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07NAIROBI169	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 1 [...] As of January 4, the UN does not expect to issue a Flash Appeal or a revised Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) for Somalia. As the humanitarian community adapts to the evolving situation, Lower Juba, Middle Juba, and Middle Shabelle regions have emerged as agencies' top response priorities. [...]	2007-01-10 05:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO

07NAIROBI1704	KENYA: JOURNALISTS QUESTIONED OVER ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) Following Kenyan daily The Standard's report of an alleged assassination plot against former President Moi's son, four of the paper's managers were questioned by police on April 16 at police headquarters. Human rights groups rallied to support the newspaper, decrying the six-hour quest [...]	2007-04-18 09:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI1709	CAADP MEETING, KIGALI, RWANDA MARCH 29-31, 2007 [...] Summary March 29-31 in Kigali, the Government of Rwanda and COMESA hosted a regional partners? meeting and a country round-table meeting on the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). On March 31, a CAADP Country Compact was signed by the Rwandan Government, the Af [...]	2007-04-18 11:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	RW
07NAIROBI1715	Somalia Fight Sharp but Short [...] (U) Press reporting and Embassy sources indicate fighting in Mogadishu last night (4/17) between Ethiopian forces and Hawiye/Haber Gedir militia, concentrated between the stadium and the presidential palace compound (Villa Somalia). According to the sources, there was heavy artillery and mort [...]	2007-04-18 13:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1747	TWO TOP OPPOSITION CANDIDATES LAY OUT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent separate lunches with the Ambassador, the two top candidates of the main opposition coalition (the Orange Democratic Movement Kenya, ODM-K),Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, discussed their strategies for the national elections later this year. While both expresse [...]	2007-04-19 12:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1748	KENYA: IMPORTANT VISIT OF SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI [...] (C) Summary: Ensuring success of the April 25-7 visit to Washington of Kenyan Minister of Security Michuki is vitally important to U.S. interests with respect to Somalia, broader efforts to fight insecurity (both crime and terrorism),and keeping the Kenyan democratic process on track. This [...]	2007-04-19 13:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AFIN PINS PREL KE SO
07NAIROBI1770	U.S. COMPANIES IN LEAD TO BRING FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIVITY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The pace is picking up in the race to build a submarine fiber optic cable that would give East and Southern Africa broadband connectivity to the rest of the world, and U.S. firms are playing pivotal roles. SEACOM, a private sector project designed, owned, and operated by a U.S. [...]	2007-04-20 09:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI1775	Kenya: TIP Project Proposal Solicitation For G/Tip-Managed [...] Kenya is a tier two watch list country because it is a source, destination and transit country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The GOK is making efforts to address most aspects of TIP, but suffers from resource constraints, both financial and human. It therefore relies heavily on internation [...]	2007-04-20 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KE
07NAIROBI1782	KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE - 2006/7 SHORT RAINS [...] Kenya's interagency food security assessment for the 2006/7 short-rains (October- December) has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising representatives of line ministries within [...]	2007-04-20 10:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE
07NAIROBI1789	POLITICS IN LUOLAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The perception that the central government is actively opposed to the interests of Nyanza Province's Luo community and its leaders motivates many Luos to stand firmly behind "their man" Raila Odinga. Support for Odinga's ODM-K is widespread in Nyanza, but a pile-up in identific [...]	2007-04-23 14:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1792	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 19, the DCM and the German and Swiss Ambassadors called on Commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) to discuss the ECK's administration of Kenya's next general election, expected in December. Among the topics discussed were: presentation of a non-paper de [...]	2007-04-24 13:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1823	ELIMINATING THE "APPLCIATION RECEIVED" STAMP [...] Post received reftel and immediately discontinued use of the "application received" stamp. Nairobi has monitored the change over the past quarter and requests permission to reinstitute the stamp process for the following reasons: -- Issuances and refusals are not always being captured by th [...]	2007-04-26 05:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OEXC CMGT DHS KE
07NAIROBI1830	FRACTURED LUHYA IN WESTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diverse Luhya groups in Kenya's Western Province defy a single characterization. However, disillusionment with the current administration's failure to deliver on its campaign promises is creating fertile ground for eager opposition ODM-K campaigners. END SUMMARY. Divers [...]	2007-04-26 12:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1832	UPCOMING BY-ELECTION ON KENYA'S COAST [...] Summary: The Magarini by-election features ten contending parties. The putative incumbent, whose seat was vacated by a court order finding his election in 2002 fraudulent, represents a Coast Province party that advocates decentralization and favored treatment of "indigenous" residents over t [...]	2007-04-26 15:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1867	SOMALIA--THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Building on Nairobi 1401, this message lays out a roadmap for influencing Somalia towards security and stability. Many of the elements we delineated in reftel remain relevant to current developments. End summary. 2. (C) The fighting in Mogadishu in recent weeks has clouded effo [...]	2007-04-30 14:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID SO ET
07NAIROBI1905	Somalia--TFG/Hawiye Talks and Appointments [...] (SBU) On April 29, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf met with members of the Hawiye Leadership Committee in his headquarters, Villa Somalia. The meeting was initiated by Ethiopian military commanders and included TFG Prime Minster Ali Gedi and Ethiopian General [...]	2007-05-02 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1907	NURTURING DEMOCRACY -- AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO [...] Summary. During a four-day trip to Nyanza and Western Provinces (in western Kenyan),the Ambassador talked with a wide cross-section of Kenyans about the state of democracy in the country, and about the importance of an inclusive, fair, and transparent electoral process. Although rich in res [...]	2007-05-03 10:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1908	MISSION'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT FEMALE GENITAL [...] Summary: On April 21, the Ambassador participated in a high profile event in Kilgoris in Transmara to support efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM). See text of Ambassador's speech in paragraph 6. Participation in this event was part of the Mission's broader efforts to address gen [...]	2007-05-03 11:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1918	Somalia--Peace Is Not Yet at Hand [...] (C) Since the termination of fighting in Mogadishu last Thursday (4/26),the city has been unusually calm, in terms of combat; and the daily mortar, RPG, and small arms attacks have ceased--for the time being. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops reportedly are moving f [...]	2007-05-03 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1926	MICHUKI LAUDS VISIT TO U.S., RELEASES JOINT [...] (SBU) On Thursday May 3, Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security John Michuki called Ambassador to express his appreciation for his Qhighly constructiveQ visit to Washington. He said that he particularly appreciated the high level at which he was received. He to [...]	2007-05-04 07:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI1930	Somalia-Ambassador's Telecon with Hawiye Elder [...] (U) On May 2, the Ambassador spoke with Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam) Omar, chairman of the Hawiye Leadership Committee. The Ambassador contacted Omar because of the leadership role he and his colleagues are playing in discussions with the Ethiopians and, most recently, with President Abdullahi Yusu [...]	2007-05-04 09:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1931	Somalia-Ambassador's Letters to TFG President and [...] (U) Following telecon with Hawiye Leadership Committee Chairman Haji Abdi Iman Omar, and in an effort to support the critical dialogue process, the Ambassador sent the following letters to Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf and Chairman Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam). 2. (C) [...]	2007-05-04 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1947	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a May 13 - 18, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with OFDA field officers and OFDA implementing partners. 3. Travel details for Georgian [...]	2007-05-07 12:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ET
07NAIROBI1948	POLITICS IN KISII LAND [...] Summary: The Kisii community, accounting for four percent of Kenya's population, have been loyal to FORD-People party baron Simeon Nyachae, who supports the Kibaki administration. Now that Nyachae has announced his retirement from politics, opposition politicians are eyeing the Kisii vote. [...]	2007-05-07 13:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PINR PHUM PGOV SOCI
07NAIROBI1951	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICITAP DEPUTY [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes RAYMOND RIVERA and MARK MOGLE. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control [...]	2007-05-07 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM ASEC SNAR KE
07NAIROBI1959	Somalia-Telcon with NGRC Chairman Ali Mahdi [...] (SBU) On May 3, Somalia Political Unit staff had a conference call with National Reconciliation and Governance Committee (NGRC) Chairman Ali Mahdi on current developments in the planning for the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress. 2. (SBU) In the conversation, we emphasized that with [...]	2007-05-08 12:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1981	KENYA'S VISION 2030: THINKING BIG, BUT IS IT REALISTIC? [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has unveiled Vision 2030, an audacious national development plan whose goal is middle-income status for the country by 2030. The Vision calls for 10% GDP growth annually over the next 25 years (up from the current 6%),allowing Kenya to multiply per capita income by six t [...]	2007-05-09 14:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1996	Somalia--Round Two of TFG/Hawiye Talks [...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf met with elders from the Hawiye clan for a second time since the fighting ended on April 28. The talks were reportedly cordial although PM Gedi evidenced continued hostility towards the elders. There appear to be indicatio [...]	2007-05-09 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI200	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR KENYA [...] The following is the updated text of the worst forms of child labor report for Kenya for 2006, as required under the Trade Act, for Department of Labor. Kenya Selected Child Labor Measures Adopted by Governments Ratified Convention 138 4/9/1979 U Ratified Convention 182 5/7/2001 U ILO-IP [...]	2007-01-10 14:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2015	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, Jack Myer and Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Kampala, Uganda during the period o/a May 20 - 24, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to monitor OFDA partner activities in Kitgum and Pader. 3. Fligh [...]	2007-05-10 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
07NAIROBI2040	KENYA TO RETAIN IGAD CHAIR, PLANS SUMMIT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya will retain the chairmanship of IGAD at least through August and probably beyond. Kenya's immediate tasks as IGAD Chair are 1) to convince Eritrea to return to IGAD, 2) to promote Somali reconciliation and the success of AMISOM, and 3) to convene an IGAD Head of State su [...]	2007-05-14 12:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KE SO SU
07NAIROBI2069	Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf [...] (C) Summary. During a May 15 meeting, TFG President Yusuf told the Ambassador that he is pursuing dialogue with various sub-clans and is committed to power-sharing to be worked out in the context of the National Reconciliation Congress. He indicated his intention to replace Prime Minister Gedi [...]	2007-05-15 14:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2072	KENYA & ETHIOPIA ENHANCE BORDER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Ethiopia are enhancing coordination at the local level in the border region to better manage cross-border security issues involving the Borana/Oromo and Gabra communities. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Sheikh Abdinassir, a former International Visitor g [...]	2007-05-16 05:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ET KE KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR
07NAIROBI2073	RESPONSE TO INL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT - DELEGATED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 06:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR KE
07NAIROBI2098	Somalia - Meeting with Solana Envoy [...] (C) On May 14 the Ambassador met with Jean-Christophe Belliard, the Personal Envoy for Somalia of Javier Solana, EU Secretary-General. Belliard first visited Cairo and Addis Ababa before coming to Nairobi. In Addis Ababa Belliard met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who reportedly expressed [...]	2007-05-16 11:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2099	Somalia--Divide and Conquer Dialogue [...] (U) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf met with politicians, intellectuals, and officials of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr sub-clan on May 10 at the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Among the Ayr were Justice Minister Hassan Dimbil, political leader Mohamed Ulusow, and two m [...]	2007-05-16 11:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2118	GOVERNMENT-BACKED CANDIDATE WINS COAST BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the government's backing, Harrison Kombe, of the Shirikisho party, won the May 14 low-turnout parliamentary by-election in the coastal Magarini constituency. The result was not surprising. Kombe won resoundingly with 37 percent of the votes cast, far ahead of the competi [...]	2007-05-17 14:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI213	ICRC LETTER ON SOMALIA [...] On January 11 Embassy Nairobi received a letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) informing the USG that the ICRC considers U.S. actions in Somalia to be governed by the rules applicable to situations of non-international armed conflict. Full text follows in para 2. [...]	2007-01-12 05:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2135	Somalia--Attempt on PM's Life [...] (U) Assassins attempted to kill Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Gedi yesterday (5/18). According to press reports, Gedi and his entourage were returning from a ceremony marking the departure of the bodies of four slain Ugandan peacekeepers at Mogadishu Inter [...]	2007-05-18 10:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SO
07NAIROBI2136	Somalia--Attempt on PM's Life [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 10:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SO
07NAIROBI2144	KENYA: STILL IN THE HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite coming up dry in a $100 million test well drilled earlier this year, Kenya's national oil company is pursuing additional exploration for oil and gas in the country. China's national offshore oil company is currently a big player, but has to decide soon whether to move f [...]	2007-05-21 09:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENGR EPET EINV KE
07NAIROBI2151	Somalia - Meeting with Ethiopian State Minister [...] (C) Summary: As requested, the Ambassador met May 20 with Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss a joint U.S.-Ethiopian approach on Somalia. Tekeda pressed on a U.S.-Ethiopia meeting with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf to be held i [...]	2007-05-21 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2152	IMPACT OF OFDA DROUGHT PROGRAMS IN KENYA. [...] Communities in Kenya's Makueni District are benefiting from USAID/OFDA 2005-2006 drought programming. A combination of newly constructed rainwater harvesting structures, expansion of piped water grids and rehabilitation of boreholes in several communities have improved water quality, increas [...]	2007-05-22 04:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL KE
07NAIROBI216	PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] As previously reported, on November 21 the Ambassador delivered a major speech on U.S.-Kenyan relations which noted the important democratic progress that Kenya is making, but also talked frankly about the persistent problems of corruption and tribalism. Delivery of the speech was part of a b [...]	2007-01-12 07:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE
07NAIROBI219	KIBAKI SIGNS BILLS THAT MAY SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On New Year's Eve 2006, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed into law 11 more bills, including important laws with important implications for the financial and energy sectors. This tally adds to several economic development-related bills passed earlier in the parliamentary year a [...]	2007-01-12 08:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV ENRG EFIN KCRM EPET KCOR KE
07NAIROBI220	PRESIDENT HAND PICKS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In what opposition leaders are calling a "blow to multi-party democracy," President Kibaki on January 11 appointed nine Commissioners to the Electoral Commission of Kenya, without consulting opposition parties. Although completely within Kenyan law, the move sets a bad preceden [...]	2007-01-12 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI2209	Somalia--Security a Long Way Off [...] (C) Summary. The level of violence has risen in Mogadishu and the provinces since the Ethiopian/TFG action against the Ayr sub-clan and Courts' radicals in late April 2007. Attacks tend to be more focused than earlier in the year. While this violence could be laid at the feet of Islamic ex [...]	2007-05-23 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EWWT EAID SO ET UG KS
07NAIROBI2214	SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - HEALTH IN [...] Summary: Despite years of chaos, insecurity and absence of a functioning Ministry of Health, Mogadishu continues to benefit from a serviceable, if limited, health system for those with sufficient resources to access it. Despite significant challenges, such as heavy fighting, limited access, [...]	2007-05-24 06:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
07NAIROBI2215	MUNGIKI: KENYA'S LARGEST CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mungiki, a large criminal organization operating within the Kikuyu community, has a network of supporters within the government bureaucracy and political leadership. It's use of extreme violence to amplify its influence through terror and its parallel government weakens th [...]	2007-05-24 07:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM KE PGOV PREL PTER
07NAIROBI2238	MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM MUNGIKI-LAND: "I'M [...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament Elias Mbau recounts his own intimidation by the Mungiki in his constituency. He frankly admits that he was forced to change his tune after initially publicly opposing the criminal organization. He also confirms reports that the Mungiki have supporters in gov [...]	2007-05-25 09:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KDEM KE PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07NAIROBI2239	MEETING WITH SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Somalia's Foreign Minister, the Ambassador warned that time is running out for genuine reconciliation. The US will not support a conference that does not offer political reconciliation. Without political reconciliation, clan war will resume. The TFG needs t [...]	2007-05-25 10:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR SO
07NAIROBI2240	OPINION LEADERS TALK POLITICS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with visiting Ambassador Johnnie Carson, opposition leaders, government officials and civil society interlocutors agreed that there was still much uncertainty surrounding the strength of Kenyan political coalitions and President Kibaki's health, that t [...]	2007-05-25 10:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINR PHUM KCOR PTER KE
07NAIROBI2242	CITES COP 14: KENYA SEEKS USG SUPPORT ON IVORY TRADE BAN, [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya remains hopeful that the U.S. will side with it and Mali and oppose efforts by Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa to get CITES approval for additional one-off sales of government-held stockpile [...]	2007-05-25 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON KSCA ETRD PGOV PINR KE
07NAIROBI2255	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a June 11 - 15, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with OFDA staff, meet OFDA implementing partners and UN agencies, liaise with Mission HAPN [...]	2007-05-29 11:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ET
07NAIROBI2256	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MYRA KRAUT VINNER [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Administrative Officer, Myra Kraut Vinner to travel to Kinshasa, Congo during the period o/a June 24 - 30, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to coordinate administrative requirements at the OFDA/Kinshasa office. 3. Travel de [...]	2007-05-29 12:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA BU
07NAIROBI2263	Ali Mahdi on the Somalia Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) to discuss planning and preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) that will begin June 14. Mahdi confirmed that the NRC will cover social, political, and tr [...]	2007-05-29 14:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2281	Meeting with Former Foreign Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with the Ambassador, Somali Education Minister Hurreh discussed the milieu of the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress and confirmed that the pressure to remove Prime Minister Gedi from office is building. The Ambassador emphasized that the Congress must inclu [...]	2007-05-30 14:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SO ET
07NAIROBI2289	SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY: Studies show improved food security in south and central Somalia despite continuing conflict. Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists are showing signs of recovery. While the food security situation is also improving for riverine communities, this group remains particularly vulnerable to [...]	2007-05-31 11:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
07NAIROBI2292	KENYA: ECONOMIC GROWTH STRONG, POVERTY AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's 2006 Economic Survey reports that growth hit a 30-year high of 6.1% in 2006, and the GOK predicts 2007 growth will be between 5.8 and 6.5%. The new National Household Survey showed the national poverty rate fell from 52.3% in 1997 to 49.1% in 2006. After peaking in Dec [...]	2007-05-31 12:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI2299	Somalia--NGRC Independence in Doubt [...] (C) Summary. The May 25 resolution passed by Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament originally reported to confirm the independence of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee has proven to be ambiguous, at best, upon review of the actual text. The reported behind-the-scenes [...]	2007-06-01 08:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI23	SOMALIA - - OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES [...] (C) Somalis across the spectrum ) including TFG officials, members of civil society, the business community, clan elders, and even moderate members of the Islamic Courts ) are all telling us that they deeply appreciate the positive role that the U.S. has been playing since the start of the Eth [...]	2007-01-03 18:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2307	FPU NAIROBI: FRAUD, FRAUD, EVERYWHERE [...] Summary: Nairobi's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) sees a wide variety of NIV, IV, and ACS fraud on a daily basis. May 15, 2007 proved to be an excellent example of the depth and breadth of fraud encountered over and beyond the normal workload, and is illustrative of a day in the life of our FPU [...]	2007-06-04 12:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI2323	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. RUEBEN BRIGETY, [...] USAID/Kenya grants country clearance for the visit of Dr. Rueben Brigety, Special Assistant to USAID/DCHA Assistant Administrator from on/about June 09 through June 15, 2007 as part of a review to analyze global trends of military engagement in humanitarian and development activities and asse [...]	2007-06-05 07:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2326	Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf [...] (C) Summary. During a June 5 meeting, President Yusuf welcomed as positive the joint A/S Frazer/Lord Triesman letter to him and agreed with its key points, including on the need for inclusive reconciliation on an urgent basis. Yusuf promised to send a written communication to the Contact Group [...]	2007-06-05 08:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SO
07NAIROBI2330	KENYA: PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Enhanced Kenyan-Ethiopian security and administrative coordination at the regional/provincial level is lowering tensions between the feuding Gabra and Borana (Oromo) communities and improving relations at border crossing points. However, Kenya's Provincial Commissioner for Easter [...]	2007-06-05 12:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE ET
07NAIROBI2344	SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - PROTECTION [...] SUMMARY: Reports from humanitarian agencies highlight grave humanitarian protection concerns in Mogadishu. Key issues include ongoing violent attacks, unexploded ordnance (UXO),and evictions from public buildings. While the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the U [...]	2007-06-06 08:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
07NAIROBI2349	SOMALIA: LETTER FROM TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF TO THE [...] Per reftel, we followed up with the Somalia Embassy in Nairobi and received the attached letter from TFG President Yusuf to the International Contact Group meeting in London. 2. Text of letter: Honorable Representatives of the Contact Group: I wish to express my appreciation for the s [...]	2007-06-06 10:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL SO
07NAIROBI2351	KENYAN NOTABLES DISCUSS THE NEIGHBORS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Kenya, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, National Intelligence Officer for Africa, discussed developments in Somalia and Sudan with Kenyan interlocutors. From the Kenyan perspective, instability in both countries is of significant concern for Kenya's well-b [...]	2007-06-06 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER KE SO SU
07NAIROBI2353	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In December 1995, Claimant A entered into a joint venture with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via [...]	2007-06-07 03:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE OPIC CASC PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2375	KENYAN OPPOSITION POLITICS: DEAL OR NO DEAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uncertainty and mistrust endure within the opposition coalition. While the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) continues to struggle with its presidential nomination process, it is increasingly clear that back-room deals will be made, egos will be bruised, and ODM-K leaders [...]	2007-06-07 11:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI2376	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, John Myer to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Ndjamena, Chad during the period o/a June 26, 2007 through July 18, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with Mission staff; meet with OFDA partners and vis [...]	2007-06-07 11:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
07NAIROBI2377	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a June 24, 2007 through o/a July 6, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with Mission staff; meet with OFDA implementing partners and visit OF [...]	2007-06-07 11:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ET
07NAIROBI2382	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Bangui, Central Africa Republic during the period o/a July 17, 2007 through o/a August 3, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit OFDA programs. 3. Flight details for Alan Dwyer are as foll [...]	2007-06-07 13:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
07NAIROBI2385	EMBU BISHOP: MPS WANT TO KEEP 'EM POOR & IGNORANT [...] (C) Summary: The Bishop of Embu Diocese maintains that Mbere District's Members of Parliament purposely undermine efforts to raise educational standards and to develop the economy of the area so as to keep the population poor, dependent and easily manipulated. They also stymie projects with w [...]	2007-06-07 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI2405	POLICE ENGAGE MUNGIKI CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following through on its pledge to destroy the Mungiki criminal organization, the Government of Kenya deployed hundreds of police to Nairobi's Mathare slum this week. Security forces conducted a series of operations to round up suspects. At least 18 people died during the ope [...]	2007-06-08 10:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
07NAIROBI2406	Travel to Somalia [...] (SBU) Summary. This message lays out proposed plans for travel by USG personnel to Somalia during the next 6 months. End Summary. -------------------------------- National Reconciliation Congress -------------------------------- 2. (C) The Somalia National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) [...]	2007-06-08 15:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI242	MFA NO OBJECTION TO PROPOSED CONSULATE IN MOMBASA [...] Nairobi Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note numbered MFA.231/28A Dated January 10, 2007 no objection to the proposed establishment of a Consulate in Mombasa. 2. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: MFA.231/28A MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Rep [...]	2007-01-16 08:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KE
07NAIROBI2421	Somalia -- Delay in Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) told the Ambassador on June 10 that the kickoff for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC),planned to begin on June 14, has been delayed by two weeks. Mahdi said the delay was inevitable because much re [...]	2007-06-11 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2446	KANU NATIONAL CONFERENCE: KENYATTA HOLDS HIS GROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid ongoing debate about the party's position within the opposition coalition and an internal power struggle, KANU held its National Delegates' Conference in Nairobi on June 11. According to KANU officials, the meeting was a success as the party made clear its position with r [...]	2007-06-12 13:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2449	LAND REFORM IN KENYA: TRYING TO RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The combination of an ever-expanding population, settler legacy, poverty, corruption, elite impunity, and an inadequate land law system make the ownership, tenure, and use of land one of the most volatile questions in Kenya today and one of the most serious impediments to econo [...]	2007-06-12 13:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV KCOR KE
07NAIROBI2452	SOMALIA -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) As described in current threat assessments, travel of USG personnel into Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, remains problematic (Ref A). However, attendance by an appropriately high level USG official at the opening of Somalia's Nation [...]	2007-06-12 14:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2506	Kenya Improves Governance and Public Services [...] (SBU) Summary: Stung by a series of reports showing poor public services and governance, and recognizing that improvements were needed to boost investment, economic growth and job creation, the GOK has used Results Based Management (RBM),performance contracts, and a Rapid Results Approach (RRA [...]	2007-06-15 10:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EAID ELAB KE
07NAIROBI2525	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 9 meeting, the Ambassador discussed with President Kibaki the expanding bilateral partnership, the problem of insecurity, governance issues, the elections set for later this year, and regional issues (Somalia and Sudan). Kibaki emphasized his desire to work closel [...]	2007-06-18 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN KCRM KE PINR PREL PTER SO SU
07NAIROBI255	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 3 - HEALTH [...] The November-December floods raised concern that Somalia would see an increase in cases of water-borne diseases, malaria, and respiratory infections. Additionally, recent outbreaks of cholera and Rift Valley fever (RVF) have prompted Somalia health sector agencies to coordinate response plans [...]	2007-01-16 14:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI2550	Nairobi Mini-Dublin Group Views on Kenya [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nairobi Mini-Dublin Group consensus is that Kenya is increasingly becoming a major transit route for cocaine and heroin, from South America and Asia, to European and other Western markets. Corruption, weak law enforcement, and lack of political will continue to make Kenya an attr [...]	2007-06-20 05:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KE
07NAIROBI2566	KENYATTA KEEPING HIS OPTIONS WIDE OPEN [...] (SBU) When KANU Chairman and opposition presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta failed to meet the June 15 deadline for formally declaring himself an Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) candidate, there was speculation that KANU was splitting from ODM-K. Kenyatta has not (yet) pulled KANU o [...]	2007-06-20 13:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2567	Trafficking in Persons: Ambassador?s Trip [...] Summary. See para 8 for action request. The combination of the Ambassador?s visit to the Kenyan coast, the rollout of the GTIP annual report, and celebrations of the Day of the African Child cast a spotlight on the problems of trafficking and sex tourism in Kenya. As a result of the Ambassad [...]	2007-06-20 14:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2575	Ambassador's Visit to the Kenyan Coast [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 10:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KE PGOV KCRM KWMN SNAR PHUM PTER
07NAIROBI2578	Somalia - Conversation with President Yusuf [...] (C) The Ambassador, at his request, spoke with President Yusuf by phone on June 20 to raise the following: the amnesty, concerns about recent arrests, expansion of the national reconciliation committee, and the desire to have a more extended conversation with Yusuf during his next visit to Na [...]	2007-06-21 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI2606	Tour d'Horizon with Prime Minister Gedi [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Special Envoy John Yates met Prime Minister Ali Gedi on June 21 to discuss the June 18 announcement of a general amnesty, preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress, the current security situation, and the PM's upcoming travel to Washington and New Y [...]	2007-06-22 13:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2614	Somalia - Response Letter from Yusuf [...] Following on the transmission of a letter to TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf, the Ambassador received a response on June 22. 2. The text of the letter from Yusuf reads as follows: Dear Mr. Ambassador: Your letter of June 21, 2007, is clearly in line with other previous letters that showe [...]	2007-06-25 13:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SO
07NAIROBI2618	Ali Mahdi on National Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee, and other committee members and advisors briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on delegate selection for the Congress, his meetings with the Hawiye, the status of security service and the sit [...]	2007-06-26 04:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KPAO SO ET
07NAIROBI263	PRIME MINISTER GEDI PROMISES A "NEW SOMALIA," ACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting in Nairobi with Assistant Secretary Frazer, Somali Prime Minister Ali Gedi was confident a "new Somalia" was on its way, and appealed for immediate donor support. The rosy picture Gedi painted did not mask the very serious problems which remain within the [...]	2007-01-17 05:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2630	Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]	2007-06-26 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2631	Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]	2007-06-26 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2632	Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]	2007-06-26 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2640	Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]	2007-06-27 13:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2641	GOK'S FY08 BUDGET - AN ATTEMPT TO WOO VOTERS OR BEGIN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 14, Kenya's Finance Minister Amos Kimunya presented the Kibaki government's budget for FY08 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) to Parliament under the theme "Vision 2030 -- Working Together, on the Path to Pro [...]	2007-06-27 14:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI2687	MANDERA LAUNCH OF KENYA-SOMALIA CROSS-BORDER [...] USAID/East Africa representatives, accompanied by representatives of USAID contractor Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI),recently visited Kenya?s conflict-prone northeast province of Mandera. The two- night, three-day trip culminated in an event to launch the expansion of the Kenya-Somalia [...]	2007-06-29 07:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE

07NAIROBI2754	CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA GOVERNOR REPUTEDLY UNDER [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Bank Supervision Director Gerald Arita Nyaoma suggested to Economic Specialist on June 29 that he fears that President Mwai Kibaki and the State House are a [...]	2007-07-05 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV EINV KCOR KCRM PINR KE
07NAIROBI2764	KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]	2007-07-06 05:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KE PGOV PREL
07NAIROBI2771	QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]	2007-07-06 06:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI2773	JULY 4 - HIGHLIGHTING BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC [...] The Mission used the July 4 reception to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partnership and to focus on shared democratic values. (See text of Ambassador's remarks in paragraph 6.) These themes have increasingly strong resonance with all sectors of Kenyan society and politics. As a result, the turnout [...]	2007-07-06 07:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KEDM KE
07NAIROBI2816	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...]	2007-07-10 08:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2820	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...]	2007-07-10 08:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2908	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a July 17-25, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is participate in USG flood response planning/programming with OFDA partner agencies. 3. Travel de [...]	2007-07-13 07:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ET
07NAIROBI2910	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a July 17-25, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is participate in USG flood response planning/programming with OFDA partner agencies. 3. Travel de [...]	2007-07-13 07:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ET
07NAIROBI294	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 4 ? FOOD AID [...] The 2007 UN Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) for Somalia estimates that 1.4 million people are food insecure. In response, the UN World Food Program (WFP) plans to deliver 114,000 metric tons (MT) to more than 1 million people, and CARE plans to distribute food to approximately 400,000 oth [...]	2007-01-17 13:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL EAGR SO
07NAIROBI2974	KENYA POLICE: REFORMS APLENTY, BUT PERFORMANCE LAGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kibaki administration has implemented significant reforms of the Kenya Police Service and greatly increased its resources. The worst police abuses of the Moi-era have been eradicated. However, reforms and increased resources have not yet yielded a dramatic rise in police [...]	2007-07-19 12:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG KCRM KE PREL PTER
07NAIROBI3021	THE TWELFTH SUMMIT OF THE COMESA AUTHORITY OF [...] This is a summary of the Twelfth COMESA Summit proceedings held in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 22-23, 2007. The Summit was preceded by meetings of the Committee of Experts, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Foreign affairs and COMESA Council of Ministers. The Fourth COMESA Business Summit and t [...]	2007-07-25 04:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA
07NAIROBI3059	SUDAN, DARFUR: UN ADVISOR PEKKA HAVISTO BRIEFS SE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pekka Haavisto, senior UN Advisor on Darfur, briefed the U.S. President's Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios on UN/AU efforts to organize effective peace talks for Darfur. Haavisto discussed the upcoming Tripoli and Mombasa (Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, CHD) meetings i [...]	2007-07-26 09:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AU SU ER ET LY CD
07NAIROBI3093	ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 19 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon and the Charge, Kenyan President Kibaki praised the U.S. Kenya partnership, while encouraging greater U.S. attention to the region. With respect to Kenya, Kibaki appealed for greater U.S. assistance f [...]	2007-07-30 07:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MASS PGOV KE
07NAIROBI3100	Kenya Will Allow Somalia Flights, But Via Wajir Only [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) announced that, effective August 1, it would end its suspension of flights to/from Somalia, but that all flights from Somalia must stop first at Wajir Airport for immigration, customs and security processing before proceeding to their final Kenyan de [...]	2007-07-30 11:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER KCRM ECON ETRD KE
07NAIROBI3118	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: KENYA ESTABLISHES NATIONAL STEERING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is increasing its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) following a pivotal June 25 meeting of the National Steering Committee to Combat Human Trafficking. The Committee selected a task force of GOK agencies, NGOs and UN agencies to draft a [...]	2007-07-31 11:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM ECON KE
07NAIROBI3167	KENYA WANTS GREATER ACCESS TO GEOSPATIAL IMAGERY TO REDUCE [...] Summary: Speaking at a recent international conference in Nairobi, Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai said that increased access to geospatial information can help countries like Kenya to improve management of natural resources, reduce conflict promote sustainable use of resour [...]	2007-08-06 07:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG ECON KE
07NAIROBI3175	Somalia - Travel Plan and Security Assessment [...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para 10. This message proposes travel to Somalia during the next three months. I consider this travel essential to advance the high USG foreign policy priority to promote security and stability in Somalia. The travel is aimed at: facilitating our inter [...]	2007-08-06 11:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3209	KENYA'S WANGARI MAATHAI CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT [...] Summary: Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, recipient of the 2007 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, continues to be a forceful advocate for better governance as a path to environmentally sustainable economic development in Kenya and across Africa. Her ability [...]	2007-08-09 06:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG ECON PGOV KCOR KE
07NAIROBI3225	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, John Myer to travel to Cape Town during the period o/a September 9 ? 13 2007, Kinshasa during the period o/a September 14 - 24 2007, Entebbe during the period of September 25 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is [...]	2007-08-10 07:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ET
07NAIROBI3227	SUDAN - MOI AS SPECIAL ENVOY, IGAD SUMMIT, AND [...] (C) Summary. This message responds to reftel. It reports on the role ex-President Moi wants to play as the newly appointed Special Envoy on Sudan and discusses possible next steps, including the proposed IGAD summit. These steps could include mobilizing U.S. and international support for t [...]	2007-08-10 08:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE SU
07NAIROBI3231	Kenya: Update on Charterhouse Money Laundering Scandal [...] (C) Summary: The massive money laundering and tax evasion scandal involving Kenya's Charterhouse Bank remains stuck in legal limbo, but the momentum is with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK),which is seeking to liquidate the bank once and for all. But doing so will be tricky in light of a seri [...]	2007-08-10 09:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI3251	COURT RULES FATHER KAISER'S DEATH HOMICIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent finding by a Kenyan court that the death in 2000 of an American priest, Father John Kaiser, was a result of homicide has stirred renewed interest in the case due to his prominence as a human rights activist and vocal opponent of the former Kenyan government. The Cour [...]	2007-08-13 11:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM CASC KE
07NAIROBI3255	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUG [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Codel Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Larry A [...]	2007-08-13 12:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE
07NAIROBI3257	Somalia - PM Gedi on Reconciliation [...] (SBU) See para 15 for action recommended. The Ambassador met August 11 with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Gedi to discuss reconciliation efforts, security in Mogadishu, and TFG efforts to secure Arab support. End Summary. -------------------------------- [...]	2007-08-13 13:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3262	KENYA AND EAST AFRICA: A STEP CLOSER TO FIBER OPTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Fiber optic connectivity in East Africa may be only a little more than 18 months away. The U.S-owned and managed SEACOM submarine fiber optic cable is at the starting line, ready to begin system construction in September under a contract with another U.S. firm, fiber maker Tyco [...]	2007-08-13 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI3264	Kenya's Economic Growth Strong, But Inflation Rising During [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenyan economy grew 6.3% YOY in the first quarter of 2007, led by strong growth in agriculture, manufacturing, finance, and tourism, and analysts predict 6%-6.7% growth for the year. Lending to the private sector rose 20% in May YOY, reflecting strong growth in consumer spen [...]	2007-08-14 05:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI3281	SOMALIA - TELCON WITH NGRC CHAIRMAN ALI MAHDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Envoy spoke with National Governance and Reconciliation Council Chair Ali Mahdi by telephone August 14 to obtain update on National Reconciliation Congress. Mahdi confirmed that reconciliation portion of proceedings were "successfully" completed August 9 and that politic [...]	2007-08-14 14:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI3313	Somalia - Norwegian Diplomacy [...] (C) We met August 15 with Brynjulf Mugaas, Norwegian Counselor for Somalia, to discuss Norwegian regional diplomacy focused on Somalia. Mugaas told us he spoke at length August 14 with Ibrahim Addow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Sa'ad),the former "Foreign Secretary" of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC [...]	2007-08-16 13:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3373	Somaliland -- Foreign Minister on the Way Forward [...] (C) Summary. On August 20, the Ambassador held consultations with Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (at his request) to discuss the full range of issues in the U.S.-Somaliland relationship. Topics included the arrest of opposition political leaders, elections and recognition [...]	2007-08-22 09:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3375	Somalia -- President Yusuf on the Way Forward [...] (C) Following the U.S.-TFG consultations on August 16 (Ref A) President Yusuf privately discussed with the Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates the way forward on national reconciliation and other issues. 2. (S/NF) Yusuf said that some members of the TFG, including Prime Minister Gedi, want t [...]	2007-08-22 09:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3386	KENYA STATE OF PLAY - WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 21 meeting with the DCM, Kenya's primary interlocutors on the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative said they are receptive to moving forward with the program. At the same time, they want to ensure it meets their priorities, including help in developing a foren [...]	2007-08-23 05:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KE
07NAIROBI3440	SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY MOI ON HIS ROLE AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) See para 7 for action request. The Ambassador met with ex-President Moi, now Kenya,s Special Envoy on Sudan, to raise the points in ref D, to obtain a readout of his visit to Khartoum, and to discuss next steps. 2. (C) Moi said that his meeting with Sudanese President Bashir focused exc [...]	2007-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	CA IT NL PHUM PREL SU UK NT KE
07NAIROBI3457	IT'S HARD OUT THERE FOR A (WOMAN) CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three aspiring members of parliament, two women and one first-time candidate, shared their views recently on the difficult and generally very undemocratic process by which a Kenyan attempts to get elected, in particular the party nomination process. Their accounts confirmed wh [...]	2007-08-28 13:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI3463	Somalia - NRC Closing and Next Steps [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 14:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3492	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN YATES TRAVEL TO [...] Country Clearance is requested for John Yates, Special Envoy for Somalia, to travel to Rome to attend the Somalia International Contact Group Meeting Hosted by the GOI to be held at the Italian Foreign Ministry September 10-11. John Yates holds a Top Secret Clearance and Diplomatic Passport # [...]	2007-08-30 12:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA RSO IT KE
07NAIROBI3513	A TALE OF TWO ORANGE CONVENTIONS: OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) nominated Kalonzo Musyoka for President at its convention held on 31 August. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) nominated Raila Odinga for President at its convention the following day. As in '92 and '97, the opposition will ente [...]	2007-09-04 08:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3531	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Information Technology Specialist, George Ombis to travel to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the period o/a September 12 - 23, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to attend the Bi- Annual AFRICAGIS conference, the largest Geo- informatio [...]	2007-09-05 14:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA UV XA XY
07NAIROBI3564	Somalia-After the Reconciliation Congress [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated the NRC closed on August 30. Chairman Ali Mahdi recognizes the reconciliation process will be ongoing, and he expects to continue playing a pivotal role. (See Septel text of NRC Communique) President Yusuf has committed the TFG to moving forward with the transitio [...]	2007-09-07 10:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3581	KENYA ELECTIONS: PRESUMPTIVE ETHNIC ALIGNMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysis of raw voter registration data reveals the approximate ethnic composition of the electorate, which differs somewhat from that of the general population. Given current ethnic voting bloc political alignments and assuming no major disparities in voter turnout, this data [...]	2007-09-10 12:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3591	Kenya Requests Support for IMO Council Re-election [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For internal USG distribution only. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 3. (SBU) The GOK sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting USG support for Kenya's re-election to the Council of the Internation [...]	2007-09-10 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KE
07NAIROBI36	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICK QUINBY, [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Rick Quinby, OFDA Program Officer from o/a January 10 - 12, 2007 to consult with the Regional Office and the mission. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel, v [...]	2007-01-04 10:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI3604	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AF DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes DAS James Swan. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Embassy Point of Contac [...]	2007-09-11 10:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP
07NAIROBI3609	KENYA ELECTIONS: GENDER, RELIGION & THE ELECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysis of raw voter registration data reveals the gender and approximate religious composition of the electorate, which differs somewhat from that of the general population. Women account for 47 percent of registered voters. Nairobi has the lowest share of women voters at o [...]	2007-09-11 13:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3642	KENYAN SPECIAL ENVOY MOI ACCEPTS INVITATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SU PREL PHUM KE
07NAIROBI3664	Somalia: Alleged Assassination Threat [...] (S/NF) Summary: Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf allegedly told Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles in Addis that he intends to remove Somalia TFG Prime Minister Gedi on October 14 or 15. Meles warned Yusuf against doing so, and told Yusuf to maintain the current TF [...]	2007-09-14 11:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3667	Kenya Requests Bilateral Air Services Negotiations [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. The GOK sent diplomatic note MFA/91/28A of September 10 to the Embassy noting the last Bilateral Air Services negotiations were in 2000, and requesting negotiations on the Bilateral Air Services Agreement November 26-30 in Washington D.C. The note [...]	2007-09-14 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KE
07NAIROBI3675	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST [...] A week ago, Flora Tera, a woman who is competing in Meru in central Kenya to be the candidate for Parliament for a pro-government party, was severely beaten by a gang of thugs. The circumstances make clear that the gang deliberately sought to intimidate her from campaigning. Her leg was brok [...]	2007-09-17 13:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3676	AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND [...] As part of continuing outreach on key issues, on September 10 in Mombasa Ambassador Ranneberger delivered a policy speech entitled "Diversity, Democracy, and Development." The speech was intended both to convey U.S. views on this important topic and to stimulate thought among Kenyans in the [...]	2007-09-17 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KE
07NAIROBI3688	KENYA NOT YET CONTEMPLATING CENSURING WIPO DG KAMAL IDRIS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG internal distribution only. 2. (SBU) Kenya's Acting Director of its Copyright Board within the Attorney General's Office, Marisella Ouma, said September 17 that members of Kenya's delegation to next week's WIPO General As [...]	2007-09-18 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC WIPO KIPR KE
07NAIROBI369	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 6 NUTRITION IN [...] In 2006, nutrition surveys revealed high rates of malnutrition in Bakool, Bay, Gedo, Lower Juba, and Middle Juba, while Hiraan, the Shabelle Valley, and parts of central Somalia had slightly better rates. In response, the UN Children?s Fund (UNICEF),the UN cluster lead for nutrition, is sca [...]	2007-01-22 08:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI3738	17 SEPTEMBER 2007 NAIROBI WALK-IN REPORTS URANIUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 17 September 2007, at approximately 1300, an individual visited Embassy Nairobi claiming to have information of a security nature and provided a photo of an alleged "container of uranium stolen from Germany or Belgium". Reporting Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) co [...]	2007-09-21 07:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER
07NAIROBI3761	KENYA ELECTIONS: ONE-THIRD OF CONSTITUENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Kenya's first two multiparty elections, in '92 and '97, were marred by widespread violence, most of it organized by the government. The 2002 election was much less violent and the November 2005 referendum was even less violent. This year, we predict little organ [...]	2007-09-21 10:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3790	KENYA ELECTIONS: LIKELY TIMELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Our best information at this point indicates dissolution of parliament in early October and an election date of Monday, 17 December. End Summary. 2. (U) Reftel provides information on violence-prone constituencies and references for previous election-related messages. 3. [...]	2007-09-25 13:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3795	Somalia: Gedi/Yusuf Tensions Intensify [...] (C) Arrests, detentions, and firings marked the latest developments in the growing tension between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Gedi as dividing lines are reportedly being drawn in Mogadishu. An Ethiopian intervention may in the works, [...]	2007-09-25 14:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3797	Puntland/Somaliland Border Fighting [...] (SBU) On September 24, InterPeace, a U.S. funded peace-building and reconciliation NGO, alerted supporters within the international community in Nairobi that the long-standing conflict between sub-clans in the Las Anod region of western Somaliland appeared likely to escalate into open fighting [...]	2007-09-25 15:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI380	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 5 - BORDER [...] On January 3, the Government of Kenya (GOK) officially closed the Kenya-Somalia border, preventing displaced people from crossing into Kenya and relief supplies from transiting into Somalia. Liboi, El Wak, and Mandera on the Kenya side of the border are main transit points for refugees and r [...]	2007-01-23 06:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI3830	KENYA: PARLIAMENT MOVES TO PREVENT INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed a bill containing an amendment to the country's primary anti-corruption law that would effectively bar the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating corruption cases prior to May 2003. This brazen attempt to secure immunity for some of the [...]	2007-09-27 04:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI3897	KENYA ELECTIONS: PROJECTED VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Using recent and historic voter registration, voter turnout and population data, we have projected likely voters by region and ethnic community. Kibaki's Kikuyu/Meru/Embu base accounts for at least 30 percent of projected voters. Raila Odinga's Luo base and Maasai/Samburu alli [...]	2007-10-01 13:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3903	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 06:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI KE
07NAIROBI3958	Pace of Anti-Trafficking Activities Quickens in Kenya [...] (U) Summary: The pace of anti-trafficking activities in Kenya quickened in the last week of September, with the first Africa-Wide Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, the regular meeting of the National anti-TIP Steering Committee, a briefing for 15 new Kenyan Ambassadors on TIP and victim assista [...]	2007-10-04 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB GTIP KCRM PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI3968	Delta Announces New York-Nairobi Service Starting June [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. carrier Delta Airlines has announced plans for Nairobi-New York service via Dakar starting in June 2008. Since Kenya is an FAA Category 2 country, Nairobi passengers, luggage and cargo must be offloaded, checked, and re-load [...]	2007-10-04 14:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AGOA ECON ETRD PTER KE
07NAIROBI3969	KENYA ELECTIONS: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The protagonists in Kenya's election drama have known one another for decades. At various times they were both allies and rivals. Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki will present himself as a stable, mature and dependable leader who reversed Kenya's downward spiral under Moi and i [...]	2007-10-05 03:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3991	KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ODINGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During lunch on October 1, the Ambassador discussed the electoral process with Raila Odinga, the main presidential opposition candidate. A relaxed Odinga was looking and sounding presidential, though he professed not to be overly confident. Odinga described the political strategy [...]	2007-10-09 09:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI3992	Somalia - Tour d'horizon with Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Education Ismael Hurreh told the Ambassador October 3 that on or about October 12 the government of Prime Minister Gedi will be dissolved by Parliament. There is no leading candidate to replace Gedi. End Summary. ----------------------- [...]	2007-10-09 10:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3993	KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERNAL SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On October 8, the Political Counselor met with Minister of State for Internal Security John Michuki over lunch at Michuki's swank hotel and country club on the outskirts of Nairobi. PolCouns had planned to have lunch with Michuki's son Francis when Michuki unexpec [...]	2007-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI3998	AD EXEC ON DISARRAY IN KIBAKI CAMP, EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: An advertising executive currently working on the Kibaki campaign describes confusion in the President's camp. He posits that Kenya's newfound democratic freedoms have altered the political climate in ways that most of the country's politicians have failed to notice or adapt to. [...]	2007-10-10 11:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4045	QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]	2007-10-11 11:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI4048	KENYA RACES TO AVERT ENERGY SHORTAGE IN THE FACE OF SURGING [...] (SBU) Strong economic growth, expanding trade, and rural electrification are driving demand for electricity and petroleum products in Kenya and the region beyond projected supplies, thus threatening an energy crisis that could slow economic growth. Kenya has plans to expand refinery and pipeli [...]	2007-10-11 11:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EPET ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE
07NAIROBI405	2006 END USE MONITORING REPORT FOR KENYA [...] We provided no new commodities or services under the international narcotics and crime program to the government of Kenya in 2006. Post's End Use Monitoring Report is as follows: 2. Procedures: The Kenyan Police Service (KPS) was notified of monetary resources through the 2002 Amended Let [...]	2007-01-23 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KE
07NAIROBI4050	QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]	2007-10-11 11:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI407	KENYA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY PLAYS POLITICS, EXONERATES [...] (C) Summary: In a setback to political and judicial accountability in Kenya, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) went public on January 19 with its recommendation, accepted by the Attorney General, to close investigations against two former cabinet ministers implicated on good evidence [...]	2007-01-24 04:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4097	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman Samuel Kivuitu recently prepared a speech on the theme "Election 2007: Can Kenya Remain a Model for Africa?" The speech was delivered to the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations by Kivuitu's deputy, as the Ch [...]	2007-10-16 08:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4120	NAIROBI TRANSPORT BOSS ON CRIME, CORRUPTION & [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of Nairobi's private transportation association describes how the city's criminal organizations and police feed off the cash-rich sector. He also expresses concerns about a possible Raila Odinga presidency and mild support for Kibaki remaining in office. End Summary [...]	2007-10-17 12:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASUP KCRM KE PGOV PHUM PINR
07NAIROBI4158	KENYA: TFCA INTERIM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post is in receipt of reftel and looks forward to working with Washington agencies on a possible TFCA program for Kenya. In terms of reftel's request to broach the issue of TFCA with the Government of Kenya (GOK),Post ascertained October 19 that all of the senior-most officials in the [...]	2007-10-19 09:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EFIN SENV KE
07NAIROBI4175	KENYA'S ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S NATIONAL DAY [...] (SBU) On October 20, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a National Day speech at Nairobi's Nyayo National Stadium before a near capacity crowd. Rival presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, was seated near the speaker's podium with other senior leaders of the opposition. Kibaki used the occassion [...]	2007-10-22 15:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI4178	Kenya: NGO Board Offers Prize to Encourage Best Practices [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, Kenya's NGO Coordination Board (NGO Board) and the NGO Resource Alliance of the UK launched their new "NGO of the Year" awards to be presented in July 2008 to NGOs that demonstrate competence and integrity with their service recipients and their donors. Separately [...]	2007-10-23 10:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KCRM EFIN KTFN KCOR KE
07NAIROBI4186	PRESIDENT KIBAKI DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On October 22, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a televised address dissolving Parliament and officially triggering Kenya?s election clock. Kibaki also announced that he signed eleven bills into law immediately prior to the dissolution, including the important Political Parties Bill (ref [...]	2007-10-24 03:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUM KE
07NAIROBI4202	KENYA'S BIG PUSH FOR ICT REFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: With elections looming in December, Kenya's private sector and reform-minded government officials are racing to either complete or put in motion a series of intertwined reforms and infrastructure projects aimed at generating growth across the entire economy through greater compe [...]	2007-10-25 06:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4232	KENYA ELECTIONS: WOMEN CANDIDATES INTIMIDATED BUT NOT DEFEATED [...] (SBU) Summary: In the last two months, at least six women candidates for local office and Parliamentary seats have been physically attacked in attempts to intimidate them into dropping out of the race. On October 7, Asha Ali became the latest victim of such an attack. Ali, who is running fo [...]	2007-10-26 09:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4234	KENYA ELECTIONS: PARTY PRIMARIES TRIGGER SOME VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to Kenya's national elections, some violence is occurring. Clashes have happened in areas which so strongly favor one party that the person who secures the party nomination is essentially assured of winning the Parliamentary seat. This type of intra-party violenc [...]	2007-10-26 12:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4235	KENYA ELECTIONS: Kenya Elections: The Swing States Part One: Rift Valley Province [...] (SBU) Summary: Rift Valley Province (RVP) is one of Kenya's most geographically and ethnically diverse provinces, encompassing both desperately poor arid lands and wealthy agricultural regions. Former President Daniel arap Moi, who is backing the re-election campaign of President Kibaki, hails [...]	2007-10-26 12:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4236	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTION DATE SET FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) just announced that the national elections will take place beginning on December 27. The silver-lining to a nation that now must spend its holiday season embroiled in what promises to be turbulent elections is that most people will be visiting fami [...]	2007-10-26 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
07NAIROBI4237	Kenya-U.S. Foreign Service Institutes Video Conference [...] On October 25, Kenya's new Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Director, Ambassador Kipyego Cheluget, and his staff consulted with State Department FSI Director Ruth Whiteside, Executive Development Division Director Christine Powers, and Orientation Division Director Bruce Donahue. Director Chel [...]	2007-10-26 15:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KE
07NAIROBI424	KENYA: ETHNIC MAKE UP OF THE GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans often accuse the Kibaki administration of stacking the government with fellow Kikuyus. Our study of the top 198 government positions indicates that in fact Kikuyu representation is in line with their share of the general population. However, Kikuyu ministers run the k [...]	2007-01-24 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4240	Somalia - TFG Prime Minster Gedi Resigns [...] (SBU) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi offered his resignation to TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf on October 29 in Baidoa. Gedi's resignation follows several weeks of acrimonious political debate in parliament on whether a vote of confidence should be called o [...]	2007-10-29 14:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4246	KENYA - DOING BUSINESS THE CHINESE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese firms selling into Kenya's information and communications technologies (ICT) sector are throwing a lot of money around, according to industry contacts. Indeed, Chinese influence may be so great that it is distorting important investment decisions in the country. Puttin [...]	2007-10-30 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KCOR CH KE
07NAIROBI4247	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING THE U.N. GENERAL [...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was delivered September 28, 2007 to Ambassador Chepsongol, Director Political Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response the following Diplomatic Note was received October 2:"Complimentary opening - Has the honour to refer to the latter's request for Kenya [...]	2007-10-30 09:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA
07NAIROBI4248	KENYA ELECTIONS: UNIFEM ROLLS OUT GENDER RAPID RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
07NAIROBI4252	Open Skies on GOK Agenda for Air Services Negotiations [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Transport officials confirmed Kenya is ready to negotiate an Open Skies Agreement with the U.S. and requests confirmation of the proposed dates so it can complete its internal consultations and provide proposals on the model Open Skies text. Ikiara also suggested Nai [...]	2007-10-30 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA ECON KE
07NAIROBI4258	KENYA ELECTIONS: SWING STATES PART TWO: WESTERN [...] (SBU) Along with Rift Valley and the Coast, we have identified Western Province (WP) as one of Kenya's three key "swing states" in deciding the December 27 national elections. These three provinces potentially contain enough electoral votes and polling volatility to decide the election. Ref [...]	2007-10-30 15:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
07NAIROBI4262	DHS/TSA MANPADS TEAM VISIT SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Officers, Mr. Santo Polizzi and Mr. David Thomas, completed a successful October 22-26 visit to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to assess the airport for vulnerabilities related to Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). [...]	2007-10-31 09:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER ECON DHS KE
07NAIROBI4269	KENYA ELECTIONS: ODM RALLY ON THE COAST: FANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns observed an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rally in the coastal town of Khilifi during which some prominent ODM leaders used explicitly anti-Kikuyu language, receiving roars of approval from the crowd. Other prominent ODM leaders chose to appeal to reason rather than [...]	2007-10-31 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4275	KENYA: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO TFCA [...] (SBU) Senior Mission officials met October 31 with Kenya Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary (PS) Mr. Joseph Kinyua and senior Ministry officials to present the points conveyed in reftel on Kenya's possible participation in a debt relief program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFC [...]	2007-11-01 08:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EFIN SENV KE
07NAIROBI4279	RESOURCE NATIONALISM - KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: "Resource nationalism" is not an issue in Kenya, a country whose only commercially viable natural resources at the moment are its landscapes and abundant wildlife. End summary. 2. In response to ref A queries: -- Q: Report and describe examples of actions or policies that [...]	2007-11-01 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENGR EPET EINV KE
07NAIROBI429	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 8 DADAAB [...] From January 17 to January 20, the Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Michael Hess visited the Somalia USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) in Nairobi, Kenya. While in Nairobi, the USAID/DCHA Assistant Administ [...]	2007-01-24 13:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI4312	Somalia - Conversation with President Yusuf [...] (C) On November 1 Ambassador and Special Envoy telephoned President Yusuf to discuss the search for a replacement for former Prime Minister Ali Gedi. They also underlined our concern about the current insecurities and humanitarian situation in Mogadishu. 2. (C) President Yusuf said the sea [...]	2007-11-02 10:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4397	JOINT STATEMENT OF U.N. COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) The Fifth Special Meeting of the U.N. Counter-Terrorism Committee with Regional and Sub-Regional Organizations on "Prevention of Terrorist Movement and Effective Border Security" was held in Nairobi on October 29-31. A draft "Joint Statement and Plan of Action" on counter-terrorism was [...]	2007-11-07 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4402	KENYA ELECTIONS: COAST RUNNING 60/40 [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns' travels in Coast Province indicate that the coastal strip is strongly pro-Raila Odinga and his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The interior of the province is much less committed, with the President's Party of National Unity (PNU) coalition better represented. The [...]	2007-11-07 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4411	KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 1: 49 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Nairobi will send out over 60 observers nationwide for the party nomination process (primaries) scheduled around 16 November. Kalonzo Musyoka has until 13 November to decide if he wants to stand down in Kibaki's favor, as the presidential ballot will be set after tha [...]	2007-11-09 03:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4416	KENYA TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, the situation in Kenya regarding cash smuggling has not improved or changed from that described in ref B. The 2007 INCSR text remains accurate: Kenya has little in the way of cross-border currency controls. GOK regulations require that any amount of cash above $5,000 [...]	2007-11-09 08:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER KE

07NAIROBI4423	'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue [...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...]	2007-11-09 10:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4424	'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue [...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...]	2007-11-12 08:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4425	DEMARCHE REGARDING THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAFT [...] (SBU) As per reftel B, the GOK informed post via Diplomatic Note, dated October 2nd, stating, "Complimentary opening - Has the honour to refer to the latter's request for Kenya to support its Resolution on, "Condemning the use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy," to be tabled at the Unit [...]	2007-11-13 13:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA
07NAIROBI4427	KENYA ELECTIONS: Presidential Candidate Kalonzo Musyoka on the Elections [...] (C) Summary. Kalonzo Musyoka, one of the three principal presidential candidates, recently laid out to the Ambassador his campaign strategy and views on the upcoming elections. The bottom line is that Musyoka realizes he has no chance to win the election this round and sees his campaign as a [...]	2007-11-13 14:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4428	KENYA ELECTIONS: Presidential Candidate Kalonzo Musyoka on the Elections [...] (C) Summary. Kalonzo Musyoka, one of the three principal presidential candidates, recently laid out to the Ambassador his campaign strategy and views on the upcoming elections. The bottom line is that Musyoka realizes he has no chance to win the election this round and sees his campaign as a [...]	2007-11-13 14:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4429	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR: "THE [...] (C) Summary: ECK Chairman Kivuitu expressed to the Ambassador his determination to perform his function in a neutral, professional manner, resisting those who would have him favor one party over the others. He sees the press and "the people" as his allies in this effort. His initial impression o [...]	2007-11-13 14:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4430	ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN RE-APPOINTED [...] (SBU) On 12 November, President Kibaki re-appointed Samuel Kivuitu as Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya effective 3 December for a full five year term. The US Mission advocated in favor of Kivuitu's re-appointment over the last several months, including numerous discussions of the [...]	2007-11-14 04:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4435	Ambassadors Call On the Electoral Commission [...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman Samuel Kivuitu, Vice-Chair Kihara Muttu, and four staff members met with Chiefs of Missions from the UK, the United States, Canada, Sweden, and the European Commission on 8 November to review preparations for the 27 De [...]	2007-11-14 04:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4441	Kenya Air Services Negotiations; Questions from Kenya [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya Airways sees no real benefit from Kenya signing an Open Skies Agreement with the U.S. until Kenya achieves Category 1 status. In fact, it is concerned about the potential competition from U.S. airlines that could ser [...]	2007-11-14 05:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA ECON KE
07NAIROBI4443	AMERICAN VENTURE CAPITAL COMES CALLING IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: American venture capitalists are coming to Africa in a big way, if anecdotal evidence in Kenya is any indication. In a short span of time, the Embassy has had contact with three large venture capital funds, all heavyweights, looking at investing a combined $650 million in estab [...]	2007-11-14 07:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4457	KENYA ELECTIONS: POLLING MATTERS [...] (C) Our election analysis (reftels) indicates a close race for the presidency. This analysis is based on voter registration data and traditional turnout rates as well as polling on presidential candidate preferences. We were concerned that widely published public opinion polls, which showed [...]	2007-11-14 13:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI448	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 7 NON-FOOD [...] In fiscal year (FY) 2006, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) provided $6.9 million in non-food humanitarian assistance to agencies focused on drought response and recovery within the health, nutrition, livelihood, and water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. OFDA funds [...]	2007-01-25 13:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI4483	NINTH PARLIAMENT WRAP UP (CORRECTED FORMAT) [...] (U) President Kibaki dissolved the Ninth Parliament of Kenya on October 22, 2007, ending its five year term. Overall, its record was mixed. Parliament made strides strengthening its role as an independent branch of government. At times Parliament served as an effective counterweight to the his [...]	2007-11-19 12:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4510	SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]	2007-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4511	SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]	2007-11-20 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4512	KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 2: 37 DAYS AWAY [...] SUMMARY: Nine presidential candidates will contest the 27 December election. The ECK plans to release the final, approved list of parliamentary candidates on 23 November. The final voter register indicates that the top five ethnic voting blocs are Kikuyu/Meru/Embu (27 pct),Kalenjin (13 pct) [...]	2007-11-21 04:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4550	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kenya provides the following on host government practices in response to REFTEL. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Answer: The GoK/Immigration has approximate [...]	2007-11-23 11:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KE
07NAIROBI4567	Kenya Election: Western Province Primaries [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission sent 20 observation teams across Kenya to cover the party nomination process on November 16. To a team, our observers reported that all three major parties (ODM, PNU and ODM-K) often failed or refused to supply proper ballots or, often, any ballots at all. Reports of vo [...]	2007-11-26 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4569	NAIROBI WALK-IN REPORTS URANIUM INFORMATION - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 06 November 2007, at approximately 1100, Assistant Regional Security Officer/Investigator (ARSOI) and Post officials coordinated a follow-up interview of Subject detailed in RefTel to answer additional questions regarding the alleged "container of uranium" for sale. Reportin [...]	2007-11-27 10:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER
07NAIROBI4582	STAFFDEL MARGON SCHEDULE FOR KENYA [...] SHEDULE FOR Visit of Sarah Margon to Nairobi, Kenya 28-30 November 2007 Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1200 Arrive JKI airport (met by Political Counselor Larry Andre). 1330 Arrive at Holiday Inn, Check-in 1400 Lunch with Election Monitoring Team Larry Andre, Political Counselor [...]	2007-11-27 14:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ET GM NL KE
07NAIROBI4601	KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 3: 29 DAYS AWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: An average of 12 candidates will compete in each of Kenya's 210 parliamentary constituencies (2,547 candidates in total). The Steadman poll, generally considered the most credible, now shows Raila at 43.6 percent, Kibaki at 43.3 percent and Kalonzo at 11.4 percent. So far, we [...]	2007-11-28 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4613	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested in reftel, below is Embassy Nairobi's submission of information on Kenya's implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA),for the Department of Labors preparation of the 2007 TDA re [...]	2007-11-29 13:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE
07NAIROBI4615	DEMARCHE DELIVERED OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 13:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS KE
07NAIROBI463	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAURA POWERS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Agriculture Technical Advisor, Ms. Laura Powers from o/a January 30, 2007 to o/a February 16, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA humanitarian activities in the region. 2. Country clearance is granted subjec [...]	2007-01-26 08:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI4630	LOOKING FOR MR. KABUGA: POSSIBLE SIGNS OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Chief Prosecutor Jallow of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on 29 November with Kenyan Foreign Minister Tuju. FM Tuju promised Jallow that he would press for the Kenyan government to increase its cooperation with the ICTR's efforts to find and apprehen [...]	2007-12-03 07:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KE PGOV PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4645	KENYA SHILLING'S RISE AGAINST DOLLAR A TWO-EDGED SWORD [...] (SBU) The Kenya shilling has appreciated 12.3% against the U.S. dollar this year, from Ksh69.55 on January 1 to Ksh61 on November 27. Kenya is highly dependent on dollar-denominated horticultural, tea, and tourism export earnings. Frightened exporters are intensifying their pressure on the C [...]	2007-12-04 09:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI4647	KENYA ELECTIONS: ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly ten percent of outgoing Members of Parliament (MPs) were eliminated in party nomination exercises while a further 25 percent lost major party nominations and took refuge with smaller parties where their prospects for reelection are exceedingly dim. President Kibaki's Pa [...]	2007-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4648	Somalia - Update on Health of President Yusuf [...] (C) As per refs Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf is quite ill and was flown to Nairobi from Baidoa early on the morning of December 4. Post's Regional Medical Officer (RMO) visited Yusuf in Nairobi hospital and reported that the President looked frail, but othe [...]	2007-12-04 15:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4652	Kenya Election: Role of Religious Institutions [...] (SBU) Kenya's vibrant religious institutions play an active role in public life. They have figured prominently in the run up to the 2007 general elections. From sponsoring civic education efforts to backing certain candidates, religious leaders from the Christian and Muslim communities have u [...]	2007-12-05 10:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI4656	Somalia - President Yusuf Health Update #2 [...] (C) As per Reftel Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf is quite ill and was flown to Nairobi from Baidoa early on the morning of December 4. Post's Regional Medical Officer (RMO) has consulted with Yusuf's attending physician at Nairobi hospital and was infor [...]	2007-12-05 13:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4674	Somalia - Cabinet Prospects [...] (C) Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur "Madobe," Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia, told us Parliament is highly likely not to endorse PM Hussein's cabinet as announced December 2. Moreover, if submitted as now formulated and rejected by Parliament, Madobe said the government would [...]	2007-12-07 08:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI468	KENYA: HIGH INFLATION HITS POOR URBAN RESIDENTS HARDEST [...] Summary: Driven mainly by food and fuel prices, overall inflation in Kenya rose sharply in the last quarter of 2006, most heavily impacting poor residents of Nairobi and other urban centers. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) expects overall inflation to stabilize in 2007, but similar expectation [...]	2007-01-26 09:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAGR KE
07NAIROBI469	GUINEA: FORMER PM FALL ON CURRENT IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Guinea PM Fall sees a yawning gap between President Conte's red lines and those of the union leaders. He predicts violent conflict between "the people and the army" on one side and "Conte's armed supporters" on the other. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with SRSG [...]	2007-01-26 10:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07NAIROBI4710	MYAP GUIDANCE MEETING AND KEY CHALLENGES IN [...] On October 23, 2007, USAID/East Africa/Food for Peace (FFP) held an information meeting with potential Title II Multi Year Assistance Program (MYAP) partners in Burundi. This is the first year that Burundi is on the FFP Priority List of 18 countries designated to program Title II non-emergen [...]	2007-12-10 14:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	BY
07NAIROBI4720	EMBASSY NAIROBI TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] The terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) in Embassy Nairobi is Economic Counselor John F. Hoover, 254-20-363-6050, hooverjf@state.gov (unclass) and hooverjf@state.sgov.gov (class). Hoover is scheduled to depart Nairobi summer 2008, probably in June. 2. The Deputy TFCO in Embassy Na [...]	2007-12-11 07:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN KE
07NAIROBI4745	KENYA ELECTIONS: CREDIBLE VOTE LIKELY, BUT WE'RE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than three weeks from the election, we remain confident that the exercise will be generally free and fair. This confidence is based on six pillars: an independent and non-partisan electoral commission, free and vibrant civil society organizations and media, responsible be [...]	2007-12-14 04:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4749	INAUGURAL MEETING OF FRIENDS OF AU EASBRIG FORUM [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION REQUEST AT PARA 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: AT THE INVITATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION'S EASTERN AFRICA STANDBY BRIGADE COORDINATION MECHANISM (EASBRICOM),CURRENT AND POTENTIAL DONORS MET IN NAIROBI ON DECEMBER 10 TO DISCUSS EASBRIG'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE TERMS [...]	2007-12-14 08:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL KE XW
07NAIROBI4756	U.S. Support for Kenya's Electoral Process [...] (SBU) SUMMARY & INTRODUCTION: In the run up to Kenya's 27 December presidential and parliamentary elections, the USG is heavily engaged to support a free and fair electoral process in order to preserve, broaden and deepen Kenya?s democratic gains (see also reftel). Given indications that th [...]	2007-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4758	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: KENYA PREOCCUPIED WITH [...] (C) Our oral presentation of the talking points included in both reftels, and delivery of non-papers explaining the same, did not yield any surprises -- the GOK is far too preoccupied with the upcoming December 27 national elections to be focused in any meaningful way on the Iran National Int [...]	2007-12-15 07:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MUNC IR PARM KE
07NAIROBI4759	KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 4: 13 DAYS AWAY: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Political Section compared notes with other well informed political observers on prominent government and opposition MPs likely to be defeated in the parliamentary contest. The results appear below. In total, we expect the defeat of 136 MPs out of a total of 210 (65 perc [...]	2007-12-17 03:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI477	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 9 RIFT VALLEY [...] On January 23, the first human case of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Somalia was confirmed. Animal sampling is currently targeting Afmadow District and Dobley near the Kenya border. To date, no animal samples have been tested or confirmed for RVF. RVF Task Force members report that local radi [...]	2007-01-26 11:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI4788	KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...]	2007-12-18 10:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4803	KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 5: 9 DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The latest opinion polls show Odinga in the lead. All three major candidates express public confidence, while some of their prominent supporters express private gloom. There exists a theoretical possibility that Odinga or Kibaki could win the national vote while still failin [...]	2007-12-18 12:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4804	MEDIA COVERAGE OF KENYAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN: REASONABLE [...] Summary: A UNDP-funded, independent assessment of Kenyan mainstream media coverage in the run-up to the December 27 general election indicated that, from November 10 to December 10, media coverage was generally balanced and accurate, with a few notable exceptions. This coincided with US Embas [...]	2007-12-18 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL OPRC PHUM KPAO KE
07NAIROBI4812	KENYA AVIATION AGENCIES PICK UP THE BALL TO MOVE TOWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: During December 6-7 meetings in Nairobi, Kenyan aviation officials and officials from the U.S. DOT and FAA committed to renewed close cooperation to enable Kenya to meet ICAO requirements for Category 1 within 18 months. They also agreed to work with the resident U.S. Transporta [...]	2007-12-20 03:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER ETRD PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4816	KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 6: 7 DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Steadman Group released its final poll results: 45.5 percent Raila Odinga, 42.7 percent Mwai Kibaki and 9.6 percent Kalonzo Musyoka. Given the vagaries of turnout rates, this makes the election too close to call. Two pro-Kibaki parliamentary candidates in Odinga's Langata [...]	2007-12-20 14:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4824	KENYA GDP GROWTH AND INFLATION STAY STRONG [...] Summary: The Statistics Bureau estimated that real GDP grew 7.1% year-on-year (YOY) in the second quarter of 2007, based on growth in all sectors. Overall seasonally-adjusted inflation in the second and third quarters remained above 10%, and underlying inflation hit the Central Bank's 5% warni [...]	2007-12-21 12:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4825	KENYA ELECTIONS: THE BATTLE FOR LANGATA - HOW A [...] (C) Kenya,s Constitution requires that its President also be an elected Member of Parliament. Of the three major presidential candidates, only Raila Odinga lacks a safe seat. Odinga's choice to run for parliament in the ethnically mixed, Nairobi-based Langata constituency he has represented [...]	2007-12-21 12:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4827	KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...]	2007-12-21 13:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4828	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...]	2007-12-21 13:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4829	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...]	2007-12-21 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI483	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 9 RIFT VALLEY [...] On January 23, the first human case of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Somalia was confirmed. Animal sampling is currently targeting Afmadow District and Dobley near the Kenya border. To date, no animal samples have been tested or confirmed for RVF. RVF Task Force members report that local radi [...]	2007-01-29 05:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI4830	KENYA ON THE EVE OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary: On balance, the Kenyan elections set for December 27 will likely be credible, but determining this will require careful reading of what is likely to be a messy process. Although President Kibaki and his Party of National Unity (PNU) could eek out victory, many observers see a win by o [...]	2007-12-24 11:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
07NAIROBI4832	KENYA'S ELECTIONS - A POSITIVE PROCESS THUS FAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The relatively smooth and peaceful way in which the elections were carried out on December 27 represents a victory first and foremost for the Kenyan people and their democracy. Herculean efforts by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK),the responsible statements made by t [...]	2007-12-28 13:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
07NAIROBI511	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN KENYA [...] Per request in ref B para 2, we suggest the following influential women from Kenyan civil society and government be included in S/WE's world wide roster of women leaders: 2. Wangari MAATHAI; 2005 Nobel Peace Laureate; Founding Director of Kenya's Greenbelt Movement; The Greenbelt Movement, [...]	2007-01-30 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KE
07NAIROBI523	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 10 UN [...] The UN Country Team has launched a plan that outlines five priorities to achieve stabilization in Somalia over the next six months. The UN requests $50 million to achieve concrete outcomes from February to August 2007. The UN's priorities outlined in the document are building institutional [...]	2007-01-31 11:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI5401	SOMALIA DISCUSSIONS WITH TFG FOREIGN MINISTER HURRE [...] (C) As the Somalia crisis has unfolded, TFG Foreign Minister Hurre, who has been in Nairobi throughout, has been a useful source of information and insights into TFG actions. While he does not have much political clout within the TFG, he is in close contact with Yusuf and Gedi and reliably p [...]	2007-01-02 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5402	SOMALIA TFG PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HASSAN'S ROLE [...] (C) As the current situation in Somalia has unfolded, we have been in close touch with TFG Parliament Speaker Hassan. Hassan left Baidoa over a month ago, stating that Parliament could not deliberate with freedom given pressures coming from President Yusuf and PM Gedi. He has insisted that Ged [...]	2007-01-02 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5403	SOMALIA - SHEIKH SHARIF AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF [...] Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a respected [...]	2007-01-02 10:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5404	SOMALIA - KENYAN INTERDICTION OF TERRORISTS AND [...] (C) As the leadership of the Islamic Courts and the high value targets of interest to us fled towards Kismayo, we urged the Kenyan government to reinforce security along the land and sea borders to interdict/deter/apprehend any of these individuals seeking to cross into Kenya. 2. (C) The Ke [...]	2007-01-02 10:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5405	SOMALIA - CONVERSATIONS WITH TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (C) Since the start of the Ethiopian intervention in Somalia, the Ambassador has been in close contact with TFG Prime Minister Gedi by phone, first from Baidoa and, during the past three days, from Mogadishu, and with President Yusuf. Yusuf from the outset has indicated that he understands th [...]	2007-01-02 10:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5406	"CORRECTED COPY TO INCLUDE PARAGRAPH [...] (S) Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a resp [...]	2007-01-02 11:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5407	SOMALIA - US CITIZENS [...] A variety of reporting indicates that there are a significant number of U.S. citizens in Somalia (particularly in Mogadishu),although we have no reliable statistics. Our clear impression is that most are duel nationals. A number of Amcits are in parliament and/or are players elsewhere on th [...]	2007-01-02 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC SO KE
07NAIROBI5408	IN THE CIC'S WAKE, WARLORDS SEEK TO REASSERT THEIR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following the swift withdrawal of CIC forces from central and southern Somalia, several of Somalia's more notorious warlords are seeking to reassert their influence. The resurging warlords are reportedly assuming control of the weapons turned over by the CIC to the s [...]	2007-01-02 17:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI565	U.S. FIRM TYCO GETS CONTRACT TO PERFORM SURVEY FOR FIBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenyan government has awarded a tender to U.S. firm Tyco Telecommunications to do a marine survey for the eventual construction of an undersea fiber optic cable to run between the United Arab Emirates and Mombasa, Kenya. Despite question marks about financing, the relevant [...]	2007-02-02 05:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE AE
07NAIROBI588	ACTION REQUEST: IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Increased violent crime over the past several months -- highlighted by the January 27 killing of two American Mission family members in a carjacking -- has heightened my concern about the Government of Kenya's ability to adequately respond to both criminal and [...]	2007-02-05 11:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS KCRM PTER KE
07NAIROBI594	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 12 - FOOD [...] According to the preliminary results of the UN Food and Agriculture's (FAO) Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) and the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) multi-agency post-short rains assessment, the October-December rains in Somalia were largely beneficial for pasto [...]	2007-02-05 14:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI598	Kenyan Implementation of Decent Work Agenda [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is working with the ILO to develop an action plan to implement the Decent Work Program included in the September 9, 2004 African Union declaration in Ouagadougou on employment and poverty alleviation. The GOK hopes its new Ksh 1 billion (USD 14.5 mill [...]	2007-02-06 06:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KE
07NAIROBI628	POLITICS & RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: We estimate Kenya's religious demographics at 80 percent Christian, 10 percent Muslim and 10 percent followers of traditional African religions and other faiths. In the past, significant numbers of Kenyan voters have responded to appeals by their religious leaders to rise above [...]	2007-02-06 15:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE KISL PGOV SOCI
07NAIROBI67	SOMALIA: KENYAN PUSHBACK OF ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Tuju the morning of January 4. The Ambassador emphasized the need for Kenya to cease the involuntary return of refugees (400 from Liboi and another 291 from Lamu) and meet its international humanitarian obligations to open its bord [...]	2007-01-04 13:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM EIAD PTER KE SO
07NAIROBI720	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 13 - CHOLERA [...] A suspected cholera outbreak has affected more than 600 people and resulted in as many as 40 deaths in southern and central Somalia. UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the health sector have responded to the outbreak quickly, collecting biological samples to confirm the [...]	2007-02-12 10:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI733	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the successful delivery of the presentation of the U.S.-Kenya partnership to President Kibaki in December, a Mission team led by the Ambassador on February 7 gave the Mission's "Partnership Presentation" to the leadership of Kenya's Parliament. During the well-attend [...]	2007-02-13 10:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL EAID PTER ASEC KE
07NAIROBI75	Kenya and China: Stronger Economic Ties Driven by Growing [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic ties between Kenya and China are growing stronger, a trend being driven primarily by greater bilateral trade and, more precisely, by a rapid increase in Chinese exports to Kenya. While trade with China is increasingly important to Kenya, it still accounts for only 3% o [...]	2007-01-05 07:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR KE CH
07NAIROBI759	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT #14 [...] As the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) expands its administrative reach in southern and central Somalia, humanitarian agencies have begun to engage with relevant TFG ministries and Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). USAID's implementing partners in Somalia interact with l [...]	2007-02-14 12:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI762	Somalia Security Highlights [...] (C) Two Somali groups have emerged claiming to lead the resistance to the TFG and its Ethiopian supporters. One of the groups has threatened to attack aircraft attempting to use Mogadishu International Airport, though it may be satisfied for the time being with disrupting TFG revenue flows. [...]	2007-02-14 13:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI790	TFG Appointments [...] (U) In the last few days, TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf has appointed more than 70 local and regional administrative positions in Galgudud, Lower Juba, Middle Juba, and Bakool regions. According to sources in Mogadishu, on February 13 the TFG nominated commissioners for the 16 districts in the [...]	2007-02-15 15:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI791	KENYA AGREES TO POSTPONE IGAD SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: We discussed the points in reftel with senior Government of Kenya officials. They are postponing the IGAD summit to mid-March or later and agreed to discuss with their IGAD partners our strong suggestion that the Sudan CPA should have its own summit. End Summary. 2. (U) We [...]	2007-02-15 16:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SO SU
07NAIROBI809	KENYA COMMITS TO CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] We discussed Kenya's continued participation in the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU),as requested in reftel, with the GOK point of contact for police training, Mr. F.T. Kimemia, Deputy Secretary, Office of the President, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Provincial [...]	2007-02-20 03:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV IT KE
07NAIROBI820	KENYA NOMINATION - AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN [...] The Ambassador nominates for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage Kenyan Member of Parliament Njoki Ndung'u. In the face of fierce opposition, Ms. Ndung'u, one of only 18 women MPs in Kenya, drafted and championed the successful passage of the Sexual Offenses Act 2006. [...]	2007-02-20 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KE
07NAIROBI828	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 15 - THE CLUSTER [...] OCHA and UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) principals endorsed a cluster approach to international responses to humanitarian crises in 2005. The UN cluster system was designed as a global mechanism to address and identify gaps in response efforts and enhance the quality of humanitari [...]	2007-02-21 07:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI87	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON REFOULEMENT DELIVERED TO THE [...] Embassy Nairobi sent a diplomatic note to the Kenyan MFA on January 5 expressing concern over reports of refoulement of Somali asylum seekers, the text of which follows. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Fo [...]	2007-01-05 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI870	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 16 - THE IMPACT [...] Continuing insecurity and political uncertainty in Somalia are displacing some populations from Mogadishu and impeding humanitarian operations in Lower Juba Region and Mogadishu. USAID's partners continue to operate under extremely difficult circumstances, but the populations that remain ina [...]	2007-02-23 09:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI871	GOVERNANCE REPORT HELPS CRYSTALIZE DONOR CONSENSUS ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive World Bank assessment of governance in Kenya, still in draft, concludes that the control of corruption in Kenya improved in the early years of the Kibaki administration, but has since stagnated. Graft has not, however, returned to the levels seen under previous [...]	2007-02-23 09:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI875	Kenya Terrorist Finance: Illicit Cash Couriers [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan officials share USG concern over cash couriers and money laundering, partly because of cash smuggling over the Somali border. Kenya's draft anti-money laundering (AML) bill contains provisions requiring declaration of monetary instruments over USD 5,000, criminalizes will [...]	2007-02-23 10:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KCRM KE
07NAIROBI905	Somali Insurgents Attack Ethiopians [...] Somali insurgents attacked Ethiopian forces camped at the former Defense Ministry building in Mogadishu on February 23 between 1730 and 1800 local time. In what sources describe as a well-planned attack, insurgents caught the Ethiopians off guard with mortars and automatic weapons fire. The [...]	2007-02-26 13:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI906	Somalia Security: A Stagnant Insurgency [...] (C) The Somali insurgency in Mogadishu remains deadly but does not appear to be spreading significantly throughout the country. Perpetrators include Islamic Courts remnants, marginalized Hawiye clan members, disaffected warlords, and common criminals; and they continue to terrorize the city's [...]	2007-02-26 13:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI91	COMMUNIQUE OF JANUARY 5 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met on January 5 in Nairobi, Kenya, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and Kenyan Minister for Foreign SIPDIS Affairs Raphael Tuju. Details of the meeting will follow septel. The text of the communique issued following the ICG [...]	2007-01-05 14:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI919	REGIONAL RIFT VALLEY FEVER UPDATE [...] A Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak in East Africa has mostly affected Kenya, with smaller outbreaks in Somalia and Tanzania, although weather conditions threaten to cause the spread of RVF further south and west. Through a combination of factors, including information campaigns and favorable [...]	2007-02-27 09:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI924	KENYA MAKES STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AND [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although the Kenyan Minister of Trade himself admits that his country is the "dumping ground in East Africa for substandard goods" from China and India, Kenya in fact made steady progress in 2006 [...]	2007-02-27 10:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE
07NAIROBI927	KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]	2007-02-27 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI933	USAID/FFP CONTRIBUTES $5 MILLION IN FOOD AID TO [...] SUMMARY: Excessive and exceptional heavy rains and floods in November - December 2006 have negatively impacted food and seed production in Burundi. Their impact prolongs the hunger gap period to ten months; the short dry season harvest of December - January never occurred severely limiting th [...]	2007-02-27 13:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	BY KE
07NAIROBI938	USAID/FFP CONTRIBUTES $5 MILLION IN FOOD AID TO [...] SUMMARY: Excessive and exceptional heavy rains and floods in November - December 2006 have negatively impacted food and seed production in Burundi. Their impact prolongs the hunger gap period to ten months; the short dry season harvest of December - January never occurred severely limiting th [...]	2007-02-27 14:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	BY
07NAIROBI944	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the [...]	2007-02-27 16:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC APER KAWC KE
07NAIROBI966	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 17 ? [...] A fire in Bardera town, in southern Somalia's Gedo Region, on February 22 displaced approximately 700 families and destroyed homes and personal assets. The fire underlines the humanitarian conditions that many poor Somalis face in towns across the country. The humanitarian community, with e [...]	2007-02-28 12:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI973	KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF S/WCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]	2007-03-01 06:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI990	Somali Insurgents Switch to Assassinations [...] (C) Summary. Following a mortar and RPG attack last week on an Ethiopian encampment, insurgents this week have only attacked with hand grenades and personal weapons. The TFG Prime Minister's brother-in-law was among the assassinated. Banditry appears to be a growing problem in Mogadishu a [...]	2007-03-01 14:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAPLES118	APULIA: INNOVATION AT HOME, OUTREACH TO THE BALKANS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 20:52:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL IT
07NAPLES119	THE NAPLES GARBAGE CRISIS: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the accumulation of garbage in Italy's Campania region has declined significantly since it grew to crisis proportions earlier this year, continued national and even international press coverage have made it a symbol of everything that is wrong with the Italian South: i [...]	2007-11-20 16:38:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL CASC TBIO IT
07NAPLES129	SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded together, refusing to pay the protection money that h [...]	2007-12-06 15:09:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM IT
07NASSAU1051	BANNISTER PLEDGES STRONGER BAHAMIAN IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Charge' Hardt met with Minister ofState for LegalAffairs Desmond Bannister, who pedged stronger enforcement on intellectual propety rights and requested U.S. help for the trainig of court reporters. Noting the government's onoing concern over the high cost of some extradition cases, he re [...]	2007-08-23 21:15:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KJUS KIPR BF

07NASSAU1053	FINANCE MINISTER AFFIRMS BAHAMAS' INTEREST IN [...] (C) Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Liang affirmed the new FNM government's interest in attracting more small-scale, boutique tourism investments as opposed to the large-scale investments popular during the Christie Administration. Liang emphasized that no investors would be turned awa [...]	2007-08-24 11:37:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG ECON BF
07NASSAU1133	CUBAN REFUGEE MEDEVAC CONTINGENCY: BAHAMAS STILL [...] (C) Post conveyed the Department's initial request for Medevac contingency (REF A) to the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas August 17. Charge also raised the issue with the Foreign Minister at that time, and later noted to the Minister that the Hungarians had agreed to accept the [...]	2007-09-11 21:09:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL CU BF
07NASSAU1196	OPPOSITION LEADERSHIP SEEKS CONTINUED DIALOGUE [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Perry Christie hosted a working lunch for the Charge and Embassy senior staff September 24 to exchange views on current bilateral issues and domestic Bahamian politics. Christie, who remains as Leader of the Opposition, emphasized his party's commitment throughout t [...]	2007-09-26 19:16:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD BF
07NASSAU1238	BAHAMAS REACTS FAVORABLY TO DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (U) On October 3, 2007, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Post provided the text of the draft resolution in advance by fax. Ms. Zonicle said she had already consulted with the Permanent Secretary, Ms. Sheila Carey, and other g [...]	2007-10-04 14:30:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BF AORC UN PHUM KWMN
07NASSAU1244	WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES REGULATING WOODEN-HULLED COMERCIAL [...] (SBU) On September 6 the U.S./Bahamas Joint Task Force (JTF) Working Group held a meeting to follow-up its June 14 meeting discussing how to eliminate the narcotics and migrant trafficking threats posed by wooden-hulled Haitian sailing sloops in The Bahamas. During the discussions, Bahamian of [...]	2007-10-04 18:34:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL BF
07NASSAU1259	BAHAMAS WILL SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING [...] (U) On October 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Marilyn Zonicle informed Post that The Bahamas will SIPDIS support the U.S. draft resolution condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy in the U.N. General Assembly, and instruct the Bahamian Permanent Mission to [...]	2007-10-11 22:06:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BF AORC UN PHUM KWMN
07NASSAU1359	MAJOR BAHAMAS POPULATION CENTERS UNSCATHED BY TROPICAL [...] Summary: While the worst of Tropical Storm Noel missed the major population centers of Nassau and Freeport, USAID- and Coast Guard-sponsored flights revealed substantial flooding on Long Island, Cat Island, Eleuthera, Acklins Islands and Exuma thirty-six hours after the storm had passed. The [...]	2007-11-06 18:13:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI AMER ECON BF
07NASSAU137	WHTI IMPLEMENTED SMOOTHLY, BUT MINISTER TAKES [...] (U) Following predictions that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) would be a "category six hurricane" for The Bahamas (reftel),implementation of WHTI on January 23 came and went with little fanfare and no noticeable change in the normal flow of tourists to The Bahamas. In its fi [...]	2007-01-30 21:47:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS PREL ECON BF
07NASSAU1385	BAHAMAS REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN WIREC 2008 [...] Based on the Government of the Government of the Bahamas' strong interest in the area of renewable energy, Post requests it be added as an invitee to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) to be held in March 2008. 2. Although the Bahamas is not a net export [...]	2007-11-14 16:50:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV SOCI BF
07NASSAU1386	BAHAMAS WILL SUPPORT U.S-BACKED COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (SBU) On October 19, then Charge delivered reftel demarche points urging a principled stand against all no-action motions in the U.N. General Assembly's Third Committee and seeking Bahamian support for U.S. priority, country-specific resolutions to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign [...]	2007-11-14 21:12:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN BF
07NASSAU1399	AMBASSADOR SIEGEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] Summary: Ambassador Siegel presented his credentials to Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna on November 14 in a ceremony at Government House. Prior to the ceremony, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Brent Symonette, who affirmed the government's desire to maintain the best possible rel [...]	2007-11-16 22:10:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PREL PTER UNGA BF
07NASSAU1428	BAHAMAS WILL NOT ATTEND COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points October 26 in a conversation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Sheila Carey. She gave no specific indications of SIPDIS the government's position with regard to attendance at the Ministerial meeting in Bamako, Mali. In a foll [...]	2007-11-29 21:56:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA BF
07NASSAU1437	BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE ON ABACO HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING [...] SUMMARY: At the 4th Annual Abaco Business Outlook Conference earlier this fall, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette told delegates that the Free National Movement government plans to monitor the environmental impact of major hotel investment projects. The theme of the conference, "Growth b [...]	2007-12-03 16:03:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV SENV BF
07NASSAU1455	BAHAMAS REACTS POSITIVELY, SEEKS MORE INFO ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bahamian officials reacted positively to initial briefings on the IOM Deportee Reintegration Pilot Project, but seek further details regarding its timing, progress and scope. They would also welcome clarification of the distinction between governmental and non-governmental invo [...]	2007-12-06 21:35:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PHUM SMIG BF
07NASSAU1458	BAHAMAS GRAPPLES WITH SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of high-profile murders of prominent professionals in Nassau and Freeport in mid-November, followed by a number of gangland-style killings in the capital November 24-28, have focused renewed public attention on a rising tide of violent crime in The Bahamas. Police stati [...]	2007-12-07 18:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BF
07NASSAU169	BRAZIL TO OPEN EMBASSY IN THE BAHAMAS [...] On February 1, Poloff had a chance meeting with the new Brazilian Ambassador to The Bahamas, Tomas Mauricio Guggenheim, on the street outside their homes. Guggenheim, former ambassador to Gabon, said Brazil was in the process of opening an Embassy in The Bahamas. He is currently searching f [...]	2007-02-07 19:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG BR BF
07NASSAU195	BAHAMAS NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] Post nominates Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Dr. SIPDIS Dean-Patterson is a pioneering advocate for women's rights in The Bahamas. She has been a public spokeswoman on women's rights and violence against women for decades, promotin [...]	2007-02-14 21:53:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO BF
07NASSAU231	DEFENSE FORCE SEEKS TO EXPAND REGIONAL INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Ambassador met with Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella to discuss the bilateral military relationship. Scavella wants to expand the RBDF's international role, and improve its migrant interdiction capabilities. He expressed interest in [...]	2007-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP SMIG PREL KPKO BF HA
07NASSAU239	BAHAMAS: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) A: There have been substantiated reports indicating that The Bahamas is a country of destination for trafficking in persons, particularly labor trafficking, but the extent of the problem is unknown. There have been no substantiated reports of The Bahamas as a country of origin or transi [...]	2007-02-27 22:13:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWNM ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF BF
07NASSAU273	CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS OVER PHOTOS WITH ANNA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Bahamian Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson resigned February 18 following publication of photographs of Gibson embracing Smith in her bed. The photos, which also appeared to show an exchange of gifts, created additional press and opposition scrutiny of potential irregularities in Sm [...]	2007-03-06 15:13:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR BF
07NASSAU297	AMBASSADOR AND FM MITCHELL REVIEW PSI, AUTEC, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Foreign Minister Mitchell met March 7 to review outstanding bilateral issues, including the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. request to install new sonar arrays at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC),the Ambassador's [...]	2007-03-09 12:21:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL KNNP KTIA BF
07NASSAU332	AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS PSI, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson discussed the status of ongoing joint criminal investigations, extraditions, and other law enforcement issues under the AG's jurisdiction. The Attorney General provided her reaction to elements of the just released huma [...]	2007-03-16 16:07:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON KJUS KNNP MARR PREL
07NASSAU413	DELAYS IN BUILDING OF NEW CHINESE EMBASSY AND [...] (C) During Ambassador Rood's farewell call with Chinese Ambassador Li March 27, Poloff met with Dong Sheng, Cultural and Protocol Officer for the Chinese Embassy to The Bahamas. Asked about plans for a new Chinese embassy building in Nassau, Sheng said that a site had been purchased on Village [...]	2007-03-30 20:52:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CH BF
07NASSAU414	OPPOSITION LEADER INGRAHAM SUPPORTS US ON AVIATION [...] (C) Summary: In a final courtesy call, Ambassador Rood and Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Hubert Ingraham discussed aviation issues, judicial reform, educational initiatives, bilateral cooperation and upcoming elections. Ingraham promised to work closely with the FAA on aviation issues i [...]	2007-04-02 11:24:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EAIR BF
07NASSAU435	PM CHRISTIE CALLS MAY 2 ELECTIONS; TIGHT RACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4, Prime Minister Perry Christie dissolved parliament and announced that elections will be held May 2. At present, the race is too close to call, and neither party is likely to enjoy the same parliamentary majority now held by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). The key [...]	2007-04-04 21:10:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM
07NASSAU455	ATTORNEY GENERAL OPENS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) During his farewell call on Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson on April 4, Ambassador Rood reiterated his interest in seeing the U.S. and The Bahamas conclude a Proliferation Security Initiative agreement (PSI) -- a poin [...]	2007-04-11 22:20:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNMP BF
07NASSAU510	BAHAMAS REQUEST FOR G/TIP FUNDING [...] This is in response to reftel invitation for proposals to combat trafficking in persons. In lieu of separate submission of proposal and summary cable, Post here submits The Government of the Bahamas' proposal for INCLE and/or ESF funds, formatted pursuant to reftel request: A. Bahamas De [...]	2007-04-20 19:32:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BF
07NASSAU516	TIGHT, EMOTIONAL RACE LEADS TO PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) The Bahamas is generally known for peaceful and fair elections, but with political parties contending desperately for voters in a tight election scheduled for May 2, an increasing lack of civility between the parties has carried over into the public. A brawl between supporters, including [...]	2007-04-23 20:23:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM BF
07NASSAU523	EMBATTLED FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSED OF CHINESE VISA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bahamian Consular Affairs Chief Dorothea Lafleur in a private lunch with Embassy's Consular Chief accused Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell of complicity in pressuring consular officers to issue visas to patently ineligible applicants. She further alleged that Mitchell was involve [...]	2007-04-24 21:35:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR CH BF
07NASSAU549	BAHAMAS NOT CAPABLE OF ASSISTING NEW WAY FORWARD [...] (C) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas does not have the capacity to contribute military or civilian resources to support the New Way Forward on Iraq. The Bahamian military consists of only 1000 troops, two ships and no air force. The entire military budget for The Bahamas is [...]	2007-04-30 20:30:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ BF
07NASSAU550	PRE-ELECTION ROUNDUP: MOMENTUM TO FNM AS PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the final run up to May 2 elections, violence has faded, replaced with isolated vote-buying allegations, though these are not expected to compromise outcomes. In its recently released party platform, the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) has promised to restrict foreig [...]	2007-04-30 21:12:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF
07NASSAU551	WATERING THE GRASS ROOTS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff observed last-minute campaigning by Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell in his hotly-contested Fox Hill constituency. With small constituencies of only about 4000 people, candidates know voters by name, and are expected to visit with each voter personally. The result is a de [...]	2007-04-30 21:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM BF
07NASSAU559	INGRAHAM AND FREE NATIONAL MOVEMENT WIN BAHAMIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to still unofficial counts, The Free National Movement (FNM) captured 24 of 41 parliamentary seats in Bahamian elections May 2. Hubert Ingraham, who served as Prime Minister from 1992-2002, returns to office and is expected to name his cabinet in the coming week. Desp [...]	2007-05-03 20:43:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF
07NASSAU579	BRENT SYMONETTE NAMED BAHAMIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham tapped Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Party Leader Brent Symonette as The Bahamas' new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs May 4. Symonette is a successful businessman and a former Attorney General and Minister of Tourism in [...]	2007-05-07 22:31:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD BF
07NASSAU608	NEW BAHAMIAN CABINET BUILT FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made his initial cabinet appointments May 7, with others following in subsequent days. With few exceptions, the new Ministers are experienced and well-suited to their portfolios, having served in Ingraham's previous government. Ingraham r [...]	2007-05-15 19:10:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAIR BF
07NASSAU610	FOREIGN MINISTER SYMONETTE PLEDGES NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge paid his first official courtesy call on new Bahamian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Brent Symonette May 13, outlining U.S. priorities including the upcoming Conference on the Caribbean, elections to the UN Human Rights Council, a Proliferation Security Agreem [...]	2007-05-15 22:08:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC EAIR ETRD PTER BF
07NASSAU611	BAHAMAS HAS "NO INTEREST" IN CARIBBEAN SINGLE [...] In a May 14 statement to local press, Prime Minister Ingraham said that The Bahamas has no economic interest "whatsoever" in the Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME). CSME integration had been heavily promoted in the face of strong domestic opposition by former Foreign Minister Fred Mitchel [...]	2007-05-15 22:18:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECIN BF
07NASSAU630	BAHAMAS REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has had a cordial relationship with Cuba, has supported Cuba in international fora, and has engaged in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cub [...]	2007-05-21 17:12:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU BF
07NASSAU631	NEW GOVERNMENT: NO BAHAMIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel A request, Post has reviewed potential Venezuelan foreign aid to The Bahamas. The Bahamas is listed on Embassy Caracas' "Venezuela Dollar Diplomacy" spreadsheet as a potential recipient of aid under the Petrocaribe program. However, the GCOB never agreed to impl [...]	2007-05-21 17:15:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PINR ENRG VN BF
07NASSAU663	BAHAMAS REQUEST FOR 2007 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] Embassy Nassau requests $20,000 for the Bahamas Human Rights Network for the development of a documentary film regarding the plight of stateless Haitian Migrants in The Bahamas (reftel A). The documentary would film a planned public forum on restricted rights of migrants in the Mud and Pigeo [...]	2007-05-29 21:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SMIG BF
07NASSAU664	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) Pol chief delivered reftel (a) demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Permanent Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Zonicle appreciated the USG's points regarding the growing security concerns resulting from the close cooperation between Venezuela and Iran. Zonicle indicated that The Baham [...]	2007-05-30 11:24:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM BF IR VZ
07NASSAU673	GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE: INGRAHAM ROLLS OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham rolled out his government's plans for The Bahamas at the ceremonial opening of parliament May 23. Picking up on his campaign theme of restoring trust, Ingraham pledged to focus on good governance, accountability, transparency and respect for human righ [...]	2007-05-31 18:41:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KCOR BF
07NASSAU682	CONFIRMATION OF BAHAMIAN ATTENDANCE AT [...] The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the following delegates will attend the U.S.-CARICOM Ministerial summit: -- The Right Honorable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas -- The Honorable Brent Symonette, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]	2007-06-04 21:48:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL BF
07NASSAU753	PRIME MINISTER INGRAHAM SEEKS CLOSE TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) On June 13, the Charge called on Prime Minister Ingraham to congratulate him on his recent election and to review U.S. and Bahamian priorities in advance of the June 18-21 Conference on the Caribbean. In a productive 45-minute meeting, Ingraham promised to consider a Proliferation Securi [...]	2007-06-15 22:49:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PTER MCAP PHUM CU VE BF
07NASSAU93	BAHAMAS: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] The following is in response to reftel request for The Bahamas' top five most influential women in civil society or government: The Honorable Cynthia A. Pratt, M.P. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Churchill Building P.O. Box N-3217 Nassau, The Bahamas (242) 356-6 [...]	2007-01-24 21:48:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL BF
07NASSAU939	BAHAMAS ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS PETROCARIBE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Charge' and PolChief, Minister of State for Public Utilities Phenton Neymour confirmed that Petrocaribe was not and would not be a priority for the new Bahamian government. He also indicated that the government had not had time to assess the Liquef [...]	2007-07-31 18:57:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG SENV BF VZ
07NASSAU94	BAHAMAS MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The following information is provided in response to reftel request, tracked to reftel questions: a. (C) Would your host government be willing to establish a camp to house at least 1,000 migrants interdicted by the U.S. during a mass migration? Would they be willing if the U.S. paid t [...]	2007-01-24 21:54:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PREF PREL HA CU BF
07NASSAU965	BAHAMAS INFORMED OF IMPORT SAFETY WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 22:17:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PREL BF
07NASSAU966	BAHAMAS REPRESENTATION AT 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 22:17:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA ITRA OVIP BF
07NASSAU967	TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AS-QARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 22:22:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PREL PTER PGOV BF
07NDJAMENA101	CHAD: NEW CLASHES ON SUDAN/CHAD BORDER [...] (U) In what was apparently a combined operation, UFDD (Union of Forces for Democracy and Development),RAFD (African Assembly of Democratic Forces) and RNDP (National Assembly for Democracy and Progress) rebels attacked Adre in the early hours of February 1. Humanitarian aid workers in the ar [...]	2007-02-01 17:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA104	CHAD: Inter-ethnic Fighting in Guereda [...] (SBU) While Humanitarian workers report that fighting in around Adre subsided last night after some 200 houses in different villages were burned and 120 civilian and combatant wounded hospitalized, the situation around Guereda remains tense. Some 30 rebels are reported dead in fighting betwe [...]	2007-02-02 14:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA119	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH SLM/A REBEL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/A) Chairman Ahmed Abdelshafi met with the Ambassador for the first time since the meeting of Special Envoy (SE) Natsios with rebel leaders in Abeche on January 19 (Ref A). Abdelshafi continues to reject the Darfur Peace Agreement as a basis for f [...]	2007-02-07 12:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA121	PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 18:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD KPKO PREF PREL SU SCRSERD
07NDJAMENA122	PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] (C) UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi told the Ambassador in meetings February 5 and 6 that President Deby seems to have backtracked on deployment of a UN military peacekeeping force to eastern Chad. Instead, Deby's preference remains a civilian police (ci [...]	2007-02-07 20:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPKO CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA129	ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF/JEM [...] (C) Summary. The NRF has high ambitions for a commanders conference/political meeting scheduled for Abeche starting 12 February. However, there remain issues of who will attend and how much consensus they will reach. Meanwhile, the NRF's renunciation of regime change (as recommended by Speci [...]	2007-02-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA131	CHAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Meets President [...] (U) According to a Chadian presidential webpage article, Iranian Foreign Minister Mountasher Mountaki met with President Deby earlier this week (February 4). Webpage photos show the Iranian foreign minister with President Deby at the Zakouma Game Preserve in southeastern Chad. The Iranian fo [...]	2007-02-09 23:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET IR CD
07NDJAMENA142	CHAD'S OURE CASSONI REFUGEE CAMP POSES UNIQUE RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Oure Cassoni refugee Camp, close to the Sudan border, continues to be highly politicized. Both the camp and the host community of Bahai lack security (reftels). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is active in trying to repatriate Sudanese soldiers hospitaliz [...]	2007-02-14 14:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL KCRS CD SU
07NDJAMENA145	CHAD: European Commisssion support for [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) seeks to develop a program to support the capacity of Chadian political parties to engage in a national political dialogue in the near term, and to be able to compete responsibly in an open democratic process over the longer term. Chad's current pol [...]	2007-02-15 10:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM CD
07NDJAMENA149	CHAD'S GRAND IMAM REQUESTS HELP TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Post calls attention to the following request from Chad's Grand Imam, Sheikh Hissein Hassan Abakar, conveyed in a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel). In the meeting, Abakar requested assistance from Post and the USG to investigate and interdict possible terrorist and extremis [...]	2007-02-15 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN CD PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA160	CHAD: PUBLIC SERVANTS WANT THEIR SHARE OF OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Public expectations have ballooned with the widespread anticipation of a huge oil tax "windfall" and the president of Chad's largest labor federation has warned that failure to increase public sector wages by at least 50 percent will lead to a general strike that could exceed t [...]	2007-02-22 16:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELAB PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA163	CHAD INTERETHNIC CONFLICT: "A POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading "Chad watcher" Roland Marchal emphasized that resolving the Darfur crisis required pressure on President Deby - pressure on Khartoum was not enough. President Deby's calculated pitting of ethnic group against ethnic group in eastern Chad (for the sake of regime survival [...]	2007-02-23 08:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA167	EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...]	2007-02-26 09:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD
07NDJAMENA17	CHAD: CENSORSHIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly one month after declaring a state of emergency throughout the country, the Government of Chad continues to talk a tough line vis--vis the national press. The state of emergency, under which the GOC has implemented a hard line censorship policy, has been extended for s [...]	2007-01-09 06:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA171	EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...]	2007-02-26 14:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD
07NDJAMENA174	CHAD: Ministry for Morality Anti-fraud Unit [...] (U) Summary: Based on an investigation of malfeasance in the grading of entrance examinations and selection procedures for admission to Chad's teacher colleges, the anti-fraud unit of the Ministry for Morality identified 11 senior Ministry of Education and other officials for prosecution and/ [...]	2007-02-27 11:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PHUM PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA175	DARFUR/ABECHE CONFERENCES YET TO MATERIALIZE, BUT [...] (C). Summary. Although the proposed rebel conferences in Darfur and Abeche still have not occurred, a number of rebel leaders did attend the Tripoli conference last week. According to representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) in Ndjamena, a unified SLM must still be achieved [...]	2007-02-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA176	CHAD'S VIEWS ON A UN BORDER FORCE: TALK WITH US [...] (SBU) Chad is open to discussions on a UN peacekeeping force on its border with Sudan, but believes its mandate should be focused on protecting civilian populations, Chad's Foreign Minister Allam-mi told the Ambassador February 27. Speaking on his cell phone in Paris en route to Moscow and T [...]	2007-02-27 15:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA178	CHAD'S OIL REVENUE OVERSIGHT BODY OVERSHADOWED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad's oil revenue management body (College de Control Pour le Surveillance de Resources Petroliere - CCSRP) is expected to oversee some USD 204 million in oil royalties and fees in 2007. According to CCSRP President Abdoulaye Lamana, half of this amount will go for government [...]	2007-02-27 16:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET CD
07NDJAMENA18	DEBY PEACE ACCORD WITH FUC'S NOUR -- ONE LESS [...] (C) Summary: The withdrawal of Sudanese government support and an alleged payment of $5.5 million from Libyan President Moammar Gadaffi may have combined to induce Chadian rebel leader Mahamat Nour to sign a peace agreement with the Deby government in Tripoli December 24. The significance of [...]	2007-01-09 15:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD MOPS PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA181	CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for training with Special Operations Forces in May and June 2007. INK name check pending. 2. Unit: Chadian Second Ant [...]	2007-02-28 09:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MASS PHUM PINR PREL CD
07NDJAMENA189	CHAD'S POSITION ON A UN BORDER FORCE HARDENING [...] (U) On February 28 the Ambassador was called to the Foreign Ministry to receive a statement from Acting Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman clarifying Chad's reservations on proposals by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a peacekeepi [...]	2007-02-28 15:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA191	N'DJAMENA SEEKS APPROVAL FOR REMOTE TDY RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) On February 18, 2007 the US Embassy EAC convened at 0915 to discuss the need to establish a remote residence in the Eastern Chadian city of Abeche. The purpose of this residence would be to provide a safe environment for Embassy personnel who are visiting or on TDY to the region. Current [...]	2007-03-01 09:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
07NDJAMENA195	CHAD: PRIME MINISTER YOADIMNADJI DIES; KASSIRE [...] (SBU) President Deby selected Dr. Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye to replace Prime Minister Yoadimnadji who died in Paris on February 24. Kassire previously served as Prime Minister from 1993-1995. Kassire is a southern Muslim with ties to some of Chad,s northern ethnic groups. --------- [...]	2007-03-01 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CD
07NDJAMENA196	CHAD: 2007 BUDGET IN DANGER OF SLIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission (EC) are concerned about the GOC's political will and capacity to meet agreed 2007 budget targets. Wage pressures, corruption and mounting military and off-budget spending -- combined with unrealistic assumptions of [...]	2007-03-02 11:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELAB PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA198	CHAD OIL PROJECT: 6 YEARS AND 6 BILLION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET ELAB CD
07NDJAMENA199	ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...]	2007-03-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU
07NDJAMENA2	CHAD: 2006 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary: To date, the Chadian GovernmentQs efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor have been centered on laying the legal foundation to meet its commitments to international labor conventions aimed at protecting children. While progress has been made at completing studies that identi [...]	2007-01-03 09:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CD
07NDJAMENA20	SUDANESE REBELS PASS THROUGH N'DJAMENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese rebel groups plan to make every effort to meet Special Envoy Natsios during his visit to Chad. Sudanese Liberation Movement's Ahmed Abdul Shafi and representatives from the National Redemption Front claimed that there was extensive military coordination on the ground, b [...]	2007-01-10 09:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
07NDJAMENA200	ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...]	2007-03-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU
07NDJAMENA204	CHAD/USA SIGN AGREEMENT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF [...] On March 5, the Ambassador signed an agreement with the Government of Chad on the establishment of the American International School of N'djamena. The Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Djidda Moussa Outman, signed for the Government of Chad. [...]	2007-03-05 16:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCH PREL CD
07NDJAMENA205	LET'S TAKE THIS YES FOR AN ANSWER: NEXT STEPS ON A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: President Deby's rejection of the UN border force proposed by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) leaves an opening for bringing in a smaller force tasked with protecting humanitarian operations in eastern Chad. We believe we should pur [...]	2007-03-05 17:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA206	CHAD: RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON CT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: Chad actively cooperates with the U.S. on counterterrorism activities and programs. Chad has been a consistent participant in the PSI and TSCTI programs, and remains the only TSCTP country to host a Joint Planning and Advisory Team (JPAT). Due to porous borders and lack of immi [...]	2007-03-05 17:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID MASS PTER CD
07NDJAMENA214	CHAD: FY06 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The N'djamena country team reviewed the Multi-National Information Sharing Program (MISI) options for Chad based on written and oral presentations from the MISI team. The country team decided that MISI could be beneficial to Chadian security services, primarily as a tool for internet [...]	2007-03-09 17:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PARM AG CD MOPS NO SG TS
07NDJAMENA222	CHAD: TALKING TO SUDANESE REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel leaders Adam Shogar, Gamal Addine Ibrahim, Tadjadine Bechin Niam and Sharif Harir told Ambassador on March 9 that the proposed SLM rebel conference should occur soon, but funding for transportation and logistics is needed. Shogar reiterated that a unified SLM/A p [...]	2007-03-13 14:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM SU
07NDJAMENA237	CHAD: INPUT FOR ANNUAL AGOA REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy provides the following input on Chad for the President,s 2007 Report on AGOA. End Summary --------------------------------------------- --------------- Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- [...]	2007-03-15 10:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON CD
07NDJAMENA245	CHAD EXPLAINS RESERVATIONS ON UN BORDER FORCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad supports a UN force of police and gendarmes to protect refugees, displaced Chadians, and humanitarian workers on its border with Sudan, but not proposals for a much larger military force, Chad's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador March 20. He said a "massive" force ra [...]	2007-03-20 16:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA251	AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador presented points in ref to Foreign Minister Allam-mi in a meeting on March 20. 2. (S) The Foreign Minister responded that the United States will require Libya's approval for the request for overflights even before Chad's. He said Chad prefers to solve its problems wit [...]	2007-03-21 16:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	MARR PBTS PINR PREL GR LI SU CD
07NDJAMENA257	PRESIDENT DEBY ACKNOWLEDGES GUEREDA INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Deby visited Guereda March 22 to deal with ongoing Tama/Zaghawa conflict. In a meeting in Kounoungou Refugee Camp, he acknowledged to refugees, local residents, and the humanitarian community that there were indeed security problems, and said that he would create a n [...]	2007-03-26 12:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV KCRS CD SU
07NDJAMENA258	CHAD: MEETING WITH AHMED DIRAIJ [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance (SFDA) leader Ahmed Diraij shared his impressions of diplomatic moves and countermoves by Chad, Sudan and Eritrea relative to the Darfur conflict with the Ambassador March 21. He expected continuing jockeying for position in the week ahead amo [...]	2007-03-26 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA261	NEW POLLUTION ADDS TO CHAD'S UXO AND MINE LEGACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from 2006 battles in eastern Chad is proving deadly to civilians (mostly children) and will be the focus of Chad's next demining appeal. The government's delay in providing long-promised counterpart funding is one of many problems hampering t [...]	2007-03-26 15:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MARR MASS MOPS CD
07NDJAMENA262	NEW CHAD CABINET: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, YOUR [...] (SBU) President Deby's new cabinet, announced on March 4, features eight new ministers. The new cabinet has several notable characteristics. Some 13 percent have participated in the international visitors program and one is a former USAID employee. For the first time in recent memory, the c [...]	2007-03-26 15:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA274	IMF WORRIED ABOUT CHAD FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting IMF team and World Bank mission leader said that maintaining fiscal sustainability in Chad will continue to be difficult, especially when substantial oil revenue is about to be received (oil taxes paid March 30 come to USD $420 million.) Major concerns include: incre [...]	2007-03-30 10:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA278	CHAD: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) James C. Swan April 2, Chad Foreign Minister SIPDIS Allam-mi explained that he had not yet briefed the Cabinet on his meetings in New York and therefore could not give an update on whether a green light would be given to the [...]	2007-04-03 09:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA291	SUDANESE REBELS STILL A LONG WAY FROM UNIFYING [...] (C) Summary. NRF officials, including two ex-pat political representatives from the UK, indicated frustration at the slow progress of unifying the Sudanese rebels in a meeting with them April 4. They said they see the United States as an important friend and ally and urged diplomatic pressu [...]	2007-04-04 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA295	CHAD COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 12:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OVIP
07NDJAMENA302	CHAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: United States interests in Chad have evolved over the last seven years. Highlights of the new relationship include U.S. humanitarian support for the Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad and U.S. political leadership in seeking a resolution of the Darfur conflict, U.S./Chad coopera [...]	2007-04-06 11:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF OTRA SU CD
07NDJAMENA309	CHAD PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH CODEL MCGOVERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Massachusetts Congressman James P. McGovern, Ranking Minrity Member of the House Subcommittee on Rules mt on April 5 with Chad Prime Minister Nouradine elwa Kassire Koumakoye. Kassire spoke at length about his countr's relationship with the U.S. and fforts to resolve the Darf [...]	2007-04-10 11:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA318	CODEL MCGOVERN VISITS EASTERN CHAD, MEETS SUDAN REBELS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Rep. James McGovern and staffers, plus Ambassador and Emboffs, visited the Abeche area on 6-7 April, meeting with local Chadian authorities, UN officials, NGO workers, and Sudanese rebel leaders. The group drove to Gaga camp to meet with Sudanese refugees. In a meeting with Rep [...]	2007-04-12 10:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM KCRS CD SU OVIP OTRA
07NDJAMENA324	CODEL McGovern Visits IDPs Fleeing Attacks [...] (U) SUMMARY. Rep. James McGovern and staffers, along with the Ambassador and Emboffs, witnessed the grave humanitarian crisis unfolding near Koukou Angarana in eastern Chad on 7 April. An estimated 9,000 people have fled west towards the area after attacks on the villages of Tiero and Marena [...]	2007-04-12 15:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM KCRS CD SU OTRA OVIP

07NDJAMENA325	CLASHES CONTINUE, IDP SITUATION WORSENS IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two weeks the security and humanitarian situation in eastern Chad has taken a dangerous turn for the worse. The Dar Sila region near the border with Sudan south of Abeche has been the scene of attacks by janjaweed militias, an upsurge in new Internally Displaced [...]	2007-04-13 08:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA329	CAR REFUGEES IN CHAD: INCREASE IN MALNUTRITION [...] (SBU) Summary. An end-March monitoring visit to the three refugee camps for Central African Republic (CAR) refugees near Gore found that the malnutrition rate at Amboko Camp - the oldest of the three (established mid-June 2003) - had tripled from December to March. While the malnutrition rat [...]	2007-04-17 12:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV KCRS CD CT
07NDJAMENA331	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH DARFUR REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Sudanese rebel movements from JEM, NMRD and SLA met with Deputy Secretary Negroponte in Ndjamena, April 17. The movements explained that three months of meetings in Chad had failed to unify the movements, but that they were still trying. The effort by GNU V [...]	2007-04-18 08:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA34	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN CHAD [...] Per request paragraph 2 reftel, names follow of five most influential women from civil society and government in Chad. 2. Mariam Moussa, Minister of Solidarity and Micro Credit, (235) 52-05-76 and (235) 632-8609. Ph.D. in public management and active campaigner for poverty alleviation. [...]	2007-01-11 09:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA341	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETS CHADIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister (FM) Alam-mi late Monday afternoon April 16, in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena. In both meetings the Deputy Secretary discussed regional peace and stability, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur [...]	2007-04-20 11:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	PGOV OVIP PREL PREF UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA357	REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 1 [...] (U) Summary: A team from the DepartmentQs Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration/Africa Office (PRM/AFR) and the office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) visited Sudanese refugee camps in eastern Chad from March 20-28 to monitor USG-funded protection and [...]	2007-04-26 09:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV KCRS SU CD
07NDJAMENA358	REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 09:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV KCRS SU CD
07NDJAMENA372	THE CORRECT NAME FOR THE CAPITAL OF CHAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 06:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PINR APER CD
07NDJAMENA385	JEM LEADER ON CHAD-SUDAN BORDER CONFLICT [...] (C) More fighting on the Chad-Sudan border is likely as both countries move to implement the agreement reached in Riyadh to stop supporting rebel groups aimed at each other, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Chairman Khalil Ibrahim told the Ambassador and Poloff May 5. Khalil expected Kha [...]	2007-05-07 14:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA396	SUDAN REBEL LEADER SEEKS DARFUR PEACE TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is ready to start Darfur peace talks tomorrow and wants to cooperate with the United States, JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim stressed in a meeting on May 5. Khalil expressed support for the United Nation's mediation effort, a Darfur ceasefire [...]	2007-05-08 16:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA403	DONORS ASKED TO TELL CHAD TO REIN IN SPENDING [...] (C) Summary and action request: The IMF and the World Bank have asked the United States and France to join them in a new Multi-Donor Mission (MDM) to urge President Deby to rein in military and infrastructure spending in order to maintain Chad's solvency into 2008 and 2009. Chad's request to [...]	2007-05-10 09:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EAID CD
07NDJAMENA409	CHAD FY O6 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PARM CD
07NDJAMENA41	EAC FOR USAID MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 10:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC
07NDJAMENA410	CHADIAN TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY; ALL QUIET, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) is ready to launch a major attack against Chadian rebels if the rebels cross over from Sudan for one last offensive before the rainy season -- or if they are expelled by Sudan. Embassy sources do not put much weight in the Saudi-brokered accord between [...]	2007-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA411	CHAD FY O6 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PARM CD
07NDJAMENA419	CHAD'S NEW PETROLEUM CODE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the ExxonMobil-led oil consortium view Chad's new Petroleum Code as presenting a reasonable framework of incentives and obligations for foreign companies interested in oil exploitation. The Code is ambiguous on whether companies with existing agreements are [...]	2007-05-16 12:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET EFIN PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA42	NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Capping the reestablishment of relations with Chad, China's foreign minister visited N'Djamena January 6-7. China,s new envoy to Chad told the Ambassador that China recognizes that development in Chad and the region requires peace and stability. He noted China's interest in C [...]	2007-01-12 10:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EPET MOPS PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA424	N'DJAMENA EAC FOR MAY 18, 2007 [...] (S) On May 18, 2007 at 0950 hours the N,djamena EAC to discuss recent threat information from SIMO regarding an RPG attack on the US Embassy and apparent kidnapping plans by Islamic extremists for Americans, French and Italian citizens living in Chad. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DA [...]	2007-05-18 17:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	ASEC
07NDJAMENA43	C-130'S FOR CHAD? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad wants to buy four C-130 aircraft at a cost of over USD 300 million. Whether Chad needs or can afford so many new aircraft is questionable. Also an issue is how they will be used. Chad wants to buy them primarily to defend the regime against a backlash provoked by its re [...]	2007-01-12 12:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA434	SLM UNITY MEETING YIELDS STILL ANOTHER FACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The attempt to reunify the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) at Ameri in Darfur last month appears instead to have succeeded in giving birth to yet another splinter group. According to its spokesman, speaking with us on May 22, the newly christened Revolutionary Military Counc [...]	2007-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA445	CHAD: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD III [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL PTER CD
07NDJAMENA446	CHAD ELECTION DIALOGUE: A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Discussions on electoral reform are moving forward between the Mouvement Patriotique de Salut (MPS),Chad's ruling party, and the opposition. Agreement could come in the next weeks. Even diehard critics of the regime see promise that the talks could lead toward a more inclusive [...]	2007-05-30 14:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA455	GRAND IMAM VOICES CONCERN OVER EXTREMISTS' "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY Fundamentalist and extremist ideologies continue to gain influence in Chad, according to the Grand Imam, who reported on the "new strategy" of a number of Islamic organizations. The World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the Islamic Forum (IF) have been officially banned by [...]	2007-06-04 18:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CD PGOV PREL KISL
07NDJAMENA457	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY ON UNFORCE ND DIALOGUE [...] Summary: President Deb, in a meeting with the Ambassador June 4, welcoed the announcement by the United States of additonal sanctions on Sudan. He continuedto resist the idea of an international force in Chad. Money for such an expensive project, he said, would be better spent moving refug [...]	2007-06-05 10:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL HUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA46	CHAD'S ROLE IN PEACE IN DARFUR: IS THIS THE RIGHT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTION: This is an important piece on our engagement with Chad and its role in peace efforts in Darfur. It was prepared by Jitu Sardar, who is completing an impressive tour here after having contributed significantly to our reporting on eastern Chad and our Darfur re [...]	2007-01-13 13:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
07NDJAMENA462	SLM LEADER COMMENTS ON UNIFICATION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prospects for leaders within the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) to unify appear to be dim and getting dimmer. During a recent meeting with SLM leader Adam Shogar, he expressed dismay with recent unification efforts, and was focused on the differences between the vari [...]	2007-06-05 16:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC SU CD
07NDJAMENA468	KOME OILFIELD SECURITY [...] (SBU) After receiving tearline information that suspected extremists had allegedly conducted surveillance on the Doba Oil facility in Chad, on May 24, 2007 the Regional Security Officer was invited to review the oilfield security operation in the Kome region of Chad near the city of Doba by the [...]	2007-06-06 13:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CD EPET PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA470	N'DJAMENA EAC DISCUSSES INTRUDER INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On June 5, 2007 at 0830 hours the N,djamena EAC met to discuss the recent intruder penetration of the Embassy compound, counter-measures implemented and any new information. Those present were the Ambassador, DAO, RSO, MO, POL/MIL. The following information was discussed: 2. (S) As r [...]	2007-06-07 07:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
07NDJAMENA474	CHAD/SUDAN: MASALIT RESTIVENESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Darfur rebel group is being formed composed of Masalit who object to control by Zaghawans, whether Chadian or Darfurian. The group may not get off the ground, but its formation is indicative of the splintering trend among the Darfur rebels and dissatisfaction among Masa [...]	2007-06-07 13:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA477	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBELS AND PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador June 7, Foreign Minister Allam-Mi said that both Sudan and Chad were adequately abiding by the Riyadh accord's requirement to rein in each other's rebels. Greater calm had prevailed in eastern Chad as a result. Allam-mi hardened his verbiage op [...]	2007-06-07 15:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH SU
07NDJAMENA484	CHAD: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY: According to Chad's finance and oil ministers, the Economic and Monetary Commission of Central Africa (CEMAC) is seized with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and, within Chad, the oil minister heads a team that is supposed to address EITI's requirments. END [...]	2007-06-11 15:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PREL CD
07NDJAMENA487	CHAD: WORLD BANK VIEWS ON EVE OF MULTIDONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the eve of the multidonor meeting in Ndjamena, World Bank experts assess that Chad's poverty indicators are headed downward, despite a 2007 spike in oil revenues. With most of its oil revenues consumed by military expenditures already in the first quarter of 2007, Chad is f [...]	2007-06-12 08:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CD
07NDJAMENA488	CHAD: LIMITS OF OIL REVENUE OVERSIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador June 11, the head of the oil-revenue supervisory office ("College"),Lamana Abdoulaye, acknowledged that the strictures on his office substantially diminished its effectiveness. He also claimed the College had turned back some faulty projects a [...]	2007-06-13 09:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN PREL CD
07NDJAMENA499	CHAD: IMPORTANT JUNCTURE IN INTERNAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing political dialogue in Chad has come to a crunch point. According to a senior official who serves as go-between in the dialogue, several key areas of disagreement remain, but each one is surmountable. A prominent oppositionist has removed himself from the dialogu [...]	2007-06-15 15:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA50	EASTERN CHAD: USAID ASSESSMENT OF INTERNALLY [...] Summary: The USG humanitarian assessment team in eastern Chad is investigating reports of rising numbers of internally displaced persons. On January 17 and 18, the team visited two IDP sites and refugee camps in the Farchana area of Assounga Departement. Recent arrivals at the sites are from [...]	2007-01-19 19:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI CD
07NDJAMENA504	CHAD: KOUCHNER PLAN ACCEPTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby hasaccepted a two-track humanitarian protection pla for eastern Chadthat Kouchner proposed to him une 10. The plan is modest but achievable. It culd have a relatively quick impact in protecting efugees and internally displaced persons, as well s somewhat reduci [...]	2007-06-18 10:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO CD PHUM PREF
07NDJAMENA506	ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-19 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA507	CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in ChadQs media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, ChadQs government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]	2007-06-19 16:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA508	CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-20 06:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA509	CORRECTED VERSION; CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in Chad's media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, Chad's government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]	2007-06-20 06:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA513	CHAD: MISI INITIATIVE CLARIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 10:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PARM CD
07NDJAMENA516	CHAD: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON DIALOGUE, REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abderaman Moussa, the National Mediator, and Jean Alingue, prominent oppositionist, gave the Ambassador June 19 their very different views on the ongoing political dialogue and, in particular, participation of the rebels. Alingue said that the dialogue had reached agreement o [...]	2007-06-21 18:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA517	CHAD/SUDAN: JEM PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taljadine Niam, JEM representative in Chad, met the Ambassador June 20 at his request, seeking to maintain contact despite sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim. Khalil, he claimed, had departed Chad for Darfur with "all" the JEM forces. He said JEM (contrary to its blockin [...]	2007-06-21 18:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA523	CHAD: STRIKE DRAGS ON [...] SUMMARY: Some progress has been made, but the general strike in Chad still drags on. The government is holding to its offer of a 15 percent salary increase. Some minor unions have accepted but the major union has again balked. Meanwhile, a peaceful group of female teachers on June 21 block [...]	2007-06-22 14:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV ASEC CD
07NDJAMENA53	CHAD:SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S/NF) Following are AmEmbassy N'djamena's comments on Section 1206 proposals for Chad. Given the fragility of the political situation in Chad, highly visible equipment deliveries or major new training programs should be avoided, 2. (S/NF) A. Improve Partner National Intelligence (Al [...]	2007-01-22 11:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD
07NDJAMENA530	CHAD: FURTHER ON KOUCHNER PLAN [...] (SBU) Francois Dureau, representing the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in talks in Chad, briefed ambassadors June 25, before departing the country, on the status of the two-track humanitarian protection plan for eastern Chad (reftel). He said that most of the discussions had [...]	2007-06-26 15:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO CD PHUM PREF
07NDJAMENA531	CHAD MISSES 70 PERCENT TARGET BUT WORLD BANK STILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and IMF concluded two weeks of meetings with the Chadian government June 24, pleased with the participation of all ministries and opennness of the process. They brought senior Chadian officials, including military, together for the first time to focus on budget [...]	2007-06-26 15:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CD
07NDJAMENA540	CHAD: ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA BETWEEN COM AND COCOM [...] (SBU) Embassy EAC met to discuss the annual review of the appendices of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Chief of Mission and the Combatant Commander (COCOM) (reftel B). Following are new annexes A and B. 2. (SBU) Annex A: DOD Elements and Personnel under the Security Respons [...]	2007-06-28 15:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AODE AMGT ASEC KMRS CD
07NDJAMENA544	CHAD: FISSURES IN OPPOSITION RANKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two tracks of government-opposition talks have been under way for the past week, one with the Chadian rebels in Tripoli, the other a continuation of the internal dialogue in Ndjamena. Preliminary indications suggest that serious fissures are developing within the formerly cohe [...]	2007-06-29 10:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD LY SU
07NDJAMENA546	CHAD OIL: GOVERNMENT WAVES THE CARROTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working relations between the Government of Chad and the Esso-led oil consortium continue to improve. It appears that the President has been persuaded that taking too aggressive an approach at a time when the Consortium is weighing future investment decisions could jeopardize [...]	2007-07-02 16:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA553	TRANSFORMING CHAD: A CAUTIONARY TALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last three years the United States has devoted more attention and resources to Chad than at any time since the joint fight against Libyan aggression in the 1980's. Chad is a major beneficiary of the Trans Saharan Counter-Terrorism Partnership initiative. It receive [...]	2007-07-03 20:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NDJAMENA555	CHAD: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR YOUNOUSMI ON SUDAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's close advisor Adoum Younousmi told the Ambassador July 3 that, during his trip to Khartoum the previous week, he had found the Sudanese leaders "lacking in vision" in their objectives in Darfur, but "evolving." They had asked for Chadian mediation with the Da [...]	2007-07-04 10:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CD SU
07NDJAMENA557	DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY IN CHAD: IS THERE HOPE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Idriss Deby Itno is a master survivor in a political culture as cruel and a neighborhood as dangerous as any in the world. Over the course of the last few years he has succeeded once again in facing down all challengers despite the fierce backlash his move to become [...]	2007-07-05 07:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
07NDJAMENA564	CHAD/SUDAN: ROUNDING UP DARFUR REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The funeral and associated traditional mourning customs for President Deby's son tied up key players in Ndjamena, with the result that the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) still does not have Chadian approval for a flight to take Darfur rebels to Mombasa. CHD is focusing [...]	2007-07-06 09:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA593	COST AND RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR US OUTPOST IN ABECHE [...] (U) RSO N,djamena was tasked on July 3 to produce a survey to address the creation of a diplomatic outpost in Abeche, Chad. US Embassy Chad has recognized since early 2007 the desirability of a permanent base of operations (or at the very least, a facility) to house the numerous TDY,rs in the [...]	2007-07-13 13:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CD
07NDJAMENA594	CHAD: TWO UNEASY TRACKS OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Strains within the opposition coalition have not yet led to an open rupture, but the internal political dialogue is blocked over the issue of a government of consensus. Meanwhile, there is apparent progress in the parallel dialogue in Tripoli between the government and rebels [...]	2007-07-13 18:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD LY SU
07NDJAMENA61	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY (SHRD) [...] Chad is a centralized republic with a population of approximately 10 million. The Government of Chad,s human rights record remained poor in 2006. President Idriss Deby has ruled the country since taking power in a 1990 rebellion. Political power remained concentrated in the hands of a north [...]	2007-01-23 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM CD
07NDJAMENA618	CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARUSHA MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi stressed to Charge that Chad would do all it could to ensure a successful meeting in Arusha. Referring to Embassy demarches concerning the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's aborted meeting in Mombasa, he stated that Chad did not want to have a bi [...]	2007-07-25 16:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA619	EASTERN CHAD - INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT UPDATE [...] Most internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. The numbers have stabilized at about 170,000, and due to the rains no major conflict is expected for several months. Issues faced by the humanitarian community include insecu [...]	2007-07-25 17:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA62	VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO CHAD: MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister Allam-mi on January 18 in N'djamena, Chad, Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios expressed thanks to Chad for receiving Darfur refugees and for its support for a UN force on the border. He stressed that [...]	2007-01-23 16:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA623	UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN CHAD [...] SUMMARY: International media attention to under-age recruitment in Chad, stimulated by reports from Human Rights Watch and UN, has brought an indignant rebuke from the government spokesman, but, at the working level, it appears to have resulted in enhanced cooperation from the Ministry of De [...]	2007-07-26 13:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MCAP KAWC PREL CD
07NDJAMENA625	EASTERN CHAD - IDP NEEDS BEING MET [...] Most of the estimated 173,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. USAID/OFDA's partners and other humanitarian organizations are providing services to the IDPs in the water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH),health/nutritio [...]	2007-07-30 16:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA628	CHAD: SECTION 1206 FOR FY 07 [...] (S/NOFORN) Post has reviewed the FY 07 proposed 1206 activity (reftel A) and declines the following program: Tactical Communications Interoperability (TCI) (USD 3.144) for Chad, Algeria, Mauritania and Nigeria Reason: At this time a number of training and equipment activities are underway [...]	2007-07-31 10:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD
07NDJAMENA633	CHAD - UN OCHA WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) effort to coordinate humanitarian activities in eastern Chad is falling short of expectations and promises made to donors earlier in 2007. To improve its performance, OCHA HQ needs to take eastern Chad's requirements more [...]	2007-08-02 13:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA637	SCENESTTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] (C) General Ward: Your first visit to Chad will highlight for President Idriss Deby Itno the importance the United States attaches to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) and U.S. appreciation for Chad's support on counter-terrorism issues. We anticipate that the President [...]	2007-08-03 12:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA64	CHAD: AU CHAIRMANSHIP VOTE [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Allam-mi, who has already departed for the African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns in ref over the AU Chairmanship elections with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Djidda Moussa Outman on January 24. [...]	2007-01-24 10:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CD
07NDJAMENA649	CHAD SHOWS RENEWED INTEREST IN EXTRACTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian officials, including the Minister of Oil, briefed donors on plans to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in two World Bank-hosted meetings July 26 and July 31, 2007. Chad had already expressed interest in joining EITI in 2004, but there [...]	2007-08-08 05:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EPET PREL
07NDJAMENA657	GUINNESS TESTS THE WATERS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 26, Chad's only brewery, Les Brasseries du Tchad (BDT),announced the addition of Guinness to its existing product line. Chad's neighbor, Cameroon, has produced Guinness for years and some Cameroonian Guinness was imported to Chad both legally and clandestinely. By pr [...]	2007-08-13 12:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA66	SUDANESE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT HIJACKED TO N'DJAMENA [...] A Sudanese Air West passenger aircraft reportedly en route from Khartoum to El Fasher and Niyalla January 24 was hijacked by a young Sudanese man and diverted to N,Djamena. The Minister of Public Security,s chief of staff, who was at N,Djamena Airport when the aircraft arrived around 10:30 t [...]	2007-01-24 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EAIR PTER CD SU
07NDJAMENA665	GENERAL WARD,S MEETING WITH CHAD PRESIDENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Commander of the European Military Command General William Ward met President Deby August 8 in Chad in a meeting primarily focused on aircraft sales. While arguing the case for Chad's need for C-130's, President Deby also expressed interest in learning more about the C-2 [...]	2007-08-14 13:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA666	CHINA'S RETURN TO CHAD: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a nine-year hiatus, China (PRC) and Chad renewed diplomatic relations in 2006. According to the Chinese Embassy's Economic and Commercial Counselor, China is adhering to all Chinese and Chadian environmental and social laws as it enters the energy and agricultural sectors [...]	2007-08-15 08:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD CH ECON EINV SENV PHUM
07NDJAMENA674	EASTERN CHAD - USAID FIELD VISIT TO DOGDORE IDP [...] The week of August 13, a USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) field officer based in eastern Chad traveled to the internally displaced person (IDP) site of Dogdore, the largest IDP site in eastern Chad. Dogdore's proximity to the Chad-Sudan border and the [...]	2007-08-16 16:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA675	POLITICAL ACCORD REACHED WITH CHADIAN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: After eight months of negotiation under the aegis of the European Union (EU) and the UN, Chad's ruling party (MPS) signed an agreement August 13 with the opposition coalition (CPDC) on reform of Chad's electoral process. The signing took place in the presence of President Idri [...]	2007-08-17 07:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA676	CHINA IN CHAD: AN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Huang Mingyuan, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese (PRC) Embassy in Chad, provided an overview of the current state of China's activities here. Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China has responded to a variety of needs expressed by the Chad [...]	2007-08-17 10:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD CH ECON ETRD PREL ENRG EPET
07NDJAMENA689	CHAD SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE [...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'Djamena warmly welcomes CODEL Jackson Lee to Chad August 26-27, 2007. Chad is a landlocked, impoverished nation situated in the geographical "heart" of Africa. Violent regime change has been the rule since independence in 1960. Chad's estimated 9.4 million people are prim [...]	2007-08-23 09:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CD
07NDJAMENA70	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO REBELS: TIME IS NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his meeting with DPA non- signatory groups, Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios delivered a clear message to rebel leaders gathered in eastern Chad that the only solution to the Darfur crisis was through negotiation. He informed them that the USG supported an all-incl [...]	2007-01-24 17:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA711	CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY NDJAMENA AND [...] Listed below is contact information for Heads of Sections, U.S. Embassy Ndjamena. All personnel may be contacted via the switchboard 24/7. Embassy telnos: Country Code: 235 Switchboard: 251-7009/251-6211/251-9233/251-9218/251-4727/ 251-4296 Switchboard cell: (235) 679-0978/679-0979 IVG: [...]	2007-09-06 16:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA712	CHAD:EU TEAM ASKS HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT PROPOSED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the week-long visit of a European Commission Technical Assessment Team, many questions were still unanswered as to how a possible multidimensional UN/EU force would go about protecting refugees, IDPs and humanitarian workers in eastern Chad given the complex political an [...]	2007-09-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
07NDJAMENA752	UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN DARFUR REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR protection officers in Darfur refugee camps in Farchana and Iriba report recent incidents of recruitment of under-age combatants for Sudanese rebel movements. Chadian officials assert that they are working to prevent recruitment and ensure the civilian character of the re [...]	2007-09-26 14:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA755	SUDAN REBEL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN/AU organized September 19-20 meeting in N'Djamena was billed as an opportunity to organize Sudan rebel movement delegations and positions before the October 27, 2007 negotiation in Tripoli, but from most accounts it was inconclusive on all fronts and lacked the presenc [...]	2007-09-27 15:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA784	SUDAN REBELS IN CHAD REPORT JEM SPLIT [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM representatives informed Emboffs that a split has taken place within the movement, pitting Chairman Khalil Ibrahim on one side against his former Vice-Chair Bahar and field Commander Banda on the other. JEM "Chief Negotiator" Ahmed Tugod Lissan accused JEM/Bahar of perpetrat [...]	2007-10-10 08:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA790	CHAD: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Reftel, Embassy N'Djamena submits the following updated AGOA country eligibility information. 2. TPSC subcommittee on AGOA implementation country eligibility recommendations 2007 state submissions Country: Chad Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background: Chad, a la [...]	2007-10-11 15:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CD
07NDJAMENA792	PEACE ACCORDS MULTIPLY WITH FRINGE CHAD REBEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Five minor Chadian rebel/exile groups have signed generic peace agreements with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the last two weeks. The agreements include amnesty for rebels and a commitment to integrate rebel forces into the Chadian army and civil service. Negotiations in Trip [...]	2007-10-12 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LY GB BN CD
07NDJAMENA798	CHAD: AMCIT DETAINED NEAR LIBYAN BORDER [...] (U) The Embassy was notified on Sunday, October 14, that American citizen Stephen Godbolt had been detained since October 12 in the town of Zoumri by ten members of the Chad rebel group MDJT. The rebels belong to a small MDJT faction that has not accepted the terms of recent peace agreements [...]	2007-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA807	CHAD: NO PROGRESS ON DETAINED AMCIT [...] (SBU) No progress has been made in the more than five days of contacts between members of the Chadian Tubu community and the MDJT rebel group currently holding Amcit Steve Godbolt in Zoumri, northern Chad. The local Radio France International (RFI) reporter had agreed to temporarily hold off [...]	2007-10-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV PTER PREL CD LY
07NDJAMENA810	CHAD: DETAINED AMCIT CASE [...] (SBU) Radio France International (RFI) broadcast information on the detained Amcit during the 6:30 a.m. (Chad time) Africa news broadcast on October 18. RFI reported that Godbolt had been detained while accompanying members of a Chadian association on a trip from N'Djamena to Bardai. The br [...]	2007-10-18 15:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV CD LY
07NDJAMENA819	CHAD:1206 FUNDED PROPOAL "IMPROVE PARTNER NATION [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed information containd in ref-email concerning 1206-funded activities o improve partner nation intelligence. The actiities are designed to developa self-sustaining indigenous intelligence capacity capable of detecting, tracking, reporting and sharing intelligence on te [...]	2007-10-22 14:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CD
07NDJAMENA822	CHAD REBEL GROUP ISSUES PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING SEIZED [...] The Paris-based Chad opposition web site "Al-Wihda" (alwihdainfo.com) has carried a number of postings concerning American Cash Steven Godbold, seized by the MDJT on October 12 in Zoumri, Chad, including one by the group which claims to have seized him. We cannot attest to the authenticity of [...]	2007-10-23 11:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL CASC CD LY
07NDJAMENA823	CHAD: 10/23 UPDATE ON GODBOLD SEIZURE [...] (SBU) According to colleagues of seized Amcit Cash Steven Godbold, Godbold has been moved some 12-15 kilometers away from the town of Zoumri. Chadian Tubus have reported to Godbold's N'Djamena colleagues that the MDJT guards with Godbold are standing watch in shifts, and are concerned that a [...]	2007-10-23 15:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC CD LY
07NDJAMENA825	CHAD AMCIT CASE: REPORTED MDJT REQUEST [...] (SBU) CDA and other Emboffs met with Mr. Hadir Adji, President of the Associations Friends of the Tibesti and two of his colleagues on October 19 to pass on the message that the case of seized American Cash Steven Godbold was being followed with a great deal of interest and concern in Washingt [...]	2007-10-24 11:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER CD LY
07NDJAMENA832	GOC OFFICIAL SAYS BE PATIENT ON GODBOLD CASE [...] (SBU) CDA met with the Secretary of State for the Interior Djasnabaille on October 25 to discuss the situation of seized Amcit Cash Steve Godbold. Djasnabaille said that the Government of Chad (GOC) strongly condemned the act. He said that they were in touch with Tubu "notables" from Bardai [...]	2007-10-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CASC CD LY
07NDJAMENA849	CHAD: GODBOLD UPDATE 10/30 [...] (SBU) Summary: Seized Amcit Cash Steve Godbold has been moved to a location deeper in the heart of the Tibesti, but his colleagues in N'Djamena are still confident that he is in good health and being well treated. The Red Cross has been contacted and is ready to facilitate his release, but t [...]	2007-10-31 18:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PTER LY CD
07NDJAMENA85	Eastern Chad: USAID Assessment of Internally [...] Summary: A USG humanitarian assessment team spent two weeks in Chad, including ten days in the East, investigating reports of internal displacement and assessing humanitarian conditions and response for the affected communities. This is the fourth and final cable from the team and includes k [...]	2007-01-29 15:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRS
07NDJAMENA852	CHAD: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November. Post will report any substantive response septel. TAMLYN [...]	2007-11-05 09:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CD
07NDJAMENA854	CHAD: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 09:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CD
07NDJAMENA856	GODBOLD CASE: RED CROSS REPORTS LIKELY RELEASE [...] (SBU) International Red Cross Deputy Director Nikolai Panke contacted Charge D'Affaires on November 5 to inform her that he had spoken with MDJT splinter group leader Choa Dazi by phone. Dazi told him that Amcit Cash Steven Godbold would be released in the next couple of days. Dazi called Godb [...]	2007-11-05 11:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PTER CD LY
07NDJAMENA870	CHAD: ZOE'S ARK AND THE ALLEGED CHILD SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Nine Europeans and four Chadians remain in Government of Chad (GOC) custody in the widely-publicized and bizarre case in which a French NGO, Zoe's Ark, attempted to ferry 103 Chadian/Sudanese children to Europe in a chartered Spanish plane. Personal diplomacy by French President Sarkozy [...]	2007-11-07 16:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PHUM KTIP
07NDJAMENA876	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDS ON GUANTANAMO CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby has directed his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take steps to seek the liberation of Chadian Guantanamo detainee Mohamed Algharani (aka Yousef Abkir Salih Al Qarani). Department guidance requested (see para 5). End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 5, Post rece [...]	2007-11-09 10:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL PTER CD
07NDJAMENA877	PRESIDENT DEBY SIGNS "THE LAST PEACE AGREEMENT" [...] (C) Summary. President Deby signed what he called "the last peace agreement" with the remaining Chadian rebel groups at large in Libya on October 25. The formation of a new Government is still expected but other events (in particular, the Zoe's Ark Affair) have taken up government attention. [...]	2007-11-13 08:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CD
07NDJAMENA879	CHAD:INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF AF WATCH LIST COUNTRIES [...] Summary. Chad has made some progress in addressing two deficiencies highlighted in the June 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Chad, recruitment of minors in the armed forces and prosecuting traffickers. End summary. 2. This message responds to questions in reftel A concerning p [...]	2007-11-13 08:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN KTIP CD

07NDJAMENA88	Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 1 [...] Summary: The Government of Chad cooperates with United Nations (UN) agencies, local communities and church-based and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in combating trafficking, primarily in the area of prevention. Due to intense rebel activity throughout 20 [...]	2007-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD
07NDJAMENA886	CHAD: MIXED SIGNALS ON GODBOLD CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite indications that he might be released shortly, seized American missionary Steve Godbold is still in the hands of MDJT rebels in the Tibesti region of Chad. End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 8 the Al-Wihda website announced that the MDJT splinter group claiming to ho [...]	2007-11-15 15:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PTER CD LY
07NDJAMENA888	CHAD: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NTC [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 10:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PTER PARM CD
07NDJAMENA89	Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 10:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD
07NDJAMENA890	MINURCAT AND EUFOR STIRRING IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A new kind of international operation is slowing standing up in Chad as European (EUFOR) and UN (MINURCAT) forces embark on a joint exercise in providing security to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Chad's isolated eastern provinces bordering Sudan. Given the [...]	2007-11-16 11:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL UNSC PREF CD SU CT
07NDJAMENA9	PRESIDENT DEBY CELEBRATES 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby Itno celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of his successful coup detat (December 1, 1990) at the annual day of freedom and democracy, held this year in the southern town of Kyabe, in the Moyen Chari region of Chad, on December 29. Representatives from th [...]	2007-01-04 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA903	CHAD: JEM EXPLAINS ARAB ALLIANCE AND WARNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Khalil Ibrahim-led wing of the Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) met with Emboffs November 19 to announce a new JEM/Arab alliance, explain the defects of the Sirte meeting and warn of future armed conflict in Darfur and Kordofan. End summary. JE [...]	2007-11-21 13:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA916	CHAD: FIGHTING BREAKS OUT ON BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian rebels have taken up arms again, almost one year to the day that they seized and held Chad's eastern town of Abeche for 24 hours. Rebel groups UFDD and RFC claim that the Libyan-brokered peace agreement is not being honored; the Government of Chad points the finger at [...]	2007-11-29 17:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA920	CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTER FIRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Heaving fighting continues between the government and rebel factions in eastern Chad, with significant casualties among the President's clan. President Deby returned to N'Djamena on December 1 to commemorate 17 years in power and to fire the Defense Minister (former FUC rebel M [...]	2007-12-02 12:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA921	CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTER FIRED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-02 12:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA933	CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN ANT AND RFC [...] (C) Summary. Fighting continues in the Biltine area between the Chadian army (ANT) and the RFC rebel group. Cut off from supply lines in the Sudan, the RFC may not be able to survive a siege. On the other hand, coordinated action between the RFC and the UFDD could pull the ANT away and prol [...]	2007-12-06 06:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SD CD
07NDJAMENA934	CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (U) Summary. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is pursuing a strategy of self-sufficiency for Central African refugees in southern Chad but is finding it challenging to do so due to lack of resources and the difficulty of timing a reduction in assistance with the refugee [...]	2007-12-06 08:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CD CT
07NDJAMENA94	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY ASKS TO BUY FOUR C-130 [...] (U) President Idriss Deby Itno has sent a letter to the President requesting approval for the purchase of four new C-130 aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales program. Dated January 19 and delivered by Chadian Ambassador to the United States Mahamoud Bechir to the Ambassador January 30, [...]	2007-01-31 11:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN PGOV PREL CD
07NDJAMENA942	UPDATE ON MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: MINURCAT is moving forward in preparing training activities for Chadian police, but the security and political situation could significantly delay or prevent the planned deployment to eastern Chad. Privately, MINURCAT members expressed concern about their narrow mandate, which [...]	2007-12-06 16:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF UNSC CD CT
07NDJAMENA944	CHAD: CONTINUED FIGHTING AND HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. Intermittent fighting between the Government and rebel groups has spread to the CAR/Sudan/Chad tri-border region. The UN and NGO's have drawn-down expatriate staff from the Farchana and Goz Beida areas, but road travel and humanitarian flights continue. Common banditry (rather [...]	2007-12-07 17:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV CD SU
07NDJAMENA951	CHAD: EUFOR PROSPECTS GLOOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Cancellation or postponement of EUFOR due to resource and logistics constraints is a possibility according to EUFOR's General Gannacia. Nonetheless, EUFOR and MINURCAT advance teams continue to lay the groundwork for eventual deployment. MINURCAT may request assistance from do [...]	2007-12-13 16:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PGOV PREL PREF CD CR
07NDJAMENA99	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF REBEL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has not yet been able to convince other members of the National Redemption Front (NRF) to issue a statement renouncing any intentions of seeking to overthrow the regime in Khartoum, JEM's political representatives told the Ambassador January [...]	2007-02-01 12:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NEWDELHI1009	AMBASSADOR PUSHES FOR DEFENSE SALES AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 call on Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- emphasized the commitment the USG and American companies have demonstrated toward India's defense trade; -- pressed for a level playing field for American defense companies seeking business in India; [...]	2007-02-28 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS IN
07NEWDELHI1010	BOFORS SCANDAL MIDDLEMAN CAUSING TROUBLE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs disrupted both houses of Parliament, demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over alleged UPA mishandling of Ottavio Quattrocchi's extradition from Argentina. Quattrocchi is the main accused in the Bofors gun payo [...]	2007-02-28 13:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
07NEWDELHI1050	INDIA AND U.S. HOLD COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh and Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic chaired the 8th U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on February 28th in New Delhi. Calling the timing "late, but better late than ne [...]	2007-03-02 14:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI1051	INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...]	2007-03-02 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1076	MEA ASKS U.S. TO PROPOSE DATES FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 02:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO IN
07NEWDELHI1097	DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOURTH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC BM IN
07NEWDELHI1098	CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS RE-EMERGES IN INDIA - MAN VS. [...] (U) Summary: After a 32 year hiatus, the chikungunya virus is making a comeback in India. While the Government of India (GOI) estimates over 180,000 cases of chikungunya infection since December 2005, the actual number of cases is difficult to assess. The GOI,s lack of transparency in reporti [...]	2007-03-06 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AMED EAGR IN KFLU ECON PREL SENV TBIO PTER
07NEWDELHI1101	CONGRESS LEADERS CRITICIZE NUCLEAR DEAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a string of electoral defeats in Bihar, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, and Punjab, the most influential voices in the Delhi cocktail circuit as well as some of our most insightful political contacts in the states are telling us with one voice that Sonia Gandhi and her personal ad [...]	2007-03-06 16:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KISL KDEM KNNP PARM IN
07NEWDELHI1120	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHERN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PLC on HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND (SNC),KOCHI, KERALA. SNC was listed as the Ultimate Consignee and G.S. Teletech, Kochi, Kerala as the I [...]	2007-03-08 06:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1121	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MAHANAGAR [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) Perry Davis and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL),New De [...]	2007-03-08 06:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1166	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: EMECON CONTROLS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) Perry Davis and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Emecon Controls Pvt. Ltd. (Emecon),New Delhi [...]	2007-03-09 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1216	DEMARCHE ON ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IR IN
07NEWDELHI1218	SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MARCH 2007 VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman, the members of the Country Team warmly welcome you to New Delhi and Mumbai and look forward to your arrival on March 19. You are visiting at a crucial time in Indo-U.S. relations and are positioned to significantly advance our growing government-to-government, commer [...]	2007-03-13 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY EPET EAID SENV PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1248	US PARTICIPATION IN AMAN 07 "SURPRISES" AND [...] (C) PolCouns was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs by Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on 12 March for an urgent meeting to discuss the USG's participation in the multinational joint naval exercise "Aman 07." Kumar delivered the non-paper in para. 4 to Polcouns as directed [...]	2007-03-14 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CH PK IN
07NEWDELHI1250	INDO-FIJIAN RELATIONS GOOD DESPITE MILITARY COUP [...] (C) Summary: Fiji's interim Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, visited New Delhi March 3-4 (reftel). He met with both Ambika Soni, Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, from whom Nailatikau reportedly re [...]	2007-03-14 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FJ IN PBTS PGOV PINR
07NEWDELHI1273	BJP RE-ENERGIZED, LOOKING FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ECON KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1274	BELLWETHER PROJECT: UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in April and May 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Although the political situation in UP is fluid and changing rapidly, there was a consensus on a number of key points during a mi [...]	2007-03-15 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KISL KDEM KCRM IN
07NEWDELHI1275	HIZBOLLAH AND HAMAS DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegates of the "International Conference on War, Imperialism and Resistance: West Asia," held in New Delhi March 12-14, adopted a resolution urging the Indian government to change its Middle East policy, break ties with Israel, and promote dialogue with Iran. Hizbollah spokes [...]	2007-03-15 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS IR IN
07NEWDELHI1292	ECON HIGHLIGHTS FROM NEW DELHI(March 12-16, 2007) [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 12-16, 2006. --------------------------------------------- - ECONOMIST CONFERENCE: GOI ROLLS OUT RED CARPET --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) Prime Minister Singh address [...]	2007-03-16 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1293	SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) (Americas) Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar on March 16. PolCouns also delivered demarche to the office of MEA (UN Economic and Social) Joint Secretary Manjeev Singh Puri, who has responsibility for instructing the Ind [...]	2007-03-16 11:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IN
07NEWDELHI1295	KASHMIRI REJECTIONIST HARDLINER GEELANI SEEKS U.S. [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for CA, S/CT, DS, PA, SCA and others. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani applied March 16 for a visa to travel to the United States for medical treatment for cancer in his one remaining kid [...]	2007-03-16 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER CVIS ASEC PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
07NEWDELHI1297	NAXALITES KILL 55 IN ATTACK ON SECURITY FORCES IN [...] (C) Summary. Hundreds of Naxalite insurgents stormed a heavily-fortified security post in the Dantewada district of southern Chhattisgarh during a pre-dawn raid on March 15. After three hours of fighting, 55 security and police personnel were killed. This unfortunate and gruesome attack co [...]	2007-03-16 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN
07NEWDELHI1302	GOI "VERY UNEASY" ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to Dhaka was "excellent," according to Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar. Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed received high marks from the GOI with Kumar noting that, "He talks like us. He's brillian [...]	2007-03-19 06:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG CE IN
07NEWDELHI1303	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SARTORIUS INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd. (Sartorius),Ban [...]	2007-03-19 06:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1304	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SARTORIUS INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd. (Sartorius),Ban [...]	2007-03-19 06:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1305	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SARTORIUS INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd. (Sartorius),Ban [...]	2007-03-19 06:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1306	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SARTORIUS INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd. (Sartorius),Ban [...]	2007-03-19 06:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1307	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SARTORIUS INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd. (Sartorius),Ban [...]	2007-03-19 06:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1308	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SARTORIUS INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd. (Sartorius),Ban [...]	2007-03-19 06:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1325	INDIA FALLING SHORT OF POTENTIAL IN AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. Indian strategic thinkers agree that China is leading India in involvement with Africa by almost all economic and political measures. Not only does China have a greater volume of bilateral trade with Africa, but China is also pouring development aid and concessional loans into [...]	2007-03-19 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN CH ECON ENRG EPET EAGR
07NEWDELHI1327	INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICERS HEAD TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AF IN
07NEWDELHI1328	PRIME MINISTER WARM ON U.S.-INDIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. PM Singh told Ashley Tellis he hoped a U.S.-India-Japan trilateral dialogue could become official at the Foreign Secretary level. The PM's comment seems to reflect a fairly broad sentiment in New Delhi, as recent public speakers have come out in support of closer trilateral ties [...]	2007-03-19 13:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IN JA
07NEWDELHI1345	OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM UNESCO SPECIAL SESSION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL UNESCO IS IN
07NEWDELHI1346	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INDIA DEFERS TO ITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ACABQ AORC APER UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI1383	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Prime Minister Media Advisor Sanjaya Baru, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli: -- discussed Indo-Pakistan relations, agreeing that the relationship is in relatively good shape at this time; -- urged her interlocutors [...]	2007-03-22 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWMN PK IN
07NEWDELHI139	MINISTER OF STATE SHARMA: 123 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma told the Ambassador: - India has "too much political capital invested" in the civil-nuclear agreement to allow for 123 Agreement talks to languish, adding a successful 123 conclusion is "imperative;" [...]	2007-01-10 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KNNP EAGR SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI1401	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI ENCOURAGES INDO-US [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, Senior Adviser to the Secretary Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met with Ministry of SIPDIS External Affairs (MEA) officials March 22 to discuss a number of UN-related issues, including: - India's role on the UN Human Rights Council - Secretary General Ban [...]	2007-03-22 13:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1402	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE ON SUDAN: INDIA FAVORS [...] (C) Senior Adviser to the Secretary Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met March 22 with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Singh Puri and delivered reftel points. Puri rebutted, saying that there had been "good forward movement" in Geneva on the ne [...]	2007-03-22 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IN
07NEWDELHI1403	SARAN ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF ENGAGEMENT, DESIRE TO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Special Envoy Shyam Saran to emphasize the necessity for progress in the upcoming 123 Agreement talks. The upcoming round of 123 talks should not be a negotiation of previously agreed upon points, but rather a codification and definition of outstanding issues, [...]	2007-03-22 14:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI1412	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISTRAC, BANGALORE, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) Perry Davis and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network ( [...]	2007-03-23 06:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1413	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: HEADQUARTER SOUTHERN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) Perry Davis and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Headquarter Southern Command (HSC),Pune, on March [...]	2007-03-23 06:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1424	BJP MEMBER CLAIMS THE RSS IS ACTIVE IN NEPAL - CORRECTED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Seshadiri Chari (PROTECT),claimed March 19 that the RSS is involved with the Madhesi movement in Nepal's southern Terai region. This is the first RSS confirmation Post has had. Chari claimed the [...]	2007-03-23 10:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS KISL NP PK CH IN
07NEWDELHI1425	EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE AT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 10:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1446	BELLWETHER PROJECT: BIHAR IS MORE THAN JUST CROPS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the last two decades, Bihar was ruled by a kleptocratic and corrupt government, suffered from discriminatory central government policies, and was mired in caste and class-ridden social divides. Despite its Buddhist sacred sites, bountiful rivers and fertile soil, Bihar has [...]	2007-03-23 14:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1458	BELLWETHER PROJECT: BIHAR IS MORE THAN JUST CROPS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the last two decades, Bihar was ruled by a kleptocratic and corrupt government, suffered from discriminatory central government policies, and was mired in caste and class-ridden social divides. Despite its Buddhist sacred sites, bountiful rivers and fertile soil, Bihar has [...]	2007-03-26 09:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1485	OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN SOFT POWER IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As requested, this cable contains specific, concrete ideas for opportunities for India to use soft power in helping Afghanistan's reconstruction, with the broader objective of seeking ways for the U.S. to synergize its efforts with Afghanistan's "natural ally." Some of the ideas are ne [...]	2007-03-28 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG SCUL SOCI AF IN
07NEWDELHI1486	UNSCR 1747 - INDIA WILL SUPPORT IMPOSITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC
07NEWDELHI1488	A SNAPSHOT OF INDIAN THOUGHTS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In various meetings over the last few weeks, Post has been taking stock of what Indian analysts, professors, lawmakers and journalists are thinking about Iran. This cable is a summary of those conversations. Interlocutors agreed that, while Indians do not want a nuclear Iran, t [...]	2007-03-28 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ELTN IR IN
07NEWDELHI1508	NO CLEAR OUTCOME IN SIGHT FOR UPCOMING UTTAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the election is set to commence on April 7, UP politics remain as confused and murky as ever. In the past few weeks, a close associate of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has bolted to form a new party, and his Muslim support base appears to be incr [...]	2007-03-29 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN
07NEWDELHI1509	DELHI DIARY, MARCH 8-29 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting. Former Iranian President Gets a Warm Reception in India ------ 2. (SBU) The mostly Indian audience at the India Today annual "conclave" March 23 h [...]	2007-03-29 14:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KNNP IR BT KZ
07NEWDELHI1517	INDIA "WILL CONSIDER" IRAN REQUEST TO BECOME SAARC [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph six. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon announced on March 28 that the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Council of Ministers, during its April 2 meeting in New Delhi, will conside [...]	2007-03-30 10:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IN
07NEWDELHI1532	DCM REVIEWS FULL SLATE OF BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) In a courtesy call on new Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta on March 30, the DCM recalled their long-standing friendship, briefed Gupta on the many ways that the USG works with the Home Ministry to advance our bilateral agenda, and sought Gupta's help to improve Embassy interactions with his M [...]	2007-03-30 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
07NEWDELHI1534	DEMARCHE: INDIA PREFERS ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Ambassador Mulford that India would "stick by its agreements" with the U.S. on Nepal. In a separate meeting, the Ambassador expressed concern to National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan about a new GOI flexibility with regard to the Maoists' f [...]	2007-03-30 14:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP IN
07NEWDELHI1536	BJP COCKY ABOUT UTTAR PRADESH AND DELHI POLL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 25, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kicked off its campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) State Assembly elections with a bang. The BJP is focusing on the UP elections, which start on April 7 with results to be announced May 11, and on April 5 Delhi Municipal electi [...]	2007-03-30 14:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1620	KARZAI TELLS BOUCHER THAT AFGHANISTAN IS GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, Assistant Secretary Boucher noted that Pakistan had given Karzai a warm welcome into the organization. A Joint Jirga session last week was succe [...]	2007-04-04 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS PTER AF PK IN
07NEWDELHI1622	PM KOIRALA UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Prime Minister Koirala of Nepal April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, and assured him that the U.S. supported the Government of Nepal, despite misgivings regarding Maoist entry into the Interim Gov [...]	2007-04-04 14:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV NP BT IN
07NEWDELHI1640	PM WANGCHUK UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador David Mulford met Prime Minister Wangchuk of Bhutan April 4 on the margins of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit to discuss Bhutan's ongoing democratization [...]	2007-04-05 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS NP IN
07NEWDELHI1641	BANGLADESH LEADER TELLS BOUCHER CREDIBLE ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed of Bangladesh told Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher April 5 that free, fair and credible elections were the primary goal of the caretaker government. In a meeting following the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit in New Delhi, [...]	2007-04-05 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG IN
07NEWDELHI1642	BOUCHER DISCUSSES EDUCATION REFORM WITH NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met with National Knowledge Commission member Deepak Nayar to discuss the state of affairs in education reform in India and possible areas of cooperation between the United States and India. During an hour long lively conversation, [...]	2007-04-05 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL IN
07NEWDELHI1643	SRI LANKA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES BOUCHER THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED AND REQUESTS MORE SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Assistant Secretary Boucher emphasized that it was vital that the forthcoming devolution package reassure moderate Tamils about their future place in Sri Lankan society and guarantee that their rights are protected. [...]	2007-04-05 13:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE IN
07NEWDELHI1653	THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART I [...] (SBU) Summary: During the March 19-24 visit of Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Mission officers joined Ambassador Tahir-Kheli to survey New Delhi's leading NGOs, think tanks, pundits, government officials and activists on the ch [...]	2007-04-09 07:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI1675	BJP WINS BIG IN DELHI LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) On April 5, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept Delhi's Municipal Council polls, winning 164 of 272 seats (60 percent),reducing Congress from 103 seats to 67. The widely-predicted outcome boosted BJP spirits on the eve of the multi-stage Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections. After its victo [...]	2007-04-09 14:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI1676	CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES 123 AGREEMENT, CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a joint meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran, Codel Lowey outlined their concerns on the civil-nuclear agreement, including fears that the Government of India (GOI) had come to the conclusion that the U.S. Congre [...]	2007-04-09 14:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI1698	INDIA DID NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NATANZ RIBBON-CUTTING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha April 9. Amandeep Singh Gill, Director of MEA Disarmament and International Security Affairs, told PolOff April 10 that the MEA had instructed its Embassy i [...]	2007-04-10 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC
07NEWDELHI1699	DESPITE WILD SPECULATION, UTTAR PRADESH ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: Uttar Pradesh (UP) completed its first phase of polling on April 7. Due to the active involvement of an effective Election Commission (EC),the vote went smoothly and was violence free. Notoriously unreliable exit polls predict that the SP and BJP will lose seats, while Congre [...]	2007-04-10 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1702	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER REVIEWS SOUTH ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one hour meeting on April 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed political and economic developments with Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. When it comes to the region, New Delhi a [...]	2007-04-11 07:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PREF ECON ETRD AF
07NEWDELHI1704	INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT [...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...]	2007-04-11 09:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1715	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER
07NEWDELHI1720	DELHI DIARY, MARCH 29-APRIL 11 [...] (C) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Naxalites Looking to Join the Fray in Kashmir -- BJP Coalesces Its Strategy of Attack on Congress -- Civil Society Holds SAARC Accountabl [...]	2007-04-11 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PK IR JA IN
07NEWDELHI1723	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar April 5 to review progress and obstacles on key U.S.- India bilateral issues, including defense, military relations, education, the Agricult [...]	2007-04-11 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER
07NEWDELHI1727	PDP WINS PUBLIC BATTLE OVER JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rather astutely and with exquisite timing caused a major dilemma that threatened to unravel the Congress-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir state. In negotiations before the SAARC Summit and on the eve of Ut [...]	2007-04-12 05:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1749	THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART II [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a two part series on the status of women in India. This cable is derived from Post's ongoing analysis of the issues facing women as well as conversations with politicians, think tanks, NGO activists, pundits, and government officials during Senior Advisor to [...]	2007-04-12 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI1827	INDIA OFFERS CREW LIST EXEMPTION [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has presented a Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007, dated April 11, 2007) offering a bilateral resolution of the outstanding "crew list" issue, proposing exemption of t [...]	2007-04-17 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS KREC KTIA IN
07NEWDELHI1866	DELHI DIARY, APRIL 12-19 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 12-19, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Third Phase of the Uttar Pradesh Election Completed -- The Saffron Crowd Finding a Home in the BJP Again -- Chief of Naval Operations Vi [...]	2007-04-19 08:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC KUNR ETRD EPET KWMN BR
07NEWDELHI188	INDIA KEEN TO BAN KUWAIT'S REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC [...] (C) India is likely to support strongly US efforts to designate domestically and under UNSCR 1267 Kuwait's Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) as a financier of international terrorism. Indian officials have previously expressed their fear of spillover of the group's activities in Bang [...]	2007-01-12 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KISL PAK IN
07NEWDELHI1885	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 16-20, 2007. ---------------------------------- New FDI Regulations Go into Effect ---------------------------------- 2. (U) India's new FDI regulations in telecom were officially notified by the [...]	2007-04-20 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI1915	RAHUL GANDHI JUMPS INTO THE U.P. ELECTORAL FRAY [...] (C) Summary: Rahul Gandhi, the heir apparent of the Gandhi family dynasty, has made a number of gaffes, suggesting an uneven start to his active political career. During a series of ""roadshows"" meant to jump-start the Congress campaign in ongoing Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections, Rahul made ellipti [...]	2007-04-23 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN PK
07NEWDELHI1918	CALM OR CHAOS IN STORE FOR NEPAL? INDIAN EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian experts and politicians sounded off at a recent roundtable hosted by PolCouns, in which guests debated whether or not the likely delay of Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections would be harmful to the peace process. While some experts claimed chaos would ensue if electio [...]	2007-04-23 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI1920	RECORD CROWD ATTENDS HARDLINE SEPARATIST GEELANI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a show of force as well as strength, hardline separatist Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani held a rally in Srinagar on April 22nd to mark his return to the Valley following cancer surgery in Mumbai. Our interlocutors say the rally was attended by several thousand mostly young people -- [...]	2007-04-23 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1921	HINDU RIGHT WING PLANNING AN ANTI-MAOIST COALITION [...] (C) Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, told DepPolCouns April 23 that he is headed to Nepal April 26 to meet "secretly" with King Gyanendra and publicly with Prime Minister Koirala, whom he described as "an old friend." Swamy was a m [...]	2007-04-23 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI193	IRAQ: GUIDANCE DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA [...] (C) As the DCM was delivering reftel demarche to the Indian government (see below),in a visit to broadcaster CNN-IBN, Ambassador briefed the entire editorial team on bilateral relations and specifically addressed the President's new initiative on Iraq. In an subsequent interview, Ambassador [...]	2007-01-12 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IZ IN
07NEWDELHI1938	BRINGING SHAME ON FEMALE FETICIDE IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On an April 10-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloff met with government officials, NGO's and others combating female feticide. They outlined hopeful new steps they are taking. Although only in the early stages, such programs hold promise in making inroads against female feticide and [...]	2007-04-24 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN ECON PREL SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI1946	NO CLEAR LEADER EMERGES FROM THE FOURTH PHASE OF [...] (C) Summary: The fourth phase of the contentious Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections came off without a hitch in a remote area of the state bordering on Nepal, which has been a stronghold of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP). An influential caste leader from the area split from the SP and launched h [...]	2007-04-24 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN

07NEWDELHI1947	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AGMATEL INDIA, NEW [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Agmatel India (Agmatel),New Delhi, on April 13, 20 [...]	2007-04-24 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1948	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INDRAPRASTHA GAS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL),New Delhi, on [...]	2007-04-24 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1949	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SANCHAR ANTENNA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan attempted to conduct a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sanchar Antenna and Communications Syste [...]	2007-04-24 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1971	GOI JOINT SECRETARY (EAST ASIA): CHINA BORDER [...] (C) Summary. In an April 25 discussion, new MEA JS (East Asia) Vijay Gokhale: -- briefed PolCouns on the latest round of India-China border talks, saying little progress was made; -- downplayed the May 1 visit by North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun, stating such a meeting was a [...]	2007-04-25 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN JA IN
07NEWDELHI1973	DEMARCHE ON SAMOA LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRY STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC EAID ECON UNGA WS IN
07NEWDELHI1974	INDIA CAPABLE BUT UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Government of India (GOI) is capable of sending both military and civilian resources to help accomplish the mission in Iraq, but the will to do so does not exist. In 2003, when the U.S. first approached the GOI to contribute troops to Iraq, then-Prime Minister Vajpayee's initial reac [...]	2007-04-25 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ IN
07NEWDELHI1975	RUMINATIONS OF A BJP LEADER ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) On April 24, PolCouns met with former Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, who is currently a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. A party insider who is well-connected to the BJP leadership, Sinha spoke at some length on current Indian domestic politics. Sinha emp [...]	2007-04-25 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1976	ONE PRIVATE SCHOOL IN RAJASTHAN TRIES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On an April 10-14 trip through Rajasthan, PolOff discussed Indian public education with politicians, school directors, and journalists. They confirmed that the poor quality of public schools compels parents to rely on private options to ensure their children receive a good edu [...]	2007-04-25 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI1977	DELHI DIARY, APRIL 20-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 20-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mid-Election Scandal Could Shake Up Politics -- Bhutan,s Voters Elect "Yellow" in Mock Polls -- Another Bomb Found and Defused in Bhutan [...]	2007-04-25 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS KCRM KDEM PHUM SOCI PTER MOPS
07NEWDELHI2010	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Former Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe (Rufe) and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the National Informatics Centre Servi [...]	2007-04-27 07:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2025	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Former Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe (Rufe) and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the National Informatics Centre Servi [...]	2007-04-27 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2036	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 23-27, 2007. ------------------------------ OIL AND GAS MINISTER DISCUSSES LNG WITH TEHRAN ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora met [...]	2007-04-27 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2037	INDIAN OFFICIAL SEES BANGLADESH AT CROSSROADS, SRI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with PolCouns on April 26, MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar: -- said that the caretaker government in Bangladesh has reached a crossroads by allowing Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to return, stating such a move weakens the government and will force it to reassert itself in [...]	2007-04-27 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG BM CE IN
07NEWDELHI2052	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Former Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe (Rufe) and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the National Informatics Centre Servi [...]	2007-04-30 10:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2056	BIOGRAPHY: MEA JOINT SECRETARY GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) Gaitri Kumar replaced Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as Ministry for External Affairs (MEA),Joint Secretary (Americas) in January. She joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. Prior to her current assignment, her career trajectory is as follows: --1987-1989 - Third Secretary/Second Secreta [...]	2007-04-30 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2060	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HIKAL LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman, Former ECO Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Hikal Ltd. (Hikal),Bangal [...]	2007-04-30 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2061	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARCH PHARMALABS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman, Former ECO Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Arch Pharmalabs Limited (A [...]	2007-04-30 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2062	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: GRANULES INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman, Former ECO Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Granules India Ltd. (GIL) [...]	2007-04-30 12:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2067	BIOGRAPHY: RAJASTHAN CHIEF MINISTER VASUNDHARA RAJE [...] (C) On an April 10-14 trip to Rajasthan, PolOff met with politicians, journalists, NGOs, and academicians to get a fix on the current state of affairs. This cable is largely derived from conversations during this trip about Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje. A POLITICAL MAHARANI ------- [...]	2007-04-30 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI2069	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NICHOLAS PIRAMAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman, Former ECO Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Nicholas Piramal India Ltd [...]	2007-05-01 04:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2070	RAJASTHAN STRUGGLES TO ESCAPE FROM THE HINDI BELT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajasthan, located in North India and bordering Pakistan, is the country's largest state and embodies numerous contradictions. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje (ref A),although extremely popular, is heavily criticized and not expected to win the [...]	2007-05-01 06:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR SOCI ECON KWMN KIRF
07NEWDELHI2072	G-8 SEEKING IMPROVED CT COOPERATION WITH INDIA [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns attended a meeting of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in New Delhi, which is now chaired by the German Political Counselor. The group attempts to coordinate G-8 efforts to partner with the Indian government against terrorism. The group discussed each coun [...]	2007-05-01 08:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI209	MUKHERJEE'S PAKISTAN TRIP YIELDS LITTLE FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee met with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on January 13th and 14th, announcing that Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri will visit New Delhi in February, inaugurating the next round of composite dialogue with Foreign Secretary talks on March 13th a [...]	2007-01-16 10:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2092	LATEST UTTAR PRADESH POLL CONFIRMS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: The fifth phase of seven phases of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) election concluded on April 28, with a growing consensus that this election will likely spell the end of SP rule. An effective Election Commission has prevented the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) from using dirty tricks to [...]	2007-05-02 11:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI210	COMMUNISTS COPECETIC WITH UPA REGIONAL APPROACH, [...] (C) Summary: The Left Front (LF) and UPA are locked in agreement when it comes to South Asian regional policy, but differ sharply when it comes to the US and countries with which the US has disputes, such as Iran. In preparation for his January 13-14 Pakistan visit, External Affairs Minister [...]	2007-01-16 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR KDEM IN PK BT BG
07NEWDELHI2101	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MEA JOINT SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN) JOINT SECRETARY T.C.A. RAGHAVAN MAY 1, POLCOUNS RAISED PETROLEUM SIPDIS AND NATURAL GAS MINISTER MURLI DEORA'S RECENT STOPOVER IN TEHRAN. RAGHAVAN SAID HE HAD NOT RECEIVED DETAILS, [...]	2007-05-02 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EPET ETRD MARR PINR MOPS IR
07NEWDELHI2102	PM HOSTS THIRD JAMMU AND KASHMIR ROUNDTABLE AS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh chaired a third Roundtable Conference in New Delhi with Kashmiri leaders on April 21st, although separatists from both moderate and hard-line political camps refused to attend. The Prime Minister sat through more than 10 hours of presentations by Kashmiri p [...]	2007-05-02 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2106	DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE'S BID FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 06:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV UNCSD AORC ZI IN
07NEWDELHI2107	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 07:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC BO IN
07NEWDELHI2117	INDIAN DEOBANDIS SAY PAKISTANI JUI-F WILLING TO BROKER PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN [...] (S) Summary: Poloffs met on April 27th with Pandit N. K. Sharma -- who once headed Muslim Outreach for the Rao government and who claims close ties to the Gandhi family -- as well as Maulana Mahmood Madani, a member of Parliament and prominent leader of the Deobandi political organization Jamiat U [...]	2007-05-03 10:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2126	HINDU RIGHT WINGER SAYS CLEAR-CUT NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, gave DepPolCouns May 1 a read-out of his April 26 visit to Nepal. Swamy said he met one-on-one with the following: -- King Gyanendra -- Gyanendra's son Crown Prince Paras -- Prime [...]	2007-05-03 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI2139	DELHI DIARY, APRIL 26-MAY 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 26-May 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indian Boots on the Ground in Afghanistan? -- Parliamentary Histrionics Play On -- Bhutanese Refugees Want To Participate In Election [...]	2007-05-04 11:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF PK IR IN
07NEWDELHI2140	BSP MAINTAINS ITS LEAD IN UTTAR PRADESH SIXTH [...] (U) The sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) election took place without significant problems on May 3. Polling was conducted in 52 constituencies in nine districts in a remote area of southeastern UP. Three of the districts are home to Naxalite activity, but they did not emerge from their [...]	2007-05-04 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2142	IRAN MANIPULATING INDIAN ELITE OPINION-MAKERS [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA. Please see paragraph 6. New Iranian Mischief ------ 2. (C) Ambassador K.V. Rajan, former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and current Chairman of the Prime Minister's National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),called Charge May 4 for a [...]	2007-05-04 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IR IN
07NEWDELHI2149	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 30 - May 4, 2007. PAKISTAN CUTS INTO INDIAN WHEAT MARKET -------------- 2. (SBU) For the first time in history, India is importing wheat from Pakistan as of April-May 2007. Taking advantage o [...]	2007-05-04 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV PTER ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2177	NEW PUNJABI LEADERSHIP SEEKS EDUCATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 2 meeting with POLCOUNS in Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh and Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister D.S. Guru discussed opportunities for India/U.S. education cooperation, water and electricity subsidies, relations with Pakistan, and [...]	2007-05-07 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SCUL IN PK
07NEWDELHI2179	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GUJARAT GLASS (P) LIMITED, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Gujarat Glass (P) Ltd. (GGL),Vadodara, Gujarat, on May 2, 2 [...]	2007-05-08 04:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2192	IRAN ENCOURAGES INDIAN ELITE TO GET BACK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Left-wing think-tanker Professor S.D. Muni told PolCouns May 7 about his trip to Iran, fully paid for and sponsored by the Government of Iran, in which he and 13 Indian academics, former diplomats, journalists and scientists visited the Arak heavy water complex and met the Minis [...]	2007-05-08 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET MNUC IR IN
07NEWDELHI2201	INDIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANSIT OF UNSCR [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche -- requesting stronger vigilance and restraint when considering travel of UNSCR designated Iranians -- to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar. JS Kumar, who had been unaware of the Zolqadr incident described in reftel, to [...]	2007-05-09 06:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IR IN
07NEWDELHI2203	UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS CONCLUDED; RESULTS ON MAY [...] (U) On May 8, polling concluded in the seventh and final phase of the protracted election in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The voting took place in 59 constituencies in East UP. Approximately 45 percent of the electorate cast their votes and there were no reported security incidents. The East UP dist [...]	2007-05-09 07:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2209	INDIA COMPARES ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 09:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM XB AS CA ID JA KS NZ RP IN
07NEWDELHI2223	INDIA-PAKISTAN STILL STUCK ON SIACHEN TALKS [...] (S) Summary: Indian Defense Minister A K Antony traveled to the Army's Siachen base camp to demonstrate his administration's ongoing tough stance toward Pakistan in negotiations over troop withdrawal from the peaks surrounding the glacier, as well as to set a marker by which India can claim v [...]	2007-05-09 12:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2225	DELHI DIARY, MAY 5-9 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 5-9, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- GOI Responds to LTTE Air Attacks in Sri Lanka with Increased Vigilance in the South -- Think-tanker: Lantos Letter "Less Than Diplomatic" [...]	2007-05-09 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MNUC PTER PINR BT CE UK
07NEWDELHI2230	PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AMIDST CHAOS: US LAWMAKERS' [...] (C) Summary: May 7 marked another day of shouting and chaos in both houses of the Indian Parliament. Congress went after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the fake encounter killings of Muslims in Gujarat, demanding the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister (CM) Narendra Modi for his alleged [...]	2007-05-09 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ENRG IN IR
07NEWDELHI2246	BILDT IN INDIA: REBUILDING TRADE TIES AND MORE [...] (C) Summary. In his May 2-4 visit to India, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt, accompanied by an impressive business delegation, brought a message that Sweden will aggressively pursue its share of India's bulging consumer market. Also aiming for a stake in the lucrative Indian defense market, B [...]	2007-05-10 11:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR KNNP IN
07NEWDELHI2247	INDIA REQUESTS FORMAL TERRORISM WATCH LIST EXCHANGE [...] (S) This is an ACTION request for the Department S/CT and SCA. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Indian MEA Counter-Terrorism Cell Director I M Pandey passed a request to Poloff that the U.S. and India sign an agreement to create a formal and continuous channel to exchange terrorism [...]	2007-05-10 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL ASEC
07NEWDELHI2254	GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...]	2007-05-10 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	EPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI2258	TERRORIST INFILTRATION FALLING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, INCREASING IN INDIAN HEARTLAND [...] (S) Summary: The Indian Home Ministry released its finding on May 10th that terrorist infiltration from Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir into Indian Kashmir fell to an all time low from January through March of 2007. Although these winter months are often considered a low period in violence and infil [...]	2007-05-10 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2266	A MAYAWATI LANDSLIDE IN UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS [...] (U) Although the EC has not yet released the final vote tally in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Assembly Elections, initial analysis indicates a clear victory for the BSP party of former Chief Minister Mayawati, and Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has already conceded defeat. NDTV proj [...]	2007-05-11 06:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2268	MAYAWATI VICTORY IN UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION [...] (C) Mayawati's decisive victory in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections will reverberate throughout India and has serious implications for the UPA government in New Delhi and for India/US relations. Projections now place her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) party just a hair's breath away [...]	2007-05-11 08:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI2280	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 7-11, 2007. STARBUCKS PENDING INVESTMENT APPLICATION --------------- 2. (SBU) On May 10, Econoffs held a conference call with Hong Kong based Starbucks representative Mike Yeager, Finance & Busine [...]	2007-05-11 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2313	AFTER UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on May 11 and the state and India's domestic politics will never be the same. Mayawati, the new Chief Minister of UP, handed decisive defeats not only to her bitter rivals the Samajwadi Party (SP),but t [...]	2007-05-14 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PTER SCUL KISL IN
07NEWDELHI2360	DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...]	2007-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN
07NEWDELHI2370	REQUEST FOR BUSH-SINGH MEETING AT G-8 SUMMIT [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph three. 2. Post received on May 18 from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs a diplomatic note requesting a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Singh and President Bush to take place during the G-8 Summit in Germany [...]	2007-05-18 10:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI2390	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CPI-M POLITBURO CHIEF SITARAM [...] SUMMARY (C) On May 17, PolCouns met with Sitaram Yechury, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Member of Parliament (MP),member of the politburo and editor of the party journal "People's Democracy." Yechury welcomed the outcome of the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections a [...]	2007-05-18 13:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2391	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 14-18, 2007. INDIA AND CIVIL AVIATION -------------- 2. (U) In a productive meeting with Deputy Economic Counselor, Civil Aviation (CA) Joint Secretary RK Singh reviewed several key issues - in [...]	2007-05-18 13:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2402	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NOKIA INDIA LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV at Nokia India Ltd. (Nokia),a private sector company, located at 5F, Tower - A&B, Cybergreen, DLF Cyber City, Sector 25A, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana [...]	2007-05-21 10:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2411	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CLARIANT [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd. (Clariant),Raigad [...]	2007-05-22 03:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2412	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: BEC CHEMICALS PVT. [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at BEC Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (BCL) Raigad District, Maha [...]	2007-05-22 03:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2432	PUNJAB CONTINUES TO SIMMER OVER RELIGIOUS LEADER'S [...] (SBU) Since May 14, Punjab has been in a state of crisis over an alleged sacrilegious act. Sikh leaders have demanded that Sant Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim, the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious sect apologize for insulting their faith by dressing up as the tenth holy Guru in Sikhism, Guru Go [...]	2007-05-22 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2433	BIOGRAPHY: UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER MAYAWATI: [...] (C) On May 13, 2007, Kumari Mayawati, commonly referred to as Mayawati or Bhenji (sister),was sworn in as Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP),India's most populous state. President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),a party created to represent low caste voters, Mayawati has long been [...]	2007-05-22 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2449	NEW INDIAN DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. In an initial courtesy call on incoming Deputy National Security Advisor L.K. Ponappa, Charge highlighted U.S. priorities for the bilateral security relationship and invited Ponappa to visit Washington at the earliest convenience to begin building contacts with USG counterparts. [...]	2007-05-23 10:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2456	POINTS ON UNSCRS 1267 AND 1735 DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar May 21. Kumar reconfirmed the Government of India's (GOI) commitment to implement fully all UN Security Council Resolutions. She said she had discussed these demarches with ME [...]	2007-05-23 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC IR IN
07NEWDELHI2457	UNSCR 1747 DEFINITION OF "ARMS AND RELATED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR IN
07NEWDELHI2458	DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU IN
07NEWDELHI2460	DELHI DIARY, MAY 18-23 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 18-23, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Crude Bombs in UP Point to Internal Politics -- India Gives the Green Light for Civil Servants to Visit China -- Indian Army Chief Begins [...]	2007-05-23 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PHUM BT PK CH IN
07NEWDELHI2475	THE UPA AT THREE YEARS - MIRED IN MEDIOCRITY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a "Report to the People" on May 22, outlining the achievements of his UPA government at the three year point. The PM acknowledged that inflation is a problem, providing assurances that his government would take measures to keep it from hur [...]	2007-05-24 10:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM PINR PTER KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2480	IRAQ'S OIL MINISTER TO SEEK INDIAN INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will visit India May 25-28, leading a delegation from a broad spectrum of the Iraqi government, in addition to several businesspeople. The main goal for Iraq is to get an Indian agreement for investment in either building a new oil refine [...]	2007-05-24 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG IQ IN
07NEWDELHI2486	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 21-25, 2007. REF: NEW DELHI 02347 CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS TO DEEPEN DEBT MARKET ----------------- 2. (U) On May 16, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for the introduction [...]	2007-05-25 06:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2533	BIOGRAPHY: SATISH CHANDRA MISHRA, BAHUJAN SAMAJ [...] (C) Satish Chandra Mishra, Member of Parliament (MP) from Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and General Secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),is widely acknowledged to be the right hand man of Mayawati, the new powerful BSP Chief Minister (CM) of UP. She inducted him i [...]	2007-05-29 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2553	GOI BRIEFED ON AIR DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed appreciation for the briefing provided by the Defense Attache (DATT) regarding the recent U.S. military survey of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) air defense capabilities. MEA requested the USG to apprise the GOI of radar equipmen [...]	2007-05-30 09:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM CE BM
07NEWDELHI2563	DELHI DIARY, MAY 24-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 24-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Left Groups Disparage United Progressive Alliance Performance -- Kerala Communist Party Punishes Leaders for Public Feud -- BJP Hopes for [...]	2007-05-30 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM BT IN
07NEWDELHI2564	PROTESTS IN RAJASTHAN TURN VIOLENT [...] (C) On May 28, caste tensions turned violent in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)ruled state of Rajasthan. Demanding to be socially demoted from the Other Backward Caste (OBC) to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, the Gujjar community staged protests and blocked national highways in Rajasthan. [...]	2007-05-30 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PREL PINR SCUL IN
07NEWDELHI2583	TENSIONS IN RAJASTHAN ESCALATE AND SPREAD [...] (SBU) The Gujjar community continues it demands to be socially demoted from the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category to the Schedule Tribe (ST) category to access job and education benefits reserved for STs. Violent Gujjar demonstrations have escalated and spread to neighboring states over th [...]	2007-05-31 15:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SCUL CASC IN
07NEWDELHI2594	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PROGRAMME AD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the Programme AD, Hyderabad, on May 24, 2007. 3 [...]	2007-06-01 06:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2595	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ZETATEK INDUSTRIES LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Zetatek Industries Ltd. (ZIL),Hyderabad, on May 23, 2007. [...]	2007-06-01 06:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2596	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ELECTRONICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL),Hyder [...]	2007-06-01 06:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2621	KASHMIRI PARAMILITARY SEEKING US VISA [...] (S) This is an ACTION Request for the Department. SCA please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Kashmiri paramilitary leader and J&K State MLA Usman Abdul Majid is seeking a U.S. visa to attend functions hosted in Washington by the United States Institute of Peace starting on June 7th. Majid is a le [...]	2007-06-04 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2624	SITREP: TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN RAJASTHAN BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions in Rajasthan between the Gujjar and Meena communities continued unabated on June 2, as Meenas staged counter-demonstrations against Gujjar protests. To maintain pressure on the government, Gujjar leaders brought their protests to the capital, calling a bandh (general s [...]	2007-06-04 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2628	INDIA HAS NO CIVIL SOCIETY OR DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 05:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR IN
07NEWDELHI2636	GOVERNMENT AND GUJJARS REACH DEAL: RAJASTHAN LIMPS [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Rajasthan Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje and Gujjar leader Col. Kirori Singh Bhaisala reached an agreement that ended the Gujjar agitation. Under the terms of the compact, the Rajasthan state government will establish a three-person committee to investigate the Guj [...]	2007-06-05 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2664	DELHI DIARY, MAY 31-JUNE 6 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 31-June 6, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mayawati Escapes the Noose -- Bhutan Now Has Four Political Parties -- Bhutan Reaffirms Support for "One China" Policy Mayawati Esc [...]	2007-06-06 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF KDEM PHUM BT CH TW KS IN
07NEWDELHI2669	INDIA'S 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 STILL BEING [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and text of the USG 60-day report on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1747 June 6 to MEA Deputy Secretary (United Nations Political) Ajaneesh Kumar, who stated that the Government of India (GOI) was still in the process of formulating its 60-day report [...]	2007-06-07 08:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR IN
07NEWDELHI2678	A THIRD FRONT GETS OFF TO A SHAKY START [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, eight regional parties met in Hyderabad under the auspices of Telegu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu and agreed to form a "third front" aimed at eventually unseating the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and forming the government. The j [...]	2007-06-07 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI268	INDIA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO KEEP "UNNECESSARY" [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran called A/PolCouns on January 18 to convey the following demarche regarding the upcoming vote on Nepal in the UNSC: -- In the spirit of superb, close and on-going US-India coordination on Nepal, India wanted the U.S. to keep the "bigger picture" in [...]	2007-01-18 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2697	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 4-8, 2007. ANDRA PRADESH POWER SHORTFALL DUE TO PIPELINE PROBLEMS -------------- 2. (U) The economically dynamic southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is facing a 2000 megawatt power shortfa [...]	2007-06-08 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI27	INDIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) DCM received a letter dated December 20, 2006 from Manjeev Singh Puri, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social),responding to Ambassador SIPDIS Mulford's letter of November 6, 2006 inviting India to participate in the "Core Group" meeting to help shape the [...]	2007-01-04 01:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR BR MX SF IN
07NEWDELHI2711	DEMARCHE ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 10:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF CH IN IR MG PK RS ZK
07NEWDELHI2722	INDIA ENHANCING TIES WITH LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs Director for West Africa and North Africa N.J. Gangte characterized External Affairs Minister (EAM) Pranab Mukherjee's 26-28 May visit to Tripoli as "a political blessing to the bilateral economic activity." Mukherjee and Libyan FM Abul Rehman S [...]	2007-06-12 05:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN LY ENRG KPET ECON
07NEWDELHI2741	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC),Kolkata, on June 6, [...]	2007-06-13 04:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2742	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SERUM INSTITUTE OF INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Serum Institute of India Ltd. (SIIL),Pune, on June 4, 2007. [...]	2007-06-13 04:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2743	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INSTITUTE FOR [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR),Gandhinagar, G [...]	2007-06-13 04:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2763	INDIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE STILL WIDE OPEN [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, the Indian Election Commission (EC) notified the Presidential election, stipulating that Presidential nominations must be filed by June 30. The election will occur on July 19 and the winner will be announced July 21. With the election imminent, the ruling United Prog [...]	2007-06-13 11:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2766	DELHI DIARY, JUNE 6 - 13 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 6 - 13, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: POL-MIL: -- India, China announce joint military exercises -- Russian Ground Force commander visits India -- Russia continues to gouge I [...]	2007-06-13 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV MASS MARR KOMC KSTC RS
07NEWDELHI2788	NEW UNION CABINET SECRETARY: K.M. CHANDRASEKHAR [...] (C) On June 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh named former Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, K.M. Chandrasekhar, as Union Cabinet Secretary. A member of the 1970 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) -- Kerala Cadre, Chandrasekhar now holds the highest ranking bureaucra [...]	2007-06-14 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2792	HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...]	2007-06-15 01:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2805	INDIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF ELECTING ITS FIRST WOMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 14, after what threatened to become an insurmountable impasse, Congress and Left Party leaders agreed on current Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Devisingh Patil as the UPA/Left nominee for President of India. A longtime Gandhi/Nehru family loyalist, Patil would be the first [...]	2007-06-15 09:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF IN
07NEWDELHI2816	AMBASSADOR AND NGO LEADERS DISCUSS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Mulford met New Delhi's leading NGOs and UN Agencies that work on trafficking in persons (TIP) and bonded labor on June 14 to solicit their reaction to the TIP Report and Action Plan and ask for their frank assessments of the TIP situation in India. Largely thanks [...]	2007-06-18 00:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI2830	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR 123 CONCLUSION, SIGHTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a June 15 meeting with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador: -- pressed for the earliest possible conclusion to 123 Agreement negotiations and pressed the Indian to clarify their notion of a stand-alone fully safeguarded reprocessing facility; -- urged for [...]	2007-06-18 10:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KNNP TSPA SENV SCUL IN EAGR
07NEWDELHI2836	INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS PART ONE - BUDDING MIL-MIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Army Chief General and Chairman of Staffs Committee (COSC) J.J. Singh led a delegation of army, navy, and air force officers on a five-day visit to China in an effort to expand military relations. Highlights of the visit included: -an agreement to conduct periodic joint [...]	2007-06-19 03:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH IN

07NEWDELHI2838	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARMY HQ SIGNALS, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Army HQ Signals (AHS),website: http//mod.nic.in/. AHS was listed as the Ultimate Consignee; Wipro Ltd., Bangalor [...]	2007-06-19 04:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2839	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARMY SIGNALS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Indian Army Signals Headquarters (ASH),website: http//mod.nic.in/. ASH was listed as the Ultimate Consignee; Tat [...]	2007-06-19 04:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2840	THE NEW UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT WANTS CLOSE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 05:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SCUL SOCI EIND EINV ENRG
07NEWDELHI2865	DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Gloomy Pakistan Envoy -- GOI Ministry of Defense sends Shekhar Dutt to Bait the Bear -- Doctor in India Arrested for Female Feticide -- [...]	2007-06-20 11:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI2911	PATIL PITCHES ONE TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) On June 20, her last day as Governor of Rajasthan, UPA Presidential hopeful Prathiba Patil forwarded the state's controversial anti-conversion bill to President Adbul Kalam for legal review and guidance on its constitutional merits. Governors have the option to send state legislation to the [...]	2007-06-22 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2912	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 18-22, 2007. FIRST ROUND ON INDIA/EC FTA TALKS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK -------------- 2. (SBU) European Commission Trade Counselor Bermejo told us that the first round of negotiations for an Indian [...]	2007-06-22 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI2916	CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTH US-INDIA WORKING GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on June 19 focused on opportunities for the U.S. and India to work together to meet new challenges in global peacekeeping capacity. IO PDAS James Warlick led the US delegation, and Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora of the [...]	2007-06-22 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI2918	INDIAN OFFICIALS PRESS PDAS WARLICK ON UN REFORM, [...] (C) Summary. In side meetings around the U.S.-India Peacekeeping Joint Working Group, Indian officials: -- pressed PDAS Warlick to support India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council; -- briefed on India's efforts within the G4 and the wider UN membership for the perm seat; -- agreed o [...]	2007-06-25 01:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR IN
07NEWDELHI2929	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SANDVIK ASIA LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Sandvik Asia Ltd. (Sandvik),Tel: 91-2764-283-313 and 91-2764-283-314, Cell: 982-532-4618, email: jagdish.gajjar@s [...]	2007-06-25 10:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2935	KASHMIR ANXIOUS WITH LITTLE SHORT-TERM HOPE FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Unknown terrorists threw a grenade at a bus stop in Doda in J & K June 25, wounding 15, three critically. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, both Shi'a and Sunni, staged minor, non-violent street actions and chanted anti-US slogans June 14 and 15 to protest the Iraq Samarra Mosque bom [...]	2007-06-25 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2957	ROME RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 10:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IN AF
07NEWDELHI2991	DELHI DIARY, JUNE 20-27 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 20-27, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- KK Katyal: Potential for South Asian Parliament -- Tawang Residents Speak Out Against China's Territorial Claims -- Controversy Continue [...]	2007-06-27 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI3000	DARFUR DEMARCHE - INDIA IS UNDECIDED ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU IN
07NEWDELHI3031	THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: A HOUSE IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary: In the Spring of 2007, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared to be making a comeback after a series of electoral wins in both state assembly and municipal elections (reftel A). However, the euphoria ended following the party's abysmal performance in the May and June Uttar Pra [...]	2007-06-29 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI3034	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 25-29, 2007. COMING SOON - EFFORTS TO AMEND THE MONEY LAUNDERING ACT --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Econoff on June 29, Joint Secretary of Reve [...]	2007-06-29 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI306	INDIA ON ALERT AS USUAL FOR REPUBLIC DAY THREATS [...] (C) Summary. As India's Republic Day fast approaches, security in the capital and the country's largest cities has increased to its highest level as Indians prepare for a significant national holiday. Airports remain on alert as press reports surfaced of threats, over the January 13-14 week [...]	2007-01-19 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI3081	DELHI DIARY, JUNE 28-JULY 5 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 28-July 5, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely -- Mayawati Lays Out Her Priorities SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely ------- 2. (SBU [...]	2007-07-05 05:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IN
07NEWDELHI310	INDIA SET TO INCREASE PLEDGED AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. PolOffs met with Afghan Second Secretary Asadi to discuss Foreign Minister Mukherjee's January 22nd to 23rd visit to Afghanistan, including press reports that India is considering increasing its aid to Afghanistan by $100 million. Asadi, speaking through an interpreter, also gav [...]	2007-01-19 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI3132	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 2-6, 2007. Foreign Banks Report High Profit Growth, Yet Opportunity Costs are Extreme ----------------- 2. (U) Major foreign banks in India have reported a healthy growth in net profits in the [...]	2007-07-09 10:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN IR
07NEWDELHI3134	INDO-PAK TALKS ON TERRORISM AND NARCOTICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian Home Minister Madhukar Gupta and Pakistani Secretary of the Interior, Syed Kmal Shah, met July 2-3 for the fourth round of Home Secretary-level talks on Terrorism and Drug Trafficking as part of the continuing Composite Dialogue process. Major topics were an exchange of [...]	2007-07-09 11:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR PK IN
07NEWDELHI3224	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 9 - 13, 2007. India's Housing Index To Track House Prices ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In light of the recent surge in real estate prices, the government has launched a ne [...]	2007-07-13 11:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI3227	EXCESSIVE AIRSPACE CLAIM DEMARCHE - INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PHSA BM IN
07NEWDELHI3244	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GRAPHITE INDIA LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Graphite India Ltd. (GIL),Bangalore, on June 26, 2007. [...]	2007-07-16 09:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3248	DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...]	2007-07-16 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS
07NEWDELHI3254	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GRAPHITE INDIA LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Graphite India Ltd. (GIL),Bangalore, on June 26, 2007. [...]	2007-07-17 09:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3262	INDIA: LACK OF MARKET DRIVERS FOR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: This cable will look at the investment environment for clean technology in India and the potential role US diplomacy, technology, and financing can play. A number of market challenges such as the lack of a green market among consumers and minimal involvement from the [...]	2007-07-17 12:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ENRG TSPL TRGY BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3277	NEW DELHI WEIGHS IN ON AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative, Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Ambassador John E. Lange discussed with Government of India (GOI) officials Avian Influenza (AI) sample sharing issues during his June 2007 visit. While Ministry officials generally agreed with the US view on sample sharing [...]	2007-07-18 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3281	CD DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INDIA HEDGES ON ALL BUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI3312	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 16 - 20, 2007. Chidambaram Signals Continued Tight Monetary Policy --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Finance Minister Chidambaram on July 19 stated that the government wil [...]	2007-07-20 11:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI3318	U.N. ADVISOR ON BURMA ENCOURAGES INDIA TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, met with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon during a July 10-12 visit to New Delhi. According to the MEA, Gambari recognized India's ability to influence Burma, and expresse [...]	2007-07-20 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI3321	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SCHLUMBERGER ASIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Schlumberger Asia Services Ltd. (SAS),Mumbai, on J [...]	2007-07-23 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3336	INDIAN LEGISLATORS ELECT FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: After courting controversy and enduring a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led assault (Ref B & C) on her alleged corruption, Pratibha Devisingh Patil swept the Indian Presidential election on July 19, becoming the first woman to hold the mostly ceremonial but prestigious office. On [...]	2007-07-23 14:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KWMN PINR IN
07NEWDELHI3342	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 16 - [...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office held a climate change event, presented at a symposium on civilian nuclear energy, participated in a DVC with Astronaut Sunita Williams, and reported on: engagement with IIT-Kanpur, the market for clean technology, the biotech industry, and the launch of [...]	2007-07-24 07:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3349	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NUCLEAR FUEL COMPLEX, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Nuclear Fuel Complex (PLC),Department of Atomic Energy (DAE),Government of India (GOI),website: www.nfc.gov.in. NFC was [...]	2007-07-24 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3350	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NUCLEAR FUEL COMPLEX, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Nuclear Fuel Complex (PLC),Department of Atomic Energy (DAE),Government of India (GOI),website: www.nfc.gov.in. NFC was [...]	2007-07-24 12:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3352	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NUCLEAR FUEL COMPLEX, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Nuclear Fuel Complex (PLC),Department of Atomic Energy (DAE),Government of India (GOI),website: www.nfc.gov.in. NFC was [...]	2007-07-24 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3383	DELHI DIARY, JULY 17-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 17-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Questions General Toolan on China and Nepal -- Australia and India Raising the Bar on Defense Cooperation -- Indian Vice-Presidential [...]	2007-07-25 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR MCAP MASS KPKO PBTS
07NEWDELHI342	BJP DOWNPLAYS IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's January 3 luncheon meeting with the BJP leadership proved to be largely a flash in the pan. Subsequent events and statements by BJP insiders confirm that little of substance took place at the meeting, which consisted primarily of a briefing by Minister of External Affa [...]	2007-01-22 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR PTER KDEM IN PK BT
07NEWDELHI3429	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 23 - 27, 2007. POSITIVE GOI NOISES ON DOW AND MCDERMOTT ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) There are indications that the legacy issues of Dow and McDermott may be moving closer [...]	2007-07-27 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI343	INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, CAUTIOUS [...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed optimism about the general trajectory of talks with Pakistan during a January 22nd meeting with Ambassador Mulford, although he said Prime Minister Singh was unlikely to schedule a trip to Islamabad before the SAARC summit in Ap [...]	2007-01-22 13:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI3436	INDIA: SME'S HOLD KEY TO APP SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs),which make up the bulk of Indian industry, do not understand the goals and processes of the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP). Reaching this segment of industry through better publicity, engagement, and a revised proposal process will r [...]	2007-07-30 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ENRG TSPL TRGY BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI345	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL CENTRE [...] Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF),NOIDA, U.P., on January 11, 2007. 2. BIS requested a PSV at NCMRWF, a GOI entity under the Ministry o [...]	2007-01-23 06:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI346	UTTAR PRADESH MUSLIMS - DISILLUSIONED AND MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly fed-up with the corruption and poor governance of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, with many ready to desert to Congress and the rival BSP. Lucknow's Shias have historic and cultural tie [...]	2007-01-23 06:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SCUL IN IZ IR
07NEWDELHI3462	INDIA'S LEFT FRONT (C-NE7-01274) [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel's request for reporting on the Left Front in India, Post has compiled below a list of reporting out of Chennai, Kolkata, and New Delhi on the Left from the past year. There is a negligible Left presence in the Mumbai Consulate district. The cables below re [...]	2007-07-31 09:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI3467	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF July 23 - [...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office visited the Agra Bear Rescue Facility; hosted world-renowned climate scientist Dr. Jagadish Shukla; convened the Avian Influenza Working Group in response to the H5N1 outbreak in Manipur; attended the Rotavirus Vaccine Project Committee meeting in Hyderab [...]	2007-07-31 10:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3521	INDIAN VIEWS ON CENTRAL ASIA: AIRBASE HOPES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Deputy Secretary for Eurasia L. Savithri denied that India was SIPDIS establishing a military base in Ayni, Tajikistan, as had been reported in the press, insisting that the Government of India (GOI) was only involved in a civilian project of runwa [...]	2007-08-03 10:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS MARR KISL SNAR AF KZ CH
07NEWDELHI3528	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 30 - August 3, 2007. Contains Business Proprietary information. TATA RUNS INTO TROUBLE IN TAMIL NADU --------------- 2. (SBU) Tata Steel's $620 million project proposed Tamil Nadu titanium d [...]	2007-08-03 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3529	DELHI DIARY, JULY 26-AUGUST 3 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 26-August 3, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India "Looks East" and Discusses Bus Links with Burma -- NHCR Releases Guidelines for Child Rape Cases -- Five Arrested in Child La [...]	2007-08-03 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KCRM ELTN BM IN
07NEWDELHI3594	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF July 30 - [...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office met with the Wildlife Protection Society of India to discuss an upcoming wildlife crime workshop, met with a representative of Environmental Systems Products regarding remote sensing of vehicle emissions, and participated in the inauguration of an NIH la [...]	2007-08-08 01:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3603	INDIA: REMOVING CLEAN TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Clean technology transfer to India faces several market and policy challenges. (Ref A) By raising awareness on the anthropogenic causes of climate change via television and reviving eco-labeling, a viable market can be created. In addition, manufacturers should look to partner [...]	2007-08-08 05:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ENRG TSPL TRGY EFIN BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3613	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SHOGHI [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Shoghi Communication Ltd. (SCL),New Delhi, on July [...]	2007-08-08 12:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI362	INDIAN AND CHINESE OFFICIALS MUM ON BORDER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (C) Indian and Chinese officials are adhering to a joint "gag rule" regarding their ninth round of border talks held on 17-18 January, probably exercising understandable caution after Chinese Ambassador Sun Yaxi's brash claims to the state of Arunachal Pradesh cast a pall over Pre [...]	2007-01-23 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH
07NEWDELHI3632	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SHOGHI [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Shoghi Communication Ltd. (SCL),New Delhi, on July [...]	2007-08-09 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3633	COMMUNIST LEADER YECHURY: PARTY WILL NOT BLOCK 123 [...] (C) Summary. In an August 9 meeting, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Polit Bureau member and Head of the International Department Sitaram Yechury told PolCouns: -- The Left will not join the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in demanding a vote in next week's Parliament dis [...]	2007-08-09 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN
07NEWDELHI364	INDIA CHOOSES NATIONAL INTERESTS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee visited Burma on January 19-22 to enlist the junta's help in India's counterterrorism efforts in the Northeast, to cooperate on the erection of border fences, and to attempt to secure a natural gas supply. The visit was trumpeted as a su [...]	2007-01-23 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN CE
07NEWDELHI3654	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 6-10 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 6-10, 2007. KERALA RE-TENDERS $580 MILLION PORTIMPROVEMENT PROJECT AFTER CHINESE BID REJECTED ----------------------- 2. (U) Kerala has re-invited global bids for a $580 million project to [...]	2007-08-10 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3656	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SHOGHI [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Shoghi Communication Ltd. (SCL),New Delhi, on July [...]	2007-08-10 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3657	VICTORY PREDICTED FOR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Our contacts, media reports, and senior FSNs are confident that Ambassador Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the vice presidential nominee of the ruling UPA coalition and Left parties, will emerge victorious from today's contest in the electoral college comprising of members of Parliament. "The Hi [...]	2007-08-10 12:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI3664	HAL CHIEF ASSERTS U.S. LICENSING, VISA PROCEDURES [...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Charge agreed to meet with the Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at the latter's request on the margins of a visit to Bangalore to accompany U.S. Senator John Ensign. After briefing Cha [...]	2007-08-13 06:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD CVIS IN
07NEWDELHI3668	LIEBERMAN ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Joseph Lieberman met on August 10 in New Delhi with Dr. Leena Srivastava, Deputy Director, Ambassador Chandrashekher Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, and other senior staff of The Energy and [...]	2007-08-13 09:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KGHG ECON TSPL TRGY EFIN BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3676	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF August 6 [...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office coordinated a climate change event for CODEL Lieberman, hosted STAFFDEL Killion, also in New Delhi on climate change, attended a workshop on creating a Global Environmental Entity, attended the IIT New Delhi Convocation, noted Battelle's intention to ent [...]	2007-08-14 08:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3691	NUCLEAR DEAL REACTION: LOTS OF NOISE, SOME HURT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties loudly shouted protest slogans during Prime Minister Singh's August 13 suo moto speech in the lower house on the civil-nuclear agreement, and the reaction is expected to grow more boisterous as parliamentary debate continues the week of August 20. The Congress [...]	2007-08-14 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI3728	INDIAN PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AGAIN OVER NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. Both houses of the Indian Parliament were forced to adjourn on August 16 as opposition and Left parties disrupted proceedings, saying Prime Minister Singh had misled Parliament on the civil-nuclear agreement. Indian media reporting on Spokesman Sean McCormack's August 15 statemen [...]	2007-08-16 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI3756	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 13-17, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 13-17, 2007. NO BANK FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC M AND A ACTIVITIES IN INDIA --------------------- 2. (U) In a conversation with Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and Country Chief of Bank of Amer [...]	2007-08-17 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3809	STAFFDEL KILLION ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with GOI ministries as well as Indian NGOs from August 8 to 10, Senior Professional Staff Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee David Killion introduced H.R. 2420, the congressional blueprint for a post-Kyoto global agreement known as the Internati [...]	2007-08-21 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP SENV ENRG TSPL ECON TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
07NEWDELHI3810	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF August 13 [...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office met with a filmmaker to discuss a proposal for a television series on climate change, with FICCI to discuss the planning of the upcoming "Innovation - Advantage India" conference, and also noted Japanese investment in a new IIT to be located in Bihar, a [...]	2007-08-21 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3813	INDIA LAUNCHES ITS OFFICIAL CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY [...] (U) Summary. India is rapidly emerging as an attractive destination for clinical research. The need to ensure transparency, accountability and accessibility of clinical trial data has galvanized India to launch its official clinical trials registry. This initiative, christened as the Clinica [...]	2007-08-21 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO TSPL ECON KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3842	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BHARTI AIRTEL LTD.,@%` USDOC 07247 [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Contr\B]"~SN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BAL),New Delhi, on August 13, 2007. 3. BIS requested a PLC at BAL, [...]	2007-08-22 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3844	DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...]	2007-08-22 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS
07NEWDELHI3884	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BHARTI AIRTEL LTD., NEW [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BAL),New Delhi, on August 13, 2007. [...]	2007-08-24 11:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3885	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 20-24, 2007 [...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 20-24, 2007. TO QUELL UNREST, U.P. SHUTS DOWN GROCERY CHAINS ------------------ 2. On August 23, Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister, Mayawati Kumari, ordered all organized grocery retailers in the s [...]	2007-08-24 11:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3905	SCO SUMMIT: INDIA "WATCHING AND WAITING" ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Eurasia Sandeep Arya and Under Secretary L. Savithri told PolOff Aug. 23 that the Government SIPDIS of India (GOI) was not interested in seeking full membe [...]	2007-08-27 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG MARR CH KZ KG TX TI UZ
07NEWDELHI3907	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF August 20 [...] Summary: This week the ESTH office met with representatives of the Wildlife Protection Society of India regarding a wildlife crime workshop; met with the Nature Publishing Group to discuss the launch of a web portal dedicated to Indian science; and noted the Delhi government's push to impleme [...]	2007-08-27 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3909	JAPANESE PM ABE TAKES ECONOMIC & SECURITY TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Calling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's August 21-23 visit to New Delhi a "historic milestone" which witnessed the elevation of the Indo-Japan Global and Strategic Partnership, Japanese Embassy colleagues in New Delhi claimed to be "very happy" with the trip. Ministry of External Af [...]	2007-08-27 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON MARR JA IN
07NEWDELHI396	THE UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Summary: A long series of missteps by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP),has convinced most observers that its days are numbered and its ouster from power seemingly inevitable. Congress and an important regional party have withdrawn support from the SP government, re [...]	2007-01-25 08:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI3972	DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 22-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Narayanan in Moscow for Defense Talks -- India and Russia to Conduct Indra 2007 War Games in Russia in September Narayanan in Mosc [...]	2007-08-31 09:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS RS IN
07NEWDELHI3983	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 27-31, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 27-31, 2007. FINANCE MINISTRY FINDING WAYS AROUND FDI CAP ---------------- 2. (U) Local press reported this week that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request by India's largest [...]	2007-08-31 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI406	INDIA MULLING TALKS WITH KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS [...] (S) Summary. Deputy PolCouns met with one of India's chief negotiators with the Kashmiri separatists, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz, himself a Kashmiri, to discuss Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's visit to Pakistan, New Delhi's response to the Mirwaiz's statements de [...]	2007-01-25 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI4076	INDIAN RETAIL ENVIRONMENT GROWS MURKIER [...] (SBU) The developments of the past two weeks in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Kerala have further complicated an already volatile environment for retail investors. The UP government ordered several newly opened retail outlets closed following violent protests by traders, and Kerala is pushing for a [...]	2007-09-07 04:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN
07NEWDELHI4088	DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 09:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI4095	DEHI DIARY, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 31-September 7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Chennai Yawns through New President's First Visit -- Playing the Muslim Card: Congress Prepares for Possible Mid-term Electio [...]	2007-09-07 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI4149	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BHARTI AIRTEL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BAL),New Delhi, on August 13, 2007. [...]	2007-09-11 10:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI4212	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 10-14, 2007. NEW MORE LIBERAL AND RATIONAL FDI POLICY IN OCTOBER ------------------------- 2. (U) Director Gauri Singh in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion at Ministry of [...]	2007-09-14 10:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4215	INDIA PROVIDES NON-PAPER RESPONSE AND DATES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of the Disarmament and International Security Division (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill gave poloff September 14 India's non-paper response (below) to the U.S. non-papers provided [...]	2007-09-14 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL MTCRE KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4224	DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 8-14 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai. Below is a compilation of political highlights for September 8-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Senior Nuclear Scientist Speaks in Support of Nuclear Deal -- BJP [...]	2007-09-14 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP KISL IR PK BU IN
07NEWDELHI4253	INDIA AND BHUTAN IRF REPORT: DELIVERY, POSTING AND [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post is pleased to report that the International Religious Freedom Report's Introduction, Executive Summary and individual country reports for India and Bhutan were posted in English on the Embassy's website immediately upon release and clearance from the Department. PolOff als [...]	2007-09-17 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF IN
07NEWDELHI4254	INDIA AND THE COMPLEMENTARY NATURE OF ISLAM AND [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for United Nations Political Affairs Vishwas Nagee SIPDIS September 10, who stated that the Government of India has not yet decided who will represent India at the Ministerial Meeting of Communities of Democracies in Bamako [...]	2007-09-17 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI4272	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CEO FORUM ISSUES WITH PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met September 14 with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Ahluwalia to discuss the upcoming CEO Forum, mid-October visit to India by Energy Deputy Secretary Sell for the APP and Energy Dialogue, and the end of October visit by Treasury Secretary Paulson and [...]	2007-09-18 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV PREL PARM TSPL KNNP TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4336	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 17-21, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES REFUND OF SPECIAL ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR IMPORTS THAT PAY STATE VAT ----------------- 2. (U) The Indian government on September 14 notified a refund facility with [...]	2007-09-21 12:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4343	INDIA HOSTS SECOND MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE [...] Summary: India successfully hosted ICG-2 in Bangalore, India September 4 - 7, 2007. The meeting convened under the auspices of the India Space Research Organization and the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and brought together regional and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) p [...]	2007-09-21 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4376	G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON SHARES VIEWS WITH INDIAN [...] (U) On 18 September, the National Media Coalition (NMC) held a conference in New Delhi on human trafficking entitled, &Tracking Change ) Fighting Injustice; Voices in Solidarity.8 The opening panel included Ambassador Mark Lagon of G/TIP, Minister Renuka Chowdhury of Women and Child Developme [...]	2007-09-25 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI4377	IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL ARE NOT ELECTION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Iran roundtable event hosted by PolCouns September 19, a group of Indian analysts, journalists and diplomats agreed that, while the Government of India (GOI) was struggling to live down the perception that it took orders from Washington, neither the nuclear deal nor Ir [...]	2007-09-26 01:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP MOPS ENRG EPET PINR KISL
07NEWDELHI439	ACQUISITIONS DIRECTOR GENERAL SUGGESTS BELL [...] (SBU) Contains proprietary information. Please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Defense Director General (Acquisitions) Banerjee told DCM that Bell Helicopter had been disqualified from the 197 Army helicopters competition, due to non-compliance with two essential paramet [...]	2007-01-29 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI4396	UTTAR PRADESH POLITICIANS DISSECT US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: On September 6, PolCouns met with a cross section of political leaders in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP). As the group did not feel comfortable publicly critiquing the new government established under the leadership of Chief Minister Mayawati, the conversation quickly turned to Indo- [...]	2007-09-26 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI4414	DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...]	2007-09-28 05:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI
07NEWDELHI4419	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 24-28, 2007. MIXED SIGNALS ON RETAIL --- 2. (U) Two key GOI figures in the U.S. this week gave conflicting messages on the future of organized retail in India. Minister of Commerce and Ind [...]	2007-09-28 09:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4429	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),Indian Department of Atomic Energy, website: www.barc.ernet.in. BARC was listed as t [...]	2007-09-28 11:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI4450	MWCD SECRETARY TO G/TIP - NEW INITIATIVES WILL [...] Summary: On September 17, Ambassador Mark Lagon, Coordinator of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with Deepa Jain Singh, Secretary of the Ministry for Women and Child Development (MWCD). Ambassador Lagon presented Singh with the latest version of the Traffic [...]	2007-10-01 08:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM OTRA SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI4456	WEST BENGAL CPM LEADER STANDS STRONG AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following two days of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) central committee meetings September 29-30 in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu took a stand separating himself and his clique from the hardliners opposed to the 123 Agreement and the Indo-U.S. civil nucle [...]	2007-10-01 11:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP PARM TSPL ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4469	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER [...] Scioffs attended a National Mercury Workshop September 27 - 28 hosted by the Indian NGO, Toxics Link. The workshop focused on mercury usage, processes, and impacts in India. SciOffs met with representatives from numerous environmental NGOs, academics, medical professionals, the World Bank, t [...]	2007-10-03 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN

07NEWDELHI4473	INDIA AND NEPAL HOLD TALKS ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: India and Nepal held Home Secretary level talks on border security in Kathmandu September 26. The two sides agreed to set up a joint task force of security agencies for better cross border cooperation. Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta stated that the Government of India [...]	2007-10-03 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR NP IN
07NEWDELHI4487	DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for September 28-October 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Trucks Cross Indo-Pak Border for the First Time in 60 Years -- New Army Chief Assumes Office -- Protests and Rallies Portend [...]	2007-10-04 10:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELTN MARR MOPS PHUM PK IN
07NEWDELHI4493	NEPAL ELECTIONS - NOW OR NEVER ACCORDING TO THE MEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Nepal and Bhutan Preeti Saran told PolCouns October 3 that it would be difficult for the Government of Nepal to switch to a proportional representation system now, as the Maoists are demanding, but that the Interim Parliament might [...]	2007-10-04 10:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS NP CH IN
07NEWDELHI4512	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 1-5, 2007. STRENGTHENING RUPEE HITS SOUTH INDIAN EXPORTERS -------------- 2. (U) South India's exporters are starting to feel the pain of the strengthening rupee. Local press reported on S [...]	2007-10-05 11:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4537	UTTAR PRADESH: MAYAWATI HAS LITTLE TO SHOW FOR [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit by Emboffs to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that newly elected Chief Minister Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has left a trail of governance and policy missteps in her first 100 days in office but continues to engender hope and confidence in many sections of [...]	2007-10-09 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM IN
07NEWDELHI456	INDIAN EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN ABOUT MIDEAST AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 24th roundtable on the Middle East, aka &West Asia8, Indian experts and Emboffs and PolCouns discussed the U.S. and Indian roles in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Gulf. The Indian experts urged greater [...]	2007-01-30 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN
07NEWDELHI4586	HOUSE COMMITTEE INDIA VISIT TO ASSESS IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: The Congressional House Committee on Energy and Commerce staff delegation (Staffdel) visited India September 8-15, 2007. The Staffdel accompanied a FDA team that was in India for inspection of a pharmaceutical company in Himachal Pradesh. The purpose of their visit was to exami [...]	2007-10-12 10:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4587	REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FOR JAFAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 11:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM XD XE IR IN
07NEWDELHI4590	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 8-12, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 8-12, 2007. ---------------------------- ADB DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING NEEDS ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Econoff met October 12 with Ajay Sagar, Head, Private Sector and [...]	2007-10-12 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4592	INDIA - MESSAGE ON INDIAN FIRM OFFERING [...] (C) PolOff delivered points in Ref A demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (Disarmament and International Security) Under Secretary Jayant Khobargade October 11. Khobargade confirmed that India's export control laws strictly regulate graphite, which will make it easy to prevent this transa [...]	2007-10-12 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA IR IN
07NEWDELHI4597	DELHI DIARY, OCT 5-12 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 5-12, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- FM Mukherjee Visiting Moscow -- India Put the Brakes on Rail Service to Dhaka -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Trip to Africa -- Sin [...]	2007-10-12 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELTN MOPS MARR ENRG EPET BG SN SF
07NEWDELHI4659	HIGHLIGHTS OF NIH DIRECTOR'S OCTOBER VISIT TO INDIA [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni and his delegation came at an opportune time to India as India announced plans to establish a new Department of Health Research within the Ministry of Health and [...]	2007-10-19 04:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4667	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 15-19, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 15-19, 2007. INDIA INCREASINGLY AN FDI PLAYER --------------------------- 2. (U) The UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its annual World Investment Report this past wee [...]	2007-10-19 11:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN EAID SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4678	NATIONAL WORKSHOP EMPHASIZES MERCURY MANAGEMENT [...] (U) Summary: ESTHOffs attended a national workshop focused on "Mercury Usage, Processes, and Impacts in India," hosted by Indian NGO Toxics Link on 27-29 September. India is one of the world's biggest consumers of mercury (Hg) and both private sector and government representatives in attenda [...]	2007-10-22 06:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4687	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER [...] The Government of India successfully hosted the second Ministerial Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) in New Delhi on October 15. Canada was officially recognized as the seventh member of the Partnership, alongside existing members Australia, China, [...]	2007-10-22 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4690	DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...]	2007-10-23 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN
07NEWDELHI4700	THE SON ALSO RISES: RAHUL GANDHI TAKES ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Congress Party supremo Sonia Gandhi appointed son Rahul Gandhi to a senior position in the Congress Party on September 24, a move that gives Rahul a formal role in the party organization and is seen as ensuring a clear line of dynastic succession. The appointment came as part of [...]	2007-10-23 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI4714	EMBASSY PLANS TO OBSERVE BHUTAN'S FIRST ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Marking the transition from absolute monarchy to democracy, the Kingdom of Bhutan will hold its first national elections in December 2007 and March 2008. Though the USG has no formal diplomatic relations with the Bhutanese government, the Bhutanese have welcomed Embassy observers [...]	2007-10-24 11:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PINR PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI4715	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LAWRENCE AND MAYO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On October 17, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Lawrence and Mayo (I) Pvt. Ltd [...]	2007-10-24 11:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI4716	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LAWRENCE AND MAYO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On October 17, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Lawrence and Mayo (I) Pvt. Ltd [...]	2007-10-24 11:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI4717	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LAWRENCE AND MAYO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On October 17, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Lawrence and Mayo (I) Pvt. Ltd [...]	2007-10-24 11:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI4724	INDIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT WALKER FOR UN IAAC SEAT [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on October 24. Patnaik replied that he "sees no problem" for the GOI to support Mr. Walker's candidacy for the Western Europe and Other States Group (WEOG) seat on the UN Independent Audit Adv [...]	2007-10-25 09:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KUNR AORC IN
07NEWDELHI4731	INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD: REKHA MISHRA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, please find Embassy,s nominations for the Secretary of State,s Award for International Women of Courage. In a country of over a billion people, India is home to dozens of worthy candidates who are extraordinary leaders in furthering justice and equality. This year Em [...]	2007-10-25 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KISL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI4756	NEW DELHI NERVOUSLY WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: India-Pakistan relations continue to exude positive vibrations, but officials in New Delhi are closely watching developments in Pakistan for storm clouds on the diplomatic horizon. The Composite Dialogue process continues unabated despite distractions at the political level in [...]	2007-10-26 11:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK IN
07NEWDELHI4758	DELHI DIARY, OCT 23-26 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 23-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, China and Russia Jointly Oppose Further Burma Sanctions -- Bhutanese Election Dates Announced India, China and Russia Jointl [...]	2007-10-26 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR CH RS BT BM IN
07NEWDELHI4759	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 22-26, 2007. EXPANSION PROJECTS AT SOUTHERN AIRPORTS SHOW PROFITS ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The expansion of runways, apron areas and terminals at Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coim [...]	2007-10-26 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON
07NEWDELHI4761	INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHIDES RUSSIANS ON ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While meeting with his Russian counterparts for high-level military discussions in Moscow October 16 ) 20, Indian Defense Minister Antony signed an agreement with Russia to co-develop a fifth generation fighter jet intended to rival the F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Figh [...]	2007-10-26 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR KOMC KSTC IN RS
07NEWDELHI4766	ANGELA MERKEL TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be accompanied by a large private business delegation when she visits New Delhi October 29, and her visit will focus on Indo-German bilateral ties rather than EU and multilateral issues such as the NSG. German and Indian officials are expected [...]	2007-10-29 01:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KGHG SENV
07NEWDELHI4767	MEA INSISTS INDIAN POLICY ON U.S.-LED MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 24 trilateral meeting in Harbin, China, reporters asked Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee if India was going to join a U.S.-led missile defense system. Mukherjee dismissed the idea as "groundless." Despite press reports here signaling an [...]	2007-10-29 01:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MARR IN RS CH
07NEWDELHI4801	OUTLOOK POSITIVE FOR ORGANIZED RETAIL IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a series of protests and a lack of political support for corporate retailers in a number of states, the corporations themselves, as well as industry groups, analysts, and government officials, remain optimistic that organized retail will grow and thrive in India. Spence [...]	2007-10-31 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO EAGR ECON EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI4803	BJP LEADERS RESPOND POSITIVELY TO AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: During a series of separate meetings October 24-30, the Ambassador encouraged senior BJP leaders Brajesh Mishra, L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh to set aside their political differences with the ruling Congress Party and recognize that the civil nuclear cooperation initiative was fi [...]	2007-10-31 10:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4804	UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on October 29. Patnaik confirmed to Poloff October 30 that he had passed the request onto the Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the UN, which will take the lead on deciding the final GOI posi [...]	2007-10-31 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UN IN
07NEWDELHI4815	ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Founding Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) Partners Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and the United States officially welcomed Canada as the seventh member of the Partnership at a productive Ministerial Meeting hosted by the Government of India in New [...]	2007-10-31 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON KGHG KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4822	MEA SLAMS UNMIN, URGES ELECTIONS AT THE SOONEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (for Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran conveyed in an SIPDIS October 30 meeting with Acting PolCouns her government's disappointment with the electoral delay in Nepal, emphasized the need for New Delhi and Washington to pressure [...]	2007-10-31 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM UN BT NP IN
07NEWDELHI4830	MTAG INDIA: MAYURAKSHI IS NOT INVOLVED IN [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Under Secretary Jayant Khobargade provided a nonpaper to PolOff October 26 in response to reftel demarches. Khobargade noted that three issues concerning the Indian firm Mayurakshi had been resolved: [...]	2007-11-01 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA IR BU IN
07NEWDELHI4831	MTAG INDIA: TITANIUM TANTALUM DOES NOT HAVE AN [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Under Secretary Jayant Khobargade provided a nonpaper to PolOff October 26 in response to reftel demarche regarding the Indian firm Titanium Tantalum having an Iranian representative or agent. Khobargade [...]	2007-11-01 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA IR IN
07NEWDELHI4832	AMBASSADOR, INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting between Ambassador Mulford and Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- stressed the probity and accountability of American business practices in the context of defense sales to India, providing Antony with a copy of the Foreign Corrupt Practic [...]	2007-11-01 13:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PARM MNUC ECPS BEXP ENRG PK IN
07NEWDELHI4835	ABRIDGED WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT DUE TO KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming winter session of Parliament is likely to start a week sooner (on November 15) and run shorter than in previous years. The condensed schedule would allow party leaders a few days of full-scale campaigning for state assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16 [...]	2007-11-02 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4839	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 29 - November 2, 2007. INDIAN PARLIAMENT INVITES PUBLIC TRADE MARKS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2007 ----------------------- 2. (U) In the Monsoon Session of its Parliament, the GOI introduced The Tra [...]	2007-11-02 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN EAID SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4843	ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR ON INTERPOL REQUEST [...] (C) Argentina's Ambassador to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, Ernesto Alvarez, has conveyed his opinion -- without elaboration -- that it could be counterproductive for the Embassy to deliver the remarks supporting Argentina's position on the upcoming Interpol vote to the Indian gov [...]	2007-11-02 14:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV IR IN
07NEWDELHI4847	INDIA CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT APDP BREAKFAST, [...] Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora confirmed to Acting PolCouns November 2 that India's delegation to the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako Nov 14-16 will be headed by Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs. Arora a [...]	2007-11-05 04:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI4848	INDIA CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT APDP BREAKFAST, [...] Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora confirmed to Acting PolCouns November 2 that India's delegation to the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako Nov 14-16 will be headed by Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs. Arora a [...]	2007-11-05 05:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI4855	DELHI DIARY, OCT 27-NOV 2 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 27-November 2, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- March of the Landless -- Tehelka Expos of Modi Role in 2002 Gujarat Riots -- Bhutan Takes Out the Trash -- Indian Military to [...]	2007-11-05 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BT IN
07NEWDELHI4857	JASWANT SINGH SUPPORTS THE NUCLEAR DEAL BUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate November 5 meetings with senior BJP leaders and former Foreign Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh, the Ambassador argued that the 123 Agreement and Hyde Act had no impact on India's strategic program and urged them to take a statesmanlike attitude towards the n [...]	2007-11-05 14:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI488	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: COMBAT VEHICLE RESEARCH AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Combat Vehicle Research and Development (CVRDE) [...]	2007-02-01 07:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI4881	PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE, GUJARAT ELECTIONS KEY TO GOI [...] (C) Summary: The upcoming winter session of Parliament in mid-November and Gujarat state assembly elections in mid-December will play a key role in shaping GOI actions on the US-India civil nuclear agreement. The respective positions of the Congress Party and the Left parties are likely to be fine- [...]	2007-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4887	MERKEL URGES INDIAN ACTION ON BURMA, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel took advantage of her first visit to India to address recent developments and crises in India's neighborhood and beyond. Merkel urged India to publicly condemn Burma for its recent anti-democratic internal crackdowns. Prime Minister Singh sideste [...]	2007-11-07 06:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS KUNR AF BM GM IR IN
07NEWDELHI4897	MTAG INDIA: GROW-ON-EXPORTS AND PHULCHAND EXPORTS [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Under Secretary Jayant Khobargade provided a nonpaper to PolOff October 26 in response to requests for information passed to the GOI in June 2007 by Assistant Secretary of State for International Security [...]	2007-11-07 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PARM KN IN
07NEWDELHI4898	MEA SILENT REGARDING PUBLIC DECLARATION OF BAN ON [...] (C)SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary T.S. Tirumurti acknowledged that the Government of India (GOI) denied a Burmese request for military equipment but did not comment on PolCouns' suggestion that the GOI announce the decision publicly. Tirumurti reported that three Burmese recently arrested in Manipur [...]	2007-11-07 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI4899	INDIA TALKS 123 WITH PAKISTAN DURING CBM DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill gave PolOffs a read-out November 6 of the fourth round of Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) held in New Delhi October 18-19. During the nuclear CBM [...]	2007-11-07 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MNUC MOPS KTIA PK IN
07NEWDELHI4900	APDP BREAKFAST INVITATION DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT [...] PolCouns delivered ref A invitation to MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora on SIPDIS November 6, drawing attention to the fact that the breakfast has been moved up to eight from eight-thirty am. Arora had previously confirmed GOI attendance at the APDP breakfast (re [...]	2007-11-08 01:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN ML
07NEWDELHI4902	INDIA PREFERS QUIET APPROACH ON FATF STATEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Econoff and Poloff delivered the demarche and background paper (reftel A) to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Director Anand Bajaj at the Ministry of Finance on November 7 and to Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar at the Ministry of External Affairs on November 2, respectiv [...]	2007-11-08 06:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC IN
07NEWDELHI4908	NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER [...] ESTHOff attended India Forum 2007: Energy Efficiency in Buildings - A National Competitive Advantage, held in New Delhi on 31 October and co-hosted by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and The Energy and Resources Institute. Forum 2007 facilitated active discussion between [...]	2007-11-08 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4925	BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT - GOI TELLS A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Bhutan and Nepal Preeti Saran and MEA Joint SIPDIS Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar told Assistant Secretary SIPDIS for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey November 8 that the Government of Indi [...]	2007-11-08 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP BT IN
07NEWDELHI4932	BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION REFUTES MEA CLAIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bangladesh Political Minister in Delhi dismissed as untrue Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) claims that Bangladesh is unwilling to ensure security of the "Friendship Train" operations. She asserted that the two sides continue to search for a mutually acceptable solu [...]	2007-11-13 04:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG IN
07NEWDELHI4946	INDIAN GOVERNMENT RELUCTANT TO REVEAL ITS POSITION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on November 13, noting the tight deadline for a decision, with the vote only two days away. Patnaik replied that the GOI is still deliberating on its position, stating "we'll do whatever [...]	2007-11-13 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UN IN
07NEWDELHI4989	DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 3-15 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi, in coordination with Consulate Chennai, for November 3-15, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Japan Relations Expected to Continue Positive Trend, But On Hold While Fukuda Gets Settl [...]	2007-11-15 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA IN
07NEWDELHI5001	INDIA: POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS ON 15 [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and delivered a copy of the just released Director General's (DG) Report on Iran to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Director Gaddam Dharmendra November 16, 2007. PolOff emphasized that it was importa [...]	2007-11-16 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC IR IN
07NEWDELHI5002	INDIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ONLY ON DPRK VOTE IN UN [...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on November 16, urging the GOI, as a huge democracy and defender of human rights, to support these resolutions, or at least, to agree not to render no-action votes. Patnaik reiterated th [...]	2007-11-16 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA BO BM CU IR KN SU IN
07NEWDELHI5003	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKs OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the weeks of November 5-16, 2007. SUCCESSES FOR AES, VERIZON -------------------- 2. (SBU) GOI Confirms Coal Field for U.S. Power Company AES: AES received on November 6, 2007 final GOI Cabinet and Ministryof [...]	2007-11-16 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EINV ECPS EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG
07NEWDELHI5026	INDIA WANTS TO STAY QUIET ON ITS WESTERN (IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador November 19 that the Indian government had not yet determined how it would express its concern about the IAEA Director General's Iran report. Although he conveyed the Indian government's continuing concern with the lack of t [...]	2007-11-20 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EPET ENRG EINV IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI5047	DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 16-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 16-21, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Concerns about Negotiating with the Taliban -- PM Singh Uses ASEAN to Urge Burma to Expedite the Reconciliation Process -- Three [...]	2007-11-21 09:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IR PK AF CH SN KS JP
07NEWDELHI5053	SUGGESTIONS FOR AREAS OF FOCUSED COOPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for Assistant Secretary Silverberg's November 30 meeting with Additional Secretary K.C. Singh, Post would like to suggest several UN-related issues ripe for closer collaboration with the GOI. These include peacekeeping, religious freedom, UN budget reform, energy [...]	2007-11-21 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO KUNR USUN IN
07NEWDELHI5054	RAHUL PROVIDES STAR POWER, CONGRESS REAFFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Rahul Gandhi generated the buzz and excitement for party faithful at his official coming out party at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting on November 17. Beside the celebration of Rahul (Refs A,B),the party strongly supported Congress President Sonia Gandhi,s and P [...]	2007-11-21 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI5059	MOHAMMAD SALIM SPOUTS COMMUNIST LINE ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) Member of Parliament Mohammad Salim justified the violence in Nandrigram to PolCouns November 20 by claiming that the Communists drove out violent Maoists and restored law and order in the area. Now, he asserted, the CPM will prioritize pe [...]	2007-11-21 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5068	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 19-23, 2007. INDIAN PATENT FILINGS TO BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE ------------ 2. (U) Business daily The Mint reported Wednesday that the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion has decided t [...]	2007-11-23 10:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5098	TORRES STRAITS PILOTAGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26. He had no substantive comment at this time and offered to reply after consulting within the Ministry. MULFORD [...]	2007-11-27 06:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS EWWT PREL KTIA SENV AS IN
07NEWDELHI5099	DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI UN RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26, urging the GOI to vote no or at a minimum abstain in voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in reftel. Agarwal affirmed that he will consult within the Minist [...]	2007-11-27 07:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA KPAL IS IN
07NEWDELHI51	LIMP GOI RESPONSE TO SADDAM EXECUTION DICTATED BY [...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a tepid if not unhelpful response to the December 30 execution of Saddam Hussein. This was dictated by Congress concerns regarding the sensibilities of India's Muslims. Congress faces a crucial election in Uttar Pradesh (UP) later this year and the state's Muslim [...]	2007-01-04 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KDEM KISL SCUL PGOV IN IZ
07NEWDELHI5102	World Toilet Summit Puts Spotlight on Sanitation in India [...] SUMMARY: ESTHOff attended the 2007 World Toilet Summit from October 31 - November 3 in New Delhi. The event was hosted by Sulabh International Social Service Organization and sponsored by the Government of India (GOI). The conference brought together senior Indian government officials, NGOs [...]	2007-11-27 07:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI511	SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...]	2007-02-01 15:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI5118	NEW INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced that Jayant Prasad, presently serving as India's PermRep in Geneva, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Afghanistan, succeeding Rakesh Sood. 2. (SBU) COMMENT: U.S. diplomats who worked with him say Prasad is an ent [...]	2007-11-28 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR IN AF
07NEWDELHI5119	AUTHOR TASLIMA NASREEN: PAWN IN POLITICAL WEB [...] (SBU) Summary: Claiming that the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) pushed her to leave Kolkata (ref A),controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen finally settled in a "safe place" in Delhi under the security of the Indian central government. Her flight from Kolkata sparked a po [...]	2007-11-28 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC BG IN
07NEWDELHI5127	A/S SAUERBREY VOICES CONCERN OVER SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey's points regarding the status of Sri Lanka's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) slow pace of identification and prosecution of human rights abusers, allegations of child recruitment into the [...]	2007-11-29 05:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CE IN
07NEWDELHI513	SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...]	2007-02-02 01:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI5137	FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS PARLIAMENT NO U.S. PRESSURE ON GAS [...] (SBU) Media reported on November 28, 2007 that India's Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Murkherjee, had sent to the Lok Sabha a written reply to a question in which he denies that the U.S. has asked India not to move forward with the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline [...]	2007-11-30 01:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EPET EINV PGOV IN IR
07NEWDELHI5139	INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in ref a, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Indo-Cuban Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------------------------------ [...]	2007-11-30 06:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU IN
07NEWDELHI5148	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 26-30, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES ITS TAX REFORM AGENDA -------------- 2. (U) At a November 29 seminar on Indirect Tax Reforms, Dr. Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the Finance Minister, discussed [...]	2007-11-30 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5156	CONGRESS PUNTS UNAUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION MESS INTO [...] Summary: The Indian Parliament passed a law on November 27 that set a moratorium on demolition in Delhi of any unlawful construction, including unauthorized slum dwellings and commercial establishments, until at least 2009. Unauthorized construction has been a charged political issue ever sinc [...]	2007-11-30 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI5157	DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 22-30,2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India Freezes Arms sales to Burma -- India votes against the UN's draft resolution on Burma -- PM Singh to Visit China -- Indian is Fi [...]	2007-11-30 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SENV ECON CH BM IN
07NEWDELHI5158	TERRORISTS USE U.P. NODES TO SWIFTLY REACT TO [...] (C) Summary: The November 23 terrorist bombings in Varanasi, Lucknow and Faizabad in response to the arrests of three alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) members seeking to kidnap Rahul Gandhi killed at least thirteen people and injured many more (Ref A). Politicians quickly scrambled to blame e [...]	2007-12-03 01:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER AESC PGOV CASC PREL KISL IN
07NEWDELHI5174	MILD PARLIAMENT DEBATE SHOWS CONGRESS ENJOYS [...] (C) Summary: Meeting at a November 30 roundtable, Indian observers thought that the November 28 lower house debate in Parliament on the civil nuclear cooperation initiative effectively showed that the Congress Party has the strength to go forward on the deal. Several analysts pointed to the s [...]	2007-12-03 13:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5180	INDIA PROPOSES RECIPROCAL VOTING FOR UN CERD [...] (U) This is an action message for IO/RHS and SCA - see para 4. 2. (U) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and Director (United SIPDIS Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on November 21, urging the GOI to support Pierre Richard Prospe [...]	2007-12-04 05:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI5189	REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL: YALDA SHOJAE SANGANI [...] (C) Embassy New Delhi refers Yalda Shojae Sangani to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) based on her experiece of persecution in Iran. Below is biographical information of the principal applicant, a description of the persecution claim, her current economic means, and health conditio [...]	2007-12-04 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI5206	NUCLEAR DEBATE RERUN GETS PERSONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Personal attacks between the ruling Congress Party and opposition BJP leaders marked the eight-hour-plus December 4-5 Rajya Sabha (upper house) nuclear debate in Parliament. Going over the same arguments as in previous Parliament debates, the Left and United National Progressiv [...]	2007-12-05 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5219	UNCITRAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik and Director Khalid Bin Jamal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on December 5, urging the GOI to help oppose any revisions to UNCITRAL's current rules. Patnaik confirmed that he had pass [...]	2007-12-06 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNCITRAL UN IN
07NEWDELHI5226	FORMER HARYANA CONGRESS CHIEF MINISTER DITCHES [...] (C) Summary: The departure from the Congress Party of Haryana heavyweight Bhajan Lal muddies the political landscape in the state and weakens the Congress Party's electoral prospects. Bhajan Lal commands a considerable following among certain sections of the state's non-Jat community. By sp [...]	2007-12-07 10:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI5228	DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 3-7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 3-7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Delhi Police on Terror Alert -- Babri Masjid: Continues to Cast Shadow -- India Conducts New Missile Defense Tests. -- Minor Demonstra [...]	2007-12-07 11:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KISL MCAP PINR SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI5230	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 3-7, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 3-7, 2007. INVESTMENTS KEEP ROLLING INTO SOUTH INDIA ------------------ 2. (U) Seeking to take advantage of Tamil Nadu's revised industrial policy, both Dell and Nokia announced expansion p [...]	2007-12-07 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5234	GOI APPROACHED ON SUPPORTING UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on December 6, seeking GOI support to ratify these resolutions in the upcoming UNGA Plenary vote. Agarwal confirmed that he had passed the request onto the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, wh [...]	2007-12-07 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA IN IR KN
07NEWDELHI5235	INDIA LAUNCHES NOVEL HIV/AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAM [...] (U) On December 1, the GOI commemorated World AIDS day with the launch of the Red Ribbon Express, a seven-coach train designed to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS throughout India and provide education and health services,particurlarly in areas with low media reach. The train will travel across Ind [...]	2007-12-07 12:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI5237	GOI APPROACHED ON OPPOSING UNGA PLENARY [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on December 7, reinforcing the USG desire that the GOI vote no or at a minimum abstain in voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in ref A. Agarwal affirmed that he will [...]	2007-12-07 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS IN
07NEWDELHI5238	GOI SACKS HEAD OF PREMIER MEDICAL INSTITUTE [...] (C) Summary: One of the only pieces of legislation to emerge from the winter session of Parliament was a bill to remove an eminent cardiac surgeon from his position as head of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The bill was sheperded through the the legislature by Health [...]	2007-12-07 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI5239	A/S SAUERBREY BRIEFED ON CHINA-TIBET NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 9-11 visit to Dharmasala, Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey met the Kashag (Tibetan Executive Cabinet) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). The Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) Professor Samdhong Rinpoche told A/S S [...]	2007-12-07 13:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM KIRF IN
07NEWDELHI5240	A/S SAUERBREY MEETS THE DALAI LAMA [...] Summary: On November 10, Population, Refugee, and Migration Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. The Dalai Lama shared his favorable views on resettling Tibetan refugees in Western countries, which differs from those of some members of the Tibetan [...]	2007-12-07 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF PINR IN
07NEWDELHI5243	A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEE PROBLEM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On a November 4-7 trip to Bhutan, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Ellen SIPDIS Sauerbrey met with the Fourth and former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, and the Managing Director of Kuensel, the national n [...]	2007-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
07NEWDELHI5254	BHUTAN APPROACHED ON OPPOSING UNGA PLENARY [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) First Secretary Karma Choeda on December 7, reinforcing the USG desire that the RGOB abstain from voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in ref A. Choeda affirmed that he would raise the i [...]	2007-12-10 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS IN
07NEWDELHI5258	DOMICHI AFFIRMS CONTINUED CLOSE U.S-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Ambassador-Designate Domichi, in an initial courtesy call on Ambassador: -- hinted that Japan will likely support the civil-nuclear deal in the IAEA and NSG, while expressing his hope that the U.S. will understands Japan's sensitivities on nuclear issues; -- said he [...]	2007-12-10 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNUC KNNP JA IN
07NEWDELHI5275	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INDIAN AIRLINES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 19, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Indian Airlines Ltd. (IA),Ne [...]	2007-12-11 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI5278	BJP TO FIGHT NEXT ELECTION UNDER ADVANI LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on December 10 that former Party President, former Deputy Prime Minister and longtime party heavyweight Lal Krishan Advani would be its candidate for Prime Minister going into the next national elections. In a show of party unity, BJP President [...]	2007-12-11 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN

07NEWDELHI5280	RAILWAY MINISTER LALU REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR DEAL BUT WANTS POLITICAL CONSENSUS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Railways and key government ally Lalu Prasad Yadav told the Ambassador December 7 that he sought to convince the Left of the benefits of implementing the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Yadav said that he saw the need for energy as a major challenge facing [...]	2007-12-11 14:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5290	USG SHOULD GIVE BHUTAN BACK FROZEN DRUK AIR FUNDS [...] (C) I would like to bring to your personal attention the long-standing unresolved matter of Bhutanese government funds frozen due to USG economic sanctions against Burma. I want to offer a way forward for resolving this bilateral irritant with the Bhutanese and thereby send a message that the [...]	2007-12-12 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAIR IN BT
07NEWDELHI5299	BHUTAN EXPERIENCING GROWING PAINS IN ITS [...] (C) Summary: In November, Poloff accompanied Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) A/S Ellen Sauerbrey to Bhutan to discuss resolution of the protracted Bhutanese refugee crisis in Nepal (ref A). During this visit, interlocutors including the former King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Prime Minis [...]	2007-12-13 09:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IN BT
07NEWDELHI5303	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HINDUSTAN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 26, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (H [...]	2007-12-13 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI5304	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HINDUSTAN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 26, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (H [...]	2007-12-13 11:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI5305	HIMACHAL PRADESH ELECTIONS: BJP EDGE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the rhetorical back and forth between Congress and the BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) over the US-India nuclear initiative and the Gujarat elections, little attention has focused on the December 19 state polls in Himachal Pradesh (HP). Based on anti-incumbency, conventional [...]	2007-12-13 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI5306	INDIA CONTINUES "CLOSE AND NEIGHBORLY" TIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced that Deputy Minister in Burma's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kyaw Thu visited Delhi on December 11-12 for regularly scheduled Foreign Office consultations. Thu met with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Foreign Sec [...]	2007-12-13 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM IN
07NEWDELHI5318	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 10-14, 2007. DETAILS LEAKED ON LONG-AWAITED RETAIL REPORT ------------- 2. (U) Several Indian dailies, most extensively Mint, reported on details from the overdue study by the Indian Counci [...]	2007-12-14 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5319	DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 10-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Disqualifies Third Political Party. -- India Finally Offers Balanced Assessment of Israeli-Palestini [...]	2007-12-14 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KPAL IS IN BT
07NEWDELHI5322	Ranthambore Wildlife Crime Workshop Emphasizes Need for [...] SUMMARY: The New Delhi ESTH and Public Affairs sections held a wildlife crime workshop November 4 - 6 near Ranthambore National Park (RNP) in order to highlight USG commitment to wildlife conservation and to provide much needed training to park rangers, local police, and prosecutors in crime [...]	2007-12-17 01:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI5327	INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY TO GC HAYNES: TIES [...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting among Department of Defense General Counsel William J. Haynes, Indian Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, and Integrated Defense Staff Chief SIPDIS General Hardev Singh Lidder, Singh and Lidder: -- Accepted responsibility on India for failure to complete [...]	2007-12-17 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IN
07NEWDELHI5334	DALAI LAMA OUTFLANKS PRC ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMARY: In response to China's State Administration of Religious Affairs' August 2007 decree declaring that tulkas (living Buddhas) must be approved by the state, the Dalai Lama announced on November 28 that he may call for a public referendum to decide the fate of the institution of the [...]	2007-12-17 12:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH IN
07NEWDELHI5335	MENON ND CHAVAN ASSURE U.S. FIRMS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan assured a visiting trade mission of nuclear-related firms December 10-11 that India would purchase U.S. reactors. Menon recognized that a "letter of intent" would help the [...]	2007-12-17 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV
07NEWDELHI5346	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HINDUSTAN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 26, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (H [...]	2007-12-18 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI535	BJP LEADERSHIP SHUFFLE COMPOUNDS CONFUSION [...] (U) On January 29, BJP Party President Rajnath Singh announced a shake-up in the party leadership. He moved Arun Jaitley, considered by many to be the most articulate and perhaps the sharpest of the party's Generation Next leadership, from "Party Spokesman" to "Secretary of the Parliamentary [...]	2007-02-02 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KIRF IN
07NEWDELHI5364	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 17-20, 2007. FDI RESTRICTIONS IN RETAIL TO CHANGE? ------------- 2. (SBU) Food Processing Industries Minister Subodh Kant said Monday that the GOI may ease its restrictions on foreign dire [...]	2007-12-20 05:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5366	CHEMICALS MINISTRY DETAILS GOI CONSIDERATIONS ON DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a meeting in which Mr. Ranga Iyer of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals expressed concern that the GOI would institute a price-control regime discriminatory against imported drugs, Econoff met with Joint Secretary G. S. Sandhu of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) to di [...]	2007-12-20 05:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KIPR IN
07NEWDELHI5367	AVIAN INFLUENZA: NEW DELHI CONFERENCE DISCUSSES THREAT, [...] The Government of India (GOI) hosted a successful international conference on avian and pandemic influenza, in collaboration with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),on December 4-6. Several themes emerged: that the international community cannot let down it [...]	2007-12-20 05:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KFLU EAID PREL IN
07NEWDELHI5380	DELHI DIARY, DEC 17-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for Decemebr 17-21, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Court Orders Reopening Riots Case Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler -- Rajasthan Gujjars Threaten Warpath Again -- India-China [...]	2007-12-20 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF CVIS PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI NP VM CH
07NEWDELHI5392	INDIAN OBSERVERS (MOSTLY) THINK NUCLEAR DEAL WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Gathered at a December 26 roundtable, politicians and journalists largely agreed that the UPA government will still complete the nuclear deal despite the Congress Party's overwhelming loss in the Gujarat state elections, but differed on the process and reasoning. Member of Parl [...]	2007-12-26 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR AF
07NEWDELHI5410	RETAINING UNMIS FORCE COMMANDER LIDDER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 07:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PKO UN MARR IN SU
07NEWDELHI5418	SCENESETTER PART I: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Leavitt, your visit to India comes at a difficult juncture in what has been a time of deep transformation in Indo-U.S. relations. Just as we were poised to accelerate and expand ties between our two democracies into a more comprehensive relationship, the ruling coalit [...]	2007-12-28 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI5422	INDIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION, AND WORRY OVER CONTROL OF PAK-BASED TERRORISTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 12:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER
07NEWDELHI564	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ELECTRICALS RESEARCH AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Electrical Research and Development Association [...]	2007-02-05 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI574	INDIA PREPARING FOR US-INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) Summary: Deputy PolCouns met on February 1st with the new Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for India's Counter-Terrorism Cell, Indra Mani Pandey, as well as Director (Military Affairs) Brig. AS Nundal, who is acting as a coordinator for the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Wo [...]	2007-02-06 09:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI582	NEPALI MPS FIND INDIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepali Congress - Democratic (NC-D) Members of Parliament Prakash Mahat and Arjun Thapa told Poloff February 1 that PM Singh had said one day earlier the government of India was ready to support the government of Nepal in addressing the unrest in Nepal's Terai region. In a meet [...]	2007-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SCUL ECON NP IN
07NEWDELHI597	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ELECTRICALS RESEARCH AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Electrical Research and Development Association [...]	2007-02-07 06:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI614	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INTERNATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the International Advanced Research Centre [...]	2007-02-07 11:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI622	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV at National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI),a GOI entity under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Website: www.ngri.org.in. NGRI was li [...]	2007-02-08 07:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI636	KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION [...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...]	2007-02-08 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI658	INDIA COMPLETES PLANS TO BUY FORTY MORE SUKHOI 30S [...] (U) Reporting from Aero India in Bangalore, Indian media quoted Chief of Air Staff S.P. Tyagi on February 8 as saying India would soon sign a deal to import 40 more Sukhoi-30 planes from Russia. The news, which was overshadowed in morning papers by multi-billionaire Ratan Tata's "exhilarating [...]	2007-02-09 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD PINR IN
07NEWDELHI659	THE UTTARAKHAND ELECTION: A SMALL CONTEST WITH [...] (C) Summary: Uttarakhand had the good sense in 2000 to break away from Uttar Pradesh (UP). This has spared the state from the chaotic and criminal regional parties that continue to destroy UP. Instead, Uttarakhand has a political system dominated by the two national parties - Congress and [...]	2007-02-09 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI661	PUNJAB'S ELECTION OUTCOME REMAINS MURKY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI662	BELLWETHER PROJECT: INDIA RISING, PUNJAB STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: For decades, Punjab has struggled with corruption and bad political leadership. Despite its reputation as the breadbasket of India, Punjab's agriculture economy is failing and the common Punjabi feels left out of India's economic boom. Unemployment is widespread, inflation is r [...]	2007-02-09 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI663	MUKHERJEE TREADS CAREFULLY IN IRAN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee tried to steer clear of controversy in a February 6-7 visit to Tehran, according to MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha. Emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must play a central role, and that the nuclear issue must be resol [...]	2007-02-12 01:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KISL PGOV ENRG EPET ETTC IR
07NEWDELHI664	MUKHERJEE TREADS CAREFULLY IN IRAN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee tried to steer clear of controversy in a February 6-7 visit to Tehran, according to MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha. Emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must play a central role, and that the nuclear issue must be resol [...]	2007-02-12 01:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KISL PGOV ENRG EPET ETTC IR
07NEWDELHI665	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KENNAMETAL WIDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Kennametal Widia India Ltd. (Kennametal),[...]	2007-02-12 03:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI692	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BIHAR CAUSTIC & CHEMICALS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Bihar Caustic & Chemicals Limited (BCCL),Jharkhand [...]	2007-02-12 11:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI693	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: GUJARAT ALKALIES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd. (GACL) [...]	2007-02-12 11:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI694	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KENNAMETAL WIDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Kennametal Widia India Ltd. (Kennametal),[...]	2007-02-12 11:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI701	INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MIG-35, [...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, met with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan on February 8th to discuss joint efforts to increase U.S.-India defense cooperation. NSA Narayanan explained India's longstanding concern about Chinese d [...]	2007-02-12 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI729	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO INCREASED INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador to India, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, told Ambassador Mulford February 12 that India and Afghanistan had a strong relationship, and that Indian help in strengthening Afghanistan's infrastructure was welcome. He said that Pakistan is overly sensitive about India [...]	2007-02-13 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ELTN AF PK IR IN
07NEWDELHI750	PUNJAB OUTCOME TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI752	BOTH SIDES VICTORIOUS IN BAGLIHAR VERDICT, INDIA [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank-appointed neutral expert announced his ruling on February 12 regarding the controversial Baglihar dam project, which both Pakistan and India claimed as a victory. Several specifications contested by Pakistan are being addressed, but the overall design of the dam [...]	2007-02-14 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWWT ECON PBTS ENRG ECIN KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI753	PUNJAB OUTCOME TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (U) On February 13, despite heavy rains an estimated 65-70 percent of Punjab's 10 million member electorate voted in the state's hotly-contested Legislative Assembly election. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)/BJP coalition and the Congress are vying for political leadership in the state (reftel). [...]	2007-02-14 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI760	EXTRANCHECK: NDAA POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INSTITUTE FOR [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR),Vadod [...]	2007-02-15 05:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI768	PM TELLS SECRETARY GUTIERREZ U.S.-INDIA RELATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh February 14. The two agreed to explore means to strengthen cooperation in science and technology, clean energy and education, and with regards to education, the Secretary mentioned his initiatives an [...]	2007-02-15 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF BEXP EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD IN KPAO MASS PK
07NEWDELHI776	MORE BAD NEWS FOR U.P. CHIEF MINISTER MULAYAM [...] (SBU) In Uttar Pradesh (UP),the shaky and beleaguered government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav (reftels) came another step closer to falling on February 14. The Supreme Court ruled that the defection of 13 MLAs from the opposition BSP to the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on August 27, [...]	2007-02-15 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI779	INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DEMANDS DEMARCATION ON [...] (U) Speaking to Indian reporters on February 10th on the sidelines of a conference on India and the ASEAN sponsored by the Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, Indian Defense Minister AK Antony reiterated that any agreement with Pakistan over Siachen would be unacceptable to the Indian [...]	2007-02-15 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI783	GUTIERREZ WEIGHS IN WITH FM MUKHERJEE ON BELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even while extolling the significant growth in U.S. ) India economic and political ties and assuring the GOI,s continued support, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stubbornly defended to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Under Secretary Frank Lavin, and Ambas [...]	2007-02-15 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI786	INDIA APPEASES LEFT AND MUSLIMS WITH TEHRAN VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Times of India" diplomatic correspondent Indrani Bagchi, who accompanied Foreign Minister Mukherjee on his visit to Tehran February 6-7, told Deputy PolCouns that the visit had been an exercise by the government of India (GOI) to garner headlines that would please the Indian Mus [...]	2007-02-15 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PARM KNNP IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI80	CONGRESS GOVERNMENT IN HIMACHAL PRADESH PASSES A [...] (U): On December 29, 2006, the legislature of the Congress run Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh (HP) passed an anti-conversion bill during its truncated four day session. Under the provisions of the bill, any person convicted of engaging in "forced" conversion will face a two year jail s [...]	2007-01-08 10:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI813	INDIAN RESPONSE TO SIX-PARTY TALKS AGREEMENT: [...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered points on the announcement of the "Initial Actions" agreement at Six-Party Talks to Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on February 15, noting the Six Parties have come up with a way forward on resolving the North Korean weapons program. Menon q [...]	2007-02-16 11:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN IN
07NEWDELHI816	INDIA, RUSSIA, AND CHINA TRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In their seventh trilateral meeting, the foreign ministers of India, Russia, and China discussed substantive issues including cooperation on terrorism, crime, trade, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and UN reform. Deliverables were few; however, the meetings have served to institutional [...]	2007-02-16 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS CH IN
07NEWDELHI839	REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL: DHIA NOOR MOWAFAK [...] (SBU) Embassy New Delhi refers the following former translator for the U.S. military to the U.S. refugee admissions program (USRAP). Below is biographic information of the principal applicant and dependents, a description of the persecution claim, his current economic means and health condit [...]	2007-02-20 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL IN IZ
07NEWDELHI847	GOI EXPOUNDS UPON ITS BURMA POLICY AFTER RECEIVING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka and the Maldives) Mohan Kumar. Kumar made the following points regarding the GOI's current Burma policy: -After a period of limited interaction with Burma because of its po [...]	2007-02-20 13:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI849	SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS TRAIN BOMBINGS UNEXPECTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: Indian and Pakistani officials rushed to mobilize joint efforts in response to the February 18th attack on the New Delhi to Lahore Samjhauta ("friendship") Express train, which killed 67 Indian and Pakistani nationals. Indian press reports point out that this may be the first ti [...]	2007-02-20 14:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI863	INDIA CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE POSSIBLY CROSSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of India (GOI) officials acknowledged February 7 that India is concerned about the possibility of violence in Nepal's Terai region spilling over into India. The government of Nepal (GON) should address the concerns of ethnic Indian Madhesis who have been violently pr [...]	2007-02-21 10:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI870	ITALIAN PM PRODI HAS "SATISFYING" TRIP TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian Prime Minister Prodi and his 400-person entourage wrapped up their five-day trip to India on February 15 in New Delhi. The trip was marked by a heavy emphasis on business opportunities between the two countries (reftel) and personal rapport between Prodi and Prime Mini [...]	2007-02-21 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP PARM TSPL ECON IT IN
07NEWDELHI871	SAMAJWADI PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FROM UPA GOVERNMENT, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 14:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NEWDELHI872	INDIA AWASH WITH SPECULATION ABOUT FRIENDSHIP [...] (S) Summary. As the death toll in the February 19th Samjauta Express bombing continued to rise on February 21st, press reports in India began to hint at rumors that the likely culprits were Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Muhammad. Police and Indian officials, however, continue to join their Pakis [...]	2007-02-21 14:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI880	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SABERO ORGANICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sabero Organics Gujarat Ltd. (Sabero)),Di [...]	2007-02-22 09:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI881	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SABERO ORGANICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sabero Organics Gujarat Ltd. (Sabero)),Di [...]	2007-02-22 09:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI882	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SABERO ORGANICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sabero Organics Gujarat Ltd. (Sabero)),Di [...]	2007-02-22 09:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI909	SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING [...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]	2007-02-23 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07NEWDELHI910	UTTARAKHAND: SLIM MARGIN MAY DETERMINE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 21st, an estimated 55-60% of Uttarakhand's 6 million member electorate voted in the second Legislative Assembly election since the state was created out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000 (reftel). The main battle was between the BJP and Congress for sixty-nine assembly seat [...]	2007-02-23 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI916	WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, JAPAN AND INDIA KICK OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The governments of India and Japan are hoping to commence a new economic partnership with round one of negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),followed by the visit of a high-level Japanese business delegation to India. The Economic Minister of the [...]	2007-02-23 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ECIN EINV JP CH IN
07NEWDELHI937	DELHI TO ELECT A NEW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ON APRIL [...] (U) On March 23, the Delhi State Election Commission announced that the city will hold municipal elections on April 5, with the results tabulated on April 7. The city recently increased its municipal wards from 134 to 272. Each of these much smaller bodies will elect a Municipal Counselor. [...]	2007-02-26 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IN
07NEWDELHI94	PARTY SPOKESMEN AGREE THAT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, during the annual meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),political leaders from the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) examined Indian economic policy from their own ideological perspectives. Despite an attempt by the BJP's Ravi Sh [...]	2007-01-09 11:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI944	MOD ASSURES STAFFDEL FARKAS INDIA WILL CHOOSE [...] (C) Summary. On February 23, MOD Acting Joint Secretary for Planning and International Cooperation Kiran Chadha, Chadha told Steffdel Farkas: -- India's procurement policy is guided by the Defense Procurement Policy of 2006; -- promised that in upcoming procurements India will be "choosin [...]	2007-02-26 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI945	STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]	2007-02-26 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI946	STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]	2007-02-26 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER NATO IN
07NEWDELHI951	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SARTORIUS INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd. (Sartorius),Ban [...]	2007-02-27 03:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI974	INDIAN JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL WATCHERS [...] (C) On February 16, a group of distinguished Indian journalists and political strategists gathered in Delhi for a digital video conference (DVC) discussion of Iran,s nuclear program with U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte. With two IAEA votes and many [...]	2007-02-27 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI975	BJP WINS CLEAR MAJORITY IN UTTARAKHAND [...] (U) Summary: The Uttarakhand unofficial election results were announced February 27, and the BJP won a clear mandate to form the next state government. According to media reports, Congress has conceded defeat, with state party spokesman Surendra Agarwal blaming divisions among secular voters [...]	2007-02-27 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
07NEWDELHI976	UTTAR PRADESH FACES A LONG BITTER ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) Summary. The protracted drama of Uttar Pradesh (UP) politics is likely to go on throughout a long grueling election campaign, and may not even be resolved after the election results are out. Despite growing opposition against SP misrule, the crafty UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav [...]	2007-02-27 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NIAMEY100	PRES. TANDJA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN NAILS A [...] In his remarks on Niger's Republic Day, December 18, 2006, President Tandja declared war on corruption in public life. He instructed the Minister of Justice to take action on over 60 cases that had developed since a public education funds scandal came to light last summer (reftels A,B). In the [...]	2007-02-01 16:56:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KMCA NG
07NIAMEY1055	NIGER: MNJ ATTACKS IN THE AGADEZ REGION CONTINUE [...] Summary. The number of attacks conducted by the Mouvement Nigerien de Justice (MNJ) in the Agadez region continues to rise, with several incidents over the last couple of days, some resulting in the death of Government of Niger (GON) military personnel. Since April 2007, about a dozen land m [...]	2007-08-23 16:24:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MARR CASC PINR NG
07NIAMEY1064	U.S. AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT OF NIGER [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 12:10:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NG
07NIAMEY1112	NIGER: TANDJA DECLARES "STATE OF ALERT" IN AGADEZ [...] On August 24, President Tandja declared a "State of Alert" for three months in the Agadez region plagued by armed conflict between the Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ) and government forces. Prime Minister Seini Oumarou undertook a regional diplomatic outreach to seek regional support in resolv [...]	2007-08-28 09:40:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MARR CASC PINR NG
07NIAMEY1181	NIGER: MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES BIG AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 16-day Military Information Support Team (MIST) sports caravan/tolerance campaign, lauded by local authorities for its timeliness, reiterated last year's theme "One Family, One Niger." Insecurity in the northern region of Agadez prevented the Nigerien junior girls and junio [...]	2007-09-12 15:34:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PROP PREL SCUL NGO
07NIAMEY1184	NIGER: MNJ ANNOUNCES POSSIBLE RESPITE DURING [...] Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) has no plan to conduct any attacks during Ramadan, but will retaliate if its members are attacked, according to MNJ spokesperson Dr. Dangana Ahmed. The MNJ spokesperson made the announcement during a telephone interview with a local Voice of Ameri [...]	2007-09-13 16:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS MOPS SOCI NG
07NIAMEY1188	NIGER: GOVERNMENT ENTERS CYBERSPACE [...] The Government of Niger (GON) announced the launch of two websites on September 11, 2007, connecting government institutions and the Presidency to cyberspace for the first time. Both websites (French language) are still a work in progress, but reflect a step forward for the GON institutions. [...]	2007-09-18 15:32:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	TINT PGOV PREL SOCI NG
07NIAMEY1217	NIGER: MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, Ambassador Allen met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace, Mohamed Anacko, to discuss the insecurity in northern Niger and to inquire whether the cessation of violence during Ramadan bodes well for possible future neg [...]	2007-09-26 16:23:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PREL NG
07NIAMEY1220	Journalist's arrest sparks international concern [...] On September 25 Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka was charged with violating Niger's national security for alleged collaboration with MNJ rebels fighting against GON forces in the North. Police arrested Kaka on September 20 citing evidence including phone records and recordings of telephone call [...]	2007-09-27 10:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY1222	NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Over a 16-day period, an Embassy delegation supported a successful basketball caravan and tolerance campaign that covered eight cities in seven of Niger's eight regions. The insecurity in the Agadez region (northern Niger) made it impossible to include a caravan stop there; howev [...]	2007-09-27 14:01:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI ASEC CASC EAID NG
07NIAMEY123	ISLAM IN NIGER (3): FAITH FOLLOWS THE DOLLAR IN [...] (C) NOTE: This is the third in a series of cables (reftels A&B) reporting on the changing nature of Islam in Niger. END NOTE During recent travel to Agadez, Poloff and AIDoff tried to square an interesting circle. Traditional authorities - the Sultan and Grand Mosque Imam - claimed that the Nig [...]	2007-02-12 10:00:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAID SOCI KDEM NG
07NIAMEY1237	NIGER: IS TANDJA SEEKING A THIRD TERM? [...] (SBU) There are signs that President Tandja may seek to stay in office beyond the end of his current term in 2009: -- He has put a growing number of government activities under his "Presidential Special Program" and is increasing the amount of time the government-controlled media gives to tho [...]	2007-10-02 14:27:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NG
07NIAMEY1270	NIGER: In News from Abroad GON President Tandja Rules Out [...] (U) Summary. Local newspapers have reported and are commenting on excerpts of Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja's October 2 interview with "Le Monde". In that interview Tandja rules out running for a third term and invites combatants in northern Niger to lay down their arms. [...]	2007-10-10 15:54:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI NG
07NIAMEY128	NIGER TRIP REPORTS (1) ILLELA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SMALL [...] (U) In December, Poloff conducted extensive travel to Niger's Tahoua and Agadez Regions. One outcome was a series of in-house trip reports providing readers with background on the issues, people, and preoccupations of several key towns and sub-regions. With the expectation that such a "virtual [...]	2007-02-13 08:25:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI SMIG SENV NG
07NIAMEY1301	NIGERIEN PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES DONOR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister addressed donor concerns about the situation in the north and press freedom in an October 19 meeting with diplomats and foreign aid officials. The Prime Minister called the meeting to discuss these issue in Niamey, rather than in the upcoming dono [...]	2007-10-22 13:29:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAID NG
07NIAMEY1346	GON Arrests Another Journalist [...] Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, director of biweekly Agadez-based newspaper Air Info, was arrested on October 9, 2007 in Niamey. He remained in custody without formal charges until October 31, 2007, when he was charged with conspiracy and transported to prison. 2. Diallo was arrested at Niamey's inte [...]	2007-11-02 10:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY1359	A BRIDGE FROM CHINA TO NIGER [...] Summary. The November 5, 2007 groundbreaking and laying of the first stone for a long-awaited second bridge in the capital city of Niamey symbolizes an increasingly closer relationship between two friends, the Republic of Niger (RON) and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Exchanges between [...]	2007-11-08 15:40:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG EPET SOCI NG CH
07NIAMEY137	NIGER TRIP REPORTS (2) TAHOUA & THE CHALLENGES OF [...] (SBU) This is the second cable in a series commenting on issues examined by Poloff during December travel to northern and central Niger. This edition examines some of the challenges facing Niger's process of political decentralization. Since 2004, the Government of Niger (GON) has tried to devo [...]	2007-02-14 09:17:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI SMIG NG
07NIAMEY1412	NIGER: CORRUPTION SCANDAL HITS CITY HALL [...] (U) In the latest phase of Niger's "clean hands" anti-corruption campaign, the Nigerien authorities have arrested a number of Niamey city officials on corruption charges. The actions started at the top, with the November 1 arrest of the president of the city council (essentially the mayor) of [...]	2007-11-29 11:56:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NG
07NIAMEY1418	NIGER: FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister Mindaoudou convoked the diplomatic corps ambassadors and resident representatives of international organizations on November 29 to discuss the insecurity in northern Niger. The discussion focused on the GON position with regard to negot [...]	2007-11-30 14:08:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC NG
07NIAMEY1423	NIGER MOVES OUT OF LAST PLACE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [...] Niger has moved out of last place in the recently updated UNDP Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI measures the performance of countries in three dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth; knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy [...]	2007-12-03 12:35:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI NG
07NIAMEY1430	NIGER: THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) A truck hit a landmine south of Agadez on December 5. The Nigerien Military has resupplied its garrison in Ifeoruane. The MNJ claims the United States as friend based on a VOA stringer's contact with it. The GON is organizing a regional conference on trafficking. A UN consultant has [...]	2007-12-05 18:19:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL NG
07NIAMEY1432	NIGER: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CONFLICT IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Corinne Dufka, Human Rights Watch senior researcher for West Africa on December 5 briefed DCM and Development Coordinator on her visit to Niamey to look into human rights issues associated with the current conflict in northern Niger. Dufka had met with a number of GON officials, includin [...]	2007-12-06 09:08:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MOPS PGOV NG
07NIAMEY1444	BUS HITS MINE IN THE SOUTH, PROMINENT TUAREGS [...] (C) A bus hit a landmine near the southern city of Maradi the morning of December 10. It reportedly left a one meter deep crater in the dirt road. The governor of the region told the Ambassador that it occurred 50 meters outside of town on the road to Dakoro. He said six people were injured, [...]	2007-12-10 14:55:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM NG

07NIAMEY1446	NIGER SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) A vehicle struck a landmine the evening of December 10 near the wrestling stadium in Tahoua. We have heard reports that one person was killed and two people were injured. 2. (U) Tahoua is the site of this year's December 18 Republic Day festivities. President Tandja, a large number of [...]	2007-12-11 12:44:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ASEC PGOV PTER NG

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