decided at a later date. According to [...]	2007-10-11 09:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EPET SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA FI
07HELSINKI772	FINLAND: GAERC RESPONSE [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Oct. 11. Mikkola offered the following: 2. (SBU) KOSOVO: Mikkloa said the GOF is focused now on ensuring that legal and logistical mechanisms are in place to ensure a continuing international presen [...]	2007-10-11 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL FI
07HELSINKI776	FINLAND: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Johanna Suurpaa, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Human Rights Policy Oct. 11. Finland has actively pressed within the EU for strengthened sanctions and has called for the EU to seek new sectors in which sanctions might appropriately be appli [...]	2007-10-12 14:23:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BM FI
07HELSINKI797	THE BIOFUELS PICTURE IN FINLAND [...] Believing that biofuels can decrease greenhouse gas emissions while also further diversifying its overall energy mix, the Government of Finland is aggressively funding programs that will create biofuels from woody biomass, fuel peat, and recovered fuels. Finland has also begun increasing the u [...]	2007-10-25 12:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ECON FI
07HELSINKI801	FINLAND: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Pekka Oinonen Oct. 29. Oinonen welcomed our views as a follow-up to recent PKK-related demarches and said that Finland )- as a longtime friend of Turkey )- was following developments with great concern. He we [...]	2007-10-30 09:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN EUN TU IZ FI
07HELSINKI802	FINLAND: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN EU-ASEAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 09:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM FI
07HELSINKI808	FINLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON CUBA [...] (U) Embassy delivered subject demarche Oct. 23 to the Finnish MFA's Unit for Human Rights. On Oct. 31 Deputy Director Kirsti Pohjankukka contacted Polchief to offer an undate on internal GoF deliberations as well as the GoF's discussions with its EU Partners of subject issue. 2. (SBU) Pohj [...]	2007-10-31 12:04:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU UNGA PHUM FI
07HELSINKI809	FINLAND: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU FI
07HELSINKI810	FINLAND: US SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM FI
07HELSINKI811	FINLAND: DAVID WALKER CANDIDACY FOR UNIAAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA FI
07HELSINKI816	FINLAND "POSITIVE" ABOUT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) In response to the demarche on re-election of the U.S. to the IMO Council in category "A," Ann-Christine Kivela, Secretary for International Affairs at the Finnish Maritime Administration said Finland "acknowledges the United States will be seeking re-election to Category 'A' of the Coun [...]	2007-11-02 07:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK FI
07HELSINKI817	UPDATE ON FINLAND'S FALL SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) met with President Halonen Oct. 26 to continue internal deliberations regarding Finland's next steps in relation to Afghanistan/ISAF, EU Battlegroups, and the pending EU operation in Chad. Finland appears ready to [...]	2007-11-02 11:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL MOPS FI
07HELSINKI820	FINLAND: RESPONSE ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche on the conclusions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Iran to Ms. Virpi Laukkanen in the Legal Department of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Laukkanen was aware of the FATF,s conclusions and the imminent threat that Iran poses to the intern [...]	2007-11-05 13:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC ECON FI
07HELSINKI830	FINLAND TO STAND WITH THE U.S. ON IRAN-IAEA WORK [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on to Anssi Leino, Counselor for Iran in the Finnish MFA's Unit for the Middle East and North Africa. Citing the IAEA's Work Plan as the only positive sign on Iran's nuclear program in years, Leino said Finland strongly supports EU and U.S. demands that Ir [...]	2007-11-15 06:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IR IAEA AORC FI
07HELSINKI831	REVITALIZING THE GLOBE PROGRAM IN FINLAND [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Helsinki is actively promoting activities to revitalize the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Finnish schools. Utilizing part of a $10,000 (FY2007) grant in Public Diplomacy funding from the State Department, Embassy Helsinki o [...]	2007-11-15 07:48:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TSPL KPAO KGHG FI
07HELSINKI841	FINLAND: SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 09:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN BM FI
07HELSINKI842	FINLAND: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 10:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM WHA EUN VE FI
07HELSINKI843	FINLAND: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Polchief delivered reftel demarche Nov. 19 to Jukka Pietikainen, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Latin America. Pietikainen said that the UK had initially circulated a draft statement to EU partners condemning the Chavez Regime's proposed constitutional reforms in strong terms an [...]	2007-11-20 11:04:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM WHA EUN VE FI
07HELSINKI848	FINLAND: OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With its chairmanship only five weeks away, the GOF is realistic about the fact that few if any miracles will emerge from the Madrid Ministerial, and that Finland will be left to manage a range of divisive issues. Finland is in "complete agreement" with our emphasis on maintaining [...]	2007-11-23 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM FI
07HELSINKI85	FINNS UNDECIDED ON EU AVIATION EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) The Finnish government has yet to form an official position on the recent EU aviation emissions proposal, according to Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications officials Anne Torkkeli and Topi Siren on February 1. Although Finland believes aviation emissions should be addressed, [...]	2007-02-09 10:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON SENV EUN FI
07HELSINKI855	FINLAND HOPEFUL GOING INTO BALI CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. position on climate change going into the UN Climate Conference in Bali to Ms. Outi Berghall and Ms. Sirkka Haunia from the Finnish Environment Ministry. As Finland's chief climate negotiator, Berghall will lead the Finnish delegation prior [...]	2007-12-03 13:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG FI
07HELSINKI86	FINLAND: REACTION TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials at the MFA and in the Prime Minister's Office on February 6 and obtained the following reaction to certain issues likely to arise at next week's GAERC meeting. Iran ---- 2. (SBU) The GoF agrees that following the conclusions of the last GAERC, t [...]	2007-02-09 11:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN SR BK IR AF FI
07HELSINKI860	AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President Karzai suddenly ordered the release of five Afghan men convicted in June for detonating a roadside bomb that killed a Finnish peacekeeper in Meymenah. Unofficial reports from Afghanistan-based Fi [...]	2007-12-05 13:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF
07HELSINKI871	FINLAND TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Helsinki reports the following: Terrorism Finance Control Officer: Jane Messenger Economic Section Chief Telephone: (358 9) 6162-5468 Unclassified e-mail: MessengerJS@state.gov SIPDIS Classified e-mail: messengerjs@state.sgov.gov Deputy Terrorism Fina [...]	2007-12-12 12:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN FI
07HELSINKI872	FINNISH FM TO ATTEND DONORS CONFERENCE, PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva will attend the donors conference in Paris on December 17th according to Anna Savolainen in the Foreign Ministry's Middle East Unit. Savolainen said Finland's final contribution, in the form of bilateral aid and in-kind contributions, is still being [...]	2007-12-12 13:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS FI
07HELSINKI877	FINLAND: PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 13:09:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KSTC FI
07HELSINKI878	FINLAND: VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Balkans Office Director Juha Ottman. Ottman said that the GoF fully shares US views on nearly all points, including the need to return to full implementation of the Ahtisaari proposals in the likely event that Kosovo's final status cannot [...]	2007-12-13 13:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI FI
07HELSINKI88	FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO WTO DEMARCHE: COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 13:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EUN WTRO
07HELSINKI881	FINLAND REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 11:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI
07HELSINKI885	FINLAND: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) On Dec. 11, the Finnish Parliament ratified the US-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual legal Assistance between the United States and the European Union, which had been signed in Washington on June 25, 2003. Parliament also approved the implementing bilateral instruments. Tuomo Antil [...]	2007-12-14 13:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA EUN FI
07HELSINKI886	FINLAND PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON USEC'S AMERICAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued the following verbal note covering USEC's intent to purchase autoclaves from Platom Oy (Mikkeli, Finland). The full text of the verbal note follows. BEGIN TEXT The Ministry for Foreign Affairs present their complim [...]	2007-12-14 13:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY FI
07HELSINKI897	OSCE KAZAKHSTAN DEMARCHE: FINLAND AGREES AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Ms. Paivi Peltokoski, First Secretary, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force December 20. Peltokoski stated that the GoF agrees with the Kazakhstani commitments and &practically everything8. Peltokoski characterized the delay itself as minimally signif [...]	2007-12-27 12:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL KZ FI
07HELSINKI898	FINNISH RESPONSE: COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 12:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA FI
07HELSINKI94	NIINISTO SEES A TOUGH ROAD FOR THE CONSERVATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party's (CONS) most popular candidate, Sauli Niinisto, told the Ambassador that CONS is likely to remain in opposition following the March parliamentary election. The Finnish Center Party (CEN) will win, he suggested, but the Social Democrats (SDP) -- even if t [...]	2007-02-13 14:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FI
07HELSINKI97	UN MIDDLE RING SECURITY IN IRAQ - FINLAND WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 12:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN IZ FI
07HELSINKI99	INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE IN FINLAND: ULLA [...] (SBU) Ulla Anttila has been a member of Finland's Parliament since 1992 and has taken the lead as the Chairperson of the Finnish Parliament's Human Rights Caucus on a variety of women's issues at home and abroad. In particular, her work to combat trafficking-in-persons in the Nordic-Baltic [...]	2007-02-15 07:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FI KDEM PHUM
07HILLAH10	"MAYORS' REVOLT" IS HIGHLIGHT OF ATYPICAL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The continuation of an unfinished meeting of the Babil Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committee (PRDC) did not check off every agenda item but did yield several unexpected positive developments. Complaints from two mayors about a ke [...]	2007-01-19 16:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM IZ
07HILLAH100	KARBALA: SERMON FOCUSED ON GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (U) Again this week Sayed Ahmed al-Safi, Head of the Al Abbas shrine office, conducted the Friday sermon at Karbala's al-Husain shrine. There is no official word about the absence of Sheikh Abdul Mehdi al-Karbalae at this time. This sermon focused on th [...]	2007-07-07 15:17:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IZ PTER
07HILLAH101	BABIL GOVERNOR DISCUSSES RECONSTRUCTION, SADR MEETING, [...] (C) Summary: On July 5, Babil Governor Salem Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi discussed his security and reconstruction with Third Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General (DCG),MNF-I Strategic Effects Deputy Commander Brigadier General and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office in Bab [...]	2007-07-10 13:44:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PTER ECON IZ IR
07HILLAH103	KARBALA: SERMON FOCUSES ON THE CONSTITUTION AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (U) Again this week Sayed Ahmed al-Safi, Head of the Al Abbas shrine office, conducted the Friday sermon at Karbala's al-Husain shrine. Sheikh Abdul Mehdi al-Karbalae reportedly headed the recent meeting of the Karbala Provincial security body, but he wa [...]	2007-07-14 17:40:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PTER
07HILLAH106	SADRIST UNIVERSITY OPENS IN HILLAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (U) In yet another sign of their burgeoning strength in Babil, the local branch of the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) recently opened the "Sadr Religious University" in Hillah. The institution advertises itself as a religious center for higher learning of [...]	2007-07-15 13:39:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV SOCI KISL SCUL IZ IR
07HILLAH108	DISJOINTED POWER "SYSTEM" PLAGUES BABIL PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) Summary: Babil residents suffer from an acute shortage of electricity from the national grid, averaging between four and six hours of electricity per day. Demand for power from neighborhood and (for those who can afford it) personal generato [...]	2007-07-18 14:26:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EIND EPET PGOV SOCI IZ IR
07HILLAH109	KARBALA AND ANBAR SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala and PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The governors of Anbar and Karbala provinces met at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah on July 17 to talk about security concerns along their provinces' shared border. By the conclusion both governorates s [...]	2007-07-19 07:56:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV IZ SA
07HILLAH111	KARBALA: SHRINES ANNOUNCE TRIBAL SHEIKHS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (U) Sayed Ahmed al-Safi, Head of the Al Abbas shrine office, conducted the Friday sermon at Karbala's al-Husain shrine. The message of this sermon focused on government support of budget execution, security and inviting leaders around Iraq to attend a re [...]	2007-07-21 14:12:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV

07HILLAH112	KARBALA POLICE CHIEF TARGET OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 14:07:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PINR PTER
07HILLAH113	KARBALA: HOSTS MUNICIPALITIES CONFERENCE AND OIL MINISTER [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This week Karbala's elected government officials appear to be more publicly pursuing reconstruction projects and efforts, perhaps in preparation for provincial elections. The Governor hosted the first regional municipality confer [...]	2007-07-25 15:46:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EIND EPET
07HILLAH114	BABIL PC REGULATES FUEL SUPPLIES AND LEVIES TAXES FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT Babil recently met with Basem al-Janabi (ISCI),chairman of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) energy committee to discuss the provincial government's efforts to regulate the distribution of fuel supplies in the province. Formed in 2006 with the con [...]	2007-07-28 06:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH117	PROVINCES BYPASS NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID, THREATENING [...] (U) This is a combined PRT Babil-Najaf-Diwaniya message. 2. (U) Responding to continuing electricity shortages from the national grid, South-Central provinces have begun to take the drastic step of circumventing central government control of the delivery of power to their provinces. Last mon [...]	2007-08-02 16:53:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON IZ
07HILLAH118	PROVINCES BYPASS NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID, THREATENING [...] (U) This is a combined PRT Babil-Najaf-Diwaniya message. 2. (U) Responding to continuing electricity shortages from the national grid, South-Central provinces have begun to take the drastic step of circumventing central government control of the delivery of power to their provinces. Last mon [...]	2007-08-02 17:04:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON IZ
07HILLAH12	EYES ON THE SECURITY PRIZE, BABIL GOVERNOR PUTS HIS BEST [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary and comment: In a meeting with Babil PRT that proved more of a two-way exchange than previous ones, the Babil governor requested stronger U.S. support for reconstruction projects, spoke somewhat favorably of cooperation with the Coalition in m [...]	2007-01-20 15:12:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IR IZ
07HILLAH128	BABIL PROVINCIAL GOV'T HOLDS FRUITFUL DISCUSSION WITH NAT'L [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) On September 20, representatives from Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh's office travelled to Al-Hillah to meet with Babil Governor Salem Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi, members of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) and provincial directors general (DGs [...]	2007-09-22 07:15:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL IZ
07HILLAH129	KARBALA UPDATE ON FOUR KEY SECTORS [...] This is a PRT Karbala Najaf Diwaniyah unclassified cable. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On September 22, PRT Karbala traveled with the support of 3ID Division Airlift to the Karbala Provincial Joint Communication Center to meet with the Provincial Council Chairman, Provincial Council members and [...]	2007-09-24 11:58:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAGR IR PREF
07HILLAH13	WORRISOME WARRANTS AND OTHER TALES FROM BABIL [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (C) Summary: Two cases involving a total of fifteen warrants issued in Karbala for Sunni citizens of Babil have the provincial police chief and chief justice worried that extradition may serve as cover for nefarious sectarian or anti-Ba'athist ends. One of [...]	2007-01-22 09:44:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PTER KDEM IZ
07HILLAH130	NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution of the marja'iyya to the peace and stability of I [...]	2007-09-27 07:29:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH131	NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. This is a retransmission of HILLAH 130. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution [...]	2007-09-29 11:08:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH133	GOVERNOR DISCUSSES KARBALA APPROACHING PIC AND ANBAR TALKS; [...] (C) Summary: PRTOffs traveled to Karbala on October 1 to meet with Governor Aqeel, Karbala Provincial Council (PC) Chair Al'al-Yasiry, and the PC Reconstruction Committee. Governor Aqeel noted that the Prime Minister has now confirmed that Karbala will become a Province under Iraqi control (P [...]	2007-10-06 07:18:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV IZ MARR EAID
07HILLAH137	ASSASSINATIONS HALT IN NAJAF [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During the three month period from June 13 - September 14, 2007, Najafis witnessed a sharp increase in the number of targeted assassinations, largely attributed to jaysh al-mahdi (JAM). These killings, predominantly in the form of drive-by sho [...]	2007-10-12 12:59:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
07HILLAH140	NAJAF GOVERNOR SKEPTICAL OF SADRIST COMPLIANCE WITH ISCI [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During an October 16 meeting with 3ID Deputy Division Commander and PRT Najaf Team Leader, the Najaf Governor expressed skepticism that the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr would comply with the October 5, 2007 accord between al-Sadr and Islamic Su [...]	2007-10-17 14:53:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH142	KARBALA GEARING UP FOR PIC; CONTINUING SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: BG Cardon (3ID D-CGS),Karbala PRT Leader, PRTOffs and the local MiTT Team met with Karbala Governor Aqeel October 16 in the 8th IA Division compound in Husseiniya to discuss planning for the upcoming PIC (Provincial Iraqi Control) [...]	2007-10-20 13:31:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
07HILLAH143	BABIL GOVERNOR FIGHTS TO SAVE HIS OFFICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable 2. (C) Summary: Babil's governor continues to face difficulties in maintaining key political support against efforts to remove him. Crucial ISCI backing within the provincial council appears to be waning. In response, the governor has embarked upon a campa [...]	2007-10-28 14:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
07HILLAH144	NAJAF TOURISM COMMITTEE PLANS JANUARY CONFERENCE [...] (C) On October 23, PRTOffs met with the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) Tourism Conference preparatory committee. The Committee is a sophisticated group under the leader of PC and hawza member Sheik Fayid Kudhum al Shmerti. The Committee members noted that the tourism industry of Najaf is made up [...]	2007-10-29 12:08:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON IR IZ
07HILLAH145	KARBALA PROVINCE GOES PIC [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala Cable 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 29, Karbala Province became a Province under Iraqi control (PIC). The arrival of PIC status was celebrated in a three-hour ceremony hosted by Karbala Province and attended by the Prime Minister and Karbala notables, 3ID MG [...]	2007-11-03 06:43:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR IZ
07HILLAH146	NAJAF DEPUTY GOVERNOR PRAISES USG COLLABORATION, SEEKS [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During an October 31, 2007 meeting in Najaf with PRT Najaf Team Leader, PRT Engineer, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South (GRS) Engineers, the Najaf Deputy Governor praised the supportive role the USG is playing in Najaf, while c [...]	2007-11-03 11:50:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH147	IRAQI GENERAL OFFERS UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVED SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi general offers reasonably upbeat assessment on the improving security climate, despite recent violence in the wake of a concentrated sweep through a JAM-controlled area of Diwaniyah City. Local population appears to support increased efforts to rid the area of Jaish al-M [...]	2007-11-04 12:39:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ
07HILLAH150	BABIL: 2007 BUDGET EXECUTION: A WORRISOME UPDATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) Former Babil Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) Coordinator Qassem Hamed Abid told PRT that Babil's much-touted budget execution success for 2007 is a fraud (refs A and B). In a one-on-one conversation with the PRT on November 12 [...]	2007-11-12 15:41:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EPET PINR IZ
07HILLAH151	NAJAF LEADERS ASKED USG TO HELP FUND IDP CAMP PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) requested USG assistance to fund some Najaf projects, especially at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, during a November 8 Najaf PRT visit to the IDP camp in Manathera and a subsequent meeting at the PC offices. Ali Al Faya [...]	2007-11-12 16:40:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH152	NAJAF LEADERS ASKED USG TO HELP FUND IDP CAMP PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) requested USG assistance to fund some Najaf projects, especially at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, during a November 8 Najaf PRT visit to the IDP camp in Manathera and a subsequent meeting at the PC offices. Ali Al Fay [...]	2007-11-12 16:40:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH153	BABIL: HILLAH MARKETS ABOUND WITH AFFORDABLE IMPORTS [...] This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. Summary. Hillah markets and shops abound in imported consumer goods, most of which are affordable to average citizens. Open air produce markets typically stock an abundance of mainly Syrian and Iranian fruits and vegetables. Consumers face no shortage of app [...]	2007-11-13 03:32:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD IZ IR
07HILLAH154	INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HUSSEIN ALI AL-SHALAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Influential sheik and COR member Al-Shalan sees South Central as crucial to Iraq's future. Security situation improving. He fears a weakened Sadr militia will increase influence of Badrists, who "have an agenda beyond Iraq's borders." He believes that Islamists are incapable [...]	2007-11-13 13:54:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR IZ
07HILLAH155	BABIL: PRT HOSTS SHEIKHS' ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On November 13, PRT Babil hosted a gathering of Sunni and Shi'a tribal sheikhs from throughout the province. The sheikhs criticized the current political leadership of the province while blaming the US for allowing foreign influences to pe [...]	2007-11-15 08:26:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH157	KARBALA ENGINEERS MEETING; IP CHIEF GRUMBLES ABOUT MOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRT Karbala met with Karbala PC Chair and key PC members to continue discussion of cooperation between USACE (Corps of Engineers) and Karbala Provincial Engineers on Projects. PRT urged Karbala PRDC to work expeditiously to complete ESF project packages. IP Chief BG Ra'ad expr [...]	2007-11-16 12:22:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ EAID
07HILLAH158	DUSD BRINKLEY VISITS KARBALA [...] Sensitive but unclassified. This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: DUSD Brinkley and his delegation, GOI spokesman Ali al Dubbagh, and PRT Leader were warmly received by Governor Aqeel for a five hour visit that was covered extensively by local media, and included lunch and a visit [...]	2007-11-18 05:01:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ
07HILLAH161	NAJAF'S KUFA UNIVERSITY: DOORS WIDE OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of Najaf's Kufa University (Kufa) warmly welcomed the PRT delegation, including Team Leader and PD officer, during a November 21 campus visit. President Razak Al-Essa, who attained his PhD in the U.K., openly discussed his Western-oriented education model with PRT L [...]	2007-11-25 09:29:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OEXC SCUL SOCI IZ
07HILLAH162	NAJAF, GOI OFFICIALS AGREE TO CLOSER COORDINATION ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a November 28 meeting at the Najaf Aiport with the U.S. Transportation Attachi, EmbOffs, PRT Najaf Team Leader, 3ID Deputy Division Commander, and the Director General (DG) of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA),the Najaf Governor and [...]	2007-12-01 09:32:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAIR ECON IZ
07HILLAH163	NAJAF AND KUFA DISTRICTS LOCAL COUNCILS REQUESTED PRT [...] SUMMARY: During a November meeting with the PRT, members of the local councils (LC) from Najaf and Kufa districts requested USG assistance to help build capacity - including the funding of an office and training of staff, particularly in the U.S. Najaf LC members, Adnan Hussein Mohammed and Ja [...]	2007-12-01 13:47:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ
07HILLAH167	IMPROVED SECURITY IN QADISIYAH BODES WELL FOR POSSIBLE PRT [...] (U) This is a joint DS-PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) Summary: Iraqi general offers upbeat assessment on the improved security climate in Diwaniyah. MND CS Commander concurs but is concerned that Diwaniyah's Governor remains an obstacle to progress. MND CS Commander and 8th IAD General [...]	2007-12-08 11:33:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR IZ
07HILLAH175	DEPUTY GOVERNOR DESCRIBES SOUTH KOREA TRIP, AIRPORT FOLLOW [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) Deputy Governor Abtan met with PRT Leader and PRToffs at the proposed new location for PRT Najaf at former Camp Endeavor next to the airport on December 18. Abtan described his travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK) earlier this month. He noted that t [...]	2007-12-28 11:30:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR IZ PREL
07HILLAH29	BABIL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER AIRS SOME DIRTY LAUNDRY [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Although the intended topic was the Babil governor's attempt to remove the mayor of Al-Hillah, a recent conversation with a Communist member of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) revealed much more, including allegations of bribes to [...]	2007-02-21 14:50:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM IZ
07HILLAH36	GEO WARNS OF ELECTORAL WEAKNESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) Summary. In a 24 February meeting, Saad Madhloum Abdullah, the General Electoral Officer (GEO) for Diwaniyah Province under the (soon-to-be-abolished) Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (IECI) warned that the Independent Higher Electoral Commi [...]	2007-03-01 12:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
07HILLAH45	BABIL ELECTION OFFICIAL VOTES FOR SWEEPING CHANGE AT THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Babil representative to the Independent Electoral Commission for Iraq (IECI),Assad Abd al-Rudah, recently shared his views with Babil IPAO about methods to reduce electoral fraud and manipulation, including adopting a "one-candidate, one- [...]	2007-03-24 12:17:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
07HILLAH47	BABIL REFORMERS CREATE PROTO-INVESTMENT COMMISSION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the CoR's passage of the investment law, Babil business and political reformers recently formed a "preparatory" provincial investment commission awaiting the creation of the National Commission for Investment. Despite its uno [...]	2007-03-28 17:43:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IZ
07HILLAH48	BABIL'S FAINT-HEARTED GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary and comment: The governor of Babil, reeling under the triple impact of a revolt in the provincial council (and the loss of his closest ally there),a public whispering campaign against him and an increasingly assertive Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM),sudd [...]	2007-03-28 17:53:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PINS PINR PTER IZ
07HILLAH55	NAJAF AND DIWANIYAH PROVINICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. SUMMARY 2. (S) Local sources have provided some details regarding an April 11 raid on the main office of the Sadrist movement in Diwaniyah during the ongoing security operation. Local journalists are reportedly compl [...]	2007-04-13 09:26:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR IZ
07HILLAH6	BABIL PROVINCIAL ELECTION SHAPSHOT: CHASING A SHADOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption, stagnation and not wanting to repeat the mistakes of two years ago figure among the reasons Babil citizens would like to see elections take place sooner rather than later. An extended delay in scheduling them could plunge more potential voters into cynical abstention [...]	2007-01-10 09:04:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
07HILLAH60	PREACHER URGES SADRIST SELF-RESTRAINT [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) On April 13 at Friday prayers at the Kufa Mosque, Sheik Jawad Al-Rubaiee delivered the sermon. Speaking to some 600-800 congregants, he made the following points of political interest: -- We condemn the military raids and [...]	2007-04-17 15:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SOCI
07HILLAH68	MOSQUES ADDRESS PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL (PIC) [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) In our continuing efforts to monitor Friday prayer sermons through our sources on the ground in Najaf Province (see reftel),this past week's efforts provided contrasting views regarding, among other things, the process of P [...]	2007-04-26 14:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SOCI IZ
07HILLAH69	CLEVER TACTICS, FLAWED ETHICS IN HILLAH MAYOR ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As anticipated in ref A, the Hillah District Council (DC) met on April 21 to choose a new mayor. The surprise winner by one vote - his own - was DC member Sabah Al-Fatlawi, after a campaign allegedly marred by bribery and other improprieties. [...]	2007-05-02 14:09:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH70	HILLAH MAYOR KABUKI CONTINUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT officers met on May 2 with the full membership of the Hillah District Council (DC) for a discussion of the chain of events described in reftel. Both Aqeel Al-Silawi, who introduced himself as the acting mayor until the Provincial Council (PC) confi [...]	2007-05-04 07:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
07HILLAH71	POLICE CHALLENGE VBID, EXPLOSION ENSUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah Cable. VBID EXPLODES IN KUFA 2. (C) Our locally engaged staff in Najaf report that, on May 8, 2007 at approximately 1015, a device identified by Iraqi Security Forces as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBID) detonated near the Sherhistani [...]	2007-05-08 13:06:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI MARR IZ
07HILLAH77	GOVERNOR OF NAJAF CALLS ON MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah Cable. SUMMARY 2. (C) The Governor of Najaf traveled to Baghdad on 14 May accompanied by Coalition officers and PRT leader. During his call the Governor gave the Minister a detailed list of weapons and ammunition, as well as a proposed budget, for an [...]	2007-05-20 15:18:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER IZ
07HILLAH78	PART 1 OF A SERIES: FINGER POINTING AND CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable and is the first in a series on the status of budget execution within Babil. 2. (C) Summary: With the Government of Iraq's announcement that reconstruction funding may be rescinded from provinces that do not spend a certain percentage by the end of June, numerou [...]	2007-05-23 11:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PINS PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
07HILLAH81	INSIDE THE SAUSAGE FACTORY - A VISIT TO THE BABIL PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Babil Provincial Council (PC) meeting on May 29 provided an object lesson on the status of representative governance in the province. While a handful of voices spoke out about things on citizens' minds, such as power shortages and long lines at gas stations, substa [...]	2007-05-29 15:00:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IZ
07HILLAH82	GOVERNOR FEELS THE HEAT, AS DOES INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST [...] (C) Summary: After a local newspaper printed a story claiming that virtually all Babil residents want Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi to step down, the governor pushed back on the airwaves and the pages of his own paper to attempt to discredit his accusers. A few days thereafter he tra [...]	2007-06-01 13:55:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI KDEM IZ IR
07HILLAH84	POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]	2007-06-06 05:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07HILLAH86	IRANIAN-SUPPORTED GROUP SAID TARGETING SISTANI AIDES, WOULD [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary: A civil society activist with strong religious credentials recently warned PRT leader that an Iranian-controlled group called Asa'ib Al-Haq, based in Diwaniya, is serving as a tool in Iran's efforts to take control of the hawza, the Shi'a relig [...]	2007-06-07 04:37:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PTER KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH95	KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE TRANSFER OF THE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah. This was the first meeting betwe [...]	2007-06-30 08:42:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HILLAH96	CORRECTED COPY: KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Hillah 00000095 (wrong classification) a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional [...]	2007-06-30 08:50:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HILLAH99	KARBALA: MODERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISION [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 29, PRT Karbala met with Provincial Council Chairman (PCC),Abdul-A'al Al-Yasiry, to discuss his vision for economic development and the conference in Lebanon. The PCC was returning from a two day Prov [...]	2007-07-02 14:56:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY10	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY OUTBREAKS CONTINUE, SUSPECTED HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past 3 weeks, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been detected in poultry in 12 districts in four of the southern most provinces of Vietnam?s Mekong Delta. Over 9,000 birds have died from AI and over 24,000 have been culled since the disease first reappear [...]	2007-01-04 09:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1015	VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Mission's P-1 Referral Committee has completed consideration of five possible Priority One (P-1) applicants and is referring two to PRM for consideration. Truong Van Duc is a long-time Hoa Hao leader and has spent much of his life in detention. His outspoken, but non- violent, [...]	2007-10-02 08:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1021	BAPTISTS, MENNONITES RECEIVE OFFICIAL GVN RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately three weeks before the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is scheduled to arrive in Vietnam, the government of Vietnam has granted national recognition to two more Protestant denominations: the Mennonite Vietnam Church and the Vietnam Bapt [...]	2007-10-03 10:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY103	ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH REMAINS INVOLUNTARILY IN MENTAL [...] (SBU) On January 25, we met separately with two colleagues of Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in November 2006 (refs A and C). We questioned both intensively. Both appeared credible. They said that they had known and worke [...]	2007-01-30 11:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1064	ERO CALLS AN GIANG INCIDENT UNACCEPTABLE, PROMISES MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the Consul General's previous protest (septel) over harassment and interference of Consulate staff during a routine FPU investigation in An Giang province, ERO Deputy Director Le Hung Quoc said evicting Consulate personnel from the hotel in An Giang was not acceptab [...]	2007-10-17 06:15:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT ASEC PREL VN
07HOCHIMINHCITY1065	GVN SHUTS DOWN ANTI-FRAUD TRIP, INTIMIDATES CONSULATE STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Security officials in An Giang province threatened post's acting Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and accompanying locally employed staff (LES) with arrest and placed them in harm's way by evicting them from their hotel late at night. The security officials also atte [...]	2007-10-17 07:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT ASEC PREL KFRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1079	AUGUST VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM (HO CHI MINH CITY SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight senior editors from Ho Chi Minh City newspapers, along with a senior official from the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, recently returned from a highly successful, albeit rare, opportunity to participate in a USG exchange program. As Vietnam's largest media center [...]	2007-10-22 06:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC PREL ASEC SCUL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1085	JESUITS BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE IN HCMC [...] (U) SUMMARY. Just three years after the passage of Vietnam's law on religious freedom, Ho Chi Minh City's vibrant and growing Jesuit community are operating a newly-built training facility where 37 future priests and monks are currently studying with the GVN's full permission -- and with no int [...]	2007-10-23 07:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1105	DUS PONTICELLI HCMC VISIT - PUBLIC SECTOR LAPSES AND [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Charlotte Ponticelli and Department of Labor Senior Advisor for EAP Affairs Zhao Li stopped in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on October 20 to observe and discuss HCMC labor issues en route to the 2007 U.S. - Vietnam Labor Dialogue [...]	2007-10-26 12:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1107	PEPFAR SPENDING IN HCMC MONEY WELL-SPENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations staff members Shannon Smith and Jennifer Simon concluded their President's Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief (PEPFAR) assessment visit to Vietnam with a stop in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on October 11-12. HCMC officials, medical staff, and [...]	2007-10-29 12:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KHIV TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1109	GARMENT INDUSTRY RELIEVED BY USDOC MONITORING ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's textile and garment industry breathed a collective sigh of relief on October 27 at the Department of Commerce's (DOC) announcement that there is no evidence of Vietnamese garment dumping in the United States. The Vietnamese media lauded the finding, bristling slightly [...]	2007-10-30 12:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1131	HCMC WELCOMES SECRETARY GUTIERREZ WITH OPEN ARMS [...] (SBU) Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez led the Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on November 6 and 7, opening the doors of literally hundreds of Vietnamese policy makers, business community leaders and potential customers to the twenty-two U. [...]	2007-11-08 10:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1136	SHIFTING PRESS PARADIGM IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Vietnam remains far from achieving true freedom of the press, the paradigm is starting to shift across southern Vietnam. Already, the old "total control model" in which the Government of Vietnam (GVN) essentially dictated what papers should publish has given way to a "cens [...]	2007-11-09 08:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1144	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ AND MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE HOANG [...] (SBU) U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met the newly appointed Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam Vu Huy Hoang on November 7 to explore commercial opportunities in a rising Vietnam. The Vietnam Apparel Import Monitoring program and current anti-dumping orders topped [...]	2007-11-13 10:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1145	TIM SAKHORN SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON [...] (SBU) On November 8, 2007, defrocked Khmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn was sentenced to one year in prison by the An Giang Provincial People's Court for "sabotaging national unity," as defined by Article 87 of the GVN criminal code. The one-year sentence includes time already served in detention, wh [...]	2007-11-13 10:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1192	USCIRF MEETS HCMC GVN: CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MADAME THAO [...] (SBU) During the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) delegation's meeting with HCMC People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao on October 25, Commissioners cited outstanding issues that marred the GVN's record of progress on religious freedom, including limitations with th [...]	2007-12-04 10:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1193	USCIRF MEETS HCMC GVN: DEPUTY PARTY SECRETARY DUA [...] (SBU) The USCIRF's meeting with Deputy Party Secretary Nguyen Van Dua on October 25 explored the reasons for implementing a legal framework on religion in Vietnam, with the CIRF questioning whether the law is a tool for freedom or control, and the Secretary justifying the need to protect Vietna [...]	2007-12-04 11:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1196	STRIKE REVEALS PRESSURES AND CHANGES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) The labor situation in Vietnam is changing. With 400 strikes in 2006 and roughly 300 so far this year, previously banned (and still almost always technically illegal) work stoppages appear to be becoming a routine aspect of labor relations. The recent strike at a large (14,000 employee) [...]	2007-12-05 10:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ELAB KTEX ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1219	AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN [...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Chur [...]	2007-12-12 15:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1220	LABOR ACTIVISTS CONVICTED [...] (SBU) Four United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) activists were convicted on December 10 for "abusing democracy and freedom rights to infringe upon the interests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and citizens." The activists received sentences from one [...]	2007-12-12 15:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1221	AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN [...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Churc [...]	2007-12-12 15:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1229	USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation met with Do Nam Hai and Dr. Nguyen Dan Que to discuss the human rights situation in Vietnam. Both discussed the state of the democracy movement in Vietnam, the challenges facing democracy activists today (e.g., surveillance, harassment and arrest),and their belief [...]	2007-12-14 02:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1231	USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE CAO DAI [...] (SBU) Commissioners Cromartie, Bansal, Argue, Gaer and Eid met with Cao Dai Bishop Thuong Minh Thanh, Bishop & Deputy Director Thuong Be Thanh and Archivist Le Quang Tan on October 25, 2007. Bishop Minh presented a positive view of Cao Dai-GVN relations, citing several examples of improving co [...]	2007-12-14 03:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1232	USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE SECV [...] (SBU) USCIRF Commissioners Cromartie, Bansal, Argue, Gaer and Eid and staffers Dettoni and Flipse met with the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) leaders Pastor Ngo Van Buu (Vice President),Pastor Phan Quang Thieu (Senior Pastor) and Pastor Nguyen Vinh Cu (Treasurer General) on Octo [...]	2007-12-14 03:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1233	USCIRF IN HCMC: PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS [...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation kicked off their visit to Ho Chi Minh City on October 24 with a house church roundtable of Protestant leaders from the Assembly of God, United Baptist Church, United Gospel Outreach Church and Baptist Alliance Church congregations in Vietnam. The pastors were unifie [...]	2007-12-14 03:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1234	GRAPPLING WITH CORRUPTION -- HCMC SIDEWALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From mobile noodle stands surrounded by brightly-colored plastic chairs to expansive motorbike parking lots in front of pricey restaurants, the sidewalks in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) are clogged with commerce. HCMC's skyrocketing land prices make sidewalks a hot commodity, creatin [...]	2007-12-14 03:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1236	USCIRF URGES GVN TO EASE ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS IN [...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation, on the final leg of their 12-day long assessment of religious freedom in Vietnam, visited Soc Trang to examine issues pertaining to the Mekong Delta province's significant Khmer Buddhist population. The delegation, which included Commissioner Leonard Leo and two s [...]	2007-12-14 09:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1239	USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE HOA HAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The meeting between members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and a group of Hoa Hao followers revealed the group's deep suspicions of the GVN and its policies on religion -- suspicions that have been fueled by the appointment of an official, GVN- [...]	2007-12-14 10:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1240	HUE FLOOD AFTERMATH: LARGE AGRICULTURAL LOSSES BUT NO [...] (U) Summary. In the aftermath of the November floods that ravaged central Vietnam, effective co-operation between provincial health agencies and financial and food aid from the central government were essential to stabilizing flood-traumatized Thua Thien Hue province. Local officials assess [...]	2007-12-14 11:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV ECON EAGR SENV CASC VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1250	SAME LATITUDE, DIFFERENT ATTITUDE: PROSPERITY TRUMPS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces share similar geographies and demographics, as well as outbreak histories for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). While both provinces still suffer scattered small-scale AI outbreaks, better economic governance in Ben Tre has led to a shift fr [...]	2007-12-17 10:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON EAGR ELAB PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP SENV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1265	HCMC BOARD OF GOVERNORS OUTLINES AMCHAM PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During the monthly American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Breakfast on December 11, American business leaders in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) expressed frustration about the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) approach to trading rights and distribution rights, explained efforts to improve customs c [...]	2007-12-21 12:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELTN ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1266	PATRIOTIC HCMC AND HANOI RALLIES NEVERTHELESS CHALLENGE GVN [...] (SBU) Organizing themselves through blogs and instant messaging networks, students in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi gathered on December 9, and again on December 16 in Ho Chi Minh City, to protest China's decision to set up a government unit in Hainan to administer the Paracel and Spratly islands. [...]	2007-12-21 12:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1269	HCMC PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL [...] (U) Post would like to take this opportunity to thank OBO for its response to post's Public Private Partnership (PPP) proposal for developing the vacant parcel located at 8 Le Quy Don, District 1, HCMC. Post management in HCMC and Mission Vietnam leadership in Hanoi look forward to working cl [...]	2007-12-26 05:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT
07HOCHIMINHCITY1276	HCMC PRIVATE SECTOR JOINS FORCES TO STEM TIDE OF LABOR [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's strict labor safety laws are poorly enforced, allowing a growing epidemic of deadly industrial accidents that is concentrated in the industrialized south. As part of their ongoing corporate social responsibility efforts in Vietnam, AmCham HCMC companies including Intel, [...]	2007-12-28 02:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BEXP SOCI ELAB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1279	CHANGES IN THE FORTUNES OF ONE CHURCH REFLECT CHANGES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The story of the United World Mission Church (UWMC) is a microcosm the changes that have gripped Vietnam in the more than 32 years since the end of the war. The church went underground but survived as the direct persecution and police scare campaigns of the late 1970's progresse [...]	2007-12-28 05:31:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1281	HCMC BUSINESS LEADERS: EVEN INSIDERS INCREASINGLY FAVOR [...] (SBU) The political influence of Ho Chi Minh City's business establishment has increased as Vietnam's economy has grown. In stark contrast to the days of the command economy, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) now celebrates the business community's contributions to the national development (on [...]	2007-12-28 10:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELNT ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY134	PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai February 1-2, PRM Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey toured a village near the Cambodian border to meet with six ethnic Jarai returnees and their families. The interviews were conducted in the presence of ethnic village eld [...]	2007-02-07 10:28:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY139	QUANG NAM PROVINCIAL LEADER TALKS ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) During a meeting with the Consul General in HCMC on February 7, Quang Nam People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai expressed his concern about the lack of national environmental planning and a weak environmental disaster alert and response system. He was concerned about the potential i [...]	2007-02-08 10:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SOCI ECON EINV KINR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY143	(C) VIETNAM CONSIDERS CAPITAL CONTROLS TO SLOW SOARING STOCK [...] (C) Summary: The skyrocketing Saigon Stock Exchange has gone ballistic since President Bush visited the trading floor in November. The investment frenzy has boosted the Vietnam Stock Exchange Index by about 80 percent since the President's visit, with 44 percent appreciation since January 1. [...]	2007-02-09 10:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY155	CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: DEBRIEFING NEW VISAS-93 [...] (SBU) Summary: In early February, ConGen conducted private interviews in HCMC with six VISAS-93 (family reunification) ethnic minority applicant families from the Central Highlands. The results are consistent with previous rounds of interviews and show improvement in overall conditions for e [...]	2007-02-14 04:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY157	SAIGON INSIDERS ON COMMUNIST PARTY POLITICS [...] (C/NF) : Media contacts report that the Politburo has not yet begun to focus on the planned visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to the United States. Triet has recovered fully from his bout with prostate cancer, but politically is weak. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung is consolidating power; [...]	2007-02-14 10:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY160	(C) EXPLOSION REPORTED OUTSIDE HCMC HOME OF PM DZUNG [...] (C/NF) Reliable media contacts in HCMC confirmed to us that a small improvised explosive device went off outside a home belonging to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung in HCMC's District 3 sometime on February 12. No injuries or damage was reported. Rumors of this incident circulated on February [...]	2007-02-15 06:47:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR PTER PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY164	SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...]	2007-02-15 09:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY168	FORMER PM KIET: STILL PRESSING REFORM [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform and a doyen of the Communist Party, told the Consul General February 12 that improved U.S. ties was one of the biggest milestones for Vietnam in 2006. The "full normalization" of ties with the United Stat [...]	2007-02-15 11:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KCOR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY175	PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS ETHNIC MINORITY PASTOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 1, PRM Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey during a visit to Gia Lai Province called on Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) Pastor Siu Y Kim at his house church in Pleiku and later had a private conversation with the pastor. The pastor named FULRO as the sou [...]	2007-02-26 10:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY178	USTR DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP, IT AND IPR WITH HCMC BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Area businesspeople discussed new trading rules and changes to Vietnam's legal framework as a result of its WTO membership with representatives of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, during a February 5-6 visit to Ho Chi Minh C [...]	2007-02-26 10:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO KIPR VM

07HOCHIMINHCITY191	MEKONG DELTA PROVINCES STRUGGLE TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Officials in the Mekong Delta told us they were conducting three investigations of trafficking-in-persons (TIP) involving at least 35 women trafficked to Malaysia, Cambodia and, possibly, South Korea for sex exploitation and forced marriages. Six suspects had been arrested and an Interp [...]	2007-03-01 09:49:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY196	HCMC POLICE CONTACT ON TIP CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On February 23, PolOff met with Colonel Hoang Tan Viet, Deputy Director of Criminal Police of the HCMC Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to follow up the status of the investigation into an international trafficking-in- persons ring that reportedly involved over 100 Vietnamese women from [...]	2007-03-02 08:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY205	HUE ARCHBISHOP, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON FATHER LY [...] (C) During a visit to Thua Thien Hue province on March 1 and 2, Hanoi and ConGen PolOffs discussed the case of dissident Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly with provincial government officials and religious leaders. Hue External Relations Office and Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) officials o [...]	2007-03-06 03:32:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	VM PGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY208	APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...]	2007-03-06 09:15:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY209	APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...]	2007-03-06 10:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY217	UPDATE ON HCMC LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (C) Summary: The sister-in-law of Bui Kim Thanh -- the HCMC land rights activists involuntarily committed to a mental institution -- was emphatic in a March 8 meeting that Thanh is not/not mentally ill. The sister-in-law's comments reinforce reporting from other ConGen contacts that Thanh has [...]	2007-03-08 07:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY221	UPDATE ON HCMC LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (C) Summary: The sister-in-law of Bui Kim Thanh -- the HCMC land rights activists involuntarily committed to a mental institution -- was emphatic in a March 8 meeting that Thanh is not/not mentally ill. The sister-in-law's comments reinforce reporting from other ConGen contacts that Thanh has [...]	2007-03-08 11:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PINR PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY224	DO NAM HAI: LAST OF THE 8406 BLOC DISSIDENTS? [...] Summary: Do Nam Hai, co-founder of the dissident 8406 Bloc (which calls for peaceful political change in Vietnam),told us that he has been under de facto house arrest since about the time police intensified their actions against 8406 co-leader Father Nguyen Van Ly in Hue. Hai has no intentio [...]	2007-03-09 12:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY232	AUTHORITIES DENY ACCESS TO ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (SBU) On March 14, the HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) responded in the negative to a ConGen diplomatic note informing the GVN of our plan to visit Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in November 2006. In our dipnote to the [...]	2007-03-15 11:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY234	THE AMBASSADOR IN THE CENTRAL MEKONG: FOCUS ON ETHNIC KHMER, [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions on economic development, trafficking in persons, religious freedom and NGO activities headlined the agenda during the Ambassador's March 4-7 visit to the Mekong Delta provinces of Soc Trang, Vinh Long and Dong Thap. Vinh Long's more favorable geographic locale and [...]	2007-03-15 14:32:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY248	FATHER LY INDICTED; DO NAM HAI QUITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Hue-based dissident Father Phan Van Loi confirmed as authentic Internet reports that Hue authorities have indicted Father Nguyen Van Ly and four others for "propagandizing against the government." In HCMC, political activist Do Nam Hai told us he has ended his pro-democracy ac [...]	2007-03-19 10:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY26	UBCV PATRIARCH "PREVENTED" FROM TRAVELING TO HCMC [...] (U) On January 4, the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB),the Paris-based mouthpiece for the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) announced that UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang was prevented from returning to HCMC for a medical check up. Thich Huyen Quang returned to Binh [...]	2007-01-08 10:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY261	THE "RECONCILER" RETURNS: THICH NHAT HANH VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his aides told us that he found the GVN tougher and more assertive in 2007 than in 2005 when he first returned from exile (reftel). However, by developing the trust of the CPV and GVN, he has been able to expand his activities [...]	2007-03-21 11:05:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY266	CG VISITS DETAINED UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (SBU) The Consul General paid a 30-minute courtesy call on UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang at his Monastery in Binh Dinh province on March 14. Thich Huyen Quang acknowledged that his health was failing, but, with a sense of humor noted that he was over 90 after all. He said that he has been [...]	2007-03-23 03:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY268	FORMER TRADE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ho Chi Minh City court March 23 sentenced former Vice Minister of Trade Mai Van Dau to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes from apparel companies in exchange for quota for garment exports to the United [...]	2007-03-23 10:49:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY270	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONDITIONS IN HUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious freedom conditions in Central Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue conditions continue to gradually improve for the Catholic archdiocese and the small Protestant community. The decision of a house church group in the province to apply for registration under Vietnam's legal frame [...]	2007-03-26 08:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY294	FATHER LY TRIED, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED IN HUE: PRELIMINARY [...] (U) Summary: Father Nguyen Van Ly, a prominent democracy activist and Catholic priest, was tried and found guilty on March 30 of progagandizing against the state. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Two of his four co-defendents were sentenced to five to six years respectively to be [...]	2007-03-30 08:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY333	ANOTHER HCMC ACTIVIST ARRESTED; BUI KIM THANH UPDATE [...] (SBU) On April 3 we met with the sister of lawyer Tran Thi Thuy Trang to confirm ref A reports that Ms. Trang was arrested in HCMC on March 7. Trang is an associate of Le Quoc Quan, a National Endowment for Democracy fellow, who was arrested on March 8 in northern Vietnam shortly after his re [...]	2007-04-04 06:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY35	TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER [...] this is a test. l;kjasdhfl;akjdf;askldfjasdkl;fj 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999. WINNICK [...]	2007-01-10 09:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY36	TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER 2 [...] this is a test. l;kjasdhfl;akjdf;askldfjasdkl;fj 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999. WINNICK [...]	2007-01-10 09:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY365	HCMC DISSIDENT LEADER TRAN KHUE INDICTED [...] (C) On April 2, we spoke with Tran Khue, Deputy General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) to arrange a SIPDIS meeting for EAP DAS Eric John, implementing Ref A human rights roadmap. Khue welcomed the chance to meet and made no mention of any new harassment (unlike other HCM [...]	2007-04-05 08:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY402	HAPPY EASTER: SOUTHERN VIETNAM RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (SBU) Religious leaders from the Protestant community in southern Vietnam told us that successful Easter celebrations were another sign of continuing progress on religious freedom. The President of the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) said that he has not received [...]	2007-04-10 02:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY407	EAP DAS JOHN MEETS HCMC DISSIDENT LEADERS [...] (SBU) GVN officials in Hanoi and HCMC protested but did not prevent EAP DAS Eric John from holding meetings on April 9 with dissident leaders Thich Quang Do and Tran Khue. Meeting in his pagoda where he has been under house arrest since October 2003, Thich Quang Do, General Secretary of the [...]	2007-04-11 02:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY438	POLICE SCRUTINIZE THE IV PROGRAM [...] (C) Following on the heels of the arrest of Hanoi- based lawyer Nguyen Van Dai (reftel),media controlled by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) linked Dai's dissident activities to "training" he received while in the U.S. as a beneficiary of the International Visitor and Leadership program [...]	2007-04-17 10:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL OEXC VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY45	FOOD FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS ETHNIC MINORITIES IN QUANG NGAI [...] Consul General visited schools in rural Quang Ngai Province participating in the Red Cross school feeding program funded under the Dole-McGovern Act. USDA's Food for Education program reaches a large number of poor ethnic minority children and their families in rural Quang Ngai and has sharpl [...]	2007-01-12 12:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR SOCI PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY461	DISTORTIONS IN ABUSE CASE OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: A number of U.S. groups, including the Montagnard Foundation, published reports on the Internet claiming that an ethnic minority woman in the province of Dak Lak named H'Hlung Nie was badly beaten by police during interrogation, following the flight of a sister to Cambodia. Th [...]	2007-04-23 08:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY471	VIETNAM ECONOMIC FORUM 2007: VIETNAM?S NEIGHBORS TAKE THE [...] (U) A recent investment forum hosted by the GVN in Ho Chi Minh City highlighted the importance Vietnam places on regional investors. The Vietnam Economic Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI),in conjunction with the Vietnam News Agency and Asia News Network, was held [...]	2007-04-27 02:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD BTIO EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY48	DUNG QUAT INDUSTRIAL ZONE MAKES SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS [...] Summary: The USD 2.8 billion Dung Quat refinery and oil port project in Quang Ngai Province has been widely criticized as uneconomic. However, it is well on its way to opening in 2009 and could become the anchor for developing a major heavy industrial zone. A Vinashin shipyard is close to c [...]	2007-01-12 13:23:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY483	NEW DISSIDENT SHOW TRIALS PLANNED IN HCMC [...] (SBU) HCMC print and broadcast media prominently reported May 4 that the GVN plans to conduct two new trials of political activists in HCMC in May. Three members of the People's Democratic Party of Vietnam, Le Nguyen Sang, Huynh Nguyen Dao and Nguyen Bac Truyen, will be brought to trial in HCM [...]	2007-05-04 10:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB PINR SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY489	ARREST AND DEFROCKING OF ETHNIC KHMER BUDDHIST MONKS IN THE [...] (C) Post has confirmed recent incidents of detention and/or defrocking of ethnic Khmer Buddhist monks in two Mekong Delta provinces, despite official denials (Ref B). Venerable Tang No, head monk of Kleang pagoda in Soc Trang (strictly protect),confirmed to us in early May that three monks -- [...]	2007-05-08 07:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY510	FOUR MORE HOA HAO DISSIDENTS IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) On May 4, a contact in the Hoa Hao community told us that the provincial court in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap sentenced four Hoa Hao dissidents to prison terms ranging from four to six years on charges of "creating public disorder," under Article 245 of the 1999 Criminal Code. [...]	2007-05-09 09:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY514	NO SURPRISES: HCMC DISSIDENT SHOW TRIAL RESULTS IN TOUGH [...] (SBU) A May 10 show trial for three members of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization of Vietnam resulted in sentences of five, four and three years for the defendants Le Nguyen Sang, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Huynh Nguyen Dao. All three were accused o [...]	2007-05-10 09:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR ELAB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY520	FIVE ETHNIC KHMER MONKS IMPRISONED IN THE MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Five ethnic Khmer monks from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang were sentenced by the local provincial court on May 10 to between two and four years imprisonment for "disturbing public order." The five allegedly were organizers of protests in Soc Trang on February 8. The incident r [...]	2007-05-11 10:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY523	GVN STEPS UP DIVIDE AND CONQUER ATTACKS ON UBCV [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security-affiliated newspaper covered prominently its Vice Minister's April 30 meeting with Thich Huyen Quang, the ailing 90-year old Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),as a gesture of GVN goodwill and reconciliation. The a [...]	2007-05-14 09:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY528	ANOTHER DISSIDENT TRIAL, ANOTHER TOUGH SENTENCE [...] (SBU) The May 15 show trial for another member of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization (UWFO) of Vietnam resulted in a sentence of seven years imprisonment (two suspended) and two years of house arrest for UFWO spokesperson Tran Quoc Hien. The tri [...]	2007-05-15 08:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY542	HCMC ERO OBJECTS TO WEB SITE POSTING OF CONGRESSMEN'S OP-ED [...] (SBU) PolOff was called in by HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) May 16, to discuss ConGen's request to observe voting during the May 20 National Assembly elections. However, the Deputy Head of the ERO Consular Section also used the meeting to give an oral protest regarding posting on the Co [...]	2007-05-18 09:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY547	CORRUPTION IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE: WILL THE BEACH BEAT BAD [...] (SBU) Summary: On the central coast of Vietnam, Khanh Hoa province is well placed for growth with a strong base in tourism, aquaculture, and industry. Government and business leaders are concentrating on attracting foreign investment to large scale investment projects and economic zones. On [...]	2007-05-22 09:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY548	BIG BROTHER PACKS THE VOTE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN [...] (SBU) HCMC went to the polls on May 20 to select among 52 candidates to fill its 26 National Assembly seats in a tightly controlled and scripted process. Despite the pre-election media push in HCMC for "independent" candidates, of the 137 self-nominees that registered as independent candidates [...]	2007-05-22 10:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY59	LOST OPPORTUNITIES IN BINH PHUOC PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Binh Phuoc Province, located north of Ho Chi Minh City, is a backwater that could do more to take advantage of its proximity to HCMC. Provincial leaders used a recent investor conference to wine, dine and sing martial karaoke with their cronies. In many respects, a visit to th [...]	2007-01-18 07:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY609	THE GVN, UBCV AND BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY [...] (SBU) The GVN went to great lengths to highlight its support for the GVN-recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) commemoration of the annual Buddha's Birthday ("Vesak") celebrations on May 31. The VBS events were well covered by HCMC media, which reported extensively on President Nguyen Minh [...]	2007-06-08 09:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM SOCI
07HOCHIMINHCITY612	HCMC BUSINESS CONTACT ON THE TRIET VISIT, CHINA, AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: A reliable HCMC business contact with longstanding ties to President Nguyen Minh Triet told us on June 6 that Triet knows he will have a difficult visit because of the GVN's human rights crackdown, but is prepared to go to the U.S. "at any cost." Triet understands that postpon [...]	2007-06-08 10:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY622	ETHNIC CHINESE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic Chinese community is Vietnam's most influential and affluent minority group. Accounting for no more than two percent of Vietnam's population, the ethnic Chinese -- concentrated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta -- are responsible for generating roughly 10 percent of the n [...]	2007-06-13 06:51:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY623	ALLEGATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATION IN ARREST OF [...] (SBU) On March 4, the South Carolina-based Montagnard Foundation (MF) issued a press release asserting that on February 17, Vietnamese troops in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak arrested Y-Ja Nie and T-Tuc Buonya "because they are Christians who refused to join the government-recognize [...]	2007-06-13 10:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY625	DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH TO BE RELEASED SOON? [...] (SBU) On June 13 and 14, we spoke separately by phone with two relatives of Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who has been involuntarily confined to a mental institution since November 2006. Her relatives said that, during a visit to the hospital in early June, Thanh reported that t [...]	2007-06-14 04:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY643	EXPERIENCES OF A HARDLINE HOUSE CHURCH IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Inter-Evangelical Church of Vietnam, a large Protestant house church organization based in HCMC, told us that, with the exception of a recent incident in Binh Phuoc province, their operations in Southern and Central Vietnam are stable. Conditions for the IEM in t [...]	2007-06-19 09:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY66	VIETNAM'S MUSIC INDUSTRY: PARTY CONTROL AND IPR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Three leading pop musicians told us that Vietnam's music industry remains constrained by rampant violations of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and direct and indirect government controls over content and presentation. The singers were optimistic that Vietnam's global integr [...]	2007-01-18 09:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ECON EINV KIPR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY665	HCMC CONTINUES TO DELAY LEGALIZING CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE [...] (SBU) On June 16, Pol and CDC met with a representative of Father John Dinh Toai, Director of the HCMC Archdiocese "Pastoral Care" program for people living with HIV/AIDS . He said that the biggest obstacle facing the church continues to be the unwillingness of local authorities to grant legal [...]	2007-06-26 05:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KHIV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY681	IPR CONCERNS CONTINUE TO WORRY HCMC BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: HCMC-based business representatives and lawyers told visiting USTR Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation Rachel Bae and USPTO Regional IP Officer Jennie Ness that local authorities are not sufficiently proactive in investigating and prosecuting copyright and trademark [...]	2007-06-27 12:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR BEXP PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY684	CG PUSHES PARTY FOR RELEASE OF DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH [...] (SBU) On June 26, we spoke with the Director of the Bien Hoa Mental Institution, Nguyen Van Tho, to continue to follow up on the case of land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh. (Thanh was involuntarily admitted to the mental institution in November 2006.) The Director confirmed reftel reporting t [...]	2007-06-27 12:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY689	AMBASSADOR TACKLES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES IN THE FOOTHILLS [...] (SBU) Summary: On a June 6-8 trip to Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh provinces, leaders from the GVN-recognized and house church communities told the Ambassador that church members were free to worship and practice their faith. However, the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Viet [...]	2007-06-28 10:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PREF PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY706	POLICE, PROTESTORS CLASH IN NEW LAND PROTEST [...] (SBU) Press and HCMC government contacts confirmed on July 3 Internet reporting of a clash between land rights protestors and police in HCMC on July 1. The bulk of the protestors were from the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. They sought to overturn a GVN decision to expropriate their lan [...]	2007-07-03 10:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY732	STATUS OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHINIC MINORITIES: DEBRIEFING [...] (SBU) In late May and June, we interviewed five VISAS-93 (family reunification) ethnic minority beneficiaries and their families from the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Dak Lak. The meetings were conducted in private, in the offices of post's Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) [...]	2007-07-09 08:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY733	EXPULSION OF ETHNIC KHMER MONK FROM CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Post has been seeking to confirm Ref A reporting that an ethnic Khmer monk, Tim Sakhorn, was allegedly forcibly deported from Cambodia to Vietnam. ConGen contacts in An Giang and Soc Trang provinces confirmed that Sakhorn is from Tinh Bien district in An Giang province. Chief Monk Chau [...]	2007-07-09 08:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL KIRF SOCI CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY738	LAND RIGHTS PROTEST IN FRONT OF CONGEN [...] (SBU) On July 10 at 0845, 30 elderly men and women carrying placards protesting various land rights issues marched past the Consulate. Local police officials quickly but peacefully dispersed the group. In accordance with standard post security procedures, a Consulate local guard photographed [...]	2007-07-10 08:24:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY739	AMBASSADOR VISITS PEPFAR SITES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 6-8 visit to the Cambodian border provinces of Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh, the Ambassador reviewed local efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and the impact of projects funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Officials at the Vietnam Youth Corps Dru [...]	2007-07-10 09:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PINR KREF KHIV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY746	RELEASE OF ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (SBU) Summary: Land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh was released from a Dong Nai mental hospital on July 11 after receiving a clean bill of mental health. Thanh had been held for ten months for her involvement in the land rights movement and for her links with the dissident Democratic Party of V [...]	2007-07-12 10:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY75	DANANG: WANNABE NUMBER ONE IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Danang, a deep-water seaport and largest city in central Vietnam, has nonetheless failed to become the acknowledged leader in that region. In discussing Danang's status with the DCM during his recent visit, People's Committee Chairman Tran Van Minh apparently criticized the appr [...]	2007-01-22 10:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF ECON KIPR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY766	POLICE BREAK UP LAND RIGHTS PROTESTS EVEN AS GVN PROMISES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Twenty six days of continuous protests by land rights activists came to an end at 10 PM (Vietnam time) on July 18 when police forcibly removed remaining land rights protesters from their position in front of the HCMC Assembly building. Despite allegations of excessive police vi [...]	2007-07-19 11:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY80	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]	2007-01-24 02:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY801	TRAFFICKERS POSING AS MARRIAGE BROKERS CONVICTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 08:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KTIP SMIG KWMN PREL PHUM MY VN
07HOCHIMINHCITY805	GVN PROMISES AND DETAINEE RELEASES IN WAKE OF LAND RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Since land rights protests in Ho Chi Minh City were broken up by police on July 18, the GVN has continued publicizing the measures it is taking to address land rights protesters' concerns, including the establishment of fourteen interagency inspection teams to look into unresolve [...]	2007-07-30 11:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY81	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]	2007-01-24 02:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY811	ONE YEAR AFTER NATIONAL REGISTRATION, UNITED WORLD MISSION [...] Summary: On July 24, 2007, the Consul General met with Pastor Nguyen Toi, Chairman of the United World Mission Church of Vietnam (UWMC),one of Vietnam's larger Protestant denominations with approximately 22,000 adherents, largely from ethnic minority areas. Toi was generally upbeat about his [...]	2007-08-01 01:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY817	AMBASSADOR AND USS PELELIU BID FAREWELL TO CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Marine traveled to Danang on July 24-25 to attend closing activities related to the USS Peleliu's ten-day Pacific Partnership humanitarian mission to Vietnam. On the same visit, the Ambassador paid farewell calls on Tran Van Minh, Chairman of the Danang City People's C [...]	2007-08-03 06:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY821	NIV DEMAND IN VIETNAM AT RECORD LEVELS [...] Demand for nonimmigrant visas in Vietnam is at an all-time high, and shows no sign of slowing. NIV demand in 2007 is up over 40% compared to the same period in 2006 in both Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hanoi. In past years, NIV volume typically peaked in June and then gradually declined until [...]	2007-08-03 09:28:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY836	KHMER KROM MONK TIM SAKHORN RESURFACES IN VIETNAM COURTS [...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien reported that Tim Sakhorn, the Khmer Krom monk believed to have been defrocked and deported by Cambodian officials (Refs A and B),is now being held in the southern Vietnam province of An Giang for "sabotaging the solidarity policy." In the re [...]	2007-08-10 07:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY841	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VISIT TO HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (U) Summary: On August 5-8, Ambassador Marine paid farewell calls on Ho Chi Minh City's political, economic and religious leaders, noting significant progress in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship and highlighting possible areas for improvement. During his visit, the Ambassador met with HCMC Peopl [...]	2007-08-14 21:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY844	RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOTE POSITIVE TRENDS, ONGOING ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. During his farewell trip to Ho Chi Minh City August 5-8, Ambassador Marine had a series of meetings with religious leaders, including Catholic Cardinal Pham Minh Man, the leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),and leaders of several house church groups, to [...]	2007-08-14 21:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY846	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH POLITICAL ACTIVIST NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 7, Ambassador Marine met with Dr. Nguyen Dan Que in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the state of the democracy and human rights movement in Vietnam as well as to inquire after his health and treatment by the GVN since publication in mid-June 2007 of his critical op-ed in t [...]	2007-08-14 21:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY872	FROM IDEOLOGY CZAR TO REFORM ADVOCATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 16, People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao and CG discussed issues ranging from the city's plans for attracting private investment to meet much of the city's massive infrastructure requirements to the social and political challenges posed by the widening economic [...]	2007-08-21 09:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ECON PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY874	CONSULATES REPORT SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the most recent law enforcement and security coordinating meeting among Consulates General in Ho Chi Minh City, law enforcement personnel from participating Consulates described the atmosphere for active cooperation with GVN authorities as difficult but considerably bette [...]	2007-08-24 04:53:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SOCI CVIS VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY879	STAFFDEL GUDES TALKS BUDGETING IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 14-15 visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC),Senate Budget Committee Minority Staff Director Scott Gudes and Committee Chief Economist Daniel Brandt discussed bilateral relations (touching on U.S. assistance) with the HCMC External Relations Office, U.S. trade and in [...]	2007-08-27 01:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY880	TIGHT LIPPED DEPORTEES IN GIA LAI [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 03:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY892	SUNSET FOR THE MCCAIN AMENDMENT [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 10 and 11. 2. Summary: Mission Vietnam supports the reauthorization of the McCain Amendment (ref A). At the same time, the exact reauthorization needs to be handled carefully in order to allow the program to progress and eventually wind down in [...]	2007-08-30 04:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY90	POLICE BUST MALAYSIA-LINKED TIP GANGS IN HCMC AND MEKONG [...] (SBU) On January 17, we called the senior HCMC Ministry of Public Security official in charge of trafficking in persons to discuss HCMC press reports that police broke up two criminal rings trafficking Vietnamese women to Malaysia for prostitution. According to the official, on January 10, po [...]	2007-01-25 03:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY906	SENTENCES REDUCED AT DISSIDENT LE NGUYEN SANG'S APPEALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 17, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court reduced jail sentences for three People's Democratic Party (PDP) dissidents, although it continued to find them guilty of violation of Article 88 of the GVN criminal code, "propagandizing against the State." The decision, which i [...]	2007-08-31 08:25:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY921	EWEC CONFERENCE PROVIDES VENUE FOR PRESS TO QUESTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of the most interesting developments at a recent Vietnamese-hosted conference to promote the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma was not so much the keynote address from Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem to the 500 inter [...]	2007-09-05 08:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ELNT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY936	PROFILES OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's Union officials in Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, and Can Tho provinces report that GVN anti-TIP efforts under the GVN National Program of Action are generally uniformly implemented, but the resources made available to the different provinces are not. Meanwhile, NGOs AFESIP [...]	2007-09-11 08:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KTIP ELAB KWMN VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY951	CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite considerable progress in religious freedom in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai and genuinely supportive provincial-level authorities, implementation of Vietnam's legal framework on religion remains quite uneven at the community and village level. While the pro [...]	2007-09-14 06:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY955	AMCHAM HCMC SAYS PACE OF REFORM SLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) AmCham Board of Governors (BOG) are united in their sense that Vietnam's forward progress on economic reform has slowed in recent months as the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is in "digestion mode" trying to come to grips with the scope of its [...]	2007-09-17 10:25:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY960	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHNIC MINORITY PASTOR FREE BUT RATTLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Y Ja Nie, a Central Highlands ethnic minority Protestant pastor arrested on February 12, 2007 (reftel),was released on August 31. ConGenOffs met privately with Nie and separately with local officials in M'Drak district, Dak Lak province, on September 6. According to local gov [...]	2007-09-18 09:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY965	"A PERFECT SPY" PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) The story behind the upcoming Vietnamese publication of U.S. author Larry Berman's biography of North Vietnam's highest-level intelligence agent, Pham Xuan An, provides an informative lesson on the contradictions and complexity inherent in Vietnam's evolving political scene. The original [...]	2007-09-19 02:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI PROP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY995	APPAREL IMPORT MONITORING LEADS TO SHIFTING TARGETS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Domestic and foreign invested garment manufacturers lined up to share tales of market "re-balancing" with USDOC Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner. Garment exports remain far and away the largest component of our bilateral trade and producers say the ove [...]	2007-09-26 10:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX VM
07HONGKONG1067	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 02:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1068	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 02:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG110	VATICAN MEETING ON CHINA POLICY UNLIKELY TO LEAD [...] (U) Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen told the press on January 9 that he would travel to Rome shortly to discuss the Vatican's China policy. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will chair the meeting, scheduled for the latter half of January. According to Zen, the Pope will be [...]	2007-01-12 09:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
07HONGKONG111	SFI: HKG CONFIRMS JANUARY 25 MEETING [...] (C) During a January 12 meeting with DPO Sakaue, Trade and Industry Department (TID) Director General Joseph Lai (who assumed office on January 5) confirmed that the HKG would host U.S. - Hong Kong discussions on Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) on January 25 (reftel A). Assistant Director Ge [...]	2007-01-12 11:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PREL HK
07HONGKONG1177	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 03:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG12	U/S LAVIN AND CITB SECRETARY WONG DISCUSS TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, met with Joseph Wong, Hong Kong Commerce, Industry, and Technology Secretary on December 8 to discuss the Doha Round, the Secure Freight Initiative, anti-dumping, intellectual property rights (IPR),aviatio [...]	2007-01-03 09:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EINV KIPR WTO HK
07HONGKONG1203	MACAU LABOR DAY PROTEST MARRED BY VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: An estimated 2,400 Macau residents participated in labor and anti-corruption demonstrations on May 1 that turned violent after demonstrators veered off the approved march route and clashed with police. Police fired five warning shots into the air and the violent clash resulted in [...]	2007-05-02 10:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ELAB SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1278	LABOR DAY WITH THE PLA - MACAU STYLE [...] (U) Similar to the display on May 1 in Hong Kong (see reftel a),the People's Liberation Army (PLA) held an "open day" in Macau at its compound on Taipa Island. The "Macau Post Daily" reported that 2,500 residents visited the barracks on Labor Day and watched a flag raising ceremony and mili [...]	2007-05-10 09:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1286	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HONG [...] (SBU) On May 9, ESTH Officer delivered reftel message to Ms. Bonnie Yao, Assistant Secretary, Health, Welfare and Food Bureau. Yao requested the information in letter format to enable the Hong Kong Government to carefully review USG concerns. On May 10, Economic/Political Section Chief sent a [...]	2007-05-11 07:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AORC PREL WHO EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG13	U/S LAVIN DISCUSSES MACAU DEVELOPMENT WITH ACTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Franklin L. Lavin met with Macau's Acting Chief Executive Florinda Chan on December 9. Chief Executive Edmund Ho was reportedly attending an economic conference in Guangzhou. Lavin and Chan discussed the liberaliza [...]	2007-01-03 09:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD MC
07HONGKONG1323	NO "MASSACRE" AT TIANANMEN -- BEIJING LOYALIST'S [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong will not be ready for universal suffrage until "around 2022" -- or 25 years after the handover -- because many Hong Kongers lacked "national awareness," said Ma Lik, chairman of Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing political party. Ma referred to the local characterization o [...]	2007-05-16 10:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1334	FALUN GONG'S VIRTUAL SKELETON [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftel, the Falun Gong (FLG) movement has virtually no organizational structure, coordinated policy, or central financing; rather, it is a very loose association of practitioners who communicate through emails and regularly-held meetings. Given FLG's virtual struc [...]	2007-05-17 10:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PHUM PINR PGOV CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1363	HONG KONG COUT OF FINAL APPEAL UPHOLDS BITTORENT [...] (U) Hong Kong's Court of Fial Appeal upheld the 2005 conviction and jail senence of Chan Nai-ming, the first person convicte worldwide for using the BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system to distribute illegal copies of films on the internet. On May 18, the five-member court reject [...]	2007-05-22 02:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR TW
07HONGKONG1369	HONG KONG'S TINY STEPS TO CURB BUSINESS END-USER [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced that Hong Kong's 2006 software piracy rate fell to 53% in 2006, a 1% decrease over 2005. Prior to the public release of the study, BSA privately briefed Hong Kong government (HKG) officials and pointed out that the use o [...]	2007-05-22 06:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR TW
07HONGKONG1447	HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY INVESTIGATES PRC [...] (S) Summary: Democratic Party (DP) legislator James To (strictly protect),who is chair of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco) Security Panel, warned us in early February 2007 that infiltrators from Beijing had successfully penetrated the DP and put it in a "dangerous position" (ref). [...]	2007-05-30 08:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1462	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: STARLITE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip A [...]	2007-05-31 04:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG150	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: A&P [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC

07HONGKONG151	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 09:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1510	SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: MACAU'S PRESSING NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As Macau's economy booms, local authorities confront the dual challenges of modernizing the territory's infrastructure, while ameliorating the adverse effects of this rapid development. Macau,s air quality is worsening due to manufacturing in Guangdong province, emissions from [...]	2007-06-05 09:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	CH HK MK SENV PGOV ENRG
07HONGKONG1566	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 07:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1579	HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...]	2007-06-13 01:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV
07HONGKONG1600	HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRY: STARTING TO FEEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alan Fong, Assistant Principal Solicitor at the Hong Kong Companies Registry, acknowledged to EconOff that Hong Kong's quick and efficient corporate registration procedures -- heretofore believed by the Registrar to be plus -- is bringing unwanted attention on the Hong Kong gove [...]	2007-06-14 11:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR
07HONGKONG1653	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 04:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1654	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ESTEEM [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip A [...]	2007-06-21 04:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1661	CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE: ENGAGING HONG KONG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: AmConGen Hong Kong has actively engaged the governments and the general public of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions on U.S. climate change, renewable energy and other environmental programs. Post developed and actively promoted the Pollution Prevention and [...]	2007-06-21 06:19:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENGR SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1664	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 07:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1665	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 07:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1689	U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) discussed Hong Kong political developments with Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office Director John Tsang and Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam. Lam, while noting th [...]	2007-06-25 06:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1691	U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: [...] (C) Summary: During April 29-30 meetings in Hong Kong, Civic Party legislator and March 2007 candidate for Chief Executive Alan Leong told a visiting delegation of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that his campaign had laid the groundwork for the Hong Kong people [...]	2007-06-25 06:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1692	U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives discussed IPR issues in Hong Kong and mainland China with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on April 30. One AmCham representative observed that there was "very little le [...]	2007-06-25 07:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KIPR SENV CH HK
07HONGKONG1698	HONG KONG'S NEXT CABINET APPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Government, on the nomination of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (CE),Donald Tsang, approved the appointments of principal officials for the third term of the HKSAR Government, as well as five officials who will head HK's disciplined services. Biographies for each new [...]	2007-06-25 23:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1729	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1730	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1731	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 02:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1732	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 02:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1746	EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: HS [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1747	EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: SOITEC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1773	MACAU HEALTH CARE: RESPONDING TO NEW REALITIES [...] (SBU) Macau's health care system is coping wth the territory's quick economic expansion, rapd population growth, and large influx of tourist. A system that was created to care for 400,000residents now provides health care services to oer 500,000 people and approximaely 21 million tourists (a [...]	2007-07-03 07:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG1777	HONG KONG COMMEMORATES TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Hong Kong celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Special Administration Region's (SAR) reversion to the PRC with a mixture of official celebrations and the annual pro-democracy demonstration. PRC President Hu Jintao helped mark the anniversary by personally swearing in [...]	2007-07-03 09:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1779	SENIOR IPR ATTACHE MARK COHEN DISCUSSES PRC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Legislative Councilor Sin Chung Kai told visiting Beijing Intellectual Property Senior Attache Mark Cohen and ConGen Hong Kong staff that Hong Kong's amended copyright law should generally please copyright owners, including U.S. companies, although he noted that a statutory "fa [...]	2007-07-05 03:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR KJUST PINR PGOV
07HONGKONG1800	HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes to your visit next week. U.S. trade, investment, and business with Hong Kong flourish in a largely open environment. Hong Kong is our 15th largest export market, and the United States enjoyed a USD 9.8 billion trade surplus [...]	2007-07-09 00:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH SENV MC
07HONGKONG1801	MACAU SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes your visit to Macau next week. U.S. interests in Macau have increased tremendously since 2002, when Macau liberalized its gaming market. The U.S. is now one of the largest investors, behind only Hong Kong and mainland China [...]	2007-07-09 00:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH MC SENV
07HONGKONG1832	GOVERNMENT RELEASES GREEN PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary Henry Tang unveiled the details of the much anticipated "green paper" on constitutional reform, in a presentation to the Legislative Council (Legco) at 3:00 PM today. CS Tang's presentation officially launched a three-month consultation period, lastin [...]	2007-07-11 11:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1853	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT KICKS OFF PUBLIC DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government released a "green paper" on July 11 to kick off a three-month public consultation period on the timeframe and roadmap for the implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections. The HKG's propos [...]	2007-07-13 12:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK
07HONGKONG1854	PRC MFA COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: Beijing's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Hong Kong Lu Xinhua told the Consul General on July 11 that U.S.-China relations were "the best they've ever been" and that Beijing was "very satisfied" with the latest round of the Senior Dialogue meetings in Washington. Durin [...]	2007-07-13 12:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1866	G/TIP DIRECTOR VISITS MACAU [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),and his Senior Coordinator for Reports, Mark Taylor, visited Macau on June 27 to discuss with Macau cabinet officials actions the Macau Special Administrative Region government (MSARG) s [...]	2007-07-16 08:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG1881	HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S GUAN YI ON RECENT TRENDS IN [...] (C) Summary: AmConGen Economic Officer and Regional Medical Officer met with Guan Yi, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases at Hong Kong University (HKU),and Gavin Smith, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at HKU, to discuss general trends in avian influenza i [...]	2007-07-17 23:50:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG1889	POPE'S LETTER CLARIFIES CATHOLIC DOCTRINE IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us that Pope Benedict's long-awaited letter to Chinese Catholics was intended to clarify the relationship between the underground Catholic and the PRC's "official" Catholic communities. After the ordinations of [...]	2007-07-18 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
07HONGKONG1931	HK ECONOMISTS ADVISE CHINA AGAINST SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior Hong Kong private-sector economist has been advising the Chinese government that a high degree of transparency is not in the best interest of China's State Foreign Exchange Investment Corporation (SIC),as it will subject the fund to political pressure and media second [...]	2007-07-23 08:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG1951	HONG KONG DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION: A TRIAL RUN [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, Hong Kong will choose 529 District Councillors, 80 percent of them directly elected by universal suffrage. The District Councils are subordinate to the Legislative Council, but play an increasingly important advisory role to the government on grass-roots issues. W [...]	2007-07-25 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CH HK PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HONGKONG1982	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: CONCORD CARNIVAL HOLDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 07:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1984	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ALLIED SPECIALTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 07:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1985	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 07:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG2022	PRIORITIES OF HONG KONG'S NEW ENVIRONMENT BUREAU: [...] (SBU) During a July 19 meeting with local legislators, Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau detailed the environmental agenda for Chief Executive Donald Tsang's second administration. Yau said that Hong Kong SIPDIS Government (HKG) will strive to better regulate emission [...]	2007-08-03 00:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ENRG HK SENV PGOV
07HONGKONG2055	U.S. CASINO EXECUTIVES NOT PRESSURED TO HIRE LOCAL [...] (SBU) On August 5, Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" (SCMP) carried a story and an editorial citing rumors that "senior Macau government officials" have pressured executives in the U.S.-owned Venetian Macau hotel and casino, currently under construction and due to open on August 28, 2007, [...]	2007-08-07 23:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2067	DEATH OF HONG KONG DAB CHAIRMAN MA LIK [...] (C) Summary: Ma Lik, Legislative Councilor and Chairman of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB),died on August 8 in a Guangzhou hospital at age 55. His passing creates vacancies in both the Legislative Council (Legco) and the DAB leadership t [...]	2007-08-08 10:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG21	HONG KONG HEALTH OFFICIALS PROBE DEATH OF PIG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating the June and December 2006 deaths of two Hong Kong pig farmers from a pneumonia-type illness. The Hong Kong government (HKG) reported that both men had traveled to mainland China's Guangdong province a few weeks [...]	2007-01-04 08:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG2127	HONG KONG ECONOMISTS: CHINA'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong-based economists believe China,s recently announced Sovereign Wealth Fund will face significant difficulties and is unlikely to achieve positive returns in the near term. Although details of how the fund will be managed have yet to emerge, analysts expect the fund w [...]	2007-08-15 10:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CH HK
07HONGKONG2128	HONG KONG BAR-BENDER STRIKE TURNS POLITICAL [...] (C) More than 1,000 Hong Kong "bar-benders" (metal workers) went on strike August 8, demanding higher pay and shorter work hours. Over the weekend they scuffled with police while conducting an unauthorized demonstration. Since then, the labor dispute has escalated into a conflict between Hon [...]	2007-08-15 11:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELAB PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2143	MACAU: CHARGES OF CORRUPTION LEVIED AGAINST CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the August 13 "South China Morning Post" newspaper, Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho and his brothers collectively own more than US$12 million worth of shares in Many Town Company Limited, which in turn is a shareholder in the gambling and property businesses of [...]	2007-08-16 09:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2158	HKMA: HONG KONG'S SHARE MARKET SLIDE NOT [...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong shares dropped for the third straight day on August 17, falling through the 20,000 barrier before recovering on strong buying pressure just before the market closed. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is monitoring the market closely, but sees no evidence of struc [...]	2007-08-17 11:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HK PGOV
07HONGKONG2170	HONG KONG'S GREEN PAPER: PATH TO DEMOCRACY OR [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government (HKG) released its "Green Paper" listing various options for electoral reform on July 11, hoping it would spark a three-month public debate and build consensus for implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council [...]	2007-08-20 10:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG218	HONG KONG'S WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON ACTA: [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong government (HKG) officials expressed initial reticence about joining the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) during a digital video conference (DVC) held on January 12. The HKG queried officials from the USTR and the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) [...]	2007-01-23 06:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR TW
07HONGKONG2183	PRC TO ALLOW RMB INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG MARKET, [...] The Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced August 20 that it would allow mainland Chinese citizens to invest in the Hong Kong Stock Market. Chinese investors will be required to open a special account through the Bank of China (BOC),Tianjin, but will then be able t [...]	2007-08-22 02:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON HK CH
07HONGKONG2202	FUNERAL POLITICS IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Most of Hong Kong's political elite, including central government representatives, will attend the August 24 funeral of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) Chairman and Legislative Councilor Ma Lik. After the funeral, the DAB Central Committee [...]	2007-08-23 08:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2204	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 09:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2205	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HOPESEA IMPORT & [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 09:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2217	HONG KONG TOY MANUFACTURERS RESPOND TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Hong Kong Toys Council and The Toy Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong told Econoffs that the U.S. recalls of China- produced toys in August served as a wake-up call for Hong Kong toy companies to immediately review their entire supply and production systems. [...]	2007-08-24 09:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL CH HK
07HONGKONG2224	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ADM COCOA PTE LTD [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 03:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG2225	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FINTEX PTE LTD [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 03:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG2226	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PEMSTAR SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 03:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG2230	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MTECH IMAGING PTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 09:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG2232	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TECT ELECTRONICS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 09:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2244	RULE OF LAW IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Since its 1997 reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong has retained its common law system and strong rule of law under the "one country two systems" principle enshrined in the Basic Law. All ordinances, rules of equity, subordinate legislation, and customary law previously enforced by th [...]	2007-08-28 09:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI CH HK KJUS
07HONGKONG2250	HONG KONG VIEWS ON PRC LEGAL REFORM (C-AL7-00894) [...] (C) Summary: Contacts and cooperative arrangements between Hong Kong law schools, academics, and executive and judiciary branch officials and their mainland counterparts have accelerated in recent years. The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) has provided a similar boost for Hong K [...]	2007-08-29 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2251	HONG KONG'S GREEN PAPER: NO SIGN OF PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's "Green Paper" process to develop a broad consensus on how to implement universal suffrage has stalled. The key players, including the Hong Kong Government (HKG),the pro-Beijing and pro-HKG political parties, the pro-democratization parties, and the central government i [...]	2007-08-29 10:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2252	HONG KONG'S NEW COPYRIGHT AMENDMENTS WELCOMED BY [...] Summary: After more than a year of consultations with industry and consumer protection groups, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) has passed amendments to the Hong Kong Copyright Act. Industry associations and IP rightholders are pleased with revisions that lower the bar for Hong Kong Customs to [...]	2007-08-29 10:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD HK
07HONGKONG2263	BANK OF CHINA TAKES CREDIT FOR TIANJIN/HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: The August 20 announcement by the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) that it would allow Chinese investors to open Hong Kong investment accounts through Bank of China (BOC),Tianjin - Binhai branch helped Hong Kong stocks overcome the fallout from the U.S. sub [...]	2007-08-30 09:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
07HONGKONG227	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MACAU [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 02:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2288	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 23:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2289	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 23:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2311	MACAU ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Commission Against Corruption (known by its Portuguese acronym CCAC) in Macau reported at a press conference August 31 that the anti-graft body investigated 41 percent fewer cases in the first seven months of 2007 than during the same period last year. When asked the reaso [...]	2007-09-06 07:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2313	HONG KONG AIR POLLUTION DETERRING EXPATS, SAYS [...] (U) Air pollution increasingly is harming Hong Kong's attractiveness as a posting for expat executives, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong's second annual environment survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents claimed difficulty in recruiting professionals to work in the [...]	2007-09-06 07:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PGOV HK
07HONGKONG232	CBP'S LABUDA URGES HKG TO IMPROVE TEXTILE ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Janet Labuda, Director of Textile Enforcement and Operations Division, Office of International Trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),and Scott Quesenberry, USTR Special Textile Negotiator, met with Hong Kong government (HKG) officials to discuss the Memorandum of Un [...]	2007-01-24 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX HK CH
07HONGKONG2333	HONG KONG BY-ELECTION: DEARTH OF POLITICAL TALENT [...] (C) Summary: Interest in the December 2 by-election to fill the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of DAB Chairman Ma Lik has intensified since his August 24 funeral. The various pan-democratic parties have agreed on a mechanism to select a single candidate, although the po [...]	2007-09-07 09:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2339	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ank [...]	2007-09-10 04:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2359	ANSON CHAN TO CONTEST LEGCO BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, former Hong Kong Government (HKG) Chief Secretary Anson Chan formally announced her candidacy for the December 2 by-election for the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of DAB Chairman Ma Lik. Chan apparently was convinced by several pan-democrat [...]	2007-09-11 10:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2360	MACAU GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE TO COMBAT [...] (C) The Macau government, clearly making good on some of the commitments expressed by Chief Executive (CE) Ho to G/TIP director Ambassador Lagon in June (reftel),gazetted a directive yesterday to set up a "concern committee" on deterring human trafficking. The committee will consist of up t [...]	2007-09-11 10:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2391	HKG LOOKS TO INTEGRATE HONG KONG, MAINLAND STOCK [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Government (HKG) announced late September 7 that it had acquired additional shares in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) through the Hong Kong Exchange Fund, sufficient to increase its holdings to 5.88% of total shares. Financial Secretary John Tsang said the acquisi [...]	2007-09-13 09:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
07HONGKONG2413	PEARL RIVER DELTA AIR POLLUTION FEASIBILITY [...] (C) The Hong Kong government will announce the commencement of two precedent-setting regional air pollution feasibility studies at the end of September. These studies, sponsored by the Hong Kong and Guangdong Provincial Governments, are focused on the Pearl River Delta of Southern China. The [...]	2007-09-17 01:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG SENV PGOV HK CH
07HONGKONG2414	STAFFDEL NELSON PURSUES FOOD/TOY SAFETY AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: House Energy and Commerce Committee Staff Delegation Nelson visited Hong Kong and Macau at the end of August to investigate import food and product safety, intellectual property rights and unfair trade practices. Meetings with Hong Kong and Macau government officials and private [...]	2007-09-17 01:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG244	U/S HUGHES 1/23 MEETING WITH HONG KONG HOME [...] (SBU) During the otherwise informal and largely unscripted meeting between visiting U/S Karen P. Hughes and Hong Kong Home Affairs Secretary Patrick Ho on January 23 (report on visit septel),Ho pulled out a prepared text when Hughes alluded to China,s "one country, two systems" approach to Ho [...]	2007-01-25 07:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SCUL PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO CH HK
07HONGKONG2443	HONG KONG RESTRICTS POULTRY IMPORTS FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) suspended all imports of live poultry and birds, chicks, eggs, and meat originating from the Panyu District, Guangdong Province, Southern China following the confirmation of an H5N1 virus outbreak in Panyu duck fa [...]	2007-09-19 09:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH HK
07HONGKONG2465	BEIJING OFFICIAL VISITS HONG KONG FOR FUNERAL, [...] (C) Summary: Director Liao Hui of the PRC Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) visited Hong Kong September 18 for the funeral of journalist and veteran Beijing loyalist Xu Simin. Following the funeral, attended by numerous high-level political and business figures, Liao moved to Shenzhe [...]	2007-09-21 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK SOCI
07HONGKONG2466	HONG KONG IS WORKING TO IMPROVE CHINA PRODUCT [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of recalls of potentially dangerous "Made in China" toys and defective consumer goods has resulted in intense international scrutiny of Hong Kong-invested China industries. Hong Kong companies operate some 80,000 production facilities in mainland China, employing app [...]	2007-09-21 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG2480	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SANMINA-SCI [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 02:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2481	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PUBLIC SECURITY FORCES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-09-25 02:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2533	CONSUL GENERAL AND CALIFORNIA AIR EXPERT URGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General James Cunningham and former California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Dr. Alan Lloyd urged Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau to take action on Hong Kong's growing air pollution problems, in a meeting on September 20. The Consul G [...]	2007-10-03 08:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG PREL HK
07HONGKONG255	AMERICAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SPECIAL ENVOY MICHELLE KWAN'S [...] SUMMARY: American Public Diplomacy Envoy and figure skating champion Michelle Kwan put in two days (Jan. 23-24)of extremely effective outreach to Hong Kong youth organizations and schools, both in concert with Under Secretary Karen Hughes and on her own. Ms. Kwan shared with over 1,500 studen [...]	2007-01-26 07:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP HK KPAO
07HONGKONG256	UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES' VISIT TO HONG KONG [...] SUMMARY: U/S Karen P. Hughes put in one very busy day of active and extremely effective public diplomacy outreach in Hong Kong on Jan. 23, both jointly with American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan in programs pitched to youth and Hong Kong's elite, and separately in a meeting with the H [...]	2007-01-26 07:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL OVIP HK KPAO
07HONGKONG2563	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARROW ASIA PACIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 09:19:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2587	HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS: [...] (C) Summary: In his third annual Policy Address on October 10, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang touched on all the major issues of concern to the people of Hong Kong. He described a concept of "progressive development" to achieve three major goals: economic development through inf [...]	2007-10-10 10:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN SENV SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2596	MARTIN LEE TO VISIT WASHINGTON AS HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party founder and legislator Martin Lee will visit Washington October 18-19 for discussions at State and the NSC (requested) on the political state of play in Hong Kong. His visit comes during an unusually busy Hong Kong political season, which this year includes the C [...]	2007-10-11 10:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2597	MACAU LABOR SQUEEZE EXACERBATES POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: A bill to overhaul Macau's outdated labor laws remains stalled in the legislative process. Exacerbated by a politically disengaged public and weak political party structure, labor woes are increasingly straining the livelihood of many Macau citizens. Several thousand Macau cit [...]	2007-10-11 10:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2598	INFLATION, OVER-INVESTMENT KEY CHINESE RISKS HK [...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong-based China analysts warned U.S. Treasury representatives that unproductive investment was a disturbing trend that threatened to derail Chinese economic growth and stability, but that the risk to the Chinese economy from a U.S. slowdown was minimal. Analysts differed i [...]	2007-10-11 10:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2629	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: COMPANHIA DE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-10-17 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2640	MACAU WOMEN'S COMMISSION SEEKS TO ANSWER THE CALL [...] (SBU) Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho chaired a meeting of the Consultative Commission on Women's Affairs (CCWA) on October 10, wherein the Commission briefed the Chief Executive on recent activities, including its meeting in August to study ways to improve efforts to combat trafficking in pe [...]	2007-10-18 07:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2680	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NEW A-IKOR LIMITED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-10-25 02:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2682	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MITRON [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-10-25 02:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2683	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAND DYNASTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 02:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2696	HONG KONG CATHOLIC DIOCESE ON SINO-VATICAN [...] (C) Summary: According to Hong Kong papal representative Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the Holy See had been consulted on and approved the September selection of Father Joseph Li Shan to replace the late Michael Fu Tieshan as Bishop of the Beijing diocese. Because the issue was "sensitive," howeve [...]	2007-10-26 04:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH HK VT
07HONGKONG2751	HONG KONG BY-ELECTION: ANSON CHAN TOUGHENS STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Nine candidates have registered to contest the December 2 Legislative Council (Legco) by-election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Ma Lik. The clear front-runners remain former senior civil servants Anson Chan of the pan-democratic camp and her pro-Beijing opponent Regin [...]	2007-11-02 09:19:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2785	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 23:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2790	CONSUL GENERAL AND TRANSPORT SECRETARY CHENG [...] (SBU) Summary: Transport and Housing Secretary Eva Cheng told CG Cunningham that the Transport Bureau is focused on six-large scale infrastructure projects that will strategically shape Hong Kong's future competitiveness, while expanding land, sea and air links to mainland China. She stated t [...]	2007-11-08 09:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EWWT ELTN CH HK
07HONGKONG2806	ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: With the approach of Hong Kong local elections on November 18 and December 2, public criticism of pro-democracy legislator Martin Lee has abated, possibly due to fear of a voter backlash against the harsh commentary. Even before the Lee controversy, however, anti-foreign and anti- [...]	2007-11-09 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2807	PREMIER WEN TOPS ALIBABA AS HK STOCK EXCHANGE [...] Summary: Comments by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on preconditions for Chinese investors to purchase individual Hong Kong stocks drove the benchmark Hang Seng index down 1526 points on Monday, November 5, the largest one-day drop in the history of the Hong Kong exchange. Local observers were m [...]	2007-11-09 08:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2827	HKMA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO [...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, in his annual policy speech October 10, announced that one of his priorities during his current term would be to review the government's role in the management of its share assets with an eye toward achieving higher returns and improving g [...]	2007-11-15 05:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HK

07HONGKONG2934	HONG KONG DECEMBER 2 BY-ELECTION: VOTER TURNOUT IS [...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Hong Kong will hold a by-election to fill the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) leader Ma Lik last August. Only two of the eight contestants - pro-democracy leader Anson [...]	2007-11-30 08:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2949	HONG KONG VOTERS ELECT PRO-DEMOCRACY LEGISLATOR [...] (C) Summary: Former Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary and pan-democratic leader Anson Chan won the December 2 Legislative Council (Legco) by-election, defeating her equally high-profile pro-government opponent Regina Ip by a 55 to 43 percent margin. After the election, Chan said the poll r [...]	2007-12-03 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2960	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: COMPUTIME LIMITED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-12-05 08:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3010	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: (A) HOVIONE PHARMASCIENCE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-12-13 01:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3067	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: H.K. BAPTIST [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 07:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3068	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SCITOP INSTRUMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 07:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3088	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MINGXIN TECHNOLOGY (HONG [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-12-27 03:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3089	EXTRNCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: C.A.D. (HK) LIMITED [...] Unauthorized dislosure of the information provided below is prohbited by Section 12C of the Export Administration ct. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direcion of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip A [...]	2007-12-27 03:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3094	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: HONGTU HANGYAN ELECTRONIC [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2007-12-28 01:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3103	NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES HONG KONG TO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On December 29, Commissioner Lu Xinhua of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong briefed the Consul General, the U.K. Consul General, and a representative from the Office of the European Commission on the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) [...]	2007-12-29 06:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM CH HK
07HONGKONG3115	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SOLTECH INDUSTRY [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 06:50:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG38	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 07:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG417	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: APS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Ph [...]	2007-02-13 06:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG418	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: Vegetable [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Ph [...]	2007-02-13 07:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG429	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 07:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG440	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SHIU [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Ph [...]	2007-02-15 03:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG45	BIRD TESTS POSITIVE FOR H5 VIRUS IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Hong Kong government (HKG) officials announced that a fast test reveals a dead bird tested positive for the H5 virus in Hong Kong on January 4. The bird, a Scaly-breasted Munia, was one of six dead birds found on the street near an urban shopping area on December 31. Additional tests wi [...]	2007-01-05 11:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG465	HONG KONG CUSTOMS INCREASES COUNTERFEIT RAIDS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong Customs and Excise (CED) officers recently broke up a multi-million dollar counterfeit pharmaceutical ring and a separate triad syndicate that sold pirated optical disks. In the first case from late January, CED officers arrested the 37-year old leader of the counterfe [...]	2007-02-16 09:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR
07HONGKONG583	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in par [...]	2007-03-01 10:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG584	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Per the ref, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those [...]	2007-03-01 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG603	HONG KONG'S FIRST TELEVISED CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's first Chief Executive (CE) debate, televised live on March 1, included some unexpectedly lively exchanges over political reform, air pollution, education, and poverty alleviation. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang appeared restrained but also denigrated his opponent's SIPDI [...]	2007-03-02 09:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG647	HONG KONG ECONOMISTS HIGHLIGHT CHINA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Comments from Hong Kong-based economists made in a series of meetings with visiting Beijing Finance Attache and Econoff suggest the following: Chinese economic policy makers understand the negative byproducts of the current macroeconomic policy mix: including overcapacity in some industr [...]	2007-03-07 06:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
07HONGKONG733	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ROHM AND HAAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 05:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG738	EXTRANCHECK: PRELICENSE CHECK: UNIQUE ELECTRONICS LIMITED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 07:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG808	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG82	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 08:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG837	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO SOUTHERN OCEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AmConGen Hong Kong Economic Officer and Deputy Agricultural Section Chief delivered reftel message to Dr. S.F. Leung, the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's (AFCD) Assistant Director (Fisheries),and Dr. Albert Leung, Senior Fisheries Officer at AFCD. [...]	2007-03-23 11:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	CH EFIS HK KTIA PHSA SENV
07HONGKONG900	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 06:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG913	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 05:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG915	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: HANG TAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 06:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG971	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: TRONIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 08:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07IRANRPODUBAI1	FORMER IRGC GENERAL DISMAYED WITH POLITICIZATION OF IRGC [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 16:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI10	CRITICISMS OF US NUCLEAR POLICY FROM AN IRANIAN SECULARIST [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 09:35:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR KNNP PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI11	PRIVITIZATION DEBATE SHARPENS FACTIONAL RIVALRY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 10:29:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI12	IRGC, BASIJ, ANSAR-E HIZBALLAH: INSIDERS' VIEWS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 10:52:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR IZ MOPS
07IRANRPODUBAI14	A PRO-VELAYATI CONSERVATIVE DISCUSSES IRANIAN POLITICS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 14:26:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI15	GASOLINE SUBSIDIES: IS IRAN FEELING THE HEAT? [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 14:27:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI16	IRAN'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 14:01:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IS IZ PTER AE
07IRANRPODUBAI17	IRANIAN WOMEN TAKE UP BANNER OF REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 15:08:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI18	IRAN ESCALATING TENSIONS TO DISTRACT FROM DOMESTIC WOES? [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:30:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV ECON MARR IR
07IRANRPODUBAI19	IRAN: SOCIAL FACTORS INCREASING HIV RATES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 12:21:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PHUM SOCI PGOV TBIO
07IRANRPODUBAI2	FORMER IRGC GENERAL ON US-IRAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 17:02:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI20	RELIGIOSITY CONTINUES AMONG IRANIANS -- MODERN IRANIANS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 14:10:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF
07IRANRPODUBAI21	IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 12:12:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI22	IRANIAN ECONOMIST SAYS BOTH AHMADI-NEJAD AND THE ECONOMY ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 14:19:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI23	REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 06:05:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI24	IRAN OIL OFFICIAL SHOPS AROUND FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 10:48:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	EINV EPET ENGR PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI25	IRANIAN MP COMMENTS ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-22 05:21:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PREL PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI26	UNODC OFFICIAL VIEWS IRAN DRUG CHIEF REPLACEMENT A SIGN OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 16:01:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR SNAR
07IRANRPODUBAI27	IRAN: HANDING DRUG CONTROL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 16:05:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV PINR SNAR PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI28	IRAN CONVICTS ECONOMIST FOR ACCEPTING FOREIGN FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI3	FORMER POLICE GENERAL SAYS RAFSANJANI UP, AHMADINEJAD DOWN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 16:01:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ LE PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI30	IRANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: AN EASY TARGET FOR CRITICS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 13:42:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI31	CONFLICTING CLAIMS WHETHER MOUSAVIAN WILL BE RELEASED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 13:06:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI32	SUPREME LEADER'S SON: THE POWER BEHIND THE ROBES? [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 07:16:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR PINR
07IRANRPODUBAI33	IRANIANS COMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES IMPACTING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 15:35:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR ECON EFIN ETRD
07IRANRPODUBAI35	AHMADI-NEJAD REACHES OUT TO IRANIAN DIASPORA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 16:18:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI36	IRANIAN PERCEPTIONS OF TALKS WITH THE US (C-NE7-00968) [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 15:20:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI37	IRAN TAKES THE HEAT FOR RAISING GAS PRICES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 13:58:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV ECON EPET IR
07IRANRPODUBAI38	SUPPORT DEEP IN IRAN FOR US TALKS, IN ONE VIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 15:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI39	SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 15:24:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR OREP
07IRANRPODUBAI41	IRAN: MAKING ITSELF UNATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 09:23:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV PTER IR
07IRANRPODUBAI42	IRANIAN BUSINESS IN DUBAI: A BLESSING AND A CURSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 13:48:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PREL ECON SMIG
07IRANRPODUBAI43	TIMING OF IRAN'S GASOLINE RATIONING TAKES ALL BY SURPRISE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 04:39:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENGR EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI45	PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 14:56:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS
07IRANRPODUBAI47	RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL TRACKS WITH IRPO'S ANECDOTAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 13:16:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KPLS IR
07IRANRPODUBAI48	AHMADI-NEJAD IS FORCED TO MAKE SOUND ECONOMIC DECISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI49	"WELL-CONNECTED" IRANIANS GIVE DIFFERING VIEWS OF POWER [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 12:20:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI5	IRAN-UAE: TWO-WAY INVESTMENT (C-TN7-00045) [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 06:08:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI50	IRAN ANNOUNCES ESFANDIARI, TAJBAKHSH INVESTIGATION OVER, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 13:14:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR CASC
07IRANRPODUBAI51	IRANIAN NGOS UNDER PRESSURE, BUT CONTINUE TO OPERATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 13:37:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI52	USG-INVITED IRANIAN FILMMAKERS FACE REPRISALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 14:26:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL
07IRANRPODUBAI53	DISSIDENT CLERIC PREVENTED FROM LEAVING IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 09:23:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR PHUM SCUL
07IRANRPODUBAI54	IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TRYING TO EXERT CONTROL OVER LEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 15:05:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV SOCI
07IRANRPODUBAI55	EX-IRGC GENERAL CLAIMS IRGC IMPLEMENTS ORDERS, DOESN'T MAKE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 15:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ MCAP
07IRANRPODUBAI56	PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD ATTEMPTS TO TONE DOWN TENSIONS BUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 18:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PREL PGOV KNNP IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI58	CATHOLIC NUNS IN IRAN REPORT DIFFICULTIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 14:36:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR KIRF SOCI PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI6	BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW ON IRAN'S TIGHTER BANKING SECTOR AND IRGC [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 13:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI60	NEW IRGC HEAD JAFARI DESCRIBED AS A BETTER SOLDIER AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 16:20:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV MARR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI63	ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 12:53:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR MASS
07IRANRPODUBAI64	DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 15:34:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI68	FINANCIAL ANALYST SAID CAPITAL STILL FLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 15:11:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON IR EFIN
07IRANRPODUBAI69	PRESS TV - IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]	2007-11-26 11:19:00	Iran RPO Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI7	IRANIAN REP'S VIEWS ON REGIONAL ASSYRIAN COMMUNITY [...] (S//NF) Summary: IRPOffs met with the Assyrian Majles representative Yonathan Bet Kolia (strictly protect) February 22. Bet Kolia will lead a delegation of Iranian Assyrians to an Assyrian National Congress meeting March 24-25 in California. According to Bet Kolia, there have been no recent [...]	2007-02-27 15:56:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	SOCI IR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI70	IRPO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: YEAR ONE - A PROMISING START [...] (C) Summary: One of IRPO's primary mandates upon commencing operations in August 2006 was the revival of US-Iran public diplomacy programming - which focused largely on supporting US-Iran educational and cultural exchanges. In this three-part report on IRPO Year One PD programming, part I will [...]	2007-11-27 12:07:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR
07IRANRPODUBAI71	COALITION-BUILDING FOR IRANIAN ELECTIONS: PART ONE- [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 14:39:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI72	NOBEL LAUREATE EBADI DISCUSSES HER VIEWS WITH IRPO [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 13:57:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PHUM PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI9	RAFSANJANI ISOLATING AHMADINEJAD? [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 16:17:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR ECON
07ISLAMABAD1021	PAK SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE HIGH-LEVEL TALIBAN [...] (U) Local newspapers reported on March 2 that Pakistani security forces had captured high-ranking Taliban leader Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, along with up to five others, on February 26 in Quetta. An anonymous Pakistani official said that two of those captured with Obaidullah "could be" Amir Kha [...]	2007-03-03 08:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1028	FM KASURI'S FEBRUARY 20-21 VISIT TO NEW DELHI [...] (C) Summary: In a March 1 meeting with PolOff, MFA Director-General for South Asian Affairs Jalil Jilani provided a readout of Foreign Minister Kasuri's February 20-21 visit to New Delhi. Jilani previewed the upcoming March 6 anti-terror talks in Islamabad and described the nuclear accord [...]	2007-03-03 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1094	PAK MFA SAYS AFGHAN JIRGA COMMISSION COMING MARCH [...] (C//NF) In a March 7 phone call with PolOff, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Afghan jirga commission will visit Islamabad for meetings with the Pakistani jirga commission March 10 or March 11. The Ministry is waiting for confirmation of exact dates from Kabul. Th [...]	2007-03-07 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1103	PAKISTANI QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) PolOff met March 5 with Kamran Akhtar, Director of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Cell, to invite the Government of Pakistan to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Akhtar said that Pakistan supported the initiative in principle but would not sig [...]	2007-03-08 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP PK RS
07ISLAMABAD1124	PAKISTAN'S CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 9, President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on various corruption charges. Chaudhry had developed a reputation for judicial activism during his short time on the bench and ruled against the Government of [...]	2007-03-11 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD113	DOMESTIC TERROR KILLS MORE THAN 900 IN 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: A well-regarded local think tank calculates that more than 900 Pakistanis died from terrorist-related attacks in 2006. In addition, more than 1,500 were wounded. The numbers, broken down by province and nature of the incidents, highlight the difficult domestic environment the gov [...]	2007-01-08 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1147	OPERATIONAL PLAN REVIEW - PAKISTAN [...] We look forward to the upcoming Operational Plan Review for Pakistan, scheduled to take place in Washington on March 13. 2. In advance of that review, let us quickly highlight two items that were noted in the transmittal memo for our Operational Plan in early February: First, the importanc [...]	2007-03-12 13:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD115	NGO HOSTS POL PARTIES ON THE QT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, The Asia Foundation's Pakistan office convened a multiparty dialogue to discuss how political parties can assist democratic development with the goal of making some concrete recommendations ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. The session was meant to be low [...]	2007-01-09 05:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1176	NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOLLOW CHIEF JUSTICE'S [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's March 9 suspension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ifthikar Chaudhry has ignited the ire of Pakistan,s legal community and consumed the attention of the press and intelligentsia. Hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of lawyers and other sympathizers protested na [...]	2007-03-13 14:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD119	EMBASSY PROTESTS ASSAULT ON NEW YORK TIMES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1194	AITZAZ AHSAN ON HIS LATEST CLIENT: THE CHIEF [...] (C) On March 13, Aitzaz Ahsan, a lead attorney for now "suspended" Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, told Ambassador that the five-day-old saga of the Chief Justice was "maximum political theater." Seeming to relish his role in the drama (it is hard to turn on the television without [...]	2007-03-14 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1234	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER CHIEF [...] (C) Fighting broke out between the police and demonstrators in front of Pakistan's Supreme Court the afternoon of March 16, the second day of the Supreme Judicial Council's proceeding against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Demonstrations in other cities around Pakistan were tense [...]	2007-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PNAT PREF PREL

07ISLAMABAD1240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STATE/DOE DELEGATION [...] American Embassy Islamabad grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of SCA/RA Director John Schlosser and ISN/RA Kahtryn Schultz from the Department of State, and Kelly Cummins, Anne Kohnen, Jimmie Collins, Chis Landers, and Greg Herdes from the Department of Energy to Islamabad M [...]	2007-03-17 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL KNNP
07ISLAMABAD1267	AS PROTESTS OVER CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Protests over the proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry continued over the weekend, drawing an estimated crowd of 10,000 - 12,000 in Lahore on Saturday. The protests continue to be minimally violent by Pakistani standards. The Chief Justice controversy conti [...]	2007-03-20 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1270	FOREIGN SECRETARY CONVENES AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan convened Ambassador March 19 to discuss the controversy surrounding President Musharraf's decision to make the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "non-functional." Khan stressed that Pakistan was not in a "crisis situation." He admitted that government offic [...]	2007-03-20 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1279	PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]	2007-03-20 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1280	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: JUSTICES RESIGN, [...] (U) Pakistan's press and elite continue to focus on the controversy over Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. As of mid-afternoon March 20, the following occurred: - There were no reports of large-scale demonstrations in any of Pakistan's cities on March 20. - On March 20, Naseer [...]	2007-03-21 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1293	LAWYERS, POLITICAL PARTIES PROTEST CHIEF JUSTICE'S [...] (SBU) On March 21, lawyers and political party members took to the streets once again to protest the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Except for a report that police in Quetta injured several demonstrators, protests nationwide were peaceful. Islamabad: A group of 300-400 protes [...]	2007-03-21 12:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1329	WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY IS. . .AND IS [...] (C) Two weeks in -- and occasionally breathless commentary in the international press aside -- observers increasingly believe that President Musharraf's government has not been seriously wounded by the Chief Justice controversy. Barring the outbreak of widespread street violence leading to [...]	2007-03-23 09:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD133	STATUS OF FRONTIER CORPS [...] (SBU) On December 29, 2006, PolCouns raised with the MFA's America's Desk post's request for information regarding the legal status of the Frontier Corps. (Reftel) Post had twice earlier requested the MFA's assistance in parsing the legal underpinnings of the Frontier Corps, as the issue ha [...]	2007-01-09 13:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1331	INTERIOR MINISTER ON STATUS OF PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 15 and with Ambassador on March 19, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Afthab Ahmed Khan Sherpao reviewed the status of the Pak-Afghan jirga process [...]	2007-03-24 06:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1334	MUSHARAFF TO ATTEND ARAB SUMMIT [...] (U) Most of Pakistan's March 25 papers highlighted Saudi King Abdullah's invitation to President Musharraf to attend the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Riyadh. According to the press, this is the first time the Arab League has invited a Pakistani leader to attend a League summit as a part [...]	2007-03-26 06:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1354	MUSHARRAF ON CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY, FATA, AND JIRGAS [...] (U) Ambassador paid his farewell call on President Musharraf on March 24. The meeting was front-page news in most Pakistani papers, with many articles emphasizing Musharraf's promise to "fight the war on terror to the end." The press coverage highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Pakistan st [...]	2007-03-26 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1362	CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENSION PROTESTS SET ON "SIMMER" [...] (C) The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy called for further demonstrations on March 26 to protest Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. Turnout was highest in Lahore (septel),where approximately 1,200 Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, and Jamaat-e-Isla [...]	2007-03-26 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD1377	PAKISTAN WANTS EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION IN P-6 [...] (C) On March 26, Deputy Chief of Mission delivered points in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN Affairs Tariq Osman Hyder. Hyder responded that Pakistan was firm in its opposition to a negotiating mandate for the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty that did not inclu [...]	2007-03-27 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK IN KNNP PREL
07ISLAMABAD1417	UPCOMING BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL IN AF
07ISLAMABAD1451	PAKISTANI PARTICIPANTS IN AMMAN PROLIFERATION [...] The Government of Pakistan warmly welcomes the invitation of the United States to participate in the Proliferation Awareness Training taking place in Amman, Jordan, April 16-18. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has selected the following 9 individuals to participate: Â [...]	2007-04-02 12:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK KNNP
07ISLAMABAD1456	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Judicial Council deciding the fate of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is scheduled to meet again on April 3. Islamabad police are planning for a possibly large demonstration that day, but public interest in the Chief Justice controversy has declined markedly during [...]	2007-04-02 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1466	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: MINOR PROTESTS THROUGHOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 14:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1490	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: THE COURTROOM AND THE STREET [...] (C) The bulk of the April 3 session of the Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry involved a debate over the in camera nature of the Council. (The Chief Justice wants public proceedings; the government wants them closed.) In a conversatio [...]	2007-04-04 15:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1514	PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]	2007-04-05 14:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1515	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND [...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- called [...]	2007-04-06 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1516	OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR MANHANDLING CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (U) On April 3, the Supreme Court indicted seven senior government and police officials on charges of contempt of court for their March 13 manhandling of non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. A three-member bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhagwandas, Justice Jillani, and Justice Mulk [...]	2007-04-06 03:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1517	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND [...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- ca [...]	2007-04-06 03:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1570	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH COMMANDER USCENTCOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Central Command Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon, met March 31 with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. They discussed Musharraf,s participation at the recent Arab League Summit (disappointing),Musharraf's interest in engaging on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts [...]	2007-04-10 08:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1583	MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DONâ€™T PULL OUT OF IRAQ [...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...]	2007-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE
07ISLAMABAD1607	INTERIOR MINISTER OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) During an April 10 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs John Gastright SIPDIS and the Charge, Minister of Internal Affairs and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said that the Pak-Afghan Jirga Commission meeting schedul [...]	2007-04-11 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1631	CODEL LOWEY MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 12:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1647	3,000 WOMEN, A MOSQUE, AND GUNS: A STORY ANY [...] (C) Fiery headlines in the Pakistani and international press about Islamabad's Red (Lal) Mosque and the adjacent women's madrassah (seminary) could lead readers to believe that talibanization has spread to Islamabad -- or that extremism has appeared suddenly at the Red Mosque. In reality, [...]	2007-04-13 06:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1659	ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Supreme Judicial Council met again on April 13 to continue hearings on "non-functional" Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Initial media reports indicate the proceedings focused on the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council. Media outlets reported Chaudhry's head lawyer, Aitzaz [...]	2007-04-13 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1687	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S ISLAMABAD VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met with a wide spectrum of government officials, civil society, and media -- and garnered significant media coverage -- during her March 14-19 visit to Islamabad. Her interlocutors p [...]	2007-04-16 12:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD1688	RED MOSQUE UPDATE [...] (C) Talks continued over the weekend between the leaders of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) and the government. Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Ghazi, the two leaders of the mosque, have softened their public tone toward the government. During Friday,s sermon, Aziz delivered a more tempered message [...]	2007-04-16 13:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1698	RED MOSQUE CALLS OFF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) On April 16, the administration of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) announced that it would suspend talks with the government, after mosque leaders accused the government of aerial surveillance and spraying unknown gases on the mosque. Red Mosque leader Maulana Ghazi told a news conference that, [...]	2007-04-17 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1737	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: ORDERLY PROTESTS, SUPREME [...] (SBU) THE HEARING: The Supreme Judicial Council handling the reference against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry met today (April 18) and, as expected, adjourned without major developments. The next hearings are scheduled for April 24, May 2 and May 3. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Chaudh [...]	2007-04-18 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1779	DELEGATION ADVANCES NON-PRO DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1780	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]	2007-04-20 11:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1781	SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S/NF) On April 20, Post delivered reftel points to Kamran Akhtar, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Cell. Akhtar noted that although Arif Durrani - the referenced individual being sanctioned under the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act - is a Pakistani citizen, the Pa [...]	2007-04-20 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE
07ISLAMABAD1783	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]	2007-04-20 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1786	TENSIONS FLARE OVER FENCING: UPDATE FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C) Pakistan Military contacts confirm that the April 19 Pakistan Military-Afghan National Army confrontation over the location of the Shkin-Angor Adda area fence transpired as reported reftel. Pakistan Military officials were unable to meet with Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan [...]	2007-04-20 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1813	GENERAL PASHA ON FENCE CONFRONTATION [...] (C) MG Helmly, Chief, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan, met on April 21 with MG Ahmad Pasha, Pakistan Military Director General of Operations, to discuss the April 19 confrontation between Afghan Army and Pakistan Army troops near Angor Adda and Shkin. MG Helmly complimented Pasha [...]	2007-04-23 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1815	MUSHARRAF OFFERS TO HELP ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) During an April 20 interview with the Al-Arabiya television network, President Musharraf offered to help ameliorate the Israel-Palestinian impasse any way he could. He volunteered to travel to Jerusalem if the parties involved thought it would be helpful. His offer followed months of hi [...]	2007-04-23 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1833	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: APRIL 24 [...] (C) Coinciding with the Supreme Judicial Council and Supreme Court hearings in Islamabad, demonstrations occurred around Pakistan on April 24. In a manner that has become routine since the Chief Justice controversy began in March, police established road blocks and barriers on all major avenue [...]	2007-04-24 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV ASEC
07ISLAMABAD1834	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: THE HEARINGS [...] (U) On April 24, both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial Council considered petitions relating to the presidential reference against the Chief Justice. In the Supreme Court, Presiding Justice Muhammad Raza Khan excused himself from considering the Chief Justice's petition. Khan said h [...]	2007-04-24 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1842	PAKISTAN'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS, PART 1: STABILITY [...] (U) Pakistan's upcoming general elections -- expected to occur in late 2007 or early 2008 -- are a topic of frequent conversation and speculation among the country's elite, media, and international community (including recent U.S. Congressional delegations). When Pakistanis go to the polls the [...]	2007-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1844	CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT WORRIED ABOUT PML'S SITUATION [...] (C) Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us April 25 he was worried that the ongoing Chief Justice controversy was harming his party's political situation. He described the opposition's ability to generate excitement over the Chief Justice's plight as a gro [...]	2007-04-25 12:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1846	RED MOSQUE (LAL MASJID) STAND-OFF OFFICIALLY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stand-off between the Government and the Jamia Hafsa women's madrassa officially ended the night of April 24. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain toured the madrassa and confirmed the students there had met all the government's demands. The governmen [...]	2007-04-25 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD189	RIFT IN PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIST PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Qazi Hussain Ahmed, announced January 4 that he will quit as chairman of Pakistan's six-party Islamist political alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA). JI and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) -- its main MMA partner -- are at odds over [...]	2007-01-11 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1943	PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ MISSION [...] (C) Post assesses that Pakistan would not be willing to contribute troops or other support to the current Iraq Coalition, nor would it be productive to raise the matter with the Government of Pakistan at this time. 2. (C) Pakistani officials have intimated privately in the past that they w [...]	2007-05-02 04:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PK IZ
07ISLAMABAD1994	MUSHARRAF AND KARZAI IN ANKARA: AN INTERIM [...] (C) Summary: Working-level contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us May 3 that the April 30 meeting between Presidents Musharraf, Karzai, and Sezer reinforced Pakistan and Afghanistan's common commitment to fighting the Taliban. The meeting also presented opportunities to further [...]	2007-05-03 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL AF PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2017	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE-- MAY 4 [...] (C) The legal process to decide the fate of Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has split into two concurrent tracks -- one in the Supreme Court and the other in the Supreme Judicial Council. Both bodies resumed hearings May 2 and 3 on the reference against the Chief Justice. Acting C [...]	2007-05-04 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2023	SINDH HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AL RASHID TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, the Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the Pakistan government's decision to freeze the assets of Al Rashid Trust (ART) and seal its offices. The two-member bench, which included the Chief Justice, ruled there was no justification for the closing of the offices. Th [...]	2007-05-05 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD2033	SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On May 7, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the Supreme Judicial Council (the ad hoc body hearing evidence against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry since March) to suspend proceedings against the Chief Justice. The suspension will stay in force while the Supreme Court considers several peti [...]	2007-05-07 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2067	MUSHARRAF'S CHANGED POLITICAL SITUATION: LESS [...] (S) Two months in, observers, including some of President Musharraf's main supporters and advisors, believe that the Chief Justice controversy has inflicted political harm on the President. Musharraf's political position is now more fragile. We continue to agree with the prevailing informe [...]	2007-05-08 19:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2083	DARFUR MISSION DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN WOULD NEED TO [...] (SBU) On May 7, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, urging Pakistan to make a public commitment of troops and police for the future UN/AU hybrid operation. In response, Khan referred to Pakistan's clear, longstanding policy regarding its peacekeeping op [...]	2007-05-10 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PK SU
07ISLAMABAD2107	FOREIGN SECRETARY AND TURKISH AMBASSADOR REFLECT [...] (S) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan May 7 and Turkisk Ambassador Engin Soysal SIPDIS May 8 to hear their reflections on the April 29-30 Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey trilateral in Ankara. Both Khan and Soysal were in Ankara for the meetings -- Khan as [...]	2007-05-10 12:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2113	PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KPAO KTFN PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2129	UNHRC VOTE: PAKISTAN INCLINED TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA [...] (C) PolOff discussed the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) election with MFA Director (UN) Haider Shah on May 11 and emphasized demarche points per refs B and C, urging Pakistan to support Slovenia and Bosnia. Shah reacted positively to Bosnia's official candidacy (ref A),saying Pakis [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PK
07ISLAMABAD2133	PAKISTAN WILL PUSH FOR SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 11, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General in charge of OIC affairs. Chaudhry said that he was aware of Albania's efforts to obtain OIC endorsement for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal during the upcoming OIC Sum [...]	2007-05-11 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PK YI
07ISLAMABAD2157	VIOLENCE IN KARACHI: RUMOR MILL ACTIVE WHILE CITY WAITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2175	MAY 15 KARACHI UPDATE [...] (C) According to Consulate Karachi, as of 1500 Tuesday, April 15 (three days after the outbreak of violence),most Karachi businesses are operating normally and the city, while somber, is returning to normal. Public transportation is operating. The airport and all usual transport routes in Kar [...]	2007-05-15 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2193	ALL QUIET IN KARACHI; NO ONE YET HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 11:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2207	GOVERNMENT, CHIEF JUSTICE'S ATTORNEY REFUSE TO [...] (U) Since May 14, Pakistan's Supreme Court has held daily hearings to consider 23 petitions objecting to the filing of a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The Court has issued no opinions since the opening of arguments. Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against th [...]	2007-05-17 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2218	MQM HOLDING EMERGENCY MEETING IN LONDON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2220	PROTESTS AND CLASHES OVER BEGINNING OF CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Government of Pakistan began the process of physically closing two Afghan refugee camps by bulldozing several buildings. At Jungle Pir Alizai camp in Balochistan, the action sparked protests and gunfire between the Frontier Corps and locals, resulting in a number o [...]	2007-05-18 02:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PTER PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2252	PAKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 ASSET FREEZE AGAINST [...] (S) The External Finance Division of Pakistan's Finance Ministry detailed to Econ the country's procedures for implementing the asset freeze provisions of UNSCR 1747. The MFA is the entity that receives updates from the UN on additions to the 1747 designee list and then has this information p [...]	2007-05-18 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN KNNP PARM IR DA SW PK
07ISLAMABAD2270	RED MOSQUE ISSUE FLARES UP AGAIN [...] (C) In what has become a recurring spectacle in Islamabad, mosque supporters and seminary students-- better known as the Red Mosque brigade-- have again "kidnapped" police to draw attention to their demands. On May 18, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) "brigade" captured four plain-clothes police off [...]	2007-05-21 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2292	TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM BORDER [...] (C) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, about 35 miles west [...]	2007-05-22 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL
07ISLAMABAD2316	SCENESETTER: CHAIRMAN JCS GENERAL PACE MEETING [...] (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your meeting with Chief of Joint Staff General Ehsan Ul Haq of the Pakistan Army. Your meeting comes at an important time in U.S.-Pakistan relations: Politicians, opinion makers, and the press are paying close attention to what Pakistanis view as unfair pu [...]	2007-05-23 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PK AF IN
07ISLAMABAD2317	TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM [...] (C//REL TO ISAF, NATO) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, a [...]	2007-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL
07ISLAMABAD2334	RED MOSQUE RELEASES POLICE OFFICERS [...] (C) On May 24, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) brigade released the last two police officers kidnapped on May 18. The other two officers had been released on May 19. (Note. The Red Mosque "brigade" is a group of supporters and madrassa students who are often seen outside the mosque wielding large [...]	2007-05-25 09:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2344	POLITICAL PARTIES WORRIED ABOUT MQM VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-26 07:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2348	ISLAMABAD HOSTS ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) On 15-17 May, the 34th Islamic Conference of Ministers convened in Islamabad. Ministers discussed the need for stability in Iraq and Somalia; assistance for Sudan and Afghanistan; concern over Iran; and independence for Kosovo. Other highlights were a brainstorming session on the causes o [...]	2007-05-26 08:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2378	DISARMING KARACHI: A WORTHY BUT CURRENTLY UNLIKELY GOAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2401	UPDATE ON MUSHARRAF'S POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (SBU) Frequently Asked Questions about President Musharraf's current political problems. 2. (C) Q: Is Musharraf in as much trouble as some Western journalists indicate? A: No, but he is not as strong politically as he was four or five months ago. 2007 is an election year in Pakistan, and the P [...]	2007-05-31 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PK PREL PINS
07ISLAMABAD2402	PRESS COVERAGE OF BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS MISSES [...] (C) On May 30, the Islamabad district administration issued an official Section 144 order banning "all kinds of gatherings of five or more people" inside Islamabad for two months. Breathless press reports described the order as a new and dangerous decision, but in reality the document merely r [...]	2007-05-31 13:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD2435	SHUJAAT'S HEALTH [...] (C) During a June 1 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us that, because of the political problems facing Musharraf, the President had insisted Shujaat cancel a recent trip to Germany, where he was to receive his regularly scheduled Botox treatment for his [...]	2007-06-01 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD2467	MQM FEELING WOUNDED [...] (C) On June 1, Charge met with Minister of Ports and Shipping (and MQM member) Babar Khan Ghauri to discuss the May 11-13 violence in Karachi. Ghauri said the Karachi violence had "killed" the MQM's chances of gaining voters in Punjab province. The party was focusing on repairing its reputation in [...]	2007-06-04 12:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2468	IMAM OF THE KAABA CONDEMNS THE RED MOSQUE'S [...] (C) Background: Reftels describe the situation at Islamabad's Red Mosque, where two imams have for several months been encouraging male and female madrassah students to engage in vigilante justice. The situation at the women's madrassah, which is located in the heart of Islamabad and is hom [...]	2007-06-04 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2469	CHIEF JUSTICE RALLY IN ABBOTTABAD DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] (SBU) Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry addressed a large crowd of lawyers and political activists on June 2 in Abbottabad, about 120 miles Northeast of Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier Province. Reports of crowd numbers ranged from 15,000 to 25,000, and media contacts stated it took the Chi [...]	2007-06-04 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM
07ISLAMABAD2493	MOVING FORWARD ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2494	GOVERNMENT PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2495	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel points urging Pakistan to weigh in with the UN and the AU on the need for UN command and control of the proposed hybrid operation to MFA Director (UN-I) Haider Shah. Shah said that the substance of our message made sense, as Pakistan has in the past al [...]	2007-06-05 13:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PK SU
07ISLAMABAD250	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan is a key ally in the War on Terror and an essential partner in our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. President Musharraf and Prime Minister Aziz, both western-oriented modern [...]	2007-01-17 03:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PK PREL PTER PGOV KDEM OVIP OTRA
07ISLAMABAD2520	PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON BANK SEPAH [...] (U) Classified By: Economic Counselor Mary Townswick for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On June 4 Econoff and Poloff spoke with Kamran Akhtar, Director, Disarmament Cell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concerning Pakistan's action in reference to Bank Sepah's (BS) and Bank Sepah Internation [...]	2007-06-06 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KNNP EFIN IR PK
07ISLAMABAD2525	POINTS DELIVERED TO SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (S) On June 6, Charge delivered reftel points to President Musharraf's Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Akhtar Iqbal, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for the Americas Shahid Kamal. The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered the [...]	2007-06-06 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2526	WHAT HAPPENED TO PRESS FREEDOM IN PAKISTAN? [...] (C) On March 24, President Musharraf told Ambassador Crocker that Musharraf intended to fire the head of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Agency (PEMRA),whose heavy handed interventions during the early stages of the Chief Justice controversy had been "unhelpful and wrong" (ref C). I [...]	2007-06-06 14:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2527	PAKISTAN SUPPORTS A CREDIBLE JIRGA [...] (C) On June 6, Charge met with Minister of Culture (and Jirga Commission member) GG Jamal to discuss recent meetings between the Afghan and Pakistani Jirga Commissions. Jamal emphasized the commissions made significant progress, finalizing an agenda for the planned August jirga and bridging [...]	2007-06-06 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2530	SUBMISSION OF G/TIP PROPOSALS -- PAKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Following are summaries of three anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Islamabad for consideration for funding from G/TIP-managed FY07 funds to strengthen Pakistan's efforts in combating trafficking in persons. As requested, post forwarded the original proposals t [...]	2007-06-07 05:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD2544	POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS THROUGHOUT PUNJAB PROVINCE [...] (C) According to media reports, Pakistani police have arrested between 800 and 1,200 people -- mostly political party workers -- throughout Punjab over the last few days. Rahat Quddusi, special advisor to Punjab's Chief Minister, said that the arrests are an effort to maintain law and order, a [...]	2007-06-07 12:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD2545	PAKISTAN JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) On June 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially communicated by Note Verbale the Government of Pakistan's endorsement of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Pakistan intends to participate in the June 11-12 Global Initiative meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan. One offici [...]	2007-06-07 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2546	IMRAN KHAN TAKES ON THE MQM IN THE UK [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2547	PAKISTAN MEDIA SITUATION: JUNE 7 UPDATE [...] (SBU) MEDIA PROTESTS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Evening of June 6, the Pakistani press corps that regularly covers the National Assembly began a "walk-out" from the Assembly to protest the new PEMRA ordinance regulating the electronic media (see para 2). According to a media contact, while Parlia [...]	2007-06-07 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD256	MUSHARRAF TELLS BOUCHER ABOUT PAKISTANâ€™S PLANS FOR [...] (S) Summary and introduction: In his January 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf spoke of irritants in Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan's tactical adjustments to enhance security i [...]	2007-01-17 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EAID MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2572	NEW POLL SHOWS WEAK SUPPORT FOR MUSHARRAF IN URBAN [...] (C) On May 15-28, just days after political violence in Karachi left 40 people dead, the International Republican Institute (IRI) polled 1,500 Pakistanis in six cities throughout Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province. Polling questions, which had been developed weeks earlier with the help [...]	2007-06-08 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2574	FEDERAL RAILWAYS MINISTER DEFENDS MEDIA CRACKDOWN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2617	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2647	DEMARCHE - PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 13 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director United Nations (III) Syed Mustafa Rabbani, who said the Government of Pakistan "can,t comment now" on the reftel points but would consult the GOP,s Permanent Representative to the Uni [...]	2007-06-14 05:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KUNR PGOV PK PREL UNDP
07ISLAMABAD2648	SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director of the Americas Kamran Mansoor, who stated the Government of Pakistan would consult the appropriate offices and respond within approximately one week. BODDE [...]	2007-06-14 05:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2654	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S JUNE 15-17 VISIT [...] (C) We look forward to your arrival in Pakistan. As always, your discussions with senior officials will strengthen joint U.S.-Pakistan efforts in the War on Terror. You may also have the opportunity to encourage your military counterparts to support democratization and the protection of huma [...]	2007-06-14 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF IN PK
07ISLAMABAD268	GOVERNMENT HINDERS ACCESS TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In spite of a mid-December intervention from Ambassador Crocker to senior Pakistani officials, UNICEF reports it is still unable to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Balochistan. End summary. 2. (U) On December 21, the Christian Science Monitor reported that UNICEF had fa [...]	2007-01-17 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD2699	CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SUPREME COURT DEFERS RULING [...] BACKGROUND: In early March, President Musharraf presented a reference (charge sheet) to the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The same day, the President ordered the establishment of a "Supreme Judicial Council" to decide the merits of the reference against the Chief Justice and declared the judge [...]	2007-06-18 13:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD274	BOUCHER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, INDIA, TRADE WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri for a wide-ranging discussion, which included Pak-Afghan and Pak-India relations, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, the development plan for Pakist [...]	2007-01-17 12:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF PK AF IN CA

07ISLAMABAD277	BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTRY REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher held back-to-back meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Additional Secretary Shahid Kamal. Khan stressed that improved intelligence coopera [...]	2007-01-17 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD2780	BOUCHER'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS, STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON IN PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2782	BOUCHER VISITS BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 14, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher made his first visit to Balochistan. Inspector General of Police Tariq Khosa discussed the need for more contacts with his counterparts in Afghanistan and Iran and expressed doubt that Afg [...]	2007-06-22 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2793	MUSHARRAF ASSURES NEGROPONTE THAT FIGHT AGAINST [...] (C) During a 90-minute cordial meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary for South and SIPDIS Central Asian Affairs Boucher, and the Charge d'Affaires, President Musharraf emphasized that Al Qaeda and extremism are Pakistan's greatest threat. The National Security Counc [...]	2007-06-22 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2794	F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC [...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...]	2007-06-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2795	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPPOSITION SUBMITS REFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, opposition National Assembly members submitted a disqualification reference (complaint) against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for financial misconduct. The reference comes on the heels of a similar reference against political leader (and former cricket star) Imran Khan, [...]	2007-06-23 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCRM PK UK
07ISLAMABAD2796	BOUCHER AND VICE CHIEF DISCUSS NEW STEPS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While he demurred from speaking about Pakistan's political situation, Vice Chief of the Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat was eager to discuss a variety of topics during his June 13 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Hyat reported tha [...]	2007-06-23 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2797	FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met Foreign SIPDIS Secretary Khan for a lunch meeting on June 16. Khan SIPDIS discussed details of the Strategic Dialogue between the U.S. and Pakistan, expressed concerns about a bilater [...]	2007-06-23 07:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG PGOV PK PREL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD2798	DEPUTY SECRETARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Foreign Minister Kasuri on June 15. Both sides expressed strong support for the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Kasuri noted that negative comments from the U.S. media and [...]	2007-06-23 07:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2799	PRIME MINISTER STRESSES NEED FOR STABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with SIPDIS Prime Minister (PM) Aziz on June 16. The PM stressed the importance of a stable Afghanistan and expressed concern about Afghan drug production. He reiterated Pakistan,s com [...]	2007-06-23 07:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2817	OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]	2007-06-26 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2818	OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]	2007-06-26 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2829	THE RED MOSQUE STRIKES AGAIN: MASSAGE PARLORS [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, students from men's and women's madrassahs associated with the Red Mosque kidnapped nine individuals, including six Chinese nationals, from a local massage parlor. The hostages were released sixteen hours later. The incident has embarrassed the Interior Minister, who o [...]	2007-06-26 08:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD283	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ RAISES ECONOMIC AND CROSS-BORDER AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed his recent visit to Afghanistan, noting that he had spent over two hours in a one-on-one meeting with Karzai, and that Karzai's [...]	2007-01-18 06:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
07ISLAMABAD2835	PAKISTAN'S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE JIRGA [...] (C) In response to reftel, PolOff spoke June 25 with Minister of Tourism and Culture GG Jamal, one of five members of the Pakistan jirga commission. Jamal reported that the two commissions had not discussed the duration of the upcoming jirga. Under jirga tradition, he said, such a conversat [...]	2007-06-26 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AF
07ISLAMABAD2853	PAKISTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN JULY 2-3 AFGHAN RULE OF [...] (C) On June 28, PolOff delivered reftel points to Amir Shaukat, Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shaukat told PolOff the Government of Pakistan would participate in the July 2-3 Afghan Rule of Law Conference in Rome. Shaukat said Interior Minister Sherpao would " [...]	2007-06-28 10:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2856	DEPUTY SECRETARY, GEN HYAT, AND GEN UL-HAQ STRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat and then separately with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff GEN Ehsan ul-Haq on June 16. Both sides emphasized the importance o [...]	2007-06-28 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK MOPS AG
07ISLAMABAD2866	HIGH LEVEL APG DELEGATION TO VISIT REGARDING STALLED AML [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Asia Pacific Group is sending a high level delegation to Pakistan July 2-3 in order to impress on the GOP the seriousness with which they regard Pakistan's lack of progress on passing anti-money laundering legislat [...]	2007-06-29 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN PK
07ISLAMABAD2870	DISASTER DECLARATION -- CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This cable declares areas affected by Cyclone Yemyin in Sindh and Balochistan provinces as a disaster, and requests U.S. government emergency assistance for those in need. The powerful cyclone is traveling along southern Pakistani coastal areas, killing over 2 [...]	2007-07-01 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2873	MONITORING PAKISTAN'S COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Post increasingly has engaged the GOP to ensure that Coalition Support Funds (CSF),used to reimburse Pakistan for costs related to the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban, are reasonable and credible. We have asked for additional information in order to verify pending Pakistani [...]	2007-07-02 07:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2889	PAKISTANI RESPONSE TO CAMEL JOCKEY CONFERENCE IN [...] SUMMARY: Poloff met with Khizar Hayat Khan, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, a GOP participant at SIPDIS the UAE-hosted Camel Jockey conference in Abu Dhabi, June 26-27. Khan is preparing a longer analysis of the GOP's expectations from the bilateral MOU for his Minister and p [...]	2007-07-02 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM AE SU BG MR PK
07ISLAMABAD29	SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR ASKS FOR HELP IN REACHING [...] (C) On December 28, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed told poloffs that his attempts to make progress on starting a regular parliamentary exchange with his Afghan counterparts (as discussed in ref A) are going [...]	2007-01-03 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2905	SITREP ISLAMABAD 20:00 LOCAL -- CONFRONTATION AT RED MOSQUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 15:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2907	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]	2007-07-04 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2908	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]	2007-07-04 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2919	SITUATION REPORT #1 - CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) On Monday, July 2, 2007 Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) held a meeting with the donor and diplomatic community to provide a briefing on the impact of the recent cyclone, what the Government of PakistanQs (GOP) respons [...]	2007-07-05 06:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2932	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]	2007-07-05 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2934	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]	2007-07-05 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2944	PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: SOLVING THE VOTER ROLL [...] (C) Summary: Post is quietly engaged with senior Pakistani officials to press for a resolution to credible opposition complaints that perhaps 20 million voters have dropped off the latest Election Commission of Pakistan's voter list. A potential data merger of the Election Commission and Nat [...]	2007-07-06 07:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2950	HIGH-LEVEL APG DELEGATION EXPRESSES CONCERN TO GOP [...] (C) Summary: A high-level delegation of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),a regional subsidiary of FATF, traveled to Pakistan on July 2-3 to gage the country's progress on passing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation, and to send a message that quick movement was necessary [...]	2007-07-06 08:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2954	ATTACK ON MUSHARRAF / RED MOSQUE STANDOFF CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Government sources confidentially confirmed that a rocket was fired at President Musharraf's airplane at Chaklala Air Base this morning; the Pakistan Army continues to publicly deny the attack took place. Security forces and militants at the Red Mosque continue to exchange spora [...]	2007-07-06 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2960	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP JULY 7, NOON LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The strict curfew in the area around the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) remains in effect as of noon on Saturday, July 7. Gunfire and explosions continued intermittently overnight. After a several-hour lull Saturday morning, sporadic exchange of fire resumed. The rest of Islamabad c [...]	2007-07-07 08:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2976	RED MOSQUE - SITREP JULY 9, 1600 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been no major change in the Red Mosque situation since Post's July 7 report (reftel),but the government appears to be preparing for a final siege. Security forces and militants exchanged sporadic gunfire on July 8 and 9, and mosque leader Ghazi continues to refuse to [...]	2007-07-09 11:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2979	BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM HELPS STRENGTHEN S&T [...] (SBU) Summary: The Biosecurity Engagement Program team's second visit to Pakistan June 12-23 further strengthened the collaboration on the Science and Technology Agreement, part of the Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and the U.S. The team met with high-level GOP officials and various membe [...]	2007-07-09 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
07ISLAMABAD2980	PAKISTAN RAISES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED ROZ LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, EconCouns met with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary and Raheela Tajwar, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss Pakistan's concerns over proposed ROZ legislation. Some concerns were resolved by discussing the wording in the do [...]	2007-07-10 01:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PK
07ISLAMABAD2990	RED MOSQUE SITREP AND EAC -- JULY 10, 11:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Overnight on July 9, the Pakistani government escalated its operation against the Red Mosque. A high-level delegation tried to negotiate with militant leader Maulana Ghazi on July 9. The negotiations failed and the military operation resumed at 04:00 July 10. As of 11:00 local, [...]	2007-07-10 05:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3022	RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 11, 1630 LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: The military operation launched against the Red Mosque at 0400 on July 10 continued for over 30 hours until 1030 on July 11. As of 1630, security forces continue to do a room-by-room search of the mosque compound but are no longer facing armed resistance. Militant cleric Abdul Rash [...]	2007-07-11 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3027	POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE RED MOSQUE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's decision to take military action against the Red Mosque removes a long-festering cell of extremism in Pakistan's capital. Although criticized for being "soft" on extremists, the government's delayed response reflected concern about keeping civilian casualtie [...]	2007-07-12 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD3028	RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 12, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Security forces continue to sweep the Red Mosque for any remaining weapons, but military operations are complete. The military has still not allowed journalists or other observers to the site of the Red Mosque as of 1300 July 12. The media is reporting 287 people killed in "Oper [...]	2007-07-12 09:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3030	STRENGTHENING SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's general elections are expected to take place in late 2007 or early 2008, and Post has been working with stakeholders, donors and the Pakistan Election Commission since 2005 to strengthen the process. This cable outlines current US and international donor projects unde [...]	2007-07-12 10:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3084	RED MOSQUE AFTERMATH; DEMISE OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation was a catalyst for implementation of this weekend's attacks on Pakistani security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the FATA. However, the attacks were primarily a tribal response to the growing re-deployment of government [...]	2007-07-16 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD31	PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF BRIEFS GEN SCHOOMAKER AND [...] (C) Introduction and summary: During a December 29 meeting, President (and Chief of Army Staff) Musharraf reinforced for U.S. Chief of Army Staff GEN Schoomaker and the Ambassador that Pakistan and the U.S, are in the war on terrorism together, sharing the same goals and fighting the same enemy. No [...]	2007-01-03 13:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3111	SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS ISLAMABAD CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: It is still too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the July 18 suicide bombing in Islamabad. The government's challenge will be to provide the increased security that opposition parties and the general public are demanding without imposing a state of emergency. End Summa [...]	2007-07-18 12:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3128	MUSHARRAF TELLS EDITORS: IT IS MODERATES VS. [...] (C) Summary: In a surprisingly wide ranging and confident interview with senior Pakistani editors July 18, President Musharraf flatly stated that Pakistan was in a direct confrontation with extremist forces and the biggest challenge was to stop the spread of Talibanization. To win that fight [...]	2007-07-19 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3154	SUPREME COURT RULES THAT CHIEF JUSTICE MUST BE [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that President Musharraf's suspension of the Chief Justice had been unconstitutional. The court's decision was not unexpected, a fact that did not stop the media from turning the day leading up to the announcement into a live-fro [...]	2007-07-20 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3199	PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 1: POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's multi-party parliamentary system includes large personality-based secular parties, regional nationalist/ethnic parties with limited appeal and surprisingly democratic religious parties. Party/personal loyalty and a spoils system count for more with voters than ofte [...]	2007-07-24 12:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3200	PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 2: FRACTURED OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Unable to unite at the All Parties Conference (APC) for en masse resignations or mass street protests, Pakistan's severely fractured opposition is unlikely to mount a credible challenge to President Musharraf's bid to seek re-election under the current assemblies. Unsurprisingly the Ju [...]	2007-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3201	GREENING THE RED MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: The government plans to re-open the Red Mosque on July 27 under a newly repainted green dome. The work of bulldozers and painters is so far proving more straightforward than finding partners for President Musharraf's July 12 call to help bring Pakistan's madrassas into the mainstr [...]	2007-07-24 14:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PK
07ISLAMABAD3217	DEMARCHE ON AML BILL DELIVERED TO GOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Muhammad Javed Malik, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Nuzhrat Bashir, Joint Secretary for Banking, Ministry of Finance. EconCouns pointed out the extensive amount of time Pakistan has been working on passing Anti-M [...]	2007-07-25 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3224	PRIME MINISTER: GOP COMMITTED 200 PERCENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor (notetaker) met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. Aziz took Ambassador to task over recent statements by U.S. officials regarding terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan. Aziz stressed to Ambassador tha [...]	2007-07-25 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PK
07ISLAMABAD3236	DEMARCHE ON AL RASHID TRUST DELIVERED TO GOP [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 10:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV KTFN PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3246	F-16 BASING: REQUEST FOR BASING REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Following Ambassador's July 21 meeting with Pakistan Air Chief Marshall Tanvir, post requests a review of paragraph 9 (basing and personnel restrictions) of the pending security notes for the $3 billion sale of 18 block 52 F-16s to Pakistan before the Congres [...]	2007-07-26 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3247	SUPREME COURT TELLS ELECTION COMMISSION TO BEEF UP VOTER [...] (U) On July 26, a full Supreme Court bench -- including recently restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry -- directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to develop by August 10 a plan to increase the number of names on the draft voter rolls. 2. (U) The Supreme Court's direction was in respo [...]	2007-07-27 02:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3269	RED MOSQUE FLARES UP AGAIN, SUICIDE BLAST AT [...] (U) Security forcces have re-taken the Red Mosque after July 27 demonstrations. Hundreds of unarmed religious students and local attendees of Friday prayers protested the re-opening of the Red Mosque. Refusing to pray behind the government-appointed prayer leader Maulana Ashfaq, protesters rem [...]	2007-07-27 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3290	RED MOSQUE UPDATE - JULY 30, 2007 [...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan closed the Red Mosque indefinitely on Friday, July 27 following the re-occupation of the compound by unarmed students and a suicide bombing at nearby Aapbara Market (reftel). An investigation into the bombing has so far turned up few leads on the bomber's ide [...]	2007-07-30 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL ASEC
07ISLAMABAD3291	GROWING PERCEPTION THAT U.S. WILL ABANDON PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: News that the U.S. House and Senate had approved House Resolution 1 with language requiring the President report annually on Pakistan's efforts in the War on Terror predictably caused a stir in Islamabad. The media's interpretation of the bill narrowly focused on the perceived [...]	2007-07-30 14:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3296	SITUATION REPORT #2 - CYCLONE YEMYIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor (RA) visited Pakistan from July 10 through 17 to assess additional needs following Cyclone Yemyin in Pakistan. To date 362 people have died in flooding and up to 2.5 million people have been affected. In add [...]	2007-07-31 06:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD333	SIX PAKISTANI DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM BAGRAM [...] (S/NF) On January 8, 2007, CJTF-76 and Bagram's Task Force Guardian repatriated six (6) Pakistani nationals previously held at Bagram (Ref A). PolCouns and an ODRP officer were present for the detainees arrival at Chakala Air Base, Rawalpindi. Ministry of Interior/National Crisis Managemen [...]	2007-01-19 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3342	POST APPROVES 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SSG ENHANCEMENT [...] (U) Post supports the transfer of funds from the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) 1206 program to a new 1206 program of higher priority. The new program will enhance Pakistan's border operations and maritime security forces. Specifically, the 1206 funds will be applied to improv [...]	2007-08-01 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PK
07ISLAMABAD3374	PAKISTAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES ENGAGE THE SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the June 20 landmark Supreme Court decision reinstating the Chief Justice, Pakistan's opposition political parties and civil society have hailed what they see as an invigorated and independent judiciary. Both the Chief Justice and President Musharraf have lauded the ne [...]	2007-08-02 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3397	NEED TO GET IMET PROGRAM BACK ON TRACK [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy needs help urgently in getting our IMET program back on track. Nothing is more important to our long-term relationship in Pakistan than contact with mid-grade Pakistani military officers. We have lost 39 stu [...]	2007-08-04 09:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3399	WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR: [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial, hour-long meeting on July 18, Women's Development Minister Sumaira Malik talked to the Ambassador about the after-effects of the Red Mosque operation, internal politics, new draft women's legislation, and her ideas for U.S. assistance programs to assist Pakistan's wo [...]	2007-08-06 03:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD3424	PAKISTAN'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: By offering to resign, Pakistan's Attoreny General became the only cabinet member to take the blame for the Chief Justice debacle. But his replacement, Malik Qayyum, has a checkered history and is already proving controversial. Qayyum was the presiding judge in the 1999 convict [...]	2007-08-06 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3434	NEW NATIONWIDE POLL SHOWS DIMINISHED SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The results of a new nationwide poll show a 20 percent drop in support for President Musharraf's job performance since February -- from 54 percent to 34 percent. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Benazir Bhutto's popularity continued to grow steadily, and she emerged as the c [...]	2007-08-07 09:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3476	FATA STRATEGY UPDATE: AUGUST 8, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: Embassy is beginning biweekly snapshot reporting on implementation of the FATA Development Program. Embassy appreciates Washington's support for the FATA initiative, which will require coordination among a number of agencies and funding spigots. These cables will provide detai [...]	2007-08-08 12:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3477	MUSHARRAF REAFFIRMS INTENT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN [...] (U) In public remarks August, 6, President Musharraf retierated his intention to run for re-election, in uniform, and before the current assembles. He indicated he did not believe the Connstitution would bar him from contesting the presidential election for a second term. He again asserted th [...]	2007-08-08 12:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3534	MUSHARRAF AND SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSS WAR ON [...] (C) Summary: Senator Durbin called on President Musharraf August 7 to discuss Pakistan's role in the war on terror, the state of Islamic extremism in Pakistan, relations with the U.S., and education in Pakistan, particularly in religious schools. Senator Durbin recognized Pakistan had been A [...]	2007-08-13 07:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD3694	Will Pakistan's growth continue [...] (SBU) Pakistan is in its fifth year of seven percent economic growth, but a number of international and private sector observers in Islamabad and Karachi question whether this growth is sustainable without additional reforms and a clear path through the election season. This cable is based on [...]	2007-08-23 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3706	PAKISTAN: A DAY AFTER THE NAWAZ VERDICT [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court's August 23 ruling in favor of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been lauded by Nawaz supporters and opposition parties as another sign of an independent judiciary standing up for democratic rights. People celebrated in the streets in Islamabad and in other Punjabi [...]	2007-08-24 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3714	IPR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: August 13-18, ECON presented the "Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Investigative Techniques & Resources" law enforcement training program in Islamabad for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers, provincial police, Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, and academics on tool [...]	2007-08-25 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3738	KARACHI STOCK MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWARD SLIDE [...] (U) The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took another dive on August 23 on rumors of the Supreme Court's imminent decision to clear the Sharif brothers return to Pakistan. The market lost 319 points or 2.6 percent to close at 12,001 points, slightly less than its biggest one day loss on August 8 [...]	2007-08-27 11:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3739	PAKISTAN CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL TEST OF RAAD CRUISE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 12:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD3744	PAKISTAN'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 02:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3761	USG SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has been working with political parties, NGOs, donors and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure Pakistan's upcoming elections are free, fair and credible. We are pleased that the Pakistan Supreme Court decided to act upon a petition filed by the Pakistan Pe [...]	2007-08-28 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3762	MINISTRY OF COMMERCE ON BIT, ROZS AND DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met August 27 with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce at his request to discuss next steps SIPDIS on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),GOP concerns regarding t [...]	2007-08-28 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3777	PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: On August 25, the Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP) filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking to declare as unconstitutional the requirement that the President of Pakistan be a Muslim. Christian groups and other minorities remain divided on many issues; however, all ha [...]	2007-08-29 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD3779	PAKISTAN SUPREME COURT: INCREASING CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's troubles with the Supreme Court are multiplying even as his negotiations with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto intensify. On August 28, the Court agreed to hear two cases challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. The newly e [...]	2007-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3796	SOUTH WAZIRISTAN'S CONTINUING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary: Concurrent with the much-publicized breakdown of the North Waziristan Agreement, the GOP's agreement in South Waziristan has also been faltering. The result has been increasingly brazen militant attacks on security forces, including the recent kidnapping of 19 Frontier Corps (FC [...]	2007-08-30 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3811	CONCERNS ABOUT JALOZAI REFUGEE CAMP CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ambassador and DCM raised with Interior Minister Sherpao our concern that the GOP's decision to close the Jalozai refugee camp by August 31 would create a political and humanitarian crisis. Sherpao confirmed receiving similar demarches from Afghanistan and U [...]	2007-08-31 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3857	SUICIDE ATTACKS SHAKE RAWALPINDI [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, 31 people were killed and 67 injured in two separate suicide bomb attacks on government targets in Islamabad's neighboring city of Rawalpindi. In the short-term these attacks and the kidnapping (reftel) of Frontier Corps soldiers in Waziristan will undermine public [...]	2007-09-05 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3873	THE NAWAZ FACTOR CONTINUED: RETURN SCENARIOS [...] (C) Summary. There are four scenarios regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan, which now seems likely September 10. (1) He could postpone his arrival because of Saudi persuasion or cold feet about his prospects. This seems the least likely option. (2) The government could [...]	2007-09-06 17:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3889	PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's legal counsel told the Pakistan Supreme Court September 6 that Musharraf's term as President would end on November 15, but he will remain in office until a successor is chosen. The Chief Justice rejected efforts to immediately restrain Musharraf from seeking [...]	2007-09-07 15:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD389	ECONOMIC SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. Your visit coincides with a period of expanding and deepening engagement between the U.S. and Pakistan on a range of key economic and trade issues. Reforms pioneered in 1999 by Prime Minister Shaukat Az [...]	2007-01-22 08:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3901	PREPARING FOR NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's government is planning to deport Nawaz Sharif upon his expected arrival September 10, although some of his advisors continue to try to dissaude him of this. Saudi emissary Saad Hariri will be here today (September 8) to talk to Musharraf and reportedly make a [...]	2007-09-08 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD392	2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM -- PAKISTAN [...] Embassy Islamabad submits the following draft text for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism: Few countries play as central a role as Pakistan in the long war on terrorism and few have experienced as much suffering at the hands of terrorists. Credible reports estimate that as [...]	2007-01-22 09:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3923	NAWAZ DEPORTED ON RETURN TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia within hours of his return to Pakistan on September 10. Security forces kept the capital under tight security. Senior opposition leaders were placed under house arrest, and only small-scale demonstrat [...]	2007-09-10 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3952	NAWAZ: THE DAY AFTER THE DEPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-four hours after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's deportation from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan remains calm. While opposition parties called for nationwide demonstrations, turnout was weak, and many senior opposition leaders remained under house arrest. The gov [...]	2007-09-12 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3957	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Rep. John Boehner, Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Rep. Pat Tiberi, Rep. Tom Latham, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Charles Wilson, Rep. Peter King, Ms. Jen Stewart, Mr. Brian Kennedy, COL Paul Kennedy, and GySgt Ramses Cypress, from September 14 to Se [...]	2007-09-12 12:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK
07ISLAMABAD3994	PPP ANNOUNCES BENAZIR'S RETURN ON OCTOBER 18 [...] (U) At a press conference September 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) President Makhdoom Amin Fahim announced that Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan on October 18, three days after the window for presidential elections closes. Fahim announced that on October 18, Bhutto wi [...]	2007-09-15 09:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4008	REASSURING PAKISTAN ON THE F-16 SALE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Secretary last week, President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz and Foreign Secretary Khan told us the U.S. had violated the F-16 SIPDIS agreement with Pakistan. A series of misunderstandings and delays, including important ones on our part, has promp [...]	2007-09-17 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4024	PAKISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Summary. The next few days likely will determine whether or how President Musharraf can secure his re-election, and last-minute maneuvering is in full swing. Musharraf unquestionably has the simple majority of votes he needs in the current National and Provincial Assemblies; however, the [...]	2007-09-18 14:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4064	PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission announced that the presidential election will be held on October 6. This cable outlines the process through which President Musharraf plans to be re-elected. WHEN WILL THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OCCUR? -- On October 6. WHO CAN N [...]	2007-09-20 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4083	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PAKISTAN MEETINGS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) During a lunchtime session of the Strategic Dialogue September 13, the Deputy Secretary and Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan discussed regional issues. Khan said that despite some successes, Pakistan is disappointed about the lack of progress on "real" issues in the Indo-Pak dialogue. Khan q [...]	2007-09-21 10:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4084	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte held bilateral meetings September 12 during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Foreign Minister Kasuri. Khan raised concerns about the negative impact of the U.S. NIE, the 9/11 Commission legislation's Pakistan [...]	2007-09-21 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4085	MUSHARRAF TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY PAKISTAN IS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 13 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Musharraf reiterated his intention, absent intervention by the Chief Justice, to be re-elected before October 15 by the current National and Provincial Assemblies. He explained the nature and required solutions to what [...]	2007-09-21 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4086	PRIME MINISTER TELLS NEGROPONTE: NO MORE F-16 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 14 meeting with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Prime Minister Shaukat SIPDIS Aziz voiced his government's frustration with what Pakistan perceives as changes in the terms of sale of U.S. F-16s to Pakistan. Aziz said that unless the U.S. changes so [...]	2007-09-21 10:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4092	BIN LADEN'S CALL TO ARMS FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, al-Qaeda leaders released two new tapes calling for Pakistanis to wage holy war against President Musharraf in retaliation for the Red Mosque operation in July. The government has dismissed the threats and vowed to continue its counter-terrorism strategy. It is to [...]	2007-09-21 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4094	PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) set the presidential election for October 6. This confirms that Musharraf will seek re-election, in uniform, before the current assemblies. Opposition parties issued the predictable objections, but the move demonstrated Musha [...]	2007-09-23 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4106	UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY ISLAMABAD [...] (U) Per reftel request, updated contact information provided below. 2. (SBU) Embassy Islamabad leadership: Ambassador Anne W. Patterson O: +92-51-208-2500 H: +92-51-208-2505 C: +92-300-856-2140 Deputy Chief of Mission Peter W. Bodde O: +92-51-208-2502 H: +92-51-208-2507 C: +92-300- [...]	2007-09-24 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4107	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On September 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Minister of Interior Sherpao. Sherpao praised the recent jirgas with Afghanistan and said Pakistan would move quickly to appoint its follow up team. Sherpao briefed the participants on the ongoing efforts by both the Pakistani [...]	2007-09-24 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK

07ISLAMABAD4108	U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, SEPTEMBER 12 [...] (SBU) The second session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue took place in Islamabad on September 12, 2007. Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Foreign Secretary Khan chaired the meeting and agreed that future sessions of the Dialogue should occur every six months. The Pakistanis als [...]	2007-09-24 15:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ENRG TSPL KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD414	APHC'S PAKISTAN VISIT HIGHLIGHTS PAKISTAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IN PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4148	GOP PREPARES FOR A SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on the bundle of pending cases challenging President Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election. We expect a verdict by the end of the week, and the government remains confident of a pro-Musharraf vote. Musharraf has sign [...]	2007-09-27 02:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4158	MUSHARRAF PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY ARMY SLOTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4167	PAKISTAN ELECTION COMMISSION CLOSES NOMINATION LIST [...] (U) Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) accepted nominations from forty-one presidential candidates, including President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in-country leader Amin Fahim, by the noon September 27 filing deadline. These 41 included candidates from Islamabad (13),[...]	2007-09-27 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4204	SUPREME COURT FREES POLITICAL DETAINEES, OPENS [...] (U) On September 27, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered the release of political party activists arrested over the September 22-23 weekend and the lifting of roadblocks throughout and surrounding the capital. 2. (U) At least 100 opposition political party leaders [...]	2007-09-28 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4206	SUPREME COURT RULES FOR MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: In a complex decision, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled September 28 six to three to dismiss the petitions challenging Musharraf's right to run for re-election while concurrently holding the offices of President and Chief of Army Staff. However, the decision was based on procedural [...]	2007-09-28 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4208	PAKISTAN'S TEXTILE EXPORTS DROP; COMPETITIVENESS AN ISSUE [...] (SBU) Textiles and apparel account for 38 percent of Pakistan's total industrial production but almost 2/3 of exports. Despite $6 billion in investment in the textile sector in the last six years, textile exports growth slowed down in FY07 to just 5.2 percent versus last year's 16.8 percent. [...]	2007-09-29 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4209	REACTION TO PRO-MUSHARRAF RULING [...] (C) Summary: Musharraf's spokesman lauded the September 28 Supreme Court ruling allowing the President to run for re-election in uniform and called on all sides to respect the rule of law. Musharraf's coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM),called on Musharraf to doff his unifor [...]	2007-09-29 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4235	ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Responding to the violence used to quell lawyers' protests in Islamabad September 29, the Supreme Court ordered the arrest and suspension of the Islamabad Police Inspector and two of his deputies. GOP Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah responded by suspending Islamabad's Police Inspector [...]	2007-10-02 02:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4254	PAKISTAN'S WHEAT SHORTAGE AND FOOD INFLATION ADD TO [...] SUMMARY: During this year's holy month of Ramadan, the average Pakistani is more concerned about finding a bag of flour than who will win the upcoming elections. A combination of overly optimistic production estimates, increased domestic consumption, a temporary lifting of the export ban, an [...]	2007-10-02 08:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4271	ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE FOR MUSHARRAF; MASS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed October 2 to begin immediate hearings on petitions filed by two opposition presidential candidates challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. Simultaneously, in an effort to embarrass Musharraf, 86 opposition politicians resigned [...]	2007-10-02 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4273	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FAZLUR REHMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 14:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4290	PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON OPPOSITION RESIGNATIONS [...] (U) Eighty-six members of the opposition alliance All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) resigned October 2 from the National Assembly, according to Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain. The speaker's office has not yet formally accepted the resignations, but Hussain announced that he would consult [...]	2007-10-03 14:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4291	RED MOSQUE RE-OPENS FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT [...] (U) A two-member Supreme Court bench ordered October 2 the re-opening of Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and two thousand people gathered there today (October 3) for afternoon prayers. The mosque has remained closed since the July military operation against followers of Maulana Abdul Aziz [...]	2007-10-03 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD430	PAKISTAN OFFICIALLY PROTESTS JANUARY 22 ISAF [...] (S) Summary: On January 23, the Foreign Ministry convened the Ambassador to protest the January 22 death of a Frontier Corps soldier and the wounding of two others during the bombing of a militant target in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. The Ambassador expressed regret for the loss [...]	2007-01-23 12:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF MOPS PK PNAT PREL
07ISLAMABAD4302	TERADATA: AMERICAN COMPANY WITH PAKISTANI TIES GOES [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Economic Officers watched (via satellite feed) American company NCR spin off its new subsidiary Teradata into a stand-alone company by ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on October 1. The new Managing Director of Teradata, Khuram Rahat (also the former Managing Di [...]	2007-10-04 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL EINV EIND EINT PK
07ISLAMABAD4336	COURT ORDERS VOTER ROLLS POSTED ON THE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered October 4 the country's Election Commission (ECP) to finalize the voter list by October 25 and post it on the ECP's website. The list will be used in the parliamentary elections which are expected in early January 2008. 2. ( [...]	2007-10-05 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4337	MUSHARRAF SIGNS DEAL WITH BHUTTO; COURT DELAYS RELEASE OF OFFICIAL ELECTION TALLY [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf October 5 signed the "reconciliation package" sealing his agreement with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that the presidential election, scheduled for October 6, can proceed. However, the Court barred the Elec [...]	2007-10-05 13:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4340	MUSHARRAF (UNOFFICIALLY) WINS ANOTHER 5-YEAR TERM [...] (C) Summary: According to unofficial results, President Musharraf has been re-elected by Pakistan's electoral college to another five-year term. An October 5 Supreme Court decision barred Pakistan's Election Commission from announcing the official results until pending court cases against Mus [...]	2007-10-06 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4358	PAKISTAN EXPORTERS SEEK TO IMPROVE LABOR CONDITIONS WHILE [...] Summary: While Pakistan has ratified 35 of the International Labor Organization's 185 Conventions on Labor Rights, including all eight core Conventions concerning the most basic worker rights, working conditions are still poor, and the labor movement has a long way to go to become relevant he [...]	2007-10-09 11:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM KTEX SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD4363	FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 8, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Implementation of the Mission's strategy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is moving ahead despite challenges. We received our fiscal year 2007 (FY07) funding for the FATA by September 30. With our prodding, the donor community is taking ste [...]	2007-10-09 12:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4382	BHUTTO SEEKS TO CLAIM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEAT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto has renewed her suit for a National Assembly seat after the National Reconciliation Ordinance voided all corruption charges and convictions against her. The GOP, for its part, continues to fulfill its side of the Musharraf-Bhutto "deal [...]	2007-10-10 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS PK
07ISLAMABAD4421	PAKISTAN SERIOUS ABOUT POLIO ERADICATION [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor and Economic Specialist met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Director General Lieutenant General (retired) Shahida Malik to deliver reftel demarche October 11. MOH Polio Country Coordinating officer Dr. Rehan Hafiz also attended the meeting. The Minister of Health is [...]	2007-10-12 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA PK
07ISLAMABAD4422	MOORE MEETINGS FOCUS ON ROZS, IPR, TRANSIT TRADE [...] (SBU) On the margins of the October 12-13 Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad, Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Chris Moore met with senior Ministry of Commerce, Finance SIPDIS and Industries to share details of the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) legislat [...]	2007-10-12 14:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4426	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE FACES SUPREME COURT SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court again weighed into the political fray, accepting six opposition petitions against Musharraf's October 5 National Reconciliation Ordinance. While the Court will not take up the unified case for weeks, its initial October 12 decision to hear the case halted all o [...]	2007-10-14 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4439	AMCITS SHOULD AVOID KARACHI OCTOBER 18 [...] (SBU) Expecting up to a half million people to turn out for the October 18 arrival in Karachi of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, the U.S. Consulate in Karachi has issued the below Demonstration Notice (para 2). Bhutto's arrival party alone will be in the hundreds, includin [...]	2007-10-17 11:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4472	BHUTTO'S HOMECOMING [...] (C) Summary: After over eight years in self-imposed exile, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto returned to Karachi October 18. Hundreds of thousands greeted her at the airport, while thousands of security personnel guarded her against terrorist assassination threats. Bhutto returns [...]	2007-10-18 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4494	FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI [...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...]	2007-10-19 13:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC
07ISLAMABAD4495	KARACHI BOMB BLASTS - THE DAY AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-20 12:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR PK ASEC CASC
07ISLAMABAD4531	BHUTTO ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Consul General Karachi met with Benazir Bhutto and members of her staff October 23 regarding a range of issues, but most urgently about her security. Bhutto requested, in writing, that USG "undertake an evaluation of existing executive security procedures and recommenda [...]	2007-10-23 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD4573	POLITICAL ROUNDUP: BHUTTO CAMPAIGNING; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Despite ongoing security concerns, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto announced October 25 that she would travel to Larkhana on October 27 where tens of thousands are expected to welcome her. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear the case against Musharraf's re-el [...]	2007-10-25 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4574	PAKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS PARTIES: AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Differences have surfaced again between Jamiat Ulema Islam's Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) and Jamaat Islami (JI) -- the two largest parties within the religious Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) coalition. The row this time is over MMA's failure to dissolve the Northwest Frontier Province [...]	2007-10-25 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4599	DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...]	2007-10-27 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4601	FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 26 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Per Ref A, Post requests urgent action on two pending requests: 1) Funding for a temporary FATA Coordinator; and, 2) Renewal of funding for a critical Pashto-language radio program. (See Paras 3 and 4 for action requests.) Post appreciates the swift respon [...]	2007-10-27 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT EAID PGOV KPAO PK PTER PREL
07ISLAMABAD4625	MORE SIGNS THAT SUPREME COURT MAY RULE IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's inner circle is still very concerned about a Supreme Court decision against Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election, but, according to a senior attorney who initially argued the case against Musharraf, the Court will probably not rule against President [...]	2007-10-29 15:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4652	UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...]	2007-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4692	SECURITY STATUS UPDATE - FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) SUMMARY - According to the Sindh Inspector General (IGP) of Police, the suicide bombing attack of October 19 against former PM Bhutto (reftels) was carried out by two persons and was probably made possible due to the thorough advance public revelation of her plans and the snail-paced movement [...]	2007-11-03 16:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4694	MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...]	2007-11-03 20:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR
07ISLAMABAD4695	MGPK01: SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; QUIET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan's first morning under the state of emergency was a quiet one throughout Pakistan. Both Embassy and Consulates report business as usual on the streets. However, we are receiving increasing reports of arrests of opposition figures and human rights activists. The government has c [...]	2007-11-04 09:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4701	HEAVY-HANDED IMPLEMENTATION OF PAKISTAN STATE OF [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Post is concerned that the Pakistani government has used excessive force and no judgment in its implementation of the state of emergency and the Provision Constitutional Order (PCO). On Monday, November 5, we recommend a call from a seventh floor principal to P [...]	2007-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4702	MGPK01:SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Shaukat publicly announced the timing for assembly elections may slip due to recent events. The Ambassador called several opposition leaders and human rights activists to express her concern regarding the government's crackdown and our commitment to elections on s [...]	2007-11-04 14:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4713	MGPK01:SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; LAWYERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite growing scattered protests by lawyers, the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The number of lawyers, human rights activists, and opposition figures detained by the Government of Pakistan continues to grow. During a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Musharraf appear [...]	2007-11-05 09:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4727	MGPK01: SITREP 06, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The arrest of lawyers has quelled protests for the moment and the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has dispelled rumors of a counter-coup against Musharraf, which fueled heavy losses on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The Punjab Home Secreta [...]	2007-11-05 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4728	MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...]	2007-11-05 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4729	CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL PROCEED [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that President Musharraf would resign as Chief of Army Staff as promised and would hold parliamentary elections on schedule in January. Shujaat was surprised that earlier in the day President Musharraf had declined [...]	2007-11-05 14:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4739	MGPK01: SITREP 07, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MIXED [...] (C) Summary: As of 1200 local time, mainly peaceful lawyers' protests occurring in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta. Following a conversation with Ambassador last night, Bhutto said that Musharraf would not commit to a timetable to have elections, doff his uniform, lift the state of em [...]	2007-11-06 08:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4751	PAKISTANI BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAREFULLY WATCHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Section spoke with a wide range of contacts to gauge local business reactions to the November 3 imposition of a state of emergency. While the overall consensus is that it is too early to determine any long-term effects of the current crisis on Pakistan's economy, mo [...]	2007-11-06 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4754	MGPK01: SITREP 08, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: LAWYERS' [...] (C) Summary: Overall, the country remains calm. Sporadic lawyers' demonstrations occurred through the country, some involving police beatings of journalists and activists. The government agreed in theory to release 50-60 human rights activists in Lahore, but a paperwork glitch postponed thei [...]	2007-11-06 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4761	MGPK01: SITREP 09, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Following Mission and Department intervention, 54 members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan were released November 7 morning from house arrest, and charges against them have been dropped. People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, upon arriving in Islamabad November 6, [...]	2007-11-07 09:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4766	MGPK01: SITREP 10, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Police used tear gas to break up a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarians march to the National Assembly. Earlier, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto issued defiant statements at a press conference and PPP supporters clashed with police in front of PPP headquarters. DCM met with [...]	2007-11-07 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4767	DCM MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AZIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz for a 30-minute one-on-one meeting November 7. During the meeting the DCM conveyed reports that detained human rights lawyer Atizaz Ahsan has no access to family members and may have suffered physical abuse. The DCM reiterated [...]	2007-11-07 16:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4776	MGPK01: SITREP 11, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISOLATED [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Council is meeting to discuss the current political/security situation. The National Assembly November 7 voted to approve the State of Emergency. In a meeting yesterday with Ambassador, PPP leader Bhutto said she is ready to work with Musharraf if he sched [...]	2007-11-08 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4785	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES ELECTION COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. On November 6, Pakistan's Election Commissioner assured Ambassador that he continued to prepare for parliamentary elections. Legally, only the President has the authority to determine the elections date, and the Commissioner believed the elections would take place in January, m [...]	2007-11-08 10:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4786	ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CURRENT EVENTS [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum told Ambassador November 7 that Musharraf would announce parliamentary elections once his own re-election was confirmed by the newly reconstituted Supreme Court. (Note: In the course of the evening of November 7, we heard three entirely different versions [...]	2007-11-08 10:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4789	BHUTTO SAYS SHE MUST PROTEST STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto told Ambassador Novmeber 7 that "I am ready to continue with the roadmap with Musharraf" but first he has to honor his commitments to schedule elections and announce his resignation from the Army. Without this, Musharraf had left h [...]	2007-11-08 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4790	PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE ADVISOR PROPOSES ENHANCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Caird Rexroad, USDA Agricultural Research Service Associate Administrator, met with Pakistan government officials and the scientific community October 31, as part of the ongoing Science and Technology Dialogue, a sub-group of the of the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Mini [...]	2007-11-08 11:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EAID ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4791	INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Sherpao defended the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) and told DCM November 7 that elections likely would be delayed until March or April. Sherpao gave his personal assurances over the well-being of detained opposition lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan and agreed to l [...]	2007-11-08 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4793	NSA AZIZ ASKS USG TO CONVINCE BHUTTO TO CALL OFF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4794	PAKISTAN, INDIA APPEAR TO HAVE AGREED ON PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan and Iran are very close to signing a bilateral gas pipeline deal, now that the gas pricing issue is resolved, according to November 8 press reports. Pakistan has also reportedly won the ability to resell Iranian gas to both India and Pakistan. Imported Iranian gas woul [...]	2007-11-08 13:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL PK IN IR
07ISLAMABAD4795	PAKISTAN: RECONSTITUTED SUPREME COURT AND [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf has reportedly decided that, before he can schedule parliamentary elections, the newly constituted Supreme Court must rule on the pending case challenging his own election. Under Musharraf's November 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO),he fired all Supreme [...]	2007-11-08 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4796	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Post has confirmed that Pakistan's National Assembly approved November 7 Musharraf's imposition of emergency. However, contrary to some media reports, Musharraf did not/not commit to holding elections on time when he met with his coalition legislators earlier in the day. Instead [...]	2007-11-08 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4797	MGPK01: SITREP 12, ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY FEB 15; [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf announced today that national elections would take place before February 15 and that he would resign as Chief of Army Staff when the newly constituted Supreme Court rules on his election case. Bhutto exhorted supporters to join a PPP rally in Rawalpindi Novemb [...]	2007-11-08 14:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4805	MGPK01: SITREP 13, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto is under virtual house arrest. Ambassador called Bhutto to urge her to consider the consequences of pushing for demonstrations and to express our concerns regarding further political polarization and her own personal safety. The [...]	2007-11-09 08:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PINR KFLO CASC AMGT AEMR
07ISLAMABAD4809	MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours (local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 15 [...]	2007-11-09 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4811	PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF DUAL OFFICES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) President Pervez Musharraf currently serves as both President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff. This dual office role is permitted under the 17th amendment to the Pakistani Constitution, which specifically allowed Musharraf to hold both offices through Decembe [...]	2007-11-09 11:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD4813	CONVERSATIONS WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador spoke to Benazir Bhutto November 8 and 9 to express concerns for Bhutto's safety and to urge her to consider the possible effect her rally and arrest might have on polarization and violence in the country. They spoke again mid-day as Bhutto was trying to leave her hous [...]	2007-11-09 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4814	MGPK01: SITREP 15, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto retreated back into her house late November 9 after attempting to go to Rawalpindi to lead her party's demonstration. Her Islamabad home is now surrounded by police and barricades, a virtual if not yet official house arrest. Bhutto v [...]	2007-11-09 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4816	MGPK01: SITREP 16, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP lifted the virtual house arrest on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador raised Amcit and civil society detainees cases with Interior Minister. Lahore CG met separately with human rights activist Asma Jahangir and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Liaq [...]	2007-11-10 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4817	PAKISTAN: RETHINKING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf has now set a date for elections and indicated he will resign from the Army. This is an opportunity to re-examine our assistance relationship and consider changes that will enable USG funding to more directly promote a more robust counter-terrorism (CT) and c [...]	2007-11-10 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4818	MGPK01: SITREP 17, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf was scheduled to give a press conference at 1400 local time; we will provide immediate follow-up information on his remarks for the Department. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto moves to Lahore today in preparation for a planned "long march" Novem [...]	2007-11-11 10:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4819	MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...]	2007-11-12 10:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4821	MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...]	2007-11-13 06:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4824	MGPK01: SITREP 19, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP placed PPP leader Bhutto under house arrest and deployed several thousand police in Lahore, who are now (1330 local) clashing with PPP activists staging a "Long March" from Lahore to Islamabad. As Interior Minister promised Ambassador, the GOP last night released Amcit Ha [...]	2007-11-13 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4830	PAKISTAN: NEXT POLITICAL STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 14:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4831	PAKISTAN EXPECTS TO MEET AMBITIOUS TAX COLLECTION TARGET [...] (SBU) The Federal Board of Revenue expects to meet its annual tax collection target of Rs.1.025 trillion ($16.8 billion ). The first quarter tax (July - September 2007) collection is up by 21.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year, but falls short of the FBR's self-imposed target [...]	2007-11-13 15:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4832	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS OBSERVERS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. President Musharraf announced November 11 that Pakistan's parliamentary elections will be held by January 9. With imposition of a state of emergency, post believes it is more important than ever to increase the number [...]	2007-11-14 01:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4833	PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTANI [...] (C) On November 13, Haider Shah, Director of the United Nations desk at the Pakistan MFA, called Polcouns to respond to reftel demarches. Shah said that after careful review of the pros and cons, Pakistan had decided to decline the Chairmanship for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chem [...]	2007-11-14 03:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PK PREL CWC
07ISLAMABAD4837	MGPK01: SITREP 20, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party "long march" continued November 14, but with much reduced numbers, resulting from hundreds of arrests. Bhutto remains under house arrest in Lahore but is busy contacting opposition party colleagues. Additional religious and nationalist party leaders h [...]	2007-11-14 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PREL PINR
07ISLAMABAD4864	"LIKE MINDED" GROUP: REACTIONS TO ELECTIONS UNDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: International donors for Pakistan's pro-democracy programs are growing increasingly skeptical that the government can reverse actions related to the state of emergency in time to stave off aid cuts or decisions to cancel election observation missions. Post continues to caution [...]	2007-11-15 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4869	MGPK01: SITREP 21, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: IMRAN KHAN [...] (C) Summary: CNN, BBC and some local private TV news channels are back on the air. CG Lahore met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, still under house arrest, in Lahore today. The PPP announced it would try again to launch the "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad; th [...]	2007-11-15 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4876	MGPK01: SITREP 22, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The government this morning released PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. Senate Chairman Soomro today was sworn-in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister. Musharraf amended the Provisional Constitutional Order to give the president and not the Chief [...]	2007-11-16 09:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4888	SIALKOT ENTREPRENEURS DISCUSS SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to the eastern Pakistani export center of Sialkot, Economic and USAID officers discussed the status of child labor monitoring and human resource development with private sector leaders. Our contacts were generally upbeat in their assessment of business conditio [...]	2007-11-16 12:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ELAB EINV ETRD SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD4889	FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post still awaits publication of the Central Command Planning Order that will formalize the security development plan (SDP). Post appreciates funding for Pashto radio programming and the temporary FATA Coordinator, and will continue to urge Pakistani leadership to appoint a FA [...]	2007-11-16 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
07ISLAMABAD4890	MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET [...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...]	2007-11-16 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4895	MGPK01: SITREP 23, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz and telephoned Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto November 16; he met with President Musharraf and Vice Chief of Army Staff Kayani on November 17. The GOP officially shut down Geo TV overnight, which had s [...]	2007-11-17 10:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD4925	MGPK01: SITREP 24, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: [...] (C) Summary: The reconstituted Supreme Court dismissed most of the petitions against Musharraf's re-election when opposition attorneys refused to recognize the panel's authority. One petition remains for a November 22 hearing. Depending on the outcome of the case, Musharraf may be free to tak [...]	2007-11-19 13:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD4926	TERRORIST FINANCE: PAKISTAN FOLLOW-UP TO ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (U) The following is Embassy Islamabad's response to reftel request for additional information on illicit cash couriers. 2. (SBU) Pakistan places statutory limits on the international transportation of currency. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) legally allows individuals to carry up to USD [...]	2007-11-20 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD494	BOMB EXPLODES IN MARRIOTT HOTEL PARKING LOT [...] (U) On January 26 at approximately 1430, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Islamabad Marriott hotel. According to media reports an hour after the event, two people were killed, and seven injured (two critically so). Initial reports indicate that a suicide bomber detonated himself at the [...]	2007-01-26 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC PK
07ISLAMABAD4947	PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JANUARY 8 [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq announced November 20 that Pakistan will hold general elections for the National and Provincial Assemblies on January 8, 2008. Opposition parties were quick to question the credibility of elections under the current [...]	2007-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4962	EXPANDED USAID PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow-up to reftel. In reftel, Post recommended that the $200 million cash transfer could be projectized. We believe funds currently used for the cash transfer could be more productively used for other USG programs that directly benefit the Pakistani people [...]	2007-11-21 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4964	PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KNNP PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD4965	AMBASSADOR INVITES PAKISTAN TO ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) caretaker Foreign Minister (FM) Inamul Haq 21 November to invite him to attend the November 26-27 conference in Washington and Annapolis to advance Arab-Israeli peace. FM Haq pleasantly and courteously said he would need a few [...]	2007-11-21 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4968	MUSHARRAF'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING ABDALLAH [...] (C) During a November 1 meeting between King Abdallah II of Jordan and President Musharraf in Islamabad, the two heads of state focused their brief discussion primarily on trade issues and the situation in the Middle East. The visit to Pakistan by King Abdallah was the third stop on a tour tha [...]	2007-11-21 15:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4990	WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COURT CLEARS WAY FOR MUSHARRAF'S [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the final case challenging Musharraf's candidate eligibility, clearing the way for him to re-take the presidential oath of office as a civilian, possibly as early as this weekend. Musharraf issued new constitutional amendments to provide himself legal [...]	2007-11-23 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4992	URGING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO STAY ENGAGED ON [...] (C) Summary and action request: Led by the European Commission, a growing number of European countries here are questioning their participation in election observer missions. Ambassador briefed her European counterparts November 22 (septel) to urge that they not take pre-emptive decisions th [...]	2007-11-23 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4993	NWFP REQUESTS HELP TO SET UP IDP CAMPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) authorities have asked UNHCR and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for assistance in setting up IDP camps for residents fleeing the violence in Swat. The central government has yet to approve the request. Two potential sites have been [...]	2007-11-23 14:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD4994	PAKISTAN: SLOW PROGRESS ON RESTORING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The government of Pakistan is making slow progress on restoring political rights under the still enforced state of emergency. The GOP's apparent "catch and release" policy and the bureaucratic lag between national release announcements and actual action at the local level make it [...]	2007-11-23 15:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4995	MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with several EU ambassadors November 22 to brief them on the Deputy Secretary's recent visit and encourage their nations' continued support for election observer missions. See reftel requesting demarche in Brussels. The group agreed on goals of: (1) on-time electi [...]	2007-11-23 16:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4997	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N'S JAVED HASHMI [...] (C) Summary: In-country president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Javed Hashmi met with the Ambassador November 24, soon after his release from prison. He appreciated USG concern during his most recent ordeal but urged us to do more to lift the state of emergency and get the [...]	2007-11-25 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM

07ISLAMABAD4998	IMPACT OF NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-25 15:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5017	AMERICAN BUSINESSES EXPRESS VIEWS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke November 20 at the Islamabad monthly American business breakfast meeting to share U.S. views the political and economic situation and to gauge business reaction to the state of emergency. Opinions diverged among the executives on the current state of affair [...]	2007-11-26 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5018	PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON ATTORNEYS AHSAN AND MALIK [...] (U) Summary. Both the current and former Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Presidents have been released from jail. Aitzaz Ahsan has been transferred to house arrest in Lahore where he was allowed to file his election nomination papers. Munir Malik was transferred to the Pakistan Inst [...]	2007-11-26 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5019	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (11/26/07) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Construction crews broke ground for the Border Coordination Center (BCC) at Torkham November 17. Design teams working on the Frontier Corps Training Center (FCTC) at Warsak will return within the week to refine construction timelines. The UK may proceed (ahead of the US) with ef [...]	2007-11-26 13:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD5022	PAKISTAN CENTRAL BANK PROJECTS STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its annual report on the state of Pakistan's economy in October 2007 prior to the imposition of the November 3 state of emergency. The State Bank was pleased with the seven percent GDP growth rate in FY2007, particularly given the increase in inte [...]	2007-11-27 04:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5037	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH FAZLUR REHMAN [...] (C) Summary. Responding to an invitation, Ambassador met for lunch with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman on November 20. Ambassador reiterated that the USG supporting lifting the state of emergency and steps to ensure the elections are free and fair. Rehman agreed, but he affirmed [...]	2007-11-27 08:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PK
07ISLAMABAD505	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR PAKISTAN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is using several channels -- in coordination with Italian officials -- to invite and encourage Pakistan to participate in March classes at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The Pakistanis seem to want the COESPU training and are on board with the c [...]	2007-01-30 07:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV KPKO PK IT
07ISLAMABAD5054	PAKISTAN: PLANNING FOR JANUARY 8 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy is emailing to SCA, USAID, and DRL the first cut of the Mission Pakistan election monitoring plan. We will focus on constituencies which historically have been closely contested and/or stolen. We are planning, particularly if the Europeans do not participate in elec [...]	2007-11-28 07:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5060	GOP DECLINES UNHCR HELP FOR IDPS FROM SWAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing concern about the optics, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority declined to approve the Northwest Frontier Province's request for UN assistance to help displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the violence in Swat. NDMA claims it has sufficient tents and food, but pr [...]	2007-11-28 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD5085	MUSHARRAF'S LEGACY AND THE RETURN OF THE TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5086	Ministerial Meeting on Turkmen- Afghan-Pakistan- India [...] (C) Summary: A Ministerial meeting to further discussions on the Turkmen- Afghan- Pakistan- India(TAPI) pipeline has been postponed. Pakistan media implies that Turkmenistan's gas deals with Russia are the reason for the delay and not Pakistan's state of emergency. Pakistan continues to seek U [...]	2007-11-30 03:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET ELTN PK IN IR
07ISLAMABAD5091	PAKISTAN TO MISS DEADLINE FOR 2008 AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to the upcoming elections in Pakistan and current caretaker government, Government of Pakistan (GOP) approval for the proposed USGS and NRL geophysical survey is not possible in advance of the December 1 deadline. Post will continue to advocate for project approval so that t [...]	2007-11-30 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN ETRD EAID PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5099	PAKISTAN UPDATE: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26 [...] (C) Summary: Sporadic protests by lawyers, journalists and students continued around the country the week of November 26, and opposition political party leaders continued to debate whether to boycott the January 8 elections. In the wake of Pervez Musharraf's retirement as Chief of Army Staff, [...]	2007-11-30 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5100	IMRAN KHAN STICKS TO HIS PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Summary: With little to lose personally, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan is working to convince Pakistan's opposition parties to boycott the January general elections. Khan predicted any coalition government formed after the election would be short-lived and suggested tha [...]	2007-12-01 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5101	AMBASSADOR MEETS CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with Ambassador, Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammedmian Soomro reiterated the government's commitment to facilitate election observers. He promised immediate action to resolve eviction notices and visa problems of the International Republican Institute and T [...]	2007-12-01 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5102	CODEL BENNETT'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary. With Codel Bennett November 30, Benazir Bhutto indicated she will participate in the January 8 general elections but asked for USG assistance in ensuring those elections are free and fair. Codel members expressed support for ensuring the integrity of elections but noted the larger issu [...]	2007-12-01 10:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5103	PAKISTAN OCR REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad recommends that Pakistan remain on the Watch List (WL) at the conclusion of the current Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review. While Pakistan has yet to live up to its commitment to enact TRIPS-consistent data protection legislation, we believe that it should remai [...]	2007-12-01 10:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5138	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary. During a one and a half hour meeting December 3 with Pakistan Muslim League-N party leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, Ambassador outlined USG support for free and fair elections with the participation of all parties. Nawaz indicated that he would boycott the electio [...]	2007-12-04 15:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5139	PAKISTANI ECONOMY WEATHERS STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) The imposition of a state of emergency and political uncertainty has markedly affected Pakistan's ability to attract and retain portfolio investment, its exchange rate and the wholesale and retail business. There have been large outflows from the stock exchange; foreign investors have wit [...]	2007-12-05 01:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5140	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (12/02/07) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We will be advising the Pakistanis on mechanisms to improve civil-military coordination in the FATA. Outcomes in Swat could be a case study for future FATA operations; effective civil affairs follow-up will be needed to consolidate short term security gains by Pak forces and rev [...]	2007-12-05 01:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD516	PAKISTAN'S "INFLUENTIAL WOMEN" NOMINEES [...] Embassy Islamabad nominates the following outstanding Pakistani female leaders for inclusion in the Women's Empowerment Strategy Session. The list includes women who represent the vast range of ethnicities, political affiliations, and vocations in Pakistan. --Ms. Sumaira Malik Federal Mi [...]	2007-01-31 07:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5160	USG SUPPORT FOR CREDIBLE PAKISTANI ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistanis will go to the polls on January 8 to choose new National and Provincial Assemblies. It appears that none of the three major parties will receive enough votes to independently form a government, so political vote swapping and coalition building is in full swing. Pakista [...]	2007-12-05 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5161	BHUTTO CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto called on the Ambassador to thank her for the "critical" USG pressure that pushed Musharraf to resign from the Army and lift the state of emergency. Bhutto shared her concern about the government's ongoing and planned efforts to rig th [...]	2007-12-05 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL EAID
07ISLAMABAD5178	PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Pakistan has now issued its Electoral Code of Conduct for the January elections. With no enforcement mechanisms, it will have little impact except to generate political party complaints. On November 27, the Ministry of Interior released further "unoffic [...]	2007-12-06 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5192	GOP STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Attorney General outlined to Polcouns several steps in the GOP plan to restore constitutional normalcy. The constitution will be fully restored and the state of emergency will be lifted on December 15; all judges will re-take an oath to uphold the constitution; poli [...]	2007-12-08 07:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5193	PAKISTAN: GEO TV UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Sindh High Court denied on technical grounds Geo TV's petitions on December 4 to resume full broadcasting. Geo TV remains the only channel unable to air domestically. Other news stations are allowed to broadcast because they have agreed to a Media Code of Conduct, which allow [...]	2007-12-08 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5199	ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities reported an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) affecting 18,000 birds on a commercial poultry farm 50 kilometers north of Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has confirmed four poultry outbreaks so far this season, with 81,000 birds dead or culled. Th [...]	2007-12-10 06:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5226	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN PK
07ISLAMABAD5235	PAKISTAN: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 13:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL IS UNGA
07ISLAMABAD5237	NSA AZIZ PROPOSES STEPS TO IMPROVE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Tariq Aziz December 11 to discuss the on-going political situation and upcoming elections. NSA Aziz said the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan recently met with Nawaz Sharif, implying the Saudis had tried to encourage a rappr [...]	2007-12-11 14:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5256	PAKISTAN IMPOSES 35 PERCENT DUTY ON FLOUR EXPORTS [...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with Consulates Lahore and Peshawar. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has imposed a 35 percent duty on the export of wheat products in an attempt to discourage exports, bolster domestic supplies and reduce the domestic price of flour. F [...]	2007-12-13 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELTN ETRD PK
07ISLAMABAD5262	PAKISTAN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to pursue a national strategy for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor. A legal framework exists barring children from hazardous labor, and Pakistan has ratified all eight of the International Labor Organization (ILO) core conven [...]	2007-12-13 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5263	PAKISTAN VOTES FOR ISRAELI-SPONSORED UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. We welcome Pakistan's December 11 UNGA vote in favor of an Israeli-sponsored resolution; however, the MFA was quick to stress privately and publicly that the vote was a reflection of Pakistan's support for the content of the resolution and should in no way be interpreted as a polic [...]	2007-12-13 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK IS UNGA PREL
07ISLAMABAD5266	PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION SUPPORT FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Funds (CSF). When pending claims are processed, that figure will likely exceed 5.6 billion USD. The CSF authorizi [...]	2007-12-14 04:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5267	GOP URGES U.S. TO BACK OFF PUBLIC CRITICISM [...] (C) On December 5, MFA convoked Polcouns and the Ministry of Information convoked Press Attach to complain about public statements by in-country Mission officials. MFA's Acting Director of Americas Sohail Mahmood told Polcouns that our consuls general were making "inappropriate" "political" [...]	2007-12-14 05:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD528	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...]	2007-01-31 12:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF
07ISLAMABAD5283	PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. On D...SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION AIRCRAFT Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) Â [...]	2007-12-14 10:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5288	CORRECTED COPY: PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. This is a retransmission correcting text in Paragraph 10 of Ref A. Please refer only to this version of the cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Fu [...]	2007-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5289	PAKISTAN: STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFTED [...] (U) Summary: As promised, President Musharraf has lifted the State of Emergency (SOE) and restored the constitution; he addresses the nation at 2000 local tonight. The January 8 general elections can now proceed under an established legal framework. However, the effects of the SOE linger on [...]	2007-12-15 09:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5302	PAKISTAN CONFIRMS FIRST CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HUMANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed on December 15 that six individuals have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). One of the confirmed AI patients died in hospital. This marks the first reported cases of AI in humans in Pakistan. World Health Or [...]	2007-12-18 02:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5305	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: PREPARATION AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) Summary. December 15 was the last day for candidates to withdraw or change political parties in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections. All the major parties will contest the election and are now heavily engaged in campaigning. USG- and international donor-sponso [...]	2007-12-18 10:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5328	PAKISTAN FACES FISCAL PROBLEMS DUE TO SWELLING DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: High international oil and food prices and political unwillingness to decrease or eliminate subsidies in an election year are contributing to a projected increase in Pakistan's fiscal deficit from 4 to 4.9 percent for FY2008. GOP expenditures on energy and food subsidies have [...]	2007-12-20 07:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5336	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On December 10, Econ Off informed officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Section of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on Iran. Officials at both ministries pledged that the USG points will be conveyed to relevant agencies of [...]	2007-12-20 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC EFIN KTFN PK
07ISLAMABAD534	FORWARD MOVEMENT THE BEST PROTECTION FOR MIRWAIZ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 05:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5349	PAKISTAN: INDEPENDENT TESTING CONFIRMS ONE HUMAN FATALITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Independent testing conducted by microbiologists from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU3) confirms that one individual who died from respiratory failure tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). NAMRU is unable to obtain viable samples from two other cases, of whic [...]	2007-12-27 02:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5358	SITREP 1: BHUTTO KILLED BY RALLY BOMB BLAST [...] (C) At about 1800 hours (local) December 27, Benazir Bhutto suffered fatal injuries while departing a campaign rally outside of Rawalpindi. Initial reports from the scene stated a suicide bomber, carrying four kilos of explosives, approached Bhutto's vehicle as she was getting in to depart. B [...]	2007-12-27 14:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5359	SITREP 2: BHUTTO, FAMILY TO LARKHANA; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Bhutto's December 27 assassination caused immediate reactions throughout Pakistan: Musharraf addressed the nation calling for calm, while PPP supporters spontaneously rallied, causing damage to cars and select buildings. Bhutto's body will likely be moved to Larkhana (Bhutto's an [...]	2007-12-27 17:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5361	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 meeting with Codel Specter, President Musharraf outlined ongoing Pakistani efforts to fight extremism, expressed support for increased IMET funding, and defended his decision to impose a state of emergency. Senator Specter pressed for Pakistan to capture Usama [...]	2007-12-27 19:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5362	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID [...] (C) Summary: Codel Specter had an impromptu meeting with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai December 27 in Islamabad. Karzai was extremely courteous and thanked Senator Specter and Representative Kennedy for continued USG assistance to Afghanistan. Karzai described his December 26 meetin [...]	2007-12-27 19:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL SNAR PTER
07ISLAMABAD5380	MGPK02: SITREP 3: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL; PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP transported the body of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto to Larkana, where funeral services are taking place as of 1430 hours December 28. Violent sporadic protests occurred throughout the country well into the night of December 27. Pakistan was r [...]	2007-12-28 11:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC CASC PINR KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5382	INSTRUCTIONS TO DEFER FOR THE NEXT 72 HOURS NON-ESSENTIAL [...] AmEmbassy Islamabad requests all non-essential travel to Pakistan be deferred for the next 72 hrs (until 31 December, after 1800 HRS local time, or 0800 HRS Eastern Standard Time). This is a precautionary measure because, in the aftermath of the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, [...]	2007-12-28 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD5383	BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's family and supporters are consumed with funeral and mourning ceremonies, but the struggle for party leadership between Benazir's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and PPP Vice Chairman Amin Faheem has begun. The USG is perceived as being the power behind Bhutto's retur [...]	2007-12-28 13:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5384	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTTO ASSASSINATION WITH NSA [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met NSA Tariq Aziz December 28 to discuss the GOP's reaction to the assassination of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Aziz made the following points: 2. (C) The GOP will defer to the PPP on whether to proceed on schedule with the election. Azi [...]	2007-12-28 13:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5388	PAKISTANâ€™S NEXT PRIME MINISTER? [...] (S/NF) The Pakistan Muslim League has unofficially selected former Punjab Chief Minister and current head of the party's Punjab chapter, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, as its candidate for the Prime Ministership following the January 2008 national elections. Elahi, who until the November 15 dissolution of [...]	2007-12-28 16:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SHUM PK PINS
07ISLAMABAD5390	MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...]	2007-12-29 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR
07ISLAMABAD5392	INITIAL BHUTTO INVESTIGATION BRIEFED TO DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: At a special briefing for the diplomatic corps December 29, Interior Secretary Kamal Shah presented the GOP's "initial findings" from the investigation into the Bhutto assassination. Basing his conclusions primarily on medical reports, Shah stated that Bhutto was killed by the bl [...]	2007-12-29 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER MARR ASEC
07ISLAMABAD5393	MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY; [...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]	2007-12-30 12:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5394	OPEN COMPETITION LEADS TO VERY LOW MOBILE PHONE RATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's telecommunication policy reforms earned the country USD 8.0 billion in investments over the past four years. Promotion of open competition in the telecom industry has led to some of the lowest mobile phone rates in the world and substantially increased the average Pa [...]	2007-12-30 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EICN EINV PBTS PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5395	BHUTTO'S SON (AND HUSBAND) NEW PPP LEADERS; PPP [...] (C) The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has chosen Benazir's son, Bilawal Bhutto, to lead the party, with support from her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as a co-chair. Amin Faheem will continue as Vice Chairman and be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. While Bilawal finishes his degree at Oxf [...]	2007-12-30 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5410	MGPK02: SITREP 6: CALM BEING RESTORED; ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan today slowly returned to life after three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto. Major cities were largely quiet December 31, with most businesses open and public transportation running. Pakistan's Election Commission deferred to tomorrow a decision on whether elections c [...]	2007-12-31 12:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5411	PAKISTAN: CODEL SPECTER MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 27 meeting with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Patrick Kennedy stressed the importance of U.S.-Pakistan military cooperation, support for Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts, and the p [...]	2007-12-31 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD608	INTERIOR MINISTER ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS: [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) Introduction: In a February 5 meeting, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told the Ambassador that he has extended an invitation to Afghanistan's jirga planning com [...]	2007-02-06 09:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER PREF
07ISLAMABAD609	MUSHARRAF'S MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PEACE [...] (C//NF) Summary. In January, President Musharraf energetically renewed his two-year old effort to be a leader of moderate Muslim world with trips to seven Islamic capitals in three weeks; trips to two more capitals--Tehran and Ankara--are scheduled for this week. With a sense of urgency drive [...]	2007-02-06 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER XF
07ISLAMABAD616	LATEST STEPS ON CURRICULUM REFORM IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-06 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PTER SCUL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD625	GOVERNMENT ORDERS ILLEGAL MOSQUES DEMOLISHED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pakistani government is pitted against Muslim hard-liners over the fate of illegally constructed mosques in Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority has demolished three mosques in the recent weeks and has its sights on dozens more. This is the centerpiece of a broader [...]	2007-02-07 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SCUL PK
07ISLAMABAD637	SUPREME COURT'S DEMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING DRAWS LIMITED GOVERNMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 9, 2006, after agitation by human rights organizations and repeated public protests by family members, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Government to locate 41 missing Pakistanis believed to have been arrested by government authorities and subsequently held incommunicado, of [...]	2007-02-08 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD650	INTERIOR MINISTER ANALYZES REPRISAL ATTACKS [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao shared his assessment that, with one exception, the spate of suicide bombings, IED and missile attacks since mid-January were not/not motivated by sectarian tensions; these attacks were [...]	2007-02-08 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD674	G.G. ON JIRGAS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Culture Dr. Ghazi Gulab (G.G.) Jamal, a key member of Pakistan's jirga commission, told us February 7 that, when representatives of the two commissions meet later in February, key topics for discussion will include: to whom to issue jirga invitations; the scope of the [...]	2007-02-12 02:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD695	MFA RESPONDS REGARDING ALLEGED PAKISTANI [...] (S) On February 2, MFA (Disarmament Cell) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar advised PolCouns of MFA actions following post's December 11, 2006 demarche regarding information that a Pakistani firm, Westbridge Smc-Pvt. Limited, may have purchased nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) suits from [...]	2007-02-12 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PARM ETTC IR
07ISLAMABAD709	REFUGEE TRIPARTITE MEETING ANNOUNCES CLOSURES, [...] (U) On February 7, participants of the 12th Refugee Tripartite Commission announced their decision to close four Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan in 2007. Scheduled in two phases, the closures will affect over 240,000 of Pakistan's estimated 2.4 million Afghan refugees. The Government of Pakis [...]	2007-02-14 02:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PK AF
07ISLAMABAD729	TEST MESSAGE [...] Test message from IPC Islamabad. How are things going? Did I get the classify by reasons wrong? BODDE [...]	2007-02-14 06:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ACOA
07ISLAMABAD744	TEST MESSAGE NO. 2 [...] Second test message with SIPDIS caption. BODDE [...]	2007-02-14 11:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ACOA
07ISLAMABAD783	PAKISTAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT AND SOFA UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Office of Defense Representative-Pakistan has checked its files and enquired with its contacts and finds no record of bilateral transit/personnel agreements other than the arrangements described in Ref D. Recipients who would like to receive scanned versions of post's various trans [...]	2007-02-17 05:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PNAT PREL
07ISLAMABAD828	SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATES IN QUETTA COURTROOM: 16 [...] (SBU) On February 17 at approximately 1100, a suicide bomber wearing explosives around his chest entered a courtroom in the Quetta District Court complex and detonated himself, killing 16 people and wounding 40. Among those killed was senior civil judge Abdul Wahid Durrani. 2. (U) The bombe [...]	2007-02-20 13:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD830	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI (MAR [...] American Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment to Pakistan from March 9-March 19. The purpose of visit is to meet with Pakistani officials, politicians, an [...]	2007-02-21 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK
07ISLAMABAD845	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD872	GOP INQUIRY INTO GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C//NF) During a January 26 lunch with visiting SCA DAS John Gastright, MFA officials queried emboffs regarding the prospects for the release of Pakistani detainees currently in custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention ce [...]	2007-02-24 06:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD890	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 10:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD895	PAKISTAN PUSHES MIDDLE-EAST PEACE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri convened a meeting in Islamabad of the Foreign Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia. The session was billed as a continuation of President Musharraf's efforts to work with like-minded Mu [...]	2007-02-26 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD896	MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...]	2007-02-26 12:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD897	MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...]	2007-02-26 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD898	JIRGA INVITATION UPDATE [...] (C) On February 21, Mark Pont, the UNAMA representative in Islamabad, told us he had heard "rumors" that President Karzai had instructed Pir Gilani not to respond to an invitation to visit Islamabad to discuss cross-border or parallel jirgas. Pont, who is friends with some of Gilani's relativ [...]	2007-02-26 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD899	INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO SAYS PROACTIVE STEPS NECESSARY IN TRIBAL AREAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD954	PAKISTAN'S REFUGEE REPATRIATION PLAN WORRIES UNHCR [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Geneva office met with the DCM on February 19th. The representatives expressed concern that, in Pakistan's desire to close camps and reduce its refugee population, the government might violate UNHCR [...]	2007-02-28 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK PREF
07ISTANBUL1005	TURKISH SECURITY CHALLENGES: DOMESTIC PRESSURES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 08:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL1006	EDIRNE FLOODS - AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 08:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL1011	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Istanbul follows President Bush's successful November 5 meeting with PM Erdogan in Washington and Secretary Rice's constructive Ankara meetings with Erdogan, President Gul and FM Babacan on November 2. The President and Secretary Rice greatly improved Turkish-Ameri [...]	2007-11-23 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07ISTANBUL1014	Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Energy Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler in Istanbul. They reaffirmed the U.S.-Turkey strategic energy vision for the development of Caspian resources and delivery systems to bring them to market, including the Trans-Caspian p [...]	2007-11-26 14:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET AJ IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ISTANBUL1015	IRAN/ENERGY: AN IRANIAN DELEGATION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the best of Iranian bazaar tradition, an Iranian delegation representing Iran's oil ministry and energy industry attending a November 15-16 energy conference in Istanbul tried hard to portray Iran and its vast oil and gas reserves as a stabilizing force for regional energy markets and [...]	2007-11-28 06:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON IR TU
07ISTANBUL1016	IRANIAN CARS HIT TURKISH ROADS: "BUSINESS AS [...] (SBU) According to Turkish press accounts, MYS Otomotive, a Turkish automotive distribution company, has begun to sell Iranian-made cars throughout Turkey. Partnering with Iran's Khodro Company (IKCO),one of the Middle East's largest car companies, MYS Otomotive is selling two Khodro models [...]	2007-11-28 06:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IR TU
07ISTANBUL1017	IRAQI CG IN ISTANBUL ON IRAQ-TURKEY RELATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call on Consulate Istanbul CG Wiener on November 27, Iraq,s Consul General in Istanbul, Ambassador Salah Abdulsalam, said his two top priorities here are to rebuild contacts with the Iraqi community in Turkey and to strengthen economic, commercial, and political c [...]	2007-11-28 06:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IQ TU
07ISTANBUL1028	CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES KURDISH ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 26, CODEL Rohrabacher met ARI Movement founder Kemal Koprulu to discuss Kurdish issues in Turkey and Iraq. The Congressman was joined by Congressman Louie Gohmert and former Chairman of the California Republican Party Shawn Steel. Koprulu was accompanied by Rifat [...]	2007-12-03 10:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL TU
07ISTANBUL1029	Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 18, Energy Secretary Bodman met with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on the margins of the Turkish Greek Interconnector (TGI) Ceremony. Also present was Turkish Energy Minister Guler, as well as representation from the Turkish MFA. The Secretary and the Prime Minist [...]	2007-12-03 12:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ISTANBUL103	CALIK ON ASHGABAT LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Ahmet Calik, Turkish oligarch and longtime Ashgabat insider, shared his views on Turkmen developments February 11 in Istanbul with visiting SCA PDAS Mann. We convey them as an additional window on Turkmen issues. 2. (C) Calik has known interim President Berdimukhammedov since 1997 wh [...]	2007-02-12 14:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV TX
07ISTANBUL1035	TURKEY'S ISLAMIC BANKING SECTOR [...] Islamic banking in Turkey began in 1985 when the Ozal government authorized the creation of "special financial institutions" and Albaraka Turk, an offshoot of Al-Baraka Banking Group of Bahrain, opened as the first interest-free banking institution in Turkey. Interest-free banks in Turkey es [...]	2007-12-04 11:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU
07ISTANBUL1036	ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR TOES PARTY LINE WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Istanbul Deputy Governor responsible for minority issues told a small delegation of influential U.S.-based "Archons" of the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the vandalism recently conducted by Turkish Forestry Ministry employees on a Greek Orthodox church had been carried out in [...]	2007-12-04 15:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1037	AKP INSIDER COMMENTS ON MISSIONARIES, TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment. Ibrahim Yildirim is a well-connected Justice and Development Party (AK) insider and frequent contact of the consulate, though he holds neither a titled party position nor political office. During an extended conversation, Yildirim said there should be no compulsion [...]	2007-12-05 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU IR SY
07ISTANBUL1045	GENDER EQUALITY IN TURKISH POLITICS: IS PARITY [...] (U) At a joint Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation-ARI Movement conference entitled 'Young Women Fit For Politics', Turkish and Swedish MP's discussed women's role in policy-making. The Hjalmarson Foundation -- a democracy-development foundation tied to the Moderate party of Sweden -- and the ARI Movem [...]	2007-12-11 08:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL1046	CODEL SHAYS CONFRONTS SKEPTICAL BUSINESSMEN IN [...] (C) Summary. Codel Shays' November 29 meetings in Istanbul underlined contrasts in Turkish thinking on Iraq, the PKK and the U.S. image in Turkey. President of Karadeniz Holding Orhan Karadeniz told Congressman Shays Iraq remains a mess, despite military accomplishments. Turkey is very sen [...]	2007-12-11 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
07ISTANBUL1049	THE AKP BRINGS WATER TO ISTANBUL [...] (U) Prime Minister Erdogan presided over the official opening of the Melen Project, a massive endeavor to provide residents of Istanbul with sufficient water. This project diverts water from the Melen River and pipes it about 150 km westward to Istanbul. The ceremony celebrated the complet [...]	2007-12-11 10:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV PGOV TU

07ISTANBUL1051	GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA [...] (SBU) The International Conference on Islamophobia accused "the West" of an irrational fear of Islam. Most speakers provided anecdotal evidence of hostile actions towards Muslims, including Turkey,s ban against headscarves in public institutions. A small minority of speakers raised the need [...]	2007-12-11 14:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AORC TU
07ISTANBUL1052	TURKISH BANK REPRESENTATIVES PLEDGE HEIGHTENED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of several Turkish banks told Istanbul Iran Watcher on November 29 that they are acting with "extreme vigilance" against the risks posed by the Iranian financial sector and scrutinizing all transactions with Iranian banks, including those designated by the USG on [...]	2007-12-11 14:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IR PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL1058	ISTANBUL WRITER SAYS TURKISH/U.S. MISUNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Summary and comment. Many western ideas have not penetrated the Turkish mindset, including some as basic as limited government. This sometimes leads to misunderstandings between Americans and Turkish counterparts. Prevailing non-western ways of thinking often give life to conspiracy the [...]	2007-12-13 12:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL106	AHMET CALIK ON ASHGABAT LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Ahmet Calik, Turkish oligarch and longtime Ashgabat insider, shared his views on Turkmen developments February 11 in Istanbul with visiting SCA PDAS Mann. We convey them as an additional window on Turkmen issues. 2. (C) Calik has known interim President Berdimuhammedov since 1997 whe [...]	2007-02-13 07:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV TX
07ISTANBUL1064	NEW INVESTMENT IN ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (U) In a deal that will add nearly 3,000 megawatts of electrical generation in Turkey, GE Energy Financial Services is acquiring 50 percent of Gama Energy. Currently Gama Energy, a subsidiary of Gama Holdings, owns 1,150 megawatts generation capacity in Turkey and the partnership with GE will [...]	2007-12-17 12:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG TU
07ISTANBUL1073	CONSUL GENERAL'S CALL ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Armenian Orthodox community in Turkey, His Beatitude Mesrob II, during the Consul General's introductory call, expressed optimism that the government will soon pass a proposed new Law on Foundations. He stressed progress for Armenia depended on reconciliation [...]	2007-12-18 16:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1088	TURKISH ALEVIS HOPEFUL FOLLOWING ECHR DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Some 15 million Turkish Alevis have reason to be hopeful following an October 9 European Court of Human Rights ruling and press reports that the government may soon propose a plan to address their long-disputed grievances. Prominent Alevi advocate Izettin Dogan recently told us t [...]	2007-12-31 13:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL110	NEW TUSIAD CHAIRMAN: US CAN HELP CURB RISING [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag and the head of TUSIAD's parliamentary commission Pekin Baran told Ambassador that the loss of EU and US credibility in Turkey has contributed to the recent rise of natio [...]	2007-02-14 09:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TU AM
07ISTANBUL115	TURKISH STRAITS AT CAPACITY [...] Summary: On February 11, Capt. Salih Orakci, General Director of the Coastal Safety and Salvage Administration briefed A/S Sullivan and members of the EPC delegation on the hazards of navigating the Turkish Straits and the operation of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Bosphorous Straits. [...]	2007-02-15 09:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EPET SENV TU
07ISTANBUL116	AMCONSULATE ISTANBUL RECEIVES PURPORTED OCALAN [...] (C/NF) Consulate has received a letter purporting to be from jailed PKK leader Abullah Ocalan. The envelope was postmarked January 11, 2007, from Beyoglu, Istanbul and addressed to ConGen Istanbul's former Beyoglu office building. The Asrin Law Firm, responsible for Abdullah Ocalan's lega [...]	2007-02-15 11:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
07ISTANBUL120	HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR CONCERNED FOR FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Hrant Dink's widow and Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos' new editor-in-chief Etyen Mahcupyan to express condolences and discuss the state of affairs for the newspaper and the Armenian community in Turkey since Dink's January 19 assassination. Mahcupyan expressed [...]	2007-02-16 08:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR TU
07ISTANBUL136	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISCUSSES HALKI OPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While in Istanbul to attend a session of the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met separately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II (septel.) In his meeting with Bartholomew, the two touched on issues related t [...]	2007-02-23 05:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL137	TURKEY'S ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ON THE GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Armenian Patriarch for Istanbul and all of Turkey Mesrob II (please protect) and who asked not to be quoted on this point, said he feared that passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (H.R. 106) could lead to "violent backl [...]	2007-02-23 06:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL148	ISTANBUL JANUARY PD ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: Istanbul PAS activities in January 2007 included organizing an official visit by the Consul General to Kocaeli, an industrial province east of Istanbul; a round-table discussion with a group of young journalists; and a radio interview with one of Turkey's leading intellectuals. In a [...]	2007-02-23 15:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL15	DISPARATE ALEVI GROUPS AGREE TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Alevi groups representing different religious ideologies shared with us views about their beliefs and disputes with the Government of Turkey. The Ehl-i-Beyt and Cem Foundations continue to seek legal recognition of their faith and proportional support from the Government, as w [...]	2007-01-12 11:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL150	REP HARMAN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) met February 21 with Turkish PM Erdogan, Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, and reform-minded NGO leaders Can Paker and Etyen Mahcupyan to hear Turkish views on the Armenian genocide resolution pending in the House. PM Erdogan highlighted Turkey,s close work [...]	2007-02-26 12:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL159	PRIVATE SECTOR MEETINGS INFORM U.S. - TURKEY EPC [...] (U) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S. - Turkey Economic Partnership Commission began in Istanbul with a full-day session devoted to the private sector. These private sector meetings were designed to inform the government-to-government meetings that followed on February 9 (septel.) Priv [...]	2007-02-27 13:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD TU
07ISTANBUL162	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE STRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia summarized Patriarchate grievances against the GOT during SFRC Majority Staff member Tomicah Tillemann's February 22 visit. Meliton was particularly concerned about recent anonymous threats directed aga [...]	2007-02-28 08:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL AM TU
07ISTANBUL164	SECURITY SURVEY: ISTANBUL BASED ECUMENICAL [...] (SBU) Subsequent to reported threats (reftel) against the Ecumenical and Armenian Patriarchates in Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarchate administrative staffer Paul Gikas contacted us on February 15 to accept Consulate's previous offers to provide security improvement recommendations. In response [...]	2007-03-01 15:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL167	FROM THE VISA LINE: WINTER'S TALES [...] (SBU) Summary: From the Visa Line is a reporting vehicle encompassing vignettes, anecdotes and observations from Istanbul Consular officers' daily interactions with applicants. In recent months, some applicants have cited the increasingly nationalist climate in Turkey as a factor motivating th [...]	2007-03-02 10:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS SOCI CASC KFRD KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL183	BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH EU, [...] (SBU) Summary: BSEC Senior Officials met February 26-27 in Istanbul to discuss establishing an institution-to-institution relationship with the European Union, review the status of ongoing projects including a labor/employment study to be performed the OECD, and discuss preparations for the 1 [...]	2007-03-07 10:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EU
07ISTANBUL187	S/P KRASNER DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary. Following policy/planning consultations with the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, S/P Director Stephen Krasner met with the secular, nationalist-leaning Marmara group as well as academics in Istanbul on February 23-24. Lecturer and writer Soli Ozel questioned how a revolutio [...]	2007-03-08 08:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL209	SCA'S FEIGENBAUM AND DEUTSCH IN ISTANBUL: [...] (SBU) Summary. SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch held meetings in Istanbul February 27 with business and NGO interlocutors regarding Central Asia (reftels),with a heavy focus on Turkmenistan. Businessman Ahmet Calik counseled a step-by-step approach to working with [...]	2007-03-15 12:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ISTANBUL212	ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR - EUR DAS BRYZA [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu told EUR DAS Bryza during a March 9 meeting that the Minister of Education had expressed to him six months ago a favorable opinion of a proposal to re-open Halki Seminary as a two-year high school. Kasapoglu believed [...]	2007-03-15 16:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AM GR TU
07ISTANBUL234	AMBASSADOR'S FOLLOW-UP WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated Patriarchate grievances against the GOT to Ambassador during a March 16 meeting intended to follow-up recent USG discussions with the Patriarchate and GOT officials. His All Holiness expressed hope that progress would be made after [...]	2007-03-22 07:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL245	ISTANBUL TO HOST WORLD WATER FORUM 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. Even as the country enjoyed sunshine instead of rain (reftel),Istanbul hosted a preparatory meeting for the World Water Forum 2009, an international, tri-annual meeting organized to highlight water needs and resources worldwide since 1997. Istanbul was chosen as venue for th [...]	2007-03-23 12:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG SENV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL247	US CHAMBER-ISTANBUL CHAMBER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary. Inspired by an earlier US Chamber - Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB) project (ref B) designed to familiarize small and medium sized Turkish businesses with the U.S. market, the Istanbul Chamber hosted a series of workshops in cooperation with the U.S. Chamber on March 20-23. This i [...]	2007-03-26 05:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV BEXP TU
07ISTANBUL252	TURKISH OPINION MAKERS ON PM ERDOGAN AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In what was meant to be an hour and a half tour d'horizon with three of Turkey's most prominent opinion makers, Ambassador was only able to get one question in: Will PM Erdogan be a candidate for President? The heated debate that ensued was a sharp contrast to the backdrop of [...]	2007-03-26 13:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL258	BANKERS' TAKE ON POSSIBLE ELECTION OUTCOMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul bankers and key business leaders are evenly divided on Prime Minister Erdogan's presidential aspirations with some claiming he would be a fool to take the highly respected but largely ceremonial position while others claim Erdogan's ego will not allow him to forego the [...]	2007-03-28 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN TU
07ISTANBUL346	FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield met with Prime Minister Erdogan,s senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday, April 21, 2007, to discuss U.S. and Turkish policy toward Iraq and related issues. Ambassador Oguz Celikkol, special representative [...]	2007-04-24 15:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IZ XF
07ISTANBUL347	ISTANBUL FEBRUARY-APRIL PD ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: During the February-April period, PAS Istanbul's efforts concentrated on addressing press reports claiming U.S. "inactivity" on the PKK in northern Iraq and on speculations that Armenia "Genocide" resolutions in both the House and the Senate were expected to pass. We also organized [...]	2007-04-25 08:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL349	CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...]	2007-04-25 13:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC TU
07ISTANBUL353	A GATHERING OF GULENISTS, WITH A SPLASH OF SCOTCH [...] (C) Summary. An April 17 gathering of journalists, academicians, religious and political leaders either merely familiar with, sympathetic to or loyal followers of Fethullah Gulen painted a picture of the self-exiled, U.S.-based Turkish religious leader as a compassionate and tolerant humanit [...]	2007-04-27 14:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL358	HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN ISTANBUL MARCH FOR [...] Summary: An unprecedented crowd of around 1 million rallied in Istanbul on April 29 in support of Turkey's secular democracy. The previously planned rally followed a strong statement by the Turkish military on April 27, warning of threats to the secular republic (refs B, C). Within the div [...]	2007-04-30 13:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL363	ISTANBUL MAY DAY 2007 [...] (SBU) Following Sunday's "largest ever" demonstration in Turkey (reftel),a union-inspired crowd today took to the streets to hold traditional May Day demonstrations. Depending on where one started the day, the morning commute was either easier than normal or nearly impossible as police tried [...]	2007-05-01 12:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL38	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASSASSINATED IN ISTANBUL [...] Human rights activist and newspaper publisher Hrint Dink was assassinated at approximately 1500 local time outside the offices of the bilingual Turkish- and Armenian-language newspaper Agos. Television reporters on the scene less than one-half hour later report four spent bullet casings on the [...]	2007-01-19 14:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL387	DINK TRIAL TO BE HELD ON JULY 2 [...] Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court No. 14 will hear the case against the 18 suspects in the Hrant Dink assassination on July 2. The hearing will be closed to observers because Ogun Samast, the primary suspect, is a minor. The court has invited Orhan Pamuk, who was threatened by one of the suspect [...]	2007-05-09 06:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL406	ISTANBUL: A TALE OF THREE OUTLOOKS [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, an entrepreneur and founding member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),a representative of Turkish tradesmen and craftsmen, and a Kemalist academic each commented on today's politics; the first resentful of secularist prejudice, the second aggrieved [...]	2007-05-15 12:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL417	ISTANBUL BRINGS NGO EXPERT TO ADDRESS TRANSPARENCY, [...] Summary: As part of mission's ongoing support of Turkish NGO development, PAS Istanbul designed an April 30 - May 7 program with U.S. Speaker Alan Kumamoto, Partner of Kumamoto Associates and board member of NCIV Los Angeles. Kumamoto reached a wide variety of grassroots organizations, civic [...]	2007-05-16 13:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL KPAO KDEM TU
07ISTANBUL42	SITREP 2. DINK ASSAILANT ARRESTED; HIGH LEVEL [...] (U) In the aftermath of the January 19 murder in Istanbul of Agos weekly editor and founder Hrant Dink, his suspected assailant, 17-year old Ogun Samast, was arrested by Turkish National Police Saturday evening as he stepped off a bus in Samsun en route to his home in Trabzon after his father [...]	2007-01-22 12:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL427	FORUM ISTANBUL: DP'S MEHMET AGAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Mehmet Agar, soon-to-be chairman of the new Democrat Party (DP) that will shortly be formed through unification of his own True Path Party (DYP) and the Motherland (ANAP) party, last week called democracy "the most important value in the world today" and the sine qua non for T [...]	2007-05-21 12:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL437	THE D-8 SECRETARIAT: AN INSTITUTION IN SEARCH OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: We met recently with Dipo Alam, the newly arrived Secretary General of the Developing Eight (D-8) organization. According to Alam the D-8's primary focus is fostering economic development through closer trade ties among the member states as well as cooperation with the United [...]	2007-05-24 09:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL TU IR
07ISTANBUL438	KOCAELI PROVINCE: SATURATED WITH INDUSTRY [...] Summary: Kocaeli province is Istanbul's blue-collar neighbor. If Ankara is Turkey's Washington and Istanbul is New York, then Kocaeli is Chicago. Heavily industrial and densely populated, Kocaeli hugs the eastern tip of the Sea of Marmara. Chamber of Industry representatives and Ford Oto [...]	2007-05-24 12:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TU
07ISTANBUL44	SITREP 3. HRANT DINK MEMORIAL AND FUNERAL [...] (U) Memorial activities for slain Turkish human rights activist Hrant Dink began promptly at 11 a.m. local time in front of the Agos newspaper editorial offices where Dink had been editor-in-chief. A sea of humanity packed the wide boulevard from side to side for a total of perhaps one-half [...]	2007-01-23 12:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL449	ENERGY REGULATORS DISCUSS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) met in Istanbul May 21-22 to discuss regional energy market development, energy security, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. The conference was partially funded by USAID. Yusuf Gunay, President of the Energy Market Regul [...]	2007-05-29 11:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TU
07ISTANBUL46	TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES POLICY FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Several thousand Istanbul Justice and Development Party (AKP) precinct captains and party faithful jammed an auditorium January 13 to hear Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul acclaim Turkey's foreign policy achievements and goals as the party continues its campaign to energize its coh [...]	2007-01-24 09:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL468	ONE INSIDER'S AKP: MISTAKES, POSSIBILITIES, [...] (C) Summary. Metin Kulunk, an Istanbul-based Justice and Development Party (AKP) founding member and rival to Mehmet Muezzinoglu for AK Party's Istanbul Chairmanship, met with us May 23 to review his recent trip to the U.S. and share views of the AKP heading into parliamentary elections. He [...]	2007-06-01 09:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL475	ZEYNEL ERDEM DISCUSSES GULENIST SCHOOLS [...] (C) Zeynel Erdem, a wealthy local businessman and self-described 'advocate for America' (please protect) used a May 31 appointment with CG to raise two cases of Fetullah Gulen (FG) adherents who'd recently been barred from entering the United States. (See reftel for more detail on Gulen and t [...]	2007-06-04 12:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS TU
07ISTANBUL476	CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious minority leaders from the Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Jewish communities met separately May 30 with the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. Discussions at the Armenian and Ecumenical Patriarchates focused on the possible effect of a congressional Armenian [...]	2007-06-04 12:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL498	MEETING WITH GENC PARTY ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Soner Cokbilgin, the current Istanbul chairman of the Genc ("Young") Party, discussed Genc Party,s brief history, the July 22 parliamentary elections, and future goals with us on May 23 in Istanbul. Genc Party is a vehicle for the political aspirations of Cem Uzan, a controve [...]	2007-06-08 13:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL50	TURKISH LEGAL SOURCES REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) The following information is a summary of the relevant legal sources and points associated with the administration and closing of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Seminary. Most of the information is taken from a Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) publication ent [...]	2007-01-24 16:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL509	ANAVATAN WITHDRAWS FROM ELECTION, HOPES TO [...] (C) Summary: Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) Istanbul Branch Chairman Sinan Gedik confided his party withdrew on June 8 from upcoming parliamentary elections because it anticipates the elections will result in a three-party parliament unable to elect a president and consequently forced to dissolv [...]	2007-06-13 08:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL51	PM LAUNCHES TUNNEL, LAUDS ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY: On January 23, Prime Minister Erdogan used the official opening ceremony of a tunnel on the primary Ankara - Istanbul highway to highlight the strong commercial ties between Turkey and Italy. Erdogan argued that the commercial and business links forged by his government with Italy ha [...]	2007-01-24 16:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN EINV ENRG IT TU
07ISTANBUL517	TURKISH DEMOCRACY: ISOLATION AND TRADITION [...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political science professor Ali Carkoglu argued in a recent meeting that traditional Kemalists - the military, the courts, Turkey's bureaucracy - are insulated from normal Turkish society and have no stake in its improvement. A siege mentality and sense of is [...]	2007-06-15 11:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL52	BIBLE SOCIETY'S EXPERIENCE TRANSCENDS RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Bible Society in Turkey, established by Congregational Protestant missionaries in Istanbul in 1820, continues to enjoy freedom from government interference in its operations. Notably, its recent publication of a Kurdish language Bible received little GOT attention and was ev [...]	2007-01-25 11:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL53	TUSIAD ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN; DECRIES DINK MURDER [...] Summary: During the January 25 Annual General Assembly TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) members elected a new board of directors, naming Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag the first female chairman in the group's 37-year history. Yalcindag's election was a foregone conclus [...]	2007-01-25 15:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV TU
07ISTANBUL531	PRO-KURDISH PARTY: A FRESH APPROACH TO GAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP) is running one "independent" candidate from each of Istanbul's three electoral districts; the party claims each is likely to attract enough support to gain seats in parliament. Nationwide, 40% of the party's candidates are [...]	2007-06-22 10:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL538	ARTICLE 301 CONTINUES TO HAUNT DINK FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Hrant Dink's son Arat, a managing editor at the Armenian-language weekly newspaper his father founded, and another "Agos" colleague were acquitted on June 14 of charges associated with "attempting to influence the judiciary." The same court postponed the hearing of a more cont [...]	2007-06-22 14:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL539	AN EVENING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I [...] (C) Summary: His All Holiness Bartholomew I used a farewell dinner he hosted in honor of the departing Consul General to express appreciation for the USG's continuing support and for the Consul General's personal interest in the issues affecting the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He lamented havi [...]	2007-06-25 12:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL541	DAS BRYZA, AMB DAVUTOGLU DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. During a June 15 meeting in Istanbul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Prime Ministry senior advisor Ahmet Davutoglu discussed ways forward on Cyprus in the run up to the December 2008 EU Commission report on Turkey's accession process. Davutoglu argued that the current government was un [...]	2007-06-26 08:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU CY EUN
07ISTANBUL542	TUSIAD LUNCHEON WITH COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, joined by Ambassador Wilson and Consul General, met with leaders of the Turkish Industrialists, and Businessmen,s Association (TUSIAD) on June 7 at TUSIAD,s headquarters in Istanbul. The discussion focused on the organization's missi [...]	2007-06-26 09:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL550	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE WINS PYRRIC VICTORY IN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On June 26 the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals (Yargitay) upheld a local Istanbul court decision to acquit 12 members of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the charge of "illegal obstruction of religious service." In rendering this decision the court [...]	2007-06-27 11:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL553	AMBASSADOR WILSON MEETS WITH CARGILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Van Yeutter, Director of International Business Development for Cargill, Inc., and Mustafa Sayintac, CEO of Cargill-Turkey, told Ambassador and CG officers on June 7 in Istanbul that Cargill-Turkey's largest factory, which was ordered to close down last year, remains open pendin [...]	2007-06-27 12:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR BEXP TU
07ISTANBUL554	YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY'S "DON'T IGNORE, VOTE!" [...] (SBU) Summary. Playing off an American rap star's "Vote or Die" campaign, a group of Turkish students and their professor at Istanbul's Yeditepe University have launched a popular get-out-the-vote initiative called &Koyverme, oy ver!8 (&Don,t ignore, vote!8) to promote voter turnout in the Ju [...]	2007-06-28 06:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL555	ISTANBUL TO HOST TOP NAMES IN GLOBAL COMMERCE [...] An increasingly popular venue for international congresses and conventions, Istanbul will host the World Chambers Federation (WCF) Fifth World Chambers Congress in Istanbul on July 4-6. Istanbul competed with Monaco and Bratislava to host the event. Prime Minister Erdogan will open the even [...]	2007-06-28 06:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP TU
07ISTANBUL556	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SUES LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Amnesty International's (AI) Turkey branch filed civil cases against two local government authorities, the Beyoglu District Governor's office and the Istanbul Governor's office, for failing to respond to queries related to the January seizure of 75,000 YTL (approx 57,000 dollar [...]	2007-06-28 15:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL565	BSEC 15TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMIT: A PROTOCOL TRIUMPH [...] (SBU) Summary: The BSEC 15th anniversary summit held in Istanbul on June 25 proved that Turkey could deliver a high level protocol event, including participation by eleven of the twelve BSEC member heads of state or government. Armenia, the only hold out, was represented by Foreign Minister O [...]	2007-07-02 08:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN ENRG TU RU EU
07ISTANBUL577	OPENING SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The much anticipated trial of 18 suspects in the January 19 murder of Turkish Armenian human rights activist Hrant Dink (ref A) began on July 2 in a closed-court session because the murder suspect is a minor. Following accusations of police complicity in the murder and questio [...]	2007-07-03 10:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL60	THE DISTAFF SIDE OF AK LEADERSHIP: ROOM FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: During a small dinner hosted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) "networker" Mutlu Alkan, State Minister for Women's and Children's issues Nimet Cubukcu expressed confidence in the ruling party's ability to succeed in this year's parliamentary elections, while lamenting the c [...]	2007-01-26 13:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL607	CHALLENGE TO NON-TURKISH SYNOD MEMBERS OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ultra-nationalist attorney Kemal Kerincsiz, citing the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) June 26 rejection of the ecumenical nature of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, requested the Governor of Istanbul intervene to block the Holy Synod's July 7-10 meetin [...]	2007-07-09 11:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL61	HRANT DINK MEMORIAL SERVICES INSPIRE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Consulate staff joined tens of thousands of Turkish citizens of various ethnicities, along with a significant international audience at memorial and funeral services for Turkish-Armenian human rights advocate Hrant Dink, murdered January 19 in front of his Agos [...]	2007-01-26 18:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU AM
07ISTANBUL624	STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY/GUREVICH DISCUSS ELECTIONS, VIEW [...] (C) Summary. In separate July 7 meetings, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Senior Staff Members Alan Makovsky and Gene Gurevich discussed the July 22 parliamentary elections, the possibility of a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq, and the effects of a possible U.S. Arm [...]	2007-07-13 06:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL63	U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on December 4 and 5, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey briefed leading Turkish bankers on the risks posed by deceptive Iranian banking practices. U/S Levey noted that Iranian interest in Turkey would likely increase as European banks pull back from their Iran business and ur [...]	2007-01-29 06:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV TU IR
07ISTANBUL631	NORTHWEST TURKEY'S TEKIRDAG IN CAMPAIGN MOOD [...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Tekirdag located just up the Marmara seacoast northwest of Istanbul a few days after the press splashed claims of U.S. support to the PKK by three masked persons said to be PKK defectors across newspapers and television sets. The pleasant town, known for excellent k [...]	2007-07-16 13:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL636	ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE SHOT DEAD [...] Tuncay Seyranlioglu, an independent candidate for parliament in Istanbul's 2nd electoral district, was shot dead on July 16 in the suburban Kemerburgaz neighborhood of Istanbul. Seyranlioglu had just finished a television interview when assailants opened fire on his vehicle. His three passen [...]	2007-07-17 12:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL638	YARGITAY'S RULING ON ECUMENICITY: WHAT DOES IT [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate attorney Kezban Hatemi and Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton, separately, gave us very different assessments of the implications of the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) recent rejection of the ecumenicity of the Greek Ort [...]	2007-07-18 11:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL653	BURSA: RESERVED FORMER OTTOMAN CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Istanbul's final pre-election campaign visit was to Bursa, traveling aboard a new 75-minute car ferry from Istanbul to a dock just 25 miles from the town center, cutting the four-hour car trip to under two hours. Businessmen in their Mercedes joined vacationers to fil [...]	2007-07-20 11:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL66	HRANT DINK: DISCUSSION WITH USCIRF ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) The tragic murder of Armenian Turkish human rights advocate Hrant Dink on January 19 was a tremendous loss for Turkey (ref A). Embassy and Consulate staff had frequent contact with Dink over the years, most recently on November 14, 2006 when he met with the United States Commission on In [...]	2007-01-30 09:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL663	ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Democratic Society Party'S (DTP)-affiliated independent candidate Sebahat Tuncel was elected with nearly 90,000 votes in Istanbul,s 3rd district. Tuncel was arrested during a police operation in the DTP office in Bagcilar district of Istanbul in November 2006. She has been kept in Geb [...]	2007-07-23 15:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER TU
07ISTANBUL664	ISTANBUL GOVERNORSHIP: YARGITAY'S REJECTION OF [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu described the Yargitay,s recent rejection of the Greek Orthodox patriarchate's ecumenicity as a commentary rather than a binding decision. He stressed GOT policy on this issue remained the same and that it was the g [...]	2007-07-24 06:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL666	BSEC OBSERVER STATUS SET TO EXPIRE IN OCTOBER 2007 [...] On July 20, the BSEC Permanent International Staff (PERMIS) notified us by diplomatic note that the observer status of the United States of America with BSEC is due to expire at the end of October 2007. An application for the renewal of observer status should be conveyed via diplomatic note [...]	2007-07-24 08:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN TU
07ISTANBUL675	TURKEY: SMALL PARTY ALLEGES RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The minuscule Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) intends to file a complaint of "gross violations" of rights against Turkey's Supreme Election Board (SEB) with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The SEB's decisions are final and may not be appealed to any body inside Turkey, [...]	2007-07-26 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL690	AKP MP VAHIT ERDEM ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP Vahit Erdem argued that the U.S. offers the only viable strategic partnership for Turkey, but noted that U.S. Iraq policy is an enormous problem and cautioned that only concrete U.S. action against the PKK in Northern Iraq could ease the pr [...]	2007-07-31 06:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL692	TURKEY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR IRAQ BRIEFS STAFFDEL [...] (C) GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Ambassador Oguz Celikkol told staffers that Sunnis in Iraq tell Turkey they feel excluded from decision-making; absent consensus-based decisions in Iraq, the community or communities feeling left out will forcefully resist. He reported great Saudi discomfort wi [...]	2007-07-31 12:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF TU IZ JO SY
07ISTANBUL694	$50 AND A FREE LUNCH: THE PERKS OF HELPING RUN A [...] (U) Summary. Unlike most voters, who were in and out of their polling places in five minutes, the Consulate bank teller spent all day at his polling station, helping to administer the official voting. His experience gives a glimpse of civil society's contribution to Turkey's parliamentary e [...]	2007-08-01 06:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL70	SAKARYA PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR: KIRKUK REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary. We met Sakarya Governor Nuri Okutan on a visit to the province's major city, Adapazari, on January 18. What we had anticipated as a 30-minute courtesy call turned into a one-and-a-half hour lecture on Iran's historical influence in Anatolia, Turkish-Iranian relations and current [...]	2007-01-31 07:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL722	TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO, AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),which scored a significant victory in recent elections, was given the mandate to form another single-party government. AKP is expected to continue to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey contin [...]	2007-08-09 12:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07ISTANBUL773	NOT NEW, JUST REHEATED: AN UPDATE ON CHARGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Following recent Greek and Turkish press reports that an Istanbul prosecutor subpoenaed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemeos, the Patriarch,s attorney Kezban Hatemi told us that new prosecutorial staff had mistakenly issued the subpoena when they overlooked the Patriarch,s prior [...]	2007-08-24 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL779	CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler stressed the importance of US cooperation in combating PKK terrorism during a cordial introductory meeting with the incoming Consul General. Guler offered his continued full support to the Consulate General, including and especially with respec [...]	2007-08-29 10:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL791	CODEL COSTELLO: GOT URGES HOUSE NOT TO PASS AGR [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish MFA Undersecretary (D Equivalent) Apakan and a group of parliamentarians, separately, urged Codel Costello to prevent passage of an Armenian Genocide Resolution, noting it would cause serious damage to US-Turkish relations. Turkish officials also pressed the delegatio [...]	2007-09-05 07:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU AM IZ
07ISTANBUL83	ECHR RULING SETS PRECEDENT FOR DISPUTED MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on January 10 it had ruled in favor of the Fener Greek Boys' High School Foundation in the latter's application against the GOT regarding the expropriation of two properties. The court ordered Turkey to return the two propertie [...]	2007-02-07 07:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL854	SUCCESSFUL JOINT US - BSEC ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM [...] (U) Summary: On September 12-13 BSEC and the United States government jointly held a symposium bringing together government officials as well as representatives from the private and non-governmental sectors of the BSEC member states. The symposium was designed to explore the nexus between en [...]	2007-09-20 14:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN SENV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL855	AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST'S ADVICE ON REACHING THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 04:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM IR TU
07ISTANBUL864	3G AUCTION CANCELED; VODAFONE DECRIES UNFAIR [...] Summary: Atilla Vidai, Vodafone Turkey CEO, argued the September 19 decision by the Turkish Telecommunications Board to cancel the 3G auction in which only one of the three wireless providers (Turkcell) currently operating in the Turkish market chose to bid was proof that the Turkish mobile [...]	2007-09-25 06:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS TU
07ISTANBUL868	ISTANBUL OFFICE CALLS UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary and comment. EUR/SE desk officer Danielle Garbe met recently with TESEV President Can Paker, former Special Envoy General Edip Baser and academician Kemal Kirisci to hear views on Turkey's domestic politics, its foreign relations and the bureaucracy's view of the fight against t [...]	2007-09-25 14:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IR IZ
07ISTANBUL869	TURKISH JEWISH COMMUNITY ANXIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Jewish community secular leaders expressed their anxiety about the impact of potential constitutional reforms now capturing headlines during the Consul General's September 20 introductory call on Chief Rabbi Haleva. In separate meetings, community representatives had a [...]	2007-09-25 14:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL872	ISTANBUL BUSINESS TO U/S BURNS: NOW IS THE TIME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a broad-ranging dinner conversation with two recently-elected AKP members of parliament and four senior business leaders Undersecretary Burns discussed constitutional reform, prospects for resolving conflict with Armenia, the treatment of minorities in Turkey, Turkish press [...]	2007-09-26 12:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL873	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I conveyed his appreciation for continued USG support and reiterated the concerns of the Patriarchate in a meeting with U/S Burns on September 18 in Istanbul. The Patriarch shared his optimism concerning the results of recent Turkish parliamen [...]	2007-09-26 12:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL892	BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS POSTPONE ACTION ON U.S. [...] Summary. The September 27 meeting of the BSEC Committee of Senior Officials agreed to postpone discussion of large portions of the agenda to the October 23-24 Ankara meeting, including the U.S. application for renewal of observer status (reftels). In addition to a prolonged discussion of the [...]	2007-10-02 06:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PREL TU
07ISTANBUL893	AN IRANIAN OIL EXECUTIVE ON ISA'S "UNINTENDED [...] (C/NF) Summary: On September 26, Consulate Istanbul &Iran watcher8 met with Assadollah Maleknejad, Vice President of Iran,s Pars Oil company, to discuss regional and Iranian hydrocarbon issues. Maleknejad politely criticized USG energy policy in the region, arguing that the Trans-Caspian pi [...]	2007-10-02 06:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV IR TU AZ

07ISTANBUL896	TESEV TO U/S BURNS: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Leaders of Turkey's most progressive civil society think tank, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, stressed to U/S Burns that while reform of Article 301 was important, the government must c [...]	2007-10-02 13:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL TU IZ

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