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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07KIGALI644IOM DEMARCHE ON SWING CANDIDACY
[...] (U) On Friday, July 6 poloffs met with Ben Rutsinga, IO Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on Ambassador Swing's candidacy for IOM Director General. While Rutsinga acknowledged Ambassador Swing's many contributions to peace in the DRC, and expressed gene [...]
2007-07-10 14:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREF PREL SMIG RW
07KIGALI645 ICTR SEES "NO VALUE" IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM PAUL
[...] (U) Embassy transmits for Department the following statement issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda regarding communications with Paul Rusesabagina. 2. (U) Begin text: Statement Office of the Prosecutor 29 June 2007 Mr. Paul Rusesabagina did write to the ICTR Pro [...]
2007-07-11 06:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI651HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ----- [...]
2007-07-12 11:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI656DEMARCHE ON OCTOBER 1 AU/UN HYBRID FORCE UNSCR
[...] (U) On Monday, July 16 Ambassador met with Rosemary Museminali, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, to deliver reftel demarche on a UN Security Council resolution that sets an October 1 date for the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to transition to the UN/AU [...]
2007-07-16 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SU RW
07KIGALI66Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential
[...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]
2007-01-24 05:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI668RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI669RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI675HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ------- [...]
2007-07-27 07:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI676HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR SEMINAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- --- [...]
2007-07-27 07:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI6802007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following updates the single existing investment dispute involving an American investor in Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that is outstanding against the Government of Rwanda (G [...]
2007-07-30 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CACS RW
07KIGALI681HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive staff training (CPX) as part of ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Ra [...]
2007-07-31 06:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI700RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Japan promised Rwanda USD 1,509,150 to boost economic development and poverty eradication, most specifically directed towards the agricultural sector. The World Bank will administer both grants from the Japanese government under its Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD). The gran [...]
2007-08-03 10:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI728GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC
[...] Summary. Post welcomes the Department's solicitation of information on the administrative burden of administering grants and the level of support being provided by ICASS service providers for PD operations in the field. PAS enjoys strong support at post from ICASS service providers; those ga [...]
2007-08-14 15:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKICA KPAO OIIP AMGT
07KIGALI73RWANDA WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) On 24 January State Minister for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador that while the GOR might be willing to support the African Union (AU) mission to Somalia with training or civilian police (civpol) support, it is "disinclined" to send Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) soldiers. A [...]
2007-01-24 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL UNSC RW ET KE
07KIGALI737Methane Development Continues Despite Disputes
[...] SUMMARY. Lake Kivu still contains hope for Rwanda to solve one of the biggest obstacles to its development - the unreliability and high cost of energy in the country. The GOR partnership and concession granted to Dane Associates has been dissolved, but several other companies have appeared to [...]
2007-08-17 08:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW CG
07KIGALI743BUSINESSMEN, GENERALS, AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The recent case of prominent local businessman Assinapol Rwigara, sought by police after a construction-site accident, is an object lesson in Rwandan law enforcement in action, and the rumor-mill that attends the arrest of any public personality. Officials extended the opera [...]
2007-08-20 05:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI746RWANDA: LEVELING THE POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD?
[...] (SBU) Summary. With the advent of a new law on political parties on June 1, the two largest independent parties have begun organizational efforts at the grassroots level, and report renewed interest among average Rwandans in party politics. With just over a year to the 2008 parliamentary e [...]
2007-08-20 15:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI747TWO ARRESTED GENERALS RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (SBU) Following two same-day sessions of a military court in Kigali, the presiding judge released Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka on bail on August 17. The court scheduled their next court session set for September 6. Both men stand accused of interfering with police officer [...]
2007-08-20 16:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI754FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]
2007-08-22 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI755KIVUS STRATEGY DEMARCHE: RWANDA IN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On August 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the USG Kivus strategy to Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande. Ambassador asked that the GOR: 1) reiterate its previously declared opposition to any form of recruitment within Rwanda by General Nkunda and work to prevent s [...]
2007-08-22 16:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI758RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]
2007-08-23 14:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI759RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]
2007-08-23 14:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI762ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RWANDAN DEPUTY DARFUR
[...] (C) A Brussels-based opposition group, FDU-Inkingi, recently accused Rwandan Major General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake - the newly appointed Deputy Commander of the UN-AU Hybrid Force in Darfur - of participation in various massacres and murders of political opponents in the years just before and [...]
2007-08-24 12:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI765HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CCMR SEMINAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend a Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) training seminar. Last Name First Name Ran [...]
2007-08-27 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI77RWANDA DOES NOT SUPPORT SUDAN FOR AU CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador January 24 that Rwanda agrees that it would be "bad for the AU and Africa" if Sudan were selected for the AU chairmanship. Instead, Rwanda would work for a postponement of Sudan's candidacy for another year. Mus [...]
2007-01-26 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI777HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ---------- [...]
2007-08-30 19:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI792AMBASSADOR SEZIBERA ON FOREIGN MINISTER TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on September 6 to discuss the recent meeting in Kinshasa between the Rwandan and Congolese Foreign Ministers (which Sezibera attended). Sezibera described the interactions as "about what we expected," and said th [...]
2007-09-06 15:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI793RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MEETING IN KINSHASA
[...] (SBU) On September 7 Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the local diplomatic corps on his recent visit to Kinshasa to discuss events in the Kivus with his Congolese counterpart. Murigande expressed satisfaction with the several joint mechanisms announced in the communique is [...]
2007-09-07 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI796RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the U.S. Mission, launched a USD 10 million extensive anti-malaria Indoor Residential Spraying (IRS) campaign for Kigali on August 10. The goal of the campaign is to reduce malaria-related mortality by 50 percent among those in most vulnerable categ [...]
2007-09-10 05:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI822GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE"
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]
2007-09-17 08:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI83HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR LEADER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following GOR officials nominated to attend the Senior Leadership Seminar (SLS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 Feb - 9 MAR 2007: -- Mr. Ben Balthazar Rutsi [...]
2007-01-29 09:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07KIGALI849TWO GENERALS ACQUITTED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On September 21, a military court acquitted Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka of obstruction of justice charges. Rusegara, the head of a military training school, and Kaka, a retired officer now serving as a member of parliament for the ruling RPF, had been granted bail o [...]
2007-09-25 08:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI858HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Air Traffic Controller training on November 7: Last Name First Name Rank DOB - [...]
2007-09-28 10:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI859HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ------- [...]
2007-09-28 11:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI865RWANDA'S LIBERAL PARTY IN TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party (PL) leadership has been embroiled in a continuing leadership dispute, the losing faction in hotly contested national congress elections alleging corruption and general misuse of party funds by the winning side. First suspended by party leadership, five senior p [...]
2007-10-01 12:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI882RWANDA: CREDIBLE VOICES IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 13:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI883SPEAKER PROGRAM ON POLITICAL MARKETING RESONATES
[...] Summary. University of Vermont Professor Edward McMahon completed on Saturday, September 29 a highly successful IIP speaker program on the role of political parties in a democratic society. McMahon's program included individual calls on each of the nine political parties represented in Rwanda [...]
2007-10-02 13:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM RW
07KIGALI899FDLR FIRES INTO AND/OR FROM RWANDA
[...] (C) According to Rwandan military sources, late on the evening of September 30, a small force of suspected Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) soldiers fired several hundred machine gun rounds into Rwanda from positions on the Congolese side of the border, in a remote area [...]
2007-10-04 15:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR PREF MOPS RW
07KIGALI902RWANDA 2007 SUBMISSION FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] Post provides the following responses to reftel request for information on textile and apparel production in Rwanda. 2. Requested Information -- Total industrial production in USD: 2006: USD 363 million. 2007 estimate: not available. -- Total textiles and apparel production in USD: [...]
2007-10-05 06:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX RW
07KIGALI915GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES ON BWINDI DEFENDANTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed the September 17 letter from Department of Homeland Security ICE A/S Julie Myers to A/S Frazer, detailing the immigration judge's decision in regard to one of the three Bwindi defendants. In her letter, A/S Myers requested the Department of State to offer a "prefer [...]
2007-10-10 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS RW
07KIGALI916HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen General Marcel GATSINZI, Minister of Defense (DOB: 01/09/1948),scheduled to attend the Golden Spear conference, November 7 and 8, 2007. 3. (SBU) Post has disc [...]
2007-10-10 15:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI9172200 RWANDANS RETURN FROM UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has confirmed recent press reports of the repatriation of approximately 2200 Rwandans who had settled in the Kibati region of Uganda, near the Tanzanian border. Most press accounts depicted forced movement on little notice although the pro-government New Times offered ac [...]
2007-10-11 07:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI933RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]
2007-10-15 08:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI934RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]
2007-10-15 08:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI935IMF ON PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 12 a visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) team described for local diplomatic missions its efforts to assist the Ministry of Finance and other Rwandan ministries and agencies in improving Public Finance Management (PFM --the effective and efficient use of pub [...]
2007-10-15 12:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN RW
07KIGALI94RWANDA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM RW
07KIGALI954ICTR PROSECUTOR ASKS FOR HELP IN POTENTIAL CASES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with Charge and pol/econ chief on October 17 to discuss potential cases against Rwandan officials and the importance of witness protection. [...]
2007-10-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI96Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential
[...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]
2007-01-31 15:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI961Rwanda Oil Pipeline: Feasible, Profitable, and Necessary
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9, Energy and Communications Minister of State Albert Butare opened a workshop to review the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA)-funded findings on the extension of an oil products pipeline from Kampala to Rwanda. The report clearly supports extension of [...]
2007-10-22 08:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI962PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS PRIVATE MEETING WITH PRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 14:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI965HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen Lt. J. Damascene KAYITANA, DOB 08/23/1969, scheduled to attend Golden Spear Conference November 5 - 8, 2007. 3. (SBU) Post has discovered no derogatory inform [...]
2007-10-23 13:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI966RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS CONGOLESE FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. On October 23 Foreign Minister Charles Murigande expressed considerable reservations about the Congolese "Ex-Far/Interahamwe Action Plan," regarding it as less detailed and less concrete than earlier plans, and in conflict with current planning by the Tripartite-Plus Chiefs of [...]
2007-10-23 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS RW
07KIGALI968RWANDA LIKELY TO SUPPORT WALKER IAAC CANDIDACY
[...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on candidacy of David M. Walker for the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC). Rutsinga said the Government of Rwanda would have to [...]
2007-10-23 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN UNGA RW
07KIGALI969RWANDA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PRIORITY UNGA
[...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on UN General Assembly Third Committee resolutions. Rutsinga was receptive to U.S. request to take a stand against no-action motions and gene [...]
2007-10-23 16:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA RW
07KIGALI970GACACA GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS ON TRACK FOR
[...] (C) Summary. According to officials in Rwanda's National Service of Gacaca Courts, 90 percent of all gacaca cases have been processed and adjudications will be completed by the end of 2007. Processing remaining category one cases (those involving genocide leaders/organizers or those who comm [...]
2007-10-24 07:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI979RWANDA SUPPORTS RAPE RESOLUTION, MAY ABSTAIN ON
[...] (C) In absence of the Foreign Minister and Minister of State, A/DCM called upon International Organizations Director Ben Rutsinga on October 26 to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution and the Cuba embargo resolution. On the rape resolution, Rutsinga reiterated Rwanda's strong support f [...]
2007-10-26 10:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA RW
07KIGALI985REFUGEES IN RWANDA - A CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The refugee operation in Rwanda is having difficulty keeping pace with the growth of the Congolese refugee population. In the past six-months, over 3000 Congolese have entered Rwanda, fleeing fighting in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 60 percent of the [...]
2007-10-30 10:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PREF PGOV RW
07KIGALI989MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) Two Liberal Party parliamentarians lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies after being expelled from their party. The government set up a Commission to investigate the shooting-down of the Habyarimana presidential jet in 1994. Two independent publishers temporarily suspended their [...]
2007-10-30 14:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL RW
07KINGSTON100JAMAICA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON1001JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-27 17:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1011USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] Bilateral trade between Jamaica and the U.S. rose to USD 2.3 billion or 37 percent of Jamaica's total trade at the end of 2005. At this level, the U.S. remained Jamaica's major trading partner. But while trade between both countries has grown in absolute terms, the U.S. share of trade has falle [...]
2007-06-28 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON1012JAMAICA: "SHADOW" MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: NAS Director met with Derrick Smith, Shadow Minister for National Security, on June 26. Smith was confident that the opposition JLP party would win the next election. He expressed the JLP's disappointment that the U.S. has not come out in favor of a JLP administration, levie [...]
2007-06-29 12:57:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON1036JAMAICA: JLP'S GENERAL SECRETARY SPEAKS FRANKLY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Director for WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff recently met with Karl Samuda - MP and General Secretary for the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP). Samuda spoke SIPDIS frankly about the state of Jamaica and proposed changes to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) should the JLP win. [...]
2007-07-03 19:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON1043JAMAICA: NEW HEAD OF POLICE ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Mr. Justin Felice, current Senior Director of Investigations for the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, has accepted the Government of Jamaica's offer to become the head of a new Anti-Corruption Division within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) beginning in September 2007. [...]
2007-07-05 18:01:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON1071JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION
[...] (U) Ending months of speculation and prophecizing, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) called faithful People's National Party (PNP) members to rally in Kingston on July 8 ostensibly to introduce the 60 PNP candidates running for election. After hours of standing and waiving PNP [...]
2007-07-09 20:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SNAR XL
07KINGSTON108REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 4
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-01-22 15:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1089JAMAICA'S TOURISM BOOM
[...] Summary: Tourism figures for 2006 show tourists flocking to Jamaica in record numbers. Visitor arrivals for 2006 broke the psychological three million barrier for the first time, while earnings of USD 1.9 billion also soared to new heights. The diversion of a number of visitors from Cancun fo [...]
2007-07-13 11:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ECON EFIN EINV SOCI JM
07KINGSTON110JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON111JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1116JAMAICA: ENDORSEMENT OF FY08 SECTION 1206 NDAA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 19:03:00Embassy KingstonSECRET//NOFORNPTER MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON112JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1125JAMAICAN TOURISM: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) Summary: The breakneck pace of development on the northern coast of Jamaica threatens the fragile ecosystem there. The GoJ has aggressively pursued foreign investment in the tourism sector, but has been slow to upgrade the infrastructure to handle the glut of new hotels and resorts. In ad [...]
2007-07-20 10:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND EINV SOCI SENV JM
07KINGSTON1126JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 11:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1127JAMAICA'S "FINANCE MINISTER IN WAITING" ROLLS OUT
[...] (C) In a private meeting with DCM and EMBOFFS, JLP Shadow Finance Minister and member of Parliament Audley Shaw outlined a slew of policies, including a new debt management program and tax reforms, to restructure the Jamaican economy. After 18 years in opposition, "Jamaica's Finance Minister in [...]
2007-07-20 11:59:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL XL JM
07KINGSTON113JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]
2007-01-23 14:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1131JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...]
2007-07-20 16:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON1132JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR BLANKET RETRANSFER END-USE
[...] Per reftel, Emboffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations Courtenay Rattray and Assistant Director Shauna-Kay Richards at midday on July 20 to determine the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s interest in participation in the blanket en [...]
2007-07-20 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS JM
07KINGSTON1133JAMAICA: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI)
[...] Per reftel, Emboffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations Courtenay Rattray and Assistant Director Shauna-Kay Richards at midday on July 20 to invite the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s endorsement of the Proliferation Security Init [...]
2007-07-20 19:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC KNNP JM
07KINGSTON1144JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-23 20:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1161JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 20:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1170JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]
2007-07-27 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO
[...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]
2007-07-27 14:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1193JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER THREE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 19:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR OAS CARICOM
07KINGSTON1209JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT
[...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]
2007-08-07 17:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1211JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT
[...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]
2007-08-07 18:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1237A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...]
2007-08-09 21:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO
07KINGSTON1247JAMAICA/BRAZIL: LULA OPENS ETHANOL PLANT, GIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 12:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EAGR EFIN EPET PGOV PREL EAIR JM
07KINGSTON1250JAMAICA: CRIME STATISTICS TRENDING IN THE WRONG
[...] (C) Summary: NAS Director and RSO met with Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields on August 3 to discuss the current crime statistics and the Jamaica Constabulary Forces' preparations to prevent major politically motivated violence during the run up to the August 27 election. Shields agree [...]
2007-08-14 19:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSANR PREL ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1252JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 12:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1264JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1266TFJM01: JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 23:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC JM KFLO MARR PINR PREL XL XK
07KINGSTON1269JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 19:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1270JAMAICA: POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 22:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI ASEC CASC JM
07KINGSTON1271JAMAICA: Sitrep #3
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 12:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1273JAMAICA: Sitrep #4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 18:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1274USAID SITUATION REPORT 1 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] As of August 20, the USAID assessment team reports that Hurricane Dean has destroyed the sugarcane crop in Saint Catherine Parish and resulted in pockets of damage throughout the island. Initial assessments indicate that Clarendon, Saint Thomas, and Saint Catherine parishes have sustained si [...]
2007-08-21 12:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1286USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 18:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1288JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER 5
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 20:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1290USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1292USAID SITUATION REPORT 3 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Results from the two-day rapid assessment found that 6 out of 13 parishes received damage from Hurricane Dean's high winds and storm surge, confirmed hurricane- related damage to at least 3,127 houses, and identified provision of water as an immediate need. On August 22, USAID's Office of U. [...]
2007-08-24 13:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1298USAID SITUATION REPORT 4 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] As of August 24, aid agencies continue to focus on emergency response activities, such as distribution of food, water, and relief supplies, to hurricane-affected communities. The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) continues to facil [...]
2007-08-28 12:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1301JAMAICA: COMPARING THE PARTY MANIFESTOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 11:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1302JAMAICA: SEVEN (7) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-08-29 15:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1306JAMAICA: THIRTEEN (13) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following thirteen (13) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The proposed gr [...]
2007-08-29 17:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1307JAMAICA: OPPOSITION DRAWS EVEN WITH RULING PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 12:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1309REQUEST FOR TWO (2) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTINGS FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: N [...]
2007-08-30 13:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON131REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-26 13:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1311JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR THREE (3) HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: Na [...]
2007-08-30 18:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1314JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR FIVE (5) HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates for OAS/CICAD - NAS funded Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montegto Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...]
2007-08-30 19:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1317JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 14:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON132COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KINGSTON CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] Post grants country clearance to the following individuals for travel to Jamaica, 29 January, 2007 to 2 February, 2007: John Haralson, James McVerry, Paul Baldwin, Marshall Derks, Joseph Chamberlain, Ann Jackson, AnneMette Lavery, Keith Sims, and Major Louis Poore. The purpose of this travel i [...]
2007-01-26 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA JM XL
07KINGSTON1321JAMAICA: THREE (3) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following OAS/CICAD - NAS candidates funded for Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montego Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informatio [...]
2007-08-31 14:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1323JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 21:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1325JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1326JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN
[...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON133JAMAICA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER PATTERSON BELIEVES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 19:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV EIND ETRD ECON EWWT EFIN ECIN
07KINGSTON1335JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidte of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Information regarding the candidate: [...]
2007-09-04 18:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1336JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1348JAMAICA: AMEMBASSY KINGSTON PARTICIPATES IN OAS OBSERVER
[...] On September 3, 2007, National General Elections were held in Jamaica. The Organization of American States (OAS) was present at the invitation of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to serve as impartial observers for the electoral process. OAS fielded 38 volunteers in two-person teams and cover [...]
2007-09-05 16:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOAS CASC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1369JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING TO BE SWORN-IN AS PRIME MINISTER ON
[...] On the afternoon of September 6, Embassy received an advance facsimile of the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of Diplomatic Note 8/802/380) ---------------------------------------- "The Min [...]
2007-09-07 19:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON OVIP JM XL
07KINGSTON1381JAMAICA: ONE (1) REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for trainnig in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Name: EVERALD, Mort [...]
2007-09-10 20:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1389JAMAICA: NEW PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-12 14:08:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1400JAMAICA: A SUGGESTED U.S. AGENDA WITH THE NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 13:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR EFIN ETRD EAID MASS SOCI
07KINGSTON1416REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has not derogatory information. Name of proposed candidate: Nam [...]
2007-09-17 18:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1418REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following five (5) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in San Salvador, El Salvador, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of [...]
2007-09-17 20:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1419JAMAICA: NEWLY INAUGURATED PRIME MINISTER BRUCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 20:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER SOCI ASEC MARR OFDP UNDP
07KINGSTON1423JAMAICA: THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 18:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1425JAMAICA: MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 19:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
07KINGSTON143REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2007-01-29 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1445JAMAICA: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 17:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID JM XL
07KINGSTON1462JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 16:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS
07KINGSTON1464JAMAICA: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, EXPECT FEW
[...] (C) Summary: On September 19, NAS Director met with Anne-Marie Barnes, Senior Advisor on Policy to Minister of National Security Derrick Smith. Despite her earlier indications that she would not serve under a Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) lead Ministry, Ms. Barnes appears well-entrenched in her [...]
2007-09-26 12:24:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR JM
07KINGSTON1470JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 16:25:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON148REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-30 16:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1490JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE
[...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...]
2007-10-01 18:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1491REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-10-02 12:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1496JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Port Security Corps, who are presently in management positions and have been nominated for training in Kingston, Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...]
2007-10-02 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1515JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS
[...] On October 2, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Office Director for Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton. 2. Ms. Ingelton said she would consult with the Permanent Secretary, and other government agencies on the draft resolution. SIPDIS Ms. [...]
2007-10-09 20:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1525JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1570JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELAYED
[...] On October 23, PolOff had an appointment to meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office Director of Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Unfortunately, Ms. Ingleton was diverted by urgent business and thus was unable to meet as schedule [...]
2007-10-23 20:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON158JAMAICA: LOOKING AHEAD-- WHY THE POST-ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 11:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SOCI EINV ENRG ECON EFIN
07KINGSTON1585JAMAICA: APPOINTMENT OF WELL KNOWN ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: As anticipated, on October 22, the Jamaican Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, appointed Col. Trevor MacMillan as a Special Advisor on Revenue and Corruption. The Prime Minister asked the Finance Minister to appoint MacMillan as a Special Advisor to provide him with an official sta [...]
2007-10-24 19:12:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL ASEC TRSY JM
07KINGSTON1586JAMAICA: OPERATION KINGFISH'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC PARM SOCI PHUM TRSY JM XL
07KINGSTON1602JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comment in response to the demarche. Poloff left talking points as a non-paper, and Ms Ingleton p [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU JM XL
07KINGSTON1603JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comments, but promised to pass the information on to the appropriate people in the Ministry. Post will [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1604JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1605JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1609JAMAICA: DEMARCHE CANDIDACY
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton promised to give the U.S. talking points to her superiors prior to the vote on Mr. Walker's candidacy. Post wil [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN UNGA JM XL
07KINGSTON1610JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton stated that Jamaica believes this is an issue best left to the UN. However, she promised to give the U.S. talkin [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1611JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to the U.S. position that Jamaica should join the Hague Abduction Convention, and promised to brin [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON1625JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL
07KINGSTON1626JAMAICA/BAHAMAS: ARGENTINA IS APPROACHING HOST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 20:59:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPTER ASCEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR JM XL
07KINGSTON1640Canadian Ministry of Justice to conduct assessment of
[...] Summary. As a follow on to a cooperative effort between the Canadian Bar Association and the Jamaican Justice System Reform Task Force, and to correct some gaps identified by Canada in the recently concluded Justice Sector Reform Project, the Canadian Ministry of Justice will conduct a compreh [...]
2007-11-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1641JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" -- A TICKING FINANCIAL TIME
[...] (U) Irrational exuberance abounds among Jamaica's less experienced investors, many of whom deposit their fortunes with Cash Plus Limited in exchange for promised annual returns of 120 percent. Through a series of advertising campaigns over the last five years, Carlos Hill, the principal owne [...]
2007-11-07 15:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1656JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF JAMAICAN CANDIDATE TO IMO
[...] Per Reftel B, on October 30, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) requesting the U.S. officially support the Jamaican candidate for Category "C" of the Council. 2. On November 5, the Embassy received a follow-up phone call from the Bilat [...]
2007-11-09 16:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1665JAMAICA: CLEARANCE FOR R/V CORWITH CRAMER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 18:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT JM KRVC TPHY XL
07KINGSTON1680JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] Per reftel (C),Charge' delivered demarche, and provided copies of country-specific background, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on November 16. 2. At midday on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]
2007-11-19 19:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON1681JAMAICA: BEGINNING TO CLEAN THE AUGEAN STABLES?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 20:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI ENRG ECON EFIN ASEC KCOR
07KINGSTON1686JAMAICA:LOCAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Fresh from their first successful Parliamentary elections in 18 years the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is poised to carry that success over to local elections. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding recently announced that the local elections for over 200 local government seats will be held on De [...]
2007-11-21 15:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCOR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON169REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF NOMINEES TO
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act for the ILEA TIP course in Salvador. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Proposed candidates for screenin [...]
2007-02-02 15:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1706Jamaica: Ambassador meets with Minister of Justice
[...] Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Johnson, the Deputy Chief of Mission and NAS Director held their first meeting with Jamaica's new Minister of Justice, Dorothy Lightbourne. Also in attendance was Carole Palmer, the Ministry's Permanent Secretary. The Minister, who comes from the private ba [...]
2007-11-26 19:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1730JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CUBA LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba or any Jamaican firm with a commercial presence in Cuba. However, Jamaicans generally oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate investment [...]
2007-11-30 16:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALTRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1739JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 15:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1743JAMAICA: NON-PAPER ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DELIVERED
[...] On December 3, PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper on the National Intelligence Estimate for Iran to Ambassador Vilma McNish, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Post will report any substantive response. HEG [...]
2007-12-04 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMNUCH PARM KNNP JM
07KINGSTON1749JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" UPDATE, GOJ GETTING WORRIED,
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) estimates there are two dozen alternative investment schemes in the country, although many are much smaller than Cash Plus and have different characteristics. Support for the schemes is driven by Jamaicans who feel they have been shut out from the services [...]
2007-12-05 18:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1770JAMAICA: WAITING FOR A POLITICAL DECISION ON
[...] (SBU) on December 7, prompted by reports of the strident commentary from the Jamaican Ministry of National Security Special Advisor on Policy Anne-Marie Barnes (REFTEL),and by a continued lack of forward movement by the Government of Jamaica towards opening bilateral talks with the Internatio [...]
2007-12-10 20:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR JM
07KINGSTON1803JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1805JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 21:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1810JAMAICA WILL NOT ACCEPT DEPORTEE REINTEGRATION
[...] Summary: (SBU) On December 20, the Jamaican Prime Minister rejected the U.S. offer of assistance for returning deportees through the pilot Deportee Reintegration Program. This decision was based on adherence to a reported collective decision by CARICOM Heads of Government to discuss the prog [...]
2007-12-21 21:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1813JAMAICA: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TOP PRIORITY IS
[...] (C) Summary: One of Commissioner Lewin's first official acts on December 17, the day he took office, was to approve the proposed Anti-Corruption Strategy Paper, presented by the new Anti-Corruption Division Chief. In a meeting with NAS Director on December 19 (Reftel),and again in his inau [...]
2007-12-31 18:40:00Embassy KingstonSECRETSNAR PREL AA
07KINGSTON186JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY FADES AMONG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 16:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON199ILEA SAN SALVADOR - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
07KINGSTON215JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI CARICOM KCOR JM
07KINGSTON221JAMAICA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - EMBASSY INPUT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list, due to its continuing failure to pass a WTO TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards and enforcement efforts over the past year [...]
2007-02-13 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD USTR JM
07KINGSTON25JAMAICA: MALARIA UPDATE
[...] (U) Malaria infections (refs A and B) continue to be detected with the latest number of confirmed cases standing at 192 as of January 3. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues to fog and distribute mosquito netting to at-risk communities. In addition, the MOH has been assisted by USAID which [...]
2007-01-05 18:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
07KINGSTON250REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 05
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-02-20 17:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON251REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-02-20 18:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON252JAMAICA: SEEKING A 505 AGREEMENT THAT MAY APPLY TO
[...] Per Reftel, PolOff and MLO met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Amb. Maxine Roberts, and MFAFT Legal Counselor Michelle Walker on the afternoon of February 12, and provided text of proposed new agreement. 2. [...]
2007-02-20 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON253REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-02-20 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON254REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 29
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-02-20 20:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON256JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE TERRORIST
[...] DCM raised the problem of illicit cash courier activity during a meeting with Financial Secretary Colin Bullock of the Ministry of Finance and Planning on February 15, and provided background information paragraphs seven through thirteen of Reftel. 2. Bullock expressed thanks, assured us [...]
2007-02-22 11:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER JM
07KINGSTON271KINGSTON: LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Para 2, A-H, Reftel: (A) Almost all participants consider the form and conduct of the exercise to have been outstanding, and four hours to have been sufficient to meet the objectives. Understandably, some participants (RSO and CONS) would have welcomed the opport [...]
2007-02-26 14:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMER CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM OTRA KESS JM
07KINGSTON287JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 11:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON292JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 18:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON299JAPAN/CARIBBEAN: TOKYO CONSIDERS OPENING ANOTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 20:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EAID OFDP JA CH TW
07KINGSTON303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 12
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-03-02 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON307COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. JEANNE BAILEY, USDA FAS
[...] Country Clearance is granted to Ms. Jeanne Bailey, Area Director, Western Hemisphere, USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington D.C. to travel to Kingston, Jamaica for a supervisory site visit arriving Monday, March 5 and departing Wednesday, March 7. 2. The in-country contact person fo [...]
2007-03-02 18:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA JM DR
07KINGSTON342 JAMAICA: LIQUID NATURAL GAS PROJECT IN DOUBT; SIGNIFICANT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ostensibly because of production constraints, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) reportedly will renege on its promise to supply Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Jamaica, thus jeopardizing a USD 1.6 billion expansion of Alcoa's alumina operations in Port Esquivel. Jamaica's lead role in the n [...]
2007-03-12 19:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL CARICOM JM TT XL
07KINGSTON343ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: CONTRACTOR GENERAL OF
[...] Summary: Please see the action request in paragraph 12. Currently, the Mission is exploring mechanisms for encouraging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to curb corruption. In keeping with the Mission's evolving strategy plan on anti-corruption, we are meeting with heads of Jamaican governmen [...]
2007-03-12 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV
07KINGSTON35REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 16
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-08 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON351JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 20:34:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY JM
07KINGSTON352JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] Per Reftel, EmbOff delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Ms. Angela Brown, during a private meeting on the afternoon of March 8. 2. Ms. Brown expressed appreciation, and said that MFAFT would consider the [...]
2007-03-13 20:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JM
07KINGSTON353JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF POINTS RE INITIAL ACTIONS
[...] Per Reftel, EmbOff delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Relations Angela Brown in the course of a private meeting on the afternoon of March 8. 2. Ms. Brown expressed appreciation, and said that the Government of Jamaica [...]
2007-03-13 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KN KNNP JM
07KINGSTON379MARITIME MARIJUANA SMUGGLING METHOD
[...] (SBU) In the past several weeks, Jamaican security forces have seized several canisters that had been attached to hulls of maritime vessels intending to depart Jamaica. The canisters contained compressed marijuana. So far, vessels have had the U.S. and the Eastern Caribbean as their destinat [...]
2007-03-19 12:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR JM
07KINGSTON380ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 14:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINGSTON382REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 26
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-03-19 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON385CONTRABAND ENFORCEMENT TEAM DISCUSSED WITH CUSTOMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting NAS Director (NASDIR) followed up earlier conversations with Assistant Commissioner Cecil Brown and Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) Director Karl McKen (reftel) by meeting with Commissioner of Customs Hector Jones on March 9. The purpose was to get the Commissioner's [...]
2007-03-20 15:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV JM
07KINGSTON389ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
[...] (U) Begin Summary: On March 8, Acting Narcotics Affairs Director (NASDIR) met with Kent Pantry, Jamaica's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),principally to acquaint him with the embassy's interest in assisting the Government of Jamaica to fight official corruption. NASDIR also wanted to get [...]
2007-03-20 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON393JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION LEADER DEEPLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 13:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON EINV EPET MASS CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON394ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: AUDITOR GENERAL
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMBASSY'S PLAN TO PROMOTE ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES, ACTING NARCOTICS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR (NASDIR) CALLED ON JAMAICA'S AUDITOR GENERAL, ADRIAN STRACHAN, IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ROLE IN COUNTERING CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS. N [...]
2007-03-21 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR KJUS PGOV JM
07KINGSTON413MURDER MYSTERY TARNISHES JAMAICA'S CWC TRIUMPH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The death of Robert Woolmer, Pakistan's Cricket World Cup (CWC) coach and a British national, has been ruled a murder. At a press conference March 22, Jamaica Constabulary Force officials confirmed that Woolmer "died as a result of asphyxia due to manual strangulation." Publicly [...]
2007-03-23 18:42:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM
07KINGSTON43JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (CWC) CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Reftel, paragraph six: A. POST'S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ---------------------------- Monday, Jan. 29 --------------- -- arrival of CMT Team Leader John Haralson in Kingston Tuesday, Jan. 30 ---------------- 0900-0950: In-brief with Ambassador, DCM/Chair EAC, an [...]
2007-01-10 20:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA PTER JM XL
07KINGSTON434JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...]
2007-03-28 11:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON439REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-03-29 14:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON442JAMAICA: ELIMINATION OF FY-08 FMF WILL HAVE SEVERE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 20:54:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CASC MOPS OMB VZ CH
07KINGSTON482JAMAICA: REMITTANCES PROVIDING LIFELINE
[...] Last year, expatriate Jamaicans sent home almost USD 1.8 billion in remittances, making the country the highest per capita recipient in the region. This source is the country's second-highest foreign exchange earner, and vastly outpaced foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Most of the f [...]
2007-04-03 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG JM
07KINGSTON486REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 15
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-04-04 13:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON49REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-11 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON51JAMAICA: TIC FOLLOW UP RESPONSE
[...] Summary: Post engaged GOJ and private sector contacts per instructions in ref. A. There was broad support for the concept of USG assistance, whatever form it might take, although some believed that DVCs may prove unwieldy and inefficient, as CARICOM member states must reach consensus on any [...]
2007-01-11 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD XL JM
07KINGSTON534JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT, WASHINGTON
[...] Per Reftel, PolOff provided the proposed agenda and notional schedule to the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Caribbean and American Affairs, Mrs. Joy Wheeler, on April 12, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to a successful, positive, outcomes-based US [...]
2007-04-12 19:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM PREL OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON544JAMAICA: MEETING WITH CRNM DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) On April 11, DCM and Econ met with Ambassador Richard Bernal, Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM). Bernal said that regional leaders recognized that the upcoming Conference on the Caribbean presented an "historic opportunity," that can put the region on [...]
2007-04-13 17:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PREL ETRD USTR JM
07KINGSTON56JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S
[...] Per Reftel, on the morning of Jan. 11 Charge' provided background on the President's new Iraq strategy to the Permanent Secretary of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Amb. Douglas Saunders. 2. Post will report any GoJ response. HEG [...]
2007-01-12 12:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ JM
07KINGSTON560REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Organized Crime Fugitive Team and Special Branch who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2 [...]
2007-04-18 15:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NAS USMS JM
07KINGSTON569JAMAICA: BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGE, BUT WILL
[...] Business and consumer confidence surged in the first quarter of 2007, reflecting declining prices and interest rates and the euphoria surrounding the Cricket World Cup (CWC). Consumers were more confident about their economic prospects at the start of 2007 than at any other time since 2001, wh [...]
2007-04-19 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON57JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (C-AL6-01777)
[...] (U) This message responds to the information requested in ref. A; answers are keyed to paragraphs. A. (C) Econoff sent the updated Regional Security Plan (including threat and risk assessments) electronically to Michael Fortin (ref. B). To access, open the document, type 'rsplan', then sel [...]
2007-01-12 19:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON584JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT JUNE 19-21;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM PREL ENRG MARR PHUM OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON588JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, April 20, Charge and NAS Director, along with the British and Canadian COMs, met with Peter Phillips, Minister of National Security at his request. In this session, one of an ongoing series of conversations with his international partners, (Reftels A and B) Phillips o [...]
2007-04-24 12:58:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL KFIN JM
07KINGSTON589JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, April 20, Charge and NAS Director, along with the British and Canadian COMs, met with Peter Phillips, Minister of National Security at his request. In this session, one of an ongoing series of conversations with his international partners, (Reftels A and B) Phillips o [...]
2007-04-24 12:58:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL KFIN JM
07KINGSTON590REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]
2007-04-24 13:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON591REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]
2007-04-24 13:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON593JAMAICA: LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON613REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-04-27 19:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON624JAMAICA: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] In Embassy's estimate, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has neither the will nor the ability to contribute military or civilian resources to Iraq. Given Jamaica's severe crime problem, the risk of violence in the run-up to impending national elections, and the country's heavy debt burden (app [...]
2007-04-30 19:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER JM
07KINGSTON637JAMAICA: ELECTION VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Commissioner of Elections Danville Walker, the Commissioner noted that he believes the risk of political violence during elections is low. He also revealed his belief that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) did not call elections earlier in order [...]
2007-05-02 17:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON640JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE
[...] Summary: (SBU) Post would like to add its voice to the chorus from the English-speaking Caribbean (refs. A,B) respectfully requesting that the Commercial Service reconsider its proposal to close its office in Kingston, Jamaica. Our concerns mirror those from our regional counterparts: -- T [...]
2007-05-02 20:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON69JAMAICA: APIS; POSSIBLE ELECTION VIOLENCE; CRIME &
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV SOCI SNAR PTER ASEC PHUM CASC
07KINGSTON70REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-17 15:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON700REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-05-10 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON705JAMAICA: BUDGET DEBATE PRESAGES UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Each year, the budget debates captivate Jamaicans as each party presents its vision for the country, thinly veiled as a presentation of the budget for the fiscal year. With elections due to be called by October 2007, this year was expected to be particularly grandiose. The oppos [...]
2007-05-11 16:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON706JAMAICA: PREPARING FOR CITES CONFERENCE OF PARTIES
[...] Post delivered reftel talking points on May 3. On May 8, Dr. Elaine Fisher of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA),responded, saying that Jamaica had not yet completed its deliberations on any of the proposals and documents for CITES Conference of Parties 14 (CoP 14),and that [...]
2007-05-11 16:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA JM
07KINGSTON708JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Poloff sent talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. All relevant officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - including XXXXXXXXXXXX - have been involved in two days of training and have been unavailable fo [...]
2007-05-11 18:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM RPEL UNHRC
07KINGSTON709JAMAICA: NEW PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT TO GO INTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8, as promised, (reftel),Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, moved the new Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) through its final parliamentary approval and announced that the legislation will go into effect on May 15. With POCA's enactment, for the first time, the [...]
2007-05-11 19:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN PREL JM
07KINGSTON712006/2007 OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR EFIN JM
07KINGSTON741JAMAICA: JAMAICAN RESPONSE ON BELARUS CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Angella Brown, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to ascertain whether the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) was planning to vote for Belarus to join the Human Rights Council. Without explicitly stating that they would vote for [...]
2007-05-15 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM RPEL UNHRC JM
07KINGSTON771JAMAICA: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY REMAINS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the contrary view provided by the Jamaican Commissioner of Elections, (reftel),the Ministry of National Security remains very worried about violence prior to and on election day during the upcoming elections. High level Ministry staff have concluded that as both the curr [...]
2007-05-21 15:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON773JAMAICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jamaicans, including businesspeople, oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate data. A contact at Jamaica Trade and Invest (JAMPRO) stated off-the-record that she felt that Jamaican b [...]
2007-05-21 19:20:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL JM CU
07KINGSTON803JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES TO WIN AT LEAST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 16:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON807JAMAICA: WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATURE TO COUNCIL OF
[...] Post received a diplomatic note, dated 26 April 2007, from the GoJ stating that it wishes to withdraw its candidature for election to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The elections are scheduled for the 36th session of the ICAO Assembly from 18-28 September [...]
2007-05-24 19:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ICAO JM
07KINGSTON820JAMAICA: GOJ OFFICIALS RAISE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS
[...] (C) Deputy Director of WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders on May 22. Williams raised the issue of the Government of Venezuela's attempts to enlist OAS support in calling for the e [...]
2007-05-25 14:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI OAS XM XL JM
07KINGSTON843JAMAICA HOSTS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: The first outreach event on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) in the Caribbean was held in Kingston, Jamaica on May 29-30, 2007. Representatives from 11 Caribbean states attended. The workshop was successful in increasing participants' kno [...]
2007-05-31 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PTER XL XM JM
07KINGSTON887JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]
2007-06-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON89JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS VENEZUELA GIVING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 18:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SOCI ABLD AMGT ENRG KCOR KCRM
07KINGSTON897JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...]
2007-06-07 20:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL
07KINGSTON900JAMAICA: 2007 MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION SCORE CARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jamaica has neither demonstrably failed to meet the certification requirements outlined in Reftel A, nor has it demonstrably failed to meet the USG 2007 Benchmarks for Jamaica (Reftel B). Jamaica, despite the increase in marijuana eradication operations and record seizures of [...]
2007-06-08 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON903JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER
[...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...]
2007-06-11 13:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL
07KINGSTON91JAMAICA: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 19:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREF JM XL XR
07KINGSTON92REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-18 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON927JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 7TH ANNUAL TIPS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the 7th Annual TIP country report on Jamaica to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) National Anti-Trafficking Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 11. The task force is headed by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice Ca [...]
2007-06-13 16:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON949REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-18 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON953JAMAICA: MOUNTING POLITICAL TENSIONS WITH APPROACH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
07KINGSTON962JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-20 18:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON975JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-22 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON985REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The following supervisory law [...]
2007-06-25 18:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON994JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-26 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON998JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-27 13:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON999JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-27 13:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINSHASA1ANTOINE GIZENGA NAMED PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: President Kabila named Antoine Gizenga as Prime Minister of the Third Republic on December 30. Gizenga's nomination was expected since his Unified Party of Lumumbists (PALU) entered into a coalition with Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) in October before the [...]
2007-01-03 15:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1008DRC AND SOUTH AFRICA SIGN AID ACCORDS AT FOURTH
[...] (U) Congolese and South African ministers signed accords on South African assistance to Congo's transportation and health sectors at the conclusion of Bi-national Commission meetings August 21. They also signed a declaration of intent regarding South African support for reform of the Congoles [...]
2007-08-23 14:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR ELTN SOCI SF CG
07KINSHASA102KABILA ALLIES WIN EIGHT OF NINE GUBERNATORIAL RACES
[...] (U) Summary: Candidates allied with the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won eight of nine gubernatorial contests January 27, including Kinshasa. Jean-Pierre Bemba's Union for the Nation (UfN) coalition won just one race, in Equateur province. Elections in the two Kasai [...]
2007-01-29 15:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1024VERDICT DELIVERED IN JOURNALIST ASSASSINATION TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen months after the death of independent journalist Bapuwa Mwamba, a military court returned a guilty verdict against the accused murderers. This is the second conviction in the death of a journalist in the past five months. End Summary. 2. (U) On August 24 a military tr [...]
2007-08-28 13:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1031NEWS REPORTS OF BRAVO MIXED BRIGADE DEPREDATIONS
[...] (U) Reuters reported August 22 that MONUC peacekeepers had found the half-buried bodies of at least six people at two abandoned North Kivu military camps, recently vacated by soldiers of the FARDC Bravo "Mixed" Brigade. Bravo, one of several units that include unintegrated FARDC troops and s [...]
2007-08-30 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MARR KJUS CG
07KINSHASA1032CONGO, ANGOLA ANNOUNCE PLANS TO DEMARCATE BORDER,
[...] (C) Summary. Congo and Angola agreed in July 24-31 meetings in Luanda to refer a lingering border dispute to a committee of experts, and to share certain offshore oil revenues. Presidents Kabila and dos Santos met July 30-31 and finalized these and other agreements. The two sides plan to c [...]
2007-08-30 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECON PGOV EMIN CG AO
07KINSHASA1033CENTRAL AFRICAN PRESIDENT VISITS DRC, PROMISES TO
[...] (U) Central African Republic (CAR) President Francois Bozize promised to reopen the DRC-CAR border during an August 23-24 visit to Kinshasa. The 24-hour visit, which included a one-hour meeting between Bozize and President Joseph Kabila, focused on DRC-CAR cooperation and the reopening of the [...]
2007-08-31 07:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON CG CT
07KINSHASA1037FORESTRY SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC, PART I OF II
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV EAGR SENV KGHG CG
07KINSHASA1040KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...]
2007-08-31 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1043CODEL FEINGOLD VISIT TO KINSHASA AND EASTERN DRC
[...] (U) Summary: In a three-day visit to Kinshasa and the eastern cities of Goma and Bunia, CODEL Feingold assessed the DRC's progress towards democratization and good governance, efforts to resolve ongoing tensions in the eastern provinces, MONUC's programs contributing to peace and security, and [...]
2007-09-04 07:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV KPKO EAID CG
07KINSHASA105BAN KI-MOON VISITS THE DRC ON FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP
[...] (U) Summary: Ban Ki-Moon, newly elected Secretary General of the United Nations, spent two days in the DRC en route to the African Union Summit. Ban met with President Kabila, Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, members of the parliamentary opposition, and addressed the National Assembly. Ban [...]
2007-01-29 16:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1050KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...]
2007-09-04 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1053NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...]
2007-09-05 06:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG
07KINSHASA1056LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS
[...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...]
2007-09-05 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA1063RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...]
2007-09-05 17:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW KPKO
07KINSHASA1066CHEVRON CONTAINERS OF CLEAN-UP WASTE BLOCKED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GDRC Ministryof Trade has blocked the expor of 50 twenty-foot containers of Chevron,s petrolem exploration waste at the port of Boma. Chevro excavated a 20-year-old waste disposal site 24 iles from Boma in Bas-Congo province, and filledthe containers with waste to be re-proce [...]
2007-09-06 07:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET
07KINSHASA1068CHEVRON CONTAINERS OF CLEAN-UP WASTE BLOCKED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GDRC Ministry of Trade has blocked the export of 50 twenty-foot containers of Chevron,s petroleum exploration waste at the port of Boma. Chevron excavated a 20-year-old waste disposal site 24 miles from Boma in Bas-Congo province, and filled the containers with waste to be r [...]
2007-09-06 08:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET
07KINSHASA1069DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...]
2007-09-06 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1072NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/7/07 12:00 GMT): MONUC
[...] (U) MONUC peacekeepers September 6 brokered a ceasefire between pro-government Congolese military (FARDC) units and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda. The accord was reached after Nkunda's forces threatened to overrun the strategic North Kivu town of Sake about 20 miles west of t [...]
2007-09-07 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1075UNIDENTIFIED DISEASE HAS KILLED 160 IN WEST KASAI
[...] (SBU) Summary. An unidentified disease has killed 160 of the 352 people who have contracted it since June 7 in seven remote villages of Kasai Occidental (West Kasai) province in central DRC. Samples have been collected and are being analyzed inside and outside the DRC. Initial indications that [...]
2007-09-07 17:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CG
07KINSHASA1077DRC-UGANDA JOINT COMMUNIQUE
[...] Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda met in Ngurdoto, Tanzania Septemer 7-8. At para. 4 below is the official French text of the joint communique issued at the end of the summit. 2. Of particular interest in the communique i [...]
2007-09-10 10:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PGOV CG UG MOPS
07KINSHASA1082NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/10/07 17:00 GMT): FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) Fighting has diminished in North Kivu since pro-government forces and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda stopped shooting in and around Sake, 20 miles west of the provincial capital Goma, on September 6. There have been isolated incidents in Rutshuru territory and in northe [...]
2007-09-10 17:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1084FEWER ITURI COMBATANTS THAN EXPECTED DISARMING AS
[...] (SBU) With three days remaining in the current Ituri District disarmament, demobilization and reinsertion (DDR) program, approximately 1,000 of an anticipated 4,600 combatants -- less than one quarter -- have handed over their weapons. According to UNDP officials running the initiative, as of [...]
2007-09-11 10:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1085EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ebola virus, one of the hemorrhagic fevers, was confirmed on September 10 in the province of West Kasai, where nearly 400 people have fallen ill and over 160 of those have died since June (ref Kinshasa 1075). DRC Minister of Health, Makwenge Kaput, received the results from a W [...]
2007-09-11 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1087NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/11/07 16:00 GMT): REGION
[...] (SBU) North Kivu remained relatively calm September 11, five days after MONUC peacekeepers facilitated a halt in fighting outside the provincial capital Goma between soldiers loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials told [...]
2007-09-11 16:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1090NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/12/07 16:00 GMT): NO REPORTS
[...] (U) There are no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) sources told us September 12 there have been no major clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops since MONUC peacekeepers intervened to [...]
2007-09-12 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1092NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/13/07 15:00 GMT): NO NEW
[...] (U) According to MONUC, there were no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops. The situation in the province remains tense, and Masisi and Rutshuru districts remain heavily militarized. 2. [...]
2007-09-13 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1098NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/14/07 11:00 GMT): NO NEW
[...] (U) There have been no new reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours (ref A),however insecurity continued in the province with the murder of a local administrator and the discovery of mass graves at a recently vacated mixed-brigade camp. 2. (U) MONUC's Radio Okapi reported [...]
2007-09-14 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1100SHORTLEY AND CHARGE DISCUSS EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14, 2007, Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley and Charge d'Affaires, Sam Brock met with President Kabila at his residence for one hour to deliver the following messages from A/S Frazer. Kabila outlined his three pha [...]
2007-09-14 16:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1101MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...]
2007-09-14 16:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1102SHORTLEY OFFERS ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL TO FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution to Jendayi Frazer, AF A/S, met with Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi on September 12 to discuss efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. Charge Sam Brock and PolCouns also participated. Shortley de [...]
2007-09-14 16:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1103MILITARY ATTACHES DISCUSS CONGOLESE SECURITY SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Military attaches and representatives from EUSEC, the UK, France, and the US met with the Charge and Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor to the A/S for African Affairs, to discuss insecurity in North Kivu and the DRC's security sector limitations on September 13. All participants c [...]
2007-09-14 16:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1105REVISED: MINISTERIAL-LEVEL DEMARCHE REGARDING IRAN ISSUE
[...] Per instructions reftel, Charge met with Foreign Minister Antipas MBUSA Nyamwisi September 12. Charge went over points contained reftel. Mbusa acknowledged he did not follow the IAEA closely as he is currently spearheading a diplomatic offensive to secure regional support for DRC efforts aga [...]
2007-09-16 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC PREL CG
07KINSHASA1111Patriot Day Activities
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...]
2007-09-18 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1120NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/18/07 15:00 GMT): SITUATION
[...] (U) The security situation in North Kivu remains unchanged as of September 18. Government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continue to consolidate their positions throughout the province. There have been no reports of significant fighting since combat ceased near Sake [...]
2007-09-18 17:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1121DRC EBOLA EPIDEMIC UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ebola fever epidemic in south-central DRC has now claimed 172 lives. Nearly 400 suspected cases remain clustered around the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the West Kasai province. Unconfirmed cases have been reported as far as 300 kms from the epicenter, some little more than [...]
2007-09-19 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1123PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) Public school teachers across the DRC have been on strike for long-promised salary increases since September 3, when schools were supposed to open. The national Congolese teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants du Congo (SYECO),and the Catholic teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants de [...]
2007-09-19 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG
07KINSHASA1126KABILA TO P-3 PLUS 2: ONLY OPTIONS FOR NKUNDA'S
[...] (C) Summary: President Joseph Kabila met September 13 with ambassadors/charges of the P-3 (France, UK, U.S.) plus 2 (Belgium and South Africa) countries in Kinshasa. SRSG William Swing also participated. Swing had requested the meeting on behalf of the P-3 plus 2 because of growing concern [...]
2007-09-19 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
07KINSHASA1127FOREST SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC: STAKEHOLDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC is reviewing 156 forestry titles for conversion into new titles as part of its forestry sector reform and economic development plan. The process is intended to regulate the forestry sector in a way which encourages sustainable resource management, improves forestry cons [...]
2007-09-19 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV ETRD SENV EAGR KGHG CG
07KINSHASA1128DRC: DISASTER DECLARATION FOR EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for emergency assistance. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following laboratory confirmation of Ebola virus in Mweka rural health zone in Kasai Occidental Province, the Congolese Minister of Health has requested international assistance to contain [...]
2007-09-20 05:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1133DRC, CHINA ANNOUNCE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR
[...] (U) China and the DRC signed an agreement on September 17 for a total USD five billion loan to finance three billion dollars in infrastructure construction projects and two billion dollars in mining sector partnerships. The GDRC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Pierre Lumbi, said t [...]
2007-09-21 05:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA1134GDRC RESPONSE ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEBANON TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) PolOff spoke September 20 with Oscar Matondo, director of the Fffice of International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding reftel request for contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 2. (U) Matondo said the GDRC certainly wished to see those responsib [...]
2007-09-21 11:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UNSC PTER LE CG
07KINSHASA1139KABILA MAKES THREE-DAY SURPRISE VISIT TO GOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila made a three-day unannounced visit to North Kivu province September 19-22 before beginning an extended trip to Belgium and the U.S. In his second trip to the province since his December 2006 inauguration, Kabila called once again for all military units [...]
2007-09-24 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1141DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN
[...] Despite sporadic clashes between various armed groups in North Kivu Province, and a generally tenuous security environment, humanitarian agencies have begun to survey previously inaccessible areas. Relief officials report varying patterns of displacement, with pockets of small-scale returns, [...]
2007-09-25 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1150MONUC REPORTS SIX CONGOLESE DEAD, FOUR WOUNDED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC reports that Ugandan troops killed six Congolese and wounded five others after firing on a Congolese vessel on Lake Albert September 24. All but one were civilians. The confrontation followed an incident earlier in the day in which MONUC naval forces intercepted and su [...]
2007-09-25 16:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV CG UG
07KINSHASA1151NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/25/07, 18:00 GMT): LIMITED
[...] (U) Limited skirmishes broke out in several locations in North Kivu in the early morning of September 24 between Congolese military (FARDC) troops and elements of renegade General Laurent Nkunda's forces, but had died down by midday. No casualty figures were available. 2. (SBU) FARDC De [...]
2007-09-25 17:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1161DRC: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED
[...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel's request for updated statistics and projection of future competitiveness. Data ---- 2. (U) The following are 2006 statistics: - Total industrial production in USD: 110,250,315 - Total textile and apparel production in USD: 5,426,1 [...]
2007-09-27 16:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD CG
07KINSHASA1168DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]
2007-10-02 09:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA117FARDC GENERAL DISMISSIVE OF CONCESSIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Major General Bulenda Padiri, Commander of the DRC's Ninth Military Region, does not agree with the GDRC's negotiated concessions to Laurent Nkunda's troops in North Kivu. He believes that real integration and eventual redeployment outside of the Kivus are necessary for these f [...]
2007-01-31 13:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1171DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING
[...] (U) The Charge delivered demarche as requested ref A to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs/Acting Minister Alain Lubamba on October 1. (Note: Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa has not yet returned from his trip to New York with President Joseph Kabila to attend the General Assembly. End note.) [...]
2007-10-02 14:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI KWMN CG
07KINSHASA1172CHARGE MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU DELEGATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seven of 48 National Assembly deputies from North Kivu, representing nearly all the province's districts and ethnic groups, were received by the Charge d'Affaires. They raised a number of issues, including current insecurity in North Kivu, the return of FDLR members to Rwanda, a [...]
2007-10-02 17:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1175TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF DEFENSE MEETING --
[...] (SBU) The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 in special session to discuss joint operations, cross-border confidence building measures, and the reinstatement of the bilateral Rwanda-DRC Joint Verification Mechanism. The Joint Communique has been transmitted se [...]
2007-10-03 12:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1177JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF
[...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 to discuss issues brought up at the Tripartite Ministerial meeting in Kampala in September (reftel). A copy of the Joint Communique follows. End summary. 2. (U) Begin text: JOINT COMMUNIQUE 3RD MEETI [...]
2007-10-03 16:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1179ITURI DDR: PHASE III PASSES THE DEADLINE
[...] (SBU) The official deadline for the Phase III disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion program (DDR) in Ituri District officially passed on September 30. However, disarmament points and the demobilization transit sites remain open. Nearly 35 per cent of those on the official lists from t [...]
2007-10-04 16:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA118KABILA COALITION DOMINATES IN KATANGA SENATE
[...] (U) Results of the January 19 senatorial vote in Katanga confirmed the dominance of President Joseph Kabila's AMP coalition in his home province. Nine of the 16 senators elected by the provincial assembly January 19 are members or allies of Kabila's AMP coalition. Only one of the parties al [...]
2007-01-31 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1183PLANE CRASH KILLS OVER THIRTY IN KINSHASA; TRANSPORT
[...] (U) An Antonov 26-100B airplane crashed immediately after taking off from Kinshasa's N'djili International Airport at 9:43am on October 4. According to the Congolese Air Authority, Regie des Voies Aeriennes (RVA) all but one of the 11 adults, 2 children, and 5 crew members on board were killed [...]
2007-10-09 06:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV CASC CG
07KINSHASA1188DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - SKIRMISHES AND SQUABBLES
[...] During the last week of September, small skirmishes involving the Congolese military and various armed groups in North Kivu Province resumed, leading several thousand newly-displaced persons to flee to Goma-area settlement sites. Site visits by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistan [...]
2007-10-09 11:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA119IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY
[...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Bandundu gave Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) a narrow majority of seats in Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's home province. The pro-Kabila PPRD won two of the province's twelve Senate seats, as did Mbusa Nyamwisi's Forc [...]
2007-01-31 13:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA120COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRC - SUSAN MCLURG
[...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo of Minister Counselor Susan McLurg, United States Mission to the United Nations, February 10 - 17, 2007 to participate in the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). 2. [...]
2007-01-31 14:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ACABQ CG
07KINSHASA1201HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU
[...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...]
2007-10-16 11:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1208HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU
[...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...]
2007-10-18 06:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1213DRC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELOR ON JOINT PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary. Cesar Fwani (protect),the DRC's National Security Council (CNS) expert on Tripartite Plus issues, is unimpressed with the concept of grafting a Joint Planning Cell (JPC) onto the existing Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) but very enthusiastic about the renewal of [...]
2007-10-19 11:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1215CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]
2007-10-19 20:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA1232DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE
[...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...]
2007-10-30 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1233DRC DHRF II ANNUAL STATUS REPORT FY07
[...] Embassy Kinshasa is pleased to report that all Democracy and Human Rights projects funds prior to FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. 2. All project funds for FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. DHRF No Amt Obligated Unliquidated balance ------- [...]
2007-10-30 14:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1234 SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY-07 ANNUAL REPORT
[...] All 2006 activities have been completed and all funds liquidated. All projects prior to 2006 have been completed and closed out. STATUS OF SSH FY 2007 --------------------- 2. Twelve projects were selected with the $100,000.00 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa FY 2007. Post greatly appre [...]
2007-10-31 05:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM EAID CG
07KINSHASA1236 PROGRAM UPDATE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DRC
[...] Gender-Based Violence continues to be a threat to stability and affects the most vulnerable populations - women and children-in Eastern Congo. Recent reports indicate the problem is worsening, particularly in the province of North Kivu, but the problem is also severe in South Kivu, Maniema, a [...]
2007-10-31 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS CG
07KINSHASA1237LAURENT NKUNDA SITUATION - PERSPECTIVES ON DDR OF HIS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1244NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] Since mid-October, a lull in major combat across most of North Kivu Province has afforded relief organizations temporary access to conflict-affected areas to assess humanitarian conditions and deliver critical food and emergency relief supplies for displaced and vulnerable populations. Howeve [...]
2007-11-02 06:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1247TRIPARTITE FUSION CELL -- WHAT NEXT?
[...] (S) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) has significant assets at its disposal, but they are currently underutilized. Member states should be encouraged to participate fully, or else be suspended from the project. Additionally, the TFC should be brought into alignment [...]
2007-11-02 10:35:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNPINR MOPS KPKO UG RW BY CG
07KINSHASA1248RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO
[...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...]
2007-11-02 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1249ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]
2007-11-02 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA125GDRC DIAMOND SECTOR UPDATE - IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's 2006 diamond export revenues will likely be well below 2005 levels, largely due to a drop in production by the diamond mining parastatal, MIBA. Not only have production, export quantities, and export values decreased compared with 2005 figures, but hoped-for export re [...]
2007-02-01 13:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON EINV ETRD CG
07KINSHASA1250DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1251SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH FARDC
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 courtesy call on the 8th Military Region Commander, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley briefed Brigadier General Mayala Kiama on his findings from a four-day visit in North Kivu. Both the Commander and his deputy vehemently denied collaborating w [...]
2007-11-05 16:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA126FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN BANYAMULENGE TROOPS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Limited fighting between Banyamulenge (Congolese Tutsi) troops of non-integrated brigades of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and of dissident armed forces broke out in the Minembwe region of South Kivu province January 25 and continued sporadically through January 29. Details c [...]
2007-02-01 13:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1260SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 3 MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor Tim Shortley met with close advisors to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) on November 3 to discuss Shortley's just-ended trip to the eastern Congo, which included meetings with senior officers of the Congolese Armed forces (FARDC),the UN [...]
2007-11-06 16:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1264AF Senior Advisor Shortley's visit to Nyabiondo,
[...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC peacekeepers in the southwestern North Kivu town of Nyabiondo told AF senior advisor Tim Shortly November 2 that negative forces encircling the town, including FDLR, Mayi Mayi, and National Council for the Defense of the People (CNDP) fighters, will not be easily dislodged [...]
2007-11-08 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINS PREF MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1265SPECIAL CONFLICT ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S BRIEFINGS ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Secretary Frazer's Special Conflict Advisor, Tim Shortley, togeter with officers from AF/RSA (Julie Chalfin) andDoD/OSD (Lt. Col. Mark Ellington USA),met with UN human rights specialists November 1 in North Kiv to understand the impact and pervasiveness of human righ [...]
2007-11-09 09:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1266DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on November 7 to Augustin Kalala Kadima, Counselor to Cabinet Director Isidore Omari Kampene at the Ministry of Finance. Kalala had no substantive response, but said he would deliver the FATF declaration and comments to Omari and to Minister of Finance Ath [...]
2007-11-09 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON CG
07KINSHASA1267 RWANDA, DRC ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE IN NAIROBI ADOPTING
[...] (U) On November 10, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of Rwanda agreed to a Joint Communique in French and English that confirms a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and stability in both countries and the Great Lakes Region. (Note: Full [...]
2007-11-13 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1270MONUC'S INDIAN BATTALION BRIEFS SHORTLEY ON
[...] (C) Summary: During his October 30-November 3 tour of North Kivu, an Indian Battalion from MONUC provided security for the AF Senior Adviser Shortley. Upon arrival in Goma on 30 October, Shortley was briefed by the commander of North Kivu Brigade who transmitted what was mostly MONUC,s party [...]
2007-11-13 14:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1272INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1274Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between
[...] (U) Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally favorable, albeit not very substantive. Following are reactions from major outlets: -- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is too shor [...]
2007-11-14 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PINR PINS CG RW PGOV PREL
07KINSHASA1278 Special Advisor Shortley's November 13 conversation with
[...] (SBU) Tim Shortley, in Kampala, spoke at length with Raymond Tshibanda, DRC President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff on November SIPDIS 13. Shortley urged Tshibanda to press Congolese officials to move quickly on implementation of the recent DRC-Rwanda communique (reftel) on negative forc [...]
2007-11-14 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA128WORLD BANK IN LISTENING MODE, GEARING UP FOR
[...] (C) Summary. World Bank representatives, in Kinshasa to talk with donors about the Bank's program for 2007, expressed particular interest in and concern over Security Sector Reform issues. They agreed with the Ambassador that the handing over of the fully drafted Governance Compact to the GDR [...]
2007-02-01 14:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1283INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley met with the DRC Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and separately with other NGO and UN officials on October 29 prior to traveling to North Kivu. Common [...]
2007-11-15 09:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1288: INCREASING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC: NEW
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) Summary. While military assistance to the GDRC has grown over the past several years, staffing levels have not kept pace with resulting demands on the Mission. If newly proposed engagement materializes, all military assistance, in [...]
2007-11-19 13:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER MASS MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1289November 13 attack on IDP camp near Goma
[...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of panicked IDPs fled three camps near Goma November 13 after FARDC artillery deployed nearby apparently opened fire. While the FARDC claimed pro-Nkunda CNDP forces had attacked the camps, and Nkunda blamed the FDLR, neither MONUC nor humanitarian organizations were a [...]
2007-11-20 05:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA129CONGOLESE MILITARY JUSTICE FIGHTING AN UPHILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The numerous obstacles to effective application of military justice in the Congo are in stark evidence in the province of Katanga. Military courts are fighting an uphill battle against crumbling infrastructure, poor facilities, and the lack of legal training for practitioners [...]
2007-02-01 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1291ARRESTS MADE AFTER RADIOACTIVE DUMPING - CLEAN-UP AND
[...] (U) Didace Pembe, GDRC Minister of the Environment, announced November 9 that police had arrested seven people, including law enforcement officers, in connection with the illegal dumping of roughly four tons of radioactive waste in the Katanga province. Pembe said those arrested included all wh [...]
2007-11-20 13:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EMIN PGOV CG
07KINSHASA130ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES GUBERNATORIAL VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) January 26 postponed the scheduled January 27 election for governors and vice governors in the two Kasai provinces until February 10. The ruling followed challenges alleging two prominent candidates possessed dual nationality in v [...]
2007-02-01 14:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1301 NOVEMBER 21 GOMA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Unfounded claims were received from both government and Nkunda about CNDP occupying Rutshuru. Some may make their way into the international press. As noted in separate conversations with embassy, such claims would appear to be false. While in Rutshuru with a WFP/OFDA/UK team (includi [...]
2007-11-26 07:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS PHUM PREF KWMN CG
07KINSHASA1305Rutshuru incident exaggerated, but North Kivu tensions
[...] (SBU) Summary. Initial reports of FARDC-CNDP combat in the North Kivu town of Rutshuru November 21 exaggerated the scale and the impact of the fighting. Claims by both sides that CNDP forces had occupied the town were false. Eyewitness reports confirm pro-Nkunda fighters attacked a FARDC ba [...]
2007-11-26 13:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1307DRC GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE
[...] Summary: Late in the evening of Sunday, November 25, the DRC government, led by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, announced a cabinet reshuffle. Major changes include a reduction in the number of ministries from 40 to 33, the reduction of ministries of state from six to three, the appointment o [...]
2007-11-26 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1311November 22 Goma Update
[...] (SBU) Commercial traffic between Goma and Masisi is flowing again after MONUC installed a mobile operating base at Mushake at midweek. CNDP forces had set up a roadblock there that, in the words of Governor Paluku, was "strangling" the provincial capital. Prices of staples such as beans had e [...]
2007-11-27 05:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1313UNHRO REPORTS MASS GRAVES, MASS RAPE, AND ILLEGAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) recently made public its Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for September 2007. The report described 70 different cases of abuse committed by armed groups including Nkunda forces, Mayi Mayi militia, and FARDC soldiers. This [...]
2007-11-27 08:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1316November 24 Goma Update
[...] (SBU) The FARDC attacked a CNDP position above the Goma-Rutshuru road near Rugari yesterday morning. A Dakar-based AP team reported observing FARDC troops loading mobile rocket-launders onto trucks in the vicinity around midday following the action. They said a FARDC colonel told them CNDP p [...]
2007-11-27 15:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1328DRC CABINET RESHUFFLE: DOING THE SAME WITH LESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GDRC's long-awaited cabinet reshuffle was announced November 25 (reftel). The new cabinet gives President Kabila provincial/ethnic balance without weakening his ruling AMP alliance. The biggest change is a reduction in the number of ministers from 60 to 45, as a number of p [...]
2007-12-03 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1329AF SPECIAL ADVISOR TIM SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 30
[...] (C) Summary: Shortley called Tshibanda to provide information on his latest conversations with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, and to discuss a possible Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military offensive against Nkunda. Shortley told Tshibanda that A/S Frazer agreed that military pressure w [...]
2007-12-03 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA134PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...]
2007-02-02 12:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1340 Ambassador Garvelink in Goma December 3
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink's introductory trip to Goma December 3 coincided with commencement of military action in the Mushaki area (west of Sake) by the FARDC against Nkunda's forces. MONUC/North Kivu commander General Narayan told the Ambassador that, the previous day, Nkunda's f [...]
2007-12-05 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1341DRC NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - Palm Oil Imports Flow Again, Local Industry Resumes Production of Margarine, Soap Forestry - NGO Encourages GDRC to Complete Logging Concession Conversion Process Infrastructure - Kinshasa Roads Bad, Getting Worse, Parliament Investigates - New Forklifts M [...]
2007-12-05 15:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1344President Kabila Delivers Upbeat "State of the Nation"
[...] Summary: President Kabila's December 6 "state of the nation" address was generally upbeat and conciliatory. It contained few surprises. Kabila defended the offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, hailed achievements in infrastructure and services, defended the agreement with Chin [...]
2007-12-07 05:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1347 Goma Report for December 6, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/Goma reports that FARDC pressed northward five miles from Sake by early morning December 6 and was now shelling Kibati. Nkunda's forces have been cleared out of the Sake-Masisi road, but traffic is not yet moving. One of the FARDC brigades involved in taking Mashaki is [...]
2007-12-07 09:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1350 Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...]
2007-12-10 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1351 VATICAN NAMES CONTROVERSIAL PRELATE TO HEAD ARCHDIOCESE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See has named Laurent Monsengwo, Archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (CENCO),to become the new Archbishop of Kinshasa. He succeeds the late Frederic Cardinal Etsou. Monsengwo is known for keen intelligence, strong polit [...]
2007-12-10 11:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1356 Goma Situation Report for December 10, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military campaign in North Kivu remains stalled, with Nkunda's line holding at Kibati and Nkunda having made a foray within two kilometers of Mushaki. MONUC's North Kivu Brigade Commander helicoptered with a team into Kirolirwe IDP camp December 9 to sensitize the ID [...]
2007-12-11 10:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA136BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN
[...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...]
2007-02-05 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1360 Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...]
2007-12-12 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1361PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...]
2007-12-12 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1362 Goma Situation Report for December 12, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the course of December 11, FARDC abandoned its remaining positions west of Sake, leaving MONUC to defend the town. Nkunda's commanders communicated to MONUC Brigade Commander General Narayan that they would not enter Sake, but not before the nearby fighting had caused a mo [...]
2007-12-13 16:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1364 Goma Situation Report for December 13, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC General Narayan told embassy's Goma officer December 13 that FARDC losses in men and materiel from the December 3-12 campaign were light. Attacked by an Nkunda force of perhaps 200 at Mushaki, three FARDC brigades panicked and fled. The issues are leadership, training, [...]
2007-12-14 12:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1369 Goma Situation Report for December 14, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fallout from the army's reversal continues apace. FARDC held its position on the Rutshuru axis December 13 but the region's deputy commander was reportedly shot in the shoulder by his own men. General Narayan estimates 5,000 deserters, of whom some are in Goma where they coul [...]
2007-12-17 08:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1370DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - OPPOSING UNGA
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on December 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Minister Plenipotentiary in the International Organizations Office of the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Kimpembe said that the DRC is in favor of peace in the Middle East and would consider our reque [...]
2007-12-17 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS
07KINSHASA1371DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. NATIONAL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on December 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Minister Plenipotentiary in the International Organizations Office of the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Kimpembe thanked PolOff for sharing the information on Iran's nuclear program. She said that t [...]
2007-12-17 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR PARM
07KINSHASA1372DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on December 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Minister Plenipotentiary in the International Organizations Office of the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Kimpembe said that the DRC would consider our request to join the United States votes on the fo [...]
2007-12-17 12:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV UNGA
07KINSHASA1373SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Tim Shortley, met Laurent Nkunda at his headquarters near Kirolirwe late December 14. Shortley found Nkunda amenable to compromise, apparently worried that his sweeping military victory had within it the seeds [...]
2007-12-17 14:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1377 HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...]
2007-12-18 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1384 Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC is considering a new offensive against Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new supplies and equipment to Goma. MONUC does not believe it will be capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. Scattered combat continues. Supported by [...]
2007-12-19 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1391 Goma Situation Report for December 19, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The military situation in North Kivu remained calm for a second day December 19; reports of fighting in Masisi and Sake appear to be incorrect. MONUC Generals Singh and Narayan advised FARDC General Kayembe that FARDC could not mount a second offensive for six months. FARDC m [...]
2007-12-20 08:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1392MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: DIILS
[...] Summary: Following up on its assessment of the Congolese military justice sector (reftels),the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) has completed preparations for a DRC-wide training program focusing on military magistrates and judicial police. In what hopefully evolves [...]
2007-12-20 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MASS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA140MINEMBWE UPDATE: FLARE-UP ON FEB 2; MONUC/FARDC
[...] (U) Fighting briefly flared up on February 2 in the remote Haut Plateau region of South Kivu province between Banyamulenge troops under General Patrick Masunzu and dissident Banyamulenge fighters of the Moramvia Group and Group of 47. The dissident troops attempted unsuccessfully to take the [...]
2007-02-05 16:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1405Goma situation report for December 22, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The North Kivu military situation remained stable during the previous week. However, FARDC continues to move reinforcements into and around the province. Pro-Nkunda and Pareco militia forces clashed again in a remote area of Masisi territory. Inhabitants of Rutshuru town prote [...]
2007-12-26 08:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1406Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission (JVC) authorized Joint Verification Teams (JVT) to investigate allegations of violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity at the December 20-21 meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda. It also clarified several procedural issues involvi [...]
2007-12-26 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG RW
07KINSHASA1409 PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 20 MEETING
[...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila received the P-3 plus 2 ambassadors/charges at his residence on December 20. The meeting was called with 15 minutes' notice, officially in response to a request made several weeks earlier to discuss military operations in North Kivu. Topics covered included the [...]
2007-12-27 06:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA142NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Summary. Ministerial appointments by DRC President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister-designate Antoine Gizenga were announced the evening of February 5. The new cabinet will be very large, with a total of 60 members. While some of the new ministers represent the established Congolese pol [...]
2007-02-06 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1422 REQUEST TO RECONSIDER DECREASE IN COLA
[...] (U) Summary: The recent decision to lower Kinshasa's COLA from 42 to 30 percent (ref A) has serious implications for post morale and its efforts to recruit Foreign Service staff. The new COLA is inconsistent with findings by the highly reputable Employment Conditions Abroad International" (EC [...]
2007-12-28 07:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT AFIN CG
07KINSHASA1423 Goma situation report for December 22, 2007
[...] (SBU) Embassy acting Goma rep spent most of first day in meetings on the upcoming Kivus Conference. Information below is preliminary and subject to change. Initial Notes ------------- -- The location of the conference is the Free University of the Great Lakes (Universite Libre des Pays [...]
2007-12-28 09:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1424 Visit of UN High Commissioner for Refugees
[...] UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres arrived in Kinshasa December 13 to assess the humanitarian situation in North Kivu, where 800,000 people have been displaced by ongoing armed conflicts. He traveled to North Kivu December 15-17, visiting IDP camps near Goma and Gasasa in Kiwa [...]
2007-12-28 11:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN CG
07KINSHASA1425DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]
2007-12-31 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA1426 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF)
[...] The second meeting of the JMG-TF was held December 29 at MONUC headquarters in Goma. Ref (A) is a report on the first meeting, held December 22 at the same venue. Participants ------------ 2. The following is a list of attendees: Government of Rwanda: -- Team Leader: Maj. Franco R [...]
2007-12-31 10:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1427 Goma situation report for December 28-29, 2007
[...] (U) The subject line in ref (A),the most recent report in this series, is incorrect. Subject line should read: "Goma situation report for December 27 (not December 22),2007." This is the last report for 2007; reports will resume January 2, 2008. Conference Update ----------------- 2 [...]
2007-12-31 10:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA143DRC MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS - COMPLETE LIST
[...] (U) The complete list of DRC government ministers appointed February 5, 2007 (reftel) follows below. Ministers of State ------------------ Minister of State for Agriculture: Francois Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe Minister of State for Interior, Decentralization, and Security: Denis Ka [...]
2007-02-06 12:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA144ORIENTALE PROVINCE ELECTS 16 TO DRC SENATE
[...] (U) Results of the January 19 DRC Senate elections in Orientale province gave President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) nine of the province's 16 seats. The pro-Kabila PPRD won four seats, while Mbusa Nyamwisi and Olivier Kamitatu's Forces du Renouveau (FR) won tw [...]
2007-02-06 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA149DRC JANUARY 2007 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. - The IMF may visit the DRC in February for an informal review of the Staff Monitored Program. - The GDRC has not yet drafted a 2007 budget. - Strikes and threatened work stoppages continue to increase. - The outgoing head of DRC's gold mining parastatal, OKIMO, has anno [...]
2007-02-08 05:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA153DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of armed groups in the DRC remains a significant challenge. CONADER, the Congolese agency responsible for DDR efforts, remains ineffective and mired in inertia. While it has made progress in disarming and demobilizing form [...]
2007-02-08 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KPKO MARR CG
07KINSHASA154DDR IN KATANGA: DESPITE DESIRE TO DISARM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Demobilization, disarmament and reintegration programs (DDR) remain in disarray in the Katanga province, as they are throughout the DRC. Mai Mai fighters already certified for inclusion in the government's DDR program continue to wait, and those not yet certified are ignored. [...]
2007-02-08 15:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO MARR CG
07KINSHASA161BAS-CONGO UPDATE: COURT GRANTS APPEAL FOR
[...] (U) The Court of Appeals in the Bas-Congo capital of Matadi granted a request February 8 by Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party for a re-vote for governor by provincial deputies. The court agreed on technical grounds with the MLC's contention that DRC electoral law in this case requires the winning [...]
2007-02-09 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA175MONUC, UNSC MEMBERS CONSULTATION IN KINSHASA
[...] (SBU) In follow-up to informal discussions among several Chiefs of Mission in Kinshasa, SRSG Swing invited the Ambassadors and Charges from all UNSC members with resident diplomatic representation in the DRC to a "consultation" session on Saturday, February 10. Ten of the fifteen UNSC members [...]
2007-02-14 13:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC CG
07KINSHASA176NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HOSTS AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly President Kamerhe and the Assembly executive officers hosted a group of Ambassadors February 12 for what was billed as the first of regular sessions to exchange views. Kamerhe briefed regarding a "moratorium" regarding controversial "double nationality" enforc [...]
2007-02-14 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA177WORLD BANK REVEALS IMMEDIATE FUNDING PLANS
[...] (U) Summary. The World Bank plans to spend USD 140-180 million on immediate reconstruction projects in the DRC. The DRC World Bank (WB) office aims to fund rapid, visible impact projects in order to help the GDRC begin meeting the population's expectations quickly. The WB Board will review the [...]
2007-02-14 14:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EAID CG
07KINSHASA178TRIAL OPENS IN ANVIL MINING CASE
[...] (U) Summary. The criminal trial of three civilians and several FARDC soldiers in a Katanga military court is increasing attention on the DRC's extractive industries. A GDRC military court in Lubumbashi, Katanga province is hearing preliminary matters in the case, which arises from the widely- [...]
2007-02-14 14:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV KHUM PGOV CG
07KINSHASA179DRC'S COURTS SLOW TO RESOLVE ELECTORAL DISPUTES
[...] (SBU) Summary: More than 100 electoral disputes over seats in the DRC's National Assembly remain unresolved nearly seven months after the July 30 vote. The Supreme Court has been largely incapable of handling the large number of challenges filed, leading to a delay of more than three months in [...]
2007-02-14 16:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA180NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY STILL TENUOUS TWO MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's volatile North Kivu province remains tenuous. Two months after fighting erupted between government forces and dissident troops loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda, North Kivu officials consider the province to be over-militarized and are pe [...]
2007-02-14 17:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA181DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #2
[...] (U) Summary. DRC's three mining parastatals are considering public offerings of their shares. DRC's copper/cobalt and gold mining parastatals continue two much-publicized disputes with foreign mining companies. The CEO of DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal has said he intends to focus on a [...]
2007-02-15 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA183DRC'S DIAMOND EXPORT DOWN, COPPER PRODUCTION UP
[...] (U) Summary. Official diamond exports dropped in 2006, while Gecamines' (DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal) copper production rose. Gecamines, however, met neither its copper nor cobalt production targets. End summary. DIAMOND EXPORT -------------- 2. (U) The GDRC released its offici [...]
2007-02-15 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ETRD ECON CG
07KINSHASA184MINEMBWE UPDATE: MANSUNZU SENDS 200 TROOPS FOR
[...] (C) General Patrick Masunzu, commander of the Congolese army's (FARDC) non-integrated 112th Brigade in South Kivu, has reportedly sent approximately 200 of his troops for military integration. MONUC officials in the provincial capital of Bukavu confirm the soldiers left Minembwe in the High Pl [...]
2007-02-15 15:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA185ANDRE KASONGO ILUNGA, R.I.P.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Trade minister Kasongo Ilunga was one of the many unknowns named to the DRC cabinet February 5. A true non-entity, he left the political scene this week with a singular flourish that has humiliated his political godfather. In fact, he never existed. The episode demonstrates [...]
2007-02-15 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD KDEM CG
07KINSHASA186AMP CANDIDATES WIN KASAI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Candidates aligned with President Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won the February 15 gubernatorial races in Western and Eastern Kasai provinces over rivals from Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) party. Transitional Vice Minister of Budget [...]
2007-02-15 15:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA199DRC PM-DESIGNATE PRESENTS FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Gizenga has presented the new DRC government's plan of action for consideration by the National Assembly. It highlights initiatives in a wide range of areas and includes a special focus on governance issues. The government can begin work officially o [...]
2007-02-20 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EFIN CG
07KINSHASA200BAS-CONGO UPDATE: DRC SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
[...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court ruled February 16 to uphold the election of Simon Mbatshi Batshia, an independent candidate allied with President Joseph Kabila, as governor of Bas-Congo province. The Court's ruling overturns a February 8 verdict by the Bas-Congo appellate court ordering a runoff e [...]
2007-02-20 15:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA201SOME NORTH KIVU IDP'S RETURNING, OTHERS LEAVING AS
[...] (U) Summary: More than 46,000 Congolese displaced by the November-December fighting in North Kivu province have returned to their homes, according to OCHA officials. However, an estimated 24,000 new IDPs have fled out of fears of new fighting arising from operation launched against FDLR and Ma [...]
2007-02-20 15:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PHUM CG
07KINSHASA207THE NKUNDA VIEW ON "MIXAGE" AND NORTH KIVU'S
[...] (C) Summary: While the GDRC has portrayed North Kivu's military "mixage" as an interim solution to the region's security problems, dissident General Laurent Nkunda and his advisers view the process much differently. They see Nkunda's December 2006 agreement with the GDRC as an opportunity to a [...]
2007-02-21 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS PTER CG
07KINSHASA21DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES
[...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has postponed the elections for the country's national senators, governors and vice governors. According to CEI officials, the elections were pushed back because of difficulties in installing the newly-elected provincial assemblies. Provinci [...]
2007-01-09 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA214CONGOLESE MIXED BRIGADES CLASH WITH FDLR IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Congolese military's "mixed" brigades clashed February 19-20 with suspected FDLR and Mayi-Mayi forces in North Kivu province. The fighting does not appear to be part of planned operations, although skirmishes have been ongoing since the beginning of February. The a [...]
2007-02-21 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PREF CG
07KINSHASA219ZIMBABWEAN DIAMOND TRADE DEMONSTRATES POROUS DRC
[...] (C) Summary. The recent illegal movement of Zimbabwean diamonds through the DRC demonstrates the GDRC's lack of control over its borders. For several weeks, reports have circulated in Kinshasa about the smuggling of unique Zimbabwean diamonds, setting off a flurry of interest in the Zimbabwean [...]
2007-02-22 14:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA221NEW NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES: SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Julien Paluku, governor-elect of the DRC's North Kivu province, has three main priorities for his first months in office: security, ethnic reconciliation, and economic development. Paluku admits he faces a difficult challenge but contends the province and its political leaders a [...]
2007-02-23 08:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA225DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE
[...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...]
2007-02-23 15:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG
07KINSHASA226GIZENGA ADDRESSES DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. DRC Prime Minster-designate Gizenga presented his government's program during a 75-minute address to the National Assembly February 22. He called for a re-foundation of the republic and emphasized justice and good governance as the two essential conditions for achieving this. [...]
2007-02-23 15:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA227DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE
[...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...]
2007-02-23 15:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG
07KINSHASA233KARIM AGAIN MAKES PROMISES AFTER MILITARY SETBACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Peter Karim, leader of the Front for National Integration (FNI) militia in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District, has promised to surrender a number of his fighters following several weeks of successful operations by the Congolese military (FARDC) which have left the FNI isolated [...]
2007-02-26 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA240BAS-CONGO UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES
[...] Summary. The DRC National Assembly agreed February 23 to establish a special committee to investigate the January 31-February 1 violence in Bas-Congo province. Interior Minister Denis Kalume and Defense Minister Tharcisse Habarugira addressed the Assembly regarding the incidents and respond [...]
2007-02-27 08:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA242SEVEN INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ALUMNI IN NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Seven former International Visitors hold portfolios in the 60-member, coalition-based government which took office on February 24. A. Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, Minister of Plan, is an alumnus of an FY97 International Visitor program. Kamitatu is president of the Alliance for the Renewal o [...]
2007-02-27 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA245DRC GOVERNMENT PROGRAM APPROVED, MINISTERS
[...] (U) Summary: The DRC National Assembly approved Prime Minister Gizenga's program and team of ministers by a wide majority February 24, following Gizenga's responses to questions submitted by deputies February 22 (ref A). Key questions addressed by Gizenga included the status of the trade po [...]
2007-02-28 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA249DRC IN ROUGH ECONOMIC SHAPE AS GOVERNMENT IS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is facing renewed macroeconomic problems and budgetary uncertainty as the new government is being installed and an IMF Staff-Monitored Program review begins. Inflation and the exchange rate have risen sharply in the first two months of 2007, and there has been signific [...]
2007-03-01 09:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV CG
07KINSHASA252A FEW EUROPEAN SECURITY MISFIRES
[...] (SBU) A couple of misfires from Brussels regarding DRC security issues underscores the considerable political maneuvering going on relative to the DRC's post-Transition future. The first issue appears to reflect internal Belgian lapses, as newspaper articles confirmed by Kinshasa diplomats re [...]
2007-03-01 12:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BE CG
07KINSHASA256DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2007 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Yes. Does the trafficking occur within the country's borders? Yes. Does it occur in territory outside of the government's control? -- Child sold [...]
2007-03-01 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
07KINSHASA262Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA263Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA265DRC/CHINESE RELATIONS BRIEF UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post provides the following updated summary of Chinese activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. --------------------- Diplomatic Activities --------------------- 2. (SBU) China was one of 14 members of the Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),an advi [...]
2007-03-02 12:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL CHG CG
07KINSHASA275DRC SUPREME COURT CLOSING OUT BACKLOG OF NATIONAL
[...] Summary. The DRC Supreme Court is closing out the final cases challenging the results of the July 30 National Assembly elections. Several prominent names were included in a group of decisions announced at the end of February. The large number of cases highlights the necessity of electoral [...]
2007-03-06 14:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA279PROSECUTION RESTS IN NLANDU TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Military prosecutors rested their case against Bemba ally Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants February 7. They presented three main pieces of evidence: grenades allegedly in the possession of her co-defendants, videos of Nlandu alledgedly calling for the burning of t [...]
2007-03-08 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA280MONUC AND NGO COLLABORATION WITH MILITARY LEADS TO
[...] (U) Summary. MONUC-Bunia human rights officers and local NGO Justice Plus played major roles in the successful prosecution of two prominent Ituri District human rights cases. A military court handed down judgments in both cases February 19, convicting 14 Congolese military (FARDC) soldiers [...]
2007-03-08 14:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
07KINSHASA281ITURI UPDATE: KARIM PREPARES TO SURRENDER, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Ituri District militia leader Peter Karim made good on his promise to surrender nearly 200 members of his Front for National Integration (FNI) February 27, and has pledged to send another 200, including himself, for integration into the Congolese military (FARDC) March 10. Karim h [...]
2007-03-08 15:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA282DRC'S ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONER ARRESTED
[...] (C) The GDRC arrested the top official of the DRC's Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA) on March 6, but thus far specific charges have not been made public. According to media reports, Professor Fortunat Lumu Badimbayi-Matu, the CGEA Commissioner and director of Kinshasa's Nuclear Research Center (CREN [...]
2007-03-08 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV IAEA CG
07KINSHASA284CHARGES AGAINST ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONER STILL
[...] (C) Pursuant to the arrest of the DRC's Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA) head and his assistant (reftel),there has still been no public release of the charges. Professor Fortunat Lumu, the CGEA Commissioner and director of Kinshasa's Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) told EconOff late afternoo [...]
2007-03-09 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV KGIT IAEA CG
07KINSHASA290CONGOLESE AND ANGOLAN MINISTERS TO ATTEMPT RESOLUTION TO REMOTE BORDER DISPUTE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Congolese and Angolan officials plan to meet in Kinshasa this week to discuss a disputed frontier in a remote diamond-bearing area at the intersection of the provinces of Bandundu in the DRC and Lunda Norte in Angola. Angolan troops reportedly entered the area on January 2 [...]
2007-03-13 10:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS AG CG EMIN
07KINSHASA291EXAMINING BAS-CONGO'S FEBRUARY VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: A poorly-planned search by police sparked the January 31-February 1 violence between security forces and members of the ethnic separatist group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) which left dozens dead in the DRC's Bas-Congo province. Provincial political and security officials claim BDK leader [...]
2007-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS CG
07KINSHASA292ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS ADDITIONAL 131
[...] (C) Front for National Integration (FNI) leader Peter Karim surrendered an additional 131 militia members March 10 in Doi, approximately 55 miles northeast of the Ituri District capital of Bunia. Karim had promised Congolese military (FARDC) officials he would surrender an additional 200 milit [...]
2007-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA293DRC SENATE TO OPEN REGULAR SESSION MARCH 15
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC Senate closed its special session with completion of a draft internal rules proposal by an ad hoc committee March 10. The text will be submitted for consideration by the full Senate during the regular session beginning March 15. Once approved, it must be certified by th [...]
2007-03-13 11:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA296KINSHASA DECLARATION CALLS FOR RATIFICATION OF
[...] (U) Parliamentarians representing the eleven countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (IC/GLR) pledged February 28 in Kinshasa to work toward "rapid ratification" of the regional Pact on Security, Stability, and Development and affirmed their determination "to end p [...]
2007-03-13 13:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CG
07KINSHASA297UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSESSES CHILD SOLDIER
[...] (U) UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy visited the DRC March 4-9 to assess the situation of child soldiers in the country. She met with Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga and Minister of Defense Chikez Diemo, as well as officials of the Congolese demobi [...]
2007-03-13 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KGOV MOPS CG
07KINSHASA299DRC'S INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel. Market-Based Economy/Economic Reform/Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) The DRC's development of a market-based economy is progressing slowly. The exchange rate has floated freely for four years [...]
2007-03-14 05:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON AGOA CG
07KINSHASA3KABILA EXHORTS CONGOLESE TO "CHANGE THEIR
[...] (U) Summary: President Kabila made his traditional New Year's speech from Lubumbashi on December 31, which was broadcast nationally on television and radio. Kabila challenged the Congolese people to "change their thinking," noting that there is no success without effort, and that the peop [...]
2007-01-03 15:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA306BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-14 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA308BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-15 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA310NORTH KIVU FIGHTING CREATES NEW WAVE OF IDP'S,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between the Congolese military (FARDC) and FDLR troops in North Kivu March 10-12 has resulted in an estimated 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Humanitarian officials in the province say assisting these IDPs will be difficult because of continuing insecurity. [...]
2007-03-15 15:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA311FIRE DESTROYS PART OF DRC NATIONAL DISARMAMENT
[...] (U) A March 9 fire destroyed several offices located at the DRC's national disarmament agency CONADER in downtown Kinshasa. Firemen from the nearby oil company SEP-Congo and the city quickly responded to the blaze which did not spread to adjoining buildings. A visual inspection revealed extens [...]
2007-03-15 15:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA313LUMU SET FREE, FUTURE OF URANIUM INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) Summary. Professor Fortunat Lumu, arrested March 6 on suspicion of trafficking in uranium, was released from detention on March 11 (refs A,B). There is no evidence to suggest that any uranium or radioactive material changed hands. Minister of Scientific Research Sylvanus Mushi Bonane, wh [...]
2007-03-15 15:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV IAEA CG
07KINSHASA314DR CONGO'S POST-TRANSITION MEDIA SCENE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an open letter to President Joseph Kabila, media watchdog Journaliste En Danger (JED) frames the debate on the DRC's post-election media scene. JED argues that freedom of expression continues to be violated, and it recommends specific legislation to protect the media, notably [...]
2007-03-15 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA318CONGO ACKNOWLEDGES DISPUTED BORDER AREA IS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC and Angola commissioned a technical team to clarify their common border following high-level consultations March 13 in Kinshasa. The team is charged with locating the 112 colonial-era border monuments and laying groundwork for joint control of the frontier. The deleg [...]
2007-03-16 09:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS MOPS CG AG
07KINSHASA319CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN
[...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]
2007-03-16 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA320DRC FEBRUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. - The World Bank will spend up to USD 180 million on quick-impact reconstruction projects in the DRC. - The IMF conducted a visit to the DRC to review the status of its current program with the GDRC. - The GDRC has not yet drafted a 2007 budget. - Dredging work is underwa [...]
2007-03-16 10:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG PTER CG
07KINSHASA321DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF
[...] (U) Poloff met with Ambassador Matondo, chief of the International Organizations bureau at the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 15 to deliver the demarche on proposed UN reforms (reftel). Poloff explained the USG's objections to the reforms as proposed and left a copy of the relev [...]
2007-03-16 11:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA CG
07KINSHASA322DEADLINE TO REPLACE BEMBA AND RUBERWA GUARDS
[...] (U) A March 15 deadline to replace with police officers the personal guard forces of former vice presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba and Azarias Ruberwa passed without incident (reftel). Traffic was lighter than usual in the Gombe district of central Kinshasa on March 15, but businesses remained open [...]
2007-03-16 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA327IMF REVIEW: SITUATION WORSE THAN FIVE MONTHS AGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting IMF review team said that the DRC economic situation is worse than it was five months ago, when they characterized it as "difficult" (ref A). The team confirmed that GDRC overspending, financed by Central Bank credit, amounted to at least USD 40 million for January a [...]
2007-03-19 10:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA329OPENING OF DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ORDINARY SESSION
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC National Assembly's first ordinary session opened March 15. Initial priority items on the three-month agenda include final approval of the Assembly's internal rules, membership and election of officers of its permanent committees, and final confirmation of all deputies' ma [...]
2007-03-19 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG AO GB
07KINSHASA330KATANGA'S NEW GOVERNOR: MAN WITH A BOLD PLAN
[...] (C) Summary. Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi is an ambitious political newcomer with bold plans for Katangan revival. His stated priorities for the province include increasing provincial revenue and supporting social development, and he has indicated his tactics will not necessarily be orthodo [...]
2007-03-19 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EMIN ZA CG
07KINSHASA336UNSC DR CONGO SANCTIONS DEMARCHE IN KINSHASA
[...] (C) Ambassador presented the list of entities and individuals proposed reftel for sanctions under UN Security Council resolutions 1596 and 1649 during the course of his first official call on Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi March 20 (septel). The Ambassador emphasized the importance of comba [...]
2007-03-21 10:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CG
07KINSHASA337MINEMBWE UPDATE: DISSIDENT GROUPS PREPARING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Two dissident ethnic Banyamulenge commanders have agreed to integrate their troops with other Congolese military (FARDC) units following weeks of controversial negotiations with former associates of renegade General Laurent Nkunda and FARDC commanders. MONUC officials report there [...]
2007-03-21 12:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA339COAST GUARD FINDS DRC PORTS STILL NOT SECURE
[...] Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has determined the DRC's international maritime ports do not comply with U.S. or international security requirements. The main causes are inadequate funding and political will, and upper-level mismanagement. The USG will re-introduce restrictions on ships [...]
2007-03-21 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEWWT ECON PTER ASEC CG
07KINSHASA340PORT AUTHORITY CLAIMS CHINESE RAIL OFFER STILL ON
[...] (SBU) DRC's port authority, ONATRA, claims to be discussing plans with the Chinese government for rehabilitation of the Matadi-Kinshasa railroad system. ONATRA's CEO, Daniel Bikindu, shared these plans with EconOff and a visiting USTDA representative on March 6. 2. (SBU) During his four-day [...]
2007-03-21 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EINV ECON PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA343NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO
[...] (U) Summary: The DRC National Assembly voted unanimously March 19 to establish a commission of inquiry into a disputed border area with Angola. The 15-member commission will be chaired by a deputy from the opposition and assisted by experts from key ministries. The Assembly charged the commi [...]
2007-03-21 13:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KBTS PREL CG AO
07KINSHASA345DRC'S NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TARGETS CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) Summary. New DRC Minister of Defense Chikez Diemu's immediate priorities include combating corruption, dismantling the guard forces maintained by the former transitional vice presidents, and finalizing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs (DDR) to streamline and profess [...]
2007-03-21 16:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA346KATANGA'S ORE EXPORT SUSPENSION CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi's recent order suspending the export of unprocessed ore from the province remains in place (reftel) and has created noticeable impact. The suspension is pursuant to Katumbi's March 6 communique stating that the suspension's purpose is to combat the loss of [...]
2007-03-21 16:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD ECON ZA CG
07KINSHASA350BUNDU DIA KONGO: A DANGEROUS INSURRECTIONIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) claims to defend the cultural and economic interests of the indigenous people of DRC's Bas-Congo province. The group is in reality a separatist sect with a long history of often violent confrontation with state security forces. End summary. ------------ [...]
2007-03-22 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA351SITUATION REPORT 1: GUNFIRE, CONFUSION IN GOMBE
[...] (U) Small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire broke out in the downtown Gombe area of Kinshasa March 22 between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and the guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Isolated shots were first reported around 10:30 a.m., and heavier firin [...]
2007-03-22 18:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA352KINSHASA SITREP 2: FIGHTING CONTINUES, LOOTING
[...] (U) Scattered gunfire continued as of 10:00 p.m. in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Shooting has diminished throughout the evening although RPG fire and machine gun fire were [...]
2007-03-22 22:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA353KINSHASA SITREP 3: FIGHTING ONGOING, BEMBA TAKES
[...] (U) Sounds of automatic weapons and mortar fire have been heard off-and-on beginning around 4:30 a.m. March 23 in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa. Fighting between elements of the Congolese military forces loyal to President Kabila and Bemba's guard forces had temporarily quieted somewha [...]
2007-03-23 10:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA355KINSHASA SITREP 4: MILITARY CLAIMS TO BE GAINING
[...] (SBU) Sporadic shooting continued into the afternoon around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa. Automatic weapons fire and several loud explosions have been heard since midday. Military officials with FARDC Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sunglinga claim their troops are g [...]
2007-03-23 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA356KINSHASA SITREP 5: FIGHTING DIMINISHES INTO THE
[...] (U) The sounds of gunfire around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa diminished into the evening of March 23, as fighting has appeared to wind down between elements of the Congolese military loyal to the government and guard forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba. Occasional bursts of [...]
2007-03-23 21:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA357KINSHASA SITREP 6: CITY QUIET WITH HEAVY MILITARY
[...] (U) The downtown Gombe district of Kinshasa is calm the morning of March 24. Gunfire and small explosions were heard in the vicinity of the Chancery and USAID offices for nearly an hour beginning at approximately 4:20 a.m., but only occasional bursts of small arms fire since. The area around t [...]
2007-03-24 08:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA36MONUC EFFORTS AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
[...] (U) This message provides an update on efforts by the UN Mission to the Congo (MONUC) to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by peacekeepers in the DRC (ref A). Post reported in July 2006 that incidents of SEA by MONUC military and civilian staff were [...]
2007-01-12 10:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA361KINSHASA UPDATE: SITUATION IN CAPITAL RETURNING TO
[...] (U) The central Gombe district of Kinshasa remains calm four days after fighting broke out between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. There have been no reports of fighting since early morning on March 24. Vehicle [...]
2007-03-26 11:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA367NKUNDA ATTENDS FORMATION CEREMONIES FOR TWO NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Renegade General Laurent Nkunda attended formation ceremonies for the last two "mixed" brigades March 22 and 23 in North Kivu with several prominent political and military leaders. Nkunda said in local interviews he was pleased with the "mixage" process and promised that any soldi [...]
2007-03-27 12:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA370KINSHASA UPDATE 3/27: KABILA DEFENDS ACTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: President Kabila defended the use of force against Jean-Pierre Bemba's guard forces in a March 26 press conference, declaring that "order had to be restored at all cost." Bemba, who remains in the South African embassy compound, said in a press interview Kabila is determined to ge [...]
2007-03-27 14:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA375IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to former Vice President Bemba were defeated in March 22 - 23 violence, and no longer constitute a fighting force. There is a general consensus that numerous political options were not exhausted prior to the fighting, with many in the Kabila camp spoiling for a fight [...]
2007-03-28 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA377CONGO'S DDR AGENCY -- AND ITS DIRECTOR -- FACE
[...] (C) Summary. Daniel Kawata, director of the DRC's National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reinsertion (CONADER),is facing serious questions about both his agency's future and his own. The World Bank, which has provided $200 million for the DRC's disarmament, demobilization [...]
2007-03-29 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR CG
07KINSHASA378MINEMBWE UPDATE: DISCUSSIONS STALLED OVER
[...] (C) Summary: GDRC negotiations with dissident Banyamulenge commanders in South Kivu have stalled in confusion and disagreement over how their forces are to be integrated into the Congolese military (FARDC). The stalemate has blocked the anticipated disarmament and integration of more than 200 o [...]
2007-03-29 16:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PREF MOPS BU CG
07KINSHASA381POLITICAL VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES
[...] (C) Summary: Following the March 22-23 violence, political feelings are running high. Reflecting Prime Minister Gizenga's views, his de facto chief of staff, Minister Godefroid Mayobo, strongly reaffirmed the need for a full trial of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. While fully acc [...]
2007-03-30 17:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS CG PO SF
07KINSHASA385BEMBA DEPARTURE DELAYED
[...] (C) The departure for Portugal of former Vice President Bemba has been delayed from the original hoped-for date of Saturday, March 31, but the initiative still appears on track. Per telcons with UN SRSG Bill Swing and South African Charge Kenneth Pedro, discussions headed by National Assembly [...]
2007-04-02 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC PO SF CG
07KINSHASA386NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES TO INCLUDE
[...] (SBU) The DRC National Assembly's political groups have agreed to a proportional formula for sharing leadership positions in its eight permanent and technical committees that mandates a significant role for opposition and independent deputies. The agreement, which has yet to be officially an [...]
2007-04-02 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA387UPDATE ON KATANGA SUSPENSION OF UNPROCESSED ORE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi has permanently banned the export of non-refined metal from the province. All major exporters but one have a six-month grace period within which they may continue to export certified ore concentrate. Export traffic has begun to normalize, although [...]
2007-04-02 11:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA388PM GIZENGA OUTLINES CHALLENGES OF NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga acknowledges that the DRC confronts great challenges, and wants to send a strong signal that things have changed. He is especially concerned about widespread corruption and impunity, and the lack of a culture of work. He looks forward to a product [...]
2007-04-03 13:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA389BEMBA WEAPONS CACHE SEIZED IN EQUATEUR
[...] (C) Summary: MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials have seized an estimated 200 tons of weapons and ammunition belonging to the forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba in Equateur province. The cache, located in an abandoned soft drink factory in Gbadolite, near the border with the CAR, contained [...]
2007-04-03 15:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS PINR PINS UG TZ LY CG
07KINSHASA396NEW CONGOLESE FOREIGN MINISTER UPBEAT, BUT STILL
[...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's first official call March 20 (Note: two days prior to the outbreak of violence in Kinshasa. End note.),new Foreign Minister Mbusa appeared in an upbeat mood. He spoke positively of the March 16 Tripartite Plus talks in Kigali, calling them "the best e [...]
2007-04-04 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA400MONUC PROPOSES TRAINING CONGOLESE INTEGRATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC military officials are proposing a 16-month, four million USD training program aimed at improving the basic capabilities of 11 of the 14 Congolese military's (FARDC) current Integrated Brigades (IBs). They portray the proposal as part of MONUC's exit strategy from the DRC [...]
2007-04-04 16:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KPKO MOPS MARR CG
07KINSHASA403UPDATE ON THE CPPER BELT'S ARTISANAL MINING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Artisanal mining in Katanga province continues to create security, financial and legal problems for mining companies. With support from the USG and other members of the international community, social development efforts are underway to attemptto address the myriad of issues arti [...]
2007-04-05 12:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMN EAID ECON ETRD CG
07KINSHASA404DRC MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. - The Governor of Katanga banned the export of non-refined metal ore from the province, although Canadian company First Quantum says it has resumed exporting its unprocessed ore. - The Orientale governor has suspended timber exports from the province. - Gecamines, the DRC's [...]
2007-04-05 13:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ECIN ENRG ELAB CG
07KINSHASA406ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MARCH FIGHTING IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) Summary. The March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa likely cost business owners and the GDRC millions of dollars, but the precise totals have not been tallied. Most of the damage, like most of the fighting, occurred in Kinshasa's central Gombe district, the home to many government buildings and [...]
2007-04-05 16:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA407EQUATEUR'S MLC-LED GOVERNMENT A TEST FOR OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Equateur Governor Jose Makila has formed a government of ten ministers, all members or allies of Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC). It gives relatively equal representation to all five of Equateur's administrative districts. It does not include, howe [...]
2007-04-06 10:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG
07KINSHASA411ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS, RECEIVES
[...] (C) Summary: Ituri militia leader Peter Karim surrendered with six of his senior officers April 6 to Congolese military (FARDC) authorities in Kpandroma. All were subsequently awarded officers' commissions, including the rank of colonel for Karim. Karim pledged he would not return to the bush a [...]
2007-04-10 12:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA413DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #3
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Minister of Mines ordered the suspension of negotiations on new mining agreements. The Canadian CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal, was briefly suspended. Canadian company First Quantum claims millions of USD in losses as a result of the Katang [...]
2007-04-10 12:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ETRD PGOV CG
07KINSHASA414MONUC INVESTIGATION ASSIGNS BLAME TO BOTH SIDES
[...] (C) Summary: A MONUC investigation into Bas-Congo's January 31-February 1 fighting between security forces and the separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) assigns responsibility to both sides for the violence and estimates 105 died. MONUC found that BDK has demonstrated a strong propensity for v [...]
2007-04-10 12:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA417CONGOLESE, MONUC OFFICIALS DISCOUNT THREAT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese and MONUC military officials claim elements of the Allied Democratic Forces and National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU) operating in the DRC no longer pose a significant security threat. They contend ADF-NALU numbers have been greatly reduced since joint FA [...]
2007-04-11 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UG CG
07KINSHASA419BEMBA LEAVES KINSHASA FOR PORTUGAL
[...] (U) Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba departed Kinshasa for Portugal aboard his private jet at 2:10 a.m. April 11. Bemba, accompanied by his wife and five children, officially left for follow-up surgery for a broken leg suffered in December 2006. He had been at a South African [...]
2007-04-11 10:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO PO CG
07KINSHASA422MONUC PUSHES GDRC TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC characterized its human rights findings for the second half of 2006 as a matter of "grave concern." It documented a substantial increase in the number of politically motivated incidents during the electoral period, a decrease in the proportion of human rights violations [...]
2007-04-11 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA425DRC MINING SECTOR - THE MAJOR ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The mining sector has traditionally been the key driver of the DRC's economy, but it will need substantial reform before it can realize its full potential. Key issues facing the sector include: 1) ensuring the transparency and fairness of existing and future mining contracts; 2) [...]
2007-04-12 17:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ETRD ECIN CG
07KINSHASA426CONGOLESE OPPOSITION PLAYING ROLE IN NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition deputies in the DRC's National Assembly are assuming some important leadership roles. An RCD-N opposition member leads the special commission investigating the Angola border question, opposition deputies have formed three of the twelve formal political groups, and [...]
2007-04-12 17:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA433PROSECUTOR SEEKS TO LIFT BEMBA'S IMMUNITY; SENATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Prosecutor General has formally requested that the Senate lift Jean-Pierre Bemba's senatorial immunity. In naming Bemba as the "intellectual author" of the March 22-23 violence, the Prosecutor is seeking to lay the groundwork for holding Bemba legally liable for the [...]
2007-04-13 18:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA434DRC FINANCE MINISTER ADMITS ECONOMIC SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary. The new Minister of Finance said that the DRC economy is "not good" but was optimistic that the situation could be turned around by the new government. He cited hopeful signs regarding increased GDRC revenues and blamed overspending on the defense and security sectors. The mini [...]
2007-04-16 11:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA435BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AN INCOVENIENT GUEST IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht had frank criticism for both sides involved in the March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa during his April 10-12 visit to the DRC. He reiterated Belgium's desire for a post-CIAT mechanism for political dialogue and discussed governance issues [...]
2007-04-16 11:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BE CG
07KINSHASA437DRC CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING IN PARIS: THE WRONG
[...] (SBU) It is our understanding a DRC Consultative Group meeting is being scheduled in Paris in June. Post believes holding the meeting in Paris, rather than in Kinshasa, sends a bad signal to a newly-elected government that needs to exercise budgetary discipline, drastically cut back foreign t [...]
2007-04-16 13:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV ECON CG
07KINSHASA439PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS SLOWLY TAKING SHAPE
[...] (SBU) The DRC's fledgling provincial governments are beginning to take shape. Two provinces have appointed government ministers. In the other nine provinces, including the capital Kinshasa, governors have not completed initial consultations. Despite current deliberations on budgetary issues, [...]
2007-04-16 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA440CITING INSECURITY, OPPOSITION WALKS OUT OF
[...] (U) Summary: Opposition deputies, including all members of Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC),walked out of the April 13 National Assembly plenary, citing concerns for security for themselves and party facilities. They announced that they would not return unt [...]
2007-04-16 16:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA451VERDICT RETURNED IN ASSASSINATION OF JOURNALIST
[...] (U) Summary: Eighteen months after the assassination of journalist Franck Ngyke Kungundu and his wife Helene Paka, a military court delivered a guilty verdict against three of the accused assassins, all members of the DRC armed forces. Some media watchdog groups think the investigation and tri [...]
2007-04-19 13:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA452CONGOLESE MILITARY PROPOSES REDEPLOYMENT, RENAMING
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese military (FARDC) officials have proposed the redeployment and renaming of the army's Integrated Brigades (IBs). Most IBs will remain concentrated in eastern DRC where the biggest security risks remain, although the proposal suggests moving two brigades currently statione [...]
2007-04-19 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA472COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COLONEL RICHARD ORTH
[...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of Col. Richard Kevin Orth to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from May 03 - 06, 2007 to attend the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) focal point meetings. 2. POINT OF CONTACT Chris Brown will be the Control Officer for the visit and c [...]
2007-04-26 12:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER OTRA BY RW UG KE ET CG
07KINSHASA477UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOLLOWS BOSS IN
[...] (U) Asha-Rose Migiro, newly appointed United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, followed the example set by Secretary General (SG) Ban Ki-Moon (reftel) in making the DRC SIPDIS one of the stops on her first official trip since assuming the position. She met with President Joseph Kabila [...]
2007-04-26 15:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO KDEM CG
07KINSHASA482SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR RANDALL TOBIAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way toward solutions to fundamental governance and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The Department's decision to identify the DRC as a priority assistance country reflected the achiev [...]
2007-04-27 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SOCI CG
07KINSHASA487CONGOLESE "MIXED BRIGADES" CONDUCT OFFENSIVES
[...] (C) Summary: Three "mixed" brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) in North Kivu province have launched limited offensives against suspected FDLR forces. Initial reports indicate the FARDC has had moderate success in the operations, re-establishing control of several main roads in the Rutsh [...]
2007-04-30 15:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS PREF CG
07KINSHASA49DRC DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - The Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves remain below target. - Several artisanal miners died after a clash with police in Katanga province. - DRC's water authority terminated two managers for alleged corruption. - Spanish/Congolese airline Bravo Air Congo increased its domes [...]
2007-01-18 16:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA496DRC BORDER SECURITY REMAINS ILLUSIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa and Ngobila Beach, the ferry crossing point to Brazzaville, abound with examples of poor adherence by the GDRC to international border security norms. The GDRC's attempts to correct this situation have not yet yielded results. Parallel e [...]
2007-05-02 17:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG ASEC CASC EAIR ECON CG
07KINSHASA5ITURI UPDATE: CLASHES CONTINUE, BUT GDRC HASN'T
[...] (SBU) Summary: Scattered fighting between Peter Karim's FNI and FARDC troops continued December 29, and a December 30 ultimatum to Karim passed without resolution. However, the GDRC kept open a door to future negotiations with the militia leader. End summary. 2. (SBU) Sporadic fighting [...]
2007-01-03 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA501KISEMPIA "EXPLAINS" DRC POSITION ON CHOD MEETING
[...] (C) Defense Attache and PolOff met with Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe May 3 to discuss the April 16-18 meeting of Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense Forces (CHOD) meeting in Bujumbura, per reftel. Kisempia said he had indeed signed the agreement outlining [...]
2007-05-03 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG RW UG
07KINSHASA502NLANDU AND NINE OTHERS ACQUITTED ON INSURRECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese politician Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants were acquitted April 30 of all charges related to the November 2006 burning of the Supreme Court building. A military court found that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient to prove their guilt. T [...]
2007-05-04 10:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA51KABILA COALITION WILL LEAD SEVEN OF DRC'S ELEVEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition -- which includes Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's PALU and Nzanga Mobutu's UDEMO parties -- will lead seven of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, following votes January 12-14. Former Vice Pre [...]
2007-01-19 08:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA512KINSHASA INCREASINGLY IN THE DARK
[...] (U) Summary. Increasingly frequent power blackouts and water shortages are plaguing Kinshasa and other provinces in the DRC, sparking growing public unhappiness. Poorly maintained equipment, insufficient capital investment and mismanagement are among the causes cited. In late March Parliamen [...]
2007-05-08 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA516DRC APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. - The GDRC has not yet promulgated a 2007 budget. - The GDRC fired the heads of the electricity and water parastatals, citing the growing supply shortages. - Employees of the DRC's diamond mining parastatal went on strike. - A review of 60 pre-Transition mining contracts is [...]
2007-05-10 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA517KINSHASA WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA, UNSURE ON BELARUS
[...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post demarched Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the candidacy of Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council. Matondo was receptive to the U.S. argument in favor of Slovenia and promised to pass a reco [...]
2007-05-10 15:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC CG
07KINSHASA518PARLIAMENTARY BOYCOTT OVER, OPPOSITION STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputies from two parliamentary opposition groups, including Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC),ended their walk-out of the National Assembly April 24-25. Initially promised a meeting with President Joseph Kabila, opposition leaders have met [...]
2007-05-10 15:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA523KISEMPIA'S OUTLOOK ON SECURITY THREATS IN EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe characterized the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as his biggest security concern in eastern DRC. During a May 3 meeting with DATT and PolOff in his the Ministry of Defense offices, he claime [...]
2007-05-11 11:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS SU RW UG CG
07KINSHASA524PROGRESS MADE ON ITURI MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: Some 500 militia members from Peter Karim's Front for National Integration (FNI) in Ituri District have surrendered to military authorities in the past month, bringing the total number disarmed since the beginning of the year to more than 800. Demobilizing fighters, however, conti [...]
2007-05-11 12:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA526DRC SENATE FINALLY SET TO ELECT LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC Senate is set to hold elections for its seven leadership positions May 11, more than three months after senators were elected. President Joseph Kabila's former chief of staff is the leading candidate for the body's presidency, which would put him next in line to succeed [...]
2007-05-11 12:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA527AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MARIE THERESE NLANDU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Bemba attorney and unsuccessful presidential candidate Marie Therese Nlandu gave an exclusive interviewto Poloff in which she outlined her side of the vents that led to her arrest on charges of insurretion and weapons possession. She also explained why she thought she was acq [...]
2007-05-11 12:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA528MOBUTU-ERA STALWART KENGO WA DONDO ELECTED DRC
[...] (U) Leon Kengo wa Dondo, best known for his long service as Mobutu's prime minister, won the presidency of the DRC Senate May 11 over former Kabila chief of staff and human rights minister Leonard She Okitundu by 55-49 votes. The Senate presidenct assumes the office of chief of state on an i [...]
2007-05-11 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA530DRC SENATE GIVES VOICE TO POLITICAL OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Senate May 11 elected former Mobutu Prime Minister Leon Kengo wa Dondo as its president, making him the highest-ranking opposition politician in the GDRC. Senators also voted in the six other members of its leadership body, giving it a 4-3 split between members of the [...]
2007-05-15 08:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA534CONGOLESE MILITARY REPLACES COMMANDER IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) The Congolese military (FARDC) is replacing its regional commander in North Kivu with the current chief of operations in Ituri District. FARDC officials confirmed that Brigadier General Vainqueur Mayala will be promoted to Major General and will replace General Louis Ngizo as the commander [...]
2007-05-16 11:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA539SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON NORTH KIVU'S IDP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent press reports, there have been no major displacement of civilians in North Kivu province following operations against the FDLR. Humanitarian and MONUC officials say, in fact, there have been relatively few new IDPs there since late April. Those displaced since [...]
2007-05-16 15:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA546PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION BLAMES BOTH SIDES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary commission of inquiry into the January 31-February 1 violence in Bas-Congo submitted its report to the National Assembly May 18. Its findings lay relatively equal blame both on the separatist group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) and on Congolese security forces. BDK and its [...]
2007-05-21 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA56MINING EXTRACTS, #1
[...] (U) Summary. Several artisanal diamond miners died in mining-related accidents, and diamonds illegally exported from Zimbabwe are reportedly appearing for sale in the DRC. Delays in obtaining and importing adequate equipment is causing construction delays for major copper/cobalt mining projec [...]
2007-01-19 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA57MINING EXTRACTS, #1
[...] (U) Summary. Several artisanal diamond miners died in mining-related accidents, and diamonds illegally exported from Zimbabwe are reportedly appearing for sale in the DRC. Delays in obtaining and importing adequate equipment is causing construction delays for major copper/cobalt mining projec [...]
2007-01-19 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA577UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF VISITS DRC, PROPOSES MAPPING
[...] (U) Summary. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Louise Arbour visited the DRC May 13-18 to encourage the newly elected government to improve the human rights situation in the country. She met with President Joseph Kabila and other high-ranking officials and visited [...]
2007-05-25 14:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA579DRC'S REVIEW OF MINING CONTRACTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Mines has established an intragovernmental commission to review 60 joint-venture mining contracts. The commission expects to begin its work in early June, although it must first establish a work plan and internal rules, find funding and select experts. There has [...]
2007-05-29 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA582MASSACRE IN EASTERN CONGO LINKED TO RASTAS
[...] (U) Summary. At least 29 Congolese villagers were killed the night of May 26-27 near Kanyola southwest of Bukavu in a massacre called "the worst in South Kivu since May 2005." An additional 27 were reported injured, and at least 18 have been reported kidnapped. Although some press reports c [...]
2007-05-30 10:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA586GDRC REPLACES ITS "PHANTOM MINISTER" OF TRADE
[...] (U) The GDRC announced May 28 the nomination of Denys Mbuyu Manga as Minister of Trade. A political independent from Katanga province, he has been director of the National School of Finance since 1991. Mbuyu Manga also served as chief of staff to the Minister of Mines in 1967, and later as dir [...]
2007-05-31 10:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA588DRC PARLIAMENT DEBATES 2007 BUDGET
[...] (U) The DRC's 2007 budget is currently before the National Assembly. Members debated the budget May 29 and 30, and a final vote is expected in the coming weeks. 2. (SBU) The proposed budget of approximately USD 2.14 billion projects domestic revenue of about USD 1.2 billion - 60 percent of [...]
2007-05-31 15:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA590NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OUTLINES LEGISLATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on May 29, National Assembly president Vital Kamerhe outlined his legislative goals for the remainder of the ordinary session and for an additional, already-scheduled extraordinary session. He highlighted six significant pieces of [...]
2007-05-31 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA591NEW VICE GOVERNOR ELECTED IN SOUTH KIVU
[...] (U) South Kivu's provincial assembly unanimously elected Bernard Watunakanza Banamwezi vice governor May 26. Banamwezi is a member of the Social Movement for Renewal (MSR) political party of Minister of State for Infrastructure and Reconstruction Pierre Lumbi. He ran unopposed as a candidate o [...]
2007-05-31 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA592INGA DAM: MOVING AT SNEL'S PACE
[...] (U) Summary. Plans to rehabilitate portions of the DRC's Congo River Inga Dam complex, Africa's greatest potential hydroelectric source, are picking up some speed after stagnating for many years. One privately-funded upgrade is already underway, while multilateral donors are in the process of [...]
2007-05-31 16:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID EINV ECON CG
07KINSHASA593SIX CONGOLESE KIDNAPPED IN CONTINUING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) At least six additional Congolese civilians were reported kidnapped from a village in Kabere district, about 19 miles northwest of Bukavu, on May 31. In related violence in the Kanyola area southwest of Bukavu on May 26 (reftel),after another civilian died of his wounds, nineteen civil [...]
2007-06-01 11:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA594TSHISEKEDI QUIETLY RETURNS TO DRC IN APPARENT ILL
[...] (C) Summary: Etienne Tshisekedi, president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS),quietly returned to Kinshasa May 28 after an extended stay in South Africa for medical treatment. UDPS officials acknowledge Tshisekedi, age 74, is in ill health and has been given strict orders fr [...]
2007-06-01 11:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM CG
07KINSHASA595NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UPDATE: KIVU DEPUTIES WALK OUT
[...] (U) A group of 42 deputies from both North and South Kivu joined in an unscripted walk-out from the National Assembly to protest the deteriorating security situation in the eastern Congo. During the plenary on May 29, one deputy announced a joint walk-out by all the North Kivu and South Kivu [...]
2007-06-01 12:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA6NORTH KIVU IMPASSE CONTINUES; CIVILIANS TAKE OUT
[...] (C) Following December 28 clashes between the FARDC and troops allied with renegade General Laurent Nkunda (reftel),FARDC 8th Military Region (MR) Commander General Ngizo met with Nkunda loyalist representatives of the 81st and 83rd Brigades. During the December 29 meeting, Ngizo reiterated [...]
2007-01-03 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA60VETERAN POLITICAL OPERATIVE TAKES CHARGE OF DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary. New DRC National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe made a public call for good governance on assuming office January 8 in a ceremony with the six other members of the Assembly's executive committee. He promised to hold members of the new government and Assembly alike to high s [...]
2007-01-19 15:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA604TENSIONS HIGH, RUMORS RAMPANT IN SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions are high in South Kivu province following warnings from leading political and religious figures warning of alleged foreign plots to launch a "new war" in the region. The recent arrests of purported foreign nationals in the province has added to a growing chorus of rumor [...]
2007-06-04 11:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA607DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #4
[...] (U) Summary. The GDRC's mining contract review commission is expected to begin meeting the week of June 4. GDRC officials have announced investigations into London AIM-listed CAMEC and its purchase of shares in the George Forrest-associated Katanga Mining Company. Diamond mining parastatal M [...]
2007-06-04 16:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA608DRC MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. - The GDRC has not yet promulgated a 2007 budget, though a draft budget of USD 2.137 billion is currently being debated in Parliament. - An IMF team is in Kinshasa to consult with the GDRC on its progress toward possible implementation of a new economic program. - The GDRC re [...]
2007-06-04 16:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA61BEMBA MAKES THEATRICAL RETURN TO KINSHASA
[...] (U) Transitional Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, defeated in his run for the presidency in October, returned to Kinshasa from Europe January 14. He had been in Portugal, where he maintains a residence, recovering from a broken leg suffered here in December (reftel). 2. (U) Bemba pledge [...]
2007-01-19 15:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL CG
07KINSHASA621UNDP LAUNCHES NEW DEMOBILIZATION PROGRAM FOR ITURI
[...] (U) Summary: The UN Development Program (UNDP) signed an accord with GDRC officials June 1 to launch a new demobilization, disarmament and reinsertion (DDR) program for militias in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District. The three million USD project, partially co-financed by USAID, aims to dem [...]
2007-06-05 14:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA624BEMBA NOT PLANNING TO RETURN TO KINSHASA SOON
[...] (C) Summary: Close aides to Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba said the former Transitional Vice President and MLC President will remain in Portugal and not return to the DRC anytime soon. A 60-day leave of absence granted Bemba by the Senate ends June 11. Bemba and his advisers say he will not come ba [...]
2007-06-06 14:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PO CG
07KINSHASA627UPDATE: FARDC RECOVERS SOME CIVILIANS TAKEN
[...] (SBU) General Sylvain Tshikwej, 10th Military Region Commander, confirmed to PolOff June 6 that patrols of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) located nine kidnapped Congolese civilians (eight of them alive and one dead) in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park outside of Bukavu on June 1. Three of [...]
2007-06-07 09:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA628MINEMBWE TALKS STALLED AS PATIENCE WITH DISSIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with armed Banyamulenge dissidents in South Kivu's Minembwe region remain stalled, and the group's leaders refuse to meet with provincial or MONUC officials. The dissidents are now allegedly recruiting, rearming, and committing violence against rival ethnic groups and [...]
2007-06-07 09:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA629TRIPARTITE PLUS JOINT COMMISSION RELEASES
[...] (U) The four member countries of the Tripartite Plus Joint Commission released a public statement June 7 at 11:00 a.m. at the conclusion of their three-day session in Lubumbashi, DRC. The members reaffirmed their commitment to eliminate the threat posed by negative forces in the region, both by [...]
2007-06-07 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA637KINSHASA'S PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY DEFEATS
[...] (U) Summary: Kinshasa's opposition-dominated provincial assembly on June 6 defeated a motion of no-confidence brought against the AMP governor, and subsequently adopted the governor's proposed program of government. End summary. 2. (SBU) Kinshasa's provincial assembly on June 6 defeated a [...]
2007-06-08 11:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA639NKUNDA GIVES HIS VERSION OF REALITY IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) Summary: Dissident General Laurent Nkunda gave an extended interview to a Kinshasa-based newspaper outlining his views on the so-called "mixage" process and the intentions of his political front organization. His comments, published in the June 6 edition of "La Reference Plus," attempt to [...]
2007-06-08 16:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA641PHELPS DODGE DIGS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. American company Phelps Dodge is making steady progress on its Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt mine development, despite a wide range of obstacles. Phelps Dodge has twice increased its first-year copper production estimate since it entered into the joint venture and plans to begin [...]
2007-06-11 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEMIN EINV ECON CG
07KINSHASA642WESTERN KASAI GOVERNOR LOSES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Western Kasai's provincial assembly passed a no-confidence motion against AMP-aligned Governor Tresor Kapuku June 7 by a 29-24 vote, even though the AMP holds a slim majority. According to the DRC's constitution and electoral law, Kapuku must now resign and the Independent Elect [...]
2007-06-11 15:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA644DRC'S OPPOSITION LAW NEARLY READY FOR PLENARY
[...] (C) Summary: National Assembly deputies working on the DRC's draft law on the rights and status of the political opposition have nearly completed work on the document, according to several parliamentarians. The law seeks to establish a legal and operational framework for a "positive and constr [...]
2007-06-11 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA65NKUNDA LOYALISTS "MIXING" WITH REGULAR CONGOLESE
[...] (C) Summary: There is as yet no confirmation of reports that renegade General Laurent Nkunda will be granted asylum in another country as part of an agreement with the GDRC. The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) has begun mixing pro-Nkunda soldiers in North Kivu province with other, "loyal" non- [...]
2007-01-22 10:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA654DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #5
[...] Summary. The GDRC has officially begun its mining contract review process. A South African mining company has removed all artisanal miners from its Katanga copper concession. The GDRC and the Government of Rwanda continue discussions about methane gas exploration in Lake Kivu. End summary. [...]
2007-06-13 09:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EPET ENRG ECON CG
07KINSHASA655KABILA REPLACES KISEMPIA AS CHIEF OF CONGOLESE
[...] (U) Congolese military (FARDC) and Ministry of Defense officials confirmed June 13 that President Joseph Kabila has replaced FARDC Chief of Defense Forces General Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe with General Dieudonne Kayembe Mbandankulu, effectively immediately. Kabila made the announcement overnig [...]
2007-06-13 09:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PINR CG
07KINSHASA658BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: "WALK IN THE WOODS" WITH
[...] (U) DCM represented Embassy Brazzaville at the June 8 closing ceremony for the two-day "concertation" which took place in the former ex-Ninja rebel stronghold of Kinkala in the heart of the Pool region. Unlike the high-profile, security-charged environment witnessed the preceding day by th [...]
2007-06-13 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS CF
07KINSHASA659MILITARY INTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES ON DISPLAY AT
[...] (C) Summary: A recent tour of the DRC's military training and integration facility in Luberizi, South Kivu, highlighted the challenges facing GDRC officials charged with reforming the country's security sector. A lack of equipment and logistical support hamper efforts to create a unified and p [...]
2007-06-13 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA66KABILA ALLIES WITH APPARENT MAJORITY IN
[...] (U) Summary. Allies of President Joseph Kabila look to be able to form a majority in the DRC Senate elected by indirect vote January 19. Transitional Vice Presidents Bemba and Yerodia won seats, as did several transitional ministers and a number of insiders from the Mobutu and Laurent Kabila [...]
2007-01-22 12:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM CG ELECTIONS PGOV
07KINSHASA660EITI DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel A, regarding the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). GDRC'S RESPONSE --------------- 2. (U) The GDRC has not yet responded to the EITI letter mentioned in reftel A. DFID delivered the letters to DRC officials on June [...]
2007-06-13 16:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN EAID ENRG EPET CG
07KINSHASA666JOURNALIST OF UNITED NATIONS-SPONSORED RADIO STATION KILLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Serge Maheshe, a journalist working for UN-funded Radio Okapi, was killed June 13 by two unidentified armed men in Bukavu, South Kivu province. It is not yet sure that the assassination is linked to Maheshe's work as a journalist. He had been outspoken about exactions inflicted [...]
2007-06-14 15:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA667SENATE PRESIDENT LAYS OUT HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
[...] (U) Summary: Leon Kengo wa Dondo, the newly-elected president of the Senate, highlighted his legislative priorities in his first formal meeting with the Ambassador. His priorities include the draft budget, the law on the opposition, the judicial sector law creating the governing body for mag [...]
2007-06-14 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA671MAJOR RE-SHUFFLE OF MILITARY AND POLICE LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) As reported reftel, President Joseph Kabila ordered a major shake-up of the Congolese military (FARDC) in a decree issued late June 12. Nearly all top commanders, including FARDC Chief of Defense Staff Lt. General Kisempia and Air Forces Commander General John Numbi, were removed from their [...]
2007-06-15 12:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS PINR CG
07KINSHASA674SOUTH KIVU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: MUCH POTENTIAL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: South Kivu, much like many other parts of eastern DRC, is an area of great economic potential with little means to realize it. Years of conflict, neglect, and mismanagement have turned the province into a shadow of its former self. Port facilities are in a state of disrepair; pa [...]
2007-06-18 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA677UPDATE: BEMBA'S LEAVE EXTENDED UNTIL JULY 31 BY
[...] (U) DRC Senate spokesman Modeste Mutinga announced June 15 that the Senate's leadership committee had approved a request by Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for an extension of formal leave until July 31. Bemba has been in Portugal since April 11, where he completed follow [...]
2007-06-19 06:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA678IMF AIMING FOR NEW DRC PROGRAM IN 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) hopes to have a new DRC program in place by the end of 2007. At the end of its two-week Article IV consultation in the DRC, the IMF cited currently stable macroeconomic indicators, increasing revenues, and a need for external debt relief as [...]
2007-06-19 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA679NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES REGULAR SESSION, REOPENS
[...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly adjourned on June 15 as scheduled, after passing two key pieces of legislation on the budget and the opposition law. Deputies also approved an amended report on the Bas-Congo violence in January. The Assembly will convene an extraordinary session on June 19 [...]
2007-06-19 14:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA680THREE KILLED, AT LEAST 52 INJURED AFTER WEAPONS
[...] (C) Summary: Three people were killed and at least 52 injured after several tons of munitions caught fire and exploded early on the morning of June 17 at the Congolese military (FARDC) base in the provincial capital of Mbandaka, Equateur. No cause has been established for the fire,. Damage has [...]
2007-06-19 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA688BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: NTUMI - DEER HUNTER OR THE
[...] (C) Following his June 8 "walk in the woods" in Kinkala with CNR President Frederic Bintsamou (Pasteur Ntumi),in the presence of BBC journalist James James, (reported reftel A),DCM was contacted by CNR National Secretary Joseph Mbizi to discuss his party's anticipated participation in the J [...]
2007-06-20 13:07:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPREL PINR PHUM PGOV CF
07KINSHASA697TRIPARTITE PLUS MINISTERIAL DECISIONS
[...] (SBU) Tripartite Plus Joint Commission ministerial and sub-commission meetings took place in Lubumbashi June 5-7. In addition to the communique issued on June 7 (reftel),the group published a document formalizing the Ministerial Decisions (see para 3). The next Tripartite meeting will be hel [...]
2007-06-21 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA698TRIPARTITE PLUS MINISTERIAL DECISIONS
[...] (SBU) Tripartite Plus Joint Commission ministerial and sub-commission meetings took place in Lubumbashi June 5-7. In addition to the communique issued on June 7 (reftel),the group published a document formalizing the Ministerial Decisions (see para 3). The next Tripartite meeting will be hel [...]
2007-06-21 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA704ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS MORE MILITIA
[...] (C) Front for National Integration (FNI) militia leader Peter Karim has turned over an additional 177 militia fighters to Congolese military (FARDC) authorities in Ituri District. A first group of 141 surrendered June 15 in Doi, approximately 50 miles northeast of Bunia. The other 36 turned th [...]
2007-06-25 06:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA706LUBUMBASHI TRIPARTITE PLUS MEETING NOTES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Joint Commission Sub-Commission and Ministerial Meetings took place in Lubumbashi June 5-7. Delegates from Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda joined Congolese officials to continue discussion of threats to regional security from negative forces, the Tripartite Plus [...]
2007-06-25 07:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA712UN INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF BEATINGS AND
[...] (SBU) MONUC announced May 26 that the UN would conduct a full investigation into allegations of beatings and killings of detainees by MONUC peacekeepers in Ituri in 2005. A previous MONUC investigation had found the peacekeepers used excessive force, but the results were not sent to the UN in [...]
2007-06-25 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA72BEMBA'S MLC WINS HALF OF KINSHASA'S SENATE SEATS
[...] (U) Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC won four of eight seats in Kinshasa's senatorial delegation in a vote by provincial assembly deputies January 19. Bemba himself came first in the poll of the 48 deputies, followed closely by MLC officials Bernadette Nkoy Mafuta and Eve Bazaiba. President Kabila' [...]
2007-01-23 10:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA739SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DDR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC and the UN co-hosted a conference in Kinshasa June 12-14 on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs in Africa. Delegates agreed on the need to link transitional justice to ongoing programs, to focus on the needs of women and children, and to proceed [...]
2007-07-03 08:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA74Media Authority Suspends Two Newspapers, Editor of One
[...] (U) Summary: The High Media Authority (HAM) suspended two newspapers for slander, and the editor of one of the papers, which tends toward the tabloid persuasion, was subsequently jailed. His is the first such arrest and sentence of a journalist since President Kabila's inauguration and provoked [...]
2007-01-23 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO CG
07KINSHASA740KABILA SPEAKS OUT ON BEMBA, MONUC IN "JEUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview published in the latest edition of the weekly "Jeune Afrique," President Joseph Kabila said he wanted "justice to take its course" concerning Jean-Pierre Bemba. Kabila claimed Bemba tried to "physically eliminate" him during March fighting in Kinshasa, and that t [...]
2007-07-03 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA744200 CHILD SOLDIERS REMAIN IN MIXED BRIGADES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN child protection officials and the NGO Caritas have demobilized 251 child soldiers from the Congolese military's (FARDC) six "mixed" brigades in North Kivu but estimate that another 200 remain in their ranks. End summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) UN c [...]
2007-07-03 14:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA745MBANDAKA ARMS DEPOT EXPLOSION: OFFICIALS CLAIM
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese officials have not determined the cause of the June 17 explosion at a military weapons depot in Equateur province, but claim it was the result of sabotage. Experts with the USG-funded NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) say it was more likely due to the accidental spread of a [...]
2007-07-03 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS MARR CG
07KINSHASA746EQUATEUR'S SECURITY PROBLEMS REST MOSTLY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Northwestern Equateur province's primary security concerns center on the estimated 7,000 demobilized soldiers throughout the province who often attack police forces and civilians, loot and steal, and commit other crimes. Provincial officials say another pervasive problem is the mi [...]
2007-07-03 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA751MINISTER OF DEFENSE ROLLS UP DDR AGENCY, GIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Defense Minister Chikez Diemu announced the dissolution of the DRC's disarmament, demobilization and reinsertion (DDR) agency CONADER June 23 and transfer of its functions to his ministry. He previewed the next phase of Ituri District DDR, which will emphasize commu [...]
2007-07-05 10:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA754FACTORS DRIVING NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The growing sense of insecurity in North Kivu is being driven by a variety of military and political factors. The GDRC has failed to follow through on the integration of the so-called "mixed" brigades, whose presence has contributed to rising tensions since the beginning of the ye [...]
2007-07-05 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA76OFFICIAL BENEFITS FOR DRC TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT AND
[...] (U) Six days after candidates Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba held their first meeting after the final round of presidential elections (reftel),Kabila, in his capacity as Transitional President, signed a decree formally articulating post-Transition rights and privileges of the president a [...]
2007-01-23 15:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA763THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONUC EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (U) There have been no reported incidents of sexual exploitation or abuse by MONUC peacekeepers in the DRC within the last six months. MONUC has provided extensive training on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) issues to its civilian and military staff and ha [...]
2007-07-06 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA764CONGOLESE TRADER ON UN SANCTIONS LIST MURDERED IN
[...] (U) Congolese gold trader Kambale Kisoni Kidubai was shot and killed in Butembo, North Kivu by unidentified assailants at noon on July 5. He had been designated in March 2007, along with Butembo Airlines and Congocom Trading House, as subject to UN and U.S. sanctions for providing support to [...]
2007-07-06 11:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV KCRM CG
07KINSHASA779ACCUSED KILLERS OF NORTH KIVU TRADER APPEAR BEFORE
[...] (SBU) The six accused killers of Kambale Kisoni, a wealthy North Kivu businessman who had been designated by the U.S. and UN for violating UN arms embargoes, appeared before a military tribunal in Butembo July 6. Kisoni was shot and killed in the city July 5 (reftel). The chief military judg [...]
2007-07-10 09:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV KCRM CG
07KINSHASA78NORTH KIVU SELECTS FOUR SENATORS
[...] (U) North Kivu's Provincial Assembly elected four national Senators from the province on January 19. Although no Tutsis hold seats in the North Kivu assembly, ethnic Tutsi Edouard Mwangachuchu led the North Kivu Senate candidates with 13 votes. The most prominent new North Kivu Senator is Ve [...]
2007-01-24 10:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA782ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE KILLING IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Floribert Bwana Chuy bin Kositi, North Kivu provincial secretary of the RCD-G party, was found murdered July 9 in Goma outside the grounds of a hotel owned by a prominent Tutsi businessman. This is the province's second high-profile murder case in the last week, following that of Kamba [...]
2007-07-10 14:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA784RIVER TRANSPORT IN THE DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: River transport will likely play a pivotal role and become very lucrative in the event of economic recovery in the DRC. There is a very high demand for river transport, but corruption, lack of government services and other obstacles limit growth. End summary. ---------- BAC [...]
2007-07-10 15:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECON EINV CG
07KINSHASA79SOUTH KIVU ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL SENATORS
[...] (U) South Kivu provincial deputies elected four Senators January 19, including one from the RCD political party. Despite lingering suspicion about the RCD among the South Kivu population and no RCD representation in the assembly, Boniface Balamange (RCD) received nine votes, the most received [...]
2007-01-24 10:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA792 NORTH KIVU TENSION CONTINUE TO MOUNT
[...] (C) P3 2 Ambassadors (France, U.K., U.S., Belgium, and South Africa) met with UN SRSG Swing July 9 to review the situation in North Kivu. As of the meeting, there had been no follow-up from President Kabila to the P3 2 letter given to Kabila June 30. Moreover, contrary to Kabila,s statements [...]
2007-07-11 09:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA796RADIATION LEVELS AT THE LUISWISHI MINE
[...] (S) On 18 May 2007, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Minister of Mines and Property for Katanga Province, Barthelemy Mumba Gama, ordered ministry officials to form a commission to investigate radiation levels at the Luiswishi Mine. A nine person commission was formed, which went to Luis [...]
2007-07-11 10:47:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS IAEA CG EMIN
07KINSHASA797RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF URANIUM TRAFFICKING IN THE
[...] (S) Several sources have recently stated that the Malta Forest Company is mining and exporting uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to reports, Malta Forest does this by mining the uranified rock while mining copper and cobalt, then exporting the uranified ore and circumve [...]
2007-07-11 11:13:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS IAEA EMIN
07KINSHASA798MINISTER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WANTS TO
[...] (S) As previously noted, extensive deposits of uranium exist in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and the price of uranium (U308) has risen on the international market from $15 a pound in 2004, to $135 a pound in 2007. The DRC is thus sitting on an significant reserve of unexploited wea [...]
2007-07-11 11:41:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS IAEA EMIN
07KINSHASA799BEMBA SIGNALS HARDER LINE TO EU
[...] (C) European Chiefs of Mission have told us that former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba recently spoke with EU Special Envoy Van de Geer regarding his potential return to the DRC. Bemba, still in Portugal ostensibly for medical treatment but in reality living in temporary self-exile, reporte [...]
2007-07-11 13:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PO CG
07KINSHASA801 JULY 4TH GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF DRC
[...] (U) Post received on July 6 a letter addressed to President Bush from DRC President Joseph Kabila congratulating the United States on its independence day holiday. An informal translation of the letter follows: Start Text: Your Excellency Mr. President, On the occasion of your country [...]
2007-07-11 16:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL CG
07KINSHASA802Launch of the DDR Third Phase Program in Ituri
[...] (SBU) On July 5 the GDRC launched Phase III of the long-running Ituri Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) program in Bunia. It will focus on demobilizing and reintegrating approximately 3,000 ex-combatants from three Ituri armed groups: Cobra Matata's Patriotic Force for Resis [...]
2007-07-11 16:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA81ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE PLANS AMBITIOUS AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe has plans for an ambitious legislative agenda, close oversight of the other branches of the government, professionalization of the Assembly's work and a program of parliamentary diplomacy. He plans to call a special session in late Janu [...]
2007-01-24 17:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA814PROPOSALS TO SHUT DOWN THE CREN-K NUCLEAR REACTOR
[...] (C) Econoff met June 7 with Professor Fortunat Lumu Badimabayi-Matu, the recently dismissed Director of the Kinshasa Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) and the DRC Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA). (Note: Per reftel A, Lumu was fired in March by the new Minister of Scientific Research, Sylvanus [...]
2007-07-13 10:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PGOV PINR IAEA CG
07KINSHASA816NLANDU'S COURT BATTLE MAY NOT YET BE OVER
[...] (U) Congolese lawyer and opposition figure Marie-Therese Nlandu, who was acquitted April 30 on charges of insurrection and weapons possession (reftel),could find herself back in court at the urging of prosecutor Homere Nkulu Katenda. The Kinshasa military appeals court filed an appeal June 2 [...]
2007-07-14 11:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA824 UN SMALL ARMS DESTRUCTION DAY IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The Ambassador marked the UN's Small Arms Destruction Day with a speech at the Congolese military's Central Logistics Base (CLB) July 9 at an event organized by the NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to commemorate the destruction of more than one million small arms and light weapons (SALW) wo [...]
2007-07-17 08:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PGOV KHDP CG
07KINSHASA840ANVIL TRIAL VERDICT QUESTIONED
[...] (SBU) The June 28 military court verdict finding Anvil Mining employees and several Congolese soldiers not guilty in the FARDC's killing of dozens of villagers in Kilwa (Katanga province) in October 2004 has drawn criticism from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. Arbour said [...]
2007-07-18 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN PHUM PGOV CG
07KINSHASA842CATHOLIC BISHOPS WARN DRC LEADERS
[...] (U) Summary: Congo's Catholic bishops have raised concerns about ongoing threats to the DRC's security, natural resources, and national sovereignty as well as its general state of economic and political development. A statement released July 9 calls for immediate action by the Congolese people [...]
2007-07-19 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PHUM SCUL CG
07KINSHASA844KABILA DISMISSES MINISTER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
[...] (C) Summary. President Kabila fired Minister Sylvanus Mushi July 12 for "improper conduct." Speculation as to the reason for the action has centered on corruption. Kinshasa newspapers have focused on dealings involving a company owned by Mushi's family and OFIDA, the state customs and excis [...]
2007-07-19 16:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EMIN KDEM CG
07KINSHASA845UN SENDS AUDIT TEAM TO DRC
[...] (U) United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced July 13 that a UN management audit team was being sent to Kinshasa to review allegations of serious misconduct against MONUC personnel. These allegations include the beatings and killings of detainees by Bangladeshi peacekeepers in 2 [...]
2007-07-19 16:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO CG
07KINSHASA846CONCERNS ABOUT INSECURITY IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary. Some MONUC civilian officials have expressed growing concerns about the possibility of a government offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu. Two of its key officials believe that the Kabila government has made a decision to mobilize for an attack on Nkun [...]
2007-07-19 17:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA85FARDC 1ST BRIGADE AGAIN FACES MILITARY JUSTICE FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Soldiers from the Congolese army's First Integrated Brigade have earned another military court date, this time on charges of looting and rape in Bunia, Ituri District January 11 and 12 after mutinying. 34 of more than 200 defendants appeared before a military judge in Bunia Janu [...]
2007-01-25 12:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
07KINSHASA86ITURI UPDATE: KARIM STILL A HOLD-OUT FOR DISARMING
[...] (C) Summary: Front for National Integration (FNI) leader Peter Karim refuses to disarm his Ituri-based militia despite a series of deadlines imposed by the GDRC. While other militias have disbanded and sent their members to demobilization sites, Karim and the FNI are instead massing forces nor [...]
2007-01-25 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA868UPDATE: QUESTIONABLE EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURES MAR
[...] (U) Summary. The trial of two soldiers accused of killing Radio Okapi journalist Serge Maheshe has lost credibility, say MONUC and NGO representatives in South Kivu province. Locals complain that the military tribunal hearing the case rushed to judgment with the arrest and hearings of 14 s [...]
2007-07-23 15:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA87KABILA ALLIES WIN MAJORITY OF EASTERN KASAI'S
[...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Eastern Kasai gave the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) an overwhelming majority of seats in a region that includes areas that have been politically hostile towards Kabila. The People's Party for Reconstruction and Demo [...]
2007-01-25 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA88ITURI UPDATE: FRPI, MRC MILITIAS STILL AWAITING
[...] (C) Summary: Mathieu Ngudjolo's Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) and Cobra Matata's Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militias have largely disarmed, although the number of militia members who have surrendered to date is far lower than earlier expectations. Ex-FRPI combatant [...]
2007-01-25 13:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA882KABILA, OTHER LEADERS AGREE ON POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. President Kabila, Prime Minister Gizenga and the presidents of the National Assembly, Senate and Supreme Court met July 23 in an initial inter-institutional meeting. They agreed to Kamerhe's proposal for political and diplomatic strategies to reduce tensions in the east and re- [...]
2007-07-25 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA884ANGOLAN EXPULSION: TOTAL OF CONGOLESE ARRIVALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Initial news reports of Congolese expelled from Maludi, in Lunda Norte, Angola, were exaggerated, but the numbers continue to grow. Assessment teams confirmed in mid July that 13,000 displaced Congolese arrived in West Kasai and some 3,000 others in Katanga since July 3. They sa [...]
2007-07-26 11:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG OA
07KINSHASA887MONUC LAUNCHES MINEMBWE PEACE EFFORT IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. MONUC officials have launched a new initiative in South Kivu's High Plateau region following a week of renewed fighting between the Congolese military (FARDC) and armed ethnic Banyamulenge dissident forces. Their efforts have not produced a ceasefire, though the level of fighting [...]
2007-07-26 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREF PGOV CG
07KINSHASA888SSR CONTACT GROUP: SUBSTANCE REFERRED TO EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Contact Group on Security Sector Reform (SSR) formally recognized the GDRC's ownership of efforts to reform the Congolese military at the group's July 12-13 meeting in Kinshasa. Minister of Defense Chikez Diemu outlined a vision for SSR aimed at creating a core group of fi [...]
2007-07-26 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG ZA BE NL FR
07KINSHASA89EX-MOBUTUISTS HELP KABILA COALITION TAKE MAJORITY
[...] (U) The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won a slight majority in the senatorial delegation from Jean-Pierre Bemba's home province of Equateur. AMP-aligned candidates, including three who ran as independents, took eleven of 20 national Senate seats, with one apiece for th [...]
2007-01-25 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA895SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO REVIEWS STATE OF PLAY AT
[...] (C) Summary. Senate President Leon Kengo wa Dondo highlighted decentralization as the most contentious issue facing the Congolese parliament when it returns for its fall session September 15. He expressed skepticism about budget figures which came from the National Assembly. He is in favor [...]
2007-07-30 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA896FOR SOUTH KIVU CITIZENS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
[...] Summary. MONUC, human rights organizations, humanitarian groups, and civil society leaders in and around Bukavu, South Kivu province agree that the three most serious human rights issues facing the area are violent crime by the Congolese army, impunity for soldiers, and FDLR attacks on civilia [...]
2007-07-30 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA897KIMBANGUISM: CONGOLESE HISTORY, IDENTITY AND
[...] (U) Summary: The Kimbanguist Church is a large home-grown Congolese religion. Like most of the population, Kimbanguists consider themselves Christians, although they are not always seen as such by others. Church officials claim nearly one-sixth of the population follows Kimbanguism; it has a s [...]
2007-07-30 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCG PGOV PHUM PNAT
07KINSHASA900NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE JUGGLES
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe will confront a crowded legislative agenda this fall while also attempting to help defuse an increasingly tense situation in his home region in eastern Congo. He sees decentralization as the key issue ahead for the Assembly. His proposa [...]
2007-07-30 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA906PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
[...] Summary. The National Assembly and the Senate closed their special sessions on July 18. The Assembly considered five of twelve scheduled items: the 2007 budget, the laws on the political opposition and national road patrimony protection, and ad hoc commission reports on the Kahemba border [...]
2007-08-02 06:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA91MANIEMA PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL
[...] (U) Maniema provincial assembly members selected the province's four national Senators January 19. All are well-known public figures. Three served in either the Transitional Government or under Mobutu. 2. (SBU) Those elected were: Joseph Kilomo (ADECO),Delphin Kapaya Ohelo (Independen [...]
2007-01-26 09:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA919UN AGREES TO MAKE RESULTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS MAPPING
[...] (SBU) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Louise Arbour has approved public release of a proposed DRC human rights mapping exercise report, MONUC Human Rights Officers told PolOff July 31 following a donors meeting with SRSG William Swing. Although Arbour and MONUC representatives [...]
2007-08-03 10:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA92BAS-CONGO PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL
[...] (U) Bas-Congo provincial assembly members elected four national Senators January 19, including Transitional Government Vice President Abdoulaye Yerodia. Yerodia and two others -- Jacques Mbadu (Independent),the current Governor of Bas-Congo, and Gaston Nginayevuvu (Forces du Renouveau),a [...]
2007-01-26 09:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA926KABILA SECURITY ADVISER DIES UNEXPECTEDLY IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Presidential adviser Samba Kaputo, a key figure in Kabila-era politics, died in Johannesburg August 1, reportedly of kidney failure. He was Kabila's national security adviser during the Transition and a member of his trusted inner circle. He had close connections with the military and i [...]
2007-08-03 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ZA
07KINSHASA932 AT LEAST 89 DEAD AND 100 INJURED IN DRC
[...] (U) Summary: A train wreck August 1 caused at least 89 fatalities and 100 casualties in the DRC's central Kasai Occidental province. A delegation of ministers, journalists, and aid workers traveled the following day to the crash site where the local population called for improved railway condi [...]
2007-08-06 16:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDELTN KCSY PGOV PHUM CASC CG
07KINSHASA943NATIONAL TELEVISION JOURNALISTS ARRESTED FOR UNION ACTIVISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three journalists of the public broadcaster Radio Nationale Television Congolaise (RTNC) were arrested because of their trade union activities on 26 and 27 July 2007. A local human rights organization condemned the arrests and warned of a pattern of questionable detainments acros [...]
2007-08-07 16:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA945DRC SUPREME COURT REINSTATES KASAI OCCIDENTAL
[...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court in July 31 technical ruling declared unconstitutional a no-confidence motion adopted June 7 by the Kasai Occidental provincial assembly against Governor Tresor Kapuku, a member of the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) election coalition (ref A) [...]
2007-08-08 10:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA947MONUC GOMA HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SEES INCREASING
[...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC-Goma Human Rights Chief Jairo Sanchez evaluated the major human rights issues in North Kivu as the so-called "mixed" brigades of the Congolese military, judicial impunity, and sexual violence. End summary. 2. (SBU) Violations by elements of the Congolese army's mixe [...]
2007-08-08 12:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA948UN RAPPORTEUR CALLS KIVU SEXUAL VIOLENCE WORST
[...] (U) Yakin Erturk, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on Violence against Women, characterized the situation in the Kivus as "the worst crisis I have encountered so far" during a press conference in Kinshasa July 27. Erturk visited the DRC from July 16-27 for meetings in Ki [...]
2007-08-08 12:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPKO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA949CONGOLESE MILITARY RELEASES FOUR UGANDAN SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary: Talks between Congolese and Ugandan military representatives led to the release August 6 of four Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers who had been held by the Congolese military (FARDC) in Ituri District since July 29. The meeting also led to an agreement to establish c [...]
2007-08-08 14:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL EPET UG CG
07KINSHASA951DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - Hundreds of MIBA (DRC diamond mining parastatal) employees requested summer leaves of absence following nine months without pay. - Kinshasa's civil servants are demanding the implementation of the GDRC's "Strategic Document of the Organization of Congolese Civil Service." - A July [...]
2007-08-08 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA953A TALE OF TWO PRISONS
[...] Summary. Prisons in the DRC are barely functional. The directors of the Bukavu and Kinshasa prisons say their biggest challenges include crumbling buildings, overcrowding, lack of food and medical care, and no salaries. End summary. --------------------------------------------- ---- Bukav [...]
2007-08-09 08:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CG
07KINSHASA954AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES SUPPORTS SCHOOL
[...] (U) The Ambassador signed a USD 20,000 grant from the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees at a special reception August 7 for Action and Interventions for Development and Social Supervision (AIDES),an NGO which will rehabilitate a secondary school in Buburu, Equateur Province. The UN High Commissi [...]
2007-08-09 08:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA956DEMARCHE ON MODIFYING THE ARMS EMBARGO UNDER UNSC
[...] (U) The perception of a general arms embargo directed at the DRC, including armed forces operating under central government command authority, has become a major source of irritation to President Kabila and senior GDRC officials generally. These concerns have been expressed frequently and st [...]
2007-08-09 12:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG UN
07KINSHASA96KABILA ALLIES WIN LION'S SHARE OF WESTERN KASAI'S
[...] (U) Candidates aligned with President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) will make up most of the national Senate delegation from Western Kasai. AMP coalition candidates won at least five -- and possibly as many as seven -- of the province's eight Senate seats January [...]
2007-01-26 11:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA962TRIPARTITE PLUS LEGAL EXPERTS MEET IN GOMA, DRC
[...] (SBU) Legal experts from DRC, Uganda, and Burundi met in Goma, North Kivu July 23-26 to examine possible judicial mechanisms and procedures to use against negative forces in the territories of the Tripartite Plus countries, as decided at the June session of the Tripartite Plus Joint Commission [...]
2007-08-10 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO CG BY RW UG
07KINSHASA976JOURNALIST KILLED IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9, 2007, a national press agency journalist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Goma, eastern Congo. The motive behind the assassination is not known. In the case of a journalist murdered in 2006, prosecutors have asked for capital punishment for three of four defendan [...]
2007-08-15 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA98SECOND "MIXED" BRIGADE FORMED IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (U) The Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) in North Kivu have formed a second new "mixed" brigade composed of soldiers allied with renegade General Laurent Nkunda and of other non-integrated FARDC soldiers who have no ties to Nkunda. The "Bravo" Brigade combines members of the pro-Nkunda 81st and [...]
2007-01-26 16:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA983DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 24-26,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way in the search for solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. Achievements to date, the promise of peace and democratization, and the importa [...]
2007-08-17 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
07KINSHASA991KABILA RELAXED AND UPBEAT IN FAREWELL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador Meeece,s August 14 farewell call, President Kabila asked for greater USG involvement in building democratic institutions and reforming the security sector. Kabila believes the border dispute with Uganda can be resolved. He cited a date certain (September 3) f [...]
2007-08-21 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR CG UG RW
07KINSHASA992KABILA VISITS KASAI OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE IN WAKE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila traveled to Kasai Occidental province August 8-10 with a delegation of ministers and provincial authorities, his first visit to the region since his election in October of last year. He visited Kakenge, the site of the August 1 train accident, and the provincia [...]
2007-08-21 13:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN PGOV PHUM CG
07KOLKATA104WHAT DOES NANDIGRAM MEAN FOR THE CPM?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 14 Nandigram violence resulted in at least 14 deaths, badly damaged Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's administration and revealed the ruthless face of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM). It also shifted the dynamics between the CPM and [...]
2007-03-29 11:52:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL IN
07KOLKATA109SUSPECTED NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK VILLAGE IN INDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Violence from Nepal's Terai region is spilling over to the neighboring Indian state of Bihar. On March 31, about 200 suspected Nepali Maoists attacked a small village block in the Sitamarhi district of North Bihar, killing one security guard and injuring a dozen civilians. Thi [...]
2007-04-04 06:57:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM IN NP
07KOLKATA114ASSAM: ULFA BLAST DURING PM VISIT. PROSPECT OF PEACE TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, a bomb carried by boys working for the secessionist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) accidentally detonated earlier than planned and killed one person in Guwahati, Assam. The explosion took place during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's April 8-9 to the state. [...]
2007-04-09 12:29:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PHUM CASC IN
07KOLKATA116EASTERN INDIA ALERT TO AVIAN INFLUENZA RISK FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the recent reported cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Bangladesh and Burma, neighboring Indian states have alerted officials to monitor for possible outbreaks and have banned imports of poultry products from those two countries (reftels). On April 7, the "Hindustan Times" [...]
2007-04-10 05:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO KFLU CASC EAID AMED PGOV IN BM BG
07KOLKATA119ARUNACHAL PRADESH: VETERAN CHIEF MINISTER OUSTED IN
[...] (U) Summary: On April 9, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang was replaced by his Power Minister Dorjee Khandu. Dissident legislators in the state Congress Party compelled the Congress Party national leadership, already unhappy with Apang's rule, to effect the change. The shuffle may [...]
2007-04-10 09:49:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR IN
07KOLKATA126KOLKATA PUBLIC AFFAIRS REACHES OUT TO EASTERN INDIA'S MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Students and faculty at Muslim schools (madrassas) in West Bengal are enthusiastic to interact with U.S. government officials generally and have been appreciative in particular with the outreach by the Kolkata American Center through participation in MicroAccess English-languag [...]
2007-04-18 06:30:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI SA IN
07KOLKATA129USTR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB MEETS WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 14 U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Susan Schwab visited West Bengal (WB) to understand local views on India's trade interests and the conditions of its agricultural sector. During her visit, Amb. Schwab met with WB Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacha [...]
2007-04-18 10:24:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI EAID IN
07KOLKATA144INDIA'S MAOIST MENACE GROWS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent large scale attacks by Maoist insurgents in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and other states reflect growing Maoist strength and organization in India. Mostly operating under the banner of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist),India's Maoists now maintain a [...]
2007-05-03 12:43:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SOCI PHUM ECON IN NP
07KOLKATA145RENEWED VIOLENCE IN NANDIGRAM INDICATES A POLITICAL BATTLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two people were killed and five injured in Nandigram on April 29 in a recurrence of violence between supporters of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee ("Committee to Resist Displacement from Land") (BUPC). While the fighting in [...]
2007-05-03 12:54:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV IN PHUM
07KOLKATA149ASSAM ROCKED BY TWO BOMB ATTACKS, 26 INJURED
[...] (U) On Friday May 4 and Sunday May 6 at least 26 persons were injured in two separate bomb attacks in India's Northeastern state of Assam. In both incidents, the bombs were improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The Assam Police suspect that ethnic separatist group the United Liberation Front o [...]
2007-05-07 11:25:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PTER ASEC IN
07KOLKATA152YOUNG BOYS AND MEN SUFFER SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AS TRADITIONAL
[...] Summary: A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) funded report entitled "Dancing Boys: Traditional Prostitution of Young Males in India" highlights the problem of sexual abuse and exploitation of "launda dancers" - young boys and men, who are hired to dance (in women's clothing) at marri [...]
2007-05-09 10:11:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID TBIO KHIV IN
07KOLKATA154ANTI-NARCOTICS OFFICIALS DESTROY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF OPIUM
[...] (SBU) On May 5, press reported a massive Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) operation in West Bengal to destroy illicit and unlicensed opium crop in Murshidabad and Nadia districts worth Rs. 1,200 crore (USD 290 million). GOI awards licenses for legal opium cultivation in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya [...]
2007-05-10 06:31:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC SOCI EAGR IN
07KOLKATA157POULTRY FARM IN NORTH BENGAL REPORTS LARGE NUMBER OF BIRD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the first week of May, thousands of birds have died at a poultry farm in Siliguri, located in Northern West Bengal, near the border with Bangladesh. The Government of West Bengal (GOWB) has sealed the poultry farm. Preliminary health reports have found no evidence of an H5N1 [...]
2007-05-11 09:23:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED EAGR IN BG
07KOLKATA164EAST INDIAN STATES SEE PROTESTS AGAINST RETAIL AND MINING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, two states in East India experienced several protests against investments by large corporations. In Jharkhand's state capital Ranchi, small scale food vendors attacked newly-opened Reliance Fresh supermarkets fearing that that the lower cost retail markets would destro [...]
2007-05-16 12:28:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV EAGR EMIN ASEC IN KS
07KOLKATA166TERRORIST GROUP UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF ASOM KILLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16, ethnic Assamese terrorist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) gunned down three Hindi-speaking market traders in two different incidents in Golaghat district in Upper Assam. These attacks came soon after ULFA's killing on the previous day, May 15, of six H [...]
2007-05-17 05:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KCRM ASEC IN BG
07KOLKATA167INDIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO DETAIN INDEFINITELY HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11 Manipuri human rights activist Irom Sharmila was summoned to New Delhi to face charges of attempted suicide stemming from her six-year hunger strike against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Sharmila has been protesting the continued human rights violation [...]
2007-05-17 11:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI PTER IN
07KOLKATA171INDIAN MILITARY ENGAGING WITH BURMESE COUNTERPARTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During April and May, Senior Indian military officials appear to have undertaken a concerted effort to increase engagement with their Burmese counterparts. Several meetings have taken place both at political and military levels between officials of the two neighboring countrie [...]
2007-05-22 13:53:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PHUM PGOV IN BM CH
07KOLKATA177SIX DEAD AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN ASSAM
[...] On Sunday May 27 six persons were killed and over 25 injured in a blast, suspected to have been triggered by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) at Athgaon in the capital district of Guwahati in Assam. A time device planted in an auto-rickshaw parked in a busy area went off around 10.4 [...]
2007-05-30 02:11:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KCRM ASEC IN BG
07KOLKATA189SIX KILLED IN ASSAM BLAST
[...] (SBU) On June 23 six persons were killed and nine injured in a blast, suspected to have been triggered by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),in the capital city of Guwahati in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. The death toll included two minors. The blast, which took place in t [...]
2007-06-25 11:47:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC KCRM IN BG
07KOLKATA191MAOISTS BLOCKADE JHARKHAND TRANSPORT
[...] Summary: (SBU) Beginning June 26 the two-day east India economic blockade called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist to protest against the setting up of special economic zones (SEZs),adversely affected the movement of all minerals from the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand. The majority [...]
2007-06-29 08:40:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC KCRM IN
07KOLKATA195NEW POLICE UNIT IN KOLKATA TO IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN
[...] (U) Summary. On June 28, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal launched the state's first Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) at its headquarters in Kolkata in a concerted effort to combat trafficking of persons in the state. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee inaugur [...]
2007-07-03 10:54:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SOCI IN NP BG
07KOLKATA196200 MAOIST INSURGENTS KILL SEVEN, INCLUDING FIVE POLICE, IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 an estimated 200 Communist Party of India - Maoist (Maoists) insurgents killed seven people, including five policemen, in separate but simultaneous attacks on two police stations in the Rohtas district of the eastern Indian State of Bihar. On the same day, the Bihar [...]
2007-07-05 11:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KCRM ASEC IN
07KOLKATA197VIETNAMESE PM LEADS LARGE TRADE DELEGATION TO KOLKATA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 4, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Kolkata with a 172 member delegation to renew, what he describe as "an old and good friendship" with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM)-ruled state of West Bengal and to strengthen economic relations. Dung' [...]
2007-07-06 12:00:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EINV ETRD EMIN IN VM
07KOLKATA209MEGHALAYA STATE POLICE SEIZE 5 KILOS OF HEROIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6 in Northeast India, Meghalaya state police reportedly recovered 5 kilograms of heroin in the state capital Shillong. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the seizure. One suspect is an Indian federal government employee, the other is Moulvi (Muslim prea [...]
2007-07-12 10:25:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR ASEC KCRM IN BG BM
07KOLKATA215URANIUM MINES IN INDIAN STATE OF JHARKHAND LACK PROPER
[...] (SBU) Summary: As India seeks to develop its nuclear power industry, the GOI is expanding its uranium mines in India's eastern state of Jharkhand. The Jadugoda mines, located in East Singhbum district, are presently the sole fuel source for India's ten pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR [...]
2007-07-19 13:48:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EMIN ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN
07KOLKATA217OFFICIALS IN NE INDIA INVESTIGATING POULTRY DEATHS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between July 7 and 10, about 100 chickens died in a farm near Manipur's capital city of Imphal. The state veterinary department deployed rapid response teams to collect samples and sent these to the High Security Disease Detection Laboratory (HSDL) in Bhopal. The Health Depart [...]
2007-07-20 10:49:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SENV IN BM
07KOLKATA218MAOISTS BOMB STATE GOVT OFFICE BUILDING TO "SPUR" POLICE
[...] (U) Summary: On July 17th Maoists set off an explosion at a government office in Jharkhand's Bokaro district. A portion of the office building was damaged but no injuries were reported. A note left by the Maoists at the scene claimed that the explosion was in protest against the state governm [...]
2007-07-23 11:43:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM IN
07KOLKATA219GOI CONFIRMS AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DEAD POULTRY IN MANIPUR
[...] (U) On July 25, the Chief Secretary of Manipur has confirmed the existence of avian influenza in poultry. In a government notice, the Chief Secretary said that the Government of India (GOI) informed the Manipur state government that, "Avian influenza in poultry is reported from a small unit i [...]
2007-07-26 03:31:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU SENV ECON TBIO EAGR PGOV IN NP BG BM
07KOLKATA220AVIAN INFLUENZA - MANIPUR SITREP, JULY 23 2007
[...] (U) The National Institute of Virology in Pune reported that the virus detected in the samples taken from the dead poultry in Manipur is H5N1. The Manipur government has set up a control room as part of the GOI Action Plan for Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza. Contac [...]
2007-07-26 12:22:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU SENV TBIO EAGR PGOV IN BM BG
07KOLKATA223RESOURCE CRIPPLED BIHAR FIGHTS AGAINST POLIO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The state of Bihar continues to see an increase in polio cases. As of the end of July 2007, 17 cases have been reported, compared to 13 during the same period last year. In 2006, Bihar reported 61 cases of polio out of a total of 660 in India, which was double the number from [...]
2007-07-30 11:37:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KHIV SENV PGOV IN
07KOLKATA227AVIAN INFLUENZA: MANIPUR SITREP JULY 31, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As of July 31, culling operations continued in Manipur at over 34 locations in and around Imphal. Culling is scheduled to be completed by July 31 and an assessment taken on August 1. Although there is no news of the infection spreading, there are unconfirmed media reports of an [...]
2007-07-31 11:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO SENV EAGR IN BM BG PGOV
07KOLKATA228LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS IN W. BENGAL MAY MEAN LEFT FRONT GRIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Left Front leaders welcomed the July 22 Haldia municipal election results as indicative of support for their policy of industrialization in W. Bengal. However, of the 26 seats up for grabs, the Left won 19 and the opposition 7, compared to the 2002 elections when the Left won [...]
2007-07-31 12:15:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAGR EIND IN
07KOLKATA230FLOODING HITS INDIA'S EAST AND NORTHEAST HARD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Heavy rains since July 25 have flooded large areas in Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. Almost all the districts of Assam are flooded, killing 16 people and affecting 1.1 million people. Water levels in rivers across Assam have receded over the past 48 hours. Assam's [...]
2007-08-02 11:18:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI EAID PGOV AEMR AMED IN
07KOLKATA233BIHAR SUFFERS WORST FLOOD IN THREE DECADES WITH 77 DEATHS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As of August 6, flood conditions in the East Indian state of Bihar remain serious, with a rising toll of now 77 deaths. However, water levels are stabilizing. The Indian Army and Air Force are supporting state government's relief and rescue efforts. Bihar officials say there is [...]
2007-08-06 11:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR MARR PREF IN
07KOLKATA234MANIPUR FINISHES AI BIRD CULL AND 550 CHICKENS DIE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4 culling operations in response to the recent H5N1 Avian Influenza outbreak ended in Manipur, with an estimated 330,000 birds culled. Local authorities are now concentrating on surveillance and monitoring activities. Samples taken from four people living on the Chingme [...]
2007-08-06 12:32:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR TBIO SENV CASC IN BM
07KOLKATA242ULFA AGAIN TARGETS HINDI SPEAKING MIGRANTS WHILE RESENTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to India's Independence Day on August 15, insurgents from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) have killed at least 27 Hindi-speaking migrants in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. Simultaneously with thi [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM PINR IN BG
07KOLKATA249KOLKATA: U.S. SPEAKER EDDY HARRIS SUPPORTS MUTUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 03:26:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL KPAO IN
07KOLKATA250ORISSA STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER EPIDEMIC LEVELS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 1, ConGen met with Orissa State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) officials to discuss the HIV/AIDS situation in Orissa. The interaction revealed worsening conditions in this eastern Indian state. The National Aids Control Organization (NACO) characterizes Orissa as a "h [...]
2007-08-21 11:30:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KHIV KWMN KGLB TBIO IN
07KOLKATA251W. BENGAL'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING HEAD OUTLINES PLANS FOR THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 6 POLOFF SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH NEWLY-APPOINTED WEST BENGAL DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (SPECIAL CELL) SANJOY MUKHERJEE. MUKHERJEE WILL RUN THE RECENTLY-CREATED ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT (AHTU) IN W. BENGAL. DURING THE MEETING, MUKHERJEE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL THE [...]
2007-08-21 12:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SOCI IN NP BG
07KOLKATA256JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS KOLKATA TO BOOST ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES
[...] (U) ON AUGUST 23, JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER ABE ARRIVED IN KOLKATA ACCOMPANIED BY A MORE THAN 120-MEMBER BUSINESS DELEGATION. JAPAN HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN THE STATE OF W. BENGAL AND PROVIDED MILLION-DOLLAR LOANS FOR PROJECTS IN THE CHEMICALS AND ENERGY SECTORS AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE. ABE W [...]
2007-08-24 10:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EINV ETRD EIND IN JA
07KOLKATA258THE HIV/AIDS SCENARIO IN INDIA'S EAST AND NORTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In July, India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) released the results of an analytical exercise supported by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) that provided new, lower estimates of HIV prevalence in India. The exercise, conducted in 2006, found that [...]
2007-08-24 12:53:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KHIV TBIO KWMN SENV ELAB IN
07KOLKATA261ORISSA CONTINUES TO GROW IN IT, INDUSTRY, ANDMANUFACTURING
[...] (U) Summary: During a July 31-August 2 visit to the East Indian state of Orissa, ConGen met with a range of local politicians, bureaucrats, business people and media representatives to assess the present economic conditions in the state. The Orissa government has been intent on developin [...]
2007-08-27 10:45:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EIND EINV PHUM EMIN IN KS
07KOLKATA263A FOURTH INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA GOES MISSING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, an industrial radiography camera containing radioactive iridium 192 was stolen from Tata Steel's manufacturing plant in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, the fourth such theft since August 2005. The first camera theft occurred on August 14, 2005 from the Industrial Radi [...]
2007-08-31 02:24:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY ETTC TSPL PGOV EIND SENV IN
07KOLKATA264WEST BENGAL POLICE CONCERNED BY RISING OPIUM CULTIVATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the past three months, West Bengal Police have recovered 13 kilograms of opium worth USD 600,000, reflecting an apparent increase in illicit narcotic activity in the state. According to police officials, farmers in the state's Nadia district, lured by the prospect of higher [...]
2007-08-31 13:00:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SNAR KCRM IN BG NP
07KOLKATA28MANIPUR STATE ELECTIONS LIKELY TO RESULT IN WEAKER CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Election Commission has announced three voting phases for the Manipur state assembly elections to be held on February 8, 15, and 23. The phased voting will help in managing the extensive security required, given the persistent violence from ethnic insurgencies in [...]
2007-01-25 13:23:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI IN BM
07KOLKATA289INDIAN CONGLOMERATE RELIANCE SUSPENDS ITS WEST BENGAL RETAIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Faced with violence against its facilities and growing political opposition to expansion of retail in India, the Reliance Group on September 13 suspended its billion-dollar agricultural retail project in West Bengal. The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and the W. B [...]
2007-09-18 04:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EAGR ECON EINV PGOV IN
07KOLKATA291NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE MIZORAM STRUGGLES WITH NEAR EPIDEMIC
[...] (U) Summary: From August 28-30, ConGen visited the northeast Indian state of Mizoram to assess the state's social issues. The state borders Burma and has a relatively small population of around one million people. While literacy is high at over 88 percent, the state economy is weak and reli [...]
2007-09-19 14:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KHIV SNAR TBIO IN BM
07KOLKATA292TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S
[...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]
2007-09-20 05:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA295WEST BENGAL VILLAGERS WANT FOOD NOT IDEOLOGY: ATTACK
[...] (U) Summary: On September 16, villagers in West Bengal's (WB) Left Front ruled Bankura district attacked local Communist leaders who had arranged a meeting to protest the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement (referred to as the 123 agreement). The villagers insisted they wanted food, not sloga [...]
2007-09-21 11:37:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IN
07KOLKATA297TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S
[...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]
2007-09-21 11:43:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA30DALAI LAMA SPEAKS IN KOLKATA ON TIBETAN AUTONOMY
[...] (SBU) On January 15 in Kolkata, the Dalai Lama spoke at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the of non-governmental organization Young Men's Welfare Society (YMWS). He made remarks on "Ethics in Human Development." During the question and answer period following his remarks, the Dalai Lama [...]
2007-01-29 10:06:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SENV CH IN
07KOLKATA305BURMESE MIGRANTS IN NORTHEAST INDIA FACE DISCRIMINATION:
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Northeast region is home to thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants who have fled political oppression and economic backwardness in Burma. Ethnic Chins are the largest group, estimated at 50,000 to 100,000, and are primarily in the India's Northeastern state of Mizo [...]
2007-09-27 16:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL BM IN
07KOLKATA31DCM TALKS AGRICULTURE IN WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JANUARY 18-19 VISIT TO KOLKATA, DCM DISCUSSED FOOD-PROCESSING, FDI IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, AND LAND POLICY WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA - MARXIST (CPM) AND GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL (GOWB) LEADERS. THOUGH GOWB OFFICIALS WERE GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE STATES PROSPE [...]
2007-01-29 12:22:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR ECIN EINV ELAB ENRG IN
07KOLKATA311INDIA TIGHTENS SECURITY ON THE BURMA BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, Assam Rifles soldiers detained three Burmese individuals at Khudengthabi security checkpost in Manipur state in Northeast India, bordering Burma. India has not sealed its border with Burma. However, security at key crossing points has been increased. Peaceful de [...]
2007-10-11 02:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL BM IN
07KOLKATA323VIOLENCE IN WEST BENGAL'S NANDIGRAM VILLAGES CONTINUES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past five days, sporadic violence has occurred in the Nandigram area of West Bengal's East Midnapore district. Supporters of both the Trinamool Congress-backed Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) have engaged in attacks, [...]
2007-10-30 13:01:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC SOCI IN
07KOLKATA324MAOIST INSURGENTS TARGET FORMER JHARKHAND CHIEF MINISTER'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27 in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Maoist rebels shot and killed eighteen people after a football (soccer) match, including the youngest son of Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The attack occurred in the village of Giridih near the Jharkha [...]
2007-10-30 13:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC SOCI IN
07KOLKATA325MAOISTS IN JHARKHAND STRIKE AT ANOTHER LOCAL FOOTBALL MATCH,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Maoist rebels shot and killed eighteen people after a football match, including the youngest son of Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The attack occurred in the village of Giridih near the Jharkhand-Bihar border. The GOI and Jharkhand government [...]
2007-10-30 15:10:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC IN
07KOLKATA327MAOIST INSURGENTS TARGET FORMER JHARKHAND CHIEF MINISTER'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27 in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Maoist rebels shot and killed eighteen people after a football (soccer) match, including the youngest son of Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The attack occurred in the village of Giridih near the Jharkha [...]
2007-11-01 07:57:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV SOCI IN
07KOLKATA331TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON TALKS TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) Politburo Member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to discuss economic development in India and West Bengal, and the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha r [...]
2007-11-04 11:09:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EAGR WTRO IN
07KOLKATA336IROM SHARMILA CONTINUES SIX-YEAR HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST
[...] (U) Human Rights activist Irom Sharmila has been detained for six years in a government hospital in Manipur and force fed by local authorities as she maintains her hunger strike to protest human rights abuses in Manipur and to demand the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). [...]
2007-11-06 12:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN PREL IN
07KOLKATA345COMMUNISTS BRUTALLY CRUSH OPPOSITION IN RURAL WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: From November 6 to 11, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists conducted a brutal campaign to "recapture" the rural West Bengal area of Nandigram from the opposition Bhumi Uchhed Protirodh Committee (BUPC) (Committee Against Eviction From the Land). Following initial [...]
2007-11-13 14:56:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF ASEC IN
07KOLKATA351COMMUNISTS DEFIANT ON NANDIGRAM HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During November 6-11, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists violently assaulted villages under the control of the opposition Bhumi Ucched Protirodh Committee (BUPC) in West Bengal's rural Nandigram area. CPM cadres, locally called "Harmad Bahini" (Portuguese pirates [...]
2007-11-19 12:01:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN IN
07KOLKATA353A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH CHIN LEADERS ON ACCESS TO REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 7 stopover in Kolkata, Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey discussed with Burmese Chin leaders the condition of the several thousand Chin migrants in India's Northeast. The lack of access by UNHCR to the Chins and other [...]
2007-11-20 04:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PREF
07KOLKATA355KOLKATA'S CRISIS MANAGEMENT FOR CYCLONE SIDR: LESSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, cyclone Sidr had only a moderate impact on West Bengal and Kolkata's consular district. However, to retain information on lessons learned regarding Post's planning and preparations for the cyclone, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and other post personnel co [...]
2007-11-20 13:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT CASC IN
07KOLKATA356INDIAN ARMY DEPLOYS TO QUELL MUSLIM RIOTS IN KOLKATA
[...] (U) Summary: On November 21, central Kolkata was rocked by violence as Muslim supporters of the All India Minorities Forum (AIMF) and Furfurasharif Muzadeddia Anath Foundation (FMAF) enforced roadblocks in Kolkata to protest the recent Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) attacks in Nandigr [...]
2007-11-21 13:20:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC PHUM IN
07KOLKATA359KOLKATA QUIET, TASLIMA NASREEN FORCED TO LEAVE
[...] (U) Kolkata has remained quiet since rioting on November 21 by Muslim protestors required the Indian Army to be called in and a curfew imposed until the early morning of November 22. However, the Army is still deployed in central Kolkata as a precautionary measure. The November 21 violence st [...]
2007-11-23 12:39:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV AEMR PHUM IN
07KOLKATA364CORPORATE KOLKATA HOPES NANDIGRAM WILL NOT AFFECT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of recent violence in Nandigram, Post surveyed leading industry contacts to discuss the potential impact of the violence on investment in W. Bengal. Business owners and senior corporate managers generally believe that the recent government sponsored attacks in Nan [...]
2007-11-28 11:06:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV EFIN EIND EAGR IN
07KOLKATA367RAMSEY CLARK AND HUMAN RIGHTS TEAM VISIT NANDIGRAM,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 30, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark led a three-member delegation to visit villages in West Bengal's Nandigram district. Clark and his team came for an on-the-spot assessment of human rights violations by Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) activists a [...]
2007-11-30 09:23:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM IN
07KOLKATA376CHINA AND INDIA DISPUTE BHUTAN BORDER: INDIAN SOLDIERS MOVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Against the backdrop of efforts to improve bilateral relations, India and China continue to jostle over territory along India's northeast border with China. On December 12, India relocated 6,000 soldiers of the 27th Mountain Division (units of the 164 Mountain Brigade) from Jam [...]
2007-12-14 13:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR CH IN
07KOLKATA378KOLKATA HOLIDAY EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) On December 13, the Principal Officer convened an EAC meeting in Kolkata in response to reftel. Post is not aware of any threat information that is aimed at American interests in Eastern India. Post employees were reminded to provide their supervisors with contact information if traveli [...]
2007-12-17 03:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC IN
07KOLKATA382NAGA INSURGENTS SEEK UNITY PRIOR TO NAGALAND STATE ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. December 3-7, ConGen and Embassy New Delhi PolCouns visited Nagaland and discussed with officials and contacts the Naga insurgencies and preparations for the February 2008 state assembly elections. While many decried the internecine violence among the insurgent factions, most [...]
2007-12-19 11:21:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM ASEC BM IN
07KOLKATA383ADIVASI TRIBALS IN ASSAM AGITATE; STATE CONGRESS GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assam's "tea tribes" or Adivasis have increased their protests and agitations to pressure the state and national governments for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status under the Indian Constitution. In recent weeks, members of the Adivasi community have organized a violent rally in Guwaha [...]
2007-12-19 11:48:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC PREF IN
07KOLKATA385HINDUS AND CHRISTIANS CLASH OVER CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN
[...] (U) Summary: Since December 24 one person has been killed, at least 30 persons injured and several churches have been damaged as tribal Christians and Hindu fundamentalists have clashed over Christmas celebrations in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Trouble started on December 24, when a [...]
2007-12-26 09:25:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA386MAOIST INSURGENTS IN EASTERN INDIA EXPAND INFLUENCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Development projects in rural India including India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have provided the country's Maoist insurgents (or Naxalites) with an opportunity to solidify their base and to increase their reach into more semi-rural areas. In the extensive "red corridor" o [...]
2007-12-26 11:22:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM EIND ECON EINV ASEC IN
07KOLKATA388TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN ORISSA FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: (SBU) Tensions prevailed in the curfew bound tribal-dominated Kandhamal and Phulbani districts of the Eastern India state of Orissa following violence which began on December 24. At least, one person has been killed and several have been reported injured during the violence. Propert [...]
2007-12-27 16:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA39USG SUPPORT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS STRONG,
[...] (U) Summary: On January 18, DCM visited anti-trafficking non-governmental organization (NGO) Apne Aap's shelter at Topsia, located in a Muslim neighborhood that is one of Kolkata's poorest slums. DCM interacted with Apne Aap leaders and spoke with Deputy Public Prosecutor Taj Mohammed about [...]
2007-02-06 09:40:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI PINR IN
07KOLKATA391KOLKATA EAC-BHUTTO ASSASINATION
[...] (SBU) On December 28, the acting Principal Officer convened an EAC meeting in Kolkata in response to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The SD Team and Local Guard Force have been reminded to remain vigilant and to report all security anomalies immediately. 2. (SBU) Post reviewed exist [...]
2007-12-28 11:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC IN
07KOLKATA41WEST BENGAL'S LAND BATTLE HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the past six months, the Government of West Bengal (GOWB) and Tata Motors have found themselves embroiled in a political battle over acquisition of agricultural land in Singur district. The controversy has been fueled by a lack of transparency in the land acquisition pr [...]
2007-02-07 12:17:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EIND EINV PGOV IN
07KOLKATA50NOBEL PRIZE WINNER DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS CONSIDERS ENTERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 12, ConGen spoke with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus about his plans to enter Bangladesh politics. Yunus, on a two-day visit to Kolkata, expressed a strong interest to enter the political fray and said that he was reviewing his options. He expressed support [...]
2007-02-13 13:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI IN BG
07KOLKATA54ITALIAN PM PRODI LEADS LARGEST EVER TRADE MISSION TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. February 11-12, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Kolkata with over 300 business representatives, Italian Commerce Minister Emma Bonino and other senior government officials as part of a "global strategy to open new markets in Asia." The delegation consisted mostly o [...]
2007-02-14 14:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EIND IT IN
07KOLKATA56CHINA AND RUSSIA MAKING THEIR PITCH TO EAST INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEMONSTRATING GREATER CHINESE EFFORT AT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN EAST INDIA, ON FEBRUARY 12, FOREIGN MINISTER LI XHAOXING TRAVELED TO BIHAR TO INAUGURATE A NEW MEMORIAL HALL AT THE HISTORIC SITE OF THE ANCIENT NALANDA UNIVERSITY. A WEEK EARLIER, CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO INDIA USED THE [...]
2007-02-15 12:10:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PGOV EINV RS CH IN
07KOLKATA59SECOND PHASE OF MANIPUR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS OFFERS NO CLEAR
[...] (U) On February 14, three valley districts of the Northeast Indian state of Manipur -- Imphal West, Imphal East and Bishnupur -- constituting 29 constituencies out of the 60-seat Assembly, went to the second phase of the state Legislative Assembly polls. The national-ruling Congress Party, pr [...]
2007-02-16 13:00:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IN
07KOLKATA66FORMULATION OF A NEW INTEGRATED ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT TIP
[...] (U) Summary: On February 1-2 approximately 50-75, lawyers, judges, NGO activists, and government officials from West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, and Jharkhand participated in the "Eastern Regional Workshop to Discuss the Proposed Plan of Action to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking" organized b [...]
2007-02-22 06:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN SOCI KCRM PHUM PREL IN
07KOLKATA67LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THIER AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]
2007-02-23 08:17:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA68LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]
2007-02-23 13:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KOLKATA69LEFT OBJECTS TO CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH JAMIAT-E-ULEMA
[...] (C) Summary: On February 24, ConGen met with West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind (JUH) General Secretary Siddiqullah Chowdhury at the JUH offices to discuss Muslim issues and concerns in West Bengal. Chowdhury has come to local prominence recently in leading Muslim opposition to development of [...]
2007-02-26 14:21:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA71AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF PEACEFUL VOTING, VIOLENCE HITS MANIPUR
[...] (U) Summary: On February 23, Manipur held the third and final phase of its Legislative Assembly elections for the remaining 12 seats in the 60-seat legislature. Unlike the first two phases, this final round of polling was marred by violence and intimidation due to ethnic rivalries in the poll [...]
2007-02-27 11:59:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM IN
07KOLKATA72CONGRESS RETAINS CONTROL IN MANIPUR AS LOCAL PARTIES FALTER
[...] (U) Summary: The Congress Party gained control of the Manipur Assembly, winning 30 out 60 seats, and partnering with the Communist Party of India (CPI) to form an absolute majority. Local parties, including the Manipur People's Party, lost due to their extreme political stances that did not [...]
2007-02-28 11:08:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IN
07KOLKATA74MAOISTS BRAZENLY KILL JHARKHAND PARLIAMENTARIAN DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday March 4 Maoist rebels shot and killed Sunil Mahto, a Member of Parliament (MP) from the city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party. The attack occurred at a football tournament in the village of Ghatshila, [...]
2007-03-05 12:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
07KOLKATA84ASSAM -- NATIONAL GAMES OVER, ULFA CONTINUES ATTACKS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 9, the terrorist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) continued its campaign of bombs and attacks in Assam, setting off a bomb in a crowded marketplace. The group also indicates that it will step up its attacks, including by targeting Congress Party officials, ho [...]
2007-03-13 04:57:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PHUM CASC IN
07KOLKATA86ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS RETAIN THE SCARS OF THE 2004
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 2-7, ConGen visited the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to assess recovery from the December 2004 tsunami and related issues such as the environment, economic conditions and strategic concerns. Two years after the tsunami devastated parts of the island [...]
2007-03-13 12:37:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV PHUM ECON MARR IN BM TH ID
07KOLKATA88RURAL WEST BENGAL AGAIN ERUPTS INTO VIOLENCE OVER LAND
[...] (U) March 14, violence erupted again in the rural West Bengal district of Nandigram, located approximately 150 km southwest of Kolkata, when police fired on villagers protesting the state government's plans to acquire land for industrial development. At least five persons reportedly were kill [...]
2007-03-14 12:20:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON EAGR ASEC IN
07KOLKATA92WEST BENGAL FACES FALLOUT FROM NANDIGRAM VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rural West Bengal district of Nandigram remains tense but quiet following the March 14 violence between police, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists and local villagers, which resulted in at least 14 deaths and 71 injuries (REF. A). Chief Minister Buddhadeb B [...]
2007-03-19 13:32:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECON SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA95RECENT DEATHS IN NANDIGRAM HIGHLIGHT WEST BENGAL'S VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 14 killings in the rural West Bengal district of Nandigram highlighted the truly violent nature of grassroots politics in the state (Reftels). Initially, the agitation was by local villagers opposed to the GOWB's plans to acquire their land for a Special Economic Zone [...]
2007-03-21 13:12:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC SOCI IN
07KUALALUMPUR1000MALAYSIA: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON THE UNITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-08 04:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KTIA PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1001GENERAL PACE'S JUNE 4 MEETINGS WITH PM ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak endorsed current military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. in their separate meetings on June 4 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and the Ambassador. DPM Na [...]
2007-06-08 05:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER KISL OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1005SURFING IN SINGAPORE'S WAKE: MALAYSIA'S ISKANDAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Malaysia's government hopes to accelerate investment in the southern state of Johor with its planned Iskandar Development Region (IDR). The government's public statements portray IDR as a new approach that will attract global firms for "knowledge-based" investment, but econoff' [...]
2007-06-08 08:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EWWT EAIR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1024DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 07:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1049YOUNG PROGRESSIVES RETAIN INFLUENCE IN PAS PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Islamist opposition party, the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),held its annual general meeting and biennial party elections June 1-3 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, the only state controlled by PAS. As expected, party president Abdul Hadi Awang ran unopposed and retained [...]
2007-06-19 00:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1059SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE
[...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]
2007-06-20 10:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1064TRANS-PENINSULA PIPELINE: JUST A PIPEDREAM?
[...] (U) Summary: According to recent press reports, the Malaysian Government has approved plans for a US$ 7 billion oil pipeline across northern peninsular Malaysia near the Thai border, with a large storage facility in the middle and a refinery at each end. The pipeline is portrayed as a shorte [...]
2007-06-21 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EPET SENV ECON IR MY SA PGOV
07KUALALUMPUR1071CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA
[...] (C) Post has reviewed the FY 2007 section 1206 proposals for the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) program in support of Eyes in the Sky. Post reiterates its support for the proposed 1206 funding for MDA and requests that it be notified to Congress. 2. (C) Post also renews its support for ad [...]
2007-06-22 08:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1100MALAYSIA: TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Bala Chandran. Bala advised us that the MFA has sought clarification from their Mission in New York concerning the nature of the relationship between the African Union [...]
2007-07-02 08:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1106Malaysia Economic Update June 2007
[...] (U) Summary: - Malaysian Cabinet approves Intellectual Property Courts - New Islamic Bond thirteen times oversubscribed - Oil palm prices more than double in past two years - KL Mayor blames "uncontrolled development" for flash flood damages. End Summary. -- [...]
2007-07-03 11:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1108 Malaysia's Economy Slows in Q1
[...] (U) Malaysia's economic growth slowed to 5.3% in the first quarter of 2007, down from an average of 5.9% in 2006. Services led the way with 9.6% growth and construction continued to recover as development funds from the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) finally started flowing in significant amounts. [...]
2007-07-05 05:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1128EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] The Advisor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials to coordinate two upcoming EXBS courses with Malaysia, a CIT scheduled for July 04-06 in Kuala Lumpur and an ISIT planned for August 09-17 in Charleston, SC. 2. The Advisor attended the annual EXBS Advisors Conference in Vienn [...]
2007-07-10 05:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1137DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS
[...] (C) In the course of the July 13 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Najib, the Ambassador asked him if Malaysia planned to send peacekeepers to Darfur. Najib replied that the Government of Malaysia (GOM) was considering this seriously, that they had been in touch with the UN, and that the GO [...]
2007-07-13 10:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1138REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR HELICOPTER CRASH
[...] A Malaysian military helicopter carrying six crew and passengers crashed near the Genting Highlands in central Malaysia on July 13. As of 0930 Malaysian time on July 14, Malaysian authorities were unable to locate the crash site in dense jungle terrain and they continued an urgent search for [...]
2007-07-14 01:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1145EMBASSY SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Malaysian officials are still smarting over the U.S. decision to rank Malaysia in TIP Tier 3 but they have expressed much more willingness to discuss the issue quietly than they did in the immediate aftermath of the USG decision of June 12. We have engaged with senior off [...]
2007-07-16 01:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1154ANWAR IBRAHIM PROJECTS OPPOSITION GAINS, DECRIES
[...] (C) Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador during their July 11 discussion that he believed opposition parties could capture some 40 parliament seats or more in the next general election, projecting from results of the April Ijok by-election. Anwar's People's Justice P [...]
2007-07-16 10:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1155ANWAR'S AIDE DETAINED UNDER OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT
[...] (SBU) Malaysian police on July 13 arrested Nathanial Tan, an aide to Anwar Ibrahim and an activist within the opposition People's Justice Party (KeADILan or PKR),and on July 14 remanded Tan for four days under the Official Secrets Act (OSA). According to initial reports, the charges relate [...]
2007-07-16 10:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1166MALAYSIA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. OIC ENVOY DECISION;
[...] (C) Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ibrahim Abdullah, speaking with us on July 13, reiterated that Malaysia welcomed the U.S. decision to appoint a special envoy to the OIC, and he encouraged the envoy to visit Malaysia as the OIC chair. The OIC Secretary General asked Malaysia to identify an [...]
2007-07-18 09:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPKO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1172KHAIRY AND UMNO YOUTH FOCUS ON FTA, PALESTINE IN
[...] (C) Khairy Jamaluddin, influential son-in-law of PM Abdullah, underscored his oft-publicized concerns about the FTA, in particular regarding agriculture and government procurement, during the Ambassador's July 18 lunch for leaders of UMNO Youth, an important component of the dominant United M [...]
2007-07-20 07:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1174NAJIB'S "ISLAMIC STATE" REMARK DRAWS THE IRE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak set off a fire storm on July 17 when, in response to a reporter's question, he stated that Malaysia is and has always been an "Islamic state." Malaysia's minorities and opposition parties attacked the DPM's comments as viola [...]
2007-07-20 09:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1198IRAN SANCTIONS: URGING MALAYSIA TO PRIORITIZE
[...] (S) DCM and polchief met on July 23 with Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta and focused the discussion on the importance of countries maintaining pressure on Iran to comply with its nonproliferation obligations, including through implementation of UNSCR sanctions (r [...]
2007-07-25 09:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1199DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 00:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1200MALAYSIA CANNOT CONFIRM NPT INTERLOCUTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 05:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ENRG KNNP MNUC NPT MY
07KUALALUMPUR1205MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DESCRIBED BY
[...] (C) Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta outlined the NSC structure during a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief. We include bio notes on Hatta. End Summary. NSC Structure ------------- 2. (C) During a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief, Malaysia's National [...]
2007-07-26 06:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1206MALAYSIA: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL
[...] Malaysia's Foreign Ministry cannot yet confirm high-level attendance at the 2007 UN General Assembly. According to our contacts with the Ministry's Multilateral Political Affairs Division, United Nations and Disarmament Office, information on UNGQattendance will be forthcoming sometime in A [...]
2007-07-26 07:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MY
07KUALALUMPUR1207MALAYSIA AND ARF PROPOSAL FOR ISM ON
[...] (U) We conveyed copies of third version of the draft proposal for the ARF ISM on nonproliferation to Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials responsible for ARF issues, Rosmeyuddin bin Baharudin and Zulkifli Adnan, but these officials were not available for discussion before they departed for th [...]
2007-07-26 08:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ARF XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR1212MUGABE TO VISIT MALAYSIA AUGUST 4-8 FOR LANGKAWI
[...] (U) The Malaysian Foreign Ministry confirmed to us on July 27 that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe intends to visit Malaysia again in order to attend the Langkawi International Dialogue, August 4-8. According to press accounts and the MFA, some 12 to 16 heads of government, mostly from Afri [...]
2007-07-27 09:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ZI MY
07KUALALUMPUR1215 KIKEH FIELD TO DOUBLE MURPHY OIL'S GLOBAL CRUDE PRODUCTION
[...] (U) Summary: Murphy Oil Corporation's deepwater operation at Kikeh field off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia, is expected to begin producing light sweet crude by the end of the third quarter of this year, barring unforeseen delays, according to Kuala Lumpur-based Murphy Oil executives. The Kike [...]
2007-07-30 08:28:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EFIN EINV ENRG MY BX
07KUALALUMPUR1218VIRTUAL LIMITS: MALAYSIA ATTEMPTS TO REIN IN BLOGGERS
[...] (C) Bloggers fear the recent police actions against two prominent online political commentators, Nathaniel Tan and Raja Petra Kamaruddin, presage a Government of Malaysia (GOM) crackdown on the freedoms of speech and the press in cyberspace. GOM leaders and officials from the dominant United [...]
2007-07-30 11:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1221206 FUNDING FINAL REVIEW -- MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) Post has reviewed the FY 2007 section 1206 proposals to install radar facilities in Eastern Sabah and CENTRIX stations (reftel). We approve the proposals and recommend that they be notified to Congress. 2. (C) Post proposed the radar facilities project based on our understanding dir [...]
2007-01-19 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1224Iran outdoes U.S. in FDI; Foreign Bank to Open in KL.
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's top investor for the first five months of 2007 is Iran, due to a joint venture by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and SKS Ventures Sdn. Bhd. to build a refinery in the northern region of peninsular Malaysia. The Central Bank approved another joint venture for Ba [...]
2007-07-31 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-07-31 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1234MILF PEACE TALKS: OTHMAN SEEKS RESTRAINT AFTER
[...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak used his recent travel to the Philippines to urge both the GRP and MILF to avoid resuming hostilities in the wake of the July 10 killings and mutilation of Filipino marines in Bas [...]
2007-08-02 08:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1236MALAYSIA FORMALLY ENACTS A COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia formally enacted its Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act after receiving royal assent on July 18 and publishing the new law in the Gazette of Malaysian Laws on July 26. With final enactment of the new law, Malaysia moved closer to opening its first two shelters for foreig [...]
2007-08-02 08:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1238MALAYSIA LAUNCHES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COURT
[...] (SBU) Summary. After several years of anticipation, Malaysia finally launched its new intellectual property court on July 17. The new court system will include branches throughout Malaysia, though the Kuala Lumpur branch will likely be the only significant IP court in the near term. IP lawyers [...]
2007-08-03 05:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR MY
07KUALALUMPUR125MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 1540 ARF WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 09:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP ETTC PGOV ARF
07KUALALUMPUR1257CHINESE VOTERS DISSATISFIED WITH RULING COALITION,
[...] (C) Corruption, crime and vernacular education remain among the top electoral priorities for Malaysia's ethnic Chinese community, and in the run-up to the next national election Chinese dissatisfaction with the ruling Coalition's handling of such issues appears on the rise. To explore ethnic [...]
2007-08-07 07:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR127MALAYSIA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised our concerns over Malaysia's participation in the visit to Iranian nuclear sites (reftel) with Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohammed Isa on January 19. The Ambassador, noting that he was under instruction, urged Malaysia not to accept Iran's invitation [...]
2007-01-19 10:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL AORC KNNP IAEA TRGY MY
07KUALALUMPUR1278PM CHIMES IN ON "ISLAMIC STATE" DEBATE
[...] (C) The debate over whether Malaysia is an "Islamic state" continued with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's August 4 comments that Malaysia is neither a theocratic state nor a secular one. These remarks came as Minister Bernard Dompok broke ranks and stated his disagreement with the descriptio [...]
2007-08-13 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1290REASSESSING MALAYSIA'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) The Malaysians have made significant progress in implementing items contained in the action plan we provided them in 2006, and we should return them from Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watch List in connection with the September review. We recognize that trafficking in Malaysia remains serious. We [...]
2007-08-15 10:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1295IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC PATENTS IN MALAYSIA
[...] (U) Acting EconCouns met August 16 with Professor Rohazar Wati Zuallcobley, Deputy Director General of the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation (MyIPO) to discuss Malaysia's approach to patents of in vitro diagnostic procedures, per ref request. Although Rohazar acknowledged that Malaysi [...]
2007-08-16 07:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1300Stock market end-of-day partial recovery
[...] Summary: The Malaysian stock market began to recover at the end of the day Friday after dropping 11 percent from its Wednesday opening of 1288 points to a low of 1148 by 3:00 p.m. Friday. In the last two hours of the day the market began to recover, closing at 1192 points, resulting in a sev [...]
2007-08-20 01:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1304MALAYSIA: WELCOME CODEL CHAMBLISS
[...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Codel Chambliss to Malaysia, as scheduled from August 26 to 28. 2. Embassy control officer is Embassy Officer Michael Zikes, Telephone: (603) 2168-4895; Fax: (603) 2168-5165; Cellular: (60) 12-339-3138; E-mail: zikesmk@state.gov. 3. Hotel reservation [...]
2007-08-20 03:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT AFIN ASEC OTRA MY TH VM
07KUALALUMPUR1309EXPEDITED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: MARITIME
[...] The security force members listed in Paragraph 2 are scheduled to participate in a Maritime Security Trilateral Conference from August 25 - 29, 200 in Cebu, Philippines sponsored by the Asia Pacific Security Forum. Embassy has no information to indicate that the individuals listed in Paragrap [...]
2007-08-20 09:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS MARR MASS MOPS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1317Ambassador's Farewell on Malaysian Central Bank Governor
[...] Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call on Malaysian Central Bank (Bank Negara) Governor Dr. Zeti Aziz on August 15. He relayed U.S. appreciation for Malaysia's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist finance; congratulated the central bank on its successful initiatives in develo [...]
2007-08-21 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KTFN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-08-23 09:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1334WELCOME TO MALAYSIA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
[...] (U) Welcome to Malaysia and its golden independence anniversary. Our fifty-year relationship with Malaysia is strong and growing. As President Bush has said: "The United States and Malaysia share strong trade and investment ties and a commitment to generating prosperity through openness, dem [...]
2007-08-27 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1362UNHCR OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE OPERATIONS IN MALAYSIA
[...] (C) The UNHCR Representative in Malaysia presented on August 23 a "confidential" briefing to diplomatic missions monitoring the status of refugees in Malaysia. After the Government of Malaysia (GOM) denied access to detention facilities earlier this year, the UNHCR regained limited access to [...]
2007-09-05 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL CVIS SMIG BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1363MALAYSIA: IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS FOR ISLAM AND
[...] (C) Post recommends one Malaysian scholar and one influential Islamic cleric as possible candidates for ref A events. -- Professor Emeritus Osman Bakar, of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC),is an outstanding scholar of Islam who has published art [...]
2007-09-05 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1375AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DISCUSSIONS WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, in farewell discussions September 3-4, agreed that U.S.-Malaysia bilateral relations had strengthened over the past three years. The Ambassador raised Iran, export controls, trafficking in persons (TIP)),Free Trade Agreement [...]
2007-09-10 05:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETRD KNNP KISL ASEAN IR BU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1376MALAYSIA: NO RESPONSE YET ON INVITATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI TSPL UNGA MY
07KUALALUMPUR1377POLICE BREAK UP OPPOSITION RALLY IN TERENGGANU,
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysian police efforts to forcibly prevent an opposition rally from proceeding without a police permit in Kuala Terengganu on September 8 turned into a four-hour long riot, during which the police used tear gas and a water-cannon to break-up a crowd of some 500 opposition supp [...]
2007-09-10 13:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1386BURMA: MALAYSIA SUPPORTIVE OF GAMBARI, BUT NOT
[...] (C) The Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Division Shahrul Ikram, who oversees UN matters, stated September 13 that Malaysia supported Special Envoy Gambari's role, but did not agree that his travel to Burma should be so closely tied to another me [...]
2007-09-13 07:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1398EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On July 10 the Advisor met with Dato' Haji Ibrahim bin Haji Jaapar, Deputy Director General (Operations) Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) to discuss the upcoming ISIT course with Malaysia, scheduled for August 09-17 in Charleston, SC. Mr. Tan Kwong Gin, Director of Customs (Enforcement),and Puan [...]
2007-09-14 09:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1400PM'S AIDE SAYS TERENGGANU RIOT WILL SCARE AWAY
[...] (C) Wan Farid (protect throughout),a political aide to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, during a September 12 meeting with polchief, denied his involvement in the September 8 Terengganu riot and instead alleged opposition parties had planned the violence in order to boost public sympathy for [...]
2007-09-14 09:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1403 Malaysia's GDP Growth Beats Expectations
[...] (U) Malaysia's economic outlook remained positive in the second quarter of 2007 as GDP rose 5.7% year-on-year, easily exceeding the 5.3 % figure analysts had forecast. Services took the lead in driving the economy, and combined with expansion in mining and construction, they more than mitigate [...]
2007-09-17 06:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1404 PM Launches Northern Corridor Economic Region; Malaysia
[...] Summary: - Prime Minister Abdullah launched a new economic development corridor, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER),which aims to bolster the economic competitiveness of Perlis, Kedah, Penang, and Perak states and reduce the imbalance in regional economic growth rates. - Mala [...]
2007-09-17 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1422DAUSTR Douglas Bell's FTA Discussions in Malaysia
[...] (SBU) In his meetings with Malaysian government officials September 6-10, Deputy Assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Douglas Bell pushed Malaysia to continue to work with U.S. negotiators to make progress on outstanding issues, in advance of a possible next FTA round in November. [...]
2007-09-18 08:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1429 Malaysia Promotes Islamic Finance: US Firms Concerned
[...] (U) Summary: Demand for Islamic financial paper continues to outstrip supply, due in large part to the growing interest of Middle East petrodollar holders to park their money in Sharia compliant instruments. The biggest success story to date is the Islamic bond (sukuk),the only product Islam [...]
2007-09-19 09:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1439BURMA: MALAYSIA DOES NOT LINK GAMBARI TRAVEL TO
[...] (C) Embassy continues to raise the Burma issue with Malaysia's Foreign Ministry subsequent to presentation of the latest demarche (refs A, B). Polchief spoke with the MFA's Southeast Asia and Pacific (II) Director Under Secretary Rahimi Harun on September 14, using the occasion to emphasize [...]
2007-09-20 09:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1445DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION TO GPOI G8++ GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MASS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1446VIDEO OF JUDGE FIXING ROCKS MALAYSIA'S JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rocked Malaysia's legal establishment on September 19 when he held a press conference to release an eight minute videotaped conversation purportedly showing a phone conversation between a famously corrupt Malaysian attorney and the current Chief J [...]
2007-09-21 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1452 Malaysia's 2008 Budget: Pork Sold Separately
[...] Summary: On September 7, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled his 2008 budget proposal. Billed as a "fiscally responsible" budget, it projects a deficit of 3.1%, down from 3.2% in 2007. Although spending is up, the GOM projects higher GDP growth will generate more than adequate add [...]
2007-09-25 02:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1455MALAYSIA NOT ATTENDING TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR
[...] Malaysia's Foreign Ministry informed us that there would be no Malaysian government representative at the Open-Ended Technical Seminar on UNSCR 1737 Implementation scheduled for 26 September. According to to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry's Multilateral [...]
2007-09-25 05:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1458MALAYSIA'S LAWYERS TAKE TO THE STREETS OVER
[...] (C) With limited government response to the September 19 allegations of corruption and judge fixing (ref A),the Malaysian Bar Council announced its intent to march on the Prime Minister's office and demand the establishment of a royal commission of inquiry. Malaysia's law minister quickly de [...]
2007-09-26 12:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1462 Islamic Finance in Malaysia Part 2: Obstacles and
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia is determined to become a global hub for Islamic Finance, and already accounts for two thirds of outstanding Islamic bond issuances (reftel). However, at a recent conference in KL, financial experts discussed a number of obstacles holding back development of this niche [...]
2007-09-27 08:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1470BURMA: PM ABDULLAH SAYS CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Following the release of the tough September 27 ASEAN statement on Burma, both Prime Minister Abdullah and Foreign Minister Hamid hardened their tone and concluded that ASEAN would have to rethink its demands and expectations vis--vis Burma, with the PM stating that ASEAN's "constructive [...]
2007-09-28 10:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1471MALAYSIA: REGARDING POSSIBLE MEETINGS ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 10:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA UNGA MY
07KUALALUMPUR1474DOMESTIC TRADE MINISTRY: NEW SECRETARY GENERAL ROCKING THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mohd Zain bin Mohd Dom, Secretary General of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA),is spearheading efforts to create a more business-friendly ministry. Zain's appointment to the Ministry's third ranking position in early 2007 has brought welcome access for [...]
2007-10-01 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV KIPR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1475MALAYSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES IRANIAN PRESS
[...] (C) Polchief called on the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for the Americas, Ambassador Ramlan Ibrahim, at short notice on September 28 to raise the issue of the September 26 meeting in New York between Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Polc [...]
2007-10-01 10:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KISL IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1476BURMA: UMNO YOUTH PARTCIPATE IN RALLY; POLITICIANS
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Prime Minister's son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Youth wing joined the cause of promoting democratic reform in Burma and participated in a peaceful rally in front of the Burmese Embassy on October 1. Approximately 200 [...]
2007-10-01 10:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1478EMBASSY MEETING WITH ISNA-SANCTIONED TARGET
[...] (S/REL MALAYSIA) Polchief and econoff met with U.S. ISNA-sanctioned Malaysian firm Target Airfreight on September 26, in a meeting set up by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry. Target executives confirmed they shipped helicopter parts to Iran on March 31, 2004, at the request of an Indonesian firm [...]
2007-10-02 05:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1480MALAYSIA'S CANDIDATURE FOR UNESCO SEAT
[...] Post has received Diplomatic Note number KLN 45/07 from the Government of Malaysia which reads in pertinent part: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to propose an arrangement of reciprocal s [...]
2007-10-02 06:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNESCO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1484BURMA: MALAYSIA WAITING ON GAMBARI, NOT FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian government is awaiting the outcome of Gambari's mission and the return of PM Abdullah before considering next steps on Burma, according to MFA Secretary General Rastam, who predictably gave no hint of SIPDIS support for sanctions in response to our demarche. A [...]
2007-10-02 10:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1485MALAYSIA DECLINES INVITATION TO OBSERVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 00:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL OPDC KHLS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1491 Inflation and Auto Sales Rise; GOM Fuel Subsidies
[...] Summary: - Inflation in Malaysia increased in August, although the GOM continued to hold down prices on certain basic necessities through subsidies and price controls. - Soaring global oil prices may soon force the GOM to reduce subsidies for gasoline and natural gas, which have cost the [...]
2007-10-04 09:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1492AMBASSADOR KEITH'S OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Keith raised Burma during his initial courtesy call on MFA SecGen Rastam, urging that ASEAN support an October 5 UNSC meeting and a prospective Presidential Statement from the Council on Burma. Sidestepping the issue of a statement, Rastam reiterated Malaysian frustra [...]
2007-10-04 10:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1493Malaysia's Current Economic Performance Masks Need for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's central bank Deputy Governor considers the country's banking sector unexposed to the turmoil in the US sub-prime mortgage market and believes that the economy remains on track for six percent GDP growth in 2007. Private sector economists, however, point out that Mala [...]
2007-10-05 06:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1497MALAYSIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) DETAINEES,
[...] (SBU) Malaysia held eighty-seven persons under Internal Security Act (ISA) detention in the Kamunting prison as of September, according to a normally reliable source. Fifty-four of those held are terrorist suspects. The Malaysian government commonly releases a number of ISA detainees each ye [...]
2007-10-05 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1506MILF TALKS: OTHMAN USES IMT THREAT AND PREVIOUS
[...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak employed previous GRP negotiator Silvestre Afable and the threat of Malaysia's pull-out from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to push Manila during a September 25-26 [...]
2007-10-10 07:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1513BURMA: MALAYSIA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ASEAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche on October 11 to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohamed Isa. Charge expressed appreciation for Foreign Minister Syed Hamid's statements October 7 urging the Burmese regime to begin a dialogue without preconditions with ASSK and the pro [...]
2007-10-11 09:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR153ANWAR IBRAHIM ATTACKS NAJIB, SEES LIMITED
[...] (S) Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, speaking with polchief January 18, amplified his recent attacks on Deputy Prime Minister Najib, alleging official cover-up of Najib's connection with the Altantuya murder case and Najib's involvement in corrupt military procurements. Anwar (pro [...]
2007-01-24 11:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1534BURMA: GAMBARI'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari held talks in Kuala Lumpur with Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on October 16 - 17. FM Hamid announced Malaysia and ASEAN would never suspend Burma or agree to sanctions against the military regime. Hamid co [...]
2007-10-17 13:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1541MALAYSIA'S CENTRAL BANK: LET'S MAKE A DEAL!
[...] (C) Summary: A number of U.S. financial services firms operating in Malaysia have described various informal practices undertaken by staff at Bank Negara Malaysia, the Central Bank, designed to encourage US firms to shift investment and jobs to Malaysia in return for regulatory approvals. I [...]
2007-10-18 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1546MALAYSIA'S NORTHERN CORRIDOR ECONOMIC PLAN -- LONG ON
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia has launched another high-profile economic incentive program, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER),as part of the government's efforts to enhance economic growth and development in outlying parts of Malaysia. Prime Minister Abdullah's July launch of the NCER foll [...]
2007-10-19 08:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EAGR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1548MALAYSIA BIOFUELS: INFORMATION ON INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
[...] Summary: The Malaysian government strongly supports the development of the biofuels industry, using the country's large and growing palm oil production as feedstock. The recent passage of the Biofuel Industry Act will facilitate the industry's continued expansion, though the industry has benef [...]
2007-10-19 09:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR TBIO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1551ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]
2007-10-22 10:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1552ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]
2007-10-22 23:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1557POLICE IN EAST MALAYSIA DISCUSS TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with police leaders in East Malaysia during the first week of October to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP) issues in their region. To date, police have prosecuted or detained local syndicates and "gangsters" involved in trafficking under various legal options not specific [...]
2007-10-23 09:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ID MY
07KUALALUMPUR1562EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On September 04 the Advisor and ECONOFF met with Mr. Koshy Thomas, Deputy Secretary, Tax Analysis Division, Malaysian Ministry of Finance (MOF),to participate in the ongoing deliberations to secure a Memorandum of Understanding on the Megaports proposal. Discussion focused on two seemingly m [...]
2007-10-24 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1563MALAYSIA SUPPORTS BURMA'S FULL PARTICIPATION AT
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysia appears satisfied that Gambari is making some progress, and consequently Malaysia is not prepared to support a high-pressured ASEAN approach to Burma at the upcoming summit, per our October 24 meeting with a senior Foreign Ministry official to deliver the demarche on th [...]
2007-10-24 10:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1567MALAYSIA BACKS MEPP, EXPECTS INVITE TO U.S.-HOSTED
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Abbas sought Malaysia's general backing in future peace talks with Israel and discussed Malaysian aid to Palestine during his October 20 meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, according to the Foreign Ministry. Malaysia understands that the [...]
2007-10-25 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1568GOM UPDATES ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, REQUESTS
[...] (SBU) A senior official in Malaysia's Internal Security Ministry told us October 22 that the Anti-Trafficking Council created by the new anti-trafficking in persons law would meet formally by mid-November. Enforcement of the law would begin in early 2008, as Malaysian authorities needed time [...]
2007-10-25 10:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1570MALAYSIA: NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur nominates Aegile Fernandez, co-founder and coordinator for migrant and refugee affairs at the NGO Tenaganita ("Women's Power"),to receive the Secretary's award as an International Woman of Courage. Aegile has demonstrated exceptional courage and commitment to defending t [...]
2007-10-26 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1579MALAYSIA'S APEC PRIORITIES
[...] Econoff met with Malaysia's Senior Official to APEC, Abdul Ghafar Musa, on October 30 to discuss the September APEC Summit in Sydney and to preview priorities in the upcoming year. Ghafar, Senior Director of the APEC Division in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, said Malaysia w [...]
2007-11-01 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ECIN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1580EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN'S OCTOBER 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Ministerial Political Secretary Vincent Lim told visiting EAP DAS Christensen on October 17 that there is a perception in Malaysia and ASEAN that the United States is not heavily engaged in the region. He further commented that U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan have neg [...]
2007-11-02 00:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CH MY
07KUALALUMPUR1583PROPOSED 2008 USNS MERCY VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 01:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1594BAR COUNCIL, PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF DURING LAW
[...] (C) The Malaysian Bar Council's October 29-31 law conference drew national attention as respected Sultan of Perak Azlan Shah and Bar Council President Ambiga Sreenevasan, in the wake of recent judicial scandals, delivered speeches critical of the government, calling for reforms to strengthen [...]
2007-11-05 12:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1604OPPOSITION AND POLICE HEADED FOR SHOWDOWN OVER
[...] (C) Opposition parties and the election NGO Bersih are organizing a major rally in Kuala Lumpur for November 10, despite police warnings not to proceed without a permit. Organizers optimistically hope for 10,000 demonstrators to participate in the rally, and expect the event to culminate in a [...]
2007-11-07 10:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1609TERRORIST FINANCE: MALAYSIA DINGED ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS
[...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel requesting information on cash couriers in Malaysia. The Financial Action Task Force Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (FATF/APG) conducted a Mutual Evaluation of Malaysia in February 2007. "Cross Border Declaration and Disclosure" of cash was the o [...]
2007-11-09 08:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER MY
07KUALALUMPUR1610BURMA: MALAYSIA MFA WANTS GAMBARI TO PLAY ROLE IN
[...] (C) Polchief spoke with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia and South Pacific Division chief Rahimi Harun on November 9, and conveyed ref A points on Burma welcoming Aung San Suu Kyi's call for meaningful dialogue and raising concern over the regime's rejection of UN Special Adviso [...]
2007-11-09 09:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1613MALAYSIA'S OPPOSITION DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS TO
[...] (C) Malaysia's major opposition parties operating under the election-reform umbrella organization BERSIH on November 10 carried out possibly the country's largest opposition demonstration since 1998, gathering 20,000 or more demonstrators to present an election reform petition to the National [...]
2007-11-13 11:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1620WOMEN'S ISSUES FUND GRANT PROPOSAL FOR BURMESE REFUGEE
[...] Post recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for Locally-based Organizations: A. Identifying Information: --------------------------- a) Name of project: Independence and Voice for Burmese Refugees in Malaysia b) Total budget [...]
2007-11-16 00:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREF KPAO KCRM SOCI XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR1624CHALLENGES TO MALAYSIA'S STATUS QUO: WINDS OF
[...] (C) Subtle as well as more abrupt challenges to Malaysia's political status quo have emerged over the past few months, further signifying that times have changed since Mahathir's era of tight control. The Sultans quietly reasserted a claim to a measure of constitutional authority, which they [...]
2007-11-16 12:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR163UPDATE ON 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 08:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1639MALAYSIA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ANNAPOLIS
[...] (SBU) Malaysia accepts the U.S. invitation and will attend the November 26-27 Annapolis Conference, per Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah, Under Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's OIC Division, who is charged with the Middle East peace issue. We delivered the advance notice to Ambassador Ibrahim, [...]
2007-11-21 09:28:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS KPAL KWBG IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1640ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING ON LABUAN ISLAND
[...] (C) Poloff visited Labuan in October in light of reports of some Filipinas trafficking into brothels on the island. We found that prostitution takes place under cover of legitimate business fronts and most Filipinas employed there have temporary work visas as "guest relations officers." Labua [...]
2007-11-21 11:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KWMN SMIG MY
07KUALALUMPUR1641MALAYSIA CONCERNED ABOUT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TRENDS
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's foreign direct investment flows rose rapidly in 2006, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2007. However, while a 52.8% increase in inward FDI flows reversed a declining trend over the past five years, the bigger news [...]
2007-11-22 23:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1642MALAYSIA USING WORLD BANK'S DOING BUSINESS REPORT AS
[...] (U) Summary: Last spring Prime Minister Abdullah expressed concern about Malaysia's weakening competitiveness and established Pemudah, a public-private committee mandated to suggest ways the government could reduce red tape and increase transparency. Pumudah is using the World Bank "Doing Bus [...]
2007-11-23 02:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1646MALAYSIAN POLICE ARREST ETHNIC INDIAN ACTIVIST
[...] (C) Summary: Police arrested an ethnic Indian lawyer serving as legal advisor to the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) on charges of sedition ahead of a planned demonstration on November 25. HINDRAF had applied to the Kuala Lumpur Police for a permit to hold an assembly in front of the Bri [...]
2007-11-23 08:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1647POLICE BREAK UP ETHNIC INDIAN PROTEST IN KUALA
[...] (C) Thousands of ethnic Indian Malaysians took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur in protest on November 25, the second major anti-government demonstration in two weeks. Despite police warnings, early arrests (ref A) and heavy police presence on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, approximately 20,000 e [...]
2007-11-26 11:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1648IMPORT SAFETY - MALAYSIA WELCOMES DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S.
[...] Summary: Malaysia is interested in expanding contacts with the United States on import safety issues. Malaysian trade officials have been following recent USG efforts to address import safety, and they support increased dialogue with the U.S. to preserve and enhance Malaysia's strong trade lin [...]
2007-11-27 01:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1649EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] October 09-11 the Advisor was in Jakarta to meet with officials from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to discuss the upcoming Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP-CIT) scheduled for November 06-08. Mr. Sukarman [...]
2007-11-27 02:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-11-27 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1655WOMEN'S ISSUES FUND GRANT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN POLITICAL
[...] (U) Post recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for locally-based organizations. This is an addition to Post's earlier submission (ref B). a) Name of organization: Education and Research Association for Consumers, Malaysia (ERA [...]
2007-11-29 05:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR1657UNHCR WARY OF NEW ROLE FOR "RELA" AUXILIARIES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 05:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1658POLICE RESPOND POSITIVELY DURING CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff, Legatt, and an ICITAP trainer from Jakarta met for a full day session on November 15 with senior police leaders from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) to discuss law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) under Malaysia's new anti-trafficking law. The police w [...]
2007-11-29 07:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SMIG KWMN KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1659UNHCR WARY OF NEW ROLE FOR "RELA" AUXILIARIES IN
[...] (C) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Malaysia Volker Turk briefed Ambassador Keith on November 23 regarding UNHCR operations in Malaysia, and UNHCR's central role in U.S. resettlement processing for Burmese refugees. Turk expressed his concern with the [...]
2007-11-30 01:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1663GOVERNMENT WARNS ON FUTURE PROTESTS, TAKES LEGAL
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the November 25 ethnic Indian street demonstration, which police forcibly dispersed, the Malaysian government has raised the stakes for its critics who proceed with public rallies in defiance of government bans. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi warned the nation on Novem [...]
2007-11-30 10:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1664GOVERNMENT WARNS ON FUTURE PROTESTS, TAKES LEGAL
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the November 25 ethnic Indian street demonstration, which police forcibly dispersed, the Malaysian government has raised the stakes for its critics who proceed with public rallies in defiance of government bans. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi warned the nation on Novem [...]
2007-11-30 10:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1675IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED; SENIOR IRAN ENVOY LOBBIES
[...] (C) Polchief on December 4 delivered reftel demarche regarding the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program to Wan Yusri, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Multilateral Political Division of Malaysia's Foreign Ministry. Yusri thanked polchief for the timely information [...]
2007-12-04 10:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1679MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT DECIDES PROTON WILL NOT SEEK A FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of back-and-forth negotiations with Volkswagen, the Malaysian government has decided that government-controlled auto maker Proton would no longer pursue a strategic partnership with the German auto manufacturer or any other foreign partner (including Gene [...]
2007-12-06 01:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1682 The Challenge of Dealing with Malaysia Inc.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Doing business in Malaysia can be a challenge for foreign firms and the recent DiGi.com restructuring is a case in point. DiGi.com, a mobile telephone service provider majority-owned by Norway's Telenor ASA, needed to reduce its equity stake in the firm this year to meet GOM re [...]
2007-12-06 05:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETEL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1684INDIAN GRIEVANCES AND RACIAL TENSIONS; GOM TRIES
[...] (C) The ethnic Indian protest on November 25 and the government's strong law enforcement response have increased domestic and international attention on Malaysia's Indian community. Despite constituting nearly 8 per cent of Malaysia's population, ethnic Indians hold only 1.2 per cent of the n [...]
2007-12-06 16:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1686MALAYSIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN PARIS DONORS
[...] (SBU) Polchief spoke with Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's OIC Division on December 7 and urged Malaysia's full and constructive participation in the Paris Donors Conference. Adlyn responded that Malaysia had agreed to attend the conference. [...]
2007-12-07 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AMGT KPAL KWBG IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1687UNCITRAL RULES OF PROCEDURE AND METHODS OF WORK
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche on December 5 to Rohana Abdul Malek, International Affairs Division, Malaysian Attorney General's Chambers. Although Rohana did not have an immediate comment, late on December 7 (after Embassy COB) she sent the following message to econoff: "We appreciate the [...]
2007-12-10 02:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNCITRAL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1691POLICE ARREST HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCHERS; ANOTHER
[...] (C) Malaysian police on December 9 arrested organizers of an attempted march in Kuala Lumpur by lawyers, activists and opposition party officials in support of freedom of assembly. The short-lived march involved some 100 participants and took place after the Bar Council, under police pressure [...]
2007-12-10 11:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1692 MALAYSIAN RACIAL ECONOMIC PREFERENCES CRITIQUED AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's race-based economic preferences were roundly criticized at the annual National Economic Outlook Conference hosted by the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). In the keynote address, the Crown Prince of the State of Perak called for national unity and pragm [...]
2007-12-11 08:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1693MALAYSIAN IMMIGRATION REQUESTS TRAINING VISIT TO U.S. PORTS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for ICE Singapore to organize a study visit to the U.S. for Malaysian Immigration officers, with a focus on inspection, detention, removal, and deportation of illegal immigrants; as well as trafficking in persons victim identification and protection. Malaysian [...]
2007-12-11 08:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF CVIS KCRM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1694EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY,
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy raised concerns over freedom of assembly with two senior Malaysian officials on December 6 and December 11, respectively, in light of the continued arrests of opposition and civil society organizers of rallies critical of the government. An advisor to the Prime Minister [...]
2007-12-11 09:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1695POLICE ARREST OPPOSITION LEADERS ATTEMPTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysian police on December 11 arrested 24 opposition party and NGO activists, organized under the Bersih electoral reform coalition, in connection with a planned rally at Parliament. Police released at least seven of the activists later in the day. Those arrested included f [...]
2007-12-11 10:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1702BURMA: MALAYSIA NOT INCLINED TO CONSIDER CHARTER
[...] (C) Polchief delivered reftel demarche on ASEAN measures to keep pressure on the Burmese regime to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Shabery Cheek on December 12. Polchief emphasized the regime's lack of concrete steps toward a dialogue, despite the efforts of UN Speci [...]
2007-12-12 08:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1710HINDRAF LEADERS DETAINED UNDER INTERNAL SECURITY
[...] (C) The Malaysian government on December 13 arrested five ethnic Indian leaders of the small NGO HINDRAF using the Internal Security Act (ISA),which provides for detention without trial, and indicated they would be help for two years. Senior Malaysian officials, including Prime Minister Abd [...]
2007-12-13 11:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1711HINDRAF LEADERS DETAINED UNDER INTERNAL SECURITY
[...] (C) The Malaysian government on December 13 arrested five ethnic Indian leaders of the small NGO HINDRAF using the Internal Security Act (ISA),which provides for detention without trial, and indicated they would be held for two years. Senior Malaysian officials, including Prime Minister Abd [...]
2007-12-13 12:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR17201207 - MALAYSIA'S TRI-BORDER CAPACITY BUILDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Kuala Lumpur seeks to utilize USD 1 million in allocated FY 2007 Title 1207 funding during FY 2008 to conduct civilian maritime law enforcement training and to enhance border control capability in the tri-border region of Malaysia's eastern state of [...]
2007-12-14 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ID RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1721AMBASSADOR RAISES ISA CONCERNS WITH LAW MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with de facto Law Minister Nazri Aziz and raised U.S. concerns over Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in light of the December 13 detention of five ethnic Indian activists. Minister Nazri vigorously defended use of ISA as necessar [...]
2007-12-14 11:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1729MALAYSIA -- TERRORISM REPORT 2007 DRAFT
[...] (SBU) The draft text of Malaysia's 2007 Terrorism Report is provided in paragraph 2. This text has been posted to Intellipedia: http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/ East Asia and Pacific Terrorism Reports#Malaysia 2. (SBU) Begin text: Malaysia New provisions to Malaysia's Penal Code a [...]
2007-12-19 07:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER MY
07KUALALUMPUR173MALAYSIA'S OTHMAN APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF U.S.-MILF
[...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the GRP-MILF peace talks Othman Abdul Razak appeared supportive of another U.S. Mission Manila meeting in February with MILF leaders (ref A),in response to polchief's explanation of the mission on January 29. Othman wished the American team success in its meeti [...]
2007-01-29 11:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1730TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED TO MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 11:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM ELAB ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1731CATHOLIC CHURCH ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) The Catholic Church in Malaysia is taking a more active role in providing shelter to suspected trafficking victims and raising public awareness. The Church is raising public awareness via Sunday homilies and public outreach, and provides temporary shelter to women reportedly forced into [...]
2007-12-20 23:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN SMIG MY
07KUALALUMPUR1732JUDICIAL REFORM ELUSIVE, DESPITE ROYAL COMMISSION
[...] (C) Following months of inconclusive investigations into a major judge-fixing scandal (ref A),Malaysia's King confirmed on December 12 the government's appointment of a royal commission of inquiry. The King tasked the royal commission to investigate the origin and veracity of the now infamous [...]
2007-12-21 00:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR17332007 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIZZLES, BUT KHAIRY
[...] (C) Summary: The United Malays National Organization (UMNO) held its 58th Annual General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur from November 5 - 9 and despite the usual fanfare proved to be little more than a pep rally for the upcoming general election. Although party elections remain a year away, chang [...]
2007-12-21 01:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR182NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL MALAYSIAN WOMEN
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to ref B instructions, we have identified whom we consider the top five most influential women in Malaysia. YB Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz Minister of International Trade and Industry Government Offices Complex, Blk 10 Jalan Duta 50622 Kuala Lumpur T: 603-6203-3022 F: 603-6201 [...]
2007-01-31 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR184SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]
2007-01-31 10:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR187 Bank Negara Relaxes Rules on Banks' Equity Investments;
[...] (U) Summary: Bank Negara has allowed banks greater freedom to invest in the stock market, while three more foreign financial institutions have entered the Malaysian market. Meanwhile, the recent flooding in Johor is projected to cause at least RM 2.4 billion (USD 686 million) in losses, altho [...]
2007-02-02 05:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR209AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH EDUCATION MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN
[...] (C) Education Minister and UMNO Youth chief Hishammuddin responded favorably to the Ambassador's call to expand dialogue between the Embassy and Muslim Malay youth during their January 29 meeting. Hishammuddin described the Malaysian political scene as "volatile" due to the increased racial [...]
2007-02-07 08:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR232NON-MUSLIM LEADERS VOICE CONCERN OVER ISLAMIZATION
[...] (C) Eight senior non-Muslim religious leaders grouped under the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Taoists (MCCBCHST) expressed their individual and collective concerns about the state of religious freedom and civil rights for non-Muslims in Malaysia dur [...]
2007-02-07 08:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR263HONORARY CONSUL NOTES MALAYSIA AS SAFE HAVEN FOR
[...] (S) The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Malaysian businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),described Thai Malay separatist use of Malaysian territory as a safe haven and insurgents' views of the conflict during a February 5 meeting with polchief. Eskay, who was a leading Ma [...]
2007-02-13 08:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR268MALAYSIA'S HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER CRITICIZES UNHCR,
[...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad recently launched a salvo of criticism at the local UNHCR office, threatening a crackdown on refugees and highlighting the UNHCR's difficult status in a country that has yet to sign the UN Convention on Refugees. The UNHCR appears to be weathering [...]
2007-02-14 10:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY
07KUALALUMPUR299INVITATION TO ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM PEACEKEEPING
[...] The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally invited the United States to participate in the First Asean Regional Forum (ARF) Peacekeeping Experts' Meeting in Port Dickson, Malaysia on March 7-9, 2007. The event is being co-hosted by the Governments of Malaysia and Australia and se [...]
2007-02-16 00:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MARR MOPS MY
07KUALALUMPUR309MALAYSIA VIEWS FTA AS STILL WITHIN REACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: MITI Minister Rafidah is putting pressure on her colleagues to make the compromises necessary for a successful conclusion of the FTA negotiations. The Cabinet is expected to meet to decide whether to continue the negotiations on February 28. MITI Secretary General Rahman has [...]
2007-02-16 08:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR318MALAYSIANS ON BORDER CONCERNED, BUT NOT ALARMED
[...] (S) Malaysian politicians and police officials in northern border states, in meetings with polchief February 5-9, expressed concern but not alarm over continued violence in Thailand's ethnic Malay south. Interlocutors viewed the violence in Thailand as having little or no spill-over effect i [...]
2007-02-21 07:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR352PAS AND UMNO EYE KELANTAN ELECTION; KEDAH AND
[...] (C) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in PAS-controlled Kelantan state are positioning themselves for a tough fight in the next national election. During polchief's February 5-9 visit to the northern Malaysian states, PAS leaders in Kelant [...]
2007-02-23 08:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR381MALAYSIA SEES PAKISTAN INITIATIVE AS CONTINUATION
[...] (C) Malaysia views the Pakistan-led Middle East peace initiative as largely a continuation of earlier Arab peace proposals, the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Shahrul Ikram told polchief February 28. Shahrul, who had just returned from the Islamabad meet [...]
2007-02-28 09:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PK MY
07KUALALUMPUR382MALAYSIA'S POSITION ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Malaysia's position on Iran's nuclear program remains unchanged following the latest IAEA report, the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Shahrul Ikram told polchief February 28 in response to reftel demarche. Shahrul avoided the issue of Iranian non-com [...]
2007-02-28 09:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR396BURMA: MALAYSIA NOT FOCUSED ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Malaysia has "no new initiative" in mind for Burma and appears unfocused on next steps, according to our meetings with several Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials and a prominent government-linked think tank. One official in charge of UN matters questioned whether Malaysia would activel [...]
2007-03-02 09:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR398MALAYSIA'S SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination, and to a far lesser extent, a transit and source country for adults and minors trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The overwhelming majority of victims come to Malaysia seeking greater economic oppor [...]
2007-03-05 01:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY
07KUALALUMPUR40MALAYSIA STILL WAVERING ON BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 08:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC XC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR415MALAYSIAN CANDIDATE TO EXECUTIVE BOARD OF UNESCO
[...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note, number KLN. 08/07, from the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing us that Malaysia has decided to present the candidature of Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, the Minister of Education, to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scienti [...]
2007-03-05 05:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI UNESCO MY
07KUALALUMPUR417ABDULLAH MEETS WITH HAMAS, FAILS TO INFORM ABBAS
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah received a senior Hamas delegation on March 3, apparently without President Abbas' prior knowledge. Abdullah used the occasion to call for lifting of international sanctions and to reiterate that Malaysian support for the Palestinian government [...]
2007-03-05 07:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR419IRAQ: MALAYSIA FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERS VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah asked his Foreign Minister, Syed Hamid Albar, to visit Baghdad, according to the Iraqi embassy. The Iraqi charge hoped the U.S. quietly would encourage his government to respond quickly with a formal invitation. The Iraqi charge advised Baghd [...]
2007-03-05 10:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR436DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 08:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC HUMAN MY
07KUALALUMPUR44NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST TARGET AIRFREIGHT
[...] (S) Post delivered reftel notification of USG sanctions against Target Airfreight of Malaysia and A/DCM held conversations on January 8 with Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for the Multilateral Political Affairs Division, Shahrul Ikram, and the Americas Division, as well as the Dep [...]
2007-01-08 09:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY
07KUALALUMPUR447FIGHTING, NOT TALKING - SOUTH THAI MILITANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DIALOGUE, SAY FORMER MEDIATORS
[...] (S) Southern Thai militants recently asserted they will pursue more violence and reject talks, according to two Malaysian mediators from the defunct Mahathir peace process. The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),joined by retired head of the Malaysian [...]
2007-03-08 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR448UNHCR IN MALAYSIA: THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
[...] (C) The UNHCR representative in Malaysia, meeting with the Ambassador March 2, described difficulties with the Home Affairs Ministry and raised the prospect the GOM might restrict the UNHCR's ability to operate in country. The Home Affairs Ministry recently eliminated the UNHCR's access to cu [...]
2007-03-09 00:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY
07KUALALUMPUR457 GOM Touts "Record" Manufacturing Investment Approvals for 2006; Rampant "Ali Baba" Abuses in GOM's Affirmative Action Program Draw PM's Ire: Malaysia Economic Update for February 2007
[...] (U) Summary: The GOM trumpeted figures showing total manufacturing investment approvals in Malaysia rose 48.1% in 2006 to a record RM 46 billion (USD 13.1 billion),and used this as proof the country remained internationally competitive. However, a closer look at the numbers reveals the inves [...]
2007-03-09 08:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR458TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING WITH AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) The Australian High Commission hosted a trilateral meeting with U.S. and Japanese embassies on January 17 to discuss CT cooperation and assistance issues in Malaysia. Each mission was represented at the DCM level and included representatives from political, economic, defense, and securi [...]
2007-03-09 09:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR467MALAYSIAN OIC DIPLOMAT ON HAMAS VISIT, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) The March 3 visit of a senior Hamas leader was in line with Prime Minister Abdullah's desire to engage directly and in more detail on Middle East issues, Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah told polchief March 9. The Pakistan initiative represents a "repackaging" o [...]
2007-03-12 11:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KISL KNNP OIC IS PK IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR495MALAYSIA'S MOST PROMINENT THINK TANKS (C-AL7-00170)
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's most prominent think tanks all have historical ties to and receive substantial funding and material support from the Government of Malaysia. The Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS),the Malaysian Institute for Economic Research (MIER),and the Asia [...]
2007-03-15 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV ECON MY
07KUALALUMPUR496PHILIPPINES/MILF: OTHMAN CONTINUES SHUTTLE
[...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak told polchief March 14 he remained focused on shuttle diplomacy, although he also expressed serious concern over March 5-7 fighting in Mindanao. His efforts between the MILF and [...]
2007-03-15 09:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR506ELECTORAL REFORM NOT ON THE HORIZON
[...] (C) As Malaysia moves closer to its next national elections, electoral reform faces a very steep uphill battle, a conclusion highlighted during our recent meetings with Election Commission (EC) officials, NGO leaders and several academics. The UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) governing coalition ret [...]
2007-03-16 08:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR520DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 08:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ZI MY
07KUALALUMPUR536DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 05:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNHCR PHUM PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR540IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES FM HAMID NOT TO UNDERCUT UN
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar March 22 to urge Malaysia to discourage major new investments in Iran, such as SKS Ventures. He underlined the importance of Malaysians not appearing to undercut UNSC efforts. The Ambassador also highlighted the Iran S [...]
2007-03-23 08:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR544U.S. ARF INITIATIVES CONVEYED TO MALAYSIAN FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 08:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM EAID MARR ARF XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR560MALAYSIA'S YOUNGEST MUFTI PROMOTES TOLERANCE AND
[...] The recently appointed Mufti of Perlis, Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, who at the age of only 35 is Malaysia's youngest state religious leader, is challenging the conservative trend line of Islam in Malaysia. With excellent Middle Eastern and Malaysian educational credentials, Asri advocates for i [...]
2007-03-27 02:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR569MALAYSIA UPGRADING ITS MIDDLE EAST TRADE RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Recent visits of senior Malaysian government officials to the Middle East have highlighted Malaysia,s interest in expanding its trade and investment ties with the region, seemingly in parallel with Malaysia's new diplomatic focus on West Asia. Malaysian trade with the region is growing [...]
2007-03-28 07:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD MY PREL XF GCC
07KUALALUMPUR570DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches on March 26 and 27 to MFA's Office of Multilateral/Political Affairs, Office for the Organization of Islamic Conference, Americas Desk, as well as the personal assistant to the Foreign Minister. Under Secretary for Multilateral/Political Affairs Shahrul Ikr [...]
2007-03-28 07:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC TRGY AORC MY
07KUALALUMPUR575PETRONAS ON CASPIAN GAS; PM ABDULLAH TO VISIT KABUL
[...] (U) Summary: Petronas, CEO Tan Sri Hassan Merican said Malaysia,s national oil company has not yet decided on an export route for Livanov gas and is willing to consider all possible export routes for Caspian oil and gas, including a westward one. In response to PDAS Mann's suggestion that gas [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL ECIN EPET MY TX
07KUALALUMPUR592 Government Pension Fund Buys 4th Largest Bank; "Mission
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's state pension fund was the winning bidder for the country's fourth largest banking group, prevailing over a competing bid that was significantly higher. Critics claim the fund lacks the expertise to operate a commercial bank. Meanwhile, Malaysia's ruling political coal [...]
2007-03-30 07:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR6High-Tech toilets for tourism; rising Ringgit. Economic Update Dec 2006
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Malaysia is ready to launch its drive to attract more tourists this year in honor of its 50th anniversary. Initiatives include a multi-million dollar Ferris wheel, sorely needed lessons in customer service, and 23 self-sanitizing toilets at a cost of USD 113,000 [...]
2007-01-03 09:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR61IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy raised concerns with the Malaysian Government regarding a reported $16 billion gas development deal between a Malaysian firm, SKS Ventures, and Iran, noting possible implications under the Iran Sanctions Act and pointing out the particularly poor timing given recent UN [...]
2007-01-10 10:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR618SENIOR MOFA OFFICIAL SEEKS BACKGROUND ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge' and Economic Counselor met April 4 with Malaysian Ambassador-at-large Ghazzali S.A. Khalid at his request to brief him on the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). Ghazzali, formerly Malaysia's Ambassador in Washington, maintains a watching brief on U.S. affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]
2007-04-04 08:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV ETRD MY IR
07KUALALUMPUR629AMBASSADOR BACKS UNHCR IN MEETING WITH FM HAMID
[...] (C) The Ambassador highlighted the important role played by the UNHCR in Malaysia as part of his March 22 call on Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar (ref A). The UNHCR's work remains essential to protecting refugees, the Ambassador noted. The U.S. is helping Malaysia with the refugee burden [...]
2007-04-09 04:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR645EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On March 01 the Advisor met with Bong Yik Jui, Assistant Secretary in the Multilateral Affairs Division of the SIPDIS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to coordinate the Targeting and Risk Management course scheduled for April and identify topics of discussion for the legal workshop in May. [...]
2007-04-11 00:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR648DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 07:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR651SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]
2007-04-11 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR652MALAYSIA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE FURTHER ISNA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 09:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR653MALAYSIA'S CABINET APPROVES DRAFT TIP LAW
[...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Ghazzali S.A. Khalid telephoned the Ambassador on April 11 in order to inform him that the Malaysian Cabinet, in its meeting earlier in the day, had approved the draft anti-trafficking in persons law. Ghazzali said the Malaysian Government intended to present the bil [...]
2007-04-11 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR68PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON IRAQ REINFORCED WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-11 09:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR683MALAYSIA'S NEW APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL STRESSES CONTINUITY
[...] (U) Econoff paid a courtesy call on Malaysia's new Senior Official to APEC, Abdul Ghafar Musa, on April 11. Ghafar, who holds the rank of Senior Director in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),was joined by Principal Assistant Director Masaida Buang and Assistant Director [...]
2007-04-12 08:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECIN MY
07KUALALUMPUR70BURMA/ASEAN DEMARCHE; MALAYSIAN FM OPPOSES
[...] (C) A/DCM delivered ref A demarche seeking Malaysian and ASEAN backing for the draft UNSCR on Burma to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer in charge of UN political affairs on January 11. Recalling our demarche on January 8, A/DCM reiterated the U.S. call for Malaysia's support, as well as A [...]
2007-01-11 09:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC XC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR705HONEY, I CONVERTED THE KIDS: MALAYSIA'S APPEALS
[...] (C) In the latest high-profile legal battle between a Muslim and non-Muslim involving civil law, Malaysia's secular Court of Appeal reached a decision that supports Shari'a court jurisdiction over a non-Muslim. On March 13, the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling that would allow a Mus [...]
2007-04-18 10:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR719MALAYSIA COMMENTS ON U.S.-ASEAN RELATIONS AND TAC
[...] (C) In a discussion of U.S.-ASEAN relations, Malaysia's senior diplomat charged with ASEAN affairs said he believed U.S. accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) would be warmly welcomed by ASEAN members, signal increased U.S. attention to the region, and boost the U.S.-ASEAN di [...]
2007-04-20 08:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN MY
07KUALALUMPUR749MALAYSIA: 2006 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 07:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN MY
07KUALALUMPUR750DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 08:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT MY
07KUALALUMPUR751IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (S/NF) In advance of the public announcement, Post notified Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials in the Americas Division and the Multilateral Political Affairs Division, as well as the Malaysian Police, of the INSA sanctions against the two Malaysian firms (Challenger, Target Airfreight). Po [...]
2007-04-25 08:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR
07KUALALUMPUR753MALAYSIA TABLES ANTI-TIP BILL IN PARLIAMENT, SEEKS
[...] (U) The Government of Malaysia tabled a comprehensive Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) bill in Parliament on April 24 and predicted speedy passage. After tabling the bill, de facto Law Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz told reporters the b [...]
2007-04-25 08:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR758IRAQ: MALAYSIA WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO COALITION,
[...] (C) Summary: Although Malaysia clearly would reject any approach to provide military resources to support the Iraq Coalition, it might consider a request by the Iraqi government for modest civilian assistance if this were made directly to the GOM by the Iraqi government itself. End Summary. [...]
2007-04-25 09:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR782MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL CYCLES
[...] Summary: Malaysia's established cycle of meetings and events helps define the country's political landscape and determine to an extent the pace of political developments. In this cable we outline the government's primary meeting schedule and the political events that drive Malaysia's politic [...]
2007-04-26 08:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR MY
07KUALALUMPUR787 Iskandar and Slow-Selling Cars: Malaysia Economic Update
[...] (U) Summary: The GOM unveiled a package of incentives to attract foreign investors to the Iskandar Development Region, a newly established special economic zone in southern Malaysia. Incentives include an exemption from the GOM's usual requirement that ethnic Malays be given a 30% equity stak [...]
2007-04-27 08:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR788PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP PROJECT FUNDING
[...] Post submitted to G/TIP via email four proposals for anti-trafficking projects on April 20, 2007. This cable summarizes our priority list for the submitted project proposals and provides our justification for funding the projects. 2. Post first recommends the proposal from the Internatio [...]
2007-04-30 00:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR811IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar plans to visit Baghdad on May 12. FM Hamid has requested meetings with Iraq's senior political leaders during his 12-hour stop. The Iraqi embassy in Kuala Lumpur is not aware of any Malaysian deliverables; however, FM Hamid's visit represents [...]
2007-05-04 11:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR812AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi plans to visit Kabul on June 3-4 at the invitation of the Aga Khan to attend an Enabling Environment Conference on Enhancing Private Investment and Development. Abdullah is expected to spend one over-night in Kabul on his 36 hour visit. A delegat [...]
2007-05-07 09:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL AF MY
07KUALALUMPUR817DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNHRC MY
07KUALALUMPUR818IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT CANCELED
[...] (SBU) Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) West Asia desk advised us on May 7 that Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has canceled his planned May 12 trip to Baghdad which we previously reported in ref A. Foreign Ministry officials commented that although the intent was to postpone th [...]
2007-05-08 08:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR834MALAYSIA PASSES COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Malaysia's House of Representatives on May 10 passed a comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law, representing a significant breakthrough for anti-trafficking efforts and the achievement of our highest priority objective in the U.S. action plan for Malaysia. The new law provide [...]
2007-05-10 08:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR835MALAYSIA NON-COMMITTAL ON HRC VOTE, MIGHT STRIKE
[...] (C) We engaged with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry at senior and working levels again May 10 to convince Malaysia to support Bosnia and Slovenia instead of Belarus in the UNHRC vote. In addition, the Canadians delivered a high-level demarche yesterday. The Ministry's Deputy Secretary Genera [...]
2007-05-10 09:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC MY
07KUALALUMPUR867PM ABDULLAH'S AIDE ON ANWAR, ELECTIONS AND NAJIB
[...] (S) Wan Farid (protect throughout),a political aide to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, argued in a May 15 meeting with polchief that opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim's strategy of addressing national issues in the recent Ijok by-election backfired as voters demonstrated that they care most about l [...]
2007-05-16 11:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR878TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING, APRIL 18
[...] (C) DCM chaired an April 18 meeting with Japanese and Australian counterparts on trilateral counterterrorism cooperation, the second such meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The delegations discussed the potential for trilateral cooperation in Malaysia and possible recommendations to be presented for co [...]
2007-05-17 07:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR879DEMARCHE ON ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT): MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 07:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UNDC PARM MY
07KUALALUMPUR880DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747
[...] (SBU) On May 17, we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Political Affairs Division. He stated there was "no question" that Malaysia was committed to enforcement of all UN Security Council Resolu [...]
2007-05-17 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR899REVISED U.S. ARF INITIATIVES CONVEYED TO MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM EAID MARR ARF XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR900MALAYSIA NOTIFIED OF INCLUSION OF MALAYSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 00:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AE MY
07KUALALUMPUR901MALAYSIA NOTIFIED OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 00:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER PINR MY
07KUALALUMPUR902PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN MALAYSIA: LOOKING BEYOND
[...] (S) Assisting Malaysia to develop the capacity to successfully investigate and prosecute terrorists would support key U.S. law enforcement and political objectives in this strategic Muslim-majority country. Malaysia has used an intelligence approach and the Internal Security Act (ISA),inclu [...]
2007-05-22 02:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR904UMNO QUESTIONS ANWAR IBRAHIM OVER "FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE" ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Ministerial son-in-law and UMNO youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin has publicly called on opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim to explain his role in the Foundation for the Future and his connections with outgoing World Bank President Wolfowitz. Anwar, as Foundation chairman, issued a s [...]
2007-05-22 09:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR905ANWAR IBRAHIM TAKES CENTER STAGE AT PAS DEDICATION
[...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was the center of attention at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new party headquarters building for the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS). Despite the attendance of all the party's senior leadership, both the media and PA [...]
2007-05-22 10:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR924SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE,
[...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]
2007-05-24 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR947MALAYSIA DEFENSIVE REGARDING SHARING OF FINANCIAL
[...] (U) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Kuala Lumpur May 11 to meet with GOM officials and local financial institutions to discuss implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1737 and 1747 and the risks of doing bus [...]
2007-05-31 07:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PREL PTER KFTN UN IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR949MALAYSIA'S HIGHEST COURT RULES AGAINST APOSTATE
[...] (C) Malaysia's apex court ruled on May 30 that Muslims who seek to apostatize may not do so outside the Shari'a court system. In a 2-1 decision in the case of apostate Lina Joy, the Federal Court ruled that the National Registration Department (NRD) may only change a Malaysian Muslim's offici [...]
2007-05-31 10:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR950ANWAR'S RECENT STRUGGLES FOR RELEVANCE
[...] (C) Leaders throughout the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) heralded the results of the Ijok by-election in late April as a personal defeat for Anwar Ibrahim and declared him irrelevant in Malaysian politics. Anwar, on the other hand, touted the local Ijok contest as a moral victory [...]
2007-05-31 10:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR964Ringgit Rises as Proton Flounders: Malaysia Economic Update for May 2007
[...] Summary: - Malaysia's currency continued its gradual rise against the U.S. dollar to reach a near 10 year high. - The Malaysian cabinet, reacting to loud protests from non-Malays, ordered the country's largest commercial bank to withdraw a requirement that law firms conducting business with the [...]
2007-06-01 09:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EPET MY
07KUALALUMPUR984PM ABDULLAH URGES NEW APPROACH TO DARFUR, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, in a June 4 meeting with visiting General Peter Pace, described his "new approach" to Darfur focused on returning IDPs to their homes with security guarantees from Khartoum. Abdullah has asked wealthy OIC countries to contribute to a new [...]
2007-06-06 12:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF MARR KISL UN SU MY
07KUALALUMPUR994EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On April 10 the Advisor met with Dr. Lauren Bain, Political Officer from the Australian High Commission, and Embassy POLOFF to discuss our respective ongoing export control program efforts in Malaysia. Ms. Bain informed us of her government's proposed regional MANPADS seminar slated for June 0 [...]
2007-06-07 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUWAIT1001FOREIGN MINISTER INQUIRES ABOUT RETURN OF
[...] (S/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah asked how the Government of Kuwait (GOK) could be part of the solution regarding the remaining four Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Naval Base. He expressed doubt about the strength of the evide [...]
2007-06-27 11:21:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT1004KUWAIT DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ICAO ASSEMBLY -
[...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A and B demarches and background papers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on June 18 and June 27, respectively. The GOK is unlikely to co-sponsor a working paper on these issues. Post has requested a meeting with the Air Transport Director at the [...]
2007-06-27 13:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD SENV ECON KU
07KUWAIT1005DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOPEC LEGISLATION
[...] (C/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, Ambassador delivered reftel points noting the Administration strongly opposed and might veto the NOPEC legislation passed by Congress. Ambassador added that statements by some OPEC members that there was no supply [...]
2007-06-27 13:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1006FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES INTEREST IN EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) At a June 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah inquired about why Kuwait had been listed lower than the United Arab Emirates on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Ambassador said that he did not know, but the UAE had apparent [...]
2007-06-27 13:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB AE KU TIP
07KUWAIT1007KUWAIT CABINET RENEWS CONTRACT FOR OIF FUEL AT
[...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah informed the Ambassador on June 26 that the Kuwaiti Cabinet had agreed on June 24 to renew for one year an existing agreement with the USG to provide concessionally-priced fuel for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 2. (C/NF) This agreement, [...]
2007-06-27 13:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
07KUWAIT1008FOREIGN MINISTER INQUIRES ABOUT RETURN OF
[...] (S/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah asked how the Government of Kuwait (GOK) could be part of the solution regarding the remaining four Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Naval Base. He expressed doubt about the strength of the evide [...]
2007-06-27 14:17:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT1009FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN-US TALKS; ATTACK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister (FM) Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Iranian officials had provided their views on the recent meeting in Baghdad between the U.S. and Iranian Ambassadors to Iraq and he had received a letter from Iranian [...]
2007-06-27 14:23:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1017SPECIAL KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S ISLAMIC CENTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-30 08:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1022BLUE LANTERN: UPDATE ON POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF
[...] (S/NF) Following up on April 18 assurances from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to investigate the case of a possible release of sensitive U.S.-origin Advanced Tactical Communications System (ATCS) technology to Chinese company Norinco (reftels),Econoff met again with Assistant Director of For [...]
2007-06-30 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNETTC KOMC KU
07KUWAIT1023COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DAVIS (JUNE 30 - JUL 4,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Davis to travel to Post 1-2 July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]
2007-06-30 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA EI GM KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1024PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PREDICTS PASSAGE OF KATRINA AND
[...] (SBU) Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador June 30 he expected Parliament would pass the remaining $400 million of the $500 million aid package Kuwait pledged in September 2005 to assist victims of hurricane Katrina (ref C) before it goes into summer recess sometime mid [...]
2007-06-30 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LE KU KATRINA AID
07KUWAIT1025MINISTER OF FINANCE ON CABINET RESIGNATIONS, THE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a June 30 farewell call with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Bader Meshari Al-Humaidhi said resignations of both the Minister of Oil and the Minister of Communication were imminent (these occurred later in the day). He was optimistic that Parliament will pass long [...]
2007-06-30 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EPET KDEM KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1026OPPOSITION MPS SCORE VICTORY AS OIL AND
[...] (SBU) Minister of Oil Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and Minister of Communications/National Assembly Affairs Shireeda Al-Mousharji resigned from Cabinet June 30, only five days after Al-Jarrah was subjected to nine hours of questioning by opposition parliamentarians (reftel). Facing a no conf [...]
2007-06-30 14:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET ECPS KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1027UNCERTAINTY OVER KUWAITI SIGNATORY FOR MOU ON CEIP
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Security Decision Follow-up Committee (SDFC) Chairman General Mohammed Al-Bader on June 24 to discuss next steps towards forming a Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) Joint Working Group (JWG) following the June 12-13 visit by a USG CEIP team (ref A). ( [...]
2007-07-01 06:03:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT1036KUWAITI BLOGS AND OTHER INTERNET TRENDS
[...] (U) Summary and comment: Like young people elsewhere around the world, the daily lives of Kuwait's youth often center around friends, music, and movies. Internet trends in Kuwait reflect these priorities as social networking, instant messaging, and music and video websites are often the most [...]
2007-07-02 08:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEINT KPAO ENRG ECON PGOV ETRD KIPR KU
07KUWAIT1047IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER NEGOTIATES WITH KUWAIT
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: An Iraqi delegation consisting of the Electricity Minister, the Director-General of SOMO (the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization),and former Iraqi Parliament Speaker Hajim Al-Hassani visited Kuwait from 25-27 June to ask the GOK to take the necessary steps to [...]
2007-07-02 14:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1050COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DS/IP/OPO TEAM
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for referenced DS/IP/OPO PMR Team to transit Kuwait August and September 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy points of contact are: Joh [...]
2007-07-03 10:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1055GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON"
[...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1056AMBASSADOR STRESSES CUTTING OFF FOREIGN FIGHTERS
[...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid Al-Jarallah to emphasize the importance of cutting off foreign fighters going to Iraq. The Ambassador emphasized that the foreign fighters make up a majority of the suicide bombers and thus have a disproportionate destabilizing [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN IZ KU PREL PTER ECON PGOV KTFN
07KUWAIT1057KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED
[...] (S/NF) On June 24, U.S.-designated terrorist facilitator Jaber Al-Jalahmah was taken into custody by GOK authorities for questioning regarding his involvement in the recruitment of Kuwaiti jihadists. He was released on July 1 on a KD 300 (USD 1050) bond. (Background: Jaber Al-Jalahmah is a [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT1058KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1059KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1060GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON"
[...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1061KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED
[...] (S/NF) On June 24, U.S.-designated terrorist facilitator Jaber Al-Jalahmah was taken into custody by GOK authorities for questioning regarding his involvement in the recruitment of Kuwaiti jihadists. He was released on July 1 on a KD 300 (USD 1050) bond. (Background: Jaber Al-Jalahmah is a [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT1062AMBASSADOR STRESSES CUTTING OFF FOREIGN FIGHTERS
[...] (C) The Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid Al-Jarallah to emphasize the importance of cutting off foreign fighters going to Iraq. The Ambassador emphasized that the foreign fighters make up a majority of the suicide bombers and thus have a disproportionate destabilizing in [...]
2007-07-03 14:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN IZ KU PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1063KUWAITI DEPUTY PM SAYS KUWAITI DEMOCRACY SETTING
[...] (C) During a July 4 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Moahammed Al-Hajji Boukhadour, the Minister commented that the recent performance of the Kuwaiti parliament was leading others in the region to question the efficacy of democracy. Coming of [...]
2007-07-04 08:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKU PGOV PINR PREL GCC
07KUWAIT1064NOPEC DEMARCHE: OPEC GOVERNOR AND KPC COUNSEL SAY
[...] (C/NF) Following Ambassador's June 26 conversation with the Foreign Minister (ref A),Econoff delivered ref B demarche separately to Kuwait OPEC Governor Dr. Seham Razzouqi and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Deputy Managing Director and General Counsel Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah on [...]
2007-07-04 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1072007 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2007 Kuwait Investment Climate Report: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- [...]
2007-01-24 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPIC EINV KTDB USTR KU
07KUWAIT1070TIP REPORT FOLLOWUP: GOK TARGETS 60-DAY REVIEW,
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Kuwait's placement on Tier Three of the TIP report has generated a great deal of interest in the three weeks since the report's release. The newspapers have devoted significant space to the report. Many of the stories have been critical, but many have also used the [...]
2007-07-07 11:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1072GCC MINISTERS FOCUS ON IRAN-RELATED SECURITY
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's brief farewell call July 7 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Minister described the GCC ministers meeting in Riyadh July 3 as "pessimistic" about current events in the region, and preparing f [...]
2007-07-07 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALIR IZ KU PREL GCC
07KUWAIT1073KEEPING THE KUWAITIS FOCUSED ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS
[...] (S/NF) During a July 7 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Ambassador emphasized the need to keep up the pressure on the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Afghanistan and go after those who facilitate and fund them. Th [...]
2007-07-07 15:11:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IZ KU DEMARCHE PGOV KTFN ECON
07KUWAIT108KUWAIT "100 PERCENT WITH THE PRESIDENT" ON IRAQ
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call by visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah expressed full agreement with the President's strategy for bringing sta [...]
2007-01-25 12:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IZ KU
07KUWAIT1093KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, IRAN, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 09:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1094MINISTER OF DEFENSE/INTERIOR ON GCC MINISTERS
[...] (C/NF) First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador July 7 that the major focus of the GCC meeting in Riyadh was to discuss Iraq and put some "imagination" into trying to address regional security implica [...]
2007-07-09 09:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EPET KU MAS PHUM PREL PTER ASEC KCIP
07KUWAIT1097MINISTER SAYS GCC CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER TO BE
[...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told the Ambassador on July 9 that agreement had been reached at the recent GCC meeting of defense and foreign ministers and national security chiefs on establishing a GCC crisis management center in Kuwait. He credite [...]
2007-07-10 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC LE QA SA IR IZ IS KU
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